across town, firefighter mike henry has made his way back to the meadows apartment complex and, againinsist to him the building has collapsed. >> everything looked fine, and we told them the same thing. >> but then right as henry is about to drive away for the second time with his fire truck, a man in the distance clawing at the base of the building catches his eye. >> i stopped the rig, got out, went over and asked him, what are you doing? he said, there's somebody trapped under the building. i kind of thought, this guy might be a little nuts. >> even though henry can clearly see the building is standing, he decides to step back and compare it with another section of the l-shaped structure. >> i saw the first floor balcony or the second-floor balconies line up and the third floor balconies line up. and i went to the roof line. and all of a sudden the roof jumps up eight feet. then it dawned on me this building has collapsed and a whole floor is pancaked. that kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. >> henry starts to do the math in his head. 50 apartments on the first floor. and in a wo

he plays mike henry, a family man and tv anchor returning to work five years after parkinsons put his career on hold. you got your diagnosis when you were 30 years old. young onset parkinsons. you were flying high. that must have flattened you when you got that news. >> it came with a prognosis that i'd have maybe ten years left to work. that's what was said to me. i was just married. my son was just born. my father had just passed away. >> reporter: but he picked himself up and became the defy ant face of parkinson, giving strength to the 1 million americans living with the disease, my own father among them. i'm on the board of the michael j. fox foundation. i think the greatest compliment i can pay is when my father was decides why to go public with it i could point to you and say look what he's done with it. do you have a sense of the way you've inspired people? >> i don't look at myself as a leader. i'm a visible member of the community. if i can set that example and make them feel thaw don't have to shut it down. you don't have to withdraw. it didn't have to be life shattering or

fox plays mike henry, a family man and tv anchor returning to work five years after parkinson's put hisold. >> we love you, bro! >> reporter: you got your diagnose know sis -- diagnosis when you were 30. that must have flattened you. >> it came with a prognosis that i would have maybe ten years left to work. i was just married. my son was just born. >> for people living with parkinson's, the status quo is not enough. >> reporter: he gave strength to one million americans living with the disease, my own father among them. i'm on the board of the michael j. fox foundation. the greatest compliment i can pay you is when i my dad went through the decision of whether or not to be public with it, i can point to you. i can point to michael j. fox and say, look what he's done with it. do you have a sense for the way you have inspired people? >> i don't look at myself as a leader. i do look at myself as part of the community. i'm a visible member of the community. if i can set the example for people and make them feel that you don't have to shut it down. you don't have to withdraw. it doesn't hav

. >> reporter: fox plays mike henry, a family man that goes back to work as a local nbc anchor, fivenson's disease. >> there's a scene in the first episode where your character breaks the news to his family, i'm going back to work. take me inside the moment when you broke the news to your family that you were going back to a series sitcom. >> i said to tracy, what do you think about me going back to work? and she thought i could do it but they were like you have to do something. because you're just hanging around the house. >> there's a line in the show that moved me where your character says what if i'm not the guy they remember when i go back to work. was he speaking at all for michael j. fox. >> yeah at a point in my life. the disclaimer is i have gone through a lot of stuff -- i didn't wake up and be in this place of poz activity and hearts and flowers and unicorns. i went through a lot of stuff. >> reporter: when he was 30 years old, fox was diagnosed with parkinsons. he was told his career had 10 years left. >> set the table. >> reporter: that was 22 years ago. >> do you think

decade after his last starring tv roll on "spin city" and 22 years after his diagnosis, fox plays mike henryer parkinson's put his career on hold. >> 5:00 news! we love you, bro . >> thanks, man. thanks for that. >> people are saying this is michael j. fox's big comeback. are you ready to be thrust into the public eye? >> it's flattering that people give it the attention and on some level people are excited about it. it's funny. it is weird to have been low key. >> when you walked off the set from "spin city" given your medical condition, some people thought maybe we have seen the last of michael j. fox on tv. >> i thought it was the last of me on television. >> what has it like for to you have a 14, 16 hour day. is it more or less than you thought? >> it's more, but i am handling it better than i thought i would. it's what i enjoy doing. >> it wasn't always so easy for him to laugh at his condition. >> you got the diagnosis at 30. young on set parkinson's. family ties, three back to the future movies. it must have flattened you. >> it came as a prognosis that i had maybe ten years left to w

reporter: his sitcom premiered last night, first lead role on television in over a decade, playing mike henry yeah i said i was fine on the phone. >> dunt ear matter we have to respond. since we're both here can i get to you sign an autograph? my uncle has alzheimer's. >> i actually have parkinson's. >> either way. >> reporter: parkinson's interrupted his own career, worsening symptoms prompted the actor to abandon "spin city" in 2000. >> oh, thanks. >> reporter: until recently he had limited his tv appearances, popping up on "crush your enthusiasm." >> did you shake that up on purpose? >> parkinson's. >> reporter: and the good wife. for taking on a weekly series t is a much bigger commitment. what's it been like? >> it's been a lot of hard work but it's been satisfying. it's been a learning experience to see what is difficult for me to do now, and they understand what i'm capable of and i didn't give myself being capable of. >> reporter: fox's parkinson's efforts haven't always gone smoothly. >> just felt unfair in a way. >> reporter: he told howard stern he got so down at one point after hi

[applause] so stay involved. >> pick up mike henry's business card on your way out. he wants to be involved with you. we want to be with you. if you want to spend time calling and e mailing your member of congress we'll help you with that. we'll help you to going to your member of congress, to setting up meetings. reach out to mike, stay involved. and let us help you be as involved as active citizens. >> thank you both. come on up. >> i want to let him close but leave you one comment from somebody who has been on the inside, in the house and the senate so you know how much power you have. when i was there and i was trying to shake things up a little bit, a lot of the folks were trying to take my legs out from under me, marginalize me on the inside, the only thing that kept me going was knowing there were millions of people who had my back. wherever i landed in the country [applause] wrr i landed in the country, people would say thanks for fighting. we're praying for you. what can i do? and i knew i was on the right team every time i got outside of washington. so neve

leyland iv ttert from the middle east, and mike emanuel, and ed henry on the sunning turn around. ed, good morning. >> just manipulateses ago a top syrian official charging president obama showing hesitation and confusion, stemming from friday. the president taking two conclusions, step on the pedal and then wait. first tom aides say he decided early friday the u.s. should move forward with military action to respond to the chemical cal weapons attack in syria that secretary kerry claims killed over 1400 people. later on friday kerry made the passionate case for prompt military action calling assad a thug, but shortly after that kerry going out on a limb. we got a clue that something might be amiss when the president gave a more tentative case. top officials now say around 6:00 p.m. friday night the president went for a 45-minute walk on the south lawn of the white house with chief of staff and threw him a curve ball. the president, shocked by the british parliament voting down military action the night before, revealed he was overriding kerry and the rest of his team to seek cong

let's bring back mike emanuel, our capitol hill correspondent along with ed henry, our chief white house correspondent to talk about the tension in the air tonight between capitol hill and 1600 pennsylvania avenue -- floor to pass the while that allows the house to go ahead and debate this legislation. the legislation as i understand it would keep the government open but would delay the implementation of the individual mandate in obama care for one year. now, house leaders like this legislation. says -- it says to the people we want to keep the government open, we just don't want to pay for obama care or we don't want to instill it right now. but that is what the senate has said and the president has basically said are dead on arrival, right? >> exactly right, jon. and that's been the tough thing in terms of this whole negotiation or lack of negotiation, really. the house keeps nibbling at edges of obama care if you will, trying to defund at first and now delay parts of it for a period of, say, a year. and the senate saying no, no. absolutely not. we're not going to go there because the

leyland from our mideast bureau and mike emanuel on capitol hill and ed henry, with the latest on presidentbama's stunning turn around. >> just minutes ago, a top syrian official charging president obama hesitation and confusion stemming from friday. time to step on the pedal, then wait, put on the brakes. top aides decided the u.s. should move forward with military action to respond to the chemical attack. that secretary kerry claims killed over 1,400 people, called assad a thug, but then after that, kerry going on out a limb, we got a clue something might be a miss. top officials say around 6:00 p.m. friday night, the president went for a 45 minute walk on the south lawn on the white house with dennis mcdunn know and threw him a curveball. revealed he was overriding kerry and the rest of his team to seek congressional authorization. this is a big delay, so congress does not return to work until september 9th in a dramatic reversal because for days, white house aides said the opposite, that they would only consult congress and friday about 7:00 p.m., the president had a two-hour meeting wi

mike emanuel on capitol hill. first ed henry at the white house. ed, the administration is now claiming a bit of a victory today saying syria's assad blinked. >> that's right. even though the president himself obviously last night did some back pedaling of his own, asking congress to delay these votes that the president himself, of course, in the rose garden a little over 10 days ago had called for himself. the reason why he wants a delay, number one, is because he was losing those votes on capitol hill. didn't have a lot of political power up there. secondly, they were trying to put a brave face on the facts that maybe this russian proposal, which no one knows if it will stick, might be a way out here for the president and so what's interesting is that even though it's looking less and less likely that congress will actually approve of a resolution that allows the use of american force, jay carney today was saying just the threat of military action is what got assad to blink. take a listen. >> complete about face by the syrian regime. acknowledgme

. >> reporter: they hire birmingham attorney henry frohsin, and nearly two years after shirley's death, they sued dr. mikey the actions, of michael wohlschlaeger. >> reporter: answering the suit, dr. mike flatly denies having a hand in shirley's death. but he didn't even need to bother. that's because the lawsuit was dead on arrival. >> there was one factor that we did not know and didn't appreciate. >> reporter: it turns out shirley's daughter had agreed not to sue mike, and sure enough, the judge threw out the lawsuit, leaving any legal action in the hands of the criminal justice system. still ahead, an unscheduled appointment with dr. mike. you won't want to miss it. >> y you have to know whether or not you murdered your wife. labor day mattressp for sespectacular get up to 60 percent off, plus an extra 10 percent off, and a free box spring on qualifying purchases with new sixty-month financing this is big savings this is sears. [ male announcer ] from the last day of school, back to the first. they're gonna create a ton of research papers and important projects. so make sure they've got a safe place t

mike napoli, a grand slam homerun just over the right fielder's glove. suddenly, it's tied. jane victorino unties for good. the red sox win 12 to 8. that's your look at morning sports. >> thank you, john henry. meeting with the foreign ministers of the iu, let's go ahead and listen now. >> the banging system didn't exist. it was very difficult to even pay people. there was enormos transformation into democracy and freedom and free economics set of choices and the journey of legitimate wayne i can't through that has been really quite remarkable. now, a major nato partner now the presidency of the eu is being filled by foreign minister in lithuania. they did a terrific job today of hosting the european ministers. we are very grateful for the statement that came out of the meeting today with respect to syria, a strong statement about the need for accountability and i am particularly grateful for the president's comments to me early this morning and the foreign minister's support for the efforts to hold the assa. does regime accountable for what it has done. now, there are other big issues that we are working on together: the european eastern partnership is a very important economic plan that w

henry on the northern lawn. thank you. it has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle breathing sighs of relief tonight. chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel says most are happy to delay a vote the president was almost certain to lose. >> ahead of his prime time address, president obama headed to capitol hill to make a personal appeal to lawmakers on syria, that included telling them he wanted to hold off voting on a military action resolution to give diplomacy more time. house speaker john boehner says the president's failed so far to make his case for striking syria. >> clearly it reflects their constituents. the american people have not been supportive. he's not made the sale to the american people. that's why think tonight is so important. >> while boehner and other congressional leaders were early to offer their support to president obama senator misch mcconnell waited before he went public. he now said the u.s. is lacking a credible strategy. >> so i'll be voting against this resolution. a vital security risk clearly not at play. there are too many unanswered questions about our long-term action in syria including it's it li

ed henry is at the white house with what critics charge is some fuzzy math to polish obama care's image. but we begin with mike emanuel. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, bret. the bill moves forward after a marathon session on the floor and passing a procedural hurdle. >> on this vote, the yeas are 100. the nays are zero. >> reporter: the bill passed an initial vote although it defunds obama care. all say they want to avoid a government shutdown and top democrats plans to strip the aspect affecting the health care law. the vote came of ted cruz spoke against obama care for more than 21 hours and was cheered when he finished. and though mitch mcconnell did not join cruz on the floor, he saluted the effort. >> obama care is wrong for america and needs to be repealed. the senator from texas is focused on the dangers of this law explaining once again why we are all, all of us on this side of the aisle, committed to overturning it. >> reporter: cruz says he tried to frame the debate for the american public and to get washington to listen to the people. >> if we listen to our constituents, the answer i

henry at the white house on another step backward for obamacare. house majority here kevin whitman here in the studio. he'll talk with me shortly. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emmanu emmanuel. >> speaker john boehner is making it clear the house won't rub per stamp the clean extension. >> i do not see that happening. recognizing it is the senate's turn to act on funding the government. much of the leadership's focus is on winning support for pay debt ceiling proposal. boehner says it would require president and senate leaders to negotiate. >> we're not going to ignore washington's spending problem or accept this new weak economy, no new jobs and shrinking wages. >> a one year delay in obamacare for one year increase in borrowing authority. tax reform making it simpler, fairer and flatter and building the pipeline immediately. after hearing the pitch from gop leadership, some members are still skeptical. >> there are concepts. until it's in writing, you don't know for sure what's in it. >> one item that has some bipartisan sport repealing the tax on medical device manufactures. a spokesman says majority leader reed says attaching that to the funding bill or

mike emanuel, thank you. >>> the president pushes for u.s. military action in syria, the promised military support for rebels in syria has not yet materialized. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us that is not helping the president's cause on capitol hill. >> i'm going to be working with congress. >> reporter: a rare move for president obama who kept lawmakers at arm's length for nearly five years, often bypassing them when it suits his interest. yet now he is on defense and needs congress to help authorize a u.s. military mission in syria, so he's finally starting to make his case. >> i made a decision that america should take action, but i also believe that we will be much more effective, we will be stronger if we take action together as one nation. >> reporter: the president said he's confident the resolution will pass, though behind the scenes his aides are still worried about the potential for a crushing defeat. fox learned some of the top campaign advisers like anita dunn and stephanie carter visited. the president himself didn't attend, but white house staff got advice from david plouffe and former white house press secretary robert gibbs, with one attendee telli