dr. taylor, thank you for joining us. we'll send it over to jamie. you can give us a call. is 410-481-2222, to get some of your questions answered about your heart health. jamie? >>> hi. it's robin. i've been waiting 174 days to say this -- good morning america. >> this was a great day for cohost robin roberts. she returned to clears, from the -- cheers from the crew and you. it comes five months to the day after sheaf underwent a bone mar rope transplant for a blood disorder. she's still at risk for infection and, heat exhaustion. robin will share her personal journey on a special edition of "20/20" this coming friday at 10:00. >>> there were a couple of different times if you were outside and saw the passing flurry they're tough to pick up. a few flurries on the maryland virginia line, near doll montgomery. a few flakes could fly in spots. the big story is the wind chill factor. wind, plus the cold air, feeling like low 20s and teens just north and west in ago galveston. that's pretty brutal stuff. our average high gets closer and closer to the upper 40s near 50. none of

dr. brad taylor who's focused on surgery at the university of maryland medical center. so you get that diagnosis. there is some type of heart disease in the family, either adult or child, and you have to have surgery. how has surgery changed over the years regarding evolving technology? >> cardiac surgery has become much more patient friendly. it's clearly a lot safer to undergo than 10 years ago. the way we conduct cardiac surgery is much less invasive. 10 years ago the risk of having something bad happen to you around the time of the operation was higher. the procedures we do are fairly routine. currently the icu care that's given to patients is -- has gotten down to be pretty routine. most patients are in and out of the hospital in five days. the risks are somewhere around 1% to 12%. in addition, patients with extremes of diseases are being operated on, extremes of age. 10 years ago it was rare to operate on one 80 or older. often it's notten common that we are operating on people into their 90s. so we can do cardiac surgery safer on older people with a lot of medica

dr. taylor is close to our heart from the university of maryland medical center. we're talking about heart awareness. february is heart month. we're talking about heart issues. you're a cardiac surgeon. technology has changed. talk about the multidisciplinary approach. >> simply using the concept two heads are better than one. so when we look at patients and evaluate patients now it's often their charts, their records are being reviewed by a number of people including, for instance in cardiac surgery, a cardiac surgeon, a cardiologist, someone who's an expert in a given discipline, often times nursing, the icu who will take care of the patient afterwards, rehab people. that allows the best possible care to the patients and offer new innovative technology that can be done by a group of different people as opposed to one individual. >> a sense of relief because they don't have much to worry b they have the team mem brers working together. >> the patient comes in with a valve issue. there are multiple ways to approach it from a traditional incision, a device put in t

and now we can talk to religious commentator dr jenny taylor from the media center for religious affairs joining us there in the u.k. despite it being normal practice pope's the succeeded on their death this man is eighty five years old which is well past the retirement age of most people are you surprised at the element of shock express around the world due to his resignation. i'm not sure that there is shock i think there is surprise but i think the element of shock is something that's being whipped up as usual by the media who i'm very pleased to say interested in a very serious religious issue i don't think it's a shock i think it's as i say i think it surprises why is it a surprise. to me most is because only two pope's in history i gather have actually resigned rather than. either being bumped off or waiting it out until they die and i think he has made an extremely pragmatic and practical and courageous and selfless decision and i think all those things are very characteristic of the man and i think we should welcome it is really more to the official explanation of his resignation

dr. janet taylor who's a doll, we like her a lot. >> this is what she said about each of us, kathie lee, are conscientious, planned, targeted for achievement no matter what the circumstance, you're disciplined, you'll say, wait a minute, let's figure this out first, think it through. >> hoda is open, going with the flow, creative, adaptable, will think, whatever, i'll make this work. >> you know what, it's true. ? absolutely right on. she has an advantage, she knows us. >> she does know us. >> let's find somebody with no idea who we are. >> you're right. >> see what they say. >> in addition to this party that's going to be going on all throughout the show, we are going to go outside for the last few minutes of our show, because mt. rockefeller is outside. we are going to have another contest. apparently the olympics begin in one year from today. >> they will not be sending us, because they are terrified of an international incident, but that's all right, we'll celebrate with them. >> we are going to go down mt. rockefeller. we saw those guys do theirs. we're going to show them how it's d

major setback and a very bad papacy for the church and now we can talk to religious commentator dr jenny taylor from the media center for religious affairs joining us there in the u.k. despite it being normal practice the pope's the succeeded on their death this man is eighty five years old which is well past the retirement age of most people are you surprised at the element of shock expressed around the world due to his resignation. i'm not so there is shock i think there is surprise but i think the element of shock is something that's being whipped up as usual by the media who i'm very pleased to say interested in a very serious religious issue i don't think it is shock i think it's as i say i think it surprises why is it a surprise. because only two pope's in history i gather have actually resigned rather than. either being bumped off or waiting it out until they die and i think he's made an extremely pragmatic and practical and courageous and selfless decision and i think all those things are very characteristic of the man and i think we should welcome it is really more to the official expl

dr. myiesha taylor, and also the chair of the coauthor of "why so few women in science and technology andics." i'm in heaven here at this moment, because we featured doc mcstuffins as a foot soldier, because she is representative of trying to get the young girls engageded in a different way of thinking. i want her to introduce you, doctor. >> hi. i'm doc mcstuffins and i want you to meet dr. may ven, because she is a pediatrician, and that is a special doctor just for kids. >> thanks, doc. she is right, i'm a pediatrician and i take care of babies and children. i wanted to be a doctor since i was 4 years old. my mother bought me a toy do doctor's kit, and i did checkups on my neighborhood friends. >> you win, because you were introduced by doc mcstuffin, and tell me about the movement. >> yes, in 2012, disney came out with doc mcstuffin, and a friend of mine on the west coast was watching the show and said, she is brown i like me, and then she started to gather from the other people who were photo doctors photos of them and sent them to disney. so then female docs found a p s place for su

dr. martin luther king, taylor branch is here to talk about his new book "the king years:istic moments in the civil rights movement." he was a prophet with a political ear and a good sense of timing. he spoke about religion and race everyday, church and state and yet remarkably was never attacked for mixing church and states which a common thing and the reason is because he was so gifted about not trying to subdue one or the other. he would say equal soul or equal votes, take your pick, one day the south will know that when these disinherented children of god sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for the best american drm and the most sacred values in our judeo-christian heritage. he had a remarkably stable balance appeal. >> rose: carmelo anthony and taylor branch when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: carmelo anthony is here. he is one of the best basketball players in the world. he is a six-time n.b.a. all-star and two-time olympic gold medal winner. this saturday his college

dr. levy's examination rooms. >>> justice after six years. today, anastasia luche pleads guilty to beating john taylor inside his home in may 2007. taylor's daughter hired her to care for her father. she hid cameras in his room when she saw bruises on his body. aluche was arrested, made bail and fled to her native country. he was returned and got six years in prison. >>> chief dect in the pistorius case was pulled off because he is also facing murder charges. >> reporter: former olympian oscar pistorius looked down for day 3 of his bail hearing. in a startling move, police are taking off the chief investigator of the case because he himself is facing attempted murder charges. >> a team of highly skilled and experienced detectives, they shall continue with this investigation. >> reporter: hilton bota is accused of being drunk, when he allegedly opened fire on a minivan full of passengers in 2011. the clarnls were withdrawn but reinstated earlier this month. 10 days before pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp at his home. prosecutors say the double- amputee, known as the blade runner,

taylor latner for worst supporting actor. >>> will the race go on as planned after the stands were torn apart by a horrific crash? >>> but, first, let's check in with dr a look at what's coming up. >> susan, the biggest buzz in washington. these forced spending cuts that will take effect in less than a week if congress can't reach a deal, some real consequences for your health. we'll talk about that. >>> plus, the filmmaker behind the oscar nominated "how to survive a plague." >>> and also the secrets of happy families. how to rethink family dinner and even how to make it smarter. it's chevy truck month! the silverado is also recognized for the lowest cost of ownership. hey, what are you gonna do with it? end table. oh. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. get 0% financi for 60 months, eeplus trade up to get $1,750 total allowance on a silverado all-star edition or trade up and choose customer cash, plus option package discount for a total value of $7,250. offer ends soon. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. t

andrew taylor with "the associated press." i wanted to ask dr. price, in your upcoming resolution, one of the things about the ryan budget didn't come to balance was because you chose to protect medicare beneficiaries at or near retirement. of which are promising to come to balance, kenya maintained, can you keep that promise, which a lot of their members repeated in the campaign? >> yeah, i think so. the numbers will dictate that obviously in our coolest invention is to get a balanced budget within a 10 year period of time and the reason for that is to send the signals to the markets, yes, that people would get our fiscal house in order and not in and of itself creates economic vitality. whether or not it's exactly the same number of years of the same age, you've got to back into that based upon the equation and numbers coming into the federal government. the baseline we can get we, but it looks better because the policy of that's been adopted, so it's easier is not the right word, but it's a closer gag to counterbalance with relatively more sub

dr. baltimore and baltimore county and up to the goings mills training camp. when we get more information we will update you. i am capt. roy taylor. >> i wanted to ask a quick question before you go. where are the people that you were talking about? there were lots of people. are they on the roadway? >> the people are just the airport people. pretty much at the base of the airplane as you're getting off. police have not allowed anybody, no one to get down here where they are debarking at the cargo facility. you see a lot of people wishing the ravens, these other people who work here at the airport. >> i would imagine all delta workers. >> they're not at the ramp. there on the south side of the airport where the firehouse is. the new cargo facility. >> they do not ever the plane. they usually always come off in a private area like this. >> they used to come over there where the international terminal is over by signature. now they are utilizing this area here which used to be called the south ramp at b w i which is extremely secure. there's only one way in and one way out. it allows them to get the convoy set up to do the motorcad

. >> rose: taylor branch is here, he is a pulitzer prize winning author and scholar of the civil rights movement. his trilogy on the life of dr. martin luther king, jr. has helped many to better understand the history of race in america. in his latest book he turns again to the period he has studied and written about for over 25 years. it's called "king years: heroic moments in the civil rights movement." i'm pleased to have taylor branch back at this table. welcome, sir. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: why the? the dedication is to students of freedom and teachers of history? >> i had a lot of history teachers complain over the years. my books are valuable because they're story telling. they're difficult because they're 800 pages. in college it's difficult to assign it. >> rose: that's the full biography. >> hand the tale is valuable and i believe in it and i wouldn't want to write a summary but the longer i did this and the more digital students i saw in the digital age i said it's worth it to pick out stories, keep the original language but pick a sample that will give people a sense of the sweep of this incredible transfo

dr. king said a for the white south who was liberated from segregation to the sun belt. it wasn't even fit for professional sports. >> michael: if you stop learning history you stop learning citizenship. that's tayloring years. if you took a test to determine if you held gender and racial biases how would you score? there is such a test. that's right after the break. surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-watering lobster entrees. like our delicious lobster lover's dream, featuring two kinds of succulent lobster tails. or our savory, new grilled maine lobster and lobster tacos. it's back, but not for long. [ woman ] our guests go crazy for lobsterfest. my favorite entree is the lobster lover's dream. what's yours? come celebrate lobsterfest and sea food differently. [

andrew taylor with the associated press. i wanted to ask dr.ce -- in your upcoming budget resolution, one of the things about the ryan budget -- one of the main reasons it didn't come to balance is because you chose to protect medicare beneficiaries at or near retirement. now that you're promising to come to balance, can you maintain -- can you keep that promise which a lot of your members repeated in the campaign? >> yeah. i think so. the numbers will dictate that obviously, and our goal, as i mentioned, is to get to a balanced budget within a 10-year period of time. the reason is to send a signal to the markets, yes, but also to people that we're getting our fiscal house in order and that in and of itself creates economic vitality. i think we can do it. whether or not it's exactly the same number of years or the same age, you've got to back into that based upon the equation, the numbers, the revenue projections coming into the federal government. the baseline we can get in the weeds, but baseline actually looks better because of policy that's