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Videoconference. we'll bring that to you live and correspondent jean casarez in carson city, nevada, where the parole board is meeting now. jean, walk us through the hearing what is sure to be a spectacle playing out on television. how will this unfold? >> reporter: right. there are cameras in the hearing and we'll be able to watch live. what we know is that o.j. simpson will be allowed to make a statement to the parole board. say whatever he wants to say. he'll probably talk about life in prison, what he's done. we know he was on the waiting list to take courses including "commitment to chang...

>> good morning, mr. simpson. i conducted your last hearing in 2013. do you recall that hearing? >> o.j.: yes i do. >> at the time, we asked you what your plan would be if we were to grant you to your sentence and you said you were going to do a complete commitment to change. have you done that? >> o.j.: i took two courses, i guess you guys don't give much credit to, called alternative to violence. i think it's the most important of course anybody in this prison can take, it teaches you how to deal with conflict through conversation. i've been asked many, many times to mediate conflict between...

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, mr. simpson. i conducted your last hearing in 2013 with hearing representative mr. robin bates. do you recall that hearing? >> yes, i do. >> all right. at the time, we asked you what your plan would be if we were to grant you to your consecutive sentence and you told us you were going to complete commitment to change. have you done that? >> no, i haven't. at one point i couldn't take the course. you know, i took -- i took two courses that i guess you guys don't give much credit to. it's called alternative to violence. i think it's the most important...

Freedom. >> no one really knows how much we have been through. this ordeal in the last nine years. >> i've have never pulled a gun on anybody. i never have in my life. for trying to retreat, it's been ruled legally by the state of california that it was my property and they've given it to me. i was a good guy. i could have been a better kristen and my commitment to change is to be a better kristin. i've basically lived a conflict free life. the commissioner of the softball league. i don't want to lead a criminal life. i'm a pretty straight shooter. >> martha: wow. former l.a.p.d. detective, ma...

A commitment to change, with the greek people having endured some significant hardships for many years now, there should be an opportunity i think for both sides to recognize if we can come up with a durable solution as opposed to each year or every six months having a new negotiation, that could potentially be good for everyone. now that the greek economy is growing again, the timing may be right. >> thank you, mr. president. a lot of people in europe are still struggling to understand what happened on november 18 in the united states. do you believe it's the exact same dynamic as brexit whic...