. >> looks like high amount attitude pulmonary edema. you have to get them down to sea level and on oxygen. it is a life threatening condition. >> in 1469, buzz al drit drin followed neil armstrong down ladder. the anima lightyear was created in his honor. >> he is a force there's no question about that. >> and you see him smiling there. tonight nasa says they have been in twuch the new zealand doctors and they say he is doing well. >> i'm floating around with buzz aldrin, it's amazing. >> i did not. >> i heard those are kind of hard. >> after they learned they didn't own their backyard -- >> the bid they might have to make and made a startling discovery up next. >> and giving away the secret of those holiday gifts bought on >> we've got an update to the brea n the top of the hour raf a three vehicle accident in the northwest. >> christy wilcox is live at the scene, we know three people are really badly hurt. >> reporter: well right now we're off of ann and coleman and we just got an update from north las vegas police about five minutes

>> it's interesting with high altitude pulmonary edema.affect people older as younger people. we're not quite sure that happens. you want to make sure you're in the best physical health you can be because it's an extremely harsh environment, extimely isolated environment. it's a long flight to get there. main thing i would say, talk to your doctor, make sure have you what you need lined up and make sure you're in good condition to go there. >> dr. john torres, thank you very much. a lot of folks thinking about buzz aldrin. >>> today marks the 28th observance of world aids day. more than 38 million people have lost their lives to aids since 1981. up next congresswoman barbara lee joins us live to talk about what is being done to try and stop its spread. we're live in cincinnati with much more ahead. stick around. oh, that's lovely... so graceful. the corkscrew spin, flawless... ...his signature move, the flying dutchman. poetry in motion. and there it is, the "baby bird". breathtaking. a sumo wrestler figure skating? surprising. what's not

. >> so, at 23,000 feet people die and have dyed from pulmonary edema from not handling the altitude.ry to do things smart by going gradually into the altitude and also what i did ahead of time, i have this weirdo michael jacksonish tent that was delivered to my house. and we started reducing the oxygen in my bed about the month before i went to climb and got up to 12,000 feet and then we went up to base camp at 14,000 feet. i really didn't have many problems with the altitude. part of the effect of the bad weather is we got pinned down in certain camps and that slowed down our progress and more gradually introduced me to the altitude on this climb. >> i don't mean to playoff at you because i know it's serious and you could die if you screwed it up. you set up oxygen deprivation tent in your apartment? >> well, my house, yeah.ç my girlfriend called it the michael jackson tent. >> what did the neighbors think. >> my neighbors don't come into the bedroom. my girlfriend thought it was weird and poked a lot of fun at me. essentially what you do is you force poor quality oxygen into your

high altitude pulmonary edema. if you start to get a situation like that, then the problem is you have to get them down very fast, get them on oxygen and get them to sea level. that appears to be what happened. he's now in the er in christchurch. they say he has fluid in the lungs but he's responding well to antibiotics and they think he's going to be okay. of course, he is an american hero. he was on apollo 11 with neal armstrong landing on the surface of the moon in 1969 following neal armstrong down the ladder. we orch call him the second man on the moon, but that seems unfair. that he landed at the same time. he was the second one down the ladder and is still one of america's pioneers. he was still using that adventure spirit. thankfully he's okay, we're told right now. steve, back to you. >> i saw that t-shirt in the picture. it said "destination mars" so maybe he's not through traveling. >> there was a part a little more vulgar than that. the mars part is fit for television. tom costello, thank you for joinin

most of the evacuations i did were because of high altitude pulmonary edema, the same thing mountain climbers get. they take them to new zealand, which seems to be what happened here. >> thank you very much. yes just know john kerry was just down there, the secretary of state, the first to visit the south pole. it is a very difficult challenge, especially for someone of his age. thank you, doctor. >>> coming up next, bernie sanders taking on trump's indiana carrier plant deal. says it won't let up for a while. the cadillac xt5... what should we do? ...tailored to you. wait it out. equipped with apple carplay compatibility. ♪ now during season's best, get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around $429 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. >>> senator bernie sanders is calling donald trump's deal to keep jobs at indiana's carrier plant a band-aid and calling it corporate irresponsible with kid gloves. joining me is jeff weaver and senator sanders' former campaign manager. good to see you. we're both up here because of the campaign after action report, if you will.

said it was a grueling evacuation from the south pole and may have suffered from high altitude pulmonary edema, a potential deadly fluid build-up in the lungs. for 86-year-old buzz aldrin, he tweeted south pole here i come." he signed on with a group going to the south pole, elevation, 9,000 feet, nearly double the elevation of denver. overnight his manager tweeting photos of aldrin reaching his ultimate destination. that's where the trouble began. his oxygen level began to drop and condition deteriorated. the national science foundation at the south pole and taking aldrin for a flight to new zealand. showing aldrin helped off to a plane. and in the er he was smiling described as stable with fluid in his lungs but responding well to antibiotics. >> when somebody has lung issues at altitude, it's extremely important they get down to sea level quickly and it's life-threatening and they can't sustain life. >> reporter: in 1969, the world watched buzz aldrin and neil armstrong land on the moon, the two men to launch it. neil armstrong died in 2014. >> we were the only two people that ever got ther