serving 20 days in segregation for >>> at the chatham county desex center in savannah, georgia, charles shepherd is back in general population after serving 20 days in segregation for passing envelopes to another inmate and arguing with officers who cited him for having done so. shepherd says he has been a tattoo artist for 17 years and is working on a sketch for another inmate. >> i'm designing a chest plate for a tattoo pattern for somebody. i'm trading it. he gives me food off his trays and commissary. something like that. i'd like to get more but a lot of people are broke. >> shepherd says it's important to stay on good terms with the people in this particular housing unit. >> this is seven charlie, it's a more aggressive unit i think. >> why is that? they send people here to get out of segregation. a lot of people coming and going coming and going, different faces all the time. it's all right. jail is jail. i never have problems. being a tattoo guy you get along with everybody. >> unit 7c has been the new home of de'andre sanders as well. since he came back from spending nearly seven months

charles shepherd says the rule violations that landed him in segregation are about as minor as they get. >> i got in trouble for giving a guy some envelopes. i accidentally stepped into it. i meant to go in there but i went inside of his cell to give them to him and that is against the rules. they locked me up and gave me 20 days. i should be out in about eight days. >> they are not allowed to pass anything of any sort. not knowing it's gang activity in here, you prevent that by not letting them pass any messages that they can be using to take care of some business on the outside. >> you are not allowed to give anybody anything technically. it is crazy. it's like juvenile. >> you didn't do anything? >> no. i do got a mouth on me. >> shepherd admits he did argue with the officer who wrote him up. >> what did you say? >> all kinds of stuff. i don't even remember. i know i cussed him out and it wasn't good. >> shepherd was written up for being in an unauthorized area refusing to obey an order, obstruction and disorderly conduct. he spent time in segregation a month prior for getting too cl

if it's needed, i think if your person who love pugs, you always have a pug working charles cavalier or a german shepherd, for me at the v schloss. >> your first book in its lessons and advice from the bright side, talk about your experience as the white house press that entry and secretary will the phone lines up if you want to call and talk to them.-8 here they are. they live in the east and central time zone. why a book about dogs? how did you sell this to 12, your publisher?very >> the first book was thankfully a success. when i wrote it, i wasn't a natural longform writer. my first draft, when i turned it in, the editor said more, more, more. i take my assignment very literally, i worked my butt off all summer, i turn it in and the editor says no, now it's too long. i had to cut 10,000 words. it had to cut 10000 words. it was already very tightly written and there was a chapter on dogs. it was about 9500 words and i said you can have the dog chapter back because it kind of didn't exactly fit in, but i didn't know i didn't know i would have a chance to read another book. chance that i you're making t

shepherd and john glenn. insisted she verify the computer's calculations before his first orbit around the earth. >> he knew that if i had done it it was right. >> reporter: charles baldin its the head of nasa. >> we would not have had a human space flight program i don't think had it not been for katherine jon. >> reporter: how surprised do you think people were that it was a black woman? >> shocked. shocked. >> remember when she walked in the control center she was the only black in there. quite naturally they thought she was a maid. 1960s, jim crow america, even the scientists were segregated. but nearly 30 years later, awarded the presidential medal of freedom. the trail blazer is this astronaut's role model. >> you look lovely in what you are wearing. >> the only reason i look lovely is because you made it possible. >> reporter: katherine johnson's daughters are proud. >> every day i know how lucky i am. and it's been a joy. humble pioneer now on the big screen. no longer hidden from history. rehema ellis, nbc news, hampton, virginia. >>> that is going to do it for us on a friday night. i'm lester holt, for this is today's tmj 4. live at 6. >> it is south ea

shepherd. yesterday jurors saw more evidence, a chilling attention to detail dylann roof undertook in planning this massacre. his gps showing he drove to charl son several times, sat in the parking lot of the church, and that's how he found out about the wednesday night bible study. video of him at target practice, shooting at cans, shooting at wooden boards, dozens of shots. so after all that methodical evidence we've seen in the past couple of days, tam rron, the prosecution hoping to rest their case with shepherd's testimony. we talked about it last week, they started this case with the one witness, and hoping to book end this case with the story of survival. >>> coming up, new details in the police shooting death of a 73-year-old california man. so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. a photo of you opening the safe. a post using the hashtag "#justrobbedthesafe" so, what are we supposed to think? switching to geico could save you a bunch of money on car insurance. excellent point. case dismissed. geico. because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance woo! because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance is a

missions, by allen shepherd and john glenn, who insisted she verify the computer's calculations before his first orbit around the earth. >> he knew if i had done it it was right. >> charles bolden is the head of nasa. >> we would not have had a human space flight program had it not been for katherine johnson. >> how surprised do you think people were that it was a black woman? >> shocked. shocked. naturally they thought she was a maid. >> even the scientists was segregated, and nearly 30 years later awarded the presidential medal of freedom and the trail blazer is this astronaut's role model. >> you look lovely in what you are wearing. >> the only reason i look lovely is because you made it possible. >> katherine johnson's daughters are proud. >> every day, it's been a joy. >> a remarkable life of a humble pioneer on the big screen, no longer hidden from history. >> what an incredible story, and an incredible movie there. thank you very much for that report. >>> still ahead, united nations fallout. the controversy president obama is facing at home and in israel for allowing a measure to pass. . it's time to shake things up. with the capital one venture card, you get doub