A vatican representative has sent a letter on behalf of the holy father himself, pope francis, asking georgia prison officials to spare the life of a woman set to be executed within just a couple of hours. This will be the first woman to be executed in the state of georgia in 70 years. Shes been on death row for two decad decades. A jury found this mother of two guilty in the 1997 murder of her husband. She convinced her boyfriend, her lover to actually commit the murder itself. He, by the way, is away for life in prison. The state parole board has been meeting for the past couple hours. Martin savidge has been monitoring this for us. Also john allen. John, if i may begin with you first. I glanced at this letter that has gone to this clemency board and even through the arch diocese of atlanta. How rare is this for them to reach out this way . Hi, brooke, its actually not rare at all. Whenever the pope visits the country that still has a Death Penalty and an execution scheduled, its Sta
This is our western edition. The sound of the opening bell on wall street set off a race for the exits. Investors dumped stocks and the dow closed down 588 points or more than 3. 5 . For days of tripledigit drops add up to a loss of more than 9 . Thats wiping out market gains back to february of last year. And it could have been worse. Anthony mason now on todays wild ride. Reporter at the opening bell, stocks went over a cliff. The dow plunged more than 800 points in the first two minutes, more than 1,000 points within five minutes. By midday it had rallied back and erased all but 100 points of that loss, but the selloff resumed in the afternoon. It was a breathtaking ride even for veteran traders like ben willis of princeton securities. I have never seen the dow down 1,000 points in one move. That was an extraordinary thing to watch happen. Reporter what exactly happened, Peter Tuchman of quattro securities tried to decipher it. Is it the end of the world . No. Is this a crash . No.
Those deplorable comments, that poll showing a really tight race. The persistent perception shes hiding something. These are just some of the political headlines that have some wondering, is this Donald Trumps moment . While Hillary Clinton will rest and recover, a high profile pickmeup and heads to philadelphia to campaign for the former rival. We did say its a very busy tuesday. All covered. The best Political Team in the business is spread across the country this morning. We start with Kristen Welker who is stationed in chappaqua, new york, outside of the clinton home once again. Kristen, whats the word on when we will see Hillary Clinton again . Reporter thats the big question. Campaign officials telling me she continues to rest and feel better. Initially, they were saying shell be back out on the trail in the next couple of days but that is up for discussion and that is going to depend on how shes feeling, how well she is doing. What we do know secretary clinton and former preside
In a cnn exclusive, Hillary Clinton downplaying sundays health scare and not disclosing the pneumonia diagnosis that came two days earlier. Well, i just didnt think it was going to be that big a deal. If we werent fast enough, you know, ive talkeded to my staff. We, you know, take responsibility for that. But the information is out there. You cant say the same thing about donald trump. Cnns jeff zeleny is here to break it down for us. Hillary clinton is acknowledging she and her staff could have been more forthcoming about her pneumonia diagnosis. Few people on her Campaign Staff even knew about it which made it far more difficult for them to react after she became ill at that 9 11 ceremony. The campaign was trying to walk a fine line im told between avoiding feeding conspiracy theories about her health while actually sharing critical information that most voters may surely understand. But now secretary clinton is pushing back. Shes telling Anderson Cooper that shes been more transpare
Martha right now Hillary Clintons resting at her west chester, new york home. Her husband, the former president is stepping in for her right now on the campaign trail. Hillary speaking out last evening on the phone with anderson cooper, talking to you about what she says happened. I just didnt think it was going to be that big a deal. I felt dizzy and i did lose my balance. But once i got in and could sit down and cool off. Once i had some water, i immediately started feeling better. If we werent fast enough. I talked to my staff. We take responsibility for that. Bill the cover of the New York Post calling mrs. Children toll illery. Saying she avoided the emergency room to conceal her health problems. There are a couple things going on with this illness issue. The first is they are making the most limited concession possible about not being forthcoming about her illness before her nearly collapsing on the 9 11 ceremony that brought the worlds attention to it. They said we thought it wa