families at great risk every day. facing not only persecution and death threats, this week's cnn hero is an army veteran whose new mission is to bring them to safety. meet matt zeller. >> affanyone and iraghan and ir are proud patriots. we owe these people a great debt of gratitude to feel like they have been honored for their sacrifice. >> welcome. >> thanks for everything. >> thank you. >> we also owe them a chance at a new and better life we promised them in esh change for that service. >> to see how matt is transforming the lives of these brave heroes, go to cnn heros.com, right now. thanks for watching. our coverage continues. good evening the death toll from hurricane michael continues to rise. i want to begin tonight with