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Units, and they will manage them. what is to say that in 50 years you guys don't just then turn this into luxury apartments? >> it's 100% deed restricted. that requires these housing units be kept affordable in perpetuity. >> reporter: 180 units scheduled to open by year's end. >> we should be up with the 1,200 within the next eight years. >> reporter: should be. 14 years after that master plan pledge. >> i've dealt with quite a few veterans dying right outside the gates of the va. if you had the right programs and processes in the place from the beginning those deaths would have been preventa...

Suit. >> when rob reynolds was in iraq, three come madison square garden were found dead. >> i had the opportunity to not leave someone behind, do what i can to help these guys. that's what i want to do. the land was donated for a specific reason, it was to remain that way forever and that's the way it needs to remain. >> the secretary of veteran's affairs expected to sign a new master plan for the site soon, and the va appointed a new executive to oversee the process going forward. there's cautious optimism amongst advocates, largely because of what's gone before. a lot of advocates say it do...

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City of houston, would have been 31 years. the city of houston lost the very best. todd: joining me now houston police officer union president douglas griffith. our condolences to you and your team for what you're going through. the killer's rap sheet, we will go through it, criminal record dating back to 2008, felony drug charges, burglary, evading arrest, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. what possible reason could the judge in this case have for letting him out on reduced bail? >> that is what we would like to know. we asked for an explanation why he was out on bond. this individual ...

We have another court just recently, a five times convicted felon who bail jumped twice and they let him out and he murdered a new orleans officer who was here on vacation just visiting. todd: what can we do to stop a pattern from repeating so we don't have to keep burying victims of these repeat offenders? >> we have to hold judges accountable for not doing their job. if you didn't do your job as a reporter you would be fired. if i didn't do my job as police officer identified. they had one job to keep citizenry safe from criminals like this. their job is to adjudicate. if we do our job and p...