let me tell you it's amazing how the novels and the show and heroes the heroes books and heros for my daughter and son harry is one of the heroes in heroes for my son. he's one of the heroes when he was younger he lost his dad. he had to take care of the family. the young guy eric weiser which was is original name. much. he should have worked in a factory. he did the most daring thing of all. he did what he loved. that's the lesson. do what you love. find what you love and do it. that's why he succeeded. that was greatest cape. escaping simple. feed of course as i do the research, we have other topics, the other topics i want to look at they are bunch that i want to look at. i never talk about them when i do, last time i did, history channel will do them and i ruin them. i love to do jfk. i love to -- i think it's a perfect episode. one of the stories -- i'll tell you the story they love. do something no one has ever heard. doing mount rushmore. showing people something they don't know about it. here is the great story i heard about jfk, i have to look in to it. this is the one i want

heros like rosa parks, heroes like christopher reeve, heroes like marie curie. that was the key to me, and that's where the book began. and i thought it was going to be very much like my son's book. i had more men in my son's book and a few women, and in her book i'd have more women and a few men. i treat my kids absolutely equally. that's the kind of dad i am, right? the perfect one. and the truth was i handed the week in and thought they were -- the book in and thought they were exactly the same. the editor said, there's a problem with your book. she says, you use one word over and over again. in every description of every hero you have, and i said, what's the word? she said, fighter. you use it in over a dozen hero entries. you use the word fighter in the dalai lama's entry. he's a pacifist, you call him a fighter. [laughter] which shows a number of things, number one, my lack of command of the english language. [laughter] but the truth was it shows you two things about me as a dad. one, i'm overprotective of my daughter, i am. in ways i didn't even know abou

what is it look to feel like a hero, tell me why you feel look a hero? >> i feel proud because i save lots of lives. >> alex perez, abc news, oak creek. >> how adorable and admirable is she. the presence of mind at that age. >> to be able to do that at that age, 9. she did save lives. >> the fact that she witnessed what she did, how that sticks with her down the road. you have twund awonder and hope emotionally she can get past it at some point. kids are impressionable. >> definitely. and my former loon ine of busini spoke to victims of crime and people who witnessed crime it does have lasting effects. >> it does. in the moment for right now we tip our hat to that little girl. we really do. we'll be back with more right we really do. we'll be back with more right after this. action i love telling big stories about big heroes. but, at the end of the day, real life is better than y story. our service men and women are the real heroes. every day they make the sacrifices for their country; for my country; for my son's country. the uso gives us real ways to s

>> yeah. >> what's it like to feel like a hero? tell me why you feel like a hero. >> i feel proud because i saved lots of lives. >> pretty remarkable considering those kids are only 9 and 11 years old. >>> and now, to the surging gas prices that you're likely experiencing. the average price per gallon has been steadily rising for weeks. and as abc's tahman bradley reports, a perfect storm of incidents is pushing them even higher. >> reporter: if you're planning to use the car for one last summer vacation, brace yourself. gas prices are expected to skyrocket. >> instead of a trip, we have to save up just for the gas. >> reporter: nationally, gas prices have climbed 27 cents a gallon in the past month. over the next few days, drivers out west could see gas prices go up 25 cents or more. >> oh, no. how do you expect people to manage? >> it is what it is. >> reporter: a string of refinery breakdowns across the country have sent fuel traders into a panic and prices soaring. a refinery fire near san francisco is being blamed on a shortag

in india, here we have super heroes like, tell me a hero. >> super man. we have super heroes in india. krishna. lifts mountains and throws them to the ocean to create bridges. i will tell you the story about a super hero. krishna as a little boy in the village where the trees blow and the water flows and the birds fly and the grass grows, in this village there are cows. and people and they go to the river and they go to get their water. and they go to the river and what do they see? an evil demon is polluting the river. callia. and they can't get water because it's killing the cows and the people. so, they go to krishna and say, please, do something about this this is not good. he says, he thinks about it and says, okay. he takes his friends to the river to play. they play ball. they play with the ball and then by accident or may be not, the ball goes in the -- river. and callia is in the river. krishna is swimming through the dark waters and sees the ball is in the tail of the serpant demon. he sees the ball and the demon is sleeping. so guess what he do

i have a very important question for you heroes. do you continue to be ready to rock?cheers and applause) good because tonight we have grizzly bear. (cheers and applause) which, for the record, is the only bears i would ever have on my show. just the same, please just the same please bag all of your trash and hang it from a tree otherwise they will rummage through it. not because they're bears but because they're an indy band and it's a very tough living. and as for every-- every-- coachella fest is our d.j. grand master flash! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: ooh, flash. >> yes, sir. >> stephen: flash, you know those beats are so phat i'm going to have to prescribe you libtor. (laughter) in this veil of tears nothing good could happen without corporate sponsorship. you are the future, you understand that! the youth of america understands that tonight i salute the heroes at pepsi. bring it out here! sir, thank you, old glory, pepsi, the official drink of my throat. (laughter) (cheers and applause) i cannot believe how much money we got from them. (laughter) and, folks

he was an american hero. fitting to his words one giant leap for mankind he would be ultimately be decorated by 17 countries. he inspired a generation to believe that anything was possible. and so there was great sadness today that we learned that neil armstrong watt dead at the age of 82 when complications to a recent heart operation. we begin our look at his legacy with tom costello. >> reporter: they are words forever etched in the memory transmitted from 240,000 miles away. >> that is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> with those words neil armstrong gently touched his foot down on the moon. followed soon after by buzz aldron. minutes later, armstrong described to all of us what it was like. >> it has a stark beauty all its own. much like the high desert of the united states. different but very pretty out here. >> these are the astronauts who will orbit in the gemini. >> americans were first introduced to armstrong in 1962. he was the quiet farm kid from ohio who became a test pilot an

what's it like to be a hero? tell me why you feel like a hero?s of lives. >> reporter: alex perez, abc news, oak creek. >> how adorable and admirable is she. the presence of mind at that age. >> to be able to do that at that age, 9. she did save lives. >> the fact that she witnessed what she did, how that sticks with her down the road. you have wonder and hope, emotionally she can get past it at some point. kids are impressionable. >> definitely. and i mean, in my former line of business, i certainly spoke to victims of crime and people who witnessed crime. it does have lasting effects. >> it does. in the moment for right now we tip our hat to that little girl. we really do. we'll be back with more right after this. >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from ♪ you can get anything you want at alice's restaurant ♪ >>> well, we all know that restaurant servers have the inside scoop on what's really good to eat. >> that's for sure. as you can probably guess they know a lot more than that. but they are not telling. abc's becky

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[laughter] and be a hero. there are no opportunities in these wars for that sort of traditional concept of heroism. we, you know, we try to make jessica lynch who endured tremendous pain and discomfort as a prisoner, or pat tillman, a remarkably courageous young american. we try to make traditional heroes out of them. it doesn't work. if you look at the medals of honor in the current wars, i think only a couple of them have gone to people who survived. most of them have gone to people for -- not for assaulting an enemy force, but primarily for saving someone's life, you know, for jumping on a hand grenade to save others. just remarkably heroic and courageous action. it's just overwhelming. but we don't though how to handle these wars, we don't know 40 how to define the heroes of these wars. but everyone who steps out of a gate is being heroic over there, as far as i'm concerned. >> last question, sir. in past conflicts the civilian leadership has had military experience. today the civilian leadership is shrink

as we talk about the fake heros, let's talk about real heros.emember of course neil armstrong and buzz aldren went to the moon. one of the most famous iconic moments in american history. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. all engines. we have a liftoff. apollo 11. >> wall small step for man. someone vast leap for man kept. >> the reason i show you that is we have just found a william sapphire letter inside the nixon white house describing what they would have done under the circumstances where those two astronauts could not make it back. it makes their act seem so much more hero it because it was. here is what they have said the president should say if they didn't make it back quote, "fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. these brave men, neil armstrong and edwin ald written know there is no hope for their recovery. they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. these two men are laying down their lives in mankind's most noble goal: the search for true and understandi

in india, here we have super heroes like, tell me a hero. >> super man. we have super heroes in india. krishna. lifts mountains and throws them to the ocean to create bridges. i will tell you the story about a super hero. krishna as a little boy in the village where the trees blow and the water flows and the birds fly and the grass grows, in this village there are cows. and people and they go to the river and they go to get their water. and they go to the river and what do

these are heroes to the country. so i began this really with a very personal thanks to harry and the whole ong family. kathy and mrs. ong are here as well. thank you for letting us celebrate a wonderful life in contribution to our own american history. the name here is not only embedded on the walls here, but we have that time capsule that we did in september so that in future generations, many people will hear about this name, hear about why it is important to remember the ong family and betty and her heroic efforts to save lives. but we also have generations of children of a family that will be here that will know the reason why we need this important institution in our community after someone who sacrificed her life and was a hero to all of us. with that, if i may present to the ong family -- my personal privilege and on behalf of the whole city, the board, police department, community organizations, i would like to proclaim today, in recognition of this event, the center and the naming of it, betty ann ong chines

he was an american hero and a space pioneer. the first man to walk on the moon, neil armstrong has died at the age of 82. his family says the cause was complications from heart surgery he had this month. president obama praised armstrong in a statement saying and i'm quoting now, neil was among the greatest of american heroes, not just of his time, but of all time. when he and his fellow crew members lifted off aboard apollo 11 in 1969, they carried with them the aspirations of an entire nation and when neil stepped on the foot of the status of the moon for the first time he delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten. mitt romney added this. neil armstrong today takes his place in the hall of heroes, with courage unmeasured and unbounded love for his country, he walked where a man had never walked before. the moon will miss its first son of earth. i met and spoke with neil armstrong a few weeks ago, his passion for space, science, and discovery, and devotion to america will inspire me through my lifetim

. >> reporter: the pair cofounded ordinary heros, an organization aimed at promoting selflessness. >> ordinary hero's foundation is basically a way to help citizens who want to help, give them a chance to go out and to help people who are in extreme need like the people at the sikh shooting. >> we want to show everybody can be a hero and make an impact. >> reporter: the group in conjunction with the downtown business association joined together to help the cause, by donating a dollar, folks are given a sticker showing support of the oak creek sikh relief fund. the sticker also gives them access to special discounts and deals at area businesses, which are donating a portion of the profits. volunteers walk the streets, spreading awareness about this community. >> it's important we all as a community come together. just because you have a different religion doesn't make you less a part or more a part of our community. when something like that happens, one of the best parts about milwaukee and wisconsin is we band together. >> reporter: keeping in line with some of the sikh beliefs, this

. >>> hero kids. the brother and sister caught in the cross fire at the temple shooting. what they did to save dozens of lives. >>> gold rush. china and the u.s. fighting for the most medals in london. does this picture reveal the secret of china's success? >>> and, standing up for heroes. our bob woodruff on the former soldier with a hollywood dream. getting some help tonight from a movie legend. ♪ >>> good evening. we begin with a warning for every american family packing up the car for one last vacation during these dog days of summer. the price of filling up is about to go up again, way up. look at this. for weeks, the average price of gas has been on a steady climb. now, it's about to take off. the week began with news of a 14 cent surge, the biggest one-week jump in a year and a half. tonight, new signs of trouble, including a fire out west that could spike gas prices across the coast. abc's neal karlinsky explains. >> reporter: you've hear the predictions for months. tensions with iran, ramped up consumption in china -- even market manipulation were all conspiring

one of the greatest of the naval heroes in the revolutionary war was john paul jones. john paul jones was an example of the many great leaders that this continental navy despite all of its problems produced and they were role models for the navy that followed, so i point out in the book that although the navy was an effective on the battlefield because it never was in the battlefield, in those battlefields they produced a cadre of offices and hear those -- heroes that were offense importance that would follow. so, john paul jones at the end of the war when the battle of yorktown was just forming up and was about to be fought road to washington asking if he could possibly find something for him to do, and washington said i can't. the navy has never worked for me. there isn't anything for you to do. jones went to see washington and a guest for use in those days the revolutionary was being decided, he was in portsmouth new hampshire, and it was killing him, so these great heroes that the continental navy produced for i think i point out if misused, and washington agreed w

the bay area cox conner is serves hero winner will be allowed -- conservative hero winner will be announced october 11th. the runner-up will receive $2500. >>> a cooler pattern is filling into the bay area at this hour. mostly sunny skies across most the district. we're still watching those stubborn clouds along the coast and just inside the bay machine giving you a beautiful -- bay. giving you a beautiful view, we have a robust breeze. still reporting 17 mile-an-hour through fairfield and you can see that gray sky pugging -- hugging the coastline in the city down along pacifica, the west side of santa cruz mostly sunny, the east side, partly to mostly cloudy. 60s around the bay. 75 in livermore. 74 in concord. 72 degrees in san jose over the north bay, mostly sunny skies. 64 napa. 69 in santa rosa. a cool day in the city, mostly cloudy skies right there up to the marina. if you are gonna be reading that way to watch america's cup, we have a cool, breezy condition there for the afternoon. so for today, temperature also gonna be rolling back -- temperatures are gonna be rolling back. the ons

the man would all these heros to a man was a special hero among heroes, now gone, unable to peek, thepression, a footprint, the first of a human being on ard would, far, far from this one: a powerful footprint. no wonder politicians want do savor his memory. it is about savoring something more, our human souls. >> one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. [ male announcer ] while many automakers are just beginning to dabble with the idea of hybrid technology, it's already engrained in o dna. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>neil: if you had doubts the economy was a question for republicans, they have a national debt clock that could cross the $16 trillion as they speak and a separate clock showing how much has been added to the debt as the convention began and well cover that from the floor each night every night, on fox business network giving you the business because we have an idea that the republicans want to do the exact same thing. we will focus on the debt clock and what is h

and in the most honest sense of that word, a real hero. what was it like for you to be a young man and have these aspirations, to be able to look up to somebody like neil armstrong. >> i did. i looked up to him from the time i first learned of him. i was five years old and he was put on the moon for the first time. i'll tell you one of my highlights of a career as an astronaut. i had the opportunity to sit between him and john glenn. neil armstrong was such a special person and he will be missed. >> i can't imagine the sadness for you today, also for the space program. we're going to take a break here very briefly, but if you have just about 20 seconds, your wife's reaction to this. >> i just told her not five minutes ago. and she just commented that she was very, very sad. this was a sad day. one of our favorite photos, and she has a huge grin on her face, is a photo of her standing between neil armstrong and gene sernon, the first and last men to walk on the moon. this will be a sad day for her as well as the rest of the country. >> i co

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this young afghan solider was welcomed as a hero after recently defecting to the taliban. and it seems there are a growing number just like him. so far this year, attacks by fot 31 coalition troops dead. a number that could far exceed last year's total. >> it start to effect the trust of both sides working together. >> reporter: today's attack following a heartbreaking blow earlier this week, a suicide attack that killed three senior u.s. military leaders whose remains were returned to dover air base late today. the dead include command sergeant major kevin griffin, 38-year-old walter gray, an air force major and major thomas kennedy, a west point graduate with a twin boy and girl at home. a usaid worker was killed in the attack, as well. >> loss of any soldier is a tragedy. but when >> reporter: the command sergeant major, in particular, looks out for the well being of his soldiers, is a real caretaker. he will be replaced by someone who is no doubt, capable, but it is like trying to replace a parent, david. it just won't be the same. >> all right, martha raddatz in our w

especially while -- heroes that exist today. most of the signs go in history books and this creates a disconnect between the people and the people they're supposed to look up to. we have this opportunity in her 25th year serving our city and our nation to build a bridge between congresswoman national -- congresswoman nancy pelosi and the heroes children are about growing up. we have had the honor of working with the congress won in protecting some of the area's most beloved public lands and parks. the city of san francisco including the field is one of regret accomplishments. portia's help ensure their protected today and for future generations. i like to believe that because of who we are, we make the country better. i think nancy pelosi put this idea into action. she has influenced our country to be more thoughtful, more just, caring, more sustainable and more beautiful. the question is why should this happen now? by hearing about the park and rack new advancements in summer camps and programs, the general manager would agree

got a humble, just an obvious big heart, a hero, you know and he's not comfortable with that term yet. >> reporter: lanier stopped by the hospital to visit with him last night and this morning. chief lanier said a lot of people owe him a lot of thanks. his mom said she can't wait for him to get out of the hospital so she can give him a big hug. >>> and we're learning new deils about the gunman. he told the security guard, quote, i don't like your politics before opening fire. the family research council is a conservative christian lobbying group. this afternoon, the group's president said his organization will not be intimidated by what happened yesterday. >> i can assure you that my staff here is totally committed to continuing to cross through the doors each and every day. to defend faith, family, and freedom for americans across this country. >> reporter: he believes the gunman's actions are vote mated -- motivated by groups like the southern poverty law center, which called the research family center a hate group. it said it's outrageous for the family council to blame them for ye

>>> on this saturday night, the loss of an american hero. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> tonight we remember neil armstrong. >> state of emergency isaac proves deadly tearing towards the caribbean. millions on alert in the keys from tampa to louisiana. tonight the latest track as a huge storm takes aim at the gulf. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening it is fair to say no single event of the modern era has held the awe and fascination that we witnessed 33 years ago when neil armstrong was the first man on the moon. fitting to his words one giant leap for mankind he would be decorated. he inspired a generation to believe that anything was possible. we learned "today" thtoe today s dead. >> reporter: they are words forever etched in the memory transmitted from 240,000 miles away. >> that is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> with those words neil armstrong gently touched his foot down on the moon. minutes later, armstrong describeed to all of us what it was like. >> it was a stark beauty all its own. much l

that is why i treasure my talk with his hero. more because he doesn't think of himself as a hero. just a regular guy who got lucky. that is total bull. i will let you in on some secrets on gene cernan. if you try doing what he did in boiling up in your spacesuit on the moon because of solar light deflectors didn't work in your suit like they were supposed to. you would probably try to stay calm and try walking in boots for one day like i did today. take it from me, it is not only the capsule that didn't fit. the boots didn't fit. it didn't even come

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you are the true heroes.u for your efforts every day. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: time for another one of mitt's secrets and lies. we're all getting sick of hearing the romney campaign talking about how government injures gets in the way and does more harm than good. but you remember romney's boasting how he turned around the salt lake city winter olympics like he does in this tv ad. >> i had the chance to run the olympics in salt lake city in 2002. i came in and found that we not only had a scandal to deal with, but a financial crisis to deal with. >> jennifer: well, here's how he fixed that financial crisis. here's the secret. federal government did it. the "huffington post" dug up a may 2001 transcript of a senate hearing on those games and romney testified and he said, quote, without question we simply could not host games in salt lake if it were not for the enormous spending and services of the federal government. mitt you mean you didn't build that? turning to the campaign front the battle over romney's

the youth of america understands that tonight i salute the heroes at pepsi. bring it out here! sir, thank you, old glory, pepsi, the official drink of my throat. (laughter) (cheers and applause) i cannot believe how much money we got from them. (laughter) and, folks, since we're here on the hudson river which i believe is international waters that means there are no rules. (cheers and applause) tonight anything goes. gambling, orgies, cock fighting, go nuts. (cheers and applause) although fair warning, at the cock fighting it is b-y-o-cock. same goes for the orgies. (laughter) every year... as every year at colbchella fest we are joined by my cohost on the bridge of the "inprep peud" a man with whom i can onliestly say i would not be here tonight, my dear friend, stephen colbert. take it away. (cheers and applause) there he is! >> stephen: hello! hello! welcome. (cheers and applause) thank you for joining us. once again, ladies and gentlemen, i am coming to you live from the bridge of the aircraft carrier "intrepid" where i have built an exact replica of my studio. it's just li

i spent a day with a guy who has been a hero all my life.s close sure, i'm fully biased here. i think gene cerna is one of the best of the best anywhere. last man to walk on the moon giving me unprecedented access to his incable world, rich in heroes and achievement in planes and rockets. a bygone era from a generation that never knew the meaning of the word "can't." i was still a boy when i watched cernan having the time on his life on the moon and the last visit for human beings on the moon. even as a kid i could see the kid in gene. a guy who didn't see his time up there as a mission but a passion. one that even drove he and his colleague schmidt to soar. >> ♪ da, da, da, ♪ da, da da, ♪ all along >> neil: i said gene was a hero, i never said he was a singer. i joked yesterday with gene as i have often shared with many of you on this show howmuch i wanted to be an astronaut when i was a kid. i did. i was a nut about being an astronaut. when other kids my age were collecting baseball cards, i was collecting astronaut autographs. i have quit

. >> los más pequeños podrían tomar una imagen negativa de sus heroes del béisbol . >> buenas noches,ias por acompañarnos, maría leticia tiene el día libre, dos peloteros del as grandes ligas se ven involucrados en consumo de hormonas, veremos como estos casos afectan a los jóvenes . >> dieron positivos a una prueba de testosterona, indagamos cómo serán afectados, hablamosc on un psicólogo para encontrar respuestas. >> para muchos adultos y niños escuchar la noticia de nelqui cabrera estuviera involucrado en el escándalo de consumo de esteroides, una semana después otro dominicano, bartolo colón, también dio positivo, una figura pública y heroes para niños que se ven involucrados en una situación nada peculiar . >> este sicologno nos explica que el impacto que tenga la noticia depende de la cobertura de televisión. >> si los medios de comunicación los ve de otro punto de vista, porque las personas usan drogas o viven artificialmente, le enseñarian a los niños muchas cosas, si se criminalizan, etnonces los niños van a pensar que su heroe es un antiheroe . >> entre los aficionados piens