jeremiah denton was such a man. a proud son of mobile, alabama, he attended spring hill in the local catholic schools in mobile and he graduated later from the united states naval academy, becoming a pilot and commander. what happened next would etch his name into the annals of american history. on july 18, 1965, denton led a squadron of 28 jets on a bombing raid when he was shot down over north vietnam. it was his 12th flight. captured by the north vietnamese he would be a captive in prison camps the next seven years and seven months. during his time as a prisoner, he endured virtually constant and excruciating torture. he has held -- has held -- was held captive at prisons that p.o.w.'s called hanoi hilton, the zoo, and alcatraz. he endured merciless beatings as well as solitary confinement for four years. as a senior officer, he was a leader among the prisoners and rebelled against their brutal efforts to extract propaganda. he refused, explained in an interview to "the new york times" -- quote -- "i put out the

jeremiah denton died today.t courage and country really means. abc's john donvan has our "person of the week." >> reporter: when he walked into that room, 48 years ago, he had been sadistically beaten and starved. and now, sitting, he was about to be used for propaganda. jeremiah denton was with the navy in 1965, shot down over north vietnam. he survived. but, given the brutality of his captors, getting out alive seemed unlikely. >> i found that if they would just apply one kind of pain to me, i could achieve unconsciousness. i could last. >> reporter: but when north vietnamese put him on camera, they wanted him talking about how good the treatment was, which he did. if you listen to the words -- >> i get adequate food and adequate clothing. >> reporter: but his eyes were telling a different story -- the truth. because, watch how he blinks for an unusually long moment. then again, three long blinks. and then a short and a long and a short blink. and what that was -- look closely -- was morse code. one long equal

jeremiah denton became a u.s. senator for the state of alabama and quite famously some of you all may remember this they put jerry denton on tv for a live interview and he did two things. one, he didn't say what he was supposed to say. he said what he wanted to say so he knew he was getting in trouble for that and he did get in trouble for that. but he also sat there and he blinked a lot. i think everybody thought he was just blinking because the studio lights were kind of right that jerry denton was a lot smarter than i am because i can barely talk and read the same time that jerry denton could talk and blinked torture in morse code again and again with his eyes, torture ,-com,-com ma torture, torture. george mcknight, george coker. george mcknight was a boxer from oregon. george coker was a wrestling champion from new jersey. these guys were like a molotov cocktail. these guys were probably two of the most incendiary prisoners they had over there because the second they landed in north vietnam they hated their c

. >>> former alabama senator jeremiah denton died yesterday from heart problems.e survived 7.5 years as a prisoner of war in north vietnam. >> he alerted the u.s. to conditions blinking the word torture in morris code during a tv interview. >> he fought in vietnam and was a prisoner of war for 8 years. it's what he blinked during an interview that most people remember. >> as he was being interviewed in a proof began that video he blinked the torture. they're saying he's given morris code for torture. >> bill tunnel overseas the uss alabama. you will see photos. >> this is an a -6 intruder. it's the same plane denton was flying when he was shot down in vietnam and it sits here at battleship park. >> dr. barry booth called him friend. he said given what the admiral went through he felt it if his heart to return to vietnam to help others. >> those that were lost in the war were pretty much disfranchised. the va system that we have here was not available there. he was anxious to help those that fought on the side of the south and those veterans from the north. >> afte

jeremiah denton was 89. >>> a prominent republican is leaving congress. mike rogers of michigan, chairman of the house intelligence committee, leaving after seven terms. he has become a tv news regular on intelligence issues. the 50-year-old former fbi agent says he is going to host a national radio show. >>> an emotional scene in the u.k. has been chronicled by our international partner, itn. a woman named joanne miln who was deaf from birth is shown hearing sounds for the first time thanks to cochlear implants. >> could you hear those words? >> yes, yes. >> because she longed to hear music, her best friend made her a play list of great music she needed to hear right away. starting with john lennon's "imagine." there is also some mccartney, bruce, prince, elo, fleetwood mac, steely dan. now she has time to make up for lost time. he is now making her a mix of christmas music because to date she has never heard a christmas song. >>> when we come back, those who are making a difference in a real time of need. >>> our making a difference report tonight comes

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. >> vietnam prisoner of war jeremiah denton has died. denton got a message past his captors he blinked the word torture in morse code. he died of heart problems at the age of 89. >>> coming up, a brother's pain, losing his sister in the mudslide in seattle, now searching for others missing in the disaster. >>> and a view like no other. the space telescope that captured millions of photos making up a panoramic view of the galaxy. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. we have a lot to cover this half hour. failure in gm switch problems now affect 2.5 million vehicles after the big recall today. >>> body language, tsa checkers at the airport checking your facial expressions and other signs to determine if you're a threat. >> and those eerie sounds, the artist doesn't touch. the u.s. and russia are talking diplomacy about the crisis in ukraine. president obama spent an hour on the phone with vladimir putin today. >>> search crews are hunting in a new part of the southern indian ocean for the missing malaysia airlines pla

denton was finally released in 1973 and served one term in the u.s. senate from alabama. he was 89 years old. still to come on the newshour: a new turn in the hunt for that missing airliner; president obama's visit to saudi arabia; the president's point man on education under fire; shields and brooks on the week's news; plus, a grammy winner's songs of empowerment for africa's women. >> woodruff: the search for flight 370 is resuming but it has shifted by almost 700 miles following new leads and new radar data about the missing airliner. it's been three weeks since the airliner first disappeared, and time is dwindling before some potential pings from the black box may end. hari sreenivasan in our new york studio gets the latest on the investigation. >> sreenivasan: and for that, we turn to our own miles o'brien. he's a pilot, aviation analyst and our science correspondent. help us understand this recall calculation of the radar and how it impacted changing the location of a search. >> well, it's kind of like, you know, a story problem from mathematics in middle school, di

>> yesterday i love don denton:00 p.m. >> is still down. >> timing is everything. >> there would be as a greater sense of humility about the administration with healthcare.gov in obamacare itself but not. here is another bizarre exchange with hhs secretary sebelius a handle local newscaster in oklahoma. the house knows obamacare is wildly unpopular with a majority oklahoma residents leaving sebelius speechless. >> dash last check 64 percent turnout buying into the plan didn't like obamacare and they have been pretty vocal about it. know about will still continue to be a tough sell but we will see how that plays out over the coming months. okay thank you for being with us. i think we may have lost sound. >> i can hear you. think you for having me. lou: obviously not concerned about dead air and claiming 6 million sign ups for obamacare former adviser says it is well over 10 million but we don't know the real number of enrollees that actually paid for the insurance or how many have previous policies that were canceled or the ratio of subscribers from the low-cost customers. to experts jo

>> we were all students at university of north texas in denton, so just north of the dfw area. >> youto texas. >> i love who how you did it the old-fashioned way. you went on the road and did it old school, didn't you? >> yeah. i'm not saying that one way is better than another, but for us, that was the right way for the way we wanted to -- >> i love the "10,000 towns," all the towns you toured together. >> what are you going to play today? >> a new single, a song called "dust". >> take it away. the eli young band. ♪ she's sick of this town she's sick of that boy ♪ ♪ she's sick of dreams that never take flight ♪ ♪ there's got to be more than the same old story ♪ ♪ so she's gonna turn the page tonight ♪ ♪ and turn the radio up roll the windows down ♪ ♪ she got a full tank of gas and ain't no stopping her now ♪ ♪ she's got the pedal to the floor in a hand me down ford ♪ ♪ yeah the only thing that's left to do ♪ ♪ is catch a couple green lights and those baby blue eyes ♪ ♪ are leaving nothing in that rear view ♪ ♪ but dust nothing but dust ♪ she's fighting back tears she's fighting back

in virginia, former alabama center jeremiah denton died at the age of 89. he became a national hero during the vietnam war. in an interview during his captivity. he conveyed he was being tortured. he did this by blinking his eyes by using morse code. >>> a jet plane in florida had to make an emergency landing. the aircraft was carrying 142 passengers. it was directed to jfk airport where it landed safely. no injuries were reported. >>> in texas, three patrol officers are being called heroes today. they pulled a driver from a burning vehicle yesterday after it vaulted off an elevated highway. a fire extinguisher was used to put out the fire. >>> in new mexico a zoo had on evacuated after a bear cub escaped from his cage. did you keepers accidently left water running in the bear's moat. that allowed him to swim across it and climb to the roof. game officials were able to coax the cub back in after an hour. >> coax that little cub back with a honey pot, no, that was pooh. >> reporter: you got your stories straight. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: hav

. >>> recent rains may not end drought by making a denton roads. rainwater getting in cracks in the roads making potholes like these. you're not the only one to notice them. reports have increased 25%. last year they filled 1600 of them. >>> lets see if we have to contend with a little more rain coming. >> possibly a better chance of sunday into monday but nothing like what we went through last night which moved on to yosemite village, thundersnow around higher elevations of yosemite village. heavy, wet snow. great for water content but not skiing because it's pretty thick. here is a look at a bigger picture. one chunk of energy trying to come through around ukiah right now. doesn't have a lot of moisture, radar returns but that's the one that will break down. sunshine will bring an isolated chance of shower. that's the way it looks. no rain in san francisco. a few wet spots because of drizzle. cleared out a little in the north bay, going to drop to 49 with patchy fog developing right now. 58 around most of the bay. by noon brighter with temperatur

you see it on the eastern shore tracking just east of easton from around denton south.s like it's past cambridge and oxford on its way to salisbury. locally we've seen a few light flurries coming through d.c. trying to get into prince george's county. a little tough to pick out here. these white gray blobs where 210 comes in, that's very light flurries. looks like a better snow shower out of areas of winchester, west of berryville toward upperville, slipping into northern fauquier county as this tries to slide south, southeast. other than that, it's just a windy and cold morning with the gusts picking up. national 36. we're gusting almost 30 in andrews. gusting in the mild 20s in hagueers -- mid-20s in hagerstown and gaithersburg. i believe between now and 9:00 will be the worst with the gusts. 20s and low 30s out there. 33 national. the wind chills are running in the teens and 20s. we've got 33, feeling like 20 with that northwest wind at 24. so a sunny day today. it's going to be cold. only around 40. yellow alert for the slick spots and the wind this morning. 27 toni

the majority of the shuttles leave from the mission, an area once denton dominated by artists and latino immigrants. in recent years, it's become the playground of young tech workers and ground zero of the housing wars. >> the subject matter. >> tourists from around the world walk the area's narrow alley to see murals like these. they tell the story after neighborhood in flux. >> 61 million. >> this is an exhibit that was done in 1996. >> the neighborhood's colorful appeal can be attributed in part to this man, rene yanyet. yanyez founded galleria de l de la raza. it became central to the local art scene. he showed freida's work after the museum of modern art told him it wasn't interested. he started the day of the dead procession, annual event that draws thousands to the area. but now, after 35 years, yanyez is being forced out of his home. the time something particularly painful. his partner is now battling cancer. >> just two days before christmas, his landlord delivered a red and green card saying he had to take a buy-out. >> did you see it coming? >> no. well, i was -- i had a feeli

denton was set free in 1973 and served in the u.s. senate of the alabama. he died of heart problems at 89. >> mending fences. president obama wraps up his trip in saudi arabia. >> really hope we can get back to making whiskey. >> a new law defining tennessee whisky and how it should be made. >> the fear of concussion is not limited to football. the fear of sport and trying to make competition safer. >> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories - search crews and also washington are losing hope of finding survivors after a massive mud slide a week ago. the official toll is 17, but rescuers have spotted boddius that are not yet accessible. 90 people are listed as messing. team are working around the clock to find them. >> a massive 5.1 earthquake rattled south carolina. groceries and bottles fell off the store shelves. no injuries were reported. >> china is offering up new leads in the mystery over the missing malaysian jetliner. one of its military planes spotted three pieces of debris spotted in t

i'm a rival cleric based on the net states exactly she came into the air and also outside forces denton to prime minister and the government might the bcp push on the dispute was a very interesting was that the ministry released a statement in which they said they are talking about national security but there was a line and they're hard to write three sets. two rows of trees and behind these acts are and the needs of our state and nation. now the intense kind of knowing when to quit the army too weak in the army. this sounds like a preteen top army like you know it's already in the room i don't know i really have no wine no answer to. we have one. for a marker for one tradition of former correspondent for sunday will mark an end to political turmoil just the end of the beginning. i suppose that's true and accurate at this point we were heading towards his goal of these local elections in turkey and the promises made him into a referendum on himself. second a worker backfires. actually that's a very good question i'm not as a non expert on turkish politics. i just um from observing this

>> we opened in denton, texas today. there is tons of white space out there.e northeast, which is where we are concentrated. about 4.5% of the total -- total population today. there is so much room for growth for us. in new york, we are snobby people walking around with our latte and going to soul cycle and flywheel. is this an ultra luxury end of this spectrum? how do you think of that competition? >> a lot of people belong to those because they really like those, but they still have us for their cardio's and showers and things like that. spinning is a tough workout. not everyone walks in their first time it gets on a soul cycle bike. >> i did at one time and i will never do it again. >> it is tough. >> it's very difficult. >> the first timer is not looking for that. thatlt this gymnasium so my wife and my mother could walk in and work out. they will not walk into a hard-core jim -- gymnasium for the first time. >> you are basically looking for someone who is new to the field basell use your jim as a -- gym as a base. >> most are just looking to make it in tw

i guess i just spoke about the passing of senator jeremiah denton who was a prisoner of war in vietnam, we could use the savings from the vietnam war that we're not spending today to pay for this bill. so i would object, mr. president, and hopefully we can figure out another way to make this happen because you are correct, senator wyden, it's time to get this matter a permanent fix. i would ask consent that the s. 2122, calendar number 330, be proceeded to for immediate consideration. it would repeal the medicare sustainable growth rate offset by repealing the obamacare individual mandate. i ask consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. the presiding officer: the unanimous consent request from the senator from oregon is on the table. is there an objection? mr. sessions: i did object, yes. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. sessions: and i would ask that -- that -- consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 330, s. 2122, a bill to repeal medicare sustainable growth rate offse

bruce surratt, 100 years old today from denton, north carolina.is 100 years old today ft. collins, colorado, still teaches the bible and enjoys life to the fullest. and that's it and now back to new york where they always have fun. >> all right, willard, thank you. >>> now to a golden globe winner taking talents back to broadway. michael c. hall has spent his television career surrounded by, well, the dearly departed from playing a funeral director on "six feet under" to his most recent role as everybody's favorite serial killer on "dexter," now heading back to broadway. >> it's from europe. >> just outside europe. >> a dark comedy about next door neighbors who share a same last name, jones, and find their lives intertwining. michael c. hall. good morning. good to see you. this is a return to your roots. are you happy to be back on stage? >> it's fantastic. my television commitments have made it impossible to commit to doing anything on stage for a while. it's great to be back in new york. >> fun to have a live audience? >> yeah, there's nothing l

edward harrison and myself are discussing the true identity of the man behind the mask his name is denton uk so toshi nakamoto. yes that's the now the mystery the myth the legend but wonder started bitcoin and the explosion of crypto currencies has been revealed now newsweek broke the strange story of the possible father of bitcoin as so toshi nakamoto nakamoto is a japanese american man who for all of the speculation and mystery surrounding his identity lives in temple city california sometimes truth is stranger than fiction ed bring us up to speed on mr. what's the story what's the deal do you give a full this is the interesting bit is people been going on these wild goose chases looking after who the founder is and so what was it we're right. or etc and they were pointed to various people you know a professor. of economics or technology here and there and so forth when the founder of the big quote was so tall she. needed to be the new it was his name on the most. interesting thing about this story is that you know he actually was hiding in plain sight for all of this so the question is