two dozen mems bers accused of being members of a drug-smuggling win. >> high-level talks in north korea and south korea. north korea wants south korea to downsize military drills with the u.s. those are your headlines. >> on "america tonight," in his own defense. accused of gunning down a 17-year-old, explains why he has to stand his ground. >> he said he's threatened. and i said you're not going to kill me, and i shot him. >> and president obama said that crisis could destabilize the

region. >> we have a horrendous situation on the ground in syria. >> and bad bite. chemicachemicals in some of your favorite foods that are banned almost ever everywhere else in e world. >> good evening, thank you for being with us, i'm joie chen. in his effort to make his own case, the man accused of killing an unarmed teenager outside of a jacksonville convenience store took the stand. it echoes george zimmerman and trayvon martin, with some distinct differences. zimmerman did not testify in his own trial.

but on the stand, dunn said that he shot the teenager because he had no choice. the confrontation escalated to the point where he feared his life. >> after hearing the something something cracker i heard, i should [ bleep ] kill hem. and not only is he escaping scr, and not only is he saying he's going to kill me, but he's showing a gun and threatening me. >> as it turns out, michae thero gun, but michael dunn is still justified in defending himself. under stand your ground, a person may. a former prosecutor with the broward county state attorney's

office, i appreciate you being with us, and this whole notion of being able to say that you have to stand your ground because you thought you were under threat, even if no evidence is found. and how does that come together like that? >> unfortunately, this law in florida allows any individual to claim that they were in fear, and based on that fear of potential bodily injury, they can stand their ground and not retreat and fire a firearm and kill someone. so the law here is allowing the defendant, mr. dunn, to make that defense, which is a firm defense in florida, and the stand your ground language is part of the instruction that the jury will hear. >> i wanted to play a little bit of dunn's testimony. and this does speak to no gun being found.

but he has said that he thought this was a gun used against him. present danger, and i said, "you're not going to kill me, you son of a bitch." >> reporter: i also have to point out, you worked in criminal defense for some time now. you would say that this is a defense that has to be made even if it's hard to explain why the defendant feels that he was threatened? >> absolutely. the defense attorney has basically the only defense here is self defense and when you have a self defense case, defendant. you need to put on some evidence that there was, in fact, a situation where he had to defend himself. so, here, the defendant had to take the stand and had to explain to the jury in the best manner that he could that he, in fact, was in fear for his life and had to defend himself. the problem is that the case rests solely on the defendant's

testimony and, therefore, his credibility. so, the prosecution is going to do everything they can to present evidence to undermine the credibility of mr. dunn. >> speaking to that, it does appear that mr. dunn left the scene after shooting fatherarm. he went home. there is various reports about him going to sleep. these sorts of things. and i want to play some more of his testimony today explaining his actions or at least his version of his actions after the shooting. let's listen. >> i didn't call the police at all until the following morning. >> that didn't go through your head like maybe i just shot somebody because they pointed a police? >> you know, you are right. it sounds crazy and i couldn't tell you what i was thinking when all of this happened. i can just tell you that i didn't do it. >> as a defense attorney, what do you do with that sort of testimony from a client? >> well, that's a big problem.

it's a great -- it's a great windfall for the prosecution crazy. it's not credible. if you are firing a weapon to defend yourself and then minutes later, your fiance's is in the car and you don't mention the fact that you had observed a firearm, that you observed a gun and that you had to shoot somebody because you observed a gun? you don't call 9-1-1? you go back to a hotel room and you order a pizza? and you don't even take the gun out of the car? you are allegedly fehrful these hood looms are going to come looking for you and going to harm you and you don't have the firearm with you in the room to defend yourself. credibility is everything when you take the stand to testify. the problem for mr. dunn is that his defense starts to fall apart when you start examining it closely and looking for credibility because his testimony, quite frankly in my opinion, is not credible. >> one more element of that, the prosecution on what mr. dunn offered as an explanation for leaving the gas station, let's

listen to this. >> mr. dunn, the reason you left the gas station is because you knew you had shot into a car of four unarmed teenagers? >> that's incorrect. >> the reason you didn't call the police is because you knew you had committed a crime? >> no, sir. >> when you heared hear all of that and you talk about credibility as you have in our conversation here, mr. mr. padowitz,ing it makes me wonder: why would the defense put him up? there had been a pretty big question about whether he would appear. george zimmerman did not appear at his trial. why did they decide to put michael dunn up? >> that's a very good question and there is a very stark difference between the zimmerman case and this case. >> difference is that the prosecutors in the zimmerman case made a serious error. they took self-serving statements of mr. zimmerman and the evidence code would prevent them from being introduced and the prosecution put those on

telling the entire defense and the defendant zimmerman didn't have to take the stand after that. in this case, mr. dunn has to get on the stand. it's an affirmative defense claiming self defense. the defense has no other witnesses or evidence to show self defense. so mr. dunn has basically compelled even though he has a 5th amendment right not to take the stand, he basically has to take the stand in order to put forward this claim of self defense. so they didn't really have a choice. mr. dunn had to testify the way he has, and they have to make the argument that he was defending himself. the problem, again, is going to come back to credibility and the prosecutor can put a lot of holes in this defense. >> well, i know that as a defense attorney, you have sort of a dual perspective here you have used the stand your ground defense to protect your clients, but you are also concerned about what the larger impact is for

your state as a defense lawyer i have to use it in every case where there could be self defense. it would be malpractice for me not to do that and to use the stand your ground law but as a citizen of the state of florida and the united states, i am very, very concerned about these type of laws. they invite altercations as opposed to somebody leaving the scene if they could do so safely from an altercation, it promotes violence in my view. therefore, this law which is backed by the national rifle association in florida -- that's why it was written, is basically objected to by every state attorney in the state of florida through the florida prosecuting attorney's association. they don't like the law. it doesn't help prosecutors. it creates violence, and it invites the type of situation case. >> really interesting. i appreciate so much your perspective, criminal defense florida. us. >> thank you for having me. >> tonight and at this hour, millions of people are bracing

for a major storm that could put the deep south back into a deep freezes. atlanta is being forced to shut down. this time around, though, preparedness might not be enough for a storm which is expected to last at least three days. blind-boggling, historic, catastrophic. words the national weather services uses to describe the next big one digging into the deep south. snow, sleet, freezing rain creating more problems for a region that's already proven ill-equipped to deal with them. the president declared an emergency for the state of georgia. the last storm paralyzed the city of atlanta. georgia govern was unprepared for being unprepared before is warning this could be worse?

>> ice is the big danger here ice presents a great challenge. >> with the last storm still fresh in the mind ofga angels, no one is taking chances. before any freezing rain or snow fell, schools cancelled classes. workers were told to stay home? >> stay off of the roads, know. >> we are just grocery shopping and going to go home and relax for two days and take it ease. in north georgia, road conditions are becoming too dangerous to drive. i 75 has been shut down since this morning due to multiple accidents. sleet has gun to fall in and around atlanta and the mayor has promised to do better to avoid a repeat of those terrible traffic scenes.

we have the material that's needed for see icing in place. airlines are warning travelers to pack their patience. more than a thousand slights cancelled at the world's busiest airport, harts-field/jackson expecting to get hit the hardest 100 million people in at least 16 states from texas to new worst. no are those in parts of pennsylvania, this storm will only add insult to injury. they are still recovering from the last one. more than 4600 homes are still in the dark. >> this has been the longest. this is outrageous. >> congressman hank johnson of georgia is with us tonight. he has plans, plans to go back to georgian friday, but we are not really sure. what do you think the outlook here is? obviously, folks back home have tried very hard to get ready for it this time. >> yeah. i think everybody has gone and cleaned out all of the supermarkets, gotten all of the

milwaukee and bread and everything. >> in the broader since, is the is the city better prepared? atlanta? >> i believe that this time, the error will be on the side of trying to prevent people from getting out. last couple of weeks ago, we had the situation where it was busy as usual. this time, the govern has emergency, and -- >> i am sure the citizens are going to want to take heed but there is that concern that if you go too soon that people will start to think you are crying wolfe and not listen. >> well, i tell you, i know that the governor will not be taking a chance this time. he will be dealing with this as if it's going to happen, and we -- it's -- we can't have children out in school buses for 12 hours.

>> once again? >> even in schools overnight. parents have to have their children home. >> people spending 12 hours out on the highway. i want to point out, your plan is to go home for friday, valentine's day with your wife but you are up here in washington doing the people's visit and you have voigted on the clean debt ceiling bill. where is that and where are we because we are looking at hitting the debt ceiling in a few days? >> i am very heart earned that the speaker of the house allowed the bill to come up to the house of representatives on the floor before the last day of our solvency as a nation. so, we are doing this with plen plenty of time, giving our people across the world the financial markets a little more comfort this time instead of giving right up

line. >> i want to go on to another area of interest, and that is a certain sense that some of our colleagues here at al jazeera in our company have been held now quite a long time, and in egypt, and it has been a great concern, and you have stepped up now on this and are putting pressure on the administration as well. what is your action here, and why is it so important? >> it's important that this nation stands for basicume rights and one is the ability to communicate, sand when we have the press out in the field doing their job, they should not be subject to arrest for doing their job by a country that we are supporting. and so, i think it's -- it's my duty and obligation to recognize the fact that we have journalists and it doesn't

matter whether or not they are from america sore whether or not they are -- >> australian >> freedom of the press and america it cannot be in a position of supporting a government that is in your place, abusing them for doing their job. reading mr. gretsky's account of his incarceration. >> in egypt. >> i was moved to do something to bring attention to this, and hopefully, that attention will result in the freedom for these 20-plus journalists who are being held until egypt. >> we have a great deal of concern and appreciate your interest in the case of the al jazeera journalists who are being held as well.

the broader questions of freedom of speech. we appreciate you being with us. georgia? >> thank you for having me. >> next on america tonight, so much for peace talks. why safety remains so far out of reach, as does much hope for a solution for syria.

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to leave this behind. u.n. and red crescent workers have beenshelled and shot at. they have not been able to deliver even the most basic aid. with threats of snipers, women, children, the old and sick and some men huddle in the shelter of u.n. vehicles to move across no man's land, for separating the warring sides. it's terrifying. clutching their children, their luggage, whatever they are able to carry with them from their homes, scrambling just 500 yards to safety. >> reporter: in the confusion, this woman screams for her son, somehow lost in the crowd. others abandoned bags. in the months they have been trapped in the city, food has become scarce. some have been eating leaves and grass. there are no medical supplies. no one wants to take the chance

of being left behind. >> what's taking a long time to negotiate these. >> we reached this unicef field office by sky in the government-drooled section of hommes. >> for those people who are still inside the old city, what them? >> reporter: ? >> the conditions are very, very bad. lack food, lack of medical care, contaminated water, and, of course, insecurity. >> even once the security of the controlled sides, regime forces have taken some men, more than 400, aged between 15 and 55 and are reported to be detaining and questioning them, searching for links to rebel

forces. >> that is president guarantee that they have provided. >> in this conflict marked by reprisals, accusations of war crimes, the evacuation of fewer than 2,000 civilians through an imperfect cease fire counts as a victory. the tiniest step of cooperation between the regime and rebel forces and just about the only conflict. >> we still have a horrendous syria. i don't think anybody disputes that. and what is absolutely clear is that with each passing day, more people inside of syria are suffering. the state of syria, itself, is

crumbling that you is bad for syria, bad for the region action bad for global national security u.n. officials say they hope it will continue for a few more days which will permit them to bring more people out of the city and as importantly get humanitarian aid especially medical aid back in. >> isn't there a worry that you left up with the fighters left in the city, that women and children who are allowed to leave but in a sense, you would be creating an arena of more limits? >> the agreement between the government and the rebel groups and the united nations said that men between the ages of 15 and 55 would not be allowed to leave the old city. in fact, more than 300 men in that age group have left and are currently, as we said, under government interrogation. the government has given the u.n. ainsurance of safety and safekeeping for those men, but it's not known yet what will

happen to them. of course, this has been a very, very difficult situation, very bloody war, and there have been atrocities on all sides. >> that's a concern. the question about who is left in the old city, those who will be left in the old city are either those who are unable to get out because they are too weak, too ill, to elderly, or they will be the fighters. i want to bring in someone who knows the situation in hommes as well as other people of the country dr.sahloul, of the medical society. we have talked to him several times on this program. we know that you have very direct connections into hommes. hearing? >> what we are hearing right now that the evacuation was

suspended today, the situation fled indications and blood products and surgical services are not allowed in. some of the nurses who are inside the city are telling us that they are dealing with patients who sometimes bled to death but because there is not -- no blood products and no iv fluid, they were not able to treat them. of course, we prefer that humanitarian aid and medicine are allowed in instead of evacuating the whole city. we believe that this is against international law to force the civilians out. also, as we are hearing that the president of the united nations observers is, by itself, a positive step. this is something i think which should be highlighted more because it led toward the fight nothing area. >> doctor, you have teams on the ground, i understand, particularly in aleppo. you had scene quite a bit of

violence directly striking some of your own patients. >> that's really one of the unfortunate situations that is happening in syria that we know that there is war in syria, but even war has laws that have to be respected. and what's happening in syria with the beginning of the crisis is hospitals and doctors have been targeted systematically by the regime. in the last three months, we had three field hospitals including this largest trauma hospital in eastern aleppo which were bombed and destroyed by the syrian regime by fighter jets. two patients who died and unfortunately, two other patients who had brain damage because of the ventilator stopped working because of the strike. we had three staff, medical staff, who were injured and right now, we are trying to relocate the hospital. this is a hospital in a very crowded neighborhood. the civilians in that neighborhood depend upon the hospital for surgeries, for medical care and right now, they don't have any access to save medical care. >> president obama said again today, the situation in syria is

horrible. the only solution is a political solution and for that political solution, we have to look to the negotiations, which are taking place in switzerland. those negotiations are so far so unsuccessful, they cannot even agree an agenda. how are they going to talk about about? >> doctor, i understand your organization has worked so hard to product the health and safety of people within syria. when you see these geoneva talks underway do you have much hope this will produce any practical solution for the people? >> unfortunately, no one is putting too much hope on the geneva conference. what we are seeing on the ground for the past three weeks since the beginning of the geneva conference, more antic -- intentionfying of the bombing, especially in the city of aleppo. the only way to stop the carnage is by forcing the regime to abide by the rules of law of war

and, also, allowing cross-border humanitarian assistance to syria and, also, making sure these areas under siege are allowed unfetterred access to the civilians there >> reporter: unfortunately, th that has not happened. sheila mcviccer with us and dr. sahloul, we appreciate both of your insight. >> thank you. ♪ >> ahead on "america tonight," food for he knowsics, breaking down the additives, the plastic in your snickers might be in your sandwich. what's the real danger in our food? consider this. the news of the day plus so much more. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what.

>> now the snapshot of stories making headlines. ray nagin's trial, jurors continue on wednesday, and he faces 21 counts. the house today voted on the debt limit. republicans who voted against the bill said that congress has not done enough to curb the government spending. it's expected to pass stephanie. a potential interruption to the underwater food chain. heeding environmentalist warnings, banning plastic exfoliating beads in facial

scrubs, and they're not biodegradable much and. >> the slaughterhouse at the center of the controversy, sick animals without inspection, and this comes on the he would see of another shocking discovery in the food industry. first, it was the subway sandwich bread, stuffed with plastic used in yoga mats and sneakers. turns out that the chemical keeps loves white and it has been banned in europe and australia because of possible linking to asthma, skin irritation and cancer. >> who needs to be eating mask in bread? >> mcdonald's bread is so full

of it, so that billions and billions served could really be billions and billions served toxic chemicals. >> and food industry critics point out that the yoga mat material isn't the only risky native in some of our most popular food stuff. it's used in gum and gummy candies. but it also goes into cosmetics and cigarette filters, and something called tbhq, a preservative used in crackers, chips, and varnish too. consumer wash dogs say that the government has the responsibility for keeping track of what's in our food. >> the fda has the responsibility to captain inshe's things very carefully. and they can't go on decades-old studies that don't meet our standards. >> but critics are excited too.

>> it's exciting that ordinary bloggers are joining together and saying, what thi is this stf in my food in and getting companies like craf kraft or suy to stop using certain chemicals in their food. bloggers fut back, an online petition about the subway bread. 50,000 folks signed it in less than 24 hours, and she joins us now. so what is it specifically about the subway bread. and in fact, we heard senator schumer said it's not just subway, but there are other bakeries that always use this chemical. >> subway has the healthy minimal, they use the word, eat fresh, and they have a ton of olympic endorsements and a ton of olympic athletes, and the

endorsement of michelle obama's let's move campaign. she went into subway and started eating these with kids, and said that it had the highest nutritional standard. and when i saw that, i knew i had to do something. >> why has it been such an emotional response? it has touched a nerve with a lot of folks. >> it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that we shouldn't be eating plastic chemicals. this is used to make yoga mats and leather, and if it's up against the other chemicals in our food, what's the cumulative affect of eating all of these things? we don't know, and as a person who eliminated processed food and cleaned up their own diet, by eating organic and as many plant peaced foods as possible, i know the benefits of eating this way, you can drastically

change your life. i lived my life with asthma and skin rashes, and it wasn't until i started to give up these foods that i got better. i had appendicitis. and you get inflamed by eating inflammatory foods. >> but it's not clear about exactly which chemicals are a problem for specific health problems. some of them might be gross on the surface, and unpealing at that level, but we don't exactly know which are the most dangerous or pose the most risks. >> well, this ingredient has been studied all over the globe. the world health organization has studied it, and there's a study that shows when it's heated it causes cancer, and the center of public interest has come out and said there's a maul cancer risk when you eat this ingredient. so it's important for us to avoid this stuff.

when virtually every other country around the world has banned it in their food, we should being doing it as well. you're right, we don't know what the cumulative effect is, but the fda has been slip at the wheel. and they have not reviewed all of the generally regarded safe ingredients that these food companies are standing behind, and saying, we're going to use these ingredients as long as they're safe, and we need to speak up as american citizens, and take back our food. >> i have a feeling we're going to be hearing from you, she's the founder of food babe.com. thanks for being with us. looking ahead on "america tonight," the underwater money maker. >> they are money, right? you see lots of money right there. >> it's like a dollar bill down there, you see little grooves,

and once you hit the ground, you'll see it sink, and you know that's a good one. >> a rare delicacy, an aphrodisiac, and a wonderful find in wash state until a top customer threatened their livey hood. the deep dive on gooey ducks, and what's ahead underwater. and still tonight, the hope and strength that live in schizophrenia. the troubled minds in the other america.

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>> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! >> as part of our series, the other america, we wanted to know what it's like to live with the diagnoses of schizophrenia. and we'll meet i remarkable woman who knows how to thrive with the debilitating illness that affects 1% of all americans. >> i had an episode in high school, i got up and started

walking, and i felt they were sending me messages. you are special, you are ep bad, repent. and i felt like entities why putting thoughts in my head and it was scary. it really was. >> ellen sacks was just 16, and the thoughts why increasingly scary, and her psychosis worsened. >> i had a thought of a man raising a knife above my head with a waking nightmare, with all of the bizarre things. and only with a nightmare, it goes away, but no such luck with a psychotic episode. >> for years, she kept her mental illness from her family. and she graduated from law school, but then her symptoms were too severe to hide. >> i asked my classmates, are

your copies of the documents being infiltrated? my professor took me to the hospital. >> when she was at the hospital, she learned how psychosis is often treated if the united states. >> they lifted me high off of the ground and threw me on the bed and tied my arms and ankles to the bed. and i just screamed at the top of my lungs. today never occur to me that someone would do do that to to a per. >> almost worst that the restraint, the diagnoses, schizophrenia. >> i felt i was set to a bleak and painful life, and i couldn't believe it's true. >> but when a yale professor told her she should withdraw from law school and get a job as

a cashier, somewhere inside she rebelled. >> how much more stressful would it be? >> she refused to drop out of yale. >> the crazy stuff that you see from the sidelines, the instructor and the relationship are incredibly important to me. >> it's an awful illness, who has decided that that illness is not going to define her life. >> steve met elyn at law school. >> ellen, when she becomes scottic is quite scared because the content is quite scary. the fantasy that she said

responsible for having killed people, and there are nuclear explosions fog off in her head. there are times that i would get a book, and being with someone, i think elyn found helpful, and those psychotic periods would pass. >> steve, now a psychologist, and elyn, still talk every day, and they help others with schizophrenia. >> having them around makes them different. >> friends can play a hugely helpful role in supporting the person during those times. >> having a kind and non-judgmental person who concepts you for the good, but the bad and the ugly is incredibly powerful.

when elyn becomes psychotic, she'll use me as a soundingboard. maybe yes, maybe no. >> i can't imagine life without it. and it's one thing that i'm able to do. >> but the friendship had been tested by elyn's multiple attempts to get off of medication. >> much of elyn's life was fighting the idea that she had an illness. it was such a big blow to accept that i wanted to prove it wasn't true by getting off medication and doing well. >> she would just go down and down and down and get more and more psychotic, and i would feel goodness, haven't you tried this enough? is the it time to make peace with this?

>> over and over and over again, and when i look back, i wish i was smarter sooner, but i'm glad that i wasn't forced and i came it my own decision in my own time. it works for me, and makes my life better. and being on the drugs consistently has changed my life. i just have fewer and fewer symptoms, and i like it. >> elyn is a professor for years, at the university of california, and an expert on mental health law. with her symptoms under control, she's able to focus on other areas of her life. >> i went a couple of years without dating in the middle. and then will and i started dating and i really fell in love. i never thought it would happen. it's the best thing that happened to me. >> during the years that i worked here in the law library at usc, she would occasionally

come down and ask me for help for one thing or another. and later, she told me she was trying to flirt with me, which i told her had not been terribly effective. >> then he invited me to lunch, and then to the poppies in lancaster. >> if you can imagine acres and acres and aches of orange flowers in the hills, swaying in the wind. >> at the end of the day, he gave me a long lingering kiss, and i thought, i swear to god, this is better than getting an article accepted. >> i'll acknowledging a little bit naive about all of the implications about how well i understood the seriousness of her condition, but on the other hand, i was not at all put off by it. >> my husband deserves incredible credit with how he

has been with me and interacted with me and loved me. and so i consider myself the luckiest woman in the world. >> reporter: yet because she hid her illness from most people, ellen continued to feel that she was living a lie. in 2007, sheio a book and went public with her experience with schizophrenia. >> the book came out and maybe 10 people already knew, but the other people didn't know. so it was really a coming out kind of situation. >> she felt like keeping the secret is part of what stigmatized mental illness, so it was therapeutic for her to live honestly. and also a political act wanting to destigmatize mental illness for other people. it's very brave. >> in 2009, elyn won an award,

but it's a long way to understand those with schizophrenia. >> as opposed a mentally ill creature, that's the huge question. when elyn got her mcarthur award, i sent around an email to everybody, and as part of that message i said that people deal with this devastating illness, and we see them on corners every day. we all need it to work, to not be afraid of them. >> the u.s. has a long way to go. if you take a look and walk down a street in any major city, you're going to see a lot of folks with mental illness wandering around, and no place

to sleep, they're looking through the garage can, and i want to say, wow, look at elyn sachs. if you give someone the right treatment and the right support, they can be the most that individual can be. and that, to me is the take home point. >> and elyn continues to speak out and educate people about her illness. a talk she gave recently surpassed 1 exactly million views. >> thank you. and ahead in our final thoughts in this area. shirley temple, we reflect on the life of america's first starlet. the news of the day plus so much more. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what.

finally, from us this hour, we say goodbye to an american icon. 8 decades after she first tap danced her way into hollywood and into the hearts of millions of fans, shirley temple died late on monday at the age of 85 ♪ some day i am going to cry". >> before "child star" was followed by "scandal" she was america's original sweetheart charging the nation out of the darkest days of depression. with ring let's the envy of little girls everywhere, a smile as sweet as the kiddy cocktail

named in her honor, she was a star by the age of 3 because no matter how grim the times were, who wouldn't be charmed? ♪ on the good ship localli p /* lollimop, it's a sweet trip to the candy shop. >> her pint-sized perform applications upbeat and unforgettable like this duet with bill bojangles robinson. temple starred in more than 40 films before she was even a teenager and beyond the screen, shirley temple became a brand. the shifrley temple doll was the best selling doll of the decade. the bright, curly locks copied by generations and races of girls trying to recreate that shirley temple look. >> thank you very much. >> after winning an honarary and appropriatelysized oscar 1935? >> mommy, may i go home now.

>> temple reretired from the big screen when she was 22 years old. in the 1960s, she returned to the spotlight bringing her charm to the international stage. >> raise your right hand and repeat after me. known then as shirley temple black, she served as u.s. ambassador to ghana and czechoslavakia during the fall of communism? >> world peace that's difficult to achieve, and i think that all of us have to be involved, and i am proud that i am able to participate, and i am particularly proud that i have been able this year to be a united states representative to the united nations. ♪ happy birthday ♪ >> an ambassador for goodwill and good spirits always. >> i have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award. start early. >> still spirited indeed. by the way, you can still get

that shirley temple kiddy cocktail, of course. in 1988, 1 company tried to bottle it for the masses but ms. temple filed a lawsuit to brock that saying all a celebrity ever has is their name. she had a great one. that's in it for us here on "america tonight." we will have more of "america tonight" coming up tomorrow.

>> sclz >> thousands of children killed, millions displaced. the humanitarian crisis descends >> disgrace, peace talks go nowhere. after an arrest in u.s. and italy, how powerful is the mafia. a former marine finds the best way to fight terrorism is to fight poverty. despite spending hundreds of billion a year the government fails the test on mental health. i'm