by day four in the icu, erica's family was seeing signs of hope. believed erica was strong enough to remove her breathing tube. now it was time to see how she would do on her own. >> i was rubbing her hand and she opened her eyes like a little bit and she said mommy! and everybody was like, oh, my goodness, she's speaking. >> while erica had taken the first small steps toward recovery, there was a big sign of life in rick arnold's investigation. it was a mystifying discovery that would turn out to be crucial. >> why is this with all these person effects of erin harper? >> doesn't make sense, does it? >> made zero sense. >> coming up, an unlikely car, a cadillac, leads to an unlikely clue. when "dateline" continues. of th" of th" ♪ no, you goof. i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. nice. i know, right? ♪ [nose plays a jazzy saxophone tune] believe it. geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> four days after she was shot, erica woke up and started talking to her family. in the icu,

...held it so close was pretty powerful.it was lisa beglarian a registered nurse on the respiratory icu at intermountain medical center -- who brought up the idea at that moment -- after she had seen what a family had done on pinterest. "and this is what we give to patient families"each tube has a note: (lisa beglarian/registered nurse) it says may my heart be a gentle reminder of the love i have for you -- then it has the ricu which stands for the respiratory icu unit. this was a way for us to let our guard down we care too and affects us too. it's hard on the whole unit when they pass away, it can be very emotional(tammy kocherhans/registered nurse) it's hard on the staff too because your heart is there..it's the lasting gift we can give hug and we'd wrap you up in everything we could. i'm a mom and i wanted to hold these kids. i'm so sorry that was my last gift i could give. could give. (vicki) that was surae (sue-ray) reporting. beglarian's idea has been shared with fellow caregivers and they all now use the same practice. belgarian has even worked to collect expired lab tubes, so n

icu. -- isee you i love you. do not let darkness make you dark. we must elevate each other and love each other and we must fight together for each other. if we live like that and love like that and serve like that and sacrifice like that, this will not be the last victory for new hampshire and our country. we will elevate the nation not to partisan victories, but for victory for all so that we truly live the calling of our foundation. that we will be one day a nation of liberty and justice for all. thank you. thank you. ms. new hampshire de thank you. [applause] ♪ announcer: this week on the communicators, christine chaplin, whose government accountability office or or it says the pentagon's women systems -- weapon system cybersecurity is vulnerable. >> they do not test the system for threats he would see from russia and north korea. they are not allowed to and terms of testing. they do not want to potentially disrupt the system. announcer: watch the communicators on c-span2. a look at what is live monday on the c-span network. on c-span, we are l

or icu it's a mess. wires are hanging everywhere ventilators and anesthesia machine.ying to get rid of the clutter. >> do you have it so it doesn't beep for people who are really just trying to have a little peace? >> yes well, first of all, we invented measure to emotion pulse -- that means it will work even when the patient is shivering or moving 80% of the alarms used to be false alarms due to motion we cut down -- >> why is everyone using this stuff? because it's - >> nine out of the top ten hospitals are using it we're not only the clinical leader but the market leader but unfortunately unlike the consumer world where you come one a better mousetrap, within a year or two people switch. in our industry it takes 15 to 20 years. >> well, that's just outrageous. >> it is it's hurting people's lives. and it's hurting our economy because our technology has not been only to show an improved life. >> we keep running about the runaway health care. you have had a lot of money. you can see why this is a terrific stock thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> stick wit

icu. -- isee you i love you. do not let darkness make you dark. we must elevate each other and love each other and we must fight together for each other. if we live like that and love like that and serve like that and sacrifice like that, this will not be the last victory for new hampshire and our country. we will elevate the nation not to partisan victories, but for victory for all so that we truly live the calling of our foundation. that we will be one day a nation of liberty and justice for all. thank you. thank you. ms. new hampshire de thank you. [applause] ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, we will discuss the week ahead in denisgton with stephen and then wilson center congressional relations direct or air it don't talks about a potential government shutdown and reuters journalist discusses support for the auto industry. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal at 7:00 eastern. >> tomorrow, a discussion with a discussion -- with the director of the pea

so my dad was in the icu numerous times over the past four years. in fact, the fact he lived this long really defies nature. he had a superhuman will to live. i remember three or four years ago, mom was in the icu with dad. i was there. a new nurse came into the room. and this is the same joke he actually played on other nurses, by the way. he could barely talk. he said, nurse, are my testicles black? and the nurse was like, you know, a little startled. she went over and washed her hands in the sink. she's putting the gloves on. she's about to lift up the sheet to look, to investigate. mom said, hold it, hold it, wait. dad said, i said are my test results back? you get it? >> i do, i do. >> that was a classic. that was a classic george bush moment. to try to bring levity at a time when he was down and almost out. just typical of my father. >> that says so much about him. we're so grateful that you shared that story. neil, what a pleasure and honor to talk to you. of course, all of our hearts are with you. >> can i say one thing, fredricka, before yo

scan, blood test, spinal tap looking for viral meningitis, then they admitted him to the pediatric icu. soledad: it was after the mri that they were able to really see what was happening right? jeremy: the next morning and it is about a three-hour procedure. coming out of that, i was in his room. i saw about a dozen doctors huddling outside of his room. soledad: that's got to be terrif. jeremy: what they described was, there's information -- inflammation from his brain stem all the way down his spine. soledad: how is joey doing now? jeremy: it is amazing. we are all super excited with what has happened. he is walking. he's back at home. he's with his siblings. it is slowly improving.my: he's. you saw the video of him dancing even this paralysis didn't keep him back. only when he could really just move his hands, he would try to do dances with just his hands. there were a couple moments where i thought, am i ever going to see him dance again, the way he did? soledad: the answer is yes. jeremy: yes. two days ago i recorded him in front of our christmas tree doing a dance. he loves to do

he will stay in the icu for a day or two before being moved to a rehab pool. he likely separated from his mommy too early and wasn't able to make it on his own. he was found y was around th ba they contacted the marine mammal center and they're giving him the help he needs. he's so cute! >>> you've heard about a rainbow, what about a fogbow? the national weather service showing a rainbow in the morning fog. this photo comes from top of mt. hamilton at the lake observatory. a fogbow. we've seen it all these days. >> yeah. >> you knew this. >> the colors aren't as bright in a fogbow compared to a rainbow because the water droplets in fog are a lot smaller. so you're not getting as much of the prismatic effect happening. >> i have to decipher what he's saying. >> smaller water droplets equal lesco less color. it's going to and little bumpy, but we don't have a major storm system across the bay area. that's the good news if you have any sort of shopping to do or just trying to get through the pre-holiday rush. let's get a look at the wide map. that's what a lot of

[laughter] how many people will go up to the ic unit one - - icu unit to be with her friend and up to the last day of his life as well. now my dad did the same thing with that passing of his first wife as well. >> you use the term that those of us who covered your father and subsequently watch him he had a lot of friends but also democratic friends even those across the aisle. those friendships don't seem to exist anymore. have we lost that where is this unique quick. >> a lot of people have friendships across the aisle 20 years ago. it was partisan. i use to throw stuff at the televisionon to george mitchell when i thought it was inappropriate. the founders created that tension just between the executive and the legislativebu then you add the partisan there is tension but it wasn't that long ago that tip o'neill and ronald reagan those ties and bonds it wasn't just reagan it was all parts of congress and the executives. i traveled on - - i try to tell people about politics it is worse than you think because politics is a reflection. it is not creating and then a reflection so you wan

here's where it began, three months before that scene in the icu.s is the nightclub district, denver, colorado. people in this part of town call it lodo short for lower downtown, very trendy. it was the night before april fool's day, 2011, a warm spring evening in denver. girls' night out. an attractive 19-year-old named kenia monge was on her way to lodo to party with some girlfriends. >> she was very kind, friendly, outgoing. just a happy person. >> among the partiers, janet gomez, one of kenia's closest friends. >> she loved to have fun. >> yeah, she loved to have fun. >> underage fun. no trouble sneaking in. they charmed the bouncers, flashed fake i.d.s. kenia and her crew had a kind of an unwritten safety rule, go together and leave together, look out for each other. but on this particular night things didn't go as planned. >> we had planned to meet at lavish. we went in there and she wasn't in there. >> kenia had gotten a ride downtown with two other girls she didn't know very well. her plan was to meet janet and some other friends at lavish b

three months before that scene in the icu. this is the nightclub district denver, colorado, and people call this part of town lodo and short for lower downtown and very trendy. it was tonight before april fools' day 2011 and a warm springy evening in denver. girls night out. an attractive 19-year-old kenya monge was headed to lodo to party with some girlfriends. >> she was very kind, friendly, outgoing, and just a happy person. >> among the party yiers, janet gomez, one of kenya's closest frie friends. she loved to have have fun? >> yeah, she e loloved to have >> underaged fund and no trouble sneaking in, they charmed the boun bouncers and flashed fake i.d.s and kenya and her crew had an unwritten safety rule, go together and leave together and look out for each other, but on this particular night, things didn't go as planned. >> we had planned to meet at lavish. we went in there and she wasn't in there. >> kenya had gotten a ride downtown with two other girls she didn't know well, and the plan was to meet janet and the others

. -- icu nodding. there is a whole thing about safety in numbers.rom my personal perspective, i don't have the expertise and perspective the admiral has. me, the point he made about quality over quantity and the emphasis of the all volunteer force, we are looking at the complexities of our acquisition force. in my first year at knowing come i worked with the army systems team and focused on what the army developments were and what they are looking forward to as far as acquisitions and reporting on that. the federal budgeting process is cumbersome. >> that's a nice way to put it. i have heard other words used. for example, if you are talking about a new technology like directed energy and it's been a proven capability over the past five or seven years or maybe more, if we are finding out that our servicemen and women downrange are getting hit dronesar's or swarmed by with attached explosives, will it take lives being lost to feel that as quickly as possible? i understand there are initiatives were that's taking place but it takes moving mountains. mo

[laughter] and that kind of friendship, i mean, how many people would go to not the icu, but close enough, and be with their friend? and he was there the last, you know, the last day of his life as well. now, my dad did the same thing with jim's, the passing of jim's first wife as well, so that bond and connectivity is something to really admire. >> you know, you used the term "friend" there a couple of times. you know, those of us who covered your father knew and those of us who watched him subsequently realized even more, he had a lot of friends, but he had a lot of democratic friends. he had friends from across the aisle. those friendships don't seem to exist anymore. have we lost that? or was this unique to george h.w. bush? >> no, i -- look, i think there are a lot of people that had friendships across the aisle 20 years ago. >> yeah. >> and it was partisan. i mean, i used to throw stuff at the television when george mitchell would do things that i thought was inappropriate or whoever the speaker was, i can't even remember now. gephardt maybe? i don't know. there was, the founders cr

icu. thank you all very much. countryiate it and the appreciate it. merry christmas. thank you. >> thank you. >> what about the fed chair? pres. trump: they are raising interest rates too fast. interestraising rates too fast. but i think that they will get it. i really do. the fact is that the economy is doing so well that they raise interest rates, and that is a form of safety in a way. president obama did not do much of that. he had a very low interest rate. meansalized interest rate good for a lot of people. they have money in the bank. for many years, nobody got interest. but i have great confidence. i have great confidence in our companies. our companies are the greatest in the world. record kinds of numbers. i think it is a tremendous opportunity to buy. really is a great opportunity. can't tell you when the government will be open. i can tell you it will not be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would to call it. i will call it whatever they want, but it is all the same thing. it is a barrier stopping people from coming into our country with drug

as of this morning, the baby's family says they're waiting for him to transition out of the hospital icu unit. so very scary moments for that family. >> just a reminder for all parents to make sure that that pool is, you know, fenced in. keep an eye on those kids, right? >> absolutely. especially a place like florida where so many people have pools. >>> well, a photographer from florida has finally cracked a mystery. she snapped this couple's proposal eight years ago in palm beach. joy gruver was taking photos when the mystery couple caught her eye but they got away before she could introduce herself. >> since then every year she has posted the photos on facebook and on december 12th in hopes of hearing from them, and this year she finally did. they live in texas. they were on vacation when david popped the question. >> how cool. glad she finally found them. >> again, social media, a pretty powerful tool. >> just kept sharing it. kept sharing it. some day they'll see it. >>> when we come back, the big news about miley cyrus and the pictures of what we already knew happened. >>> and could

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all my relations, icu. let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. while chief sitting bill -- >> sorry to interrupt you. go ahead. continue. >> while the chief said this to his lakota sioux first nation, i stand here with you sharing the district of core values. i hope we can put our minds together to replace the demeaning life of washington mural at the district school at 632nd avenue. for two years, i have been asking people to come together with me on this and i hear a question repeated. couldn't we just covered the american -- the dead american indian? setting the framework of the genocide, the answer is no. those committing genocide systematically enforce eight stages that lead to annihilation it perpetuates stage two symbolization and stage eight denial of the genocide of american indian peoples. put your minds together with me on this. symbolization. uncivilized, savages, native americans are portrayed shirtless and half naked. he painted scalps on american indians

. >> dana: at last report the baby was still in icu, and the good news is the parents hope to bring the baby home next week. thanks for join lg us, everyone. i'm dana perino. >> some lawmakers heading back to capitol hill. discussing getting back in business today. the government shutdown will drag on. president trump tweeting about the border wall. now they are demanding u.s. troops leave their country. and colorado men guilty of killing his wife. a little wall street whiplash. we will watch your money ahead of the closing bell.

. >>> larry and grace chapa kept a sleepless vigil over their daughter, kristene, as she lay in the icung somewhere between life and death. the 18-year-old had been shot in the head and left outside for more than eight hours. somehow, she'd survived. then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. >> that's an incredible little girl here. i'm telling you, she is something else. >> we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. >> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >> it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. >> so chavez kept his questions simple. >> the first thing we asked her, of course, is did you know the person that did this, and she said no. >> how tall was he? >> she described him as about 5'8", 5'9". >> within the first two weeks of her recovery, kristene helped police draw this sketch of the ma

you feel it on every floor, especially in the neonatal icu where someabies are so small they are weighed that the two days that i come into the hospital are the best part of my week. ♪ you make me happy when skies are gray ♪ >> retiree davehmdeut has been holding little babying here for 13 years. ncing as you exper hold him? >> i think i get more out of it than he does. these babies need to be held. they like the sense of touch. >> you lookpyo h the men are well acquainted. >> we really do get but we are opposites. d i couldn'to what he does. >> some of their friends don't get it. >> when i started coming here, they said what do you do there? i told them. i said i hold babies, i t peeed peed on, i get puked on. i love ia >> i have t of patience. >> patience and an understanding that sometims the kid who come in don't get well. >> i've never lost my composure in the hospital. but there were times over the years thald i w be at home reading a book and i'd be staring at the same page for 20 minutes. i'm thinking about the kids. i wouldn't even reali i'm doing that. so i feel tears running d

finally, they let me in to see him in the icu. he's breathing, he is on a respirator. he is brain-dead. the hardest day of my life. i then had to go pick up my son from kindergarten. bring him back to the hospital, and have him say goodbye to his dad. i waited for his brother to fly down from oregon and then i had to agree to let them pull the plug. and i walked out of the room. brian: your daughter was born how many months later? rep. speier: about six months later. brian: how long do you stay single? rep. speier: i was single for eight years. a single mom raising these two children. god love my late husband, he was horrible in finances, so i was financially three months from bankruptcy. friends came together, my family came together to help me patch a financial solution together. for eight years i was a single mom. kissed a lot of frogs during that time. [laughter] brian: where did you meet barry dennis? rep. speier: it was a blind date set up by kathleen. brian: the wife of the former mayor of san francisco. rep. speier: who was one of the married widows. and he had