melissa jones is a nurse practitioner at children's national health system. >> the best way for her tosplantation was to implant this ventricular assist device or the artificial heart. >> the device is called a berlin heart, nearly the size of theresa herself. as long as she was using it she would have to stay at the hospital's intensive care unit. doctors have hear wear a helmet because the device is so heavy it leaves her unbalanced and at risk of falling. >> it's great technology because before we had it, somebody like theresa would never have survived long enough to get a transplant. >> reporter: dr. janet shield is director of transplant at chirp's hospital. she says kit take as little as a few weeks or as long as the year. that's because the heart has tof@ match both the recipient's blood type and size. >> what these donor families do is pretty amazing. >> reporter: her doctors and nurses tried to make he feel at home in the icu. melissa jones even brought her own son to work so theresa would have somebody to play with. >> she was around adults all the time in the icu. so giving

it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. melissacomprise on greek deck giving stocks a boost. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. watching apple hitting another lifetime high. nicole. >> it's exciting for the apple shareholders. anybody who holds technology or loves technology, they love watching what's going on with apple. stock up over 1.5%. 12185 was the high. as you mentioned be with the lifetime high. many of us remember it a year and a half ago. fifty-five dollars. it's run up. everyone is waiting for innovative products. it has a app to track glucose. they were talking about trying to jump over those cable tv providers and provide their own television. so it's not just iphones and the like. so much more. and the stock has really shown that. technology overall is doing well today melissa. the nasdaq is up one full percentage point. the dow is up a half of a 1 percent. the nasdaq is running the show here. >> whether it's on wall street or main street, here who is making money. anyone with

melissa: we talked about who pays for it. he said that he was flown as a guest of gerri jones on his claim.oint out that gerri jones has a company that received a contract after the governor recommended it. wonder if that is a conflict of interest. taxpayers did pay for something. they did travel to the 2013 super bowl in new orleans. new jersey was preparing to host. >> a real important public policy. attend the super bowl. [laughter] >> i do not think that this is corruption, per se. who wants to fly commercial? he has to get off the private at amby and a truck if he has any chance in new hampshire and iowa. being that when you hand your adversaries if you give them any ammunition, they will use it. >> the measles outbreak becoming a 2016 issue. coming out in terms of voluntary fact the nations. hillary clinton in the debate as well. the science is clear. the earth is round. the sky is blue. let's protect our kids. >> sure. i think that presidential candidates are dealing with this issue. they do not want government mandating things. diseases that were once eradicated essentially are now

jones was there. >> was chris christie there? >> john tatum. friend with them. good friend of mine. i saw tony romo's wife. no better looking woman than that. melissa: that is what you're bringing to the conversation? >> just better looking. melissa: hannah davis and "sports illustrated." want to be clear, tony romo's wife is hot. >> look at both of these women by the way. melissa: for anyone keeping track at home. >> tony romo's wife was off the charts. >> you're obsessed. >> not obsessed. >> todd, would you like to weigh in on the "sports illustrated" "sports illustrated" conversation. >> there is good-looking girl works in our bodega. melissa: we run the gamut here. that was a lot of fun. i have been saying this one all along. bright shining employment numbers that the government keeps touting is a total lie. i've been calling foul on this one from the start. i will discuss it with the man who crunched numbers on it himself, gallup ceo jim clifton is next. >>> apple raising some eyebrows, not only driving minivans, but minivans strapped with cameras. what the heck are they doing with those? more money, lots of truth coming up. ♪ when it comes to

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jones is the big company that doesn't act that way. >>> okay, coming up, our big "dancing with the stars" pro dancers revealed. melissa "gma" viewers. any guesses, ladies? >> val. >> which one is val? which one is val? >> this one right here. >> ooh. i thought that might be too. any thoughts on the dancers? >> mark. >> that's mark ballas. >> is that mark ballas? >> i hope it's mark ballas. we'll find out soon. "gma" coming up. >> which one is val? >> this one right here. >> ooh. i thought that might be too. any thoughts on the dancers? >> mark. >> that's mark ballas. >> is that mark ballas. >> i hope it's mark ballas. we'll find out soon. "gma" comi p. we love this country with a passion. you can see the pride in our eyes. read the joy on our faces. hear the love on our lips. we create products that deliver an effortless beauty look. genuine and glowing with confidence. almay. simply american. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ]