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i pray that he will recover. >> prince harry heading home. plus second chances. the lives changed by pursuing higher education in prison. >> i feel like education helped me gain the power to break free from shackles of ignorance. >> how infusion of federal dollars is reshaping life behind bars and possibly communities. >> that means there are fewer crime victims. there are more people living freely in the community. >> why some say it's a bad idea. what do you say to people who say, well, should we be giving federal money to people who are in prison? and >> breaking in the chips is going t going. >> from scandal to playing roxie on broadway. >> roxie is very sexy. she never gives up. and neither do i. >> how the role overlaps with

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>> byron: good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with the stunning revelation about king charles, diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, less than 18 months into his reign.

what's next for britain's royal family? abc's maggie rulli has the latest from london. maggie? >> yeah, byron, this news has ripped across britain. many people were expecting the palace announcement that the king would be returning to duty soon after that prostate procedure. instead we got a palace announcement saying the king had been diagnosed with cancer. tonight the shocking announcement from buckingham palace. king charles diagnosed with cancer. the 75-year-old monarch seen just sunday, waving at well-wishers, attending church with his wife queen camilla. this latest blow coming just days after he was released from the hospital after a procedure for an enlarged prostate. then the queen was asked how he was recovering. >> how is the boss doing? >> getting on, doing his best. >> reporter: the palace saying it was thanks to this intervention that diagnostic tests identified a form of cancer. not identyi the specific

time or details of the disease, only it was prostate cancer. before being named king at age 73 after the death of queen elizabeth in september 2022, charles was britain's longest reign reigning heir. he waited decades to take on that role and he was very keen to hit the ground rung. and that diagnostics coming now has forced him to take a big step back if that. >> reporter: royal sources say the king called his siblings and children to personally tell them the news. prince harry expected to fly to london to visit his father in the coming days. charles beginning outpatient treatment today and will step back from public duties. the palace sharing his cancer diagnosis, saying the king feels wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible. >> our thanks to maggie. next we take a look inside a federal program changing lives, offering inmates an opportunity to pursue higher education behind bars. but not everyone thinks it's a good idea.

here is action's steve osunsami. >> reporter: do you have a prison number? >> yes, 95486. >> reporter: 95486? >> yes. >> reporter: 34-year-old simon garcia still has seven more years at this state prison in ellsworth, kansas, where he hopes he is paying his debt to society. >> i've been in prison. i've been incarcerated all my life, since i was 12 years old. that initially was gang-related and aggravated assault. i thought that i was the king of my world, and i had it all going on. but i was so broken and messed up inside. >> reporter: and he admits he was no angel in lockup. just a short while in he added ten more years to his time when he was trying to hide a knife and shoved a corrections officer off a balcony outside his cell. do you regret any of that? >> of course i do, man. i'm rhett rest are getting it. 20-something years in prison i'm going to be regretting.

[ applause ] >> reporter: but today -- >> frank -- >> reporter: on this warm afternoon. >> vernon faulkner. >> reporter: he is more than just prisoner 95846. >> simon garcia, associate in general studies with honors. >> reporter: he's graduating from college while still in prison, and all because of the pell grant. >> i went from one class a semester to five classes, being a full-time student in prison, which was awesome, because i feel accomplished. i feel like i was finally doing something legit, you know. i'm really doing this. >> congratulations again. [ applause ] >> reporter: the prison system is proud of the work they're doing here and wants people to see this about a dozen convicted men, many who never finished high school on their own, all graduating with associates degrees from a nearby junior college, with tears in their eyes. >> it was overwhelming, man. all my friends were there. so i got a lot of love here in this prison.

>> reporter: it's become possible after a change this federal policy last june. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: when the federal government once again allowed prisoners to get pell grants. >> number 30. >> okay. >> reporter: a pell grant is need-based financial aid that helps undergraduate students from low income households. and now men and women in jail can use pell grants again to pay for college courses held inside state and federal prisons. in america, taxpayers spend billions to keep people like garcia in prisons, only to send them back into society with no education and no job, which helps explain why 68% end up getting locked up again within three years of their release. the poorest success rate in the world. his sister and mother, who have been through the highs and lows, drove all day to get here. >> when my brother walking across the stage, it was very emotional. very emotional for me.use he's .

even though he is incarcerated and he did it here, but it was done. education is something that can never be taken away from him, and hopefully he'll utilize it for the rest of his life, you know, when he comes out. >> people would say prison is punishment and that you didn't deserve the opportunity to go to college while you were here. >> yeah, prison is punishment. but we're suffering regardless if we're going to college or not. and i feel like education helped me gain the power to break free from shackles of ignorance. nobody is too far past redemp redemption, including myself, obviously, yeah. >> reporter: it was former president bill clinton who stopped giving pell grants to prisoners when he put his sig sch cher signature on the federal crime bill in response to the crack epidemic. one of the lawmakers whose hand he shook immediately after signing the law is nonother than its author in the senate, our

current president joe biden. >> i think the reason that people in prison lost eligibility for pell grants in 1994 was really part of our larger tough on crime attitude at the time as a country. and so it was seen as another way to be punitive and to take this away from people who were in prison. >> reporter: but in 2016, the obama administration ran a test, offering pell grants to prisoners again. and they found that for every dollar they spent educating inmates, they saved up to $5 in prison costs. and the study showed that the likelihood of an educated inmate returning to prison was reduced by 48%. >> and that means there are fewer crime victims, there are more people living freely in the community, and at the end of 2020, the law was changed and that restores pell grant access to people in prison, regardless of their conviction type or their sentence length. >> i'm going let you let me in. >> reporter: 42-year-old roy mainy is applying for the pell grant. he takes us to the metal bunk

where he does hiss homework a few feet from the toilet he shares. this is it? >> this is it. this is where i do a lot of studying and stuff. wednesday i have english comp 1 from 6:00 to 9:00. >> if you have questions, please ask. >> thursday i have computer applications and concepts. and friday a math study group. and saturday i'm studying. so i'm busy all week. >> reporter: all of the men we met, he is in prison for the most violent crime, convicted of second-degree murder for killing 30-year-old tiffany mogenson when he sped away from a police officer and crashed into the beloved dance teacher's car. we reached out to her father for this story, who had strong feelings about his daughter's killer getting a subsidized education, telling us to share a quote from maya angelou that says when people show you who they are, believe them the first time. he wrote that the balance between punishment and rehabilitation is always tough for a victim's family. i truly doubt that any continued education will assist him and his life after prison.

so to me, this is an additional slap in the face for all who supported tiffany. they now get to pay for this government boondoggle. the state of kansas says that roy mainy could be released in three years. >> i mean, i feel horrible. it tears me up. >> reporter: what do you say to people who say well, should we be giving federal money to people who are in prison? >> would you want the person that don't have a degree to be your neighbor or a person with a degree? are these inmates that people say oh, forget about them, they could be your neighbor. why write them off? everybody deserve a second chance. >> reporter: don lankford is their prison warden. >> what i would say is everyone's made a mistake in their life, okay. and i've made my share. and i've been given opportunities. and by giving those geds and second pell grants, it gives men and women that opportunity to

learn something that they may have never learned. >> reporter: casey tiettmeyer is one of their college professors. >> it's not just about the grade for them. it's about truly learning and truly polishing their skills and becoming better versions of themselves. >> reporter: right now 35-year-old taryn keith is one of their success stories. hard drugs were his demons, and he's been in and out of state penitentiaries his whole adult life. >> in the past, when i would get released, i would go apply for jobs, just having i don't know necessarily if it was having the felony checkmark on the application, it just seemed like i'm not getting no response. so i would fall back into my old habits, you know. >> reporter: but this time he walked way from prison last summer with an associates degree in applied science, a 4.0 grade point average, and a job building windows already waiting for him at home.

>> being able to get that education and then land in that job made the transition a lot easier. >> reporter: most companies refuse to hire convicted felons. but his new employer desperately needs skilled and educated labor to build his architectural german window, and has agreed to interview men at the prison. >> i was skeptical that he would show up the first day. ten years ago, two years ago, i would have never seen myself employing convicts. and so far so good. >> we're gathered here to celebrate and validate this graduation ceremony. today this means freedom and opportunity. >> reporter: number 95486 says before he leaves here, he'd like to earn a master's degree that he'll use on the outside. for the first time in his life, he says he feels he has the tools to become a better man. >> i've never felt this happy in my life, and i'm in prison. and i still have seven years to go. i don't feel negative at all. i don't feel like anything bad

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but now ariana madix is taking center stage and making one of broadway's biggest comeback characters all her own. abc's rhiannon ali has more. ♪ >> this show is so iconic. you know, when i was a kid, i just listened to cast recordings and stuff like that and try to learn all the different types of choreography, which i was never that good at. i didn't have the professional help back then. >> reporter: what do you say to people who think maybe you're getting this role because you're a reality tv star. >> if i wasn't a reality tv star with a following, i don't think i would be considered for a lot of things. so this is a proving ground. and i'm here to prove myself. >> reporter: she's the name on everybody's lips. ♪ he ain't know sheik, that's not physique, and lord knows he ain't got the smarts ♪ >> reporter: ariana madix, the breakout "vanderpump rules

"reality star catapults into it the limelight last year when her partner and castmate tom sandoval admitted to cheating with their co-star raquel. >> we became really good friends. >> i don't give a -- >> reporter: it became known as scandoval, the affair heard around the world. >> tom sandoval and ariana madix have a broken up. >> our office? free fall on this. >> et has confirmed the loves are gone. >> reporter: she turned the lemons into lemonade, launching major brand deals. >> thank you for choosing racing cane's where our chicken is kicking. >> reporter: placed third on "dancing with the stars." and even a vip invite to last year's white house correspondence dinner. i mean, you're everywhere. what do you say to the naysayers saying it's too much. she is capitalizing on this horrible thing. she is oversaturated. >> they can kick rocks.

they don't know what they're talking about. they very much don't know anything about my life, my career, my training, my preparation for moments like this. going out there and doing a good job and working hard is exactly what everybody hopes to be doing at their job. so i'm going to do the best at mine. >> i've never experienced someone who gets cheated on and suddenly she becomes god. >> we have a new season starting of your show. are you ready for people to dive back into that world? >> i mean, ready or not, they're coming. i mean, there was not a lot of life lived in between, say, the reunion and filming this season. you're opening up this time capsule of someone trying to pick up the pieces of their life. >> reporter: now she is taking on a new role, embodying a character who becomes her own media sensation in "chicago." ♪ but now look, roxie

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>> she is getting her shine back. >> she is the queen. >> honestly, that strong woman up on stage after what she overcame this year. i'm here to support her. >> reporter: ariana is giving it her all and says she is determined to prove the haters wrong. ♪ i'm just sum dumb mechanic's wife, i'm going to be singing roxie ♪ >> reporter: "vanderpump rules "co-stars also there to show their support." >> i knew she was going to crush it. you have nothing to be nervous about. you're going to absolutely kill it. it was so good. >> it was only night one, and it was perfection. [ cheering ] >> we love you! >> reporter: how does it feel to have your dream come true? >> i'm just filled with so much joy and gratitude for this. i hope to be able to perform on other stages as well one day. or just keep doing this one. this one is really great.

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