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I didn't even get to finish. ugh, see you next commerc... the macy's thanksgiving day parade had its triumphant return to the streets of new york, returning to its pre-pandemic form. >> we've waited all year and actually last year too. it is officially arrived. >> the largest celebration of thanksgiving in our country. let's go. >> so get ready for new york's annual gift to america, the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> awesome to watch this morning. a big hit this year, the debut of the new baby yoda balloon. and mid show, al roker got a call from a pretty high profile guest. >> hold on, m...

Key. critics say that has been our countries approach to crime for far too long. the the question whether mass incarceration is keeping us any safer. and, what lengthy prison terms mean for many of the more than 2 million americans behind bars. lester holt spent three days in one of the nation's toughest penitentiary's, and this is what he witnessed. here's his special report, life inside. >> life at angola prison isn't what you might imagine. the vast majority live just like this. more than 80 men in open dorms sleeping on bunk beds. but i'll be staying on a unit next to death row for high ri...

Sleeping on bunk beds. but i'll be staying on a unit next to death row for high risk offenders or in my case, a high profile guest. >> we're going to go down the tier here. >> my home will be on a tier called ccr or closed cell restriction. the men here are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. i'm given sheets, slippers and some toiletries and shown to my cell. >> cell 11, go ahead in, please. go ahead, close. naturally phones aren't allowed. all i have is my journal, a pen, a novel, my watch and an am/fm radio. i also have cameras all around me installed by our crew to record my experience a...

This. more than 80 men in open dorms sleeping on bunk beds. but i'll be staying on a unit next to death row for high risk offenders or in my case, a high profile guest. >> we're going to go down the tier here. >> my home will be on a tier called ccr or closed cell restriction. the men here are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. i'm given sheets, slippers and some toiletries and shown to my cell. >> cell 11, go ahead in, please. go ahead, close. naturally phones aren't allowed. all i have is my journal, a pen, a novel, my watch and an am/fm radio. i also have cameras all around me installed ...

Resolved for high risk offenders. no other area at this prison is more secure, which is why it's also housing a high profile guest. i spent three days, two nights at the louisiana state penitentiary better than known as angola, not to play prisoner, but to get a deeper understanding of this uniquely american crisis. mass incarceration. as journalists we know that to get to the heart of something you have to get inside it. the man behind these bars are locked in 23 hours a day like my neighbor, william curtis. a convicted murderer, sentenced here to life. he told me he's trying to escape how fa...