a deal's a deal. >> back at kentucky state penitentiary, randy haight made it clear he's not as eager to face death as holton. but he's ready for it nonetheless. >> i'm extremely sad for what i've done, and it hurts me knowing that i went to the level that i went. and if there was any way possible for me to be healed or corrected, believe me, it would be done. it's an impossible situation not only for me but for everybody involved, you know. and i'm not saying that there to get out of an execution because like i said, i'm ready. if you want to kill me, let's go. i'm ready to go. but i think that i have something i can offer somebody and i don't really think it's time for me to die. >>> a special edition of "your business." the founder of a small skin care company uses a big business model in putting together a team of sales reps. successful sales strategies from experts in real estate, cars, and mary kay. and words of wisdom on selling from the most successful entrepreneurs. that's all coming up next on a special sales edition of "your business." >>> small businesses e

the day we arrived at colorado state penitentiary, a super max prison at the base of the rocky mountains, we found a sterile au srkts austere environment. steel doors behind which inmates are locked up 23 hours a day. but despite his surroundings, inmate shawn shields was in high spirits. when he sat down with us, he was eager to help our producer get the interview under way. >> quiet on the set, you boneheads. >> it's a prison, you know. >> all right. let's roll tape. >> then he calmly told us how he got 16 years added to his original sentence of 12 for robbery. >> me and another inmate had an altercation, i manipulated the door so that it wouldn't latch completely. and when he came out to walk, i came down after him and proceeded to stab him. >> why? was it because you guys weren't getting along. >> it was just a verbal altercation. >> does that happen a lot in here? >> um, there is a lot of verbal altercations between people. you've got to understand, there's 16 men living together behind closed doors with stress, animosity towards one another in some cases. and it's not always a plea

but the sex offender we met at iowa's anamosa state penitentiary has a different existence.arry morgan spends nearly every hour of every day inside a small protective custody cell where he never sees the sun. >> well, what happened is they accused me of killing a little girl back in 1994, and i said i'm in prison, and there's people talking about a contract supposed to be out on me. >> morgan was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 9-year-old girl. he is serving life without the possibility of parole. >> there's been a lot of threats against me. it was a high profile crime at the time. everybody in the system knew about it, and, of course, they're all trying to stand up and be some sort of righteous convict. i only rob banks or do drugs or sell crack to kids. this guy, he killed one. now we're going to go and kill again. >> protective custody inmates look morgan are locked in their cells 23 hours a day to keep them from other inmates. >> it's kind of claustrophobic being in a little cell 23 hours a day, but after a while you get used to it. what i miss most abou

we work together. >> our visit to the anamosa state penitentiary in iowa led us to another memorableair of siblings. michael and brad love. whose lifelong allegiance drove them to kill. >> growing up i wanted to be him. you know. he was -- he's almost four years older than me. you know and i see him running around drinking and breaking into stuff, and doing whatever he's doing. and i'm like, i'm going to be like him. that's my big brother. that's my idol. and so you know i kind of followed in the same footsteps. >> but as the love brothers revealed to our crew, those footsteps led down a bloody path that ended at a holiday party in their trailer park. >> it's christmas night, 1992. me and my brother went to a party with what we thought were friends. but they tried to rob us to take the liquor that we had brought. >> they started beating me up. there was like four of them. >> they hurt brad. i couldn't let them get away with that. they threatened his life and i couldn't handle that. so we left, went to my trailer, i got a shotgun, my brother got a knife, a machete and we went back out

>> no, i ain't going back to the penitentiary. i'm ready to get out.k. >> it's even worse there. >> yeah. strip-searched, you know. i know all of it, the strip-searching, bending over, coughing, squatting, all of that, but they don't do that. they definitely don't put their hands right here in the crease like that. they tell you, get naked, bend over, squat, cough, you know? >> all right, well, but you're not going to help yourself if you caused a problem here, you know what i'm saying? you just could have made your problem worse. >> while powell might be considered a problem inmate, those enrolled in enough is enough, the jail's antidrug program, are held to a higher standard. >> part of recovery is that you've got to help somebody else. you have to help someone else. >> after near lifelong addictions that have kept them both coming in and out of jail, john carroll and joe smithsson were recently accepted into the program. >> one of the things i shared with them is the hardest part of the program, is for them to hold each other accountable. we use the

>> kenneth morgan, also known as peaches, was one of the more memorable inmates we met at the penitentiaryison is marked by a clear duality. >> hi, boys! >> he was an open, if not flamboyantly gay inmate living in general population. but when it came to adhering to the inmates' unwritten code of conduct, he made it clear that he was no different than anyone else. during our shoot he had received one of his rare disciplinary write-ups for helping cover up a bloody fight between two other inmates. >> right here, this is peaches. looks like he's got the shirt that was taken from the inmate. looks like he was rubbing the floor right here. so that's one of my biggest issues right there. i want to show you the video. okay? so get over here. who is this? >> that's me? >> and what does it appear that you're doing right there? >> kicking the shirt. >> not cleaning up blood. or nothing like that? >> i just kicked it up. that's all i did. i didn't clean anything. >> why would you do that? >> because it was actually way over here by my cubicle and i kicked it all the way around giving it to them, tell

the walls of spring creek, natural beauty gives way to the harsh reality of a maximum security penitentiary. >> we are the end of the road for the state of alaska, department of corrections. the worst behaved prisoners end up here. >> those who pose the greatest threat to other inmates and staff are segregated in house one, the lockdown unit. >> basically, minimum rights. they are in their cells for 23 hours a day. >> on the day we wanted to interview them, house one inmate antonio robertson, was in an especially foul mood. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ] [ bleep ], [ bleep ] >> hey, calm down. calm down. >> every one of you [ bleep ] -- i want to start with i want to tell her dude, you guys are [ muted ] up. >> tell her we need more food. >> what do you want to know? >> roberson, serving a 60 year sentence for murder, had spent most of the last two years in house one. >> why are you in there? >> in house one? it's a long story. i been being assaulted and so i assault people back. okay? i'm about taking care of my stuff. i refuse to let myself be assaulted and not fight back. >> roberson not only f

and albert wood fox was convicted in 1972 for the killing of a prison guard in louisiana state penitentiarywn of angola and these are helping students to learn and what is special about them is they do not require an internet connection and we report from zarai in central nigeria. >> reporter: internet connection at the university is down but mohamed is not bothered he is a law student and comes here to do research using something called the egrenary a digital library that doesn't require an internet connection. egranary stores books on his computer so everyone within the institution can have access even when there is no internet. >> it gives me an up to date information unlike the normal library whereby you go, you read textbooks and sometimes which are very outdated. and this gives me opportunity not only to access libraries in nigeria but also libraries outside the world. >> reporter: the idea behind the digital library began here in nigeria. and american nonprofit organization called wider net gathers millions of books and other educational materials that can be accessed offline and at

who was with my mama when you went to penitentiary?with my mama when you went to penitentiary? >> look, i only did this interview because they said you want to do it. i'm saying for real, bro, we ain't got to go through this. >> i ain't give a [ bleep ] about this interview. >> he's trying to make it seem like it's just his -- >> brian sr., he's angry. >> he's supposed to be. i mean, i get frustrated when i think about it because i already know that the majority of the situation got something to do with me not being there. it's hard knowing that he could possibly end up with the death penalty. it's hard to even think about it. i always wanted to be there to help him. but i mean, which is sad to say, i let his mama basically run me away. and for a long time i had a grudge against her because she had another baby. so when i did get out, that's what was really stopping me from any -- you know what i'm saying. even being around him. because of that. and i should never have done it. but i felt like that was the only way for me to get even w

kamikaze is a penitentiary macgyver. he's an electronic whiz.w, give him a bread tie and some fingernail clippers and he's got it fixed in two minutes. he's good at cooking his celly is really good at cooking. we get together. have a slam. big nacho slam, make a cake. you know, we say a celebration. i say it's basically to realize we just wasted another month in here. it's something to look forward to. >> who makes the cake? >> kamikaze, my buddy kamikaze, he makes the cake. >> patrick "kamikaze" gaskill, who is serving 30 years for dealing methamphetamine is no ordinary cook. among wabash inmates, he's a culinary genius. turning commissary snack food into something special. but during a prior prison term he learned to be a different sort of cook. >> i went around to other people that were in prison for cooking meth, and got a recipe from this guy, got a recipe from this guy and figured out that was going to be my new thing. instead of stealing cars wasn't working. the last two times that i got out of prison that was all that i -- my intent was

>> my nickname in the penitentiary. >> why is that? >> self-explanatory. >> brian voltz explains his ink. >> it was really a bully situation. >> and another inmate uses a food tray as a weapon. >>> about 45,000 men and women are booked into the louisville metro department of corrections jail each year. even though most will bail out within a day or two, the jail is completely maxed out. >> baby! >> we are up against our capacity every day. every day, we're approaching 2,000 inmates, with 1,793 beds. >> hey, over to your side. >> i think we lock up too many people in this country. i think we have to look at alternatives to incarceration for people that are lower risk, for mentally ill population, 'cause we cannot build our way out of this problem. you know, there's a saying in this business, "if you build it, they will come." and, you know, you build a jail -- we build 3,000 beds tomorrow, i guarantee you it'll be filled by the end of the day. >> with every bunk filled at louisville metro, some inmates sleep on the floor in boats -- har

that was last week but here at eastern penitentiary, that is an old story. >> it has a lot of similaritieshis is the cell where it all happened. this is the cell inmate of clarence kleinden. he was working on masonry work around the prison he used the tools to make this hole, and would cover it with plaster so the prison guard would have no idea. it took years to cut through the fortress. >> down the earth and down 97 feet inch by inch, lighting their way with light bulbs and wires they were stealing and building ladders and braces so they would not die down there. >> two inmates made it all the way to new york and some were spotted in the matter of minutes. >> within six week they were back inside of eastern state and facing a lot more prison time. >> a few years later one of them did it again willy -- only to be caught again. they marvel at the inmates determination it's an amazing testament that these guys could accomplish this over the course of a year and a half. >> annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >>> controversy is swirling around a washington state naacp leader tonight who

the controversy who is now reportedly the person who helped these guys escape from the new york penitentiaryo murderers are now on the loose talking about david sweat and richard max. they escaped from the clinton correctional facility of new york on saturday and still have not been found. first believe they 1st believe they used power tools to through steel walls, climb through steam pipes to get out of a manhole. despite that escape they need someone on the inside to help them. the woman behind the escape has been identified as joyce mitchell. investigated in the past for having an inappropriate relationship with one of the escaped convicts find it is now believed she allegedly had a sexual relationship with richard matt. said that he is an out of control sex drive and can understand why she would have fallen for a bad boy. right now we are joined by doctor jeffrey gardy are for the federal bureau of prisons in new york. what are your thoughts on joyce mitchell and are having this alleged sexual relationship with the escaped prisoners? >> am not surprised at all. when it comes to prison we

and the way it's run, a penitentiary that was built in 1889 seven years before iowa was even a statery sanders, thank you. good to see you outside that prison cell, too. >>> we told you the traditional test of first candidates no more. the iowa straw poll will not take place in august republicans in the state voting this morning to scrap the process, citing very little interest in candidates. today a handful of what's expected to be eventually more than a dozen gop presidential candidates are schmoozing with mitt romney. three who are expected to run are in utah at the invitation-only summit. but romney's influence about getting a hand are six cold hard campaign cast. what's it going to take to get the attention of donors and their checkbooks at this retreat over the weekend? >> well some of it is sort of -- playing outdoors. marco rubio this morning had a flag football game with potential donors. tomorrow morning lindsey graham is doing some skeet shooting. there's that aspect. donors, though, are wanting to hear from the candidates their pathway to victory, both in the primary and

. >> right we candy side for ourself fit is cruel, unusual punishment at eastern state penitentiary. >> okay. >> reporter john mcdevitt of the kyw news radio has details new from fairmount. >> reporter: eastern state penitentiary will be allowing visitors to take refreshment known as newt that loaf from state recipes for prison food week. each state has a different taste for a more palatable version, in idaho it resembles a breakfast to a bland pennsylvania version incorporating cooked rice, oatmeal and beans. so what can be a barely legal loaf with non-dairy seed and raisins that used to be served, to unrulely prisoners until they went to the department of corrections. >> department of corrections had to give them, so far the department of corrections has not updated their policy so it is on suspension in vermont. >> reporter: they are obligated to provide nutrition but nobody says, it has to be good. you will be able to take and make comfort food known as chichi where they mix things in trash bags, and share with friend. of course, weekend of june 6th, and seventh. john mcdevitt fo

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. >> reporter: the one page handwritten letter was sent from a high security federal penitentiary in florida. in it 85-year-old james whitey bulger wrote there are many people more deserving of your time and interest. don't waste your time on such as i. we are society's lower, best forgotten, not looked to for advice on leadership. i'm a ninth grade dropout from school and took the wrong road. >> he was very remorseful and regretful and sending us away from choosing him. >> reporter: the three young women, now entering their senior year of high school, were working on a national history day project on leadership and legacy. >> why not ask the source himself what he thought his legacy was. what he did say was a lot different from what people think like he really is all about. >> reporter: bulger was captured in santa monica, california in 2011, after 16 years on the run. he was convicted in 2013, sentenced to two life terms plus five years, for his role in 11 murders, federal racketeering, extortion and conspiracy. >> he still did it and he is still a horrible guy, but it was definite

. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious?[ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate standing outside wright's cell. he then enters the cell and then seconds later exits with wright's television. the inmate then places the tv inside another cell. >> someone stole my tv while i was gone, so, you know, when i came back and [ bleep ] things got ugly. >> from what i heard, he approached several offenders, kind of called them out, wanting to know if they had taken his tv. >> i started going from cell to cell, searching my [ bleep ]. i'm going to search everybody's [ bleep ] until i find what i'm looking for. >> wright's aggressive behavior soon created problems with other inmates. >> i'm not looking for trouble, but at the same time, i'm definitely not ducking them either. you feel me? you know, this is the penitentiary. you've got to stand tall, ten toes down? you know what i mean? you can't take no losses? you know what i mean? it's the wrong place to be a bitch? you feel

if convicted, he could be looking at a maximum sentence of 15 years in a florida state penitentiary.she was 15? >> no. absolutely not. i didn't know how old she was. >> in the holding room, he begins to break down. telling our producer he was desperate for money after more than a year of unemployment. >> what did you do before you were unemployed? >> in the restaurant business for like 30 years. i had one job for ten years. denny's and another one for 15 years with ihop. and then i opened my own business for a year with my wife. and then my mom got sick here in orlando. which is a house i live in now. i came back to be with my father. >> he says his life began to unravel during the previous holiday season when his mother passed away. his last employer fired him and his wife and daughter left him. >> you look like you've really fallen on hard times. >> it is the truth. and i needed just to -- i thought she'd give me $20 for giving her a ride. >> he also admits to having a drug problem but says that has nothing to do with driving his friend's girl to a date. >> what kind of drug proble

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i'm not coming back to penitentiary. ain't no ifs or buts i'm not coming back.verything in my power to stay out. i don't care if i have to call anybody to get me some help. i'm not coming back here. (engine revving) >> okay, you're good to go. >> the most beautiful sight in the world. >> narrator: under the kentucky reforms, keith is being released six months early. this should save the state more than $15,000 if he doesn't get sent back to prison. >> i'm glad to be released early, but i know it's going to be really hard. really hard. i don't know how i'm gonna get my social security and i don't even know how i'm gonna get my medicaid to pay for my medicines. no one gonna give me a job because i'm a convicted felon. >> all right, mr. huff i'm officer robinson. >> narrator: keith was diagnosed with his schizophrenia. in prison. he has a long history of burglary, fraud, theft, and substance abuse. intensive parole supervision is supposed to help him stay out of trouble. >> understand you shall submit to random alcohol and drug testing. understand that seven nights

america's number one tourist spot, and was the 7th most popular lap mark in the world, the federal penitentiary beat out the statue of liberty. >> top three favorites, golden gate bridge is two lincoln memorial in washington dc came in at number three. >> we are continuing to follow breaking news in berkeley a balcony collapses at an apartment complex one block from the uk -- uc berkeley campus. >> now a quick break. why am i so awake? did you know your brain has a wake system... and a sleep system? science suggests when you have insomnia, the neurotransmitters in your wake system may be too strong, which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. what's happened to snacking? how did it become absent-mindedly eating one after the next, after the next? so predictable and so unsatisfying? what about pulling up a chair, a stool, a beanbag, and actually tasting our food. we are a creamy cheese that still believes in the beauty of a knife, in the elegant swipe of a . . . swipe. of course, that doesn't mean you can't dunk us or scoop

albert woodfox was convicted in 1972 of killing a guard at the louisiana state penitentiary.ay overturned that conviction and barred prosecutors from trying woodfox again. he has long maintained his innocence saying he was being punished for helping organize the prison's black panther chapter. >>> a former student at penn state is suing the campus tore failing to act on his tips. he was burned with cigarettes forced to guzzle alcohol and exposed to a secret facebook page that degraded women. penn state has suspended the that fraternity but it strongly disputes his claims saying he refused to file a complaint tore provide documentation. >>> it was supposed to create a diving experience in florida wears that would last forever but, man, it's not going to last five minutes, the artificial reef featuring 15 mines sculptures built designed to be sunk off the coast of deer field beach tipped over sunk. on top of them crushing all of them don't know if we'll give this another try. >> water can be so un unpredictable, no. >>> also from florida, a strange encounter in a bathroom at a

. >> tsarnaev will eventually be taken to death row at the federal penitentiary in indiana. the appeals process, however, could take years. >>> and now to charleston where the first funerals are later today for victims of that church massacre. just hours after hundreds of people lined up to view the lane pastor lying in state the emanuel ame church held bible study, it was in the same room where he and eight others were gunned down a week ago and this morning, there's word the justice department will likely file federal hate crime charges against suspected shooter dylann roof. >>> more confederate flags are falling across the south in response to the racially motivated church shooting. the flag was removed from alabama's capitol. both mississippi senators are calling for their state flag to be redesigned without the confederate emblem and officials in kentucky want a statue of confederate president jefferson davis removed from the statehouse. >>> to d.c. and president obama shutting down a heckler who tried interrupting him during a white house reception honoring lgbt pride

he will likely be sent to the federal penitentiary in indiana. >>> 4:42. berkeley city records show prior complaints about safety at the apartment building where a balcony collapsed killing six people. a kpix 5 review of the records found four complaints from tenants including one who said a broken pipe caused her apartment to flood three times. investigators have already determined wood damaged by dry rot was a factor in last week's deadly accident. a structural engineer says it's a possibility that leaking water caused all that dry rot. >> if it's on a daily basis it would have taken a much shorter period of time. >> besides the 6 people who died, 7 others were severely injured in last week's collapse. >>> meanwhile, a victim of the balcony collapse may never walk again. one person has two collapsed lungs, broken spine cord, broken rib, shoulder and knee. she will go to rehab soon. she posted the following on facebook. "the thing i'm taking from this tragedy is that life is short and i intend to honor those who died by living the happiest and most fulfil

he will be likely sent to death row at the federal penitentiary in indiana but years of appeals are expectedore he is executed. >>> an impressive showing in montgomery county all in tribute to the victims of the last weeks horrific church massacre. hundreds marched in memory of the victims people of all creed and colors standing autopsy begins racism. they began at wissohickon high school in ambler and ended here at bethlehem baptist church in spring house where music fill the air and those assembled offered prayers for peace. >>> body of the emmanuel a after rick cap state pastor clementa pinckney was honored today. officials estimate 4,000 people paid their respects, as he laid in repose. philadelphia meantime is, set to stand tall on the national stagetom with an incredible maritime display. the city hasn't even in 15 years. the tall ships festival, sales into port tomorrow afternoon dock ago long the delaware river. several of the majestic sailing vessels have arrived. others will be floating down the river during a parade on the water. it will be fun for all ages during the four day fes

albert woodfox was convicted in 1972 for the killing of a prison guard at the louisiana state penitentiaryf an goal, a he was in prison for armed robbery when the guard died. >>> hundreds of people in the u.s. state of texas are calling for a police officer to be fired after he was filmed throwing 18 age girl to the ground at a pool party. dozens of protesters marched while chanting let's go swimming. in the video the officer is seen waving a pistol at a group of black american teenagers he's been put on leave pending an investigation. european navies have rescued nearly 6,000 migrants from the mediterranean sea over the weekend and taken to detention centers in isly where they face an uncertain few i. we met of them on the italian island of lamb par deuce 56789 they didn't know where they were tired hungry and very relieved they left war behind them. this is the center they were brought to on that night when they got off the ship. so we came back a few days later for check on them, see how they are settling in and see whether they are still all here or some have already moved on. many wom

woodcox -- woodfox, i should say -- was convicted in 1972 of killing a guard at the louisiana state penitentiaryy overturned that conviction and barred prosecutors from trying woodfox again. he has long maintained his innocence saying he was being punished for helping organize the prison's black panther chapter. >>> a former student at penn state is suing the university for failing to act on his complaints of sexual assault, hazing and drug use at a campus fraternity. james vivenzio says that as a freshman pledge at kappa delta rho, he was burned with cigarettes, forced to guzzle alcohol and exposed to a secret facebook page that degraded women. penn state has suspended the fraternity, but it strongly disputes vivenzio's claims saying he refused to file a complaint or provide documentation. >>> well, it was supposed to create a diving experience in florida waters that would last forever, but, man, it's not going to last five minutes. the $500,000 artificial reef, you're seeing it here, here we go folks, featuring 15 giant sculptures built designed to be sunk off the coast of deerfield beach tipp

he has been in the louisiana state penitentiary for 43 years almost all of it in solitary confinement. he was convict have armed abry and for killing a prison guard during a riot. it is said that solitaire confinement had a clear affect upon him. there was "prejudice done to wood cox spending those 40 years in solitary confinement." he was tried tries for the guard's death bolt convictions later overturned. we should state he is appealing the judge's order. his release may not happen today or tomorrow. >> he is one of the angola three. what happened to the other two. >> they became members of the black panther party while in prison. one was granted a new trial and released. king was released in 2001 after his conviction in the death of a fellow inmate back in 1973 was reversed. he spent 29 years in solitaire and now is a public speaker. >> angola notorious prison. >> calls for a white texas police officer to be fired after pulling a gun on black teenagers at a pool party. hundreds marched from an elementary school to the pool in dallas. demonstrators say putting him on leave is not en

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. >>> visitors to the state penitentiary can get a taste of prison, they got to sample recipes servedacross the country. on the menu something called newtry loaf, they said that samples were disgusting. you don't want to try it. visitors can record their own thoughts saying if nutri loaf is its own form of punishment. >>> next at 6:00, plans to honor beau biden the memorial is open to the public this week and president barack obama will pay his respects. >>> a hoax on a flight into philadelphia what they say about that scare and the threat to other airports today. >>> and more on the train derailment in port richmond. at the nation's capital. >>> for cecily tynan adam joseph sharrie williams and rick williams i'm monica malpass have a great night. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> tuesday night

. >>> visitors to eastern state penitentiary can get a real taste of life in prison the historic prison in fairmount is bringing back their popular prison food weekend this saturday and sunday. today members of the media got to sample the official recipes served as punishment at prisons across the country. something on menu called nutri loaf some samples were down right disgusting. they recorded their thoughts and decided if serving that was a form of cruel and unusual punishment. >> more than 400 of the brightest young chess players put their skills to the test today. the eagles hosted their chess tournament and some eagles players got into the action and the winners got a special award ceremony in the eagles locker room. >> i always wish i could play chess but i have been the slightest clue. >> we are not that smart i guess. >> if you are in the market for a dentist stick around nydia han has what you need to know before make that decision. >> and look at this, not only did a little boy survive getting hit by that car he did not have a scratch on him. thanks to small miracles and good

exit 52 in mansfield township and a driver slammed into the back of the trailer, and one person penitentiary to the hospital with minor injuries. we will keep an eye on the traffic camera and as soon as we get an update on when the accident cleared we will keep you posted. >>> this morning we are also following breaking news in dallas where several suspects in an armored van attacked the police headquarters and they allegedly fired shots at the building and rammed a cop car and sped off just after midnight. officers pursued the van and surrounded it in a parking lot. right now they are negotiating with at least one of the suspects inside that van. a short time ago the dallas police department tweeted this, the damage at the headquarters. >> we heard fully automatic weapons and several police headquarters windows shot out, and we made sure nobody working at the time were injured. >> four suspicious bags were found at the headquarters, and as a robot tried to move the bags it exploded and nobody was hurt in the explosion or the shoot-out. we will keep you updated on this. >>> and then a drug b

. >> that is right more than 60 years ago inmates at eastern state penitentiary escaped through a tunnelt took them almost a year to actually dig it out, it was so unstable the inmates could have died trying to escape. coming up tonight at 5:00, annie mccormick walks us through how the prisoners got to freedom six decades ago. >>> and it's fitness friday ali gorman will introduce you to a local man involved in the annual gary papa walk-run thanks to a personal connection. coming up at 5:00, until then lets go back to the studio. >>> students at pennridge high school in perkasie celebrated the end of the school year in a memorable way students in the life skills classes played television game shows and pulled off quite the surprise, during the "wheel of fortune" game students helped him propose to his girlfriend, they spelled out lindsay will you marry me and she said yes. and to the happy couple we say congratulations. >> still ahead. want to beat the heat with paddle boards this weekend, we'll tell you how to do it for free. >>> and united in outrage how two mexican american business ow

are focusing their search now on a rural area outside dannemora, which is the site of the state penitentiaryrom which they escaped from its maximum security facility. the manhunt goes on, and this is by my count, about the sixth view on the part of law enforcement where they might be. >>> on wall street stocks closing lower, the dow jones industrials plummeted 141 points. the s&p down 15. and the nasdaq dropped 31 points. volume on the big board today, light trading. summertime is here. 2.7 billion shares. for the week the dow and s&p posting modest gains the nasdaq with weekly losses of under 1%. those two gains against the losses pretty good for the summer. >>> be sure to listen to my reports three times a day coast-to-coast on the salem radio network. hold onto your seats the view is about to become spectacular. what you are now looking at is a russian fighter jet pilot who's flying at supersonic speeds, taking this camera that reveals these images on a ride to the edge of space. the mig-29 fulcrum as the pilot performed aerobatic maneuvers with the soviet era jet, and spectacular they ar

in a country with the penitentiary system considered a failure, some are questioning how successful passing the bill will be in crime >>> tomorrow night an estimated 120 million children under the age of 14 are working around the world. what one of asia's poorest countries are diningoing to eliminate a dangerous form of child labour. >> thousands are departing japan after rains triggered mudslides. homes have been damaged. downpours have been triggered. there'll be forwards of more landslides. >>> many residents took to social media, posting videos of the storm. the transport system was disrupted and firefighters called in. athletes from all over europe are gearing up for the european games. many see the games as an opportunity for the country, and it comes amid criticisms on the record of human rights and press freedom. freedom. >> reporter: for a small country better known for oil reserves these volunteers are feeling euphoric. >> i believe the games will change opinions about azerbaijan in europe and it will be recognised around the world. athletes are coming from 50 countries. >> 6,000

. >> i kept telling your mom, she will not bury you in penitentiary. that's what the lord told me. >> doesn't he answer my prayers? >> yes, he does. he was little, don't pray for me. >> i used to always say that. i'm going to pray for you. don't -- please, mom, pray for me. >> i look at her and i see how much hurt she's got in her face, how much pain she's going through. sometimes it's hard just to look at her. >> in your precious holy name i pray. amen. >> if i get convicted, she feels she will lose another child. >> my god, i love you so much. >> i love you too, mom. >>> coming up, tony goodwin is called back to court. this time, to hear from the jury. >>> and -- >> he says don't make me put my hands on you and show you how bisexual my hands can be. >> lorraine green accused an officer of misconduct. ♪ (lightning strike) ♪ (kiss) ♪ lead your heroes in the hit mobile game download heroes charge now! >>> recently, the special response team at the cuyahoga county correction center got more than it bargained for when responding to a fight between scott a

court rules against the lethal injection as many expect them to do, what happened at the state penitentiary in missouri, may be the last one. heroes charge! ♪ ♪ (explosion) ♪ hah! (explosion) ♪ lead your heroes in the hit mobile game download heroes charge now! >> they broke down barriers, today, technology is doing the same thing. join me for the growing hope event. >>> so we have some breaking news to report tonight, coming from "the new york times" and "the washington post" regarding isis and iraq. this is a big deal. at the end of last month you will remember that isis, which has been on the move in both iraq and syria, last month isis captured the major iraqi city of ramadi in western iraq, anbar province. that victory at the time seemed to stun the u.s. military officials. the defense secretary said they showed no will to fight isis there. and said that iraqi troops turned and ran in the face of those isis fighters advancing on ramadi. however it happened that isis victory in ramadi appears to be the trigger for what appears to be the u.s. shift in major strategy of that war. "the new

[applause] but what is interesting about race for me to grow a penitentiary garner never quite sure whatit says about race. so of by walking into a store for example, the storekeeper is true that i think the possible options are he is having a bad day the store keeper is an idiot and rude to everybody. are that he doesn't like black people. the other option is to of knowing. [laughter] >> and living in baltimore the issue of race has been in the headlines lately. what is your sense that question of race does to people sense of disenfranchisement? is it in additional power of powerlessness? >> no. i don't want to pretend that the experience of of a deposition on -- deprivation of the system it of you the same way as people of west baltimore and to pretend that i do but i do think the question vansittart structural increasingly i find myself asking when you have a policeman that shoots a black man or choked him or whenever he lies dead in their delicate him as equally human as themselves my question is what happened? what did america do to these people to get them to the place and they can

. >> mark david chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life, and sent to the new york state penitentiaryarry king, chapman claimed to have recovered from the mental illness that had led to his crime. >> it was me, larry. and i accept full responsibility for what i did. i have seen places where i am blaming the devil, and i hope that isn't kept going after this interview. i'm not blaming the devil. i'm blaming myself, but in a major sense, it wasn't me because i'm better now. i'm sorry for what i did. i realize now that i really ended a man's life. i just saw him as a two-dimensional celebrity with no real feelings. he was an album cover to me. ♪ ♪ (singing) you wouldn't haul a load without checking your clearance. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. how much dirt can us. we manufacture? more than you think. very little. [doorbell rings] what's this? swiffer sweeper. i came in under the assumption that it was clean. i've been living in a fool's paradise. when i first sit in the seat it makes me think of a bmw. i feel like i'm in a lexu

the day we arrived at colorado state penitentiary, a super max prison at the base of the rocky mountainsound a sterile au srkts austere environment. steel doors behind which inmates are locked up 23 hours a day. but despite his surroundings,

kerry sanders is live at the iowa state penitentiary in ft. madison.'s a constant problem here at this prison, they have 585 prisoners. in maximum security, half of them are lifers. according to the veteran corrections officers and the staff here those folks that many of them who know they're never going to get out, are like conmen constantly trying to find a weakness to exploit. it was inevitable the escape in new york has prompted prison authorities across the country, including here altt iowa state penitentiary to reexample the way things are done. >> we had a lockdown due to an escape attempt at this institution. >> do you think that's because they were encouraged by what they heard in new york? >> i don't know for sure. it's certainly what it could be. >> as in the movies like "the green mile." >> can you understand? >> yes i think i can. >> corrections officers daily inaction with inmates are a balancing act. share too much information and an inmate smells vulnerability. >> i know you have something going on. marriage on the rocks. anything i can

more than 150 penitentiaries said no to you? magazine to try to sell wardens on this idea? i didn't even know there was such a thing as "american jails" magazines. >> jails and prisons in america are closed-oplaces. they don't necessarily want cameras and comedians poking around. i found one jailer in texas, where they take law enforcement as seriously as i take roasting and they said yesterday. they wanted a month's notice in order to entice the inmates to behave for one month to get into my show. they used it as an incentive. >> were you scared at all? honestly they're dangerous people. maybe a joke could land wrong? and instead of getting heckled, somebody breaks out a shiv? >> i was scared practically the entire time. my opening joke is where are my murderers at? five guys in the front row raised their hands. >> was there any joke -- >> you know jails are scary. i know. i interviewed an inmate once. it was terrifying being there, even with cops and a protector. >> was there any joke you told where you saw someone in the audi

other prisoners were known as the angola three because of their long stretches in isolation at the penitentiary in angola, louisiana. >>> the gazette newspapers are going out of business. the three weeklies that cover montgomery and prince george's counties have been around for decades. it's a loss of about 70 jobs. the papers were sold to the washington post in 1992. the final editions will be next week. >>> always watching always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather, d.c.'s most accurate. >> usually when it gets this hot, we can look forward to some storms coming our way. >> sometimes as is often the case they're our only relief. so interfering with a couple barbecues west of town, won't last long. they will cool you down. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, dew points are on the cusp of being unreasonable, wind breezy south, southwest at 20. all the heat indices are below 100. you folks across the divide into garrett county under a severe thunderstorm watch. we're just tracks these showers and storms around leesburg and pushing into montgomery county

i was in penitentiaries, i was in all kinds of prisons, in medium securities too. but this is heroin use in every single prison. if the feds want to tackle this, they better get ready because this will be their first model into exploring the entire united states. there wasn't a prison i was in that wasn't heroin infested. and after the visits, search flying. number one, the visitors are bringing it in. i was on a visit one time with my sister where she goes the guy is kissing his girlfriend and smuggling balloons. she was kissing him and every time, she threw another balloon into his mouth and he would swallow it and defecate it back out in the unit and sell it. there are guards also bringing it in. there are good prison guards, both men and women who do their job and fine a way to be prisoners, yet they are stern when it comes time. i used to get books and lectured beyond the limit i was allowed to get. but they wouldn't give me a power drill. on the other hand, the other side of the coin there were guards who would do anything for me for the right price. we had a