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Today the country paid tribute to america's pastor, the late reverend billy graham. the leader who counseled presidents more than 60 years was afforded one of the country's greatest distinctions as his body lay in honor at the capitol rotunda. he became only the fourth private citizen to receive that honor, the first since rosa parks in 2005. graham ministered to people from all walks of life from heads of state to every day americans. today he was honored by all of them. it was something to see, that wooden coffin sitting in the capitol rotunda surrounded by all that history. we'll be right b...

Plan is headed to state legislature for approval. the legendary pitcher curt schilling has been shut out of baseball hall of fame for his conservative views. >> they are not hiding the fact they stopped voting for me because of things i said in social media. if i -- i would be getting 90% of the vote this year. >> reporter: the 1-time world series mvp tweeting overnight, quote, for the most part their beliefs, not views, far more important to me than anything in my life ever will be. a proper veteran sendoff. a group of teenagers stepped forward to serve as pallbearers after a former petty off...

Lot of them were into politics, they felt discouraged that i -- you know, i remember an activist telling me i voted for obama twice, and trayvon martin is still dead. >> in this book you talk about why there's been so little under an obama presidency to change that. >> we needed to have a black president to understand the limitations of the office. in reality, so many of these young folks, they voted, they canvassed for him, they watched trayvon martin, they watched michael brown's body lay in the street. why do people protest? people are asking that now as the protests are breaking out across...

In 1989 don piper was killed, pronounced dead at the scene when his escort was crushed. for 90 minutes his lifeless body lay under a tarp. then something incredible happened. >> i died. when i woke up, i was in heaven. >> he's alive. >> don piper says for 90 minutes he was in heaven. his story is detailed in international best seller "90 minutes in heaven." now coming to big screen this friday. joining us now, the author, pastor don piper and his wife ava. good morning to both of you. >> when you watch that, what's that like ava? >> horrific. very difficult, very hard to watch. >> that crash k...

Day of peaceful vigils to remember brown's death and the movement it started. demonstrators marched and observed four minutes of silence, the amount of time brown's body lay on the street after he was shot. brown's killing sparked outrage and protests nationwide though the officer was later cleared by both a grand jury and the department of justice investigation, anger bubbled over. violence then mirroring violence now one year later. and the. person who was shot, we are told by police s in unstable and critical condition at this time. they have not released his name. we also understand that t...