. >> robert spears has been a surrogate father to harrison during the young inmate's first four monthsindiana state prison. >> i'm really mad at him now. there's no reason he should have had that knife. he's got two babies. i told him, it ain't about this, man. you've got ten years to do. do that ten, go home, be a dad. it's not about being in here being tough, having a reputation. >> on his way to pre-seg, a temporary lockdown for inmates awaiting disciplinary hearings, harrison reveals his reason for having the shank. >> the dude that murdered my cousin is in this prison. >> does he live in "e" dorm? >> no, he lives in "f" dorm. but word was he was going to get me, so the day i heard that is the same day i got caught with it. that's when i got the shank. >> all right. >> shakir smith was the man that harrison was allegedly targeting. >> he already passed a rumor that he wanted to try to kill me or was going to kill me. and i could either go at this guy head-on and probably prove everybody right that i'm this big, violent person that they marked me to be, or i could talk to him face u

robert per kinison is an associate professor of american studies at the university of hawaii. he is helping spearead the statewide effort to help build the 44th official presidential library here. >> obama is the first international president. and hawaii is a cosmopolitan city too. so this is a good place to tell his international story. >> reporter: and while hawaii can often suffer from the stereo type of just sun and sand with little substance, he says the sheer number of visitors make the aloha state a contender. >> they come for the natural features, but often look for something educational and civic as well. >> reporter: hawaii's vision for the library is as vague as the ocean. max see is a professor at uofh. >> now of days we have a various pallet of things that would enhance the library's museum mission. we have a learning academy that is looking at cultivating the next generation of thinkingers. >> reporter: and while history has shown that presidential libraries are usually located in the commander and chief's home state, which has many looking to illinois, hawaii's governor says the pr