glen campbell. now an extraordinary and raw interview.e opens up about his final act. >> it's a brave thing. >> i don't know how brave it is. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfcfden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 23rd, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with that 5.8 magnitude earthquake outside washington, d.c. today, which grabbed the attention of millimeters on the east coast. one indication, twitter counted more than 5500 tweets per second. so many people were on their cell phones that some service went out. the white house was evacuated and all the national monuments were closed for safety inspections. lala tonight, the national park service reported a crack was discovered in the top of the washington monument. here's abc's david muir with the east coast unexpected case of the shakes. >> reporter: we were pulling into the train station in washington, d.c. when the station suddenry began to wildly shake. officers yelling to us and to everyone to get out.

>>> and glen campbell. the first tv interview about his diagnosis of alzheimer's disease. preparing for a courageous farewell tour as a last gift for his fans. ♪ >>> good evening. at 1:51 this afternoon, millions of us on the east coast, together, looked up and it did not seem possible. the room was moving. but an earthquake, here? and one of the strongest ever in this part of the country. a 5.8 magnitude, lasting 30 seconds. take a look. the camera is fixed on the white house, see it shaking? and the national cathedral in washington loses the tip of a spire. and as we said, people were racing into the streets, including that bride, here in new york. the epicenter of the quake was near mineral, virginia, but the quake roiled the ground from massachusetts to south carolina and all the way west to chicago and milwaukee. we're going to tell you the latest on the nuclear plants along this coast, but let's begin with abc's david muir, weekend anchor, who was pulling into union station in washington when that quake hit. what a surprise, david. >> reporter: it was really extraord

hard to believe but it's been 42 years since glen campbell's "wichita lineman" topped the charts. attles alzheimer's disease. >> he's releasing his farewell album next week and then hitting the road for a final tour. he spoke exclusively with abc's terry moran. ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy >> reporter: his music is a part of the american song book. ♪ riding out on a horse and a star spangled rodeo ♪ ♪ by the time i get the phoenix ♪ >> i have been blessed. i really have. i figured it out that i'm not that bright, but god gave me a break. >> reporter: and now at 75, glen campbell is struggling to remember that blessed life. he is fighting alzheimer's disease. >> i wasn't a big star. anyway -- >> reporter: you are a big star. >> well, it's still the same size. what was i saying? i do -- i was right in the middle of a sentence, man. >> reporter: we talked with glen and kim, his wife of nearly 30 years, in their malibu home. their first television interview since sharing the news. you guys came out recently and you told all of us that you have been diagnosed with alzheimer's. >> i hadn't

for the first time, glen campbell is going to talk at length about his diagnosis of alzheimer's.ill give everyone strength with the story of his life. bianna? >> lookingngorward to his story. thanks, diane. >>> and finally, players at the little league world series arere anything but camera shy and this proves it. the pitcher from south dakota, bounced one off the camera shattering the lens cover but leaving the camera itself working just fine. strangely enough a player from the same team did the same thing over the weekend. what is it with the cameras? >> the chances of doing that? >> i'm just loving these baseball stories. i got more and more and more. >> the little league world series. so many great stories. they're adorable. >> the runner and the pitcher has his hands up in the air because he hit the camera. >> we got it. thank you, bianna. >> lara. >> let's get right to the "pop news heat index." first up, if you are over air travel coming off the red eye between the cost, the crowding, the lines, perhaps you should check out the september ipad issue of "national geographic"

and tonight we have clear skies fl from san jose back into willow glen, into cupertino, campbell, also elm rock, and we have a temperature in the 60s. the average high temperature is 83 degrees. it was 80 in santa rosa. everybody becomes overcast tonight and will wake up with grey clouds and then quickly those clouds retreat out of our inland areas. bottom line is, your headlines suggests we will have clarity around the bay and inland areas by lunchtime but that deeper marine layer pushes on shore during the evening commute and it will produce some drizzle. your thursday forecast. far reaches of the east bay, clouds extend to the north and south as well. backing off towards the beach. and then what happens is we have this area of low pressure to the north of us and that's going to enhance that marine layer and that will be thursday night into friday. 81 in san elsamo. temperatures similar in comparison to today. 60s, 70s across the bay. winds out of the west 10 to 20. the coast will be socked in with just some partial late day clearing around half moon bay. extended forecast, deeper ma