Over fill the stadium. Built by prisoners, mind you. That seats more than 11,000 people. And lets ride. Wow reporter its an odd mix. Both animals and inmates released from their respective confinements to duel it out. Its both a crowd pleaser and a bit unsettling. The atmosphere reminds you of a state fair. But then theres the guard towers and razor wire. Even the Mississippi River fools you. It meanders its way around this former slave plantation in a very tranquil way. Until you notice the alligators. All right, here we go. Live cow milking. Reporter this place is a nevernding stream of contrasts. Youre not sure whether to cheer or jeer when youre here. Hes digging somebody a grave. Reporter the competitions arent what youd expect at a regular rodeo. Dont move. Reporter take convict poker. Four inmates sit nervously at a card table. A very restless bull picks out a target. Here we go. Reporter he can either take out the whole card table at once or he picks the inmates off one by one. Dont run reporter the last one standing or sitting wins. We want to have this show and no one get hurt and no one be injured and have a good time. Its about a good time. Its not about some sinister brutal thing that happens. This your first one . Yes. Reporter bro king has been angolas warden for 20 years and make the Louisiana State penitentiary seem more like the roman coliseum. How is it not taking advantage of the inmates . Nobody has to do it. Nobody, nobody, nobody. They want to do it. How can i take advantage of you if you want to do it . Do you have any experience like oh, no. Nothing. Never been a cowboy. Reporter theyre all volunteers. Like firsttime cowboy virgil smith. A career criminal whos here for murder. So why do you do this . Money. Yeah . Im broke. Im trying to get a private investigator on my case. Reporter he earns two cents an hour working in the prison field. But he can earn hundreds out in that mud. It doesnt bug you that people are coming out to watch you guys get hurt . Its not really upsetting because you know, people like to see anything thats filled with excitement. Do you ever have any qualms about putting these guys in the arena without any real rodeo training . This is the most important thing. Theyre wearing the flak vests. And then we have hired the very finest rodeo clowns, who you see get between the bull and the guy and save the guys and get the bull to chase them. We have gone to a great extreme to protect them. Reporter in fact, he says most inmates walk away with just minor injuries. God bless america for him a few bumps and bruises is worth it if 50 inmates get a brief reprieve from the hopelessness of prison. Over 80 of angolas inmates will never be free again. Some dont even leave when they die. Theyre buried right here, inside the prison walls. Its like take you away from being incarcerated while being incarcerated. Reporter timothy gaye gaye and aldricklathan are both in for armed robbery. Is it something you guys look forward to all year . Yes indeed. Yes, sir. Theres probably not a lot else to look forward to in here, right . No. Not really. Reporter their victims would likely argue they dont deserve to have something to look forward to. Certainly not those here for the most serious offenses. I took a hit and didnt get a penny. You took a hit and didnt get a penny . Ive got to try to change this because corrections means corrected deviant behavior. Im charged with correcting him. Thats my job. Its not lock and feed and torture and torment. Reporter so the rodeo in his mind is rehabilitation. Helping to give the inmates purpose. Okay. Reporter at the rodeos crafts fair the vendors called trustees having served at least a decade without incident are allowed to sell items they make here. Everything from bowls to rocking chairs. Yeah, well split that. Reporter for many these interactions are the only time they talk with someone from the outside. Ive had a bunch of them just speak. Even though i wasnt even shopping or anything. Actually talk to them as if they were human again. Reporter john sheehan has been locked up here for 28 years for killing his wife. Like for my i. D. I keep my i. D. Just like that. Reporter the rodeo has given him a chance to start a small leatherworks business from behind bars. I had to try to find meaning in my life and purpose for my life. And thats what ive done while ive been incarcerated. Reporter to be sure the rodeo does make money. Whoops. Stay with him. Reporter this year the event is expected to net close to 4 million. Proceeds to fund a host of inmate welfare programs that might otherwise be paid for with tax dollars. Hang on. Reporter but the most tangible effect for the offenders is a chance to be seen in a more positive light. So whats it like to be out there and hear everybody cheering for you . Its wonderful. Its a wonderful feeling. Ive got to be doing something right for them to like me the way they like me. Reporter marlon brown, known as tank, is doing life for murder. Perhaps its no surprise hes champion of the toughest rodeo event of all. Taken the chip 20 times. Thats a record. Reporter its called guts and glory. Here we go. Reporter barehanded inmates try to grab a poker chip thats tied between the horns of a pretty angry bull. When youve got a 2,500pound animal in front of you you cant be worrying about nothing else. Reporter this day was not tanks best. He was run over repeatedly. Whoa. Tank, try to reach in, get the chip. Reporter his last attempt got him thrown into the fence. Got to reach to get it. Reporter the chip flew off, into another inmates hand. He limped out of the arena with a smile. Take a lot. Im glad youre all right. Reporter like so many here he figured he had nothing to lose. Hell never be free, so why not go for it . Whatever you think of the oldest prison rodeo in the country there does seem to be no shortage of willing participants looking to feel free. Even for a few seconds. And pilled cardigans become pets. But its not you, its the laundry. Protect your clothes from stretching, fading, and fuzz. With downy fabric conditioner. It not only softens and freshens, it helps protect clothes from the damage of the wash. So your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. Delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Thats three times longer than the leading cough liquid. All night. There is a new installment of the bestselling series the dork diaries in bookstores this week. The novels have already sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. Chip reid has a look at whats fueling dorkmania. Thats for sarah. Reporter Rachel Renee Russell and her daughters erin and nicki call themselves team dork and they have millions of tweens wrapped around their fingers with the diary of nicki maxwell. Nicki turns dork into something to be proud of as she navigates the trials of middle school with her bffs zoe and chloe, spending most of her time trying to archnemesis and bully. Raise your hand if you are a dork. Can i raise two hands . Can i do jazz hands . Double dork . Yes. What is a dork . A dork is a person who may be considered unusual to others. Theyre very independent. Dork was a very derogatory term, and kids your feelings were hurt if you were called a dork. But since 2009 and the dork diaries coming on the scene its a term of endearment, its a term of empowerment, and its good to be a dork. Reporter its not just the word dork. Theres also dork alicious, adorkable, and dorkify. Ooh, thats my favorite. Thats when i get to draw people in dork diaries style. You dorkify them. Reporter and its all a huge hit with very young fans. Can you all guess who it is . You. Come on up and get your dorkification. Reporter who see themselves as dorks. Lot of life problems. People call me weird but i just youre helping Little School girls. We both thought we were just freaks, but it turns out there are a lot of kids who feel that way. And if i can help them through my trauma ill do it. Reporter as kids erin and nikki were both bullied by their own real mckenzie, and the books are loosely based on their experiences. This is middle school. So this is the inspiration for dork diaries. We made lemonade out of lemons. Reporter those lemons include the event that convinced rachel to put pen to paper. I was married 25 years, and i went through a divorce, and it was pretty traumatic. I basically lost everything, house, cars. Part of my motivation for wanting to write the book was to try to launch into another career and generate some cash. Reporter and it pays off, bigtime. So this is the house that dork built. Yes, it is. And sometimes i pinch myself to make sure im not dreaming. Reporter the writing is collaborative, but nikki is trusted with her namesakes image. What do her eyes tell you about her . I think these eyes tell you that she is funny and that she is outgoing and she is also warm. Reporter rachel says she made nikki white simply because thats how she imagined her when she started writing. Nikkis best friends are africanamerican and latina. All of the books have one big thing in common. You should treat people the way you would want to be treated. The golden rule. Exactly. The golden rule. And if you are treated poorly or bullied, number one, its not your fault. Number two, seek help from an adult. And number three, do not let it get under your skin because you should always let your inner dork shine through. The cbs overnight news will be right back. So why do i do it . Because i get paid. Und. On this side of the glove i know prostate exams can save lives. So, if you are a man over 50, talk to you doctor to see if a prostate exam is right for you. If we can do it, so can you. The owners of a rhode island farmhouse that inspired the horror film the conjuring say the movies turned their life into a nightmare. People coming by day and night snooping around the property, taking selfies, even looking for ghosts. Now theyre planning a lawsuit against Warner Brothers studios. Theres something horrible happening in the house. Could you come take a look . Reporter when the conjuring opened in theaters in 2013, it was a Box Office Hit that raked in 137 million in the u. S. [ screaming ] and terrified audiences worldwide. The film, based on what it claims is a true story, follows two Ghost Hunters in the 1970s investigating the haunted rhode island home of the perrin family. They can come in from any direction. Reporter but its not the supernatural that Norma Sutcliffe is afraid of. The biggest fear is every day we live with the fact we dont know what may happen. Reporter since the films release the 68yearold has been spooked by what court papers describe as a conjuringinstigated siege of their property. Movie fans desperate to see the reallife house that inspired the film. Its right up here on the corner. The internet was bombarded by people actually going around the property filming. We had harassing phone calls in the middle of the night. Theyve had discussions about the idea of destroying the house because its so full of evil. Reporter while Warner Brothers studios obtained the rights to the story from the perrin family, sutcliffe says she didnt know about the film until a friend mentioned it was in production. First youve got to do the truffle shuffle. Reporter fan curiosity is not a new phenomenon. The owners of the oregon house used in the classic 80s film the goonies covered their home in tarp after growing tired of unwanted visitors. And this scene from the tv series breaking bad has attracted dozens of copycats and onlookers. Its a violation of our privacy. But they think they have the right to do it. Reporter sutcliffe is now seeking unspecified monetary damages as well as a stateoftheart Security System from Warner Brothers, the films director, and a litany of codefendants. If anything comes out of this, is to get the industry to understand how they affect real people. And thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and of course cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center right michelle miller. A military blimp goes rogue across two states, knocking out power along the way. Also tonight, the deputy who roughed up a teenage girl is fired. What he should not have done is thrown the student. An investigation into potentially deadly automobile seats. I looked and i realized that there was blood coming out of her face. I knew that Something Else was wrong. And finally tonight, well report from the indian ocean, mozambique island, with a story of slavery youve never heard before. What does a black man see that i cant see . Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. We spent much of the day chasing the news after a military surveillance blimp designed to keep the Nations Capital safe took off on its own. Blimp is on the ground in pennsylvania, but it caused havoc from the heavens and became a social media sensation. Heres chip reid. Reporter the unmanned blimp houses a stateoftheart radar system. After a threeyear test period its supposed to track the skies over the atlantic for incoming cruise missiles. Today what was being tracked was the blimp itself. Around 12 20 p. M. It somehow detached from its mooring at the armys Aberdeen Proving Ground in maryland. It drifted north through pennsylvania for hours, trailed by two f16s, while military minds tried to figure out a way to bring it down. It finally deflated and landed in a wooded area in montour county, pennsylvania in two parts first the tail section, then the rest of it. The blimp is massive, more than 230 feet long, and flew with thousands of feet of its steel tether dangling below, dragging along the ground, knocking into power lines and causing tens of thousands of outages. It was rainy and windy in maryland today but the tether, just over an inch thick, was designed to withstand hurricaneforce winds. In february, soon after it was deployed, captain matt villa told us he had full confidence it wouldnt fail. No, no. There is absolutely no concern. I mean, we really do not worry about the tether. Theres a one in a million chance of that tether breaking. Reporter but some who live near aberdeen like Tom Neuberger have long worried the blimp would get loose and crash into their neighborhood. Fly it into a hurricane but dont fly it over our heads. We have children, retirees living there. Weve got a college there, washington college. We you know, we have a community there. We want to be safe from this kind of military mismanagement. Reporter youre looking at a picture of the blimp on the ground in muncie, pennsylvania. A military Recovery Team is on the way there from here in aberdeen, maryland. Scott, the day began with two blimps in the sky over aberdeen. The second one has now been grounded while they try to figure out how the first one got away. Down in the woods, chip reid. Thanks very much. Republican president ial hopefuls gathered last night in boulder, colorado for their third debate of the campaign season. Colorado is a purple state, just about equally divided among rpublicans, democrats, and unaffiliated voters. The ten top candidates were on stage, and for the First Time Since entering the race donald trump was not the frontrunner. He now trails dr. Ben carson in our new cbs News New York times poll, 26 to 22 . Heres some of what the candidates had to say. And make americans better off because your greatness would replace the stupidity and incompetence of others. Thats right. Lets be honest. Is this a comic book version of a president ial campaign . No, its not a comic book. And its not a very nicely asked question the way you say that. Larry kudlow is an example, who i have a lot of respect for, loves my tax plan. Were reducing taxes to 15 . Were bringing corporate taxes corporate inversions. We have 2. 5 trillion outside of the United States which we want to bring back in. As far as the wall is concerned, were going to build a wall. Were going to create a border. Were going to let people in. But theyre going to come in legally. Well, first of all, i didnt say that the rate would be 10 . I used the tithing analogy. I understand that. But if you look at the numbers you probably have to get to 28 the rate is going to be much closer to 15 . 15 still leaves you with a 1. 1 trillion hole. You also have to get rid of all the deductions and all the loopholes. You also have to do some strategic cutting in several places. Remember, we have 645 federal agencies and subagencies. Anybody who tells me that we need every penny in every one of those is in a fantasy world. So also, we can stimulate the economy. Thats going to be the real growth engine. Stimulating the economy because its tethered down you have to with so many regulations youd have to cut government by about 40 to make it work with the 1. 1 trillion its not true. It is true. I looked at the numbers. When we put all the facts down, youll be able to see that its not true. It works out very well. Today House Republicans nominated paul ryan of wisconsin to succeed john boehner as speaker of the house. Ryan is 45. Today he said his party has lost its vision and he promised to get it back. Hes expected to be elected by the full house tomorrow. A budget deal that passed the house this evening and is supported by the white house will spare ryan any threat of a Government Shutdown until at least 2017. Former speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty today to violating banking laws, part of a scheme to pay hush money which sources say went to a former student hastert sexually abused decades ago when hastert was a high school coach. The judge warned that hastert could get five years when hes sentenced later. Today the Richland County sheriff fired the deputy seen violently arresting a High School Girl in her math class on monday. Omar villafranca is in columbia, south carolina. Im going to get you up. Reporter it took 15 seconds for deputy ben fields to take down and arrest the 16yearold student. It was in that moment that he give me your hands. Reporter Richland County sheriff leon lott. When i first saw that video, it continues to upset me when i see that video. Is th