alex chambers is now apologizing to people. >> i'm sorry for the pain and hurt many of you have experienced. i'm sorry that some of these years working through shame and guilt you felt when your attractions didn't change. i'm sorry we had theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents. >>> tonight, in a long statement on the exodus international website, he elaborates saying, i'm sorry some have chosen to end their lives. they chose up shop. we will talk with allen chambers tomorrow on the program. we are going tell you what they have been telling people for decades now. this is from before they shut their doors. >>> men, women, looking for a way to exercise homo sexuality. >> christian ministries offer referrals to treatment programs. more than 120 local branches in north america, exodus international calls themselves. allen chambers says his own change from homo sexuality to hetero sexuality. >> i didn't flip it on and off. it took years of work. >> when did you realize you were gay? >> at the age of 6, i realized i was different from other boys. later on, i associated with wo

alex and jordan deal with it fairly well. but having two needles stuck in your arm each week can be a bit much. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: thanks to make-a-wish greater bay area, the boy were able to forget about their illness for a while when they had their wishes granted. alex wanted the ultimate university of colorado experience, where his parents went to school. >> i was looking forward to meeting the coach the most. >> reporter: but he got to do a whole lot more, like run on the field with ralphie, the buffalo mascot during half time and got some pretty cool gifts. >> this is a jersey that the quarterback gave to me. >> reporter: it has his name on the back. >> l.a.x., never underestimate the heart of a buffalo. >> reporter: for jordan's wish, family went to a very special place in florida. >> it was the best place in the world. >> reporter: that would be disney world. where jordan rode splash mountain and expedition everest. >> i was tall enough to go on it. >> it is dark and black. >> reporter: were you scared? >> no. >> reporter: jordan met mickey, twice. >> i just want to go there. i want to live there. >> reporter: li

alex and jordan deal with it fairly well. but having two needles stuck in your arm each week can be a bit much. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: thanks to make-a-wish greater bay area, the boy were able to forget about their illness for a while when they had their wishes granted. alex wanted the ultimate university of colorado experience, where his parents went to school. >> i was looking forward to meeting the coach the most. >> reporter: but he got to do a whole lot more, like run on the field with ralphie, the buffalo mascot during half time and got some pretty cool gifts. >> this is a jersey that the quarterback gave to me. >> reporter: it has his name on the back. >> l.a.x., never underestimate the heart of a buffalo. >> reporter: for jordan's wish, family went to a very special place in florida. >> it was the best place in the world. >> reporter: that would be disney world. where jordan rode splash mountain and expedition everest. >> i was tall enough to go on it. >> it is dark and black. >> reporter: were you scared? >> no. >> reporter: jordan met mickey, twice. >> i just want to go there. i want to live there. >> reporter: li

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alex, tthat. i think we're being saved by the wind here. the police -- no, i'm sorry, i have to move back into the bureau. it's too intense where i'm standing. >> go ahead and do that. if you have to put your gas mask on, we'll try understand you through the gas mask because, believe me, i have a he been in those situations. it's very unpleasant and very difficult to speak, actually. by the way, on the right-hand side of the screen we're seeing the shot where nick paton walsh was standing. he's had to retreat back into the bureau because of the tear gas and because of the fact that we can't light the position anymore in turkey. we can't make the broadcasting position noticeable who may be able to see that particular position that we used for broadcasting. nick, can you hear me? >> reporter: i don't know if you can now hear me where i'm standing sz. >> yes, i can. >> reporter: sorry about the lack of lights and the fact that i'm wearing a gas mask. we're seeing police moving towards the bureau where we're standing. they've been firing an intense round of tear gas. they

sorry, oklahoma. but no. >> reporter: then, there are people like our friend, beverly, who says she is oklahoma-strong. and she went let any tornado chase her away from home. dan? >> oklahoma-strong. alex, thank you. >>> from extreme weather in the heartland to huge wildfires in the west. more than 1,000 homes are being evacuated as out-of-control fires burn in california and new mexico. look at this video of a trapped man, spotted by the news chopper from los angeles affiliate kabc. abc's clayton sandell tells us what happened next. >> reporter: this morning, the powerhouse fire is earning its name. massive flames tearing through mountain canyons north of los angeles that haven't burned in 30 years. >> it's hard to get our firefighters in these areas with the thick brush. >> reporter: nearly 1,000 firefighters are attacking the blaze from the ground and air. and imagine the horror of this man, spotted by a kabc tv hospital. he's stranded not far from a monstrous wall of fire. but before nightfall, he was rescued. new mexico is fighting two out-of-control wildfires. near the town of jimenez springs, people are fleeing from their homes. >> it's going up in flames. >> reporter: a second

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alex. >> what's with you and paris? you get there often as i get there to the dry-cleaners. back in paris again. >> it's not just cleveland. i keep getting it mixed up, paris, cleveland, sorrye good one. don't tell that to nick, from cleveland. eric holder, as you know, met with a small group of journalists thursday. addressing the department's broad reaching tactics to get information and pinpointing individuals who leaked information in the media. "usa today"'s susan page attended the meeting. we spoke last hour. here what happens she told me. >> this was more a discussion about whether the guidelines at department of justice uses in dealing cases involving the news media, whether they need to be updated and whether the requirement for advanced notice of news organizations before subpoenas are executed needs to be tightened. so that was the thrust of the conversation. >> so your take on the attorney general is, what. >> i think he's trying to get his handles around this. this has not been a particularly good week or good month for him. he's trying to really distance himself from the situation, saying it's not me, it's the process. so if you go and gather a group of people