. >> ronnie ballou is doing ten years for felony possession of firearms. >> basically a gang program.me people go through it, some people don't, right? >> once these gang members get here, a lot of people are engaged in activities that put them in segregation. once they are in segregation, we are looking at a way to work them into the general population with our gang program. >> the security threat group program or stg was developed as an alternative to locking down suspected gang members indefinitely. >> you go through that program basically throw your hands up and you've fallen into what the state has, you know what i'm saying, what the state wants. >> there's a misnomer that it's a snitch program. that in order to participate in the program you have to tell on other people. i've always maintained the only person i expect you to tell on is yourself, own your own behaviors, step up to the plate, admit what you are and what you've done and be willing to change that. >> i'm not taking the program, my people ain't taking the program. none of us are taking the program. i'm just going to

states kristin kreuk packed joins us from fort collins colorado is the chief of wellness planning at ballou sumo geno kampala who joins us from our los angeles studio is the president founder of the research and tracey wheat is the program manager of the national league of cities she joins me here in the studio welcome to all of you thank you for joining the right person will join us in just a moment i want to start with you tracy if i can we have this public health crisis and arguably it's not just obesity there's there's this whole spectrum of social ills that seem to be associated with a culture that's coming on rather what are the one of them what's happening so yes obesity has become a huge problem in america no pun intended a third of children and adolescents are obese or overweight and a third of adults are overweight it's not only having an impact on our health as a country but some would argue that in terms of jobs healthy workforce is important healthy communities in terms of vitality is important and there are more and more cities that are sewing that where you live matters studi

ballou senior high. back to you. >> thank you. >>> so far this morning, several amtrak trips from d.c. to haven't canceled. we're live at union station to show you any delays you may see if you need to catch a train. >>> plus, scared to stop short while driving because of the ice? news4 found out whether you'll get any leniency if you're given a ticket from a red light camera. >>> and it's cold now, but we're watching another chance for a small round of snow. >>> welcome back. we're not the only ones feeling the deep freeze. this is 30 rock in new york. the temperature will be around ten degrees today. it will foal more like negative two. you know, the windchills -- >> yeah. that's always the problem. fortunately for us, today won't be just quite as bad windchill-wise as it was yesterday, right? >> yeah. you're exactly right. yesterday was a record cold day across the area. only 19 degrees. today a high of 26 degrees. it will become breezy this afternoon. so this afternoon, we're dealing with windchills