program, dr. sam michaels, head of anesthesiology and dr. eric mineberg, orthopedic surgeon. they've been great champions of our plans to build a great hospital at st. luke's, one that will better serve the people of the mission. they came here to express their support. the st. luke's medical executive committee has passed a measure strongly supporting rebuild plans. the four physicians hoped to come here and express their desire, their urge for you to support the plans to better serve their patients and the people of the mission. unfortunately, they had to leave so they asked that their statements be submitted to the public record. thank you very much. >> good evening, supervisors, and mayor's staff. i'm steve wu from tenderloin neighborhood development. we brought a large group of seniors to come speak and many of them had to leave so

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staff was about to take him off life support and possibly make him an organ donor, sam's doctor, the renowned neurosurgeon drzler, said he had a hunch. >> i said, let's get one more mri scan. >> reporter: when the scan came back, it showed sam was not brain dead, even though he was in that deep coma. that's when the doctor approached sam's mom. >> he said, let's keep him alive for another week. >> reporter: and that night, sam wiggled two fingers on command. >> it was a miracle. >> reporter: shortly thereafter, he was getting around in a wheelchair and even talking. >> it's a miracle, considering, like, where i was, to where i am now. i know i have made a lot of progression. >> who is better looking, you or your brother? >> me. >> reporter: and here he is today, at a news conference. >> right now, i'm feeling all right. feeling pretty good. >> so for him to be walking in here just a couple of months later, that's a great christmas story. >> reporter: dr. spetzler, who has performed more than 6,000 surgeries, says he is dumbfounded. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. but in medicine, we see things t

sam remained comatose and with no response. doctors discussed the dreaded option of taking him off life support, but dr. spetzler asked the family to wait one more week before deciding. that night, sam stunned everyone by following a command, holding up his two fingers. >> that may not seem like a lot to you, but in fact, to be able to hold up two fingers, means they're receiving the signal. >> reporter: a crucial sign that sam's brain was still functioning. >> it is an incredible loop that shows you the ability of that brain to function. and that was like the fireworks going off. >> he came in and looked at me with nobody else and he said, we made the right decision. and i never looked back. >> reporter: sam is now doing intensive physical therapy. >> most important to him is just getting back to his normal life. >> reporter: and that's exactly what sam is looking forward to. and although sam has a long road ahead, he'll spend this christmas with his family, the best gift ever for him and his loved ones. kerry sanders, nbc news. >>> when we come back, reindeer games. the family that takes the annual chr

was about to take him off of life support, and possibly make him an organ donor, sam's doctor, the renowned neurosurgeon drreporter: when the scan came back, it showed sam was not brain-dead, even though he was still in that deep coma. that's when the doctor approached his mom. >> he said, let's keep him alive for another week. >> reporter: and that night, sam wiggled two fingers on command. >> it was a miracle. >> reporter: shortly thereafter, he was getting around in a wheelchair and even talking. >> it's a miracle, from where i was, to where i am now. i know i made a lot of progression. >> who's better looking? you or your brother? >> me. >> reporter: and here he is friday, at a news conference. >> right now, i'm feeling all right. doing pretty good. >> for him to be walking in here, just a couple of months later, that's a great christmas story. >> reporter: dr. spetzler, who has performed more than 6,000 surgeries, and even trained the doctor who operated on congresswoman gabrielle giffords, says he is dumbfounded. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. there's no question about that. but in medi

political writer for the "huffington post," sam stein, dr.jeffrey sachs, and in washington, chief foreign affairs correspondent, host of "andrea mitchell reports" every day at 1:00 on msnbc, andrea mitchell. good morning. >> happy holidays to everybody. >> happyç holidays to everybod. let's get to these polls. i want to break it down for you. particularly the cnn "time" research poll, five days to go to the iowa caucuses. a new poll shaking up the race a little bit. mitt romney on top, 25% support among likely republican voters, ron paul in a close second within the margin of error. the story here, though, rick santorum up 11 points since the last poll a few weeks ago at 16% and newt gingrich down 19 points at 14%. andrea, i'll start with you, what do you read into that poll? >> well, the fact is that gingrich is really in a dive, that's clear. he hasn't figured out what to do to turn this around. i don't think going to a chocolate factory and mimicking what romney did on lucille ball is going to do it. i think he's got to talk about what pr

dr pepper. it's what guys want. like this... catch phrase! so you can keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks. we're good. did you hear sam... ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago. we should get him a present. thanks for the gift basket. you're welcome. you're welcome. did you see hr just sent out new... ...office rules? cause you're currently in violation of 6 of them. oh yeah, baby? ...and 7. did you guys hear that fred is leaving? so 30 seconds ago. [ noisemakers blow ] [ both ] we'll miss you! oh, facecake! there's some leftover cake. [ male announcer ] the new htc vivid. stay a step ahead with at&t 4g lte, with speeds up to 10x faster than 3g. ♪ with speeds up to 10x faster than 3g. >> gs: 2:51 remaining in the big ten championship game between the wisconsin badgers and the michigan state spartans. the winner to advance to the rose bowl to take on oregon. >> charles: watch how many people are close to the line of scrimmage for michigan state now trying to stop the run game of wisconsin. >> gus: ought of the offset i. running room and he is tripped up by dennard. >> charles: stays inbounds which is nice for

dr. potter serves as a sam nunn and richard lugar of nonproliferation studies and founder director of the nonproliferation studies at the monterey institute of international studies. he is the author and co-author of numerous books including principles versus pragmatism, nuclear policies and the four faces of nuclear terrorism. dr. potter has served as a consultant to the arms control and disarmament agency, lawrence livermore national laboratory and the rand corporation. dr. potter? [applause] >> it's a great honor to speak to this distinguished audience on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the cooperative threat reduction legislation sponsored by senator sam nunn and richard lugar. i believe it's fair to say that few legislative initiatives have had such a profound impact in promoting u.s. and international security. although that assessment is widely shared today, it was much more problematic in december, 1991 when the soviet union dissolved and four of the successor states possessed literally tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, massive quantities of weapons-useable nuclear mat

dr. white cautions that his preliminary research shows fewer than 10% of brain-injured patients even respond to ambien. very few as dramatically as samg. >> so for now, sam and sally are on their own. >> they still have plans to marry one day and sally says she's just happy she never gave up. >> a lot of people expect me to walk away, but they just didn't realize that our connection is unbroken. it's stronger than anything i've ever known before. so i couldn't do that. >> why not? >> i wouldn't be me, you know, without him. i'd be heart broken. >> and without sally, sam says, no one might have believed he always was in there especially during that painful year and a half in the hospital when doctors said he was a vegetable. >> could you hear people talking about you? >> yeah. >> that must have been hard. >> it was very hard. >> what did you want to tell them? >> i'm here. >> sam and sally sent us a video update recently to show how his recovery is progressing, and you can see it on our website, rockcenternbc.com. >>> we'll take a break and coming up next, regis philbin. i'm going to try to get a word in edgewise. it's the perfect tim

dr pepper. it's what guys want. like this... catch phrase! so you can keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks. we're good. did you hear sam... ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago. we should get him a present. thanks for the gift basket. you're welcome. you're welcome. did you see hr just sent out new... ...office rules? cause you're currently in violation of 6 of them. oh yeah, baby? ...and 7. did you guys hear that fred is leaving? so 30 seconds ago. [ noisemakers blow ] [ both ] we'll miss you! oh, facecake! there's some leftover cake. [ male announcer ] the new htc vivid. stay a step ahead with at&t 4g lte, with speeds up to 10x faster than 3g. ♪ >> gus: 2:51 remaining in the big ten championship game between the wisconsin badgers and the michigan state spartans. the winner to advance to the rose bowl to take on oregon. >> charles: watch how many people are close to the line of scrimmage for michigan state now trying to stop the run game of wisconsin. >> gus: ought of the offset i. running room and he is tripped up by dennard. >> charles: stays inbounds which is nice for wisconsin. making michigan state use

dr. racks neal, -- rational -- and the cereal killer, like cheerios and smart dots -- tell us about him and why he was critical to the tactics and strategy in executing this deal. >> i think the deal with sam is always the deal from hell and the tribune made a is to be in purgatory first when it both the times mirror. it was -- you know, basically the atmosphere at the time was buy or be bought, and aol and time warner had just merged, and things were going quite well. and so when the tribune decided to buy this, things looked pretty good. the future looked bright. we paid a lot of money for it, and it was -- and the way the deal was structured is we bought the company, even though mark willis, the cereal killer, the ceo of times mirror -- he used to be the cochairman of general mills where they made all the cereal, and the staff of the l.a. times -- if the staff of the l.a. times had done as well with journalism as coming up with nicknames we wouldn't be here. they nickname him mark the cereal killer because he came in and started cutting things, cutting staff, and closed the new york news day, and he got that name. when the tribune bought is, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was

dr. paul is listening. >> i love you. >> are you talking to me? >> everyone. >> do you have a question? >> i just wanted to say i love you. big hug from wisconsin. >> this is samg for job interviews are often asked to answer this question. i like to have to answer it. what is your greatest weakness? >> i think my greatest weakness is my ability to deliver a message smoothly. i am so convinced about the message of liberty. i think i can always improve on my delivery. that is what i work on. i get by. i think it is the strength of the message and what the constitution says and what america is all about. that is where my strength is but i could always do better. >> you talk about that message. you are filling a college campus auditoriums with the next generation. some of the most ardent supporters are college kids. >> i have not quite figured that out. the answer is not always the same. you like the constitution and we like people to stand on principle. we like the issue on the money. so many students are interested in money politics. the foreign policy attracts young people. that strikes their fancy. they realize what terrible shape we're in. they could end up p

dr. paul is listening. >> i love you. >> are you talking to me? >> everyone. >> do you have a question? >> i just wanted to say i love you. >> this is sam.ot of americans going for job interviews are often asked to answer this question. i like to have to answer it. what is your greatest weakness? >> i think my greatest weakness is my ability to deliver a message smoothly. i am so convinced about the message of liberty. i think i can always improve on my delivery. that is what i work on. i get by. i think it is the strength of the message and what the constitution says and what america is all about. that is where my strength is but i could always do better. >> you talk about that message. you are filling a college campus auditoriums with the next generation. some of the most ardent supporters are college kids. >> i have not quite figured that out. the answer is not always the same. you like the constitution and we like people to stand on principle. we like the issue on the money. so many students are issued -- or ingested on the money. -- are interested on money politics. that strikes their fancy. they realize what terrible shape we're in

dr. wasn't write ready to declare brain dead. >> i said let's get one more mr icann. >> based on what he saw he told the family to give it one more week and that's when sam took mattersrpret what you're hearing. >> sam remembers what he saw when he opened his eyes in the hospital. ? it was my mom, john -- and. >> and he hasn't looked back since. for one day. >> he left the hospital briefly to spend christmas with his family. >> there is no better gift thoon have sam back. >> it's been nothing, but hard work and pushing through. he's got big goals being able to coach basketball and play. >> for now, he's taking small steps with his family at his side. got it? a family this year, celebrating the incredible gift of life. sam was just aloud out of the hospital for that one day for now, but he says his plans include getting back to college by next year, richard. >> very inspirational. kristen dal combren for the latest on that. check out the surprise holiday guest for a utah family. >> yeah. that's a deer. what are you looking at. >> is & stayed around for two hours. peeking through the door as it waited for wild life officers to a vief. the deer had to be put down, was t

dr. potter? [applause] >> it is a great honor to speak to this distinguished audience on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the cooperative threat reduction legislation sponsored by senator sam nunn and richard lugar. i believe it is fair to say that few legislative initiatives have had such a profound impact in promoting u.s. and international security. although that assessment is widely shared today, it was much more problematic in december, 1991, when the soviet union dissolved and four of the successor states possessed literally tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, massive quantities of weapons usable nuclear material, huge stocks of chemical munitions and biological agents, and a staggering quantity of delivery vehicles for weapons of mass destruction. senators lugar and nunn recognize that this weaponry might be coveted by both nations and non state actors who also might be emboldened as the collapse of the soviet union left successor states with depleted capacity to decommission and even guard their arsenals, much less provide adequate pay to their weapons scientists and nuclear custodians. in short, a vast supermarket of wmd material, hardware, and know how have bee