dr. norman francis. he lost his home during the storm and what is unspeakable damage that forced xavier to close for nearly five months. but they became a metaphor for the beating heart of new orleans. tonight, we will hear his story of loss, survival, hope, and renewal in his own words. our look at new orleans, five years after hurricane katrina, coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: among the many facets that makes new orleans the great city is its deep-rooted college communi

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dr. francis collins, the director of the national institutes of health-- which is a major center of stem cell research-- reacted to the decision today in a conference call with reporters. >> i was stunned, as was virtually everyone here at n.i.h., by the judicial decision yesterday. this decision has the potential to do serious damage to one of the most promising areas of biomedical research, and just at the time when we were really gaining momentum. as we understand the department of justice's ruling, grantees that already have awards from n.i.h. are permitted to continue their research and need not stop in place. >> woodruff: late today, the department of justice said it would appeal judge lamberth's decision in the stem cell case. two views now on the decision, and what it will mean from people who have worked in this field. dr. evan snyder is director of the stem cell research center at sanford-burnham medical research institute; and david prentice is senior fellow for life sciences at the family research council. he served as an advisor to the plaintiffs in this court case. gentleme

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dr. scott elner from the st. francis medical center. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. >> yeah?ew prosthetic arm and you were showing it off to me a little bit, a second ago. you've only had it a week? >> more or less in the final configuration about a week. >> how are you doing with the controlling of it? >> well, it's -- pretty good. i think the technology is just astonishing and, you know, to think about less than three months ago not even having an arm at all and now, you know, here i am. it's just fantastic. i can't describe how much it means. >> he's making great progress, isn't he? >> absolutely. for somebody who went through such a terrible ordeal to respond within three months he's done incredibly well. and using his arm already to woodwork and he's going to go back to work shortly back at his original job. >> one of the things i remember from our interview a few months ago, you told me about phantom pain, that you definitely had it. you even talked about waking up in the morning and starting to use that arm to turn off your alarm clock before you had to remind yourself