lisbon is an old seafaring city built across seven hills and perched above the tigris river it's the capital and cultural center of portugal and it attracts some six million tourists annually from around the globe so the city's five hundred fifty thousand residents are unfazed by a major event like the euro vision song contest. it's the best city in the world for it then we have good grades i think lovely people as well. as a fantastic city and music is part of our city. we meet up with the german candidate michele show into the air of vision organizers are encouraging the artists from forty three different countries taking part to go out and get a feel for the city so in between rehearsals and interviews charlotta and the german delegation are visiting some of lisbon sites such as the ballet tower. is not usual it's very multicultural simply because there are people from so many different countries here and it's one of the nice things about the euro vision song contest that regardless of what country you're from who you are what gender you are everyone's welcome and has a great time

when we were in northern iraq, as you know, the tigris river cuts through the middle of iraq. rking both sides of the river. we were asking army guys to do things they had never done before, doing patrol boats along the banks because that's where the insurgents were hiding. one day one of his soldiers fell off the boat. he immediately jumped in after him. he was wearing all of his kit and it took him under. he died trying to save one of his own. specialist michelle whitmer. >> she was a military policewoman from all takes. i didn't know her. but from all of her friends, they say she was just fierce. a small young woman but really enjoyed being a military policewoman and loved what she did. she was failed by a small arms attack on a base. >> army staff sergeant tyler picket. >> yeah. this is the more interesting one, alisyn. because i had a list of soldiers that i wanted to talk about this morning. last night i got a note from one of sergeant picket's troops. he said, hey, sir, you're going on again. please mention sergeant picket this time. we all loved him. his picture is kind