investigation, here's abc's alex presha. >> reporter: in this moment -- >> and the winner is michael j. fox golden globe for the best actor in comedy, michael j. fox looked like he was on top of the world. >> suffice to say i was not expecting this. >> reporter: but what the rest of the world didn't know was that michael was hiding a big secret. seven years earlier at 29 years old, michael had been diagnosed with early onset parkinson's disease, a central nervous system disorder which attacks the part of the brain that controls movement, of which there's no known cure. >> the '60s are over, dad. >> reporter: it was a shocking twist to the story of an actor who had first captured our hearts as alex keaton on "family ties." >> hi, sorry i had to answer the door myself, the butler's off tonight. >> reporter: as marty mcfly in the "back to the future" trilogy. >> huh telling me you built a time machine -- our a delorean? >> reporter: he was at the top of his career, making this reveal all the more shocking. >> i'd hidden my symptoms and struggles very well. the time for quietly soldiering on is

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disease preventing foundation since then launcheds dozens of other foundations working with them michael j. foxe focused able to recruit people to clinical trials one, number two increase funding of medical research. and so we put on at prostate cancer foundation a march, in 1998 galvanized the country around cancer, on a doubling of the nih budget since that date more than 500 billion incremental funding nih other research groups one of the reasons that we were able to produce a vaccine in one year for covid, one of the reasons why it was only 63 days between the sequencing of is it covid vaccine dna human being getting the vaccine, just nine weeks, was because of this enormous investment an you and i have talked over decades that the number one factor in the growth of the world's economy over the past the two centuries has been investments in pun public health medical research, unfortunately covid brought home once again, the risk but this investment in medical research and i would say the other thing was investment young scientists in 30s, unfortunately at nih average age that a person gets

well, that's michael i >> -- >> fox. michael j >> fox. . >> i've seen his son before. no. well i hadn't to give it a google so . oh yes, that could google so. oh yes, that could well mean yes they look like a family. they're spitting image is actually that's like a doppelganger isn't it. >> he could do he could do. >> he could do he could do. >> he's a few inches taller than his back to the future . his back to the future. >> back, back to the future. >> back, back to the future. >> oh oh yes. >> oh oh yes. >> actually be quite >> that would actually be quite clever, it? way clever, wouldn't it? the way they haven't they kind of go, i haven't seen back future a long back to the future for a long time. be over time. they'll be on over christmas won't it? oh yes, definitely. watching that. >> e- e best ever made. >> t- >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> going >> yeah. yeah. >> so look, we're going to youtube. want youtube. we're going to. we want your so don't your opinion on this, so don't go anywhere because we want to talk more armistice ta

. >>> and nate has got the exclusive interview with award-winning actor that's michael j. fox candid conversation on fear and positivity in his daily battle with parkinson's disease. >>> and oscar and multigrammy winner there's jon batiste. look at this guy. it's a documentary called "american symphony" and very personal for him and very difficult. you have to see this. we'll see you at 7:00. nicole, that's about little over 14 minutes from now. >> all right. no bad days, thank you so much. >>> all right. so let's talk about the weather. you know, i guess it is all about perspective. no bad days whether it's rain or shine. so sort of a call for all of us this morning. good morning i darren. >> going to be easy too from a weather standpoint. things are on cruise control for little while and kind of cold in the morning and there is rain coming for next week. that's actually the most interesting thing that i have to talk about. the second half of next week is starting to look like we could get our first widespread rainmaker of the season. it's a little early to start going into s

the secret sauce that propelled "friends" to an iconic place in tv history over the weekend, michael j. foxer as funny as he is, i'm happy. >> reporter: after attending perry's private funeral, some of his cast mates sharing their sorrow and memories publicly, cox posting an outtake of this iconic scene >> do you think he knew i was here okay your turn. i'm kidding. he told me to say it he did >> reporter: and leblanc sharing these sweet sentiments it was an honor to share the stage with you and to call you my friend. i will always smile when i think of you, and i'll never forget you. never. >>> and a nod to their characters and friendship, matt leblanc ending with humor saying, i guess you're keeping the $20 you owe me so touching. we're waiting for some of the other costars to speak out, too. >>> still ahead, when is the last time you had your hearing checked? maria shriver is going to join us shedding light on how that simple test could lower your risk of alzheimer's disease. >>> vicky nguyen is here exploring the frustrating new world of tipping. >> to tip or not to tip, that is the que