thursday the man who beat that child to death, shane nickerson, was up for parole, after serving nearly 21 years in prison for second degree murder. >> he could have -- i could have spent every second everything. i didn't know then that i would only have 546 days with him. the pain he endured and the end. reporter: nickerson was baby-sitting for zachary in march of 1995. he was 23 years old at the time, and said he didn't know how to control himself when the child started crying. >> i am truly sorry for what i did, and i regret every moment of it every single day since i've been here. reporter: the board denied nickerson's parole saying that they first wanted to see him transition to a halfway house, hold down a steady job, and get some mental health counseling. kirkland, who now lives in south carolina, says she wanted to be here to make sure that the victim's voice can still be heard. >> he was a really sweet boy. he had a great smile, and it's hard to know that even after 20 years you don't see that again. you miss out on a lot of really great things because one person made a decisio

shane nickerson has been rebind bars since 1995 month old zachary mcmillan. he was babysitting when he beat the child to death. the toddler's mother spoke at the parole hearing about the pain she has endured. >> i could have kissed more. i could have hugged longer. i could have spent every second of every day remembering everything. i didn't know then that i would only have 546 days with him. i think about the life he had, the pain he endured, and the end. sean: they want nickerson to transition to a halfway house, get a job, and mental health planning. if he follows the plan, he could be before the turning now to politics, several republican presidential hopefuls are in the granite state today. marco rubio will be in portsmouth. george pataki and lindsey graham have stops in lebanon and keene. hillary clinton held a town hall in dover last night and addressed a wide variety of issues, including the shooting in california. she says the tragedy reinforces the need to focus on national security. >>> it does raise some serious questions about how we need to be p

shane nickerson has been behind bars for the death of 18 month old zachary mcmillan. he was baby sitting when he beat the child to death after he started crying. his mother talked about the pain she has >> i could have kissed more and hugged longer and spent every second of every day remembering everything. i didn't know then that i would only have 546 days with him. i think about the life he had. the pain he endured. the end. sean: he could go to a halfway house and get mental health counseling. if he follows the plan, he could be back before the board in june. >>> marco rubio will be in portsmouth today. george pataki and lindsey graham have keene. hillary clinton held a town hall in dover and of issues, including the shooting in california. she says the tragedies is on national security. serious questions about how we need to protect ourselves and be sure that we have the best possible college -- intelligence shared between local law enforcement, federal law enforcement, and we do everything that we can to prevent these kinds of attack. sean: clinton spoke about ho