Plea for a reduced sentence, so did the catholic church. The rach bishop of atlanta writing a letter on behalf of pope francis. During his visit to the u. S. , the pontiff made with prisoners and called for a worldwide ban on the death penalty. Just say this punishment must never rebuild the dimension of hope and reality. Papal appeal for individual cases are not unheard of but rarely work. Only john paul ii was successful in getting a missouri inmate oth death row in 1999. His sentence commuted to life without parole. This is consistent with the Catholic Churchs position against the death penalty. But this request was particularly salient given the pope had just issued a statement to congress. This time despite the request, the parole board declined clemency. This is set to be the first woman executed in georgia in 70 years. Executions in the u. S. Has dropped dramatically. Down from 98, 16 years ago, to 20 this year. The 21st is scheduled to take place in the prison behind me by leth
The big reveal. We will show you what it took to put together. Now hoda is shining a light on remarkable kids today, thursday, september 25th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im matt lauer with with hoda kotb. Natalie morales and al roker here as well. People have heard little portions of the song that youre putting together and have put together on the network overnight. Its been sneak iing on ther. Its all for pediatric cancer. What warmed my heart, i looked outside my heart today, its ra raining, icky outside. The plaza is packed with supporters supporting pediatric cancer, so thank you to everybody that came out to support it. Terrific. Maybe we can get it on itunes. That would be great. We will have the premiere of that video in a little while. Lets get to our top story, a busy morning for you, al, widespread flooding in the south and soaking ra
Good evening. Abortion, one of the countrys most divisive and politicallycharged fault lines, jolted capitol hill today. With the head of planned parenthood going before congressional critics. Her First Time Since the series of controversial undercover videos were made public. Todays hearing was long and contentious. With the groups president offering a spirited defense. We start tonight with nbcs kelly odonnell. Rallying in houston today. Supporters of planned parenthood took to the streets for what they called nation pinkout day. I feel like women should support women. And the same passion in washington for those that provide Womens Health care services, including abortion. She is alive today because of planned parenthood. Reporter but inside of the capitol, the president of planned parenthood, Cecile Richards faced hours, of sometimes confrontational questions. You cant tell me how much you make from abortions . You cant give me that number . You cant tell me how much you make from
Its friday, november 9th. We are learning more about the victims of that horrific mass shooting inside a Southern California bar yesterday. A vigil was held for the 12 People Killed when a gunman walked into the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks, california, on College Night and open opened fire. Justin meek just graduated from California University back in may. Also 18yearold Pepperdine University freshman elaine mowry. And a navy seal and a survive of the Las Vegas Shooting that killed 58 people at the route 91 harvest festival. My son was in las vegas with a lot of his friends and he came home. He didnt come home last night. I dont want prayers, i dont want thoughts. I want gun control and i hope to god nobody else sends me any more prayers. I want gun control. No more guns theres also 22yearold baseball coach cody kaufman, whose dad spent all day yesterday trying to track down his son and then got the heartbreaking news. My firstborn son. Only he and i know how much i love,
Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano. There are two arrests tonight in the case of a missing mother of five from connecticut. Her estranged husband and his girlfriend are charged with tampering with evidence and hindering the prosecution. This as the search for her intensifies. Mola lenghi is in connecticut with the latest. Reporter as the desperate search for Jennifer Dulos entered its 9th day, Police Charged her estranged husband and his girlfriend in connection with the investigation into the missing connecticut mother of five. 51 year old fotis dulos and 44 year old Michelle Traconis are charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. 50 year old Jennifer Dulos was last seen the morning of friday may 24th in new canaan, connecticut, after dropping her children off at school. Later that night her empty s. U. V. Was found near a park. Detectives are treating this case as a homicide. Sources close to the investigation tell cbs hartford affiliate wfsb. Late last week,