van winkle is special. his big paws match a big heart with a capacity to love people despite a horrific past. >> he's just the most lovable dog i've ever known. i just -- i don't know, there's something about him i could see. >> reporter: hard to believe this is the same dog. >> your ears are huge. >> reporter: he arrived in oakland animal services last summer bruised, emaciated, his fur matted beyond belief. the shelter named him win cal because like the character in the story he was in a forced hibernation. >> he was literally mummified. i must admit i was horrified. >> today the shelter director is thrilled. the dog once trapped in a cage of fur now plays like a puppy. years of neglect left van winkle, or winky, as he's affectionately called, totally deaf and blind in one eye. >> so to see him now like this running around and having just a fantastic time enjoying himself, not being in pain, is truly incredible. and this is why i love my work. >> so winky goes up for adoption today. they're taking applica

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van winkle is his name. he arrived at oakland animal services last april.ted and his fur was severely matted. he is deaf and blind in one eye. it's hard to believe he is the same dog that arrived just ten months ago. >> to see him now like this running around and having a fantastic time enjoying himself norkts being in pain, is truly incredible. this is why i love my work. >> the shelter named him van winkle after a character in a children's book. it took ten months of operations, therapy and foster care to get him ready for adoption. >>> it's grammy night. the stars are preparing to celebrate. the grammys will be held tonight in los angeles. producers are promising an exciting mix of presenters and performers. kanye west leads the pack with seven nominations. adele is expected to be another big winner. >>> tonight's grammys will also include a memorial performance for whitney houston. the change was announced shortly after news of the singer's death broke. >> i've asked jennifer hudson to come and we're really at this moment talking about what she's going

in both parties to get reelected in this atmosphere made congress to wait for its representative van winklewar power act and start having some scrutiny over the cia and was really hard. it is really hard to get control of the american state and was really hard to try to construct it better in the international monetary trade system and come to grips with changing the economic reality in the world. and then we stop, and we might have stopped just because it was so hard and lawyers were not burning our feet and we got tired and we might have stopped because ronald reagan came along and told us we didn't have to do that, that it was morning in america again and that everything would be fine and just the shoot right to the end, ronald reagan and i am in the middle of reassessing ronald reagan. when i see bruce bartlett in and larry koret and other distinguished members in the administration say such intelligent things about the policy mystic today, i realize what's not make a cartoon out of the ronald reagan administration was different things we can learn but unfortunately, but the successor c

in both parties to get reelected in this atmosphere made congress to wait for its representative van winkle sweep past the war power act and start having some scrutiny over the cia and was really hard. it is really hard to get control of the american state and was really hard to try to construct it better in the international monetary trade system and come to grips with changing the economic reality in the world. and then we stop, and we might have stopped just because it was so hard and lawyers were not burning our feet and we got tired and we might have stopped because ronald reagan came along and told us we didn't have to do that, that it was morning in america again and that everything would be fine and just the shoot right to the end, ronald reagan and i am in the middle of reassessing ronald reagan. when i see bruce bartlett in and larry koret and other distinguished members in the administration say such intelligent things about the policy mystic today, i realize what's not make a cartoon out of the ronald reagan administration was different things we can learn but unfortunately, but