lou gehrig was diagnosed in 1937. now 2012. and frankly, we haven't made much progress since then. i actually watched lou's final speech the other day, watched it a few times and i watched his every little nuance. how he walked, how he walked, how he was handed a plaque and he directed it directly towards the ground because he wasn't strong enough to hold it upment these are all exact symptoms and thing i go through on a daily basis in 2012. so you know, i look at the arena, als arena right now and i know there's some great momentum but at the same time, i realize my prognosis is, very similar to tony's or very similar to a lot of als patients i see on a day-to-day basis. when you're in a wheelchair with a respirator people may think this person is completely out of it. they have no idea what's going on. they have totally checked out but as neil mentioned, we can hear, smell, breathe, feel just the same as anyone else. it's almost just imagine being trapped inside your own body because your brain function is as sharp as a tack. so i have, i realize that this is a possibility and i a

now lou gehrig developed als at the peak of his career. he had been an outstanding hitter for many seasons, .330, .-- .350 batting average. and he first noticed the disorder when he noticed that his swing was not as sharp as it used to be. a terrific hitter. he noticed all of a sudden that while he was seeing the ball perfectly well he wasn't getting his bat around fast enough to really meet it effectively. and i think it's wonderful that we have griffen and peter here because these are the lou gehrigs of our round table. >> rose: they're athletes. >> they're fantastic athletes. they're extremely skilled. griffen is an outstanding athlete in ma categories. now an outstanding javelin thrower, and he first noticed his difficulty which is sma in the course of seeing and an interference with his athletic performance. and his mother beth is with us. and she can actually describe the early evidence that he had this disease. with peter who is a phenomenal baseball player, comparable in many ways to lou gehrig, he also noticed it in his athlec erf

it is a signed home run baseball, lou gehrig, right? >> yeah. wonderful piece. eat story behind it, too. 1928, the world series playing in the cardinals, the yankees. had lost in '26 and gehrig hit a home run off of grover alexander. buddy kerlin and his friend went to the game. there was a scrum and buddy bounced off the hands. the announcer said there's the first error of the game. great family history. >> you are looking to $100,000 to $200,000 out of that. next one is a bat from ty cobb. >> pretty good hitter. this is the game-used bat of ty cobb. originated from the family of eddie oslo from detroit. great family lineage again. you can see the use and the handle tape and a place where cobb pounded out hits one after another. you see the lighter area. >> so cool. >> look at how different that bat is from what they look like today. looks like a cylinder than a less with a big bat barrel. the final item is a photograph signed by president john kennedy referring to ted williams, his friend. >> yeah. very cool piece from the collection of dave powers who was kenn

he popped up missing his chance to win the game and to top the great lou gehrig for most grand slamsn major league history. in kansas city, white sox slugger adam dunn went deep for the third straight game hitting his league-leading 28th homer to win in the top of the first. chicago left-hander gave up one run over eight innings for his eighth straight victory. the white sox beat the royals 2-1. >>> finally, we go to golf. a dramatic climax in illinois. at the john deere classic. on the second hole of a sudden death playoff, 2007 masters champion zach johnson hit a nearly 200 yard shot that rolled to within two feet of the pin. johnson sank the easy putt for the big victory. >>> when we come back on a an olympic size snafu and shortfall at the london olympics. just 11 days before the opening ceremonies. every ar we pi a necity to plore. t thankso hotwir this yeawe got ttake becae they g us ridiculoly low pces on rlly niceotelsand ca. we hit ston the sprg-- even caut a game and wi the mon we save we tk a trip to s francis. yosee, hotre check the mpetitio' rates they caguarante theilow

to knock his medical school debt out of the park by auctions a home run ball hit by yankee great lou gehrigott says it's been in his family since the 1928 world series. he hopes it will sell for $200,000, about what he owes. geore zimmerman made bail today. geore zimmerman made bail today. the latest on his case next. >> mason: george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering trayvon martin is free on bail. he walked out of a florida jail this afternoon one day after a judge set bond at $1 million. zimmerman put up $100,000 to get out. the money came from donations to his legal fund. in north carolina, one executive had a $44 million payday. it happened this week when duke energy completed it takeover of progress energy. bill johnson was announced as the c.e.o., but one day later he was out with that eight-figure severance package. north carolina officials are considering an investigation. the italian artist caravaggio was known for his sprawling canvases and his brawling life-style. now an art world version of a barroom brawl is raging over the discovery of what coul

. >>> tonight ryan zimmerman is going to get the lou gehrig award. >>> after that last night it was turn back the clock night. nationals park sell brit the 1924 world series, the washington senators bet the nc giants in seven games. tyler moore scores, that ties the game at five. three batters later, one out for adam laroche. the giants get one, can't turn the double play. the game winning run next topped the giants 6-5. >>> in an online chat bryce harper said he would like to be a firefighter if he weren't playing bought ball. so during the off season he is getting his certification to do just that. >>> the orioles are out west taking on the angels. baltimore is up 7-3. but los angeles scored five runs in the fourth. the o's lose 5-7. >>> a time is 6:25. state ahead the late father of go go music will be celebrated on the national mall. >>> and more on the story we told you about yesterday, to find out if you are going to lose the internet because of a big virus that is coming our way. >> reporter: on the outer lube of the beltway, southbound beltway i'll have more on traffic, coming up

to knock his medical school debt out of the park by auctions a home run ball hit by yankee great lou gehrigott says it's been in his family since the 1928 world series. he hopes it will sell for $200,000, about what he owes. george zimmerman made bail today. the latest on his case next. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> mason: george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of murdering trayvon martin is free on bail. he walked out of a florida jail this afternoon one day after a judge set bond at $1 million. zimmerman put up $100,000 to get out. the money came from donations to his legal fund. in north carolina, one executive had a $44 million payday. it happ

broke lou gehrig's streak. >> i loved him because he was my son. and being where he is has nothing to do with it. but -- doesn't sound very humble, but he really seems to capture the world that night. >> reporter: vi has lived in aberdeen since her husband, former orioles coach and manager cal sr., died in 1999. she has said that she hoped to never leave the area, becoming a familiar face around aberdeen's ripken stadium, vi is often seen watching ripken's little league world series and minor league iron birds game. >> reporter: vi has also been an integral part of the cal ripken senior foundation, as well as a board member for the boys and girls club of harford county. jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> once again, here's a description of the suspect. police are looking for. haz a white nan in -- he's a white man in his late 30s or early 40s. last seen wearing a light- colored shirt, camouflaged pants and eyeglasses. police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about right now. a large sinkh

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rick: lou gehrig, doesn't get much better than that. martha: special piece of history. snap that up over the weekend, rick. rick: maybe i will. a national anti-smoking campaign apparently hitting home for a lot of smokers out there. the centers for disease control and prevention admits the latest approach may be graphic but they say it is working. john than serrie live in atlanta with more on this. hi, jonathan. >> reporter: hi, rick. the cdc reports overall call volume during the campaign to 1800-quit now actually doubled as a result of graphic ads such as this one was you're about to see. watch. >> reporter: after appearing in this anti-smoking ad, terry hall, a 51-year-old throat cancer survivor says she is often recognized by strangers includedding one former smoker in myrtle beach. >> she was starting to cry. she said i quit smoking because of you. and of course i started crying too. it was very powerful. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> reporter: calls to a national quit line doubled and visits to the website, smoke free.gov tripled during the center

one of her proudest moments when baltimore ironman, cal junior, broke lou gehrig's streak. >> i loved him because he is my son. and being where he is has nothing to do with it. doesn't sound very humble, but he really seemed to capture the world. >> reporter: vi has lived in aberdeen since her husband, former orioles coach and manager cal senior, died in 1999. she had said she hoped to never leave the area. becoming a familiar face around aberdeen's ripken stadium, vi is often seen watching ripken's little league world series and minor league iron birds game. >> reporter: vi ripken has also been an integral part of the cal ripken sr. foundation, as well as a board member for the boys and girls club of harford county. jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> so thankful she's doing okay tonight. thank you. here's what we know about the suspect in vi ripken's ashduction. detectives say the white male is in his late 30s 30 or early 40s. he was last seen wearing a light-colored shirt, camouflaged pants and eyeglasses. police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. anybody with

a home run ball that yankee great lieu lou gehrig hit set to pay off tuition bill.e iron horse ascended into the bleachers during a 1928 world series game. the student's mother stored it in a drawer for the last few years waiting for her son to finish med school. selling it will help somebody who is going to help people. auctioneers will home run history fetch up to $200,000 when it hits the block tomorrow in kansas city. and on this day in 1776, the second continental congress approved independence from great britain. formal adoption of richard henry lee's resolution to split from the british empire. delegates from 12 clones voted in favor but new york's delegates they initially abstained. apparently they were not sure how the good people of new york wanted them to vote. well, john adams wrongly predicted the date would be celebrated as the most memorable moment in american history. a couple of days later though the adoption of thomas jefferson's deck collar rafings independence stole the show. but congress cut ties from great britain 236 years ago today. and that'

i was concerned it was lou gehrig's disease. i told her if it's not terminal, we can handle this.ng not terminal we can handle. there have been moments of fright. >> if i had the power to let you re-live one moment of your life and it couldn't be connected to ann or the kids or family, what moment would you choose? >> probably the opening ceremonies of the olympic winter games of 2002. seeing the athletes of the world gather, recognizing the connection in the place we were celebrating those games with my family's history. following 9/11 and the tragedy of 9/11. seeing the world come together and support america. it was one of the great moments of my life. >> i'm told the romney family have an annual olympics. is that true? >> that's an overstatement by a wide margin. >> colloquial term. >> is this true? >> yes. >> i hesitate to guess what sport the governor is -- >> they're humorous. it started out in a very -- like a triathlon. it was swimming, biking and running. >> not triathlon, distance. >> yes, not a real -- >> you used to be a runner, didn't you? >> yes, yes. >> he's still

line in the movie where mark wahlberg's character says to joan mckale's character i hope you get lou gehrig's dezoez and the whole als movement not so thrilled about it. dude, what's the story with it. he didn't even know it was a thing and he basically said, i would talk to seth mcfarland, he is the guy who wrote it. >> the movie offends lots of people, no? this is like, take no prisoners. >> they make fun of teddy bears and make fun of everything. norah jones gets made fun of for crying out loud. >> did he enjoy making the movie? >> he had a total blast and how could you not spending that much time with mila kunis. >> was he a nice guy? >> he was a very sleepy guy. he yawned alp eed halfway throu interview. >> questionable onesie. cartoon picture of a woman in a bikini and this is ridiculous and outrageous. >> people are tweeting back saying that's hilarious and others said that is completely distasteful. 50/50 split and comes down to the sense of humor the parent has. do you want your kid to find that photo of them and hate you even more in 15 years? >> i guess both sides have an argument

lou gehrig hit this ball for a home run in the 1928 world series.en in the family ever since. she said she reached a point to sell it to help her son pay for medical school. online bids are currently around $30,000 and a live auction is on tuesday. hunt auctions estimates the ball could go for between 100 and $200,000. >>> tomas lopez, the florida lifeguard fired for saving a swimmer will be honored next week. "outfront" learned the city of hallendale beach will present lopez with a key to the city monday. he's 21 years old, and as you're probably aware, he was fired for leaving his post to help save someone who was outside of his zone. his boss, jeff ellis, offered lopez his job back on "outfront" last night. he declined, saying he's going to move on and focus on school. ellis is reviewing his company's policy that led to the firing. >>> it's been 337 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? as we told you earlier, the jobs market is still struggling. only 80,000 jobs added in june. the unemployment rate sta

isn't it, before television, when there were only newspapers, how famous people like babe ruth and lou gehrigand the only pictures, they would see the occasional picture in the newsreel yet they were harmer than life even before there was television, when we got this familiarity in seeing all of these players. >> blue is no question now that athletes, not just baseball players but athletes are more famous than they ever were, ruth was a special case, but now you know someone like bryce harper right away, and by the way he just made the all-star team. >> schieffer: yes, yes. >> and you know him as a 19-year-old, i don't think 20, 30, 4050 years ago you would have money somebody quite so quickly as you do today. >> schieffer: you know, doris, talking about the surprises this year, obviously the dodgers have been to the post season before, but they didn't have much of a year last year and here these guys have come back and they got one of the best teams in baseball. >> yes, yes although later i have become a red sox fan there is some memory there from the dodgers but we talk about we see the fac

. >> my trovic lateral sclerosis, a disease that affects one cell time, motor neuron, lou gehrig disease, fascinating disease also. >> thank you for joining us. we will see you the next episode of our brain series 2. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> the carlie rose brain series is about the most exciting series of our time. understanding the brain. the series is made possible by a grant on the siemens foundation, their mission is to advance the frontiers of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. >> funds for charlry-- charlry rose has been funded by the coca-cola company supporting this program since 2002. >> and american express

. >> my trovic lateral sclerosis, a disease that affects one cell time, motor neuron, lou gehrig disease, fascinating disease also. >> thank you for joining us. we will see you the next episode of our brain series 2. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> the carlie rose brain series is about the most exciting series of our time. understanding the brain. the series is made possible by a grant on the siemens foundation, their mission is to advance the frontiers of research in the basic sciences and mathematics. >> funds for charlry-- charlry rose has been funded by the coca-cola company supporting this program since 2002. >> and american express ed mapp grew up going to the movies. i think back on my childhood and remember how important movies were to me. at that time, it was the only way to see the outside world. ed decided to be a professor - an expert on the impact of the media. today you have television. people have at least one tv set in their home. whatever messages coming on that screen is being extended to the entire