dr. sanjay gupta at the united
nations general assembly.
he's in new york with a look at
how brazil's president overcame
torture.
this is today's "human factor "0
".
>> reporter: dilma rousseff, a
name you should probably
remember for lots of different
reasons.
quite a remarkable individual.
the first woman actually going
to be speaking to the u.n.
general assembly, giving one of
the opening keynote addresses,
also the first woman to be
president of brazil.
63-year-old rousseff, quite an
extraordinary history, she was a
revolutionary in brazil in the
late '60s and '70s.
she was captured, tortured, told
to stay out of government.
she subsequently became the
chief of staff to the brazilian
president and now president
herself.
in the midst of all that, back
in 2009, she also developed
nonhodgkin's liymphomlymphoma, h
she was treated.
in fact, she gave a speech where
she lifted up the wig and said,
look, i'm in remission as a
result of the treatments i have
received.
she wants to do a lot...