>>> IT’S TIME FOR THE HIGHS AND
LOWS OF THE WEEK.
WE ARE GOING WITH ALL HIGHS.
OUR FIRST HIGH TO A MAN NAMED
JONATHAN IRONS WHO SPENT NEARLY
23 YEARS IN A MISSOURI PRISON
FOR A CRIME HE SAYS HE DID NOT
COMMIT.
THIS FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND, HE
IS A FREE MAN.
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>> LAST FALL ON THIS SHOW, WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT JONATHAN AND HIS
UNLIKELY HERO.
WNBA SUPERSTAR MAYA MOORE.
SHE SHEPTEPPED AWAY FROM THE GAM
TO HELP THE 40-YEAR-OLD IRONS
WHO WAS 18 WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED
AND GIVEN A 50-YEAR SENTENCE FOR
BURGLARY AND ASSAULT.
THE 31-YEAR-OLD MOORE, WHO FIRST
MET IRONS AS PART OF A PRISON
MINISTRY, TOOK LAST SEASON OFF
TO FIGHT FOR HIS RELEASE,
LAUNCHING A PETITION IN HIS NAME
AND STARTING A FOUNDATION FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
IN MARCH, A JUDGE VACATED IRONS’
CONVICTION.
THEY DECLINED A RETRIAL ALLOWING
HIM TO WALK FREE.
MOORE WAS THERE FOR THE MOMENT
OF HIS RELEASE, JOINING
JONATHAN’S FAMILY AND
SUPPORTERS, MOORE DROPPING TO
HER KNEES AS SHE SEES JONATHAN
WALK OUT.
MOORE POSTED VIDEO OF THE MOMENT
TO INSTAGRAM WITH A SIMPLE
CAPTION, FREEDOM.
SGLI FEEL LIKE
>> I FEEL LIKE I CAN LIVE LIFE
NOW.
I’M FREE.
I’M BLESSED.
I THANK EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTED
ME, MAYA, THE FAMILY.
I’M SO GRATEFUL.
>> WELCOME HOME, JONATHAN.
WELL DONE, MAYA.
>>> OUR NEXT HIGH GOES TO A
YOUNG BUY IN ENGLAND INSPIRING
THE WORLD WITH HIS FUND-RAISING
EFFORTS FOR THE HOSPITAL THAT
SAVED HIS LIFE.
A 5-YEAR-OLD IS A DOUBLE AMPUTEE
WHO LOST BOTH OF HIS LEGS AS A
RESULT OF ABUSE AS A BABY.
HE SET OUT TO RAISE $600 FOR THE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WHERE HE
SPENT TIME AS A NEWBORN BY
WALKING SIX MILES BEFORE THE END
OF JUNE.
TONY JUST LEARNED TO WALK ON
CRUTCHES.
HE WAS INSPIRED BY OUR GOOD
BUDDY, 100-YEAR-OLD CAPTAIN TOM,
THE WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO
RAISED MORE THAN $40 MILLION FOR
BRITISH HEALTH CARE WORKERS BY
WALKING LAPS IN HIS GARDEN.
ON TUESDAY, THE LAST DAY OF
JUNE, YOUNG TONY REACHED HIS
GOAL, COMPLETING THE WALK ON HIS
NEW PROSTHETICS IN FRONT OF A
BIG HOMETOWN CROWD.
REMEMBER, TONY’S GOAL WAS TO
RAISE 600 BUCKS.
WHEN THE TOTAL CAME IN, HE DID
SLIGHTLY BETTER.
RAISING MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION.
TONY EARNED PRAISE FROM ACROSS
THE UK, INCLUDING A TWEET FROM
THE ROYAL FAMILY AND A MESSAGE
FROM CAPTAIN TOM HIMSELF.
>> WELL DONE, TONY.
HAVEN’T YOU DONE WELL?
>> TONY, YOU ARE THE MAN.
AMERICA LOVES YOU, TOO.
>>> OUR FINAL HIGH GOES TO A
PAIR OF WOMEN WHO BECAME VIRAL
STARS WHILE WORKING FROM HOME.
SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING ON
LIVE TELEVISION THEIR SKILLS AS
EXPERTS AND MOTHERS.
THIS WOMAN SAY PUBLIC HEALTH
NETWORK WHO APPEARED TO TALK
ABOUT CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWNS.
HER YOUNG DAUGHTER SCARLET MADE
A SURPRISE APPEARANCE OF HER OWN
TO REARRANGE SOME ARTWORK IN THE
BACKGROUND.
>> WHAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?
>> SHE’S SCARLET.
>> I THINK IT LOOKS BETTER ON
THE LOWER SHELF.
>> WHAT’S HIS NAME?
>> DO STOP ME IF YOU --
>> I’M GOOD.
>> WHAT’S HIS NAME?
>> MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN.
>> HIS NAME IS CHRISTIAN.
>> YES.
>> THE ANCHOR JOKED THAT THE
INTERVIEW WAS THE MOST
INFORMATIVE ALL DAY.
MINUTES LATER, THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS EDITOR HAD HER HANDS
FULL AS WELL WHILE DISCUSSING
CHINA’S NEW HONG KONG LAW AND
TAKING A SNACK REQUEST FROM HER
SON.
>> DAVID CAMERON WAS -- I’M
SORRY.
THAT’S MY SON ARRIVING.
SORRY.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
SORRY.
YES, YOU CAN HAVE A BISCUIT.
>> SHE TWEETED AFTERWARD, HER
SON’S NEGOTIATING SKILLS DID NET