dr. angeli and rob summers. it is wonderful to watch the hard work by so many.e brilliant work by doctors and scientists by so much money we paid in donations and taxes to better lives of 6 million americans who suffer from spinal injuries. for those patients who persevere and courageously work. that day is approaching and it will take a lot of money to make it so but i can't think of a much worthier cause than providing support for what has been created by dr. angeli and all of her colleagues and this research and what has culminated in a real breakthrough. to take this breakthrough to all 6 million people will take a lot of money. we hope you will support their efforts. it will change the lives of millions forever. we all pray for that miracle. >>> well, time for a few of your comments now. jack in georgia e-mailed me to say lois lerner may be held in contempt, but this is a fruitless exercise unless there is jail time or a large fine. well, they're trying. criminal referral. bob tweeted me to say if the gop wants to lose in 2016, have a bush and krischristie

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dr. angeli is part of the team. >> what we're doing is waking up the spinal cord and allowing it to be ready the brain. >> reporter: chilcox is now one of four patients now able to move his legs with the help of a device. the technology was tried three years ago when researchers working with the christopher and dana reaves foundation realized that rob summers, a paralyzed baseball player, was able to move his legs. what's it like for you? >> it's miracle for me. when i can move my legs when i'm not supposed to -- >> dr. angeli told me she never expected in years for the stimulation to actually restore the connection between the brain and the muscles. so all bets are off in terms of what kind of function these patients are going to eventually recover and what will be restored in terms of their daily functionin functions of livig. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> well, riding the new york city subway can be an adventure. newly released video shows a rat running across the floor of a subway car. some terrorized passengers screamed and some jumped up on their seats. the rat got off at the

dr. angeli heads the team. chilcox is one of those. technology was first tried three years ago when researchers working with the christopher and dana reaves foundation realized that rob summers, a paralyzed baseball player was able to move his legs. what's it like for you? >> it's a miracle for me. when i can move my legs when i'm not supposed to. >> jon this is so exciting. you mentioned there are four patients in all. what are they doing? >> it's amazing. all four can stand up and move their muscles. i just spoke with him, he was patient number one. he could move his legs but get them started by moving his upper body, not by thinking. a few weeks later he's in the lab and suddenly he can move his toe. we could never in a million years think you could re-establish the connection that was thought to be totally severed between the brain and the muscles. >> it's such a good piece but i'm curious. what's the next step? >> it costs $400,000 in terms per person of the research cost. they're going to do another four and expand it to places t