>> cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck. >> do it a bit louder. >> cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck cluckluck cluck! >> you have a baby at home? >> i do. >> reporter: sometimes simple acts of kindness like this woman who picks up the tab for a struggling veteran. >> i've got cash. it's just -- things what have been really tight. >> here. try mine. i'll pay for your groceries. my good deed for the day. >> why would i want to drink cough syrup? >> it gets you high. >> reporter: and other serious topics like bullying and peer pressure. >> chug it. chug this now. >> i can't. >> chug it. >> you're being such a baby. >> trust yourself. trust yourself. what does your gut tell you? >> how you doing? i'm john quinones. this is part of a tv show. >> no way "what would you do?" >> no way. are you kidding me? >> reporter: john says for him the most meaningful stories tackle racism like this scenario from 2009, drawing from his personal experience growing up in a struggling mexican-american family. [ speaking spanish ] >> he's not going to help you. >> no? >> i don't work here, i don't know what it me