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Joining me with now a retired commander with marshall service. leny you said you guys were going to get him. one down one to go. what did you make in the news conference? what could you glean from what they were saying and werent? >> lets hope he is contained in that perimeter. i know it is a tense time right now for law enforcement. aviation supports up, radio communications. it is getting dark. if he is in the perimeter i am hoping this goes down quietly. here is a guy that if he is captured a...

Joining me with now retired commander with marshall service. leny you said you guys were going to get him. one down one to go. what did you make in the news conference? what could you glean from what they were saying and werent? >> lets hope he is contained in that perimeter. i know it is a tense time right now for law enforcement. aviation supports up, radio communications. it is getting dark. if he is in the perimeter i am hoping this goes down quietly. here is a guy that if he is captured ali...

Down and you really listen, off the unit, when he thinks you cant hear him talking, some of the things he talks about, negative toward staff, when a staff person was assaulted by another offender he was applauding. thats a telltale sign hes not ready to go in to the general population. >> i dont want to lose my mind on a unit like this. i dont want to physically begin to deteriorate where i cant get no help. so im saying, i want to actually be given an opportunity to do something progressive wit...

Court is back in session on monday. the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing trial. the jury is considering if the suspect will be sentenced to death or life behind bars. we look at the prison where he could spend the rest of his life. a super max. >> super max is what its called. its the united states administrative maximum facility known as adx or super max. lets take you inside. its described as the most restrictive prison in the federal system here. take a look. inmates spend 23 hour...

Can see. 12 feet along this way by seven feet here. you see here this slit? thats a single four inch window. thats all they get. they have a shower bathroom and a door over here. also kind of surprising to some especially when considered a clean version of hell. in this cell at least a black and white television. theres a toilet and also a mirror here thats a metal mirror. its not glass. interesting. this is again 23 hours of solitaire confinement is where theyll spend that. lets look at notorio...

Mercedes and let your family go back and forth to the country from which you claim political asylum? by the way, jihadi mom, you and your husband left the country just before the bombing and never returned. did you know what was coming? now you all seem to share the same family values -- greed, thievery and hatred of america. if youre such a great mother and your family is so good, why not bring your criminal daughters home with you and rid us of the stain on america? but back to the original qu...

They gave lot of responsibility to their prison mer to mimic what real life would be like. roughly speaking, countries that do that have about a 10% recidivism rate, meaning criminals that will return to prison again. in the u.s. its roughly 50% because we are not doing -- we have cut work programs, education programs to help these criminals reintegrate into the world. were harming ourselves. 95% of people held in solitaire confinement will return to the world someday. >> and thats the law and o...

Probably just got done with a visit or seeing his attorney. he was on his way back. he knew hed get out. he should have had shackles on, piers. he was a violent criminal, he was arrested for aggravated battery. what was he doing in that area with one guard, no shackles. he should have been standing, looking at the wall while talking. >> a question about ariel castro, what kind of life will he face in prison given the scale of his behavior? oh, my prediction there will be a conspiracy within the ...

A ballet director in january. despite the confession, he said the attack was not intended to the extent that it happened. a 59-year-old man who spent 22 months in solitaire confinement was awarded $15.5 million this week for his suffering. he was arrested in new mexico for a drunk driving incident but was never tried. and his attorney said the county forgot about him. while in jail, he developed fungus on his face, tooth decay and significant weight loss. in a statement on thursday, the county s...

With the u.s. >> the men who were convicted of spying say they were in solitaire confinement, and that they often heard screams from other prisoners. european markets are trimming their losses this morning after a weekend meeting of the imf exposed tensions between finance ministers looking to stem the fallout of europes debt crisis. steve sedgwick is live in london with more. good morning. how is it looking? >> its looking good. a very good morning to you and your viewers. coming into this se...