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people's favorite dating apps. but now the apps are ranking you back. hinge has published a list of its top 40 most eligible users in new york city. the people with the looks, the brains, the personality, everything but the good sense to say "no" to us when we asked two of them if we could film their first date and put it on television. here's abc's morris gibb ocampo. >> i just feel like it might be time to say goodbye. >> reporter: nabbing an eligible bachelor like nick vial can be a challenge. . i'm sorry. >> reporter: just ask any one of the three contestants kicked off the show in this week's explosive episode. >> i wish nothing but the best for you. >> reporter: but for those who aren't on reality tv -- >> i just didn't see that coming. >> reporter: there's a new pool to partners to pick from. caroline hanson is one of the most sought after singles in new york city. >> here's my profile, what makes

me happy, golden retrievers. >> you're one of the most eligible bachelorets in new york, how does that feel? >> it's definitely flattering. >> reporter: the list, compiled by popular dating app hinge, boast daters that are attractive and accomplished. the selections are based off profile interactions which hinge claims emphasize personality not just profile pictures. >> are you finding that the quality is a little different when you're actually getting to know more about the person? >> yeah, it's people who are actually invested in meeting people. as opposed to again, like the hook-up culture, just swiping she's hot, i'm going to go out with her. >> reporter: caroline said she quit using the swipe dating app, apps like tinder and bum bell, in favor of hinge which instituted a subscription fee. >> tell me about your experience with online dating. >> to me, it's a no-brainer. in new york, it's really hard to meet people. >> reporter: so she has high

hopes tonight for her date, rearchled by hinge with a fellow super catch chris kafero. >> he seems very funny. >> reporter: across town, we learned he is pretty funny. >> reporter: a bone fight actor, he's appeared in "the night of" and "as the world turns." but this is the first time he's been on a most eligible list. >> so you're one of the top daters, does that surprise you? >> yeah, totally. >> sorry, ladies, this is the best new york can do. >> what is it that you think you're doing right? >> i have no idea. i'm just trying to be myself. >> reporter: that true to you profile style is what chris will be looking for on his date tonight with caroline. as you can see, she's got beautiful pictures. what makes me happy, golden retrievers. she likes dogs. >> reporter: going beyond the swipe is part of a larger changing trend in the dating app world. >> we really agreed that swipe

culture, hook-up culture, had really changed dating for the worst, and we wanted to do something very different. so we rebuilt hinge from scratch and built a relationship app. [ laughter ] >> see i'm doing it so fast it's not even loading their photos. >> reporter: our past pieces on other top online daters have revealed interesting strategies. app users going for quantity or quality of matches. >> i would just sit there and click on every single profile that i possibly could. >> reporter: karen clark, the vp of marketing at hinge said the list wasn't is seeking out the singles to game of the system. >> it's basically the people who have received the most interest. so hinge profiles are intended to showcase your full story. so these people are the total package. >> reporter: more people than ever are turning to digital dating to look for a partner. 1 in 4 young adults. but only 12% of new relationships start online.

laurel house, a relationship coach, has seen plenty of dating app, apathy. >> many of my clients complain that app dating is based on face alone and maybe the few interests and activities they mention. >> reporter: while an estimated 53% of people lie on their profile, laurel emphasizes that being real on apps is the key to finding a match. >> they're putting out this energy of perfection. you're not actually getting to know them. why don't we just all stop pretending and be real. because real is what allows people to feel like they know you. >> reporter: sarah, a denver, colorado, native, knows about putting herself out there. a contestant on a past season of "the bachelor." >> hello. >> reporter: she was immediately open with sean lowe about discussing the fact that she was born with one arm. >> i don't want to like, make you uncomfortable and i don't want anyone else to feel uncomfortable about talking to me about that. >> reporter: now, she's one of hinge's top users nationally.

>> dating on a reality show is not easy by any meens. i think dating on a dating app is way easier. and i think it's 100% possible to find the one on hinge. i think it's easy for other dating apps to sort of just feel like entertainment at times. and people might just be swiping as a game almost. but i'm taking it a little bit more seriously. >> reporter: today, she's making over a friend's profile to help him put his best digital foot forward. >> i want to see all your photos and read everything you wrote about yourself. >> reporter: first step, don't have too many people in the shot. >> aren't you worried if you have a photo with your guy friends, that the girls will see your friends and think they're hotter? [ laughter ] >> reporter: but skip the selfie. use pictures that show personality. >> i want to see a guy out doing his hobbies or action or adventure, something like that. so that's obviously a beautiful shot and says you love playing

golf. >> reporter: lastly, make sure your profile has conversation starters. >> i'm actually legitimately easy at making an over easy egg. >> that could be a first date question. what's your go-to breakfast? >> and if she doesn't say over easy eggs, she's out. >> reporter: even super catches struggle with the nerve-racking desire to get every detail of that first impression right. but they still agree to let our cameras come along. >> hi. >> hey. >> how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> nice to meet you. >> they start with the get to know yous. >> what do you do? >> i'm an actor. and you? >> i work in travel. >> cheers. >> so nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> it turns out they have a couple of hours of things to talk about. >> this was a lot of fun. >> yeah, it was really fun. thanks for taking me out. >> we should do it again sometime. >> caroline was terrific.

she seemed smart, ambitious, funny. i can definitely see why she's on the top 40 list. >> i think chris portrayed himself on the app as he is in person. he was really charming, really funny, easy to get along with, and i overall, had a really good time with him. i hope i see him again. >> reporter: there just might be two open spots on that eligible bachelor list soon. next, we're with ava dioufer in a, trying to expose a prison system that she calls modern day slavery. and later, the clooney family is reportedly getting two new members. on the road again ♪ wait to get [ front assist sounds ] [ music stops ] [ girl laughs ] ♪ on the road again ♪ like a band of gypsies we go down the highway ♪ [ beetle horn honks ] no matter which passat you choose, you get more standard features,

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♪ ♪ america has more people behind bars with per capita than any other country on earth. and a disproportionate number of those inmates are african american. a new documentary argues mass incarceration is simply slavery by another name. tonight juju chang sits down with the film's director. >> we now have more african americans under criminal supervision than all the slaves back in the 1850s. >> reporter: mass incarceration as modern day slavery. the provocative message of the oscar-nominated film "13th." the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. >> what you got after that was a rapid transition of mythology of black criminality. >> the kinds of kids are called super predators. >> millions of dollars will be allocated for prison and jail facilities. >> three strikes and you are

out. >> reporter: the documentary explores the impact of decades of law and order politics and a prison industry that director ava duvernay says profits off punishment. >> slavery, reconstruction, jim c crow, the drug wars, the reagan years, the nixon years, the clinton years and then the prison boom and how it mushroomed. >> reporter: now one of the most powerful women in hollywood. >> what happens when a man stands up and says enough is enough. >> reporter: her critically acclaimed movie "selma" -- >> i enjoy my days. >> reporter: she grew up miles from hollywood and yet a world away from compton in the '80s. gang violence, racial tension and harsh policing, an everyday

reality. >> most people think safety, protection when they see an officer. i thought fear. i started to put that fear and what i've learned about marginalized people together. >> reporter: her personal history infused in her latest film release otd netflix. >> one out of four people with their hands on bars are locked up here in the land of the free. >> reporter: 2.2 million people are behind bars in the u.s., nearly 60% people of color. gore is one of the voices advocating prison reform. as a teenage drug dealer, she shot and killed a man. >> i'll never forget. there's constant reminders. >> reporter: today he says he's filled with remorse of the two decades he spent in prison, his nearly seven years in solitary were akin to torture. >> it was by far, the most barbaric experience i've ever encountered in my life. the smell of human defecation

and urine and despair and hopelessness. >> reporter: he said this letter from his son was a ray of light in the darkness. >> i pray and pray one day my prayer will come true, and we'll be together for life. >> reporter: now a best-selling author, he says prisons are filmed with young black men. a point the film echoes. >> the system cannot exist if everyone decides to go to trial. >> if everybody insisted on a trial, the whole system would shut down. >> what typically happens, the prosecutor says, you can make a deal and we'll give you three years, or you can go to trial and we'll get you 30. you want to take that chance? feel free. >> nobody in the hood goes to trial. >> reporter: 16-year-old khalif, a tragic case in point. >> khalif was charged with a really petty crime that it turns out he didn't commit. >> reporter: a case "nightline"

covered in 2015. falsely accused of stealing a backpack, he refused to plead guilty. >> they told me i would be released that same day if i said i did. but i didn't do it. >> reporter: since his family couldn't afford bail he ended up in rikers island jail. that's him on the floor, beaten by a gang of prisoners, captured on surveillance video, obtained by "the new yorker" magazine. >> it was like hell on earth. we were beaten, stomped. by the correction officers. they was just beating on me. they was just beating on me. >> reporter: without being given a trial, never convicted of a crime, he spent most of his three years behind bars in solitary confinement. until finally all charges were dropped, but the psychological damage has taken its toll. within two years, he committed suicide. >> how many khalifs are out there?

>> i feel like he was a martyr. his voice rang out, to shed light on this epidemic. >> reporter: duvernay acknowledges politicians on both sides of the aisle has evolved in their thinking. >> it's an enormous burden on the black community, but it violated a sense of fairness. >> reporter: but she expresses serious concerns about our new president. >> in the central park jogger case, they put five innocent teens in prison because the public pressured to lock up these animals was so strong. >> you better believe that i hate the people that took this girl and raped her brutally. you better believe it. >> donald trump wanted to give these kids a death penalty. he took out a full-page ad to put the pressure on. >> these children, four of them under 18, all went to adult prisons for 6 to 11 years, before dna evidence proved they were all innocent. >> reporter: even though their convictions were overturned and they were given a $40 million settlement from the city, just

weeks before the election, trump doubled down, telling cnn, the fact that the case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous. >> the central park five case was a case that was used to really examine that myth of criminality, and it was exacerbated by these hysterical voices such as donald trump at the time. >> a lot of people point to that as a racist act. >> sure, of course. absolutely. it was an early indicator and he's done nothing but be consistent in his views and rhetoric. >> do you think donald trump's racist? >> i think he is. >> reporter: president trump has denied accusations like this, telling a local nbc station in 2016 -- >> i am the least racist person you've ever met. >> i love it, i oflove it, are having a good time? >> reporter: but duvernay crafts her argument in a controversial scene weaving together trump's campaign rhetoric to footage from the civil rights era.

>> when they protested once, you know, they would not do it again so easily. i'd like to purchanch him in th face, i'll tell you that. >> i love the old days. you know what they used to do to guys like that, when they were in a place like this? they'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks. >> i am the law and order candidate. >> it's the same rhetoric, it's the same racist language. it's the same toxic environment that he creed created at those rallies. >> reporter: her point may be up for debate, but few deny the nightmare of mass incarceration. a dark truth that duvernay may spin into oscar gold. i'm juju chang for "nightline" in los angeles. coming up next here on "nightline," something very different. how will george and amal clooney

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♪ ♪ and finally tonight, there's something going on with celebrities and twins these days. they are one of hollywood's hottest power couples. and now they're about to be hollywood's hottest parents. "people" magazine reporting the clooneys are expecting. amal clooney recently stirred speculation, appearing along her husband at a reception in london sporting what appeared to be a growing baby bump. baby talk has swirled around the couple since their star-studded 2014 wedding in venice. sources now confirming to "people" magazine that the actor and the international human rights lawyer are expecting twins, joining another a-list couple currently shopping for a double stroller. a rep for the clooneys has declined to comment. and thank you for watching abc news tonight. as always, we're online, 24/7 at abc news.com and on our

nightline facebook page. thanks again for watching and goodnight. >> whatever you had planned for the next 30 minutes, cancel it, because you're about to watch some folks play for the kind of money that changes lives. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] fired up. let's get things rolling and bring out our first contestant.

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