That came after a fleury of lastminute appeals failed. The archbishop wrote to the parole board on behalf of pope francis who called for a world wide ban on his Death Penalty during his visit to the united states. An unjust and necessary punishment should never exclude the hope and the goal of rehabilitation. Papal appeals for individual cases not unheard of. John paul ii was successful in getting a missouri inmate off death row. That was in 1999. The sentence commuted to life without parole. Speaking of pope francis, theres word this morning that during his u. S. Trip he met secretly with kim davis. Shes he controversial county clerk in kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is following this story for us. Hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. In washington last week to receive an award from the Family Research council, a conservative Advocacy Group in recognition of her stand against samesex marriage, a
What hes saying about the incident. What was it a mysterious light streaks across the sky in california . How this ignited a firestorm on social media. And the holiday crunch christmas just hours away. Are you weather from the weather to c travel to shopping for the lastminuteagifts . Weve got you covered today, wednesday, december 23rd, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today oner wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside hoda kotb who is filling in while savannah is on vacation. Hey. Look at this. Weve got a countdown clock were putting up to show how far we are from christmas, one hour, 17 hours and 59 minute. A couple days you lied to us all about being done with your christmas shopping. I panicked more, are we done, is i the show done, are we finished . A few Little Things to get, nieces and what not. May get there a little late but its all right. Help
Being ar gant. Okay. Carson trumps trump as a new gop front ru. Nner blood watches continue this morning in the south. Its really not a good place to be right now. Violent arrest in South Carolina. The officer dragging and grabbing a students is now expected. The death toll isec exptoted rise following a powerful earthquake that struck south asia, between 300 and 400 people are dead. President obama has agreed to a deal that would pre vt enna government shut down. A u. S. Warship within miles of the man made island. Beijing is calling this a threat so sovereignty. A remaining person lost at sea in a whale watching trip that left five others dead. The radar is helping anyway they n. Ca a cbs miami news crew was the first on the scene at a broward crash in Broward County, flida. Th claimed to have a bomb in downtown l. A. T. Man threw out cash as lapd officers took him down. Intercepted by tony jefferson. Carson palmer win number 75. And that that matters. Running for president is a full
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The cause of the crash, the driver ise alive at metro and nutrition of the browns next camp location. He p. J. Ziegler joins us. Goodness for northeast ohio is that the browns Training Camp or 2016 will remain in berea but the Greater Columbus Sports Commission is asking the state for 5 million to buildd practice and training facility, that the taxpayers would essentially pay fort. The brass facility in columbus, if they have a request mike dovilla of the seventh house districte from berea is fighting the request through Training Camp to columbus, i asked him what is the likelihood that the request is approved and the browns movedr Training Camp to columbus in the near future . This district, is represented by myself, center tom patton those are are good position should have on your side we are fightingyo for a situation like this when. Release a statement in part that the browns have held Training Camp practice at their home site 111,000 fans have attended browns Training Camp over th