Good morning, im melissa harrisperry. We begin this morning with a story thats hard to hear but necessary to discuss. Now, im going to be referring to this clock behind me, okay, dont get too distracted by it. Ill bring it back whenever we need it. The state of oklahoma was scheduled to execute two convicted murderers, Clayton Lockett and charles warner. Tha their crimes were heinous. The inmates challenged the execution claiming that they had the right to know the source of the drugs. A District Court judge ruled on march 26th that the secrecy law signed by governor mary fallon in 2011 was unconstitutional. But after the States Supreme Court granted a stay of the executions on april 22nd so that it could rule on the issue of secrecy, the governor responded, saying the court had acted, quote, outside of its constitutional authority. At the same time a fellow republican in the state house began working on a bill to impeach the five justices who voted for the stay. The state Supreme Cour
Thought its contents were too problematic. This memo is said to have preceded the justification drafted by Deputy Attorney general rosenstein that donald trump cited in the letter dismissing comey. The white house used that justification immediately after comeys dismissal to explain the president s action. But trump cast a cloud over what his motives were when he made these remarks to lester holt back in may. Regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. Knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact, when i decided to just do it i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. The Washington Post also reporting today that trump has been feeling uneasy at the white house lately. Lashing out at allies and cabinet members. Trump reportedly at odds with his chief economic adviser gary cohn as tax reform faces a tough congressional battle. Tensions between him and sec
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