just because i got a horse does not mean i'm an abuser. >> reporter: at the celebration in shelbyville are quick to defend the industry. >> today the horse is better now than they've ever been because they've got better training methods and everything. they breed these horses to do what they're doing, and they are athletes. i think they are the best horses we've ever had in the industry. >> reporter: mike is the ceo of the celebration. he said the new inspection process by usda officials. involves horses. >> over come compliance of a horse inspected and monitored more closely than any other horse in any breed. >> reporter: but the humane society is skeptical for the first time its offering $5,000 reward for tips related to corruption in the inspection process. it's also behind a bill before congress that would ban the tall shoes and ankle chains used in some performance classes. some trainers say the scrutiny is unnecessary and further punishes the sport already in turmoil. jonathan martin, al jazeera, shelbyville, tennessee. >> when we come back rebecca stevenson has our national fore

but we lost the olympics to shelbyville.oblem selling a thousand springs. to who? idiots. ooh, these are fun! toh, rhett. oh, rhett, where will i go? what'll i do? frankly, my dear, i love you. let's remarry. oh, what a lovely ending. that's sweet. they cut out the best word! didn't that movie used to have a war in it? come on. get up! you've been warned. picture yourself on a beautiful sailboat... ( tape playing ocean noises ) ah, can't you just feel the sea breeze in your hair? or scalps? say, i hear a foghorn. ( imitating foghorn ): boooor-ing. bart, we don't want to overstimulate these people. they just had pudding. ( doorbell ringing ) hello, little girl. is your mommy home? you'll need to ask her for five dollars to buy mr. bouncy best-friend! i know you. your little smart-mouthedy cost this town the olympics. man: who is it, mother? bart simpson's father. oh, i'll be right down. ( footsteps on stairs ) ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! homer: boy, lenny you sure look hungry. have some nuts. hey, t

but don't you worry, we're having a very expensive crane brought in from shelbyville. it's a bird known as a crane. and it got very sick on the way over. well, our top priority is making sure that bird gets well. hey! hello! as for you, your only hope is this glass cutting guy from the hardware store. you guys want to come out in a plain circle or a kind of a rosette shape? just cut the glass. everybody wants it done yesterday. (chuckles) (groans) wiggum: uh, now we're ordering some lunch. uh, want to go halfsies on a pizza? fyi, that means you get one slice. okay, wise guy, you get to pull out the two corpses when we're done. except for the face full of glass when the door finally collapsed, he did a pretty good job. found another one. it was so scary thinking something might happen to you guys. mom, i am so glad you're alive. were you worried about me, boy? sure. why not? (stammers angrily) clearly, the boy's in shock. (chuckling): oh, yeah, i'm a wreck. stop being blasé. never! now, i know you kids are scared by what happened, but it's bedtime. just go into your dar

grew up in the small central indiana town of shelbyville, far away from the negative influences of big it ain't very big. i like it. a lot of people don't like it. i like it. there's not a whole lot to do but, you know, just hang out with friends. wrong ones at that, i guess. >> hey, good morning. >> jones' first run-in with the law came at age 9, when he was found guilty of stealing mail and committing arson. he had set fire to an abandoned semi truck in his neighborhood. >> friends were just talking me into it. i was like, all right. took lighter fluid and threw it in the back and set it on fire. that was the first one. it just kept going from there. i got criminal mischief for taking my dad's heart pills and putting them in little apples and throwing them over the fence to animals and stuff. i was just -- i was bad. >> jones says he began using drugs at age 11 and was soon selling them and stealing to support his habit. at 15 he was put on probation after assaulting the manager of the fast food restaurant where he worked. then at age 18, three years before we met him, jones was conv

shelbyville, indiana. say hello to sandy on the independent mind. caller: hello. i listened to mr. scott's townhall meeting and the one prior to that, but at mr. scott's there was a gentleman in the audience asking what is wrong with obamacare that republicans have voted 40 times to repeal it? the doctor on the panel said, i would like to answer this. it is because of the budget. was born,randdaughter her portion of the national debt was over $30,000. now, three years later, it is over $50,000. it was just so nice to hear someone give some fact and not have the blame game or the downgrading of a political party. we actually had something positive, and answer. i do think that the meetings help. we want have any -- we won't have any town meetings until this week. representative messer will be in -- on the 28th at the courthouse in the commissioners chambers. host: do you try to get out to the townhouse? caller: i have never been to one. but i am going to representative messer's. downtown indianapolis would be hard for me especially with the walking and the parking. thank you, sandy.

shelbyville, indiana. say hello to sandy on the independent mind. caller: hello. i listened to mr.cott's townhall meeting and the one prior to that, but at mr. scott's there was a gentleman in the audience asking what is wrong with obamacare that republicans have voted 40 times to repeal it? the doctor on the panel said, i would like to answer this. it is because of the budget. when his granddaughter was born, her portion of the national debt was over $30,000. now, three years later, it is over $50,000. it was just so nice to hear someone give some fact and not have the blame game or the downgrading of a political party. we actually had something positive, and answer. i do think that the meetings help. we won't have any town meetings until next week. representative messer will be in on the 28th at the courthouse in the commissioners chambers. host: do you try to get out to the townhouse? caller: i have never been to one. but i am going to representative messer's. downtown indianapolis would be hard for me especially with the walking and the parking. host: thank you, sandy. she is t