>> yes, hi. >> steven crocker. nice t meet u. i got something for you. >> are you serious? >> i picked you. >> reporter: just one last thing to do. >> it's up to you to propose. >> yes, i guess so. >> reporter: last month, shawn slid the ring on e's finger. >> i had to stop a couple times so i didn't cry. >> i cried. i did. >> reporter: with wedding plans in the works, shawn and natalie are grateful for an even better love story thanks to steven. >> he tned this negative, you know, experience into a positive one to make somebody else's lif better. >> reporter: as for steven, his heart feels different too. y ar more hopeful reading all these wonderful love stories love's out there for you too? >> oh, yeah, for sure. i definitely know that my tim going to come. >> reporter: his story of arreak now ringing with hope. katie beck, nbc news. >> maybe somebody watching right now. >>> that is nbc "nightly news" on a saturday. join us tomorrow night for a look at the new movie trying to otshatter stere and bring more diversity to hollywood. we sit down with the cast of the film "cra

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. >> reporter: when steven crocker's relationship ended last year, he was heart broken. >> i didn't know what to do with myself. my whole world just flipped upside down. >> reporter: he planned to propose to his girlfriend, even bought a ring. >> love has no monetary figure. >> no price tag. >> right. >> reporter: in his despair, this romantic wondered, could it have value for someone else. this was the actual post? so this was the actual post? >> yes. >> reporter: he posted an ad on facebook asking people to send in their own love stories. the winner would get the ring. >> i didn't expect more than 50 e-mails to come in. >> reporter: and you got? >> between 1,800 and 2,000. >> reporter: the rush of romantic tales. >> she is my soul mate. >> reporter: flooded his inbox. and with help from his friend, he finally chose this lucky winner. >> i had to meet the extremely hard decision to use the money i was saving for her ring to help cover my medical and other bills. >> reporter: shawn, from illinois, recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> she's the reason i smile every day. >> repor

that's the last time i am from the future so crocker was kaiser. joining me everything on the alex salmond's show and i'll be speaking to guess of the world of politics school business i'm show business i'll see that. america was never great was founded on the right in the murder of. nothing changed so we said in. response to these situations that we do in the ways. people get sad every day she is just sad people kill each other blood for killing children. how many still is just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down by law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this this can't be happening in america we call from the streets we've got to deal with why this is the reason i have to ride like this is a reason. hello and welcome to cross where all things are considered funeral of all across the western world a so-called melting pot is melting down immigration legal and illegal is probably the most contentious and divisive issue energizing voters in italy for example the right

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package of measures combines the necessary with the baffling luis then sent a layoff president of the crocker base post to a data analysis said in a twitter post on friday quote the government has recognized the need to anchor the economy to an external variable outside of its control such as the international price of oil a wise decision but it does so by hiding in a vehicle that suffers from lack of confidence and viability such as the petro this is the classic case of a one eyed king you know the the man who is in power but is technically blind and but he feels the topography of his power structure and he can sense certain realities but he's blind to the macro picture here and as a result this fricken things going down venezuela is really because chavez you know he wanted to be liked so he engaged in this massive wealth redistribution plan but there would have been a lot more benefits to if he built some refineries and took on some of the hard realities of having a capitalist economy that supports entrepreneurial ism and now we're seeing the inevitable result this is what the lesson you wo

. >> jimmy: let's go with crocker. i don't think she exists. >> right, right, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah.> jimmy: that's usually how that goes. >> i've come to love betty. i'm a crabby old woman inside so the name reflects what i truly am. >> jimmy: why do you say you're an old woman inside? >> i don't know, i've always felt that way. i feel i'm a combination of buster and lucille blues. half like this half like this. >> jimmy: that's an "arrested development" reference. >> mark marin and i have that in common. >> jimmy: he's like a crabby old man. >> for sure. >> jimmy: he's on the show with you. this is your first emmy nomination, right? >> yes, yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: were you up? did they call -- someone call you? how did you learn that -- >> no, so i'm so excited this is happening. this was not on my brain dream radar at all. >> jimmy: really. >> yeah. i mean, i just -- i don't know. i feel like i have a healthy sense of insecurity with a little healthy sprinkling of self-loathing. you set the bar healthily low. and i just never, ever, ever thought that this was going

throughout my career in the foreign service, other mentors have included ambassadors ryan crocker, dick murphy, bill burns, david welsh and dennis ross, all of whom i watched maneuver through complex environments. adept negotiating skills, calm temperament and commitment to results. i've also had the extraordinary privilege to work directly for and with six of the last seven secretaries of state, and i'm eager to work closely with secretary pompeo if confirmed. during my 34 years in the foreign service, i've developed a solid grounding in the work of the undersecretary for political affairs, a role which entails extensive diplomatic action as well as the oversight of the regional and international organizations and bureaus. i have spent many years at high-threat posts including as ambassador to jordan and lebanon and most recently pakistan. it was in lebanon that i first had the opportunity to work with secretary come pay owe, then visiting as -- secretary pompeo, then visiting as a member of congress. i worked with him to free an american citizen and her family from terrorist captivity