. >>> on the western edge of southern indiana is the wabash valley town of carlisle where main street conjures images of a by gone era and besides the daily passing of a csx freight line, this one-light town might be all but forgotten. just a couple miles down u.s. 41 is evidence that carlisle is hardly forgotten. >> it's out in the middle of nowhere. what going on out here? prison. that's what goes on out here. >> surrounded by little else but big skies, the wabash valley correctional facility houses more than 2,000 convicted felons, including some of the highest security prisoners in the state. it's a fortress amid farms. >> we have a total of seven towers blanketing the facility including one tower in the center of the south yard. we have two sets of fences around the facility. the inner fence is a nonlethal stun fence. the inside fence is a 14 foot fence covered with razor ribbon. shaker alarm on the motion detector. motion detector in between the fences. we think the perimeter is secure for us. >> security is tight inside the perimeter as well. especially in the secured confineme

grew up in indiana, one of 10 kids. i was just so -- i grew up watching you on "the brady bunch" and thinking that house, is nothing like my house. >> it wasn't anything like mine, either. tavis: i was so tickled when i got into the book, just about the interesting part of your life growing up in indiana, but the thing that got me more than anything else is that childhood in indiana, where your family is concerned, is so far removed from this wholesome, loving, blended family that we came to know you through, "the brady bunch." tell me about your childhood in indiana. >> well, as you said, i'm the youngest of 10 children. my father didn't marry until he was almost 50, then he had 10 children. i was his 10th. i was born when he was close to 70. and you know, depression, i was born in 1934, don't tell anybody. yeah. and you know, growing up so poor, my dad was a sharecropper, dirt farmer, and struggled so hard to make a h.i.v. living, never really did. he also had a drinking problem, and my mother was 25 years younger tha

in indiana at northwestern indiana 9 in.michigan before and a half inches of snow. this will be history soon the storm is lifting by way. of the valley. the next one is queuing up but the next storm sent it in front the night after tomorrow and thursday night there might be a snow shower holding together than the high- pressure brushes and friday closing of the week. the real cold is behind this front at this store taking shape to the south and west. that will not be in until sunday and monday tomorrow the sun shine clouds accident flirting with a couple of scattered clouds mostly high clouds in our area tomorrow and thursday late in the day clouds come in could be a shower again a stall shower thursday night. not a big deal like this thing that just passes by. forecast. much colder tonight. clearing colder wind subsided. temperatures down to 27 degrees with west northwest wind. during the day tomorrow mostly sunny. seasonably chile. 42 degree high temperature. without the wind chill associate with 60 mi. per hour wind gust

bob knowling crew up on welfare in indiana. -- grew up on welfare in indiana. that did not prevent him from getting an education and becoming a leading telecommunicate -- tele- communications ceo. his new book is called "you can get there from here: my journey from struggle to success." he has been called on by the left and the right, bill clinton in michael bloomberg have called on him for a variety of projects to have the first and maybe last person on the program to be knocked from the same hometown as i am, indiana, but the same high school i went to. what are the chances you would get two black men out of the corn field in indiana on pbs? only in america. it is an honor to have you on this program. i am sure the folks in indiana are proud to have hoosiers on national television. your story is fascinating. i want to start at an unlikely place. there has been so much conversation about herman cain. those who are turned on to him like his business background and his 9-9-9 plan, the partite keep coming back to, apparently people like how he wound up where he i

i went with them to indiana recently. for them to see the stage a crumpled like that this really affected them and affected so many that night as well. >> i can imagine that stays with you. hoew is jennifer honoring the victim's? i understand has special plans. >> they had a concert that night when we went back to indiana. they had a concert in indianapolis free of charge for everyone that had been a concert. people showed up. some of them were still on crutches. it was such a connection that they have with the people now that were there. so they gave a free concert and it was part of the long process that is ongoing. i imagine that meant a lot for sugarland to come back and share with the community that has experience so much loss. thanks for joining us. we will be watching your special tonight at 10:00. stay with us on abc 7 is at 11:00 afterwards. >>> coming up, a dangerous trend among young mothers. a growing dependence on prescription drugs. anderson cooper takes captioned by the national captioning institute --www.n

>> reporter: the second option for indiana families: public charter schools. the legislature increased their numbers this fall. anderson families have the option of anderson preparatory academy, a charter school with a military theme. here the students are called cadets and the faculty have rank. assistant principal john hayden goes by captain hayden. >> we have rituals here like a family does. ours happen to be military rituals. >> room at attention! >> standing up when an adult comes in the classroom. saluting in the hallways. and probably the most notable is "yes sir" and "no sir" is required. >> reporter: hayden says all this discipline pays off. >> they feel safe and secure so that they can actually think instead of being in the fight or flight mode, which happens a lot in schools. you're worried if you're about our kids can worry about what's the next thing i need to know in algebra. >> reporter: 300 new students chose to enroll here this fall, most of them transfers from anderson public schools. besides charter schools and private schools, families here

there's indiana. still heavy storm as along the ohio river and we'll watch the rain mixed with fog this morning. most of us get just mist. but it's damp enough that we need the wiper blades. cooler temperatures this afternoon. >>> we have police activity north carollton and west lafayette. so try avoid that intersection if you can. doing okay so far on the beltway. taking a look at the southwest side. this is frederick road. starting to get most of our volume on the outer loop. that is the traffic moving way from the camera. still have the misty weather out there. and 95 coming out of white marsh. west steady flow southbound starting to get the volume there with the oncoming traffic to the left of your screen. you want to follow any of our accidents, follow us on twitter. >>> the three celebrities still standing and locking ahead to the finale of "dancing with the stars." >> hope and max. >> hope and her partner danced for nine weeks of the competition. but when she learned she would not be returning,

indiana? tavis: that's debatable. of all the states, you picked mississippi and indiana, but i love it. >> i do my research. tavis: ok. let's see how well i did my research. what are we, to your point, what are we to make of what's happening in greece and how is this situation? >> very bad. part of the story i'm telling is how essentially whole societies were left in the dark room with a giant pile of money over the last decade and they docked what they want with the money but there were consequences and we wanted to have this subprime mortgage fueled housing bubble but the greek government spent the money on more government, whong lots of people weren't doing anything, and they've got a cultural problem that not only do they have an incredibly bloated state and an incredibly inefficient private sector, but they have a culture of not paying taxes. you talk to a tax collector in greece, as i said, and he'll tell you that the quickest way to get fired as a tax collector is to collect taxes, if y

the same thing with the indiana department of education.ly the indiana department of child services said it could investigate providing it was a current complaint and not from someone who already walked out the door. we've talked to more than a dozen women who said they were victimized at the house and they say they could never make private calls or send uncensored letters. it's not the only facility of its kind. across the country victim advocates say there's a larm number of programs. >> i have nightmares about it all the time. vivid dreams like i'm trapped inside of this house again and i can't get out. the only thing i want is to run out the door and for some reason i can't. >> i think i fantasize about suicide those first years out. >> we wanted to give williams one last chance to answer the allegations. is it true or is it not? it's a yes or no question? >> it's not true. >> so they're lying to us. >> that's where you're trying to get me backed into a corner. it's their word against mine. >> we were not permitted to take video on the

he became the youngest person in indiana history to be sentenced as an adult.here were no separate facilities for younger offenders so he was placed directly into the adult population. >> i said, don't tell them you're 15. tell them you're 17. i'm in the a liar. the first guy asks me, i say, i'm 15. he stops and says, what? you know how quickly that spread throughout the prison? you know how many people wanted to be my lumpy for the wrong reason? it's ugly. it's ugly and a sicken virnment. >> he was 15. i remember him coming into the sawhouse and i remember talking to him. he looked so young. he still had that baby-type face. >> superintendent mike knows him well. he was superintendent of wabash 18 years ago when he first arrived. both are in miami. he still remembers the tense discussions that took place as staff members prepared to put an eighth grader in a cell with an adult offender. >> they are all two-person cells. the leadership got together and we screened who was going to be in there with him. we've got a duty to protect everyone as best we can and we

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the same thing with the indiana department of education. a current complaint and not from someone who already walked out the door. we've talked to more than a dozen women who said they were victimized at the house and they say they could never make private calls or send uncensored letters. it's not the only facility of its kind. across the country victim advocates say there's a larm number of programs. >> i have nightmares about it all the time. vivid dreams like i'm trapped inside of this house again and i can't get out. the only thing i want is to run out the door and for some reason i can't. >> i think i fantasize about suicide those first years out. >> we wanted to give williams one last chance to answer the allegations. is it true or is it not? it's a yes or no question? >> it's not true. >> so they're lying to us. >> that's where you're trying to get me backed into a corner. it's their word against mine. >> we were not permitted to take video on the house property, but we did walk up the front steps and ring the bell. we saw a girl hu

, my hometown at indiana state penitentiary and i actually ran into somebody i used to hang out with when i was a child. we were shooting in the visitation room and i kind of saw him out of the corner of my eye, and it was one of those odd moments because what do you do? i didn't want to interrupt his visit and say hello, but later on as we were interviewing somebody else, he found me and came up to me and started talking to me, and talking to him for a good while and it was just the most interesting experience because i hadn't seen him in years and to be talking to him as he's now an inmate and, you know, when we were 12, 13 years old i would never have guessed i would have been seeing him in this position. >> visitation often proves to be a place not only to find great stories, but to see inmates in a different light. >> when we first met jonathan hall serving 40 years for second degree murder at colorado's lyman correctional facility, we wouldn't have guessed that one of the most emotional reunions we would ever see between an inmate and his child would include him. >> [ bleep ].

. >> michael jackson's hometown many say a just verdict gary indiana >> 2300 jackson street in the home where michael jackson grew up many of those still in this neighborhood grew up alongside him today's verdict justice served >> those who live near the jackson family home have followed the trial of their childhood friend state verdict top of this neighborhood >> a lot of responsibility even though felt like he was pushed into it but he was a doctor supposed to know better >> conrad murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter hopes to trial resolutions brinks comfort to the family of michael jackson. seven years ahead of michael jackson lived here at 23 jackson st.. four brothers they played came over parties played baseball rode their bicycles >> recalls father joe jackson bright yellow volkswagen the most memorable vehicle on the block and says justice was done today conrad murray reckless in administering the potent surgical anesthetic propofol the more serious crimes says of violating his patient's trust >> never supposed to leave your side a doctor unless a trained nurse >> ja

. >>> finally, we remember that fwlouerring sky and the stage collapse at the indiana state fair, justefore the country superstars sugarland were supposed to per for. well, tonight, they talk for the first time about what they saw in that moment of crisis. "gma" co-anchor robin roberts joined them as they made a return to indiana. >> i think any sort of crisis can test our faith. for sure, there will always be a before that happened and an after. >> reporter: what happened was the unimaginable. last august at the indiana state fair, moments before the band sugarland was to step on stage, high winds took down the massive rigging of their production. 45 people were injured. seven people lost their lives. >> i mean -- there are no words for that kind of tragedy. jennifer nettles is sugarland's lead singer. she's never spoken about that night until now. you could have been on that stage. >> was about to be. everything suddenly looked dark and then wind and then a crashing. horrible metal twisting sound. >> reporter: when you saw it and you knew that people who had come to see sugarland los

indiana. and we have a balanced budget. and i know the temptations that have come across the state legislature in indiana to pass budgets that are out of balance. but if we have that anchor here in washington that says, we have to pass a balanced budget, that we cannot continue to borrow and spend, that is what's going to keep washington in check. our constitution is the bedrock of our experiment in self-government. it's a remarkable document. libraries have been written on its importance and its legal application. but we cannot forget that the wisdom our founding fathers built in the constitution are timeless and they're very simple truths. people give the government its power is one of those. government exists to protect our god-given rights. men are not perfect soneather is our government -- so neither is our government so it must be limited, checked and balanced. our great nation rests on these principles. if we still believe in those principles we must recognize another simple but profound truth. good government must l

the ohio was entirely part of kentucky off of the indiana shore so there is an island very near indianat has filled in between indiana and the island as it is kentucky. there is enough land that i think maybe a racetrack, maybe a casino, what can we do here? andy and on is not too wild about that but it is a conflict but not that big of a deal. >> i want to thank you marks mark stein for sharing your extraordinarily interesting -- [applause] and i thank all of you for coming again and we will see you outside. don't forget your take away on the way out. [inaudible conversations] >> this event was hosted by the smithsonian institution here in washington d.c.. to find out more visit si.edu. >> as was hinted at in the introduction the thesis of this book in a nutshell is that the climate change doesn't just look like bad weather. it also looks like ethnic violence religious violence, civil war, banditry, counterinsurgency, xenophobic anti-immigrant policing and what i tried to do is tease out in these different situations the causality, the causal role of climate change and i never argue th

an inmate we met at the indiana state prison. one of a handful of inmates allowed to use a personal camera supplied by our crew used to record intimate thoughts in the privacy of his cell. he even shared some thoughts about the crew, themselves. >> you got susan, you got alex in wonderland, and all those other guys, you know, i don't know their names, but they're cool. and they're all from california. can you believe that? >> when we first started working with darren bailey, we heard he had this very violent past. that he was not only violent on the streets, but once he got into prison, had a very erratic and impulsive and violent nature. so when we encountered him, he was already in a process of going through therapy and trying to make himself a better inmate. >> i have never given myself a chance. and because i'm giving myself a chance to do better for myself, i have a supporting cast that are saying, yeah, we believe in you. yeah, he's showing progress. yeah, he's no longer the person that has held him hostage for years. >> bu

the same thing with the indiana department of education.ices says it could investigate, providing there was a current complaint. and not from someone who already walked out the door. but we've talked to more than a dozen women who say they were victimized at this house and they say they can never make any private phone calls or send uncensored letters while on the inside. the house is not the only facility of its kind. across the country victim advocates say there are an unknown but large number of similar program. >> i have nightmares about it all the time. like very vivid dreams like i'm trapped inside of this house again and i can't get out. and that's like the only thick i want is to run out a door and for some reason i can't. >> i think i fantasized about suicide those first years out. >> reporter: we wanted to give williams once r one last chance to answer the allegations. is it true or not? yes or no question. >> it's not true. >> reporter: so they're lying to us? >> i'm not -- see, that's where you're trying to get me backed into a

remember when the stage clamsed in the indiana fairground there's? they're speaking out for the first time about that deadly accident. i went to indiana with them. >> all part about your special tonight. >>> let's get right to the conviction of conrad murray. jim avila has covered this trial from the start. and he's in los angeles where the verdict was handed down on monday. jim? >> reporter: good morning, robin. looking ahead, conrad murray is in l.a. county jail this morning, about to be offered his first institutional meal. he is also on suicide watch and in a cell by himself for his own safety. as his attorneys prepare to appeal. and also asked the judge for the less of the maximum sentence of four years. conrad murray, stone-faced. flinching only slightly at the verdict. but hardly any reaction, as he was handcuffed and sent immediately to jail, where l.a. county sheriffs say he will be confined to a single cell for his own production, while he awaits his november 29th sentencing. >> any plans for appeal? >> reporter: j. michael flanagan, the fi

another student, luke gates returned to indiana where he goes to school. chuck bell has a look at your sunday forecast afte

around the house. >> indiana?is: yes. >> my gosh, enjoy this. tavis: i do not know the answer to this question, carole, and i should have researched it be, -- researched it, because it bugged me. >> you are correct. there are three original songs on the album, and they were all co-written by louise and other people, and it was so much fun for me to be singing some of tell-alls is a song, and also because of the we is -- singing someone else's song, and also because louise's sensibility is so much like mine. she was part of a mission, and it was to write something for carole, like carole had written it. >> i will see if i get to the short version of this. throughout the whole record, i thought we need to have a new year's dishonor. i will not do one more without that. -- we need to have a new year's song. i will not do one more song with christmas and it. -- in it. and i wanted it to be prayerful and hopeful, and so this earlier, "new year's day," i think old record was writing itself, just kidding, and then when i

indiana teenager says he was bullied and beaten at school because of his heritage. family from the mideast and suing the schools tonight it number of students sean lewis in the newsroom with more on the allegations. parents of 17 year-old david haddad says pot did a better part of this year called year osama and bin laden had a terrorist. mother told son to ignore until last week lawsuit claims beaten inside high-school as others watched students allegedly involved face serious allegations and the school and administrators turning a blind eye >> looking at the pictures of 17 year-old david haddad there is no doubt the high school junior was involved in a major fight. >> they attacked him >> today his parents who immigrated from jordan in the 1970's filed a lawsuit in lake county indiana superior court claiming to be beating on november 8th at lake central high school st. john was the culmination of a year of escalating harrassment against their son and his ethnic background. >> they covered his face and were punching him. to make a statement, every time he would try

states of missouri, pennsylvania, and indiana this morning. gregory porter was the first to arrive yesterday afternoon. fellow students luke gates and derek sweeny also arrived home overnight. the three were accused of throwing fire bombs during demonstrations. they were detained last weekend r , but all charges were dropped. >>> overnight, a rocket was fired from the hamas-controlled palestinian territory. as the gaza strip recovers, militants fired a rocket into southern israel. israeli military claims the strikes were in response to two rockets launched into israel over the weekend. the rockets landed in open areas. no one was injured. >>> a young east bay soldier who was killed in afghanistan was remembered at a memorial held at the high school where he graduated just a year ago. more than 300 friends, family, and community members gathered at danville's san ramon value are lee high school to honor