. >> reporter: cassie looks how many in boston feel. this two-year-old is in boston children's hospital emergency room. >> she's a toddler with a cold. she'll kick it soon but it has gotten really bad. >> reporter: dr. ann steck recognizes the symptoms. >> i think it's influenza because of the high fever and cough. >> reporter: cassie was born prematurely putting her in the highest risk category for serious complications and she is in a city under siege. where the mayor has declared a public health emergency in the midst of this contagious and fast-moving flu. >> this flu seems to have just spread really rapidly through large numbers of people. there are so many more people with it. >> reporter: so "nightline" spent the next 48 hours documenting this city in crisis. witnessing firsthand the human toll of the outbreak. children -- i've been throwing up and stuff. >> reporter: parents -- >> he's just not better. >> reporter: and health workers with the flu. we met those who have caught it. >> this is the flu. that's what you got. >> oh, m

we've held this, it's a fund raiser for cassie in memory of jill. the people in our community to be there and understand the cause to support cassie and how important it is to be there for kids, now not only are they in the high school for 4 years, they have just entered the feeder middle school for another 3 years. that's 7 years that kids will have free mental health care to change the culture. that's 21,000 lives. that also includes the faculty, think of the devastation that occurs to the faculty and the parents that's all provided to this change of culture. >> can we find this online? >> absolutely. cassiebear area.org. jill's ride for hope we just finished, we had a great ride the end of august, the beginning of school, as you might imagine it's a brutal event. for us it's a great cause but a crappy --. >> you are right. thank you so much. assembly man tom ammiano has his own story about bullying but you are the author of what we've been talking about today. >> it sounds trite, but all politics being personal, you've probably heard that before

did cassie say yes to the prom? we'll reveal her answer, live.erf m performers -- that's hard to say. two powerhouse performers have joined forces to bring one of the most intriguing friendships to the screen. angela bassett and mary j. blige. they create a legacy all of their own. and they are together in a movie called "betty and coretta." it's so good to have you both here this morning. you both look so beautiful. >> thank you. >> just gorgeous ensembles. we're all talking style today. a lot of people know that martin luther king and malcolm x were certainly huge and symbolic leaders of the civil rights movement. they were not friendly in life. but their two widows forged an intensely deep friendship. and i don't think a lot of people know that. >> right. i didn't know, either. that's what drew me to the story. the fact that they were friends. and they look at the bigger picture to, you know, live out their husbands' legacies to keep the dream alive, so to speak. and they didn't fight. they just -- >> because martin was peaceful to gandhi. and

cassie admits she does it all the time. but today with no phone in hand.er to do list the old-fashioned way, on paper. >> this is way more unsafe than texting. >> after just eight hours without social media, rosalie complained of physical side effects. >> i think i actually have a headache, i kind of feel like i'm going to puke right now. i kind of felt like i was actually having withdrawals. i know it's crazy. >> rosalie has a headache from not being on facebook? >> she does. >> she's so dramatic. >> at the end of their first phone-free day, the roommates met up with a friend who was stunned they were actually going through with it. >> you're not allowed to use your phone? >> yeah, right, or internet, nothing. >> email? >> no. >> detoxing created some practical problems, too. no phones meant no digital news. >> these will keep us updated with the world, right? >> got a nice selection. >> some us, some people. >> no cell phone to use as an alarm clock. and no google maps. >> all right. i'm going to guide you from -- >> we rode along as the roommates made t

wash your hands all the time. >> reporter: four miles away back at children's hospital, cassie now needsf mucous. just down the hall is 4-month-old casen page, born with congenital heart disease. for children like casen, the flu can be a matter of life and death. and at brigham hospital, doctors pay close attention to elderly patients, who are also at high-risk of complications from the flu. 18 people have already died from the flu in massachusetts. the best way to protect yourself -- >> get a flu shot. it's not too late. >> reporter: just six miles away at the east boston neighborhood health center, people seem to be taking that advice to heart. they've already given out 20,000 flu shots this season, more than 700 on this day alone. and a decline in flu admissions over the weekend suggest things are looking up in this city that's sick and tired of being sick. >> puts a real face on this situation. a real quick stat here. 62% of infectious rate on this. for little kids, they say the nasal vaccine is what works best. >> it's like 83% effective with the nasal for children. bottom line, it'

. >> cassie just had a baby, and she's going back to work, so in this shot, as you can see, she's wearingering everything. she's wearing a belt because she thinks the belt is bringing her waist in, and she's wearing a necklace that's pointing right to her trouble spot. >> show us the after. >> look at that. >> now we're talking. jacket off. step away from the belt. there is no reason to wear a belt. >> i pretty much always take it off after. >> look at the necklace. we put it on her face to draw attention to her face rather than pointing attention straight to her troubled area. >> let's bring all our lovely ladies out. >> thank you, jen. >> great advice. >> i had such a good time. >> exactly. >> we love you, sweetheart. >> all righty, a woman who wants to show off her best assets. our newest joy fit club member that lost 110 pounds, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ i like the way you move ♪ [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only

. >> cassie is with us from grand junction, colorado. democrats line. >> thanks for taking my call.ave a couple of issues. i will make it as brief as possible. i think, as americans, caught if we really live up to being democrats, we would be able to when we feltsident so. having only eight years to work with, you barely get program started in four. that speech you have four years to mature program started, and then you have another four years to make it work, impress everybody come and if it does, if people like it, then they should be able to vote them back in. that is much more american than the republic that we have today. >> thank you for the call. earlier today, we sat down with an historian and he indicated rodham. wanted to change the constitution to allow presidents to serve more than two terms. he also said in today's media culture, eight years may be more than enough. >> he always said, while president, he never said that he would run for a third term. as a matter of fact, he pointed out, by advocating the change, he was advocating for future presidents, not himself. he c

political and military leaders and will begin on day one fully conversed not only with the infrom a cassies of u.s. policy but with the understanding of the nuance approach to necessarily interact on the multinational stage. when vice president biden sat on this chair, he said on more than one occasion, good international relationships are always predicated on strong interpersonal reproliferationships. i think we can all agree that you have set the highest standard for developing those relationships throughout your career, and as secretary of state, you will continue to strengthen those relationships on behalf of the president and the furtherance of american foreign policy. i'll have some questions later on policies and your views, including how you explain to world leaders how you could have been rooting for the boston red sox instead of what the world knows as the new york yankees as the team of the world, but let me say, mr. chairman, it's been a pleasure working with you and looking forward to continuing to work with you in the issues you've championed over the years. fighting global te

. >> cassie just had a baby, and she's going back to work, so in this shot, as you can see, she's wearings the after. >> look at that. >> now we're talking. jacket off. step away from the belt. there is no reason to wear a belt. >> i pretty much always take it off after. >> look at the necklace. we put it on her face to draw attention to her face rather than pointing attention straight to her troubled area. >> let's bring all our lovely ladies out. >> thank you, jen. >> great advice. >> i had such a good time. >> exactly. >> we love you, sweetheart. >> all righty, a woman who wants to show off her best assets. our newest joy fit club member that lost 110 pounds, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ i like the way you move ♪ >> time now for another installment of look at me now, i jot fit club zoosh adrian realized she needed make a lifestyle change when she got tired of feeling defeated and wanted to live a fulfilling life. let's look at her story, which will probably be in hoda's income book. >> any mi name is adrian crouch. i'm a 24-year-old girl who used to weigh 230 pounds. i started