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In august 2014, the 45-year old former assistant states attorney found himself standing in a courtroom. this time as a defendant at his own arraignment. >> having to appear in a courtroom that i had served as a prosecutor, and dressed in -- in stripes and -- and having my -- my hands and my feet shackled. those were some really some low times. >> reporter: married just eight months wife number threes commitment "for better or for worse" was immediately put to the test. >> my husband, who is kind...

When we saw the spike there, and through a constructive engagement we prevailed on the mexican government, and this is a conversation that i had with my counter part, to step up their border security on their southern border which is a smaller and more discreet border. we saw that by august 2014 the crisis was nearly over and they kept that added security in place for at least the next year but their budget was stretched to do so, and we saw the second lowest number of apprehensions. so the mexi...

Counter pa counterpart and it was a president to president conversation. we saw a downturn in the numbers after that. by august 2014, the spike was pretty much over and the numbers stayed for low for the next year. 2015 was the second lowest number we saw since 1972. there are things the mexican government can be doing with our help, with our encouragement but through constructive engagement with that country. >> let me you this. last night the acting homeland security secretary when they were b...

Joining me is his mother, diana foley. appreciate your time. >> good morning, thank you. >> talking a little bit about your son. he was working as a freelance war correspondence. he is a humanitarian as well as was abducted on november 22, 2012, and that happened in northwestern syria, right? >> yes. he was held hostage nearly two years before he was killed. >> he was killed in august 2014 as a response to the american airstrikes in iraq. in terms of the president and what he mentioned yesterday...

Ponder. >> reporter: though a jury would soon be pondering curtis guilt or innocence. in august 2014, the 45-year-old former assistant states attorney found himself standing in a courtroom. this time as a defendant at his own arraignment. >> having to appear in a courtroom that i had served as a prosecutor, and dressed in -- in stripes and -- and having my -- my hands and my feet shackled. those were some really some low times. >> reporter: married just eight months wife number threes commitment...

Absolutely necessary to turn around a culture thats historically been oppressive. >> it costs a lot. >> theres no cost to justice. there really is not anything too expensive to preserve the rights of people. >> reporter: for leslie mcspadden, reform is personal. her sons killing revealed widespread abuse in ferguson. now shes hoping to change the system from within by running for city council. >> ive had to deal with the tear gas. ive had to deal with the racist cops, the disgusting comments in ...

Necessary to turn around a culture thats his foredly been oppressive. >> it costs a lot. >> theres no cost to justice. there really is not anything too expensive to preserve the rights of people. >> reporter: for leslie mcspadden, reform is personal. her sons killing revealed-wide spread abuse in ferguson. now shes hoping to change the system from within, by running for city council. >> ive had to deal with the tear gas, the racist cops, the disgusting comments in ferguson, full of children, its...

Around a culture thats to historically been oppressive. >> it costs a lot. >> theres no cost to justice. there really is not anything too expensive to preserve the rights of people. >> reporter: for leslie mcspadden, reform is personal. her sons killing revealed widespread abuse in ferguson. now shes hoping to change the system from within by running for city council. >> ive had to deal with the tear gas. ive had to deal with the racist cops, the disgusting comments in ferguson. for our children...

>> reporter: for leslie mcspadden, reform is personal. her sons killing revealed-wide spread abuse in ferguson. now shes hoping to change the system from within, by running for city council. >> ive had to deal with the tear gas, the racist cops, the disgusting comments in ferguson, full of children, its important that we secure their futures, that we try to restore the trust between the community and the police department. >> reporter: when you think about you becoming part of this political pro...

Actualizing these reforms is necessary to turn around a culture thats his foredly been oppressive. >> it costs a lot. >> theres no cost to justice. there really is not anything too expensive to preserve the rights of people. >> reporter: for leslie mcspadden, reform is personal. her sons killing revealed-wide spread abuse in ferguson. now shes hoping to change the system from within, by running for city council. >> ive had to deal with the tear gas, the racist cops, the disgusting comments in fe...