. >> garvin thomas have been returning to san jose's branham high school to witness a rally where students make their classmates' wishes come true. now he's put together a half hour special on the uplifting and emotional event. we have a little preview for you. ♪ ♪ >> i think a little over 700 wishes were submitted by the students and teachers. ♪ ♪ >> so i can start off potential big wishes i have number three. parents got divorced. mom is having a lot of financial trouble. needs help with money and would also like to do something nice for mom because she's been really struggling financially. >> 481 is for ms. molina to get gas gift cards because she lives in holster. >> payment for a down payment for first month's rent for an apartment or house for her dad. >> she would love to provide a time for them to spend time together. she doesn't know how much longer he has. ♪ >> i think ocrazy to think thes come to school every day with these painful stories they have though carry. >> with cancer, with losing a loved one, with inability to afford even everyday things like food, i mean, these are r

garvin thomas: in december 2015, i got an email from a branham high school student. said they were holding a rally in their gym, one where people would be doing kind things for each other. sounded like a good story for our bay area "proud" series, so i showed up to cover it. it wasn't long after it started i realized i had stumbled across something pretty powerful. i've been back every year since to cover the branham high school winter wishes rally. the way the students, teachers, staff, the entire community here embraces the idea of being kind to each other is something worth sharing. ♪ ♪

. >> it begins with every student, teacher, and staff member at branham being asked to make a wish.r small. for themselves. or for someone else. >> this one is to help pay for surgery for their dog. >> appreciate their mom, because after their dad passed away -- >> there year more than 700 wishes were made. >> i think one reading, it was really crazy that they come to school every day, with painful or emotional stories that they have to carry. >> and then we have $200 to the dress place. >> the most needed, most meaningful wishes, are handed out to student leadership teams who set out to raise the money to make those wishes come true. in front of the entire school. >> thank you, mom. >> branham's winter wishes rally, is a tear-filled hour, of everything that is right with the world. there is the wish of recognition. for a cheer leader who overcomes her challenges, to lift classmates spirits every day. >> there is the wish of acceptance. for one brave enough to stand in front of her peers and share her story. >> i will never forget the day calling my mother and saying hey, mom. >> th

i'm very excited to announce we'll do an entire half hour special on the winter wishes program at branhamot started. what goes into every rally and, of course, lots much wishes. it will be december 25th, christmas day at 6:30 in the evening, a half hour all on winter wishes. i hope you can join us then. you might want to bring some tissues with you. >>> should be sponsored by kleenex. we'll be right back. here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. ernsatchel paige was still old dominating batters at 59. . celia cruz was still winning grammys at 77. john wheeler illuminated our ideas of the universe at 70. and roger crouch was 56 when he first went into space. your best is yet to come. ♪ >>> singing. spreading the holiday cheer. santa making a stop in the south bay

branham's winter wishes rally is a tear-filled hour of everything that is right with the world. there is the wish of recognition. for a cheerleader who overcomes her challenges to lift her classmates' spirits every day. there is the wish of acceptance. for one brave enough to stand in front of her peers and share her story. >> i will never forget the day i was in the car with my mom and said hey, mom, i think i have autism. >> reporter: and there is the wish of support. for a friend who rarely sees her mother, living on the other side of the country. >> something i'm very excited about. every year we do a story on winter wishes, and i don't think it's enough to tell the whole story. this year we have a whole half hour, december 25th, christmas at 6:30, a bay area proud special, 30 minutes all about the winter wishes program, how it got started, what goes into it, how they get the money, and of course lots of amazing, emotional wishes that we're going to share. christmas day, that's little far ahead, if you want to put it in your dvrr so you don't forget . we mentioned empathy. i

. >> when 14-year-old robin gutierrez made her way on to the winter wishes stage in branham high school in december of 2016, she could not have known it would be the very last time she would ever be on that campus. >> my name is robin. i'm a freshman here. >> reporter: but those who knew robin best. >> robin was my daughter. >> reporter: her mom erica and sister danielle said if she had -- >> i thought a lot about life. >> reporter: it wouldn't change a single thing she did that day. >> she just wanted them to know she was like any other child. she just couldn't w >> robin had been felling well enough to go to school for three months but she was determined to share her story about what life was like with mus ca muscular dystrophy and make her wish in person. >> she wanted to go to hollywood. >> robin's favorite pass time was making movies with her friend and then posting them to her youtube channel. her wish, 1,000 subscribers to that channel. and her classmates responded. >> so we kept checking and we would make little announcements oh, you have this many. >> reporter: but in the weeks

the to the leadership and says all right thank you for that liz elizabeth branham live forests in new delhi. to zimbabwe now where millions of people have suffered months of major power cuts and that's now severely affecting the economy as well nicholas hoc reports on what. it was once the manufacturing hub of southern africa. is now running out of power turning into a ghost town gone are the streets filled with factory workers wedged between abandoned warehouses is a small the other shoe factory running on a diesel generator where we share a bond there has been working for the last 20 years. and this is heading down the drain. because the unemployment is increasing in prison and prison and what you know was a lot of people are not employed there is a lot of that that is nobody everything that's where i see it going in the next few years it will be like down the way to some point where the strongest subtypes sibanda moved to the city in 1980 then shoes tires steel even beef was exported to europe he remembers how then electricity was not in short supply but abundant wisdom by exportin

have died in the violence since the law was passed earlier this month that's ringing in elizabeth branham in new delhi for is what are we expecting today after this government approval of funding for this population register is likely to make more people angry isnt it. yeah absolutely folly whereas for the last 2 weeks the protests started with the citizenship amendment act that new citizenship in all but soon created was saying they don't want that they don't want citizenship to be given on the basis of religion they also don't want the national register of citizens and now they don't want what the government has approved funding for the national copulation register which although the government says is just part of the census will the critics the opponents the protesters say that it is it will form the basis for this national register of citizens which could be used to discriminate against against muslims others too i mean this is already being carried out in the northeastern state of us some 2000000 people were left off the citizenship list hindus and most of them so the people are aga

. >> reporter: but sadness is also sinking in for long time actors like kurt branham who plays king louie. >> i just want to hold onto every moment. >> reporter: what will you miss about being king louie as you have been the last 25 years? >> oh, the freedom, the laughter, the joy, the complete irreverence to whatever is happening. >> oh, where's your hat? >> reporter: the story follows snow white as she looks for love around the world, but the cast and crew will miss the fun of weaving in fresh material almost daily. >> it was fun. >> reporter: former stage manager saying what joe sees to the news one morning can end up on stage hours later. >> most of the time it will work and we'll have somebody rehearse and costumes and add it by that evening. >> reporter: like when gay marriage became legal in san francisco. >> when louie sang i'm getting married in the morning, ding dong, it's such a lovely day, that brought the house down. my fastest change is probably from buster posey into ruth bader-ginsburg and i have about 45 seconds to do that. >> reporter: meanwhile the cast and crew are cou