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I didnt even get to finish. ugh, see you next commerc... the macys thanksgiving day parade had its triumphant return to the streets of new york, returning to its pre-pandemic form. >> weve waited all year and actually last year too. it is officially arrived. >> the largest celebration of thanksgiving in our country. lets go. >> so get ready for new yorks annual gift to america, the macys thanksgiving day parade. >> awesome to watch this morning. a big hit this year, the debut of the new baby y...

Key. critics say that has been our countries approach to crime for far too long. the the question whether mass incarceration is keeping us any safer. and, what lengthy prison terms mean for many of the more than 2 million americans behind bars. lester holt spent three days in one of the nations toughest penitentiarys, and this is what he witnessed. heres his special report, life inside. >> life at angola prison isnt what you might imagine. the vast majority live just like this. more than 80 men ...

Sleeping on bunk beds. but ill be staying on a unit next to death row for high risk offenders or in my case, a high profile guest. >> were going to go down the tier here. >> my home will be on a tier called ccr or closed cell restriction. the men here are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. im given sheets, slippers and some toiletries and shown to my cell. >> cell 11, go ahead in, please. go ahead, close. naturally phones arent allowed. all i have is my journal, a pen, a novel, my watch and a...

This. more than 80 men in open dorms sleeping on bunk beds. but ill be staying on a unit next to death row for high risk offenders or in my case, a high profile guest. >> were going to go down the tier here. >> my home will be on a tier called ccr or closed cell restriction. the men here are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. im given sheets, slippers and some toiletries and shown to my cell. >> cell 11, go ahead in, please. go ahead, close. naturally phones arent allowed. all i have is my jo...

Resolved for high risk offenders. no other area at this prison is more secure, which is why its also housing a high profile guest. i spent three days, two nights at the louisiana state penitentiary better than known as angola, not to play prisoner, but to get a deeper understanding of this uniquely american crisis. mass incarceration. as journalists we know that to get to the heart of something you have to get inside it. the man behind these bars are locked in 23 hours a day like my neighbor, wi...

Virtually unrestricted and at times i was not in the immediate sight of officers. very few of the roughly 6,000 inmates here live behind bars as we traditionally think of prisons. in fact, most of them, about 80%, live in open dorms like this, bunk bets like you would see in a barracks. >> we going to go down the tier here. >> but for security reasons i wont be staying in a dorm. instead, im brought to this cell block reserved for high risk offenders. in my case, a high profile guest. >> cell 11...

Into? >> no. they find out it is totally different once they get behind -- angola is totally different. >> angola or the louisiana state penitentiary is a former slave plantation. i spent three days here. on the inside my access was virtually unrestricted and at times i was not in the immediate sight of officers. very few of the roughly 6,000 inmates here live behind bars as we traditionally think of prisons. in fact, most of them, about 80%, live in open dorms like this. bunk beds like you woul...

Playing american reporters was the seconds thing mr. trump tweeted about russia. both of them seemed favorable enough. and thats just one day after he announce he would listen to high ranking intelligence officials who have expressed tremendous confidence that russia was responsible for interference with the american election. mr. trump today had 10 meetings and there seemed to be as big a focus on finding the next agriculture secretary as any other day during the transition. one of the four rem...

Was the seconds thing mr. trump tweeted about russia. both of them seemed favorable enough. and thats just one day after he announce he would listen to high ranking intelligence officials who have expressed tremendous confidence that russia was responsible for interference with the american election. mr. trump today had 10 meetings and there seemed to be as big a focus on finding the next agriculture secretary as any other day during the transition. one of the four remaining cabinet positions un...

Now to president obama beyond thehe presidency. he played it with future plans but today were getting a look. reporting on the high profile guest at the white house earlier this year where he talked about his post 2016 plans. it was a star-studded hemeeting that included eva longoria and tony morrison. "the times" say the plans involve a $1 billion presidential library and hell focus on issues of criminal justice, race relations and foreign diplomacy. its a serious agenda. a far car from the per...