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I see, i recognize this generation seeing this as two entirely different words, and i also recognize their perhaps sense of pride and pleasure in having power over a word that they know that they can say that white people cant say. so theres -- its a very complex -- its -- no other word in our language has been this loaded, and weve seen black youth culture take words that were negative and turn them around like dope, ill, and gangster are three of my favorite words to explain something good. so...

A different attachment to the word. i see, i recognize this generation seeing this as two entirely different words, and i also recognize their perhaps sense of pride and pleasure in having power over a word that they know that they can say that white people cant say. so theres -- its a very complex -- its -- no other word in our language has been this loaded, and weve seen black youth culture take words that were negative and turn them around like dope, ill, and gangster are three of my favorite...

Loaded, and weve seen black youth culture take words that were negative and turn them around like dope, ill, and gangster are three of my favorite words to explain something good. so we have this as a historic tradition of black youth culture taking language and turning it on its head and making the generation clutch pearls and cool but no word is like this word. >> andre, you made a decision to personally not use the "n" word. so why is that important to you? >> because i formed an attachment a...

At kentucky state penitentiary, some inmates can apprentice in an auto body shop. at rikers island jail, a bakery churns out nearly 90,000 loaves of bread per week while teaching inmates how to bake. in many of the prisons profiled on "lockup," inmates have opportunities to learn skills that can help them find work on the outside. but all too many spend their time honing skills more suitable to mayhem and murder. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times over some dope in front of the chow hall. >> i took...

>> im going to stay here until it is time to go home and they open the door and say good-bye. of course, im going to leave out of here with maybe enough money to live off of for a week. im not going to be able to support myself so eventually will lead me back to selling dope and if im selling dope im going to indulge in dope i sell. one thing leads to the other and im back in the life i was in before i -- yeah.

Essentially already happened. its just about impossible where you are or i am to walk out of one of these studios smoking a dubee, get arrested, prosecuted and put behind bars for personal possession of pot. thats really not the problem. the medical marijuana issue, we got this brilliant dr. sanjay gupta talking about potential medical uses of marijuana. by the way you can already get marinol, fda approved marijuana in a pill form, thc. we need a new debate. we clearly dont want increasing numbe...

One is suing him an the mayor battling the city council over who should pay legal bills. joining us our san francisco former prosecutor jim hammer and miami defense lawyer ted williams and bernie grimm. why does he think the legal bills should be paid by the city? >> sure because he worked for the city. he said the city never game him -- ted are you listening? sexual harassment training. gu to class. i went before. not that i was forced to go. but i went. the important thing is i dont need to go...

>> drew, were seeing some of these clinics suspended and shut down. >> i think the state senator is onto something. it needs to be taken out of the agencies overseeing this, to have an independent audit, to look at the big picture of what is happens in terms of oversight. the investigators found the fraud, nothing was done. thats the bottom line as far as our reporting. as for whether or not the state, these agencies, the health agency is now serious about it, tomorrow night youll see how hard i...

What it was doing to her. >> right. i mean, thats -- that was one of the most amazing parts, again. i didnt know that this was, you know, her first appearance publicly since the situation, till, you know, later on after, because we really didnt think nothing of it at the time. i mean, we met her backstage. we took pictures, we hugged. you know, and everything. and it was, like, yo, you guys want to join me, you know, on the side of the stage and all of that, youre more than welcome. and they did...

We took pictures, we hugged. you know, and everything. and it was, like, yo, you guys want to join me, you know, on the side of the stage and all of that, youre more than welcome. and they did. you know, just bringing her up to show her some love. again, it was just a moment of, yo, you know, were here, i just wanted to say, yo, how inspired i am by your courage and everything. and i would be honored if, you know, you came up here and, you know, sung "just a dream" with me. she expressed she was...