thank the man this is "nightline." >> tonight -- >> i'm one of the most famous racists in the world, you son of a [ bleep ]. >> he armed himself trying to turn this tiny town into a white supremacist homeland. the neighbors vowing not to give in without a fight. now "nightline" coanchor byron pitts tries to get answers. the b-boy. he's on a mission to become the best break dancer on effort. but the competition is fierce. we follow him to the super bowl of break dancing as our reporter gives it a spin. and how do you top yourself when your smash hit memoir becomes a julia roberts movie? for elizabeth gilbert, author of "eat, pray, love," you look for what she calls big magic. how she's helping a super-fan harness that magic and maybe you too. first the "nightline 5." >> when pain goes deep, i use

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good evening. we begin with the white supremacist next door. this is the story of what happened when an ambitious racist moved into a tiny town with big plans to create a white homeland. wait until you see what happened next.

"nightline" coanchor byron pitts tried to interview the man at the center of the controversy. >> reporter: leaf, north dakota. blink and you might miss it. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> send the police, they're out there with guns yelling at my husband -- >> reporter: the sleepy hamlet shocked to its core after a stranger came to town. >> craig cobb game to leaf, said he wanted to live here, said he might have friends joining him. at the time he seemed like a lonely person. kind of felt sorry for him. until i realized what his plan was. >> reporter: that plan soon became clear. >> people's comfort level is best when they're amongst their own. >> reporter: craig cobb came to leith on a mission -- take over this microscopic town of 20 people and turn it into an enclave for white supremacists. ryan linds of southern poverty law center has been tracking cobbs for years. >> he announces his plans on a

message board frequented by racists called vanguard news network. he says he's purchased properties and is encouraging others to follow him. he was trying to turn it into a white homeland. >> scary, he'd actually owned enough property -- 12, 14 lots. if he could have put one family for sure on each lot he would have had control of the town. >> reporter: his campaign attracts national media attention. >> i'm prepared for anything. >> reporter: and support from the radical hate group the national socialist movement. their visit to leith draws hundreds of protesters and becomes the subject of a documentary called "welcome to leith." the once-peaceful town peaceful no more. >> all of the people in leith who are against me are going to blame me for that? >> they came in very strong, stating that they're going to take the down over, they're going to take the voting over. >> reporter: thops shouts fall on deaf ears. cobb succeeds in moving in his first family. >> white power! >> every day i was concerned whether i would be able to stop him. >> reporter: mayor ryan shook

city council meegd, working tirelessly to safeguard the community from the supremacists next door. >> cobb went on a rampage, in everybody's faces about it his computer. >> cobb went from being this fringe figure, a racist drifter, and then he was famous. >> today on a trish exclusive -- >> reporter: cobb is challenged to take a dna test to prove his white letter damage. the results were revealed on the "tricia goddard show." >> craig cobb has undergone dna testing to determine den nettic ancestry. 86% european. and -- 14% subsaharan african. >> wait a minute, wait a minute. hold on. just wait a minute. this is called statistical noise. >> sweetheart, you have a little

>> reporter: still asserting his pure aryan heritage, cobb rush returns to leith armed and ready. >> this is mr. cobb and my lover patrolling with sexy-ass guns. >> reporter: guns loaded, cameras rolling, they set off on foot patrols. >> i'm not shooting. >> hey, [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> i'm one of the most famous racists in the world you son of a [ bleep ] -- >> reporter: residents of leith shelter in their homes worried it could turn violent. >> i fired the second one -- second and third one -- >> reporter: cobb is placed under arrest november 2013. charged with terrorizing and menacing his neighbors. he ultimately takes a plea deal, pleading guilty to one felony count of terrorizing, placed on four years' probation. >> we got through it. we thank god every day that we're still -- we're still alive. >> reporter: craig cobb is now out of jail, agreed to a sit-down interview. but when i landed my producer

told me there had been a change of plans. >> welcome to mynott, north dakota. >> i want to give you the rundown of what happened while you were on the flight. >> okay. >> so -- i got a call from craig cobb. he said, i hope that you're not sending a negro presenter. >> hm. >> and, you know. he said, i would almost rather talk to a jew because i know at least they would be intelligent. >> hm. >> i just said, essentially, we're looking forward to having a conversation with you. >> sure. >> we're willing to -- we really want to talk to you. and he pretty much ended the conversation there and used the "n" word and said, i'm not going to talk to an "n" word. >> hm. >> i think what we want to do is have you call him. >> reporter: i've interviewed my share of separatists and racists from david duke, former grand wizard of the kkk, to 24-year-old matt line hinbaugh. none like craig cobb. yet on the phone i'm surprised

so unlike the man we saw in the videos. >> this is byron pitts from abc news, how are you this evening? thank you, bye-bye. maybe a change of heart. he was very gracious on the phone. sounded like a real gentleman. a reasonable man. >> hello, this is byron pitts. >> reporter: a few minutes later, cobb calls back after he googled my name. he's not pleased to see that i'm black or mulatto as he called me. >> mulatto, what does that mean in the options were high yellow or mulatto or black? call me byron. >> reporter: cobb says he refuses to be interviewed by someone black. >> listen. there's a race war. you people who have engineered this white genocide -- >> how is it i fall in the category of "you people" when when we first spoke on the phone you were polite, you agreed to speak with me, and then suddenly you google me and you see that i'm a person of color.

and suddenly your tone changes, your attitude changes. how do you expect -- i haven't changed in the past five minutes. >> you're not a person of color, you're a [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> is that right? >> that's right. and let me tell you something else. >> no, let me ask you a question. do you think for some reason that you saying using those words offends me or bothers me at all? that would be like -- >> i don't care if it does or not [ bleep ]. you do know we don't like to be around black people so abc purposely tries to send two of them. you see? >> hm. but i'm curious. oh, he hung up on me. >> reporter: cobb goes one step further. he hangs up the phone and posts my number and picture on the white nationalist website writing, i don't think millionaire negros should be allowed to harass whites over religious beliefs but maybe this is just the new south africa usa. cobb has not given up on create iing an all-white enclave in america.

antler, north dakota, 200 miles north, population 20-something. >> that's the building cobb said he bought. that's going to be his church. >> reporter: we meet van and his twons lee allen and kyle. they've moved back to north dakota hoping to find a quiet life where they can raise their family and retire. >> why do you think he's so bent on buying land in north dakota of all places? >> i think it's hard to find small towns that he can take over. >> reporter: in general, what do people think about cobb? >> pain in the butt. >> he wants to buy land here in your land. >> he wanted to. >> wanted to, past tense this not going to happen? >> not going to happen. >> reporter: the mayor says they have come up with a plan to keep cobb out and so far it's working. back in le. th, mayor shook and the residents are starting over. casting craig cobb and his hate speech into the trash heap of history. >> it feels real good to see that [ bleep ] property go down. >> reporter: they hope. >> cobb will pose a threat every

>> reporter: for "nightline," i'm byron pitts in ant letter, north dakota. >> our thanks to byron pitts for that reporting. "welcome to leith" is in select movie theaters now. coming up next, something entirely different action break dancing. it's still around. we're taking you to the b-boy super bowl. but i couldn't do it on my own. i needed help and chantix was there. and i did it. along with support, chantix(varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse or of seizures. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if have these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. tell your doctor if you haveheart or blood vessel problems,

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the world's best break dancers. think of it like a world series for head spins. the wimbledon of windmills. put simply, it's the super bowl for breaking. >> bc-1 is a big deal. people have a goal of trying to be invited or battling to get into one. >> reporter: in orlando ryan is competing against 16 top dancers to see who's the best in north america. they'll face off one on one in multiple three-round slugfests with the winner walking away with a cash prize and a ticket to the world championships in rome. >> i don't do ballet and i know that's challenging. i don't want to stand on my toes. >> just stand on your head? >> i will stand on my head. >> reporter: this is ryan's first time in the north american finals but he says he's been a b-boy nearly his whole life. >> what is a b-boy and how can i be one? >> it means break boy or break girl. there would be segments of the music when there would be a

break and the b-boys and b-girls would come out and dance. >> reporter: by day a karate instructor and business owner in er in suburban philadelphia. by night he transforms into a trash talker who spins on his head, shoulders, and just everything else. >> do you think if most people say, close your eyes and imagine a break dancer, and the imknowledge that would pop in their mind is a 29-year-old martial artist from philadelphia? >> no. no, not at all. there's no skin tone to it. there's no hairstyle to it. there's no gender to it. >> reporter: with dancing, you either got it or you don't. even if you do, becoming a b-boy is not easy. >> i might look like it. but i don't dance like it. >> reporter: even though some people make it look easy. channing tatum's moves for his starring role? "step up." the high-octane battling styles of the dancers from "you got served." >> you suckers suck. >> reporter: breaking has taken

over top shows like "america's best dance crew," "so you think you can dance." you can say it's come a long way from its roots on the streets of new york in the '70s and '80s. >> can somebody make a living doing this full-time? >> some people can. some of these competitions if you win you get $10,000. >> reporter: to win each battle ryan will have to convince a panel of judges that his moves are better than the other guys. they'll be judging things like originality, execution, and battle tactics. >> all the transitions, all the leg patterns, the hand patterns, everything that they're doing is different. those are the small details that are really important. >> reporter: to prepare, ryan trains almost daily with his crew. on stage, ryan goes by his b-boy name napalm. all kinds of crazy names.

zacks, and randy. when this is over maybe they'll give me a b-boy name. i thought i had moves but the moves these guys do are, well -- >> up, come back down -- >> reporter: intense. >> chicken wing. >> that was instructional. >> let's graduate. what other moves would they be assured you'd see if you went to a battle? >> you might see somebody do head spins. wind mills. the one where you're spinning around your upper body on the floor. >> reporter: twisting and spinning. these b-boys put together a routine they bring into battle. it's the day of the big competition. >> it's time for the battle! >> reporter: in his first battle, ryan doesn't hold back. >> the winner is -- napalm! >> reporter: he can't rest long. because his next opponent is one of the best in the world. 21-year-old victor montalbo who won this same event last year.

bring their best moves. >> napalm is a blowup technician! >> reporter: and ryan brings that battle spirit. >> oh, wait! i'm not done yet! >> reporter: in the end -- >> victor! >> reporter: it wasn't meant to be. even though he won't go to the world finals, there's always another battle waiting right around the corner. >> yeah! >> reporter: but first, i still have to prove myself and earn that b-boy name. not bad. but is it enough? >> whatever the name is, i'm going to go by that at least for a week. >> t.j. came in and i he left the linoleum immediately. b-boy express. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm b-boy express, breaking it down in philadelphia. up next, she wrote "eat, pray, love," the mega best-selling book that became a julia roberts movie.

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finally tonight, the author of "eat, pray, love" giving one super-fan the thrill of her life and advice that may change her life. >> reporter: she burst onto the scene a decade ago with her spiritual memoir "eat, pray, love," which sold over 10 million copies and became a hit movie. now elizabeth giving better is back with "big magic," a self-help back designed to get all of us to harness our own creativity. >> what does the term big magic mean? >> that feeling of interacting with inspiration.

when it's working. that's the big magic. >> reporter: gilbert argues that creativity isn't just for the elite, which is why she's started a podcast called "magic lessons." >> i decided to try to coach people out of their fear and into their work. >> reporter: she put out a call on her facebook page asking people if they wanted her help getting unstuck in their creative lives, and she got more than 2,000 responses, including one from erin rawlings. a stay at home mom in michigan who's been blogging for six years. erin wants to write a book but she's struggling. >> i was afraid that any time that i took away from my kids to write was selfish. >> reporter: so when gilbert put out the call, erin leapt. >> i'm ready to take my storytelling to the next level and start my book. >> reporter: erin was chosen. >> hi, erin, it's liz gilbert. i was saying, if you want to have children that are creative they're going to have to see you modelling that for them. >> reporter: "nightline" flew

erin to new york city to meet gilbert.