. >> 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

>> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> you know it's not hurting my feeling at all. >> then, jonathan hall, the inmate extracted the day before, rejoins the ruckus. with a prison camera outside his window to monitor his activity, he begins to yell at "lockup" cameraman brian kelly. >> go film from [ bleep ] child molesters. >> we're trying to get both sides. that's what we've within trying to do. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> that's what we're trying to show. drug and alcohol abuse is up. and those dealing with grief don't have access to the professional help they need. when you see these issues, do you want to walk away or step up? with a degree in the field of counseling or psychology from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make a difference in the lives of others. let's get started at capella.edu as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios has a facebook page these days. but where's the relationship status? well, esurance is now in a relationship...with allstate. and it looks pretty serious. esurance. click or

. >> when we first met jonathan hall serving 40 years for second degree murder at colorado's limon correctionalacility, 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 th

. >> reporter: outside the hall jonathan hopkins was waiting to respond to romney's criticism. the president obama has not provided the necessary leadership. >> i was a captain in the army. i served in iraq and afghanistan. i went to west point. those of us, we understand what leadership is. and i felt led. i felt led by our commander in chief. >> reporter: as president obama campaigned in virginia's other military strong hold of virginia beach, he continued to remind voters with this ad about romney's secretly recorded comments that 47% of americans are government dependent. romney told us he's not counting any voters out. >> my campaign is about 100% of americans, helping people get out of poverty and helping the middle class have a more prosperous future. >> reporter: mitt romney has fallen behind president obama in the polls in many battleground states including virginia. what he has to say about that coming up at 6:00. >> julie, thank you. romney was in northern virginia, the president was in virginia beach. he began pushing a new phrase that shows up in one of his latest

. >> reporter: outside the halls, most high school athletes are nameless, faceless, dreamers to the outside world. but for jonathan allen, it's a constant fear of failure that has multi-million dollar coaches across the country dreaming he'll come to town. >> i feel like i'm improving every day. >> reporter: allen exploded on the scene as a raw but physically gifted 15-year-old at stonebridge high school. by his junior season, the word was out. >> it really exploded. i got comments from oklahoma, alabama was calling, florida was calling. that's when i officially knew i had something going on here. >> reporter: before long, ashburn became a must-stop for every major college program. in the end, allen chose to go home. >> i was born in alabama. i grew up in alabama. so when they offered, i kind of had the idea i was going to go there. >> reporter: here in virginia, mickey thompson has been the head coach for more than 20 years. won a state championship and put guys in the nfl. where does he rank allen? >> i think he's the best one. he changes the whole game. i guarantee you right now, he's preparing right now. every

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hall another simple question. listen. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here before iran completes the second stage necessary to make a bomb. >>jonathan: prior to that, binyamin netanyahu said he and the experts believed iran will reap that stage perhaps by next spring but certainly by next summer. that, perhaps, is a red timeline that the obama administration could live with. >>shepard: plenty on iran but thought as much as in times past on the palestinians. >>jonathan: that was significant. clearly, iran is the major focus for prime minister binyamin netanyahu this time. not so, and predictably so, for the palestinian leader. he came out swinging at israel, essentially accusing israel of derailing the entire peace process. he used some very emotional language in describing the israeli program of settlements. listen. >> it is a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the palestinian people through the their homes and prevention of their construction. >>jonathan: in response to that prime minister binyamin netanyahu said what he calls libelous language does not help the peace process. neither does unilateral declarations of statehood. >>