i have seen them be effective in cases of cerebral palsy. >> how does that work exactly?> well, stem cells contain... uh... excuse me, here. no one knows exactly, okay? but stem cells do contain and give off chemicals which cause other cells to repair themselves. >> in the letter that you sent the sussers, you described possible effects for adam, which could include improved ability to see, improved ability to speak, improved ability to move arms and legs. you believe those things are possible? >> i do. >> what is your training in stem cells? >> my training in stem cells was, i studied for about six years going over the literature. and then i started producing stem--stem cells in my lab. >> you're self-educated, self-taught? >> mm-hmm. >> have you published any research? >> no. >> frankly, dr. ecklund, you have nothing to base your results on. there's no clinical trial, there's no-- there's no blind study. there are no medical papers published. >> that doesn't make any difference. >> ecklund told us breakthroughs with stem cells aren't published in scientific journals bec

. >> whether treating junior or two married cerebral palsy patients josie and chris rosa -- >> you look like you should be bringing in an aircraft with that. what you up to? you're looking well today. >> yeah. we got to talk. >> we got to talk. we can talk, that's for sure. >> dr. dutkowski is unfailingly patient, willing to listen no matter how long it takes. >> i know this might sound strange, but can you just -- [ inaudible ]? >> yeah. i'm happy too tha patients like they need me to listen to them. they need somebody who cares enough to listen to their story. because they all have a story. they all have a need. >> 57-year-old dutkowski was an engineer when he says he got the calling to become a doctor. >> i applied to medical school and i wrote my essay, i wrote that i wanted to take some of this technology and figure out a way to help people with disabilities. now, there's nobody disabled in my family. there was nobodyhat i knew of who had a disability that i was thinking about when i did it, so i would take that as a holy spirit moment. ron, ron. >> most days here dutkowski sees 25

, and the stock jumped, because we get positive data on the cerebral palsy front, and strokes. improvement for people with epilepsy. it is in development, and earlier stage projects. given how much this stock has run, i think that it is cautious, but however, there could be much upside ahead and don't take my word for it. let's talk to dr. ron cohen, who is the ceo of acorda therapeutics and find out what the new data means. dr. cohen, welcome back to "mad money." have a seat. okay. right into it, because people are used to phase two and then phase three and then approval. this stock jumped because of you, and i will quote you in the conference call, this morning the top bottom results from two proof of concept studies, and what is proof of concept versus phase two or three approval? >> well, it is a phase study, and some people would call it a phase 2a study. what we are doing there is that we had data in animals with stroke models. >> like the last time here, you had lab rats. >> and we thought it was very encouraging, but nobody has translated it to see if it would work in h

student trainnies every year and we also require that of our primary consultants so the pmcerebral palsy and cmo turner and web corp also beginning their process to identify their summer interns for this coming summer. and at this point, i would like to invite ted up to talk about the effort to watch out to the veterans and to build a network of agencies in northern california to track and place veterans into opportunities in the construction industries. >> okay. >> thank you, very much. >> i wanted to give you a brief update on how things stand currently, on march fifth we had the building veteran futures task meeting. and it was basically convening not only in the community organizations and variety ran's administration and representatives and several trade unions but also we had contractors in the room as well. several of the larger contractors in the bay area. and panko and all of the ones that do the work in the city and we have a lot of collar ration going, but for this i wanted to point out that all of us and the contractors are on board with the veteran's hiring, in terms of acti

she also has a neurological issue that's similar to cerebral palsy. >> this just melts your heart. apparently his wife would come home and emma would just sit at the end of the hallway and wait for her to pick her up and take her places. in this case she's so excited to see her dad come in the door that she struggles to get to the door to say hello. >> so sweet and you can see the love, between dad and little emma. >> uh-huh. >> i wish they would get her some kind of wheels or something. >> there is another video of her using a wheelchair. but because her front legs aren't strong enough, it doesn't really benefit her. eventually when she can't use any of her legs she'll get her a quad. they do have the assistance of a disabled dog rescue. it's called a special animal needs animal and rescue. there is a donation site you can help donate to pay for her care. >>> who needs the court system when you can get street justice. first it shows a guy on a small scooter. gets sort of cut off by the small black car up ahead. he does not like that. >> he didn't get cut off, the black nissan was

pope benedict kissing a boy with cerebral palsy. turns out the 8-year-old is from rhode island.inic's dad is a biblical professor spending a semester in rome and his mom describes him as a people person and there was clearly the arm wrapped around the pope there. a woman in the crowd nearby told christiana, your son is here to show people how to love. great picture. >> wow. >>> well, the thief you're about to see should have planned a better getaway. nabbed a woman's pocketbook and escaped through the wrong side of a plate glass window then the sliding door opens gently. he plays there for awhile before a man rushes to his aid. they order all the bystanders to get away and then the two of them get away in a stolen car. if you know these guys -- >> that was some hit. >> if you know these guys, call the police. >> man, oh, man. >>> time for sports. espn has highlights from baseball's opening day. >>> welcome in to your "sportscenter" update. i'm dario melendez. opening day in baseball was on monday and we start out west with the defending champs, the giants taking on the dodgers,

felt like a president nerks only reason i was in that hell hole was because i was born with ker bral palsy. >> inside, lawmakers discussed the state and fate. a california five developmental jernts including a report saying there needs to be independent oversight but by the inspector general. >> over the past decade there have been allegations in findings of misconduct by developmental center staff. >> abuse begins with an allegation a staff member repeatedly used a taser on disabled residents. >> every person i've spoken to has faced abuse. >> there have been very bad thing that's have happened. >> the director ak nolged problems but insists jernts are still viable. >> a lot of work has been done, a lot still needs to be done. we look forward to working with licenses and the federal government to get things fixed. >> one senator thinks it should be closed rather than fixed. >> i think we're naul a lit bit of denial heerk it's not working. >> we're getting to a point that the hue man tear points are closed. >> one argument foreclosing the center economics according to the state's own devel

he said, my daughter's best friend, who also has cerebral palsy, go to school together. her mother is a minimum wage worker who travels one hour a day to work and one hour a day home on public transportation. this bill, itd will cut the transportation necessities of the bus ride will be more excessive expensive. -- more expensive. withthat these children cerebral palsy had to get six pairs of expensive shoes every year pierre they would take all the way to get me a tax cut? that is right. that is what will happen. he said, that is immoral and you cannot let it happen. you have to veto it. 's catholic values overcame his political upbringing. story overwhelmed the circumstances under which he lived. when i got elected president, i may have been the only democrat he ever voted for, but it was no longer the case. he saw a live child he had taken to raise who had a friend just like his daughter, except she had no money. he knew what would really happen it was not a theoretical discussion. heart andpierced his changed his mind. i could give you lots of other stories. if fathe

a young boy with cerebral palsy fun to his way to francis and there is a story behind this sweet moment i spoke to his mom christiania. it's not every day that someone's son gets kissed by the pope. what was that moment like for and you dominic, especially for dominic? >> you know, it was really moving and really moving. dominic is a people person, but he understand that that was exceptionally special and you can see that in the picture and the video. he broke out in a huge smile and wrapped his arm around the pope. that was very moving as a mother. for my family to see that was a beautiful moment even for the people around. there was not a dry eye around us. it was really, really moving. >> we're saw his arm around him and saw the big beautiful smile come from dominic's face. that was very, very powerful. did you have any idea that that might happen when you went there yesterday? >> no. i didn't even know if we were going to get seating. we left a lot later than we expected. i have four other children and when we got to the piazza, it was packed. really at my older children's bidding,

a young boy with cerebral palsy fun to his way to francis and there is a story behind this sweet momentominic. i spoke to his mom christiania. it's not every day that someone's son gets kissed by the pope. what was that moment like for and you dominic, especially for dominic? >> you know, it was really moving and he w moving and really moving. dominic is a people person, but he understand that that was exceptionally special and you can see that in the picture and the video. he broke out in a huge smile and wrapped his arm around the pope. that was very moving as a mother. for my family to see that was a beautiful moment even for the people around. there was not a dry eye around us. it was really, really moving. >> we're saw his arm around him and saw the big beautiful smile come from dominic's face. that was very, very powerful. did you have any idea that that might happen when you went there yesterday? >> no. i didn't even know if we were going to get seating. we left a lot later than we expected. i have four other children and when we got to the piazza, it was packed. really at my old

shatari jones, a soft-spoken sixth grader with mild cerebral palsy, enters middle school and says itng before the relentless teasing starts by boys on the bus. the continual bad behavior includes calling her names, even throwing an open condom shatari says hit her in the head. >> they was like throwing it in people's hair, and it was just -- it was just all over the bus. >> some mornings, shatari hides in the bushes instead of getting on the bus. >> it got bad enough that i locked myself in my room. >> james jones, shatari's father, is unaware of his daughter's torment until the day shatari flat out refuses to go to the bus stop and tells james exactly what's been happening. >> the teasing, condoms on the bus, the poking her, the touching her, spitting in her hair. i mean, they're literally torturing her. >> james escorts his daughter to the bus stop. >> my plan was to go out there to the bus and talk to this bus driver. >> but after hearing what shatari has endured, james is overcome with emotion. >> that's my daughter. i love her so much, you know? >> caught on two bus security cam

a big reason why is her closeness with her sister lizzie who as autism and cerebral palsy and has beene birth. she went nearby to the university of delaware, where she embarked upon a historic four seasons, becoming the fifth leading scorer with 3,039 points. elena is squoining us from new orleans home of this year's women final four. so talk to me about that decision because it does feel to me like it was your choice of saying i am a student. i am an athlete. but i'm also a person. >> exactly. i think i chose to go to connecticut because it's basically a path that a lot of players have taken before me. and my family means so much to me. at that point in my life i wanted to be near my family while also exploring going to college, wokking on my academics and also playing basketball. but i really just wanted to be around my family and do it my own way. that was really important to me. >> it feels like that is part of the story. they're kids. they're 18, 19, 20 years old. and a great profession for that and really terrific. and it's just a beautiful game to watch because of that. >> but i

tears and we know that young boy's name is dominic, an american from rhode island and he has cerebral palsyhis fear is a theology prefer and wrote about what it means. and here is paul gondreau from rome. what a beautiful son you have and it's tough to watch that without bringing a tear to your eye literally. i want to ask you first of all, you take us through the moment because i know, your other son, you have five children, lucas saw it happen first and screamed, it's dominic. >> yeah, that's right. and yeah, megyn, it's a pleasure to be with you, i'm happy to be able to share this moment with the fox news audience. actually, the moment almost tonight happen we arrived late at st. peter's square for the mass, about an hour and 15 minutes before the mass and by that point the seating area was filled up. we had tickets for the seating area, but it was filled up. not getting in and the square is pretty well full, but our kids prodded us to move ahead and gave it a shot to the entrance area and the swiss guard gave the indication for dominic, my soon, to move forward. and only allowed one per

one of them has cerebral palsy. their story. >> right. >> stephanie: but anyway, that's such a gift to us. we help them laugh or do something for a couple of minutes. jim, you'll love this. the moment that i thought okay now this has gotten to be a little much is a really handsome black gentleman came up to me. [ ♪ battle hymn of republic ♪ ] he was crying. he said the work you do is every bit as important as what dr. martin luther king did. i was like okay. [screeching sounds] >> stephanie: all right kids. mama lost you but it is time to pick up a history book. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i have a dream today. stephanie miller. [farting sounds] >> i don't think martin luther king was well-known for his fart jokes. >> stephanie: i don't think so. congratulations to grant andvillian who are now engaged. he got down on one knee flink with the ring. we raised your glass and everybody lost their [ bleep ] collectively. it was a collective losing of the [ bleep ] and it was beautiful. thank you, everybody. >> then everybo