he can only get about in an electric wheelchair. he also needs a nurse to help him get in and out of bed, change his clothes, take a bath, and go to the bathroom. his illness was first discovered when he was 3 months old. as he grew older, all his muscles degenerated. at the age of 10, murakami started using a wheelchair. walking was just too difficult. he started to think of his wheelchair as part of himself, and tried to find the perfect one to help him live with his illness. this is what got murakami customizing his wheelchair. he worked on his design and structure with only the use of his right hand, which can move slightly. >> translator: at first, i just wanted to ride something cool, something that other people didn't have, but over time, it became a goal, something to keep my going. >> reporter: he also expresses himself through his tattoos. he thinks they depict his struggle with illness, and gives him strength to live. on this day, murakami visits a friend's auto shop to prepare for the motor show. displaying his customize

a 95-year-old woman, cancer patient in a wheelchair and what she went through. tonight we'll debate the topic. why can't common sense and security co-exist? >>> and making a difference for girls by helping them to take the right steps to a better future. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the men and women fighting the fire that's been approach los alamos say this is the make-or-break day in fighting to protect this nuclear facility. up to 93 square miles of fire. 12,000 people on the run because of it. it's now surrounding the nuclear lab. it's about four miles away from the place where the first atom bomb was born and where 10,000 people work every day. it's one big fire that, along with floodwaters elsewhere in the country, is focusing new attention on the u.s. nuclear program. it's where we begin tonight, once again, with janet shamlian. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. this fire is spreading and it's now all around the los alamos national lab despite assurance that radioactive materials

he's using a gas-powered wheelchair that he built himself.oto cross accident left him in a chair. it goes up to 55 miles per hour. the chair is not the focus of the journey. >> people don't know how to approach people in wheelchairs and people in wheelchairs because of that, they feel they have a stigma. you know, they kind of hole up and i want them to get out, live life and because life is not over, it's just different now. >> he says spinal cord research is severely underfunded and he hopes his trip that ends in washington, d.c. on the fourth of july will raise attention and also funding. >>> pixar in emeryville is denying claims "cars 2" pushes a liberal environmental agenda. gas is the issue. the plot has animated cars testing greener energy sources in a race. the film makes big oil a villain. pixar says it has no agenda other than to create a good plot. >>ayom cing to coming to the sir screen. kind of. we'll tell you after the break. >>> okay, you can go a little deeper. swimmers at the beach can now go back in the water after the great

she is in a wheelchair and for a few brief moments she walked across the stage to receive her diploma. just like everybody else. we have the incredible story. >> reporter: angelina vasser is used to be a little different than everyone else. the 18-year-old grew up in a wheelchair after being born with spina bifida. >> [audio not understandable] >> do things different. >> reporter: she has done things different from classmates for the past 12 years except for today. today she was just like every other teen graduating from the pinkney high school. >> walking when i get my diploma. >> reporter: for the first time her friends and classmates would get to see her walk. >> i am going to be so happy for her. she is gone through a lot through life, and she works very hard and i think she deserves to be able to walk at her graduation. it's going to be phenomenal. >> reporter: and it was. she walked across the stage by herself with a brace underneath her gown and crushes supporting her arms and left the wheelchair behind the stage and more than ever, felt just like everyone else. >> just because

my wheelchair is my shoes showing how we can through partnership working deliver the wheelchairs that transform young people's lives. and will he meet with me and whiz kids ambassadors to discuss how the government would take it forward? >> i know whiz kids as well. an excelnt charity. i'll certainly arrange a meeting for him. the point i would make on wheelchairs, we do want to see where the health reforms of great choice and greater opportunity to choose for gps and patients so people can get the wheelchair of their choice at the time of their needing rather than at the moment where it is slightly, yoknow -- you have to take what you're given. >> mr. john mann? >> mr. speaker, in the last 4, of 5 years there have been no mistakes of school examination papers. since the 16th of may this year there have been 10 such mistakes made. what does the prime minister intend to do for those amongst the children 50,000 young people affected who lose either their university of choice or their university at all because of this staggering incompetence. >> the honorable gentleman is right. it's not

plus with a car crash victim who made a heroic wheelchair journey from the far east to moscow all of this in a bid to draw attention to the daily challenges faced by to say. colonel gadhafi has said that he will not leave libya despite mounting pressure he used a chess game against the visiting president of the world chess federation to reinforce his defiance meanwhile nato made its move announcing plans to expand military strikes in libya and hit khadafi forces in the northwestern part of the country there were reports that rebels seized the city of as are we are just about thirty kilometers from the capital tripoli but those claims were later denied by the libyan government u.s. radio host and peace activist ralph schoenman says that the west has hijacked the libyan uprising to its own interests. the united states is spending two million dollars a day and a billion and a half dollars is just been handed to these so-called rebels usually the leadership of these rebels how do you follow his star as a twenty year operative of the central intelligence agency the cia and they. hijack th

a wheelchair to remove her diaper so they could complete a full search in the northwest florida regional airport last weekend jean weber's. she's ninety five she has leukemia apparently had soiled her diaper and didn't have any extra thing about this story so. you have to strike a balance between your golfing freedom and security and i think that once you start taking the day present for ninety five year old women that you came here you sort of you've lost the war the war is about preserving freedom the words of a serving america if you're risking their duty right if there is can get ninety five year old grandmother to smuggle utensils on a plane some look. will lose that small battle there's a bigger battle when i used to travel a lot and i would take off my shoes and take off my belt and you know basically strip down just to go through security i always used to say some of it is nothing right now because you know this is one way in which he won't let americans now basically have to strip down just in order to travel a lot and of course no longer with us but i think this is another thin

is it easy for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aidesas the city's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics he asked russia's their olympic champion to inspect all cheese newly built airport. i actually like that this place is one of the few airports in russia that have lived a device that helps disabled person shooters to board the plane through the city however there are issues that require attention and i'm sure they'll be dealt with of. all newly built ice rink steady and keep this in sochi are equipped in accordance with strict paralympic standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still a lot has to be done to comply sochi sidewalks shops and restaurants are also undergoing massive construction to comply with strict standards so that nowhere result and even though competition such as iceland hockey and alpine skiing will be held far from the city center thanks to the games sochi will be more accessible for people with disabilities living a lasting legacy for locals and visitors alike rus

a determined wheelchair user making a crossing from russian to west has reached its final destination moscow examiner carson began his dirty from glad you've all stuck in the middle of april since then braved around eleven thousand kilometers by heads hiking with his electric powered wheelchair this type of hardship which included falling into a ditch alexander says he's happy to have made new friends on raising awareness about disability issues that's also the goal set by the paralympic games to be held in twenty fourteen in sochi and as our. reports the city have begun preparing a welcome for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aides as the city's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics the russia's paralympic champion inspects newly built airport. i actually like to this place is one of the few airports in russia that has lived a device that helps disabled passengers to board the plane throughout the city however there are issues that require attention but

he gets around with the help of a special wheelchair.eelchair was stolen his front yard. >> i've worked so hard to keep the handicap pets mobile. >> yesterday, they provided lucky with a new wheelchair, handicap pets.com. lucky is grateful for the attention he's received and that's his best friend and deserves the kindness he says . >>> had this past weekend's murder of a 3-month of old baby was the second tragedy of the year. there were 42 homicides counted 37 years ago. the community members took wac their neighborhoods. >> they would stand on street corners along with the salers of the drugs and this discouraged the customers from coming. >> children can be seen playing in well kept neighborhoods not far from a luxury hotel. >> police chief says community support is invaluable. >>> game 3 of the stanley cup finals was a blowout. the browns scored 4 goals in 2nd and 3rd period to beat the canucks 8-1. vancouver leads 2- 11. game 4 is tomorrow in boston. >>> coming up, we have more on that case of the missing nursing student and how it

you're in a wheelchair. >> i am. >> jimmy: you're in an electric wheelchair.night, because i -- >> last night, the wheelchair -- i am going to steal your joke right now, became christine. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and -- >> jimmy: mind of its own? >> it -- the wheelchair went to the edge of the stage without me touching it at all. just took off. >> jimmy: so for like five seconds you're probably -- you're freaking out, like -- >> no. it was way more than five. >> jimmy: it's just moving. because -- yeah, you're not -- that's an electric wheelchair. >> i was afraid to touch it, because i thought, is it going to go backwards? is it going to go forwards? and i just saw that i was approaching the end of the stage. but i kept saying my dialogue, thinking that people wouldn't notice that i was -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'd come to -- like what is she doing? like, you got nominated for a tony for this? and you're like, what is going around -- [ audience oohs ] >> you're a bad person. really bad. >> jimmy: but you covered, and you did well. of course, you're ellen barkin. yo

the car pushed several wheelchairs landing against this wall knocking out a metal door. >> she was still on the gas until somebody came into the car and actually pulled her out and shut the car off. >> reporter: the driver was okay but 6 residents and one staffer were taken away. a caregiver for a 100-year-old woman who she came to take for a walk. >> i saw her sock and her shoe laying there full of blood and i kept asking everybody, where is susan. >> reporter: she was at the hospital, her wheelchair demolished. >> and i felt bad because i feel like if i had been here at 9:30 i would have taken her out of there. >> reporter: the families of those left are worried, too. >> he's in shock. big time shock. i don't know what to do to get him out of here. >> reporter: was the therapist in the room when it happened. >> i'm sorry for the families, the person who did it and everybody. i'm sorry it happened. there's no way anyone can control something like this. >> reporter: the staff hopes to have everything normal by tuesday. >>> one of the victims was treated and has returned to the nursing ho

a way to grab attention and it's also a man who's you know in a wheelchair paraplegic who you know clearly pose no threat to the officers so it's kind of hard to blame the victim in this case so you know with the use of. other things it's makes it a little more. attention grabbing instance because you were there as a representative of the n.w. c.p. or the president of the d.c. branch correct so i mean this is an obvious case of light on black violence and we know that the police powers that are given to the police state are a huge opportunity for racism to be manifest what is the n.w.c. please interest in this specific case why interest is because this is much larger than just great crime and. it's not just white police officers beating up on a black handicapped man we want to make sure that we make a statement throughout the police department that we do appreciate our police department and what they do to protect our safety however that is one of the most critical positions in terms of defending our safety and the trust that the public has in him so it's important that we as the end of th

they said that her wheelchair is demolished, i do not know how she just has a cut on her foot in her wheelchair is demolished. >> the car went through the dining room, impacted another steel door and that is where the vehicle stopped. >> the 90 year-old woman that was driving the car was not injured. >> new details, a truck driver tried to stop the big rigs before it slammed into the side of an emeryville bound amtrak passenger car on friday. some investigators found skid marks at the railroad crossing indicating that the driver tried to stop his semi trailer before the collision yesterday in nevada. passengers said they had to get out of the train very quickly. >> i was just sitting there writing the train looking out the window next thing i know we got hit by something a big ball of fire came in. i jumped out the window. >> you jump out the window? >> yes, it was on fire. i try to unlock the doors, it was up real high, i had to jump up and unlocked the doors and then i started helping people out of the train. >> the driver of the semi and one other person died. but the police say i

i was sitting in a wheelchair. i have a wheelchair. i was in a wheelchair, and god has blessed me to be out of my wheelchair. my doctor want me back in it, but i took my coat off and gave it to this guy. and there's a girl standing there with me, she said how can you take off your coat in the cold and give to somebody else? i said, well, first of all got told me to do it. second of all, i have another coat on the back of my wheelchair. so i put that code on. but two days later this guy told me he didn't want to be gay anymore, he wasn't gay anymore, and he turned his life around. so one of the things that i try to do right now is use my life as an example. now, if you all would see me walk appear and i was in a wheelchair, i was hit by two cars in one day. not at one time. and god has left me here to have a testimony to give somebody else. and i don't want nobody to feel sorry for me or pray for me. but god has me here, even up at the podium, for a reason. because my life is a testimony to help somebody else. and whoever is watching, w

lots of messages from people in wheelchairs want to be my friend on facebook.nses from all over the world. i'm glad people appreciate what i've done. i'm touched that i've touched other people. >> he says some folks may have preconceived notions about people in wheelchairs but there is really nothing they can't do. >> the only thing i can't do is walk, run, jump, and kick. i am fully capable of doing everything else and sometimes better than the average able body because you strive so hard at being able or independent sometimes it's just tougher to get a job so we have to work a little harder at it and find new and better ways of getting things done. >> larry doesn't like to think of himself as a hero but he'll always be one to cindy. >> we need to have more people like larry on this earth. the way he helped me out, that was great. he's my hero. >> coming up, a man mows down a florida professor. >> after the bumper hit my temple area here i became unconscious. >>> and a spill puts one boston commuter in danger. >> she waivered back and forth and ended up going

. >>> a wheelchair-bound michigan teen not only got her high school diploma this weekend but anothereward. >> the 18-year-old walked for the first time by herself. angeline was born with spina bifida, a degenerative disorder of the vertebrae but it didn't stop her this time. >> i still do everything everybody else does. if i can get through it, with what i've got, no reason anyone else can't. >> way to go. the brace under the gown and crutches supporting her on she left the wheelchair behind and more than ever felt just like everyone else. >>> take a look. gorgeous-looking day on the inner harbor. nice shot of the national aquarium from the maryland science center. 85 degrees. humidity 36%. relatively comfortable. as we look at some of the weather through the day, some of our different weathernet cameras, just a few clouds from the north, a beautiful shot here across baltimore and charm city today, really living up to its name. roland park, trees shaking a little here but on the whole a good-looking day. one more stop, summit ridge, mount airy. beautiful blue skies and just a few pas

. >> reporter: the car pushed several wheelchairs, landing against this wall. knocking out a metal door. the wheels still spinning. melting tiles on the floor. >> she was still on the gas until someone came into the car and actually pulled her out and shut the car off. >> the driver was okay. but six residents and one staffer were taken away by ambulance. >> i'm shaken to the core. >> reporter: kim is a care giver for a 100-year-old woman who she came to take for a walk. >> i saw her sock and her shoe laying there full of blood and i kept asking everybody, where is suzanne? where is suzanne? i see her sock and her shoe. where is suzanne? >> she was at the hospital. her wheelchair demolished. >. >> and i feel bad because if i had been here at 9:30, you know, i would have taken her out of there. >> reporter: the families of those that are left are worried, too. >> he is just shocked. it is a shock. big time shock. >> i don't know what to do to get out of here. >> eric chin was the therapist in the room when it happened. >> sorry, like for the families, for the pe

despite being confined to a wheelchair for more than a decade that hasn't held back one determined russian man he's covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia i'm abilities can say he's drawing attention to the plight of disabled people the nazis kind of pushed over went to meet him. alexander's top speed is not much more than walking pace it's been more than a decade since the accident which put him in a wheelchair driving me other car was america's consul general in the us dog eligibility trunk and that's where the problems began as a diplomat american douglas can't claim immunity officials back in washington refused to waive his rights so alexander had no chance of getting redress he walked away scot free but i will keep on seeking justice. alexander tells me he's been fighting for compensation ever since to pay for his specialist care and medical expenses so long after the original accident it's important to him to keep his case in the public eye his just finished and marathe and all of the marathon proportions writing his electric valley eleven thousand kilometers from his

lean a rep art has cancer and is confined to a wheelchair. her daughter says security agents in florida asked her to remove her diaper in the bathroom last weekend because they felt something strange. >> they came out and told me it had something to do with her depends, that it was wet, and it was firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly, she would have to remove it. and i had to leave the security area and take her to a public rest room there at the airport and take it off of her. >> the mother was catching a flight to michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukaemia. >>> the tsa says its officers acted professionally and that "tsa works with passengers to resolve security alarms in ae road victory expect full and sensitive manner." >>> a surfer down in florida has quite a fish tale to tell tonight. a very up close and personal run-in with a shark. check out the video. a 4-foot spinner shark goes right over the surfer. spinner sharks can grow to about 6 feet in length and they do that, they jump out o

. >> jimmy: yeah and he's in a wheelchair as well. >> yeah, he is.u find out why he ends up in a wheelchair? >> you do find out why he ends up in a wheelchair. >> jimmy: how far into the movie do we find out? >> right at the end. >> jimmy: darn. you need to watch the whole thing. >> jimmy: that's how they get you, yeah. >> you never watch all of my movies, jimmy. >> jimmy: i know, i watch the first ten minutes of your movies. >> the other big thing -- >> jimmy: and then i wish we were in the "band of brothers" together. [ laughter ] then i get upset. i get upset. >> i know, the pain is too near, and you have to move on. >> jimmy: i don't sleep at night. >> to your favorite tv show is -- >> jimmy: "late night with jimmy fallon." >> lovely. >> jimmy: thank you, yeah. >> your favorite book is? >> jimmy: the "thank you notes" book. [ laughter ] don't do this to me, yeah. don't do this to me. >> i like that's set in the -- it's set in the -- the 50s or what? >> it's set in 1962, i said that. >> jimmy: 1962. >> i said that a minuet ago, but that's okay. [

. >> the car pushed several wheelchairs, landing against this wall knocking out a metal door.heels still spinning, melting tiles on the floor. >> she was still on the gas until somebody came into the car and actually pulled her out and shut the car off. >> driver was okay, but six residents and one staffer was taken away by ambulance. kim is a care giver for a 100- year-old woman who she came to take for a walk. >> i saw her sock and her shoe laying there full of blood. i kept asking everyone, where is suzanne, where is suzanne? she was at the hospital, her wheelchair demolished. >> i feel bad because i feel like if i would have been here at 9:30, you know, i would have taken her out of there. >> families of those that are left are worried too. >> he's in shock, honey. he's in shock. big time shock. i don't know what to do to get him out of here. >> eric chin was the therapist in the room when it happened. >> i'm sorry for the families, for the person who did it and everyone it affected. there's no way anybody can control something like this. >> the maintenance staff expects t

but the term in the wheelchair user making an epic crossing from russia's east to west as we said his final destination in moscow eggs on the question began his journey from that he was stuck in the middle of april since then he braved around eleven thousand kilometers by hitchhiking with his electric down to. spot the hardships which would fall into a ditch and xander says he is happy to have made new friends while raising awareness of disability issues at source of a goal set by the paralympic games to be held in two thousand and fourteen in sochi as artie's dennis polaski reports the city has begun preparing a welcome for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aides as the city's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics they asked russia's paralympic champion mikkel today to inspect seoul cheese newly built airport. i actually like to this place is one of the few airports in russia that has lived a device that helps to civil passengers to board the plane throug

wheelchair is to transform young people. how they might be able to take this forward? >> certainly. they do a brilliant job, an excellent charity. the point i would make on we want to have greater opportunity so that people can get the wheelchair of their choice at the time of their meeting -- needing. >> mr. speaker, in four of the last five years, there have been no mistakes made in the examination papers. since may 16 of this year, there have been 10 such mistakes made. what does the prime minister intend to do among the 250,000 young people affected who will lose out either of the university of their choice or a university at all because of the staggering incompetence? >> the honorable gentleman is right. this is not an acceptable situation. i discussed it this morning with the education secretary, who in turn has discussed it with ofqual, which is taking the toughest possible action to root out this bill here and make sure that it does not happen again. >> the prime minister will be aware that the former secretary of state, lord huttman, has described koran proposals on fashion

determined wheelchair user crossing brushes east and west as reached his part of this nation. on the caution on his journey from the stock middle of april since then he braved around eleven thousand kilometers hitchhiking with. what the hardships which included falling into a ditch examiner says happy to have made new friends while raising awareness of disability issues it's also the goal set by the paralympic games to be held in twenty fourteen and sundry and as artie's these reports city record ever welcomed the stable death rates from around the world. is it easy for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aides as the city's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics he asked russia's paralympic champion to inspect cheez newly built airport. and actually later this place is one of the few airports in russia that has lived a device that helps the civil passengers can board the plane through the city however there is user required attention and i'm sure they'll be there. all newly built ice rink steady and. are