but in the year and a half he has been here, phillips has reduced his weight by almost 1/3. i was 437 when i came in. i am now 265 pounds. phillips has had several prior convictions for burglary and theft. these are some of the previous photos of mr. phillips that we have. 2001, 2003. from 200 pounds to morbid obesity, his mug shots tell the story of his exponential weight gain. my self-esteem out there in the free had plummeted. i d stopped giving a care about everything. i was drinking anywhere from a bottle to a bottle and a half of jack a day. i started eating and eating as a comfort. but there was one person at the jail that would have a profound effect on phillip s life. hop up here and see where you are at here today. dr. hubert downstairs is the one that got me to change. look at this. excellent.
some body it trying to hang themselves or something. we get in there with it and just cut them loose. try not to let people die in this place. still, some inmates will always view suicide as the only way out. but sean phillips believes that his incarceration at the bear county jail might have been the one thing that actually saved his life. i was literally, when i came in here, pretty much knocking at death s door. phillips is currently awaiting trial on a murder charge to which he has pled not guilty. when he was first booked into the jail, the 5 10 inmate weighed 437 pounds. i was a type 2 diabetic. i was taking insulin twice a day. i couldn t even walk half a block without almost having a heart attack.
give us this day our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses. sean phillips weighed 437 pound and says he was slowly killing himself with food. after medical staff put him on a diet and exercise program, he says he lost 175 pounds. but phillips still carries a heavy weight. he is awaiting trial for murder. he is accused of seeking vigilante justice against a man he believes sexually assaulted a close relative, a young girl. phillips admit he and three accomplices drove the man to a remote wilderness area and began beating him. i m not going to mince words. i beat the crap out of the guy. we beat him up in the field. i said don t come back ever again. phillips says one of the accomplices took it upon himself to stab the victim.
republicans currently on the fence. republicans including trump continue to claim the plan is a tax cut for the middle class. democratic senate minority leader chuck assumer insists it will be the nail in the coffin for their party. let s head overseas for a moment where 437 people are dead and more than 7600 are injured. that is following a massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake. hit sunday night near iran s border with iraq.
you have to solve health care. 17 intelligence agents said there was this inflexion into our election so obviously we cover it. but what s getting so tiring and at some point i think trump s base is going to get tired of it. well, not them. the seven or eight that can get out the door. the new york times goes to press every day. once in a while they get something wrong. these are people doing jobs. the white house at some point sounds so stupid, just stupid, particularly from a president who has lied pretty much every day in office, who there have been complete mistruths or falsehoods 437 times. it s just stupid. let me bring in the wall street jour journal, which is t