. >> hi my name's sebastian walker, i'm with al jazeera. we wanted to know why it had taken so long for the state to act on federal findings. >> i'm not going to comment on that at this time. >> but nobody wanted to talk. here's michigan's top corrections official telling me to go and speak to his staff. >> so if we do get somebody from mdoc.. >> it'll be me. >> it'll be on your side, okay. >> eventually, this spokesperson did agree to an interview. we wanted to find out how many assault complaints the department received when youth were still being housed with adults. >> would it not be obvious that younger inmates would be targeted more frequently for this type of attack given that their more vulnerable status? >> well again it predates me so i can't comment on something that was taken place or not taken place before i was but if i can find those numbers for you then i can provide that to you. >> the spokesperson told us they've turned over more than a half million pages of documents and more than 500 videos-but so far none of it, he says

with hopes of removing sebastian walker from office. >> in 2012, walker won the election becoming the first governor history to survive a recall. >> i'll call into law something that makes wisconsin the 25th state in the nation saying you have the freedom to work anywhere you want. >> the win heightened walker's profile in the party. president obama is taking notice. recently the president was in walker's home state to discuss worker's rights and overtime pay. >> america has done better economically when we are all in it took. when everyone has a fair shot. polls show walker is near the top of the g.o.p. field, polling up there with jed bush and while jed bush is a friend walker insists the country is ready for an unknown. >> i have a hard time from what i hear of voters, thinking we can compete against hillary clinton, a name from the past with another game from the past. i think people want someone new, not just republicans, but voters, particularly independent voters. >> randall pinkston, al jazeera >>> with the end of the obama era coming some republicans are looking at 2016 as an