>> this is myra soccer. i met myra five years ago at the gym with her trainer, mike miller.nd we carried on a nice conversation and i didn't see her again for about two years. and when i saw her again, she told me she was a cancer survivor. you know we have over 11 million people with cancer and she is one of the survivors. >> well, welcome, myra, good to have you with us. i guess what we're learning is exercise was a major part in your survival and continual survival. tell us about that? >> it definitely was. because my cancer started with an auto-immune disease, my body telling me that i had something going on. and for six months they couldn't find out what it was. and then they discovered i had a lesion on my right lung. so i had to deal with sore joints and everything else before they actually found the cancer. >> and so they treated the cancer, but then they said, you got to exercise. >> exactly. to keep those joints going, exactly. >> so dell us about your workout, let's have look at it. >> as a matter of fact when we're in the gym, we do a lot of machine work and one

i understand we have myra opal of pepco on the phone with us right now. are you there? >> i am,y. >> give us an update of what -- i am, yes. >> give us an update of what you all are experiencing. >> we've seen the same numbers you have described. we were preparing for weather today. we have been bringing in crews and now obviously are in storm mode and bringing in all our crews. right now safety is our top priority of our crews. they remember working on some heat-related -- were working on some heat-related outages and were sheltering until the storm passes. >> where are you seeing the highest number of outages right now. typically montgomery county gets hit pretty hard and part prince george's county. >> right now we're looking at a breakdown of 307,000 customers in the district -- 37 customers in the district, 150,000 in loudoun county. >> we also saw some live on our air or are these simply trees that have fallen over onto power lines? >> we don't have any information yet until we can get crews out to see what kind of damage we're getting. one thing to tell customers

>> yes, we do. >> all right, myra, we appreciate you giving us an update on the latest numbers. of course, if something changes, call us back and we'll get you back on the air and get everyone updated. >> absolutely. thank you. >> thank you. >> and more to come with the storms and sue and gary are monitoring the situation. i would imagine we may have more by the time the evening is over. >> and one of the things we can show you is the vipir system here and we'll put this in motion here and this is looking overdone and they along the lines of showers and storms moving from south to north and generally starting to shift more to the east and this activity is going to start and pounding into the eastern suburbs and we look to frostburg and romney and through roanoke and we hope that is among our last lines of storms coming and some thunderstorm warnings going up and that is the actual cold front and we think that is going come through and once that is out of here, things will start to settle down and that had to move to the east as well and last night, we talked about this. it was t

i took losses when i cashed out my stocks and myra>>> -- i took losses and probably keeping that money have been better for me in the long term. so i never really did the math. but i would have paid, if i'd gone full term, $42,000 in interest. i probably saved about 30k in interest alone. >> i guess you hit the nail on the head. people says money doesn't buy happiness but debt can cause misery. you got rid of that and that lifted you emotionally. that's a good lesson for us all. joe mihalic who got rid of his 90 grand in student loans in less than a year. good luck in your career. >> thanks, rob. >>> here is your next segment. masculine makeovers. they're turning into a big trend. yes, our next guest, even wax your nose hair. reynolds, do you need that? i might. she says it's painless. we're going to see. and cnn's dr. sanjay gupta has launched a new program called "the next list. "this week "the next list" goes behind the series of game of thrones. >> i wanted to make it feel like an old book or maybe some comfortable clothes that had been worn, shoes that had been walked in for miles

. >> senior vice president and myra miller.tor, morris reed and real clear politics reporter. erin mcpike. my apologies if we break away for the conference. morris, if you are advising the president right now, what do you do politically for the latest job numbers, how do you frame your argument positively. >> the numbers were challenging, you have to be level with the american people. you have to set the baseline at where we came from. where we're going. you have to be clear you have to be precise. you have to send a pleng that you have things under control and you're moving us in the right direction. right now, numbers come and go, alex, as you know, but it is the confidence, do people feel like tomorrow will be a better day than today? that will be the singular issue, what people will judge the president on the economy. if he does those things, he can turn this around. >> mara, here's the president in his weekly address led. let's listen to this. >> it's not lost on anybody that this is an election year. but we've got respons

. >> myra opal is with us on the phone from pepco. can you tell us what the situation is as regards to power? >> we have about 326,000 customers and 51,000 out in the district, 175,000 out in montgomery county and about 100,000 out in prince george's county. >> 100,000 in prince george's county. >> what is your challenge tonight then? >> it's assessment at this point. what we had crews working on, heat-related damage and outages. the crews were sheltering during the storm and what we first turned to is assessing the damage to see what we are looking at out there. >> at this point you can't guess how long people will be without power? >> i think it will be safe to say it will be multiday. >> multidays. that is a rough one with 100 degree temperatures coming. thank you very much we appreciate that information. as related to us we're looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of half a million people if my addition is correct -- half -- 326,000 pepco people, 439,000 in northern virginia. more than half a million people. >> and as jackie wa

. >> myra opal says pepco knew a storm was on the way, but didn't expect in magnitude. we had trees uprooted like this one, trees on wires, trees on cross arms, even that broke and snapped our poles. >> additional linemen were brought in from as far as new jersey to help with restoration. >> yesterday, for example we had about 700 personnel out working to clean it up, and 150 personnel supporting those guys, so we've had crews working around the clock since the stormed moved through. >> and as for robert's downed tree, he says it won't be missed. >> actually it provides too much shade for the lawn, and basically i'm glad to see it go, but not that way. >> reporter: right. not that way. >> reporter: pepco officials say that most of the damage they dealt with after the microburst was very similar to this. they're saying this time around they were very pleased with the restoration time, considering that nearly all of their customers were back up and running by today. in brookland, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> and authorities say about 2,000 people were seriously impacted

which is also known as el myra, new york. parade my mike wasn't working and i didn't know the words but it was such fun. it was such a fun day. >> oh, good. we'll see them thursday. >> how was your weekend? >> i'll tell you about that. my reinvention we want you to guess what it might have been. >> what would we be doing? what do you think kathie lee would be doing if she weren't doing this? go on facebook and let us know. >> my dad used to say honey, find something you love to do and figure out a way to get paid for it. i said thank goodness you told me that before i met heidi fleiss. any-hoo. i was working, writing like a fiend, but loving it. i love when i can stay home and work. the boats go by and it's beautiful. saturday night frank and i went out to dinner with reeg and joy. weick up where we left off. >> you laughed through the whole thing? >> we laugh our butts off. i have something very exciting to say today. hoda has an event she has to be at on wednesday. for the first time in 12 years, regis is going to co-host w

daughter myra had a kidney transplant.edication, $2,000 a month, and she already reached her lifetime limit for coverage. the insurance company will have to keep paying. >> we win on so many levels. we win on the pre-existing. they're not going to look at her and deny her. mom, too. women will continue to get free preventative care, mammograms under the health care plan, and by 2014, insurance companies will no longer pay higher premiums for women than men. and from wisconsin to washington, d.c., samantha, relieved newly covered under her parents' plan. that will continue. >> wow, there was a very real chance i would lose my health insurance. >> reporter: relief for her, but not in virginia for this man. a small business owner. by upholding the law, small businesses like his will soon have to provide insurance and by some estimates that's $500 per employee. >> i know for a fact it is impacting us very badly. >> reporter: while back here the 60-year-old rushed in with a mini stroke, no insurance. the doctor says no preventa

. >> reporter: myra opal pepco's spokesperson said pepco knew a storm was on the way, but didn't expect this magnitude. >> we had trees uprooted like this one, trees on wires, trees that broke cross arms and trees that broke and snapped our poles. >> reporter: additional linemen were brought in from as far as new jersey to help with restoration. >> yesterday, for example, we had about 700 personnel out working to clean this up and some other 150 personnel supporting those guys. so we've had crews working around the clock since the storm moved through friday evening. >> reporter: and as for robert's downed tree it won't be missed. >> it actually provides too much shade for the lawn and basically i'm glad to see it go, but not that way. >> reporter: right, not at that way. >> not that way. >> reporter: pepco officials say most of the damage they dealt was was very similar to this. this was probably one of the more extreme cases. they're saying this time around they're very pleased with there restoration time considering that all of their customers were back up and running by today. in bro

ophira and myra. >> this shows how you can wear the same shade.t. they did a mommy and me matching tunic. but on ophira we made it a little more sophisticated, a little more boho chic with the belt. we did some old navy skinny jeans, giant wedge platforms. she's got some funky jewelry on. for maya same tunic, leggings, flip-flops, love the hat and sunglasses and notice the bag. the same brand, but one is the big beach bag style the other's a little clutch. >> thanks, girls. >> so cute. >> thanks, hon. lastly, for the garden party, tamara and kelsey. >> this is adorable. we went with a color theme here. i know. i know. putting the segment together kills me. they look so cute. on tamara the coral dress is from guess marciano. $69. and to get the florals in we got the accessories with the shoes. and then look at this mini dress. this is from millie mini. mini makes a whole line of adults and mini matching dresses. this is the cutest thing ever. the coral. we gave them matching sun hats. h & m visor. and mom has -- >> i like the mom's shoes. >> the sh

you saw myra out there life yesterday morning.e the fog this morning, but it's returned. if you want the sunshine, just hold off. between 10:00 and noon the sun will break through the clouds. we have a full deck overhead, quite a difference from this time yesterday morning. you can see the top of the transamerica pyramid getting socked in with fog already. through the morning hours we see the fog and the marine layer over san jose like we thought it would this morning, but it has not yet reached the east bay tri-valley region. you'll be nice and warm throughout this afternoon, and winds play a bit of the factor on the east side of the bay area as well. you can slice it in half. we have calm conditions to san mateo and half moon bay. you have that fog settling in and you need calm conditions and clear skies for the fog development. but we don't get that. you start out nice and clear and that sun will warm you up an hour from now. we wanted to point out the marine layer pushing back out to sea by noon. psy you can see the cloud cove

myra's family health insurance reached its maximum payout and no insurance company was willing to offercondition. >> you are flagged, the insurance companies don't want you. >> reporter: the health care law allowed them to buy insurance for their daughter without caps since it made it illegal to deny or limit insurance based on a child's condition. insurance companies said they could afford this because of the law's requirement that every american buy insurance, the so-called individual mandate. so, the wisconsin family is in fear the court will overturn that mandate, along with the law helping those with pre-existing conditions. since the two policies are linked. >> it would be devastating to our family. it would be such a financial burden. she still needs medications, her prescription drugs, without insurance, roughly run about $2,000 a month. >> reporter: in springfield, virginia, this small businessman nervously awaits the decision as well. he is hoping the entire law will be struck down. >> i know for a fact it will be impacting us very badly. >> reporter: he says the law's require

a young student by the name of myra hilldago, 28 years old, approached romney to push him on that issueether or not he would repeal that. he didn't answer the question. he went off on his way. it was a rope line exchange. we did have a chance to catch up to that student and ask specifically why it was that she pushed him on this. and here's how she responded. >> this is important to me because i'm an undocumented student. i have been in this country since i was 6 months old. the administrative relief that obama gave us friday changed my life, and i can now pursue my dreams of becoming a lawyer. if mitt romney is elected, he'll have the power to repeal this. if he repeals this, my life will be back to a life in the shadows without promise in the country that i know and love. >> now, carol, what's interesting about this, if you learn more information about this student, she clearly came here as part of an organization. it's actually a lobbying advocacy group based out of washington, and basically they go and confront mitt romney. they are pushing this issue here. it really underscores the