when eric jordan sings bass there, his booming voice fits right in.he was barely 40, it almost ended. ♪ >> every time i sing, my soul is bared. >> when he had a stroerk a year and a half ago, opera singer eric jordan's ability to bear his soul, to sing, was stifled. >> 5:30 a.m., the morning of the stroke. 18-month-old gabrielle crawls into bed with his parents. everyone goes back to sleep except eric. >> he never stopped moving around, jerking around, then i realized there's something wrong. >> then the moving around stopped abruptly. >> i slapped him. he wouldn't wake up. >> later at the hospital, doctors removed three large clots in eric's brain saving eric's life and his ability to sing. only eight weeks after his stroke, the bass was back on stage at new york's metropolitan opera. eric says recovering from a stroke has forced him to slow down and to savor life's small blessings and to accept this new version of himself. >> have you changed the way you look at something helps you change yourself 507s. >> that's going to wrap things up for sgmd. st

. >>> i want you to meet a man named eric jordan. an amazing opera singer. with the metropolitan opera right here in new york city. and then a stroke. stroke turned everything upside down. but i am happy to say that he actually has fought back and dr. san jaw gupta has how it all turned out in this week's human factor. ♪ >> every time i sing, my soul is bared. >> reporter: when he had a stroke a year and a half ago, opera singer eric jordan's ability to bare his soul, to sing, was stifled. 5:30 a.m., the morning of the stroke. 18-month-old gabriel crawls into bed with his parents. then everyone goes back to sleep. except eric. >> i thought he was trying to settle down and get comfortable. he never stopped kind of moving around and jerking around. then realized there's something wrong. >> reporter: then the jerking around stopped abruptly. >> i slapped him. he wasn't wake up. he couldn't open his eyes. >> reporter: later at the hospital, a doctor revealed three large blood clots in eric's brain. >> i explained to him eric was an opera singer. i urged him to d

. >> reporter: when he had a stroke a year and a half yoog, eric jordan's ability to bare his soul, toing, was stifled. 5:30 a.m., the morning of the stroke. 18-month-old gabrielle crawls into bed with his parents and everyone goes back to sleep except eric. >> i thought he was trying to settle down again and get comfortable. he never stopped kind of moving around and jerking around. and then i realized, there's something wrong. >> reporter: and then the jerking around stopped abruptly. >> i slapped him. he wouldn't wake up. he couldn't open his eyes. >> reporter: later at the hospital, a doctor revealed three large blood clots in eric's brain. >> i explained to him eric was an opera singer. i urged him to do whatever it took to get the clots out of his brain, especially in the speech area of his brain. >> reporter: doctors removed clots saving eric's life. and against the odds, his ability to sing. only eight weeks after his stroke, the bass was back on stage at new york's metropolitan opera. >> this is a very magical house. >> reporter: singing again somehow came easy. speaking is st

. >>> but first, the story of eric jordan.ng career is with the metropolitan opera in new york. then a stroke nearly upended his career. dr. sanjay gupta has the story about how the singer fought back in this week's "human factor." ♪ >> every time i sing my soul is bared. >> reporter: when he had a stroke a year and a half ago, this opera singer's ability to bare his soul to sing was stifled. 5:30 a.m., the morning of the stroke. 18-month-old gabrielle craws into bed with his parents and everyone goes back to sleep. except erin i. thought he was trying to settle down again and get comfortable. he never stopped kind of moving around and jerking around. then i realized there's something wrong. >> reporter: then the jerking around stopped abruptly. >> i slapped him. he wouldn't wake up. couldn't open his eyes. >> reporter: later at the hospital a doctor revealed three large blood clots in eric's branchts i explained eric was an opera singer and urged him to do whatever it took to get the clots out of his brain especially in the s

opera singer eric jordan had a soaring career with the metropolitan opera when a stroke nearly endedcnn's dr. sanjay gupta. ♪ >> every time i sing, my soul is bared. >> reporter: when he had a stroke a year-and-a-half ago, aopera singer eric jordan's ability to sing was stifld. 5:30 a.m. the morning of the stroke. 18-month-old gabrielle crawls into bed with his parents and everyone goes back to sleep, except eric. >> he never stopped kind of moving around and jerking around. then i realized, there is something wrong. >> reporter: then, the moving around stopped abruptly. >> i slapped him. he wouldn't wake up. >> reporter: later at the hospital, doctors removed three large clots in eric's brain. saving eric's life. ♪ and his ability to sing. only eight weeks after his stroke, the base was back on stage at new york's metropolitan opera. >> this is a very magical house. >> reporter: eric says that recovering from a stroke has forced him to slow down. and to savor life's small blessings. and to accept this new version of himself. >> how you change the way that you look at something helps

and do and meet, leland vitter, streaming live now from amman, jordan, with the latest on the pontiff's trip. leland? >> reporter: hi, eric. even on the first day here in jordan, the pontiff keeping a very busy schedule, bringing that message of peace here to a region that really has anything but right now going on. the pontiff arrived at the international airport in amman, greeted to a rock star welcome, crowds lined as he made his way to the king's palace, where he had a private meeting with the king there. and then held a large, open-air mass not only for jordanian christians, but also iraqi refugees, syrian refugees, palestinians were there, and that's where he made those remarks about the need to end the syrian civil war and also thanked the jordanians for bringing in so many syrian refugees. it had been a real strain on the government here. the other message that the pope is bringing is one of religious freedom. remember here in jordan, at least, 90-plus percent of the population is muslim. there is a christian minority here, and he talked a lot about the need for everyone to be able to practice their religion in fr

. >> congressman jim jordan calling the investigation a joke after this exchange with eric holder's deputye, public integrity. house republicans have tried for 11 months to find out who is leading the investigation and how many prosecutors are involved. >> an arizona woman clinically dead is alive and well today. and her doctor nearly speechless. >> i can only describe that with her being neurologically intact a miracle. >> she collapsed at work suffering from a heart attack. a coworker performed cpr. after arriving at the hospital. the doctor told the family her recovery was less than 1%. this morning she is just fine. >> >> call 911, saving his owner. marine veteran terry mclad says he initially got his dog major to help with ptsd and other health issues. when he collapsed from a seizure. he pulled the phone from his pocket and pushed on the screen until it auto dialed 911. the pooch then waited by the curb for emergency services and brought them back to his unconscious owner. >> and then he went home and played x box. >> he can do anything. let's get outside to rick and tucker. bass pro