this is the town of gigante, a village of fishermen like daniel rodriguez who repairs his net the way his father taught him. >> aqui? >> si!! >> life is simple, sustained by the sea. >> red snapper? >> si. >> e sena. >> si. >> but this way of life might soon become a thing of the past. gigante could become the pacific port entrance to the new nicaraguan canal. the canal is the pet project of nicaraguan president daniel ortega, seen here with wang jing, a little-known chinese telecom billionaire, promising to put up 50 billion dollars to turn a long-held dream into reality. the route, announced in 2013 by wang jing's h-k-n-d group-- and posted on their website, cuts through some of the most environmentally sensitive areas in central america, including lake nicaragua. many in the scientific and legal communities are concerned. >> so this is the map of the company where it indicates all of the area of the canal, all of this is the area that is going to be flood. >> monica lopez baltodano is the director of a popolna, a group fighting the canal. like many who oppose the plan she speaks ou

. >> reporter: but daniel rodriguez was happy to feel the vibe, as it's called. be it energy or calm from the >> it seems to be a good replacement for your morning cup of coffee and glass of wine at night. >> reporter: this wearable version uses an app with strippers that are placed on trigger nerves for a rev up or slow down response. >> it activates something you want activated. you decide when you want it on and when you want to use it. >> reporter: think claims to use the neurosignals to change the way you feel, it's not a medical device, but this is. robert anderson has multiple sclerosis and got a prescription for his about 3 years ago. >> i'm chippier in the morning, and quicker to wake. it also seems to help with sleep. >>> he says treatment with the low voltage waves has helped him cut down on medications. something situational, you can use it on an as-needed situation. >> it gives you a better night of sleep? >> reporter: as someone who gets up at 2:00 a.m. every day, that was my cue to give it a cry. it's not going to hurt? >> not going to hurt. >>> it

and this year it is daniel rodriguez. and what a story he has.n is enough to earn praise and honor. he fought in one of the bloodiest clashes there. the year was 2009. eight americans lost their lives in a battle that lasted more than 12 hours. another 22 were wounded including rodriguez himself. so in the wake of that he earned not only a purple heart but a bronze star. and that is just the start of his story. apparently he had other dreams as well, dreams of playing football at an elite level. and so he produced his own college recruitment video. and enough people saw it including the coach there at clemson university to have him walk-on. and he played in 37 consecutive games, but apparently he wasn't finished with that. he has played for the st. louis rams. and this sunday he'll be back as their honorary captain. so without further adieu, my goodness, daniel rodriguez sitting next to me all smiles here. ceo and founder of iava, i have paul rykauf, a friend. wonderful to see you, so awesome to meet you. congratulations and thank you, thank you,

. >> reporter: but daniel rodriguez was happy to be feeling the vibe as it's called, be it energy or calm from a new device called think. >> it seems to be a pretty good replacement for the morning cup wine at night. >> reporter: this wearable version uses an app along with strips that are placed to the trigger nerves for a rev up or slow down response. >> it actually activates something that you want activated. you decide when you want it on and when you want to use it. >> reporter: while think claims to use signals to change the way you feel, it's not a medical device but the stimulater is. robert anderson who has multiple sclerosis got a prescription for his about >> i am a little chippier in the morning. quicker to wake. it also seems to help with sleep. >> reporter: and more importantly, he says treatment with low voltage waves helped him cut down on medications. >> the you're treating depression and anxiety, you want to use i consistently but just using it for something that's situational, you can use it on an as-needed basis. >> giving a feeling, a better night's sleep. >> rep

joining us ceo of veterans of america, paul rykoff and veteran daniel rodriguez who received a purpleer tonight with the 2015 veteran leadership honor at the 9th annual veterans of iraq honors. you've done a really smart thing. you have willie geist as the emcee, right? >> we do. you've all been great supporters. this has been part of an epic veterans day event for us. yesterday we had almost 900 veterans marching in the parade. tonight we get to honor a really inspiring guy -- >> is that the guy sitting next to you? >> it is. >> tell us why. >> he represents what it's about, leaders, patriots, and coming home and doing amazing thing. it's about celebrating the 3 million men who served in iraq and afghanistan. that's what it's all about. >> it's about celebrating all the veterans but, danny, your story is exceptional. you left the army, go to community college, you get a walk-on scholarship to clemson for football and then you get signed by an nfl team and a best selling "new york times" book along the way, your autobiography. what compelled you to go and fulfill your dream of college

rodriguez from harlem. so, we're very fortunate in new york city, but throughout the country, you often have to remind... >> yes. >> ...members of the -- >> is it also an opportunity, danielle, to make a sales pitch perhaps to politicians if there's legislation or proposals that would be beneficial to entrepreneurs, latinos in general? >> there's definitely the opportunity to connect with them. >> yeah. >> you know, the -- a big part of the summit is more around education... >> sure. >> ...than sales. >> mm-hmm. >> but there is definitely the opportunity to connect with politicians. >> you had some special guests this year at the summit? >> we did. we had -- >> such as? >> we had members from -- representing texas teachers, calpers -- california public employees' retirement system, california state teachers employee retirement system, the new york city bureau of asset management. >> mm-hmm. >> all public pension funds. >> wow. did you learn anything, either one of you, from this summit, that you walked out of it and said, "wow. that's something i didn't know before this summit started"? >> yes, i learned a lot, and i -- every year, that is the case. one of the things is jus