. ♪ >> brandon hanks from the syracuse police department issued a challenge to kids in his community.t was a one-on-one challenge. push-ups or shoes. the kids lose, they do push-ups, he loses, he buys them sneakers. he went viral, he joined us on the show. when we spoke to him, we want to know how he could go about funding the shoes, the price point, all of that. he didn't have to worry about it since he had not lost. rajon rondo sent over the over e rondo 5s to brandon hanks from his foundation so support the cause. >> he has so many pairs of shoes now, he'll have to start throwing games. >> wow, you're really good at that underhand no, you still ha brandon hanks. they are trying to increase community involvement. but you have to beat him. >> thank you again. i appreciate it. means a lot to this community. >> rajon rondo does basketball camps and he's involved with kids in various communities he's lived in throughout the united states. he said it was heart warming for youth to reach out to officer hanks to challenge him. he said he hopes these conversations lead to relationships that

. >> it's very pop kular, especiay right now but officer brandon hanks is about that action. ♪ >> onen one he goeses toe to toe with these kids. they got lucky o what else you got? you got push ups, bud. >> if they lose against him, they have to do push ups. that's not fair. >> it's more than fair. it's the law. officer brandon stated i play one on one. you lose, you do push ups. if if you win, i'll personally buy you a new pair of sneakers. say the word, drop a location and i'm pulling up. >> and tired. but it might be good and tired. we got officer brandon. >> how you doing? >> so when these kids pull up on you, i'm sure they don't know you have a record playing ball? >> no, i can't give out that information. >> has anyone ever beat you? have you bought anyone shoes? >> fortunately enough no, i haven't been beaten yet. still undefeated. >> you demonstrate what a lot of officers see. you see people in need, you see kids who need shoes. what is it you're trying to do besides buy them shoes and let them know you' you're fun to play with? >> i'm trying to show that police officers can d

it began with a facebook challenge to kids from brandon hanks, a 27-year-old police officer in syracuse him one on one. first to score wins. lose, and you do push-ups. win, and hanks buys you sneakers. well, after 20 straight wins, officer hanks met his match yesterday in a pint-sized seven- year-old named josiah brandon, who sank first basket. >> the smile on his face when the ball went through the net, that probably-- that smile will stick with me forever. >> o'donnell: soh go police escort to the store where he picked out a pair of nikes, size two, and officer hanks drew his credit card and paid the $70 bill. he does it for the kids. they do it for the kicks. don't you just love that? either way, it's a slam dunk for both sides. and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm norah o'donnell in new york on this tuesday night. we hope to see you again right back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> breaking news right now off of the coast of half moon bay. a small plane went down in the ocean about one ho

. >> reporter: though he's never fired his gun on duty, syracuse police officer brandon hanks still takesde in how he shoots. >> there it is! >> reporter: this kind of shooting. a standout basketball player in high school and college, officer hanks grew up like a lot of kids he knew: fearful of the police. y> the only time i ever really saw them in my neighborhood is when somebody was either going to jail orama cop he wanted to change that perception, posting this challenge on facebook to the kids he sees on patrol: one-on- one, first basket wins. if that's hanks, the challenger does 20 pushups, but if hanks loses, he buys the winner a new pair of sneakers. >> what gives me the hunger to not lose is thinking about the receipt for the $150 sneaker t ll. >> reporter: he's undefeated in 20 challenges. g does get the ball first, but he's playing in full uniform. >> i got my bulletproof vest on which is also, you know, another you 15 pounds. so it kind of balances out the rking perfect.a little bit. >> i m >> reporter: so far, the challenge is working perfectly. >> i mean, all cops are not bad

. >> reporter: though he's never fired his gun on duty, syracuse police officer brandon hanks still takes pride in how he shoots. >> there it is! >> reporter: this kind of shooting. a standout basketball player in high school and college, officer hanks grew up like a lot of kids he knew-- fearful of the police. >> the only time i ever really saw them in my neighborhood is when somebody was either going to jail or getting arrested, or something like that. >> reporter: when he became a cop, he wanted to change that perception, posting this challenge on facebook to the kids he sees on patrol. one-on-one, first basket wins. if that's hanks, the challenger does 20 pushups. but if hanks loses, he buys the winner a new pair of sneakers. >> that's what gives me the hunger to not lose is thinking about that receipt for that $150 sneaker bill. >> reporter: he's undefeated in 20 challenges. he does get the ball first, but he's playing in full uniform. >> i got my bulletproof vest on which is also another 10-15 pounds so it balances out the playing a little bit. >> reporter: so far the challenge is w

it began with a facebook challenge to kids from brandon hanks, a 27-year-old police officer in syracuseyork. playing one-on-one, the first to score wins. you lose and you do push-ups. win and hank buys you sneakers. after 20 straight wins officer hanks met his match yesterday in a pint-sized seven-year-old who sank the first basket. >> the smile on his face, that will stick with me forever. >> he got a police escort to the store and picked out a pair of nikes, size 2 and officer hanks drew his credit card and paid the $70 bill. he does it for the kids. they do it for the kicks. don't you just love that. either way a slam dunk for both sides. we hope to see you back here again tomorrow. good night. ♪ >> this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. the white house is scrambling to head off a possible economic downturn as we head in to an election year. the president blames the fed and the news media for stoking reception fears. despite that the president and his aides are considering a payroll tax cut, capital gains, reduction in tariffs or none of the above. paula re

. >> reporter: though he's never fired his gun on duty, syracuse police officer brandon hanks still takess. >> there it is! this kind of shooting. a standout basketball player in high school and college, officer hanks grew up like a lot of kids he knew, fearful of the police. >> the only time i ever really saw them in my neighborhood is when somebody was either going to jail or getting arrested or something like that. >> reporter: when he became a cop, he wanted to change that perception, posting this challenge on facebook to the kids he sees on patrol. one-on-one, first basket wins. if that's hank's, the challenger does 20 push-ups. but if hanks loses, he buys the winner a new pair of sneakers. >> it gives me the hunger to not lose is thinking about that receipt for that $150 sneaker bill. >> reporter: he is undefeated in 20 challenges. he does get the ball first, but he's playing in full uniform. >> i got my bulletproof vest on which is another also 10, 15 poun.indfplg tlt. >> reporter: so far the challenge is working perfectly, i mean, all cops are not bad cops. >> reporter: and just i

. >> last month officer brandon hanks challenged kids in his hometown to play him one on one and if theypa ir of sneakers. after being defeate defeated 27e final loly lost to josiah. >> welcome to both of you. >> hi, how are you doing. >> i love this story. officer, where did you come up with this idea to bring the community together through basketball? >> it sort of started with me getting out of my patrol car during my shift and shooting hoops with kids. i started to get positive feedback from that. i thought why not give an incentive of a cheal leng. mchallenge.my challenge is i'lla pair of sneakers if you beat me. i didn't plan on losing. >> clearly you're a formidable opponent. jo sigh disajosiah, you steppedk it to him. what's the secret to your showdown? >> i don't know. what move did you make to score. 27 kids that came before you didn't get it done. >> josiah, what move did you make? >> what move did you make to score? was it a jump shot or a layup? >> say it again. >> i stole the ball from him and shot it over his head. >> not bad. >> shot it over his head and made it. congratu

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