esther has been the top ranked player in the world since 1999.reak of 372 matches may make her the most dominant player in any professional sport ever. number one ranked david wagner, a doubles partner taylor have won olympic gold twice in the quadriplegic division. they were instrumental it bringing the division to the u.s. open in 2007. they'll try to defend their grand slam title when wheelchair tennis returns to the open this year. >> to be a grand slam champion is a great notch to have. >> reporter: each of these athletes has overcome incredible difficulties. at just 8 years old, esther underwent surgery on her spinal cord. >> when i woke up, i was paralyzed from waist down. >> reporter: david suffered a severe injury in the ocean that paralyzed him. >> i jumped over a wave, and as it broke, it knocked my legs out from underneath me and jackknifed my body into the ocean floor. >> i was born with a disability. a normal person's spinal column, you have nerves going up both muscles. i was born with every other nerve. >> reporter: and while thei

tomorrow night, we'll be joined by chef chris bianco, region james and esther dean.ront of the camera for almost half his life. his face has been declared a national treasure. starting october 2, you can see him opposite ricky gervais in the very funny new movie "the intervention of lying". please welcome rob lowe. [ cheers and applause ] great to see you. >> good to see you. >> it's become a tradition now that you -- you were here for the feast last year. >> i only come for free pizza. >> i heard you're a pizza nut. >> i'm trying to get prepped for a comedy bit and i'm stuffing my face with pizza. >> see, that's where we differ. i can only do it when stuffing my face with pizza. do you make pizza? >> i have a pizza oven at thousands. i don't know how to work it of course, but i know how to eat it. >> what's your favorite pizza place in the united states? >> well, new york was the sort of epicenter of pizza, but i shot this movie with ricky gervais in boston and i have to tell you outside of the boston garden there's a boston pizza place i put up with anywhere in the

on this day in 1883, what first lady gave birth to a daughter, esther, in the white house?leveland, the wife of president grover cleveland. >> welcome back, everybody. >>> taxpayers are facing huge losses on the government's $81 billion automobile bailout. given to gm and chrysler last year likely is not to be repaid. we're speaking with the chair elizabeth warren, coming up 45 minutes away. >>> investors are feasting on a new test result for a promising experimental diet pill. mike huckman is here with those details. >> against the backdrop of the health care reform effort, vivus is out with news that could help to cut a huge burden, centers for disease control estimates obesity costs $150 billion a year to treat in this country. vivus says patients on its new drug dropped 15% of their body weight, about twice the weight loss seen so far in big studies done by two other small companies, arena in the final stages of developing diet pills. the so-called good fen from the infamous fen-fen phase. companies say the most common side effects were altered taste, dry mouth, constip

the gender of south african runner esther's mania going to hold the heights this morning.a's sports minister non-threatening, and i quote, the third world war, if saying it is barred from women's sporting events. she recently took a sex test while results will be released until september, australian reports say the tests will show that she is a method of. officials say she will likely keep or world championship title, that could be barred from future events until she gets treatment. she has no ovaries. the controversy obviously alysin, is teaching others are not. one would think yes, you did notice, and cover this up for many years. >> she was raised as a girl. if you do know there's no category for hermaphrodites. >> you have to disclose this. you compete on an international stage tonight is that i can't hermaphrodite back of the check? as being serious. how do you know? that's the sad part of this thing took either a lot of directions we could go. this is a strange situation because yes, she's a young woman, raised as a young girl, but you do have to disclose this becaus

upheld the largest jury award in ohio history against and and some for denying lifesaving treatment to esthernmk!rus)s,!u)!,sa,h!a)emhd;@ @ s hearing and want to thank the witnesses for participating and look forward to hearing their unique perspectives on this important topic. i know many of them have tragic so stories to share and they certainly -- you certainly have our sympathy. the ongoing health care debate is extraordinary. americans bought previously engaged in politics are attending town halls, rallies, tea parties. in august and the september i had the opportunity with constituents in ohio. each and every person expressed grave concern about government-run health care system but no one denied the current system needs reform and that is what i hope we can gather from the next two days, the kind of reforms will make sense and help families, help small business owners and americans. health care spending is out of control and we are not covering the most vulnerable. medicare alone accounts for 3.5% of the product congressional budget office predicts by 2018. without intervention it will

. ♪ >> that is a modern-day esther, who stood before the judges and told the truth.w her position is the exact same position articulated by barack obama, and he gets a total house, but when a conservative makes that position, oh, my goodness. if you thought that was good, wait until you hear these announcements. i beg your patience, and then we will send off to lunch and we have a great afternoon program. very quickly, we start with a straw poll that we would love for you to participate in. it is open at the west registration until 7:00 p.m.. it is open again at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow until 1:00. we have -- >> finishing up this morning session. the voters values summit today. we can tell about coverage this afternoon. mary shapiro will be talking about current issues in the financial markets. she is a keynote speaker at a conference. live at 1:00 eastern here on c- span. also, her remarks from a doctor, the president and ceo of the mayo clinic. he will speak about healthcare legate -- legislation. live coverage at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon on c-span2. in 1971, a writer ob

upheld the largest jury award in ohio's history against anthem for denying life-saving treatment to esther dardinger. here's what the court said in that decision. then came the bureaucracy. anthem had worn the dardingers down as surely as the cancer had. like the cancer, they followed their own course on caring, object li oblivious what it destroyed, seeking only to have its own way. regulatory actions and jury awards do not tell the whole story since these measures consist only of instances in which insurers were caught and punished for a violation. there is no record of the silent suffering that our constituents endure without filing a complaint or lawsuit. recently, however, the research of the california nurses' association published payment data maintained by the california department of managed health care. they found that claim denials by health insurers operating in california averaged 21% in the period 2002 to june 2009. unfortunately, we learned yesterday from another witness that there is no comprehensive data source on all health care coverage that has been denied, substituted

upheld the largest jury award in ohio's history against anthem for denying life-saving treatment to estherdardinger. here's what the court said in that decision. then came the bureaucracy. anthem had worn the dardingers down as surely as the cancer had. like the cancer, they followed their own course on caring, object li oblivious what it destroyed, seeking only to have its own way. regulatory actions and jury awards do not tell the whole story since these measures consist only of instances in which insurers were caught and punished for a violation. there is no record of the silent suffering that our constituents endure without filing a complaint or lawsuit. recently, however, the research of the california nurses' association published payment data maintained by the california department of managed health care. they found that claim denials by health insurers operating in california averaged 21% in the period 2002 to june 2009. unfortunately, we learned yesterday from another witness that there is no comprehensive data source on all health care coverage that has been denied, substituted o