. >> one of those inmates is jonathan hall. serving 40 years for murder. >> take that camera somewhere else. >> our crew first encountered hall while interviewing another inmate a few doors down. >> this is what i think of your story. >> i believe he threw -- well, he threw a liquid substance under the door. it smelled somewhat suspicious, so we're going to go report that. yeah, he threw pee under the door. >> did he? >> yeah. >> better double-check. >> okay. >> we soon learn that hall's anger had really begun the day before. >> he started off yesterday night, he drew a bunch of gang graffiti on the walls. staff attempted to go in there, restrain him, take pictures of the graffiti, he refused, became belligerent. this morning i went up there and talked to him. he decided he would cooperate. we did restrain him, bring him out. we did take photos. probably 30 minutes later, i'm guessing because other offenders probably gave him a hard time that he did back down and let us do our job, now he's covered his window, started throwing

even george grapf and jonathan hall agreed to interviews and allowed us to take footage of them. a few months later, michael gill was released on parole. >> whoa, whoa, there's ice on the ground. i don't feel comfortable. >>> coming up, when inmates are left to their own devices, the result can range from bizarre to horrifying. >> where do you want me? >> get him up front. get him on a gurney. >>> appearances and first impressions are every bit as important behind prison walls as they are on the outside. and one of the most fascinating experiences we have in prison is seeing the different methods inmates use to create their own look. from intimidating to tantalizing to just peculiar. >> something to do. >> our crews have seen it all. tattoos, however, aren't the only tools in the toolbox. at indiana state prison, billy kyle, serving eight years on a drug dealing charge, likes to strut the yard with his grill. >> they blue and white diamonds. >> let me see you smile. what's the deal with that? >> it was just something, you know, that we did on the streets, you know what i'm saying

. >> when we first met jonathan hall serving 40 years for second degree murder at colorado's limon correctionalility, we wouldn't have guessed that one of the most emotional reunions between an inmate and child would be with him. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> my first impression of jonathan hall was that he was an out of control, maniacal young man. he was screaming at me through his door. he was quite verbally assaultive. >> you can't buy me. [ bleep ]. get the [ bleep ] out of here. >> i started having off camera conversations with jonathan and quickly i saw a very different human being. he was trying to educate himself. he had come from a very difficult life, and he was calm and he was articulate, but the most striking thing about jonathan which shifted his personality from this very tough, hard core inmate to a far kinder and even softer person was the second he started talking about his son. >> this is me, my son, and my wife when my son was first born. i felt like my destiny was fulfilled, that that was what i was put on earth to do was to have my son. >> my daddy. my daddy. >> we were ther

so, please, give a warm town hall welcome to jonathan gruber. [applause] >> thank you very much and thanks, bob, for the kind introconduction. introduction. i have about ten minutes to start, and there's a lot to talk about with health care reform, so i'm going to start with a little story. my younger sister, joelle, now lives here in seattle, and the story involves her. one time she came running to the house and found my father and said, dad, dad, where's mom, i need to talk to her, and my father said i don't know where she is, can i hp you? and she said, no, and walked away. she needed help with her math homework, and my dad has a ph.d. in finance, and she was was -- he was a bit taken aback. and he said why can't i help you? and he said, i don't want to know that much aboutt. [laughter] so in that spirit, i'm going to try not to tell you more than you want to know here in the opening few minutes and rather let what you want to know come out in my conversation with bob and in your questions, which i'm eager to hear. i want to set a little bit

jonathan has details. >> after appearing in this antismoking ad, terri hall, a 51-year-old throat cancer survivor is often recognized by strangers, including one former smoker in myrtle beach. >> she says, i quit smoking because of you. and of course i started crying. it was powerful. >> piece by piece. >> calls to a national quit line doubles and smokefree.gov tripled. graphic ad campaign. director thomas says the cdc conducted extensive research into the most effective ways to convince smokers to quit. >> finding out you're going to die doesn't really help people. and people don't empathize with their lungs. so showing the picture of a lung may not be as effective as showing a real person and what happens to that individual. >> this 12 week antismoking campaign costs $54 million. that's less than the major tobacco companies spend on advertising in just two days. >> don't use spray paint. >> but officials predict their latest campaign will save thousands of lives by showing smokers real stories about real people. >> not everybody walks around with a hole in their neck. not everybody gets cancer. but some

hall. that begins at 6:30 tonight local time. joining me now is msnbc political analyst jonathan altar.e before for president obama, for presidents past, where they have to pay the role of consoler in chief. he generally was considered to have done a very important job back in arizona when gabby giffords was shot. but it's even more complicated than that, isn't it? if it was only as simple as saying i'm sorry t would be quite a different story. >> you know, these are challenging occasions for any american president, chris. and we've seen that president obama is good at this. it requires a certain kind of human connection that he's capable of providing. it requires the ability to say the right words at the right time. and convince people that you are connecting to them. he's been able to do that. but this particular occasion is more difficult than, say, when he's meeting the families of soldiers who have died in iraq or afghanistan. on those occasions he can summon a kind of patriot ic framework for the consoling. certainly for police or firefighters killed in action, he can do the same

jonathan bloom. >> can i get two burgers? >> she is the owner of soul on wheels, they feed tourists and bureaucrats alike in front of city hallit's inside city hall that food trucks won a major victory this week. >> hopefully, this will be a first step in breaking down barriers. >> reporter: after a legal challenge by local restaurants force a two month high yea tuesday. the board of appeals have overwhelmingly voted they brought the food trucks back at the edge of financial district. >> i think they are really lacking in food. to bring food trucks in and serve that community is a wonderful thing. >> the food truck owners they are excited to bring variety back to a neighborhood without too many choices for lunch, the people that own restaurants in the neighborhood are not very excited about having to compete with this. >> i just think it's unfair competition. unfortunately the city is not looking at it that way. >> freddy pays thousands of month in rent the food trucks pay the parking meter. as for their customers. >> on many occasions i see them using our bathrooms or having lunch. >> half a block where the trucks park, they

jonathan serrie has the details. >> i'm mary and i used to be a smoker. i want to give you some info about getting ready in the morning. >> reporter: terry hall, a 51- year-oldcancer survivor says she's often recognized by strangers including one former smoker in myrtle beach. >> she put her hands out and said i quit smoking because of you. of course, i started to cry and then it was pretty powerful. >> my fingers thought it's a gold piece. >> reporter: calls to a national quit line doubled and visits to the website smokefree.gov tripled during the admittedly graphic ad campaign. the director says the cdc conducted extensive research into the most effective ways to convince smokers to quit. >> finding out that you're going to die doesn't really help people and people don't etch these with their lungs. so showing the picture -- empathize with their lung. so showing the picture of a lung may not be as effective as showing a real person and what happens to that individual. >> reporter: this 12 week anti- smoking campaign cost the cdc $54 million. that's less than the major tobacco companies spend on advertising in just two days, but cdc officials predict their

jonathan capehart, have great weekend. that does it for us. all of you have great weekend. we'll be seeing you next week. my colleague tamron hallhat's next. >> so great to see you. coming up in the next hour, is condoleezza rice really being considered as mitt romney's running mate or is it a ploy to distract from the latest controversy over governor romney's bain tenure? the headline on the conservative blog that says rice could emerge as a front runner has tongues wagging and our political panel will chime in. new information suggests jpmorgan employees may have covered up billions of dollars far more than first reported. we'll look at that debacle and an initiative to get vets back to work called hiring our heroes. they've hit a big milestone and we'll reveal it to you. for years. but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? [ female announcer ] root touch-up by nice'n easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. with root touch-up, all they see is you. designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. an intense burning sensation i woke up with

same uniform, only two managers, terrific guy, real leader, legitimate hall of famer, and ian kinsler, the second baseman as jonathand the clip, clearly pulled up a little short, didn't really, you know, bust his pick to throw chipper out at first base because he wanted him on base with a base hit in his last all-star appearance. >> and tony la russa's last game. >> oh! >> what's that? >> tony la russa's last game. >> was that la louisa's last game? alex, what were you saying in my ear? say it to everybody. >> people wanted brice to start third base for the mets but sanibel got the start. he had the key triple in the inning. >> there you go. >> alex knows everything. >> yeah. >> i would have said that. >> maybe people working behind the camera -- >> he's adorable. little in the dark. maybe we ought to get him a little light back there. >> sports center is calling i'm sure, john than. >> there's a call from bristol, connecticut. >> yeah. >> for you. >> you want to move up to bristol? >> to connecticut? >> yeah. >> not so much. >> oh, my lord. >> bruce harper on the phone. >> coming up next, we have mika's must-read o