we are never, ever, ever reporter: wardrobe warning, no butts no, breasts, no exceptions from the grammys. and this to boldly go where no man has gone before. schatner back in space, chatting with the canadian astronaut chris hatfield from 200 miles above earth. we ve got the conversation live. newsroom starts now. good morning, thank you so much for being with me. i m carol costello. we begin this morning with an historic winter storm gaining steam and taking aim. this is a live weather cam shot from graeen bay, wisconsin, and this is half of the storm from this weekend. the other half forming in the southeast, combined this new storm could dump a foot of snow or more on new england and it s already drawing comparisons to the crippling blizzard 35 years ago this week. millions of you probably remember the so-called great blizzard of 1978. that storm brought the region so its knees. three feet of snow, dozens of deaths, thousands of cars stranded. indra pede t
heroes behind the names. a special edition of nightline, american valor, fighting on, begins right now. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, november 24th, 2011. good evening, and a very happy thanksgiving. i m cynthia mcfadden. today, as so many of us gathered around the family table to share food and laughter, we thought it fitting to remember that on the other side of the world, there are 116,000 mostly young americans serving in iraq and afghanistan, whose families are celebrating another holiday without them. as two wars that have told now for more than a decade wind down, they fight on. abc s senior white house correspondent jake tapper and nightline producer ely brown traveled to afghanistan to spend time with them. reporter: we re headed to the tip of the spear. to a remote base in mountainous northeast afghanistan. pakistan is right there. that mountain, und
americans serving in iraq and afghanistan, whose families are celebrating another holiday without them. as two wars that have told now for more than a decade wind down, they fight on. abc s senior white house correspondent jake tapper and nightline producer ely brown traveled to afghanistan to spend time with them. reporter: we re headed to the tip of the spear. to a remote base in mountainous northeast afghanistan. pakistan is right there. that mountain, under the clouds. this is the northern-most forward operating base. how does that feel? differences between you and the enemy, but still. reporter: it s morning at forward operating base bostick. the men and women of the 227 infantry the wolfhounds, prepare for their day. start off with role call. reporter: whatever the pending plans for america s longest war coming from washington, the work, and the fight in this part of the country, feels far from over. more than ten years after the 9/11 attacks, this war is no