. >> hello, this is charleston county 911. we received a call from this number. is everything ok? >> no, we need a police to... >> as soon as we got there, we didn't think anything about it... we just went in. >> after i walked in the house and i saw it, i was like, he looked different, he looked like, like he didn't look human. >> kiya, what's wrong? >> he's mad because i don't want to be with him. >> well, why don't you want to be with him, kiya? >> because he don't treat me right. >> well, ok, why can't you all just talk about... >> so i kept asking her, kiya, just say you'll be back with him, just say it you'll all be back together. >> we were both in the house back and forth, trying to get him to let her go. >> every time she gets closer to me, he gets closer to her. so if she moves, he moves. and she's like "toni, he has a gun." i said, "a gun?" >> and i was like, what's really going on here? >> and we just tried to plea with him not to do what he was thinking to do. >> taking somebody else's life ain't worth it. if you do something to her it's worse. i mean it's going to be

then -- which is not really allowed, but you know, he does it anyways. >> charleston county has one of few co-ed segregation units in the nation. since there are rarely more than a few women requiring it, the jail groups them together in adjacent cells. >> the policy, they are not to talk to each other. they're not to interact at all. but how do you avoid that when they're yelling through doors? you can't make them not talk. >> while men and women are not allowed out at the same time, they inevitably draw each other's attention. >> this the only unit this has male and females in it. and after a while, you can't prevent everything. >> i can't go past this blue. >> we try our best to stop inmates from going up to the door, but they watch us just as much as we watch them. and if we get distracted by something else, they'll run up. human nature. talking to somebody, especially when you're in a concrete room by yourself, you're going to find somebody to talk to. >> i'm up here, what's up? >> sometimes inmates communicate through the vent system. and since mcdonald's new boyfriend lives in t

the sheriff al cannon detention center serves as charleston's county jail. the 1,300 men and women incarcerated here are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and resolution of the cases, including david ratliff jr in the disciplininary segregation unit for his altercation the night before. >> i had a little altercation -- actually a big altercation with a few amigos yesterday. apparently i used to date one of his girlfriends. it's a small world. this is charleston. you know, everybody knows everybody around here. i didn't start it. i finished it. you have to fight in here if someone calls you out. come on. >> staff reviews surveillance footage which shows ratliff did not throw the first punch. >> this is ratliff hanging around the pillar a couple of times. officer breaks it up. >> seconds later, another fight breaks out. a different camera angle shows ratliff joining the fight, which quickly escalates. >> this is where all six get involved. >> the punishment will be the same for all the combatants, extended stay's disciplinary segregation where th

which is not really allowed, but you know, he does it anyway. >> charleston county has one of the fewed segregation units in the nation. since there are rarely more than a few women, the jail put them together in adjacent cells. >> it's policy not to talk to each other, not to interact at all. but how do you avoid that when they're yelling through doors? you can't make them not talk? >> while men and women are not allowed out at the same time, they inevitably draw each other's attention. >> this is the only unit that has males and females in it. and after a while you can't prevent everything. >> i can't go past this blue. >> we try our best to stop the inmates for going up to the door. they watch us just as much as we watch them. if we get distracted by somethine else, it's human nature. you're going to find somebody to talk to. >> sometimes inmates communicate through the vent system. since mcdonald's new boyfriend lives in the cell above hers, that gives them a direct line of communication. >> what you doing? >> speaking to you. >> they say they we're not supposed to communicate wit

. >> like jails and prisons across the country, charleston county faces an epidemic of rising health care costs and an ever-increasing number of inmates suffering from mental illness. the problem began decades earlier with the start of a systematic shutdown of psychiatric facilities throughout the nation. over the years, more and more of the mentally ill have found themselves in jails unable to address all their needs. >> how you doing? >> you all right? >> i'm doing all right. everything good with you? good man. >> thanks, man. >> al cannon has been the sheriff of charleston county for more than a quarter of a century. he's witnessed the problem from its early days. >> you go back to the late '60s, early '70s, the psychiatric community was of moving away from institutionalization. and so what was supposed to follow along with that was community-based funding for community-based programs. and those programs did not follow. and so you've got some real challenges there. and a lot of it has to do with, okay, you're not putting people in psychiatric facilities like you used to. so more o

advisory also in effect, montgomery district, arlington in to southern maryland, i think folks in charleston county are going to be the bulls eye perplexed as to why the rest of southern maryland, we think the heaviest snow will fall through charles, mary's county and through fredericksburg a a trace to an inch, you're generally just thinking, talking about flurries so here's the radar over the last couple hours you can see moisture, hatteras, and southwestern virginia, this will get in, not a lot of activity but a moderate impact we'll come back and talk if it's going to stick around for some time tomorrow. sxwroo we have it covered epiwhen we're not on the air download the new wusa9 app free tht google and apple stores, track live weather conditions with the radar, check closures and delays and get an alert when there's a closure that affects you. >>> also tomorrow morning you can wake up with us just a little earlier, we're going to be on the air starting at 4:00 a.m. to track the latest snowy conditions and any school closings or delays. >> well, tonight we know who died in yesterday's tragedy

in charleston county we have a partnership working right now.going to raise the outcomes of the kids trapped in underperforming areas and do the public/private partnership. i believe they will have a brighter future and take advantage of the american dream. >> is there a predominant reason why public schools are failing certain children? >> i think there's a number. there's no question about that. i think part of the reason is that the child that shows up on day one is something underprepared or unprepared for what they are looking at. what i hope to do is take a serious look at how do we improve the outcome of education by focusing on getting the parents and the children more engaged, more involved and integrated into the system. i think we'll improve the outcomes and the economyies as well. >> the second part of your agenda is? >> focuses on more energy exploration. in the end, i realize izeized personally the more time we focus on energy economy, the more i realize stem education, science, technology -- we are so underrepresented in that aren

advisory also in effect, montgomery district, arlington in to southern maryland, i think folks in charleston countyulls eye perplexed as to why the rest of southern maryland, we think the heaviest snow will fall through charles, mary's county and through fredericksburg a a trace to an inch, you're generally just thinking, talking about flurries so here's the radar over the last couple hours you

today, the charleston county jail is the sheriff al cannon detention center.houses about 1300 men and women. >> selling some cookies for some noodles, man. got to keep their stomachs full because they don't get [ bleep ] in here. >> most are awaiting resolution of their cases. tilghman kronsberg is only a few days away from his one year anniversary here and his stay isn't likely to end soon. >> it's been horrible. i'm not used to this. you know, there's a lot of guys who come in here and it's no big deal to them. they're content with it and i just can't seem to find that mentality. this is my cheese dip, consists of different kind of potato chips audiotape crushed up. add pickle juice and water. mmm, so good. i grew up actually pretty privileged until i was about 12 years old. my parents had a lot of money, but my father, he had a drug problem and so i went from living in a mansion to living in a room in the back of someone's house that had a bathroom connected to it. i didn't have very many friends growing up at all because i think i threw people off. i was a

county. some frost out there. a cold day today. we've got the cold in place. that's going to weaken a little bit. here comes this line of rain showers into pittsburgh and charleston. a little bit colder on this side of the appalachians. when we get into mid afternoon, notice the blue especially north of i-70. that could put down a coating of snow. in between sleet, maybe even some freezing rain. even though we'll be in the mid- 30s and low to mid-30s out there, ground temperatures are very cold. again, up in westminster 8 degrees right now. so that's why we could have some problems, minor ones there. tonight we'll clear out and the winds start to kick tomorrow bringing in more cold air. mountain snows. could get a stray flurry out of that. these winds on friday, not just the cold. they'll be gusting potentially 40 to 45 miles an hour. with temperatures low to mid- 30s. it is going to be a painfully cold day tomorrow. 41 today. we'll watch out for the later afternoon, early evening rain and snow showers. 35 tomorrow but falling temps in the afternoon. down to the teens by saturday morning with w.s below zero -- windchills below zero. sunday, super bowl sunday, inc

charleston welcome. thanks for being here. i want to look at a storm system right now because it's going to be producing significant galveston countynow possible for portions of texas and into oklahoma. several inches on the backside of that system. look at what happens by saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. widespread areas of rain from the gulf coast all the way to parts of the midwest. then winter weather in the northeast as well. winter storm watches have already been issued. we do also have a concern for some isolated severe weather over the weekend, especially on saturday, including parts of louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. looking at a risk for isolated tornadoes and damaging winds with the storms. temperature wise chilly across most of the country. 36 right now here in new york city. let's head back inside. >> thanks very much. it's a holiday weekend, you get a lot of people from out of town coming into the big city. meanwhile, 18 minutes before we're done. >> happy new year. now it's illegal to throw away your garbage. >> finally. just one of the new laws going into effect. we're breaking down the most bizarre laws nex