. >> when it came time for his interview, sky's cellie, jason davis, expressed reservations. >> kindof get nervous with a camera pointing right in your face, you know what i'm saying. they say it adds ten pounds to you. >> he's worried about the camera adding ten pounds? >> no, just messing with you. just joking. trying to make a laugh. >> jason and sky were a real team. these guys were playing cards, smoking cigarettes. i think it was their way to survive. he's got his back, the other guy's got his, and that's the way they made it work. >> lonely days in brushy mountain. >> both men conceded drug use played a part in putting them in prison. bishop's aggravated assault conviction began with an argument over a parking space at a mall. >> he was smart mouthing my girlfriend, so i got into a fight with the guy, ended up stabbing him and then running his buddy off the road, off the interstate. i got six years for it. >> davis has a 17-year sentence for attempted murder but claims he was only defending himself. >> two people come in to rob me, i shot them both. i shot one with a gun, shot

. >> bishop's cell mate, jason davis, is serving a 17-year sentence for attempted murder. >> two peoplee in to rob me, and i shot them both, one with a .9 millimeter, one with a bow and arrow in the gut. in the state of tennessee you cannot shoot people regardless, in your house, on your property, anything. they come to rob you, they say to run, call the law, whatever. you cannot defend yourself in the state of tennessee no more. >> but at the time davis was on an eight-day high from methamphetamine and didn't realize the intruders were actually his friends. >> once you're up that long on a drug you actually hallucinate. when they came in, i have friends running in and out of this house all the time. it was a bachelor house. you know what i'm saying? basically i thought they came to rob me. i done run them off once that day. when they came back, i thought they was trying to get me. that's the kind of person i was on the street. if i thought you was trying to get me, i was going to get you first. >> i've known him for over a year. that's my buddy right there. i haven't had any problems.

state senator wendy davis, who led the filibuster against the abortion bill which she was ultimately lost, but she was seen as a her -- >> he embraced it and actually in in giving jason zangerly a tour of his office, showed him up on his bookshelf, a picture with daffy duck on it and the words whacko bird. he is enbracing this because it is catchy. >> you seem to be saying media are doing this not because it's great theater, but because journalists don't agree with cruz. he's a prepackaged villain for starters and also it's a very simple story. you don't have to get into premi premiums. ted cruz did this, what do you think of it? and a lot of people are saying it's the worst thing ever. >> and against the republicans obviously who he would love to blame for a government shutdown which is again likely to happen in the next 36 hours. >> if you talk to somebody who says, i don't know, i was watching fox news and they said it was horrible. and you can say, you know what? don't take my word for it, go on the website. >> kirsten? >> i've been very critical of the president in the past when he's come after fox news to delegitimize fox news, to somewhere this whole campaign,