the problem that you have i should mention by the republican counties in a very republican state even when ohio would vote for a democrat hamilton county was very republican a very read county in nova the last two presidential elections they voted for obama as a very blue county one of the reasons the republicans will message to the economy for using the of philosophical argument up the 30,000 for a level more regulation and free-market but they don't talk brought the fact the epa is requiring citizens to separate switch from their storm drain is very expensive these are older cities that had they merged system and they want them separated so they have put together a plan that epa accepted that then they discovered they could do it for 40 percent less and still meet the goals but the epa refuses to open the issue so as a result people will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in extra utility cost and people don't have the disposable income just because the epa will not reopen the process to allow the city to do more efficiently so if you talk about regulation stifling economies as a presidential candidate you should know

. >> go to hamilton county ohio who are some of the voters they have lost? and the camel to county is interesting because it has a net population and loss. the challenges are more about growth from other parts of the country the their native predilections. it is one where they have a significant population so those who have the economic mobility but they don't work than high-priced firms or to put food on the table and they have an opportunity to make a case or what their issues are but the problem that you have with the republican party at one point was one of the most republican parties and a republican state. hamilton county was a very read county over the last two presidential elections one of the reasons the republicans will message -- message the economy with the ideological and philosophical that the 30,000-foot level. for instance in cincinnati the epa requires them to separate the sewage system is very expensive project these are older cities that want them separated out and a plan to comply with the epa and then to discover they can do that 40 perc

. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio. who are the voters interviewed that republicans have lost and how to make it about? >> it's an interesting case because it's the only county that has a net population loss over the last two decades. the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country, carrying what you call their native political elections with them. hamilton county is the one where people have left and had a pretty significant population decreased over the last 30 to 40 years. the people who are left are the people who didn't have a economic mobility to have those options to leave. you are talking about blue-collar workers. people who work hard, don't work necessarily in high-priced firms. they are working with their hands to put food on the table. republicans have an opportunity to make a case for economic liberty, based on knowing who those particular people i am what the particular issues either. the problem that you have with republican parties than i should mention, b

. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio. ho are some of the voters that republicans have lost and how can they get them back? >> hamilton county is an interesting case because the only net population loss over the last few decades. people coming in from other parts of the country, carrying their native political elections with them. hamilton county is the one where people have left and it had a pretty significant population decreased over the last 30 to 40 years. the people who are left are the people who didn't have the economic mobility to have those options to leave. you're stuck in the blue-collar workers. people who work hard, don't work necessarily in high-priced firms. there were two of their hands and worked to put food on the table. republicans have an opportunity to make a case for economic liberty based on who the people are and let their particular issues are. the problem you have with the republican party one of the most republican counties in a very republican state, even when ohio would vote for a democrat, ham

. >> we learn that prosecutors from hamilton county ohio say that police officers are looking for charged in that case. >>> and help is on the way for archbishop chaput and the helper has a new mission. they are revealing their auxiliary bishop. appointed by pope francis. he has been ministering to the hispanic community since 1978, archbishop chaput says he will help the catholic faithful. >> i am bolstered by the faith and culture particularly in the latino community. >> he will be ordained as a bishop on august 18th. >>> and now they are calling for strengthening the sanctions against iran. he was joined by general wesley craig, they are both concerned by the nuclear deal reached by the u.s. and other powers. and that they released frozen assets to who he calls the most dangerous regime in the world today. >>> from our delaware newsroom, the newest member of newcastle county council was sworn in today. kenneth woods was sworn in and he defeated sooner in a special election. woods a representative for the local sheet metals union and will serve the remainor of the term that ends in 2018

. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio, cincinnati. ters in your view that republicans have lost and how can they get them back? >> that's an interesting case, hamilton county is an interesting case, hamilton county is an interesting case because it's the only county with a net population loss over the last few decades. all of the rest the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country carrying what they will call their native political set of elections with them. hamilton county is the one where people have had a significant population decrease over the last 30 or 40 years. the people who left our people who did not have the economic mobility to have them ability to leave. so blue-collar workers who don't necessarily work in high firms, their working to put food on the table. republicans have an opportunity to make a case for economic liberty, based on knowing who those particular people are in hamilton and what those particular issues are, the problem that you have the with republican par

. >> it's going to be interesting to see how they fared in hamilton county, ohio. the swingiest of a swing downy. >>> we've got lots of headlines before thursday's big meeting between donald trump and republican lawmakers in d.c. nbc news confirming republican leadership in both chambers along with reince priebus. we've also learned this morning that dr. ben carson, now one of trump's most trusted advisers, has requested his own private meeting with paul ryan. jacob rascon is outside trump tower here in new york. jacob, am i to understand that dr. carson is essentially going to be gauging the room and also gauging paul ryan's mood before trump goes in? >> reporter: that's the plan, craig. you'll remember that dr. ben carson was one of the first to come out and endorse trump. he dropped out in early march and several days later threw his full weight behind the candidate saying that he had buried the hatchet and it was time for unity. dr. ben carson made it his mission to be a unifier and peacemaker on donald trump's behalf. so it's not too surprising that he would w

. >>> most of the inmates in the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio come in straighteets. >> cincinnati. [ expletive ]. >> brown. >> but deandre brown has been temporarily transferred here from state prison. and the transition hasn't been an easy one for him. >> take a man out after system he's been used to doing for years and you just throw him into another system just like all right you're going back to the county jail. this is not easy. this is -- this is horrible. >> brown was convicted of aggravated murder 28 years earlier for his role in beating a man to death and is still serving a 30 years to life sentence in prison. >> i was responsible for taking a life. i'm not a murderer. i did some stupid [ expletive ] but i didn't intend to kill nobody. >> brown is at the jail now to go to court due to a crime he committed at age 19. he was convicted of sexual battery. back then there were no laws requiring sex offenders to register. because he is eligible for parole in two years, he was recently informed he must register and has hired a lawyer to fight that ruling. >> i

have though with republican party -- and hamilton, i should mention, by the way, was at one point one of the most remin counties in a republican state. even when ohiowould occasionally vote for a democrat, for instance, with bill clinton, hamilton county was very republican. and it was a very red county. and over the last two presidential elections, they voted for barack obama. became a very blue county. and so one of the reasons is that republicans will message on, say, the economy by using an ideological, philosophical argument that's what i say is pitched at the 30,000-foot level. you know, free markets, lower regulation, but that's all. they don't talk about fact that, for instance, in cincinnati the epa is requiring the city of cincinnati to separate their sewage system from their storm drain system. it's a very expensive project. this is something that they've been doing with other cities around the country as well. these are older cities that had sort of a merged system, and they want them separated out. the city of cincinnati put together a plan to comply with the epa, the epa accepted it, and after that they discovered they could do it for

. ♪ >>> while cincinnati, ohio's hamilton county justice center is originally built to hold 1,200 inmates now houses an average of 1300 men and women every day. most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trials or the resolution of their cases. in the female population has grown significantly in recent years. >> females these days are committing crimes like the men. they are now in homicide, felonious assaults. now using weapons. >> society is changing. our norms are changing. and one of the things that has changed is the number of women that come to jail. >> kianna mcmeans came to jail on a case that made headlines following release of a cell phone video that went viral. >> this video recorded saturday shows two women stripped naked, beaten and robbed. according to a hamilton county affidavit, 25-year-old kianna mcmeans is charged with participating in the assault. the victim's property was found inside her car. >> some people ain't think it was fun. i thought it was fun. some people thought i was just so wrong. talking about me. they don't even know me. don't even know the story

. >> at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio, d'andre rucker found a way to turn his socks into jailhouse air fresheners. >> you get the soap and break it down like this into little pieces. place it inside the socks. and then break it all the way down. this is one that's already done. once it's broke down, it will be into a powder form like this. can either tie it or leave it like that. when you want to freshen it you just go like that. and voila. you have your homemade air freshener. everybody in this pod has one. we trying to get everybody to get one in their cell so our pod wouldn't be smelly. >> cell mates devon toy harris and joseph bass who are housed in the same unit as rucker also use the soap sock, along with a method of their own. >> deodorant, put it down the vent. it release a little nice odor so it will smell good. >> at the kent county jail in grand rapids, michigan, dennis jordan told us no amount of artificial air freshener could substitute for elbow grease. >> i'll pull them out just like this. then ail take this rag right here and i'll clean the insi

. >>> twice a week at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio, the jail welcomes a volunteerm one of the city's beloved sports teams. david fulcher used to spend his sundays a mile away playing football for the bengals. now he runs one of the jails most popular programs. >> my program, mentoring against negative actions, mana speaks for itself. i'm going to be a mentor to teach them to stay away from negativity and negative actions. their involvement in the world is all about negativity. do i make the right decisions all the time? no i don't. but my decisions once i retired from football was about my wife, my son and daughter. every day i get up in the morning, i come to work. i do things for them. it is not about me no more. >> he is very dedicated. and he helps these young men address real problems and issues in real time in their lives. and he has a great success. and creating a different mind set for these guys. >> there are eleven steps in the program. they have to take the information they have gotten through those 11 weeks and make a change. but also during graduation

at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio, we met an inmate who got hold of some heroin, snorting it was nearly the last thing he did. >> what happened here? >> i died. i was in a respiratory arrest. my heart stopped. cpr brought me back. >> you were technically dead? >> i was dead. >> your heart stopped? >> that's what they tell me. >> he was found unresponsive in his cell. they had to call the ems team. they came in and determined he was overdosing on some kind of narcotic. >> the guy slipped it under my door. i did about half of it. the next thing i know, blurted out and i wake up to that ten cos around me and paramedics around me. >> he was in very bad shape. his respirations were down to a few times a minute. i know he was turning a bluish color. >> after an overnight stay at a nearby hospital, o'neal was brought back to jail and placed on suicide watch. >> they put me on suicide watch because there was the potential to kill myself. it was an attempt to get high. there's not much to stimulate your mind, you can read, play dominos, play chess or watch tv. when somebo

. >>> officials at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, ohio say they have seen firsthandhe impact of drug use on the city and the jail. >> drugs are a huge problem. unfortunately, it is something that starts on the streets. and by the time it gets to the point where they are in the jail with us, they are withdrawing. and they will do anything to get those drugs back. so we can search all we want. they will always find ways to bring them in. it is a daily struggle and we do the best we can. sometimes we find them. sometimes we don't. you know, that is unfortunately the best we can do. >> most of the 1,300 men and women incarcerated here are only charged with crimes and awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. but all are subjected to random shakedown, designed to keep drugs out of jail. >> everybody up lest go. >> every day we do a search. a shakedown on a floor every day. >> everybody have a seat. >> we'll pull the inmates out of their cell, set them in the middle of the day space. the dog will go through the cells and search the cells finding any contraband we c

. ♪ >> just over the ohio river is another city of sorts, the hamilton county justice center, population,300. most of the men and women in this jail are only accused of crimes and are awaiting trial or the resolution of the cases. >> we are returning a small city basically. it is a city that never sleeps. when your city never sleeps there is always something that you need to pay attention to. disagreements, argument, assaults, fight, attempted murders. i've seen it all. anything can happen. >> you can either have a good day or you can have a day to go straight to hell. >> and it's not ban good day for a inmate in one of the jails general population units. >> we just had an assault on georgia 51, with injuries to the inmates. >> then i hit the eye. >> as long as you can. >> you got hit in the eye? let me see. oh it's swollen right here. >> what did you get hit with? >> somebody's fist. >> the inmate is john willis, serving 180 days for theft. suffered a gash to the back of the head. >> we'll keep an eye on until the doctor comes and gets some staples in you. >> the alleged assailant is ch