maldonado has been clean for over a year, but he used for a long time, and it changed the trajectorye been using since i was nine. and in 2009, i started slamming. you know what i mean? my hands, all the track marks, i did a lot of time behind the wall. at the age of 14 i ended up getting six years. >> reporter: he's fully immersed himself in treatment programs, and the gift card program is just one more incentive to keep him going. it lasts 24 weeks, and each week those that test clean get a $25 gift card, totaling $600. >> you can get hygiene, clothes without stealing it. >> reporter: the cost is a far cry from the more than $100,000 a year the vera institute of justice estimates it costs to jail someone. director of operations for ocg, chris morales, says so far it's been successful. >> it's had great results so far. all of the clients who meat the criteria have done very well. they're all testing clean, over 90 or even 95% of the time. >> reporter: ocg has been running the program since july. so far, more than 30 people have enrolled. they hope to have more in the future. maldona

. >> reporter: it's something daniel maldonado, who is recovering from a meth addiction, hasn't been able to do for the majority of his life, walk into a store, pick something out, and then walk up to the register to pay for it. it's all thanks to a gift card program run by our common ground, a nonprofit for substance abuse treatment. >> being able to have extra help without having to steal nothing or having to worry about nothing, just going to the store and getting it, it's a plus, you know. you ain't got to worry about going to jail. >> reporter: the concept was developed based on scientific research that shows rewards help stimulate users like maldonado recover more effectively than conventional treatment alone. maldonado has been clean for more than a year, but he used for a long time and it changed the trajectory of his life. >> i've been using since i was 9 and i started -- in 2008 i started slamming. you know what i mean? my hands, all the track marks, i did a lot of time behind the walls. at the age of 14 i ended up getting six years. >> reporter: he's fully immersed himself

maldonado has been clean for over a year, but he used for a long time, and it changed the trajectory of his life. >> i've been using since i was nine. and in 2009, i started slamming. you know what i mean? my hands, all the track marks, i did a lot of time behind the wall. at the age of 14 i ended up getting six years. >> reporter: he's fully immersed himself in treatment programs, and the gift card program is just one more incentive to keep him going. it lasts 24 weeks, and each week those that test clean get a $25 gift card, totaling $600. >> you can get hygiene, clothes without stealing it. >> reporter: the cost is a far cry from the more than $100,000 a year the vera institute of justice estimates it costs to jail someone. director of operations for ocg, chris morales, says so far it's been successful. >> it's had great results so far. all of the clients who meat the criteria have done very well. they're all testing clean, over 90 or even 95% of the time. >> reporter: ocg has been running the program since july. so far, more than 30 people have enrolled. they hope to have more in

el responsable de la muerte de maryland, jonathan maldonado, de 23 años, papá de sus hijas, se entregóspués del asesinato. Él se encuentra en la cárcel, donde ya le presentaron cargos. abraham peña telundo. abraham, muchas gracias por ese informe. pasamos a san joaquín. allí un padre de familia sospechoso de la muerte de su hijo en el 2020, fue declarado culpable. matthew garcía recibió una condena por abuso infantil tras la muerte de emiliano garcía. según la fiscalía, matthews sacudió al menor, lo pateó y lo arrojó a una bañera, causándole un trauma cráneo encefálico encefálico, por lo que podría ser sentenciado a de entre 50 y 75 años en prisión el próximo 14 de abril en el condado de madera. la policía detuvo a un joven de 19 años por portar armas sin registrar el arresto de adriana valdez tinajero ocurrió durante la revisión del automóvil en el que viajaba. ahí las autoridades encontraron una pistola de 9 milímetros y un rifle. según el reporte, el sospechoso, quien estaba en libertad condicional y tenía prohibido poseer revólveres, fue ingresado en la cárcel del condado madera po

julie roginsky, abel maldonado, jamal hill, t.w. arregui, and solomon jones. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. doge remorse. tonight, president trump and his allies are treating their firings inside the government like a game, a show even. they are creating memes, throwing celebrations. and the man in charge is using props to dance on professional graves. >> this is the chainsaw for bureaucracy. chainsaw. ooh. who? >> everything's fine. even if you agree with shrinking the government or rooting out wasteful spending. it's safe to say that this process has been utter chaos, with zero oversight and very little care. and we're talking about people's lives here. tonight alone, thousands of irs employees have been fired, and sources are describing emotional scenes playing out in the workplaces across the country. employees are crying, managers are crying, and many are angry. kicking chairs and throwing books over how they

mitch landrieu, abel maldonado, ana navarro and brian lanza. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. the ground shifting underneath the worlds feet. tonight, 230 words at a score of lies from the leader of the free world may ultimately end with ukraine not free, but living under moscow's hammer and sickle. donald trump today sang the same song as russian state tv, telling the story that the kremlin has been telling for years that ukraine started the war, that volodymyr zelenskyy is a dictator, that ukraine's government is filled with thieves, and that the u.s. should stay an ocean away from the battlefield. it's a sudden and sharp breakup of an alliance that happened in generations, and the rant is very much official u.s. policy now. the vice president not so politely warned kyiv not to say anything if they don't have anything nice to say about trump. and as putin's army fires guns on ukrainian soil, consid

imaginen hacer juntos tus propios porristas, asÍ podrÍamos describir a los hermanos morales maldonadoo de quedarnos, de comer, siempre aparece alguien. elyangÉlica: de esa forma llegaron a la meta, un triunfo de ellos y tambiÉn. >> los padres que se pongan de pie para conocerlos. felicitaciones. elyangÉlica: de sus padres que trabajan sacando copias los honrÓ la universidad por ayudarlos. >> quizÁs el punto positivo es que no tenÍamos a nosotros tras, que bueno, momentos en que alguna los tres caÍa y estaban los otros dos para levantarlo. elyangÉlica: bueno, ellos ahora se preparan para hacer su residencia mÉdica en una zona rural del estado tÁchira en venezuela, espera que se hizo viral y que la universidad sirva ejemplo para conseguir nuevas oportunidades para las que estÁn mÁs que listos aunque eso implique separarse. los felicitamos, particularmente yo como venezolana. satcha: maravillosa historia y que habÍan por ellos, a esos amigos que los ayudaron y que los atiendan ahora gratis en sus clÍnicas, quÉ bonita historia. alan: asÍ es. karla: pero yo tengo una duda, ¿y maÑana que, r

ahora vamos a veracruz donde estÁ nuestra reportera claudia maldonado.una paquita motivada con volver. el dÍa domingo transcurre un dÍa normal en su vida. se baÑÓ, comiÓ, cenÓ. nadie vio nada extraÑo. ningÚn comentario de que se sentÍa mal, alguna molestia, nada. se fue a dormir y la sorpresa la llevamos el dÍa de ayer. ella nos despertÓ. raÚl: sabemos que hablaste con ella como acaba de decir el pasado sÁbado. sus hijos, su hermana viola? paco: su hermana viola estaba con ella 24/7 desde diciembre. al igual que la seÑora marta. ellas son las que estaban con ellas 24/7. nunca la dejaron desde diciembre. aquÍ estuvieron con ella. venÍan, comÍan, cenaban, la veÍan. las que estuvieron pegadas con ella eran ellas. alan: por Último. sabemos que fue muy privado, muy Íntimo. tenÍa muchos amigos y amigas famosas paquita. alguien especial quÉ le haya ido a ver en este dÍa? paco: es difÍcil por eso le vamos hacer un homenaje en la ciudad de mÉxico para dar esa apertura. para poder dar la apertura al pÚblico. [audio inentendible] les agradecemos. karla: claro que v