Interview with Spencer Stone on Terror Threat.
SCIUTTO: It's an honor and privilege to receive and it is one of the best seats in the house. I'm talking about Michelle Obama's box at the State of the Union address tonight. Seated will be the vice president's wife, Jill Biden, Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, as well 23 others, including our next guest, U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Spencer Stone. He's with me here tonight. Spencer, you made headlines in August with this acts of heroism that stopped a potential terrorist attack on this train in France. Tonight, we know we hear that the president is going to talk about responding to the terror threat. I'm just curious as someone that has literally faced it, what would you like to hear from the president?</s>SPENCER STONE, U.S. AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT: I'd like to see where he sees our country in the next couple years and what his plans are for his last year in office. He still has a lot of time to do some things. I think he's going to get it done to the best of his ability.</s>SCIUTTO: Let me ask you then about the moment as it happened. You're on the train. You see the attack underway. You saw his weapon. You knew what you were risking there. I'm fascinated by people in moments of acts of heroism of what they are thinking where you make that decision. What went through your mind?</s>STONE: The decision was made a long time ago. I always mentally prepared myself for a moment like that because I knew it's realistic. At least my family is going to know I went down trying.</s>SCIUTTO: You thought you were going to die?</s>STONE: Yes, sir.</s>SCIUTTO: The gun was pointed at you and the bullet didn't go off.</s>STONE: He tried to shoot at me. It was a bad primer. So that gave me more time to run at him before he could load another round and I was able to get to him. My other friends joined in, helped out and we subdued him.</s>SCIUTTO: I cover terrorism. That's my beat here at CNN. I get a lot of questions from people, how likely am I to face an attack. I get that question all the time. Should I go to Paris? There was a bombing here today. The president, we hear, has tried to balance the actual threat of terrorism to say it's a threat, but you're more likely to get struck by lightning. Not to minimize it, but go on living your life.</s>STONE: Exactly. That's what I keep saying to people.</s>SCIUTTO: You get that same message?</s>STONE: You can't live your life in a bubble. You can't be thinking of these things constantly. You have to keep going. If things like that happen, you have to be ready to respond. Mentally prepare myself. Say, OK, if I'm in a situation, which is what I'll do, and I did it.</s>SCIUTTO: I went it to Paris for the most recent attacks. I talked to witnesses who describe the look on the faces of attackers as being blank, just blank, almost, not like a Robert, but almost like expressionless. I wonder, as you were rushing the gunman, what did you see? What did you see in his eyes?</s>STONE: I kind of blacked out. I was expecting a gun shot to go off. In the midst of the fight, it took two minutes to get him unconscious and take everything away from him. But my friend told me when he was hitting him in the face, he was giving us a blank stare back. No emotion.</s>SCIUTTO: No feeling for anything?</s>STONE: No feeling for anything.</s>SCIUTTO: Final question. Next steps, do you think about running for office?</s>STONE: I think I need a lot more experience and knowledge to be able to take that job on. But I'd be willing to work towards that.</s>SCIUTTO: You would. Good to hear. In the meantime, are we going to see you in the movies? We'll see -- I don't know, who is going to play you in the movie? Who would you like to see play you in the movie?</s>STONE: People always ask me that question. I don't know. Who knows? My friend, Anthony, says he wants Will Smith to play him. Alex says</s>SCIUTTO: You can do worse than that. Spencer Stone, we thank you for your service. Great to get the chance to meet you. Our coverage of President Obama's final State of the Union address begins tonight at 7:00 eastern right here on CNN. That's it for me today. Wolf Blitzer will be back tonight. And tomorrow, Wolf sits down with the King Abdullah of Jordan. That interview will air Wednesday evening at 5:00 p.m. eastern on "The Situation Room" here on CNN. The news will continue right after this break.