blown election for the elections happening tomorrow, new jersey and virginia and across the country. if you have plans to have your usual tuesday night bopping around doing other stuff, it will be an important election coverage night tomorrow. two men left on death row in virginia. the last time a person was sentenced to det was a decade ago. the last time prison staff legally killed one of their prisoners was four years ago in 2017. in march of this year there were just two men left on death row in that state. both of them have their sentences commuted to life without parole. they will spend the eternity of their natural lives behind bars. they got life without parole but their sentences were commuted from death to life. that s because virginia this year became the 23rd state in the country to formally abolish the death penalty. the first state in the south to do so. virginia has a singular history when it comes to killing prisoners. virginia s history goes back the firs
jersey and virginia and across the country, interesting races. so, if you have plans to have your usual tuesday night bop in around doing other stuff, you should change your plans. because it s going to be an important an interesting night of election coverage, tomorrow. in march of this year, there were two men who were left on death row in the state of virginia. just to. in virginia the last time a person was sentenced to death was a decade ago, it was 2011. the last time the state actually carried out an execution, the last time they had you know prison staff deliberately, legally kill one of their prisoners, that was four years ago in 2017. but this year, in march of this year, there were just two men left on a death row in that state. and both of them, this year, have their sentences commuted to life without parole. both of these men will still spend eternity of their natural lives behind bars in the custody of the state of virginia. they got life without parole. but the
sentences commuted to life without parole. they will spend the eternity of their natural lives behind bars. they got life without parole, but theirth sentences were commuted from death to life.bu that s because virginia this year became the 23rd state in the country to formally abolish the death penalty. 23rd state in the country. the first state in the south to do so. virginia has a singular history when it comes to killing s prisoners. virginia s history goes way, way back. the first execution was in the colonies in jamestown, virginia, in 1608, virginia as a colony and then as a state, and then as a commonwealth, state, virginia has killed more of its prisoners than any other state in the country. but just this year they decided they would never do that again. abolished the death penalty. virginia also passed new legal protections for voting rights, leading the nation in some ways in terms of voting rights.s the past couple of years virginia also raised teachers pz salarie
welcome back to the weekend, everyone. we are beginning this hour with a late night court filing from donald trump s legal team. the filing argues that trump shouldn t be charged in the classified documents case because president biden was in charge and his case. this is true. i m going to quote from it. president biden will not be charged. president trump should not have been either. now, never mind that the special counsel made clear in his report that the two cases were wildly different. joining us now, january six investigator , also joining, former fbi general concert, andrew weizmann. he is the host of the msnbc podcast, prosecuting donald trump. greetings, everyone. you and i were on set to get there when the report broke. i do wonder if it was always inevitable that donald trump s lawyers were voting to cite this report as soon as it came out. also, talking about this specifically is a motion to compel discovery. i m curious why this becomes relevant and that ty
one of the most consequential meetings of nato in more than history. president biden meeting with fellow leaders right now and facing a central question, the path forward for ukraine to join them as president zelenskyy is about to arrive. former president trump s legal team is asking for a delay in his classified documents trial until after the presidential campaign is over, this as georgia s district attorney is another step closer to a potential indictment on state charges. the water just keeps coming. residents in vermont are being told to seek higher ground. state officials warning torrential rain and flooding could cause two dams to breach today. i m kate bolduan with sara si sidner. this is cnn news central. president biden is at the critical nato summit in lithuania right now. hugely important for many reasons. one, especially because of the timing of the meeting, and also because of what is at stake in this moment. biden and allies have already scored a win he