san antonio, texas, home of the alamo, the riverwalk and the hall family.hree generations of truckers with deep roots in the city. it was here that bill hall met the love of his life at the tender age of 16. her name was frances. what happened the first time you laid eyes on bill? >> i just fell in love with him. i knew this was the man i was going to marry. >> reporter: at 16? >> at 16. >> reporter: they married right out of high school. a year later, daughter nikki was born. were your parents in love? >> oh, yes. we definitely saw love growing up in the house. >> i love my baby. >> reporter: what was your relationship like with your dad? >> not your typical father-daughter relationship. like, a best friend, almost. i could tell dad anything. >> reporter: four years after nikki came justin. did he really want a son? >> oh, my god. when they pulled that baby out and they said, mr. hall, you have a son, that man cried. >> reporter: bill worked hard to give his young family a better life. >> bill used to clean airplanes. he went to college. and on the weekend

. >> the hospitality and tourism industry has been decimated. hotels empty. riverwalks, zero. ong the first-time recipients we met at the food bank was a mother of five. michelle abraham, who works two minimum-wage jobs. she's struggling to feed the seven members of her family. her sons lost their restaurant jobs due to the pandemic and now she is the only one working. after rent and her other bills, michelle has only $70 a week to feed them all. >> it's hard, i mean, it's really hard. >> she recently broke down, she says, crying in the shower, worried how she could possibly make it. she's one of thousands here who never thought they'd ask for help. not in a million years. >> oh, no, never because i've always worked. i've always taken care of my family by myself and we've always made it. >> a survey of young mothers this spring found that some 14 million american children were not getting enough to eat and the snan antonio food bank estimates one in three children here are undernourished. michelle abraham's 6-year-old son, jax, is blissfully unaware how tough it was for his mom

this is the historical part of the riverwalk in the 1930's. about 10 years ago, the riverwalk was expanded, to the north, in an area called the museum reach because there are several museums there, and there has been commercial devout meant -- development to the north. it was also extended south so the length of the riverwalk is now 15 miles. the advantage to the starts and stops we have had along the way, is the buildings have evolved and the surroundings have evolved in almost a haphazard way, which does not give the appearance of the place which was suddenly created in one stroke. to be what it is. it gives a sense of the passage of time and variety of interest, that is much of the charm of the riverwalk. and other watch this programs on the history of communities across the country c-span.org/citiestour. announcer: 60 years ago this fall, massachusetts senator john f. kennedy and incumbent vice president richard nixon met for their second televised debate. the candidates took questions from a panel of journalists on u.s. policy towards cub