my name is nelson jim. i come with you -- to you with great feelings of the navajo. it is really an honor for me to be here, specifically, very pleased to speak on behalf of my sister. i have worked with her for many years. i just want to say that the issue that faces our community is huge. the challenge could be something like david and goliath. the issues that aurora had to deal with, the friendship house association of american indians, all the other programs that serve native people are huge. so are some of the challenges that we are faced with. we have the lowest life expectancy. 500% higher for tuberculosis. american indians have the highest rate of diabetes and other americans 195% higher. native americans have the highest rates of alcoholism. suicide is one of the highest health disparities that impact our community. access to treatment and care is the lowest for native americans in san francisco alone. they are clearly underserved populations, the city and county of public health. one of the key issues to really underscore is why we're here. we're healthy, b

a moment nelson dellis will not forget. jimews, new york. >> i can't remember what i had for dinner last night. coming up a little bit later on "the early show," the latest on rebels advancing in libya, and president obama's address to the nation tonight. plus, adoption scam. a cbs news undercover investigation exposes a woman who cons innocent parents into believing she's pregnant. and a one-month countdown to the royal wedding between prince william and kate middleton. all of that and more coming up a little bit later on on "the early show." for now, that will do it for the "cbs morning news" on this monday. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody, have a great day. ve a great day.

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. >> reporter: to get a better idea of what a memory athlete can do we put nelson's memory where his mantra is. >> i'm jimm don. >> reporter: after meeting and greeting 55 "today" staffers, spending less than five seconds. >> hi, matt lauer. >> i'm jackie. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: we sat nelson down to see how he did. >> that's don. candice. debbie. kerry, matt. >> reporter: yep. >> in the end he missed only one. >> i don't remember. >> reporter: how does he do it? >> turning what you want to memorize into vid pictures. say you want a grocery list. look at words like milk and picture milk. >> reporter: to test the theory that anyone can do it, i dove in head first and entered the usa memory championship. first stop, a little training and by a little, i mean a lot. >> now let's focus on the last name. tanaka sounds like what? >> binaca. >> breath spray. >> what does binaca breath spray have to do with hashi tanaka. >> connect that to the feature. the nose, eyes, mouth, forehead, cheekbones. that's where you will hang your picture in terms of the visual picture you will create for the person's name