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And helps support their immune system. Perdue. Over 200 products. Good anning. Thanks for joining us. Tonight we zoom in on the oftenoverlooked victims of incarceration, children. Youre about to witness powerful mother and child reunions behind bars. But its not just emotional healing for these kids. Some believe a day like this can change the course of their lives. We take a look for our series face to face. Reporter behind the laughter, years of heartache. Cassandra. A little hot. Bad things can happen to anybody. Its been hard on the girls. But weve been trying to make it as best we can. Knowing that their mom will be back, you know, as soon as she gets out. Reporter andrew leechak is raising four daughters alone. Not by choice. Shes missed christmas every the girls birthdays. Reporter for three years worth of birthdays and holidays mom ruby has been in prison. Tomorrow he and his girls will set out to visit. It can be rough when shes not here. Especially when theres something exciting going on or something that happened thats painful or even for a little concert for me. Reporter 98 miles from home, ruby is here. At the only womens prils son in michigan. Serving a fouryear sentence for home invasion. I didnt think about my my husband, my family, people i was hurting, nothing. It spiraled out of control. Reporter they were like any American Family when it all fell apart. Ruby trying desperately she says to be the perfect wife, perfect mother. Just life in general, like making sure theyre off to school, cooking dinner, making sure they have baths. I just wore out. Reporter overwhelmed, she turned to the drugs. I got hooked on cocaine pretty good. I started breaking into houses to feed my addiction. Reporter but moms her kids. Andrew is left to pick up the pieces until shes released next year. Im missing out on my daughter beginning high school. I missed my youngest going to kindergarten. Field trips. I mean, theyre becoming young ladies. Im missing that. Reporter the girls are up early. They can only afford to visit a few times a year, and this day is special. I dont know where it is. Reporter theyll get a few their mom outside the confines of the visitation room. Its part of a Program Designed to soften the damage done to kids when a parent is incarcerated. The younger two, kelsey just 8 years old, and cassandra, whos on the cusp of adolescence, both eagerly packing. Im tired. Reporter the oldest, carol, is now 14. Shes had to step up while mom is away. Shes grown up, you know, a quiet. She didnt speak to her mom for months after she went to prison. What did she say . It was just too hard for her to talk on the phone. She would wave off, in tears. In order for this to happen youve moved your family closer to the prison. Youve worked two jobs to try to make ends meet. Why make all these sacrifices . Familys family. Im never going to pull the girls. They need their mom. Reporter as they head towards michigan, mom ruby is at a prison workshop inmates. The lucky few who, through good behavior, have qualified for the program. Im giving you some homework and then you can be that mama tomorrow. Reporter theyre learning what it takes to be a good mother. This, the first step of the one day with god camp, founded by scotty barnes, who herself grew up with a father in prison. Their actions is whats brought them here. Theyve made mistakes. But its like fixing an old paint, prepare it, and put on new paint. Reporter for a moment, these women are not prisoners. Just moms. With tiaras and smiles and hope for tomorrow. The next morning the kids wait here, about to reunite with their moms. Today . To see my mom. Do you miss her a lot . . Reporter with booming music, the moms are announced one by one. For 7yearold kyla, its complicated. Her mothers behind bars after stabbing her boyfriend, who had been like a father to the little finally, its rubys turn. I felt sick for a minute. Every time i see them its like theyve grown up so much. Pure joy. Girls, whats it like being able to hold your mom . It feels like family is closer together. Reporter literally clinging to each other. Daughters who have missed out on their mothers loving touch. How about you . Whats the nice part of being able to hold moms hand . Its hard for you, isnt it, yeah. You dont need to talk if you dont want to, honey, its okay. Its all right. Its okay, honey. Im sorry. Its okay to be sad. Yes. Reporter andrew and rubys girls are just four of the roughly 3 million American Children with a parent behind bars. What was that running across the gym this morning . Were you scared . Or happy . Happy. Away from little takyla for almost three years. Nearly six more to go. How old will she be when you get out . Shell be 13. Youll have missed much of her childhood. Yes. You said you were literally feeling nauseous as you saw your daughter. Yes. Seeing her, it made everything went away. Everything. When she ran up me. It just felt like everything is all right and its going to be okay. Reporter mercedes is 24. She says she suffered years . Of Domestic Violence and one day she just couldnt take it anymore. We abwere in altercation, fighting over a knife. He tried to stab me and i got it and stabbed him. Where is he now . Hes deceased. Oh my goodness, what happened . It was second degree. They got me for second degree. I didnt realize that he died. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Yeah. A lot. Sometimes she tells mom, im still a little angry. She misses him dearly. She tells me every day. I should have left. The love, thats a powerful thing. Reporter all those mixed emotions. Theres also forgiveness and a shot at redemption. What these moms are hoping for. But first they have to come face to face with what brought them here. This months statistic on new pr 60 suffered trauma as in mercedes case, Domestic Violence. Nearly 80 like ruby struggle with drugs or alcohol. What did the drug dozen to who she was . Completely changed her. She went from a loving mom, you know, always there, to not wanting to come around as much because she was getting high all the time, didnt want the kids seeing. Reporter perhaps most striking, reports that nearly 70 of inmates are themselves how do you break that cycle . I want them to invest in their childrens life and be honest with them. Make them accountable. So those children dont follow in those footsteps. Tell me about the benefits for the kids. Why is it so important for them to get that sort of unfettered love from their mother . These children are just starving to be loved and their parents to be proud of them. I love you. Some of these mamas have been in for years. Some are going to be here for years. This may be the only day unt feel that unfettered love. That love that reaches deep in their heart. They say this program is about forgiveness. Not just your family forgiving you, but you forgiving yourself. Is that hard . Absolutely, yes. Do you blame yourself . Yes. I dont think theres anybody else to blame. So how do you get over that . Its a work in progress. Ive been here three years and i still dont know how to exactly forgive myself. How did Something Else get in the way . Children. But it just it spirals out of control really quick. Where do you find it in your heart to forgive her . Just down deep. Just, you know, want to do it for the kids. Want to make them happy and not have them hurt as ive seen other families. Reporter even though this one crucial day offers so much hope, the hours slipping away. Every moment one closer to saying goodbye. When do you miss your mom the most . Get to see her. Do you miss her most at night . Or during the day . Both. You want some of this . Reporter rubys prison time may in the end be what saves her and her family. What do you see in her thats worth giving her another shot . Her attitude now. That shes been sober. She wants to prove to not only me but the kids and her friends and family that shes done her perspective, being here . Its changed it a lot. Its like i just think about the things i could have been doing rather than what i was doing. Reporter and before you know it, its time to say goodbye. I love you. Till next time. I love you. Love you. Reporter so much left perhaps beginning to heal. Our sincere thanks to warden Anthony Stewart for allowing the women of the Huron Valley Correctional Facility to stay up late for nightline. Thanks for watching, ladies. Up next, santa is sure not to miss these houses. The brightest stars of this years great christmas light fight. And later . I dont want to live forever . With her new single i dont want to live forever. . . . . I have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. 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Just press clean and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. Roomba navigates your entire home. Cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. You know, its nice to light up your home with Christmas Lights. But when youre lighting up the whole neighborhood, youve gone a little far. Tonight behind the scenes of the great christmas light fight. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter tis the season when even a divided nation can still get carried away. The hopes and fears of all the year overwhelmed by a flurry of lights. Im always thinking how to better. Wow. You go allout. I go allout. Front yard, backyard, sideyard. Every square inch of building is covered. 17 days till christmas. Reporter stamford, connecticut, santas little helper is tony pampina, aka Tony Christmas. How do you like it . Its amazing. Thank you very much. This year were heading into a holiday with the nation kind of divided. Do you think Christmas Lights can bring it back together . I think Christmas Lights and more festive. Thats my goal. If you leave here and you dont have a smile on your face, you cant be helped. Reporter in red states and blue states plenty feel the same way. Theyre perfectly nice and straight. Reporter host of abcs seasonal reality show the great christmas light fight its definitely been a crazy year with the election going on. People decorate and people want want to share in that magic of christmas. Reporter just ask youtube. From the house in chaska, minnesota, that kicks off its big display with a star wars theme, to the prestons family home in kingland, arizona, where they design their display with drones in mind. Theres a bus driver in pittsburgh who decks out a city bus so that commuters feel like theyre riding in santas sleigh. Sometimes bigger is better. Thats the case with keith sh, he claims to have the most dazzling Christmas Tree in the state of new jersey. So theres over 47,000 on this tree . 47,000 lightbulbs. More than on rocker fell strer. Reporter this year some upstart millennials from nearby East Brunswick hope to have him beat. Competing for 50,000 in prize money on the great christmas light fight, they did up their moms new jersey house. Our friend Tony Christmas has been doing up his house longer than theyve been alive. Grew up in this house. Started decorating with my dad. I took over. 31 years later, 60,000 lights. 60,000 lights. Reporter hes also a contestant on the great christmas light fight. Beautiful reporter for him its not about how many lights youve got. Even that flat roof up there on the second floor on it. So my neighbors who live second floor behind me can see it. Im pretty sure the Space Shuttle can see it. Reporter Tony Christmas is no clark w. Griswold. Aah . Hallelujah . Reporter if you look at his display its all about clean lines and careful placement. Notice the lightbulbs. One up, one down. One up, one down. Youre familiar with the term obsessive Christmas Display. Reporter obsessive Christmas Display syndrome. Tony admits hes got a serious case. His family tells him so. They think its nuts but good nuts. The candy cane tree, up, down. Up, down. Up, down. Six inches between each line. Reporter his ocd extends to whats under his lawn. Some of the hopes weve visited over the years have been rats nests of cables and extension cords. Not tonys. Have you seen any extension cords . Not about that. Theres 150 extension cords buried about 3 to 4 inches down. Again, have to take them up at the end season. Reporter that approach won him points on the great christmas light fight. As the viewer, you want to see good design. Lights put up that are interesting. So sometimes you get the griswold of the neighborhood who just throws lights up everywhere. Thats not always the best thing. Reporter will he win the contest . Youll have to tune in to find out. Money or bragging rights. Its about bringing people together. And brightening the season. Im dade wright for nightline in stamford, connecticut. The great christmas light fight airs monday on abc. Up next . I dont want to live forever . Taylor swifts new song for the fifty shades darker soundtrack. my hero zero by lemonheads schoolhouse rock zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. einstein hey whats going on here . becky ive seen such a change in einstein since he started eating the new beneful recipe. The number one ingredient in it is beef. einstein the beef is fantastic becky hes a very active dog. He never stops moving. He has enough energy to believe that he can jump high enough to catch a bird. It has real beef, grains, vegetables, and he loves it. Well, we were coming for an interview. So he wanted to wear his tie. einstein its my power tie. It gives me power. vo try new beneful originals with beef. Healthful. Flavorful. Beneful. Nothing says treat yourself like red lobsters holiday seafood celebration. So try new dishes like the new grand seafood feast, and the new wildcaught lobster shrimp trio, with a lobster macandcheese topped lobster tail. [thunder] if you have satellite, all it takes is a little bad weather to take out your tv service. But ever thought about what you want to do most you want to watch tv. Or i. Guess theres always. Meaningful conversation. [thunder] time warner cable. Shades of taylor swift. . I gave you something but you gave it back . . What has happened . Swifties rejoice. Taylor is back. And just in time for the new film fifty shades darker. The pop stars surprise release i dont want to live forever her first in two years. The duet with former one direction band member and malik all a part of the upcoming soundtrack to the film. Zayn taking to instagram to announce the collaboration. . You got me looking so crazy . Reporter and although fans are already crazy in love with the first single, the fifty shades sequel looking to match the first soundtrack which featured beyonce, the weekend, and the rolling stones. . I dont want to live forever . Thanks for watching abc news. As always were online at abcnews. Com and our Nightline Facebook page. Go . . . Angelina out of hiding. Where we spotted her and the kidssafter her war of words with brad. Bombshell. Her exclusive announcement to e. T. An Office Christmas party arrest. Who got too rowedy and spent the night in jail. We deliver a message from his friend and former costar betty white. Congratulations, ryan. Oh, how wonderful. She has no idea shes the mother. And our oneonone with betty still cracking us up at nearly 95. Is there one thing out there that betty do . Robert redford. Now, for december 9, 2016, this is entertainment tonight. There are new developments tonight in brad pitts ongoing custody war with angelina. Lets get right to it. Heres our top story. Angelinas getaway with the kids. 11 00 a. M. Tuesday, angelina, hair down, wearing a black dress
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