dr. maya angelou.ive from washington, d.c., as we continue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is jim, a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to that monitoring routine. [ gps ] proceed to the designated route. not today. [ male announcer ] for patients currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare

dr. king and fought so long to make his dream a reality. i spoke to maya angelou earlier. r you on this day, what does dr. king's dream mean today? what do you think marks the significance today? >> well, i think that at once i'm delighted that he had the dream. i'm delighted that if he awakened right now, he could also say, ahh, some of my dream has come to pass and see that the african-american family in the white house. a man and a woman and their children, and a grandmother, a black grand mother in the white house. my goodness. at the same time i think he would be disappointed to hear that we have not come any farther. so my hope is that the dream, we can awaken from the dream and find that some of the elements of the dream have come to pass. >> one of the main messages of the organizers of the march 50 years ago was economic equality. that off gets lost in the retelling of this. a. phillip randolph said freedom to use public accommodations would mean little to those who can't afford to use them. i just read the economic disparities between african-americans and whites

dr. maya angelou.ive from washington, d.c., as we continue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is jim, a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to that monitoring routine. [ gps ] proceed to the designated route. not today. [ male announcer ] for patients currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare

dr. maya angelou and oprah and iyanla, those women who are well-spoken and spiritual and strong and femininet the same time, they never betray us. so i aspire to be that person, so it's good for me also to see that my reputation cleared it all up without me having to say a word. just my presence. tavis: so how much, rich is this content for the next project? [laughter] >> there's so many good things. tavis: that's what i love about artists, man. i was like, i don't know how india's processing this, but i guarantee you there's going to be a record about this. [laughter] there's going to be something coming. >> there's one on there that, of course, i wrote before all this happened. tavis: exactly. >> it's called "i am light." it talks about the light, your spiritual light, and how it shows on the outside. that song means a lot to me. tavis: since we're into it now, tell me about -- i love the title, as i said earlier, "songversation." >> "songversation." tavis: yeah. how'd that come to be? >> well technically i thought about it for a really long time. it was like months and months. i was like,

. >> reporter: and joining me now from los angeles is dr. gary small. good night we call on the topic. the author of the alzheimer's consequence program "keep your brain healthy for the rest of your life." welcome back to the program, doctor. >> thank you, dr. gupta. >> you may know at least three companies are developing eye tests looking for signs of impairme impairment. one based and some of the doctor's work. last year approving a type of brain scan to help with early detection. the next question people ask and i ask, is there value in finding it early? anything you can do tab? tab? >> i think there's value in trying to find it earlier, and trying to develop technologies to detect it earlier, but i would agree with you. unless that early detection tool is linked to a specific treatment, there may not be that much value. we need sort of a cholesterol test for the brain. if you have high cholesterol, check from your blood, your doctor gives you a statin droug lower your cholesterol and future risk of a stroke or heart attack, and we did the same kind

speaker is the president of george mason , dr. angel. >> thousands of young men and women are denied a college education every year. they are shut out of the american dream, not because they are not smart enough, not because they are not talented enough. not because they are ready to work hard enough. but because their parents may not be rich enough. because they may not be american enough. because they may not be documented the enough. anywheresaid injustice is a threat to justice everywhere. he said the time is always right to do what is right and i say the time to break down the barriers of access to education is now. i say i would not be here if not for education. most of us would not be here if not for education. the american dream is not a destination. it is a struggle. it is a struggle that takes the work of all of us. let us struggle together. let us dream together. [speaking spanish] gracias, god bless. >> ♪ , thew are next speaker economist and director of columbia university earth institute. moralthe arc of the universe been

[applause] >> our next speaker is the president of george mason university, dr. angelra. >> thousands of young men and women are denied a college education every year. they are shut out of the american dream, not because they are not smart enough, not because they are not talented enough. not because they are ready to work hard enough. but because their parents may not be rich enough. because they may not be american enough. because they may not be documented enough. dr. king said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. he said the time is always right to do what is right, and i say the time to break down the barriers of access to education is now. i say i would not be here if not for education. most of us would not be here if not for education. the american dream is not a destination. it is a struggle. it is a struggle that takes the work of all of us. let us struggle together. let us dream together. [speaking spanish] gracias, god bless. >> ♪ >> our next speaker, the economist and director of columbia university earth institute. >> if the arc of the mor

[applause] >> our next speaker is the president of george mason university, dr. angel of young men and women are denied a college education every year. they are shut out of the american dream, not because they are not smart enough, not because they are not talented enough. not because they are ready to work hard enough. but because their parents may not be rich enough. because they may not be american enough. because they may not be documented enough. dr. king said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. he said the time is always right to do what is right, and i say the time to break down the barriers of access to education is now. i say i would not be here if not for education. most of us would not be here if not for education. the american dream is not a destination. it is a struggle. it is a struggle that takes the work of all of us. let us struggle together. let us dream together. [speaking spanish] gracias, god bless. >> ♪ >> our next speaker, the economist and director of columbia university earth institute. >> if the arc of the moral universe bend

. >> a plumber and an angel, how a plumber and dr. oz helped save a woman's life.. >> this is "fox 5 morning news." >> good morning to you, another foggy start to our day on this hump day, wednesday. cupping of seconds away from 7:00, it is wednesday, august 21st. i allison seymour. >> i am wisdom martin. foggy, it is okay. we are here. it is the middle of the week. now we are going here. >> we can smell the weekend, tucker barnes. we want to make it a good week weather wise. >> i can't smell much of anything. >> is everybody sick? >> few of us are. weather forecast. i'll keep the forecast sunny and bright day. highs upper 80s. school bus forecast back. this time a shout out to st. marys county this morning, partly cloudy condis

angel. let's bring in dr. richard besser. great to see you. tragic news.having symptoms for eight years and just diagnosed eight months ago. why did it take so long? >> that is on the long side. but it's a difficult diagnosis. there's no blood test or brain scan. it's the collection of symptoms and what happens over time. four main symptoms, tremor, and she had that, and slowing of movements, the third is rigidity or stiffness and a problem with balance. but you may not have them at the same time. it can be difficult to put together. >> and to think it was a tick bite. she can't sing, she's silenced. how does that affect her vocal chords? >> some of the muscles are your lips, tongue, ability to swallow. think about singing, and to be a professional singer, any problem with those muscles makes it impossible. >> prognosis long-term? >> the problem with parkinson's is the nerves in your brain with doe pa mean die off. they give treatment. it isn't fatal, but you're more likely to die from pneumonia and fall. >> shocking news for so many millions of her fans i

angel. let's bring in dr. richard besser. great to see you. such tragic news.o the point she made. she'd been having symptoms for eight years and just diagnosed eight months ago. why did it take so long? >> that is on the long side. but this can be a really difficult diagnosis to make. there's no blood test, no brain scan. it's really looking at the collection of symptoms and what happens over time. there are four main symptoms to look for. the first the tremor. she talked about having that. the second is slowing of movements. the third is rigidity or stiffness in your muscles. and then, a problem with balance. you may not have all of those at the same time. it can be difficult to put together. >> and to think it was a tick bite. she can't sing, she's silenced. how does the disease affect her vocal cords? >> some of the muscles affected are your lips, your tongue, your ability to swallow. if you think about singing, and to be a professional singer, any problem with those muscles makes it impossible. >> prognosis long-term? >> the problem with parkinson's is the

so we went to the experts at the center for neurotherapy in los angeles. >> dr.laux: using an e.e.g. machine and sophisticated software, we had a neuropsychologist perform the testing and analyze the results and even he was surprised by what he found. now, bella, this is a graphic analysis of that 60-year-old woman and this is her before. this is all the data mapped out so we can tell what's going on in her brain easily. these are delta waves; they measure coherence. now, that's the brain's ability to communicate efficiently. when we see all these lines, we know her brain is not working as efficiently as it could. >> but one would think the exact opposite: the more lines the more connections. >> you might, but no. what we're seeing here is a lot of noise, not a lot of harmony. >> so we want to see fewer lines or less noise. >> that's exactly right. now take a look four weeks later. her before and after. >> big difference. >> striking difference. that tells us that her brain is working better. and her husband's results were equally dramatic. >> but hearing about h

dr. pinker, thank you so much for joining me. (cheers and applause) the book is "the better angels of our nature" steven pinker. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome everybody, my guest tonight is a *eufl rights pioneer who fought for voting rights in the south. i'll ask for valid i.d. please welcome congressman john lewis. (cheers and applause) congressman lewis, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> stephen: thank you for coming back. >> thank you for having me. >> stephen: sir, for those of you who do not know your c.v., you were a giant of the civil rights movement, chairman of the nonviolent student coordinating committee, the youngest and only surviving speaker at the 1963 march on washington when dr. king gave the "i have a dream" speech. you were a leader to the selma to montgomery march and a recipient of the presidential medal of freedom and profiles in courage award and you have a new book. i'm exhausted. (laughter). (cheers and applause) >> don't be exhausted. it's all right. >> stephen: i want to say that you do not outcivil rights pioneer me. because i held in my hand

angeles. >> i got to say, i agree with dr. b. i told peter, for jake, that's off-limits. not playing football. too dangerous. love to watch it, though. >>> turning -- switching gears, it's going to be a quiet season at townsend university football games. that's pause the cheerleading team was suspended after an alleged hazing incident. more evidence of the zero tolerance policies many students are taking against hazing. susan saulny has more. >> reporter: this morning, towson university in maryland is without a cheerleading team, suspended after allegations of hazing surfaced in early august. a far cry from the spirit of victory after the team of 35 girls brought home the national cheerleading championship in april. an anonymous tip alerted officials to investigate the incident, which, reportedly happened off campus. school officials would not confirm to abc news, the specific details of the incident. >> the university is not going to tolerate hazing of any form on this campus. we hold our students to very high standards. >> reporter: while officials say this incident lef

dr. murray, trace gallagher with the news in los angeles. debbie roe contradicted herself on the stand too. >> yeah, because after saying that michael jackson was never doctor shopping she went on to testify, shep that she was concerned at one time that he might have been looking for drugs and not treatment she then family size they'd was in constant pain from burns that he suffered when his hair caught fire during the philemoning of pepsi commercial in 1984, from his skin lightning disease as well. she testified, quote: when it came to the pain it was more begging for relief than anything. he respected doctors so he wouldn't question what they were doing. roe was called by aeg she told the jury she wasn't for either side. the only reason she was there is because she was subpoenaed, shep? >> the ex-wife debbie roe also testified about how michael jackson's death affected her daughter. yeah she confirmed that 15-year-old paris did indeed try to commit suicide. we knew that back in june paris actually cut her arm with a kitchen knife and took

dr. paul puri is a psychiatrist in los angeles. he loves "breaking bad."tor, why are we loving this guy? we should hate him by now. >> we absolutely should, michael. but the thing about it is these are not evil men including walter white, these are flawed men that do bad acts or evil acts. and we all have impulses just like that. and just like within, you know, there's a book that came out a few years ago bad men do what good men dream written by a forensic psychiatrist robert simon that goes into, you know, we all have these certain impulses. only certain people act on them. with that is the fantasy fulfillment in the show of watching something get carried out that we all wonder what if i did that and watching it out. >> all right. you're really saying that david isikoff wants to break bad, and because he can't, because he's a "new york times" guy, he's living through walter white, that a fair assessment? >> i was carefully vetted before the "times" brought me in. i think that's safe to say. >> do you buy into this? >> oh, yeah. i'm not going to disagree

dr. david agus is in los angeles.>> what is the connection between a flu shot and a heart attack? >> it is an exciting study, because it gives us the link that we were missing. we had data before that if you got the flu, you had a dramatically higher rate of heart attacks. now, we have the missing piece. if you get a flu shot, a 45% reduction in this australian study in a heart attack. it is no thet a cause and effec. it is an association. >> what's the science behind it? >> it is pretty wild. when you get a cut on your leg, it is inflammation. you can think about it. you have inflammation in the arteries in your heart. when you get the flu and you get that inflammation with the flu, it is going to make what's going on worse. it can block one of the arties and lead to a heart attack. >> is it possible this could extend to other diseases? >> we have data that getting the flu shot or not getting it will lower your rate of heart disease, cancer and obesity. >>> everybody over the age of six months should get a flu shot.

. >> and joining me now from los angeles is dr. gary small. he's from ucla's school of medicine.author of "the alzheimer's prevention program: keep your brain healthy for the rest of your life." welcome back to the program, dr. small. >> thank you, dr. gupta. >> you may know that at least three companies are actually now developing eye tests looking for signs of impairment. one of them is based on some of dr. black's work. last year, the fda also approved a type of brain scan to try and help with early detection, but the next question that people are always going to ask and i ask is, is there value in finding it early? is there anything you can do about it? >> well, i think there's value in trying to find it earlier and trying to develop technologies to detect it earlier, but i would agree with you. unless that early detection tool is linked to a specific treatment, there may not be that much value. we need sort of a cholesterol test for the brain. if you have high cholesterol check from your blood, your doctor will give you a statin drug to lower your cholesterol and lower your

for anyone who wants to know the true story behind the greatest story ever told dr oz long joins us now from our los angeles studio thanks for thanks for being with us tonight sir it's a great pleasure thanks for having me let's start with you i'm curious what provoked you to pursue religion as a as a vocation as well as a. it's funny you know i've always been interested in religion and spirituality i don't understand why i didn't come from a religious family at all i mean my mother is sort of culturally muslim my father is an exuberant atheist and really didn't have much religious training or education growing up but i have always been deeply interested in it i think partly it has to do with my experience of revolutionary iran my family fred fled iran in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine at the heart of the revolution and i think that those childhood images of revolutionary iran sort of seared themselves in my unconscious the power that religion has to transform a society for good and for bad is something that i think i have never forgotten and have always been deeply interested in both spiritually and

dr. david agas is with us from los angeles.g, charlie and gayle. >> what's the danger here? >> wow. first i have to applaud them for doing this. the problem is too much caffeine, especially in kids, causes a problem. you get cardiac arrhythmia difficulty sleeping and difficult difficult difficulty. the problem and think one of the major problems is when you drink a cup of coffee you drink it over an hour so it's a little bit of caffeine every couple of minutes. when you drink an energy drink many times it's a shot you do right away. that's a lot of caffeine at once and the body can't handle that. >> do we know how much caffeine is in the drinks and is there such a thing as a safe amount? >> unfortunately it's not law to say how much is in the drinks. some of them are starting to report it. do you think a 12-year-old is going to read a label and read how much is right for them? i don't think so. a small. can improve performance but when we had stories at the top of the hour about major league baseball and everyone is upset and y

basketball news now, los angeles clippers guard chris paul was elected president of the national basketball association. >>> and lebron james is playing dress up channeling his inner dr. jay. he says dr. jay is making a comeback. james says his top three nba players of all time are, of course, michael jordan, larry bird and julius irving. >>> so this is just flipping crazy. can you believe that? this cheerleader definitely has the spirit and is ready for basketball season. the washington state university spirit squad filmed this cool half-court shot while they were just practicing. this was just practice. can you imagine a cheerleader at practice? this person is flipping out. i imagine the coach probably is, too, trying to get that cheerleader on the team. just ahead, he was the driving force behind some of the world's most successful and ground-breaking musical acts, next. >>> earlier we showed you mother nature's power sucking in those trees in a sinkhole. how about mother nature's beauty. these are red sprites. they happen almost like lightning bolts but they go the opposite way. they shoot up into space. this photograph was taken by a gri trying to search for the

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basketball, los angeles clippers guard chris paul was elected president of the national basketball players association. congrats. >>> and king james is playing dress up, channeling his inner drj. he says dr. j is making a comeback. james says his top three nba players of all time are, of course, michael jordan, larry bird and julius irving, as you can imagine. >>> so this is just flipping crazy. can you believe that? this cheerleader definitely has the spirit and is ready for basketball season. a washington state university spirit squad slammed this cool half-court shot when they were practicing. definitely one to flip out about. they need that guy on the court playing ball. >> thanks so much, betty. >>> time for our first look at politics. i'm joined by bob franken. good morning. >> good morning. politics, flip-flops. it goes together. >> segues are endless. so i do want to start with something really serious which is the situation this syria. in an editorial, the "washington post" is saying if it turns out chemical weapons were used, the white house should retaliate directly against syrian forces and protect civilians with a no-fly zone. is this terrible attack going to be

dr. king stood a half century ago and speaks of courage. we will speak to maya angelou who is and was

angeles. >> okay. let's bring in abc news senior medical contributor, dr. buzz? >> my midwife, any obstetrician, my woman who has ever been pregnant, will say, it's not a picnic. it is not for the feint of heart. and i chalk this up to another social stigma against women. why should all women be expected to love being pregnant? stop the madness. you know? >> i had one great. and one not so great. >> nine months, it was misera e miserable. >> you should have heard her during the piece. >> ali had a very tough pregnancy. she was in bed for months. >> i had to -- i have jestational asthma. i have no problems with it when i'm not pregnant. >> we shouldn't get down on women for saying, i'm miserable. the pressure of saying, i love how i feel and love my body. sometimes, it's miserable. >> the whole thing. >> a week later, we're back -- how many times do we talk about an actor gaining 25, 50 pounds for a role? and it makes front-page news. women when they gain 50 pounds over 10 months, no one applauds them. >> because they're growing a human being inside. >> not

dr. king stood 50 years ago and speaks to the courage that carried them to washington. we'll speak to maya angelouof that struggle. she joins me for an emotional and inspiring conversation.

in 2009, here in cleveland, as well as in milwaukee and los angeles, each time the accused serial killer turned out to be african-american. dreric hickey is a psychologist who keeps track of serial killers. >> overall in my study, one out of every five serial killers is african-american. in the past, since 1995, over 40% are african-american. we're finally saying, you know what, blacks do this, too. >> there were whites who fed the fear in atlanta. as fbi chief, john glover had moved into this upper class white neighborhood. his 12-year-old son was playing outside one afternoon. >> some guy in a pickup truck, he was out in the yard in our side yard. we were on a corner. we lived in -- we had a corner lot, you know. said, i'm going to get you, nigger, as he was driving by. >> kasim reed, seen in these childhood photos, was only 10 when the first two bodies were found in the woods close to his home in the summer of 1979. >> my life did change. >> how so? >> not out as late as you used to be. not able to ride your bike unaccompanied. >> in 2010, reed would become the mayor of atlanta. but back then, as the youngest boy in his f

dr. oz rushed over to lend a helping hand. the real hero was a plumber who may have been the woman's guardian angel. >> there was a dog leash andbelt saved her life. we were able to stop the bleeding. you don't have much time. you pour out blood when your leg is severed. >> i pulled it as tight as i could. >> wow. that was a plumber, david justino seen with dr. odd. dr. oz's facebook page praises him for quick thinking and wished the woman a speedy recovery. last word the doctors were trying to reattach her leg because another person packed it in ice. >> they did the right thing. >> cream center, at the center of a contra ver si. >> how one math class proved double staffed might be a lie. >> got my attention. priceless memories, firsthand witnesses to march on washington gathered in d.c. for a special celebration. we are going to take you there. >> first honoring the best of the best, '72 dolphins get their white house moment. only taken 37 years. 7:09, we'll be right back. ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. [announcer] why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended d in ame

angeles. >> everybody has a story. >> we've been telling them. abc's senior medical contributor and mother of two, dr. jen ashton.tart with one i agree with. don't tell your kids to clean their plates. your thoughts? >> well, first of all, i think this is less about the firm answers and more about asking the questions. so, if you're going to set a rule, ask yourself why? is it because your parents did that to you? then maybe you want to reassess. it is a modern time now. we should be constantly re-evaluating these things. or if there's other behavioral issues that this just fits into, maybe that's a different story. in my household, we try to make the practice of eating into something that's beyond calories. it's about family. it's about love. it's about talking. it's about connection. it's not always like that, though. >> once they do or do not clean their plates, however, i think we all seem to agree here. dinner in my house is not a restaurant. we're not -- >> right. >> no. >> the kitchen isn't open all day. >> it is what it is. >> absolutely. but this is such a common issue now. 50% in a recent study of paren

angeles, look to them. they are the guilty ones, these apostles of nonviolence. for years now the reverend dr.tin luther king and his associates have been deliberately undermining the foundations of internal order in this country. rick, you have written extensively about this era. it seems there was a big movement in this country, even after we had, you know, civil rights act, voting rights act, civil rights riots and trying to pin that on martin luther king. >> you don't have to go to an obscure figure like will herberg. >> that's who i found. >> let's go to ronald reagan. do you know what he said after martin luther king's assassination? >> tell us. >> he said, he had it coming. he said it's the sort of great tragedy when we begin compromising with law and order and people started choosing which laws they would break. he's referring to civil disobedience. this was pretty much a consensus view on the right among the same people who celebrate martin luther king now. frankly, martin luther king had to be forgotten before he could be remembered. martin luther king called himself a socialist. jes

dr. king and so many liv fr others risked their lives for the and some even die for.usan i think of souza, whose son was killed by the police.. helice cruiser barreling down herstory in los angelesvp ran over her fibril boy.. she received no apology or lossd no real the acknowledgement of her loss and she fell into a deep deep depressiontimay of grief and ultimately ack-co became addicted to crack cocaine. wealth now is susan had been wealthy or even solida good hlte middle-class with a good job d health care plan sheundoubtel undoubtedly would have qualified for many, manyy and hours of therapy and counseling. she likely would of have a legal prescription drugs to help her cope with her severe depression and grief but things were different for susan sh impoverished, living in l.a. anus begme addicted to crack cocaine and thus began her odyssey cycling in and out of prison for 15 years. 15 years. every time the prosecutorwe w would say take the deal we will give you three years rather than eight.this this time we will give you five years rather thanwill cut 12th this time we will cut you a break. takes the deal we will give you two years rather than six. another one plea deal af

dr. king and so many others risked their lives for and some even died for. i think of susan whose son was killed by the police. a police cruiser barreling down her street in los angeles ran over her 5-year-old voip. she received no apology, no real acknowledgment of her loss and she fell into a deep, deep depression, wracked with grief. she ultimately became a did to crack-cocaine. now if susan had been wealthy ,-com,-com ma if she had even been middle-class with a good job and a good health care plan she undoubtedly would have qualified for many many hours of therapy and counseling. she likely would have qualified for very good legal prescription drugs that would help her cope with her severe depression and grief but no things were different for susan. impoverished, living in l.a. she became addicted to crack-cocaine and thus began her odyssey of cycling in and out of prison for 15 years, 15 years. every time prosecutors said, just take the deal. we will give you three years rather than eight. this time we will give you five years rather than 12. this time, this time we will cut you away. just take the deal. we will give you two years rather than six. one plea deal