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
collect. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your cnn sunday morning. thank you for being with us. as always, we like to say good morning to all of our forces watching us on the american forces network. thank you for all you do. let s start with a picture from the air race crash in nevada. could give investigators information about exactly what happened. see this? this is something, it appears, breaking off the tail of that plane that crashed. this was just after the plane veered out of control and crashed into the crowd. federal investigators are checking this out. a component has been recovered in the area where that was observed, but i think it s critical that we have not identified the component. it s been examined. so we don t know what the component is or even if it came from this particular aircraft. we are clearly going to focus on that, and that s part of the informational gathering that s going on right now. nine people died in that crash. seven
at least three people killed, dozens more hurt when that plane slammed into the crowd. it barely missed a grand stand that was packed with spectators. witnesses say they thought they were going to die and they are now calling the pilot of that plane a hero. i think that that pilot, in the last two seconds, pulled up because he saw the bleachers and i would guess he probably saved 200 to 300 other people. and i don t mean any disrespect to the injured, but i would consider him to be a hero because he pulled up and did what i think was his best job to hit the target. our dan simon is there for us in reno. dan, good morning again. have we learned any indication what possibly could have caused this? we really don t know at this point. what we know is that the aircraft picked up and rolled and just went down to the ground. at this point, it s pure speculation to hypothesize what happened here. they re coming to the scenes to look for clues. you have to wonder what made thi
in your account. we ll tell you about this growing trend in banking and also tell it you how you can avoid it. from the cnn center in it atlanta, georgia thshgs is it your cnn saturday it mornimorn 8:00 a.m. in atlanta, glad you are right here. let s start in reno, nevada, that air race that has left at least three people dead after a crash. we know at least 54 people have been injured and at least 12 of them considered to be in critical condition. take a look at the screen for just a moment. i ll show you the video in a second. this still picture really explains the horror of the situation. this is the last moment when this plane, right before it made impact on the ground at this air race. you see the spectators right below. it did not hit, even though it looks like it, did it not crash into the most crowded area, even though it could have, had it not been some say for the ak aks of t actions of the pilot. look and listen to this piece of video now that really explains and
try to pinpoint the cause of that deadly plane crash at an air race. t.j. has been telling you about it all morning long. the terrifying moment was witnessed by thousands of spectators. horrifying moment, it happened in an instant. at least three people and dozens more hurt when the plane slammed into the crowd. cnn s dan simmon in reno. dan, what more have we learned about how this happened? reporter: not much at this point, fred. i should point out that we ve already seen several videos like the one you just showed. we just learned there were actually 300 professionally credentialed photographers on site. so chances are we may be seeing a lot more video, a lot more pictures in terms of what happened right before the plane went down. what we know, according to the i witnesses. the plane pitched up and rolled and went down to the ground in a matter of seconds. we know that the pilot, said to be very experienced, 74 years old. been coming to the air show since 1975. so exper