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. >>> and tonight, diane sawyer and sally field. what we never knew. what she endured as a child in her own home, and the strength to carry on. >>> good evening. and we are back from the hurricane tonight, though florence, that storm system, still raging. deadly tornadoes late today. and we'll get to that in a moment. but first, the other breaking story as we come on the air tonight, the accusations involving supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. his accuser ready to the and now judge kavanaugh says he will testify, too, both in front of the american people. that hearing now set for a week from today. just days before the committee was set to vote, his nomination thrown into peril. she says kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school some 35 years ago. this is an image of her from that time. she says at one point she was afraid he would inadvertently kill her. kavanaugh allegedly saying he was not at the party in question. and what the president is now saying tonight. terry moran, who has covered the security for years, leading us o

abc's diane sawyer -- who else?ause ] so extraordinarily honest. >> extraordinary and for all the power she has on screen and we watch her, and her colleagues have called her a genius, we never knew until this book which she wrote herself, the small victories she had to win every day. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine a sunnier american face. you're looking at a tape from 54 years ago. an unknown teenager in a kind of audition. >> when i go to the beach, unless there's boys there or my boyfriend, then it's not any fun. i'm just by myself. >> reporter: she remembers the moment she won the part of the impossibly innocent tv girl next door, gich et. >> you see me, gidget. >> reporter: she braved it, she couldn't really surf. >> it wasn't a big swell, but it was a swell nonetheless. >> reporter: and of course, the next thing we knew, she was the flying nun strapped in a harness. >> anyway, i'm not going to give up. >> we could see the wires. that's all i'll say. >> gee, the illusion is ruined. >> reporter: but today, at

here she is with diane sawyer in the year 2000. >> you like doing the diva thing?e doing the diva thing. spur of the moment, you just do. and you just diva do. >> that's what divas do, they just do. >> that's right, they just do. >> reporter: franklin even playfully lampooned herself. >> there's a snickers commercial that she's wonderful in. >> can we turn the ac up? i'm dying back here. >> it's on, can't you feel it? >> can you feel that? >> the conceit of the commercial is that people are bitchy, or divas, unless they have a snickers bar. >> oh, just eat a snikers, please. >> why? >> every time you get hungry you turn into a diva, just eat it. >> eww, turn into a diva! >> it was her tipping her hat to the fact, yes, i know i'm a little bit of a diva but that's how i am, love me or leave me. i think anybody that worked with her knew there was some stuff that was going to come with that but it was always positive. >> it didn't bother any member of the family, we sort of laughed at it. it was just a name that was given to her. to us, she was aunty. >> reporter: in a

. >> reporter: she spoke with abc's diane sawyer about those dark years in captivity. >> how did you? >> i don't know. i was still alive. i was still -- there was still hope. >> reporter: beyond the similarities in their trauma, both jc and elizabeth became known for their strength and perseverance. both are also now staunch advocates for victims. and today, jc spoke out in support of elizabeth smart's protests of wanda barzee's release, pointing to her own abduction as a cautionary tale n. this exclusive statement to abc news, duggard said, i feel deeply for what elizabeth is going through, knowing this dangerous person is free to twauk streets. she says she agrees that wanda barzee is a potential threat to society, adding, she and her husband tried to kid and a half elizabeth's cousin a month after they kidnapped elizabeth. wasn't a lesson learned from my case when phillip was released from prison early in his first rape and kidnapping conviction. he was then free to take me with his wife's help. barzee pled guilty to kidnapping and unlawful transport of a minor in november of 2009

. >> diane sawyer interviewing john mccain for "20/20." >> what does 894 mean for you in. >> fifth ofhe bottom of any class many the naval academy. if i had stood at the bottom, president eisenhower, who spoke at my graduate, then would have shaken my hand personally. >> still, the young midshipman was a natural leader. and he was comfortable away from his duties, too. >> he loved women. he always went out with a lot of women. he always had a woman on his arm. even the famous stripper, the flame of florida. >> is it -- maria, maria the flame of miami? >> flame of florida. >> unlike his father and grandfather, admirals who captained ships, mccain was destined to do something else. to fly higher than the high seas. >> i always had the ambition of being a pilot. i wanted to be a navy pilot. >> by 1965, the naval aviator had settled down and decided to marry a divorced mother of two boys. >> the first thing john mccain did was adopt those two sons. so, he was very committed family man. and then shortly thereafter they s ery l.ed to t child, sydney, vietnam and keep faith with the family c

diane sawyer is here sharing her one-on-one with sally field.down for her first television interview on her brave new memory ya opening up about childhood secrets, burt reynolds. >>> the legendary tony bennett is here performing live with diana crowell. reese witherspoon also here coming up on gma. >> if this wasn't day to get tickets for the studio audience, i don't know what day it was. >> i kept thinking that. i said what a great show the studio got today. >> that's awesome. thanks so much. see you soon. >> thank you. >>> actor matthew perry revealing he has been in the hospital for three months. the dangerous condition he's been treated for >> plus, the eviction deadline for homeless camp in the south basement it was set up without by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. . >>> temperatures anywhere 4 to 10 degrees below average. spike of warmth for wednesday and thursday. 90s are around the corner, reggie. >>> thanks, mike. an observatory in new mexico tha

the actress opening up to diane sawyer in an exclusive tv interview, shedding light on a dark past, secrets

. >> you can rule out some suspects like diane sawyer, a former nixon press aide, now network anchor.built a fairly strong case for the identity of alexander haig. >> do you have any idea who deep throat is? >> deep throat is in my opinion a collection of people. >> how the secret of deep throat lasts for so long and the answer is neither of us told our ex-wives. >> during our filming woodward casually mentioned that the actor hal holbrook's portrayal of deep throat was pretty close to the whole thing. so when i asked him who the man was, he just smiled. >> other guesses over the years -- nixon campaign aide john sears and fbi official mark felt. >> i never leaked any information. i didn't give anybody any documents. and i'm getting pretty fed up with the whole thing. >> mark felt certainly caught some people's attention. he was the number 2 man in the fbi. and he looked the part. >> no. no. i am not deep throat. and the only thing i can say is that i wouldn't be ashamed to be. >> three decades later bob woodward went to visit mark felt. the elderly man was living with his daughter on