- We are back.
I'm hanging with Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, singer Cam,
and Anna Chlumsky.
The next story is one I'm super passionate about.
In fact, I'm the one who found it
and kind of booked it on the show.
It's great 'cause it celebrates heroes
in so many different ways.
You know, there are people who just go through life
and do the right thing.
This gentleman here was an Olympian.
He's now a Los Angeles police officer
fighting for the front lines (audience claps)
in the city's most severe crimes.
Last year, his wife opened a school here
that gives one-on-one attention to special needs kids.
And they're both infinitely inspired
by their 20 year old daughter, Bella.
This is Bella right here.
Hi, Bella! (all clapping)
- Hi guys! Hi!
- Now, Bella's been living with cerebral palsy,
and she hosts a YouTube channel
where she shares her experience
and helping other kids with disabilities.
- Yes. - And then other challenges
I think that's just fantastic.
You like being a YouTube star? - Thank you. Yes I do.
It's awesome.
- They're what we call, 'Rad Humans".
(upbeat music) (audience cheering)
- Lisa and Bella, awesome to meet all of you.
- Thank you.
- So tell us about your life and the YouTube channel.
It must be very hard being a police officer.
- It is. It's got its moments.
- [Jay] Yeah.
- But it's, you know, it's rewarding also.
- [Jay] Yeah.
- In the division that I work in,
we get to work throughout the city.
So, it's not just one community.
We get to serve multiple communities throughout the city.
- And you're an Olympian. What's sport?
- Yeah, track cycling.
- Track cycling.
- Yeah, I represent it. Thank you!
(audience cheering) - [Jay] Okay.
Now Lisa, you're home with Bella most of the time.
Right? - Yes.
- Tell me, you started a school 'cause what?
You were getting bullied at school?
- No, I had a really hard time in public school.
- [Jay] Right.
- And these kids were banging on the desk.
We were watching movies all day.
- [Jay] Right.
- And it was just...
They shoved like too many kids like that had behaviors-
- Right.
- In the classroom with me.
So it wasn't a very good environment for me.
- So yeah, that's how the school came to be about, so.
- Okay, and what's the name of the school, Lisa?
- [Lisa] Agape Village.
- Agape Village, and where does that come from?
- It comes from God's love.
- [Jay] Oh, okay.
- [Lisa] So, God's love for us is infinite
and no limitations, and that's kind of how we think
of our children.
- [Bella] Yeah.
- [Jay] Oh, that's wonderful. - [Lisa] Especially is.
- It's an amazing...
I'm just an awe of this woman.
- [Jay] Yeah.
- Incredible. I just, I really am.
(audience clapping)
- [Jay] How long you've been married?
- [Dad] 26 years.
- 26 years?
- 26 years, and you know, when she first came up
with this idea to build a school for kids with special needs
and conditions for a higher purpose of learning
academically, spiritually and physically,
I honestly thought she was nuts.
I was going, I've never built a school.
A school? - Right.
- [Dad] And I mean, she was just relentless,
and now we are 13 students, three teachers,
and just chugging along.
I mean, it's just, it's been amazing.
It's been an amazing ride.
- So the kids are really learning
as opposed to just sitting and watching movies all day.
- Yes. - Absolutely.
- See, I would've been thrilled just to sit
and watch movies all day.
(all laughing) - Not me!
- (laughs) But you want to learn?
- Yeah.
- So Lisa, what's your day-to-day life like with Bella?
- You know, with Bella, there's a lot of daily living skills
that she can't do herself.
- [Jay] Right.
- So we do a lot of, you know, in the morning,
we start out taking her to the bathroom,
we do her hair, we brush her teeth,
all the daily living skills
that people can typically do for themselves
my husband and I do with her.
And he's a really great dad and super supportive,
and he'll work a 12 hour shift
and hear me giving her a shower in the morning
and hop up and come help me.
- Yeah. That's great.
That's wonderful. (audience claps)
Well, it's almost like we have a theme.
You've got the American Anthem deal going,
which this is kind of fits in there a little bit.
Doesn't it?
- Yeah, there's this show on PBS that we're doing,
and it's the same thing, just meeting heroes.
And it's so refreshing, I think, like in the news,
you're hearing a lot of bad stuff going on,
and then you're just reminded
that there's so many good people doing great things.
And like Bella, it's just so sweet to meet you.
And it makes me so happy.
- It drives me crazy when I turn on afternoon talk shows,
"Here's another terrible father."
And I go, well, where are the...
Can we get a good dad on the show for a change?
- [Lisa] Yeah that's important.
- [Jay] And you are certainly the epitome of that.
- Thank you. (audience clappoing)
- [Jay] There you go.
- I try to take as much off her plate as possible.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Jay] Well, that's wonderful. That's wonderful.
- Thank you.
- Now tell me about, you had a van?
- We did. So you know what?
The van is intact.
- Right? - Thank goodness.
You know, there's no parts on the street coming here.
It's an older van.
It's for Bell, and she has an electric wheelchair.
- [Bella] Yeah.
- And so this chair, we get around with her.
- I put on a line of car care products.
You got those, give me those car care products.
- (laughs) Right.
- You know, anyway, this is all Jay Leno polishes and waxes.
But wait, no, wait. (audience clapping)
Now hang on, hang on.
But then, I took a look at your van,
and I went, "What a piece of crap that van is!"
(all laughing)
You know, my products are way too good
to be put on some piece of junk like that.
(audience laughing) - It's true.
- So what I got for you, and I think you'll like this,
we got you a brand new Pacifica 22 van.
- Oh my God! (audience cheering)
Thank you so much! Thank you!
- Oh, yeah. You're welcome.
- Thank you so much. - Now see, there it is.
The cool thing is,
I think the Chrysler Pacifica is the best van out there.
- Thank you.
- And there's a company named BraunAbility,
and what they do is they convert...
It's interesting.
So a guy named Ralph Braun, just like you,
he had a handicap, but he didn't let it stop him.
So he decided to fix up his own van
so he could drive around in his wheelchair.
People were so impressed by it,
he built them for other people
and started a company called BraunAbility.
And that's what this is.
We sent this Chrysler Pacifica to that company in Indiana.
They re-did the whole thing to make it wheelchair access
and all that kind of stuff.
So, it's even got the LAPD blue, see the blue stripe?
- Yeah. (audience claps)
- We put the blue stripe in there for you too.
- Oh my God. Thank you so much.
What an amazing, oh.
- Thank you so much!
- [Jay] Now, this conversion is the largest interior
in it's class.
It's got removal front seats, strongest capacity,
extra wide door opening.
It's got everything you need-
- Thank you so much - to get around, so.
- This means a lot to me. Thank you!
(audience claps) - [Jay] There you go.
Like I said, you see people like this,
and every day there are people that just go through life
and do the right thing.
- [Dad] Thank you so much.
- And as a police officer, you do.
And as a mom, you do.
And you're starting the school,
and it's just fun.
It's as much fun to give as to watch you guys receive it.
So I hope you enjoy it. - Thank you.
- Thank you so much. - God bless all of you.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
Okay. Thank you very much. (audience claps)
- Oh my gosh! - It's amazing!
- I'm like, I'm like speechless.
- [Bella] Me too!
- [Dad] This is crazy.
- [Lisa] Oh my goodness. Oh!
- [Dad] Look at this, Bell.
Look at this.
(Bella laughs)
- [Bella] Whoa!
- [Lisa] Oh, this is beautiful.
- [Dad] This is incredible.
- [Lisa] Absolutely beautiful. - [Bella] Oh my gosh.
- I'm speechless.