you can't top that. >> reporter: an academy award nominee this year. >> "restrepo." >> reporter: butd honors meant much less to hetherington than the work itself. it wasn't long until he was on to his next assignment. libya, where he was killed today. last night, he sent this final tweet. "in besieged libyan city of misrata. shelling by gadhafi forces. no sign of nato." tim hetherington was 40 years old. for "nightline" this is brian ross, abc news. >> and chris hondros also killed today was 41 years old. our condolences and prayers go out to both his and to tim's loved ones. and to see pictures shot by tim in afghanistan and related material, visit our website, abcnews.com/nightline. thanks to brian ross for that. >>> next up, we're going to turn to lighter fare. the story of an inventor. and the athlete who changed the face of winter fun. id you know c can stop frequent heartburn before it begins? heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus. prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release system that protects the medicine as it passes through the stomach's tough acid

all right so we spent a total of ten months five months each in this valley in the outpost called restrepo and we just have this kind of amazing relationship with the soldiers there and i think that was the really unique thing for us i spent you know weeks or months behind rebel lines in liberia but never was i five months with the same group of guys and so the access the intimacy of the film is pretty remarkable well five months definitely is longer than most people most reporters get to spend when they're in bed but my question to you is since you got to know these guys so well you know how does it feel for them when people at home call this the forgotten war even though they're out there every single day risking their lives you know i think what we want to do the through it was bring home the reality of what these guys do in american audience and to you know why do audience obviously you know i think the american public is in some ways disconnected from the kind of some of the realities of things happening out there we just made the most visceral and immediate wolf when we could we feel

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he was nominated for an oscar for his documentary "restrepo" about american soldiers in afghanistan. and american chris hondros, a new york-based photographer for getty images. misurata is the last city in western libya caught in a tug- of-war between qaddafi's forces and the rebels. allen pizzey is one of the few western journalists who has been able to get into misurata. alan, tell us what you've seen today. >> reporter: harry it has been what for misurata was a quiet day, sporadic gunfire, sporadic shelling, not the heavy stuff they've seen in recent days. we went with fighters what they said were their front lines. what you end up doing is darting your way through alleyways, down streets, around barricades, through broken houses. we didn't actually see any fighting going on. other parts of the city are surprisingly normal. you drive around and you see people out on the streets. there are long lines at gas stations, people trying to get fuel. there are almost traffic jams and then you come to areas that are almost totally deserted. they've been trashed. those are the areas that ar

beyond the front lines, hetherington earned an oscar nomination for directing "restrepo." >> he feelsentleman. he was a very modest and humble thoughtful guy. he wouldn't talk about himself. he was very interested in the others and the soldiers that he was covering. >> hetherington was in libya on assignment for "vanity fair." hondros was working for getty images. italy, france and britain are now sending military experts to advise opposition forces and president obama has approved sending in $25 million worth of equipment. >>> coming up, a diet scam crackdown. the only thing you really are likely to lose with pills that promise rapid weight loss with very little exercise. >>> we start laying tile on a blank wall and after a few weeks, the young artists kind of get it. >> one piece at a time. how this week's jefferson award winner is teaching young art students to transform their city. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, promise rapid weight loss with little exercise. >>> it might seem like a dream come true, diet pills that promise rapid weight loss with little exercise. in many cases the only thing

he made the oscar nominated documentary about war in afghanistan called "restrepo."e was a messenger to the outside world about the realities of war. and he would be the first to tell you he did it for the people whose names you do not know. those who are clinging to their lives tonight, in a town called misrata in libya. his last dispatch from the field, via twitter, was in misrata. indiscriminate sheing by gadhafi forces. no sign of nato. here's miguel marquez on the situation there right now. >> reporter: the fight in misrata grows more intense by the day. for nearly two months, rebels, former shopkeepers and teachers, have held out against gadhafi's better trained, better equipped forces. every day, 20 to 50 people injured or killed. rebels complain loudly that nato isn't doing enough. where are the air strikes? why aren't they protecting civilians? misrata underscores the limits of air power. nato says gadhafi has purposefully wedged his heavy armor into civilian neighborhoods, striking it increasingly difficult. still, nato is ratcheting up the pressure. britai

tim hetherington was just 41 years old, best known for his film "restrepo" which he made with sebastian junger last fall. on "morning joe," he talked about the war and the work of covering it. >> really, the heart of the war machine is take a group of young men, train them together, and they'll kill and be killed for each other, and we need to understand that. we cover the story not for adrenaline but because it's important to go to these places and bring back what we don't often see in the states. >> tim hetherington appearing on nbc. he was killed by a rocket propelled grenade that also killed another photographer working with him, chris hondros of the getty photo agency. two other photographers with them were wounded in there attack. >>> meanwhile, the pentagon reports that in addition to the nato air campaign in libya, the obama administration is preparing to provide those anti-gadhafi rebels fighting on the ground with as much as $25 million in aid in their fight against those gadhafi forces to be used for things like body armor and medical supplies. and three nations now, britain,

>> reporter: ...earning an oscar nomination for co-directing "restrepo." >> hit the bottom right of the village. >> reporter: the bomb tear providing a terrifyingly intimate look at an army play platoon in remote afghanistan. proximity was everything to him, even though the threat of danger was ever-present. >> when my loved ones see the film they're horrified by the situations i get myself into. >> that was their secret. neither man used long lenses. >> it's a great loss to the journalistic community and the film making community. whenever you see lives terminated before they go on to achieve their full potential. but that's part of the business. that's what you accept when you take on that job. >> reporter: and because they did, we all understand much better mankind at its worst. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: meanwhile, the google executive who helped spark the revolution in egypt was named today to "time" magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. wael ghonim set up the facebook page that galvanized a country and led to hosni mubarak's resignation. also

was a war photographer and co-director of this year's oscar nominated afghanistan war documentary restrepo arcades along with men cos he also had the chance to talk to him about that back in july she interviewed him on her show right here in washington d.c. now according to human rights watch he was killed in misrata libya when government forces shelled the city now a day before his death he tweeted quote in besieged libyan city of misrata indiscriminate shelling by qaddafi forces no sign of nato. that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we cover and go to our t. dot com.

news the tim hetherington a photojournalist and director of the academy award nominated documentary restrepo was killed in libya it's now been confirmed that award winning photojournalist chris hondros also lost his life when the men were hit by a mortar strike in the besieged city of misrata since march fourth journalists have now force excuse me since march for journalists have now lost their lives in this war at least forty nine detentions have been documented as well as at least eleven assaults and according to the committee to protect journalists ten journalists are thought to have died covering the arab spring uprisings across the middle east and north africa just this year and during each of three. solution we also reported to you the brutal assault of marlowe that every death is a devastating loss and a tragic reminder of the risks that journalists take to bring the world the images and stories from the ground in conflict zones joining me to discuss this as jack writes former cia special agent and criminal defense attorney jack thank you so much for joining us like i said this is a v

in a feature length documentary of their footage, "restrepo" was nominated for an academy award.t wasn't long before hetherington was on to his next assignment, libya, where he was killed at the age of 40, along with chris hondros. tim always told me he wasn't so much interested in capturing the action of the war as he was in capturing the humanity of the war. and the striking still photos were and are a testament to all that. >> they certainly are, brian. and seeing that footage from the documentary again, "restrepo" is a reminder of the kind of dangers our own soldiers face every single day. >> absolutely, they do. >> in our hearts. i know you have a heavy heart, as we all do. and you said it best. we have to think of the servicemen and women and journalists that put their lives on the line every day. >>> we're going to turn to the economy. from gas to gold, prices are soaring. and some consumers are taking extreme measures when it comes to their money. at many stations it's flirting with $5. jim sciutto is at one of those $5 pumps, just blocks from the white house in washingto

he was nominated for an oscar for co-directing the film restrepo. he named it for a soldier who was killed early in the fighting. >>> in other news of the world tonight in nigeria some 48,000 people have left a northern city after post-election rioting. the violence erupted after good luck jonathan won reelection. mr. jonathan is from the predominantly christian south. and mainly in the mostly muslim north were angry about the results. the international observers say the election was reasonably free and fair. >>> in turkey, occurred issue protestor kurdish protestors fought with the riot police. they are angry that they barred some candidates from the upcoming elections. the election board would review the appeals tomorrow. for decades they fought for autonomy from the turkish government. >>> in beijing ten american senators, democrats and republicans invited with chinese leaders today. this was the largest and most senior delegation of senators ever, including california senator barbara boxer. the three-day trip coincides with a major crackdown on

he was nominated for an oscar for co-directing the film restrepo.e named it for a soldier who was killed early in the fighting. >>> in other news of the world tonight in nigeria some 48,000 people have left a northern city after post-election rioting. the violence erupted after good luck jonathan won reelection. mr. jonathan is from the predominantly christian south. and mainly in the mostly muslim north were angry about the results. the international observers say the election was reasonably free and fair. >>> in turkey, occurred issue protestor kurdish protestors fought with the riot police. they are angry that they barred some candidates from the upcoming elections. the election board would review the appeals tomorrow. for decades they fought for autonomy from the turkish government. >>> in beijing ten american senators, democrats and republicans invited with chinese leaders today. this was the largest and most senior delegation of senators ever, including california senator barbara boxer. the three-day trip coincides with a major crackdown on di

tim hetherington hetherington the oscar nominated director of the film "restrepo" and chris hondros. they were caught between the forces and the opposition in intense fighting. >> tim bass a gentleman. he was a very modest guy, very humble, very thoughtful. he wouldn't talk about himself. he was very interested in the others and the soldiers that he was covering. >> hetherington had been in libya on an assignment for "vanity fair." his american colleague hondros was working for getty images. two other photographers traveling with them were wounded >>> in japan the ban on reentering the evacuation zone around that crippled nuclear power plant is now in effect. the move affects about 80,000 people. there is concern about radiation danger and possible looting in that area. authorities will arrange brief visits for residents to collect necessary belongings. they will be required though to go through radiation screening once they leave. >>> faa says from now on, air traffic supervisors will handle flights carrying the first lady or vice president joe biden and his wife. the change follows

hetherington directed the oscar- nominated film, "restrepo," based on his time in afghanistan with the 173rd airborne. those troops were also the subject of his book, infidel. jeffrey brown talked with hetherington in november. here's an excerpt. >> i'm there as a witness. and i'm just trying to record what i can in the very kind of frenetic... frenetic environment. and i try and obviously, you know, keep myself out of the way and out of danger, but obviously you're in a situation. and the men kind of really accepted our presence. we became, to all intents and purposes, part of the platoon, although i never carried a weapon, i never pulled guard duty, although i wish-- i think they wished that i did pull guard duty. ( laughter ) and they really opened up to us after a while. they realized that we were going to go to the furthest extents that they would go to. we went on every patrol, into every combat situation. and that made a bond between us and allowed me to document their lives in this very full way. >> reporter: and then, of course, there is the camaraderie, the brotherhood, which

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tim healtherington from britain co-authored a drama called "restrepo" about afghanistan.apher chris hondros died yesterday by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by gadhafi forces. >>> following an error that led to monday's aborted landing at andrews air force base, the faa says first lady michelle obama's plane will be handled only by air control supervisors this morning. >>> there's a new poll out this morning for republicans in the 2012 presidential election. the cbs news/"new york times" poll asked republican voters which candidate they feel enthusiastic about. 56% said no one. mitt romney got the most support with only 9% followed by mike huckabee, donald trump, newt gingrich and sarah palin. down to 4% there. >>> this morning, president obama is in san francisco where last night he spoke to well-heeled supporters and raised $700,000 for his re-election campaign. earlier yesterday mr. obama made a live town hall appearance on facebook. he was joined by the ceo mark zuckerberg who was unusually well dressed yesterday. >> my name is barack obama and i'm the guy who got m