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byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> bob simon remembered tonight. our thoughts are with his wife his daughter and with his family down the street at cbs. >>> we move on here this evening, and to an abc news investigation now. buying your way into america. the $500,000 green card offered by the government. are suspected criminals, spies, possible terrorists paying to live here in the u.s.? abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross tracking down the government official in charge of this program. brian? >> reporter: well david oushgs invest game focuses on a little known visa program that federal agents fear is being abused by possibly dangerous people to get into this country. as advertised around the world, from russia to iran to china, foreign citizens can now essentially buy visas or green cards to come and live in america through the u.s. immigration program called the eb-5. >> yes, you can. >> reporter: all it takes is $500,000 invested in a u.s. project that creates jobs. like this big casino in las vegas. >> we believe the program is n

here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: today, in texas, it was officially declared chris kyle dade. come men rating the real american sniper. his wife speaking out. >> he was just incredible. >> reporter: portrayed by sienna miller in the movie that's made $250 million at the box office. taya wants the world to know theirs is not just the story about war -- >> babe, come home, okay? we miss you. >> okay. >> reporter: it's always a story about love telling "people" magazine quote, we were made for each other. he wrote all of me in my wedding ring and mine to him says, my love my life. but after four deploy its to iraq she says quote, we had our moments where i felt like we were less important than the military. and he felt like i didn't understand his sense of duty. duty and family something actor bradley cooper told me he wanted to portray accurately. >> i had hours and hours and hours of endless footage of him, because taya wanted to make sure their two children you know would at least see their father. >> reporter: a complex man whose wife wants you to know also had a lighter side

byron pitt abc news new york. >> some of hollywood biggest stars got together for lunch this afternoon in beverly hills more than 150 oscar nominee attend add special event at the beverly hilton in their honor. afternoon was an opportunity for all nominee to mingle and take kind of a class photo. best actress nominee reece spoke about her role as cheryl strayed in wild. movie takes place along the 2600 mile pacific crest trail. >> i feel like i really fought for this movie to get made and it was hard. hard process. but so rewarding. all the days hiking up mountains and crossing freezing rivers carrying equipment. >> other nominee spoke about the role and why they enjoyed them so much. with oscar sunday around the corner now we remind that you abc 7 the only place to watch the oscar live. coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. over on channel 7. hope you tune in for that. >> well did you vote to raise the minimum wage in san francisco. coming up tonight. here on 7 news. how the out come of last fall election is forcing this mission district book store to close-up shop. i'll for over0,000 californ

here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: from rosamund to reese, the daring to the plain strange.p the red carpet to red, red, red-hot. last night the men were turning heads, too. >> the men get the raw end of the deal when it comes to the red carpet and i think they were revolting this season. >> reporter: the men pulled out the stops to put their best faces forward with, mascara to eyeliner. >> when you have that much pressure to take a fantastic photo why should you have to show up bare faced? >> and it works. check out the arches on michael keaton who used eyebrow pencil for extra definition and john travolta and jared leto joining on the manscara trend. >> channing tatum. >> some wonder if he borrowed his wife's eyeliner. >> the guys were stepping up their style game. suits in every color. david oyelowo's fine wine to jared leto's powder blue. >> and this year's winner for bluest tux and whitest shoes -- jared leto. >> reporter: the subtle and not so subtle changes in hollywood, men closing the gap, women pushing to close the salary gap. >> it's our time to have wage equality

byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> you think about these vets in iraq and chris kyle's story he wasnother vet and he felt that helped him readjust to life back in the states, and he lost his life when the other vet turned his gun on him. >> a wider audience familiar with the story and what a lot of guys go through with this movie now. 250 plus million. >> i look forward to seeing it. >>> when we come back, we will take you to the ultimate power lunch. who turned out this red carpet arrival at this oscar nominee luncheon. >>> and the one man who kim kardashian said she would really, really like to take a selfie with. "the skinny" up next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. xñyÑ5Ñ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> time now for the skinny. >>> topping our headlines this morning, the power lunch to end all power lunches. >> hollywood -- turned out if they are year's class picture at the academy award nominees luncheon in beverly hills them whole crew was there. bradley cooper, oprah winfrey, neil patrick harris who is hosting the oscars