eventually in 2011, dewitt quit preaching altogether.nspector and hoped to live a quiet life. >> that's when your aunt comes. >> 85-year-old aunt on facebook. >> yes, aunt grace spotted a facebook photo of dewitt at a gathering of skeptics standing right next to the father of atheism, richard dawkins. >> bob posted this picture of me and my son with professor richard dawkins. >> the news that dewitt had become an atheist sent shock waves through the community and the fallout was like a punch to the gut. you lost it all. your job. your congregation. your wife left. you lost all your money. >> everything. >> this was the house in the foreclosure. >> at one point, we literally sat down and began to google how to live in your car. >> why did you continue down this path? >> because it's right. the only thing that's different is theologically, i no longer believe in god. outside of that, almost everything is identical. >> abandoned by family and friends, ostracized from his hometown, dewitt feared for his life after receiving a string of threa

i mean you want to take -- this is jerry dewitt. >> okay. >> three years ago jerry dewitt lost his faith it felt like living a lie. >> and made the hardest choice in his life. >> the real heart break, soul crushing heart break was realizing i had to give up the ministry. >> the news that dewitt had become an atheist sent shock waves through the community and the fallout was like a punch to the gut. >> you lost it all, your job, your congregation your wife left. you lost all your money. so why stay here in louisiana? why not go somewhere that is more progressive, open minded? >> if we're going to make things better we got to make things better where they need to be made better. >> you go into his church. you feel like you are in church. can i get an amen? don, we also talked to preachers who don't have the guts to come out and they're preaching every sunday and their congregation doesn't know they don't believe. there is something called the clergy project. more than 600 leaders in the faith community are struggling with the fact that they are preaching what they don't believe in god. we

and they -- and dewitt was a good example of that.nd a lot of them, there was much, much more open bigotry , anti-semitism, antiorientalism, anticatholicism in the united states now than then. and these things were openly talked about. there were organizations which mimicked the ku klux klan to have these people locked up and, greed, being as american as apple pie, to get their land get their boats. and many of the people who were villains in this later became heroes. in this country. the attorney general of california then was named earl warren. he became governor warren and he became chief justice of the supreme court. he was the one who pushed the line before congress. he rode the backs of the japanese to the governorship. but his line was that the fact that there had been no sabotage was proof they were organizing massive sabotage and it would only happen when they got the word from tokyo. and that was what one political cartoonist took called waiting for the signal from home. and japanese lined up all over the west coast, picking

didn't take long for police to arrest thomas george and dewitt hall. sources tell news 4 that federal agents investigating whether they're the black hat bandits and they held up a string of banks with ski masks, fake beards sunglasses and black hats. >>> arlington county's board green lighted a major redevelopment project bringing shopping and parking to the courthouse area. now, the board approved a 12-story building and public plaza built on clarendon boulevard and drivers can go before the county manager to appeal certain types of parking citations i. >>> after years of debate officials of alexandra approve a boat club. the existing area rezoned to make way for a new waterfront park and took decades of litigation to get it done and didn't happen until boat club members agreed to swap land with the city and move to another property. >>> new at 11:00, u.s. officials say the obama administration will abandon its plans to cut the number of american troops in afghanistan. now, they have not decided on exact numbers but as many as 9,800 u.s. troops will s

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just hours late, police arrested 66-year-old thomas anthony george and 37-year-old dewitt hall.from southeast washington. both have been charged with armed robbery. >>> deadly devastation tonight on a small south pacific island. at least 8 people are confirmed dead in vanuatu following a massive cyclone and the death toll is expected to rise. cyclone pam packing winds of 168 miles per hour tore through that tiny island early saturday. >> reporter: cyclone pam left massive devastation after it slammed in vanuatu. winds stirred up rough seas, ripped roofs off homes and tossed banks like toys. >> i'm speaking with you today with a heart that is so heavy. i do not really know what impact cyclone pam have left on vanuatu. >> reporter: it knocked out power and communications across the 65 islands. many islands have no running water. the extent of the damage is unknown but concern was expressed it is widespread. >> i convey my personal of the united nations our deepest condolences as well as solidarity to the people. >> reporter: authorities crammed 1500 residents from the capitol city

. >> reporter: paramedics and officer brian dewitt using his fingers to perform cpr definitely worked to save lilly's life. >> what do you need? >> suction. >> come on, baby. >> we need to check her pulse. we need to keep her warm. >> are you getting a pulse? >> i can't feel any. >> reporter: finally reaching the emergency room. today lilly is bouncing back. >> say i'm okay, i'm going to make it. >> reporter: even playing with her father. a miracle baby who has earned the title survivor. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >> bye-bye. >> she certainly has earned that title. >>> still ahead on "world news tonight," the danger that could be lurking in the freezer from ice cream sandwiches to ice cream bars, the popular treats being recalled right now. our "instant index" is straight ahead. why are all these people so asleep yet i'm so awake? did you know your brain has two systems? one helps keep you awake- the other helps you sleep. science suggests when you have insomnia, the wake system in your brain may be too strong and your neurotransmitters remain too active as you try to sle

the fbi is investigating whether thomas george and dewitt hall are the black hat bandits. a spring of robberies of men wearing fake beards sunglasses and black hats. they caught them in northwest d.c. >>> a college student is recovering in the hospital after a dorm room dispute. his roommate was arrested at morgan state university in baltimore. the partner station says they were arguing over whether their room was clean. they went one step further with a pair of scissors. the student is expected to survive. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what a person was doing on the tracks when a train hit and killed him. it happened in baltimore county. 300 passengers were transferred to an amtrak train. the name of the victim has not been releeszed. >> working to keep you and your family safe at the mall. deputies are conducting a shooter drill in fredericksburg. the training exercise starts at 8:00. >>> coming up in the week ahead, another person is expected to say she's running for the house of representatives from maryland. she will announce her plans tuesday, according

the fbi is investigating whether thomas george and dewitt hall are the same men who robbed banks in thea wearing ski masks and black hats. >>> a college student is recovering from a stabbing after his roommate attacked him with a pair of scissors. it happened at morgan state university in baltimore. the student is expected to survive. they were arguing over how clean their room was. >>> this morning, investigators were trying to figure out what a person was doing on the tracks when a marc train hit and killed them. it happened in baltimore county. 300 passengers on the train were transferred to an amtrak train. the name of the person who died has not been released. >>> working to keep you and your family safe at the mall. an active duty shooting tonight at the mall in fredericksburg. it starts at 8:00. >>> a landslide damaged homes and buildings in charleston debris to prevent flooding. they worried about further slippage when it rained. it forced several people from their homes. >>> coming up in the week ahead, another person is expected to say she's running for congress in maryland. s

. >> reporter: paramedics and officer brian dewitt using his fingers to perform cpr desperately workedo save lily's life. >> come on, baby. >> are you getting a pulse? >> reporter: finally reaching the emergency room. today lily is bouncing back. >> say, i'm okay i'm going to make it. >> reporter: even playing with her father a miracle baby who has earned the title survivor. clayton sandel abc news los angeles. >> bye-bye! >> unbelievable. >>> dramatic video of a fatal train collision in kentucky. you can see a car drive onto the tracks in louisville just as the train is coming. the car was dragged half a mile before the train could stop. two people were killed. two others injured. >>> a blownout tire on a united airlines flight triggered an emergency landing today. the terrified passengers told to brace for a rocky touchdown. the tire blew during takeoff. the plane had to burn off fuel before it could land. it did land safely and no one was injured. >>> a new government study questions the benefit of pricey high-tech scans over basic physical tests for people who feel chest pain. the

i skipped it would clinton -- dewitt clinton. he's known for one thing and one thing only and that is clinton's ditch, the erie canal. he actually proposed this canal and saw its construction as governor of new york. it's known as clinton's ditch. but that is probably what he is most famous for. many new yorkers know him. so, it is a familiar name. let's rush through some of the forgotten persons. here's thomas hartman -- hart benton, he is not the famous painter from missouri. he is a conversely from missouri for 30 years that nobody remembers -- he was a congressman from missouri. edward evert. here he is. something of a child prodigy. he was a professor of greek at harvard at age 21. he became the governor of massachusetts. he seceded -- succeeded daniel webster as secretary of state, but basically a forgotten person. henricks is kind of interesting. this is his portrait. he was vice president under cleveland. but he only lived for 9 months once he took the office. he died in office. a year later, he appeared on a bank note. t