this is "nightline." >> tonight, against all odds, more than ten years after we first met them, their smiles are still warming our hearts and their fears still haunting. >> what do you worry about growing up? diane sawyer and her team returning to one of the most dangerous cities to see where these incredible young men and women are tonight. plus, caught on camera. a woman suspected of driving under the influence, touting her looks to escape arrest. >> i'm a pretty girl. don't make me go in there. >> the video sparking national conversation on privilege and entitlement. and elba. the rumor about the actor taking

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people who have grown up in one of most dangerous cities in manager. we first met them as children in neighborhoodses struggling with homelessness and drugs. some feared they would never live to adulthood. they've not only survived but thrived. here's diane sawyer in her ongoing series, "hidden america." >> a brand new high school graduate beams and so does his friend who is still a junior in high school. it is one of those celebrations that take place all across america. for these two boys from camden, it is a measure of how hard some kids have to work to hold on to dreams against the odds. for more than ten years now, we've been following their lives. we'll start with that high school junior ivan stevens. when we first met ivan, he was 4 years old. and he was homeless. he and his mother and little

brother sometimes spent whole days in a park, at night sleeping on one chair in an illegal boarding house. >> i go to sleep like this. >> the landlord the refrigerator. >> my heart will be sad. i want my own room and i'm never going to get it. >> he was living in a city tlabld most dangerous city in america. and also one of the poorest. outside his window, drug dealers hustling, nightly gunshots. >> sometimes they'll shoot when i sleep. i put the pillow over my head because it be too loud. >> but his mother wanted to make sure, even though they had no permanent place to live frgs her little boy got to go to school. so she puts on his one school shirt and sends him to public kindergarten. there is no breakfast at home that morning. >> i want to go to school so bad. i want to read. >> a school administrator sat

down with him and asked him to name three meals you eat every day. ivan was stumped. >> when do we eat? in the daytime. the morning? what's the next time? we ito over. >> lunch. >> and then what do we eat before we go to bed? >> huh? >> dinner. >> just a little boy who told us, he hoped superman would come and help him. and then all of a sudden, when millions of you watched him on 20/20 and "nightline," you suddenly flew in to help. it was your generosity ten years ago that created a trust fund for ivan's education and housing. that room co-finally have in his life. >> mommy! >> he was given a chance to go to a private christian school in camden called urban promise. as he headed off to the first

grade, finally he got his wish to learn to read. >> i love my tie. >> it was at that same school we met a little boy named kareem counsel. and kareem is the young man you saw graduating all these years later. he knew the biggest worry for a lot of america's kids is falling off their bikes. but not for a kid in camden. >> what are you worrying about growing up? >> i don't want to die when i'm a teenager. >> even though his mother worked three jobs to faye bills for food, housing, money was short but kareem couldn't believe his luck at the school they served at school and holidays. >> we have corn on the cob, chicken, chicken with barbecue sauce, chicken with hot sauce, and just plain chicken. and we have rice.

>> his dreams? kareem was going for the full out fairytale. >> you would page your house gold? >> and paint myself gold. >> and my brother. [ laughter ] >> you would be a very funny looking family. >> and once again you our viewers showed up to help. and as the years went by, we stayed in touch with our little friends and they showed us how a city filled with violence can also be a city filled with powerful striving. ivan studied so hard. his history books, his bible. and even when the mother who was his champion, who had cheered him on, died of kidney cancer at the age of 37, just ten weeks

ago, ivan made sure he never missed a day of school. >> she will lead you down right path. >> and tonight this is ivan. working his summer job. he learned to steer a canoe and now gives canoe trips down the river. >> i never thought i would be experiencing this kind of nature. i love it. my mom, she is a nature girl. i would like to say. she told me to go for whatever opportunity i have. >> and he wants everyone watching to know he is still determined to do everything he can to succeed. >> i would like to learn, engage in better communication skills. i hope to get more muscles this summer. >> and tonight the high school

graduate, over the years we watched him become student counsel president. keeping up his grades even while he worked up to 40 hours a week at a sneaker store saving money for the chance of college. >> we'll tell you what happened to him later. if you travel through camden tonight, there are so many people trying to make the city safer. the number of murders is the lowest in 25 years but it is still one of the most dangerous cities. there are now double the number of police on the streets. but two officers were shot there this week and it is also still one of the poorest cities in this country. >> no child is born wanting to be a drug dealer. >> so many fleeting to give their kids a chance. >> it is hard to resist

something easy. you come home, at the he said of the weeker you get a $500 paycheck and then a guy outside gives me $2,000 in two hours. >> one young man holding on to his strength is josh. one of the little boys we met ten years ago. his life is working in construction and houses like these. just ten minutes from camden. houses where some people can casually spend hundreds of dollars on faucets. >> everything is custom. >> josh started college but he had to drop out to take care of his 7-year-old brother jayden. he is hoping jayden can make it all the way. >> i like it because i can be a rapper when i grow up. we live in camden. >> you just can't give up. >> we tracked down another young man we met. a classically trained pianist.

>> financially, that's the hardest thing for me. i don't have nobody to help me. >> he graduated from could go but has $75,000 of student debt. >> i'm sleeping on a little cot for right now. >> he's been traveling hours and hours to work two jobs. >> what about the little girl who was so luminous? so intelligent? her name is alicia. she was studying hard and then went home to take care of her diabetic grandmother. ♪ this little light of mine ♪ i'm going to let it shine ♪ oh this little light >> today this is alicia. who is still the full time caregiver of her grandmother. they have she started college but had to drop out after she got pregnant. now expecting her second child. she gets $25 a week at a pizza

store. she is $20,000 in debt. she still wants to believe even in camden, if you're caught in an undertow, you can find a way out. >> i didn't necessarily finish college. hold on. i'm sorry. it didn't really bother me because everybody has stuff happen. life happens. it doesn't matter as long as you get back on the right track. >> does she remember that song? ♪ this little light of mine ♪ i'm going to let it shine ♪ oh, i can't. >> so here they are. all the kids, fighting their way through a decade of hope and reality and then trying to regain hope again.

which takes us back to that graduation ceremony you saw at the beginning of this piece. >> he has graduated from high school. and tonight has been accepted by rutgers university. four years of college and he'll get some help with financial aid. he still has to find a way to come up with the 2,000 a year to cover the tuition cost. he says he'll keep working at that shoe store while trying the start his life. while the mom who worked three jobs to help make to it this moment sits in the audience aegs mouths to her, this one's for you. >> i am honored to have a son who is 18 and still alive in the city of camden. yes, yes, yes. we're here cebng ad and not mourning him. >> it was kareem who sent us off

ten years ago with a little prayer we never forgot. >> now i lay me down to sleep. we thank you for the beautiful day and we ask for a better one tomorrow. amen. >> you can find out more about those camden kids at abc news.com. next, we've all tried to talk our way out of trouble before but you've probably never seen anything like this. the new video citing a firestorm online.

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camera, sparking conversation about entitlement and privilege. a young woman saying her credentials, her cheer leading past and her good looks should get her off the hook for a potential dui. >> you're under arrest for driving under the influence. >> you're watching a young woman being arrested for dui. her reaction caught on camera is sparking a national conversation about attempts to use privilege and entitlement in the age of social media. >> am i arrested? >> you're under arrest. >> i'm going to jail? >> yes, ma'am. >> i don't want to know what it's like. i don't want to know what it's like. i'm a pretty girl. please. >> that's 33-year-old lauren in the back of a squad car, begging a south carolina officer to spare her jail time because as she puts it, she's smart, pretty and white. >> i graduated from a really good university. i was almost valedictorian.

i was an all american cheerleader. i didn't miss a beat my whole life. my whole life. i didn't miss a beat. >> according to the police report she then told the officer off camera, she shouldn't be arrested because she's a very clean thoroughbred white girl. when she asked why that matter, she said you're a cop. you should know what that means. the police dash cam video has gone viral. the reaction online, swift and blunt. one person tweeting, sorry, white privilege doesn't work this time. another saying, no one cares if she was a cheerleader in high school and got good grades. grow up. >> we often talk about people who have privileged but rarely do we have the opportunity on hear someone articulate it so cleanly and clearly. i am white. let me go. >> police say the real estate agent was driving more than 30 miles per hour over the speed limit and ran a stop sign.

>> did you know that you ran a stop sign? there was a car that almost went through right before you did. >> don't you know i've never been arrested? can't you see that on my record? >> this is a case study in white privilege. this woman is literally saying that the world should work differently for her because she is white. >> research shows there are inherent differences. according to the department of justice, white drivers were both ticketed and searched at lower rates than their black or hispanic counter parts. in this case, she was booked at the beaufort county detention center for charges for driving under the influence, speeding and marijuana possession. the officer did say making statements such as these i believe further demonstrates the suspect's level of intoxication. abc reached out for comment and has not heard back. what we see in the video is what

we would call entitled behavior. asking for refresh your memory others don't have. >> it is tempting to think this is one drunk woman speaking out of her mind but every part of society reflects this. >> this isn't the first time someone has been caught using their privilege. >> shame on both of you. i will be talking to the chief of police. >> karen turn he resigned after trying the use her stat to us keep her daughter's friend from getting a ticket. >> don't call me miss. i'm a commissioner. >> the difference now is that as a society, we just expect much more. everything is designed to be catered to us. >> a few years ago, a number of incidents caught on camera of black people unfairly treated by police sparked this viral #. criming while white. white people claiming crimes they got away with and they say

it is because of their race. >> i was drinking wine on my d.c. stoop when cops passed right by me.me. >> stopped by cop at gas station. tunneled influence and underage. he flirted with me. some say these incidents can create teachable moments for growth. >> you're breaking the law. you should be treated like everyone else. >> for lauren, the grades, the job, the sweet talking. still not enough. >> i graduated with a 3.8. >> for "nightline." next, to elba become the next james bond? what he told us. know what?

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his name is elba. idris elba. he could be putting on one of the most famous tuxedos. "nightline" caught up and interrogated the potential spy. >> someday you might play james bond. >> to be considered in that role. >> playing coy just like 007 would. the possibility of elba becoming the first black actor to play james bond has social media shaken and stirred with glee.