describe the circumstances of the shooting. no word if the civilian was authorized to be on board that ship. the base, largest naval installation in the world, was put on lock down after the shooting sass a precaution. the obama administration looking to make life a little easier for prisoners released to serve the rest of their term at halfwayç houses. a new d.o.j. proposal would require convicts to have access to cell phones and transportation money. the reason? to secure jobs after their time is served. the proposal is part of a bigger initiative that includes cutting down on mandatory minimum sentences and restoring voting rights for ex-convicts. he s known as america s toughest sherrif. now joe arpaio is segregating some of his inmates to help them out. he introduced a jail unit specifically for inmates who served in the military.
okay? yeah, we re good. hey, we re straight. yeah, they re good. what the [ bleep ], man? no casualties. reporter: no casualties. thankfully no one was hurt. investigators ruled the incident an accident. so no one was punished. but you see the destruction of that operating base there out in eastern afghanistan. it could have turned out so much worse. wolf? fortunately the ending, as you say, was okay. it was a major, major mistake. i hope they learn from it so it never happens again. we re following the breaking news in the situation room. a warning to airlines about explosives possibly hidden in shoes. new information coming in. and a political odd couple teaming up to restore voting rights to millions of exconvicts. hey guys! sorry we re late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in goo
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is barred from voting because of a criminal record. the states that have the harshest policies just happen to be those states with legacies of slavery, segregation, discrimination, voter suppression and the right to vote. a majority of disin franchise reside in six states. the former mayor of new orleans. the right to speech. the right to free exercise of worship and religion. the right to due process. the right to own property. we don t deny any of those rise to the formally incarcerated which is why this sticks out. president obama has said he ll sign a bill to restore voting rights to ex-felons, what some prominent republicans rand paul and rick santelorum. meantime millions of ex-convicts
far from where the baby was killed, unintended target of gang violence according to police. god bless you all. y all are doing a good job. reporter: to help curb the killings the city is reaching out to a group called sees fire that works to prevent violence before it happens, especially between rival gangs. there is no 401(k) plan in the streets. the streets is a dead end. reporter: ceasefire employs 100 workers across the city. many are reformed ex-convicts like martin, who use their streeted cred and reputation as violence interruptores, intervening as mediators to keep conflicts from escalating. only way i can help say i m sorry to the person i took his life was, is to save somebody else s life. reporter: ceasefire s director credits the program for fewer shootings and murders this year. they are down in ceasefire zones by 21%. reporter: chicago police say it is hard to measure the direct impact. all we have are anecdotes