0 because he has twice the spring and because he's tall he takes longer strides. >> be can he run in stilettos? that's what i want to know. >> check out the photograph. the lightning bolt. get it because he does the whole lightning bolt thing. >> thank you for connecting the dots for me. it's been a blast but we need to toss things over to -- >> pamela brown is standing by in new york. good to see you. what's it like up there? >> it's pretty nice. a beautiful view. i wish this was my office. all right. thanks. "newsroom" starts right now. he calls it smart on crime strategy. attorney general eric holder is about to talk about how it will reduce the prison population. new details inside the stunning rescue of 16-year-old hannah anderson. the hero witness who spotted her. we're learning more about the dark past of her kidnapper. an online video game under fire. it invites viewers to slap ha hillary clinton across the face. the full story just ahead. this is "cnn newsroom." the nation's top lawyer is about to announce major changes in the way some drug offenders are sentenced. eric holder says it's time to stop treating low level drug offenders like drug kingpins. the policy changes would allow judges to give lighter sentences. the idea behind this is it would allow federal law enforcement to focus on big crimes. over time that would reduce the prison population. let's wring in cnn legal analyst sun sunny hostin. great to have you with us. sunny, i want to start with you. how would this work? i think it's an important distinction it's not going to change the laws but perhaps how we handhandle the laws, is that right? >> i think some people are thinking this means the sentencing guidelines are no more. while perhaps that's where the government is going, the government would vu to go through congress. we know there's been such a log jam when congress is involved. what our attorney general is doing is he is telling the u.s. attorneys offices all across the country, all the federal prosecutors that rather when someone is arrested an indicting somebody they do not place on the indictment is the amount of drugs involved. the mandatory minimums don't get kicked in. it seems to be a rudimentary way of going around congress and legislation but it would be effective. he's the chief u.s. attorney and the chief prosecutor of the federal government and all u.s. attorneys offices will have to follow suit. >> he's kpapted to say we cannot prosecute or incarceraka incarcy of becoming a safer nation. how can he convince the public this is a good idea? >> you're right. over the last 30 years it's become difficult tr politician frs the obama administration to take on this issue. for politicians to take on this issue the always very treacherous. what they're trying to do is they're trying to say is we're going to put federal resources on hot spots on places like chicago and philadelphia where you have very big problem with violent crime. we're going to leave some of the nonviolent crime issues to deal with. they are hoping to save billions of dollars in federal costs. >> you mention the cutting cost, you spent $80 billion in this country just last year on the prison system here in the u.s. sunny, what kind of criteria will offenders have to meet to qualify? >> this is real common sense approach. i think it comes from our attorney general's background. he was the u.s. attorney in d.c. where i practice. i was an assistant u.s. attorney. you get to prosecute local and federal crimes there because d.c. is not a state, it's a district. this attorney general is familiar with these low level nonviolent drug offenders. he's saying we're not going to target the low level nonviolent drug offenders. they can't have ties to large criminal organizations. they can't be selling drugs to children on playgrounds. no ties to gangs or cartels. they can't use guns when they are committing these crimes. those are sort of the low level drug offenders that you find in d.c. are being wrapped up in these minimums and being sentenced to 10, 20, 30 years. everyone know these minimums don't work and this attorney general knows that in particular because he headed the office that dealt with this crime. >> does that mean the low level drug offenders who are serving the harsh sentences could be released? >> it's unclear. we haven't heard his remarks yet. i think that has to be addressed. another thing that will be addressed is the compassionate releases. you have low level offenders that are older, elderly, still in prison. perhaps mothers. you see a lot of times girlfriends of drug dealers are asked to mail a package and they have been in prison for 10, 20 years. i expect it will be that kind of program. that will work. so many people are in prison. our prisons are jam packed with these types of offenders. what do you do when they get out? they have to have rehab and a job to go to. they have to have job training. i expect that will all be part of policy. >> the u.s. has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's prison population. obviously, something needs to be done. we'll check back in with you soon. another big story. 16-year-old hannah anderson is reunited with her father today and recovering from a nightmare ordeal. police say it was a chance encounter that helped save her life. a hostage rescue team moved in to save anderson. she was abducted by family friend james dimaggio over a week ago. he was killed by an fbi agent. one of the key moments came when crews saw this. take a look here. can you tell what this is? this is his car. it was hidden by brush. a colonel tells us the car was camouflaged reallywell. it's remarkable that anyone saup it at all. >> it looks like a beaver dam without a river. it was almost a structure with some pretty large limbs. it's providence, perhaps, the morning the light hit just right to catch a piece of reflection off one of the rear red tail lamps. that's what it took, right place, right time. at night i realize showing that picture that's a really covered car. everything had to play into place just right in order for that to be seen. >> more on that chance encounter that led to hannah anderson's rescue. mark john was riding horse back with his wife an another couple last week. they talked about seeing the teen and james dimaggio last week. >> we came upon these, this young girl and this older man and they just really didn't fit very well. the expressions on her face, their demeanor didn't fit that country. they was out of place completely. they weren't dressed for the country or the area. as we road further on we encountered the tent they set up which was totally out of place. it was way on top of a mountain. it looked it would make a real good lightning rod. we were discussing the fact they didn't fit there. >> you're talking about the particulars of how they set themselves up as campers. one of the ladies felt there was something about hannah. ladies will you speak to that? who felt they wanted to speak to her. >> that was me. they followed us from the top of the ridge. we rolled down into the lake and they followed us on foot. she was sitting there. i just felt like i should go over there and kind of just see if she needed help. mark says, maybe he had a feeling being in law enforcement for all those years and in the military. he had a feeling i shouldn't maybe do that. i did talk to him about why he was there and this far out place. he said she got to pick where we went last year. she wanted to go to los angeles and hollywood. this year was my turn. that was a good explanation for me. i did want to make contact with her. in retrospect i'm glad i didn't. that could have turned out terribly wrong for all of us. >> thankfully we know that everything turned out right. hannah anderson was rescued. her family is celebrating her relief while mourning the loss of her mom and little brother. police think dimaggio killed them before kidnapping her. we are also learning troubling details. >> our baby girl. >> reporter: the family of 16-year-old hannah anderson after fearing the worst for nearly a week. >> i'm so glad she's saved. >> reporter: before leaving for idaho hannah's father texted cnn he was nervous and excited about their reunion. as the family looks forward to her future there's new questions about the kidnapper's past. he's was her father's best friend, a trusty handman. he was the son of another troubled man with the same name who held the 16-year-old daughter of a former girlfriend captive in 1989. now a woman she spoke with cnn affiliate kfmb. >> i asked him not kill us. >> reporter: she escaped and the elder dimaggio went to prison. she attended the same high school as his son. i was walking to hi locker and his son said my dad is out and he said to let you know he'll be waiting for you after school. friday on piers morgan a friend warned that his father's past might be influencing the son's actions. >> what i found out is that jim's father had committed suicide in 1998. >> reporter: to be exact, dimaggio's father took fatal drug overdose august 10th, 15 years to the day they killed his son freeing another 16-year-old girl. >> do we know anything more about how the shooting happened? >> reporter: few details are out about that. law enforcement had the two under surveillance by aircraft for several hours. we know they say they came in and rescued hannah and then there was some sort of a confrontation with dimaggio and he was shot dead. they are not giving us anymore details because this remains an active law enforcement investigation. we are expecting a news kmps later this afternoon here at the san diego county sheriff's department. there will be family members of hannah anderson sustainattendin news conference. moving onto florida now. check this out. a massive sink hole swallows a resort about ten minutes from disney world. it's 60 feet wide, 15 feet deep and it's still growing. 35 guests at the summer bay resort were forced to evacuate. they heard loud noises and windows cracking. no injuries have been reported. : here is what we're working on. there's a new twist in the murder case of aaron hernandez. police are looking at his girlfriend for some answers. and hitting the former secretary of state or an image of her. a new online game called slap hillary is coming under fire. we'll be right back. stay with us. yep, and no angry bears. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? 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