mr. gore. from my cold !! >> shep: president reagan's friend and movie star, charlton heston, was diagnosed in 2002. and as millions watched, abc's peter jennings interviewed heston and his wife on prime time tv. >> will you tell us how you greeted your husband's medical news? >> i was appalled. i was stunned. i never -- it never occurred to me that there was anything wrong. >> i don't mean for a second to impose my emotions on you, but i think i would really be afraid. >> i probably will be afraid, too, when it gets closer. but i don't feel those things. >> what was the family discussion like? >> teary. >> yeah. she got over it very quickly. it was a matter of moments almost before she said okay. we'll go ahead from there. >> he has always, i gathered, been extraordinarily reliant on you. >> reliant? are you? >> yes, of course i am. >> oh then you are. >> you're the center of my life. >> they say about alzheimer's, as you know, the problem is not for you. the problem is for all those around you. >> yes, i'm afraid that's true. >> so what do you need to know as you go forward? >> how long and how we