. >>> about 140,000 inmates per year are booked into the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona. >>p up to the podium, please. okay. turn to the left for me. >> those charged with less serious crimes will likely have a court hearing and be released within a day or two to await resolution of their charges. >> come on out. >> but chronic offenders or those charged with violent crimes, could be held for weeks, months or even years. until their cases are tried and settled. during the intake process, these inmates are immediately separated from the others. >> so we put them in the isolation cells, but whenever we get here, we do a walkaround. isn't he the one we dressed out yesterday? >> you know, yeah, combative. this gentleman's isolated because he's combative with staff. so we wouldn't be surprised when he's ready to go upstairs for his permanent housing we get involved to move him in case he starts fighting. >> unlike in prison, jail inmates often arrive fresh from a crime scene. the most dangerous are those who are still high or intoxicated. >> currently about seven out of every ten

. ♪ >> the maricopa county jail is divided between two distinct worlds. e first is an outdoor world. the jail is internationally famous for tent city, a cluster of outdoor housing yards for both men and women. >> ladies, fall in. i'm not talking to the fence, am i? >> life here sucks. i mean it's terrible. i don't even think this place should exist to be honest with you. >> but the vast majority of maricopa inmates live in one of five different indoor facilities where they will rarely, if ever, experience any time outdoors. >> i'm cousin ashton, i come out blastin', i'm about as hungry as a taliban fasting so just like the clumps i'll fill my plate, ghetto grinding all day it's a crime of fate. >> in one of maricopa's primary men's facilities, the fourth avenue jail, when inmates are not in their small two-person cells, they can work out in an indoor rec room or in the common area between their cells. but every afternoon many of the inmates shift focus from their bodies to their bank accounts. >> this is how i make my money. i get 50 or 60 bucks every week

male housing units. >> these are the worst in maricopa county. get them out of gp and stuff downstairs. those are the shock collars out there. get them out there, stuff calms down for a while. >> these inmates have either committed violent acts in the jail or have been identified as gang members. like all inmates at maricopa, some are awaiting trial while others have been convicted and are appealing their verdicts or sentences. they are isolated in very stark cells, 23 hours a day, and get one hour of rec time in an empty concrete room with a skylight located right next door to their cells. >> our rec pen is the same size of our cell, so you're basically going from one cell to another to walk in circles. it's life in solitary confinement. no cellmates, no card games, no pie knuckle, no chess. but that's life. >> without the distraction of television, radio or cellmates, even the most hardened criminals can break under the pressure. >> every 25 minutes we do our walks to check on inmates to make sure the inmates are safe. they're a greater risk to

. ♪ ♪ >> the maricopa county jail is divided between two distinct worlds. first is an outdoor world. the jail is internationally famous for tent city, a cluster of outdoor housing yards for both men and women. >> ladies, fall in. i'm not talking to the fence, am i? >> life here sucks. i mean it's terrible. i don't even think this place should exist to be honest with you. >> but the vast majority of maricopa inmates live in one of five different indoor facilities where they will rarely, if ever, experience any time outdoors. >> i'm cousin ashton, i come out blastin', i'm about as hungry as a taliban fasting so just like the clumps i'll fill my plate, ghetto grinding all day it's a crime of fate. >> in one of maricopa's primary men's facilities, the fourth avenue jail, when inmates are not in their small two-person cells, they can work out in an indoor rec room or in the common area between their cells. but every afternoon many of the inmates shift focus from their bodies to their bank accounts. >> this is how i make my money. i get 50 or 60 bucks every week.

right down the middle. >> the fourth avenue jail in maricopa county, arizona, houses more than 2,000 le inmates, including those considered to pose the highest security risk. racial tensions run high in this facility, as inmate cecil kunkel discovered shortly after our interview with him in which he showed off his many tattoos. kunkel and the inmate he fought, robert hurd, were placed in isolation cells and were unavailable to us, pending an investigation. but hurd's friends made their feelings about kunkel crystal clear. >> we don't like cecil kunkel. >> you see that swastika on his head, going to get carved right off. >> yeah, man. >> scalp his ass. take the whole thing off. >> peel it [ bleep ] back. >> peel it back. >> how does everybody know cecil? >> because when you do so much talking and you catch so many enemies, it's not everybody else. at some point in time you have to realize, it's not everybody else, maybe it's me. you see what i'm saying? that's as simple as it's going to get. it can't be everybody else in the world that keep [ bleep ] you over. maybe you [ bleep ] them

of cigarettes to a criminally violent illegal alien who had been convicted and yet was on the streets of maricopa county. that's why i introduced grant's law here in congress, which should pass. it is a no-brainer, and it requires the very accelerated due process requirements ms. vaughn has mentioned. i wanted to talk specifically with regard to you, ms. vaughn, with regard to the apprehension rates reported. if we were to look at the apprehension rates, historically we'd see there were consistently over a million people, sometimes more than 1.5 million people apprehended at the border and that began to slow down in 2006 -- 2007 was the first time reported apprehension was beginning to decline below 1 million, but all experts talked about apprehension, border apprehensions, and this is the southern border. first is the multiplier, people who actually cross and remain in the country. those numbers have been the lowest number i've ever seen reported was opined by several senators to be four times the regular apprehension rate. last year 415,000 illegal aliens were apprehended at the southern border

of cigarettes to a criminally violent, illegal alien who had been convicted and yet was on the streets of maricopa county. that's why i want grants law here in congress, it should pass, it is a no-brainer. it includes the due process laws that has been mentioned, it deports those violent immigrants within 90 days. i want to talk specifically with regard to the apprehension rates reported. if we were to look at the apprehension rates historically, we would see their work consistently over one million people, sometimes more than 1.5 million people actually apprehended at the border, and that began to slow down in 2006 -- 2007 was the first time it began to climb below one million. aboutl experts talk apprehension, border apprehensions, and this is the southern border. versus the multiplier, people who cross and remain in the country. those numbers have been the was about fourit times the actual apprehension rate. 415,000 illegal aliens were apprehended at the southern border. thanthan half were other mexican nationals coming into this country. i guess my question for you is would you please comment

the fastest growing, maricopa county, phoenix. united states. >> in the united states. stuart: that's where they're going? >> yep. stuart: fascinating. let's get back to the big story of the day which is the obamacare replacement vote. there will be a vote later on today. earlier this morning we heard from freedom caucus member congressman louis gohmert. roll tape. >> well, i am a no, and i do -- [laughter] i can't help but like you and respect you and have admiration for you and president trump. this is the first time in his life he has put together a deal that he didn't put together. i have got to stand up, as unpopular as people i love think it is, and i don't enjoy being a coward for standing up by myself. there are going to be at least five, there could be nine that -- and there could be more that vote no. stuart: okay. i'd love to follow up on that, but let's go live to congressman adam schiff. he is the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, he is now responding to what chair devin nuÑes said earlier. listen in

of cigarettes to a criminally violent, illegal alien who had been convicted and yet was on the streets of maricopa county. that is why i introduced grant's law here in congress, it should pass, it is a no-brainer. it includes the due process laws aughan has been mentioned, it deports those violent immigrants within 90 days. i want to talk specifically with regard to the apprehension rates reported. if we were to look at the apprehension rates historically, we would see their work consistently over one million people, sometimes more than 1.5 million people actually apprehended at the border, and that began to slow down in 2006 -- 2007 was the first time it reported apprehensions actually began climbing below one million. but all experts talk about apprehension, border apprehensions, and this is the southern border, versus the multiplier, people who cross and remain in the country. those numbers have been the -- the lowest number have ever seen reported, opined by u.s. senators, it was about four times the actual apprehension rate. last year, 415,000 illegal aliens were apprehended at the southern b

the roof. if i didn't have insurance when i had him, god knows where i'd be. >> reporter: maricopa county voted overwhelmingly for donald trump, many seeking change after obamacare premiums spiked dramatically and health insurance companies fled the market. kim, a small business owner in phoenix, met with president trump yesterday. >> we have a lot of people in arizona paying a big penalty? >> yes. not only with the premiums go up and the cancellation letters keep coming but my deductibles would go up. >> reporter: the republican plan would mean higher costs for many needing to by insurance especially those older and low income. the plan replaces direct subsidies to buy insurance with tax credits and those tax credits would average 71% less than the current subsidies for someone in arizona who is 60 years old making $40,000, according to the kaiser family foundation. for some patients in this red state, the future of their health care is uncertain. katie beck, nbc news, mesa, arizona. >>> let's turn now to the heated moments in our nations capital. the marine corps top brass took incoming fire