brian hart became paralyzed. he's making remarkable progress despite all odds. >> reporter: it's nothing short of miraculous. the 53-year-old brian hart is out of bed, off a respiratoring and able to use a chin to control a special chair. just nine weeks ago he was left paralyzed below the neck after he crashed into rocks while surfing. he was with his 15-year-old son santiago seen on the left who administered cpr and revived him. >> i came back. i had a choice. i heard my son calling me. i just couldn't leave my son and wife, and that's all i remember that day. >> reporter: adaptive technology is on brian to use his chin and voice to operate his smartphone. >> it motivates me to navigate through the phone and look at facebook or go to youtube and watch movies, you know, and all that stuff you normally do, and you appreciate it when you have the hands to do all that. >> we had a surprise for brian and his wife veronica, a stack of cards from abc 7 viewers. valley medical center is one of the country's two rehabil

brian hart became paralyzed in an accident nearly two months ago.porter david louie has the inspiring update and a story you'll see only on 7. >> reporter: it's nothing short of miraculous. the 53-year-old brian hart is outesra and able to use his chin to control a special chair. nine weeks ago he was left paralyzed below the neck after he crashed into rocks at steamer lane in santa cruz while surfing. it was his 15-year-old son santiago staig on the left who administered cpr and revived him. >> i was given a choice and i came back because i heard my son calling me. and i just couldn't leave my son and wife. and that's all i remember of that day. >> reporter: adaptive technology allows brian to use his chin and voice to operate his smartphone. >> it motivating me to navigate through the phone look at facebook or go to youtube and watch movies and you know, all that stuff and that you normally do you appreciate when you have your hand to do all that. >> reporter: we had a surprise for brian a his wife a stack of get well cards from abc 7 news viewers

brian hart was paralyzed two months ago. david louie has the uplifting update, a story only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: it's nothing short of miraculous, the 53-year-old brian hart is out of bed, off as respirator and able to use his chin to control a chair. nine weeks ago he was paralyzed below the neck after he crashed into rocks at steamer lane in santa cruz suffering. it was his 15-year-old son who administered cpr and revived him. >> i came back. i was given a choice. and i came back because i heard my son calling me. and i just couldn't leave my son and wife. and that's all i remember that day. >> adaptive technology is allowing brian eye to use his chin and voice to operate his smartphone. >> it motivates me to navigate through the phone look at facebook, go to youtube and watch movies. and you know, all that stuff that you normally do. and you appreciate it when you have hand to do all that zblee we had a surprise for brian and his wife, a stack of dwell get well cards from abc 7 news viewers. >> i never knew i had s

. >> reporter: it's nothing short of miraculous, the 53-year-old brian hart is out of bed, off a respiratorto use his chin to control a special chair. nine weeks ago he was paralyzed below the neck after he crashed into rocks at steamer lane in santa cruz while suffering. his 15-year-old son on the left who administered cpr and revived him. >> i came back. i was given a choice. and i came back because i heard my son calling me. and i just couldn't leave my son and wife. and that's all i remember that day. >> adaptive technology is allowing brian to use his chin and royce to operate his smartphone. >> it motivates me to navigate through the phone, look at facebook or go to youtube and watch movies and all that stuff that you normally do. and you appreciate it when you have your hand to do that. >> we had a surprise for brian and his wife, a stack of get well cards from abc 7 news viewers. >> i never knew i had so many friends. >> valley medical center is one of the countries two rirptry rehabilitation centers for spinal injuries. brian is excited that two weeks ago he could start moving his

fall terribly short are the time for business now gary hart is here to talk about an interesting day for votes wagon shareholders yes you can say so brian is the latest chapter in the diesel gates saga because in the city of volvo false wagners headquarters a court has begun examining whether the comic should have told shareholders sooner about the emissions cheating scandal that might open the door for compensation payments but in opening comments that just judge said most of the claims might be past the statute of limitations in other words too much time have passed to consider the complaints. inside these folders are the files thousands of investors are pinning their hopes on the documents could be instrumental in persuading the court to either accept or reject the notion that fox lock knew about emissions testing in the us years before informing shareholders. peers had the plaintiff's lawyer and tilled outlined his case to the media these events. fall the hop under german law as it's required to communications essential information to investors and the markets we are firmly convinced that seed of you should have told markets of the

brian williams. as we come on the air for special coverage of these confirmation hearings today. in a moment, we will take you live to room 216 at the hart senate office building on capitol hill. if you were to draw a line on a map of washington from the d.c. circuit court of appeals, where judge kavanaugh has worked for the last 12 years, to the supreme court, you go straight through capitol hill. in other words, congress is the only thing now standing between brett kavanaugh and a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. two people at the heart of today's events will not be there in the room. that will be the president and special counsel robert mueller. they're central to everything you're going to hear discussed today. questions about executive privilege, the extent of presidential power, are at the heart of the mueller investigation. if things keep going the way they're going, it may be up to the supreme court ultimately to decide whether the president himself can be charged with crimes. democrats and republicans want to know exactly where kavanaugh stands on these questions. we have assembleled a great team. including

. >> you have seen them but clint hart got his start thanks to a leap of faith. pete: he is going to join us live next. briand one year after the words rocket man were dropped, stay tuned, brett kavanaugh's testimony for the senate hearing. what more we are learning about this morning and ted cruz and his wife heckled at a restaurant in washington dc. sandra and me and moments in america's newsroom, 9:00 to noon. >> fixer-upper fans watched as dumpster diving carpenter clint are up comes to life, the journey that led clint to the show was far from easy. pete: in his new book handcrafted clint shares how he quit his job and took a leap of faith to become a carpenter and clint joins us live right now. good morning. you make quite a journey. you were in the ministry, in sales and took a chance, going to follow your grandpa. >> that is what happens. my wife and i got married in 2001 and -- pete: don't forget. >> we have been married 17 years. we moved all around, including to europe and everywhere and we ended up in houston and i decided to go for a dream so i quit my job and we started a business together and s

brian williams. as we come on the air for special coverage of these confirmation hearings today. in a moment, we will take you live to room 216 at the hart line on a map of washington from the d.c. circuit court of appeals, where judge kavanaugh has worked for the last 12 years, to the supreme court, you go straight through capitol hill. in other words, congress is the only thing now standing between brett kavanaugh and a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. two people at the heart of today's events will not be there in the room. that will be the president and special