. >> coming up, her bones are brittle. her spirit is unbreakable. how a teenager is fighting to do what her body cannot - live strong. eee >> in the heath care landscape amounts are poured into some disease, but with rare diseases research is minimal. adam may brings us a story of a young girl with an uncommon disease, but unbreakable spirit. >> on a cold rainy day in baltimore. hannah brammer and her mother make a trip they have made hundreds of times. another visit to the doctor for another broken bone. i met hannah in 2006. i neatured here in a report about the rare disease osteogenesis imperfecta. it's more commonly called brittle bones. the first time we met you were, like, six. anna is now 13 years owl with a vibrant spirit. happena's condition has not gotten better, suffering 126 bop fractures from things as such as bumping foo a wall or rolling over in bed. on this day she's getting a check on her broken arm. osteogenesis imperfecta is rare. it's also called oi. affecting between 25 to 50,000 americans, with various degrees of severity. hann

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that gives you brittle nails and brittle hair. you have problems with your metabolism and electrolytes are off. the third category is binge eating. when you can't stop eating. those people are very, very overweight. what do you think is behind all of this? >> i think this is a very anything topic. it affects not just women, but men. what mark just mentioned, this is a disease of biological social. they have taken this mri of the brain and when we eat food, when we eat food, we enjoy it. there is a pleasure and a joy of food that comes with it. on the brain, you will see that the dopamine ander is serotonin go off. that reward center is up where as with anorexia that you are talking about, it's flat. there is no activity. it's 100%. they look at food as a medicine. it's a torture. it's affecting them and there is a background noise always bothering them. that's why they stay away from it. the biocyclone. this is one of the worst mental disorders you can have. mortality is high. 95% are really young teenagers and come from family is

the ultrathin part with anorexia gives you brittle nails, brittle hair, you have problems with your metabolism, your electrolytes are off. the third category is binge eating, when you just can't stop eating, those people are very, very overweight. david what do you think is behind all of this? i wonder what is causing all of this. >> i think this is a very interesting topic, because it really affects a lot of people as marc just mentioned not just women but also men, one out of four are affected by this. to summarize what marc just mentioned this is a disease of bio, psychosocial. they have taken the 3-d mri of the brain and when we eat food we enjoy it. there is a pleasure, a joy of food that goes with this and on the brain you would see that the whole dopamine ander i er is ts the activity in the brain is up. with anorexia nervosa you're talking about it's completely flat, no activity. and they look at food as almost a medicine, it's a torture, it's affecting them and a background noise always bothering them and that's why they stay away from this. there's a bicycle, a psychological issue be

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also i think what's at play is the fragility and brittleness.ne predicted ukraine would be in jeopardy this quickly, the ones in venezuela have been going on for weeks. talk about this. to mark's point, these are erupting around the world. >> ukraine is brittle because of corruption, massive corruption. venezuela is brittle because of an ideology that doesn't make a lot of economic sense. both countries have suffered from economic stagnation, economic decline. so i think you're absolutely right, that is one of the driving factors. but i think the other difference is that you have the death of president chavez. there is support for the regime, but maduro eeked out a victory and a lot of people think there may have been fixing of numbers. there's a question of legitimacy. the opposition opposed chavez, but couldn't challenge him on legitimacy. i think all those things are coming into play. >> all those situations, ukraine and venezuela, you have economic models in serious disrepair, serious need for structural reform and serious political obstacle

it's more commonly called brittle bones. the first time we met you were, like, six.nna is now 13 years owl with a vibrant spirit. happena's condition has not gotten better, suffering 126 bop fractures from things as such as bumping foo a wall or rolling over in bed. on this day she's getting a check on her broken arm. osteogenesis imperfecta is rare. it's also called oi. affecting between 25 to 50,000 americans, with various degrees of severity. serious. >> do you think your body is used to the pain? >> no. >> sometimes they hurt. can you describe what the pain is like when it's bad? >> on a scale of one to 10 it was off the scale. like 40. >> this doctor is one of the top paediatric specialists and showed us how the disease ravaged hannah's body. here in happena's leg the knee is here, this is the middle of the tibia fractures healed here. my whole career i try to straighten crooked bones. it's frustrating that hannah we have not been successful. it's the bone disease that defeats us. frustrating. >> what is it about hannah that you find special. >> hannah has a bri

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program, the space suits were life-saving, technological marvels, but today, those old suits are so brittlelling apart. >> they were designed for that harsh environment but they were not designed to last a very long time. >> reporter: cathy lewis is curator of space suits at the smithsonian air and space museum's new $79 million facility in virginia. this suit, worn by astronaut owen garriott on the sky lab space station in 1973, was designed to last only six months. this is a very delicate-- >> it's become very delicate over time. we're trying to preserve this for 50 years, 100 years. >> reporter: what exactly are you doing to preserve this space suit? >> if we keep the suits at a stable, low but not freezing temperature, about 60 degrees fahrenheit, and a low humidity, we can stabilize; slow some of that deterioration. >> reporter: the mission is to slow the pace of inevitable decay, of tens of thousands of u.s. aviation artifacts, a collection too big to house at the museum on the national mall. those national treasures from early flight attendant uniforms uniforms to vintage aircraft en

since two thousand and eight more than seven thousand or oil and gas wells have been sunk into the brittle sedimentary rock another five thousand five hundred have been approved by state regulators making the eagle ford one of the most active drilling sites and america now that paragraph goes with this headline max fracking boom leaves texans under toxic cloud this is a poor area of texas they're under a toxic cloud a lot of these drilling sites of five thousand five hundred they don't even have to report to any environmental agency what how much toxins they're spewing into the air and the article follows one woman who has asthma and she could no longer even go outside she could barely drive anywhere that four hundred mile wide region by the way. that is the same distance i took a little google map here from london to edinburgh exactly so that's that's the size of this area that's the size of the area if you look at the fracking map of the u.k. what the plan fracking map is you see it's about the same size. helped by a scheme for real estate which is a copy of the fannie mae and freddie ma

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problem isn't the school the problem is poverty and we need to be doing something about what our brittleness it's about it's all we've taken we see kids come out of those probably schools go to progress in excel so we absolutely have but there they i would say that they're the exception that proves the rule and look at the percentages if you look at for example my school district which has eight thousand dollars to spend per student compared to the suburban school districts around us that have thirteen fifteen thousand dollars to spend per student we've managed to make that eight thousand dollars work and increase our test scores why because we as a community of become engaged taking money away which is not a we're only making eight thousand we'll have eight thousand literally taking money away and i'll be able to close out all because like you book these teachers a lot is teach them teach me still hopes and they say going to three years and they're gone they're going to teach you all that these india is going to buy have a hard time have already worked in those schools my kids have to wait

>> that is brittle bone disease. and essentially the cause of death is shaken baby syndrome.of the symptoms is spinal fractures. the spoinl fractures happen. and the child was halfway around the world with the mother. and the mother had full custody and now the question is, did the head injury that was the targeted cause of death also happen 2 or 3 weeks ago before the death? i have had cases w where shaken baby is rennal injuries and not cause of death. it is feasible that that could have happen that long ago and the child died later. that could raise reasonable doubt as you said. >> john, this is a complicated element to prove. what is the standard for the prosecution in terms of tying earlier injuries to the nanny? is it essential for conviction? i don't think it is at all. forensically the prosecutions will have to sew it together about what happened immediately prior to the injury. it is not a month. the prosecutions will not have a hard time proving that the cause of death is what ever happen. and the nanny was the only one there. >> got to leave it there, guys. great a

. >> and demetrius is checking at the ice on lake michigan to tell us how brittle this winter weather is going to impact our it appears, there was no foul play in the deaths of two americans aboard a famous container ship in the indian ocean. the bodies of jeffrey reynolds and mark kennedy were found last week aboard the maersk alabama... known as the "captain phillips" ship. autopsy results say, both men suffered respiratory failure, and both may have had heart attacks. further investigation will determine whether *drugs contributed to their deaths. at least five children in california are paralyzed from a mysterious illness. doctors say the symptoms are similar to polio. since 2012 children have. to have problems breathing and had signed up as much within days they lost movement of a leg or arm. none of those paralyzed have regained use of their limbs. all have refused polio vaccinations. doctors are continuing to investigate. several have tested positive for a very rare virus this similar to polio. >>the governor of ohio has awarded medals of courage to three women who were held ca

and if conditions are just right, the soil or bedrock cracks like brittle frozen cracks like brittlein illinois, indiana, michigan, ohio and wisconsin have already reported frost quakes. wow. >>> some resident in denver taking the record-breaking cold in stride. you can see this guy is getting a little help from his dog. check out man's best friend, right? temperatures dipped to 16 below this week. easily surpassing the record. but there will be a nice warm-up today with a high expected to be close to 40. at this point that almost sounds like beach weather. >> yeah. after the last few weeks, 40 degrees sounds like, i just want to get in shorts and hang out. it's been relentless. >> i know. and you've been out in it. how sick of this weather are people in chicago where you're based? i can't even imagine. >> chicago, minneapolis, midwest, we're hearty people, we can deal with it. but it's been over and over. mother nature, we kind of get it, it's cold. >> over it. >> over it. we get it, it's cold. but we have to deal with it for at least the next several weeks. i'm not a meteorologist,

that is now the biggest threat to people there, after a long droughtless, trees dry and brittle. there are estimates that atlanta metro could lose up to a quarter of its trees in the course of this storm. they're nearly 500,000 people, no lights, no power, no energy. that is a tough situation. you can see the cars sliding around on the roads throughout. in new york, governor andrew cuomo said that the state has exceeded the winter budget due to the string of heavy storms this season. the cost of road salt, overtime pay and equipment repair busting the budgets. laura engle is live on the streets of new york city to see what it's like out there. laura, good to see you again. how's it going? >> reporter: hi. well, good to see you, too. things are starting to mellow out on the streets of manhattan. we're still on the upper west side and the big fat snowflakes we saw earlier have turned to crunchy rain drops. on the quick response vehicle as we drive around manhattan to show you what's happening out there. the snow has a slush to it creating a seriously messy commute. new york city ma

layers, and then with the winds with the 25 mph gusts it will track those trees, everything will be brittlese of that ice, and it will come down as soon as the wind picks up with the storm. temperatures right now are begin to go cool, it's starting to transition to just snow. as temperatures fall overnight it will be ice accumulating on top of snow, and an additional to four to eight inches of snow coming on top of that. the response for that, northern alabama, north georgia, atlanta is going to be literally shut down by the amount of ice and snow that's going to fall, and so is south carolina. they're expecting a wider coverage of the ice fall. this storm system is going up the coast as we get into thursday. right now the model is going back and forth with low confidence about whether it's going to be snow or rain as far east as manhattan. currently it looks like it's going to be a snow-rain mix with temperatures that are just too warm. get ready for a really tough day in the southeast, tony. >> the day's top stories next and then it is "real money" with ali velshi. >> reporter: the house

the real cinnamon is very thin, almost brittle and this is like a piece of bark.buy preground cinnamon, buy true cinnamon. if you can't, buy this and grate it yourself. >> did you know if it's in a plastic aboutle and looks like a bear, it's not honey? >> i assumed it's honey. >> you can't help from buying it, it's so cute. this bear here, you think it's honey but the honey comes from u.s.a., canada, and argentina. they get around. the extra virgin is all over the place. >> put this together for you. this is when you need to trust your hippy friends and go with the single origin farm, go to the farmers market, it should say a place. even new jersey. >> andrew boltin, thank you so much. i learned something today, about mres -- >> all of this would make the mres taste better. >> we'll be right back. honestly? my kids re always on my laptop. i didn't think i could buy them their own, let alone for under $300. t this asus with windows is lightweight and has everything they need -- not like chromebooks that can't install office or have to be connected to the internet t

you see the mayor of florence bolstering that a coalition which is very brittle it's a grand coalition that extends to silvio berlusconi's party ok so the buttons on the spot see the thoughts that i yet have said that they will remain in opposition they actually broke off. the other center right grouping led by deputy prime minister unto thee nor final but of cos not that the prime minister to step down will have to see what happens in times of lindsay takes longer means that the nine year old hobby of florence a very handsome empty. i'm anxious to get in front teeth. this may mean that i will come a long day which translates to the dedication and b that she deals with the old and brings in new and that's what she wants to do this time round we left the scene with it. he creates the new government with the team will get the support from parliament will padilla house as well as the senate's he expects a fall in otago full back tomorrow cost will be his resignation by the current prime minister and the collective. semangat to reporting from rome the belgian parliament voting by presentin

according to a government official, a dip in the outside temperature made the tank's acrylic glass walls brittleway in an abrupt and powerful explosion. >>> coming up -- seeing isn't always believing. >> translator: your brain takes what you see on the surface of the water and makes you imagine the depth of field. >> when "caught on camera: don't blink" continues. >>> when you watch this, what do you see? a fish about to swim away? you can see every detail, on the surface, goldfish are only red and white, but if you look very closely, you can see the rainbow colors inside. >> a clear resin ac fins and also the fin on the underside, and then i would pour another layer of transparent resin and then wait for two days. >> the technique requires incredible patience. it can take two months to his fish look so true to life they are frequently mistaken for the real thing. >> translator: i have been described as a trick i don't consider trick art to be my main work. i do definitely utilize illusion. your brain takes what you see on the surface of the water and makes you think that the object you're seein

middle aged economies get a little more brittle and it feels like we're in that. i don't know how you rejuvenate the economy, have a second bifort-- or third burst in our case-- but that sort of comprehensive thing needs to be talked about. >> woodruff: considering the debt, in a few weeks the government is not going to be able to pay their bills unless congress raises the debt ceiling. the president is saying i want this. i want it with no conditions. mark, speaker boehner is saying there won't be a default, but on the other hand he's saying my members are not yet on board. where is this headed? what do you think? >> it's headed for a kabooky dance. as a percent annual of the gross domestic product in this country, the deficit this year is lower than it was in ronald reagan's years. so that's taking some of the urgency-- we do deal with the immediate in this country. as far as the current crisis, judy, it was revolved last october. the nuclear option was exercised by the republicans last october. they-- >> woodruff: when they shut down the government. >> they shu

it was just real brittle bones.d mccabe: i worked very hard to expunge that history from the record. took me about three years. and they carried a letter with them from me in case anything happened. the first clue to the genetic basis for the boys' condition came when the team analyzed their urine and found a high concentration of a sugar-like molecule called glycerol. edward mccabe: chris has a deletion in the gene for glycycerol kina, we found that if you are completely deleted, if you don't make any of that gene product, any of that protein, then you will have severe disease. but if you have just a single amino acid change in an otherwise normal protein, that's where we can't predict the clinical picture from the mutation. but that missing gene alone could not explain all the boys' symptoms. unfortunately, one of the tragic things in my career was that we didn't recognize the adrenal problem-- the ability or inability of these kids to tolerate stress, until after the youngest of the two brothers died following su

this is how brittle and emotional it comes for republicans who are watching some in the media, chuckry, gleefully, gleefully cover this scandal. >> i can't underline what nicole just said enough about chuck todd that i love his show and i love his work. no, i'm dead serious. and john meacham has wanted to talk for a while. >> good. nicole, you're having a good morning. >> i feel better now. >> now that you got that out of your system. >> we're moving to decaf. >> i want to ask david a question. if you were to put your oppositional cap on, if you were running a republican presidential race, wouldn't you want a candidate speaking the language christie was speaking in terms of how the public sector creates conditions for prosperity? isn't that a centrist place to be that would be effective at least in a general? i'm not sure how it works in the primary. >> i think what he articulated is the big debate. i don't think the democrats should be about guaranteed outcomes. democrats should be about opportunity, which i think we are. the real stance is where do you stand on education, where do

have a high fat diet it may interfere with your absorption of calcium and your bones may be more brittleyou fall. >> are there other risks for these kids? >> there are unfortunately. these kids are more likely to get complex fractures, frac ters where the bones actually shred rather than have a complete break. they're prone to nerve damage and other complications like infs because they're not healing as fast. >>> finally this week the researchers at university of chicago confirm what elderly family members might all right suspect. being isolated may have an effect. what is it? >> loneliness make use feel bad and there are actually physiological reasons for that. your blood pressure can go up stress levels can go up and your ability to have a good night's sleep go down. so it basically all tributes to you not feeling well. >> there are some simple ways to make things better. piers morgan talked with gayle king about a new campaign she's working on. >> you're an an elevate were a group of people and we're all looking aet our smartphones. you can be on the elevator with six different people

her immune system is weak and her bones brittle and fractured from the medication and so much time onvery day brings improvements. she now breathes on her own, can get up and downstairs. and friday night, the girl who wants to be a rock star got a hero's welcome at a cystic fibrosis benefit. and the little girl who's been through so much brought this message to others who are suffering. >> whatever you are dealing with, young or old, just to be yourself. look deep inside yourself for that bravery and reason to fight. >> isn't she amazing? her mom tells me she feels like what sarah's been through has saved lives. she's still fighting, though. she wants a temporary stay to transplant rules to become permanent. she says, whenever possible, the sickest patients should get organs first. erica. >> thanks. great to see her making such a good improvement. want to get another check of your weather from dylan. hey, dylan. >>> hey, erica. good morning, everyone. things are okay right now, but we are going to see some snow move into the new york city area. but by the time we get into next week, w

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