Convention stopped off at the souvenir stand. Tshirts. Posters. Looking for mow moan tow to mark a historic role call vote. Delegates on this night will make Hillary Clinton the first woman ever nominated for president of the United States by a Major Political party. I love it. I love it. Making history. Thats what its all about. Yeah. Cant wait. Reporter First Lady Michelle Obama set the stage on Opening Night of the dnc speaking glowingly of mrs. Clinton and her impact on the generation of young women. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters and all our sons and daughters now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States. Former first lady u. S. Senator and secretary of state has been a lightning rod for criticism during her more than quarter century in the national spotlight. But for most in this building, shes the right candidate for the highest office in the land. No matter her gender. Its amazing. Shes resilient, strong, shes determined. Fearless, shes
Murder of a family. Gray should be executed march 16. But the department of corrections its currently doesnt have the drugs to do the job. They are scrambling to try to find them, and we have a very violent, very evil condemned inmate that is scheduled to be executed this spring, named ricky gray. Reporter he used this case to persuade the colleagues to pass the bill through the house last week, which would allow the stay to execute gray or anyone else with electric chair. He is the type of person that most people support the Death Penalty for. Reporter 8 states, including virginia, allow use of the electric chair, something miller, a republican, defends. I say the suspect has ruled its not cruel and suspect Supreme Court has ruled its not cruel. Reporter among those who disagree. Victor glassberg who represented gray. He says the case shouldnt be used to prolong the use of a form of execution, many consider to be barbaric. The appeal to the horrible acts that the people are condemned
Coming up live on cspan2 at 6 30 p. M. A conversation on human rights with the state departments undersecretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights. Shell discuss the work beingos5n done by the u. S. Atrocities prevention board which was created in 2012 to respond to and prevent genocide and other Human Rights Violations around the world. The council on Foreign Relations hosts the event. n8u4 tonight on American History tv programs on the 50th anniversary of the selma march. At 8 p. M. , selma 50th Anniversary Commemoration ceremony with president obama and one of the participants in that march, congressman john lewis. At 9 10 p. M. Abc news footage of march 25 1965 Voting Rights rally in montgomery alabama. After that president Lyndon Johnsons address to congress on Voting Rights. Then the selma 50th anniversary brown chapel ame church commemorative service. All of this coming up tonight on cspan3. Luy next, an update from this mornings washington journal on the future o
There . Reporter well hey there, alex. The advocates and activists here that are organizing some of the protests are furious at the fact that the Kentucky Derby is happening. Let me show you about the security presence here. This is the Kentucky National guard, state police. They have Armored Vehicles here. Churchill downs is just over there. You can see all this fencing here. And the concern here is what happens when these protesters and counterprotesters clash later on today. Will there be any major clashes . Now, alex, a short time ago at a park not too far from here, some militias started to gather, saying that, you know, they planned to march downtown to the area around the courthouse downtown. In the last hour, alex, we were in Jefferson Square park where there have been many protests over the last 100 days or so, and so police are really trying to keep these two groups separate and prevent any major clashes. Yesterday, we did speak with some of the organizers of the protesters d
Militia members, some heavily armed, are holding a counter protest against those who have been demonstrating against the Deadly Police shooting of Breonna Taylor. We will have a live report coming up. President trump continues to try to dismiss reports he called american heroes losers and suckers. The backlash continues, including from a gold star parent who lost his son. According to trump, as he had said, winners in life are those that put themselves before all. And those who put their country, under nation before themselves are losers. His life is a testament to selfishness. The Biden Campaign also turning up the heat on trump over those remarks as they unveil their homestretch strategy for the campaign. And a qanon congressional candidate who may have finally gone too far. A picture involving the candidate, a gun, and a picture of the women gun known as the squad. Will this candidate pie the price for crossing the line. Lets get to our pop story. Protests and counter protests at th