withdrawing combat troops by 2014, but negotiations are going to take much longer. back to you. jenna: dominic, thank you. jon: well, no clemency for troy davis, the georgia pardons board rejecting his plea just one day before his scheduled execution. some high-profile supporters, as you probably know, claim davis was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer. the latest developments straight ahead. [ rge ] psst.
oh, my god. please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. did you get it? oh, my god. keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. it could have been us. i know. in my mind, it was coming. joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, he s back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three oh, my gods. i don t know if that was from you or your son. i can t imagine what you were feeling. if you can, walk me through your initial thoughts when you saw that plane nosedive and hit the crowd. it was obviously an incredibly tragic event, and initially, before it got down to the ground, you know, it was all over the sky and for a brief moment what appeared to be an eternity to us, you know, it was coming directly for us in our area. and, you know, i just froze and my sons. it was something that is life changing. my son kyle actually is the one who
since recanted or recounted their stories. they ve also pointed out that they ve had people come forward saying that someone else was responsible for this murder. all of that was before the board. everyone came back from that meeting with the board thinking that they got their point across, that the board was definitely listening, asking a lot of questions about this case. apparently, had they had done their homework and were very, very familiar with this case. so, both sides coming out thinking that they had made their case very strongly. of course, the people who had the last word before that board were the family members of the officer macphail who was murdered that night in 1989. they spoke to us after they had spoken to the board and they said that they wanted justice. they wanted to make sure that this execution went through. they have believed all along in the guilt of davis. contrary to what hundreds of thousands of other people have apparently believed. the hundreds
forum all week. i had a chance to sit down with the former president bill clinton for an extensive interview. part of it will air this hour. part in the next hour. i want you to stand by. only a few blocks away at the united nations, president obama s on a major diplomatic mission of his on and a number of critical issues are on the table. let s bring in jessica yellin. she s with me here at the clinton global initiative. a huge day today. maybe even a more important day for the president tomorrow. that s right. but first today, it was a major day of diplomacy for the president. today, he met with the new leaders of a post gadhafi libya. emphasized that the u.s. will be reopening its em bah sbassy in this week. the president also sat down with afghan president hamid karzai. the first time the two lead rs have met face to face since the administration announced it would start drawing down troops. also, the president has had a meeting with turkey s prime minister. now, histor
spending cuts, much of it from medicare and medicaid but also the 1.5 trillion in tax revenue, more than 1 trillion in war savings as operations in iraq and afghanistan draw down and interest savings amounting to more than $400 billion. texas governor rick perry may be asked more about this on the campaign trail. census data shows more than 18% of texans live below the poverty line. that s 3 points higher than the national average. the state also has the highest share of people without health insurance. and it s tied with mississippi for the highest percentage of minimum wage workers. perry s office says the governor is focused on creating jobs so people can take care of themselves. 40% of the jobs added in the united states over the past two years were in texas but many of them pay minimum wage. in other news this morning, there is a murder mystery at an air force base in arizona. a husband and wife found stabbed to death at luke air force base outside phoenix. they were i