i know carpentry, i know masonry. i know -- it's not like i don't have the ability or the skills, i just choose not to. for various reasons, you know. lack of discipline, self-confidence, a self-destructive nature. it's not that i can't do it, it's just that i don't. >> but not everyone believes jail is a choice. some feel they are victims to a probation system that's all too easy to violate and keeps sending them back. >> i was told by my first probation officer after reading the conditions of my probation, if you can do this without me violating you, you'll be lucky. this is the first time i met. this man, the first time i've been on probation. he was very right. >> eric johns' original charge was for sexual battery. after serving four years in prison, he was released on probation. but when a urine test proved positive for marijuana, he was back in the miami-dade county jail. >> i am a three-time loser. this makes my third time. once you're in the system, you will be back. >> eric johns was definitely a loner in the

he and his family shelter in a cave that was converted into a carpentry.hey've been here for three years. don't be afraid, my son, he says. there's no running water or electricity across the city. we had to convert this washing machine into a wood burner to keep warm at night, he says. >> when the bombing starts, we hide in the carpentry. it's a room inside the cave. it's terrifying. we never go out. >> the partial ceasefire was supposed to allow more humanitarian aid in, but the fighting and various armed groups competing for control this made things difficult. >> it is the main road into the city of aleppo. if it is closed, there will be no more roads in or out. you have absolutely no other way. >> these are fighters with al-nusra front. they control some areas in the south of the city. no ceasefire for us, this man screams. back on the streets, the fighting continues. there's a sniper. i can't go out says this fighter. he says two of his sons don't speak anymore. he says they live in perpetual fear and like thousands of other families across this besieg

hard, continuously working and the skills they were doing in the military from small engine repair, carpentryreally valuable skills. >> reporter: one thing missing from this farm and their training, arcadia can't afford a tractor. >> we are borrowing tractors from mount vernon but it will not be able for them or us to keep doing that. >> making a tractor would be a big difference for these vets. >> learn a tractor. i have done part time work on a farm. this is the first wave of veterans arcadia has been training. they hope when the recruits get here they will have a fak tractor to train. we have a link and you can search news 4. >>> harriet tubman will make history again. the treasury department announced the most famous conductor on the underground railroad will grace the new $20 bill and alexander hamilton will remain on the $10 bill. the back of the 5 and $10 dl bill will change. the new bills will be released in 2020. your commute may drive you crazy but could be worse. a new report shows teleworking reduces traffic in our region by 10%. look at this graphic. these are all the people who

they come re for opportunity to turn themselves around they are taught carpentry giving them a job skill. there's academic glasses. they run a garden, do beehiving, weekly community service and learn life skills. >> it was a big log and i seen how it had different unique patterns inside the wood so i picked it out and made a boat out of it. >> he is also picking out and using the best of what our house has to offer him. >> it gave me a different impression on liifr and teaching me responsibility. >> reporter: his academic scores have risen above average. >> i want to go to school for barbering and get my own shop. >> reporter: the winning attitude is easy to support. being a part of their time is what our house does best. >> i was lost in life. i could barely read. i was abused. >> i don't remember my childhd. >> i'm learning a job skill. >> we get a second chance. >> won't you help give a child a future? zbll here's some of the cool stuff that you got a nice achievement award there and a lapel pin from the white house. >> i'm so totally thrilled and our house does a lot of about good wo

carpentry students installing the insulation on the outside. >> you are looking at a view at the backyardrom what will be a kitchen window. and once this room is complete cabinets created by high school woodworking students. >> i really enjoy making things with my hands. to be out here and get a chance to the this is amazing. >> the students broke ground last fall. when it's completed by next fall 80% of the work will have been done by them. experience to prepare them for paid construction jobs if there are 100% placement rated for kids graduating from here. reporter: 17-year-old amanda farmer is studying landscaping . >> the proceeds will fund the next student house proect j. kellye lynn, abc7 news. leon: an emotional plea in the search for a missing firefighter. >> i'm not sure where you are. but know we areal leon: missing for almost a week. where crews are now searching for nicole mittendorf. plus, what we are learning tonight about a plane that crashed maryland killing both people inside. air traffic control for drones. testing going on in the area and what it could mean for thousand

carpentry. pretty much anything that's labor-intensive, i've done.se heavy equipment. >> my recommendation is that you continue classes when you get out. i imagine you want to get a degree. >> yes. >> that's my recommendation for you. >> your last job, how long did you have it? >> seven months. >> why was that? >> because i got arrested. >> this is your first term in new mexico? >> yes. and my last. >> basic conditions of parole, no drugs, no weapons, no alcohol. no liquor establishments. are you familiar with what your requirements are as a sex offender? >> pretty much. as far as the registration, where i can live. how close to schools, parks, stuff like that, i'm pretty up to date on that. >> okay. you have ten days to register after you're released. it's different in albuquerque than in las vegas. when you go in to the sheriff's department, ask them how often you have to report. i know in some counties it is 60 days, some 90 days and some it's every year. okay. you will be on gps. it is a requirement. okay? d as soon as we have an approval, we'll

danielle webster's 30 students completed a carpentry program. weltzer says in the future she will use the skill she's learned to get a job. >> i have never really accomplished much, and this is something i can take home to my kid. >> california state officials say about 93% of the women who finish the program will never come back to prison. >> talk about substantial! >> yeah, that's awesome. >>> it's 4:57, and just ahead on eyewitness news this morning, we are tracking repairs to a partially collapsed subway program in the bronx right now. a live update coming up. >>> developing right now a key >>> a commuter alert at 5:00 a.m. following a partial subway platform collapse, and that's leading to suspension, what you need to know for your morning commute coming up. >>> investigators want to know if the same criminal is behind nearly a dozen robberies in nassau county. >>> a harlem restaurant owner is behind bars this morning in >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm ken rosato. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traff

i did carpentry and construction work which wasn't anything taken out.ag.ft a hole in the that's the short and long of it. host: thank you for sharing with us. president obama did recently speak about the issue and about the need to create policies that improve the economic situation of people across all income spectrums. [video clip] whendent obama: politicians perpetuate a system that favors the wealthy at the expense of the middle class it is not surprising that people feel like they cannot get ahead. it is not surprising that often it's directed at the frustration. rather than doubling down on policies that let a few big corporations or the wealthy play by their own rules, we should keep building an economy where everyone has a fair shot and everybody plays by the same rules, rather than wasteful tax loopholes we should be investing more in education and job creation and job training. lockingn tax breaks for millionaires or making it harder to actually enforce existing laws let's give tax breaks that help working families pay for child care or for co