OWN LIFE, KEEP US POSTED WITH
THIS LAWSUIT IT'S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING TO WATCH, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
NOW TO OUR OTHER TOP STORY,
ALICE JOHNSON A FREE WOMAN
TONIGHT AFTER A GRANT OF
CLEMENCY FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
AFTER 22 YEARS SHE SPENT IN
FEDERAL PRISON FOR CHARGES
RELATED TO DRUG POSSESSION AND
MONEY LAUNDERING.
ALICE JOHNSON AND HER ATTORNEY
ARE HERE, HOW IS IT FEELING
24 HOURS IN?
HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN YOU WOKE UP
IN YOUR HOUSE THIS MORNING?
>> I FELT WONDERFUL, NO MORE
BUNK BEDS OVER HEAD.
>> Martha: IT'S A REMARKABLE
STORY.
IS IT THINKING AND FOR YOU
BECAUSE IT HAPPENED VERY FAST.
>> IT HAPPENED SO FAST, IT IS
REALLY NOW JUST STARTING TO SINK
IN, TODAY HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
DAY FOR ME, I'M SO HAPPY,
NOTHING BOTHERS ME.
>> Martha: YOU EXPECTED TO
SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN
PRISON, I CAN'T IMAGINE -- HOW
DID YOU GET THROUGH 22 YEARS?
HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH ALL THAT
TIME?
>> THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO
MAKE IT THROUGH AND THIS IS THE
TRUTH IS MY FAITH IN GOD.
I KNEW ONE DAY HE WAS GOING TO
BRING ME OUT AND I LIVE MY LIFE
WITH AN EYE TOWARD ONE DAY
WALKING OUT OF THOSE DOORS A
FREE WOMAN.
THE DAY I GOT THE NEWS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD GRANTED MY
CLEMENCY AND GIVEN ME A SECOND
CHANCE IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY
LIFE.
>> Martha: YOU SAY YOU WANT TO
BRING THOSE STILL LEFT BEHIND, I
WANT TO GO BACK TO THE BAD
MOMENT JUST FOR A MINUTE IF I
COULD.
YOU WERE IN DESPERATION, YOU
LOST YOUR JOB AT FEDEX AND YOU
TURNED TO CRIME.
YOU WERE AN INTERMEDIARY FOR
THEM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
SOMEONE WHO FINDS THEMSELVES
FACED WITH THAT SAME KIND OF
MOMENT IN THEIR LIVES.
>> I WOULD SAY DON'T MAKE A
PERMANENT DECISION THAT CAN
CHANGE YOUR LIFE BASED ON A
TEMPORARY SITUATION.
JUST BECAUSE YOU GO INTO PANIC,
TAKE YOUR BREATH AND WAIT IT
OUT.
IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
THAT ONE MISTAKE COST ME NOT TO
BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR MY
GRANDCHILDREN, IT CHANGED THE
COURSE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE, DON'T
DO IT THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
DON'T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL FOR
SOME TEMPORARY GAIN BECAUSE I'M
TELLING YOU IT IS A TRIP.
>> Martha: HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO HELP OTHERS WHO YOU FEEL --
IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT THE
PUNISHMENT FITTING THE CRIME.
IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE WAKING UP TO IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE AND HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO TRY TO HELP OTHER
PEOPLE TO BECOME FREE WHO MAY
HAVE SERVED ENOUGH OF THEIR TIME
HAVE SERVED ENOUGH OF THEIR TIM
TIME.
>> MY MESSAGES I'M REALLY
WANTING TO FIGHT HARD IN THIS
WHOLE PRISON REFORM EFFORT.
THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
I TELL ANYONE WHO IS FIGHTING
FOR THEIR LIVES, DO NOT GIVE UP.
YOU ALSO GET TO BE PREPARED IN
CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, IN
CASE THE MIRACLE DOES COME.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
READY TO REENTER SOCIETY AND I
THANK GOD THAT IS WHAT I WAS
ABLE TO DO TO REENTER SOCIETY AS
A FREE WOMAN.
>> Martha: IT'S SOMETHING THAT
JARED KUSHNER SPECIAL ADVISOR TO
THE PRESIDENT AND KIM KARDASHIAN
WHO CAME ON BOARD FOR YOU IN
SUCH A BIG WAY AND THE PRESIDENT
WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR
PEOPLE.
WHAT YOUR MESSAGE FOR THEM
TONIGHT?
>> MY MESSAGE FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK
AT MY CASE AND LOOK AT ME.
I PROMISE YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP I
WILL MAKE YOU PROUD THAT YOU
GAVE ME THIS SECOND CHANCE.
I TELL KIM, KEEP YOUR PASSION.
I BELIEVE WHAT SHE SEES HAPPEN
FOR ME HAS STIRRED SOMETHING
MORE UP FOR HER AND SHE SAID ONE
PERSON AT A TIME.
>> Martha: YOU SAID ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT SHOCK TO THE MOST
WHEN YOU GOT OUT IS HOW MUCH
PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT THEIR
PHONE.
IT'S BEEN A BIG CHANGE SINCE YOU
WERE AWAY.
GOOD THING KIM KARDASHIAN WAS
LOOKING AT HER PHONE, THAT'S HOW
SHE FOUND YOU.
>> THAT WAS EXACTLY HOW SHE
FOUND ME.
>> Martha: WE REALLY WISH YOU
ALL THE BEST, THANK YOU SO MUCH