here's my coanchor, byron pitts. >> byron: this is with his african reggae sound, he's viewed by manys modern-day bob marley. ♪ music mogul, movie star, this boy from the ghetto, as he describes himself, is revered in much of africa. in this nation where 78% of the population is under age 35, this 41-year-old businessman is many things to this youthful country. i'm struck by how, when you talk about bobby the musician, the art artist, the pop star, your eyes smile. when we talk about bobby the politician, the man hoping to change uganda, your eyes turn sad. >> yeah. because one is fun. and i enjoy it. the other is not fun. and i do it just because i'm conscripted to do it. the struggle for a better uganda, the struggle for freedom is not something i chose. it is something that chose me. >> reporter: his unlikely presidential campaign chronicled in a national geographic documentary, "bobi wine, the people's president." >> we are nonviolent, and we continue to preach nonviolence. >> byron: the film dives deep into the violent struggle wine faced while running for president in 2021. his

he sat down with and then threw down with my coanchor, byron pitts. >> byron: welcome to "nightline,"a. >> thank you very much, that's very nice of you to say. >> byron: you've played loveable action complicated men. i want to talk about this new tv show, "raising cain." you play a tough guy, a gangster. >> yeah, a bad guy. it's a lot of fun playing a bad guy. this guy's particularly fun because he enjoys his evilness. he really does. his name is stefano marketty. he's the boss of the south jamaica area. >> sticks and stones knowledge giorgio. >> he owns an exotic fish store. and that's where people come to see me. >> byron: what i love about this character, in the show "raising cain" where everyone's so aggressive, guns are out, you're very chill. you're very, i'll hurt you if you have to. >> he makes other people do his dirty work. that's what's really interesting about him. >> byron: let's take a look at a clip from your character in "raising cain." >> don't tell me my [ muted ] goldfish suck up another 7-eleven. won't stay out of trouble. >> what do you know? >> only that it was a

but speaking to nightline's byron pitts, new hampshire governor chris sununu, who endorsed haley and is appearing at rallies with her, downplayed expectations. >> we always wanted to have a strong second. that's the only expectation we ever laid out. >> haley's campaign now releasing a new ad featuring trump, praised haley during her time as ambassador to the un. >> where's our nikki? ambassador nikki haley, who was so incredible, and nikki haley did a great job. i like the message that nikki sent yesterday at the united nations. so, nikki, that was the right message that you and i agreed to be sent. >> meanwhile, both trump and haley are dealing with personal issues off the campaign trail. haley briefly flew home to south carolina to see her father, who's been battling cancer. and today, trump is attending his mother in law's funeral in florida, skipping his ongoing defamation trial in new york, a jury already found trump liable for sexually assaulting e jean carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her. carroll is now suing trump a second time, saying he continues to defame her. yest

nikki haley's rally in rochester, the state's governor, chris sununu, telling nightline anchor byron pitts that the haley campaign always wanted to have a strong second place finish in the granite state. >> now to the fact that she's challenging him to actually win the state, something no one in the media ever thought was possible. that gets everybody really excited. >> the candidates are out hosting events leading up to the primary later this morning. nikki haley expected to meet with new hampshire's governor and then speak at a town hall, then come tomorrow, desantis hosting several events across the state, plus trump making remarks in concord. melissa don abc news, manchester, new hampshire for congress only has 36 hours to avoid a partial government shutdown. >> today's senate leaders are hoping to approve a short terme spending bill to keep the government running through friday at midnight. if lawmakers can't agree on a funding bill, departments like energy, military, construction, veteran affairs and transportation could be impacted. republicans in the house want immigration reforms

luke will be interviewed by jim byron pitts is the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation. i want to welcome them to the stage now. i want ty reading from the same wallant ty street journal review that my colleagu >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. luke, welcome back. i want to start tonight by reading from the same wall street journal review that my colleague just did. this was reviewed on august 16th in the pages of the wall street journal. the book is the year that broke politics. it stands out for the clear direct scrupulous research on which it is based. frequently cite archived letters and other primary sources. that is really how you wrote this book. it is based in the documents and in the research. it is hard to top that. it was a terrific review. before we jump into many of your key findings from the research, you are familiar with the nixon white house tapes. you wrote two volumes called the nixon tapes. you wrote, why jump to 1968 and why right this book? >> first of all, thanks to the nixon library and foundation for hosting the event. half of my colleagues