tonight, we're meeting thomas cook, a man who's celebrating 25 years living with his donor heart. >> even the doctors tell you it was 30 appearance medical and 70 appearance miraculous. >> reporter: at age 25, thomas cook was in a life or death situation. a congenital condition called marfan's syndrome was causing his aorta to detach. >> when i walked into the hospital i didn't think i was going to come out. >> reporter: his only option a heart transplant. >> i got a heart at the last minute. i never had to wait. it was a miraculous heart transplant. >> reporter: that transplant was one of the earliest ever done at med star washington hospital center where they had only started doing the surgery two years before, in 1987. doctors at the time had no idea how long his transplanted heart would last. >> in 1989, this was new technology. >> reporter: turns out that heart was a perfect match. so perfect this month, cook celebrated 25 years of living with his donor heart. doctors say it's a rare accomplishment. they now know in most cases a transplanted heart lasts only 13 1/2 years on aver

cook sng jesse james really kicking himself now. >>> actress sandra bullock takes hollywood pay to super new heights. this is "way too early." >>> good morning. i'm thomasarly." it is good to have goals. america's sweetheart, she deserves it. all right. we start with the rising tensions in the ukraine. super big development overnight to talk about. ukraine's interior minister saying russian forces had taken control of two airports in

cook sng jesse james really kicking himself now. >>> actress sandra bullock takes hollywood pay to super new heights. this is "way too early." >>> good morning. i'm thomas roberts. welcome to "way too early." it is good to have goals. america's sweetheart, she deserves it. all right. we start with the rising tensions in the ukraine. super big development overnight to talk about. ukraine's interior minister saying russian forces had taken control of two airports in crimea. it was once part of russia, and many people lig there remain loyal to moscow. dozens of the men are carrying machine guns and assault rifles and wearing military uniforms, but they do not have any markings to indicate their affiliation. one said they were there to "maintain order." recent protests in crimea have increased. concerns the region could mrit split from ukraine. secretary of state john kerry says russia has promised not to intervene in ukraine. still, secretary kerry is issuing yet another warning to moscow. >> we believe that everybody now needs to step back and avoid any kind of provocations, and we want to see in the next days ahead, obviously, that the choices russia mak

on, tim cook, if you could give him a grade. >> he is not steve jobs or thomas edison. >> all right.west coming up, snow is falling in new york city again. a big storm -- snowstorm again. how weather is assaulting salt supplies. ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop." you can catch a streaming on bloomberg.com, any device. >> any device. we are totally modern. qwest we have got a lot to cover. sit back. qwest it is not too cold to trade. bloomberg television is on the markets. let me first off kick it off with a look at futures here down across the board. s&p futures down 6/10 of one percent. all the major indexes are as we await serious economic data this morning. tom keene will be tuned in at 8:34 the initial jobless claims. they will break it down. first off, whole foods, shares cutting the forecast for the future. it is facing competition as it expands into smaller cities. the expansion is cannibalizing. also, the company be fourth- quarter profits. it also announced it added $77 million to its reserve. allegations in china, illustrating just how small the company is. the company ha

great games thomas barkley are on today he said there were a great game says far as he goes he is concerned and i think that must rest since we're a little bit skeptical themselves that cook was top of the pathetic norma's and to have her and i think russell maybe a little bit nervous that they would pull it off and for russia today they realize that they did it and they did it really really well and that means something very important to russians to ordinary russians across the country. so the sochi two thousand and fourteen olympics are finished the games provided an unforgettable and inspiring moment that will be remembered for a long time but now it's time to switch gears to the rest of the week's news stay with us after a short break. no cholesterol p.m.s. depression. the sixty's. to improve your life. are you see. those that. feel. winter is when the sun comes to life. away says palm trees are being harvested. people are waiting for the biggest event of the year. the desert festival. this is the. race leading camel races have spent the last year preparing for the grueling marathon. the day before the race there's a heavy sound still overcoming the power of nature is

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