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Abroad. here to discuss it former army captain served in iraq thanks for joining us. >> you wrote a piece in the "new york post" so interesting and sad. pointing out that hundreds of army captains have received pink slips while serving abroad. >> >> we expect a wind down, a force reduction. as we come to the close of wars. we have never in the history of our country been a force reduction concurrently fighting the war. we are still in afghanistan. so 1100 captains receiving word they are going t...

Hospital in fresno, california. it is apologizing for blocking this channel. a veteran brought it to our attention of the local fox affiliate. >> i know fox has been heavy on the government things especially the va scandal. >> the hospital spokespurpose confirmed that fox was blocked from the waiting area and said it was all a misunderstanding. glad we cleared it up. >> a police force, and the pentagon with a deal too good to be refused. they are giving away military trucks. the move is drawing ...

Somebody is fighting, they lock us down. >> its changed from the way it used to be. people getting killed, getting raped. things like that. they got a hold of the penitentiary now so it aint really like it used to be. >> inmates and staff agree, the reforms make stateville much safer. what they disagree about is the price prisoners have had to pay. thats next on msnbcs "lockup: stateville." oftentimes stateville appears deserted. only the ever present guards in their towers break up the otherw...

Or not for a very long time. but a few will. >> hello there. >> this is neil bells last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, hes finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions rachet up. >> im pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. the last weeks the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it...

>> hello there. >> this is neil bells last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, hes finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions rachet up. >> im pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. the last weeks the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it brings him that much closer to freedom. >> d...

You truly have. the gang leaders had those kinds of articles. we took that away and put inmates in correctional industry blue pants and t-shirts and made everybody look the same. when you make everyone look the same, it takes away that status. >> the reforms didnt happen overnight. but they did happen. the administration held the key card. if the inmates didnt toe the line, if there was any sign of trouble, the entire prison went under lockdown, a condition where prisoners dont leave their cells...

Give them a chance for hope and a new life. bless you. >> a weekly religious service, contemplation, reading, these are a few opportunities inmates at stateville have to somehow reach beyond the bars, the guards, and the prison walls. most will not see the outside ever again. or not for a very long time. but a few will. >> hello there. >> this is neil bells last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, hes finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery...

But a few will. >> hello there. >> this is neil bells last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, hes finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions rachet up. >> im pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. the last weeks the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it brings him that much closer ...

In office. he has had some national security victories. he has wind down -- took us out of war in iraq, is winding down in afghanistan, all of the things he wanted and campaigned on that liberals wanted him to do, he has done. so where is the division here? >> so what we found is a lot of progressives totally agree with the presidents attestment of the problem. nobody wants president assad to be doing what he is doing to his people, chemical weapons and even the hundreds of thousands of people w...

Or not for a very long time. but a few will. >> hello there. >> this is neil bells last day in his cell at stateville. despite one stretch in the segregation unit, hes finishing up a two-year sentence for aggravated battery. as the final hours wind down, his emotions ratchet up. >> im pretty anxious. been waiting for a while. last weeks the longest. just ready to go home, be with my family. >> sunrise brings what for everyone else at stateville will just be another day. but for inmate bell it br...