bosra guides a device carefully removing the top layer of the cornea. next, he and his team adding riboflavin into the eye over 20 minutes finally got into a device into place. victor's eye glows green. the light interacts with the drops. researchers say it causes kol kuls to bond or cross link. >> by linking it makes it stronger so you think of putting mesh on a dam it's strengthening in that way. >> that is it. >> after four minutes victor will be able to go home with an eye patch. >> it means a lot. you know? driving. >> for bobby it's stabilized her vision allowing they are see well enough with glasses to persue the hand work she loves. >> no water what goes on i'll be able to do the things i like doing in live. >> the out of pocket costs for patients averages about 4,000s oodz well, coming up here on abc 7 news, michael finney two women whose telephone lines got crossed and they could not get the phone company to fix it. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by pe

hospital settings, you have to be exposed either to tissue that art has a disease, typically that is corneansplants and those who may get the disease in a cornea transplant, and in patients who have neurosurgical surgeries that have misused during the surgery that was used on patients who already had the disease. gerri: should i be asking my doctor discovered an issue with that are being used for me? >> that probably will not be necessary. it's not really tied to the machine but the instrumentation that gets used. if asking your hero surgeons are those who are going to conduct surgical procedures on the nervous system, whether or not there is a system in place in a hospital to deal with patients with this disease we want that is a good point. doctor, thank you for coming on and explain this to us. thank you so much. >> enqueue. gerri: coming up next, how to get the most out of your afternoon nap. and are you looking for love? try saving some of that money you have been saving -- apparently you are more attractive if you save money if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and

. >> she was diagnosed with a degenerativeye condition that weakens the cornea.s are so severe they require a cornea transplant weeks of recovery. >> they do work but come wi a side affect of not being able to lift more than 20 pounds for life he recommended an investigational pro you're for bobby. it's known as cornal cross linking. >> this removes skin of the eye usi a medation called riboflavin which is a vitamin, and light. >> weigh watched as he performed a procedure. >> a lot of warness, dryness, when looking at the screen. >> dr. bosra guides a device carefull removing the top layer of the cora. next, he and his tea adding riboflavin into the eye over 20 minutesinally got into a devicento place. victor's eye gows green. the light interacts with the drop researchers say it causes kol kuls to bond or cross link. >> by linking it makes it stronger so you think of putting mesh on a dam it's strengthening inhat way. >>hat is it. >> aft four minutes victor will be able to go home with an eye patch. >> it means a lot. youknow? driving. >> for bobby it's stabilize

who is in a province and, you know, she testified that her husband of two years took the cornea from a partial that were during this year a bipartisan resolution to call for the end of those crimes. we know that a congresswoman co- sponsored a resolution and also many folks to sign the petition you have the forms. i include that in the envelope to write a letter to ask our congresswoman to support. we're going to have a relay from thursday from 11 thirty to 130 i encourage you to come and you can sign the petition to your congressman and congresswoman that were this is a crime against humanity that were it's been national or religious so i rile encourage everybody >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (speaking foreign language). >> to everyone i'm a practitioner i came from china to tell everything how people are prosecuted. >> (speaking foreign language). >> when i was in china i was kidnapped by the police because i tried to send out the clarification materials to people. >> (speaking foreign language). >> during the time i was detained in the detention center i was forced to tak

. >> y sacÓ el lente, cornea y todo, todo lo sacÓ de allÍ. >> te salvan el ojo pero pierdes la vistarecuperaciÓn. >> sÍ la hay yo vivo tranquilo, si la hay bienvenido y si no la hay ya pasÓ y vamos a otra cosa. >> fue mientras cantaba en martinica en el aÑo 2003 que sufriÓ el primer ataque al corazÓn el segundo ataque se reportÓ hace 4 aÑos en venezuela y el mismo manejÓ hasta el hospital para recibir atenciÓn mÉdica. >> despuÉs de dos infartos mi corazÓn deberÍa estar trabajando a un 50 o 60% y estÁ al 100%. >> ya comprobado con pruebas de esfuerzos y todo eso. >> son 70 aÑos oscar ¿no?. >> 70 aÑos ya. >> pero se ve muy bien. >> el ejercicio y la vida sana. >> ¿nunca ha tenido vicios?. >> jamÁs, mi vicio siempre ha sido las mujeres y el hombre que diga que no tiene vicios por las mujeres, pues lo debe tener por los hombres. >> ♪ (mÚsica)♪. >> vicio por un tiempo fue descontrolado. >> al punto de que una vez hice una lista de cuÁntas mujeres tuve en la vida no voy a decir la cifra porque se ve como jaco tan fz pero fueron muchas. >> mÁs de cien?. >> es bueno preguntando. >> (risas).

and if you get it in your eyes it causes the corneas to milk up permanently, so you go blind. this is not something you should do at home. [ laughs ] naator: the many species of trees create varied niches for a diverse array of animals and insects each one adapted to its host. dr. davies: this is a particularly interesting kind of tree because as very tight symbiosiwith ants. ants actually live inside the stems of this tree and they actually defend the tree from herbivores. the plants provide a very rich source of lipid food bodies for the ants in return for this defense. we've come down to the side here. you can see the ants are getting agitated by me breaking the leaf. but you can see these holes in the stem. the ants come in and out of the stem. so the whole stem is hollow. the ants will continue to defend this colony from a wide range of herbivores, a wide range of insects, that will eat the leaves of the plant. narrator: the researchers explore hoso many different species all competing for the same resources can coexist. one way the trees have adapted is that they become

ningÚn lado, me dio al borde y entrÓ en el ojo, cuando hago asÍ es porque entrÓ y saco el lente, corneay bienvenido, si no la hay pasÓ y vamos a otra cosa. >>> cuando cantaba en martinica sufriÓ el primer ataque al corazÓn en 2003, el segundo ataque hace un aÑo en venezuela, Él mismo manejÓ hacia el hospital. >>> despuÉs de dos infartos mi corazÓn deberÍa estar trabajando a un 60% y estÁ al 100% comprobado con pruebas de esfuerzo y eso. >>> son 70 aÑos. >>> la vida sana y el ejercicio. >>> ¿nunca ha tenido vicios?. >>> siempre han sido las mujeres y el hombre que no tiene vicio por las mujeres lo debe por los hombres. >>> vicio que por un tiempo fue descontrolado. >>> hice una lista de cuantas mujeres tuve en la vida, se ve como jactancioso. ¿mÁs o menos de 100?. >>> te quedaste corto. >>> bueno, mi mujer se dio cuenta de eso y estaba en la lista. >>> ¿cuantos hijos tienes?. >>> nueve hijos reconocidos. >>> varios no reconocidos, uno de ellos es jimmy, hace quince aÑos le dedicÓ al cantante la canciÓn "de hijo a padre". por muchos aÑos el hijo oculto del salsero, el secreto mejor guarda

>>brian: if you can get someone to give contact lenses that don't irritate the eye and keep the corneae, you've got something. >>gretchen: i have a sneaking suspicion that if he is no longer ruler of syria he will be no longer with us. there's other stuff to report today including something with hillary clinton. >>steve: let's take a look. president obama federal budget off dinner with republicans sat down with -- president obama fresh off dinner with republicans, now he is going to meet with hillary today. it is the full-court press, isn't it? >> it is indeed. the president continues trying to round up support for a limited strike on libya. at the same time a possible presidential contender expected to offer some help to help the president make his case today. former secretary of state hillary clinton goes to the white house today for a wildlife event. and according to to aides, will comment on syria. she is expected to throw her support behind the president's plan for a limited military attack on syria. she has been criticized for failing to speak out after that gas attack in syria l