he then used a piece of her tooth and bone to hold in place a new lens that acts as her cornea. just hours after the surgery dr. perez removed her bandages and for the first time in nearly a decade she could see her best friend rick brister. >> he was the prettiest thing i believe i've ever seen. >> reporter: the procedure won't work for most blind people and thornton can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell exactly what color you have on, blue or black. >> i'm wearing black. >> that's good. >> blues are bluer, the clouds are bigger and just beautiful. the clouds here look like mountains. >> her vision will get better and in the meantime she's thrilled by what she can see now. as you can hear. >>> a love story with a strange twist. what caused a car crash moments after a man popped the question to his girlfriend? >>> and a pregnant woman accused of stealing from several stores by using sticky notes. how she pulled it off, until she was busted. >>> abc2 news at 5:30 is next. i'm terry owens. a major break in the murder of that yale student who police have now charged with the crime? >>> why one group is firmly behi

lens that acts as her cornea. just hours after the surgery, dr.ed thornton's bandages, and for the first time in nearly a decade, she could see her best friend, rick brister. >> he's the prettiest thing i think i've ever seen. >> reporter: this procedure won't work for most blind people, and thornton can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell exactly what color you have on, either blue or black. >> reporter: i have black on. i'm wearing black. >> c-a-v. >> that's really good. >> reporter: her vision will get better, and meanwhile she's thrilled by what she can see right now. >> the blues are bluer. the clouds are bigger and just beautiful. the clouds here look like mountains. >> reporter: elizabeth cohen, cnn, miami. >> that'n extraordinary story. >>> all right, switching gears. quite a bit here. catching a foul ball at a major league baseball game. it's something every fan dreams about, right? well, a fan at a game last night had a very different idea of fun. making for a memorable and most unusual moment. here now is cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: it

len hubbard. it's been a big week as everyone comes back to drs and the fight begins again, as someone who has advisedll things in economic, is he being served by well by his advisers? >> president obama has a great team of economic adviser, but the question is are his the ones for the economy. i would disagree. but he's got very good advisers. health care poses a big problem for the economy. that's the one to watch this fall. >> if you're playing the hand they're dealt right now, what would you be telling them? >> for health care, the real issue is getting better value for the money. there are plenty of ways to increase hh

lens that acts as her cornea. just hours after the surgery, dr.t time in nearly a decade, she could see her best friend, rick chris ter. this procedure won't help for most blind people and thornton can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell what color you have on either blue or black. >> reporter: i have black on. >> that is amazing. rick, just look at the clouds. >> soon kay will be going home to mississippi and she'll see p seven grandchildren. >> sorry for that technical problem. but thank god she's going to be seeing. what an amazing story. to our viewers, you're in t"the situation room". >>> happening now, a health care plan for all, can it win senate support in both parties? you need to know what's in this new plan. stand by. >>> will universal health care be a dream or a nightmare? canada provides health care to all it's citizens, what's right with it and what's wrong? we have a debate between a canadian senator and a u.s. senator. >>> and it's the first time president obama will award the nation's highest decoration, we'll introduce the soldier

lens that acts as her cornea. just hours after the surgery, dr.. >> he was the prettiest thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: this procedure won't work for most blind people and thornton can't see perfectly. >> i can't tell exactly what color you have on. either blue or black. >> i have on black. >> c, a, v. >> that's good. >> reporter: her vision will get better. and meanwhile, she's thrilled by what she can see right now. >> the blues are bluer, the clouds are bigger and just beautiful. the clouds here look like mountains. >> reporter: elizabeth cohen, cnn, miami. >> that's quite a story, thanks to elizabeth cohen. she tells us thornton will go home to mississippi in a couple of days and see her grandkids for the first time. >>> president obama turned the lawn into a sports complex as they hosted olympians as part of the push to get the olympian games. it's between chicago, madrid, ♪ tokyo and rio de janeiro. >>> investigators are looking into whether a white man charged with attack ag white woman could be charged with a hate crime. we'll hear fro

in the intelligence community centers for academic ex-lens, the innovative program that was led by dr. len center radepant. we're proud to be part of a nrble urban league's black executive exchange program which does an excellent job of cultivating future leaders in government and industry. i have to tell you more than just a diverse work force, this is a tougher challenge, we got to have a differs leadership as well. and my agency. [applause] my agency seeks to give all of our officers, obviously the training and development they need in order to thrive in their work. we need to make sure that in every case accomplishment earns a seat at the table of leadership at the agency. by any measure, we don't have enough diversity in our senior grades. and bringing executives from the outside of the intelligence community is is not easy. and -- in the profession of the c.i.a. that's why we need to develop our junior and mid level officers. so that they can achieve those leadership positions. achieving greater diversity in senior leadership means giving up and coming officers what they need to earn