catherine t. macarthur foundation. (birds chirping) >> narrator: for a year and a half, we followed four people in connecticut as they left prison and were put on parole. >> i've been incarcerated for a little over eighand-a-half years. the judge gave me ten years, i thought itas the end of the world, and here i am, ten days i'm going to be walking out the door. starting my life over. >> narrator: the state is trying to use parole as part of an effort to reduce its prison population. hopefully i get out ofandow, stay out of here. i've been here before, so 's easier said than done. >> narrator: it is now giving parole to more of its prisoners than ever before. >> what are you going to doen differy to stay out? >> is abide by all the rules. (laughs) >> always good, all right, good luck. >> thank you.'r >> youwelcome. >> narrator: the challenge isth how to keeem from returning to prison. >> i'm proud to be graduating because i did it with youoday gentlemen. (applause) i've been waiting for this day for the past 21 months.

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catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. n az: shakeup at the u.s. supreme court. justice anthony kennedy announced today that he's calling it a career he's spent 30 years on the court, and long been a swing vote that decided key cases. now, his retirement could trigger an all-out, election- year war over a successor. came hours after the court wrapped up its latest term. justice kennedy wrote to president trump that it had been "the greatest honor and privilege" to serve. the president reacted almost immediaty, during a meeting with the president of portugal. >> he will be retiring, we will begin our search for a new justice of the united states supreme court, that will begin immediately. >> nawaz: anthony kennedy was a federal appeals judge when president reagan nominated him to the sup

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catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by coributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the republican speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, paul ryan, publicly broke with presint trump today on two key issues. he disputed mr. trump's claims t it the f.b.i. planted a s his 201campaign. eaker said he agrees with trey gowdy, chair of the house oversight committee, who has sa that the f.b.i. was right tohave an informant contact trump campaign assiates. >> i think chairman gowdy's initial assessment is accurate. i w think-- bute have some more digging to do. but i've seen no eviden to the contrary of, of the initial assessment that chairman gowdy has made. but i want to ma sure that we run every lead down and make sure that we get final answers to these questions. >> woodruff: speaker ryan also warned president trump a

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foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthurfoundationui committed toing a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: pr >> thiram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> you're watching pbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ -today on "america's test kitchen," bridget and julia share the secrets to perfect thai cornish game hens on the grill. jack challenges julia to a tastingf tahini. and dan makes bridget a middle eastern staple -- grilled pita stuffed with lamb. it's all coming up right here on "america's test kitchen." -i've always been a big believer

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foundation. committed to improving lives through invention, in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur toundation. committeuilding a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastin and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president trump's summit with kim jong-un mabe history, but debate about the deal they signed is far from ov. the president today proclaimed the north's nuclear menace is over, and americans can rest "our country's biggest enemy is the fake news." we'll have a full report, after the news summary. republican leaders in the u.s. house talked today of breaking a stalemate on "dreamers," brought the u.s. illegally, as children. votes on two bil are planned for next week. one, backed by tea party conservatives, offers legal status, but not citizenship. the other could offer a path to citizenship-- with conditions. it's supported by g.o.p. moderates, and by speaker paul ryan.