the study does not suggest that depression leads to parkinson's. patients who have severe depression should be aware of their risk of the disease. >>> the best-selling author of "the hunt for red october" has died. tom clancy was well known for many military thrillers including "patriots games" and "clear and present danger." they were made into blockbuster films. his publisher says he passed away in his home state of maryland. clancy was 66 years old. >>> one of the hottest tickets in town. we're less than 48 hours away from the first pitch of the a's playoff series. we'll tell you what's going on, next. >>> the hardest working people in the bayç area, the grounds crew at the coliseum. nbc chopper over the coliseum late this afternoon. you see down below they're converting the raiders football field to the a's playoff field for the big game. tickets are sold out for the upcoming playoff series. if you don't have tickets, you better know somebody, right? oakland city hall is showing off its spirit. grown and gold. you have the coliseum getting wor

. >> bob taylor describes his parkinson's as an unwanted guest. he was diagnosed in 1988 after his hands stop working so well. >> i went into free fall. i kind of dug into the past, wondering what caused it. >> 16 years on his symptoms developed. bob learnt not to second-guess them. >> you can't take anything for granted. the condition changes day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, depending on stress, anxiety, whether or not your medication is working. they all play their part. no two days are the same. no two people with parkinson's is the same either. >> understanding the puzzle posed by nero degenerative diseases such as parkinson's and alzheimer's is a huge challenge. scientists are hailing a turning point. they have been looking at the root causes of such conditions - clumps of abnormally shaped proteins developing in the brain. when they appear the body reacts by killing of nerve cells in the affected area. researchers showed by giving an experimental drug they can stop the body attacking brain cells. at the moment this has been achiev

forcing thousands of workers to commute without the system. >>> bob taylor describes his parkinson's like an unwanted guest. it was diagnosed in 1998 after his hands stopped working so well. >> i went to, i don't know if you would describe it free fall. a kind of digging into the past and wondering what caused it. >> 16 years on and his symptoms have developed and bob's learned not to second guess them. >> you can't really take anything for granted. the condition changes day by day hour by hour minute by minute. depending on stress, anxiety, whether or not your medication's working. they all play their part. no two days are the same. no two people with parkinson's are the same, either. >> understanding the puzzle posed by neurodeye degenerative diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's, clumps of abnormally shaped proteins athat develop in the brain, when they appear, the body often reacts by killing off nerve cells in the affected area leaving the person with loss of memory and function. by giving an experimental drug they can stop the body from attacking brain cells. for the moment

exposure produces symptoms similar to parkinson's. our new friend isn't sick. hr. thank you, finch. nitroglycerin. it's highly unstable. the slightest shock could set it off. drop it, and it'll blow your knees off. i'd hold steady if i were you. (carter) so you've been making drugs for hr. where do the russians come in? hr makes the stuff, the russians move it. they called in a big meeting. with the head of hr? the top dealers in town. hr wants the russians to lay down the law, force 'em to stop selling coke, "h," whatever, start selling salts. you get all that, finch? yes, and i've found something in one of gen's recordings that confirms it. (simmons) screw the columbians. this stuff is made right here in the u.s. of a. all right, we've got a massive facility. city gets hooked, we all get rich. so where's the cook site? i only helped with the first batch, but a pipe burst. i got hosed with whatever did this to me. after that, they moved-- someplace bigger. please. that's all i know. hmm. and i believe you. hey. hey! you can't just leave me here! so hr is tailo

diseases such as parkinson's and alzheimer's is a huge challenge. scientists at the university of lester in the u.k. are hailing what they are calling a turning point. they have been looking at the root causes of such condition of abnormally shaped proteins that develop in the brain. when they appear, the bottdy ofn reap acts by killing off nerve cells in the affected area leaving the person with loss of memory and function. they have shown by giving experimental drug, they can stop the body from attacking brain cells. at the moment, this has only been achieved in myself. human clinical trials are five to 10 years off at least. campaigners are watching closely. >> i think it's important that we are talking about this important scientific finding but we must bear in mind it could be a long time before we get any succe success. and we know this is difficult. unfortunately, many attempts do fail on the way. we have a long way to go still i am afraid >> the novas give hope to many people living with diseases like the one bob has. >> hope is the biggest

i know for a fact a sister who has parkinson's and a friend who has diabetes.le have to decide between into custody and drugs. this allows tour at the to go on record to ask for fair pricing on drugs. to bargain for fair pricing on drugs the way the veterans administration does. it only applies to the money that the city pays for drugs. month drugs go to people with aid and to children and to a poor srnz and disabled people. this will allow. though have for money for the drugs those people need and not have to turn it away. that's all it's doing. it's a policy. and also will askor lovers in the city and our lovers in the state to work for this fair drug prirgz within the state and within the national government and this is what we need to bring the ac a up and help that >> mr. faifrj. >> this is the right before his the roman order touched on that. what we need it money is needed for research. this particular dispute start over the pricing of t bolt which is an aids drug and it's cost it's put out by june lane scientific. people objected to the costs and on the

k parkinson takes us there. >> retail sales figures are an important barometer of economic confidence as they show that consumers are more willing to spend rather than save, despite factors such as high unemployment and government- imposed austerity measures. they are also a major component of growth. the data that retail sales across the eurozone have risen by 7/10 of 1% in august, up from the previous month, is particularly encouraging. the august increase added to the previous months 0.5% rise, itself reside -- revise higher. it came above market expectations. also on thursday, data released to the financial information company market found that business activity across the eurozone rose in september at its fastest pace since the summer of 2011. market says it's purchasing index, which is a broad gauge of business activity across manufacturing and services sectors, rose to attend -- to a 27-month high. the figures echoing recent findings that a eurozone recovery is taking place after the single currency emerged in the second quarter from the longest recession in its near 15-year hi

he has parkinson's, has it very bad, it took his speech.ust be frustrating. but he is handling it very well, his mind is very sharp, his brain works well. a sad story, particularly hearing this man whose voice so many of us grew up with is no longer able to speak. he was a huge influence in my career and i think we can all hope that the family will be able to work it out peacefully. fred? >> thanks so much, a.j. that's our hope. our legal guys are back to talk more. richard herman in las vegas, avery freeman in cleveland. before we get started, let everyone know that you and casey kasem have been friends for years, you previously counselled him and the family on legal matters? >> that's right. king of the countdown worldwide, told all of us keep our feet on the ground, keep reaching for the stars, but yes, he is very ill. the issue here is children's rights versus spouse's rights. in the absence, fredricka, of neglect or abuse, generally spousal rights prevail over children's rights. probably governed by a legal document. >> if that's the c

it is called parkinson's law. stick with me on this, harris.1950s in england, sirh ril parkinson watched as britain's colonial office got bigger and bigger while its colonial empire got smaller and smaller, so he came up with parkinson's law. here's what it is, an official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals. officials make work for each other. and lastly, work expands to fill the time available for its completion. that might help to explain how the obamacare bill grew to a thousand pages and then swanned 20,000 -- spawned 20,000 pages more of authorizations. to his credit, even president obama undertook a plan to shrink government just last year. >> no business or nonprofit leader would allow this kind of duplication or unnecessary complexity in their operations. you wouldn't do it when you're thinking about your businesses. so why is it okay for our government? it's not. >> reporter: but republicans balked fearing a power grab, and it went nowhere. congress' own investigative arm, the government accountability office, has undertaken th

. >> una investigación sugiere que las personas que sufren depresión tienen más riesgo de tener parkinsonsi grita en la cancha podría tener hasta un polipo y sangramiento por eso tome agua y caliente la voz como los cantantes antes de sus porras. >> el sumo pontífice el papa francisco dice que la iglesia católica se debería centrar en otros temas como en lo controversial y según estudio más del 60% de los relacionados en el estudio están de acuerdo con el sacerdocio de las mujeres. >> y en las condiciones del tiempo vemos que el fin de semana habrán altas temperaturas el domingo con 84 grados pero bajan las temperaturas entre 75 a 70 grados para el martes [información en pantalla]. >> noticias univision 14 es presentado en parte por fred loya ensurance >> y qué les parece si vamos con william bonilla en el lugar del encuentro de los atleticos de oakland con los tigres de detroit. >> acá el animo esta increíble y vamos con periodista que cree que el partido podría terminar antes del tiempo. >>[vitoreos y algarabía]. >> en cuanto se termina esta serie? >> en 4. >> tenemos más noticias y est

. >> if that was parkinson's, we're cool.e meal. >> it's a brave narrative in comedy television. michael j. fox, great to see you back on the small screen. you are our disrupter of the week. >>> next, using failure, i said "failure," as a way to improve the performance of american students. that's when we come back. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. >>> earlier this year the conservative heritage foundation was forced to hire -- when details of his harvard dissertation, iq and immigration policy became public. richline proposed a startlingly bigoted theory between connections between race and intelligence. he wrote, quote, no one knows where hispanic will reach iq parity with whites. richwine's offensive premise suggests that intelligence is fixed. that it can't be developed or grown. which also contradicts vast neuroscience research that d

. >> there is a possible link between depression and parkinson's disease.ients diagnosed with depression were more than three times more likely to develop parkinson's than those who did not suffer depression. researchers say it is not clear if depression is an early symptom or if it is an independent risk factor. the same researchers released studies linking depression to cancer and stroke. the government shutdown is impacting patients who have recently registered for clinical trials through the national institutes of health. .e mentioned this earlier 200 people registered for clinical trials every week but until the government resumes operation the nih says hundreds of new patients including cancer patients will simply have to wait. 75% of nih employees have been furloughed. participants will be treated according to the agency. with open enrollment underway for the affordable health care act, experts are trying to sort medicareonfusion about recipients. health care reform should not negatively impact new members. there should be more benefits for seniors i

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i can important patrick's she's a parkinson's survivor but people are turned away from cylinders they have to choose between their food and their drugs. we need, we need foe serve more people. we're not going to hurt the pharmaceutical industry we're asking them to give us for those people the children, the elderly, the disabled and those surviving from hiv aids a little help. i think they can do it and it would help them to be hell up >> at the. >> mr. faulkner. >> i've been an elected official i've seen many people with aids die. what happened is with modern medical research they're getting positive results. money is needed for medical research. i hate to be a modern groperer but money it needed to save lives. in particular those who have hiv aids san francisco is well provided forever the federal government pays a lot of the costs. i want the drugs available to help people because i've known people will today of those awe flishgsdz my vaug is that i favor medical research promoted by every one >> thank you. we he hope this discussion has been informative for more information please

. >> we have incredible data sets on many diseases, whether it's ms, parkinson's, als. >> reporter: patientslikeme founded eight years ago. >> we're generating massive data sets about the patient's experience in a way we have never had it before. >> these websites are very intriguing us to, because they generate the types of data we think is very important. >> reporter: this new influx has big implications for the future of health care. companies, academics and the federal government are trying to figure out how to harness the data. this man was the national coordinator for health technology, and was part of a big federal push to digitize medical data. >> here is my vision. when you are sitting with your doctor, that everything about you that matters to that encounter is right there for you and your physician to see and make the best decision on. >> reporter: it will help bring the power of data to the internet through the health care act. part of that act ensures doctors use the information in a meaningful way. >> that patient can now download their lab values, medications, diagnoses, procedures

scientists say could hold prom to reverse alzheimers parkinson's disease and other brain diseases in humans. >>> al alice monroe was awarded the nobody yell prize. more than a dozen short story collections. a thundershower you had but forgiving of the human spirit. monroe announced in june she is probably finished with writing. >>> report delay gave crucial information in a doping case against her former boyfriend lance armstrong. claims saw armstrong get a blood infusion before a race. armstrong didn't try to hide it and told it was common in the sport. >>> well temperatures have been dropping off rapidly after the last couple of hours an the fog increase in coverage for the over night hours. no storms out there. of course yesterday at this time tracking rain to our south down toward and the fog will continue to regroup and partly cloudy skies and right around the bay. look at san from and san jose and one of the cool spots kernel 57 and waking up at 7 on track to reach the lower 70s by the afternoon hours as we gradually scale back into the afternoon. forecast head rhynes for tonig

then there is parkinson's and the devastating condition huntington's. scientists believe there could be a common mechanism that drives them, namely the buildup of abnormal proteins in the brain. that triggers a natural defense response which leads to cells dying. compoundwere given a which reactivated protein production, preventing cells dying. this gives scientists a new target for tackling brain disease. but the human brain is far more complex than that of a mouse. it is simply too early to say whether this one study will ever lead to new drug treatments. >> we must be quite cautious. this is early-stage research. we need to do a whole lot more research to really understand what this means and turn it into a potential new drug. there needs to be clinical trials to see if it is a safe and effective treatment. >> although he can still say the cano, this 84-year-old can no longer care for himself -- play the piano, this 84-year-old can no longer care for himself. all timers is robbing him of the ability to think and act independently -- alzheimer's is ro

as a probable turning point in the treatment of degenerative brain diseases like alzheimer's and parkinson's. working with diseased mice, a team used a drug that prevents brain cells from dying. five weeks on, the one group of mice were free of symptoms like memory loss and impaired resources -- reflexive. the team believes their work shows it may be possible to develop a pill to protect the human brain from degenerative disease. >> if it stops brain degeneration in its tracks it will halt disease for people who got it and if we can detect early disease, it could prevent a lot of degeneration. so, the hoped for something like this is that we are able to brain cellprocess of death. that is what is so exciting. >> the team stressed they are still a long way from a usable drug for humans and any medicine could be 10 years ahead or more. some 800,000 people in the u.k. suffer from dementia of one kind or another. a spokesperson from the alzheimer's society said the research was rummaging but they are still a long way from seeing the drug suitable for humans -- the research was promising but they

cary booker was dealing with parkinson's disease. according to the new york "star ledger" he was among the first african-american executives and active in the civil rights in the 1960s. with less than a week to go before the election, booker canceled all campaign events for the day. cary booker was 76 years old. >>> sticking with gubernatorial politics, there's a boost in the race for virginia's politics. douglas wilder is throwing support between democrat terry mcaulla. wilder says the fact that mcauliffe has never held a position in office is a plus. he is leading the race currently by eight points. >>> washington's first talks over the debt limit gave the markets, i would say it's an understatement to say, it gave them a bounce. 323 points to the upside in the dow. that's the second best day of the year across all markets. we are now back above 15,000 in the dow and inching closer to 1700 in the s&p. steve sedgwick is live for us this morning. good morning, steve. >> yes, the markets are doing exactly what you expect them to do. i

they say the former host of radio's top 40 countdown has parkinson's disease. and his second wife, jean, who played loretta on "cheers" is keeping him isolated. >>> an emotional day in court for ty warner. he broke down crying as he admitted to keeping $24 million in secret swiss bank accounts. he apologized to the judge. said there was no excuse for his actions. he could face five years in prison. he is paying a $53 million fine. >>> there could soon be another edition to another family. chelsea clinton tells "glamour" magazine, she and her husband have decided 2014 would be the year of the baby. chelsea says her mom asks about it every, single day. just like a mom would. >> sounds like mom. >> no pressure there, huh? >> not at all. >>> time, now, for sports. a high-stakes baseball game in cleveland, win or the season is over. >> and a hockey fight boiled over to the benches between the coaches. here is neil everett at espn. >> good morning, america. i'm neil everett on the "sportscenter" desk in los angeles. the desk is a mess. you can't really see it. how's

carey booker was 76 years old and long suffered from parkinson's disease.mes a week before his son faces off in an election for the u.s. senate. >>> number twoman in the pentagon is on his way out. ashton carter will step down in december after serving under 11 defense secretaries. he spear-headed efforts at the height of wars in iraq and afghanistan. >>> and if you are mad at congress over the shutdown, there's a new way to voice your anger. check it out,drunkdialing.org will connect you to a congressional office. the tag line, whether you are a furloughed worker, being forced to work for free or just fed up with capitol hill. the site reports its been transferring a thousand calls an hour. i am not surprised. >>> coming up on "meet the press," david gregory sits down with christine laguard. that's your morning dish of scramled politics. >>> it is friday, you know what that means, we are joined by politico's kevin sarelli for a first look at politics. >> good morning, thank you very having me. happy friday. >> maybe not so good for folks of congress. a new

casey caseum is suffering from parkinson's. >>> it's week 4 of dancing with the stars and there's a 3-way tie for first place last night. there was elimination for someone from the season who is deemed truly an inspiration. >> valley and tristan. >> she is 74 and has a bum knee and battling terminal cans are but valley harper took on the challenge of dancing with the stars. she will now cheer on her cast mates and what's turning out to be a competitive season. 9 stars remaybe in the competition and next week they will dance for a number signifying the best their lives and you can watch that on abc2 starting on monday night. >>> it seems like scarlett johansson did it again she nabbed he is skier mack steen sexiest woman alive title. this happened again. 2013 this year. you may remember that the star was also awarded that honor back in 2006. fellows what do you think? all right. sojo hanson is feature in the magazine's november issue slated to hit stands next month. the latest honor is is weeks -- is weeks after she was announced she was engaged. >>> a live look outside that looks gorg

she recently revealed she has parkinson's disease and sadly she can no longer sing. ♪ i want to rock and party every day ♪ >> that's right. that's kiss, and that was really my anthem in college. that's all i really did. anyway, rockers kiss among the repeat nominees. it's amazing they're not in there yet as well as nirvana, peter gabrielle, ll cool jay, and nwa. >> wide variety. >> as far as i'm concerned, every one of those deserves to be in. >> not going to argue. >> all of them on my ipod. >> athletes look at the fork. christina loren, how is it looking? >> looking good. especially now that i know that hall n oats is on jon kelley's ipod. we're looking good out there this morning. she's a man eater, one of my favorites as well. we have a gorgeous day shaping up. as you can see, mostly clear conditions. the hills are still very dry. we're still in fire season, so in mind due to the elevated fire danger, but otherwise just spectacular conditions out there. 70 degrees in livermore. 69 in san yzzjju not much cooler at the immediate coast with plenty of upper 60s out there. in san fran

there's some people who have that gene and don't develop parkinson's.re the things that can protect against parkinson's and build treatments. doing the same thing with early on set alzheimer's. what about the other 50%, when a do they have and what can you build out of that to protect all of us. that's what the potential, the big data piece of this kind of health care and this kind of information can do and that's where they will make their money in the long run. >> that's pretty cool. >> are there other countries doing this or just us? >> it's being done in other places but this is the one most in the forefront. there are people who are anxious about it. they are banks the privacy of putting their dna somewhere. >> i would. >> i figured you would be. we're going to where our dna is going define us and we'll be pigeoned holed that way. those are reasonable fears because we don't have a lot of laws set up and don't have a lot of pre-conditions. >> i don't want to know. >> some people don't want know and that's your prerogative. you don't have to know. so

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footage shows a man with dark hair in his thirty's seemingly from with parkinson's or central leader it could be most of course it was like these all the brits if not so good here in spirit that laurie hate crimes would follow and russia is not immune to it so especially with breaches of illegal immigration and other issues we've heard russia's say islamic leaders religious leaders call for the muslim the baby to drill in the resignation of hugo chavez all as much as if you go troubles or hurt as much as they can also they're not to allow themselves to be provoked this or that imagine that in the wake of the riots of moscow security is tight here police forces four thousand people were deployed in the streets of the capital make sure the celebrations are peaceful and safe for the public. and i believe that the word bahrain means celebrations hopefully everyone will enjoy this celebrations today of that day the. damages can be. right there are challenges ahead in destroying syria's chemical weapons the report on a chemical one watchdog which says inspectors are struggling to access re

he's 81, suffering from parkinson's. you may have seen the story in the news. his daughter's assistant and others who love him say they are being prevented from seeing him if what they believe may be his final time on the planet. his wife isn't allowing them entry into the home to see him. >> they haven't been in the house for ten years, they are claiming. >> they may have seen him. they haven't been in the home. they went out on the streets with signs. >> to protest. >> either going through court injunctions to see if they can see their dad. it's one thing if one daughter isn't allowed. when you watch the group of loved ones. >> it's not just the family members. his friends, a lot of people. his daughter julie spoke to the press about the situation. let's see what she had to say. >> i don't want any of his money. i don't want his estate. i don't want anything. i simply want to see my father on a regular basis, give him a hug, hold his hand, give him a massage, put a smile on his face. it's that simple. >> i lived in l.a. when he'd first married jean, his curre

a participation breakthrough in the fight against alice springs and parkinsons. >> it's the biggest direct hit from thea massive storm. the cyclone weakened before making land fall but was still four times the size of hurricane katrina. these are some of the first pictures of the damage, the extent of which still isn't fully known. al jazeera has confirmed that at least three people are dead, and that number is expected to go up. sigh chone fall lean at 1 point in excess of 300-kilometers per hour, smashed into india's eastern coast in the early hours of saturday earning. although authorities has already evacuated 800,000 people, most inland shelters away from traditional huts found in small communities along the coast. and as the powerful storm hit land, it slowed considerably. >> at this time, the wind speed is 40 to 50-kilometers per hour. carry out rescue operations. >> early reports suggest that there won't be too many to rescue. with the death toll in single figures. though communications have been cut, and trees uprooted officials remains confident that advanced preparations and eva

>> interestingly, we know that alzheimer's, parkinsons and other neurodegenerative diseases have a builduptoxic material. so in theory, if you get sleep, you can detox the brain. gerri: right. >> so potentially there might be a link here. gerri: the other link you mentioned in the break that i was shocked at, you said some alzheimer's is linked to depression. tell us about that. >> so there are some studies showing that elderly patients are more prone to depression, and some of those patients are more prone to having neurodegenerative diseases like alzheimer's. so we know that with depression you have sleep issues, with sleep issues potentially there's a link here with alzheimer's. gerri: you know, i'm listening to every word you're saying because my grandmother had alzheimer's when she died, and i know it's in just about everybody's family. tell us how to get a good night sleep. >> so the basic ways, number o, have a regular schedule so that you're sleeping roughly at the same time every night, sleep in a temp rate type of room so not too hot, not too cold. stay away from stimulant type o

the found yir says the device could help millions suffering from a range of conditions including parkinson's. >> they can scoop up jelly beans. and you can see that my hand is shaking it's working to keep the spoon steady. >> reporter: the spoon known as lift wear make as just manies to compensate for tremors. challenge according to the designers was to get the spoon to distinguish shaking from normal movements of eating. >> if i'm lifting up that, is slower so it allows that to exist. >> reporter: engineers married motion sensors to a compete computer, using algorhythms to determine ranges of motion. the difference is dramatic. >> it's dampening my tremors. >> reporter: the unit field tested at university michigan as well as patient groups. national institutes of health provided funding offering patients the hope of achieving what most of us take for granted. >> the spoon is a life safer for those of us that can't get food into our mouths. >> the company has begun accepting preorders several advocacy groups added information for tremor sufferers on their web sites we have links to them for

the found yir says the device could help millions suffering from a range of conditions including parkinson'sd you can see that my hand is shaking it's working to keep the spoon steady. >> reporter: the spoon known as lift wear make as just manies to compensate for tremors. challenge according to the designers was to get the spoon to distinguish shaking from normal movements of eating. >> if i'm lifting up that, is slower so it allows that to exist. >> reporter: engineers married motion sensors to a compete computer, using algorhythms to determine ranges of motion. the difference is dramatic. >> it's dampening my tremors. >> reporter: the unit field tested at university michigan as well as patient groups. national institutes of health provided funding offering patients the hope of achieving what most of us take for granted. >> the spoon is a life safer for those of us that can't get food into our mouths. >> the company has begun accepting preorders several advocacy groups added information for tremor sufferers on their web sites we have links to them for you on ours. just go to abc 7 news.com

updated map of the fall >>> people who are depressed may be three times more likely to develop parkinson's disease. the findings come out of a ten-year study. researchers are not sure if depression is an early symptom or an independent risk factor. older patients with depression difficult to treat were most at risk. >>> a second student at virginia commonwealth university has tested positive for tuberculosis. the school's leaders say they're not worried too much about the disease spreading. >> we now know the names of the five people killed in that deadly rockslide in colorado. the only survivor of the accident is 13-year-old gracie johnson. >> her father, mother and sister all died on the hiking trail. now more on how the local community is gathering around her. >> reporter: overnight a tribute to a family lost in ininstant. >> definitely shocked forever. i can't imagine it. >> in central colorado the shock is still settling in. five bodies, all relatives just recovered after a massive rock slide on a popular hiking trail. the father, dwayne johnson, a high school football coach, his wife

he has parkinson's. has it very bad. it took his speech.llions of dollars using his voit, for him to lose that gift, that beautiful instrument, it must be frustrating. but he's handling it very well. his mind is very sharp. his brain works well. so a really sad story, fred, particularly hearing that this man whose voice so many of us grew up with is no longer able to speak. he was a huge influence in my career and i think we can all hope that the family will be able to work this out peacefully. fred? >> all right, thanks so much, a.j. >>> casey kasem's younger brother joining us from flint, michigan. they grew up in detroit. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so this has to be fairly, in fact, very humiliating and just saddening for the entire family that this would be played out and then played out publicly. what is the situation with your brother in is he of sound mind? is he able to articulate that he does want to see his family members, including your and his kids, or not? >> well, i -- i come every year and we get together. his yo