let's check in with rob marciano in norwalk, connecticut. we missed you yesterday. one day absence was too much to bear for us, rob. good to have you back. >> reporter: it's nice to be back. it was my son's third birthday. i wanted to devote my entire day for that. >> happy birthday. >> reporter: thank you for giving me that day. happy birthday to mason. we're back in business, and it's a beautiful morning here in norwalk, connecticut. should be a lovely day. temperatures below average, but not the case in the southwest. that's where excessive heat warnings have been posted and a myriad of them extending up to california up into utah where there are also red flag warnings and there have been fire there that have done some damage in utah and arizona. and these temperatures do not help. get up to 120 degrees in some spots. vegas approaching that on wednesday. you see this only gets worse as the week goes along today and tomorrow being the start of it and lasting until at least wednesday and if not, thursday. this big old "h" bumps up that ridge and takes the rain chan

use authority in norwalk challenges. if you're innocent and you plead guilty, you better be a good liar. you go down there, you talk to psychologists, and they ask you said you do it well, you have to say yes because it has to be consistent with everything. well, how do you do it? i mean, i didn't have adequate answers for these questions, so they didn't, they didn't buy it in a sense, you know, rightly so. and they sent a report that was just positive and negative report back to the judge. and he said, i didn't realize that you story wouldn't be able to help you. and so i'll allow you to take back your guilty plea and go have a trial oral sentence, you to state prison right now. so that began another period waiting. it would be well over a year before bruce would get another trial date, 23 hours a day at a cell in isolation. no contact with other juveniles only counselors, one hour out for recreation. and while they might not be able to introduce an alternate suspect boost demanded, his lawyer knocked down every argumen

at youth authority, in norwalk challenges you're innocent and you plead guilty. you better be a good liar. you go down there, you talk to psychologists and they ask you said you do it well, you have to say yes because it has to be consistent with everything. well, how did you do it? i mean, i didn't have adequate answers for these questions, so they didn't, they didn't buy it in a sense, you know, rightly so. and they sent a report that was just positive and negative report back to the judge. and he said, i didn't realize that you story wouldn't be able to help you. and so i'll allow you to take back your guilty plea and go have a trial oral sentence, you to state prison right now. so that began another period waiting.

. >> next is cindy in norwalk, connecticut, who says no. >> caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. a couple points. i don't think the filibuster is the problem. i think maybe we should reform and have term limits. that to me would break the gridlock and the compromising bologna. you know, the people, the people voted for the filibuster. no. did anybody care what the people voted for four years ago? the democrats didn't care who got voted in. and they use the filibuster over 300 times under donald trump. so, you know, all that is just a bunch of hooey. the election laws we want to go back to how they were precovid. nobody is changing anything. everything was changed because of covid. and i think that's a point, you know, everybody knows it. but nobody wants to be honest. of course we want fair voting. that is not the issue. you know, when everybody lies about bills, voting right bills, and don't read the bills, they pick up a talking point from joe biden, oh, georgia won't give out water when that is a falsehood and so if your president can't be honest, an

host: next is cindy in norwalk, connecticut, who says no. caller: thanks for taking my call. couple of points. i don't think the filibuster is the problem. i think a should reform and have term limits. that, to me, would break the gridlock and the compromising baloney, you know? the people, the people voted for the filibuster? no, did anybody care what the people voted for four years ago? the democrats didn't care who got voted in. they use the filibuster 300 times on donald trump. all of that is a bunch of who we are. -- hooey. election laws should go back to how they were pre-covid. no one is changing everything, everything was changed because of covid and that's a point, everybody knows it, but nobody wants to be honest. of course we want fair voting. that is not the issue. you know? and everybody lies about bills, voting rights bills and they don't read the bills, they just pick up a talking point. georgia won't give out water? that's a falsehood. if your president cannot be honest, and i don't care if it's donald trump or joe biden, people need to be a bit more educated