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>> the mississippi i perceived is not the mississippi that ive had in my head. i was surprised how sold i was off the bat. if you want to write, come to oxford. >> you think thats true? well, apparently, yes. >> like that line in barton fink, you cant throw a rock without hitting a writer? then he says, do me a favor, throw it hard. [ laughter ] >> its easy to look at mississippi and go that just happens down there, so were good, our hands are clean. its a totally misperceived place. when i came...

Im in here, you know. i cant write -- well, i could write him, but its just difficult, you know. i didnt want him to get a letter with orange county jail stamped on it. >> i look for articles about over there to see. every time i see the newspaper, losing 11, 10 men, i dont know if its my boy. its not been easy. >> rivas says she loves her son but has admittedly not been there for him over the years. she was often more focused on drugs than family. >> i was getting high one way or another from 9...

It doesnt jibe with the whole stranger danger concept. we want to put this risk and threat outside our families. we want to pretent $some creepy horrible duggars. steads demonstrate whats likely to happen when someone is assaulted by someone they know. what we see from the religious rite is this -- gay couples who want to marry present a threat to the institution of marriage. its not straight couples who are committing adultery or telling themselves lies about adultery or divorcing that theyre a...

Francis elevated four nuns to sainthood. two are especially notable because of where they came from. allen pizzey reports on this. >> reporter: the service today had both a religious an political edge. pope francis wanted it to bolster persecuted christian communities in the middle east. they make up now less than 2% of the population of the holy land. sisters miriam bawardry and marie alphonsine ghattas were the first saints from 19th century palestine since the days of the apostles. inspired b...

Significance for askey, who is serving 25 years to life under californias three strikes law. >> i almost killed somebody during a burglary back in 1985. if they would have died, i may have been up there. thats pretty heavy right there. ♪ on a cold december morning a million miles out to sea ♪ ♪ stare down at a letter from my wife and kids to me ♪ >> why do you write such sad songs? >> i dont know. i dont know, actually. i really dont have an answer for that. they feel good to write, thou...

Let me know if you need anything. >> a lot of love. do whatever you go. stay out of trouble. >> love you. >> see you later, man. it straight idiot, man. if i could hit him in his mouth, i would. >> while harrison was waiting for a disciplinary hearing, he got an additional write up for slapping another inmate. as a result of the two infractions, harrison lost 180 days of good time and given a year and a half in segregation. that means he will be separated from the general population, including t...

Record for a painting sold at auction. this pablo picasso piece from 1955, a tribute to matisse is listed at $140 million. it is expected to go for much more than that. the painting last sold to an anonymous buyer for under 32 million. britains princess charlotte isnt the only royal baby getting attention this week. meet prince jacques and princess gabriela of monaco. they were baptized today. the children of prince albert an princess charlene and the grandchildren of grace kelly. still ahead, a...

Whether or baby or a baby lives were already created. a lot of the question is why dont you move on and meet somebody else. no doubt id love to do that. doesnt matter two lives have already been created. i wouldnt toss them aside. >> why is the press allowing somebody to invent things and create press for himself? hes not an actor. hes not a celebrity. its like why? >> why, ill tell you why. the media doesnt care about the embryo. the couple signed an agreement requiring mutual consent to bring ...

Cinco, five cubans caught spying in the u.s. washington wanted american contractor alan gross freed from a cuban jail. cuban cardinal jaimy or tega and pet rick leahey had been on the case for years. >> we knew the president was going to meeting with pope francis at the vatican. and i thought, "hmmm..." >> reporter: cardinal ortega used a diplomatic courier to take a note from senator leahy to the pope asking him to intervene on humanitarian grounds, a few days later francis told obama that reso...

Timz timz piece defended it. >> it was no different than a tip that we received from any potential source. there were no agreements as to what we were write. there was no agreement as to when we would write it or what we would not write about. so the idea that we were -- somehow struck a deal with him is really false. i mean we accepted this is a tip in the same way that i receive them interest all ends of the partisan political spectrum. joining me is peter sha wiser. welcome to you. >> thanks ...