. >> from austin, texas, cindy stowell. >> taped her first episode just three weeks later. >> what isdams? >> yes. >> what is the peach state? >> correct. >> what is the joy of cooking? >> yes. >> this week, you might have seen cindy wracking up her score. battling stage four colon cancer while competing. and it turns out only host alex trebek and a few of the staff members actually knew. >> cindy? >> what is the orchestra? >> yes. >> last night, the final jeopardy! clue. >> if this u.s. state was a country, it would have been in the top ten in gold medals with 14. >> that famous music playing. and it turns out the only person to get it right was cindy. >> she wrote down, maryland. that is right. congratulations, young lady. >> of course, that means she'll be on again tonight. it is a bittersweet run. cindy's boyfriend, jason hess, revealing the news on twitter that with the game show taped, cindy died on december 5th in the early morning hours, cancer took the best friend, partner and pub trivia teammate a guy could ask for. love you always. and cindy will be back on tonight, and we'

things are slow going at the state capitol in austin, texas. the procedures are under way and seating alternates and once all 38 are seated, you can see the body vote on a ballot presented to the secretary of state of texas for these votes to be announced. with the 38, if indeed donald trump does get over 270, all the votes will be sent to washington, d.c. and counted on january 6th at the capitol building with vice president joe biden presiding. there were efforts across the country to get electors to go rogue and vote against the will of the popular vote of their state. the only one we know of for sure on the record that is doing that is a guy who is inside the house chamber right now in the capitol building. he has said to the media and he had conversations with others, but he would need 37 to go against donald trump to throw this into the house of representatives for the house to decide who the president of the united states will be. to put that into perspective, there are 38 electors in texas alone. everyone in that room based on the votes

it's you in austin, texas. this is so far out of control. donald trump can turn this around in here his hometown, he's a genius. he goal down with george washington as one of the greatest presidents. last word. >> he needs to be bending the arc policy in the new york direction. that's why they want him to bring back change and change in cities like new york is an important part of that. >> have you got to shed the light on the problem. that's what i tried to do tonight. mr. rove, thank you very much. >> did you it. >> thank you very much. denville washington scorching the national media we will hear what he has to say. later, miller on donald trump strong arming some american corporations. factor is coming right back. ♪ ♪ what makes thermacare different? two words: it heals. how? with heat. unlike creams and rubs that mask the pain, thermacare has patented heat cells that penetrate deep to increase circulation and accelerate healing. let's review: heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare. the proof that it heals is you. why are you

corporation here in the u.s. >> we've seen some protesters this morning at the state capital in austin, texas, urging the electoral college to reject president-elect trump. calling him, quote, unacceptable president. incidentally, texas has the most electoral votes of any state that trump won, 38. jake live from austin. texas wasn't even close, right? trump won by nine percentage points but what are you hearing? why are they there? >> reporter: they're all gathering right now, chris, to basically send a message, a loud message to the electors here, but even though it might be loud, most likely, as you were just talking about with kasie, it's probably not going to be effective. the "associated press" surveyed the electors and only one from right here in texas publicly stated he's going to go rogue and vote against donald trump. he's a republican elector. why are people out here if they're not going to make a difference? here's a sign. don't elect an unfit president and one here said defend democracy, 2.8 million plus. that obviously is referring to the electoral vote. and i see a sign far away

it's you in austin, texas. this is so far out of control. donald trump can turn this around in here his hometown, he's a genius. he goal down with george washington as one of the greatest presidents. last word. >> he needs to be bending the arc policy in the new york direction. that's why they want him to bring back change and change in cities like new york is an important part of that. >> have you got to shed the light on the problem. that's what i tried to do tonight. mr. rove, thank you very much. >> did you it. >> thank you very much. denville washington scorching the national media we will hear what he has to say. later, miller on donald trump strong arming some american corporations. factor is coming right back. ♪ ♪ the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. may not always be clear. to join the fight. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retirement jou

producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith. she's still and ever a feminist icon without peer, an activist, an agitator, a role model for multiple generations, and a best-selling author of multiple memoirs. the last of these, my life on the road, was recently published in paperback. she's gloria steinem, this is overheard. (audience applause) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. (audience applause) gloria steinem, welcome. - oh, thank you so much. thank you. - so nice to see you again. - yes, this is our second time- - our second time together, and seeing you again, i'm reminded of how you seem to

producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith. she's a pullitzer prize winning columnist for the new york times whose latest book is the year of voting dangerously the derangement of american politics. she's maureen dowd, this is overheard. (upbeat music) (applause) let's be honest, is this about your ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa and elsewhere? you could say that he'd made his own bed but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time took it on and-- let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. yeah, this is over. (applause) maureen dowd, welcome. - thank you evan. - nice to see you. - thank you. - here we sit a few weeks from the election. please tell me it's going to be okay. (laughter) what reassurances can you bring me? - i can't bring you any. - [evan] no? - i think we

. >> last call for steven johnson comes from austin texas. austin texas, one more time.we are going to try sacramento. fill in n. korea kansas, third time is a charm. >> caller: i think so. how are you today? to preface my question, my wife and i worked for many years for fedex which most people think i was there as a transportation company but in reality when people would talk to us we are really management information company particularly accurate information. we found that with real-time information if you know where things are at all times, thing is well worth the right way and you deliver the kind of service people need. that is a preface to when you talk about different platforms that people rely on it used to be traditional media that peoplh have trusted them less and less so they've gone to platformsthat like facebook i have that i don't use.use. i wonder for my wife and myself most of our information we get from c-span, not to tout you guys but i know if i watch c-span i'm going to get accurate information right from the people that are the source of what i am t

producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith. she's an actress whose credits include the hit tv series, orange is the new black and jane the virgin. her memoir, in the country we love: my family divided has just been published. she's diane guerrero. this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught right? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? at 17, he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. we saw a problem and, over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. (applause) diane guerrero, welcome. - thank you for having me. - so nice to meet you. the book is amazing and maybe the most amazing thing about it is the bravery that had to have gone into the decision to write it. you could have gone along in your very successful career as an actress and never written this book, never

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john: she said she's a dissenting politician austin texas where bureaucrats ran ridesharing companiestown. my mayor in new york city tried but failed. >> what we have agreed to is the limit we needed so we could make sense of a complicated situation. john: such a weasley hustler. politicians routinely don't like new ideas and they really don't like new ideas that compete with people who give them money. in this case the regulated taxi business. uber is largely one but it's an ongoing battle. author of uber posits a consumer's benefit is the politicians move in new companies when an and that's jared meyer. but the politicians are supposed to be there for the public interest. they are supposed to but when you have their private interest in the case of maher de blasio getting half a million dollars from the tax industry and they stand up at a news conference and say this about uber. >> they are looking out for their corporate bottom line. they're putting their profits overall the considerations. john: yeah that's what businesses tend to do and says they can can't make a profit unless the

. >> and ohio native is in austin texas putting his cause on his back literally. j wallace has more on the expedition taking him to all corners of didn't wake up one day and just decide to do this. it's been a long standing thing packing at the back of my brain. i sold everything i had to get my truck started. my pickup truck and my electronics, furniture and everything is gone. i'm away from my family and i'm jobless and technically homeless. i have no possessions except what's on my back. >> reporter: eli smith is on a mission to write 13,000 miles for 3 1/2 years to the four corners of the country to raise money with veterans with ptsd. >> people said it's crazy and impossible and how hard it will be is nothing compared to what someone with ptsd goes through. >> reporter: starting at pensacola he's using a gps transponder around the country, about 600 miles in and found himself in austin texas for christmas eve. >> the south has been real good and texas has been great. >> reporter: he expected to have to use his hubba hubba tent well in central texas. >> it's a

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they will go into the house chamber here in austin, texas. they will have a ballot like you or i do or the viewers do on election day. they will fill out the ballot for president and vice president. what happens then is those ballots are tallied, sent to washington, d.c. one copy of the ballots is sent to vice president joe biden and the president of the senate. another to the federal archives. on january 6 in washington, d.c., at our nation's capital, those ballots will be tallied and counted. it's only then the electoral vote is certified to become president-elect of the united states going on to be inaugurated january 20. we are seeing a small group ornd 200 people protesting wanting to catch the electors. only nine electors cast faithless votes over the course of the last century. that's far short of the 37 donald trump's opponents need to stop him from becoming the president-elect of the united states and ultimately president. >> the reason why this has been more fraught than it otherwise has been is the russian hacking and the russian h

host: last call for stephen johnson comes from now in austin, texas. hello.ost: about in austin, texas. and we're going to try sacramento. kansas. third time's a charm. caller: hello. host: we are listening. caller: preface my question my wife and i worked for many years for fedex, which most people think as a transportation coming, but in reality whenin people talk to us we are really not-- we're management information company. we found that with real-time information if you know where things th are at all times, things will work the right way and you deliver the kind of service people need. that's preface to when you were talking about different platforms that people rely on that used it to be traditionalu ou media, but people have trusted them less and less and so they have gone to platforms like facebook, which i have,hi but i don't use. i wonder, this is for my wife and myself, most of our information we get from c-span, not to tell you guys, but i know if i watches c-span i will get accurate information from the people who are the source of what i'm try

it's certainly feisty as well here outside the state capitol in austin. texasas the second most electoral votes behind california, of course. the number of electors correlates to the numbers of the members of congress coming from the state. the reason emotions are high is obvious. hillary clinton got almost 3 million more popular votes than donald trump though donald trump did win those 306 electoral votes or i kbeguess he hasn't y but should be walking away with those 306. but this is an election where most of everything hasn't gone as you would expect it to. what's happening here and across the country is these electors who actually are the people that the american people vote for on election day will come to state capitols, cast their ballots for president and vice president. those will be counted and ratified in washington, d.c. by joe biden presiding over the senate on january 6. it is an interesting, unique and bizarre process of what the folks here are trying to do is convince electors walking in today to vote for anybody but donald trump. only nine elec

. >> austin, texas. >> seth: austin, texas. >> charleston. >> seth: yup, so those -- >> staten islandlay here. >> i know. we are. i know, we're just gonna write a pitch. >> seth: yeah, we'll just write a pitch, sell it, and then give it to somebody else to write it. thank you so much for wearing your holiday sweater. it's so great having you here. >> thank you. >> seth: always a pleasure. [ cheers and applause ] colin quinn, everybody. >> thank you. >> seth: "the new york story" is streaming on netflix, and watch "cop show." i'm wornderful in it. >> yes. >> seth: on lstudio.com we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ there's no one i'd and so, as the great world spins, luck comes out to play for another day... this unexpected whisper in the silence of night. luck is an elusive friend, but come it does, and come...it will. ♪

. >> austin, texas. >> seth: austin, texas. >> charleston. >> seth: yup, so those -- >> staten islandsland. [ laughter ] >> know what i mean? >> seth: it goes both ways, yeah. it goes both ways. >> it goes both ways, sure. >> seth: we're gonna write a hell of a screenplay here. >> i know. we are. i know, we're just gonna write a pitch. >> seth: yeah, we'll just write a pitch, sell it, and then give it to somebody else to write it. thank you so much for wearing your holiday sweater. it's so great having you here. >> thank you. >> seth: always a pleasure. [ cheers and applause ] colin quinn, everybody. >> thank you. >> seth: "the new york story" is streaming on netflix, and watch "cop show." i'm wornderful in it. >> yes. >> seth: on lstudio.com we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ there's no one i'd ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back to "late night." we are less than two weeks away from christmas and things are starting to get really festive at rockefeller plaza. here to spread even more holiday cheer. please welcome two elves. [ cheers and

. >>> the bridge in austin, texas, pretty cool bridge. pretty cool place, as well. especially as the sun's going down. beautiful footage. drone footage. look at that, already looking incredible. you know what's going to happen, going to take to the air, going to go oh, ah. >> it is lovely. >> except this drone doesn't want to cooperate. exciting, skidded its way down. off it goes. >> kind of durable, so hopefully it's not bad. >> it's at the top of a cliff now. no great convenient way of spent about an hour looking for it, maybe it went all the way down, but no, it's right up there. now the video suddenly cuts, the sun has gone down, it's nighttime. you see now as he starts climbing up the same cliff, has pretty good friends, fans of rock climbing. one of his buddies starts making his way over the cliff edge. >> how much power do those things have? >> enough. of the don't worry, his buddy right there, shining light. ta-da! all good, no problems, gets it back. rescue complete. >> looks like one of the propellers broke off. >> easy fix. now we can look forward to grea

a returning champion, a science content developer from austin, texas, cindy stowwell. >> cindy is a sixy" inspiration. she died eight days before her first episode aired. she battled stage one cancer while taping and her boyfriend shares this about her. >> i think when the lights were oranges call eight surge of adrenaline or what, she was able to fight everything that was going on. >> she won over $103 thousand, her dying wish was to have heroinings do fated to cancer research. here's the good part about it, too, she was while she was in the hospital days before she passed able to watch advanced episodes of the ones she was in. at least she was able to see that. >> it was like her lifetime wish to be on that show. that was a moving moment there. >>> talk about the ultimate stocking stuffer. he's babies are keeping cozy, babies born in the days leading up to christmas will be swaddled in a holiday stocking. >> it may not be silent night in those households. a lot of fun with those babies. this is "early today." per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you lo

here is austin, texas in phoenix, arizona. many people marching, chanting and holding signs. the signs read "vote your conscience." >> reporter: despite all the protests across the country, to try to convince electoral college members to vote for anyone other than donald trump will not work. mr. trump is set to become the next president of the united states. we are also learning that one of the electors in maine tried to switch his vote to bernie sanders. bernie sanders is going to get at least one of the electoral votes from that state but now we are hearing that it was improper and it might not work out for him.>> reporter: voters the electoral college are casting their ballots for president. >> all 11 votes have been cast for donald j trump. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump won 306 electoral college votes on election day. it takes 270. it takes 272 win. -- 270 to win.>> reporter: some have been urged not to go for trump. an outside group paid for this television ad featuring celebrities asking you mentors to vote their conscience. >> it is about democrats that can

. ♪ ♪ >>> nation's oldest combat veteran has lived in austin, texas since 1945.e needs some help to stay in his home. his family is raising money for around the clock home health care and things are looking good. fox's casey clay bourne has the story. >> i'm the oldest one. i'm the oldest person. oldest person. i enjoy that. i'm not happy over it or nothi nothing. [ laughter ] >> reporter: 110 years is a honk time. richard overturn has seen it he spent thee year in the army stopping in hawaii before serving in the south pacific. since becoming the oldest living veteran self years ago he's been busy former governor rick perry visited him on his porch. >> honored to meet you sir. >> honored to meet you. >> i just wanted that come by and visit with you. >> received high honors from president obama in washington, d.c. at 110 he's still doing just fine. smoking cigars. >> i smoke about 12 a day. maybe more than that. less than that. i ain't got nothing else to do. >> drinking little whiskey. >> i don't drink it. i just put it in my coffee i put a little water sometime

♪ >>> dangerously low temperatures ahead with minus 12 in chicago and all the way to austin, texas atust 25 degrees and over a dozen deaths blamed on the weather so far. >>> electoral college monday. >>> will the united nations step in to monitor things in aleppo. >>> before the kardashians there was zsa zsa gabor. >>> "star wars" rogue one. >> and an oval office prank goes l. >>i iuamericans all across the country poor conditions on icy roads led to over a dozen deaths, but first responders were able to make several dramatic rescues and save multiple lives and mccoy has all the details. >> reporter: a fresh blast of cold air made travel treacherous. in chicago this united airlines pla plane. >> baggage claim. >> reporter: icy roads being blamed over over a dozen deaths. this driver spent 12 hours stranded at freezing temperatures. battle the elements in st. louis rescuing two homeless people from a warehouse fire. lightning suspected of sparking a barn fire that claimed the lives of 24 horses. the arctic chill could not keep fans away from soldier field. >> this is football weather a

val and austin texas. we will try ashland in sacramento. the third time is a charm. i think so.reface my question. my wife and i work many years for fedex and most people think of as a transportation company in reality when people talk to us about it were really not where management information company. we found that with real-time information if you know where things are at all times things will work the right way. that is profits that you talk about the different platforms. they used to be traditional media but people have trusted them less and less and so they've that got to platforms like facebook which i have and i don't use. most of our information we get from c-span. i know if i watch it i'm in to get accurate information right from the people who are the source of what i'm trying to find out. so i'm wondering how all of that stuff fits together. i agree with your endorsement. i hope it. the ideas that they were to give you direct access to what was going on. it would lead to more democratic participation it has gone up around that. it was the access to the data -- to the

and our returning champion, a science content developer from austin, texas... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. a science content developer and a very smart lady. that's our new champion. susanna and edward, you are the challengers today. i welcome you and wish you all good luck. we're now starting the jeopardy! round, with these categories in play. we will give you the literary lines. you give us the literary work they are from. those two letters coming up in each correct response. off you go, champ. much bigger than a breadbox for $200, please. edward. what is a blue whale? blue whale -- right you are. do representin' for $200. cindy. who is newt gingrich? yes. much bigger than a breadbox for $400.

♪ >> >>> dangerously low temperatures ahead today with minus 12 in chicago and all the way to austin texas>> electoral college drama ahead for this monday as final ballots are cast. >> will the united nations step in to monitor evacuations? >> before the kardashians there was zsa zsa gabor. >> "star wars" rogue one ruled the world. >> early today starts right now. >>> great to be with you on a monday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. waking up to frigid temperatures. cold conditions on icy roads left over a dozen deaths but despite the brutal conditions first responders were able to make several rescues. >> a fresh blast of cold air and snow overnight made travel treacherous across much of the country. in chicago this united airlines plane slid off the pavement while taxiing. in denver nine inches of snow caught airlines off guard leading to canceled flights and problems inside the terminal. >> if this flight has been canceled bags will be at baggage claim. >> in western pennsylvania a harrowing rescue after this driver spent 12 hours stranded in freezing temperatures. f

a law student from greenwich, connecticut... a science content developer from austin, texas... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. susanna and edward, you are the challengers today. i welcome you and wish you all good luck. we're now starting the jeopardy! round, with these categories in play. will give you the literary lines. you give us the literary work they are from. those two letters coming up in each correct response. off you go, amp. much bigger than a breadbox for $200, please. edward. what is a blue whale? blue whale -- right you are. do representin' for $200. cindy. who is newt gingrich? yes.

here are today's contestants -- a science content developer from austin, texas...m montclair, new jersey... and our returning champion, an editor from vermilion, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] thank you, johnny. all right, folks. "ridiculous." that was the word uttered by tim aten at the end of yesterday's program when after all three contestants had missed final jeopardy!,

louis, missouri... ...and our returning champion, a science content developer from austin, texas...t of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! alex: thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. both tim aten -- last week, and our current champion, cindy, this week, won a couple of games in which they seemed to surprise themselves.

. >> every week he runs outside of his austin, texas home with his dad to see roy and joy pick up theirecyclables in their neighborhood. this week julian and his dad hade card to say thanks for being so kind, but roy and joe, had a surprise of their own. >> they surprised us yesterday by coming up and giving him a little trash truck. >> you know, in that moment, it was a great day. >> roy and joe can count on one hand number of days they have missed their truck coming by in the last two years. great story. >> yes, definitely. >>> well, coming up comedian in chief. >> hear president obama telling what he calls zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> time holiday season in the white house president obama and first lady michelle hosted a hanukkah reception. >> for eight years obama's celebrated hanukkah this is white house. the president said holiday is a remine their freedom is most meaningful of blessings in the united states. he also

bounty, the quicker picker upper our returning champion, a science content developer from austin, texasl. >> cindy is a six-time jeopardy champion, and a true inspiration. she died december 5th, eight days before her first episode aired. she battled stage four chancer while taping her appearances, and her boyfriend shared this about her. >> when the lights were on, i think call it a surge of adrenaline or what, she was able to fight through all that was going on. >> she won over $103,000, and her dying wish was to have her winnings donated to cancer research. we know in her final days that jeopardy sent her advanced screenings of the episodes. >> it was her lifelong wish to be on the show. a very nice tribute there. >> lots of holiday cheer at a children's hospital in los angeles. katy perry and orlando bloom made a surprise visit dressed as none other than mr. and mrs. claus. the couple celebrated the seizing with kid patients and their families. they read stories, sang christmas carols and handed out gifts. not a bad person to sing christmas carols. she can bump out a tune or two. >>

>>> dangerously low temperatures ahead with minus 12 in chicago and all the way to austin, texas, at just 25 degrees and over a dozen deaths blamed on the weather so far. >>> electoral college monday. final ballots are cast amid a sharply divided nation. >>> will the united nations step in to monitor evacuations from aleppo in order to prevent even more mass atrocities. >>> before the kardashians there was zsa zsa gabor. remembering the 99-year-old excellent and sex symbol and her nine trips to the alter. >> star wars rog one rules the weekend. >> and an oval office prank goes viral. "early today" starts right now. great being with you. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> what an intense weekend of snow. for millions across the country, they're waking up to frigid temperatures after a weekend of deadly and dangerous weather. poor conditions on icy roads led to over a dozen deathser but despite the brutal conditions, first responders were able to make multiple rescues and save lives. blake mccoy has the details. >> a fresh blast of cold air and snow overnight made travel tr

and our returning champion, a science content developer from austin, texas... ...whose 5-day cash winningsthe host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i must tell you that i was a little worried for cindy at the beginning of the double jeopardy! round on yesterday's program. not only was she in the red, but she trailed her two chals by over $6,000. but she persevered. she kept coming up with the correct responses. she was right in final jeopardy!, picked up over $18,000, and today is here to defend against julia and colleen. ladies, good luck. let's go to work. now the categories for the first round of play today... followed by... o in quotation marks. cindy, start us. sports no-nos for $200. julia. -who is evander holyfield? -yes. birds of a feather for $200.

and our returning champion, a science content developer from austin, texas... whose 6-day cash winnings... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we have not talked about it yet on the program, cindy's ambition was to come to "jeopardy!" and win over $100,000. she's done that. can she keep it going? today she faces jennifer and sam. good luck, players. here we go. put you to work right now in the round with these categories... ...of course. next... each correct response will be a word like "rhymin'" that rhymes with simon, but don't put a g in there. of course. cindy, start us. working women, $200. cindy. what is xerox? that's it. working women, $400. she's the author, commentator, and media mogul seen here.

a similar gathering took place in austin texas tonight.there also dressing in "star wars" costumes. >>> only on nbc bay area, he was once called the cracking of oakland and tonight, he is a free man. president obama granted darrell reed along with 110 others clemency in september. he's been living under what is called home confinement till today. and in his first bay area interview since being in prison for 26 years, he spoke with nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. hi, cheryl. >> reporter: how you doing? darrell reed's early release comes under president obama's 2014 clemency initiative. inmates applying for reduced sentence must be nonviolent, reed appliesed and won his battle almost spending 30 years behind bars. >> i don't care what the district attorneys try to tell to the public. don't nobody deserve to do 30 and 40 years for selling no drugs. >> reporter: darrell reed, passionate when he talks about the decades he spent behind bars and thankful president obama set him free early after serving 26 years of a 35-year sentence for manufacturing