. >> als, a neurological disorder is also known as lou gehrig's disease. from raven rookies to harden veterans, this is brimming full of men who appear to have super human strength. no matter who they are, they all agree on one: that he is the strongest of them all despite being able to move on his own. >> silenced by als, he remains the voice of locker room inspiration. >> got something for us? >> get ready for something great. stay humble and >>. >> was he always as inspiring as he is today? >> oj, before, was effervescent. his voice is not the same, but i would say it has more power now. people get closer, the huddle becomes tighter and we all listen for oj's voice. >> he speaks through his eyes. gazing at a computer screen to produce a sin thes ized voice named mel. >> how frustrating is it for you to not hear your voice? >> frustrating for a while but i have learned to be thankful that i could still communicate through the use of technology. >> this is the state of the art of that technology. the tobi i 15. >> the camera found my eyes? >> yes. exactly

out, you tell me what is going to compel biogen on come up with the next biological drug to cure lou gehrig's disease or any other host. >> government has to be involved with start up, alpha funding. but when it comes to getting patents and generics out enableing the american people to have lower prices for pharmaceuticals this government sailed, president obama should have done something about medicare part d . neil: i will point-out that you know, 38 of the top 50 life saving changing drugs, for a host of illnesses, many fightal prior, have come out of this system, this for profit mentalty, i worry if you get rid of that, with best of intentions you will kill people. >> the pharmaceutical companies spend more on company than on -- on advertising than on r&d. >> nih is not coming up with next cue for cancer. >> a lot of research scientists contributeed to the drugs a at - that the pharmaceutical companies capitalize on, this is not about putting them in a saintly grandfather of american healthcare role they are far from that. >> thank you, i respect you. dennis kucinich, what is in a name? >

>> lou gehrig. to me, i couldn't be more impressed with the guy, what he achieved in such a short time, and how ironic a man named the iron horse would die the way he did. >> i'm going to ask eric his. and they're in order, so i have to read them this way, but i would read them a different way. eric, who is going to win the world series this year? >> ooh, i'm a huge st. louis cardinals fan, and they have always been there, they're always knocking on the door. i would love to see them win it again. >> do you have any good stories you can share related to your days at rollins college? >> nothing i could talk about on air. did you know jeb bush spoke there. >> he's being modest, the pittsburgh pirates brought their team down, the professional team, to play rollins, and this guy, they took their best pitcher, and he hit a home run off them. >> that's how i got drafted by the pirates. he laid one right across the middle of the plate. you'll appreciate this, and i deposited in left field. he's laughing, i

jim diagnosed with lou gehrig disease but despite the devastating illness he stayed involve with theity high school running team. video of him inspiring cross country runner to the finish line went viral. maybe you saw. that he also inspired tv dan who directed a documentary about jim and his battle with a ls. fabulous film that dan put together. sadly tracy passed awhich recently. he was 64 years old. thought would you want to know. >> an autopsy will be performed to determine the cuss of death offer the daughter of rock singer and live aid concert organizer bob. 25-year-old model and tv personality died at her home today in south east england. police are calling it an unexplained sudden death. she was known as the wild child of bob and british tv host paul a who died of drug over dose in 2000. bob called his dghter the wild eingtd funniest clever are, most pwaevrng of all of u us. >> oscar notorious murder trial resumed today with the accused murder taking the stand in in os own defense. he apologized to the family of his girlfriend reeva telling them that he can't immanuel the pag

here in baltimore, we are familiar with ojberganza, former ravens star who was afflicted with lou gehrig's disease. he is an inspirational speaker but he has to do so using a robotic voice. we looked at new technology that is going to change that for people who are suffering with als and it's truly a real emotional journey saturday. >> i didn't know that's the story. it sounds amazing. does it try to determine what his voice would be? and then use it with a computer? is that it? >>. >> there is new technology that's enabling people who are diagnosed with als to essentially bank their voice, to record their voice so that when they do lose, eventually lose their voice, they will have recorded -- recordings of their own voice so they will continue to be able to communicate with loved ones and medical providers using their voice, not a robotic voice. >> a beautiful think. turn into the latest episode of "techknow" 4 pacific time this saturday. for some people, being bombarded by after work e-mails is part of the job. a new law in france now gives some employees the right to ignore them groundb

that is where we are with research on als also known as lou gehrig's disease. we all know that we haven't made any progress in finding a cure and the treatments that are available out there are very limited and yet one thing that we do know for sure is that in our military and their veteran population they are more than twice as likely to come down with this horrid disease than any of the other populations out there. given the cost of care as individuals live and ultimately die with als the cost to our system is just going to see further increase. given that we have currently $7.5 million in the als research program through the department of defense the question that i would have a few general horoho is whether or not we should be doing more in this area in terms of research or perhaps if there were an ability to prioritize in certain areas it's been suggested to me that one thing we could do is to direct further focus or closer focus on therapy development within als itself. can you speak to the issue whether you feel we are making any headway whether the reso

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