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Jails 90-day sober living unit, but the programs director, rob steele, has some bad news. >> we have limited resources. we cant take everybody that wants it. and so we target the sentenced people who we know are being released directly back in our community at the end of that period. we want to make sure that youre going to have enough time to complete the program, and we want to catch you at your tail end of your sentence. >> okay. >> so that you walk out of here in that recovery mode and -- >>...

Then i think were right on track, and then everything caves in again. >> ive been wanting to get off the streets. and i have every opportunity in the world. i have a big support system. i have a wonderful family. its never the right time to go. but i keep looking for the perfect ending, and theres not going to be a perfect ending. ill be dead before theres a perfect ending. coming up -- >> when i first entered the car, i thought he was a jerk. he was an older white man. most of the gentlemen o...

Place. everyone doesnt have the same resource, support system as i was lucky to have. myself and a few others were able to take a visit to share our trauma with the parkland students. we let them knowing that we would support one another, and also realizing that without the proper resourceses this issue of violence will not be solved and we will not stop until we are properly resourced in our communities. so, family, continue the fight for what is right. and since we are family now, i would like...

Things, hanging around a bad crowd. i started to really give up. but theres this principle by dr. king and it states the beloved community is the framework for the future. what that means is how our community is will be affected in the future if we dont make a change. if were not acting like a family now, we wont act like a family in the fewer f pain is in our community now, pain will forever be in our community in the future if we dont make a change. our community has been affected by gun viole...

First step and now that were all here in washington, hopefully the same reaction will happen. >> do you consider the white house to be an ally of yours on this issue? >> some things. like i know president trump was talking about universal background checks, but, you know, there is some people who are, some people who arent, those thats why were talk to them and get them to hear our stories. >> are you back at school? have you been able to go back to class and get any kind of normalcy back in you...

Closer to his elderly mothers home. >> you run this place. >> i follow the regs. >> thats what im saying, thats your decision. >> i follow the regs. >> gilbert was denied the transfer for various infractions. when we shot our "extended stay" series at holman a year later, gilbert was still trying to get his transfer. >> bobby had a very close relationship with his mother. for her to visit him, it took a lot. it took money. it took time. none of which she had. i think she was his sole support sys...

China and other countries across the board on trade and is trying to use this as a bludgeon to get those. >> what is this ultimately all about, jill? is it about fulfilling a campaign promise, is it more trying to get political gains particularly for the next election cycle? >> its all of those things, and as brian said, trying to gain leverage. the president is working to renegotiate the nafta deal and looking for leverage here against canada. and hes trying -- right now the president is in thi...

Trip. or understaonce you arrive theru have no support system and youve gotten there illegally, it is essentially endless, the miss are theyre under. >> yeah, youre living in the shad shadows. nima, thank you. >> thank you. slow down for. put the phone away, and use a knife and fork for. and with panera catering, its food worth sharing. panera. food as it should be. so we know how to cover almost iweve anything.st everything even a "red-hot mascot." [mascot] hey-oooo!

Guarantees. a lot of these women end up still in prostitution, still in forced sex slavery, because when they get there, the gangs say, well, you still owe us for this trip. or once you arrive there and you have no support system and youve gotten there illegally, it is essentially endless, the misery theyre under. >> yeah, youre living in the shadows. nima, thank you. >> thank you. (upbeat string music) - [narrator] at custom ink, we make it easy for you to create custom t-shirts and other appar...

You are either with us or you are against us. >> this is about us begging for our lives. this isnt about the gop, the democrats. this is about us creating a badge of shame for any politicians accepting money from the nra and using us as collateral. >> we have sat around for too long being inactive in our political climate. as a result, children have died. it is time for us to stand up, take action and hold our elected officials responsible. if our elected officials arent willing to stand up and ...