more of these kinds of efforts. we owe a special debt to the men and women in our armed forces many of whom develop illnesses, whether they are physical or emotional, and they have difficulties sometimes transitioning back into the civilian sector. >> my friend ari melburn was that the week's graduation and joins me here on set. ari, thank you so much for being here. >> sure. >> talk about veterans courts. what are they and how are they working? >> you have about 140,000 vets in prison. 60% have substance abuse programs. a big portion of this is private drug or alcohol abuse and not other more dangerous criminal activity. there are over 100 courts like this at the state level and the one i visited with the attorney