thank you so much for joining us "out front." "ac 360" starts right now. >> iowa caucuses since making mark. sarah palin is back and standing with donald trump. >> god bless you. god bless the united states of america and our next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> endorsement came at a rally late today in ames, iowa. the two will campaign tomorrow. there are a lot of superlatives to describe on stage. the superlative you choose to describe the scene will probably

depend on your politics. we will just show you the highlights and say enjoy. >> stir it up maybe and choose one over some friends who are running and i've endorsed a couple of others in their races before they decided to run for president. i was told, you know, warned left and right, you are going to get so clobbered in the press. you are just going to get beat up, chewed up, spit up. and, you know, i'm thinking, and? yeah? you know what, you guys haven't tried to do that every day since that night in '08 when i was on stage nominated for vp and i got to say, yeah, i'll go. send me. you betcha. i'll serve. we are ready for a change. we are ready and our troops deserve the best. a new commander in chief whose track record of success has proven he is the master at the art of the deal. he is one to negotiate.

only one candidate's record of success proves he is the master of the art of the deal. he is beholden to no one, but we the people. how refreshing. he is perfectly positioned to let you make america great again. are you ready for that, iowa? no more pussy-footing around. our troops deserve the best. you zrst best. he is from the private sector. not a politician. can i get a hallelujah? for the gop establishment to be coming after donald trump's supporters even, with accusations that are so false, they are so busted the way that this thing works. we view a diverse dynamic needed support base that they would attack. and now some of them even whispering they're ready to

throw in for hillary over trump because they can't afford to see the status quo go. otherwise, they won't be able to be slurping off the gravy train that's been feeding them all these years. they don't want that to end! well, and then, funny -- ha ha. not funny. now they're wailing, well, trump and his trumpeters, well, they're not conservative enough. oh, my goodness gracious. what the heck would the establishment know about conservatism? yeah, our leader, a little bit different. a multibillionaire. not that there's anything wrong with that. but it's amazing. he is not elitist at all. i just hope you all get to know him more and more as a person and a family man and what he has been able to accomplish with his -- kind of this quiet

generosity. yeah, some would say gets in the way of that quiet generosity and compassion. if you know him as a person -- you'll get to know him more and more. you'll have more respect. not just for his record of success and good intentions for america. he is not an elitist. he builds big things, things that touch the sky, big infrastructure that puts other people to work. he has spent his life looking up and respecting the hard hats and the steel toed boots and the work ethic that you all have within you. he, being an optimist, passionate about equal opportunity to work. the self made success of his, you know that he doesn't get his power, his high off of opium, other people's money, like a lot of dopes in washington do. they're addicted to opium, where they take other people's money. and then their high is getting

to redistribute it, right? and then they get to be really popular people, when they get to give out your hard money. he doesn't do that. i want you to try to picture this. it's a nice thing to picture. exactly one year from tomorrow, former president barack obama -- [ cheers and applause ] >> -- he packs up the teleprompters and the selfie sticks and the greek columns and all that hopy changy stuff and heads back to chicago. where i'm sure he can find some community there to organize again. there, he can finally look up -- president obama will be able to look up. and there, over his head, he will be able to see that shining, towering trump tower. yes, barack, he built that.

and that says a lot. iowa, you say a lot, being here tonight, supporting the right man who will value to make america great again. god bless you! god bless the united states of america and our next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> what's interesting, that wasn't the only potential boost for trump supporters today. iowa governor called on fellow republicans to defeat ted cruz on caucus day. no endorsement for any other candidate. more like a loud anti-endorsement for cruz. best-known republican, long-serving governor to pick anyone but cruz. some are calling it a rough day for the senator from texas. we begin, though, with the real estate developer from new york. joining us with some quick thoughts, john king, gloria borjer. how much impact does sarah palin's endorsement have in iowa

and elsewhere? >> in this unorthodoxed, atypical year where donald trump is the front-runner, i don't want to overstate any endorsement, even that of sarah palin. donald trump is under attack from where? sarah palin, someone who has a great relationship with the conservative base says, of course he's a conservative. sarah palin, the vice presidential nominee for the republican party and governor of alaska says of course he's a republican. most importantly, what does donald trump do what no other candidate can do? dominates the media, on television, the internet and social media. who else in america, if you're thinking about a big political figure that can do that? sarah palin. in a crowded race if you can take up so much oxygen, that helps. >> gloria, it's not just an endorsement. sarah palin has agreed to campaign with donald trump in the coming days. much more active support. >> she will be there to mobilize the republican base, to energize

conservatives and evangelical voters who have had questions about donald trump, particularly ones raised by ted cruz and others. and so i think what she does is she commands the vast audiences. she mobilizes the voters and she's another celebrity. so, you have a star and another star. >> david, sarah palin did direct jabs at ted cruz, gave a shout out to rand paul. how much do you read into the fact that she didn't even mention cruz directly? obviously, palin/cruz had been allies up until now. she endorsed him and he credits her with helping him win the senate. >> there's no doubt she was a big help to him. he was trying to sort of preempt any attacks coming his way when he tweeted out recaller when there was speculation that she was going to endorse trump tonight saying no matter what she decides in 2016, he still has great respect for sarah palin. she's not going to throw -- she won't be the donald trump attack dog, i don't think, and throw attacks towards ted cruz. i just think she is an enormous

momentum halt at the moment for ted cruz. just as talk radio conservatives were starting to get a little itchy about donald trump and his attacks against cruz, she sort of is just able to jump in and halt all of that for a moment. cruz isn't going to concede the ground, obviously. he will fight like heck and get back on his message and taking his attacks to donald trump. my god, sarah palin will be a great validator in these final 13 days before the caucuses for donald trump. >> i want to look at what's in this for her, doing this right now. everybody stay right there. we'll take a quick break. we'll talk more after the break and talk about the long political romance that led up to this moment and shared responsibility trump and palin, at least, seem to have. later, there's new polling that shows a truly striking lead for bernie sanders in new hampshire. hillary clinton says she's ready for a long, tough campaign. we'll look at whether the numbers in new hampshire and elsewhere are pointing to that direction and what each candidate has to do to have to win.

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before we talk more with our panel about tonight's breaking news and the empacket of it, i want to play you another snippet of sarah palin endorsing donald trump. >> troops, hang in there. help is on way because he,

better than anyone -- isn't he known for being able to command fire aren't you ready for a commander in chief who will let our troops do their job and go kick isis' ass? >> pletcal sensibility as randi kaye reports, pointing to eight years ago. >> political romance between donald trump and sarah palin began during the campaign of 2008. >> she has made a tremendous impact. the impact that she has had on rejuvenating almost the republican party has been unbelievable. >> palin needed that vote of confidence, coming less than three weeks after her announcement, as mccain's vp. she was already facing tough questions about her experience. >> i'm the new -- >> reporter: questions that

would hit critical mass a week after trump's praise of palin during this now infamous interview with katie couric. >> what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this, to stay informed and -- >> i read most of them with a great appreciation for the press for the media. >> but what specifically, i'm curious? >> all of them. >> palin did not go on to become vice president and resigned as governor of alaska in 2009. she became a full-time pundit and released two books. then in 2011, at the height of trump's so-called birther campaign against president obama, the two had a highly publicized pizza date while palin flirted with her own run for president. >> how about a trump/palin ticket? >> sounds good. >> i respect what he's doing, putting his money where his mouth is. he's actually investigating his

speculation there on obama's birth certificate. >> fast forward to june 2015. donald trump announces he's running for president and says this. >> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. and some, i assume, are good people. >> reporter: it ignited a firestorm. palin defended him on facebook writing mr. trump should know he's doing something right when they go ballistic in the press. trump got more backlash saying this about john mccain. >> he was a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured i have to tell you. >> many wondered if it would be the beginning of the end to trump's medrise.

palin called them both heroes. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering our united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> and another defense by palin. >> he's talking about a temporary ban. we do have a very screwed-up system that is resulting in the bad guys coming on over. >> and today, the political love affair continues. it's anybody's guess just how far it will go. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> trump campaign got a reminder late today that sarah palin also brings her share of complications to the table. her son, trapp is arrested being held without bail until arraignment. john king, gloria borger.

when you hear ted cruz say he owes a lot to her, he's trying to take the high road but still this endorsement has to hurt. >> sure, it stings. when you have 12 candidates in the race, all of them are desperate to get attention. leading republican strategist e-mailed me. the other guys would have to get arrested to get nearly as much attention trump is getting for the second week in a row. this now because of sarah palin. ted cruz thinks he has the organization in iowa, enough enk ellical support in his corner that he can win or come in a dead heat with donald trump. already you do see some -- this was on the books already. but now donald trump has sarah palin. ted cruz will roll out glenn beck in iowa later this week. you try to bring in the celebrities to gin up some attention. i'm betting in trump camp they prefer to have sarah palin. don't kouvent count cruz out. he has a great organization on the ground.

this complicates -- and if trump can win iowa, people are saying the palin endorsement could be more valuable down the road if cruz falters, sarah palin could help donald trump with skeptical eveng elkals in the south perhaps. let's watch this play out. >> what does sarah palin want out of this? she's been kind of out of the mainstream spotlight for several years. she has a lot of clout among conservatives, published successful books, has had television shows. as the years tech by, she becomes, you know -- the distance grows between when she was toolly in the mix as a candidate or even as a governor. she didn't complete her term. what does she get? >> she gets to be a player again, gets to be back in the mix that she wants to be in. donald trump provides the perfect role for her. her speech tonight was the kind of tie establishment rift. i think that's what we'll hear a lot of from sarah palin.

she said they are so busted. and she said, you know, we are mad because we've been had. and that's what she's going to talk about. she's going to talk about political correctness, which donald trump talks about. i think they're singing from the same page. he's a star. and i think she adds to his star power. and, you know, it's going to be important to see the kind of crowds that she draws. because that's going to be key for donald trump. because she'll bring out those voters for him. and if he wins, she's going to be an important part of that. and he's going to owe her something. >> it's interesting, david, to have sarah palin saying that the establishment is claiming donald trump is not a conservative. but he really is. ted cruz is claiming donald trump is not a conservative, among others certainly. >> that is true. the establishment, i think, did it early on. remember, jeb bush tried that line of attack. it wasn't working when it came from jeb bush. what may work for ted cruz in

iowa is that it's coming from somebody who is perceived to be a real conservative and of that element of the party. it could have a little more sting for donald trump. trust me, talking to the cruz campaign today, they are going to continue that line of attack, that donald trump was, you know, for gay marriage or that he was pro-choice. that he supported tarp, the bailout in 2008, that he supported barack obama's stimulus package. these are all things that ted cruz started sprinkling in to his stump speech. they rolled out that 1999 interview with tim russert. that's where they'll continue to press the case that donald trump is not tried and true. that is why sarah palin being out there, day in and day out for these next two weeks for trump to try to push back on that is clearly going to be helpful to the trump campaign. >> even more fascinating. john king, gloria borger, stay with us. we'll have more on where this leaves ted cruz.

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endorsing donald trump. other big news, some may say bigger news, governor of iowa denouncing ted cruz. >> i believe it would be a big mistake for iowa to support him. i know he is ahead in the polls. the only poll that counts is the one they take on caucus night. i think it could change between now and then. i think this event is an important, significant step to helping educate the voters in this state. and this state is where it all begins. >> the question now, will this be a big boost or as big a boost for donald trump? our next guest in studio is donald trump's campain chair, veteran of iowa politics. knows better than most. and former ted cruz communications director, manny carpenter. and rich galen. sam, how good was today for your candidate? >> a great day for us. we had three big events.

we were down in john wayne's hometown, and a great event here in ames tonight with governor palin joining us in the venue. >> how important is not only sarah palin's endorsement but also the anti-endorsement of ted cruz by the governor? >> i think it's really a matter of which segment of voting population each might appeal to. i think with governor palin, she is a rock star still in the state of iowa. she has a tremendous following here. if you ever see social media associated with her, she has maintained a very high level -- high profile here in the state. it really helps. for us, i think it helps to galvanize voters for us. we're working well on that track to get people out to vote. i think this is huge. the other part of it is, i think it softens the support for other candidates. governor branstad came out here, talking about very important to the state of iowa, renewable

fuels. we know the record of senator cruz. it's not anything we ought to be surprised by. we have a governor who served longer than any other governor in the history of this country. he loves iowa. and he's here to support iowa. he will do all he can to make sure iowa is taken care of. part of that is to keep after the renewable fuel for us here in the state. >> conversely, how big a blow is this, both these things, for senator cruz, your former boss? >> i checked in with aides at the cruz campaign. sheer how they put it. they said one day, donald trump gets his day in the sun. but tomorrow he will have to quit standing behind sarah palin and governor branstad and explain to voters what kind of republican he is. frankly, i think this comes to why sarah palin's endorsement is so baffling to many conservatives. sarah palin came from the tea party movement. she was embraced at a time when we were all supporting conservative values, the constitution and, you know, donald trump doesn't -- he

hasn't shown to have those same principles. donald trump has been for the stimulus, the bailouts. he uses litigation as warfare against political opponents. he supports eminent domain and thinks he can tell private business where and how to do business. to me, that doesn't line up to what the tea party stood for. either donald trump is going to be supporting ethanol subsidies and not fighting for those tea party values or he's not. frankly, he has never been made to explain it. at some point he will have to explain it and explain what he does stand for aside from donal he will stand beside sarah palin for a while. she will be out campaigning with him. how significant of a day do you think this was? >> on the sarah palin front let me just say, fir, that i'm in full curmudgeon mode. i hate them all. >> you're in full, what did you

say, curmudgeon? >> yeah. >> okay. >> i don't think sarah palin brings very many new voters to trump. i think what amanda was saying may have some -- what everybody has been saying. it may harden his support for people who will vote for him anyway. i find it hard to believe that somebody who is not going to vote for trump will now vote for trump because of sarah palin. >> doesn't it sort of suck the air out of what everybody else's room? >> that's right. that's true. the other side of it is suffocation of the both candidates. trump, palin, trump -- i practiced this all the way to the studio. you have a palin drome of snorkiness. we'll see if she is given the same teflon treatment that donald trump has been given when she starts spouting off. i'm not sure that will be such a good thing. it's the old saying, be careful what you wish for. >> sam, can you give us any

sense of sort of how this endorsement came about? i mean, i assume they haven't necessarily been meeting a lot given donald trump's schedule. can you give us any sense of the backstory on this? >> you have to look at who we have employed in the campaign and that will gev you clear insight as to how the introduction may have occurred. i think there's also something we're not talking about. and that's the appeal of the message. this conservative populous message we have -- and i want to take exception to this. we have some of the strongest conservatives in the state of iowa and around the country working on this campaign. so i'm a little bit taken aback by the fact that we're accused of not being conservative because this campaign is staffed with conservatives and people who have a very strong sense of what the populpopulous message americans and americans first.

i don't think that there is out of sync with the tea party values at all. when i ran for the united states senate i was endorsed by the tea party patriots and so i think that we understand what those values are. and i think also if you take a look at how people evolve over time -- you know, we could sit here and talk about flip-flops and do all of that. we ought to just leave it at the fact that people evolve over time. particularly when they get older, see their children grow and have grandchildren, suddenly things start to settle in on them and they start to realize things aren't going in the right direction. i better start paying attention to this. maybe i can do something about it. >> amanda you can respond and then we have to go. >> one of the things that i like that sarah palin talked about in that speech was standing up to special interests. the biggest special interest in iowa is aethanol. if you're not willing to tell the truth how you'll stop those subsidies in iowa, how will you say that to the hundreds -- >> there are no subsidies.

there are no subsidies for corn ethanol in this state. >> okay. >> the only ethanol that gets any subsidies at all is bio mass and that has been -- >> but there's -- that's the only subsidies. >> that's not fair, though. there is a requirement that fuel almost everywhere have an ethanol component. so it may not be a direct sbsdy but there is a federal requirement that ethanol be used. >> that's controlled by the epa. >> if donald trump won't stand up for it he should not be trusted to fight special interest. that is my main point. >> we'll have more on ethanol later on this week. >> i'm not buying that. >> sam, amanda carpenter, rich galen, thank you all. a surge for bernie sanders in new hampshire. surge putting it mildly, according to new polling, his lead over hillary clinton is getting even bigger. john king will break down the numbers next.

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concept known as the favorability rating, sanders is off the charts compared to clinton. new poll was mostly conducted before sunday's democratic debate. anchor john king is back to break down the numbers. how big of a lead does bernie sanders have in new hampshire according to this poll? >> you don't need a calculator. democrats and independents who say they're likely to vote, 60% for bernie sanders, 33% for hillary clinton. sanders still leads. and with growing momentum, one top sanders' ally said can you please just say it's 15 or so because they don't want their team to get over confident. there are others showing a closer race. there's no question at the moment that bernie sanders has momentum. why does he have that momentum? look at his issues portfolio. jobs and the economy are number one. 10% say income and equality.

those are big issues for bernie sanders. compare that to a month ago when important policy was the number one issue. economy is now back at number one. income inequality has gone from 3% to 10% in just a month. issues portfolio among new hampshire democratic likely voters is tilted in bernie sanders' way. economy is the number one issue to voters and by 57% to 33%, they think bernie sanders is better able to handle the economy. you do see secretary clinton maintains her edge on foreign policy but jobs and the economy. now if she won, and the democratic voters think bernie sanders is the guy to handle that. >> are other things working in his favor in new hampshire beyond economic issues? >> that's a key factor in his momentum. he is the movement candidate, the change candidate. hillary clinton is trying to say i'm a better president, more electable. i don't need the tour of the oval office, for example. democratic voters, most likely to vote in the democratic

primary, who has more favorable wallets? 58%, sanders. bernie sanders seen more as a president. favorability, likability matters in politics. look at this. no question, new hampshire democrats, two-thirds, they like hillary clinton. but 91% for bernie sanders. of your candidates who is the least honest? 55% said hillary clinton. only 2% said bernie sanders. 5% say martin o'malley. they're not saying she's dishonest but the least honest of their candidates. remember, a lot of those republicans are in new hampshire all the time, attacking hillary clinton. it's talken a toll. >> john king, fascinating

numbers. ryan lizza, and anchor one news. this poll on erin's show, they were saying this is an outlier. what do you make of it? >> as swron pointed out you don't want to look at one poll but the trend. it is eye popping, right? he has built-in advantages. that favorability rating suggests that the clinton campaign, but not going after him, by allowing his favorability to be in the high 90s among democrats and by not giving new hampshire voters alternative information about bernie sanders, to raise some questions about him, to go negative, as the political consultants would say, may have been a big mistake, just as a lot of clinton veterans thought it was a mistake not to go more negative in barack obama in 2008

until it was way too late. i wonder in the final stretch here if they're going to start to, you know, bring out the -- go a little bit harder against bernie sanders. they have to do something to bring his numbers down. she is in danger of losing iowa and new hampshire at this point. >> and, paul, in terms of new hampshire voters, you pointed out in the past that they don't necessarily make up their minds till closer to the actual vote. could the end result end up being much different than we're seeing now? >> it can be dramatically different. exit polls from 2008, the last time we had a contested democratic primary up here, almost half the democratic primary voters didn't make up their minds until last week. that's the tradition on both sides, republican and democratic primaries. you had a lot of independents in your poll. where are the independent voters here in new hampshire? where are they going to go, democratic primary or republican primary? i was talking people close to both the hillary clinton and

bernie sanders campaigns in new hampshire and both were saying they thought the poll was an outlier, too big of a lead. both campaigns are saying that they don't believe the numbers. i will say, anderson, on a very bitterly cold night in new hampshire, your poll is making a lot of hot news. >> again, the numbers, 58% of those polled said sanders had presidential qualities. he got much higher marks on handling the economy than clinton. favorability 91%. granted he has the advantage of being, as you said, from a neighboring state. these numbers, do they point, do you think, to specific weak spots that clinton has in the minds of voters? >> two things. one, the trust question, of course, suggests that even democrats have questions about her trust. even democrats that like her. the second thing is, as you point out, people are starting to see him as presidential material. that was a big hurdle starting off in this race. he's an independent. self identifies as a socialist. he's an older candidate.

all these things that were sort of burdens at the start of the sanders' campaign that he is overcoming. remember, he is the kind of candidate that matches up very well with a certain type of democrat, right? >> right. >> liberal, white progressives, upper midwest and new england. they're plentiful. once the race leaves new hampshire and gets to the south, conventional wisdom has been, well, nonwhite voters, latino voters, african-american voters have never shown an inclination to support sanders. the next thing is to watch for those numbers change. does sanders break through that wall? then hillary clinton has a very big problem. >> i kept wondering what joe biden thinks, looking at this poll in particular. does he regret not jumping in the race? >> absolutely. showing some real clinton weakness. >> absolutely. look at the democratic makeup. doesn't necessarily represent democratic milwaukeeup of the rest of the country. how accurate of an indicator is it in terms of how the rest of the race will play out?

>> you make a good point. first two states, iowa and new hampshire, are overwhelmingly white, playing to bernie sanders' advantage. momentum could make a difference. >> it is, again, fascinating numbers. ryan lizza, paul steinhouser. we're bringing you stories from cnn anchors and correspondents about the people who change their lives. up next, dr. san yeah gupta introduces us to his mentor, and how she has made a lasting impact on his life and career. i'm here at my house, on thanksgiving day and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore.

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>> all this week, cnn anchors are honoring people who changed their life. dr. sanjay gupta's strength and perseverance in an extraordinary mentor. >> to take all this bone here and even some of the bone back here. >> okay. so it isn't hard to see why this woman is high impact. she's operating on the brain of this 2-year-old boy, training a team of surgeons. nearly 5 years after we first met, she is still teaching me

about the wonders of the brain. >> our job is to kind of recapitulate which i should have happened in nature. >> and, yes, doing all of this from a wheelchair. >> i remember the first too many i met her we were walking down the hall and talking. she wore a brace on her leg. i didn't know how fast to walk. i didn't know if i should walk more slowly, but i didn't want to be disrespectful. so i was kind of lingering along. and i'll never forget of the at some point she looked at me and said why are you walking so slow? let's go! >> that set the tone for us right from the beginning. you see, corrine isn't just the person who changed my life -- >> sanjay? >> yes, ma'am. >> she changed thousands. most of them her patients. >> everything has gone very well so far. all right. take care. >> no doctor i have ever met that can truly understand her patients like corrine. born with spina bifida,

malformation of her spinal cord, expectations weren't high, to put it gently. >> my grandmother and mother used to have these philosophical conversation about what would be good for me. my grandmother would say to my mother, don't push her so much. you know, a handicapped girl, the most she's ever going to do is sell pencils on a corner or be able to maybe help out in the library. and my mom would say, no, no, no. that's not true. you never know what kids can do. >> but even her own mother couldn't have predicted how quickly corrine would excel on the conventional playground of men. >> there's this great picture of you. i think at columbia. >> just graduated from medical school. >> you're easy to pick out in that picture. >> yeah. >> it's all men. >> all men in gray and blue suits. and what you can't tell in the photograph because it's black and white. i'm in a red and white suit at the apex of the triangle,

sitting in the front row. >> how did they treat you? >> i think that they treated me, at times, fairly. and some people were just great mentors. some of my mentors were, i think, damn proud of the fact that they could take someone who didn't look like the mold of a nurosurgeon and make them into a neurosurgeon. >> i present you, corine maarasko, the distinguished award winner. >> she didn't just break the mold. she shattered it. today, she has been given one of the highest awards from the congress of neurological surgeons. not just for her work in the united states, but around the world. >> thanks very much. appreciate it. >> okay. excellent. >> like here in guatemala, where she is volunteering her time to the neediest of patients. >> to be able to take a scalpel to another human being and leaving them with a scar, you have to have an awful lot of faith in the fact that you are going to be able to do something

good for them. >> things went really well. >> but if you truly believe that and never constantly ask yourself, am i doing the right thing, ooh, you're in trouble. >> tell me about when you guys first met. it was a blind date. >> blind date. >> first blind date that either of you had ever been on? >> never had a blind date before. >> a wife to husband, scott, and a mother to paxton and alexandria. two amazing children they adopted from russia. as i sat with them, the question i kept asking myself, how does a person with such genuine humility, who shattered all those molds, who redefined the rules also become the first woman chair of neurosurgery in the entire country? >> oh, lord. i never aspired to do that. i'll be very honest. i was the last person standing. this is absolutely true. >> come on! >> no, it's true. it's true! >> corrine, the modesty is -- >> it's the truth! it's the honest truth. >> it's not the truth. she wasn't the last person

standing. she was the first woman standing. >> i like that. that's great. >> before i had gotten to medical school i didn't really understand the value of mentorship, i think. a lot of people who -- if you were to ask them how important is a mentor and they told you not that important, it probably means they never had a great mentor. >> corrine always told me the things i needed to hear not what i wanted to hear. >> to be a little bit like your mom and your dad and remind you about what also you are, which is a doctor who took an oath, who cares so deeply about his patients, who recognizes that not an insignificant part of who he is is that physician, that surgeon. >> what i heard corrine say throughout my residency is i don't care who you are. the person who is working in the hospital, patient, colleague, whoever it may be, everyone matters equally and infinitely.

i love you. it's a great reminder of how necessary it is to take the time to tell people how much they changed their life. >> took you 25 years to get here. do you realize that? one of your hardest interviews. >> it probably is. is this weird for you? >> yeah. extremely weird. >> what an incredible, incredible woman. how challenging is her job, given her disability? >> look, when you're training -- when she was training, when i was training you're talking over 100 hours a week, just the training part of your life. some of the operations can take over a full day. imagine, she was in a brace, having difficulty even walking, let alone standing that long. she would do it. and i remember as part of this interview, sometimes you get to ask questions that i otherwise

would never ask and she said she just would come in earlier than everybody else and leave later. i said i never knew that. she said that was sort of the point. she just sort of did it so it was never an issue when she was training people and working extra hard. >> she is so inspiring, for young girls just to see. you have three daughters. >> yeah. >> she has to be a role model for them. >> she absolutely is. you know, there were a couple of things. i think you'll appreciate this. sometimes you have to be faced with a really significant obstacle to really recognize how far you can soar. i mean, i'm really lucky, i think, to have her in my life. >> i'm so glad we now all have her in our life. thank you, sanjay. amazing woman. the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany,

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