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Opportunity to go to washington, d.c. on a fellowship. i started working for the junior senator from illinois whos now the president of the united states. i was a teacher who was working in the white house in an amazing role. and an amazing opportunity. now im back in the classroom. i decided thats where my passion is. i just want to second everyones comments. its really hard. one of the things thats amazing is how little credibility many teachers have in the washington, d.c. policy world. >> wh...

>> i was a fellowship, a man who share our experience, strength and hope that we might solve our common problem and hopefully to recover from the sexual addiction. the only requirement for membership is the desire to stop compulsive sexual behavior. >> besides going to lockup, inmates caught exposing themselves must also attend sex and love addicts meetings. moderated by a staff counselor, theyre similar to alcoholics anonymous meetings. >> i used to tell myself, there aint no problem with me. g...

>> few events in life can motivate somebody to find religion like a life sentence. >> you know, you hear a lot of people who come to prison and say, oh, i found god. well, i did. >> robert fryes religious conversion came only after he found himself on death row in the penitentiary of new mexico. >> im in for four counts of murder, and im currently serving three life sentences. >> i thought maybe we might do "what a friend we have in jesus." >> today frye is a regular at a prison bible study. the...

Horrible april day. meantime, boston police commissioner edward davis plans to announce his resignation today. >> the boston globe reporting it was widely expected he would seek a more high-profile job because his response to the bombings earned him national praise. the globe reports davis is going to pursue a fellowship at harvard university. a horrific bombing taking place in pakistan during sunday church services. suicide bombers struck as hundreds of people were in church in peshawar. >> u...

They are former gang members, gay men and accused sex offenders. >> they all sit together and its -- its very powerful. >> trust me this is not happening in other houses. but it is happening here. so you ought to be grateful to god he allowed you to be a part of whats happening here. >> they put aside race. they put aside what their crimes and classifications are. the things you just dont see in this institution. >> jimmy silva, known as jimbo is a gang dropout who in the past has followed the c...

Gay men and accused sex offenders. >> they all sit together and its -- its very powerful. >> trust me this is not happening in other houses. but it is happening here. so you ought to be grateful to god he allowed you to be a part of whats happening here. >> they put aside race. they put aside what their crimes or their classifications are. the things you just dont see in this institution. >> jimmy silva, also known as jimbo, is a gang drop-out who in the past has followed the convict code that v...

I would fight. i was very promiscuous. when you allow one thing to happen in your life, you will make a series of lines in the dirt, so to speak. and when youre willing to cross one line, youre willing to cross another and another and another and another till finally you get to a point where youre like, how did i get from there to here? through this fellowship, it has relieved me of those failings. i still have my faults and failures. everybody does, you know? romans 3:23 says we all fall short ...

Everybody sort of rallies around the fact that americans should be targeted. >> you dont think youre held up as sort of the tea party as -- i hear about the tea party whether its reverend jackson, or a member of congress who doesnt like the tea party. you are a fund-raises term for your opponents? >> well, i think so, but, i would raenk the reverend jackson, i would extend the hand of fellowship, i would like him to come to a richmond tea party meeting, if he did, he would open the door and here...

Everybody sort of rallies around the fact that americans should be targeted. >> you dont think youre held up as sort of the tea party as -- i hear about the tea party whether its reverend jackson, or a member of congress who doesnt like the tea party. you are a fund-raises term for your opponents? >> well, i think so, but, i would raenk the reverend jackson, i would extend the hand of fellowship, i would like him to come to a richmond tea party meeting, if he did, he would open the door and here...

Back. live look. i think we have mara. go ahead. we continue to have technical difficulties. we will go back to mara when we are absolutely certain that we have her. we are certain that we have trymaine lee here. i will continue to talk to you. folks arent leaving. folks are staying. the atmosphere today, you know, really as i said earlier, it has been at times like a church service and times very much like a family reunion as well. >> this is the moment where the grandfather is going to take th...