hi, kaden! leukemia. at his interview as a potential recipient, he thought his wish was a long shot. >> kaden erickson: my number one wish choice is to go to australia. >> whitaker: folks here make granting the wish a big surprise. months after his interview, kaden thought he was getting this plaque just for being a make-a-wish volunteer. >> erickson: "make-a-wish, october 11, 2014. kaden erickson, your wish applause ) "your wish has been granted!" >> hey, kaden, you're going to australia. ( cheers and applause ) >> whitaker: his mother jeanne. >> jeanne erickson: he was just shaking the plaque. and his little legs were just doing a little happy dance in the chair. pretty special. >> whitaker: you must have been surprised? >> kaden erickson: i was the most surprised i've ever been in my life. >> kendra street: i'm so excited for you, you know it? >> whitaker: kendra street choreographed kaden's surprise. when not playing fairy godmother, she's teaching at marmaduke elementary school. everyone at the schoo

>> kaden erickson: got to hold a koala. like, put his arms around you? >> kaden erickson: he... it was like a hug. it was about as heavy as a baby. claws here was like you were getting hugged by a koala. you kind of ge >> whitaker: did it make you forget for a while that you were sick? >> kaden erickson: yes.a little bit normal, more normal than i've been for a while. normal didn't last long. shortly after returning home, kaden learned his cancer had time. as we settled in for our interview, his mom jeanne adjusted the medication he needs. body next to his heart. you're in quite a struggle with this disease. some bad things in my body thatborn. >> whitaker: i think you're kind i think.aden is so stubborn that, after deliberating for a week, he decided to undergo a third agonizing bone marrow transplant.wo were so difficult, his parents didn't want to force him to go through it again. how did you make that decision?ould i rather just die or would i have a chance of living? tough decision to make. >> whitaker: because the therapy makes you feel bad?make me feel bad. it can hurt me

hi, kaden! >> whitaker: kaden erickson is fighting a deadly type of leukemia. at his interview as a potential recipient, he thought his wish was a long shot. >> kaden erickson: my number one wish choice is to go to australia. >> whitaker: folks here make granting the wish a big surprise. months after his interview, kaden thought he was getting this plaque just for being a make-a-wish volunteer. >> erickson: "make-a-wish, october 11, 2014. kaden erickson, your wish has..." ( applause ) "your wish has been granted!" >> hey, kaden, you're going to ( cheers and applause ) >> whitaker: his mother jeanne. >> jeanne erickson: he was just shaking the plaque. and his little legs were just doing a little happy dance in the chair. and it was... it was something pretty special. >> whitaker: you must have been surprised? >> kaden erickson: i was the most surprised i've ever been in my life. >> kendra street: i'm so excited for you, you know it? >> whitaker: kendra street choreographed kaden's surprise. when not playing fairy godmother, she's teaching at marmaduke elementary

>> kaden erickson: yes. it made me feel a little bit normal, more normal than i've been for a while. >> whitaker: feeling normal didn't last long. shortly after returning home, kaden learned his cancer had returned for the third time. as we settled in for our interview, his mom jeanne adjusted the medication he needs. it's pumped into his body next to his heart. this disease. >> kaden erickson: there are some bad things in my body that >> whitaker: i think you're kind >> kaden erickson: thank you... i think. >> whitaker: kaden is so stubborn that, after deliberating for a week, he decided to undergo a third agonizing bone marrow transplant. the previous two were so difficult, his parents didn't want to force him to go through it again. how did you make that decision? >> kaden erickson: would i rather just die or would i have a chance of living? it was a tough decision to make. >> whitaker: because the therapy makes you feel bad? >> kaden erickson: it can make me feel bad. it could do more harm than help, so

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kaden erickson, your wish has..." ( applause ) "your wish has been granted!"ers and applause ) >> hey, kaden, you're going to australia. ( cheers and applause ) >> pelley: there's been a lot of debate about obamacare and whether it's possible for the government to cover every american.

kaden erickson, your wish has..." ( applause ) "your wish has been granted!" ( cheers and applause ) >> hey, kaden, you're going to australia. ( cheers and applause ) >> pelley: there's been a lot of debate about obamacare and whether it's possible for the government to cover every american. 11 million have signed up for it so far, but we found many may never get on board. >> come on in out of the rain. hello, mr. hank. how are you doing?

we came up with kaden's blessing bags. >> reporter: his family helps >> toothbrush, toothpaste, kleenex and wet wipes. water, lotion, chapstick, soap, two razors, one shampoo. >> it is hard when you don't have money. personal hygiene products are a necessity. >> it breaks my hart. my heart. there are tough times and hard spots and everybody need a blessing. giving them hope in a bag and watching my son be the one to do it and it has been an amazing journey. >> reporter: and how does it make kaden feel? >> happy. it is about me helping somebody who has -- well they don't have the things they need. >> dan: tip of the hat to that kid. >> tiffani: he is precious. >> dan: you see kids doing things like that and it gives you hope. >> tiffani: he is definitely a future leader. with that storm cloudy skies and we could see a few flurries and that would be the worst of it. let's go to the current numbers. 20s where it is cloudy. i think we may hang on to the cloud cover here. we'll see what happens. look at mansfield where you cleared out. 16. the latest run here in the upper teens and flurries

and kaden is far from alone.ple had been called by the scammers, now it's more than 900,000. the number of victims who lost money has gone from 3,000 to more than 5,000. and the total amount of money stolen has grown from $15 million to more than $26 million. what should tip people off this is a scam? >> the tip-off is, if you don't pay immediately you are going to go to jail. that is the tip-off. the irs will never make a telephone call look that. >> reporter: if you do get a call look that, he says you should simply hang up. don't say a word. if they call back. hang up again. by the way the scam started in india, it is so profitable. there are now call centers all around the world where people are calling people here in the united states. >> there was a major upset down under at the australian open tennis tournament. rafael nadal beaten by an unseeded player in a marathon five hour match. only the second time in his career, nadal did not make it through the first round of the grand slam tournament. he has 14 gr

and kaden is far from alone. in march last year, 3636000 people had been called by the scammers, now it's more than 900,000. the number of victims who lost monenehas gone from 3,000 to more than 5,000. and the total amount of money stolen has grown from $15 million to more than $26 million. what should tip people off this is a scam? >> the tip-off is, if you don't pay imdiately you are going to go to jail. telephone call look that. >> reporter: if you do get a call look that, he says you should simply hangngp. don't say a word. if they call back. hang up again. by the way the scam started in india, it is so profitable. there are now call centers all aroundthe world where people are calling people here in the united states. >> there was a major upset down under at the australian open tennis tournamamt. rafael nadalaleaten by an unseeded player in a marathon five hour match. only the second time in his career, nadal did t make it through the first round of the grand slam tournament. he has 14 grand slam titles. mea

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this is of 3-year-old kaden getting a blood test and screaming while the sample is being taken. man holding him is his grandfather. and the next photograph in the series shows the grandfather wiping away his own tears after seeing what his little grandson went through. the doors to this clinic didn't open until 10:00 a.m. on saturday this weekend. but there was already a line of people waiting to get in an hour and a half before that. but 8:30 a.m. there was already a line for when the doors opened at 10:00. two hours in after they opened the doors, volunteers had to start turning residents away because they had run out of testing kidtest ing kits. that's how great the demand was to get tested. the ongoing story out of flint is producing, among other things, some visuals you can't believe. including some unexpected visuals from these folks. if you were to stumble upon the facebook page for the volunteer ma list uslist -- militia. here is another in case of tyranny break glass. there's a lot of peopmemes. this says "freedom fries." if you follow them on facebook, you might have n

dowling's kaden sauer wastes little time. 1st period pin on johnston's ben wilson then at 220. rocky lombardi gets wyatt wriedt in a bad spot. another first period fall. valley edges se polk for the team title by 1 point, waukee finishes 3rd. grand view wrestling has been ranked number 1 for four-plus years. taking on graceland under the spotlight. 133 pounds. top ranked godwin cutler no problem with khamin crow. 20-5 tech fall. vikings continue to roll at 157. grant henderson only needs a minute before he sticks dakota britt. vikings roll over graceland 44-9 rockford 1-zip. with your sports on today in iowa, i'm it is cloudy this morning with some low visibilities less than 4 miles in spots. a few roads are frosty and slick, mainly in northern iowa. are mild in the upper 20s. we will only warm into the low to mid 30s today with continued cloudiness. recapping this mornings top stories... des moines police are calling the death of a woman found overnight "suspicious". officers went to welfare of a woman in the 14-hundred block of pioneer road around 4-30 this morning... when th

with the help of the staff here, taylor and kaden made their own delicious pies. ♪ >> how do you likew. that was so cool. >> that was very cool. hitting the switch and lighting it up. joining us now is taylor, his mom, his dad and his 8-year-old brother and his make a wish escort is joining us tonight here. mom, you must be so proud of your sons, both of them and, of course, taylor. what an incredible experience. >> they are amazing kids. i couldn't have asked for anything better. >> very sweet. such a -- >> taylor, tell us what your favorite memory of new york city, so far other than this, because this is going to be number one. >> this is amazing. my favorite memory was probably going to the empire state building on the 103rd floor and seeing everything, even though it was foggy, it was awesome. >> amazing. this is pretty amazing, too? >> yes, sir. >> all the musical performances. are you having a fun time hanging out with your brother and seeing all these amazing sights in new york city? >> yes, ma'am. >> had you ever been to new york city before? >> no, ma'am. >> you are from cali

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