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Just quickly, it's a "washington post" column today about the upcoming humanitarian crisis. this is one that we know about, the united states has pledged money to deal with the famine in four major countries. other countries like saudi arabia have not fulfilled their commitment to president trump. they are in a perfect position to do so. >> kimberly: a very emotional moment, a grieving father united with his child's heart.es bill conner lost a 20 year old daughter abbey in an accident in january and abbey was ar registered organ donor. her generosity stabilize the four men. one of them, loumou...

Of people, strangers, that have gone out of their way to take me in, give me shelter, a meal and a shower has just been unbelievable. >> reporter: but it was his stop 1,400 miles in, arriving in baton rouge that left him speechless. this is jack, 21 years old, he was given abbey's heart. that father, bill, couldn't let go. and jack, grateful for his daughter's heart. and then, jack walks up to him, saying happy father's day. >> happy father's day. >> oh. >> reporter: he gives bill a stethoscope. he's about to hear his daughter's heart. >> there it goes. the beauty of that was, is that there we...

That was truly extraordinary. and the sound he heard that made the entire trip worth it. tonight, right here, meet our "person of the week." bill conner is a father on a mission. he started in madison, wisconsin, in may, and he's been riding his bike ever since. he's doing it to honor his late daughter, abbey, who he lost suddenly when she was 20 years old in a tragic drowning. in that moment, the family made a difficult choice. abbey's organs were donated. >> abbey loved everybody. if you were her friend, you were lucky. she loved to laugh, and she's a hugger. and that's one of the things tha...

Because jack's alive, and, of course, i'm there and abbey's alive. she's alive, to me, she's alive inside of jack. it's not about how many cars you have or homes you have or how much money, i mean, to give somebody life, even in a tragedy like this, you're able to give somebody an organ to help them live or live a better life? so, my daughter just, again, set an example for me and i've got to follow it. and that's what i'm trying to do. >> and so we choose bill conner and all of the families in this country who, during loss, find the strength to help save another life. thank you for watching h...

Of adults. officers quickly moved in to make arrests under the direction of conner. police overflowed juvenile hall with the youthful demonstrators. all kinds of vehicles were pressed in service to house them. the sheriff's department estimated upwards of 400 had been arrested. >> instead of 14 adults, you had 600 teenagers and the next day a thousand and that's when the dogs and hoses came out. >> of course what he was doing, was exactly what the head of the civil rilts movement wanted him to do, to create the theater