michael eugene bell was in court this monday to face kidnapping and domestic assault charges while there the pistol of deputy wade bassett and chad both him and deputy wendell bowen as he fled. he shot himself before police could we apprehend him. that's horrible enough, obviously. now an investigation finds that he should never been free to commit the shooting at first place. he should have bn behind bars. ed henry has been on this all day, he joins us now with more. >> attorney general jeff sessions has been reversing obama era crime policies by making the case last eight years, soft sentences lead with more violent crime. he's been met with scorn from the left, many liberals believe these charges are simply nonviolent drug offenses. in this case in tennessee, it suggests not so much. the now deceased criminal who shot to police officers, and 2003 he was arrested for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute meth. 15 years in prison. at the tail end of the obama years, the drug sentences for 6,000 inmates were slashed, to cut down on over grounding, to be fair to more drug offenders in