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. >> reporter: but something was terribly wrong, his retinas had started to detach in both eyes. >> itely blind and i could go the rests of my life without another detachment. this has happened to my mom, my grandma, a couple of uncles. even my sister is having the same issues. >> reporter: paul on the other hand is now legally blind. >> my left eye has blind spots and my peripheral vision is excelle excellent. >> reporter: he wears a contact lens in his left eye, he can read but not well by scanning book into a computer. he says family friends and music saved his life. >> i just realized that no amount of worrying or being upset or feeling sorry for myself was going to change it. >> b flat, and -- the only thing that was going to change the outlook of the future was how i approached every situation. so i just strapped up my boots and went to work. >> he made the mazoo drum line first playing symbols and then after an extensive interview process, clinched the drum major spot. most of the band didn't even know he was legally blind. >> he's definitely more than dusted himself off. i mea

>>guest: what happens mask particular which is the center of the retina can regenerate, but this is ay rare condition so although the study shows it was a double risk if you take as written if more than 10 years you still only talking about 1 in 100 cases. it is a leading cause of blindness for the elderly but this is quite rare. your heart will kill you if it is not working. your eyes, not is much. so you have to weigh the risks and talk to your doctor but even over-the-counter medications can have long term effects so do not assume because you can buy it without a prescription it is totally safe. if you have a chronic medical condition or you are taking other medicine check with me or talk to the pharmacist before you grab the medication over-the-counter. >>shepard: almost all of them bury aspirin and along comes the daily as written and it is all they advertise. >>guest: it is one of the oldest medicines we have but it has been shown to have great benefits for heart, preventing stroke, and now, many types of cancer could be prevented. so, it can be good for you but it can irritate

very important about how he damaged his retina, too. >> he will see us, too, but through one eye. >>> have a great morning, charlie. >> good to talk to you. >>> the first family will light the national christmas tree later today. it's a 90-year-old tradition started by president calvin coolidge. >> this year's giant blue spruce was transplanted in october. delia goncalves is live on the ellipse with what to expect and some tips if you're headed down there. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. it's going to be a great day. here we have a wonderful view of the tree and the white house and here to tell us more about what folks can expect when they come down here, scott turner from the national park service, 20,000 people expected to come. what are the dos and don'ts? >> the big dos are make sure you bring your ticket. if you don't have a ticket, you'll have problems getting into the site. enter the ellipse from 17th street. you will be walking through security. just like if you're at the airport, all the things you can't bring on an airplane you will not be able

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the medical journalist said his retina's burn and warns that everyone needs to wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from damage. >>> the men you're about to meet is protecting himself. his healthy eating and exercise is a protection against an early death. fox 5s beth parker brings us his inspirational story. >> no pain, no gain. >> reporter: this is not gym class but a lesson in inspiration. >> let's hear it for them. >> reporter: he returned to his alma mater south hagerstown high to ask a question. >> how does a man get to 625 pounds. >> reporter: he's that man, or at least he was. >> for two years, i sat on the couch and ate myself to death. food was my drug. >> reporter: as a kid -- . >> the highlight of my paper route was stopping at hall's corner store and getting my doughnut and chocolate milk. -- milk. >> reporter: as he got older? >> i got bigger and bigger much. >> reporter: he ballooned to 625 pounds. >> getting from my house to my car took all of the effort i had. i was at that point where i thought it was over. i thought it was i going to be pushing up daisies soon. >> repo

what we see say fearful cue like a snake figure projected on to the retina, and that visual information is passed to the first weigh station in the brain, the thalamus passed on to the higher order visual cortex. that interprets what this image is that we are are seeing. >> rose: friend or foe. >> exactly. and both this information from the thalamus and cortex are send to the amigdala and that is the weigh station that says is this bad memory or not and activates the fight or flight system, the freezing response, blood pressure response, auto nomic response. what is particularly interesting about this area is again that it is so conservative-- across animals. so we study this mostly using a technique called classical conditioning that was first described by pavlov in st. petersburg, rush ab, over 100 years, most people are familiar with pavlov dog with the repetitive condition, the bell, the food, it turns out a lesser known component as well as fear kong, the same bell with pain or foot shock would lead to dogs with fearful behavior. we did this daily across the world in rodent studies

fantastic -- doesn't it cross your mind now and then what a miracle it is what is happening on your retina? >> rose: this book is called sweet tooth, thank you. as always. >> thank you, charlie, it was a pleasure. >> rose: we will be right back. stay with us. >> rose: ornstein is here, he is a long time observer of the u.s. congress for years he and his colleague thomas than have studied the route causes of government dysfunction, they have written a gnaw book about the most pressing problems in our political system and how we might solve them, it is called it is even worse than it looks how the american political system collided with the politics of extremism. i am proud to have ornstein back at this table. >> thank you it is always great to be here. >> rose: let's talk about today, at the weekend, at the white house, john boehner, president of the united states met representing the congress and representing the presidency, a lot of people i have had a conversation with, at long last that is the way it ought to be done. will it be successful? >> ultimately it will be successful but one of

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ultimately what happens is there are cells in your retina at that really don't shut down, that createsmical reaction in your brain. in animal studies, very well done by the way, indeed there was alteration in their mood and signs of depression and anxiety. jenna: dr. manny, if i could, it was interesting with mice. it didn't disrupt the sleep. not like the mice kept waking up. but made them depressed and easy to forget things. could someone feel they're getting good night's sleep even though the lights are on but have other effects because they're not getting rest? >> that is absolutely right. turn as many lights off. let your brain rest. in reality even if you keep lights on you will still get that reaction in your retinal cells. this is basically telling you, day time, use adequate lighting. nighttime, turn them off because it is going to affect your mood. jenna: what about night lights for kids? >> no, i don't think so that it is a good idea. do it as purpose to get around. it is not good to leave light on at night for any reason. it affects the pattern of sleep. ultimately it could

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his retinas had detached and started to tear apart. potentially go completely blind. i could, if i'm lucky, go the rest of my life without another detachment. this happened to my mom, my grandma, a couple uncles. even my little sister is having similar issues. lo luckily in all of their cases it was found early enough that a lot of vision wasn't lost. >> paul, on the other hand, is now legally blind. >> my left eye has blind spots. my peripheral vision is great. that's why i'm so high functioning. the right eye is just kind of there to be honest. >> he wears a contact lens in his left eye. he can read, but not well, by digitally scanning books into a computer that has screen magnification software. he said family, friends, and music saved his life. >> i realized no amount of worrying or being upset or feeling sorry for myself is going to change it. and the only thing that was going to change the outlook of the future was how i approached every situation. so i just, you know, strapped up my boots and went to work. >> he made the mizzou

they want the retina. they are getting the money from the people -- they want the revenue.hey are getting the money from the people. the government, in 10 years, in -- they have not cut anything. people are paying additional taxes, they are cutting back on their budgets. the government cannot keep spending money. we need a vacation for michelle and obama. stop that. let's have them pay their own after a share. that applies to lobbyists and anybody traveling for private reasons. this stuff is being run by amateurs. i thank you so much for being able to talk to you. we have a class warfare. it is not right. everybody should go to church and say a prayer to god. host: dawn from california. -- don from california. a column from washington times -- he notes that the bottom line is this -- congressman darrell issa in "the washington times." will go to the democrat line, charles from texas. caller: first, i have a question. this morning when i was watching the news, did i understand that congress is getting a raise next year? host: we will have a story on that later. caller: i thi

. >> stephanie: yes, she was shooting a scene and the sunlight burned his retina so bad he wouldn't seeety. >> stephanie: she said we ought to bring back something like leave it to beaver. >> oh god. >> or bring back that sex scene she had with lessly nielson in the naked gun. >> stephanie: right. you are right. a was her famous line. >> oh my god that's right. >> nice beaver. >> thank you. i just had it stuffed. >> stephanie: and that's not bad for kids. >> that's family values. >> alanis morrisette has been speed dating these days. she said if i party it's for 11 minutes. >> that's very precise. >> stephanie: hey she is a mom. >> it's not ten minutes, or 15 minutes, it's 11 minutes. >> stephanie: that would be me. >> hey, mom! >> stephanie: hang on glug glug glug glug glug. >> is that how it takes you to glug down a giant entree. >> stephanie: brad pit and angelina jolie said they would go to the wedding if asked. fridays with sexy liberal john fugelsang tomorrow. and another fabulous friday show as we barely crawl to the finish line. >> yes. >> stephanie: we'll see you tomorrow on th