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Has been struggling with high blood sugar for years. >> i went to the doctor they said you know the numbers you have been dealing with since you were 36? you have graduated. you have type ii diabetes, young man. >> hanks appeared slim and fit on the show said he was advised to shed some pounds to control the chronic condition. >> taxpayers across the country now stopped paying for prisoners healthcare all thanks to obama care. the cost will be shifted from local to county budgets to medicaid and...

William la jeunesse live in los angeles with that story. william? >> reporter: well, jon, you know, because of their drug and alcohol problems and mental health issues, this is a very expensive population to treat. now, in the past states and counties paid the majority of medical bills for inmates, parolees and ex-cons. now, however, theyre busy making sure every inmate entering and exiting prison are signed up for obamacare, allowing them to shift those medical expenses to the federal governmen...

You spent time behind bars myself. >> im an example of a person who has been there, done that. you can see the accomplishments that people like us can make. >> he works with charles and randy fisher of the hip hop summit youth counsel. >> its about coming up with solutions. you have to hire people that are incarcerated and used to carry guns. those are the best people qualified for the job. >> he believes his ex-cons prevented homicides for over a year. and shootings for the past month. this int...

You spent time behind bars myself. >> im an example of a person who has been there, done that. you can see the accomplishments that people like us can make. >> he works with charles and randy fisher of the hip hop summit youth counsel. >> its about coming up with solutions. you have to hire people that are incarcerated and used to carry guns. those are the best people qualified for the job. >> he believes his ex-cons prevented homicides for over a year. and shootings for the past month. this int...

Thats important. >> chief force, how important is it to reach kids when theyre young, before they start committing crimes. are you hoping maybe other ex-cons will do the same thing? >> well, far too often, anna. we see young people enter the criminal justice system and that churns away. theyre in it, back out oift, in it, back out of it, if they can get that message early on and realize. and what mr. lawton brings to this is true credibility. i can sit and tell a kid how bad prison is going to b...

Record highs, housiing recovering, unemployment falling but much of black america left behind. >> what we see everyday is people struggling to put food on the table. >> reporter: at 13.7%, african-american unemployment is more than double the rate for whites. martin allen is trying to change that in his low income brooklyn community after turning his own life around. >> i was in prison, finishing up a sentence. i saw my stepson come through the same prison walls that i was in. right then, someth...

Their crimes range from robbery to murder. the bioin at least one of them reads squeaky clean, fails to mention he was locked up for murder. we reached out for a comment, but she has not called us back. >> steve: maybe if one of the ex-cons did, they could as well. >> brian: if shes used to make one phone call, maybe well be it. >> steve: meanwhile, youre out of a job, i guarantee it. >> the way you look. i guarantee it. >> steve: how many times have you seen these commercials? that guy, the fou...

Of rehabilitating felons at all. >> alisyn: important point she has paid her debt to society. she was in prison for 22 years. they need doo need to be employed. people who get out of prison in this country cant just become indigent and homeless. they do need to be employed. he was saying she has turned her life around. there is something to redemption if thats what she is teaching. >> she can work at wendys like most ex-cons or do landscaping. the idea that she would get a job at an ivy league c...

Journal." be sure to check in this weekend when he hosts the journal editorial report, saturday, 2:00 park m eastern on fox news channel. jenna: coming up next from jail to a job. ex-cons learning new skills to help them succeed after a life behind bars. a closer look at an inspiring program coming up in a live report. and beer is flowing across the country today, and its not just because its friday, people, its for a whole other reason. our next guest says the craft beer boom in this country is...

Crime was reported. investigators are an is looking fingerprints and dna evidence found inside the home and theyre talking to ex-cons in the area. >> we want to report that the members the county sheriffs office, california state patrol and sheriffs department completed contacted many cases searching all known sex offenders and paroles in the area where this crime took place. >> reporter: yesterday the coroner listed her cause of death as shock and hemorrhaging from multiple stab wounds. there w...