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im craig melvin, and i natalie morales. and this is dateline yeah >> im freaking out i walk in, and my sisters not there. her doors open, her lights are on, her bans on done everything was horrible. and i felt it. as >> she had been fearless on the frontlines in iraq >> pretty amazing. i saw her as like, a reall strong soldier >> but something about her terrified at home. we >> im scared i dont feel safe. >> a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. when >> something made a pr...

And so its not clear to me exactly how this is going to work out, politically, for the likes of pence, say nothing of liz cheney and kinzinger. theyre doing the writing thing, because theyre telling the truth, but, you know, im not yet convinced the republican party is returning to sanity, i dont know if its on that path yet. >> to that point, i dont know if you got a chance to read the entire rnc resolution for our viewers at home, its like a page plus and it is absolutely batty, i mean it begi...

>> zarni: you like it? >> anthony: oh, yeah. its fantastic. >> zarni: yes, yes, fantastic. >> anthony: simple, delicious. things not to be taken for granted if youve been in and out of the joint like this guy, zarni bo, activist, astrologer, and three-times convict. yeah, everyone ive met in this country so far, in fact, has been to prison. it -- it seems, uh -- >> zarni: yes, this happens again and again for us in myanmar. >> anthony: for almost six years? >> zarni: six years, nearly six years....

Been to prison. it -- it seems, uh -- >> zarni: yes, this happens again and again for us in myanmar. >> anthony: for almost six years? >> zarni: six years, nearly six years. >> anthony: about six years. >> zarni: all the judgments are made by the kangaroo court. the navy, army, and the air force, these three officials are sitting all together. they read off, uh, "this is your sentence," like that. >> anthony: right. >> zarni: it happens. only minutes. pst, like that. >> anthony: uh, what is life...

>> zarni: you like it? >> anthony: oh, yeah. its fantastic. >> zarni: yes, yes, fantastic. >> anthony: simple, delicious. things not to be taken for granted if youve been in and out of the joint like this guy, zarni bo, activist, astrologer, and three-times convict. yeah, everyone ive met in this country so far, in fact, has been to prison. it -- it seems, uh -- >> zarni: yes, this happens again and again for us in myanmar. >> anthony: for almost six years? >> zarni: six years, nearly six years....

Other. its very nice. >> anthony: access to books? >> zarni: no book. no writing thing. no paper. no, nothing at all. a mat and a blanket and a plate and a bowl. >> anthony: right. >> zarni: only these are the things that we possess. >> anthony: hows the food, the food in prison? >> zarni: soup. rice with pea soup, only one meat meal for a week. thats on thursday. you know that in prison, it ends in prison. all the fish has no body, only the head and the tail. no middle part. i can look like tha...

Laugh. not sort of chuckle like with bill cosby, but laugh your butt off like phil silvers. i know what funny is. this book is really really really, really funny. >> thank you. >> and i couldnt stop laughing at it. it was outrageous. you got this jewish guy from long island you cant understand how everything could go wrong with his life and yet theres something real about it. tell me this why are you so good at this writing thing and youre supposed to be a politician? politicians cant write. wha...

Tell me this, why are you so good at this writing thing and youre supposed to be a politician? politicians cant write. whats going on here? >> when i was growing up, i wanted to serve in college, be a novelist and play outfield for the mets. i was horrific at baseball. i focused on the other two and it worked. >> this guy, a traveling salesman, spend their day driving around with sales quotas they cant meet, kids that dont respect them, often times a spouse that doesnt like them all that much, a...

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