when other prisons can't handle them, the santa rosa correctional institution, located on florida's panhandle. >> pretty much predominantly in here, you have two emotions, it's anger and fear, okay? if you go out acting like an [ bleep ], you're going to be treated like an [ bleep ]. if you step out of line, you're going get put back in line. >> except for a few brief periods, jack hill has been in florida prisons since 1977. he's been at santa rosa for the past year. >> the one thing this place will do, it will do one of two things, and this is not physical, it's all mental. it will either break you down. you will be filled with hate, anger, you know. the only way is you just -- you have to stay focused, and after a while, that becomes a way of habit, you don't even think about it, you know? you see a bad situation, you try steer away from it. you know? >> he is currently one of the more than 2,800 inmates housed

>>> just east of pensacola, in the florida panhandle, is 84 acres of some of the most dangerous land the state. this is the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison with more than 2,800 inmates. >> roll out. i have over 200 inmates that are serving life sentences, and i have over 200 inmates that are serving 25-year mandatory senses. our population here at santa rosa consists of inmates that are violation of probation to drug charges to burglary to rape or murder.ç just coming to work, the correctional officers in an institution put themselves in danger every day. >> back out, kneel down. you do it when i tell you to, you understand? i worry about them 24 hours a day. the worst thing you can have happen as a warden is one of your staff members hurt or loss of one of your staff members. >> i am going to put it in these terms to just be honest and understanding that this is a war. so, you don't know what to expect from day to day and minute to minute. you can't beat the people that made the system and made the rules and have all the power. >> j.c., your locker is

a maximum security prison located on the florida panhandle. >> but today, there's a downpour inside c dorm, and it has nothing to do with the weather. >> well, an inmate break the sprinkler head on the cell in, what was it, 12, 10, i believe. we'll shut off the water to the cell to minimize the damage. have the inmate submit to restraints, and then we'll deal with the issue from there. >> the water is flowing from the cell of inmate troy wagner, who is serving 20 years for aggravated assault and attempted sexual battery. wagner says he broke the sprinkler head by accident. it all stemmed fromç an incide earlier in the day. >> i was angry and mad and i had slung feces in the cell. when i get upset and angry, i end up doing things like that. >> like that? you've done that before? >> yes, ma'am. >> really? so, what does that gain you? how does that help? >> it don't. it don't help me at all. it just puts me in more worse and worse and worse spots. >> wagner had spread feces all around his cell, including the sprinkler head, and he says he was only trying to clean it up. >> i ain't got n

down along the florida panhandle and into florida.day, we watch the front weakening, kicking off the coast. new england, the forecast on sunday is actually looking a little bit better if we push the front off the coast. the heavy rain should be down with the southern storm coming off the florida coastline. as the day goes on, the heavy rain should move up along the carolinas. by the time we get to sunday night and monday, we could be dealing with a full-fledged nor'easter type storm. monday could be ugly in new england with a lot of windy, rainy conditions, the bottom line for new england, the forecast this weekend not looking quite as bad as it was. the southeast still going to get a lot of wet weather. >>> reports say britney spears is inching closer to the x factor. plus demi moore is moving on from her ex, ashton kutcher and she wants her fans to help. your "first look" at entertainment is straight ahead. there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to k

two f-15 fighter jets scrambled to florida's panhandle. after tracking a cessna for three hours, the small plane crashed into the ocean 120 miles west of tampa. at last check, the plane was floating upright and a coast guard helicopter was en route. >>> new developments in the fallout over showing pictures of u.s. troops posing with remains of an began suicide bombers. hamid karzai is openly condemning the photos, calling them, quote, disgusting. karzai warned similar incidents have sparked violent protests that have left dozens dead, including american military members. he also used the opportunity to call for an accelerated transfer of security responsibilities to afghan forces. >>> in iraq today, more than 30 people are dead, more than 100 hurt in a series of blasts across baghdad and some of its northern cities. officials say extremists launched more than 20 attacks in just an hour and 15 minutes. they say the attacks resemble those carried out by al qaeda. >>> back in the u.s., a somber ceremony in the u.s. today marks the 17th annive

watson, a 33-year-old from the florida panhandle got really emotional after his win. >> i never got this far in my dreams to talk. it is a blessing. i mean to go home to my new son, it is going to be fun. >> the win for bubba moves him to number 4 in the world, making him the highest ranked american in golf at this moment. >>> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon jury selection begins in the trial of the man accused of murdering jennifer hudson family. what they are asking jurors. >>> a fire is moving close there to the homes there. >>> what is moving the breeze on a sunny afternoon. your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass. and meteorologist bernadette woods. it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,, copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unli

he was a 33-year-old from the florida panhandle and was emotional after his victory. >> i never got this far in my dreams to talk. it is a -- it is a blessing. i mean to go home to my new son it is going to be fun. >> -- number 4 in the world, making him the highest ranked american golfer at this time. >> all right. congratulations to bubba. >> yeah. >> one of the i sconic pictures from this year's masters will be him with with the pink driver. a very cool deal. >> it is also supposed to help him focus his adhd on the drives. >> well, there you -- >> yeah -- >> -yesterday -- >> -yeah -- >> -- observation and then we are going to do, then we will do the manic monday piece. ron, yesterday jason hamel, in the latter innings of the game is carrying a no hitter -- >> i was there. >> the number 1 rule is -- >> shut up -- >> -- shut up -- >> -- mention -- >> -- that -- >> -yeah -- >> -- did -- >> uh-huh -- >> -- going, i can't tell you how many people i know on twitter and facebook -- i guess messages on my phone, right -- >> -- uh-huh -- >> -- hitter, the 8th inning, there is a no hitter -- >>

the plane then started orbiting in the gulf of mexico, off the florida panhandle.re dispatched to check it out and found herzeg unresponsive, in has twin- engine aircraft, iced over. the plane crashed around 11:15 central time, about 120 mys west of tampa. slidell pilots are upset over the loss of one of their friends. >> i've lost a dear friend, just a great guy. super doctor. and just a regular guy that would do anything for anybody. >> reporter: according to the coast guard, the small plane had a softening, but sunk into the gulf. crews flying over the area saw no sign of the pilot. he is a well-known doctor with a practice on robert boulevard, not far from slidell boulevard. the doctor was a good aviator. and his plane was in good condition. >> his aircraft, looked it over many times. it's just meticulously maintained. and he spared no expense to keep everything tip-top shape. >> two f-15 fighter jets in the area intercepted the plane and monitored it until the plane crashed. every effort to contact the doctor in the cessna failed. >>> president obama takes a m

warm and hot as you get into the southwest on into texas, and the florida panhandle. >> good morning.on the breezy time. we should be able to get into the lower end of the 60's. >> that's the latest weather. >> all right, thank you, al. 30 years, 7 tony awards, the most famous little red-headed orphan who won our hearts is now heading back to broadway. >> starting this fall "annie the musical" can be seen right here in new york city. >> this morning we're announcing for the first time the star in the lead role, 11-year-old lila crawford. congratulations. you're in the fifth grade and you're going to be able to say you're a broadway actress. what's exciting about playing annie? >> well, i love the show. i love the music. and i love the role of annie. i'm so excited to work with the dog. >> you've been training with sandy the dog, right? >> well, kind of. but we haven't actually found him yet, so i'm excited. >> you beat out 5,000 other girls for this role, role of a lifetime. how did you do it? why do you think they picked you? >> well, i think that i relate to annie well because i thi

a good ole boy from the florida panhandle. a georgia bulldog.likes him. >> that's right. >> he won the masters in true grip it and rip it fashion. nobody started the final round in grander fashion than south african luis usthasen. second hole from 260 yards out. this is where you try to snuggle it up there close to the green. using a 4 iron lands it in front of the green and this thing is rolling and tracking nicely. the ball had eyes on it. eyes for the hole. going for a double eagle. only three golfers in masters history make that four have a double eagle. he goes from 7 under to 10 under par and takes the lead. phil mickelson started the day just one shot back. things unraveled right here. this tee shot not good at all. goes way left. over the stands and into the deep foliage. look at phil. oh, no. man, he knew he was in trouble. his hopes of when he ended with a triple bogey, tied for third place. how about the 33 old americans, bubba watts is good. gets a share of the lead. they would finish tied at 10 under. we go to a playoff. after tying

. >>> its location on the florida panhandle, exposes the santa rosa correctional institution to tropicalhtning storms with little warning. the climate between correctional staff and the 2,800 inmates here can be equally as turbulent. so the prison leaves little to chance. >> we're constantly adding more security procedures to assure that we are providing the best and safest environment for our staff, inmates and general public. santa rosa is surrounded by two secure, 10-foot perimeter fence. it has razor wire on the internal and external fences. and we provide armed security, roving posts and stationary posts outside the secure perimeter. >> other forms of security, utilize a much lower degree of technology. >> all ties inside the facility are clip-on ties, it its a security issue. if an inmate was to get ahold of your tie and start pulling on it. you have got a ready made noose around your neck already. just for safety purposes we use clip on ties. >> lieutenant williams its a 17-year veteran of the florida department of corrections and has spent the past seven years at santa rosa. now,

along the florida panhandle we are seeing rain and also around detroit.e doing is following the stationary front. along and ahead of it, there are the two pockets of severe weather today. isolated tornados. the biggest threat hail and some very heavy rain and some gusty winds. in the southeast though, of course, it's the heat that's been the biggest player. that will continue to rule the roost. temperatures five to 25 degrees above average. you can see kind of where that ridge and that trough is. it's along that line where the storms are firing off. very warm conditions today. for tomorrow, really, the same area's in place for severe weather in terms of maybe hail and very gusty winds. it's just not progressive. >> such a strange spring. >> it really is. that's the climate change we are seeing. extremes are ruling the roost and what we are seeing, more become the norm. >> it makes me afraid for what next spring will bring. it might be unnaturally cold. >> this global warming is a misnomer. global climate change. colds are colder and warms are warmer. >> t

the santa rosa correctional institution located in florida's panhand panhandle. >> pretty much predominantly two thing, anger and fear. okay? if you go out acting like an [ bleep ], you're going to be treated like an [ bleep ]. if you step out of line, you're going get put back in line. >> except for a few brief periods, jack has been in florida prisons since 1977. he's been at santa rosa for the past year. >> the one thing this place will do, it will do one of two things. and this is not physical. this is all mental. it will either break you down. you will be filled with hate, anger, you know. the other sway you try to just -- you have to stay focused and after a while that become as way of habit. you don't even think about it. you know? you see a bad situation, you try steer away from it. you know? >> currently one of the more than 2,800 inmates housed at santa rosa. those considered to be the worst of the worst for assigned to the close management unit. >> we have the largest close management population currently in the state of florida. those inmates are more assaulted and more disruptiv

attention to the fatal shooting of trayvon martin in florida and lawrence richardson who died in a drive-by shooting monday near the city's panhandle neighborhood. the rally begins starting at 11:30. >>> very reminiscent of the scene at u.c. davis. police pepper spraying students at a college rally in southern california. cell phone video shows 200 stujs ba students last night. students there upset with the cost of summer courses. about 30 students were treated for minor injuries. the school has already agreed to cover any medical expenses the students there suffered from injuries in that pepper spray. >>> it is 4:38 now. i want to check the forecast. what we fist for the day. good morning. >> we will see a chilly start this morning. yesterday we woke up to 50s and not the case outside now. we will will show you temperatures in a moment. headlines for you today, it is going to be cool and breezy throughout the day today. highs in the 50s. we do have a slight chance of some isolated showers for the north bay. and the weekend, though, still looks good. we should see warming as we approach saturday and sunday. but outside right now, y

you can see down in new orleans, on into pascagoula and the p panhandle of florida, heavy rain falling. some areas picking up 2 to 3 inches of rain before it's all over. flash flooding. parts of i-10 have been closed. we'll continue to watch >>> good morning to you. chilly start, zmirts 40s. woe should ever should move mostly into the 50s this afternoon. 50s around the inner bay, redwood city. closer to 60 around san jose for this afternoon. may see an isolated hilltop shower to the north bay or east bay hills. we will stay cool through friday. warmup to start the weekend. more clouds start to arrive. maybe far north bay showers there late on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. with these outbreak of tornadoes and we have seen in the last few weeks, you might thinking, seems a lot more of these than we're used to and you would be right. an act of nature with horrific effects. 18 wheelers blown around like leaves. >> this is something i have never seen before. >> homes lived in for years, flattened in an instant. >> these have been my roots, my family's roots and it means somethi

florida. and what happened here is, fortunately, we didn't have very much oil actually come up onto the beach and the panhandlet what we did have was a problem around the world of people thinking that whenever they saw that pelican you just put on the screen, that could have been in miami beach or west palm beach or st. pete beach as well as pensacola. that imagery was a powerful deterrent to tourism in the sunshine state and the other gulf states, as well. and so fortunately, when the administration set upç the $20 billion fund administered by ken feinberg, who has done an extraordinary job. he is no longer in charge of that fund. it's been turned over to the federal judge in new orleans, but mr. feinberg diagnose an extraordinary job in being very fair to the state of florida. we received in fact, the most compensation as a result of the fund that was established. but it's very important to have that accountability. >> and actually, ken feinberg will be joining us on monday. i want to hope this up to the panel a little bit. i was at the white house with -- with the indutiable lynn sweet when the spill began

florida is facing prosecution under angela corey right now. >> they're getting younger. >>> raging floods, heavy hail, these storms are paralyzing the texas panhandleook at these pictures on your screen. there are reports of people trapped in their cars. they were buried under apparently baseball size chunks of ice. look at that. just remarkable. this is land being chunked away by these raging floodwaters. potter county, texas, is what you're looking at. phenomenal video from kv11. rob marciano in the cnn weather center to tell us more about that. i am always amazed when i see waters like that and how quickly they can become flash floods. >> in that part of the country it doesn't take a whole lot of water. they got maybe an inch of rain. if you get it in less than an hour in an area that's been under a long-term drought, it just runs off, it does not sink into the hard, dry land of west texas. they've seen this now two days in a row. they may see it again today. they're see the threat for flash flooding, large hail and isolated tornadoes and damaging winds across tornado alley. tomorrow and the next day and over the weekend we see a similar threat.