. >> the first time i put on a stab vest was at wabash valley.was definitely an uneasy feeling knowing i had to wear this to walk on to the unit and that the potential to be stabbed was higher here. it makes you more on your toes and more alert of your environment. >> we noticed that these vests at lock down while we're here we are going to change every one of them. >> if i'm required to wear a stab vest, i make light of it. i joke around about how it adds ten pounds to me and the color doesn't go with my outfit. i make it a joke. >> and a sense of humor goes a long way in breaking the ice with many of the inmates featured on lockup. >> coming up the one lockup crew member the inmates love to rib. >> sometimes i'll hear people say stuff through their cell, hey fat boy. i have to look at myself, really? >> and later previously unseen clips from one of the more memorable inmates we ever met. a] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that f

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they've seen him at wabash.hey don't seem to have any problems. >> i'm worried about his side effects with involuntary movements and whether the others will perceive him as odd. >> a little bit jerky? >> yeah. >> when i talked to him yesterday, the team -- the team he's on, they're aware of it, and they don't seem to have issues with it. i think he thinks he can succeed out there. >> anything else on mr. street? we can count him as one of our success stories for now. >>> coming up -- >> make sure you know those receipts. you told me you was doing that last week? >> even as he tries to prove the case, nick compton can't escape the wrath of other inmates. >> snitches get killed. [ bleep ]. and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >> going through my mind, to get out of prison. to get home. to be around civil, normal people. to be arou

cold spring at wabash avenue we have a new accident this morning. lane is blocked in both directions there. expect a little congestion on the beltway as well, outer loop moving slowly. >>> we want to remind you, all morning long we have shown pictures of our beautiful moms. we'll put them on our website. there's our new one. happy friday, everybody.

on msn -- nsnbc, man, locked up wabash extended stay. msnbc, locked up wabash, extended stay.o the belly of the beast. yeah. >> we hear a lot of inmates describe prison as the belly of the beast. >> this place sucks, man. >> it's usually not used to describe prison kitchens. but that might be the most appropriate use of the phrase there is. >> our crews are always looking for ways to get these kind of iconic prison or jail shots, and the kitchen is a great place to get them, because i don't think anything really says incarceration more than seeing some bland food scooped on to an institutional tray by a 6'4" inmate covered in tattoos and the funny thing about the food is, inmates always complain about it but inevitably, they are always looking for ways to get more of it. >> this is so we don't starve later on. but if you want to see a real sack, look over there. show them what you got. >> are you hungry? >> but if you're going to do it, if you're going to take a chance at getting caught, do it in a big way. >> go big or go home. and since we can't go home -- >> this is how we

. >> more demonstration today looking at a live picture michigan avenue looking more like wabash avenue in downtown chicago on the move down through the city nato summit has wrapped won last surge live shot still out tonight protesters marching. protesters all day they are your new friends live with details >> we have been spending a lot of time actually here at congress plaza and michigan protesters gathered and rallied short time ago. several hundred of them moving off again live crew keeping pace wgn with them on the ground on michigan avenue passing millennium park bound for chicago river unpredictable group guarding out of traffic police trailing overhead in a helicopter a lot of police officers are rowdy protesters on bicycles more police and protesters keeping a loose grip on the situation peaceful for the most part moving through the city police keeping a watchful eye. as a nato officials wrapping up chicago nato summit anti nato protesters on the march again prompting the city bound for the campaign headquarters president obama. they gathered in small groups sometimes fewer tha

it is frustrating for the rest of us >>a salon on the 1100 block of south wabash decided to abort its windows and put the pampering on hold until after the summit was over ... street crews were beautifying the neighborhood ... this woman says she's looking forward to all the extra security and the ceremonial aspect ... >>i am proud of the neighborhood and the president and i know chicago will be well represented >>lake shore drive will be closed from bell bowed to the 35th street area ... protesters angry about the housing crisis are marching downtown today demanding a moratorium ... robert jordan is live >>just to give you a scene of what it's like here in the loop we had an opportunity to go around this morning there is a much heavier security presence in all the office buildings especially the ones in the financial district ... the city is much more fortified ... with nato beginning this weekend we are already beginning to see protest marches nearly every day this week today under the watchful eye of the chicago police department these have become dress rehearsals if you will for t

we only have two accidents at the moment, flower ton and wabash.on the beltway. there's a live look at the beltway. not looking bad for a friday morning commute. this traffic report is brought to you by home paramount. back over to you. >>> there is a baltimore school advisory this morning. beach field elementary school middle will be closed today. >>> the president's impact of same sex marriage is up for debate this morning. maryland voters are wondering what impact the president's support might have. some think it will help opponents of same sex marriage. >>> howard county police found more than half a million dollars back and forth of marijuana growing inside a hometown. uni is being charged with possession of the drug. the discovery from 2006 to 2007 he worked as a technician for the baltimore city crime lab. >>> allen gross has been in a cuban prison for 2.5 years. now a cuban official speaking to cnn indicates the country may be willing to release him. cuba wants the u.s. to release five cuban spies in return. >>> good news for local racing f

wabash at west northern parkway. also, walther avenue at moravia road. let's now take a live look.n see, that is due to the couple of accidents there on the west side. you can see, it's right in the middle of the delay there at wilkens avenue. and we also have slow traffic there, 70, westbound 29 to marriottsville road. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. stop in and get two medium, one- topping cheese pizzas for only $6.99 each. back to you. >>> great britain's prince charles, puts a royal spin on a turn table. ♪ [ music ] >> whoa. >> his royal highness and new dj abilities were captured by canadian media; prince charles won praise from the staff of the music video. while he was showing off the new spins he learned. >> looks a little dorky in the head set. but so do we all. >> i hear he is a particular fan of whiz khalifa and ludacris. >>> straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. protestors clash with police. what's behind the latest violence in greece? >>> kid are kids. and you have to have some patience. >>> and what one moviegoer is arrested for doing in

. >> wabash "lockup: extended stay," and hell yeah, the stay is extended.0. that's five decades, man. i'm going to show you my cell, man. show you what's going on in my cell. show you all where i live, how i live. all right. wake up. that's my bed. it ain't that thick. you know what i mean? it's my window. this is my window. that's the gate teasing me with freedom. you see the cars running by, going places i can't go. trying to paint a picture for you so you can understand what i'm going through. >> i look out the window a lot. >> a lot of inmates have the hopes and aspirations of going home. because of the nature of my crimes, the brutality, the heinous and gruesome events that occurred, i know that i'll never see the streets again. >> this right here, as pathetic as that is to say, this is my pillow. don't nobody touch it. doesn't nobody touch it. ain't nobody going to touch it. you know. i put my head on it. i -- i cradle it at night like it's another person. you know. because it's one of the things you wish you had. now, do i want the company of another

this has been loosened up because they have moved a number of the demonstrators west to cermak and wabash avenue here in chicago. i heard some of the questions you were asking, and sometimes when you're in the middle of this looking from the inside-out, it's hard to determine. we did not see any officers who were injured. i would say we saw about eight people being treated on the side not by any paramedics associated with the city of chicago or an independent group, they were treated by the medics who are part of the overall rally. one man told me that he was struck four times by chicago police with a baton. we have no idea of knowing whether or not he had provoked this or not. he also said, as you saw earlier, when people started picking up barricades, some people did get smashed, and one silver lining, i guess, to all of this, i saw some of the shutting with the barricade, and it's just good fortune that nobody was pushed through the glass window of any nearby stores or restaurant. the situation right now, i can see chicago police are pulling in some large vans now headed toward the big

menagerie to match that of philip stroud, who was serving three life sentences for murder at the wabashonal facility in indiana. >> basically making origami figures. you've got the lion, you've got the swan, you've got the rabbit, little puppy, dinosaur, flower. my niece, she loves the little goldfish. this is my favorite one because it turns into like a kaleidoscope-type thing. the hardest one to make was probably the elephant because it got a lot of folds. i'm an artsy fartsy type of guy, i guess you could say. it's basically a way to spend my time, use my hands to make something that really means something that can bring a smile to somebody's face, instead of using -- using my time or using my hands to hurt somebody or to destroy something. i even sent some to nursing homes and stuff. the different animals remind me of when mom used to take us to the zoo or, you know, cartoons or stuff like that because in here, it's easy to grow cold. it's easy to become desensitized. and i was like that for a while. and i'm still trying to come out of that. so this is a part of me trying to become

still clearing at coldspring and wabash ave. 32 and glenn now, we have a fuel spill. -- glenelg we have fuel spill. on the beltway, i have here. dealing with delays, but not as bad as we normally see at this hour. ava, over to you. >> we are going to coast into the weekend at the weather department. cool conditions right now, but the sunshine is out. 54 downtown, 40's in the western suburbs. chilly start, much better towards the afternoon. we will be pushing into the upper 60s and low 70's. cool breeze out of the northwest. 10 to 15 into the afternoon. we will have sunshine for day one of the weekend. 77 tomorrow. a few clouds towards the afternoon. but this they should be mostly dry. late in the day, -- mother's day should be mostly dry. >>> 7:30 now on this friday morning, may 11th, 2012. you're looking at the new "time" magazine cover that's getting a lot of attention. it shows a 26-year-old mom breast-feeding her nearly 4-year-old toddler. and coming up we're going to actually meet the woman featured in that cover photo and also talk about the controversy that this has sparked. and

in baltimore city we have a crash an wabash avenue and you are using the jfx no delays abo it will besy side heading into the city. that construction not really having too much open an effect. -- of an effect. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. >>> this morning, police are on the lookout for two suspects who tricked a 75-year-old man out of money and a shotgun. they did it by pretending to be police officers. it happened in the 11 money block of cooks lane -- 1100 block of cooks lane in southwest baltimore. they said they were investigating counterfeit money. >>> another look at weather can traffic coming up in about 30 minutes. now back to "good morning america." ♪ i'm walking on sunshine whoa yeah ♪ >>> trying to be very quiet right there. >> with a tuba. >> oh, he's not playing it because emeril is sneaking around about to surprise one mom who's got her hands very full with a surprise of a lifetime. it is our favorite series all year long, emeril's mother's day breakfast in bed. >> look at him sneaking around. >> very good about this. >> the other 500 people, i might add