now and again and again this is "nightline." >> tonight, trump flying so nice, thank you. >> i may have to leave the stage. >> as the other gop contenders go head to head in the political ring. >> i'm not leaving the stage no matter what you ask me. >> will help or hurt him in iowa? off the chain! >> the preachers of atlanta. not your typical people of god. to heal your heart! >> how these young flashy faith leaders attract hundreds to sunday services, host hip-hop parties, even go tople in the pews. >> here goes nothing. and prince charming chris pine. early years.

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good evening. thanks for join is us. tonight it was a war of words at the gop debate. candidates dueling it out on stage. only minutes away, donald trumpis boycott. but adding more fuel to the fire in his rivalry with fox news. so who stole the show david wright. >> before we get to the issues, let's address the elephant not in the room tonight. >> reporter: tonight ata debate -- >> it's not about donald trump. >> reporter: donald trump, for once, was not center stage. >> i kind of miss donald trump. he was a little teddy bear to ays had such a loving relationship. >> reporter: but he was still very much the center of attention. >> let me say i'm a maniac. and everyone is stupid, fat, and ugly. and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald

rogue, holding his own event for veterans ten minutes away in desll the cameras like the academy awards. this is like the academy awards! >> reporter: he also raised $6 million for vet.s night and this bizarre split-screen moment. >> i didn't want to be here, i have to be honest. i wanted to be about five minutes away. >> reporter: cnn andd trump's rally. >> fox has been extremely nice and the last number of hours, actually -- and they've there and they said, how about now? they called a few minutes ago. how about now? i said, hasn't it already started? >> reporter: on fox the last gop debate minus the gopont-runner. his absence gave some of the shine. >> in new hampshire, i just received the support of seven out of eight of the newspapers in that state. because they seey see unity, they see coming together, they see a record of

accomplishment. >> i've had more 2:00 a.m. phonebody here put together, making life and death decisions. >> look, i'm in the establis the greatest man alive, was president of the united states. and my brother, who i adore, fantastic brother, was president. fine, i'll take it. >> reporter: center stage this running second in iowa. >> i would note the last four questions have been, rand, please attack ted. marco, please attack e attack ted. jeb, please attack ted. >> reporter: cruz was in for a bruising. >> if you guys ask one more mean leave the stage. >> the biggest winner of this politically was donald trump. i think if you pick somebody on stage, i thinktually did the best. >> the thing that is most important to me and calls me to run for office is i'muntry and how much debt we're adding. i am the one true fiscal

all spending and that's the only way we'll ever balance our r: trump's decision not to join his fellow candidates ostensibly because he doesn't like the moderator. >> i'm not a fan of megyn kelly,d-rate reporter, frankly is not good at what she does. >> reporter: there's bad blood on trump's side no doubt about it, from the last timehim out in a fox news debate. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and als. your twitter account -- >> only rosie o'donnell. >> no it wasn't.- [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> for the record,yond rosie o'donnell. >> reporter: this week trump retweeted this at 6:30 a.m. suggesting kelly is not exactly a credible feminist he told bill o'reilly, fox news has not been fair and balanced to him.

opportunity -- >> i'm not walking away, i was >> you are walking away. >> in this case i was being taken advantage of by fox, i don't like that. >> reporter: it's possible trump is being strategic, using his feud with fox news ands an excuse. >> but i also think there was a political calculation in it, he knows he's ahead in iowa, new hampshire. he knows he's ahead in all thesed maybe for him the less risk was something happening in the debate as opposed to just missing the debate. >> reporter: cruz still wants a shot at trump.site called ducking donald and challenging him to go mano a mano in their own debate saturday night.uggesting they do it in canada. later he made it clear he has no intention of participating in any debates not sanctioned by the rnc. the latest iowa pollsnow slightly ahead, but everyone's waiting for saturday when "the des moines register" releases its poll. >> i think we'll have a ver saturday.

lead still on saturday, in all likelihood he's going to go on and win the nomination.he'll win a series of other states. >> reporter: tonight hillary clinton's campaign texted out this photo saying, trying not to throw my remote at the tv.ocratic race seems to be tightening up. in iowa, hillary clinton is in a statistical dead heat with bernie sanders, leading onlyoll. >> my god, what a turnout!nders drawing huge crowds. >> if you want a government that represents all of the people and not just a few, the political revolution. >> reporter: a revolution inspiring some unusual hairstyle help this week from celebrities, including actress susan sarandon. >> change is difficult.

us isw. i give you bernie sanders.clinton, meanwhile, has had help from her husband, former president bill clinton. >> after the next president's term you need to caucus for hillary. you need to help her get ready.alk to your friend. >> reporter: a new abc news/"washington post" poll says most americans believe she will win the general election in t's a long way off. and the same poll shows 7 in 10 are feeling anxious about a donald trumpe iowa caucus is just four days away now. the first votes haven't even been cast. >> it's one of the more fascinating campaigns i've ever don't think i've ever seen something like this. on both sides of aisle. we have candidates that we've never seen before. a socialist on the democratic side fighting the a couple of establishment people who are getting fought by a reality tv star and other

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the religion leaders you're about to meet are not your typical women and men of the cloth. these pastors are challenging the status quo. so can their new-age people renew a connection with their faith and break down

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> liar!e of reality tv's craziest moments have found their home in the city of atlanta. >> you want to hear me [ bleep ]? i will [ bleep ] you eed snatching on "the real housewives of atlanta." the ridiculous insanity that is "love and hip-hop in atlanta."ng many residents here are proud of. even as we secretly chuckle that it's entertaining. >> atlanta's off theter: this newest reality series featuring this fine city and another mostly black cast might seem like more of the same. ision to make it big and different. all of the characters showing out are men and women of the cloth. >> god is going to heal your >> reporter: "preachers of atlanta." a lot of people would say, boy,

housewives" than "real eople put pastors up on a pedestal like we have the perfect life. i think the show allows people to see that, you know what, we go through the same going to get through it. and we're going to show you how to get through it. >> reporter: kimberly popier is here to give you life.t church of the harvest south of the city. >> you this ain't a church for tired folk! >> reporter: she leads a flock of over 300 ys she's doing the show to wider. >> i don't want people that already know jesus. i'm trying to get people that don't know jesnever walk in a church. it is about me loving you so much that it convinces you to live right and give god a chance. do it. >> i heard that you sometimes minister in a tutu. >> i do. i think that tutu is, whoa!

>> reporter: this is pastor ndria johnson, dressing up as a prostitute to blend in in a tough neighborhood downtown. >> i a. >> and i'm trying to find women that look like me. >> reporter: she even hands out condoms and cigarettes. >> you got condome condoms. >> reporter: when all the pastors get together at a hip-hop listening party, drama isn't far with the condoms, though? >> that's safe sex, period. >> i would rather pass out a condom to those that i know is going to have sex. it's real. >> i'm going to >> what's the light? >> i'm going to be the one the kid comes to after they got pregnant because someone gave themou objected to that? >> yes, i'm not going to send somebody to hell. i preach abstinence. you wait until you get married. -- so yes, i was very against it. >> talk to me about the racial

>> well, i'm black, i just crack. am -- i don't even -- man, i know this is cliche and it's like, i don't see color. but i don't. like, i'm telling you something. us pastors, like we love each like, this show, these pastors have become family. >> reporter: the issue of policing in black communityingoncern on the show. >> i know how the system works as a whole. >> tell me how we work. keep them in the system. beat them in the system -- >> reporter: that's pass soar corey hambrick who preaches atan center. this pastor is a police officer. >> how's you a preacher and a police? which one is -- >> because i save souls and i save encountered a lot of distrust from folks in our community because you are in law enforcement. >> of course. and i understand that.ple's experiences in life, they

and so this is a perfect opportunity for me to showill see in the show that all police officers are not out there to do people harm. that we're actually out there to reporter: a life in blue isn't easy for an african-american, even if he's a pastor. he's not community. >> what does that say to you? >> that says a lot of things to me. that says that we as a community, we havere educated. >> reporter: he invites all of them to a summit with police officers called code red, with fellow cast member and pastor kenton jo to stop using excuses as black men and get motivated enough to cause change. >> my whole point is as black men let's a reason to show up. let me finish. so there's a source of accountability -- >> hold on, he wouldn't say that to white folk.

dispatched the call? why were we called to the scene in the first place?ee with him or not he goes there. they all do. >> i believe this show is going to literally bring people back into the church. because people and their church want to know, youthrough it. i always say, i wouldn't go to his church. >> reporter: like most of the reality stars from this city, they say they have little for much godlier reasons. for "nightline," i'm steve osunsami in atlanta. >> wow. old school they are not.atlanta" premieres february 3ed on oxygen. next, the hollywood hungs showing major swagger in his hours." beth, i hear you calling... but i can't come home right now... me and the boys are playing...

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and finally tonight, chris pine's career is soaring. from space to the ocean in his latest movie "the finest hours."s riding the wave of stardom against the casts taking over hollywood. here's my "nightline" coanchor juju chang.s the ultimate dark and stormy night drama. >> you've got about five seconds, boys! >> reporter: a broken tanker stuck in a boat's in pieces!

coast guard crew captained by chris pine, a mission against all odds. were you as cold asthat just good acting? >> it was cold, it was wintertime. we were in the water. we had dump tanks dumping water on us, wind >> are you okay? >> i'm having a great time now! >> reporter: the plot of "the finest hours" ripped from the history books. opening this weekend from our >> hold on! >> reporter: to play a massachusetts mariner, it meant working on his accent. i don't blame this on nobody else, did it it! >> the boston accent, almost as treacherous as the waves you were navigati difficult. there's a bostian -- the os. "got."l. "got." >> reporter: chris is used to

but with a lot more bravado. as captain kirk in the "star trek" hey, farm boy, maybe you can't count. there are four of us and one of you. >> so get two more guys and then it will be an even fight. >> you broke through playing a with a tremendous amount of confidence to playing not so confident, shy, reluctant leader. >> to tap into feelings of insecurity and vulnerability far for me at all. kirk, who has a lot of swagger and arrogance, there's obviously covering for something. a big dog doesn't have to bark so was compensating? >> well, yeah. yeah, yeah. >> reporter: though pine played prince charming in "into the raised to be charming, not sincere. >> reporter: he says that was just a fairy tale. >> i was taught aount of humility during a time we like to call puberty. >> you have no credibility as someone who as guy.

when i was 15. >> reporter: now he's seen as a rising a-lister, part of a group of hollywood heartthrobs with common. >> are the chriss taking over h, pratt, pine, evans. what is it? >> we were lucky enough to get work. they're all doing fantastic. juju chang in new york. >> our thanks to juju. as pipe's portrayal of a courageous coast guard captain mark twain said, "the follows the fear of life. a man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." thank you for watching. tune into "good morning america"as always online at our facebook page and abcnews.com.