dr. julian bales was randy mccloy's neurosurgeon. >> he had methane poisoning.e was in liver failure, kidney failure, had a collapsed lung. >> mccloy's body somehow recovered. the question was, could his brain do the same? can you quantify the likelihood that someone like a randall mccloy would recover, that he would have a meaningful neurological recovery? >> we felt, and i think everything since then supports the fact that he was truly a long shot. >> but bales was concocting an unorthodox plan to try and save randy mccloy's brain. high doses of omega 3 fatty acids. fish oil. >> so the concept was then trying to rebuild his brain with what it was made from when he was an embryo in his mother's womb. >> rebuild his brain. >> yes. we gave him a very high, unprecedented dose to make sure we saturated and got high levels in the brain. >> had that ever been done before, to your knowledge? >> no, it had not. >> bales was going out on a limb. but he had a hunch. in other studies, omega 3 seemed to restore balance in the brain, helping some patients with depression or

dr. julian ford and he counseled a number of the sandy hook families in the days immediately following the and he's trained dozens of mental health professionals providing support to families in newtown. here he is. julian good morning. i imagine today is an emotional day for a lot of people in newtown and really as these children go back to school, what is goal number one today? >> the most important thing for everyone in helping the kids go back to school and helping the parents feel comfortable with their children going back to school is knowing that past is not prologue. what's happened is a terrible tragedy but now the community, the children and the families get to begin back on the path that they were on, even though nothing will be quite the same, it's wonderful that they have a chance to go back to the school with so much that is familiar. >> i'm sure for a lot of these moms and dads sending these little ones back it's probably a tough time and you say your advice to parents keep in check with your emotions because then you can better help your own children. is that right? >> abso

and in washington democratic strategist julian epstein. dr. peterson, i want to start with you.bviously federal agents are still learning more about how this neo-nazi convicted felon was able to amass an arsenal that i'd say deadly doesn't even begin to describe. it would seem to reinforce, as i was mentioning, the president's proposals, and yet the line from the gun control opponents seems to be these measures feel good but they just don't do anything. what's your response? >> my response is the nra is trying to sell guns and they're going to continue to try to sell guns and they're going to try to use these situations to sell more guns. we need to know where they are. they're very disciplined in terms ever their messaging, but to expect anything other than buy more guns coming from the nra is actually at this point insane. we need to take a closer look at the president's directives and his executive orders. they make sense. they would address a situation like this. one thing that's interesting, karen, we haven't talked much about the militia groups and extremist groups and how

julian bond, civil rights leader. we end today on this year of obama's inauguration coming on the federal holiday in honor of dr.in luther king, jr., who delivered his "i have a dream" speech half a century ago, not far from here at the lincoln memorial. coming up in our coverage, we will be playing in the five- hours of coverage, whether your station broadcasts it or not, we will be on democracynow.org. we end today with the words of dr. king himself. >> that if we are to get on the right side of the war revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. we must rapidly begin from a theme oriented society wind machines and computers, profit motors and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered. a true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice ous many of our past and present policies. on the one hand, we are called to play the good samaritan on life's roadside that will be only an initial act, one day we must come to see the whole jericho road

julian epstein. in tampa, florida, lehigh university professor james peterson and with me in new york, the great michael crowley, senior correspondent for "time" magazine. drpeterson, when the nra is prepared to focus attention on everything and anything but the weapons and ammunition that are used for mass murder, does this not render their contribution to this debate now null and void? >> well, for those of us who are sensible about wanting to implement measures around common sense gun safety it does sort of render them null and void but in the real politic of the situation we have to understand that this sort of form of the politics of distraction we have seen those on the right play with quite a bit throughout the presidential campaign actually sometimes can be very, very effective here. even by the very nature of the fact we're talking about video games, talking about films, and talking about those things being a part of the conversation instead of focusing on access to guns, the proliferation of guns, about mental health issues and background checks, it shows you how the politics of distraction works. it takes up air time and news space we need to fo

vietnamese, trying to reclaim their place in his country and it cost julian bond his place in the state legislature. this is the monument to dris a close aide said martin would be astonished at how much we have changed in this country. we have an african-american president, an african-american culture that is very powerful in terms of the economy. still a rising tide. still have issues to deal with when it comes to race, indisputably. but this day is one more example of how this country moves forward in all of its parts. we can never forget on this occasion, we are an immigrant nation. everyone you saw on that stage, their families came from somewhere else seeking what we all think of as the american dream. >> if you're just joining us, we're awaiting the sight of the president on the east front of the capitol. to tom brokaw's point, you know, you look at john lewis as one of 535 elected representatives and yet, of course, he stands out among them for the fact that he was beaten to within an inch of his life during the civil rights struggle. his background is different. he has represented his district for many, many terms in