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
And you gave him just 30 days in jail. Can you explain that please . Also ahead, the Supreme Court of montana overturns outrageous sentence for a child rapist embarrassing the judge who gave it we will update you on that. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The benghazi story keeps getting bigger. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. Today, retired Brigadier General Robert Lovell testified before the House Oversight committee about why the u. S. Military did not respond at all to the terror attack in benghazi that killed four americans, including the u. S. Ambassador to libya. General lovell was in germany awaiting orders to strike at the terrorists, orders that never came. What we did know quite early on is that this was a hostile action. This was no demonstration gone terribly awry. To the point of what happened, the facts led to the conclusion of a terrorist attack. T
The same is true in parts of the south. Pensacola, florida, is just beginning to assess the situation after two feet of rain left massive damage to homes and businesses and Officials Say the flooding is possibly related to a deadly explosion at a county prison last night. Well have more on that story in a moment, but we start this morning with Nbcs Kristen Welker who is in baltimore, maryland with this road collapse there. Kristen, as i understand, some neighbors indicate they have been complaining about issues there for a while. Reporter thats right. A few neighbors complaining that they had serious concerns about the retaining wall behind me that gave way last night, causing about eight to ten cars that fell 75 feet on to train tracks. One resident telling me she complained multiple times to the company that is responsible for the tracks, also to city officials. She says she got no response so there was a lot of deep concern throughout this neighborhood. Heres what one resident had t
And you gave him just 30 days in jail. Can you explain that please . Also ahead, the Supreme Court of montana overturns outrageous sentence for a child rapist embarrassing the judge who gave it we will update you on that. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The benghazi story keeps getting bigger. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. Today, retired Brigadier General Robert Lovell testified before the House Oversight committee about why the u. S. Military did not respond at all to the terror attack in benghazi that killed four americans, including the u. S. Ambassador to libya. General lovell was in germany awaiting orders to strike at the terrorists, orders that never came. What we did know quite early on is that this was a hostile action. This was no demonstration gone terribly awry. To the point of what happened, the facts led to the conclusion of a terrorist attack. T
Section containing the process for termination of ownership. It confirms the commissioner can force a sale by a vote of threefourths of the owners, and this morning, the Sacramento Kings owner said they have the votes. The owners, i know, george, are all color blind and they found this behavior was outrageous, so i would be surprised if it isnt a unanimous vote. I would be very surprised if that was not the case. Unanimous vote. It looks like the owners want him out. Tomorrow, a key nba Owners Committee will meet to discuss the next steps and set a time table for a vote. And buyers are already lining up. Today we learned Oprah Winfrey is interested in buying the clippers, if sterling is forced to sell the team. And we also learned the players were ready to make a major protest last night, preparing to walk off the court right after the tipoff and boycott if the punishment wasnt enough. The players want sterling out. The owners want sterling out. And the public appears to want sterling