here's my "nightline" coanchor byron pitts. >> when you're in there, you think that you just know theth. white people are more intellectually capable than other people. >> reporter: they are the words of a repentant racist. >> i start to use the phrasing and the language that there is an overwhelming majority of jewish people in media and thinking, you know -- you start to ask yourself, are jewish people white? >> reporter: a young woman once consumed by hate. in that time did you think you were racist? >> i didn't. >> looking back did you think you were? >> yes. i never thought of myself as a racist person, but i was. >> reporter: samantha spent about a year of her life embroiled in a white supremacist hate group called identity europa. in the summer of 2017, identity europa united with other groups in a white supremacist movement and descended upon charlottesville, virginia. >> jews will not replace us! >> reporter: it was a weekend filled with hate. one that would result in the death of a young woman, heather heyer, after rallygoer james alex fields jr. deliberately drove his car i

"nightline" co-anchor byron pitts on the ground. taking the temperature in this rapidly changing political climate. >> does this talk about impeachment give you pause at all? >> no. >> can the cloud of impeachment change even his most die-hard supporters? >>> plus, after michael. in the middle of utter devastation from the strongest of storms. >> i just saw something i've never seen, an entire home taken off its foundation and rolled down the street. >> one year ago the monster hurricane gutting florida. now the ordinary heroes. >> so this is my backyard. >> i have two people, one in each one of those. >> picking up their lives and helping their neighbors in need. >>> and poppins fresh. julie andrews tells diane sawyer the secrets behind their legendary career. but first the "nightline 5." >> number one in just sixty seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ all we need is somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm linsey davis. president tr

their of their subject and are really taking a taking of chances in my pain but still talking about byron pitts the director is this director's 1st film was was almost flat wasn't it. yes interesting her. as i said she was a cartoonist a graphic artist and she had a great graphic novel persepolis which she dropped it herself as her 1st try as a director and this is her own story it's a story of her a growing up in iran she was born just after the iranian revolution she lived through the rain around iraq war and then she emigrated to europe where she experienced some cultural and sexual liberation but also a new forms of prejudice and oppression an amazing film an amazing debut and it was won the jury prize in cannes when it debuted was nominated for an oscar really really impressive work i remember i remember through chemo and i'm sure remember the film we can see from those films that from those pictures that really innovative is this what's lacking in such properties new movies yeah i think so i mean i remember seeing persepolis it just blew me away also because it was such an interesting new

"nightline" co-anchor byron pitts on the ground. even his most die-hard supporters? >>> plus, after michael. in the middle of utter devastation from the strongest of storms. >> i just saw something i've never seen, an entire home taken off its foundation and rolled down the street. >> one year ago the monster hurrican