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Tissues ready for this one. it is our "favorite story of the day," because the one thing she does to incredibly well is be herself. abc's nick watt brings us the story of grandma betty. >> reporter: she goes by the name grandma betty. her great grandson zach set her up on instagram back in january after she was diagnosed with cancer. >> when you have cancer, it doesn't mean have you to be upset all the time. doesn't mean have you to be down in the dumps. you can be happy with it. >> i don't even think about it. >> reporter: a week ago she had 5,000 followers. today she has -- >> 206,000. >> oh...

Cut jail sentences for drug dealers, significantly. a conviction for 500 grams of cocaine will seasoned you away for a term of 5-6.5 years, 500 grams is a little more than a pound. the new proposal, approved in april by the u.s. sentencing commission, would slice that down to just over four years. the same goes for 28 grams or about an ounce of crack. jonah goldberg, there's a lot to go over this, good morning to you. >> morning, bill. bill: what he wants to do is reduce the prison population. is this the way to do it? what do you think? >> i have to say i'm not exactly scandalized by this. it...

Nbc's learned the federal government's top expert on climate change and the highest paid employee at the epa hasn't actually done his job for years. his cover story? the one that mike and i use at msnbc till bill griffeith calle us out. that he was an undercover agent working for the cia. nbc news national correspondent michael isikoff has more on this story. actually, michael, very serious story. what's behind it? >> well, this is one of the more bizarre federal frauds anybody can remember. john beale was the highest paid person at the epa, making more than $206,000. known as one of the gover...

You keep thinking it's going to stop. it's going to stop. but every day there's more bad news. the administration is going to make an important delay of obama care enrollment next year. but your take on this california deal which is being mirrored in places like new york. >> it is. and in fact, laura, about five million plus people have their health insurance policies canceled and 206,000, according to government statistics, have successfully enrolled. now, we're in the holiday season. americans know it's a bad deal and they are starting to see obama care for what it is, it's not just a bad we...

You keep thinking it's going to stop. it's going to stop. but every day there's more bad news. the administration is going to make an important delay of obama care enrollment next year. but your take on this california deal which is being mirrored in places like new york. >> it is. and in fact, laura, about five million plus people have their health insurance policies canceled and 206,000, according to government statistics, have successfully enrolled. now, we're in the holiday season. americans know it's a bad deal and they are starting to see obama care for what it is, it's not just a bad we...