axelrod: i'm lauren.'m 18 years old. >> couric: by the time lauren was 18, they had tried 23 different medications and an unsuccessful brain surgery. nothing worked, and the axelrods were stunned to realize how little research and money were dedicated to finding a cure. epilepsy strikes and kills about as many people each year as breast cancer, which gets five times more federal funding. so, susan and two other mothers started a non-profit called "cure" to raise awareness and fund innovative research. >> susan axelrod: why can't they stop a seizure? i mean, this is a disease that's been known since biblical times. and it just seemed the... the research and the ability to treat and control is so primitive. >> couric: why? as you say, it's been around forever. it affects so many people. >> david axelrod: you know, it was viewed, even into this century, as... you know, widely as sort of demonic possession and so on. you know, it's so frightening to see someone have a seizure. and it makes people uncomfortabl

before the last election, lauren mendelsohn had a udge to checkbook which he went round opening up over the country and promised to sen billion-pound to produce -- promised t$10 billion pounds all over the place. it behooves the government to check all of those decisions one by one parent. a -- one by one. nowwsomeone else is taking out their checkbooks to write his memoirs. >> order. order. opposition must come down. calm down.%+ >> what action will the prime minister made to make sure that+ hospitals will never again be allowed to put down talk down targets before patient care? >> my friend makes an extremely important point. we all know cases were targets+ were getting in the way a proper clinical outcomes and clinical care. to many people have experience%+ in that in health service. if that is not justifiable, they will go. we will be fulfilling another important pledge. it is a public inquiry into the appalling events at the mid staffordshire hospital. i remember going to stafford and meeting with the families who have lost loved ones. someone into the hospital for routine operatio

lauren sundayerland joins us. abby was rescued two days after issuing the rescue beacon on her boat. it was all done for a reality show, a stunt on which the sunderlands can cash in. how is abby? >> she's doing well. she's aboard a french fishing vessel at this time. she's very relieved to be rescued, and the delayed shock has set in a little bit of losing the vessel. >> where is she specifically? >> she's right in the middle of the indian ocean, heading to a little island with this sailing fishing vessel about 46 degrees south. >> when do you expect to see her again? >> we won't see her for another 10 to 14 days. she'll be transported to a french research vessel. and then she'll be steaming toward a little eye lond called la reunion off madagascar. that will be the first time we will have contact with her. >> do you live here? >> i live in thousand oaks, california. >> where are you from originally? >> england. >> how was abby rescued? >> it was a very interesting rescue. it was coordinated by the french original

lauren frazier. >> ok.o it's not coming from your office. >> that's correct. >> and we'll talk about the pros in a minute. i don't know if you can use any more cue words possible in some of the documents that were used here. but you've got a whole lot of hem that are in there. the inspector general has recently issued two report that is are highly criticized two different groups. one the nlcs and the other is the mms for failing to maintain an arms length relationship with special interest groups. with this report, you seem to be walking right into the face of that as dealing specifically with special inscripts to come up with a funding, with a report of all sorts of recommendations in this. do you see yourself having a difficult time aligning yourself with such a strong political idea logical group as this, especially in light of the criticisms of doing that exact same activity both within lcs and with mms? >> i can't speak to nlcs or mms. but in this particular case, i don't see the national park service

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