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There tonight. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> cruzs plea deal will result in a maximum of four years in prison on his charge of drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. his final sentence will be issued in an upcoming hearing, but for now, cruz is busy making his presence known in his new unit. >> yeah, yeah. whats up, old-timer? how you doing? all right. whats up with you? >> three days later, things seem anything but good between him and michael bates, who has just hear...

Hes now in a holding cell waiting for transportation to court. where he will be sentenced for drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. >> im staying close by the door in case there is a way out of this [ bleep ]. >> as the men wait, the group of female inmates also headed to court, enters the holding area, and cruz has something to say. >> thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. and i aint scared. im going to tell you. >> but about an hour later in the courtroom, cruz takes a more som...

Instead of sending me to -- i done research on what rehabilitation -- that meant and it says to make better. i want to be a better drug user. i want to be a better person. >> now its the prosecutors turn to give her account of cruzs past 16 years. >> in 1997 burglary and defiant -- 2000 possession with intent to distribute a dangerous possession in a school zone. pled guilty. unlawful possession of firearms. possession of a defaced fireman. he pled guilty. 2004. threats to kill. threats of viole...

The speed limit 30 miles an hour in the school zone. the school bus was at capacity with 37 children on the bus. not one had been dropped off yet. the driving history of walker will be a focus of the investigation. we know he became a school bus driver in april and crashed in september side swiping a car. no one was injured in that accident. we reached out to the mother of johnthony walker who tells us he is a good person and father of a 3-year-old who worked two jobs. he called his mother after...

The driver of the school bus was not traveling on the right route. cnns nick valencia has more. >> reporter: this is going to be a devastatingly sad holiday for a number of people in chattanooga. the family members of the victims of the crash not expecting this holiday week to go that way. we can tell you the investigation focusing on johnthony walker. charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. we know from initial reports is he was driving well above the speed limit. that is according to p...

Him, whats wrong with you? the first thing that came out of my mouth is, youre in a school zone. >> i was like, calm down, lets see what hes got to say. >> jessica is outraged when the suspected tried to flee. >> i kicked the doors, im like, youre not going to run away from this, no. i actually told charles, im like, grab him because hes trying to run. i just grabbed his suspenders and hang on for dear life. >> he was like, let me go. she was like, no, you hit my car. >> even the news anchors ar...

Youll see out january 1st. this is a tablet but for little kids. >> we know kids are swiping before their speaking. they love the devices. but there are tablets made just for those little hands. this is the little scholar by school zone created by a teacher. this covers three grades of content. you have pre-k, kindergarten and first grade. there are 200 apps built in. kids are following their grade level. parents can see their progress and you never have to buy anything else. its all included. >...

You can see yourself to help me instead of sending me to -- i done research on what rehabilitation -- that meant and it says to make better. i want to be a better drug user. i want to be a better person. >> now its the prosecutors turn to give her account of cruzs past 16 years. >> in 1997 burglary and defiant -- 2000 possession with intent to distribute a dangerous possession in a school zone. pled guilty. unlawful possession of firearms. possession of a defaced fireman. he pled guilty. 2004. t...

>> the only person cruz might square off with today is his judge. hes now in a holding cell waiting for transportation to court. where he will be sentenced for drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. >> im staying close by the door in case there is a way out of this [ bleep ]. >> as the men wait, the group of female inmates also headed to court, enters the holding area, and cruz has something to say. >> thicker than a bowl of oatmeal. and i aint scared. im going to tell you. ...

Changed based on his sentence, so he went to medium. he is going to be transferred there tonight. >> thank you. i appreciate that. >> cruzs plea deal will result in a maximum of four years in prison on his charge of drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. his final sentence will be issued in an upcoming hearing, but for now, cruz is busy making his presence known in his new unit. >> yeah, yeah. whats up, old-timer? how you doing? all right. whats up with you? >> three days la...