. >> this is "lockup: inside angola." over 500 men living behind the gates of one of america's oldest prisons. serving sentences so long, most will die here. >> one out of every two you see in this prison is a murderer. >> violent, close to the surface, ready to explode. >> trouble's ready. if you're not careful, trouble will find you. >> maintain my civility when i need -- >> two ways out, dead or alive. >> 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river, lays louisiana state penitentiary. commonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acre, it is the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war, and taken over by the state in 1901, the storied land has seen more than its share of pain. it was once considered the bloodiest prison in america. and its current population of 5,148 men serve sentences so long, it's estimated 90% of them will die here. yet things have changed drastically over the past decade. and much credit goes to warden bu

the house that herman built," is also being released, as the commission of the last member of the angolaee, albert woodfox, has also been overturned, but he remains behind bars as the state is now appealing his case for the third time. jackie sumell joins us now for more. very quickly, when herman wallace was released back in october 2013 by federal judge jackson who told the warden, if he doesn't release him, he was dying -- she was dying of cancer -- he would jail the warden. that is when the endless came up to the present and they took them out three days later. -- and three days later, he would die. talk about this project you have engaged in to remember herman and to talk about solitary confinement and where albert woodfox presented this. >> thank you so much for having me. it is an incredible honor to be here. the project itself has shifted its storyline slightly, because for the 12 years i was collaborating with herman as a living, breathing being, it was about giving him voice, despite the systems continued prosecution to remove his voice. and now this project is more about his l

angola poster show -- a -- and, poster show. a frankfurt museum spotlights a 1950's art movement. milan has always been seen as a mini concrete jungle. that was until now - under the motto, 'feed the planet' a major transformation has been taking place as the italian city prepares to host expo 2015.

in the 1980s, cuba did support the farc in columbia movements in angola and western africa and perhapshe designation of state sponsor of terrorism was appropriate at that point in time but these day cuba's involvement is pretty much limited to hosting the peace talks between the farc and the columbian government and that has been applauded worldwide. so there are human rights concerns within cuba. there's repression of freedom of speech repression of the dissident movement and those are things that the united states should be working with the rest of the international community to address. but they are no longer a sponsor of terrorism. >>> and the state department is said to be in the final stages of making its determination on cuba's position on the list. >>> the secret service back under the microscope. >>> and you can pick them up at most health stores but there are hidden dangers in workout supplements. ♪ >>> a high-ranking supervisor at the secret service is on leave today after a female employee accused him of making unwanted sexual advances. it happened at party at the agency he

while ford was sent to death row in louisiana's hellish angola prison, the brothers remained free. according to authorities maybe responsible for five other homicides. ford would still be on death row today if not for a new confidential informant who told police that jake robinson confessed to him that he killed isadore roz monday. both are in jail charged with other crimes. neither is charged with rosmund's murder. >> reporter: in louisiana exonorees are else available for $330,000 in compensation payment but when he applied if the money the judge denied his request. saying he is not innocent was because he may have known about the shooting beforehand a claim he denies. when marty heard about the state's refusal to compensate ford is when he sat down and wrote his extraordinary letter to the editor saying ford deserves every penny owed to him. >> my personal belief is he should be compensated. the cap on damages of $330,000 is a joke. >> reporter: ford needs that restitution money now more than ever. just months after he got out, he was given a different kind of death sentence, st

angola poster show -- a -- and, poster show. a frankfurt museum spotlights a 1950's art movement. milan has always been seen as a mini concrete jungle. that was until now - under the motto, 'feed the planet' a major transformation has been taking place as the italian city prepares to host expo 2015.

. >>> people in need from oakland all the way to angola have the support of this week's jefferson awardners. elizabeth cook explains it isn't exactly how they hoped live would turn out. >> now as we move on -- >> she was bright. she was fun and sunny. >> just the word kindness. when people sort of regale us with stories about julia, they don't talk about her successes that much, but they really talk about the kindness. >> reporter: marilyn and jerry burke are talking about their only child, julia. >> very concerned about people left behind by their political and economic systems. >> she just always reached out to those who were struggling. >> reporter: they dreamed of starting a foundation to help disadvantaged people with the hopes that, one day, julia would take it over. but in october of 1998, julia was killed in a car accident. she was just 16 years old. in the midst of the worst tragedy a parent can face, marilyn and jerry found a way to keep julia's spirit alive. >> there's a lot to be done. >> reporter: one month after her death, they started the julia burke foundation and began

while the cold war was still hot russia saw cuban involvement in ethiopia angola and others as unacceptable intervention. it said they were aiding rebels that they called terrorist organizations. freedom fighters or terrorist organizations, these trenches trenches were built in havana in the 1960s as a defense against the threat of u.s. envision. cuba provided arms and training to groups such as farc in colombia and basque in spain. this hon new testament is for northern irish ira hunger strikers who died in 1981 in their battle against british authorities. the following year washington placed cuba on its list. >> there is a mutual distrust from the big power that believes it can do whatever it wants. and small power that the united states as the big elephant that can hurt it no matter what they do. >> fidel castro said in the early 1990s the cuban support for insurgents was the thing of the past. north korea and iraq were removed from the u.s. list cuba remained until now. julio has fond memories of his ethiopiaen adventure but the world has changed while cuban u.s. relations are trying to

while the cold war was still hot, washington so you cuban involvement in ethiopia, angola and nicaragua and accused havana of aiding armed rebels it calls terrorist organizations. >> freedom fighters or terrorist organizations, cuban history is built on emphasizing the battle of the oppressed against the oppressor. these were built at defenses against the threat of u.s. invasion. >> the u.s. said cuba provided arms training and safe haven to rebel groups such as the farc in columbia and baath separatists in spain. >> this is for hunger strikers who died in 19 ate one in their battle against british authorities. the following year, washington placed cuba on its list. >> there is a mutual distrust from the big power that believes that they can do whatever they want and small powers have to accept it and the small power that looks at the united states as the big elephant that can hurt it no matter what they do. >> fidel castro said in the early 1990's that cuba's support for insurgents was a thing of the past. while north korea and iraq were removed from the list, cuba remained until now.

the list of state-sponsored terrorism, we're talking about support perhaps to the [ inaudible ] in angolaould this mean to cuba if it were stuck off of this list? >> reporter: yes, you are absolutely right, this goes back two decades, but it did allow the united states to really really turn the screws on cuba economically, and make it more difficult for any government or -- any u.s. bank for example to function in cuba. it doesn't allow the cubans to have a bank account in washington for example, and that's one of the reasons why raul castro was insisting they must be remove from that list. >> we will talk about other matters coming up at the summit but let's stick with cuba. more than 20 years ago, long time in the past cuba has been -- well under raul castro normalizing its way of life for years now. why why has it taken this long to get to this stage? >> reporter: i think it's taken this long because finally now both countries need each other. they both have something to gain. under fidel castro there was a tremendous fear that getting closer to the united states would dilute would sab

. >>> live shot of dublin where it people in need from oakland to angola have the support of this week'serson award winner. elizabeth cook explains this isn't exactly how they hoped life would turn out. >> now as we move on -- >> she was bright and fun and funny. >> just the word kindness. when people tell us stories about julia they don't talk about her success but they talk about the kindness. >>reporter: marilyn and jar by burke talking about their child julia. >> very concerned about people left behind. >> she always reached out to those struggling. >>reporter: they dreamed of tarting a sfoungs -- starting a foundation to help people, hoping julia would take it over. but in october of 1998, julia was killed in a car accident. she was just 16-year-old. in the midst of the worst tragedy a parent can face, they found a way to keep her spirit alive. one month after her death they began the foundation and began supporting works important to her daughter. everything from helping underprivileged students to helping raise awareness about organ donation. >> she said if somebody has something

in the 1980s cuba did support spain eta the farc in colombia, and western angola and perhaps the state sponsor of terrorism was appropriate at that time. but these days cuba's involvement in the domestic disputes of other countries is pretty much limited to hosting the peace talks between the farc and the colombian government and that's been applauded worldwide. so absolutely there are human rights concerns within cuba. there is repression of freedom of speech, there is repression of the dissident movement and those are things that the united states should be working with the rest of the international community to address. but cuba is no longer a state sponsor of terrorism so it simply dilutes our arguments whether we talk about other forms of human rights abuses to talk about ones no longer at hand. >> even if the administration moves to remove cuba from the list something high members of congress oppose the move. do you think that could happen? >> no, i don't think that could happen. there is a very small very noisy pro-embargo lobby in the capital, we are seeing more and more of our

while the cold war was still halt washington saw ethiopia and angola as unacceptable intervention of aiding rebels that it called terrorist organizations. freedom fighters or terrorist organization. cuban history is built on emphasizing the battle of the oppressed against the oppressor. these in havana in the 1960s a defensive against the threat of u.s. invasion. the u.s., said cuba, provided arms and safe haven to rebel groups such as the columbia and the ba'ath in spain. this tunnel is for northern irish hunger strikers who died in 1981 in their battle against british authorities. the following year, washington placed cuba on its list. >> there's a mutual distrust from the big power that believes that they can do whatever they want. and there's more power that looks at the united states as the big elephant that can hurt, no matter what they do. >> fidel castro said in the early 1990s the cuban support for insurgents was the thing of the past. while north korea and iraq were removed from the list, cuba remained until now. julio has fond memories of his ethiopian adventure but the wo

farc in columbia the separatist groups in spain, and the rebels fighting against the government in angola at that time. the u.s. accused cuba at the time of aiding those groups and that was why it initially was but on the list. >> talk about why the united states would consider taking it off the list. >>reporter: many reasons. the world has changed. the cold war obviously ended in the early 90s. immediately after the withdrawal of the soviet union support of cuba in the 90s fidel castro said cuba was no longer aiding and abetting rebel groups around the world. the proof they might have been is very scarce since then. and also the situation has simply changed. if the united states and cuba wants to improve relations, they cannot do it if cuba remains on this list. but before that can happen the united states barack obama himself, has said that he wants a thorough investigation. he wants the state department to know 100% that cuba can be taken off that list. >> it would improve relations between the united states and cuba and also help cuba's economy; right? >>reporter: that's certainly the

>> vietnam and asia, cambodia, angola is a herbal one bosnia.nywhere that conflict -- internal conflict in particular is where those weapons are used. there are cheap and easy to use. you ram them in the ground, walk away and you don't care who they kill. but our strategy was to include organizations from the producer states, from the states were people were being killed. and bring them all together with a common cause, even though we were working on many other issues individually some of the common goal was getting rid of the landmines to me getting countries to donate resources for victim assistance and to get the minds out of the ground. and we found a core group of governments that share the same goals. because as much as we could protest, and i think it was similar leymah's example, we could protest until the cows came in, but if the government doesn't by the treaties if the rebels and the governments don't negotiate a peace accord nothing happens. so we found governments that cared and we changed how people thought about weapons. we really

. >>> people in need from oakland all the way to angola have the support of this week's jefferson awardok is here to explain this isn't exactly how they hoped life would turn out. they are make the best of this. >> absolutely. it's a really incredible couple, ken. marilyn and jerry burke took the worst moments of their lives and channeled their pain into something very positive. >>> reporter: >> now as we move on -- >> she was bright. she was fun. and sunny. >> just the word kindness. when people sort of regale us with stories about julia, they don't talk about her successes that much but they really talk about the kindness. >> reporter: marilyn and jerry burke are talking about their only child, julia. >> very concerned about people left behind by their political and economic systems. >> she just always reached out to those who were struggling. >> reporter: they dreamed of starting a foundation to help disadvantaged people with the hopes that one day, julia would take it over. but in october of 1998, julia was killed in a car accident. she was just 16 years old. in the midst of the wor

. >> questlove: 244, angola! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about, there! hot crowd! i feel the love! i feel the love! thank you so much. welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. you made it. you're here. come on, this is awesome! [ cheers and applause ] we're at "the tonight show." and it's a good show tonight. it's a great one. but first, let's get to some news. here's what everyone's talking about. big political news. it's being reported that hillary clinton will announce she's running for president at noon on sunday. yeah. [ cheers ] [ laughter ] god was like, "that's normally my day, but i'm way too scared of her, so i'll just let her do what she wants." [ laughter ] actually, i read that some women are concerned that hillary clinton is usually referred to by just her first name, which they say wouldn't happen if she were a male candidate. they think it shows a lack of respect. "are you sure about that?" said oprah, madonna, cher, and beyonce? [ cheers and applause ] some of the

he walked out of the angola penitentiary when a judge vacated his murder conviction and death sentencehis exoneration came after new evidence emerged clearing him of the 1983 fatal shooting a jewelry store owner. glenn ford is african-american and was tried by an all-white jury. in 2000, the louisiana supreme court ordered an evidentiary hearing on ford's claim that the prosecution suppressed favorable evidence related to two brothers initially implicated in the crime. then in 2013, an unidentified informant told prosecutors that one of the brothers had admitted to shooting and killing the jewelry store owner. last year, glenn ford briefly spoke to reporters as he left the prison a free man. >> it feels good. i was locked up almost 30 years for something i didn't do. by someone i loved as a baby, nice a grown man with a baby. amy: shortly after ford's release, he received a second death sentence -- stage three lung cancer, which has now advanced to stage four and spread to his bones, lymph nodes, and spine. his attorney says he has entered hospice care in new orleans. glenn ford filed

. >> this is "lockup: inside angola."e gates of one of america's oldest prisons. serving sentences so long, most will die here. >> one out of every two you see in thi

right things but at the same time the soviet union was supporting afghanistan, cuba el salvador, angolaambodia lots of places around the world that had not renounced the revolution to overthrow capitalism had not done anything to reform the economy. yes, there is talk up her striker. and there was -- so you think about very little or nothing have been done with the conventional and nuclear forces. you think about the cold war , the ideology and military forces and foreign-policy none of this it changed. and so they came into office and realized that what was going on thinks in some ways to what had started, this was credit due to the reagan administration. they realized that they had not done anything about the things that they really cared about the possibility of nuclear warfare and actually having new kinds of regimes and eastern europe. so they developed they had a series of what ended up being six different talks. they gave one and ham shrank and detroit, one in one in college station, a couple in the boston area, one in germany they kind of laid out the steps they wanted to take d

and when he received a request in angola to send cuban troops to fight c.i.a.-supported guerillas. he took that opportunity. he sent troops and shamed the soviet union into helping him with low gist particulars thereafter. so the talks between the united states and cuba during the ford administration fell apart. jimmy carter picked up where henry kissinger left off. he was the first president to actually say we should normalize relations with cuba and ordering to take steps towards that goal. in the first six months after he signed this directive, these interceptions that are now to be transformed into embassies were actually created. and a number of secret talks took place during the carter administration. they took place in mexico, in atlanta, in new york city. and even a team representing carter carter white house and state department went to havana to meet face-to-face with fidel castro. a precondition of the united states get your troops out of africa and willing to have normal relations and castro was not willing to negotiate on those terms. we have the declass tied memorandu

angola was a real success.n addition, they are the biggest refiner of the integrated oil companies. it is the biggest chunk of their earnings. they have their own issues like i would watch out for what they have to say about their russian assets. a leadership change, new ceo in place. what is he going to do about russia? it has a big stake in the largest independent gas producer there. watch out for anything like that in the conference call which will be around 3 p.m. all of this really kicking off a big week for earnings. we have shell and exxon. mark: they are both shelving major projects. the whole theme continues in terms of where they are going to take the risk. ryan: bob dudley says just because we see over the last month an 18% bounce in the oil price i'm not sure anybody really believes that will be sustained. if you are running a big oil company, you have to prepare yourself for lower will prices. -- oil prices. that is the responsible thing to do. caroline: thank you. meanwhile the finance minister in

there wassal civil war in an goala -- there was a civil war in angola. to take this one little sentence he said in a much longer interview is to knit-pick about what he said. bill: he said our job is to protect americans. the jihadis trying to join isis were arrested and that will continue. he also said we are protecting our interests. where is that happening? he says we are maintaining freedom of navigation. what does that mean? >> isn't that a joke? we are supposed to be negotiating in good faith with the iranians and they are sending their warships into the straits and forcing obama to send our warships into the straits to protect the shipping lanes and he says this is a more peaceful occurrence or more freedom of snaf nation. quite the contrary. what about china building a blue toation navy? what do you think about russia expand their navy and their incursions into the ukraine. it's not a more peaceful world. >> there is a last line, we are partnering with elements in those community to be more peaceful. >> we are trying diplomacy rather than war. we