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
Firebombs and grenades, a capital city turning into a combat zone. 100 people were killed today in kiev after a tentative truce quickly fell apart. Ukraine government blaming the protesters for trying to stage a coo. Ukraine sits at the crucial crossroads. A tug between the east and west making the stakes enormously high. We must caution you, some of the pictures that youre about to see are extremely graphic. Nick paton walsh is joining us from kiev with the very latest. Nick . Reporter wolf, as the protesters behind me grow in numbers, somber in the atmosphere, we heard a lot of massive prayers being said for the loss of nearly 100 people, according to act visits in the bloodshed. This morning, we are possibly seeing maybe the beginning of a solution. The polish president who is here with the french, german, and Dutch Foreign ministers have been in meetings with opposition leaders and the ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych. This may bring elections forward to this year and may perhaps
Opinion has the potential to derail your nomination. To the business of regulating political speech. Im going to go ahead and thank the senate now for what im sure will be a speedy confirmation process. This new paradigm has been bet attested. One of the oldest definitions of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over again. Continuing to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. A little dejavu. Thats shocking. Time to turn things around. Dejavu all over again. Guess whose back good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. There he is. Canadian senator ted cruz of texas. Now there seems to be a great deal of angst within the liberal Community Across america that were just giving this guy too much publicity. Were talking about him too much. Folks, i offer to you tonight, if youre a good lefty out there, we cant talk about this guy enough. Hes the gift that keeps on giving. He is americas biggest heckler from the stands. Which
Banning gays from restaurants at ground zero. The protest has been picking up steam in the past few minutes. People are furious that a state bill would allow Business Owners to refuse service to gays and lesbians. So if a photographer refused to take pictures of a gay couple they could not sue, for example, and its not just arizona. Lawmakers there are not the only ones that want to pass this type of legislation. Protection bills have been introduced in oregon, ohio, mississippi, kansas, tennessee, and oklahoma. And we begin our coverage in phoenix. We are on the ground and looking at pictures. What are you hearing from people . Reporter well, they are very upset. They put it together in one day. 300 people out there in front of the state capital. You can see the number of people here, and they are chanting vote them out and veto. The governor said she will decide later in the week once its transmitted to her office and thats not expected to hospital until monday sometime in the aftern
Your screen right now. The master bombmaker for al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Hes the man Officials Say designed the underwear bomb that failed to deadinate a detroit bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009. Also made the printer cartridge bo bombs the next year. The new warning is related to recent intelligence gathered believe to be tied, our understanding these bombmakers end up with a fingerprint. Things they do in designing these bombs that trace to a specific individual. Our chief National Correspondent jim sciutto is in washington tonight. Jim, what more do you know about this warning and about this situation . Is the official said the threat is related to al qaeda. Whether to al qaeda core and pakistan led by bin laden and al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and growing in strength in recent years tied to the master bombmaker for al qaeda al asiri and someone they have been watching for quite some time. The intelligence or the warning was based on intelligence that this bombma