it is hard for martin mcdaniel.er officers found a stockpile of prescription pills and a suicide note they put him on a suicide watch. mcdaniel was taken off suicide watch the following day. several weeks later he admitted that despite his earlier denials he was suicidal. >> when i wrote the letter, right, i had intentions of o.d.'ing because my kids wrote me a letter. i was going to wait until after visit and take them that night, right? but it's a good thing they come in the room, man. >> you were, then? >> yeah. yeah. yeah. no doubt about it. >> mcdaniel says his despair was over the impact his incarceration was having on his two young daughters. >> sometimes i think it would be better. >> what would? >> they don't have to weigh the options. i like to see my kids grow up, you know. but -- it's pretty, pretty [ bleep ] situation. >> while mcdaniel longs for a visit from his family, patrick gaskill just had a severe restriction placed on his visitation privileges. he was caught with a bag full of inmate-made alcoho

mcdaniels, 66. take it in. 2 west 40. chavez, 2 west 71. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ] they gave me 90 days. what's that [ bleep ]? 90 days? what's that [ bleep ]? [ bleep ]. >> i'm here 35. i'm reputable in them streets, you know? what's that? >> [ bleep ]. >> you ever been in here? >> not here, not in prison. >> this ain't nowhere to be, man. this ain't cool. you can't even stretch. you can't even stretch in this joint. >> you can't even work out in these cells. you can't run in place. we only come out twice a week. >> yeah, man, [ bleep ]. mentally insane, for real. this is what they give us. look at this [ bleep ]. that's all you going to get. that's all you [ bleep ] going to get. a little tiny ass bar of soap. going to be used in one day. it's over. this is how i'm living, man. >> you will find with a lot of these guys, they have been incarcerated before. so, unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. you know. and in the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. you know, i made it. i'm in the sta

joining me now, lucas mcdaniel. he started as an intern while getting his degree. he is an accomplished photographer and is now our production assistant. lucas, we are glad to have you. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to work on a program that gives the independent filmmakers, artists, and writers a voice, as well. tavis: we are honored to have you on the program, so tonight, you get to open the show. >> the conversation went elisabeth moss, coming up right now. -- with her. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: . elisabeth moss left madison avenue temporarily and ventured to new zealand, where she stars as a detective in a new crime thriller. it is fromund

let me also acknowledge tom mcdaniel who i know is well- trained, having come from this committee, who is here with you behind you. let me say that process is obviously a concern. i have always commented that to hear an announcement in the news, however on member might have missed the notice to their office, is really both disappointing and challenging, because you are associated with tso's, and that has been a lot of my legislative career, defending the competency of such. iw will sequester impact -- know it might be 1000, going up by attrition -- can you say yes? 1000 will go up through attrition or retirement? >> 1000 by the end of may. >> will you cut any more on top of that? >> we have not put a hiring freeze on yet. >> there may be longer lines. >> clearly going into the summer. >> nobody knows until you get to the epicenter of the crisis, the school is let out, etc.. today as we speak and on april 1, can a mother with two or three children carry her bottle of water and special orange juice through the line? >> medically necessary liquids -- >> she likes a special brand. it is no

family was there, it was a beautiful, beautiful evening and i had written a song along with john mcdaniels a little revue we're doing called "a table at neary's" about the different people that go to neary's. and it's just an extraordinary experience. talk about finding a family in new york. so my friend matt wolfe who had been in "scandalous," a real sweet guy and a talented guy, sang a song and surprised jimmy. >> oh. >> i think we have a little bit of that video. ♪ ♪ that dream at the end of the rainbow ♪ ♪ i worked hard and kept my nose clean ♪ >> frank and i went to his restaurant when we first bought our apartment over on east 57th street 27 years ago and it was love at first bite. >> the best ever. >> have you ever in your life -- >> when you introduced me to the lamb chops. i was like, i've had lamb chops. >> you've never had lamb chops your life -- >> you cut it, you put it in your life and you want to just cheer. >> you go to poughkeepsie when you have a lamb chopp at -- >> kind of. >> i saw your face. >> you kind of do. >> sad news in this world and that is of course the news ab

parents said tim mcdaniel taught the biology of an orgasm. showed video of genital herpes.y were upset he played a film called an inconvenient truth and more seriously that he told allegedly inappropriate jokes and shared confidential student files with someone besides the student's parents. let's bring it back to my panel. elayne boosler rick ungar and julie klausner. now, the student file may be serious issues. the main thing he is said the word vagina. >> it was a cooking class. >> john: i'm going to ask you this. why is vagina a word that scares people? >> it is up to a parent, if they don't want the -- going into the pooh-pooh and the sha needle goes into the you the new-new then they shouldn't bring it up. >> john: i appreciate the translation. >> all kidding aside, the sanctity of the idea you can't joke or talk about female genitalia is just part of like the silence around female sexuality and it drives me crazy. >> john: yes, i would say i grew up in a sexually repressed household but i'm not comfortable saying the word "sexually" yet. >> it scares the hell out of

ron that romney mcdaniel, mitt romney's niece, she told "the detroit news" she's "looking at a republicanun for the seat." she would of course be following in the footsteps of her grandmother, lenore romney, who ran for senate in michigan in 1970. next, minnesota state senate judiciary committee cleared the way yesterday for a marriage equality bill to get a full vote in the senate out there. leading up to that point there was heated debate between lawmakers on both sides of the issue. the most awkward goes to republican given gruhaggen, opponent of gay marriage. >> i have a friend, kevin peterson, stand up and say hi. the interesting thing about kevin is he was active in the gay lifestyle for about ten years and then he left it, got married, and he now has three children. thank you. >> it is tough to see how that speech would do anything to sway votes. gruenhaggen made a failed attempt at banning same-sex marriage through an amendment last year. >>> south carolina's republican-led state house voted yesterday to reject a proposed expansion of medicaid. here's something to note. in january