lately it's proven difficult for martin mcdaniel.d a suicide letter and a stockpile of prescription pills in his cell, they put him on suicide watch. a measure he insisted was unnecessary. 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 and told me the day they was coming, right? 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. 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, right? >> what would? >> like what the letter said, right? then i don't have to weigh my options, you know. i'd like to see my kids grow up, you know, but -- yeah, it's pretty, pretty [ bleep ] situation. >> while mcdaniel longs for a visit from his family,

. >> reporter: mcdaniels says it's possible hembree had a heart attack. the pontoon boat was driven by a dying electric motor that wasn't strong enough to fight the current going over the dam. as the batteries quit, hembree tried to get close to shore. at least four party boats jumped and avoided going over the dam but hembree and others were swept over. no life-threatening injuries to the teen survivors according to mcdaniel. hembree's body was found five hours after the 6:30 p.m. incident. today at the dam, flowers. and at hembree's house, a steady stream of sad visitors. rescuers said the heavy rain saturday definitely played a role in this but by the time hembree took the kids out at 6:40 in the evening the rain had passed, the sun was coming out, and the lake looked calm. the current going over the dam was a different story. and the exact cause of why the electric motor failed has still not been determined. at lake linganore scott broom, wusa 9. >> he was the special project manager for the large community association that administers that area. he h

brother-in-law jerry mcdaniels said stephen hembree died a hero. >> the kids have all told me he did everything possible to get them to shore or to large boulder where they could be rescued and that in doing all of this he exhausted himself and the last they saw of him he was floating downstream. >> reporter: rescuers said the heavy rains definitely played a role in this, but by the time hembree took the kids out at 6:40 in the evening the rain had passed, the sun was coming out and the lake looked calm. the current going over the dam was a different story and the exact cause of why the electric motor failed has still not been determined. at lake linganore scott broom wusa 9. >> hembree was an official with the community association that operates lake linganore and had years of experience on the water there. >>> now we take you to kent island where a boat race turned horribly and deadly and tragic over the weekend. today our stephanie ramirez spoke with a man who was there and saw that speed boat flying right toward him. >> everyone here is just stunned over the tragedy especially th

i think mcdaniels has just what he's doing at purdue and how is not increase the fees and has been able to go, i think on academy is amazing. i think a lot of our challenges -- what i see happen in baltimore think a lot has to do with education there. why do we expect somebody that lives in a poor neighborhood that they can't have a good school that they have to go somewhere else. but there to go somewhere ostensibly great. my watch them other seeing her son and bring them home, we all kind of chair. because every person that is apparent has the same dream. not with a become, but with their children become. i'm a big believer in charter schools. i think it's much more competitive, i think the outcome -- i think we have responsibility to a child when -- until they're 18 to give them their opportunity. what you do with it, that's your choice. i would transform the education system and i would that let the states have a pilot program to do it. >> thanks for your time. >> next, a conversation with supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg on her life and work on the court. after that, actor

. >> heather mcdaniel won an oscar for "gone with the wind," a big breakthrough.his guy didn't know what he was talking about, didn't mention that in the article but that's a fact. >> there is something i do want to ban. let's talk about casey affleck's less talented brother. remember ben' fleck was told in "ancestors" he owned slave and edited that out while keeping the good stuff in. >> revolutionary army in 1777. >> that's right. >> your sixth grade grandfather volunteered to serve in the patriot army. >> wow. >> he fought in the american revolution. >> wow. that is incredible. >> so phony. >> so they actually put the new cover-up. so my question is if ben's ancestors would slave owners should we treat him like the confederate flag, a direct connection to hate and then get rid of him, get him out of "batman," should he give back his oscar for "argo" and all his films sheffield? we can't separate the man from his past, can we? >> absolutely not. i think he should be forced to pay some sort of reparations. if that was clint eastwood or some other right wing actor