. >> reporter: meet freddie, maria jose, yolanda and lucas.hey're a kind of medical wonder, little people with a rare kind of dwarfism called laron syndrome. the same genetic mutation that keeps them small also prevents them from getting cancer and diabetes. >> how old are you? you're 15? >> reporter: at 15, lucas stands less than flee three feet tall. his sister, five years younger, is nearly twice his height. >> what is life like being your size? >> reporter: life can be difficult, he says, always having to ask for help, but he says he's gotten used to it. worldwide only about 300 people are known to have this rare genetic disorder and fully one-third of them live here in the remote mountain side villages of southern ecuador. it's the isolation here that makes laron syndrome so prevalent, with generations of intermarried family members. these doctors have been studying the laron people for more than 20 years, hoping to harness the secrets of their genes into life saving medication. now they're developing a pill that mimics the syndrome. the

. >> yolanda coleman is 45 years old, a single mother. her breast cancer has entered her bones.e, bedridden, with a broken hip. it's hard to know how much she could benefit from chemo. but when we met her, she was receiving almost no care at all. a few months ago there wouldn't have been any question about whether you could have your next round of chemotherapy. umc would have been available, and you could've gone there. >> yes, coleman replied. what does it mean to you that that is gone now? >> it's devastating, you know? it's absolutely devastating. >> she worked her whole life as a maid in hotels and as a truck driver, which was better money to support her 9-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter in the next room. as we sit here at this moment, you don't know... >> i don't know. >> whether there will be another round of chemo for you? >> i don't know. i don't know. it's just so uncertain right now. i really don't know. i'm just trying to live it day by day and trying to keep my spirits up and trying to keep, you know, trying to get well so i can take of them two i got in there.

. >> con su particular modo de anunciar a los ganadores de la loterÍa, yolanda vega, anunciÓ que entreiar la vida. >> lo agarrÉ y vi que era el que tenÍa el premio, lo lleva a unas tiendas pero no leÍa el escÁner, lo llevÉ a la oficina de la loterÍa y me dijeron que era el ganador. >> lo mÁs increÍble es que no pagÓ ni un dólar y que ahora se lleva 700.000 $. >> cuÁles son tus planes? >> antes que nada ayudar a mi familia, comprar regalos en invertirlo. >> para Él después de tantos sacrificios desde que llegÓ a este paÍs, finalmente le llegÓ la navidad. >> mucha suerte. >> antes de terminar, el conductor de taxi de las vegas, gerardo gamboa, se convirtiÓ en una estrella mediÁtica despuÉs de devolver una bolsa de 300.000 $ que un jugador de pÓquer habÍa dejado olvidado en su taxi esta semana, fue recompensado por 10 mil dÓlares, ademÁs fue nombrado conductor del aÑo, y le dieron como premio 1000 $ mÁs, la conexidad sactualmente maneja un vehícul, niss, y está estanca con ualto goensual de arro, to pongaucha anció porque ten importae inación para usted que podría ble los gomensuale haa p

yolanda for traffic control, $25,000. local firms within the bayview. in closing, i would like to thank the honorable mayor lee for believing in us and san francisco is one of the beautiful tourists -- in the country. thank you. i would like to thank mr. harvey kelly for taking time out and listening to me. and making a change in contracts. well done. c'mon, this is for small businesses. mohammed for believing in business and creating new projects and putting in the effort for creating equal opportunity, thank you. last and definitely not least, to my lord and savior jesus christ for this is the reason it's possible. god bless you. thank you. >> i didn't know you were actually building an empire. can i get a loan? so, i just wanted to thank a few people that help put this together. first of all emilio cruz, where is he? he's back there somewhere. also i would like to thank ma sood. ben, where is ben? here he is in the back. leman abram who is a consultant that works with us on the sewer improvement program. martin lopez who is helping us, tyrone. i just

yolanda for traffic control, $25,000. local firms within the bayview. in closing, i would like to thank the honorable mayor lee for believing in us and san francisco is one of the beautiful tourists -- in the country. thank you. i would like to thank mr. harvey kelly for taking time out and listening to me. and making a change in contracts. well done. c'mon, this is for small businesses. mohammed for believing in business and creating new projects and putting in the

. >> 300 troops left for the philippines to help towns hit by typhoon yolanda. the typhoon left more than 4 million homeless. this child found sleeping in a garbage heap. >> tonight we look back at devastation from storm and lives it affected. hours to cause the worst damage leveling communities. in it's wake, the missing. >> i'm the eenl survivor of the family. i want to know if thafr still alive. >> and the dead. >> they're all gone. the fury turns parts of the country into a waste lane. this was the hit city. >> there are still bodies by the side of the road. we can't show you the faces of the bodies. it's just too graphic. you can see the terror as wave hit on the faces of these bodies. and they're still here. three days on. >> more than 800,000 people displaced. 5,000, dead. a number still expected to rise. the search for the missing was unending. >> this woman lost all six of her children. >> where will you sleep tonight? >> in the street. >> i keep thinking about the strength of carrying your children lifeless body asks having to leave them. >> did he hav

que naciÓ cuando tenÍa siete aÑos, y no pudo contener las lÁgrimas al recordar que su madre, doÑa yolanda tengo una estrella aquÍ, y esta estrella es para ella. >> cientos de personas llegaron aquÍ para ver a su artista, para ellos va este mÉrito, y para la mujer latina. >> este Éste ya no es sÓlo para mÍ, sino para la mujer latina. >> la acompaÑÓ su esposo toni motorola. >> cada momento me regalan la vida. >> si esta por esta ciudad no duda en venir a visitar su estrella. >> alejandro sanz, carlos vives, marc anthony, son los mÁs nominados a los premios "lo nuestro". >> la fiesta denominaciones fue esta maÑana en "despierta amÉrica",compartimos con los compaÑeros de univisiÓn y con los artistas nominados. este aÑo entre los mÁs nominados se encuentran,alejandro sanz, carlos vives, y marc anthony. este aÑo,la nominaciÓn de jenni rivera ha sido toda una sorpresa,a casi un aÑo de su muerte su pÚblico sigue alegando su mÚsica, elvis crespo tambiÉn estÁn en la lista de nominados. >> me siento sumamente agradecido con dios, con el universo, con mi audiencia, estoy muy contento, de veras. >> es

i want to express my sympathies to the people of the philippines in the wake of typhoon yolanda.as able to provide assistance in the immediate aftermath of the storm. is pleasedstates with the fast and flexible response we have seen from the world bank and the asian development bank. we look forward to work -- working with the multilateral banks to move forward with well- designed card decks to assist -- projects to assist the population as they rebuild. strong economic leadership in the philippines is helping to make the philippine economy more resilient. makinginistration is great strides to improve governance, including fighting corruption and to reform the philippine economy, which has become one of the fastest- growing economies in the region. i think the secretary for his efforts. during the first term of the obama administration, we laid out a vision for the asia- rebalance. we are continuing to build on those commitments, to expand trade and investment and deepen our engagement with emerging powers in the region. the united states' bilateral relationship with the philippi

. >>> yolanda estÁ angustiada porque no califica para ser atendida en esta clÍnica comunitaria.que hasta el mediodÍa de hoy habia recibido 350 mil visitas. >>> sabemos que estÁ funcionando mejor la pÁgina de internet para que las personas se puedan inscribir. hay alguno detalles que se tienen que mejorar. >>> robert recibiÓ este mensaje, diciendo que la pÁgina no estaba preparada para la avalancha de usuarios y en este anuncio, el comitÉ nacional republicano, volviÓ a la carga. acusando a la administraciÓn de otra promesa incumplida con o b obamacare. >>> >>> el gobierno sigue teniendo fe en que para la fecha lÍmite del 31 de marzo se habrÁ inscrito la mayorÍa de los que califican para el plan de salud. >>> la cadena nbc confirmÓ que en noviembre unas 100.000 personas casi 4 veces mÁs que el mes anterior, se habÍan inscrito en el plan federal, ca leeb dice que su hermano lo hizo sin problemas y lo inspirÓ a iniciar el proceso al que tanto le habÍa temido. >>> a veces pienso que es muy difÍcil llenar las aplicaciones. >>> el temors y la fallas tÉcnicas los hinspanos es uno d los

yolanda ghambelli/pasajera afectada 8:18:03 it was an electrical smoke like when wires are burning and it was filling up fast. esta pasajera dijo que era humo de alambrado electrico y que el vagn se estaba llenando rpido. estas imgenes muestras a varios de los 9 pasajeros que tuvieron que ser llevados en ambulancia al hospital. s.o.t. patchara baungartner/pasajera 10:31:05 they would not open the door, and people started getting sick and i said why can't they open the door if people cannot breath. esta otra pasajera se quej de que no entenda por qu no abran las puertas si la gente no poda respirar.. hubo reportes de ataques de asma y pnico y pasajeros mareados y con falta de respiracin. el servicio de bart lleg a enviar trenes de rescate, pero los ingenieros arreglaron el problema antes de que llegaran.. la agencia dice que existe una ruta de escape en las colinas para este tipo de incidentes, pero no se utiliz. s.o.t. alicia trost/portavoz de bart 3:26:03 we have to do an inspection and find out what happened, there is being a lot of mechanical problems on bart lately. la portavoz de

that's what happens naturally in little people like yolanda. >> you could hold the key to preventing cancer and diabetes. >> yes, she says. it will make me very happy if those diseases go away. >> reporter: we met 13-year-old maria who, like the others, continues to offer herself up for research. if my daughter can help save other people, her mother says, then we'll do it with pleasure. these little people of ecuador willing to give the world a huge gift. what a gift that would be, a pill that might prevent cancer and diabetes. researchers have made progress using the mutation to block cancer in mice and now they're hoping and working on developing that pill so it might affect humans. >> this is real scientific research going on tonight? >> it's a huge deal. as we speak, some of the world's top scientists are conducting six clinical trials in holland, italy, the mayo clinic. they're not only studying the potential effects of this medidication but a star vacatio diet that mimics this syndrome. high hopes. >> i love the woman's reaction when you said do you know you could be the key to

government to the people -- victims of super storm ivan or yolanda. last month strategy is an eye-opener that global climate change is for real. excuse me. and that the impact of global climate change in our economic development is something that we must be mindful always. and that we need to work on creative solutions to strengthen the resiliency of our communities against natural hazards. we need to face climate change in the front and center of our social can't -- compaq to fight poverty and avoid eroding the gains achieved by the aquino administration. for use we stand ready to work with the u.s. government in developing programs and projects for sustainable develop and. we need to take drastic measures to make sure that we can make our country climate resilient. the philippines is at the forefront of disasters relating to climate change. of the five strongest typhoons in our history, three has hit us in the last three years. and i think it's important that if we'r we are to maintain our l sustainability, we make sure that we address and work on m

. >> a nurse named yolanda says, i'm going to shave your groin.e said, if i knew this was going to happen, i would have preshaved my groin. and they ask him, what do you want your hip made out of. he's like i'm 30 minutes away. couldn't you have asked me earlier. i guess i'll take ceramic. >> did it go well? >> went fantastic and apparently he's going to play ice hockey again. >> those guys have it in their blood. boy, they love their hockey. great to see you again. merry christmas, sweetheart. >> say his name again. >> say it again. >> can't remember. okay. some lucky shoppers getting a huge christmas surprise. >> yes, hoda. >> wait until you see it. you'll love it. >> plus, the motivation you love to help you to keep the pounds from piling up over the holiday. >>> we're down to the wire in our holiday challenge to help you cut the creep. and with christmas just two days away, this may be the toughest week yet to resist temptation and try to maintain your weight. >> two of our viewers have been successful at it so far, but what did the last week

approximately 26,003 injured yolanda is the strongest armter ever recorded at landfall in w the fourth typhoon of strong august of wind speed.ion it was 3.five times the size of katrina.the last week by led aan congressional delegation tohe the philippines to witness the devastation to gain a better understanding of the un matt needs. joined by my distinguished colleaguie and staff director we weres unanimous of the gratitude of the accomplishments of u.s. military, usaid and ngo on the ground including catholic relief services recommended over $20 billion for assistance. the military also play a vital role on with revenants of recovering bodies. in the immediate aftermath highly motivated u.s. service members brought suppliese including food, ic water, medicine, housi ng material by the planeloada to homeless instituteter. dictums getting flights back to manila for safety and shelter. this time the uss george washington and other major military assets to provide assistance. smart, rapid, response combined with air lift capability has made all the difference in the world. in the pill f

it was yolanda, the horrible, tragic super typhoon that slammed into asia.fter the typhoon hit, seven different provinces in the philippines were not just a state of emergency, but national calamity. that's their term, not mine. the damage was immense. and the government had to send in tanks just to maintain order. that's awful, but what's it got to do with xoom? everything. xoom gets about 35% of the revenues from the philippines. and this kind of natural disaster can seriously disrupt their business. this has hurt the company. i think it'll take a couple of quarters before they can recover. i do like xoom's model, though. but we've seen this is a very risky stock. far from being concerned about money gram and western union, i think xoom is its own worst enemy. it's not diversified. getting about 70% of the business from three countries. the stock could be worth circling back for speculation, but not until the philippines recovers. i suggest you stay away for the next couple of months. david is out of commission, go to the two goliaths. which one should you

five weeks after hynan or yolanda, as the philippines named the epic typhoon, relief workers say there has been progress, even though it's hard to see at first glance. elizabeth tromans is with catholic relief services >> i can see a lot more roofs on buildings, i can see a lot more partially damaged walls that have been patched up with tarp or with salvaged iron sheeting that used to be on top of roofs, you can hear the chain saws buzzing in the background there's a lot of lumber being cut up so, it's open up new areas. it's every day. >> reporter: families like the briones-- ronald, his wife magnolia, her mother and two teenage sons-- have returned to the spot where once stood their modest two-story home. all but a twisted heap of electronic plastic and rebar was washed out to sea. washed ashore when they returned, one almost next door to them, were several cargo ships containing loads of cement. but the briones family's most basic needs, so desperately lacking in the early days, are now being met. >> ( translated ): we get rice, fish, some vegetables, noodles, sardines. >> reporter:

government to the victims of typhoon haiyan or yolanda. that globale-opener climate change is for real. excuse me. and that the impact of global climate exchange and economic development is something we must we needul of and that to work on creative solutions to .trengthen our communities we need to place climate change at the front and center of our social contract to fight poverty . for this, we stand ready to work with the u.s. government in developing projects for sustainable development. we need to take drastic measures to make sure we can help our country. thephilippines is at forefront of disasters relating to climate change. of the five strongest typhoons in our history, three have hit us in the last three years, and i think it is important if we are to maintain fiscal responsibility we make sure we measures to make sure we deal with the fiscal impact of future disasters. in this we are turning a new , and i would like to thank secretary lou for his time, and i look forward to working with as we try and work on a new instrument the

african-americans nationwide, recording a series of interviews with popular black talk radio hosts, telling the yolanda adams morning show. >> health is a powerful connector that we all have and share regardless of where we come, from our political backgrounds, our neighborhoods, our communities, our religious beliefs. we are tied together by our health. >> reporter: as the december 23rd deadline to enroll in insurance coverage that starts next month closes in, the white house is pulling out all the stops. >> we have something really important to talk to you about. >> reporter: even blasting out this humorous commercial via social media to reach young people. >> so what's so important? >> your dad and i are moving in with you. >> roomies. >> your mother and i have joined a circus. >> what did you want to talk to me about? >> we know you don't have health insurance. >> we love you no matter what, but it's time to get covered. >> reporter: today, even the white house admitted it was willing to capitalize on the first lady's popularity which is significantly higher than her husband's because -- >> she's j

that resilliance was summed up by saying the filipino's soul and stronger than yolanda. on board with jason coffman we were diverted to seek the rescue efforts of a helicopter that crashed. after a flawless flight, the pilot spotted two individuals with no life jackets and opened the back of the plane and kicked out a yellow raft to the swimmers. it was clear that their lives had been saved and it was a symbol of what everything that was going on in the ground was all about. aboard the crew was colonel john peck and a group of individuals who were eees -- esstatic -- to save lives. we met with people from the development corporation, matt bound was one of them. and he said a contract of $435 million had been minimum damaged. our interests wasn't just on how effective our emergency response was, but going forward where they should be directed in the long-term. we felt two areas can deserved attention: preventing epidemics and minimizing human traffick g trafficking. it takes 2-3 weeks for health crisis to spread, but gangi fever was in the area and cholera, hepatitis a, l

and i was with my friend yolanda caraway to escort him to the inaugural ball. he wanted to see the city. >> former president clinton -- tweeted i'll never forget my friend madeiba, and you can see the love there. david cameron, the prime minister of britain is now speaking. i think we're going to try to fix that audio. once we do, we'll hear david cameron, the british prime minister. he's paying his respects over in london right now once we've fixed that technical problem, we'll hear what he has to say. he's paying his respects. i want to show our viewers some video. february 11th, 1990. right now a very, very special day. this is nelson mandela released from prison after 27 years. almost 20 of those year at robin island, brutal captivity. he was amazing, because shortly after, donna brazile, as you're watching this video of mandela leaving that prison and beginning a political, i guess, a revolution in south africa, a peaceful revolution, so many people thought it would be brutal and violent. because of this man, it was peaceful. >> he said if you want to make

. >>> nosotros vamos a hacer miss despierta américa yolanda y johnny también. >>> ustedes deberían estarstrella era un viaje ida y vuelta para el mundial de brasil 2014 y quién se lo ganó . >>> quién. >>> gina olmos (aplausos) >>> bravo. >>> bien, gina. >>> ahí está >>> wow. >>> miren ustedes (aplausos) >>> sí, qué bien. >>> pero gina, te ganaste la paso al mundial. >>> mira, mira, hay muchos candidatos, muchos candidatos, pero lo que sí es que la invitación pública es para sebastián rulli, no sé >>> sácate, no me toquesm pense que me ibas a llevar a mí. >>> qué ganaste. >>> creo que son dos meses o medio año. >>> es el viaje, el viaje a brasil y la estadía, o sea, el hotel le avión, así que, ahí les traeré, si acaso algún reportaje, podría ser, algún chisme, alguna ginacam. >>> vamos a estar nosotros allá. >>> gracias, gracias, gracias. >>> por eso se la ganó. >>> muy bien. >>>ppor cierto en la fiesta de ayer surgió una fanática de paul stanley que se llama mercedes. >>> uyyy. >>> y me dio un regalo personalmente para ti. >>> uy. >>> me gustaría que lo abrieras. >>> que lo abra, que lo

host: yolanda, texas, democratic caller. caller: good morning. calling and reiterating mark from florida's call. spying, whether the nsa, cia, fbi, it has been going on for decades. within ourselves, but for our safety. whatever needs to be done should be done to keep us safe. we should agree on that. i am not sure, exactly what he won. he said he already won. he is a cat in a russian house, a russian house cat. he is playing in a house with a backyard of bulldogs. host: yesterday, president obama -- the new homeland security secretary, jeh johnson, was sworn in. senator tom carper, a defender of him on the senate floor during his confirmation battle tweeted this. johnsonlations to jeh and the deputy of homeland security. they will both do great. other national security news, here is "the washington times," the military pension cuts that were part of the two-year budget likely.anges civiliangon's top is facing a test of wills with veterans groups, which oppose cuts. "the new york times" reporting that the u.s. has soft anened its deadline to keep

. >> y ahÍ aparece una foto de ella cuando era chiquita junto a su mami yolanda miranda que ya sabena mÍ me la entregan el viernes. >> ay!. >> a mÍ el seis. >> pero no voy a poder ir. >> eso es un gran evento, sabes la cantidad de personas que esperan ahÍ. >> voy a estar en la maÑana aqÍi en "despierta amÉrica" y no voy a poder ir para allÁ. >> y no que vaya y la reciba mane por ti. >> sabes que amigo te hablo ¿no?. >> te hablo mejor. >> y nos invita. >> pero por cierto queremos felicitar a thalÍa porque ayer estuvo festejando su dÉcimo tercer aniversario de matrimonio y lo conmemorÓ compartiendo imÁgenes en su cuenta de instagram donde los vemos en familia con tommy y sus hijos, otra como pilociÓn en donde ella recuerda el dÍa de su boda y dice cuento de hadas siempre. >> ay! que bonito. >> vi esa foto se me hizo muy tierna, la vez que me tocÓ ir a entrevistarla en nueva york, dice que estÁ enamorada de su esposo pero pude ser testigo de cÓmo se quieren porque la llamaba en la grabaciÓn y vieron el cariÑo con el que se hablan. >> dice estoy viviendo una pelÍcula, una novela estoy mu

my good friend, yolanda, who was in that picture, it was a great moment.ther places to help train workers and volunteers who would conduct the first multiracial elections in south africa. he was authentic. he was a giant. you know, when you were around him, you felt very special. he was joyful. he had a sense of humor, but there was this dignity about him, this strength about him. i will always remember his grace and his courage. >> and to donna's point, john, i want to bring you in. she talks about him being a giant. .headlines, these are one of the days you are looking at the headlines. "usa today" saying the death of a giant. you were there when nelson mandela was inaugurated in 1994. you've also covered many world events but you will never forget that moment. why? >> professionally it was the most powerful thing i've ever seen in my life. i say professionally because i carve out a special spot for my children. if you think of the day of inauguration, u.s. vice president al gore led the delegation. the ceremony was outside in what they call the union bu

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