comedian billy crystal and ali's widow, lani. lani was ali wife, and in his corner as he fought his toughest battle. jericka duncan in louisville. >> reporter: as wife, care giver and protector, lani ali also had the heart of a champion. >> we are with muhammad, my sister helping, my nephew helping. really all three of us. >> reporter: the two met over 50 years ago. the picture shows a 6-year-old lani with the 21-year-old ali. the man who would become her husband. family spokesperson and long time friend, bob gunnel. >> the only thing that lani ever said, accurate, she said to me i have loved that man my entire life. she literally has loved muhammad ali since she was 6 years old. >> reporter: in 1986, two years after the three time heavyweight champion announced he had parkinson's disease they got married. they later adopt aid son, ali's ninth child, assad ali. late today he visit itted the memorial for the first time since his father's death. >> reporter: can you talk to us more about what your mother's impact has been on your f

and the use of media and images, what did you take away from what happened with your family, with lani guinier, in that year? >> well, she was denied the opportunity to even, um, present who she was to the larger public, to defend her positions and her writings before congress and let them decide, since they actually had the authority in terms of advice and consent. and largely, i think it was a consequence of, uh, president clinton not willing to fight the good fig fum as well as a friend. and that, um... he was under assault at the time. he had just, uh... he was being pushed back with his own initiatives in terms of health care and gays in the military at the time, so a lot of it, i think, had to do with unfortunate timing. >> hinojosa: well, what was that like to essentially realize that, you know, here are these ideas, and essentially in our country... >> well, good ideas don't always... >> hinojosa: freedom of speech and essentially... >> ...have an opportunity to be heard. what it showed me is that even someone who is very bright, who is articulate, who is ready... we have no ri

. >> here comes lani on the far outside. destine in front, creator lani on the outside.and creator. these two come down to the line together. too close to call. >> i mean, what a finish. only the fourth time in the history of the the belmont the race was decided by a nose. the winner creator so close. preakness winner exaggerator finished 11th. >>> the u.s. taking on paraguay. clint dempsey scores to put the u.s. up by one. the u.s. would play the second half with 10 men after a red card. thank goodness for the two saves. the united states win one-nothing. they advance to their first quarterfinal since 1995, the second time ever. >>> beautiful at any for gulf at the cricket club. round three of the senior players championship. bryant with the shot. from his body language he doesn't like it. the ball hits the green rolls in for the eagle. bernard langer is the leader at two under par. >> that expression changed quickly. >> oh, very quickly. >> it's like yeah, okay, we're good. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news," take a look at this little critter here. giddy, hm? do y

you can stop me any time if you remember that it's -- >> the woman who played medical lanie on gone with the wind? because she turned 100. no, maybe not! [ laughter ] >> jeopardy. >> olivia de havilland turned 100 years old, the stanford theater -- >> i got it right! it's a miracle! >> liz cook, wow. happy birthday, olivia. lives in paris now. concord, oakland, 63 degrees, livermore 57 san francisco 54. and here's how it looks. overnight lows. : temperatures inthe mid 50s overnight tonight. that will be up in nine minutes before 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. and as we look from high atop west coast, nice, not changed dramatically but a better on onshore push with a northwester northwesterly direction for the winds, we'll get slightly earlier clearing tomorrow at the shoreline, it was very foggy this morning and this afternoon, that's what helped cool us town, coming down about 15 degrees today. so, a breath of fresh air for the east bay as we were freezing along the shoreline. high temperatures were bound for some, coming in tomorrow. in san francisco, actually be below average, 65 degrees, concor

. >> reporter: ali's wife, lani, and daughter, miriam, both spoke. >> as his voice grew softer, his message took on greater meaning. >> as you enter your final round, god's last boxing bell will sound in heaven. i love you. we all love you. >> reporter: the boxing champ turned political activist and humanitarian, inspired people everywhere. bryant gum bolt, and president clinton delivered eulogies. >> it was the choices that muhammad ali made that has brought us all here today in honor and love. >> reporter: decades ago, ali nicknamed crystal little brother and the two remained close friends. we caught up with crystal right after the service. >> a feeling of gratitude that we lived in his time. that this epic human being, with all of his heights and all of his lows and his frailties, he was a champion of the human spirit. >> reporter: muhammad ali's legacy was celebrated today. not just by the famous faces who spoke -- >> i want to fight just like him. >> reporter: -- but by the millions around the world he inspired both in and out of the ring. >> matt lauer reporting from louisville tonigh

>> reporter: i spent some time with lani yesterday. she is strong. she is also extremely moved by the outpouring of emotions she seen and heard over the last week. she says she thinks muhammad is up there pulling the strings. she said to me, this is his day. >> you just gave me a little chill. matt, thank you. we know will you have more with his son assad a little later. let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> that's right. we're watching a pretty good area of severe weather expanding over the first half of the weekend. this is just the beginning of it. you see it coming across the plains right now. for today, we got a risk of severe weather, from minneapolis to northwest chicago. large winds, isolated tornadoes. look at this on saturday, stretching from cedar rapids, iowa, new york city, just south of boston, 73 million people at risk. there's a big dome of high pressure. this ridge, these storms will be riding up over this heat. they will be fast moving tonight. then they continue tomorrow, wind, damaging hail a real mess. a greater sev

he did have a number of marriages but lani ali, they married in 1986 and she is just an amazing, fabulous, wonderful, magnificent, brilliant woman and what she did for muhammad and with muhammad as his partner these past 30 years has been incredible and remarkable. my hareart goes out to her. she has been phenomenal in his care with parkinson's over all of these years, at his side, handling his business, handling his physical ailments. always with a smile. and you know, it's not easy to be in that position. not easy at all. and she has handled it with tremendous grace and dignity and class and respect. i'm sure that this evening is very, very difficult for her to have lost her husband and probably also equally some form of gratitude to god that he did not suffer and that -- anymore. and he can rest in peace. >> absolutely, jim and i'm sure his family must be so proud. some of the video we've been showing in the ring, outside the ring, with his family. we showed video as he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2005. he was such a transformative figure and also involved in civil

courage and wit inspires so many and the honor of meeting him in london to munich to navy and his wife lani a couple weeks ago. i think we should commend his bravery and facing parkinson's disease. his courageous campaign in on civil rights, anti-racism and he's hit all of us have lost one of the greatest. yesterday, mr. speaker, i met some workers from sports direct coming to parliament to give evidence to the select committee about the shocking behavior of the company. nonpayment, a culture of intimidation and fear and zero hours contracts. they sent the scandalous scourge of contracts which is light in the lives of many already low-paid people. will the prime minister do us another european countries have done and -- >> the nature and the later of the opposition. u.s.a. anonymous role model outside the ring and appears encouraging integration is something we should all celebrate. i'm sure we all tried to fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee. it's not as possible in the circumstances we face. on the issue of sports direct in the appalling practice of not paying the minimum wage, i ab

. >> impossible is nothing. [ applause ] >> reporter: ali's wife lani fighting back tears sharing his. >> muhammad wants young people of every background to see his life as proof that adversity can make you stronger. >> all: ali, ali, ali. >> reporter: his burial the only private portion of yesterday's celebration. his family burying him to the east towards mecca. but his memory will live on in this community and around the world as billy crystal so aptly put it, he is gone, but he will never die. dan, paula. >> thanks, ryan. pretty touching to see the tributes just pouring in worldwide but also that city of louisville, his hometown, just completely embracing him as a hometown hero. >> they love him. >>> over to ron with the other stories. good to see you, ron. >> thank you. good morning, paula and dan. sara. robert, the whole group and good morning, america. we begin with a manhunt for two inmates who escaped from a nebraska prison. authorities warn that they are dangerous. convicted sex offenders 37-year-old armon dixon and 52-year-old timothy clausen declared missing yesterday afte

courage and wit inspires so many and the honor of meeting him in london to munich to navy and his wife lani a couple weeks ago. i think we should commend his bravery and facing parkinson's disease. his courageous campaign in on civil rights, anti-racism and he's hit all of us have lost one of the greatest. yesterday, mr. speaker, i met some workers from sports direct coming to parliament to give evidence to the select committee about the shocking behavior of the company. nonpayment, a culture of intimidation and fear and zero hours contracts. they sent the scandalous scourge of contracts which is light in the lives of many already low-paid people. will the prime minister do us another european countries have done and -- >> the nature and the later of the opposition. u.s.a. anonymous role model outside the ring and appears encouraging integration is something we should all celebrate. i'm sure we all tried to fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee. it's not as possible in the circumstances we face. on the issue of sports direct in the appalling practice of not paying the minimum wage, i ab

lani will still be very involved and active. those will continue to go forward. what they have asked -- that brings up a good point. is that in lieu of flowers and cards that donations be sent through the muhammad ali center in louisville, kentucky. two more questions. anybody? [ inaudible question ] i think that's for -- i think that's for historian and for history. i think he'll be remembered as a man of the world who spoke his mind. and wasn't afraid to take a chance. and went out of his way to be a kind benevolent individual that really changed the world. i mean, muhammad ali changed the way people challenged authority. and looked at it in a completely different facet. last question. [ inaudible question ] yes, and thank you. and so through the muhammad ali center website, muhamm muhammadalicenter.org. it's in the release i believe you got, that you received. but the actual service will be streamed throughout the world. and translated as well. so they will be available to follow along. [ inaudible question ] it's going to be in the islam tradition. that's why

i want t tell you transparency is something we should not be questioning, and so, my lani homes i love you to death. we understand you are going to be transparent i hope you are sitting in that seat you know san francisco you might not be like petra said we want to hold people accountable sitting in that seat you or anyone else. i want to take this time i thank you petra and wong and tony what you are doing you will be hearing from me, i'm going to definitely tell you about what i feel about lorenzo 1 of the top cops like you. >> thank you. next speaker? during the an dee lopez killing in sonoma county a gang member large latino was leading 60 children with crosses into a city council meeting blocked by the police they did let us in there and they arrested him and accused him of assault and battery. they said he was assaulted by a styrofoam cross he was carrying and they showed the video that the policeman had not scene and consequencely that man was not in jail. he's the perfect description of what a jury would say you are guilty -- that man would be in jail 7 years who just turned hi

i want t tell you transparency is something we should not be questioning, and so, my lani homes i love you to death. we understand you are going to be transparent i hope you are sitting in that seat you know san francisco you might not be like petra said we want to hold people accountable sitting in that seat you or anyone else. i want to take this time i thank you petra and wong and tony what you are doing you will be hearing from me, i'm going to definitely tell you about what i feel about lorenzo 1 of the top cops like you. >> thank you. next speaker? during the an dee lopez killing in sonoma county a gang member large latino was leading 60 children with crosses into a city council meeting blocked by the police they did let us in there and they arrested him and accused him of assault and battery. they said he was assaulted by a styrofoam cross he was carrying and they showed the video that the policeman had not scene and consequencely that man was not in jail. he's the perfect description of what a jury would say you are guilty -- that man would be in jail 7 years who just turned hi

conferenceonferee calling for restrictions onr n these kinds of weapons much here's police chief cathy lanir. >> gun recovery unit worked with that young woman through the night, found an on calll emergency judge and interruptedt his day.. got an emergency search warrantw was able to go and recover ak-47 from the individual involved and over 180 rounds of ammunition.. if anybody thinks for one second that the actions of the gunf thn recovery unit there doesn't savs countless lives, you're making a mistake. >> reporter: now this youngs you man is facing multiple charges.s here in prince george's county for the threat of mass violence. weapons charges inn in d.c. anda also perhaps some child pornor charges as well because it isaut alleged that he posted some som sexual images of hisf his ex-girlfriend online.in. so lots more to come on thiss case.ca if the system works the way itwi normally does, this young manngm would appear before a judge probably here in prince george's county sometime today. t. back to you guys. >> teenager. all right. thank you, mel.th >>> still ahead virginia policel o

courage and wit inspires so many and the honor of meeting him in london to munich to navy and his wife lani a couple weeks ago. i think we should commend his bravery and facing parkinson's disease. his courageous campaign in on civil rights, anti-racism and he's hit all of us have lost one of the greatest. yesterday, mr. speaker, i met some workers from sports direct coming to parliament to give evidence to the select committee about the shocking behavior of the company. nonpayment, a culture of intimidation and fear and zero hours contracts. they sent the scandalous scourge of contracts which is light in the lives of many already low-paid people. will the prime minister do us another european countries have done and -- >> the nature and the later of the opposition. u.s.a. anonymous role model outside the ring and appears encouraging integration is something we should all celebrate. i'm sure we all tried to fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee. it's not as possible in the circumstances we face. on the issue of sports direct in the appalling practice of not paying the minimum wage, i ab