Transcripts For KNTV Sunday Today With Willie Geist 20171022

Plus, why President Trump says hes ordering the release of the Jfk Assassination files. The Houston Astros are going to the world series. The American League champions beat the new york yankees in game 7 of the alcs. Well tell you how they did it. Later, a sunday sit down with the biggest name in racing, Dale Earnhardt jr. As he comes around the final turn in his career before retiring. Now opening up about losing his legendary dad on the track. He just was everybodys hero, you know. It didnt take him long when he would meet a new person that he would have that impact on him. People loved him. A sunday sitdown with Dale Earnhardt jr. Plus harry smith sits down with a gold star family a bit later in the show. Lets begin this morning with more on the investigation into that dead liam bush in niger. This morning, conflicting reports about what those troops were doing in the area where they were ambushed as one of them lass wade to rest on saturday. Hans nichols has the latest. Hans, good morning. Good morning, willie. As the families continue to mourn, congress is preparing to ask them hard questions next week not only about this specific mission but about the overall strategy thats putting american troops lives at risk in africa. Army sargeant la David Johnson was laid to rest saturday near his home in florida. His pregnant widow kissing his casket as she held an american flag. Johnson was killed in an ambush in niger earlier this month along with three of his comrades. His body found one mile from the ambush site 48 hours after the deadly attack and the initial chaotic hours there was hope he was still alive with his beacon emitting a signal until it grew faint. This morning new and conflicting accounts of what happened during the deadly mission. The New York Times reports that some nigerian Officials Say the army convoy of nigerian and u. S. Soldiers spotted and chased insurgents until they crossed into neighboring mali but the times adds that the american soldiers did not mention giving chase and they claimed they were ambushed and surrounded by insurgents possibly tipped off by tribal leaders who they were meeting. All week pentagon Officials Says they are not there to hunt. Our mission is advise and assist. Reporter the ambush that killed the four americans stemmed in part from a massive intelligence failure. Congress now demanding more information on Counter Terrorism missions across africa. Got to keep us informed so we can make good decisions about do we want 1,000 soldiers in niger. If we dont want them the way to deal with it is to stop fighting. Reporter the u. S. Commander told congress he had only a quarter of the reconnaissance flights he needed. The readiness of the airplanes has gotten better. When you go from 12 to 6 the capacity is cut in half. The impact is we have to do a better job coordinating and sharing assets because the african continent is large. There are 800 military personnel in niger. Most are building a drone base which will serve as the hub of a drone network. Hans nichols getting us started in washington. Thank you very much. President trump and the white house have been on the defensive all week amid questions about the president s condolence call of the family of sargeant johnson. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house and the president s decision to open up the Jfk Assassination files. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. So much attention this week on how the president reaches out to military families after they have received the worst of all possible news. Its attention the president has in large part brought on himself because of how he describes how many families that he reaches and what he does in making those contacts and its the president s description thats being challenged. The condolence controversy turned up when President Trump said this. If you look at president obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. A lot of them didnt make calls. I like to call when its appropriate. Reporter during a series of radio interviews the president went further. For the most part to the best of my knowledge, i think ive called every family of somebody thats died. Reporter but a report from roll call said the white house had to quickly scramble to get updated names and numbers from the pentagon so the president could contact additional loved ones. The Associated Press says of 20 families, it contacted half had not received a message. The white house says President Trump has reached all those presented to him through a military protocol. You cant just call immediately, but i will be calling. Reporter turning to a different president ial power that could put to rest decades old questions around an american tragedy. Saturday President Trump tweeted that he would be allowing classified jfk files to be open. Im hoping were going to learn a lot more about what the cia knew about Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination. Reporter back in 1992 congress ordered that secret kennedy investigation files be revealed within 25 years. After the oliver stone movie jfk ignited public pressure around conspiracy theories. Lieutenant colonel testifies that oswald was given a russian training. Reporter candidate trump peddled a wild theory. His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. Reporter the 1992 law requires the National Archives release thousands of documents by this thursday unless the president objects. Now an agency like the cia could ask the president to withhold certain documents if they make a claim about National Security or spies that may be living. The president using twitter again this morning bringing our attention back to the controversy with the Florida Democratic congresswoman fredricka wilson. The president tweeting a short time ago, again, attacking the congresswoman whos a friend of the johnson family, the sargeant who was killed in my gear. Whacky congresswoman wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party, a disaster for dems. You watch her in action and vote republican. So the president again choosing not to let that go nearly a week into this controversy. Willie . Kelly odonnell at the white house. Thank you. Chuck todd is nbcs political director and moderator of meet the press. Press. Good morning. Good morning. Yesterday of course was the funeral of David Johnson. Myesha johnson put her husband into the ground and were back into this political fight going after congresswoman fredricka wilson. Not a lot of people bathe themselves in glory beyond those four brave men and their families. What did we witness and what are we continuing to witness . I think were witnessing the continued destruction and erosion of our political discourse. I dont think it was a coincidence that on thursday former president s bush and obama both came out to indict President Trumps brand of civil discourse essentially. I mean, thats probably as good of a way to describe what they did. Yes, they both didnt mention him by name and so the white house is taking that taking some comfort in that, but you throw all that together and i dont think its a coincidence. I think they were responding to the latest like oh, now were now weve polarized condolences . There is no bottom to how low our dehumanization of politics and civility can go, and i think its look, this was a shameful week in american politics. I agree. Theres no other way to put it. I totally agree. John mccain and joe biden together, you can throw those speeches in as well. The old guard of american politics trying to pull back what they believe theyre seeing lost right now and to reaffirm what america is supposed to stand for. At the same time, you have steve bannon right. Who was Donald Trumps of course former Senior Advisor going after president george w. Bush and saying hes the reason were here in the first place. Which brand of the Republican Party wins out in the end, chuck . You know, its interesting. If you look at the people, we actually have an interesting little analysis this morning on meet the press. If you look at the Republican Voters and you look at the places donald trump did well and did better than a mitt romney did, for instance, or you look at the places mitt romney did better than a donald trump, and heres what you find out, willie. There are more people who were fired up about Donald Trumps brand of politics, so that really is the steve bannon brand of politics, than they are the george w. Bush the establishment wings politics. The fact is Steve Bannons right about this. Paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell are out of touch with that grassroots that got donald trump the nomination. They are on completely the same page different pages. I think we are already at the point where its too separate political parties, they ham to be happen to be operating as one. We need to throw in a relitigation of the Jfk Assassination. Right. Wow, there are a lot of people for transparency but some of his own intelligence agencies asked him not to. C is he doing it . I applaud him doing it to be frank here. I confess to being a longtime, shall we say, studier of the jfk conspiracy over time. Not a big fan of the oliver stone movie because i think he didnt do justice to that movement at all, but the fact of the matter is the cia has never wanted to say how much it knew about Lee Harvey Oswalds movements, and apparently thats what theyre nervous about. Theyre nervous about their reputation. We still have three or four more days that the president can stop this, but thursdays the day. We shall see if we finally find out what the cia knew about Lee Harvey Oswald and when they knew it. Another chapter in this story. Chuck todd, thank you as always. Chuck will have more when hes joined by Chuck Schumer and republican senator lindsey graham. Some other headlines this morning, boh bergdahl is speaking out. Tomorrow he faces a possible life sentence. Nbcs lucy cathanaw has more. It is very unnerving to be a prisoner. Reporter the last time the world saw Army Sargeant bergdahl, it was a captive in afghanistan. He was released in a controversial prisoner swap. At some point in time i would tell myself, youre not making it out of this. A sunday times exclusive out today, bergdahl describes brutality at the hands of his captors, beatings, abuse, spending months at a time locked in a cage terrified for his life. The guys who were on the other side of the door, they dont they dont just cut peoples throats. They delight in cutting peoples throats. This traded, this dirty, rotten traitor reporter candidate donald trump berated bergdahl. 25, 30, 50 years ago what would they have done, bing, right . Where words that bergdahl says made a fair trial impossible. May as well go back to kangaroo courts and lynch mobs. It hurts though . It does hurt, it does hurt, however, you cant change that. So you either dwell on it or you try to say, okay, and you move on. Reporter bergdahl pled guilty to charges of desertion and endangering his fellow soldiers. Tomorrow hell find out whether he will spend the rest of his life in america behind bars. For today, nbc news. Also this morning, the woman who was held hostage with her family in afghanistan is talking about her ordeal for the first time. Caitlan coleman was released ten days ago after being held by the taliban for several years. She sent a series of emails to her hometown newspaper writing that she wants to remain private and that memories of her pennsylvania hometown helped her get through her darkest days of captivity. Coleman and her husband were backpacking in afghanistan when they were captured. They had four children in captivity. Her husband says their captors killed one of them. The Houston Astros are going to the world series. Bird into center. Springer says hes got it. The Houston Astros win the pennant the astros won game seven last night at home beating the new york yankees 40. Houston fans partying late into the night as their team broke out the champagne in the locker room. Pitcher Justin Verlander was named mvp of the series. The astros play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series Game one tuesday night in los angeles. Dylan is here now with a look at the weather. Im a yankee fan. I know, im sorry. If you have to root for somebody, city of houston, a great astros team. Great team. I didnt stay awake last night. I did. Every last minute. Thats why youre so perky. Little bit, yeah. Lets take a look at the weather going on across the country. I want to show you video out across oklahoma. The rain was coming down. The riverwind casino in norman, oklahoma, as the storms got nasty. As expected yesterday. Today we are going to see the possibility of those storms moving a little bit farther to the east. We are going to see also some of the heavier rain out in the Pacific Northwest will start to a chilly start to the morning, 40s around the north bay, 51 in san jose, hostly clear skies and temperatures for sunday trending warmer than the highs we had yesterday. Close to 70 in San Francisco. Low 70s in oakland. Upper 70s san jose. The forecast takes us back to almost summerlike temperatures for tuesday. San francisco climbing into the low 80s. Valleys ending the weekend near 80 almost 90 tomorrow and tuesday. D a really long string on the weather monitor. Whats that mean . Did you ever hear if you find a long string youre going on a long trip. Is that true . Well see i think roker left that. The highs and lows of the week. The little boy we needed giving his mother a bedside motivational speech for the ages. And the internet famous dog whose owner put a mouth watering steak just out of paws reach. Well see if he got it. And later, when a gold star widow in the eye of an ugly political storm this week. Well hear from another American Family that lost its son this year to war. How proud were you . Im very proud of my son. Yes. I just wish i could have had longer to tell him because i feel like i didnt tell him enough that i was proud of him. Its all coming up on sunday today. As we head to break, photo of the week. The five living former president s and, yes, lady gaga at last nights hurricane aid concert. Not really. Music grab your jacket. Music music music tech dont wait for a chip like this to crack your whole windshield. 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Whats in your wallet . All right. Dylan and i ready to whip through the highs and the lows of the week. Our first high goes to our favorite little guy of the week. 4yearold bryce wilson and he is a bona fide internet star. His mother was in the hospital getting ready to deliver a baby. Bryce didnt like the idea of his mom being in the hospital even if for such a happy occasion. He pleaded with her to pull through as if she were on her death bed because he needs her. We need you. Because we need our mama. We need you. We need you to stay alive and we dont want nothing to happen to you. Its not. Thats why im here. If im here in the hospital so they can take out your sister. You can kick her out tomorrow. Do we need you . Yeah. I need you. I know you need me, okay. We need you because we need a mama. I know. If they dont youve got your daddy and your brother. I dont need no brother. I dont need no brother and no dad. I need you. We dont need a brother, we dont need a dad. We need you. Thats the best. Bryces mom did deliver a little girl and is back home safely where she is needed. He needs that sister, too. Very cute. Our first logos to that feeling when you have to accept that you are just not cia material. Lulu the black lab became something of a celebrity this week when the cia put out a long series of tweets announcing she was a very good dog but wasnt going to cut it as an explosive detective canine mainly because she wasnt interested. Lu lu clearly wasnt enjoying herself so her handlers stopped her training. The spy agency did post a photo of lulu in her new home. I love that she rolled her eyes. Not going to happen. Look at the life shes living now. She has it figured out. Our next eye goes to the arrival at long last at flying cars. Flying motor bikes anyway. Baby steps. Police in dubai introduced a fleet of hover bikes. Dubai in the oil rich United Arab Emirates is already known for its fleet of Luxury Police cars now taking things to the next level. The bikes are called hover surf scorpions. They travel more than 40 miles an hour. Have a charge of 25 minutes. The idea is theyll be able to fly over traffic to respond to emergencies. Now as you watch this, what are you thinking . Youre thinking what im thinking. Hover bikes reminded people of the bikes luke and leah 25 minutes . I wouldnt trust that. Wheres the emergency . Is it 12 minutes away . I need 12 to get back. Our final logos to the dog hooves this clo who was this close to getting his paws on a delicious steak. His owners clearly enjoyed the dogs attempts as they pulled out the camera laughing all the way and posted the video to instagram. Watch the poor dog come tantalizingly close every single time. Just a little bit short. Were told the dog usually does get a bite of the human food and eventually did enjoy a fine meal this night. Theyre parents of children. When something ridiculous is happening you get out the camera. And record it. A sunday sitdown with Dale Earnhardt jr. On the terrible day his father died. Why hes taking sides on social issues that may upset some of his fans, and whats next after he retires next month from racing. And you can come to facebook for a Facebook Live chat with me and dylan in just two minutes. The bottom line is, for your goals, this is a strategy id recommend. Huh. This actually makes sense. Now on the next page youll see a breakdown of costs. What . Its just. We were going to ask about it but we werent sure when. So thanks. Yeah, thats great. Being clear and upfront. Multiplied by 14,000 financial advisors, its a big deal. And its how edward jones makes sense of investing. Feel that tingle of a cold sore only abreva can heal it in as little as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Abreva starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. Abreva acts on it. So you can too. And you look amazing. You ly comfortable. 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Trending cooler later next week. Summer is making a comeback there. Im tired of it. I think everybody is. Thanks. Now, to a shooting investigation in San Franciscos Pacific Heights neighborhood. Police are searching for two gunmen. It happened before 9 00 at clay and laguna by la fayette park. The victim was taken to the hospital. He is expected to survive. The car involved as an uber sticker on it. Its unclear if an uber driver was involved. Police have not release add description but they are still on the loose. We will continue to follow the story and bring updates on www. Nbcbayarea. Com. The Uc Berkeley Community is on alert after a female student was sexually assaulted on a hiking trail. It happened off campus. A student was jogging on the upper fire trail where a man tackled and sexually assaulted her. An alert sent out to students says the attacker tried to pull off her running shorts and fondled her before she broke free and ran away. Students tell us they are taking precautions and going out in larger groups. All my runs this week im planning with friends because of this. Thats why we are all hiking together. We like to go outside and experience the outdoors. Its concerning, if i chose to do this alone. The attacker is described as a man in his 50s with a graying beard and graying shoulderlength hair, wearing khaki pants at the time. 6 28. Coming up on today in the bay, praying for the best. How a monastery escapes disaster from the wildfire in northern california. It is a beautiful story you dont want to miss. Well have that and all the top stories and weather coming up at 7 00. We hope you join us. Right now, back to sunday today with willie geist. The legacy continues. Dale earnhardt jr. Wins the 46th daytona 500. That is Dale Earnhardt jr. In 2004 with the first of two wins at the daytona 500. The name earnhardt is synonymous with nascar. Dale earnhardt jr. Is a Third Generation stock car racer, and for 14 consecutive years hes been voted nascars most popular driver. Its been more than 16 years since his legendary father died during a race with junior watching the wreck in his Rearview Mirror. The eyes and the pressure of the racing world immediately turned towards junior and the crossover superstar has more than lived up to the family name. Now he has just a handful of races left before he retires next month. Earnhardt and i got together for a sunday sitdown with cars zooming past us at talladega, alabama. First, he took me for a little sunday drive. So ive never been with a real driver on a track like this. Really . Going to go easy on me . Yeah, i mean, its a street car. Youll be fine. Rrl Dale Earnhardt jr. Is right at home behind the wheel of a fast car racing around an oval and hugging the wall on a banked turn at 180 miles an hour. His passenger, on the other hand, is holding on for dear life. Ahhhhh oh, my god. Whew i think i got the feel for it. You think so . Thats the fast it will go. Thats probably the fastest ive been in a street car ever. Now you want to try . No. Im going to leave it to the professionals. Thank you, man. Junior, as hes known to fans, began his racing career as a teenager. He graduated quickly to nascars highest level where he has won 26 times, including twice at the storied daytona 500. How do you describe the feeling in the cockpit of a race . You feel a lot of g forces and, you know, pushing you down in the car and the car being shoved into the corner. You have a spotter up on top of the grandstand whos telling you where those guys are around you. I always tell my spotter to sort of paint the picture so i dont have to look in the mirror. Do you still experience fear when you get into a race . Yeah, of course. Theres fear of failure mostly. Theres not a fear of danger. Ive been in races where i have had fear of danger and fear of accident or crash or injury, and i dont take the risks necessary to win, and thats when youve got to get out. Earnhardt is walking away from the racetrack partly because a careers worth of concussions have planted some of that doubt in his mind. Hard into the wall. After a concussion in michigan last year, he sat out the second half of the season. In april he announced his retirement at the end of this season. Having that experience and the history of concussions and knowing what we went through to get well, i know i cant do this for five, ten years with that in the back of my mind. I know i cant and i dont want to. I wanted to selfishly retire on my terms, and so this year ive been able to make sure that, you know, im getting it all owl of my system. Earnhardt was born in North Carolina the son of a racing god. Dale earnhardt sr. Was a maverick in stock car racing driving the black number 3 chevy with swagger. They called him the intimidator. He just was everybodys hero, you know . And it didnt take him long when he would meet a new person that he would have that impact on them. He just people loved him. When he walked in a room, it changed. In 2001, as father and son whipped around the final lap at the daytona 500, tragedy struck. Big trouble. Big wreck behind them. Did you see this one in your Rearview Mirror . Yeah, i was watching them. I was looking in the mirror watching the crash. You thought, another wreck for dad. Another wreng, dang, that sucks. Never really thinking about him being in danger physically. I came around actually and saw all the people working on him and trying to get him out of the car, and that was like, oh, this is unusual. I immediately went right out of the Infield Care Center and jumped in the car to go to the hospital because thats where they were going to take him directly. And thats where you found out, at the hospital . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody anybody that was in the industry, we were crammed into this one room. Just everybody was upset. Everybody sobbing and not knowing nobody knew what to say or do. I was just like, yeah, lets get out of here. We left and went back to the track. We sat in that bus for a while and, you know, just like what do you do . Shock and sadness at the death on the final lap of nascar superstar Dale Earnhardt in daytona yesterday. I hated that i lost him and i hate that he cant be around to know my wife and she wants to know him so badly because he was this really special, special person. Junior suddenly was the heir to his dads giant legacy. He drove fast and lived fast, too. It was about me. I was really just partying, you know, running wild and having fun with my friends. That began to change nearly a decade ago when an interior decorator arrived to work on a home junior was building. Her name is amy. Last new years eve the two were married. A lot of people who know you say, juniors a different guy since he met amy. Do you think thats true . Yeah, absolutely. And its i didnt just change immediately. It took a while. I didnt know what being in a relationship was or how to be respectable and treat a woman the way they need to be treated. Shes made me smarter, kinder, more thoughtful person, not just for her. Like for everyone. Earnhardt announced this week that amy is pregnant with the couples first child. A little girl. As his racing career winds down, earnhardt continues to raise his voice in National Political debates. Like his father before him, junior long has been opposed to the confederate flag. Hes posted messages about charlottesville and more recently in support of the right of nfl players to neil during the national anthem. I think a lot of people would say those positions run counter to a bunch of the people who come out and cheer for you on sunday afternoons. For the longest time nascars been sort of stereotyped. We all have different opinions and thoughts and cares and likes and dislikes. If nascar starts to become part of the conversation, then ive got to go, hey, im in nascar, heres where i stand. It gives me piece of mind knowing how i feel. I dont like people to assume im over here or over here or thinking this and that when im not. So whats next for junior . Hell still be at the racetrack on sundays, just up in the tv booth as an analyst for nbc sports. Youre going to be honest . Are you going to tell the truth of all of these guys . Yeah. I got the opportunity last year to do a couple of races. I knew i would like it. I left the booth each time just so elated like how fun it was. I had no idea that i would enjoy it as much as i did. So, i mean, its like hanging out with your buddies. Is there any chance this is a Michael Jordan retirement where you go away for a little bit and come back . I dont think so. I dont think so. The travel and being away from my family and my wife. I want to experience raising a child and, you know, just be normal. Got to love the sound track with the cars racing behind us through the interview. After our little trip around the oval at talladega, earnhardt qualified first and took the pole position for last sundays race where he finished 7th in the number 88 chevrolet. Junior now has just five races left in his story book career including today when the championship continues at kansas. All you earnhardt fans will be interested to hear which of his 26 career wins was the sweetest. You might be surprised by the answer. Check out web extras at today. Co today. Com weekday. Mandy moore. One of the most popular and most emotional shows on tv. Mandy moore next week on sunday today. Lets get another check on the weer from dylan. We are going to see a good amount of rain moving through the midwest. It will clear out where the storms were yesterday back through oklahoma. Hot and dry and we have the fire danger in effect because of the santa ana winds and very low humidi humidity. Nice and mild in the middle of the country. Spotty showers up across new england by wednesday. Then on friday still looks nice up and down the outside in San Francisco, a band of low clouds, 53 degrees. The presunrise in san jose looks nice. Highs upper 70s in san jose. 72 in oakland. The warmest spot, 80 degrees. The seven day forecast shows a warm up to start the workweek. San francisco, 80s early in the week. The valleys feeling like summer. Breezy and dry. Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s starting tomorrow. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. Well see you in a minute. Next on sunday today, the interpretation of a phone call from the president to a grieving widow turned into a partisan political fight this week. Harry smith sits with a gold star family just months after they received the dreaded word. 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I will have nachos at the center of a week long he said she said political fight that involved namecalling and the exploitation of a military hero sits a family. La David Johnson was laid to rest on saturday. He left behind parents, wives and children whose lives are forever altered. In our sunday spotlight, harry smith visits another family whose grief is fresh to see what it really means to be a gold star family. Atien murphy was a u. S. Army ranger. He was killed in syria. He is survived by a wife and two children. We spoke with his parents, calvin and sheila. How did you come up with the name atien . Its stephen in french . I think so. Thats correct. The thing that made it that touched my heart about that is that stephen was the first martyr in the bible. I said, oh, what a special name. I keep calling him boy, but hes my baby boy so she didnt see him grow into a man. He was too young to sign up so he had to get our permission. Wow. And i didnt want to sign. No, she didnt. But i knew that he was going to do it anyways and i didnt want to delay it. Did you know he wanted to be a ranger . No, i did not. He sent a picture of him jumping out the plane. I said, dont do that again. That is so dangerous. He was just so happy and so proud. He said, i got my wings. I said, dont do that again. He just said, mom. I know. Mom yeah. How proud were you . Im very proud of my son. Yes. I just wish i could have had longer to tell him because i feel like i didnt tell him enough that i was proud of him. And i i dont i didnt hug him enough. I prayed that he knew that i really loved him. I just hope that he knew that i was proud of him. How hard is it when you know your son is in harms way . We got together and we went into prayer asking the lord to cover him and to keep him safe. We know, i mean, theres a possibility, but you never think that. Its going to happen to you. Its going to happen. I feel like a mutiny has taken over my whole soul and all my joy and happiness has been usurped. Pain, agony, despair, hopelessness. This is what i feel every day. He was a man of integrity. He was a man who loved his country and he chose and fought for what he believed in. So tell me then, explain. This is a gold star. Gold star pins. This is what they give us. Its hard for me to wear it because it reminds me that my son isnt here. There is a lot of people in this country that have no idea what youre going through. What do you want them to know . Were the ones that are left every day thinking about our loved one, maybe wishing we can i can only speak for myself. Wishing we could have done more for them. I ask america, take a minute to think about the other person. Think about us. Our hearts ache every day. The pain doesnt go away. When people say thanks to his to us that mayo fend us, i tell them, i understand that you dont understand and i pray that you never understand. Every time you wake up its like someone kicked you in your stomach. You feel that every morning as soon as your eyes wake up. Bam, my sons not here, bam, bam. People are saying, im praying for god to heal you . I dont want to get through it. You see a man in uniform, a woman in uniform, thank them for their service. Please. Thank them for their service. Please. Harry, thank you and thank you especially to mr. And mrs. Murphy for sharing the story of your son. Next on sunday today. You can see we did have a little bit of tackle. We have a little bit of liquor. So for a lot of people this must have been heaven. The man who started selling fishing tackle out of his old mans liquor shop now runs the 4 1 2 billion Bass Pro Shops billion dollar empire. This morning he has something new to show us. Later, a life well lived. The american who won dog fights the american who won dog fights in the skies over volatile markets. 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Reporter Johnny Morris wants us all to fall in love with our Natural World the way he has. And his massive new wonders of Wildlife Museum and aquarium invites everyone to step inside the great outdoors. You want us to feel like were in the in the middle of the ocean here, yet theres no ocean for 1,000 miles in either direction. Reporter who is this soft spoken missourian. He got involved selling tackle out of the back of his dads springfield liquor store. We had a little bit of tackle, a little bit of liquor. So for a lot of people this must have been heaven. Right there was an exciting time when all of this was happening. The fishing was so great. They were discovering techniques and advancing equipment to help the fischerman be more successful to catch fish. Reporter his mail order bass pro catalog reeled in folks who loved to fish. You must have heard a lot of tall fish tales in here. Hes grown it into the 4 billion plus retail empire that is the Bass Pro Shops. Theyre ma guess stick, arent they . Reporter all the while keeping his marketing genius in check with an unwavering respect for those who came first. I dont mean this to sound phony, but almost a Spiritual Connection back. And this is the extreme reverence that native americans had for our land, the animals. Thats a beautiful trout. Reporter when folks cant find him, morris just might have snuck out here. To me, fishings a great escape. Its a challenge. You focus so much to fish trying to out witt them or catch one. To me, thats one of the joys of fishing. It lets you forget about everything else. Hey, look here, fish on in the net. Reporter this is just like being a kit again, isnt it . I never want to grow up, do you . Reporter negative. That kid part is important. Morris wants every child to learn to love the wonders of nature just like he did, and that is what this enormous tribute is all about. Hopefully we can just be a little spark plug, just a little bit, you know, for families. Reporter a little jitterbug. Little jitterbug or hula popper. Get people fired up to be outdoors. Reporter get them hooked. Youve got it. Reporter for sunday today, Kevin Tibbles, springfield, missouri. Kevin tibbles, thank you very much. This week we highlight another life well lived. John wozer probably isnt a name you know, but you should. He along with thousands of other brief men and women stood at the tyranny of 20th century history. Wozer joined the army corps of engineers. On december 7th, 1942, one year to the day after the japanese bombed pearl harbor, he passed the air cadet exam. As a member of the 366th Fighter Group of the air force, wozer piloted the p47 thunder bolt over france and belgium during the battle of the bulge. Engaging in dog fights with the german luftwafa. He was bound for the Pacific Theater when the war ended. He came home and got a College Degree and masters. 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Here is a live look outside from downtown san jose from communications hill. Thanks for joining us. We have a look at the forecast. Summer in fall for a couple more days. I thought we were done with summer. We had the rain and the sierra snow. Things are going to change in terms of temperatures. Jacket weather outside. 43 to start the morning off in santa rosa. 54 in San Francisco where we have low clouds this morning, close to downtown a