he was immediately booked into the cuyahoga county correction center. the very jail in which we met robert wolford. castro was eventually convicted and sentenced to life, plus 1,000 years in a state prison. one month later, he was found dead in his prison cell from an apparent suicide by hanging. . >>> this sunday the battle over healthcare, can the gop plan pass? some republicans say their bill is too harsh. >> i could not support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of americans. >> others say it may not go far enough. >> it's going to fix the whole problem. >> while democrats and the left are unanm sly opposed. >> thousands of people will die. >> i'll talk to independent bernie sanders of vermont. plus the democrat's loss in georgia leesds for calls for nancy pelosi to step down. >> you've got to beat the

in cuyahoga county -- i will ad-lib. we are ahead of the curve , because of initial grants by the department of justice. in 2007 and 2009, the department of justice gave cuyahoga county money to begin investigating cold case homicides. it was also geared towards dna evidence. we used that money to look at homicides with sexual motivation. as a result of that, we ended up solving 17 homicides and 14 rapes. in 2009 in the city of cleveland, we had a horrendous crime committed by an individual by the name of anthony soul over the course of a number of years. he brutally raped and murdered 11 women in the city of cleveland. as a result of that crime, and the deficiencies it demonstrated through the criminal justice system, the focus was shined upon the issue of rape kits within our county. within cuyahoga county alone, there was 5000 untested rape kits sitting on the shelves of law enforcement. a number that's inexcusable and really understandable. throughout the state of ohio, we had 14,000 rape kits that had been sitting o

. >> when we travel to cleveland, ohio, to shoot "lockup: extended stay" at the cuyahoga county corrections center, we met one inmate who didn't fit that mold. he was also segregated from everybody else. >> i can't be in a block with nobody. i got to be in a cell by myself all day. >> why? >> because i'm high profile, i got to be separated from everybody else. >> inmate wolford we have in admin seg, administration significant segregation, due to his high-profile case, and he has chronic problems adjusting to general population. >> because all the people i probably fought and the things i got into since i've been here. it's hard to place me. >> robert wolford's reputation at the jail dates back to six years earlier when he was here on a murder charge. he eventually pled guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sent to prison to serve a 26-year sentence. the victim was a homeless man. >> i gave him some drugs. he told me to pay me back later so i trusted him. i come back to get the money. he didn't have it, told me he ain't paying me. we get into a fight. when i seen him

area,700 were from our the cleveland, ohio and cuyahoga county area.ompounding the problem is that the statute of limitations in ohio bearing down on us as prosecutors. we knew that unless we reviewed each one of these cases, we were going to run out of time on our watch. we took it very seriously and we had sometimes one day, sometimes two hours before the grand jury time would run out and we would lose the case. in order to make the most of our resources, we understand we had to form a task force with several agencies detailing personnel to one physical location which is very important. our belief was that using a multidisciplinary approach in at one location would yield the best results. because of the volume of the investigations we needed to well.ritize our cases, as we tackled the oldest ones first. we were able to identify many defendants. some we were not able to identify, but we were able to indict as john doe defendants using dni -- dna profiles as identification. now we are concentrating on the serial sex offenders who are out on the street

. >> he's known at the cuyahoga county correction center in downtown cleveland as big sam. >> you used him. who's the victim? you sit here won't even open your mouth to tell me nothing about what these guys did -- >> we quickly learned gang investigator sam mclaren had a personality to match his physique. >> big sam's style was one of dedication and passion. >> you have that candy -- >> sweet. >> i'll see you later. >> thank you. >> you take care of yourself. >> he could be very caring and heartfelt in his communication, but he could also be very loud and bombastic when he felt he was being disrespected or lied to. >> this ain't no game! ain't no deals! personally going to see you, my friend. because i've been laughing since i've seen you. >> a change in these young men's lives. one example of how sam cared about the inmates, inmate tony goodwin. someone's story we have been following for a while. everybody expected him to be convicted of a murder charge and face a long term in prison. >>> we, the jury, fine the defendant not guilty of aggravated murder. >> but tony got a lesser convic

he provided funding and a statewide level, cuyahoga county continued to receive grants so that we can hire investigators. we had 5000 kits but we had 6700 actual assault incidences that we needed to investigate. currently of those 6700 cases which is almost unimaginable, the victims out there who have not yet received justice within our county, we have processed 3700 investigations. again, we have a task force now that starting from a civil department of justice grants in 2007. that includes representatives from the state attorney general's office , local police agencies, our county sheriff's apartment, we have representatives from the cleveland rape crisis center embedded within our task force to assist victims and to the other we have a collaborative effort to investigate these brutal crimes. seek justice for the victims and close out these cases on behalf of the residents we all serve. while this was going on, representatives from the state of ohio assisted us in this endeavor by passing state laws, one that moved back the statute of limitations to 25 years area also mandated that

. >>> the drive to yosemite will be get easier one of the biggest entrances cuyahoga pass road is back open to the public. cyclists and pedestrians can start using it today but cars will have to wait until tomorrow. rangers are asking people to drive slowly through the area. you might remember these pictures of the mounting snowpack near tuolumne meadows. you can see the water pouring out on the road there. this year's record snowfall took a little longer than normal to clear from the road. ♪[ music ] >>> still to come a new way to get your flu vaccine. how this patch could make flu shots a thing of the past. >>> how the pose is giving new perspective on the battle over healthcare. >> from the kpix weather center, good afternoon, everybody. we have our microclimate in full gear at this hour anywhere from stockton up the coast to sunshine inland. we'll talk about that right there the low clouds, the fog and the effect on your holiday, the weathercast coming up right after this. the food and drug administration wants to get more gene >>> a new push this afternoon to make medicine more af

the cuyahoga river i n ohio, it took that river catching on fire. it took a river catching on fire for the u.s. public to say wait a second, we have a proboblem he we need to do something about.t. so some of us, you know, think that we may unfortunately need to have that cuyayahoga river moment in the e climate change debate before we will act. sosomething so undedeniable that even the e most well funded, well organized disinformation campaign cannot convince the public not to believe what they're seeing with their own two eyes. >> when you talk to other scientists and urge them to get into the fight, do they explain their reluctance? >> what i perceive is that this problem m is statarting to solve itself f naturally through sortf generational change. many of the younger scientists that i talk to, you know, graduate students today, young post docs, they grew up in a different environment. they witnessed the attacks on science. to many of them, it upset them. it upset them that scientists were being attacked for simply speaking truth to power.r. and

thomas gilson is the medical examiner for cuyahoga county: >> if you look at how many people die in thisntry from opioid overdose, we're looking at, you know, the same number of casualties in the entire vietnam conflict. >> reporter: the crisis affects rich and poor, white and black, old and young. last thursday, the 911 operator in akron received this call from a nine-year-old. >> reporter: it's unclear how the child got the opioid in his system, but he died on sunday. ohio is now suing five big drug companies which manufacture prescription pain killers, charging that they knowingly minimized the risks of addiction. rn ohio attorney general mike dewine put it, scott, "they knew they were wrong, but they did it anyway, and they continue to do it." >> pelley: dean reynolds, thanks. well, president trump promised to crack down, and now a government contractor has been charged with leaking secrets about russian interference with the u.s. election. here's our chief white house correspondent, major garrett. >> reporter: late last month, riesident trump described leaks of classified informatio

the cuyahoga county coroner noted anything like medicaid expansion being limited that limits people's access to health care. i can't see any good coming from this crisis, from that -- i can't see any good coming from that in this crisis, especially with the high rates in mortality. police chief from newtown, ohio, little town near cincinnati, he's in the front lines of this fight, he said, we should not be decreasing medicaid. he talked about one of the programs that his teams are doing in the hamilton county area signing people up for medicaid, then getting them into treatment. right now 200,000 families in ohio are getting opioid addiction treatment who have insurance because of medicaid, yet your administration continues to talk down to criticize medicaid expansion and to suggest cuts in medicaid. he went on to say taking away medicaid would make this fight more difficult. i don't even want to imagine the number of overdose deaths we would've had in ohio if our republican governor, i'm proud of what he did and he's gotten a lot of criticism from president trump and a lot of critici

. >> reporter: but richard bell who is a special investigations chief of cuyahoga county in ohio said that testing all rape kits even one where the victim knows the attacker leads to solving other crimes. >> the testing has revealed you solve these stranger rape cases because the stranger rapists who are dangerous offenders sure enough they are mean people to the people they know. >> reporter: bay area congresswoman jackie speier is a cochair of the committee that met today. >> we would never let the dna in a murder case sit on a shelf. and yet it is common place to let the dna of sexual assault victims sit on a shelf. >> reporter: now, in san francisco, all rape kits are tested and tracked. but it might not be long before the rest of the nation is required to do the same. >> it's an injustice committed against women because they are women. and we must refuse to let this injustice stand. >> reporter: now, in california, a bill that would require data collection on rape kits has been working its way through the legislature. it is opposed by the california sheriffs association. we're fo

. >>> happening today at yosemite, cuyahoga pass road reopens. cyclists and pedestrians will be able to use it today but cars will have to wait until tomorrow. rangers are asking motorists to drive slowly. we showed you a picture of the water from the melting snowpack. it's pouring on to the road near tuolumne meadows. it took longer to clear the passes. >>> firefighters are hoping to gain the upper hand on the fast- moving fire in southern california. they say conditions should be better today with cooler temperatures. the fire in highland near san bernardino grew to 900 acres yesterday. crews say at one point, the flames jumped the highway and burned through the mountains. nearly 200 homes are evacuated. at last check the fire was 0% contained. >>> bart riders could be feeling a little safer today. we'll tell you about some security upgrades. that story coming up. >> plus, a brewing courtroom battle. the case that could reshape the san francisco waterfront and beyond. what if there was a paint... ...that had the power to awaken something old...

you are cuyahoga, ohio. we have sitous your size all across america. -- we have cities your size all across america. how much are we going to find if we take this same model and replicate it? what is being done? we concede some things here with funding. but we see it in all kinds of things we like to fund. the question is, you have such a compelling case, how are your colleagues and d.a.'s working through the ndaa attorneys general or others demonstrating the impact that you are having and compelling those who are responsible for funding things say we have to make this a priority back in your areas? lastly, i have such respect for the work are you doing in this space and the ability again because we're talking about evidence, you really seem to be so principally focused on the treatment of the victim. you spent time talking -- we always talk about the treatment of the victim with respect to, ok, let's make sure we get her or him, because there are male victims as well, let's make sure we get them so we can g

but i just got an e-mail yesterday from the coroner in could you cuyahoga county who reported to me that he believes the deaths are fentanyl driven, in contrast to the horrible rate of overdoses and deaths last year of being more in the 20 to 30 range. we're now, even this year, in april it was under 40, now in two weeks, over 40. so can you talk a little bit about what's happened in ohio? and maybe specifically what i'm hearing back home, which is this notion to professor deaton's point about who is being affected, that this is now being spread into the african-american community more with regard to these evil traffickers sprinkling fentanyl in cocaine and starting a whole nother series of addictions. if you could speak to that a little bit, i would appreciate it. >> senator, thank you very much for the question. thank you for the great work that you've done, you've been a great leader in this field. you know, i think there's a natural progression which starts generally with a pain med. 35-year-old, 40-year-old, blue collar male, hurts his back, is prescribed pain meds, becomes addicted

but i just got an e-mail yesterday from the coroner in the ca hogue georgia county -- ca cuyahoga county and he reported that 43 people have died in cleveland in the couple of weeks since memorial day. he believes it's fentanyl-driven can. by the way, this is in contrast even to the horrible rate of overdoses and deaths last yearhe of being, you know, more in the 20-30 range. we're now even in this year, in april it was under 40, now in two weeks over 40. so can you talk a little bit about what's happened in ohio and maybe specifically what i'mc hearing back home which is this notion, to professor deaton's point, about who's being affected, that this is now being spread into the african-american community more with regard too these evil traffickers sprinkling fentanyl in cocaine and starting a whole othere series of addictions. if you could just speak to that a little bit, i'd appreciate it. >> well, senator, thank you very much for the question.ad thank you for the great work that you've done, you've been a real leader in this field. you know, i think there is a natural pro depression w