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Trying new way to cut down on distracted drivers, what it does scanners that can detect the radio signals that are put out by phone when it is in use. theyll detect that and if they think youre on your cell phone making a call, youll see a flashing sign that will tell you, hey, stop making this call but the only problem here is that it cant detect if it is a passenger using the phone or the driver, so thats one issue but it will be interesting to see down the road if this does cut down on distra...

Very, very hard to present themselves as the most pro-trump candidate, something that will be tested in a general election against joe donnelly, the sitting democratic senator in indiana. >> earlier, i said that blankenship was a convicted felon. i was wrong. he was charged with a felony. he was cleared of everything except a misdemeanor. that is what he went to prison for, for just over a year. thank you, garrett haake. were going to be covering the primary races all day tomorrow. up next, ti...

Participating in disturbances, assault or attempted assault on staff. yes, maam, mr. troy wagner has a quite lengthy disciplinary history. >> wagner says his latest outburst was prompted by his desire to be moved to another housing unit. he says other inmates were harassing him because he is a sex offender. >> the best thing is to keep it to yourself and not tell somebody what youre in prison for, because you tell people what youre in prison for, then they go around telling other inmates and oth...

Restrictive conditions in the close management unit, but staff say even that is no guarantee hes under control. >> troy wagner has a fairly extensive disciplinary history, probably close to 50 charges. sex acts, several counts. destruction of state property, disorderly conduct, disobeying regulations, mail violations, disrespect to officials, refusing to work, fighting, telephone violations, tampering with safety devices, participating in disturbances, assault or attempted assault on staff. yes,...

Disrespect to officials, refusing to work, fighting, telephone violations, tampering with safety devices, participating in disturbances, assault or attempted assault on staff. yes, maam, mr. troy wagner has a quite lengthy disciplinary history. >> wagner says his latest outburst was prompted by his desire to be moved to another housing unit. he says other inmates were harassing him because he is a sex offender. >> the best thing is to keep it to yourself and not tell somebody what youre in priso...

Patton had previously released a statement saying their client was looking forward to her day in court because mrs. couch had not violated any state laws in texas. meantime, her son ethan remained in a detention facility outside of mexico city tonight where he continues to fight his deportation from mexico to the united states, greta. >> casey, thank you. and just about everyone has anmç opinion about stephen avery. he spent 18 years in the slammer and then released because he never committed t...

Regulations, mail violations, disrespect to officials, refusing to work, fighting, telephone violations, tampering with safety devices, participating in disturbances, assault or attempted assault on staff. yes, maam, mr. troy wagner has a quite lengthy disciplinary history. >> wagner says his latest outburst was prompted by his desire to be moved to another housing unit. he says other inmates were harassing him because he is a sex offender. >> the best thing is to keep it to yourself and not tel...

There that government has created that have led to this dramatic increase in our prison population? >> yeah. thats a pretty fundamental question, lawrence. if we go back to the early 1970s, our prisons held about 100,000 people on any given day that were locked up. that was 0.1 of 1% of the population were locked up back in the 1970s. these days if we look at the prison population, its about 500 per 100,000. so were five times larger than we were 40 years ago or so. and this has largely been dri...

The old fashioned idea and real idea about kids falling under some bad influences. what are the larger dynamics out there that government has created that have led to this dra mamatic increase in our pr population? >> yeah. thats a pretty fundamental question, lawrence. if we go back to the early 1970s, our prisons held about 100,000 people on any given day that were locked up. that was 0.1 of 1% of the population were locked up back in the 1970s. these days if we look at the prison population, ...

>> i think its a line you have to walk down. i think there is some value in saying this is the reality of it. here it is. its in your face. >> this is the discussion going on in the newsrooms this week. thank you for having it. frank and bill, stick around. well come back to you later in the hour. an update on a couple other stories. these are stories that, like the tragic events in virginia, remind us of the risk journalists face every day. in cairo, egypt yesterday, three journalists were th...