verdict came down and prosecutors hammered away at inconsistencies in ward s story and that he calmly admitted five times, five times in the initial 911 call that he had shot his wife. listen to that. all right. and then there was this bizarre jailhouse video just days after his wife died ward apparently you see him there performing a strip tease for his daughter and sister-in-law and all three acted like him being arrested was a big joke in that video. i want to bring in legal expert holly hughes, a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. bob ward was a millionaire. he had a high caliber defense team i would imagine. did the defense make a mistake here? no. the defense was stuck with what their client had already said. we just played that tape for the listeners. when you very calmly say five times i shot my wife and you don t at the time you re not hysterical. no urgency in his voice. he s not hysterical. get here and help her. they re stuck with the stateme
economic forecast. let s get to alison kosik. she s monitoring everything today where at one point today, the dow tanked morning 500 points. what s going on? that s right. these worries about a recession were ampfullied today. not just in the u.s., but overseas as well. the federal reserve spooked everybody first. this was yesterday. the fed giving a really bleak assessment of the u.s. economy warning of significant downside risks to the economic outlook. translation there that the economy will get significantly weaker. then overnight, we got weak manufacturing reports out of europe, the u.k, even china, which had been an engine of growth out of the great recession. you have to remember, wolf, we re all interconnected. only been one economist to tell us europe is probably in a recession and the u.s. is teetering on the brink of one. wolf? so, basically, it doesn t look very promising right now. what are they brace you for tomorrow? tomorrow, we re trying to see if we re
either changed their stories or recanted their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. anti-death penalty protesters are out in force tonight in georgia and over time, the pope, nobel peace prize laureates, desmond too tou and jimmy carter have been among those who have appealed for leniency or a new trial. the original prosecutor in the case say they are executing the right man tonight. there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case, the case in court, and the public relation case. we have consistently won the case, as it s been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as it s been presented in the public realm, on tv and elsewhere. cnn s david mattingly is outside the prison in jackson, georgia. davis sorry, david, what can you tell us about what s going on? reporter: candy, look, what s happening here right now, just in the last half hour, we ve seen hundreds of people gathering across the street, outside the gates of the prison. the
been in prison in iran since july of 2009. they were in prison. they were hiking along the mountains and supposedly inadvertently they stepped into iran. and they were accused of es espionage and of being illegally in the country. they ve been in prison in iran since 2009. we understand that bail has been paid for both josh fattal and shane bauer. we understand that bail was up to $500,000 apiece, but the papers are signed now, that bail paid. the two men could be released wednesday at what time? i m getting a new time. 6:30 a.m. eastern time. the process will begin. don t know exactly how long it will take. but when those men are released, of course, we ll bring that news to you. in other news this morning, a man on death row in georgia could have 14 pomore hours to live. his supporters have that long to get someone to intervene. troy davis was convicted of killing a savannah police officer back in 1989. davis supporters say there is too much doubt about his guilt, and th
no one cared that he was gay. a legal network for them estimates 14,000 were booted from the military because of don t ask, don t tell. authorities could decide whether a condemned man lives or dies. troy davis was convicted of murder in 1989. if the state does not intervene he will be put to death at 7:00 p.m. eastern. davis supporters say he is innocent and the officer s family says justice is overdue. both sides spoke before the parole board. no time is easy when you have to go before the pardons and parole board but feel like we got to say what we needed to say. they heard the truth which is the most important part. and i believe that they will probably favor in our favor. i would be petrified but troy, troy has an understanding of this is bigger than him. this is about a judicial system that may possibly need to change and get better so that this doesn t really happen. the board could commute his death sentence to life without parole or could deny clemency and