dr. john george of temple university hospital says doctors no longer think damaged heart muscle is dead forever. >> we learned that through research that you can actually regenerate part of the heart muss. >> in this study stem cells extracted from bone marrow are multiplied and then injected into pu muscle inside the heart. targets are determined with sophisticated 3d mapping system called noga. >> purple color shows you that's normal functioning heart and as you dip down into the reds that's a dead heart muscle. you see the different spots right along the border are where injections are performed. >> the hope is cells will spark the growth of new blood vessels regenerating husband muscle. half those in the study get stem cells and half placebo or dummy treatment. parks think he got the real deal. >> i'm doing things i have not done in months. >> patients like parks will be followed to see if their heart function improves. if they have fewer hospital stays and see if their quality of life improves. the trial at tem spl still open for more volunteers. we have all the information on 6abc.com. al

dr. martin luther king marched from selma to montgomery and the steps of the capital where governor george wallace had declared segregation forever. wallace wallace's daughter peggy stood on the same spot and embraced congressman johnis who was badly beaten on bloody sunday. >> there are opportunities for all of us to raise the call for justice in our lifetime. >> reporter: lewis joined armed with peggy wallace kennedy and led dozens of members of congress from the capitol to the memorial for those who died in the civil rights movement. >> reporter: i'd like you to review the history and talk about it. >> i knew that's what i had to do for them was welcome them home. >> your father is looking down from heaven his soul proud. >> reporter: at brown chapel back in selma, dr. king's headquarters for the voting rights movement attorney general eric holder urged a new generation to remember those who gave their lives. >> if you think about them and all of the other people who gave so much so that we would have the right to vote -- >> reporter: here at the state capitol they commemorated the passage of the voting rights act, but there's fear as well that the supreme court's removal of some of those requirements could lead

dr. martin luther king marched from selma to montgomery and the steps of the capital, where governor george wallace had declared segregation forever. today, wallace's daughter peggy stood on the same spot and embraced congressman john was badly beaten on bloody sunday. >> there are opportunities for all of us to raise the call for justice in our lifetime. >> reporter: lewis joined arms with peg by wallace kennedy and led dozens members of congress to the memorial to those who died in the civil rights movement. >> to talk about that history -- >> i just knew what i had to do. >> reporter: at brown chapel back in selma, doctor, headquarters for the voting rights movement, attorney general eric holder urges a new generation to remember those who gave their lives. >> think about this. you think about all the other people who gave so much so that we would have the right to vote. >> reporter: in selma today and here at the state capitol, they commemorated the events which led up to the passage of the voting rights act but there was fear as well that the supreme court's removal of some of those requirements in that act could lead to new suppressions on voting rights. jeff. >> glor: bill plante, thank you very much. apple

george are here with their son, john paul. they write about their experience in the book "heart of a lion." and dr.derek, you learned of your son's condition in an ultrasound and you were actually advised to terminate the pregnancy. >> correct. >> what made you say no? >> our faith, number one, made us say no. just going back to that day, we knew that we had options, but the only option we ever saw with our faith was, if our child only had nine months to live then we were going to give him nine months in the womb and let god decide once the child was born. >> derek, john paul i guess, had three experimental surgeries after he was born. at what point in that process did you turn to your faith and start to see the benefits of prayer? >> you know my parents have always been very religious, and because of my parents, my upbringing was faith. and i knew that i could rely on god, because god has been with me throughout my life. and john paul when he was born a priest said to me you know what let god do what needs to be done for this kid. and you know what? he's a miracle and 20 years later, what else can