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Front flip. put him in the olympics, man. >> it's really striking and poignant to see inmates who oftentimes are in for incredibly violent crimes sitting there delicately folding this paper over hours into frogs and elephants and that kind of thing. and it really does seem to calm their nerves and almost transform them. >> nobody had a menagerie to match that of philip stroud, who was serving three life sentences for murder at the wabash valley correctional facility in indiana. >> basically making origami figures. you've got the lion, you've got the swan, you've got the rabbit, little puppy, d...

We've discovered an unexpected ray of light in many of the prisons and jails we visited. the ancient art of origami. >> isn't folding cranes about healing? >> it's more about kind of being in tune with yourself. >> what have you learned folding cranes? >> i've learned a lot of patience. >> shiloh was serving time for sex crimes at the orange county jail in southern california. >> i made exactly 1,000 of these. i had whole little plastic bag probably about like that big. it was just filled. >> we met brian crist at the maricopa county jail in phoenix shortly before his conviction on a murder ch...

Phone. that accident you had in 2004 was from a front flip. so why attempt a back flip now? >> because all things possible, really. you know, i understood the physics of it and the science behind the trick, and the only thing that was holding me back was fear, and the way that i like to live my life, i can completely deal with being physically paralyzed but being paralyzed by fear is no way to live at all. i understood it and it was something i was really excited to try and it was worth the effort, the preparation we put into it. it was years of preparation to get to this point. jon: we have v...

Before detouring to city streets causing numerous close calls there. two people inside the car finally jumped out and took off running, but were later captured. near buffalo, a battle between rival pizza joints turned violent. surveillance video shows a man using his jeep to plow right into a sign on a sidewalk promoting one of the pizza places. it's after the driver allegedly warned the owner to take the sign down because it was offering a similar type of pie. the suspect's family recently sold the competing pizzeria. he is facing criminal charges. 27-year-old heath frisbee was able to su...

as these holidays wind down. the president yial campaign sean is heating up. one week from tomorrow, the iowa caucuses will mark the first formal votes in the 2012 race. right now, it's too close to call, statistically speaking. according to a poll from the american research group, ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich are locked in a three-way statistical tie. you can see it there. 21, 20, 19% apiece. paul steinhauser is in des moines with more on this three-way battle. and no clear front-runner at least for iowa, paul. >> reporter: no clear front-runner. and that poll you just s...