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where does the commitment and the bravery -- my word, not yours -- bravery come in to be part of the and talking about race and class and gender and -- what did that commitment from from? >> i swear to you and the -- god -- i do not think of it as brave. didn't feel brave. i did what i -- i wanted to make people love. i guess i understood from my own life that the more people cared, the more they would love. as a grown-up with kids -- his another child -- i'm a sawyer man. so i dealt with the subject we were all dealing with. it didn't seem that -- not bravery at all. these are the -- this is the life we were living, you know. four or five years into the shows, i taught fthought for th first time, wait a second, they don't want me delivering a message. if you got a message, that's -- i thought for the first time, wait a minute, we had "beverly hillbilly" and "green acres," and they were fine. the biggest problem anybody had in those shows was some being the boss coming to dinner and the roast is ruined. they were saying america doesn't have racial problems. america doesn't have econo

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but i see enormous bravery, enormous challenge, great courage going on to surface things that the public really needs to know about. >> journalists go towards danger when others move away. journalists have to get involved with all sides of the conflict in order to get the story. >> it takes a very fearless journalist to get up every day and say, "you know what? i'm determined to continue my profession, even though i may have to spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder". >> [radio] line 'em all up. come on, fire! >> i came here in 2003, i came to cover the us-led invasion, i got here about three weeks before the bombing campaign started. and i stayed for the next couple of years working on and off. i came because i thought the war was going to be covered pretty heavily in the western media from the position of embedded journalists. you know, if i was going to take any risk at all, i'd rather take the risk making a story that wasn't being told. and i was concerned that the iraqi perspective would be neglected. so i came and st- stayed in baghdad and worked in baghdad, instead of

bravery. theme of the day. bravery, theme of the day. "first look" is up next. >>> right now on "first look," a concerned president obama addresses americans' ebola fears head on. is enough being done and will an ebola czar help? for first time, we'll hear from the ebola patient nina pham. she's been moved a few miles from the white house to the national institutes of health, plus cocaine for joe biden's son boots him from the u.s. navy. the giants are back for the third world series in five years. and the story of the mama bear and her cub that got national attention. good morning, happy friday to you. thank you for joining us today. we'll have the latest on the ebola situation in a moment. first, we want to begin with two tropical paradises bracing for impact. category 3 hurricane gonzalo is on a collision course with the island of bermuda. it has 130-mile-per-hour winds. half a foot of rain is expected to start this afternoon. nbc's dylan dreyer is on the island. >> here in bermuda, all eyes are on hurricane gonzalo. it is forecast to

at home, thanks to the tremendous bravery of men like , we are belatedly honoring the promise we made it to one another at the founding of the republic. we had at last begun to recognize women for their talents, and revere them for their contributions. celebrated theas end of polio. men left their footprints on the moon. whileratched its head trying to figure out the difference between a gigabyte and a happy meal. [applause] [laughter] >> none of this just happened, it happened because pieces -- able of conscience refused to be passive in the face of injustice or indifference to the demands of democracy. generation in a new century is summoned to complete our unfinished work. and to purge our politics of cynicism. today, the challenge of political courage looms larger than ever before. political life is becoming so expensive, so mechanized, and so dominated by professional politicians and public relations men that the idealist who dreams of independence statement ship is rudely awakened of the necessity of elections and a congressman's. kennedy inator john introducing profiles encoura

destruction of hateful walls that once divided free men from the enslaved here at home thanks to the bravery of men like john lewis, we are honoring the promise we made to one another at the founding of the republic. we have at least began to recognize women for their talents and revere them for their contributions. my generation has celebrated the end of polio. cheered as men left their footprints on the moon. and scratched its head while trying to figure out the difference between a gig bite and a happy meal. none of this just happened. it happened because people of conscious refused to be passive in the face of injustice or indifferent to the demands of democracy. now, a new generation in a new century. someone to complete our unfinished work and to purge our politics of cynicism. today the challenge of political courage looms larger than ever before. are so expensive, so mechanized and so dominated by professional politicians and public relations men that the idea and dreams of independent statesmanship is rudely awakened by the necessity of election and accomplishments. so said senator

we are able to be here tonight enjoying our freedom as americans because of the bravery of the latino united states armed forces. [ cheers and applause ] >> good stuff. yeah. earlier this year, 17 men of latino heritage who fought with great pride for our nation received the highest award for valor that can be bestowed, the congressional medal of honor. [ cheers and applause ] >> for far too many years of contribution and bravery have been ignored. however, they have now joined 43 other latinos in being recognized and given an honor that was much deserved and long overdue. what they did for our country and our people shall always be remembered. [ applause ] ♪ god bless america land that i love ♪ ♪ stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america, god bless america ♪ ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home america ♪ [ chee

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flanged by the ebola workers, president obama praised their bravery. he said america must lead in the fight against ebola. he warned there could be more cases of ebola in the united states. >> i want america to understand the truth is that until we stop this outbreak in west africa, we may continue to see individual cases in america in the weeks and months ahead. because that's the nature of today's world. we can't hermetically seal ourselves off. >> the nbc news cameraman who survived a brush with ebola now understands the suffering he did stories about. ashoka mukpo spoke with cnn's don lemon. mukpo fell ill one day into a shoot for nbc news in liberia. he suffered through the worst of the disease in a nebraska hospital where he recovered. >> i used to see people who would be laying in front of treatment centers waiting to be admitted and laying in the ground in the sun and say you can't sit up at least. once i got sick, i understood. you have no energy. to walk three feet feels like a marathon. i'm lucky to be alive. i'm back home. good feeling to b

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>>reporter:they took part in celebrating her bravery. the audience was filled with students that were inspired by this young girl. >> she's a huge hero of mine. >> if you are young you can still have the power to do something. >> even though she got shot for standing up what she believed in. she kept fighting and doing what she loves to do. >>reporter:her work is far from over. she challenged the world leaders to fight the good fight with her. >> the country is powerful when they are educated. to change the concept and let's try to fisca focus on people. >> the room was quiet as she made her remarks. she thanked philadelphia with a warm reception and spoke with the children in the room. this is not only about words. she will donate her 100,000 cash prize to the children of pakistan, jim. live from independence mall, sharrie williams. >>> you can watch of the liberty medal ceremony in its entirety when we air it on "channel~6 action news" on monday night at 5:00 p.m. i sat down with malala and talked about her education campaign and the l

it was sort of that he sent the benchmark for bravery.just about being brave in a foolhardy way, but by earning it. by knowing your reporters enough. by being involved enough to know what they're doing and about the penal they're reporting onto know whether or not to make decisions, not just as gut decisions, but as well-informed, brave decisions from a position of strength. that's how i've always viewed his legacy. is that fair from having worked with him? >> i think that's fair, but i don't think that's the way he would have described it. i think he would have said it was doing his job. and doimpk it well. and he knew he did his job well. people always talked about his instincts. he had a story that almost appeared around corners. but it wasn't just instinct. it was intelligent. it was a rigger to the way he approached -- he approached reporters and stories and news and where's the next story. that people don't really talk about but we all should appreciate. -he was a really, really smartman who did his job and wanted to be the best and

. >>> a washington state school teacher is being hailed a hero today because of the bravery she exhibitedg last friday's deadly school shooting. there may have been more young victims but for the bold actions of this young teacher, megan silberberger. witnesses say she ran towards the gunman. >> she like grabbed his arm, got a hand on him. it happened in seconds. >> cnn correspondent don simon is live in marysville in washington state with more on her bravery. dan what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, brooke. we'll talk about her in a minute. first i want to show you this extraordinary scene here in front of the school. look at these expressions of goodwill. i would say about 100 yards this fence has been turned into a makeshift memorial. so many people dropping off flowers and balloons. it's been growing by anyone. a lot of goodwill bestowed on this teacher, megan silberberger. you mentioned her name. she was in a room near the cafeteria, heard the gun shots and then ran towards the gunfire. she saw some students who were down and then she actually confronted the gunman in some fashion.

vickers but they also commended the entire security team who responded quickly and with great bravery in order to protect those members of parliament including the prime minister who again was just inside one of those caucus rooms at the time when zehaf-bibeau broke through the doors. >> stunning and emotional moment in parliament especially when stephen harper spoke. thank you for that. as far as the sergeant-at-arms took down, that gunman had "connections to other jihadists" within canada who shared this ideology and now we know that both canada and the united states had heightened security after hearing jihadi chatter prior to yesterday morning's shootings. joining me now from washington are senior washington correspond joe johns. so, joe, what are we learning? what are you hearing from your sources as far as this gunman's movements and ties to these jihadists? >> not a lot more than what you reported there. what our colleagues at cnn reported that michael zehaf-bibeau did have ties to jihadist. they shared a radical ideology. there was a lot of chatter but just chatter without spe

can you imagine the bravery? during her acceptance speech, she talk about the have i lent act toward her and that a lot of people did nothing to stop it. >> in the taliban, they take me in order to silence me. but i think they committed a big mistake. they did a bliss meg taste because nothing stopped in my life. fear, hopeless, died, and strength, power, and courage was born. >> is that inspiration? had a group of 16 high school seniors from mount st. joseph academy want to go meet malala yousafzai. they met her at the convention center yesterday, where she spoke at the forbes 30 under 30 summit. girls started social media campaign to promote educational opportunity for all children. >> just seeing how difficult it is cents for people around the worlds to get an education, it just makes us feel like we have an obligation casino of to help people around the world get that education, because it is so important. >> those girls are going to join us today on good day philadelphia at 8:00 this morning. pipe the way, i

. >>> nevada teacher killed during a school shooting is being named for his bravery.ice say he was trying to talk a 12-year-old student into turning over his gun when the student shot him in the chest. lancebury was awarded the air forces medal and cross for heroism. >>> meet to get in-depth training for dangerous situations. the topic of this year's event was guns. in addition to some defensive driving skills, the drivers learned how to get a gun out of the hands of an attacker. >> i would be ready to lay down my life for any of these kids. whether i know them or not. and if that means taking one of these kids that is the assassin i would take them down. >> the training included school bus drivers from 38 districts across northern and central california. >>> a week long training exercise for emergency responders in benicia kicks off today. it will involve simulated releases of a variety of materials from a rail car. the goal of the exercise is to help prepare responders in the event of a gas chemical or crude oil release. >>> bizarre story. a woman that was stuck in

the kinds of people who do this work, the spirit that they have and the bravery that they have is justemarkable. and i know that you have spoken to a number of test pilots over your long career covering aviation. what drives them to do this? >> what drives them is the goal to get the job done. it's crucial to understand, these men and women who are test pilots are not some foolish risk-takers determined to push things as far as possible until death do they part. that is not what being a test pilot is about. i've interviewed many of them, civil aviation, the planes they have to put up for the first time. they're usually former military. they have a look about them. they say, by the time we do it, we have a very good idea of what we are doing. and it's a calculated risk. and that's the key to understand about these men and women, they are not foolhardies going off into the wild blue yonder. they know the risk. >> richard quest, stay with us. earlier this month, richard branson, the ceo and founder of virgin galactic, spoke with our own poppy harlow about the risks of space travel. take a

. >> that was an act of bravery. >> she was just trying to go through the wall.happened to be in the way. >> fight or flight reaction, that was definitely flight. >> it was. >> is there any chance this is fake? any chance this is all set up and these two in the bed are really awesome? >> you know, i thought it might be fake. >> that's my feeling. the way they are sleeping, it's easier for the camera to get the angle. i get that impression. >> that's it for this edition of "right this minute." thanks for joining us. see you next t - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. >>> it's one of the toughest climbs in the world. >> no woman has ever done it. >> why this one is determined to change that. >> dude's got a red hot r

stories of bravery, stories of injuries sustained, stories of s hope and healing, stories abouts thevery of purpose. the national park service is am america's storyteller, and on er behalf of the men and women at the department of the interior, we are proud to welcome this s memorial and this story and the many other stories that will be told on this memorial to the national park service family. thank you all so much.or easure and now it is my pleasure to introduce someone who has been an incredible champion, not only for this memorial, but for tivec veterans and active duty u.s. military personnel and families. what began decades ago as a personal commitment to our nation's heroes back home in his native chicago quickly evolved q into handshake tours with the m uso in iraq and afghanistan and around the world. he formed the lieutenant dan in band performing for hundreds of thousands of troops at home and abroad. in 2011 he established a foundation to honor our troops, our veterans, our first responders, and their families. for his tireless work and dedication he's been honored with

he shared what an honor it was to make this movie about bravery on the battlefield. tanker soldiers in the final fight against hitler. you all wanted to hear from real tankers. i'm curious, a impact it had on you? >> we heard stories that i don't think they shared with many people. just sitting down with the guys who lived it was an honor. >> this movie, a tribute to the bonds formed. >> it's the study of a family formed in war. >> they came in as kids and came out as men. i'm curious how you came out of this project. >> it's been the most rewarding job i've had in my life. >> a prayer. on-set, a bond formed. off the set, a change for brad pitt. he and angelina jolie got married this august. i'm just curious about how the kids feel. >> it was an amazing day. there's an added security that comes with it. i just think it solidifies something. i was surprised, we have six kids. i thought we were way past it. i was surprised how much it meant to me, too. it's not just a piece of paper. >> and we revealed that ray stewart saw the movie. >> i got to hollywood. >> we talked

but because of her character and bravery and that of her colleagues in the field she happened to unfortunately get infect infected. that's a different story from the general public. she was with a very sick person. >>> in new york, workers from a company handling ebola decontamination at the apartment of dr. craig spencer today. he says receiving treatment at belleview hospital. he created ebola victims in west africa before returning to new york and was diagnosed yesterday. meanwhile authorities continue to trace his movements in the days before he got sick. >>> new jersey governor chris christie and new york governor andrew cuomo issued a 21-day quarantine for travellers who had contact with an ebola-affected patient in west africa. that order would have seemingly covered dr. spencer. "world news with david muir" will have continuing coverage of the ebola cases and the school shooting next on channel 6. >>> a local priest arrested and behind bars. mark haynes charged with accepting and sending porn few high clouds. and assigned to the saints simon and jude parish in whichester b worked in ei

we surge the government, and chief secretary carrie lam, to show their bravery to directly face the issue. >> they're calling on the head of the government chief executive leung chun-ying to resign and they're asking the government to scrap the electoral system that chinese leaders decided on in august. it effectively bars pro-democracy candidates from running for chief executive in election in 2017. >>> refugees in china worked through the night, after a strong earthquake struck the southwestern province of yunnan. authorities say at least one person was killed, more than 300 others were injured. china's national earthquake monitoring agency said the magnitude 6.6 quake occurred at about 9:50 p.m. local time on tuesday. its epicenter was in pu'er city. china's central television broadcast scenes of houses with collapsed roofs and roads filled with debris. the remote mountainous region is prone to earthquakes. a magnitude 6.5 quake in august left more than 600 people dead. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe says chinese leaders are showing their readiness to improve ties. the two coun

nina put hers over into a situation where she knew of the risk, because of her character and bravery and that of her , she unfortunately became ineffective. that is a different story from the general public. she was with a very sick person. >> what have you learned by treating nina pham? drugs, if any,al did you use? what can you teach other doctors , such as those helping dr. spencer and helping him recover? >> first of all, we did not administer to nina any experiment on drugs while she was here under our care. we followed her. we have a considerable amount of laboratory data. -- in contact with our colleagues at emory and nebraska, comparing notes back and forth. i think it is important for people to understand that it is a public health issue and there is the scientific issue of understanding what is going on. that is essentially what we do here. primarily, it is the care of the patient first or together, we learn information that might help others. that is easy to do, have a whole bunch of people that you can collect data on. but when you have one or two or three, you have to fo

nina knew it was a risk, but because of her character and bravery, she happened to unfortunately get infected. that's a different story from the general public. she was with a very sick person. >> reporter: what have you learned by treating nina pham, and what experimental drugs if any did you use? and what does it teach other doctors in helping doctor spencer recover for example? >> we did not administer to nina any experimental drugs while she was here. remember this is only one patient. we are in contact and discussion with our colleagues at emery and nebraska. we continually compare notes back and forth. and there's the public health issue, and the scientific issue of understanding what is going on. and that's essentially what we do here. primarily it's the care of the patient first, but together with that is to learn information that might help others. now that's easy to do when you have a whole bunch of people that you can collect day fa -- data on, but when you have one or two or three you have to gather enough information. that's the reason why we may have done more lab tests

i just want to make connections between the bravery and the independence and the will that these youngmen showed to stand up for a community that adult and leaders have either given up on standing up for or scared to stand up for and besides the community being here today to support these young people, the people in charge are not showing the care and the love and the respect and responsibility that these youth have shown on this field. i just want to talk about the ways in which the man who spoke a couple of people before me, saying that kids in the mission this and kids in mission that and when the tech companies come in and decide to take these things away from these kids and the parks and recreation try to sell back these spaces that we have fought for, i just can't -- looking at these students and looking at these young people, like many people in here today have said they are heroes for us today. when we're talking about staffing parks, staffing schools, staffing communities with people actually from the community, providing access to people actually from here, we're talking abou

. >> proves that bravery takes many forms and here's to all the caregivers out there as well.ast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. goodnight. >>> we're following breaking news, it's an air tanker that crashed, apparently, while battling a wildfire in yosemite. i want to show you some video that we just got of the dog rock fire burning inside the national park. this started about 2:45 this afternoon. numerous air tankers were sent in. one particular air tanker was fighting the fire when it apparently went down around 4:30 this afternoon. locals said they heard some sort of noise, what sounded like a crash and then all of a sudden they lost visibility with this air tanker. emergency crews are out this moment looking for that plane. now, this fire is between the park boundary and arch rock station. again, it started about 2:45 this afternoon. it's burned about 130 acres so far. the national park service is telling us that the plane did crash. it's believed to be an s-2 tanker.

nina put herself in a situation where they knew it was a risk but because of her character and bravery and that of her colleagues in itself field, she happened to unfortunately get -- in the field, she happened to unfortunately get infected. that's a different story than the general public. she was with a very sick person. >> what have you learned by treating nina pham? what have you learned and what experimental drugs if any did you use and what can you teach other doctors such as dr. spencer? >> first of all, we did not administer to nina any experimental drugs while she was here under our care. we followed her. we have a considerable amount of laboratory data. remember, this is only one patient. we are in contact and discussion with our colleagues at emory and at nebraska. we continually compare notes back and forth. and i think it's important for people to understand that there's a public health issue, and there's the scientific issue of understanding what's going on. and that essentially is what we do here. pry mayor it's the care of the patient first -- primarily it's the care of

. >> reporter: as good a teacher as clair was, though, it was her bravery while battling cancer thatmber. and admire. >> i'm clair. from clair i learned to have grace and dignity when you're battling an illness. and to just keep trucking. >> bring them back here -- >> reporter: it was marisa watts' idea to honor clair with a yearly swim a thon. the presentation swim coach wanted to teach her students lessons about just what true dedication is. marisa, like others, marveled that even with just months to live, clair with the help of husband bob showed up at school to administer the work scholarship program. >> i'd never seen anybody handle a life and death experience with the kind of grace that she did. >> reporter: and that is a lesson at presentation they believe deserves to be taught over and over again. >> i checked in, they're in the thousands of dollars that they raised and when i was talking to mary miller, the principal that was involved yesterday when a couple of students came in to the check on their pledges, they take this very seriously. combined, about $1,000. they had swu

her bravery inspiring the world. and diane is here tonight. >>> and our person of the week. so many people talking about "how to get away with murder." viola davis, what she reveals. and the big surprise right here tonight. >>> good evening, great to have you with us. we begin with fast-moving developments in the ebola outbreak. the global death toll, more than 4,000. here at home, anxious moments. this image from an airport in las vegas. and this plane detained, later surrounded by ambulances with fears that one passenger may be infected. coming after another scare. the chaotic images from this flight. a passenger sneezing, saying he had ebola. an emergency team storming the plane. >> i need your attention. it's going to look worse than it is. >> and new images of u.s. marines arriving in west africa. health care workers taking their temperature before they even start. >>> and what we never knew about eric thomas duncan. sent home the first time he went to the hospital even with a fever of 103. tom llamas tonight. >> reporter: for two hours today, this plane quarantined in

and we also have exciting certificates of appreciation and some acts of heroism and bravery, and so let's get right to it and thank you for being here and inspectors call the first line item >> presentation of certificates apraoeshs, action, mr. john girade and mr. kyle mizokami. >> and i will refer to my colleague, commissioner mazzucco to talk about what we are here to talk about today >> >> ladies and gentlemen we are about to hear about great acts and i will leave it to the captain and with full disclosure i will tell you that i have known john for five years and his family and he is actual my my law partner and when he came to work and told me what he had done and i was amazed as everyone was in the office the act of heroism and again i will leave it to the captain to explain to you about what they did that night, kyle mizokami and john girade who have known each other from high school and what they did that night was pretty darn heroic and i will leave it to the captain >> captain? >> welcome. >> and president loftu, and commissioner and chief, and director hicks and it is my privil

little of him but what i did know, joseph stalin had ordered him to awarded him with two medals for bravery in battle and that implied heroism, not treachery. all at once i realized who this man was. stalin's old powerful foreign minister, and once considered almost as ruthless and terrible as stalin. perhaps because more of the same inspired the infamous cocktails a makeshift bomb, i'd always imagined his voice to be gruff, sinister. instead, it was surprisingly subdued. though beneath it i detected something sharp and ominous like the point of a double-play. don't worry, he added, it's rubbish. everyone knows he died in a plane crash in 1943. if it was such he died, why mention it at all? growing up in the ussr i didn't have to read george orwell to know all about doublespeak. so that was the beginning of my journey was many, many years ago, any decades ago, and that's how i was introduced to my birth grandfather, nikita khrushchev's son, and it was mentioned that it was an investigation the it was indeed because i grew up knowing that khrushchev's son was always hero. my birth grandfathe

. >>> proves that bravery takes many forms and here's to all the caregivers out there as well.on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> "7th heaven" star stephen collins confessing he's a child molester. >> it happened -- >> with a 10-year-old. >> how his own wife got the shocking admission on tape, now on "extra." >>> an ugly divorce exposes an even uglier secret. stephen collins, the famous tv preacher dad and co-star of "revolution" under investigation for sex crimes. >> you put her hand on your -- >> how many victims are there? plus, his "7th heaven" co-star reacting today. >> for anybody who had any kind of suspicion -- >>> teresa giudice playing stupid. did she really take bad advice from her lawyer? and andy cohen today on what you didn't see in their tell-all. >> what did she say? >>> oscar winner jennifer lawrence sounds off about her naked photo hacking scandal. >> who is she blasting in the new "vanity fair"? >> and antonio sabato jr. going "magic mike." a

more than 40 police officers, fire fighters and corrections officers received awards for act of bravery in the line of duty. the event took place at the national liberty museum in center city philadelphia. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight there is concern over how america's first ebola case was handled and why the the patient was sent home the first time, he went to the hospital. >>> plus on this first day of breast cancer awareness month advice honorary duesing your risk, cecily. >>> we have had a dry seasonal first day of august but this front slicing from the midwest will bring us a wet the start to the weekend and then a big cool down. i'll have have details in the the accu weather forecast. >>> plus how a bucks county community stood autopsy begins gay bashing tonight and jeff skversky hear from his lesean mccoy about his slow and frustrating start to the season. that and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> there are new questions tonight about why a man diagnosed with ebola in texas was initially sent home from the hospital. thomas duncan was visiting fam

he shared what an honor it was to make this movie about bravery on the battlefield. >> radios 86'ed. >> on their own, the tanker soldiers in the final fight against hitler. >> move out. get us out of here. >> the entire cast turning to those veterans. you all wanted to hear from real tankers. i'm curious, the impact it had on you? >> we had an amazing opportunity to sit down with them and hear stories that i don't think they shared with too many other people. >> among them, ray stewart, a veteran from north carolina. he's 90 now. >> just sitting down with the guys who lived it was an honor. we were a bit star-struck, weren't we? >> yeah. >> this movie, a tribute to the bonds formed in those tanks. >> it's the study of a family formed in war. >> you said these are the men that won the war. they went in as kids and came out as men. i'm curious how you came out of this project? >> it's been the most rewarding job i've had in my life. [ speaking foreign language ] >> a prayer. on-set, they all talk of the bond formed. off the set, a change for brad pitt. he and his six children celebrati

her bravery inspiring the world. and diane is here tonight. >>> and our person of the week.o many people talking about "how to get away with murder." viola davis, what she reveals. and the big surprise right here tonight.