reflect the personality of the city itself and no better example of that is when we filmed inside suffolk county jail, boston, massachusetts. >> he's boston. get familiar. don't get it twisted. he's boston in this. >> in boston, we almost got to learn the lay of the land because people talk so much about the different neighborhoods in the area they were from. everyone in boston was proud of their neighborhood and different represents it once they were inside and kind of stuck to the people that they knew from their neighborhoods inside. >> i'm boston. he's boston. charlestown. >> he's boston. >> do you know -- >> how many movies have they made on east boston? >> listen, you know the movie "the rat." whitey bulger. >> no, he ain't! >> yes, sir, that's all he's got. that's all he's got. >> chelsea. >> you live in chelsea? >> see you later. >> i'm out of here. >> the inmates in boston shared more than neighborhood pride. they also knew how to throw a punch. >> every day. we respond to fights every day, sometimes they're one-on-one fights, sometimes multiple detainees are involved. >> got hit

at the suffolk county jail in boston, massachusetts, we encountered another program called jail breakre visiting here you're going to get experience what it is to be in jail. they're going to have you empty everything out of your pockets, put into locker. make sure you take everything out of your pockets, all right? hat, you take the hat off. show some respect. take everything out of your pockets. change, quarters, nickels, anything, bus passes. >> when we film in a prison or a jail, we do do our best to be a fly on the wall. in the case of jail break, you know, these kids came in, and yeah, they were definitely aware of the camera. >> you scared? are you scared? how about you? >> no. >> you're not scared right now? >> no. >> there's no reason to be scared, to tell you the truth. >> at the same time, i don't think it was necessarily the camera that affected them in the way that they had an attitude or they had this certain bravado. i think it was more relating to the age. >> everybody stand up. come right over here. right now all you got to do is empty your pockets, take your jackets

. >> bloodworth's stay at suffolk county were marked by violence.e and his cell mate were both in the segregation unit after they attacked another inmate. >> you guys feeling like a real criminal here. >> and on the first day we met bloodworth he decided to put on another display of violence. though cuffed and shackled he attacked another inmate as we followed behind. >> usually when you're filming an inmate they're a little more cautious about what they're doing because they know they're on camera. this was blatant. this was right in front of us. it happened right there. he knew he was being filmed at the time he started this fight. >> central control we have two restrained -- >> you thought it was over, huh? you thought it was over. >> we later learned that this fight was the result of a dispute that followed bloodworth from the streets into the jail. >> he has a distinction of trying to switch his gang affiliations. he was in a constant battle with different feuds and he is fighting the friends with the old neighborhood. that is his problem right

. >> but it was at boston's suffolk county jail that we met not just two but three siblings.ds they shared transcended the numerous troubles they faced. >> my sister's on that side. she'll be coming to the window like yo, yo, yeah, yeah. >> it didn't take long for the allen family to catch our attention. >> straight from the bloody beat, you know what i mean [ bleep ] ferocious. >> siblings corey, melissa and william were serving sentences at suffolk county's house of correctional facility. >> the allen family was definitely a family that definitely seemed they were having hard times. three siblings being locked up was certainly a lot we've come across from one family. even though they were all inside, they constantly were telling us about one another and stories about one another from home. >> my family is one of the dysfunctional families that's out here. the people that meet my family love my family, you know? you know what i'm saying? there's something good about us, you know. >> my sister, melissa, is loving. she's kind. >> she took care of me. she made sure we eat when

in our last suffolk poll only 14% said the recession was over.he government said the recession has been over three years now, since june of 2009. yet obama is competitive. but i think if you drill down and look at the swing states, states that will matter, you see nevada with 12% unemployment. that's going to be a tough win for barack obama as will florida where with a 9% unemployment rate currently. >> neil: but in those states -- i'm sorry to interrupt. they're down from their higher levels, as is ohio, a crucial swing state, as it wisconsin, a crucial swing state. reason i mention both is in the so called battleground states, the president's doing better than he was. now, republicans argue republican governors are turning things around at least two or three of those. what do you make of that? >> there has been a corresponding bump in the polls in those states even though unemployment rates have come down. that's the problem for president obama. in many states he's stuck in the mid 40s and you can't go into an election, in the mid 40s because h

they earned their mba's from suffolk universe. they run the family business together and they spent the past five years going to night school together. all four of them took the exact same classes to earn their diplomas. they sure do stick together. in the past they've also taken real estate courses together. afternoon ethics party at their house. >> can you imagine going back and doing all that stuff? >> no. >> no. that would mean i would have to study. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 on this monday morning. light rain, 65 degrees. tom will have the full forecast in a moment. first, good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" on this monday, may 21, 2012. today president obama will deliver the commencement speech at joplin high school nearly one year after the town was flattened by a deadly tornado. the ef5 twister was one of the deadliest and costliest in daechblt decades. 161 people killed. $2.8 million in damage. se

this from a surveillance camera at a kangaroo gas station in suffolk, virginia. backing into the parking lot. a hooded man gets out surveying the area. >> then he kind of walks the perimeter of the gas station. >> they have something in mind i think they want to load into the truck. >> i know what's coming. >> they are about to go for it. the hooded guy comes back, in the glass with aluminum baseball bat. notice what's sitting right by the door. >> atm machine. >> watch as this guy tries desperately to just shake this atm. >> like they are going to pull it off. >> like they are not bolted to the floor. >> they are there waiting for you to walk out the door. >> all the money inside. >> a shot from outside. his friend opened up the back of the truck. he's planning on this guy carrying the atm out. >> do they just give up? >> they freak out and made their getaway. they made it out with nothing from the store but did because about $1,000 in damage to the store and atm itself. >> you know why they thought this was going to work? these are the same kids in high school

they earned their mbas from suffolk university. they run the family business together and they spent the past five years going to night school together. all four of them took the exact same classes to earn their diplomas. they sure do stick together. in the past they've also taken real estate courses together. an they must really get along. >> somewhere there's a really proud mom. >> no kidding. congratulations to them. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> israel played first time >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we will start out with some rain and this morning. we have a storm system off the coast that will produce some showers. hd doppler is picking up some of that rain. it is hit and miss. you could see some moderate rain for a couple of minutes. take an umbrella with you. cloudy skies. breezy a kind of cool. temperatures in the low to mid 70's. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weeke

they earned their mbas from suffolk university. they run the family business together, and they spent the past five years going to night school. all four of them took the exact same classes to earn their diplomas. they sure do stick together. in the past they have also taken real estate courses together. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> israel played first time host for the chinese tradition. the dragon boat festival saw rowers grabbing their ores and taking to the water for tough competition. organizers hope the first annual event will help introduce the sport to israel. teams from around the world took part in boats built in china. >>> four penguins are calling a zoo in california their new home. the group was rescued in brazil last year after wandering away from the coast of argentina and chile in search of food. they ended up stranded on the beaches of rio de janeiro. where they were found and airlifted to the u.s. the lucky group joined nine other penguins from zo

shopping street in tallinn capital while back on the track the bolt is due to face combating the suffolk pow as well as french hopeful christophe limits and feeling that champion will be obstacle to his target of knowing point four seconds is within his boss. is never a problem or never stress over things i just i think i will go into so much. to so many things that even if i lose every lead up today because they won't even bother me because i know that i want to focus and that's just to go there because they do great things and i'm confident in myself and my coach that we can put together the program or the work we need to be a champion. saving life and. culture is the same i've been here to visit israel apparently trying to market a series many parts in the aftermath of an alleged massacre of civilians he was military is one we continue to trust a reason so you could make. world . science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

the way it worked is, austin roe was a tavernkeeper out in suffolk county. he would travel in to new york city to pick up supplies and what have you, and he would take the messages back out to eastern long island. he had rented a cow pasture to place his cattle to graze. so he had a legitimate reason to go to the cow pass dhoer pick up, to check on his cattle, while there, he would leave the messages in a box in the field. aimless woodall would come, since he own pd the field had a legitimate reason for being in the field, checking what's going on and while there would pick up the messages and give them to sela strong. she would then place it in a location down at the beach on long island sound, and by the use of bloomers and kerchiefs she would hang on the line to indicate to the american people that were coming over to service the debt drop where they were to go and pick up the messages. in philadelphia, we have the story of mom rinker, who would sit up on the, along the river doing her pcrocheting and darning, and then would be observing the british. she

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florida, a new suffolk poll has obama at 46 and romney, 45.ook at how ahead romney gets if he puts rubio on the ticket. 47. we'll be right back. >>> back to "hardball." debate over gay marriage is being played out at the state level, but could this wind up in the supreme court, and what did obama's comments do yesterday to increase those arguments? now with his one-time opponent, david boyce in the bush versus gore fight. edward lawson is also an attorney who founded the president's group freedom to marry. let me show you both what the president said in that abc interview about gay marriage today being a state issue. that's what the president says. let's watch him. >> i continue to believe that this is an issue that is going to be worked out at the local level because historically this has not been a federal issue. >> as president, it's not being worked out on the state level. we saw that tuesday in north carolina, the 30th straight, to ban gay marriage. >> what i'm saying is different states are coming to different conclusions. i think it's i

. >> at the suffolk county jail in boston, we encountered one group of inmates who found working outept them more motivated than working out alone. >> come on, push it. >> get that ab workout. get it toned up. this crew right here, that's what we do all day. six day workout, one day rest. every day, every rep we're out here. fridge, big ant, kilo, we out here. >> man, it's not that big but twice this week, man. i take it for granted, man. big things come in small packages. rise against these walls and these bars. >> definitely. got to do something with your time. >> always working out. always working on my mind, my body, my soul. >> that's pretty much it. >> in another section of the jail, we discovered a group of women also working on mind, body, and soul. but in the most unexpected way. >> lift the buttocks up any amount, excellent. move the inner thighs through the back wall. >> we found out that once a week a professional yoga instructor would come inside the jail and teach yoga to the women. we decided to cover it and when we got there we saw a normal classroom environment had b

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he does better with voters in florida that we saw recently in the suffolk university poll and certainlystates like nevada that in the last election went for obama, they're realizing the highest unemployment in the country. and so those voters right now are focused like a laser beam on jobs and the economy. >> and marjorie, finally, the president now has an ad rolling out today, we understand, that attacks -- that has some interviews with people that allegedly under bain capital, mitt romney's company had a role in their business not existing anymore. is that a distraction or what american people want to hear ? >> i would say that does play into the economy message. running a business effectively looks to what you run the economy. he unrolled his five-point plan and what he wanted congress to do that were issues that would improve the economy. he was talking about it in nevada as well as job creation and helping people with their homes. so he's going to have to get in the mix. he's going to have to get out there and talk about it whether he likes it or not but i think he's -- i think he'

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