dr. sanjay gupta.ook at this letter from the ama, they are saying very clearly they should not be separated. and they talk about the lasting impact saying families seeking refuge give emotional stress which is exacerbated when they are separated from one another. >>ed american pediatric association echoed the comments as well saying this goes against everything we sort of do as pediatricia pediatricians. there are long lasting effects. we are talking about toxic stress. there have been people who have been talking about this concept for years. but the basic gist of it is this. you go through some stressor in life and you have these physiological changes that occur in your body. when you're a young child, especially a child under the age of 5 in particular, those stressors are really buffered by being with a parent, being with someone who is actually providing a sort of accepts of comfort, something to actually alleviate the stress. if you have both these things, a significant rise in stress without the

dr. sanjay gupta.can be done to try to solve america's hunger problem. >> reporter: when i first heard the story i'm about to tell you, i really didn't believe it. it starts with these adorable children. four out of five kids in this classroom are food insecure. not sure when or if they will get their next meal. covering hunger, even widespread hunger, famine, have been some of the most emotionally tough stories i've covered in 17 years as a journalist. welcome to a special edition. welcome to the front lines of famine. i'm in kenya, in one of the largest refugee camps in the world. i wasn't ready to believe how bad the problem was back home. what happens in the united states is by no means a famine. one in eight americans. one in six children struggle with hunger. it can happen to anybody. and it happens due to some sort of catastrophic event that you're not expecting. >> charity mills, mother of five, her husband, back from grad school, retraining after the recession. every meal now dependent on the

dr. sanjay gupta.r the next hour we're going to introduce you to some amazing people who are passionate about making the world a better place. 12 cnn anchors setout to meet them, but also to do more than that. we got involved with the organizations we championed and the people they served. we tell you how they were changed and how all of us changed as well. later on, i'll introduce you to my champion for change. a woman tackling an issue i care deeply about. but first let's start with my colleague, bill weir. most people walk right by the men and women living on the street, but not the folks from a group called urban pathways. >> in the richest city in the world, a place with so much to see, it's a sight that makes so many look away. >> hello. >> but they lean in. >> hello. are you okay? >> rain or shine or constant rejection, they refuse to forget the forgotten. because these angels in orange know that with enough relentless compassion, they can turn a life like this -- >> look how great my closet is.

dr. sanjay gupta is here to talk about lifelong effects on children taken from their parents. you have heard the pleas of the children like a 6-year-old separated from her mother at the border begging for authorities to call her aunt. now cnn has spoken to the girl's mother. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> cnn tonight brought to you by wells far go. weekend of wonder. tune in noon to 4:00 eastern on hln. he's made us better because his want to. he gets us out there more. there's days that i'm pretty tired after work. i would like to maybe just relax one day. then i know -- i mean he's 10. he'll only be home eight more years. i better spent every second i can with him. ride to position. okay? watch the feet when you leave here. >> being a cowboy is a must. it's not a maybe or a what if. it's a must. it's the best feeling ever to watch him do something he hasn't been able to do before. when you see him do what you told him to do it's like, thank you jesus, you got this. >> for this story and more tune in to hln for weekend of wonder with limited commercial interruptions. u

dr. sanjay gupta. good night. >>> germany scores. welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm ivan watson. this is cnn newsroom. >>> at this moment more than 2,000 children effected by president trump's immigration policy are being detained in facilities across the country. this is the scene outside a detention center in mcallen, texas. through the darkened windows our reporters could see children inside. president trump was at a republican party gathering attacking democrats on what he claims is their desire for open borders. if we did that we would have millions and millions pouring through our country with all of the problems it would cause. you could have millions. all it would have is yes, we want everybody to come. do what you want to do. if they see any weakness they will come by the millions. >> now, some members of congress who visit that hed that texas processing center were described as cruel and inhumane. >>> th >> they brought here to these areas. some of these groups tried to get their message to some of the people inside. we haven't seen any transport buses

dr. sanjay gupta. this is "weed 3: the marijuana revolution." >> i just went every day and sat by his bedside, and they told me he would wake up the next day and he didn't. then he didn't wake up the next day. he was five days in intensive care while i held vigil over his bedside. it was a very difficult, very difficult time. i don't like to even really go there. >> kristy kiernan doesn't want to go back to that day in 2011 when her husband, shawn, overdosed on prescription drugs. >> it was the most terrible and horrifying thing i've ever been through. >> did you want to die? >> i wouldn't say i just wanted to end it that second. it was a i want it to end, i want it to stop. >> shawn kiernan wanted it to end because the drugs that he hoped would save him were killing him. >> i couldn't stick on any one. and i just -- i just wanted it to end. so i did something that thank god it wasn't permanent. >> 22 united states veterans kill themselves every day. shawn was almost one of them. like many vets, he was

dr. sanjay gupta.historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, there's something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it and fetishize it. i'm talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it's now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult.

dr. sanjay gupta, or anderson cooper? >> eric: ooh. that's a tough one. >> anthony: no.. >> anthony: really? >> eric: in a speedo? you know what is a speedo? it's those bathing suits -- >> anthony: well, no. it's a banana hammock. it's a -- it's a -- >> eric: like, like a small, very narrow bathing suit. >> anthony: it's a french style. >> chen: ah, ah, ah, okay. okay. >> anthony: so when someone's running in slow motion down the beach in a silver lame speedo, of those three, who would you choose? >> eric: i don't know. >> anthony: come on! it's anderson cooper. the guy, like, works out. that's a good-looking man. >> eric: does he? he works out? i don't know. >> anthony: you disappoint me, eric. you really do. cheers. >> chen: cheers. cheers. >> eric: cheers. ganbei. >> chen: ganbei. >> eric: ah, no. ganbei you finish the -- no. cheers. wow, you took it seriously. >> chen: you become more and more chinese now. ♪ >> anthony: and vacation over, as we headed home to our regular beds, our daily lives of school and homework and ordinary things. maybe, my little brother, maybe

dr. sanjay gupta. good night. >> anthony: peru is a country that's historically driven men mad, mad for gold, for coca, for its magical, ancient history. but now, there's something else drawing outsiders to its hidden mountain valleys. we love this stuff. we obsess about it, gorge on it and fetishize it. i'm talking about chocolate. once a common treat, it's now becoming as nuanced as fine wine, making the pursuit of the raw, good stuff all the more difficult. i'm joining that hunt in remotest peru, but not before i've re-immersed myself in the booming lima food scene. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la,, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >> anthony: i'm in peru with this guy, eric ripert. >> eric: the guy was looking at us. he went into the tree. >> anthony: that's funny. chef of the world-famous restaura

dr. sanjay gupta went to find out what can be done to solve america's hunger problem. >> reporter: when i first heard the story i'm about to tell you, i really didn't believe it. it starts with these adorable children. four out of five kits are food insecure, not sure when and if they'll get their next meal. covering hunger, widespread hunger, famine, has been a tough story to cover. hi. welcome fwh. i'm in the largest refugee camp in the world. still, i wasn't ready to believe what was happen back home. what's happening in tu statsz is by no means a famine. >> what i have found poverty lives right next door to all of us. it can happen to anybody. >> there's something else. the face of hunger can surprise you. it surprised me. charity mills, mother of five. every meal dependent on others. >> there was a time we were 100% dependent on it. it was a difficult time. >> reporter: today, the organization about feeding america is about feeding charity mills and her family. >> do you do this every morning? >> yes. >> it's incredible work. >> it is. >> here in colorado springs, paul and i are on a

dr. sanjay gupta. he wants to know what can be done to solve the problem. >> i didn't believe it.arts with these adorable children. four out of five kids in this classroom are food insecure. not sure when or if they will get their next meal. covering hunger, even widespread hunger, famine, have been the most emotionally tough stories i have covered in 17 years of being a journalist. welcome to "sgmd." i'm in kenya, one of the largest refugee camps in the world. still, i wasn't ready to believe how bad the problem was back home. what is happening in the united states is, by no means a familiar in, but 1 in 8 americans, 1 in 6 children struggle with hunger. >> poverty is next door to all of us. it can happen to anybody. it happens due to a catastrophic event you are not expecting. >> there's something else. the face of hunger might surprise you. it surprised me. mother of five, her husband, back in grad school, retraining after the recession. every meal, now dependent on the generosity of others. >> there was a time we were 100% dependent on it. it's a difficult time. >> so, today,

dr. sanjay gupta and this is "weed 4: pot versus pills." november 13th, 2013. >> second and goal. >> "monday night football." >> james to the goal line. >> ah, man. that is -- that day changed my life. you know? >> they've lost mike james. >> mike james was starting in the nfl. a childhood dream finally coming true. a dream born years ago in a small town in central florida by a young boy and his single mom. >> my mom was a huge football fan. >> i heard. i heard. >> huge, huge, huge. >> she used to chase you down the sidelines. >> oh yeah. huge. and i got into football through her. i mean, she put me in it. she knew i needed something to do with all the energy i had. >> and something to keep him out of the trouble that mike says landed his absent father in and out of prison. that trouble was drugs. >> drugs tore my family. you know? so i wanted to just play football, go to school, stay in my books, not get in any trouble. >> by senior year he was one of the nation's top high school running backs, offered a full scholarship to the university

dr. sanjay gupta with more. >> for a lot of people this has been a long time coming. thought can people become addicted to these games? can they become addicted in a way that actually could qualify them as having a mental health disorder. the world health organization is ready to say yes. >> i pretty much started playing video games like seriously in like fifth grade. and then like seventh grade and then eighth grade and like ninth grade it went straight up. that is when my life really started deteriorating. >> he was basically online all the time, every waking moment. and he would refuse to go to school. he wouldn't eat with us. he lost weight. he was up all night. >> and like any mom kieren porter became increasingly concerned about her son. she didn't know how serious the problem was. now the world health organization is for the first time calling gaming disorder a mental health condition. >> ithoul be clearly defined behavioral pattern which is of such intensity and such nature that it takes precedence of all activities which have been important for an individual

dr. sanjay gupta reports. >> reporter: every year in the back woods of tennessee, there is a race so tough ever finished it. >> we've got a bit of a problem. i really don't know where i'm supposed to be going next. >> reporter: welcome to the barkley marathons. >> the greatest challenges in sports really are pressure and uncertainty. the barkley weekend is filled with pressure and uncertainty. >> just 40 select athletes are chosen to try to complete five 20-mile loops of steep unmarked terrain using nothing but a map and a compass. >> a race where you're just kind of running around in the forest not knowing if you're on the right trail or not, it adds a whole other mental element. >> reporter: runners have 12 hours to complete each loop and find 13 hidden books along the way to prove they stayed on course. >> the kind of incredible physical beating these people take and go out there 12, 14, 16 hours. you're wet, you're cold, you're hungry. >> it is fogged in and freezing up here. >> reporter: even for the most accomplished ultra runners, the course can seem impossible, leaving just one opt

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dr. sanjay gupta has done more reporting on this issue than anyone in this country. joins us now. what are you learning? >> john, it's a big medical milestone as you point out. this is the first medication that comes from the cannabis plant. there's a distinction here. there have been other medications where basically you synthesize a molecule from the plant to turn a drug into that. this is an actual plant itself. what is called a cbd plant, which is a type -- one of the ingredients, one of the primary ingredients in the cannabis plant. that's what this medications come prized of. it's for people that have seizures that do not respond to existing therapies. it was five years ago we talked about a girl named charlotte. she was exactly one of these children who had been through all these different generations of medications for her seizures. she was having 300 seizures a week. nothing worked for her. her mother formulated the cbd oil in her kitchen, that's the only option she had at that time and took her seizures down from 300 a week to two times a week. it was remarkable. fast-fo

dr. sanjay gupta., so many americans and so many members of the gay and lesbian community were so impacted by your son's death and you've been very vocal in the wake of this. why do you think this crisis affects so many gay and lesbian and transgender youth? >> our foundation, my husband and i did start a foundation after tyler died because of so many of the great conversations that were started. and one thing we found out was that gay youth are more likely to be bullied. not all of them end up in the type of circumstances that tyler's did, but many of the same mental health issues that lyde to suicide -- and so one of the things i saw with tyler's story is that so many people saw what was happening to tyler and no one spoke up. and one of the things i learned when i started learning about bullying, is that most people in bullying scenarios have bystanders who say nothing, we want to turn those bystanders into up standers so that's our initiative. >> tyler had recently come out and was obviously going