well, josiah says, exactly. >> it was easy.u wanted more of a challenge. >> yeah. >> reporter: the justmention it takes to be able to say i'm going to go out and do that. who has that kind of confidence? >> me. >> reporter: but his mother, whitney, says it's not just confidence. it's stubbornness. >> josiah is very competitive, and if he feels like something is too easy, he's not going to do it. >> reporter: still, josiah knew making the team was a long shot. fortunately, though, josiah turned out to be pretty good at long shots. he made the team. on his merits. and over the last few months has become a real contributor, getting offensive rebounds, assists, and because of his unique position on the floor, he has caused more than a few turnovers. >> he started taking the ball from people. he took the ball from me. i was mad. you would have thought steph curry was in the gym. >> reporter: but his teammates say his best play was a couple of weeks ago. >> are it was just a moment i'm going to remember for, like, ever. >> reporter:

josiah shoots, from three...( cheers ) what do you want people to take away from this? >> to do something that they thought they couldn't do. >> reporter: josiah johnson, inspiration, and proof that all you need to stand above is confidence. steve hartman, "on the road," in louisville, kentucky. >> o'donnell: thank you, josiah, for reminding us all. that's tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. good night, and have a great weekend. >>> less than 48 hours until the cowboys and the ninners clash at levi stadium. >>> elon musk takes the stand defending his tweets. >>> and what's next for the city of oakland while the police chief is sidelined. we have community reaction to another shakeup in the force. >> do i hope that my chief stays? i hope he stays because i believe he has more to offer than to lose. >> it is an optional clothing club and it is cut off. how storm damage impacted a group of bay area nudists. >>> got up tuesday morning and came down here. and, it was gone. >> this is cbs news bay area w

it's stubbornness. >> josiah is very competitive.o do it. >> reporter: still, josiah knew making the team was a long shot. fortunately though, josiah turned out to be pretty good. at long shots. over the last few months, has become a real contributor, getting offensive rebounds, assists and because of his unique position on the floor, he has caused more than a few turnovers. sgle >> he took the ball from me. i was bad. would you have thought steph curry was in the geym. >> it's a moment i will remember forever. >> reporter: it was the end of the game. josiah shoots from three. again, his disability disappeared. what do you want people to take away from this? >> to do something that they thought they couldn't do. >> reporter: josiah johnson, inspiration and proof that all you need to stand above is confidence. ancestry's helped me really understand my family's immigration experience and what life must have been like for them. and as i pass it on to my daughter, it's an important part of understanding who we are. for adults with genera

it's stubbornness. >> josiah is very competitive. like something is too easy, he's not going to do it. >> reporter: still, josiah knew making the team was a long shot. fortunately, though, josiah turned out to be pretty good. at long shots. he made the team. on his merits. and over the last few months has become a real contributor. getting offensive rebounds, assists, and because of his unique position on the floor he has caused more than a few turnovers. >> he started taking the ball from people. he took the ball from me. i was mad. >> you would have thought steph curry was in the gym. >> reporter: but his teammates say his best play was a couple weeks ago. >> it was just a moment i'm going to remember for like ever. >> reporter: it was the end of the game. seconds remaining. josiah shoots. from three. and again, his disability disappears. what do you want people to take away from this? >> to do something they thought they couldn't do. >> reporter: josiah johnson. inspiration and proof that all you need to stand above is >>> climate

if josiah t tells us that we can fight ken's and then we can battle cancer. and when you fell, those people who do not pick up from cancer, we'd tell them that they almost week and at a loss, that's the battle and nothing got months. that's not a fair us from the scientific point of view. over a decade ago, germany's national center for tumor diseases in heidelberg, begun examining the effect of physical exercise on cancer patients. in 2016, i got the diagnosis and that felt awful. like most kinds of patients there for a deep hole. i was very tired. i couldn't do gardening, i just didn't feel i get, i just read a book and i started it in chips with potato chips. or i was getting fatter, thought of because a stomach loss of her sport and exercise cannot directly combat a tumor. although several 100 studies show that cancer patients who exercise live longer kinds of fuel efficient, it can reduce certain side effects of cancer therapies and ensure that patients emerge further through the therapy theory and are able to cope better with their everyday life to skip

and we owe it to josiah and flora and parents like them to build a state that works for them and works for their children. we owe it to future generations to measure our actions today against what it will mean tomorrow for little alaskans like elijah and francine. they're probably too young to remember tonight, this night, but eventually hale be old enough to remember what we did from point forward. flora, could you please stand with your family and be recognized as alaska's future. [applause] to the members of the 33rd legislature, will you please join with me in committing to do everything we can to make alaska the best possible place for families like this? and for young kids, young children like elijah and francine and for all the alaskans we work for. this is important. i want to thank you again for being here tonight and representing alaskans for today and the alaskans for tomorrow. when i look around this room, i see folks who are just beginning their time in office, and i see others like me who are getting closer to the end with every passing day. when we have a lot of days --

they loved tuesday game with tennessee vault's senior guard josiah jordyn, james tried to save the ballgoing out of bounds. but look where he ended up right next to the mississippi state mascot. bully the bulldog . bully the ball that i watched boy, the bulldog, no biting. bully the bully bulldog gonna get bullied. no no boys there and i think you handled the situation pretty well did did bully the bulldog considering you had a six ft 10 person flying your way 70 shots, though 70 minute and a half rally taking time out after that 700.6 million for your ticket. don't even get a plus we just published a few months ago. how did you have time to design an experiment? this whole thing is actually a gigantic accident. you weren't even thinking about super-asymmetry? thinking about it? (chuckles) we don't even understand it. (both laugh) uh, can you believe this? doctors pemberton and campbell have been doing a press tour trying to take credit for super-asymmetry. so what? i mean, no one's gonna give them credit for accidentally discovering something. wolowitz: yeah, who remembers the guy who

but i once handled josiah holland's 1866 by atrophy of lincoln came soon after the assassination of theirst and he wrote in and wore lamb. i had his own copy and he had some annotations in the margins and he would underline in there are two things that you underline i want to get your opinion on the underline honesty and how and put and ward said lincoln could stretch the truth when necessary. sure and again he put a underline word underlined i love that colin said he loved everybody and and said you love nobody what was kind to all. hmm interesting. the the stretching the truth absolutely rings true to me. most people i know do that. and every politician i know does that. so that that doesn't strike me as as if i'm particularly insightful on their part. i'm kind all but love. that's a fascinating question because because what kindness, a manifestation of love. but you can be kind without it. and so. my sense that he was very loyal, which is also a form to some extent of of love. and i remember being struck by how moved he was by the first the first casualty in alexander thea, the man f