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Natalie Eaton Jarrett continues to beat the odds Beats the odds twice by walking after paralyzed and opens business during pandemic Walking Miracle Opens Boutique in Pandemic By Hannah Campbell | February 2, 2021 at 8:01 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 8:07 PM HARRISBURG, Ark. (KAIT) - A small business owner in Harrisburg is no stranger to tough times. At just 25 years old, Natalie Eaton Jarrett has beaten the odds multiple times, becoming a walking miracle and opening a business during a p...

Stares, but i still know theyre there. i have a huge family with seven siblings to help me along. they have my back and i have theirs. >> reporter: and jesse, the other world series champ, left us with this. >> you can do anything you want to do as long as youre driven to do it. you can do anything. >> so true. and so we choose jesse, overcoming odds. and looking up to jackie robinson.

Heroism and overcoming odds. i was honored to tell the story of combat outpost keating. on friday filming on the feature film based on the book. i visited the set of the film in bulgaria and invited nick paton walsh. walsh dodged real bullets back in 2009. >> action! >> reporter: this battle may be a movie, but the real fight its about is still going on. afghanistan, americas longest war, ongoing of the b. but in hollywood, a cinematic history lesson about its mistake there. this is a recreation...

Alleged plot was stopped. and 100 million people planning to travel. dangerous weather conditions could hurt. and overcoming odds, a local football player both on and off the field. >> i just feel like i have somebody in front of me, it made me do better in school. made me want to do better in life. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and youre talking to your rheumatologist

For the united states. >> lastly, its a very different administration than that of you and your husband in eight years. what is it like watching the trump administration? >> well, i wish them the very, very best. i know what its like to live there. i know how difficult every decision is and what the scrutiny is by everyone that has an opinion. every single person has an opinion on the people that live there and im certainly aware of that. i wish them the very best. and i think thats what every a...

Even with isis approaching their gates u.s. marines stationed at the air base in iraq are not backing down. theyre continuing to train iraqi troops, teaching them how to fight back. it is no surprise because marines have been leading this charge around the world since their founding over 200 years ago. peter johnson jr. joins me now with more. >> good morning. thats right. the history of the marine corp is about overcoming odds with a smaller force. and winning under the worst conditions in the ...

U.s. will do what it takes to stop this jihaddist movement. the $800 million mansion dangling off a cliff edge in texas will be burned down this morning to avoid it crashing 75 feet into the water below. >> time to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a high school valedictorian overcoming odds. homeless for three years, he is heading to georgetown on a full scholarship. the bad, baseball size hail during a festival. several people treated for minor injuries. the ugl...

Morehouse man. and we have very special guest with us today, graduates onre and adam starks. i know you were a little wet out there. it was stormy. but you had an opportunity to meet the president as well as to listen to what he said. i covered him for many years. i never really heard him address very directly black men and race and his own personal story about overcoming odds. what did you make of it? >> it was a transformative moment for me. hearing the president speak about, you know, being a...

But to seattle seahawks number 40, that fierce roar sounds more like this dull rumble. >> being deaf, being hard of hearing, is who i am. i mean, im not going to let somebody else come in here and tell me, oh, youre deaf. thats who i am. it made me who i am today. >> reporter: derek coleman is the first legally deaf player in the nfl. the star of the duracell commercial seen 5 million times online. >> they told me it couldnt be done. i was a lost cause. >> reporter: since age 3 he never quit. ov...