she shared a story mcdaniel had never heard before.n the bus that took a liking to her. and she kept telling him, hey, that's not the girl for you. i'm not trying to tell you what to do with your life, but you're showing interest in her and she's not showing interest back at you. so the bus driver is giving this kid love advice, kind of harmless teenage stuff? yeah. narrator: the bus driver worried it would end in heartache for the boy. and i said, well, who is this kid? i've talked to all the ones that you pick up. and she said, his name was robert barnes. we didn't know who robert barnes was at the time. we had never heard his name. narrator: but meghan's parents remembered him. he lived nearby. robert barnes would come over and catch the bus with megan when they were both going to churchland high school. narrator: they were part of that same exclusive arts program. meghan danced and robert played the violin. around the school, he was considered an exceptional violinist. there was even talk of him going to juilliard. he played violin

narrator: sergeant mcdaniel had an idea.sher approach to adults who engage in sexual contact with minors. the age of consent in the military under the uniform code of military justice is 16. narrator: special agent dana shutt handled crimes against children for ncis, the naval criminal investigative service. the first thing we did was bring in meghan to talk to her and get a sworn statement from her. the agent found her to be credible, believable, that this young woman was telling the truth? yes, the agent found her to be very credible. narrator: now robert hicke was facing possible military charges that could put him in prison for years. they brought him in for questioning. he said nothing. he invoked his right to silence. narrator: with that, the navy continued its investigation toward a possible court martial. do you feel that meghan has some relief? meghan's stress level dropped tremendously. her grades were starting to come back up. she was actually looking forward to trying to help put robert hicke away. narrator: then

so in 1940, when hattie mcdaniel won for gone with the wind, it was a second world war.as the backdrop to that, and the sympathy engendered for african americans as a result of what was happening with hitler in europe in 1964, when sidney poitier won, it was a civil rights movement that was growing in the background. in um, in 1983, when lou gossett jr. won, it was the end of the vietnam war and america's love for war films, et cetera.. 2016, it was oscarssowhite. so these things that have happened outside have influenced the minds of the voters and therefore influence the films that won, which is the thesis i talk about. >> you know, one of the great misfortunes of that thesis, though, is that i'm sure it puts the actors in the context as if they weren't extraordinary in their own rights, and that it was somehow not earned. but we know that that's not the case. right? these were extraordinary actors, and their work speaks for itself. >> indeed. and the question is, is, is not about their quality. the question is, how do you get the people who vote to pay attention to qu

in retrospect do you wish you had been done with ronna mcdaniel. >> the organization moved on.nd us. >> one other thing that i think -- that this administration is really going after for right now in the summer of 2020, 50% of the workforce should be people of color by 2030. now huge target for this white house. do you agree making that commitment? >> i feel fortunate that we are at a company with great values and those values haven't changed. we are very, very big delivers. we always have. we are a national business. we work in every single community and the values tonight to be the same. >> one of the things i think nbc hired a great bunch of people around and during the last few years, something a lot of us reported on, missed information. the subject, now disputed term, sometimes referred to very specific health claims that were debunked, sometimes referred to what i think more political claims and msnbc among other organizations did a lot of reporting and the misinformation. i don't know how in the weaves you are and i think about it a lot. i wonder if you think, i don't k