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>> i want to talk directly to the people of the wildlife refuge. you said you were here to help the citizens of harney county. that help ended. >> they marched in solidarity with dwight and steven hammond, a father and son team convicted of arson in 2012 and sent to jail for burning 120 acres of land. >> i'm going to jail. it seems like a bit of an overkill. >> reporter: prosecutors say the hammonds were hunting deer on federal land and set a fire to clear their tracks. they said they were clearing brush. they turned themselves in today after a federal judge ordered them back to jail for five ...

Between 30% and 40% of california's forest firefighters are state prison inmates. yes, you heard that right. that's because 4,000 low-level felons in the state's prison system are part of a program that allows them to earn wages doing manual labor outside. from clearing brush to starting fires. they live in concentration camps scattered throughout the state. california is the largest program of its kind. the inmates are supervised and crowsen based on good behavior as well as what they were convicted of. for instance those convicted of arson, for obvious reasons, are barred from the program....

I thought it was for political reasons, but maybe it was hurting his back at the time. that's really common. they like to stay out of the limelight once someone else is in office. >> not to say clearing brush is bizar bizarre, but he did enjoy toiling, if you will. we are going to talk about chelsea clinton, because that's why we had you here. she said to cnn in an exclusive interview that she did while she was in africa, she was sort of asked about, hey, would you ever run, and she didn't shut the door on it. as you know in politics, it's not just about what you say, it is about what you do n...

Firefighters again tried to contain the fire as best they could with bulldozers, aerial firefights and handcrews. you have had double the manpower doing the structure protection, putting people on the homes, clearing brush and so forth. here is an assessment of operations last night from the incident commander. >> what a difference a day makes, as we were here yesterday granted we are still faced with the winds, however, as we mentioned yesterday the increased humidities helped the incident overall to keep the fire in check for the most part, aside from what chief walker just mentioned, a coup...

Ricin-laced letters. >> happens again and again and some people thought newtown was actually a tipping point. it turns out those people were wrong. but it doesn't mean that there might not be another one. >> it could be an inflection point. i don't mean to get very graphic. graphic as in graphs. anyway, coming up, george w. bush continues his re-entry to our mountain biking with wounded warriors at his 1500-acre crawford ranch. there's perhaps no better way to catch the former president in his element except perhaps than when he's clearing brush as when he is on his bike. the "huffington post"...