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>> that's where i woke up and realized that selling drugs is wrong. >> reporter: during a routine prison physical, marte got a second wakeup call. >> my cholesterol level was extremely high. if i don't start dieting or exercising correctly, i could die within five years. >> reporter: coss developed a workout inside his cell. he lost weight and gained purpose. >> i actually helped 20 guys lose over 1,000 pounds. >> reporter: once out of prison, coss connected with ventures, getting loans to ex-cons to start small businesses and then mentors them. >> what i liked was the mission. there is a lot ...

>> my cholesterol levels were high. they said i could die within five years. >> reporter: cause developed a full body work out right inside his cell. >> i lost 70 pounds in six months. >> reporter: he lost weight and gained purpose. >> i actually helped 20 guys lose over 1,000 pounds. >> reporter: once out of prison, he connected with the five ventures. the group gets micro loans to ex-cons to start small businesses and mentors them. >> what i like was their mission. there's a lot to be said about being self-sustaining in a society no matter who you are. >> reporter: he trains more than 300 pe...

He was caught and spent four years in prison. >> that is what woke me up. i realized that selling drugs was wrong. >> during a routine prison physical, he got a second wake up call. >> my cholesterol level was extremely high. they said if i don't start dieting or exercising correctly that i could die within five years. >> cause developed a full body workout right inside his cell. >> i lost 70 pounds in six months. >> lost weight and gained purpose. >> actually helped 20 guys lose over a thousand founds. >> once out of prison he connected with a group to help small business asks men tour them. ...

Dow gained and put the dow in positive territory for the year. the s&p 500 climbed 1.2%. volkswagen's cheating scandal moving to porsche. 10,000 high priced porsche and audi vehicles have the cheating softwa software. that is a small number compared to the other volkswagen numbers. it could expose the automaker to another $375,000 clean air act violatio violations. car owners are getting more and more irate over this. >> i wonder if vw will exist in the future at this rate. >> you would be surprised. we have seen comebacks for gm and toyota. >> this is huge. amazing. president obama with new...

Want. but the supreme court, they are not going to want to tamper with the whole system, but get rid of egregious abuses, and this case may be that, but they won't throw out the whole process >> we thought this you would koj back to questions us, and we needed to identify. >> and the argument today and a decision in a month or two. >> come back. than you, jeffrey. coming up next, releasing thousands of inmates all at once is the best solution to the prison overcrowd iing, and liket or not, it is going to be happening, and later we will hear president obama's plan to reintegrate the ex-cons i...