j.r. martinez. be amazed, be inspired. a special edition, tv's most provocative entertainment news show, "showbiz tonight", cnn heroes, starts right now. welcome to a very special edition of "show biz tonight." we are live in los angeles and it's an all-star tribute. hello, i'm a.j. hammer. we'll have anderson take over at the top of the hour. we're getting the party started right now. i'm getting help from some cool friends tonight. i'm so pleased to welcome actor and activist j.r. martinez who won "dancing with the stars." he's checking out your tweets and facebook posts from all around the world. and our ten cnn honorees are going to be rockin' that red carpet. but there will be a constellation of hollywood stars here tonight as well. i'm talking about kid rock, miley cyrus, all here to pay tribute to the remarkable everyday people who are changing the world. now, over the past year this is incredible, we got more than 10,000 hero submissions and we are honoring the top ten. the boldest and the b

j.r. martinez.social media suite for us tonight as we count down to our blockbuster global event. that's kicking off at the tonight of the hour. cnn's kareen wynter right there on the red carpet, talking to all the big stars as well. and we are all here for "cnn heroes: an all-star tribute," saluting everyday people who are changing the world. ten cnn heroes will be honored tonight. and then we're going to reveal to you who you have voted as the 2011 cnn hero of the year. that person's going to walk away with $250,000 to help them continue with all of the great work that they're doing. this incredible night has now been a year in the making. and over the past year, this is unbelievable, we have gotten more than 10,000 hero submissions from all over the globe. and tonight, the lives of these top ten heroes will change forever. each of them will receive $50,000 to help them continue with their great work. so how do they feel oon the this incredible night? you can go to cnn.com to watch streaming video

j.r. martinez. hello, karina. hello, j.r. what beautiful balls you have. >> thanks, man.ou -- purple heart, right? you got a mirrored ball. >> i'm -- i don't note what to do with this thing, man. i might glue it on the hood of my car. >> jimmy: that's not a bad idea. >> jimmy: ma >> make a chain like a rapper. >> jimmy: i like that idea. when you were fighting in iraq, did you ever have any idea you would do this well on "dancing with the stars"? >> i didn't even know what "dancing with the stars" was when i was in iraq. you know -- i was too busy fighting the enemy. but it's amazing, man. like, they gave me an opportunity to come on the show and just show america who i am, outside of what they know, a veteran or "all my children" actor and show them i'm a person and she gave me an opportunity to show the world that, you know, i got a little moves inside me. i got a little moves, jimmy. >> like jagger. >> like jagger. >> jimmy: and karina, you suffered through steve wozniak, the situation, billy ray cyrus, i think. so, you really earned this, in a way, you went to war, to

j.r. martinez, who, of course, won "dancing with the stars." the great j.r. is hanging out in our social suite. he's checking out your tweets and facebook posts from all around the world tonight. shiite's kareen wynter's in the thick of the action right down there on the red carpet. our ten cnn heroes nominees will be rocking that red carpet, there'll also be a constellation of hollywood stars here tonight. i'm talking about kid rock, miley cyrus, sophia ver garra, all here to pay tribute to these remarkable everyday people who are changing the world. now, over the past year, this is incredible, we got more than 10,000 hero submissions, and on this star-studded night, we are honoring the top ten, the boldest and the bravest. and later, we're going to reveal who you have voted as the cnn hero of the year, who will get $250,000 to continue their amazing work. right now let's take a look at the life-changing work being done by some of our cnn heroes honorees. >> my husband, corporal michael davis, was killed in baghdad, iraq. after the funeral, i felt ostracized

j.r. martinez. [ applause ] >> what an amazing night. me serve this country we ask a lot from our family. they give up so much so that we can do the job that we have to do. they are brave and strong, and we carry their pictures in our pockets to help us get back home. but not all of us do. that means flag-draped coffins, taps, and widows and widowers are in our hometowns. taryn davis is a widow. she lost her husband, michael, in iraq just 17 months after they said "i do." she reached out for a community of other widows like her, but couldn't find one. so she created the american widow project, where 900 young women gather in person and on facebook to support one another and remember. taryn felt a void and filled it herself, and others. this is why i salute her. [ applause ] >> the truck flipped and landed upside down with him up top, and he was crushed. >> killed by an ied in afghanistan. >> suicide bomber. >> he committed suicide. >> he took off and the nose dipped, and then it spiraled to the ground. >> they came to my house thursday m

j.r. martinez. >> what an amazing night.and women like me serve this country, we ask a lot from our family. they give up so much so that we can do the job that we have to do. they are brave and strong, and we carry their pictures in our pockets to help us get back home. but not all of us do. that means flag-draped coffins, "taps," and widows and widowers are in our hometowns. taryn davis is a widow. she lost her husband, michael, in iraq just 17 months after they said "i do." she reached out for a community of other widows like her, but couldn't find one. so she created the american widow project where 900 young women gather in person and on facebook to support one another and remember. taryn felt a void and filled it herself, and others. this is why i salute her. >> the truck flipped and landed upside down with him up top and he was crushed. >> killed by an ied in afghanistan. >> suicide bomber. >> he committed suicide. >> he took off and the nose dipped, and then it spiralled to the ground. >> they came to my house thursda

j.r. martinez and "showbiz tonight's" carekar wynt wynter. "cnn heroes: an all-star tribute" starts right now on cnn. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome anderson cooper. [ cheers and applause ] >> good evening, everyone. good evening, everyone. welcome to "cnn heroes: an all-star tribute." how are you all doing? [ cheers and applause ] >> we live in a time and a world full of uncertainty. but tonight is all about hope. in the movies here in hollywood cape crusaders save the day. tonight you are going to meet real supermen and super women from across the globe. heroes who've dedicated their lives to people in need. none of them wear a spandex leotard or cape, at least not while working, not that i'm aware of. but they are true heroes. we are live tonight in los angeles and around the world. we've got a wonderful group of famous folks join ugs tonight. they've generously given us their time to share our heroes' stories with you. some of you journeyed to see our heroes in action. jerry seinfeld. sofia vergara. will.i.am. my colleague dr. s

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j.r. martinez. >> what an amazing night. that we have to do. they are brave and strong, and we carry their pictures in our pockets to help us get back home. but not all of us do. that means flag-draped coffins, taps, and widows and widowers are in our hometowns. taryn davis is a widow. she lost her husband, michael, in iraq just 17 months after they said "i do." she reached out for a community of other widows like her, but couldn't find one. so she created the american widow project where 900 young women gather in person and on facebook to support one another and remember. taryn felt a void and filled it herself, and others. this is why i salute her. >> the truck flip and landed upside down with the truck on top and he was killed. >> killed by an ied in afghanistan. >> suicide bomber. >> he committed suicide. >> he took off and the nose dipped, and then it spiralled to the ground. >> they came to my house thursday morning. >> nobody else is going to be at your door at 5:45 in the morning. >> they told me my husband was not c

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j.r. martinez and his longtime girlfriend are expecting their first child.y girl is due next spring. >> the couple met in 2008 when martinez started on "all my children." she was working as assistant to the soap's executive producer. >> martinez took home the trophy last month, a real fan favorite. now you have to wonder if that ability to dance is genetic. >> i guess we'll find out. big year for him. >> thank you for joining us today on abc7 news. that will do it for now. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> keep track of the latest news on twitter and the droid razr by motorola. the newest droid armed with motocast. granting you wireless access to files on your home computer from almost anywhere. 4g lte equipped to pull pictures, music, and movies. all at mind-melting speeds. powered by verizon, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands.

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j.r. martinez? >> see me cut the rug a little bit.nd the year. and it's been great having you join us, katie. >> thank you, robin. >> more to come. all of the year with katie couric tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central, on abc. >>> coming up, sherlock holmes himself, robert downey jr., going to join us live. ♪ >>> outside times square in morning, thursday morning. a lot of people here, inside, as well, because robert downey jr. is right across the studio. always a lot of fun to have him here. >> absolutely. >>> it's a really big day in hollywood today. the golden globe nominations. can't wait to see who gets one and doesn't get one. we have all that news coming up for you. >> chris connelly standing by. >>> also standing by, he's a little busy. great holiday appetizers, guy fieri. with pizza, and hungry. and let's send it back to robin. >>> i get more compliments on this watch. thank you. >> tying it together -- >> i love when you toss over to me and i'm sitting with someone because everyone's so kind. and we're just chit-chatting. and we look

j.r. martinez? >> see me cut the rug a little bit. year. and it's been great having you join us, katie. >> thank you, robin. >> more to come. all of the year with katie couric tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central, on abc. >>> coming up, sherlock holmes himself, robert downey jr., going to join us live. >>> good morning. happy thursday to you. satellite and radar picking up on clouds moving in across the area now. we do see showers back off towards the west. this is going to be pushing into our area possibly as we go into the afternoon. maryland's most powerful doppler radar is dry around the area. as of now. temperature-wise we're on the mild side. temperatures in the 40s and we're really going to boost up the temperatures as we go into the afternoon timeframe. hour by hour, 47 degrees. 53. then by 4:00 we're going to be mild. that temperature around 57. take the rain gear though us a head out today. as you head out today. >>> angela has traffic. >>> good morning. we continue to have the road closure in harwood, route 2 at polling house, again

j.r. martinez? >> see me cut the rug a little bit. year. and it's been great having you join us, katie. >> thank you, robin. >> more to come. all of the year with katie couric tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central, on abc. >>> coming up, sherlock holmes himself, robert downey jr., going to join us live. >>> caltrans is giving drivers a heads up on a closure. crews land to close the upper deck for three days in february. they need to reconfigure the road to accommodate construction of the new eastern span. caltrans warns rain or bad weather to delay or extent the project. lots of delays this morning kind of a mess. >> the worst spot is still 680 in the sunol grade. earlier big rig accident northbound has traffic jammed in both directions since 6:00. overturned crash on eastbound 92 one-way traffic controls in the area. >>> little wet, still foggy in spots mainly east bay and south bay we are beginning to see brighter conditions, partly cloudy this afternoon, mid 50s, 60s and a little warmer and sunnier over the weekend. >>> it is a special day h

j.r. martinez. d iraq war veteran, who, of course, won the coveted trophy on "dancing with the stars." everybody was inspired by his incredible story. i had a chance to hang out and spend time with j.r. and he is a guy just could spend hours talking to about anything. we were inside the shrine auditorium as they were making preps yesterday. talking about cnn heroes and how important it is to him that he's very excited to be here. we got to talking a little bit about what "dancing with the stars" has brought to him. when you win "dancing with the stars," you never know where your christmas cards are going to come from. watch what he told me a special piece of mail he just received a short time ago. let's look at that. >> i have been traveling a lot since the show ended. i came home the other day and going through my mail and just saying okay, that's not -- that's nothing, that's nothing. i see this envelope. i say, well, what's this going to be? i go and i open up the envelope. and needless to say, it

j.r. martinez and his partner karina smirnoff. >> wounded in iraq, he showed everyone what it meant to comedoes it no matter what. he's going to -- he does it. >> best new show that you're not watching but you ought to "boss." if frazier were tony soprano and became mayor of chicago, it would be something like this. >> don't get ahead of yourself. i would strongly advise against it! >> other favorites? >> i always make time for "true blood." >> i surf around on discovery and national geographic, thing like that. >> you know what i love on tv right now? rob's owe ridiculousness." pure tv. >> and a nation wide outcry from its devoted young fans. >> worst continuing trend. reality tv. >> i've sort of taken a reality tv break for my own mental health. i'm tired of people yelling at each other. seems like the same thing over and over again. >> i'm obsessed with "toddlers and tiaras." i love large, southern women bouncing their kids around saying "put on your slipper "smile, smile, trudy ann smile." >> that's the creepiest thing i've ever seen in my life. >> we have to pick a best up-and-coming r

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j.r. martinez was greeted by defense secretary leon panetta as promised. martinez told the secretary, he wants to work on connecting you, the american public, with military veterans, especially wounded warriors. >>> and just ahead, what you don't get to see on the news when it comes to occupy wall street. poppy harlow takes us inside the nerve center. and is he going to stay in the race? if he does step aside, where will his supporters go? we're talking republican presidential hopeful herman cain. i've had surgery, and yes, i have occasional constipation. that's why i take doctor recommended colace capsules. i have hemorrhoids and yes, i have constipation. that's why i take colace. [ male announcer ] for occasional constipation associated with certain medical conditions there's colace capsules. colace softens the stool and helps eliminate the need to strain. stimulant-free, comfortable relief. no wonder colace is the #1 stool softener brand recommended by doctors. say "yes" to colace! [ male announcer ] go to colacecapsules.com for savings. >>> the big que

j.r. martinez will be here, as well, co-hosting with me.ing to be a great time. >> we are looking forward to it. please tell karen how much we admire her. we think of our troops and their families every day, no doubt about it. something special. thanks, a.j. >> you got it. >> you can see the top ten cnn hero nominees and their causes. tune into cnn live tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern for cnn heros, an all-star tribute. get. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪

j.r. martinez. everyone loved this guy from "dancing with the stars."l trophy. he is going to be a daddy. he's expecting. he's 28 years old. we found out just last week it's a girl. and we are over the moon. his girlfriend has a little baby bump now. it's perfect. >> couldn't happen to a nicer guy. >> no. he seems like such a good guy. class act. going to be a great dad. so, congratulations to him. >>> finally, miss whoopi. i love whoopi goldberg. i've been a guest on "the view" several times. apparently, she passed some gas. >> take a listen to this clip. >> oh. >> excuse me. >> no. >> that was a -- >> no. that was the real deal. she owned up to it. fessed up to it right away. >> that's whoopi. whoopi can do whatever she wants to do. >> she doesn't care. she does her thing up there. joy didn't flinch or move. >> it wasn't silent. maybe it wasn't deadly. maybe it was just, you know -- >> be yourself, whoopi. let it out, girl. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare su

j.r. martinez who suffered severe burns while serving as a soldier in iraq.being a positive symbol for the wounded warriors and a great dancer to boot. which story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? >> waiting for herman. >> he said friday is the day when he willç see his wife face-to-face and have the conversation about the latest allegation and he will then do his assessment of his campaign. a lot of people think it might be code for he is going to dropout, but one way or another that's what we will be figuring out and trying to figure out the impact on the rest of the race. he is not the front-runner now, but it could have an impact on where his support may go. >> he can continue to try to repair whatever damage has been done it his reputation and he could stick it out to see if he can get past the scandal. >> we have seen people go up and down. no one thought newt gingrich would stay in the race after his staff quit. there is a case to be made for staying in. how the conversation with the wife went. it's at least 24 hours and i suspect longer. >>

j.r. martinez who overcame severe burns to win the latest "dancing with the stars." a.ans, the defense secretary, leon panetta. >>> here's the question, how does the super committee feel about its superfail? >> you know, it seems, john, that they feel happy. that's what some reports have said today. no shame, right? pretty depressing how they've been going back to their bases and blaming the other side. but you know what? we're an eternal optimist on "outfront." could be a hollywood block buster called super committee ii, a thriller. there could be a super committee ii. we have the senator in charge of that and he is going to be with us today explaining what that means. >>> plus -- a billionaire who uses colorful language that would be richard branson. he's going say why he named his company virgin, to begin with. >> don't go yet. richard branson, i talked to rich and branson around thanksgiving last year. always a great interview. looking forward to that. i wanted to wonder if you saw this today. wolf blitzer with a friend. i want to show you here. >> you look good, by

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j.r. martinez from dancing with the stars. i'll also be there, brooke, in the thick of things.>> i can tell you're psyched. thank you very much, kareen wynter, for all of us. if you want to check out -- we hope you do -- the other 2011 cnn heroes and vote for your favorite, go to cnnheroes.com. then join us watching the all-star tribute live sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up, if a u.s. veteran ends up on the wrong side of the law, there's now an alternative option to jail. we'll take you there. >>> plus -- a tough story to hear but one that's developing right now. a little georgia girl abducted, beaten, raped, stabbed to death. we're going to show you what her community is doing to keep this little girl, this 7-year-old girl's memory alive. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i wi