diane sawyer is back tonight. >>> and, "america strong." the famous sisters tonight, and their heartfelt letter. after all, they lived it. > >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the dangerous drive home for millions. the monster storm dumping freezifreez freezing rain over a 1,000-mile stretch. a snowplow driver running off the road in utah, the driver badly hurt. the driver of this suv skidding across traffic. 16 states from texas to pennsylvania in the storm zone as we go into the night. adrienne bankert leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, multiple states bracing for an epic ice storm. officials taking every precaution, closing schools and telling people to stay off the roads. >> the bottom line is we see it coming, we see the possible effects. and we've gotten ahead of this ethent. >> reporter: the heartland is getting glazed tonight in a dangerous coating of ice. watch this black suv fishtail, then do a complete 180 on a st. louis highway, narrowly missing other drivers. in oklahoma, this sal

. >> diane sawyer in a year long journey across the country. >> $8 an hour. that's 11 years of service. listening to stories of struggles to hold on to american dreams. plus, twins reunited. sisters separate at birth, documented from china by american families with no knowledge of their family history until one day a shocking discovery. >> i told my husband, there are two of them. >> now meeting for the first time, they're beginning to a lifetime of sisterhood. >> it felt like there was something missing. now it's complete. >>> and a sneak peek for the first super bowl commercial of the year. featuring tom brady. how the star quarterback is putting a new spin on advertising. but first, the "nightline" five. >> your baby's chubby little hand latches on to your finger so hazard, it is like she's saying i love you. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. we're about to introduce you to americans desperate for you to know they exist. people all across the country working in jobs once considered middle class but now living far below a middle class lifestyle. h

. >> good evening, i'm diane sawyer. we traveled the country to start reporting on wages, talking to workers saying the american dream is out of reach, and the american media is not paying any attention to their story. when we started, we had no idea who would emerge in our election, but in seven days, there will be a new president who has promised these workers better wages and jobs, and we'll be following what happens. tonight, we begin with a message from the people we met. this is the reality of their lives. a year and a half ago, we posted some questions, starting with this one. what is the american dream? so many of you remembered it as a parent with a job, a modest house, maybe a family vacation and the kind of education that would give the children even more opportunity in life. i remember that dream, too. my parents grew up on farms in southern kentucky. this was the house where we lived until i was 4. they rented it when my mom was a schoolteacher, my dad in the navy, so thanks to the gi bill, they got a house

serena williams and guess who else, the legend, diane sawyer. >> diane sawyer is a rooster. >> diane er. >> i want to be a rooster. but i'm not. i'm a rabbit. what are you, diane? >> i don't know. i'm going to have look it up. >> wait. >> i'll have to get back to you. >> what are you? >> a goat. i'm going to own it. >> i'm a monkey. >> there you go. >> here, we've got a list. diane, get back to us on that, all right. >>> but first we want to talk about a texas man charged with murder in the shooting death of his neighbor. >> now, her family is speaking out about what they say happened during the deadly confrontation. abc's marci gonzalez here with more. marci, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom and paula. investigators just confirmed to us this morning that the victim had an ongoing argument with the suspect. but the victim's family says they don't believe the suspect's claim that he acted out of fear for his life, instead, offering a much different possible motive. this morning, this murder suspect out on $50,000 bond charged with gunning down his next-door neighbor in the

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the cap was actually a last-minute suggestion from the director as mary tyler moore explained to diane sawyer in 2002. >> so whose idea was it to walk out in theiddle of an intersection and do that? >> well there was a man who was directing the opening it was so cold, it was in the middle of january here. it was so cold that lips weren't moving, you couldn't form words and he said you know what would be a good idea, mary go out in the middle of the intersection and take that tam off and throw it in the air. it was so cold i couldn't protest. the words weren't forming so i did as i was told. >> probably happy about that. and that hat was a gift from a family member that was actually her hat and in her personal life mary tyler moore was a passionate advocate for juvenile and protecting rights. no word yet onlans but we'll havelater on in half hour. >> statue marat signaturen minneapolis for her. >>> still the big coming to youk feed. >>> breaking assive fire engulfing an apartment complex under construction. new video coming in. >> more from our exclusive interview with the president including

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. >>> coming up our good friend diane sawyer is here. she'll take us inside a hidden america.t to see this. >>> and sisters to sisters, the advice the bush twins are giving sasha and malia obama as they leave the white house, very sweet. just ahead. hi my name is tom. i'm raph. my name is anne. i'm one of the real live attorneys you can talk to through legalzoom. don't let unanswered legal questions hold you up, because we're here, we're here, and we've got your back. legalzoom. legal help is here. >>> we are back with a closer look at america's changing middle class. diane sawyer spent more than a year talking to working families about their challenge, struggles and hopes for "my reality: a hidden america" and diane is back. >> so great to see you. >> this ryal, families working so hard to keep their heads above water. >> this started a year and a half ago when we posted is what is the american dream online and we're overwhelmed by these responses of people working so hard and trying to hold on and the struggle behind closed doors of your neighbors in all neighborhoods around

. >> diane sawyer in a year long journey across the country. >> $8 an hour. until one day a shocking discovery. >> i told my husband, there are two of them. >> now meeting for the first time, they're beginning to a lifetime of sisterhood.

if dan rather or die door diane sawyer said no, i wouldn't be here. that makes since. >> r.j.runer of kentucky assumed he could start a moving company without having to get his competitors permission, so he started one. >> put an ad on craigslist, pickup truck, and we were busy all summer long. >> people wanted your services. now in just a couple years, you have 30 employees, six trucks. >> over 30 now, cleancut young guys. that sells. >> this customer is pleased. >> it's been great. they showed up exactly on time. >> but r.j. soon learned that pleasing customers is not enough. he got a threatening letter from state regulators. >> we need a certificate of necessity saying that there is room in the market for us to operate. >> certificate of necessity. meaning? >> the necessity within the moving mark in kentucky for another mover. >> what? a business has to prove it's needed? to get a license? >> you essentially have to get permission from your own competition first. >> tim's law firm took the case for free. >> when starbucks began it would have had to have gotten permission fr

she told our diane sawyer in 1993 it was her only option. >> you really think you would have gone in a completely different trajectory? >> if i hadn't become an actress -- i think i probably would have been homeless. i really don't think there's very m prepared to do. but i was disciplined. >> reporter: that discipline would carry mary to her big break. in 1961 when she's called in to audition for "the dick van dyke show." legendary comedian carl reiner was the show's creator. >> she said the first line, and i heard this sound in her voice, a ping in her voice. my hand became the claw in that machine that picks out candy in the, at the, you know, the arcades. i walked across the room. >> in the middle of the scene, he put his hand on my head, sitting on a chair across from him, and said, "get up." i got up, and he steered me down the hall to sheldon leonard's office. >> and i said, "sheldon, i got her." >> the dick van dyke show. >> reporter: but her on-screen husband dick van dyke isn't as sure. >> she was 23 when she came on the show and had never done any comedy. >> i knew i was i

if dan rather or die door diane sawyer said no, i wouldn't be here. that makes since. >> r.j. bruner of kentucky assumed he could start a moving company without having to get his competitors permission, so he started one. >> put an ad on craigslist, pickup truck, and we were busy all summer long. >> people wanted your services. now in just a couple years, you have 30 employees, six trucks. >> over 30 now, cleancut young guys. that sells. >> this customer is pleased. >> it's been great. they showed up exactly on time. >> but r.j. soon learned that pleasing customers is not enough. he got a threatening letter from state regulators. >> we need a certificate of necessity saying that there is room in the market for us to operate. >> certificate of necessity. meaning? >> the necessity within the moving mark in kentucky for another mover. >> what? a business has to prove it's needed? to get a license? >> you essentially have to get permission from your own competition first. >> tim's law firm took the case for free. >> when starbucks began it would have had to have gotten permission