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Beautiful woman. >> clearly you all didnt buy into the presence of what a special time it is for women in america yesterday. theres a pathology at work here that we see played out again and again and again with powerful men. and i dont know how to describe it except to say they want what they want when they want it. and i pointed this out to a friend of mine yesterday, a male friend, and he said and how they want it. and this has played out over a long time. in a culture that got embedded in the...

Before we go, on this -- start again. before we go, on this thanksgiving eve, i want to share this. i am thankful that last night i enjoyed a pre-thanksgiving west indian goat, thats right goat, for a thanksgiving feast with the women of leak and watts at a home for pregnant and young moms in the foster system. these incredible young new yorkers go big and they give big and it reminded me that the first thanksgiving brought together people of different worlds and we talk all about thanksgiving d...

Babies born addicted to opioids go into the foster system. each situation is a tragedy and the first lady is doing incredible work to raise awareness about this issue. the president will continue his push to provide tax relief. he will be traveling to harrisburg to deliver remarks and attendance will be hundreds of truckers. they keep our economy moving literally and they are excited about the presidents tax reform plan which will create more jobs and empower workers and families to keep more of...

The foster system. each situation is a tragedy and the first lady is doing incredible work to raise awareness about this important issue. looking ahead to tomorrow, the president will continue his push to provide tax relief to hard working americans. he will be traveling to harrisburg, pennsylvania, to deliver remarks and attendance at the event will be hundreds of truckers. they keep our economy moving, literally, and they are excited about the presidents tax reform plan which will empower work...

Got my back. it says, i am my brothers keeper. weve lived by that motto since we was kids. >> the last connection i got blood relation to my father. im my brothers keeper. know what i mean? i am my brothers keeper. >> before i met ezekiel, the way gabriel used to talk about him, i just assumed that the two were twins. and then when i actually saw them together, the way they were together, they would finish each others sentences, they knew each others histories, they just had such a bond together...

The jail since they were juveniles, growing up in oakland foster homes. >> i just did the math the other day. and so far, ive done eight years and two months. ive been in jail over 20 times, from juvenile hall time as well. first time i was in juvenile hall, when i was 12 years old. >> the first time i went to jail, i was 11 years old. were not even going to count how many times ive been in jail. lets count how many times ive been out of jail. thats easier. from 11 to right now, to 26, ive been ...

County jail during our extended stay shoot there. >> hes in a pissy ass mood today. whats wrong with you, dude? >> tired, bro. >> let this dude sleep, hes starting to piss me off. >> the taylor brothers shared a lot in common. they grew up in oaklands foster care system. they had both joined a gang, but dropped out shortly before we met them. and they told us they were finally ready to give up their revolving-door relationship with jail. >> one of the things about both gabriel and ezekiel was th...

County jail during our extended stay shoot there. >> hes in a pissy ass mood today. whats wrong with you, dude? >> tired, bro. >> let this dude sleep, hes starting to piss me off. >> the taylor brothers shared a lot in common. they grew up in oaklands foster care system. they had both joined a gang, but dropped out shortly before we met them. and they told us they were finally ready to give up their revolving-door relationship with jail. >> one of the things about both gabriel and ezekiel was th...

My girlfriend. >> weve been together our whole lives. you can probably count on one hand how many things i dont know about him. hes my brother. >> weve grown up together, through the foster system and group homes, both our parents are deceased. it came to a point where if he couldnt stay at the group home i was in or foster home i was in, were going to run, were going to meet each other in the same spot. we will sleep in a stolen car together or, excuse my french, i wont tell it on camera, but, ...

Talking to him. and he basically was just the person that gabriel described him to be. >> whats up, bro? >> ezekiel was back in jail due to a probation violation on his original conviction for burglary. he was assigned to the same protective custody unit as gabriel, because he too had recently sworn off gang life. >> we tell each other every day, if i walk by here, point at me and do a little heart to me. im like -- you know, like hes my girlfriend. >> weve been together our whole lives. you can...