tommy smith, i love tommy. knowing tommy, tommy would have never did that. [laughter] ever would he have done that. so i'm telling you that i have the utmost respect, admiration and love for peter long after i leave this world, man, because a true man. >> hey, man, i just want to say it's been, like, ten years -- >> right. >> -- since the symposium that you -- >> right. >> i owe you dinner, i'm real impressed with you did the book. i love ya, you know, and you know who i am now. >> yeah. >> yeah. so after this i'll talk with you. >> right on. right on. >> we've got time just to finish up the line there. how many people in the line, one, two -- >> three people. >> three. all right, let's do these three. >> dr. carlos, a real pleasure, much respect for everything you did. i was 10 at the time -- >> [inaudible] >> oh. turn on the mic. >> you said you were 10? >> i was 10 at the time. >> you look like me, i look like i'm your age. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> oh, man, i'm just teasing. l. >> i know. so i was the youngest sibling in my family, and my older brothe

joining us in this chamber are sally and tommy garfano. to sally and tommy and the families of six other vermonters who lost their lives as a result of tropical irene, our admiration and support will never cease. thank you, on behalf of all vermonters. [ applause ] >> as mayor lorris and i gave what comfort we could to tommy that day at mendenbrook, something else happened that characterizes vermont strong. with route 4 shut down and community after community, isolated islands where roads and bridges once served, brothers john and doug casella had an idea. doug said, governor, you get the department of motor vehicles to lift the ban on hauling heavy equipment across what's left of our roads and get us permission to retrieve some of the rock and gravel that irene washed from our roads into our streams, and we'll partner with other private contractors like belding company, mosier excavating, wilk paving and the national guard, and we can have route 4 open in three weeks. as soon as i got high enough in the chopper to actually have cell servi

. >> neil: this is the scene right now in greenville, south carolina, and this is tommy's ham house they call it. a must-stop for anyone who wants to get the voters support in south carolina and become the next president of the united states, and this is the joint where they do it as they he say, and quite a joint. the apparently it's known for all things pork. their menu reads like a cholesterol nightmare, but it sounds like delicious stuff. and now they're featuring a bacon sausage pancake combo for $4.75. it's not really bad. but the state itself is not really doing that well. at this point, nearly 10% unemployment and that is a big, big issue that makes south carolina, perhaps, more typical of the rest of the nation and the prior states like iowa and new hampshire and 9.9% unemployment right now, exactly what it was when president obama took office. meanwhile, the very latest we have for you. the weather could be playing a role in south carolina, showers and thunderstorms are expected and some could be quite severe especially in the northern part of the state. the poll closes at 7 p.

kenyatta is openly gay and tommy was openly straight. and it seemed to me that their friendship was truly platonic but very bonded. they were obviously an amazing support system for each other. >> we mainly came across each other going through the struggle. helping each other out and stuff like that. you in here by yourself, you're going to have to look for somebody to confide in. mainly they got to be on the same level as far as thinking and outlook. >> i love him.

we talked to tommy of tommy's ham house live this morning. here's what he has to say about the excitement in his restaurant. >> i told you here's what he has to say, i want to tell you stay tuned and we'll tell you what he has to say. you want to hear tommy because it's really interesting. two possible presidents, one possible president, with two presidential candidates in his restaurant at the same time in less than three hours. we start this news cast in south carolina where polls opened one hour ago. voters there are choosing a republican presidential nominee. let's get right to the palmetto state. don lemon is at a polling place in lexington right now. hello to you and what are you hearing from the voters there this morning? >> i'm getting an earful. you want to hear what this guy has to say. i brought him over right away. walter mallard, right? >> that's correct. >> you're up early and you came to vote. tell them why you came to vote so early? >> i'm fixing to go quail hunting. >> there you go. get your vote in before you quail hunt and

. >>> well, the last time we heard about accused schemer tommy clack, he was behind jail. tonight he's back here in maryland. abc2 news investigator joce sterman is here with more. >> reporter: i wouldn't say tommy clack got a warm welcome. he was extradited from florida and now faces a handful of court appearance. according to the state's attorney's office in anne arundel, once tommy clack came back to town he was served with four tout outstanding -- four outstanding warrants. tomorrow he's got a faceoff with the attorney general's office. they hit clack with a cease and desist order and told him to stop paving without -- he was supposed to be in glen burnie. he faces charges of acting as a contractor without lap license. we'll follow all of those cases and keep you updated. >>> governor martin o'malley said legalizing same-sex marriage in maryland is a matter of protecting our children. today the governor testified to allow same-sex marriages before the senate judicial committee. he said it would offer legal protections to children of same sex couples. >> we all want the

kenyatta is openly gay and tommy was openly straight.me that their friendship was truly platonic but very bonded. they were obviously an amazing support system for each other. >> we mainly came across each other going through the struggle. helping each other out and stuff like that. you in here by yourself, you're going to have to look for somebody to confide in. mainly they got to be on the same level as far as thinking and outlook. >> i love him. love him to death. that's about the only one i can sit down with and have a real conversation with. >> kenyatta, he a deep individual. i like to see how far i can go with arguments, conversations, debates, and all that. and he put up that fight. >> people probably suspected their relationship was something other than what it was. but from my observation, it was truly a platonic friendship. >> people got their own opinion about me and him. but then you know, everybody got their opinion. as long as it ain't true, then why put up an argument? if you put up an argument, that's showing some kind of

kenyatta is openly gay and tommy was openly straight.e that their friendship was truly platonic but very bonded. they were obviously an amazing support system for each other. >> we mainly came across each other going through the struggle. helping each other out and stuff like that. you in here by yourself, you're going to have to look for somebody to confide in. mainly they got to be on the same level as far as thinking and outlook. >> i love him. love him to death. that's about the only one i can sit down with and have a real conversation with. >> kenyatta, he a deep individual. i like to see how far i can go with arguments, conversations, debates, and all that. and he put up that fight. >> people probably suspected their relationship was something other than what it was. but from my observation, it was truly a platonic friendship. >> people got their own opinion about me and him. but then you know, everybody got their opinion. as long as it ain't true, then why put up an argument? if you put up an argument, that's showing some kind of

we'll begin talking to tommy or tommy's ham house live this morning. >>> imagine being stuck in a greyhound station for more than 17 hours. that's what happened to these people after a winter storm moved in. heavy snowfall is expected today in parts of the u.s. reynolds wolf will have the latest forecast. >>> but, we start in south carolina where the curtain comes up on the republican presidential primary in a little while from now. where do we stand? paul steinhauser has a quick look. >> reporter: good morning, gary. polls open in an hour from now. so much at stake in this primary. listen, we saw the battle between romney and gingrich two nights ago. romney's lead shrinking in the polls here. gingrich moving up. don't count out rick santorum. he had a strong breakout in the debate. ron paul has a lot of devoted, energetic and enthusiastic supporters in south carolina. 25 delegates. it's an open primary. republicans, independents and some democrats can vote in this contest. gary, back to you. >> thank you, paul. voters are probably just getting upright now in south carolina, pouring that cu

instead it was this tommy that we came to know who seemed shy, a little timid.. my mom, she's always had foster kids. and she's worked in a group home. so, i mean, i've always wanted to do what she did. i always wanted to help somebody. and i really think i can. >> during the shoot, he was brought in for questioning when another inmate accused him of execution. >> hey. >> watching lieutenant fox deal with tommy was very interesting. they had a certain rapport. i would almost call it a professional rapport. >> come on in. have a seat. so, you want to give me your story? >> to be honest, i don't really have one. i mean, i feel like this dude is trying to get out of trouble. he knows who i am. i go under the bus every time. >> they seemed to know what each other's boundaries were. they talked in a very amicable way. and fox was giving tommy advice on how to stay out of trouble. >> if you're doing anything, quit. >> i'm not. >> lay low. they have a target on you. >> the good thing about fox and piper, they don't ask questions they know they shouldn't. they're not go

. >>> we -- he skip adhering but tommy clack couldn't run for long. joce sterman has been covering the case and tweeting. we have the very latest. >> reporter: i told you all day long about his arrest on my twitter account. i just got charging documents from a florida case. addition to reportedly scamming an elderly woman with driveway paving, tommy clack claimed to be a retired u.s. marshal and the former district attorney of miami. a bench warrant was issued for him. police picked him up in florida. clack who lives in annapolis was picked up near orlando and served a local warrant while in jail where he's being held. approval has been give ton extradite clack back to maryland. clack paveed the driveway of a 92-year-old woman without her permission and even went to her bank to try to get the man who handles her finances to pay the bill. clack has been accused of running the operation. they got hit with giant bills, some for as much as $30,000 it. appear as similar -- it appears he did a similar thing in florida. he hit her the next year in seal coati

not just the election, but at tommy's country ham house in greenville, south carolina. they'll both be there at the same time. as a matter of fact, mitt romney showed up. he showed up early, which is kind of interesting. we'll take you there. >>> plus, a lot of people are dealing with rough weather today. meteorologist reynolds rolf will show you. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is "cnn saturday morning." i'm gary tuchman. >>> for three hours and counting that is how long south carolinaens have been voting. in between are these three members of our cnn team. our don lemon is talking to voters in lexington. paul steinhauser is watching the candidates from columbia. schon na sheppard is watching the action. she's been watching newt gingrich for a long time. he's one of the two front-runner s at the ham house. it sounds funny. how did they end up going to the same restaurant in the same state at the same time? >> reporter: you know, gary, the candidates are saying it was purely a coincidence that the two are going to end up at tommy's country hamhouse in gree

thanks, jon, so much. >> this is a pr bonanza for tommy and his ham house.an newt gingrich win this thing? let's ask matthew dowd. good morning. thanks for getting up early on a saturday. we appreciate it. you think he can win. >> i not only think he can win. he is likely to win. he went from being pioints behid several days ago. now he's dead even. if you take a look what his advisers are saying, they're saying, we were always in this for the long haul. it's a good signal they know momentum is on newt's side. you usually bet on momentum. >> has he essentially neutralized the negative impact of the abc news interview with his ex-wife? >> i think he not only has neutralized it, temporarily. it may always come back up. depending on how long this process goes. but he's turned it into an asset in how he confronted john king at the debate. the way he did it, the way the audience responded. he's taken it from a liability to an asset. >> that's jujitsu. >> it's absolutely jujitsu. >> whoever wins the south carolina primary goes on to win the republican nomination.

and instead, it was this tommy that we came to know. this is an rc robotic claw. am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> it's been said that inmates in maximum security prisons live their lives based on the three rs, respect, reputation, and revenge. the same could be said of prison gangs. >> no matter where we're filming, whether it's the united states or around the world, gangs are a big problem for prisons. it's a secret society with a code of silence. but when we went to a prison in colorado, limon correctional facility, we met a gang leader there that seemed to be different. it might be something to do with the two officers we met there. >> those two officers are lieutenants jim fox and andy piper. >> we're not going to quit coming in here

but tommy makes it. >> get there, tommy. >> that a boy. i knew it. >> i didn't know it. thought he was going to fail. >> you can see the back of tommy's truck. a little bit of firewood. >> you guys, i think i found the next big viral music video hit and the guys that made it, touch upon an issue plaguing cities across the united states. >> huge group of girls. everyone get ready, it's a huge group of girls. dance dance dance and we text text text. we text text text. >> this video is put together by a sketch comedy group called last call cleveland. we have mark mckenzie, aaron mcbride and mike polk junior, some of the makers of this video from last call cleveland joining us "right this minute." what made you want to produce a video about this epidemic? >> it was probably out of -- comes out of the challenge of getting a drink in a bar around these giant groups of girls. >> the huge groups of girls can take a place over all by themselves, am i right? >> they have terrible priorities and habits and think they own the place as soon as they walk in and we wanted to express th

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>> yeah, tommy came home from pt t.p.c. when they got it and told me about it and i was like, whatever, they're not getting a free house. like, sure, there's some, there's some thing going to happen and mortgage-free, that's not going to happen. i'm like-- i was skeptical. i would be, too, if somebody talked about that. genesisco, you are, i understand giving away another house this weekend and your executive director at met life stadium because you usually do these at a stadium, at a football game or something like that. let's go to ken at met life stadium and see what he's got an announcement for us. ken? >> thanks, governor. as you know, we've been awarding many wounded heroes and families homes at national football league games. but this weekend we won't be able to do that. because today, we're awarding the home on your show, to sergeant toomey and his family. [applaus [applause] >> rebecca, rebecca-- >> how are you doing? [applause] >> is that pretty good news? >> i'm going to cry. >> i'm going to cry it's remarkable.

as tommy andres reports... the website and several others have gone black to protest two anti-piracy bills. bills. --reporter pkg-as follows -- for the rest of the day, wikipedia will look like this. the online encyclopedia went black to protest anti-piracy legislation that is up for debate in congress.two bills known as sopa and pipa target overseas sites -- like the pirate bay -- that allow users to share illegal downloads of movies, music and other digital content."these rogue sites are hurting american jobss stealing american jobs. they're harming american consumers and they have no business being on the internet."the bills try to cut off access to the overseas sites....by requiring u-s search eegines and other providers to withhold their services."in the worst versions of the bill, wikipedia would be defined as a search engine and we would not be able to even link to something like the pirate bay even in our encyclopedic description of what piratebay is. i think that's a real problem. that raises really se

>> yeah, tommy came home from pt t.p.c.hen they got it and told me about it and i was like, whatever, they're not getting a free house. like, sure, there's some, there's some thing going to happen and mortgage-free, that's not going to happen. i'm like-- i was skeptical. i would be, too, if somebody talked about that. genesisco, you are, i understand giving away another house this weekend and your executive director at met life stadium because you usually do these at a stadium, at a football game or something like that. let's go to ken at met life stadium and see what he's got an announcement for us. ken? >> thanks, governor. as you know, we've been awarding many wounded heroes and families homes at national football league games. but this weekend we won't be able to do that. because today, we're awarding the home on your show, to sergeant toomey and his family. [applaus [applause] >> rebecca, rebecca-- >> how are you doing? [applause] >> is that pretty good news? >> i'm going to cry. >> i'm going to cry it's remarkable. it

they included experts on the soviet union like george cannon chip bolin, tommy thompson and others. they included some people who were generalists in foreign affairs. they did not include a single person who was a scholar or expert in germany. the senior staff, kennedy had a focus on moscow. he did not have a focus on germany. germany was his principle problem. he had only one european hand. a person who was in an obscure harvard professor whose name was henry kissinger. henry kissinger joined the white house on a part-time basis, because he was still busy at harvard, and he was the only real european hand. he was very unhappy with the way kennedy and his staff handled berlin and handled other problems, because their focus on moscow was in his mind the wrong thing. he thought they should focus on western europe, because that was our principal ally. he met with kennedy. he liked kennedy. he's told me that. he liked kennedy. they had good conversations. somehow or other, they were not on the same page. kissinger was discouraged because he out that kennedy would yield too much to the s

tommy andres has a look at the next big battleground...lorida. 3 "it's good to be back in florida. i need your help." the republican race for president has arrived in florida.so far, there have been three contests with three different winners.rick santorum in iowa....mitt romney in new hampshire... ...and, on saturday, newt gingrichhin south carolina. --nats of applause--the former house speaker plans a week of big speeches in florida to keep up his momentum.i think py job in florida is to convince people that i am the one candidate who can clearly defeat obama in a series oo debates and the one ccndidate who has big enough solutions that they would really get america back on track."mitt romney is already looking for ways to bounce back after his defeat in south carolina. starting with the release of his tax returns.romney had takkn eat for saying he wouldn't make them public until april.now, he says he'll release them ooorrow."we just made a mistake in holding off as long as we did. it just was a distraction. we want to get back to the re

i'm tommy andres, reporting. the other five candidates will head to south carolina today.he state's primary will be held on january 21st. tomorrow marks the 2-year anniversaay... of the devastating earrhquake in haiti.this is video of the aftermath.tte 7-point-0 quake left at least 300-thousand people dead.. and more than a million without homes.to this day... relief organizations are ástillá trying to help haiti get back on its feet. 3 3 he loves his ravens... but a priest... living in texas... also loves his church. phurch.that's why he's making the ultimate sacrifice any fan can make.father stan de boe is auctioning off a playoff ticket... to one lucky ravens fan.it's part of an effort to raise money for his church.the winning bidder gets a ticket to sunday's game againsttthe texans... airfare and an a place to stay. "only the big boys get to ppay in january and here we are!" are!"father stan has been a season ticket holder for more than 20 years. overnighh dozens of people went through the city, painting messages on the streets...... and the city police just sat nearby

find out what's next for tommy clack. most of us could probably use some extra cash. guess what, could be a scam. we'll explain. >>> thank you for joining us on this monday night here in baltimore this. wasn't too bad. we had to scrape a little bit to get our engines moving. let's check had -- in with wyatt everhart. >>> still some wintry weather south of baltimore. most of this has been through d.c. into the late afternoon and early evening, southern anne arundel county, annapolis and the eastern shore towards easton, st. michaels and queen anne's. you see up through graysonville getting the snow, light snow through bowie. air temperatures have been dropping. we're at the freezing mark. we're one above the freezing mark at bwi. we've seenÑixdÑiñrçó other repos surrounding the county. içó espr 1ñxdxdÑi ozsx!gm1ñ açólp lightlp cúislush coating andÑii alsow3xe reducedt(88tor&ity açiÑiçóc y]ud outi] there tonight south of baltimore. we'll talk more about how things shape up tomorrow and into the weekend coming up. >>> new tonight baltimore county police need your help tr

to let lawmakers know if they're against the new tax. 3 it's make or break time in new hampshire.as tommyndres explains... the republican presidential candidates are making their final pitches to votees just a day ahead of the first-in-the-nation primary... and the second contest in the presidential race. 3 after all the rallies...."what a welcome!"...and all the debates...--nats of applause-- mitt romney looks like the man to beat in tomorrow's new hampshire primary.polls show him far ahead of the competition.that made him a target in the second of two debates over the weekend."i pnow the red light doesn'tt mean anything to you because you'reethe front runner....(laughter)...but can e drop a little bit of the pious baloney?"romney hadd a narrow victory against rick santorum in the iooa caucuses. his rivals are now looking to bring him down in new hampshire to boost their own chances.that's especially important for jon huntsman --who has spent almost all of his time campaigning in new hampshire, hoping that state will push him forward."i put my country first. governor romney puts politics

i'm tommy andres state.i'm tommy andres reportiigg the florida primary will be held on january 31st.todayidates will face off for their 18th major debate in tampa. coming up.. it all came down to this... billy cundiif would give anything toohave this kick back...what he had to say to his teammates and the fans... you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 4))roscopes)))- depression in your kids. the key vitamin to 3 3 3 3 fiber map 3 fiber mapfiber map we are continuing to follow breaking news out of southwest baltimore... where three people... including a child... have been rushhd to the hospital following a fire at their home. home.ballimore city fire tweeted this picture of the scene this morning in the 3-hundred block of fulton avenue.right now we have kevin cartwright live on the scene right now. 3 a disappointment... to say the least.ravens fans are waking up in shock this morning... after a devestating loss to the new england patriots.what the superbowl... ended in hear. heartbreak.in the 4th quarter...ravens are leading 20-16...pptriots have the ball ..

. >>> tommy, tommy, you rolling, you creeper? [ cheers and applause ] >> how are you doing? sullivan coming at you on

there he is, tommy clack. over the weekend he was arrested.e'll tell you what's next for tommy clack. >>> he was swept into office top change the way -- to change the way the state prosecuted criminals. what has changed since craig bernstein took over. >>> it's producing wintry weather. if you're waiting for a commuter, the area

joining us in the chamber or sally and tommy, to sally and tommy and the families of the six others wholives as a result of the tropical irene, our admiration and support will never cease. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] as the mayor and i gave what comfort we could to tommy on that day something else happened that characterizes the want. with the roof for shutdown and community after community isolated islands where roads and bridges once served, brothers john and doug have an idea. doug said governor tommy you the department of motor vehicles to lift the ban on hauling heavy equipment across what is left of our roads and get us permission to retrieve some of the rock and gravel that ollie lost in the streams and we will partner with other private contractors like murkowski excavating, the agency of transportation and the national guard and we can have group for open in three weeks. as soon as i got high enough in the shopper to health self-service and vermont i call the secretary soros, secretary markowitz and commissioner and within hours our team applied bugs request not

we're keeping an eye on tommy's country henhouse. setup as romney and gingrich are going to be there together. romney is up to his time. perhaps he didn't want that showdown and arriving the same time as gichk rich. we'll get a look at this further. ♪ >>> top of the hour here on "weekends with alex witt." we look at mitt romney, a live look at what's going on. here's what's so interesting about this picture. he was not scheduled to arrive for another 45 minutes or so, but that would have put him in exactly the same time as his chief rival candidate newt gingrich who will be making an appearance at this same location coming up later in the hour. there's been a lot of behind-the-scenes going on with these 300 people or so, folks who have been attending. again, he is there early, but what's so fascinating, you talk about the romney signs, the gang rich signs, you have campaign staffers trying to put steins of their candidate into hands of people there. it's incredible the dance being played there. we're going to go to greenville, south

joining us in the chamber or sally and tommy, to sally and tommy and the families of the six others whot of the tropical irene, our admiration and support will never cease. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] as the mayor and i gave what comfort we could to tommy on that day something else happened that characterizes the want. with the roof for shutdown and community after community isolated islands where roads and bridges once served, brothers john and doug have an idea. doug said governor tommy you the department of motor vehicles to lift the ban on hauling heavy equipment across what is left of our roads and get us permission to retrieve some of the rock and gravel that ollie lost in the streams and we will partner with other private contractors like murkowski excavating, the agency of transportation and the national guard and we can have group for open in three weeks. as soon as i got high enough in the shopper to health self-service and vermont i call the secretary soros, secretary markowitz and commissioner and within hours our team applied bugs request not just to rutland

tommy hen house has been on the political radar since he started this place . today, two candidates leading the polls once again made greenville and the hen house center of the universe. it was not by design. there was a conflict. and fully 45 minutes before hand. mitt mitt romney showed up early and had a message to signal that romney and his campaign are aware that newt gingrich is surging in the polls and may end up victorous and that would be a bit of the a blow are to mitt romney considering he was winning by 10 points. he expects this to be a long slog. he pointed out you need 11 delegates. and no one can clinch the election until the middle of april and romney was talking about states of michigan and colorado that don't vote for many weeks until after florida. and on time after the visit came newt gingrich and the first thing out of his mouth was where's mitt? making fun and chiding him as newt gingrich has for the last or so and questions romney's character and suggesting that the massachusetts moderate is not who republicans want to elect. and up next

. >>> tommy, tommy, you rolling, you creeper? [ cheers and applause ]

's arrived at tommy's ham house where newt gingrich is right now sort of wowing them and mitt romneyad the same opportunity less than a power ago, they were supposed to show up together and didn't workout out that way. and one of the guys, the great class that many thought would be over eggs and pork, all things pork at this hen house, was not to be. we've got frank luntz joining us right now and there is this issue of how this battle is shaping up between these two men, and it can shift and change and it has already quite a bit. what do you make of this divide and this battle between these guys? >> well, it was bound to happen at some point. it's the same thing that happened with hillary rodham clinton and barack obama back in 2008. it became a two person race and this may become a two person race depending what happens tonight. my interest, what happens if mitt romney refuse toss debate next week, how will florida voters react. clearly newt gingrich has advantage not from the ads, not from the organization and not from the money. strictly from the debates and romney said he's not c

. >> tommy, 14 years. seven months. come on, tommy. yoo-hoo. >> thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. >> next weekend, book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of beaumont where the texas oil industry got its start. saturday beginning at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2, john roberts on beaumont's literary culture and the challenges of running an independent bookstore. also jay lee thompson on teddy roosevelt's post presidential expeditionings to africa and europe and on american history tv sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, january 11th, 1901, the lucas gusher at spindletop hill changed the economy of texas and helped usher in the petroleum age. and with the oil came the rough necks and with the rough necks advice. tour the dixie hotel on crockett street,ec

but martinez would soon become much more than a mere mentor. >> the very first time when tommy got staget, before the first time, tom martinez went out and worked with him. and within two minutes, had him fully confident again. >> reporter: the two also remained in near constant contact via text message. and the results are well-known. all of the triumphs and accolades. but it is the man that brady has become that is martinez's greatest work. and now, hope. for several years ago, martinez was diagnosed with diabetes, one of a host of maladies threatening his life. and now, martinez's doctors give him few more than a few months to live. >> my body, in the last four years has been brutalized. i've probably had seven operations. i probably get stuck with a needle 25 times a week. i'm trying to stay alive. i don't want to be immortal. but i want to live a little bit longer. >> reporter: but martinez didn't teach tom brady to shrink from a challenge. and so it was that brady took to facebook, and to the media, in search of a donor that might help save the life of a man who's meant so much. >>