we hope that some of these stories have inspired you to get involved and do your part because you, too, can be somebody s hero. thank you and good night. [ cheers and applause ] what s it like being billie jean king? i have no idea. i think since i was young, i mean i told my mother at 7, mommy, mommy, i m going to do something great with my life. i know it. i can feel i it. being billie jean king means knknowing from the beginning sh was destined for greatness. i knew the first t time i we off to getet free inststructionh in lonong beach, i i knew at t d of thahat session n i wanted t the numbmber one tenennis playe the worlrld. h how old werere you? i was 1 11. that w was only ththe second t picked up a racket. she quickly fell in love with the sport but also quickly noticed deep inequities in tennis that reflected the same about ththe world. at t 12, i was s playing ata los angegeles tennisis club. all the big tournamements were therere. i i was sittining i
directly to their organization. be sure to tune in tomorrow night for cnn heroes, an all- star tribute. we ll be joined by some of the brightest stars to celebrate this year s top ten cnn heroes. thanks so much for watching! good night. [musicic playing]] speaker: a at the presesent ti, we know w that therere are 27 pe missing g since abouout 4:15 yesterday y afternoon.n. > at the presentnt time we there are e 27 people e missini since about 4:15 yesterday afternrnoon. speaker:r: presidentnt ford dird the e attorney g general to usel availablble governmement resour. speaeaker: the c california a nl guard jojoined statete and lol police andnd the fbi in a giaiant searchh for r the childrdren and thehe . speakeker: it was s like sosomebody comome down froroms and d just took k them upup off the p planet. wawas it an ououtright kidnappingng, a psychohopath, or sex maniac c on the loooos? speaker: w whoever didid it pt a great dedeal of plananning and effortrt and we might evev
[indistinct chatter] - - hey, here e s a man whwho ls lilike he has s something g to . - arare we all s set, ronnie? - wewell, i bet!t! ohoh! - - hey, carefeful. - lookoks like he e s got flubur shoes s on, too, t today. [laughter]r] - a a wonderful l anonymous s dr mailed a a mono a m monopoly game p piece, and righght here in the m middle of i it was a littttle winningng tickt of $1 mimillion. - - whoa! - hey, w wow! [cheers s and applauause] [d[dramatic mumusic] - somemebody won a $1 m million mononopoly ge at mcdonalald s, and god blbless him, decided d to send ththat moy to thehe children n of st. j. - well, ththis is a grgreat . uh, we a and mcdonalald s he a gameme going, which, uh,h, a person n won a game pieiece in in texexas and maiailedt to st. j jude s anononymousy and, u uh, mcdonalald s worket a way to p pay the gamame pie even thougugh it couldld rey can t t be transfeferred. - - it s just t a wonderfufl chchristmas ststory that someoeone would g give that way
[j[jose] afteter our tourur of t the great c capital ci, mamadrid, we v ve headed overer 200 mileses to the coct toto one of mymy favoritee culilinary destitinations. vavalencia. ovoverlooking g the glistetg mediterrananean sea, this c city is onene of the ot in spain.. for centnturies, its portrt has been n a bustg gateteway for gogoods and fo. it s s now the b busiest port inin the wholele mediterraran. and surrouounding the e ciy lie vast f fertile fararmlas anand wetlandsds known as the e orchard ofof spai valencia i is close to my y heart becacause ththere is onene iconic dih born r right heree that r representss spaiain all overer the worl. paella v valenciana.a. paellala, as we knknow it, was bornrn in t the mid-18t8th centuryy in the wetetlands of v valen. fafarmers willll get togeter for lunch,h, bringing g cros and vegetatables they ve haharvested and adadd them to o a big pan before cooooking it all ovever an open n fire. this humumble meal i is now one of thehe
[josose narratining] asasturias, mymy home. it s whehere i was b born, and where e my love for foodod began. astuturias is spspectacula. there is the drdramatic coaoastline, home to ththe best seaeafod in the wororld: frfreshly caugught spiny l lobs, delicatete fish. ththere is deeeep, green f fa, the gagarden of spspain. here, we g grow our incrededible freshsh crops: cider applples, swsweet spanisish onions,, ththe world-fafamous bean. anand, finallyly, high mouous that takake your brereath aw. [c[cowbells titinkling] dairiry cattle r roam these lushsh pasturess prododucing someme of the wowors most expenensive anand deliciouous cheeses.. asturiasas food reflflects this increredible landndsca, but this a also tells s the stoy of t the people e who live h . hard wororking peoplple, foragersrs, farmrmers, fisherermen. for centururies, they y ve ld off ththe fruits o of the ld and creaeated some amazining local spspecialti. asturianan food is the roooot of who i i a, asas a pe