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
Hes out at the Old Ball Game and what the team did to help him. Come on, guys. Its not as easy as it looks. Alrntsly not. Bam. Oh, well. Oh. Oops. Oh. Oh. Right in the glasses. Oh, my goodness, its a busy wednesday morning. In just a minute kim davis on that secret meeting with the pope. You see her right there and it is a wet day here in new york with a lot more to come. Right to the weather. We begin with that massive storm churning in the atlantic. Joaquin picking up strength as it moves towards the east coast as a hurricane warning is issued this morning for the bahamas. Ginger following its path and this one could be a big problem. Right, so max sustained win, 70 Miles Per Hour with joaquin drifting westsouthwest at only six Miles Per Hour. Hurricane warnings for the central and northern bahamas and rip current and advisories from coastal South Carolina to miami. Our confidence is high through friday. Its got hot water. It will develop into a hurricane. Could even become a categor
Rebuilding and health care, repeal g and replacing obama care, repealing alone, 137 billion over a quarter of a decade. As the experts weigh in, the candidate may soon find out the devil really is in the details. On the democratic side, the 2016 race for the white house, Hillary Clinton is laying out what could be a new strategy for e emails. Im not by any means a technical expert. Reporter now shes explain again why emails surfaced two days earlier than she said she. T up the personal rccount. There was a transition period. I wasnt that focussed on my emo ail account. Emails dating back to march 2009 and the explanation, she started using the account before the server was officially set up at her home. Every phrase is examined minutely by the press, by her critics, by anyone and that makes it hard for her to tamp down on the controversy. Reporter her new weapon, her husband. It really is similar to the strategy that the republicans employed against me with white water. They look at th
Streets wet with rain. Now to Prince Georges County with a lot of streets filling fast with rain, no problems for cars moving throughout, though, that area at this hour. Soaked in the city if youre out and about in the district tonight, youll need those umbrellas and you may as well keep them close by. Thanks for joining us. Im jan jeffcoat. Im bruce johnson. Its still moving through the area, so lets go straight to chief meteorologist topper shutt for what to expect overnight and the all important morning commute. I guess some good news. Looking at most of the showers and thunderstorms moving away from us east of i95. Still have some Flood Warnings in effect for loudoun county, portions of Fauquier County until later tonight. The heaviest rain mechanicsville, take another couple hours to move across the bay into the delmarva. No surprise, we had flooding. Look at the rainfall near frederick 4. 4 inches and earlier today in shenandoah she had 2. 4 inches of rain they had 424 inches of
Its warm. Sticky outside. Thats giving us some fog in gaithersburg a threequarters. Half mile in leesburg. Upper 70s today but much cooler tomorrow with more rain on the way. Ill tell you about that in a few. Larry . Were keeping a close eye on a situation on the inner loop of the beltway. Two accidents right now, one on the inner loom. One on the out loop. One on the outer loop. Its closing several lanes between connecticut avenue and 355. From a look at our trafficland cam, you can see the delays on the inner loop of the beltway right there. We understand an earlier tractortrailer accident which spilled fuel spilled that fuel on to not only the inner loop but also the outer loop of the beltway where we also have delays in this area. For commuters in north bethesda, best bet is to stay off the beltway because this is certainly going to become a major issue within the next 20 to 30 minutes. Well have another traffic update for you in roughly ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Were