robert montgomery at the time is a hollywood actor and a republican.as horrified. he recounts how he immediately picked up the phone, called the republican party and said, let me work on your campaign with you. because you are really missing an opportunity to shift from this idea of a military hero and emphasize that you are a political leader. that you want to be president and you can command, not just audiences in front of you, but audiences across the country. so robert montgomery asked, can i work on your campaign? and he was not the only one. dwight eisenhower was friends with lots of executives in new york city that worked on madison avenue. advertising executives. and they also worked diligently with him to revamp his media strategy. he was originally very resistant to this. he did not want to make television such a priority in his campaign, but over and over again figures like robert montgomery and advertising executives like walter reeves emphasized that you need to take television seriously. and you need to see that you can get something acro

(narrator) ford's end-of-war hommage to those that served starred robert montgomery and john wayne.... (narrator) wayne had built a reputation as a b-movie tough. bits of poetry... (narrator) but ford changed all that. so here's one for him. it's about the only one i know. under the wide, starry sky, dig the grave and let me lie, glad that i lived and gladly die. many of these hollywood films were made according to device. "okay, we gotta make a war picture." again, "we gotta make a picture that'll make people want to join the army." (lindsay anderson) "they were expendable" is an extraordinary personal film. ten-hut! at ease. (lindsay anderson) it's a film, if you like, where heroism equated service. you're a swell bunch. i'm glad to have been able to serve with you. i'd like to tell you we're going to bring back help, but that wouldn't be the truth. we're going down the line to do a job. you're going to bataan with the army. that isn't your training, but they need your help. you older men with experience, take care of the kids. maybe... that's all. god bless you. (lindsay anderson

>> reporter: the law enf acement trust transparency act could alsoe called the robert white>> law. montgomery county can bett er than this. hi hey, big man -- >> reporter:s is police body camera video of the june 2018 incident in whi robert white, 41, was shot in the parking lot of a silr springs parking lot complex. he was unarmed. the officer said he thought white was reaching for his gun. >> sir, i do not want to shoot you. >> reporter: per company policy, they turned over -- the nsulting report in which the officer was fou to be at fault caused outrage among white's frien and many others in the community. it has led county council members to propose a law to require that police shootings not oy be turned overo unaffected prosecutors but that the entire investigation be carried out by another law enforcement agency. at a public hearing on the bill, council members heard from resincntsding 16-year-old nick asante. >> this bill would set the notion that montgomery county does not support discrion on the basis of race. >> the police chief helped encourage the new impartiality measde but war t

this policm video show the eventso leading upthe shooting of 41-year-old robert white last ju. a montgomery county police officer thoug white was armed and was reaching for the officer's gun. >> i do not want to shoot you. >> reporter: white reportedly hit the officer and yelled do it,o it again. the officer shot several times, killing white. >> he says theoe video't show the robert white he knew foe 35 years. >>s the god father of my child and she has a life in which it was enriched with everything that he did for her. he was a preacher's kid and he ha morals and respect for everyone that h came across. >> reporter: the policenvolved shooting was investigated by the montgomery county police who turned the edence over to prosecutors in howard county. the officer was cleared of a wrong doing. now the montgomery county council is considering bill that would require an independent police department investigation ony police-involved shootings and issue a report on their findings for transparency. >> this is to promote public trust inpo cing. i think we have a crisis around th country of confide

. >> if you live in montgomery county, you probably heard of jj robert henson. tell us who he was. >> robert henson wasaz an g man with a lot of achievements in his life. he w formerly enslaved here in montgomery countynd he escaped in the underground railway with his family. once he made his way to, cana he worked there as a miller efrmiller, he was an ordained minister and he was a published author. his narrative really helped people underst slavery in the south. >> why do you think his profile hasn't been higher here in the state? >> well, i think there's two reasons. bescuse hensoned to canada and he basically stayed there and did not come back to the united states -- >> and he's a hero there. >> -- and he's a hero in canada, but we'vebo forgotten him here in the united states because we really spent more time thing about frederick douglas and his role in the il abolitionist cights movement. i think the other reason we've forgotten about henson association to the term of uncle tom. what people need to know is when hari hariett beacher wrote her memoir, she t

chri >> reporter:wendy, tonight's montgomery county council hearing was prompted bhe police shooting of robert whitej last summert off sligo creek parkway in a residential neighborhood. a police officer saidsp looked icious, acted aggressively and refused the police officer's order to stop. body cam video shows the events leading up to the shooting of 41-year-old robert white last june ia silver spring parking lot. a montgomery county police officer thoughthite was armed the as reaching f officer's gun. >> sir, i do not want to shoot you. >> rpoorter: white rtedly hit the officer and yelled do it, do it again.e th officer shot several times killing white. marvin witfieldaid t video doesn't show the robert white he knew for 35 years. a man healls his brother. >> he was the godfather of mych d. and she has a life in which it was enriched with everything that he did for her. e was a preacher's kid and had morals and respect for everyone that he came across. >> reporter: the shooting was investigated by montgomery county police department's homicide unit. the evidence was turned over to prosec in

aw> lkers in montgomery county are pushing to make some drastic changes to howd police-involhootings are investigated. it stems from this shooting last year. they shot and killed robert white outside a condo in silver spring. they thoughte was armed, he s not. the death investigate was turned over to howard county. now county council members are proposing law that require these investigations be handed over to another law enforcement agency and unaffected ec prosors. that move would increase impartiality, the planight be rd to put into practice. >> so i'm not opposed to an impartial outside investigation, what i can'tave ishe chief of police in this county is response time that leaves a, vict body in the street for hours waiting for someone from another jurisdictn to get there. >> now n a few weeks the law enforcement trust andcy transparct or the robert ewhite law will be on th agenda for the county's public safety committee. >>> happening today on capitol hill, another round. the esprident's former personal attorney michael cohen will testify before congress for the fourth time i a week. but you won't be able to see it. the meeting with the house intelligence commi

. >>> lawmakers in montgomery county arehi pusng to make drastic changes in how police involved shootings are investigated. an officer shot and killed robert white. that officer thought white was armed. wasnot. the death investigation was turned over to howard county prosecutors for impartiality. now county councilmembers are requiring a l that these investigations being handed over to another law enforcement agency and unaffected prosecutors. the county police chief says the plan might be hard to put into practice. >> so i'm notpposed to an i am partial outside investigation, what i can't have is the chief in this county is response time that leaves a victim, a body in the street for hours waiting for someone from anoth risdiction to get there. >> the law enforcement trust and transparency act, or the robert white law will be on the agenda for the safety committee. >>> they tried and failed to steal anatm in the district but you can't call them quitters. pat collins reports on a group of ould-be thieves who clearly didn't work out the kinks in theirptlan before atteming the next one in montgomery ounty. >> reporter: see these big yellow p

lawmakers in montgomery county are pushing to make drastic changes to how police-involved shootings are investigated. that stems from this shootingst year. an officer shot and killed robert white outside aon in silver spring. the officerhought white was armed, he was not. the death investigation was turned over to howard county prosecutors for impartiality. now county council members are proposing a law that require ese investigations be handed over to another law enforcement agency and unaffected prosecutors. council members say that move would increase impartiality. c thenty police chief says the plan might be hard to put into practice > so i'm not opposed to an impartial outside investigation. what i can't have is the chief of police in this county is response time that leaves a victim, a body, in the street for hours waiting for someone from another jurisdiction to get there. >> in a few weeks the law enforcement trust and transparency act will be on the agenda for the public safety odmmittee. >>> happening tay on capitol hill, another round the president's former personal attorney michael cohen will testify before congress for the fourth time in a week. but you won'