. >>> once a year, tampa, florida undergoes an invasion complete with pirates and blasting cannons. the gasaparilla festival is one of the biggest events of the year, celebrating tampa buck here in past. but when it crosses the line from fantasy to reality there, is a place eight miles outside from downtown more than willing to accommodate offenders. the hillsborough county jail is actually comprised of two sprawling facilities with an average daily population of more than 3500 men and women. >> falkenroad jail has housing for up to 3400 inmates. it takes a little bit to get from one point to another so we utilize the golf carts. >> depending on where i'm going and what my function is if i have to be there in a hurry i use the cart. it's smarter. if i'm going two housing units down i will walk for the exercise. >> four miles away is the orient road facility where up to 1700 inmates can be housed. both facilities are run by a former secret service agent determined to bring the experience he learned guarding a vice president to the job of overseeing thousands of inmates. >> traveling a

you the creeps. [ laughter ] ♪ >>> with an average of 361 days of sunshine per year, life in tampa, floridaould seem like paradise. but crime knows no geographical bounds. on any given day, the two sprawling facilities that make up tampa's hillsborough county jail system house 3,000 men and women. >> the hands should be on the wall. >> most only stand accused of crime and are awaiting trial. others are serving short sentences of one year or less. they all begin the incarceration in the intake department. but the crimes range from horrific to petty and everything in between. >> i'm very photogenic. >> reporter: deandre barnes was arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession with intent to tell. he plans to plead not guilty. >> who is that? >> barnes. >> i know you're barnes. go in, sir. welcome back. >> i said i wouldn't come back and i'm back. i let myself down. >> yeah it is still the same. i guess i'll make my bed up. >> though barnes has been arrested half a dozens times, the charges haven't always stuck. he only has one prior conviction for obstructing a law enforcement offic

we started here at a diner outside tampa, florida. hi, everybody. how's it going?he first impression was striking. these are not what many of us would expect anti-government extremists to look like. they're diverse, middle-class, educated, and convinced that the government is out of control. >> put the cuff on me. and he tightened it up. i brought my right hand up. you have to loosen these cuffs or you're cutting off my circulation. >> how dare them? >> reporter: most instances, they are nonviolent. but not all of them ruled it out. >> i don't want to come here with this bull crap about trying to impress the news, or impress abc news how friendly we are. i don't give a crap how friendly anybody is. if they come at me with a gun, i've got a gun, too. okay? that's what i'm about. >> reporter: next, we found ourselves at this small church in center point, alabama. donald joe barber, the pastor here, invited us inside for a rare look at a meeting with his congregation of sovereigns. in your view, do you need to have a driver's license? >> no. >> reporter: do you need t

. >>> located on the gulf coast of the sunshine state, tampa, florida, is a gleaming city. >> used to be a motto, tampa is where the good life gets better every day. >> but a dark cloud has steadily cast a shadow over tampa. >> we saw the prescription drug abuse epidemic really start to appear on the radar here in the tampa area. and it continues to grow, and the result now is our drug treatment systems are taxed to the limits. and our county jails are now becoming taxed to the limits. >> colonel jim frapatera runs the two facilities that make up the tampa jail system. the falkenberg jail has a capacity of 3,000 inmates, and the orient road jail has capacity for 1,700. it's also the site for intake, where men and women are processed into the jail. unlike prison, for all of the inmates convicted, the majority of jail inmates have only be charged with a crime and are awaiting trial for resolution of their cases. but these days, many of them first arrive in a similar state. >> whatever. what is this? >> you're at orient road? >> orient road. >> in hillsborough. >> seeing more and more me

tampa florida. irene is next on our republican line. welcome. >> caller: yes. you know, i want to strike down this law. a common sense approach to this, especially with medicaid. nothing should be absolutely free. why can't they have people in medicaid that pay what they can, and, also, when you know something is going to be there for you free, you have a tendency to depend on that. and everyone that opposed the government for health care should be made to sign a commitment that when they get better and working, that they will pay part of that money back. because it just seems like, you know, you have kids out here 16 years old paying into medicare. it seems like a more sensible approach. why don't you have a plan where, if you are 16, you get about 25, until you get about 25, and you don't have health insurance, you don't have to pay into medicare. do you understand what i'm saying? i'm 65 years old, and all i'm saying is nothing should be absolutely free. >> irene in tampa, florida here. you're looking at paul clement still speaking with other reporters. we'r

. >> at the hillsborough county jail in tampa, florida, 24-year-old rookie deputy maurice pressey hasrned to deal with the intimidation factor of his job. >> first day by myself, i'd be lying if i didn't tell you i was nervous. it's 72 on one. >> pressey, who is unarmed during his shifts, is the only deputy locked in a housing unit with 72 inmates. most are not convicted, but are in jail awaiting trial for charges including assault, robbery and murder. >> when you tell people what you do, they say, man, i don't see how you do it. 72 people, you know, all walks of life, that done all types of crime. >> at many jails, officers monitor units like this secured control centers, but at hillsborough county, they spend their shifts on the floor in the open. it's a system known as direct supervision and it has been proven to reduce violence in other problems by allowing deputies to build a rapport with the inmates. >> if you like dealing with people, this is a great place to work. i love dealing with people, that's why my degree is in sociology. >> but pressey and every other deputy in the jai

thousands gathered in tampa florida last night. he was shooting an unarmed black teen. and tempers have temporary stepped aside. >> the cries for justice. it grew louder in florida. >> i'm standing here before you today not knowing how i'm walking right now because my heart hurts. >> forme is my son, trayvon, and your son. >> 17-year-old trayvon carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was shot and killed in this neighborhood community. >> zimmerman should have been arrested that night. >> but it's been almost a month. despite growing questions about simm simmerman's claims of self qh fence. >> i pled i will not let my son die in vain. >> with the tensions growing, bill announced he would temp lire ray step aside. for those gathered here, though, it was not enough. >> he said he did a temporary leave. we want permanent justice. >> as the department of justice and the f.b.i. continue on going investigations while the patience of this community continues to wear thin. jay grey, nbc news, stanford, florida. >> nbc news has learned that army staff sergeant is scheduled to b

a residential drug treatment program in tampa, florida. but one day when he took a shortcut on the way home from work through a hole in a fence, he was arrested and sent back to jail for trespassing. >> when they handcuffed me, as soon as they put them handcuffs on me, i cannot lie, you know. as much as i've been through, i didn't think i'd do it, but tears started coming to my eyes. >> even though the charges were dropped, jones still faced the possibility the returning to prison. if the parole board determined that his arrest and admission that he did, in fact, take the shortcut violated the conditions of his parole. jones expected to learn his fate after a hearing with the parole examiner. >> so regarding my findings in this hearing, i'm going to defer them for a period of ten days in an effort to look everything over. i'm going to make a recommendation after i come up with my decision. i'm not going to recommend anything today. >> the delay in his ruling meant jones would have to remain in jail until the board could reach a decision. >

. >>> when it comes to good times, tampa, florida, has a lot to offer, but just outside downtown is a grim reminder of how good times can go bad. the hillsborough county jail consists of two sprawling facilities located four miles away from each other. combined they can house close to 5,000 inmates. most of the men and women here have recently been arrested and have not been convicted of a crime but are awaiting trial for settlement of their cases. some inmates have been convicted but are serving short sentences. usually less than two years. either way, time here is no vacation. >> jail is a pretty awful place. this is by no stretch of the mile some kind of spa. you're here for a reason and you have to make the best of a bad situation when you can. >> 31-year-old sheree dean is trying to do just that. dean is serving the last 30 days of a 6-month sentence for cocaine possession. she developed an addiction from working in strip clubs and prostitution. >> i started out being a topless stripper. i was like oh my god, i would never dance nude, i would never do that. then i started dancing

. >> fewer inmates illustrate that thin line than one in tampa, florida.ame is velester jones. >> whethn we entered, we know ia guy, very large working out on the yard. at the same time, one of the inmates was telling us we needed to interview their jail's resident poet and it turned out to be the same guy. >> lock them up, throw away the key, prisons are being built faster than the eyes can see. there is nothing more than modern day slavery. lock them up, throw away the key, home of the brave, land of the free, why a millions of americans locked up in the penitentiary? if you're so brave and you're so wild, why can't you relate to the wake up you sleeping fools you're headed for the pen. then it will be too late. everyone will see they safely locked us up and threw away the key. thanks a lot. >> even though jones was popular among other inmates and spent time in prison, he struggled with some aspects of life in the dormitory housing unit he shared with 71 other men. >> i never really liked open bay dorms. i like cleanliness. a lot of people when they snee

tampa, florida, handles the prosecution of the cases. the drugs go there, samples of them, not here. they're physically boarding the ship right now to welcome home the family members. just to give you an idea of what the service members are doing, they're physically boarding vessels in the waters to check for contraband. it's a dangerous mission. family members saying they're always ecstatic when they return home. especially on a successful mission like this one. live on the coast card island, i'm stephanie tran. >>> federal and state officials will get a firsthand look at the progress of repairs. take a look. this is the scene last year as boats crashed into one another and smashed into docks. some 30 boats were damaged or destr destroyed. overall damage estimates run as high as $15 million. the damage in santa cruz was triggered across the ocean in japan where the 9.0 quake triggered a tsunami. the death toll stands at almost 16,000. more than 3300 are still missing. >>> on sunday, join us for our tsunami special, disaster in japan, on

pentagon correspondent jim miklazewski is with us tonight from central command headquarters in tampa, florida. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. >> he is concerned about security for his family and him. i can't give you much detail about his identity. until the government does. he is a highly decorated, professional soldier. never been in trouble any time before. happily married, despite rumors to the contrary. >> reporter: according to military officials, this staff sergeant is accused of going on a shooting spree killing 16 afghan civilians, including nine children. there is no known motive for this shooting incident. we are learning more about this soldier tonight. that he had been injured at least twice on three separate combat tours to iraq, and that he told his fellow soldiers he was actually reluctant to go on this fourth combat tour to afghanistan. it's highly unlikely he'll ever go back to afghanistan to be tried, but that military officials are saying he could very well be shipped back to the united states to face court-martial. they are saying he could be charged with

all the way to the republican national convention, august 27th to 30, five minutes from now, in tampa, floridahere the delegates and the super-delegates will select the candidate and where romney's ive spear -- are effect to carriers who make the convention. question, the prongs seems to be if one of two conservatives in the race was out, the other would reap the dividend in the form of a united conservative vote. is that presumption warranted? if gingrich were to leave the race, all of that vote would go to as he presents the case santorum? >> no. it wouldn't all go. but probably most of it would. and it would really help santorum. but the question is, will santorum ever have enough support to win 1144 delegates, before mitt romney wins it? i say no. >> you focused your column on the examiner almost exclusively on santorum, within the past three columns you've written. what did you right from? >> probably in birmingham. >> no, i think -- yeah, birmingham, right. what did you think of santorum? what do you think of him? do you think he's ready for the presidency? you think that he has a kind o

santorum would then try to siphon delegates away from romney at the convention in tampa florida in august. >> if we have to go to the convention we'll win at the convention. i have no doubt about that. >> reporter: the biggest obstacle to that strategy is newt gingrich who also appeals to conservative voters. mr. gingrich says he's staying in the race all the way to the end no matter what. what does that mean for you? >> at some point it becomes irrelevant whether he's in the race. i think this race will become a two-person race. santorum santorum today very pointedly said it would be great if gingrich gulf o got out of t. he believes gingrich is tabling the votes away from his side and not mitt romney. >> thank you for gingrich this could be do or die for his presidential aspirations. we are in alabama covering his campaign, jan. >> well, scott, that's right. this could be gingrich's last stand. if he doesn't win either one of these states he will be under enormous pressure to drop out and already he is looking for new reasons to stay in. >> i kind of -- in alabama and mississippi, newt

. >> our next call, an iraq vet from tampa, florida. good morning. >> caller: good morning, sir. i'm an iraqi war vet. i was overseas five times. i guess i had a question. the unemployment rate for the vets is just appalling, number one. but the returning vets, have you noticed any particular career field that has been more attractive for vets coming home than any other field? >> yeah. and thank you for your service and also welcome home. yeah. as is typical, the government sector is always the largest employer of vets. there has been a lot of defense contracting is very attractive to vets, largely because it's a similar industry, you have a lot of cultural competency. but what we're seeing now is the tech sectors and financial services sector are making a huge push to hire vets. and a lot of vets are going into them. the technology sector leans well because it's young, it's fast-paced. they train us to be independent innative and it leads well to some of the younger business sectors in this country. and what we're seeing a lot in the financial services sector, they're making a h

orient road jail in tampa, florida.is pod 7 delta, a medical and mental health unit for detainees. it's an open cell area with one deputy supervising 72 inmates who roam about the pod. colonel jim prevatera oversees the area. >> it sounds a little scary at first when you think about it, but we found it to be a highly successful management tool. if you violate the rules, you're moved to a higher level of confinement. >> it's 12:45 p.m., and they've just finished their lunch. out of nowhere, 24-year-old douglas burden charges detective moon and strangles him. >> he went into what's called rear naked choke. you cut the blood supply off to the brain. when it is applied right and locked in, it's very few seconds before the person loses consciousness. >> three inmates from the same pod are on the scene, and at first look, it seems like a recipe for disaster. one deputy outnumbered by a group of inmates. prevatera is not in the area during the attack, but later see it is unbelievable video. >> literally within a matter of a fe

covering it all summer and especially at the two conventions, in north carolina, and the other in tampa, floridare gearing up. they would take the winter off and they would come back and much more organized and well focused. the rap on them at the beginning they didn't have a leader or a point. they still seem not to have that, but now they have the other things that are going to be like lead weights on their ankles, as you mentioned the death threats and criminal stuff. >> two quick observation, dana, you called it, the winter will be slow and once the weather is better, occupy and sure enough coming out in full force. and the other thing that i find interesting, john wrote an article pointing out. a lot of them funding for what they're doing and wall street traders and guys, and i happen to know one of the main guys who funded ad busters, the money at the beginning and guy i traded with for ten years be and very wealthy people. you have a movement and ideology, come clean where you come from and your background. >> be honest who is supporting it. >> kimberly? >> yes, i have something to say ab

marriy taylor, tampa florida.was not appropriate for president obama to comment on the case at all. i think all americans can support the president when he calls for a thorough investigation of the shooting. however, i am perplexed that he remains largely silent about the number of black-on-black homicides in chicago and elsewhere as well. >> no president should ever comment on a pending criminal case. i respectfully disagree, frank. >> the president has a right to put forth general feelings, general feelings about alleged criminal actions which he did. however, he does not have the right to comment on guilt or innocence. remember, president obama orders the attorney general, all right. the attorney general answers to him. timothy borat, sweden. he said that wearing a hoodie can lead to trouble. that's like saying to women that dressing provocatively can lead to rape. geraldo was urging folks to consider the environment before dressing in a certain way. he was trying to raise awareness of potential danger which is

and i'm originally from tampa, florida.ou may wonder why i came to the golden state of california. well, it's like they say, you come here on vacation, and you go home on probation. >> charles pelham is completing a short eight of month sentence for a parole violation. >> i'm not an aryan brother. i'm not a skinhead. i used to be a member of hari krishna back in the old days. the skulls let the rest of the inmates know they'd better back off because i'm not an easy mark. i don't hate anybody. i'm too old for that nonsense. i had this put on my face when i was a youngster. i wanted to make a political statement. i also wanted to impress my girlfriend. but it impressed her the wrong way and she got rid of me. >> i'm the bird man of san quentin. >> mike miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary. he's got roughly eight months left to serve. >> i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so,

. >>> located in the heart of tampa, florida, is the his tore i -- historic cigar manufacturing area. guilty pleasures go beyond cigars. drug abuse has taken its toll, leads addicts to commit far more serious crimes leading to extended stays at hillborough county jail. >> hug the wall, single file line. >> the colonel is in charge of all operations in the two jail facilities. >> i feel safe, if you want in any given pod and got every inmate to answer the question of how substance abuse impacted their incarceration, i think you would find the number is staggering, probably close to seven out of ten inmates would tell you either alcohol, prescription drugs or other controlled substances they use them on a regular basis or it's a direct contributor to their current situation. >> the cycle of committing crime to buy drugs has caught up with chad white. he has been a heroin addict for 17 years. has spent the last two months here. like most other jail inmates, white has not been convicted of a crime. but is in custody awaiting resolution of his case. he's pled not guilty to charges of burgl

idol fans voted off shannon mcgram of tampa, florida, she won a spot this summer.nior in high school. you will find the tab with more information on our home page. >>> and turning now to the race for the white house, republican presidential candidate santorum campaigning in puerto rico, we're told the primary is sunday. and found himself defending comments that people there should learn english. >> i say as a language, and the country -- to work and live, yes. >> the drawn out primary process appears to be costing mitt romney. his campaign is scaling back expenses. but mitt romney pointed out he has a million more votes than anybody else. >> the reason for that, i'm talking about the expertise in the economy, how to get people growing, put people back to work. >> newt gingrich appears strong about staying in the race, and calls mitt romney a weak frontrunner. >>> and schwarzenegger to pay a 30,000 fine for violating state campaign laws. the california fair political practice's commission says in 2009, schwarzenegger committed a violation when he used more than a mi

chicago, on june 23 and bolder fresher show it's indianapolis on the 22nd and see everybody in tampa, floridahis sunday night and talk about the presidential election. finally tonight. pinheads and patriots. as you may know we are auctioning off a unique piece of history. this wounded warrior poster is the only document we know of that contains you'll five last presidents. top bid is $81,000. but if you would like to help the warriors, send them to $25 and they will send you a fact silly suitable for framing. also, one week from tonight i will be at boston university doing a benefit for the foundation which helps victims of violent crime all over the u.s.a. and they need help. we would like you to come to that event. it will be lot of fun, go on billoreilly.com and that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox factor website and spouted off about the factory from anywhere around the world. if you wish to opine. do not be monrose doctor morose when writing to the factor. please always remember the spin stops right here because we a

i will see you tampa florida this coming sunday night talking about the presidential election. in addition tell you about wounded warrior auction. high bid for this stunning and historically significant poster signed by all five living presidents only document we know about, $75,000. however, if you donate $25 or more to the wounded warrior foundation you get a facsimile of the document suitable for framing and of course you help out the warriors themselves. we hope you go to bill o'reilly.com where we have links to the project and bolder fresher tours. on deck, dick morris another political prediction this evening. does that mean another dinner does that mean another dinner for >> bill: back of the book segment tonight. we saved the best for last, i think. the always effervescent dick morris. you heard all the bloviating tonight. now we need predictions, morris. romney going to be the nominee? >> yes. >> and that will be apparent, when? >> june 6th. >> bill: as i said in the talking points memo after the. >> utah in same day, right. there is a danger. i give you 60% chance rom

. >> he is opening the hope that he goes to the republican convention in tampa, florida, and might get anointed there. it is a long shot, a hail mary pass. and the meantime, romney is expected to score another endorsement. his campaign says he will get the backing of former president george h. w. bush in houston thursday. >> we saw former governor jeb bush in dorsum thursday. now the former president. i do not think it was way a lot of voters, but it will say that it is time to rally around a nominee. >> but a new poll shows the former massachusetts governor trailing president obama in three critical swing states -- ohio, pennsylvania, and florida. in another one, iowa, vice president joe biden took aim at mitt romney's record. >> as an investor businessman, the governor of massachusetts and now as candidate for president, remarkably consistent, and i respectfully suggest consistently wrong. >> he also took a dig at rick santorum, who is campaigning in wisconsin today. the rnc dismissed the vp as a junior campaigner in chief. >> if you weigh more than 12,000 pounds, how much would it t

idol fans voted off shannon mcgram of tampa, florida, she won a spot this summer. school. you will find the tab with more information on our home page. >>> and turning now to the race for the white house, republican presidential candidate santorum campaigning in puerto rico, we're told the primary is sunday. and found himself defending comments that people there should learn english. >> i say as a language, and the country -- to work and live, yes. >> the drawn out primary process appears to be costing mitt romney. his campaign is scaling back expenses. but mitt romney pointed out he has a million more votes than anybody else. >> the reason for that, i'm talking about the expertise in the economy, how to get people growing, put people back to work. >> newt gingrich appears strong about staying in the race, and calls mitt romney a weak frontrunner. >>> and schwarzenegger to pay a 30,000 fine for violating state campaign laws. the california fair political practice's commission says in 2009, schwarzenegger committed a violation when he used more than a million from a

last night idol fans voted off shannon of tampa, florida. >>> let's check in with sal and see how the> right now we are looking pretty good right now. not a lot of crashes. a few of them though. this is a look at northbound 280 this traffic looks pretty good getting up into the valley. if you are driving to cupertino, you may have a decent drive. also this mornings commute is looking pretty good if you are driving on southbound 680 passing mission boulevard. no major problems. >> thank you. >>> a mother feared hurt or dead. that is due to a horrifying crime involving her son an iraq war veteran. >> battling flames and bullets. the dangerous discovery napa firefighters made in an overnight house fire. >> light rain and scattered showers falling over the bay area. what you can expect for your y e >>> we are live in napa where investigators try to figure out what started a house fire. it was inside the home's garage that made the fire tougher for firefighters.

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chicago, on june 23 and bolder fresher show it's indianapolis on the 22nd and see everybody in tampa, floridak about the presidential election. finally tonight. pinheads and patriots. as you may know we are auctioning off a unique piece of history. this wounded warrior poster is the only document we know of that contains you'll five last presidents. top bid is $81,000. but if you would like to help the warriors, send them to $25 and they will send you a fact silly suitable for framing. also, one week from tonight i will be at boston university doing a benefit for the foundation which helps victims of violent crime all over the u.s.a. and they need help. we would like you to come to that event. it will be lot of fun, go on billoreilly.com and that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox factor website and spouted off about the factory from anywhere around the world. if you wish to opine. do not be monrose doctor morose when writing to the factor. please always remember the spin stops right here because we a

i will see you solo in tampa, florida sunday march 11th to discuss the presidential election down there. ann coulter sob deck. she has some things to say about the republic party is it imploding as john mccain believes? coulter after these messages. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, as we reported the top of the program, senator john mccain believes the republic party is getting badly damaged by the primary race because the candidates are attacking one another. joining us from los angeles to weigh in on that conservative columnist ann coulter so you concur with senator mccain. >> these words will rarely pass my lips but, yes, i do. i mean, i think this has gone far enough. and it's just depleting resources, mitt romney is going to need to run against obama in the fall. and energy and money. and moreover, at what point -- at what point do the other candidates have to drop out? everyone was saying with artificially inflated expectations well, if mitt doesn't win michigan that's it for him. well, okay, he did win michigan. why don't santorum and newt gingrich have to drop out now?

we are here in tampa, florida, where the problem is significant.20,000 case this is year, according to officials. nationally, the problem has grown, according to the irs, from nearly 50,000 cases in 2010, to over 250,000 cases last year. so we hit the ground to find out what is going on. >> it was like, wow. you know, to me, for somebody to sit back and just do this, for all of us who get up and go to work every day, for somebody to take what we worked for -- i don't understand how -- irs or anybody has let that happen. why? >> is the first time your identity has been stolen? if so, do you have any idea how it happend? >> we have no idea. 53 years, nothing like this has happened. i am sick over this. >> is the irs doing enough i. hell no! hell no! they're not. you know? no. that's not fair to us. >> for them to beo arrogant and treat us because we are working people, where you got corporations owing millions of dollars and woo are working people and we work everything, and something needs to be done about this procedure. >> reporter: did they get a