>> reporter: hard to hear. i don't know if you were able toer that. we hear explosions from the vol contain pope anyway, being here on pop of katla, this coal volcano so many icelanders fear, frankly, it feels like we're in another world. doesn't feel like we're on earth. >> gary tuchman, going the work out there. >> up there a while now. has a place in iceland by now. doing great work. updates about all of that. >> can you pronounce -- >> eyjafjallajokull. >> you know he can. sorry. wanted to you say that one more time. >> we want to hear you say it all day long today. >> i had to do it all day long about two days before i got it. >> very rhythmic. >> totally wrong, by the way. >> thanks, t.j. >> see you. >> you nailed it. have a great day. thanks a lot. a serious threat across parts of the south particular. the stage is set for what could be an extremely dangerous

tornado outbreak today. watches and warnings already posted in so many states. the highest risk areas right now, live pictures of, right now of memphis, but mississippi, alabama. also in the bull's eye, and now looking at new orleans. they are also keeping a close watch of a potential for severe weather today. bonnie schneider is in the cnn severe weather center. take a look and what's narrowing in on the potential for these areas? >> fredricka, tracking tornado warnings that worked they're way from mississippi into alabama and back off farther towards arkansas. an extremely active morning. heading into the afternoon, get ready for things to fire up even more. little rock, arkansas, facing intense weather now with intense thunderstorms. on this picture now you can see the frequent lightning strikes happening across the area due to this widespread severe weather outbreak. birmingham hit hard with heavy rain and also a lot of rain working its way across the border now even into alabama and

georgia. now, to the south in alabama i want to show you what mobile looks like. definitely looking at wet and stormy conditions there. mobile is part of our area that is under a tornado watch. and that will concentrate into the afternoon and evening hour. you can see the watch also extends further off to the west, including the city of new orleans. however, the two watchboxes you see here for memphis and nashville and tennessee, for jackson, mississippi, birmingham, alabama. it's even more serious. that's right. this is classified as a particularly dangerous situation, or a pds watch. rarely issued. when they are, take notice. it means if a tornado breaks out in this vicinity with this particular complex what we're looking at in terms of thunderstorms and risk of tornadoes, the tornadoes produced would be extremely violent, very long-lasting and super intense. a really rough day ahead and not just, as i mentioned, into tennessee. the severe weather threat is across the southeast.

so much so into mississippi, alabama, a small portion of louisiana, tracking a high risk for tornadoes anywhere in this vicinity with a 25 mile square radius looking at a chance of a tornado coming out. high risk also. rarely issued by the storm prediction center. had this happens you really have to take it seriously. >> right. and usually we see this kind of thing happening early on in the spring season. kind of a delayed start for this kind of severe threat, but here it is. >> absolutely. a late start since 2005. latest start, really. not by any indication it's going to about slow season. >> bonnie schneider, check back with you. >> sure. now to a storm of another sort. the nation's toughest new immigration law under fire. here's what we know now. arizona's governor signing the controversial legislation yesterday amid protest. advocacy groups already planning legal challenges, authorizing police to check whether someone is in the country illegally. arizona officials saying they

must do what the feds won't do, and that they are fully aware of the scrutiny. >> people across america are watching arizona. seeing how we implement this law. ready to jump on even the slightest misstep. >> critic the vow to fight the new law, which we are told takes effect later on in the summer. thelma gutierrez has more on reaction from many in arizona's hispanic community and beyond. [ chanting ] >> reporter: the governor just signed a bill into law, and if you take a look around you can see thousands of people gathered here in front the state capitol in phoenix. the emotions of sadness and angster are palpable. >> i started to try. started to think about my family and my friends. about everything that's going to happen. about how thing, going to change from now on.

>> reporter: what was your first reaction when you heard that the law was signed? >> well, disappointed at one point. fighting against this all this injustice going into the state. of course, for all the community out there, of course, we're going to feel a fear of what's going on. >> reporter: many are young students and latinos but not alone in their indignation. what was your first reaction? >> i cried. how could we do this to people? >> hopefully this will stir up the masses to come out and get the politics of this state turned around in the right direction. >> it took a lot for me to wear this, and you know, it's just a travesty today. >> very disappointed. [ chanting [ sncht. >> reporter: organizers are telling this crowd to fight back in the best way they can, by registering to vote. and making a political voice

heard. thelma gutierrez, cnn, arizona. and in washington, president obama planning legislation before the governor actually signed it into law. >> our failure to act responsible at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others, and that includes, for example, the recent efforts in arizona, which threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as americans. as well as the trust between police and their communities that is so crucial to keeping us safe. in fact, i've instructed member ever my administration to closely monitor the situation and examine the civil rights and other implications of this legislation. governor brewer counters that arizona would not have had to resort to such a law if the federal government was sufficiently enforcing national immigration laws. we'll talk to our legal guys momentarily about the implications of this law and what might be next. meantime, president obama is also talking about the state of the economy and financial reform.

today in his weekly radio address, the president called new reports from the auto industry encouraging. general motors announced this week it will repay billions of dollars in government loans five years ahead of schedule, and chrysler says it boosted this cash reserve by a billion and a half dollars. denight is news, tighter federal oversight over wall street is needed to prevent another financial crisis. >> no matter what the economic specifics say, i won't be satisfied until folks who need work can find good jobs. an a recession that stole 8 million jobs, this is going to take some time, and this will require that we continue to tackle the underlying problems that caused this turmoil in the first place. in short, it's essential that we learn the lessons of this crisis. or we risk repeating it. >> the american people should not be forced to pay the risky gambling debts of the large financial institutions. the democrats pushed a bill

through the senate banking committee that does not stop future bailouts. republicans have been attacked for speaking out against it, and asking for bipartisan negotiations before allowing the bill to be debated on the senate floor. >> all right. perhaps you have some money questions? a pair of financial experts join us later today with answers and advice. ken and daria dolan, great answers for your questions. submit them at cnn.com/fredricka or logon to my facebook page, frd frd@k fredricka whitfield@cnn.com. and will a law stand up in court? cnn legal eagles weighing in. i thought you said carl was our best presentation guy. [ worker ] well, he is. last week he told my team about fedex office print online for our presentations. we upload it to fedex office, then they print, bind, and ship it. the presentation looks good, right? yes, but -- you didn't actually bring carl with you.

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attorney join us from cleveland, ohio. good to see you. and richard lerman a new york crim nell defense attorney and law professor joining us from new york. right? >> hi, fred. >> always got to ask, richard. you're all over the place, all over the country. >> no tornadoes here. no tornadoes up here. beautiful. >> good. just a storm of this controversy. right? let's talk about this arizona law, and avery, you first. it's been signed into law. will this be enforced late summer, as scheduled? >> oh, i think there will be an effort by the state of arizona to enforce it. i think it's likely that you may see a federal district judge enjoining, stopping, the enforcement, because the legislation, fredricka, is flatly unconstitutional. >> because -- >> because several reasons. violates supremesy laws, is fourth amendment. multitude of issue. i thought more deeply about this and understand that this is motivated by frustration.

doesn't justify and unlawful act, but i am certain legislators, most know better know it's unconstitutional. they're frustrated with washington. >> a federal judge may be enjoining, trying to stop this law from actually taking place, how long would that take? would that take months, months, perhaps after, this law actually goes into effect? >> no. i think would be immediate. the court would grant a restraining order, and stop it before it is enforced which would be late july, early august. >> okay. richard, how do you see this playing out? the governor reassures people that police will be trained so that people aren't just arbitrarily stopped. that police feel they have good reason to stop the people that they do? what kind of training would have to take place? >> well, fredricka, the grounds will be reasonable suspicion that they're illegal. those of the grounds in the statute enacted. reasonable suspicious, avery know, a well accepted principle

in criminal law, enacted every single day on detepgs, when police officers detain people, based and reasonable suspicion. that is the standard there. but avery hit on something very important, fredricka. you know, it's easy on the east coast to comment and criticize this statute, but we're phoenix is the kidnapping capital of the world, crime right through the roof. schools overcrowded, murder rates through the roofened and they sit and wait year after year for the federal government to be responsible an enact a global immigration policy, it's not happening, and they're frustrated and took the first move. >> you really are describing what some might call special circumstances? arizona can consider itself a special circumstance, and perhaps a number of other border states that are watching this closely who really may jump and kind of -- jump on this bandwagon saying we want to do the same thing? >> well i think -- >> fred -- go ahead, richard. >> go ahead, avery. >> i respectfully disagree. i do not think it's

unconstitutional and i think it's enforceable. while president obama says i'm going to look at the civil rights violations here. really, with all due respect, mr. president, look into global immigration reform for our country. there's 11 million illegal individuals in the united states right now. >> that's easier said than done. i mean, clearly, you've got a president that just finished health care, and while, of course, immigration reform is necessary, i think all of this is a political act, richard. i think it's nothing more than an unconstitutional piece of legislation basically geared to sticking pins in members of congress and the administration to get immigration policy done. >> so this really is, while the state says they want to take a stab at trying to fix or stop a problem, you know, the problem that is now being opened up is, there are a number of people saying, they're being stopped unfessly. they're going to be put through all kind of hoops unnecessarily, because the state says you know, we are at wit's end and don't

know what else to do and that's the justification. >> that's exactly right. >> and that's where the legal challenges will come, fred. reasonable is a sfoigs detain this person and then take them in. those going to be the legal challenges, but in the statute, citizens ar allowed to sue police officers to compel them to stop people and arrest them. >> yeah, and also police officers are immune from litigation in this legislation. it is a total hodgepodge. it's not going to work. again, it's politically motivated. i mean i can't believe the attorney general of arizona actually con clucluded in any research one can do this. striking me so obviously unconstitutional. >> we'll talk about more cases coming up including your favorite players, rob blagojevich. >> and ben roethlisberger now in in the picture. >> right. as it pertains to -- pertains to the blagojevich case, talking

about the u.s. president now apparently called to be a potential witness. i know you have commented and it before. now i don't know. there is steam behind this movement. we'll find out from you what you think. peter out or gain steam? even more momentum, perhaps?

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from this ray to help manage the species. >> the skin on and filets. >> let me play with it. i want to get my hands on it and see if we can do something with it actually. >> called the tokyo style ray oyster modeled after a japanese tuna hand roll. we said, how do we now complete this dish to tell the entire story? and that's when we decided to bring in a chesapeake oyster on the dish. so we play the two against each other. >> bigger picture, our goal is to help solve the big, bigger problem in the chesapeake. this is our little way of being able to do it, in our four walls. >> it's more than just what's on the plate. that's what make it is a good dish.

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well he went on to rail against the federal prosecutor this week. listen. >> the government sneaking into court tomorrow to try to file a motion to keep all the tapes from being heard. now, why are they doing that? they're doing it for two reasons. one, they know when all the tapes will be played they will show i've done nothing wrong, prove my innocence and that patti did nothing wrong. the second reason, the reason they an we know, there's a smoking gun on those tape. and the smoking gun is that the government is covering up a big lie mr. fitzgerald gave to the world when he had me arrested on december 9th and tolded whole world he heard tapes and telephone conversations and they had to arrest a sitting governor because he was quote/unquote, stopping a crime spree before it happened. >> a bold man. unafraid of going to the mike. unafraid of trying to subpoena the president of the united states. it's unlikely the president will actually be in court.

what do you think? weigh in at my blog. go to cnn.com/fred deke kaw and have your say. we'll share comments later. meantime, what our legal experts have to say about all this. richard herman, avery freeman back with us. richard, you first. the chances of the president of the united states subpoenaed and actually showing up in court for this corruption trial of rob blagojevich? >> he's not going to walk through the courthouse doors and take the witness stand in this case. however i absolutely believe he is going to be compelled to give videotaped deposition testimony that will be used at the trial. >> do you? >> i do believe that. blagojevich is speaking about relevant testimony that could be helpful for the defense in this case. his defense is, this was business as usual in chicago. this was his senate seat that we're talking about here. nobody else's. this is the president involved -- his transition team had involvement here.

he's going to be able to get the testimony. it's -- >> wait, wait. i'm wondering works that other credence, then, to the allegation that the president before he was president, knew something about a deal trying to be struck for his vacated spot, even if he were to do videotaped testimony, or would it just be smarter for, you know, his team to continue to say that maybe his transition team knew something about it but the president didn't. why in the world would he want to testify, whether on tape or live? >> right. i mean, i respectfully disagree. there may be some deposition testimony, but the fact is, if you study the history when presidents have been subpoenaed in cases, there are a handful, but there has to be some connection. i read this 11th page rambling. it doesn't seem to connect directly anything. connect valerie and a bunch of other people. the fact is, there is no direct connect unlike the thomas

josephson, richard nixon. other cases. no think it will be granted. >> richard, you feel like a pretty good potential? the president in one way, shape or form will find his way in this corruption trial? >> 100%. >> 0%. >> we want to hear from you at home, too. your comments on my blog, or facebook page, and we'll get those comments on the air. shifting gears and talk about former detroit mayor kwame kilpatrick in trouble again. this type, richard and avery, saying, i want to just offer $ 6 in restitution, can't afford more, even though he's living a high flifr a sizable dallas home and all kinds of other allegations how he's spending money. the judge came down hard on him and said, no. you're going to have to pay up. in fact, you've violated probation. now he is potentially facing jailtime, richard. explain this one. >> well, not potentially headed.

at his last hearing -- >> he is for sure? in your best interests to get your affairs in order nap came from the bench. he's going, fred. the only question is, is he going for less than a year, or more than a year. >> i see. okay. maximum of five years he's facing, right? >> yeah. >> recommend a year. >> richard's right. the fact is the judge said, mike sure your life is in order. you're coming back may 25th. that's the date. no question. i think bottom line, looking at about a year, maybe less. he's going to jail. >> my goodness. >> no doubt. >> okay. this is interesting saga that continues to go on and on. >> absolutely. >> ben roethlisberger. here we go again. now, while in georgia, prosecutors say we've got no case here. not going to press charges based on allegations of sexual assault, but the nfl then did weigh in and say, this was violation of simply his conduct as a sportsman for the nfl. so a six-game suspension,

richard. if the nfl makes this kind of move and says his behavior or suspicion surrounding his behave sir not good, does that offer georgia authorities to perhaps look a little closer as to whether there really is something to that case? >> no. georgia authorities have dropped the ball on this. it's not going to be a crim nah prosecution. brought a civil case. might somehow play somehow in the civil case, but this is the nfl. you don't have a constitutional right to play in the nfl, but if you do play in the nfl, you are bound by the nfl's code of conduct. and that gives the president of the nfl, mr. goodell, the ability to hand out the suspensions. he's done 16 of them since he's been appointed president, and roethlisberger got six years, if he's a good boy -- six games. excuse me. >> cost $2.8 million. right? >> yeah. by the way -- by the way, the steelers also got whacked for a couple 00,000 bucks under nfl

rules the team is responsible for the personal conduct of the players. quite a big deal. but i agree somewhat. i do think the civil matter is not insignificant consent. however, the evidence, evidentiary standards the nfl uses have nothing to do with the civil access but certainly doesn't help ben. certainly going to help this young woman reportedly molested. >> oh. >> fred, if he portrays himself as a good citizen now. abesides by the therapy they want him to take and he does everything good here, you know, he could be back after only four games. >> oh. okay. all right. there's hope for ben roethlisberger to get back on the field. >> maybe not -- >> trade rumors. >> maybe not in pittsburgh. >> trade rumors in pittsburgh. >> right. >> a lot of trade rumors now. >> you guys are in the know on every level. we can count on you all the time. >> you require us to prepare, actually. we actually have to do that. >> i love that. >> only 15 cases to prepare for

today, fred. >> i know. you know, we could have had more, but, darn. we're out of time. >> all right. >> all right. avery, richard, thanks. good to see you. have a great weekend. >> you, too. something else bubbling up on the horizon. powerful storms rumbling across the south already. more could come later. a serious threat of tornadoes actually in memphis and other major city. we'll find out where the biggest we'll find out where the biggest danger might be.

updating top stories, a serious tornado outbreak in the south. highest risk areas as follows -- mississippi, alabama, parts of tennessee. now you're looking at live pictures out of nashville. clearly, very damp. you see the water on the lens there. let's find out with our bonnie schneider what the potential is for nashville, memphis, and so many other cities. >> very high, fredricka. already seeing tornado warnings breaking out across mississippi into alabama. unconfirmed reports of tornadoes in alabama from fire officials in the city of ward. i'm checking on that right now. alities getting reports of trees down and some damage to homes in

meridian, mississippi, due a possible tornado. unconfirmed at this time. the warnings, you can see, xaft right where the quell is going through. on into tennessee. the bigger picture, speaking of tennessee, shows that memphis and nashville are und atornado watch persisting through the afternoon. hattiesburg, mississippi, down through new orleans also under a tornado watch. however, the watches existing here for central mississippi, alabama and western tennessee are listed as a particularly dangerous situation. a pds watch. what does that mean? enhanced language means even more severe than a regular tornado watch, because if a tornado does break out in this reason it is likely to be violent and long-lasting. pds watches are rarely issued. so had they are, we like to bring them to you so you're well aware of the risk. is risk is high for much of this region. thunderstorms sweeping across much of the southeast. one of the places we're seeing intense storm activity, i mentioned, birmingham. working its way further to the east and there it goes across

atlanta, georgia. bright flashes of lightning happening now. i just checked latest reports. reports of hail. three quarters inch in diameter in cobb county, georgia. not under a tornado watch out in but definitely looking at that continuing threat for severe fredricka, more coming up. >> look forward to that. challenges over arizona's tough new immigration law. here's what we know now. at least two latino advocacy groups are preparing to challenge the law in court. it requires police to question people about their immigration status if they suspect they are in the country illegally. immigrants unable to produce proper documents could be arrested, jailed for up to six months, and fined. and thousands of people protested outside the state capitol yesterday claiming the law will lead to racial profiling. it goes into effect, the law does, to be enforced as late as

this summer. the latter part of the summer that is. the fallout reaches way beyond arizona's borders. our deputy political director paul steinhauser is watching it unfold from washington. paul what are the national implications of this new law? >> reporter: yeah, fred. what's going on in arizona to cause controversy over that new law could have an impact back here at the nation's capital. it could be a kick in the pants to the white house and democrats in congress to kind of moving facilitier now on their push to pass immigration reform in congress. and we're seeing this is interesting, because the president and the white house and democrats in congress have been talking about trying to get immigration reform done. now all the attention there in arizona plus the large protest marches in favor of immigration reform here in washington and across the nation a couple weeks' back. both of those could push, help push forward on this. dana bash reporting yesterday congressional democrats try to fast track immigration reform, jump it ahead of clean energy reform, try to get it done this summer or this fall before the

november election. >> how much more involved might we expect the white house to be on this? we've heard the president's comments on this law. is the expectation the president will say i've said what i've said, it's on record and might there be more? >> reporter: there might be more. yesterday he made his comments. pretty tough. made before the sign was signed into law by the governor, and the national homeland security secretary, janet napolitano, you remember, used to be the governor of arizona, pretty tough in her comments last night. look at this. our cnn exit polls from the 2008 presidential election. you can see two-thirds of them voted in favor, or fred obama. only three in ten for mccain. important in this election and a lot of people are upset the president who promised to move forward on such legislation in this first year. in the second, they're a little upset with him. partly behind this new push to pass a new bill in congress. fred? >> paul steinhauser, thanks from

washington. appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you. apparently it's never too late for just it. reopening cold cases from the civil rights era, next.

i'm cnn meteorologist bonnie schneider. we have this just in. a large tornado has been confirmed by national weather service meteorologists. track 2g near valley park, in mississippi. and some of the cities under the gun for this tornado include holly bluff, tinsley, and benton. all moving to the northeast, pretty rapidly at about 55 miles per hour pap fast-moving storm right here. you can see. in between these two highway, 20 and 55. there's jackson. now, the counties are under a

tornado warning. at least for the next 15 to 20 minutes. part of a widespread area of severe weather that's breaking out. this is one the first reports that we have of a confirmed tornado on the ground by national weather service officials. remember, mississippi is part of an area that we are tracking today for severe weather throughout the day and into the evening as it tennessee and alabama. and even into parts of georgia seeing severe weather right now. mississippi in particular is part of a region, again, the area we're tracking for severe weather right now with tornadic activity. a particularly dangerous situation meaning tornadoes that come through this area, violent. tracking it again in the vicinity of yazoo city, confirmed tornado on the ground. we'll keep bringing you the latest. more coming up on "cnn newsroom." ( tires screeching ) there's never been a better time...

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who lost love ones during the civil rights era. murders, missing persons cases. all of it still unresolved. the event is called "never too late for justice" hosted by the syracuse university law school's cold case justice initiative pap group of law professors and students dedicated to trying to solve these cases forgotten by almost everyone, except, of course, the victims' families. so here to tell us all about it the program's co-director, professor paula johnson and relatives of warless jackson, a mississippi factory worker killed in a mysterious explosion. the family members, his sister denise ford are joining me right now. good to see all of you. this valley a powerful moment that so many families have been wondering over the years, whatever happened to my brother? my father, my mother, et cetera? and this is a collection of a lot of energies now trying to say, let's offer each other

comfort, at the same time, let's get close, professor to trying to solve this. how do you do this? >> yes. well we brought the families together and asked if they would be interested in getting together to meet and speak with each other. because although so many cases have happened, generally people have been treating them in an isolated way. we thought the family members needed to get together in a space that was simply for them. no interference from anyone else. just to be able to talk about what they experienced and what they would like to see happen in the man e of justice, in the manner of continuing to cope with the situation. what they want. their vices are the clearest once heard on these issues? >> what are the discussions like? i would imagine a lot of family members say it's hopeless, never will be resovred. thought tab exhaustively, have hosts of other people, lawmakers, or people enforcing law, prosecutors, would have gotten involved and haven't. >> yes, but that's precisely why

the title is "never too late for justice." even though many of the cases sfrem the civil rights era and many are unsompled, there have been some successful prosecutions. so people can take inspiration from that to know even though their own cases haven't been solved yet, that there still may be the possibility of that. so until we know absolutely that there is no possibility, we will continue to try to help them in investigating and work with the authorities who can bring prosecutions on the local and federal level. >> i wonder is that your hope? do you feel this case will be solved this many years after the fact? your dad on his way home from work, correct? in mississippi, active naacp member, somehow he was targeted. do you know the story it's a to why he was targeted? what happened that his truck would mysterious kploed? the conclusion was he was murdered, right? >> correct. 2 was the fact he stepped in a position that was only held for

whites to make 17 cents an hour, to better his family and his life was threatened. they told him not to accept the promotion because this position was held for whites only. >> so do you feel like now so many years after the fact there really could be have resolution here? that this crime could be solved, particularly because of what syracuse university is trying to do here? >> yes. i do feel that with the help of syracuse and paula, and then we will seek some type of justice. i used to tell them all the time, after 40-some years, justice has been served, even though the person that they assume that, you know, did this, to my father, is deceased, justice to me has been served. >> it was 1965. right? so 1967. all of these years, what have you been thinking about what happened here to your dad? >> all the years i've been thinking that people that placed

the bomb on the seat of his truck been given a free ride. when the law hadn't stepped up to be the law, the d.a., that they should be involved in this heinous murderous crime, trial to a man trying to see his wife and five kids. >> and what was it like to meet up with so many other families in the same predicament, living the past 40 years similar to your family? was this a healing moment? was it cathartic, what did it feel like? >> a process of healing, a process of hope. even after years of no information found by local law enforcement agencies. fbi informed me last week eve after entering into the case to look for information, she was unable to find anything in local authorities, and to have the university of syracuse working with us to bring in type of

closure, some type of answers, it's a marvelous thing. >> warless jackson, denise ford, professor paula johnson, last night were you also joined by congressman john lewis. he has acknowledged this colossal effort. have you given yourselves a time frame or a promise as to when you hope to kind of clear that next hurdle? >> we're hoping with the next, very few years. because there isn't an indefinite amount of time, or an infinite amount of time for us to continue to do this work. so there is urgency to what we are doing. the case is already 40 years old. we need for people who know things to come forward with that knowledge so that these families will get the resolution that they sdv. the justice is, the accountability they sdv. the congressman greeted the group last night and pledged his support. even though he was one of the sponsors of the emmitt hill bill and plemped to follow through on that to ensure that the congress

and that the public will stay on top of these situations so that we will get some answers and these families will get some resolution. >> thanks so much, and hopefully you'll keep us updated in the course of the next few moss, perhaps even year. appreciate it. thanks all of you. imagine this -- being pregnant and then slipping into a coma, but in order to save your baby, doctors have to actually take it. up next, we're highlighting one doctor who is taking care of babies born before full term. he's helping mom and dad as well. our cnn hero of the week.

all right. some of the most vulnerable nashts a hospital are found in the neonatal intensive care unit. auven the whole family struggling to survive. unexpected costs adding to emotional strain. that's when our cnn hero of the week stepped in. take a look. [ siren ] >> i entered the e.r. from a severe cold. i was 24 weeks pregnant. had h1n1. they put in a coma to stabilize me. i was in a coma roughly six week. when i woke up my husband said we had to take out the baby. i clenched my stomach. he settled me down. he's okay. he's down in the nic-u. >> to see people knowing thi there's something wrong with their baby. life doesn't stop.