lockup crews have also been frequent guests at california's state prison corcoran. >> you might have to fight. you might have to stab. you never know. depends on the situation. >> a lot of times it is fist fights out here. but i would say maybe every other month we get a righteous stabbing. when they do stab each other they go for the kill. they don't just stab each other to play around. >> every morning you wake up you are dealing with 1,000 different attitudes. you never know what can happen on that certain day. all you can do is think the worst, hope for the best. >> we met two inmates on the yard at corcoran who are much more pro-active when it comes to surviving life in this powder keg. they gave our crew a tutorial on how they do it. >> the rules you want to live by behind the walls you want to give everybody the same respect that you expect to receive from them. >> without order we have

california state prison, corcoran.ut you'd never know it by talking to easley. >> i got it pretty good. it's all right. it's fine. this is something that i like doing, you know? it's kind of like a relaxation, you know? >> ernest had a legitimate job given to him by the administration in the kitchen, but he was smart in that he had figured out a way to have a little hustle on the side to make extra money. >> i usually charge, like a suit, a pair of pants is a suit, a shirt is a suit. i wash clothes. i don't wash boxers or socks. that's what i don't wash. you know, other than that i charge, you know, a dollar to wash, a dollar to iron their clothes. you'd be surprised. a lot of people, well men, they aren't really into washing or ironing, so i do it. >> one of the first things that struck me about ernest was he had a happiness about him you don't often see in a prison and then we came to find out why. >> well, i have a significant other. he's a very good person. you know? his name is robert. and he's a good man. you kno

>> welcome to corcoran. >> here kitty kitty. >> what's up? [ bleep ]. >> look at his hair. [ bleep ]. look at that. >> i don't know any of them. we don't know them. we don't know them. >> i don't want to know. is that a girl? >> if you have a broken leg, you will get aspirin. if you have the flu, you will get aspirin. turn back and face forward. >> the students aren't on the yard very long when they learn how unpredictable life here can be. >> down! >> get down! get down! stay down! >> alarms signaling a major disturbance are common at corcoran. inmates who don't hit the ground risk get taken down by staff. >> see that? >> you had everybody hitting the ground. you had the correctional officers telling them what to do. everyone's yelling and screaming and it was intense. >> when the yard officer tells you to get up, then you can get up. until then you don't move. >> get up. >> get up. >> back in the order you were at. >> there were a couple kids that were shaking. it wasn't the field trip they thought it was going to be. >> i'll get you someth

california state prison, corcoran, home to hundreds of the state's most violent and infamous offenders. host of "lockup" crews in 2000 and 2005. >> right before i walked in, i had to sign a document that kind of really made me think twice. and it basically said that in an event that there is a hostage situation inside the prison walls, they will not negotiate for your life and you know the risk that you are taking when you walk in. >> while at corcoran, you constantly hear these alarms going off. you're never sure what's going to happen in this place. but then when you hear those alarms and everyone dropping down to the ground and you get those rifles peering out of the towers, i mean, immediately it takes your breath away for a second. >> in most cases the alarm sounds when a fight has broken out between inmates. though these incidents are usually brought to a stop within minutes, they always pose serious danger to the responding officers and to our crews. >> while at corcoran, there was this one instance. we were doing pretty much a routine cell search. we were following along, they

at california state prison corcoran.nd with his menacing appearance came a violent streak that earned him a nickname "phantom." >> they say i'm fast, hurting people, getting people. and they'll have holes in them and i'll be gone, you know. like a ghost. >> when i first saw robert galvin, he carried himself in this very tough way, kind of walked like a wrestler, covered in tattoos, odd kind of hairstyle, shaved his head and had this little flap of hair in the back. and very much cultivated this tough demeanor. tell me about that. >> we consider it like a tail, a bulldog tail. it's considered a mongolia which means warrior. there's warriors and there's gangsters or whatever. we don't have to be told what to do, a warrior knows what to do. >> galvin made it clear that knowing what to do inside corcoran meant stabbing his enemies. >> i was on the yard and i stabbed a white guy like 17 times or whatever. from there, they took me to ad seg, and yeah, i stabbed another white guy. and that's what got me here. >> galvin's violen

>>at corcoran? >>i been in corcoran in the shu for three years, and i just got on this yard.you come out here? >>a month ago. >>so you were in solitary for three straight years. >>for seven years. >>for seven years. what was it like in there? >>it was pretty bad. >>what got you into solitary? >>gangs. i was in a gang. >>which one? >>nlr. >>nazi low rider. >>and aryan brotherhood. i was affiliated with both. >>and then you dropped out? >>yes. i gave all that stuff up. i'm going home in a couple of months. >>congratulations. >>what was it like being in it? >>being in a gang? >>yeah. >>well. can you see my face? >>what happened? >>i got stab wounds all over my body? >>can you show me? >>yeah. >>right there. wow. >>did that all happen here in prison? (man) when you were in a gang, was most of the violence from your gang or from other gangs. >>both, both. we get into it with the blacks mexicans. sometimes the mexicans and the whites, the southern mexicans and the whites collaborate to get the blacks and the norteños. it comes from all areas you know, different people fighting agai

. >> when we visited california state prison corcoran for "extended stay," we came upon clarence leeith an old friend from the neighborhood. a place he might never see again. lee was a veteran of the crips street gang and is serving for murder. the majority of inmates in prison belong to gangs. >> welcome into our little casa. >> lee's old friend reginald maiden who preferred to be called terry was in a distinct minority. >> go to school together. help each other with schoolwork. go to chow together. i have no problem sitting with terry. i have no problem doing what it takes because i look at him as a human. i understand all of the things he went through. to others it seems like we're more than homies because they don't understand how long i've known terry. >> terry was a very overt transgender inmate. then we meet clarence who comes off as this very strong, straight-looking guy. and because terry was constantly running into problems with his cellmates, he needed protection, for lack of a better word, and clarence was willing to offer that for terry. they characterize their relations

. >>> california state prison corcoran has one of the largest populations of many dangerous inmates on the west coast. our crews have visited here several times and correctional staff is always blunt about the danger. >> when talking to the cos at corcoran, they told me, you come in here, you have to join a gang for protection. immediately. >> when you come to the prison, you have to join a gang. you have no choice. it's a must. >> the prison cannot protect you from the other inmates. it's an incredible admission. >> so you have to have that backup from your other races that are out here, whatever race backs you up, you need to be in their gang because you have no protection. you're on your own and anything could happen to you. >> correctional officers know anything can happen to them as ç well. >> i'm very well aware that the gangs can reach outside these walls. it may hold them in, but it doesn't hold in their power, the things they can do. i keep my family business to myself. i don't go to areas in the public where i know gangs are known to hang out. i avoid those locations. >> the

. ♪ >>> when we met brian at california state prison corcoran, we had a pretty good hunch that the origins nickname would play a major part in his story. >> my nickname is lefty. never been called lefty, it's because i have one arm. at 18 i was the victim of a drunk driving accident when i was in the air force. >> the other thing that was significant about brian to me was he was the height of irony on a lot of levels. he was a good example as to why you don't want to take justice into your own hands. his crime was that of a vigilante. >> you know being a christian means you don't have to be scared of your past because your sins, no matter how ugly they are, and we have some ugly ones in this room -- >> he is an inmate preacher at the prison's chapel and can trace the ugliest of his sins to a bizarre series of events that began with the loss of his arm. >> after the air force medically retired me, i retired to little rock, arkansas, started selling clothes in the mall. all i thought about all day long was having one arm, being in the big city where i didn't know anybody, and i already had

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chairman and ranking member and senators web and corcoran and isaacson. it's a pleasure to be here with you. i guess we need to thank tom for this opportunity as well, that is right? >> that's right. >> always good to be here with him and the others. on behalf of the 500 member companies with the 9.2 million american, men and women who work in the u.s. oil and natural gas industry, we appreciate the opportunity to be here today to testify in support of success of the law of the sea treaty. we agree with hillary clinton and the former secretary of state condoleezza de vries and with the other secretaries of state before her as well as presidents of both political parties who have urged succession. that joining the law of the sea is truly in the best interest of the united states. the u.s. relies on over 60% of all the energy we consume. recent projections by our own department of energy in the obama administration shows that 30 years from now, 57% of all the energy we consume in the united states will continue to be oil and natural gas. other projections s

so, how did little liam corcoran make it all the way from england to italy, no questions asked, all despiteeefed up security for the olympics? well, on the plane, he was chatty and told fellow passengers he'd run away from home. so, they alerted the flight crew and tonight, he's been reunited with his family. needless to say, an a investigation is under way. >>> coming up, a man jumps from the edge of space, more than 90,000 feet down, 500 miles per hour. we'll take you on the journey to the edge of human endurance. the edge of human endurance. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. well another great thing about all this walking i've been doing is that it's given me time to reflect on some of life's biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldn't you

duncan was serving 28 years for home invasion, kidnapping, and robbery at california state prison corcoran it was the culmination of a criminal career that began at a very young age. >> i came from a good home. i can't say that i had a bad childhood. i just got mixed up with the wrong people. i started committing petty crimes when i was a kid because i actually did get strung out on heroin. my first shot was probably when i was 10 or 11 years old. >> duncan had spent most of his life incarcerated. in that time, he developed a reputation as an inmate to fear. >> these are some weapons that they say they discovered in a cell that i once occupied, allegedly. myself, personally, i'm a nice guy and i don't believe in violence. that's a damn lie. it was my responsibility on the yard to ensure that, one, our people were not harmed by another race. i took care of the drug debts if one of our people became delinquent in a drug debt to another race, it was my responsibility to either cover their drug debor have them stabbed, in which case we would send one of ours to stab them. >> duncan's loyalty t

for clay lopez, at california state prison corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> i'm almost don't have a career or anything, so i thought, well, you know, if i learn to play the harmonica, i can at least pay my own rent when i get out there, even as a street musician, if i'm sober. i think i'll do okay. ♪ i started to play the harp better when i lost this tooth. i started getting the twanging sound the way it was supposed to sound. i was never so happy to lose a tooth. makes this harp sound real good. ♪ you can play what you feel without reading music, and i've tried to play guitar, piano, all kinds of stuff, and i never went anywhere, and not that i'm going anywhere with this, but, i know a few songs, mostly hymnals, gospel songs, and a few of my own, and it just expresses me. >> lopez was serving a 20-year sentence on 27 counts of burglary. but it was his exposure to inmates serving life terms that inspired him to pay them tribute through his songs. >> i just wanted to do something for the lifers to kind of express them. i could sing the last verse and it speaks for itself

. >> reporter: liam corcoran flew jet 2 to rome yesterday afternoon, and nobody knew he was there, which is surprising given that liam is 11 years old and had no money, no passport, and no ticket. >> we're certainly not proud of what's happened, and that's why we and the airline are doing an investigation. if you think about what security is like at this time of year, there's lots of families traveling on holiday. an 11-year-old boy turns up. he's very confidential. he's mingled with other families, presented himself to security. at that point, we should have realized he didn't have a boarding card. >> reporter: what he did have was a knack for evading detection, wandering off from his mom while they were out shopping and then somehow navigating the three miles from the shops to the manchester airport. now, only the meticulous security checks of an olympic host nation stood between him and italy. anyone who has flown recently will know just how tough they are on what you can take on board-- no oversized luggage, no big bottles of water. but if he's cunning enough to slip alongside you, y

. >>> a security breach at one of the country's busiest airports. 11-year-old liam corcoran flew frome. he was looking for the restroom and that getting on the plane was easier for him than doing his homework. several have been suspended. >>> you know what it's like when you got to find a bathroom. >> the daily news says michael jackson's mother lost guardianship of the children. michael's nephew t.j. jackson was named temporary guardian. in the latest twist in the jackson family feud over michael jackson's estate, can you say drama, they claim their grandmother was kidnapped by jackson's siblings. paris jackson tweeted that her grandmother has come home. thank you, god. >>> 24 point bold type underlined. >>> the wall street journal says your summer vacation may not cure your work-related stress. a survey of thousands of executives and employees found 58% get no stress relief from their vacation. 27% feel more stressed after a break. only about 9% were able to completely unwind on vacation. >> you just came back from vacation. how much did you watch the news, erica? >> i didn't turn o

guest: i sure hope not tommy corcoran, tommy the court, as he was down, would be hard to ever describepublican since she was one of the most prominent democrats in the city. at heritage, what we're trying to focus on and stay focused on, pending public policy issues across the whole range of subjects, whether it has to do with missile defense or foreign policy or welfare reform, medicare/medicaid tax policy. we're not going to go back and rebattle some of history's lessons. as a private citizen, i just did reading the herbert hoover book of his diary, really, of world war ii, the ultimate revisionist history of world war ii. it is good and worth everybody considering, but what we're trying to do is get everybody back to basics to find that big area or we all agree what america should be, can be, and how we can work together to host:. edwin feulner you talk about printing out copies of the constitution. how important you feel it is americans know these documents and are we in touch with these documents. guest: it is absolutely essential that every american should know them read it is no

tommy corcoran, tommy the cork, as he was known, would be hard to ever describe as a republican since she was one of the most prominent democrats in the city. at heritage, what we're trying to focus on and stay focused on, pending public policy issues across the whole range of subjects, whether it has to do with missile defense or foreign policy or welfare reform, medicare/medicaid tax policy. we're not going to go back and rebattle some of history's lessons. as a private citizen, i just did reading the herbert hoover book of his diary, really, of world war ii, the ultimate revisionist history of world war ii. it is good and worth everybody considering, but what we're trying to do is get everybody back to basics to find that big area or we all agree what america should be, can be, and how we can work together. host: you talked about the heritage foundation and how it printed out the constitution. the declaration of independence, a -- a thing that they do annually on the fourth of july. how important is it that americans know these documents and are be in touch with these documents? gu

my constituent, sister janet corcoran, a member of the sisters of st. francis, who works at marianne medical center in california. she's a pillar of our community. tirelessly advocating everywhere she goes on behalf of better health care, education, social justice, peace and environmental protection. reinforced by a deep faith in god, she and other catholic sisters on the central coast and throughout the country demonstrate an unwavering commitment to the common good, day in and day out. we have much to thank them for and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important resolution. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize mrs. cleon hodgins of boone for her 103rd birthday. a teachi

bipartisanship, where senators mcconnell and reid worked to get the nomination up and my republican senators, corcoran, alexander, sponsored, supported that nomination. judge folks is now standing jurist and attorney. he was a public defender, a state prosecutor, a federal prosecutor, a chief administrative officer for county government. and a current criminal court judge. i have paneled a group of lawyers, bipartisan, just about every representation you can imagine, to advise me on the person to recommend. everybody felt john folks' temperament and disposition, judicial experience was the right person for the jobs. i was proud to recommend him, i'm pleased the president nominated him. i'm thankful the senate acted in a bipartisan way so we can work down our case load. we should -- we need more judges and the senate needs to approve more. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: and the gentleman is