right ♪ ♪ even heroes need heroes sometimes ♪ ♪ will you be my hero tonight ♪ will you be my hero tonight, oh, will you be my hero tonig tonight ♪ ♪ will you be my hero tonight [ applause ] >>> coming up, we reveal the 2012 cnn hero of the year. try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >>> welcome back. cnn has awarded each of our incredible top ten heroes $50,000 to carry on their inspiring work. in addition, the foundation which is a leading supporter of nonprofits worldwide is providing free training on fund-raising and communications and management and more. now we gave you the opportunity to go to cnn.com and vote for the hero of the year, and more than 5 million votes were casts around the world and all of our heroes received an immense amount of support. the hero of the year will receive an additional $250,000 grant to continue

that's a hero. a man is found in a house with his arms tightly wrapped around his son trying to protect him as hurricane sandy swept them both away. he was a former marine. that's a hero, too. we don't build statues to these people. we may not even notice them. but they don't care about that because their actions are not calculated to gain recognition or reward. what they do is who they are. as a young marine, i was taught to help people who could not help themselves, all over the world right now people are putting this principle into action and saving lives. these heroes speak one language -- the language of humanity. there are different kindses of heroes, those who in that unforgiving minute rise to the occasion when the moment calls for it, daily grind-it-out heroes who wake up every morning and humbly change the world. you think you've got what it takes to be a hero. we've all asked ourselves that question. i think we do. because these heroes, they're you. just ordinary people. until they're her

♪ ♪ even heroes need heroes sometimes ♪ ♪ will you be my hero tonight ♪ will you be my hero tonight, oh, will you be my hero tonight ♪ will you be my hero tonight [ applause ] >>> coming up, we reveal the 2012 cnn hero of the year. >>> welcome back. cnn has awarded each of our incredible top ten heroes $50,000 to carry on their inspiring work. in addition, the foundation which is a leading supporter of nonprofits worldwide is providing free training on fund-raising and communications and management and more. now we gave you the opportunity to go to cnn.com and vote for the hero of the year, and more than 5 million votes were casts around the world and all of our heroes received an immense amount of support. the hero of the year will receive an additional $250,000 grant to continue their work. it is my great honor tonight to announce the 2012 cnn hero of the year. the 2012 cnn hero of the year is pushpa basnet. ♪ ♪ >> thank you so much. this award means a lot to me, and still a lot of children living in the prison, and definitely mum will take you out of the prison and you are c

that's a hero. a man is found in a house with his arms tightly wrapped around his son trying to protect him as hurricane sandy swept them both away. he was a former marine. that's a hero, too. we don't build statues to these people. we may not even notice them. but they don't care about that because their actions are not calculated to gain recognition or reward. what they do is who they are. as a young marine, i was taught to help people who could not help themselves. all over the world right now, people are putting this principle into action and saving lives. these heroes speak one language -- the language of humanity. there are different kinds of heroes, those who in that unforgiving minute rise to the occasion when the moment calls for it, daily grind-it-out heroes who wake up every morning and humbly change the world. you think you've got what it takes to be a hero. we've all asked ourselves that question. i think we do. because these heroes, they're you. just ordinary people. until they're hero

this is a hero. a young girl speaks up for her right to an education and gets shot in the head, but her voice is not silenced, and she inspires a movement of women. that's a hero. a man is found in a house with his arms tightly wrapped around their son trying to protect him as hurricane sandy swept them both away. he was a former marine. that's a hero, too. we don't build statues of these people and may not even notice them, but they don't care about that because their actions are not calculated to gain recognition or reward. what they do is who they are. all over the world right now people are putting this principle into action and saving lives. these heroes speak one language. the language of humanity. there are different kinds of heroes around us, those who in that unforgiving minute rise to the occasion when the moment calls for it, and they really are hereios that wake up every morning and humbly change the world. you think you got what it takes to be a hero. we all asked ourselves that question

that's hero. a man is found in a house with his arms tightly wrapped around his son, trying to protect him, as hurricane sandy swept them both away. he was a former marine. that's hero, too. we don't build statues to these people, we might not even notice them, but they don't care about that because their actions are not calculated to gain recognition or reward. what they do is who they are. as a young marine, i was taught to help people who could not help themselves. all over the world, right now, people are putting this principle into action and saving lives. these heroes speak one language, the language of humanity. there are different kinds of heroes around us, those who in that unforgiving minute, rise to the occasion when the moment calls for it, daily grind it out heroes who wake up every morning and humbly change the world. you think i've got what it takes to be a hero. we've all asked ourselves that question. i think we do. of course, these heroes, they're you, just ordinary people, until

that's a hero. a man is found in a house with his arms tightly wrapped around his son, trying to protect him as super sandy swept them both away. he was a former marine. that's a hero too. we don't build statues to these people and may not each notice them. they don't care about that because their actions are not calculated to gain recognition or reward. what they do is who they are. as a young marine i was taught to help people whoa could not help themselves. all over the world right now people are putting this principal into action and saving lives. these heroes speak one language. a language of humanity. there different kinds of heroes. those who in that unforgiving minute rise to the occasion when the moment calls for it. daily heroes who wake up every morning and change the world. you think you have got what it takes to be a hero. we have all asked ourselves that question. i think we do. because these heroes are you. just ordinary people. until they are heroes. we need those heroes more than ev

for my son has 25 5 2 heros and heroes for my daughter has 62 heroes. i repeated heroes because i wanted her to have rosa parks and gandhi and ameliaaryhart. so my daughter looks at the book and she says, sons is not as big as mine. so don't bring it up in a house, a big issue in house, and my tower is very happy that her book is bigger and has more heroes than my sons'. >> host: golda meier. >> guest: one of the hardest heros toage. jewish hero, foreign minister, prime minister of israel, amazingly strong stateswoman. i wanted a stateswoman in there but i didn't want -- it's interesting she has a story and a history that is based so much on what we other would call chuptza. i didn't want to say -- she raised so much money in america, and came here and found millions of dollars to support and help israel grow. i didn't want tote be about fundraising. so i found this one story i loved that golda meir used to invite other statesmen to her house and bring them to her kitchen, and at first -- i said i don't want to say she is in her kitchen doing things. bu

or #cnn hero he is. tell us what you like tonight, i have holly robinson peete and oscar win, driedian brody, they are on the cnn.com live blog, cnn.com/backstage and you can talk and join the conversation. do it with them, they may talk back to you. now return to cnn heroes "sharing the spotlight." >>> hollywood writer, producer, actor and director, for nearly two decades, ben stiller's star has skyrocketed, beating the odds, smashing box office records year after hilarious year. with more than 5 billion ticket sales, he has been called the world's biggest comic movie star. in fact, he is the only actor three billion dollar franchises to his name t is a name he shares with his famous father, jerry stiller who along with wife and legendary comic partner, anne meara, introduced their son to show business early on the he wasted to name breaking into the business but aspider a serious film career, a 1987 support video he called "the hustler of money" that grabbed hollywood's attention. >> come on, who's nex

join us on twitter, #cnn heroes or@cnn heroes. instagram/cnn heroes. let's go back to "cnn heros: sharing the spotlight." >> just months after ben stiller was inspired to help educate haiti youth, the earthquake shook the country to its core. with hundreds of thousands dead and injured among the casualties were students and teachers and schools. ben redoubled his commitment to the island nation and its children, helping to raise millions dollars for the nonprofit partners to rebuild nine schools and counting. >> you created a stiller foundation? >> yeah. though i feel uncomfortable with the name. like lebron james should have a foundation. i thought we should call it the jennifer aniston foundation. to get more hits. >> she did not want to do that. >> yeah. >> how do you make sure that, you know, the money goes where it is supposed to go and you get the impact that you want to have? >> that's the stuff you learn about as you get more involved and realize how complicated it is. especially in the whole world of organizations that are out there trying to

he is our 2009 cnn hero of the year. we were talking earlier, once a hero, always a hero. deb was just asking a question about how your life as a hero has changed since you were honored by this program? because were you doing good work 0 with the dynamic team company in the philippines for about a decade. since then what has happened? >> after cnn heroes helped us to get a lot of attention and the program has been replicated for more than 70 times all over the country and even the government noticed. they are replicating it it across the nation. we are also able to effort with other unsung heroes, volunteers, their time volunteering with us, and also we're able to build our own school. we call it the bush garden school. >> it was in the form of a bush garden. now here is the question that i know parents everywhere want to know because it's hard enough to get a teenager to do just about anything, but you have gotten teenagers to help teach children in the philippines slums reading and writing and start to make a difference. so you're paying it forward as well. >> yes. actua

heroes who didn't see themselves as heroes at all. >> you're not thinking about what goes wrong, worry is a wasted emotion, it clouds clear thinking that is absolutely needed when something goes wrong. >> people say, boy, you've got a lot of guts, i didn't have juts, i knew what i was doing, i didn't go to the moon and-- >> he came back. did you hear the important part, he didn't have guts, not for himself, but for his country. not personal glory, but for his country. sounds like anyone watching right now. a democrat or republican? i don't think so. and charlie payne, dagen mcdonnm mcdowell and gacharlie gasperino and ben stein. >> we've come a long, long way and it's interesting, because we look at these men as heroes. and no one in washington deserves any sort of hero worship unless you talk about the small business owners who gutted it out and the ladies and men who get on the subway train at 4 or five o'clock in the morning to clean up the offices so the lobbyists and legislators, anyone in d.c. is misguided. i know some people get it, why, i don't know. i long for the america that

so tad, once a hero, always a hero, is going to help us celebrate these new top ten cnn heroes that we will honor tomorrow night. >> if i know tad, i know he would try to talk to you, let's put it that way. tad, your game, you need to work on your game, man. >> he's a good guy. and a handsome fellow, this tad. he's a handsome fellow. >> you know he's from new york, because he said long island and what i like about tad is he made a ton of money on wall street, was making a ton of money and gave it all away and -- gave it all up and started doing what he's doing now. he is a hero. thank you, guys. thank you very much. >> that's what heros is all about. all right. >> anderson cooper will host cnn heroes an all-star tribute tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern, by the way. >>> straight ahead, a corruption scandal brings down eight city leaders in california. the city police chief is suing after making nearly half a million dollars a year. he said he wants more. >>> a florida teen's murder that some believe was -- some believe has echoes of the trayvon martin shooting. you be the judge next. you

i don't think i'm a hero. i just had a job to do, and did it with the children at the school district, but i also like to include the whole community. that's why we put on the powwows and have different events where everyone could attend. be proud that you're indian. >> so we would like to present gwen with this local hero's award from kqmd. thank you very much for what you have done for the community, for yourself and the community and all the relations and gwen is going to be saying a few words. we're going to present her with this bag here and thank you. >> why thank you michael. it's very nice to hear the good words about me, and my son even has flowers i see. thank you very much tom. i have three sons. tom and middle son and he has a son also named tom but he is here today from palm springs. you live in palm springs tom? >> all over. >> all over. and thank you and i would like to thank my other friends. i saw so many of them here tonight and it's really nice that you came for our -- not just my friends bu

your super hero is back. i dazzle and you decide. welcome, everybody. it is if i don't have enough to do, reading a tele prompter, squeezing in some christmas shopping while at work and hunting down my last hickory farms deal on the best processed meats and cheeses is now thanks to these cliff constipated things. i guess i have to save the country myself. less than a month from a disas there could rock all citizens in this country here now is my plan for eastside to suck it up and save this country, to be super he rows. some might not look what i'm proposing, but i am not red or blue. i am just trying to look after our green and our cash and our future. just think of me as your concerned super hero trying to bring us back from the cliff. that is drawn to scale. super hero picks number one. stop going on vacation. another one week vacation? are you kidding me? did batman ever take a day off when gothem city was burning? i don't think so. get back to work. there is a country to save here. super hero fix number two, stop the press conferences. all of the p

heroes who didn't see themselves as heroes at all. >>ou'reot thinking about what goes wrong, worry is a wasted emotion, it clouds clear thiing that is abluly needed when something goes wrong. >> people say, boy, you've got a lotf guts, i didn't have juts, i knew what i wasdoing, i didn't go to the moon and-- >> he came back. did you hear the important part, he didn't have guts not for himself, but for his country. not personal glory, but for his untry. sounds like anyone watching right now. a democrat or republican? i don'think so. and charlie payne, dagen mcdonnm mcdowell and gcharlie gasperino and ben stein. >> we've come a long, long way and it's interesting, because we look at these men as heroes. and no one in washington deserves any sort of her worship unless you talk about the small business owners who gutted it out and the ladies and men who get on the subway train at 4 or five o'clock in the morning to clean up the offices so the lobbyists and legislators, anyone in d.c. is misguided. i know some people get it, why, i don't k

we are talking about political heroes and why they are heroes. you can see from the last few minutes that legislators have been mentioned and people have mentioned various talk show host. u.s. a call at 202-585-3881 for republicans -- give us a call. 202-585-3880 for democrats. you can send us a tweet, twitter.com/cspanwj. facebook, as well, facebook.com/cspan. journal@c-span.org. this is lee in wyoming. host: give us a call and let us know who your political hero is. the story after the new ttown shooting. this is the front page of "the new york times." host: the story goes on. this is luke rosak. host: it goes on to talk about that story. front page of "the new york daily news." this stemming from upstate new york about a sniper that set fire to a building and goes on to shoot two firemen as they were trying to take care of the fire. eric from pittsburgh, pennsylvania on the democrat's line. good morning. caller: michael moore. host: i'm sorry? caller: michael moore. capitalism is dead. host: george, good morning. caller: good morning. george w

they are heroes also. there are a lot of heroes in connecticut today, and i'm grateful to all of them. i said in my remarks saturday night that i thought there would be a time for public discussion, and that discussion would inevitably occur as it does every time when a tragedy like this takes place. and i think some people interpreted that to mean that i thought it was inappropriate for those discussions to take place. i do not think it is inprot for them to take place p in fact, it's quite appropriate. the point i was making was that no more than 36 hours after the event, my job, my personal job as governor at that moment h was to spe to speak to the people of connecticut about the fears they're feeling, the damage that's been done, and my job was to help and continue to help newtown and the entire state to recover. but we know in our state that we have some of the toughest gun laws of any state in the nation, but when the investigation is over and all of the information is in, i'm going to ask a few que

our live broadcast of cnn heros. it's our annual salute to those who make life better for those in need. here's gloria estefan. take a look. >> i love cnn heroes because people are used to seeing celebs on tv, politicians on tv. the people we should celebrate are the people out there doing things that help other human beings. >> tonight you're going to meet real super men and super women from across the globe. >> so shining the light on these heroes that do amazing things helps all of us say, i can do it too. st. jude, it's really an amazing place. the incredible research they do, they make it a soothing place for both the family and the child. they bring kids from all over. it's not just the united states. it's important when someone is in recovery or facing a tough battle that their spirit and mind be taken care of. believe me, i've been there. estefan's back was broken during a collision. >> when i was coming back from that bus accident 22 years ago, my husband pulled me back into my song writing and music. that a

they say they're not heroes. they say the heroes are the ones who didn't come home. >> staff sergeant sal junta, thank you. >>> coming up in our next hour, our all-star panel of presidential historians, they discuss the top legacies of some of the nation's best leaders. but first, willie's year in review. >> this is big. this is huge. weight watchers online worked for us. we don't argue much. we really don't. meg usually just gets her way, and i go along with it. i think it worked for matt because i did it for him. when i'm the one cooking, i'm the one calculating the points. i can microwave things. you get to eat real food. we still get to go out. we're just so much smarter about it. we can keep each other in check. going, "okay, i see you." we've lost about 110 pounds together. it helped our love life. happy wife, happy life, right? right. [ jennifer ] weight watchers online. the power of weight watchers completely online. join for free today. >>> boy, it's been a very difficult and tragic year for so many peop

once a cnn hero, always a cnn hero. i don't know if you can see don because of the cowboy hat, but dan gets this twinkle in his eye when he starts talking about doing his homes. >> these guys don't let anything get them down. a whole group of wounded warriors over the holiday went surfing. congratulations to him. and thank you very much nichelle. anderson cooper hosts our all-star tribute tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern. what's it like to be in a war zone? a u.s. marine took home video of his battle on the lines in afghanistan. and we're going to show it to you next. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. ♪ ♪ and the flowers and the trees all laugh when you walk by ♪ ♪ and the neighbors' kids... wha

senator inouye reminded us what it means to be an american hero, a war hero who carried the burden of his service with him all of his life. his courage, his patriotism, his respect for the values he fought for formed his views in this chamber. we are saddened today with the passing of one of the most respected and icon i can lead e a hero a voice for reason and common sense when reason rationalty and common sense was too often in short supply. he will be missed by all of us who had the privilege to serve with him but by a nation who needs more leaders like him. all of us remember his lasting influence, his way of making us look into the heart of the matter. he knew how to get to the crux of an issue and led the way so many times for the rest of us and we followed his lead and the nation was better for us. all of us who worked with him in the appropriations committee respected his word and his fairness. he was all the willing to listen and hear your side and reach out across the aisle for what he believed was right. he was most recently the voice to secure disaster relief for my home s

we've got our cnn top ten heroes taking a group picture. holly is like please don't leave, please don't leave, i want my picture taken, too. >> when you study what they have done and you watch the deeds they do and you see them in person, it's really quite astounding. it just feels so good to be here with them. and especially right now around the holidays you see people that are doing things, good things. we read about so many bad things and it uplifts you. they're 1.4 or 1.5 million nonprofits in the country. we have to support them and here are some more. >> by supporting them, each of the top ten heroes gets a $50,000 grant for their organization and the hero of the year gets a $250,000 grant to help aid their good work. >> i'm going to be doing the social media suite. >> tweet her and she will tweet you back. at #cnnheroes. >> hollyrod.org, what she does for autism is amazing and thank you, holly and nischelle. our coverage begins tonight at 8:00 eastern with our preshow special. that's followed by cnn heroes, an all-star tribute hosted

heroes who didn't see themselves as heroes at all. >> you're not thinking about what goes wrong, worry is a wasted emotion, it clouds clear thinking that is absolutely needed when something goes wrong. >> people say, boy, you've got a lot of guts, i didn't have juts, i knew what i was doing, i didn't go to the moon and-- >> he came back. did you hear the important part, he didn't have guts, not for himself, but for his country. not personal glory, but for his country. sounds like anyone watching right now. a democrat or republican? i don't think so. and charlie payne, dagen mcdonnm mcdowell and gacharlie gasperino and ben stein. >> we've come a long, long way and it'sinteresting, because we look at these men as heroes. and no one in washington deserves any sort of hero worship unless you talk about the small business owners who gutted it out and the ladies and men who get on the subway trainat 4 or five o'clock in the morning to clean up the offices so the lobbyists and legislators, anyone in d.c. is misguided. i know some people get it, why, i don't know. i long for the america that y

shirley is my hero. she is servicing people and i think that is my message. anybody that chooses to serve people you're awesome. you're all my heroes, and i think i just want to leave a quick little word of what a uncle told me this year is "what -- actually "what is hard is told us to go out everyday and live a beautiful life" and i think if we can do that it's a good world. it's a good thing. so thank you and i thank my family for dancing. that was awesome for me to see. thank you for coming out. thank you lisa for driving all that way and my co-workers -- like i said you're all my heroes and we came straight from work. [applause] >> one of the first times that the harrison family made it to city hall and they're not paying a parking ticket. once again congratulations to anacita, gwen, shirley, and karen. can we have all the other recipients of this pres tangibleious award -- please stand if you're able. okay. don't be shy gosh. again how about a big round of applause for all these standing. [applause] one of the greatest awards is to be honored by your com

the hero of the day, where did he come from? 28-18. right?for romo, >> not at all. >> i believe saturday would be game against seattle. t now, enjoy it. 7 wins in a row and this is what the town needed. >> celebrating tonight. landover will be rocking. >> after all of the injuries. here comes jackson, morris, out of nowhere. >> unbelievable, thank you. we will have continuing coverage tomorrow. it will be everything redskins. there was another showdown that was happening today. it involved the fiscal cliff. democrats and republicans wrangling over last-minute legislation. cutsx increases and budget into effect on january 1. the clock is ticking and negotiations are ongoing. point, democrats and republicans remain at odds. >> regardless of differences, our top priority has to be to make sure that taxes on middle- class families do not go up. we can get that done. >> president obama called for there wasaction, but senate tonight. >> we will be here at 11:00 tomorrow morning. we will have further announcements. >> mitch mcconnell, a frustrated p

gr for me, they are heroes. i think the amazing thing about cnn heroes is they're people just like you and me, but they took the extra step and created something. >> and you won't want to miss this coming up next hour. one of our 2012 cnn top ten heroes, mary, she will be right here. we'll be talking to her. she's helping vets, training vets, training dogs. we'll find out why both of those are so dear to her heart. >> we're going to be looking forward to that. thank you so much. they're competing for the same prize, but honestly, my guess is they're rooting for each other because they're all such huge winners. we want all of you to join us on sunday. you can watch the cnn heroes preshow special sharing the spotlight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. then stay with us, join us, watch the main event, cnn heroes an all-star tribute at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> well, the academy awards buzz has already begun, and our movie critic already has a few favorites. she'll share her picks and tell us why brad pitt's new one, killing them s

you'll want to find out who the heroes for this listen. are you going to be on the red carpet or are you going to be hanging out with all the celebrities? >> i have have been working since friday, i will be right up there at the very front of the red carpet talking to all of the wonderful hollywood celebrities and the past year hero honorees and this year's hero honorees, so it's going to be a wonderful, wonderful event so i'm working hard. when we have live tv, i have somebody that's trying to photo bomb my live shot, one of our favorite cnn heroes from last year, come on over here derek, i'm going to tell on you, you were almost late. >> you know what? i'm going to believe you on that one, but derick was here because he was one of our top ten cnn heroes last year, and if you saw the show, no one can forget der derek, you were so excited, it was my first hero cnn live. you brought a smile to everyone's face there, you were so honored and so touched, but you do so much with your global soap project. and talk about what it meant to be honor

they are heroes also. there are a lot of heroes in connecticut today, and i'm grateful to all of them. i said in my remarks saturday night that i thought there would be a time for public discussion, and that discussion would inevitably occur as it does every time when a tragedy like this takes place. and i think some people interpreted that to mean that i for those discussions to take place. i do not think it is inprot for them to take place p in fact, it's quite appropriate. the point i was making was that no more than 36 hours after the event, my job, my personal job as governor at that moment h was to spe to speak to the people of connecticut about the fears they're feeling, the damage that's been done, and my job was to help and continue to help newtown and the entire state to recover. but we know in our state that we have some of the toughest gun laws of any state in the nation, but when the investigation is over and all of the information is in, i'm going to ask a few questions. is there a law, a pol

hero of an earlier time, -- was a hungarian hero of an earlier time. there was a radio, and they adopted the name of a previous deliberate thing hero, and in 1956 he would have to call it anti-stalinist radio. >> what was the circumstance? >> 56 is the end of the stalinist period. he died in 53, and after 53 people want to begin to reform the system. in '56, you have the revival of what i have just described, so if stalinism was an attempt to put everything under state control, 1956 was the revenge of civil society, when people began reorganizing themselves, reorganizing social life independently and spontaneously, and among other things, creating independent radio station. >> you said it took six years to do this. >> it depends on how you count. >> what i really want you to do is back up and tell me what you went through and what you were trying to find out and how you did this book. >> my inspiration was the idea i wanted to explain how totalitarianism happens. we do know the story of the cold war. we know the documents we have seen, the archives tha

in india, here we have super heroes like, tell me a hero. >> super man. we have super heroes in india. krishna. lifts mountains and throws them to the ocean to create bridges. i will tell you the story about a super hero. krishna as a little boy in the village where the trees blow and the water flows and the birds fly and the grass grows, in this village there are cows. and people and they go to the river and they go to get their water. and they go to the river and what do they see? an evil demon is polluting the river. callia. and they can't get water because it's killing the cows and the people. so, they go to krishna and say, please, do something about this this is not good. he says, he thinks about it and says, okay. he takes his friends to the river to play. they play ball. they play with the ball and then by accident or may be not, the ball goes in the -- river. and callia is in the river. krishna is swimming through the dark waters and sees the ball is in the tail of the serpant demon. he sees the ball and the demon is sleeping. so guess what he do

encyclopedia knowledge here, they are still cnn heroes, because once a hero, always a hero. they have been filling me in on all the great works they have zone since they became a cnn. dock henley, we were talking early about you were doing such good work before you became a hero, but since then, your project, wine to water, which brings fresh water to third world companies, the most basic thing we need to live -- >> now in just the three years since, we have zbrogrown, we're 15 countries now around the world. we have reached 150,000 people for water, in war stricken places like haiti and i was actually in syria providing r refugees with water. you've got people whose lives have been flipped upside down this last year, year and a half. and one of the most basic things we forget about is that when they get to a camp setting, they lack the most basic needs of clean water. if you think about food, someone can survive in a camp with seven days or more without food, but you can't survive for more than three stdays without water. >> doc's story is going to be mirrored on stage with

the humble paramedic insists he's no hero. it's all in a day's work. >> there are 3,000 firefighters within the city of los angeles. i don't think there's any one of them that would not have done what i did. i can really even say that for almost any firefighter across the country, it's what we do. >> coming up. >> there's a brutal people that saw something and wanted it. >> two thugs want a surprise attack leaving this bartender facing his own last call. >> that's when i saw the knife. >> when "caught on camera, heroes and villains" continues. >>> two thieves ambush a bar owner at closing time. >> i was mugged. i was stabbed. i was hit over the head with a pool cue. >> the robbery goes awry when the bartender takes a stand and fights back. >> they thought i was going to give them all my money, but that's not what happened. >> january 15th, 2010, lakewood, colorado. it's just before 1:30 early friday morning, last call at the cordial lounge. security cameras roll as behind the bar, 32-year-old owner t.j. is closing up shop. >>

the humble paramedic insists he's no hero. it's all in a day's work. >> there are 3,000 firefighters within the city of los angeles. i don't think there's any one of them that would not have done what i did. i can really even say that for almost any firefighter across the country, it's what we do. >> coming up. >> there's a brutal people that saw something and wanted it. >> two thugs want a surprise attack leaving this bartender facing his own last call. >> that's when i saw the knife. >> when "caught on camera, heroes and villains" continues. [ male announcer ] introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing. ♪ zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer