nine year old sut has been ridiculed and rejected all his life.at's what he's been called from the day he was born. sut means "harelip" a terrible name for a child born with a cleft lip. he's from a very poor family who could never afford surgery. when he was five he went for his first day of school. the other kids laughed at him and made fun of him, so he ran away from school and he's never been back. he has problems speaking, eating and drinking. >> can you open your mouth wide? good. can i hear you say "ahhhh." >> ahhh. >> leslie rice: there are so many children who have facial deformities and cleft palate and cleft lip. they need so much attention and help and especially how we do it at home so young, and to think that we have seven and eight-year-olds in these countries that need help. >> peggy stillman: if we don't do it, the children are going to have deformities for the rest of their lives. it'll affect their happiness, their ability to speak, the way they look. and if we can ju do a simple procedure, it may only take an hour to do somethi

call him sut anymore, because sut means hair lip. from now on, she said, he'll go by his real name, which is thanh, and that means blue sky. i told thanh after surgery, from now on the sky is the limit. he is a great kid. >> are you going to be a doctor now? [ background sounds ] >> roma: the change in thanh's life since his surgery is amazing. his smile just beams. and it's easy to see why. he's going to school now and has lots of friends. thanh's life has been transformed, thanks to operation smile and friends like you. it's inspiring, isn't it, to be able to give a child a whole new life? but for every child we help, there are many, many more still waiting, desperate for surgery. for older children, the wait is especially tragic. they've lived for years with a facial deformity. shunned, scorned and rejected. to make matters worse, those with cleft lips and cleft palates often cat speak properly. they don't go to school, and they may never marry or have children. that's why it's so terribly heartbreaking when we have to turn childr

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a man who came up through the negro leagues making $7 a day and became the first black player to sut up for the cubs and one of the greatest hitters of all time. in the process, ernie became known as much for his 512 home runs as for his cheer and his optimism and his eternal faith that someday the cubs would go all the way. and that's serious belief. that's something even a lifetime fan like me can respect. but he is just a wonderful man and a great iraqon of my hometown. -- a great ikon of mytown. speaking of sports dean smith is one of the winningest coaches in history. his successes go far beyond x's and o's, he graduated 96% of his players. the first coach to use multiple defenses in a game. he was a pioneer who popularized the idea of pointing to the passer after a basket player should point to the teammate who passed them the ball. with his first national title on the line, he did have the good sense to give the ball to a 19-year-old kid named michael jordan, they used to joke that the only person who ever held michael under 20 was dean smith. while coach smith couldn't join u

>> it didn't look that sut tobto me. >> here's the weather for you. jersey also for virginia, looks pretty good as high pressure will start to drift a little bit further towards the east. but a vigorous but fast-moving funnel system will make its way towards the east. so by late wednesday and going into thursday, you'll see some pretty unsettled weather. if you are travelers, looks like the next couple of days look pretty good. and temperatures are markedly warmer than they were yesterday morning. we were looking at 20s and 30s. 20s over in buffalo. now that may not sound so shocking to you, today temperatures are in the upper 30s, 42 degrees right now in new york city. starting out pretty nice, crisp but looking pretty good. for new york city, in central park, yesterday the high temperature made it to 46. it will be in the low 50s come this afternoon and as we go into wednesday, those temperatures are expected to be in the 60s, which is slightly love normal. that's pretty good news. boston, you could see your first new mayor in 20 years there. today,