one of those men is william earl basset.basset has been incarcerated since 1963 and in stateville since 1966. originally he was serving a maximum of ten years for burglary and forgery at another illinois penitentiary called menard. >> i had a short parole coming but a guy was messing with my food in the dining room and i just -- i went off, tried to get him and got involved in a prison riot down there. there was three prison guards got killed down there at the time. they give me the electric chair for one of them murders. they said everybody stabbed this one lieutenant. >> in 1972 the u.s. supreme court abolished capital punishment. basset's sentence was commuted to 150 years with the opportunity for parole every year. though he's been repeatedly turned down for parole, he remains one of stateville's model prisoners. he's worked in the industries department for more than 15 years. >> let's make sure it gets out to the right place. we have to number everything. >> i like it. i'm the type of guy likes to stay busy. i can't jus

angela basset, forest whitaker, the list goes on. >> it's amazing, absolutely amazing.hat's so wonderful, when you think about that level of talent, both in terms of music and in terms of drama, i don't think that i have seen that i can recall in my lifetime, a better mix of music and drama without one compromising the other. after i thought we shouldn't call it a movie. this is an experience. i think you have to go there and have that experience and your own personal experience becomes a part of the dialogue that goes on when you watch this movie. >> this story has parallels to your life with your daughter sarah becoming pregnant at 14. although you didn't kick her out of the house. >> no, i didn't. >> how did you handle that differently because you have all eyes on you as a pastor among a mega church. >> that really didn't bother me. what people thought didn't bother me. i was deeply bothered by the fact that she was pregnant as a teenager. i was focused on her and shocked and went through all the pain that you go through as a parent, why, what happened, maybe i shoul

and angela basset and you're like, what is that?e's still a lot of it -- coolio makes a good point. there are health issues, diabetes, aches and pains, joint issues. you have to add cream and eliminate sugar. >> i've got to run, but is this the happiest you've been, you think, in your 50s now? is 50 the most fabulous decade? >> it really is without a doubt. i want people out there who aren't there yet, don't be afraid of it. the view from here is fantastic. and you know, it really is halfway. we're going to be 100. so these are our lessons and our wisdom at the halfway point. >> coolio, go take your phone call. we're glad you joined us. >> i was scared of 38, all right? because i had to get my first, you know, you had to get your colon checked. man, that was one of the worse days of my life. but i do it every year now. that's how it is. >> that's the last word, coolio. thank you, sir. thank you, leeza. thank you, michaela. i love that conversation. make sure you tune in tonight for "extraordinary journey," michelle obama turns 50 co

[applause] basset would say they are in the right state to do business. and just recently forbes got it right again, moving virginia back to number one as the most business from the state in all of america. [cheers and applause] >> i want to thank lieutenant governor bell boeing, secretary jim cheng, secretary jim duffy, secretary talking more and many of you who have been of economic development trips. who have helped make this happen. much of our recent growth has come from making agriculture and forestry virginia's largest industry a key component of our business development and economic development strategy. because with our top quality local products and our expanding world-class support, we are successfully selling virginia to the world. in the past few years i've completed nine international trade missions, and we've opened agriculture trade offices in india, china, great britain, russia, mexico, costa rica. last year agricultural and forest products -- forest products exports reached out album a to $.6 billion from virginia but there's a lot more