. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd. there were no commercials, just a continuing experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i'm absolutely shocked. stunned. we have the same birthday and i'm just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? did he do? he's been doing so much for the country and somebody shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. >> bullet wounds, this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm, the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might have ever had to give. >> all the cameras were rolling an

hoef have's witness, should he be able to stop your health insurance from covering the cost of a blood transfusion. if your boss thinks that aids is the punishment who hates the people he gave it to and he gave it to him on purpose. and if you test positive, can't he decide that your health insurance will not cover the treatment? and why stop at health care. what if your boss session it's not just the laws about health care he doesn't want to follow because of his religious beliefs, it's the laws about all kinds of things. this is the campus of duquesne university. they were not going to recognize their employees decision to form a union because they are a catholic institution, and for some reason, that religious affiliation of the institution means their teachers can't be in a union. may might want to take that up with the new pope francis. does that mean we don't have to follow labor law here? and why should it stop there? presumably we're about a half step away from aing that their religious beliefs preclude paying people the minimum wage. the mean streaming in the conservative movement of anti

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. ♪ >>> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion in an effort to save his life after he and governor connally were shot in an assassination attempt. a priest was ordered and supplies rushed through the hospital. >> the president's car sped to the hospital where doctors raced to trama room one. dr. jones was the first to see him and john connally was riding in the motorcade. you were in the white house bus behind the limousine itself. i suppose the question for both of you off the top, how does it feel to have been involved so directly in an event of such magnitude. first to you julian? >> it's an event we didn't plan to be in. the shock was enormous. you didn't have time, really, to have emotions at that time. i think those of us who were involved in it, i think you went on automatic pilot, you know, to do what you instinctually know to do. >> dr. jones, you were 31 years old. you had been operating that day. part of a surgical team, they run in and how does it happen? they say the president has been shot. >> the operator paged overhead. we didn't have beepers then. there wa

and wendell, there are people, who for example brought up the issue of blood transfusion. and other issues that other medical procedures that may be seen as one religion as a tab boo or something against their faith. this is not just about contraception. >> that's absolutely right. if you start here and allow corporations to exclude contraception because of religious beliefs, where does it end? there may be companies like gentlemen ho gentlem jevofah's witnesses like you mentioned. and setting up a dangerous precedent. >> do you believe any of the ceos or companies will delve into this knowing they are a part of the health care process and this journey that our country is going through and providing affordable health care? >> i would say probably will stay clear of this. they might file a brief with the court. i kind of doubt it. they would prefer to not have to worry about this because the -- it is something insurance companies have done for many years and they prefer to keep it that way. >> thank you both. as well. thank you very much. >> we're following severe weather n

coverage based on their owner's personal beliefs denying procedures like vaccines, surgeries, blood transfusions or mental healthcare. for profit companies are asserting a right to religious liberty, when their owners are the ones who possess that right, but they are using the right to religious liberty as a way to carve out noncompliance with civil rights that are well established under the constitution, or are well established as public norms against discrimination. >> today the white house release add statement saying the affordable care act already protects these believes. the administration does not think that corporate ceos should make health decisions for individuals. all right, a little bit more on that white house statement. let's do that right now. he is at the white house, and mike, the white house as randall noted is quick to put a statement out on this. >> sure, they point out they themselves asked the street to review the change to the law. of course the street announced they are going to do just that. let's do more from that statement. the healthcare law puts womens and families i

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd. there were no commercials, just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i'm absolutely shocked. stunned. we have the same birthday and i'm just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? he's been doing so much for the country and someone goes ahead and shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm, the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might have ever had to give. >> all the

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at park land hospital. >> there's so many things about this case that just cry out, what in the world was going on here? >> the government decided to keep things secret. >> doctors michael baud and seral wect agree that the president's office was botched. >> if the autopsy had been done by a board certified pathologist, there would be no doubt where the bullet holes were. >> protocols were broken, starting with the body itself. >> they had improperly moved the body to bethesda. >> we didn't want mrs. kennedy sitting there for a long period of time. >> hands on guns, a lot of profanity, actual physical threats. it became somewhat heated and they forced their way out. >> to call in two people who had never done a gunshot wound case, this is unbelievable. >> dr. hume should not have been chosen to do the autopsy. >> dr. hume's never identified the exact locations of the wounds. >> by the time the autopsy is finished, lots of mistakes had been made. there was a naval photographer who was trained to take autopsy photos. and then -- expos

they didn't have blood supplies for a transfusion and could not save him as they operated on him. the doctors tell me that if they had blood and they asked for it and it is certainly in stock in other cities and towns around the philippines, they could have saved this man's life whose initial injury was a broken leg. anderson? >> i mean, let's just pause an think about that for a moment. a man who had a broken leg is now dead because there wasn't blood supplies, and he had gotten an infection that there weren't antibiotics to treat. so when people hear when the government has talked about we're focusing on the living, we're focusing on saving the living, simple things like blood, like antibiotics have not been getting out fast enough. and time -- i i mean, you can say, well, it's difficult. we're facing a lot of difficulties. we all understand that. it's not an easy situation. the infrastructure is bad even in the best of times. but that man should not have died. there was no reason for that man to have died of essentially a broken leg. as you see on the ground, ivan, in tacloban,

they didn't have blood supplies for a transfusion. if they had blood and they asked for it and it is certainly in stock in other cities and towns around the philippines, they could have saved this man's life whose initial injury was a broken leg. anderson? >> i mean, let's just pause and think about that for a moment. a man who had a broken leg is now dead because there wasn't blood supplies, and he had got an infection that there weren't antibiotics to treat. when people here, when the government has talked about well, we're focussing on the living, we're focussing on saving the living, simple things like blood, antibiotics haven't been getting out fast enough and time, you can say well, you know, it's difficult. we're facing a lot of difficulties and we understand that. it's not an easy situation. the infrastructure is bad in the best of times, but that man should not have died. there is no reason for that man to have died of essentially a broken leg. as you see on the ground ivan in tacloban, how are the efforts going to get the ai

in the end she needed a blood transfusion, had a broken nose and a lot of bruises. ten year old lindsey had some bruises and a pretty good knot on her forehead. >> lindsey's the one i feel sorry for. she'll never forget that. i still can't believe it. i still can't believe. i've never been in a tornado before. i never want to go through one again, ever. >> reporter: and mary obviously a fighter. she did not think it was her time to go, obviously. she fought through this. now she has to deal with the new reality. and that is she's like hundreds of other people here in washington. she has nowhere to go. no home. she's going to stay with relatives until she figures that out. but obviously happy to be alive. >> amazing story. thank you so much to ted rollins on the ground there in the hardest hit area by those storms. >>> still to come, the civil war in the cheney family. they're squaring off over ga marria gay marriage. >>> wait until you see the pomp and circumstance of the ambassador of japan. did she earn her new title? or did she buy it. >>> and 3 million people di

doesn't side with the government here or if a jehovah witness owns the company decide not to cover blood transfusions. there is a long line of very agers president, all of what ash dangerous precedent. >> let's go to the hobby lobby ceo who challenged the law. he is talking about his company's position in a video posted online. >> the bush we have had that we've grown up with all our lives, our convictions that we have that we live by personally, and as we have ran our business, we feel the obligation or the desire that we want to use those same principles within our business. it would not be consistent for us to live one way at home and accept a different way at work. dowe do everything we can everything we can a possibly be a help to our employees of how they can structure theiriv based on biblical principles. it is not something that is forced on anybody, but it is there for them if they would like. next brigitte amiri, if you could respond? >> absolutely. everyone is entitled to their own religious belief and free to worship in whatever way they choose. but when you decide to open a business and

and employer could decide they want to deny coverage for blood transfusions. but many of these are cost prohibitive health services and beyond that, it goes even beyond health care. it's a corporation picking and choosing which types of laws they want to comply with. and our belief in this society has always been that we protect the religious liberty of individuals in their private lives. but that when you cross that line and go into the public atmosphere and decide you want to operate as a -- >> that's not really true, chris, right now you and i are putting our opinions out on television. you are making money on this, i am not. chris is in business on tv, so we're going to infringe on his first amendment rights, but tim and sandra, they're just doing this -- >> that's a bad thought experiment for about 90 different reasons, the first being the actual -- and there's specific constitutional name parties. there's specific constitutional case law around that. but taking that aside, the argument that sandra's making is there is no iteration of the argument that do

in the end she needed a blood transfusion, had a broken nose and a lot of bruises. ten year old lindsey had some bruises and a pretty good knot on her forehead. >> lindsey's the one i feel bad for. she'll never forget that. i still can't believe it. i just still can't believe -- i've never been in a tornado before. i never want to go through one again, ever. >> reporter: and mary obviously a fighter. she did not think it was her time to go, obviously. she fought through this. now she has to deal with the new reality. and that is she's like hundreds of other people here in washington. she has nowhere to go. no home. she's going to stay with relatives until she figures that out. but obviously happy to be alive. >> of course, an amazing story. miraculous. thank you so much to ted rollins on the ground there in the hardest hit area by those storms. >> our fourth story "outfront," camelot takes japan. caroline starts her new role today as the american ambassador to japan. she says she's proud to carry on her father's legacy of public service. but some are angry, saying s

getting blood transfusions. >> we weren't able to get the blood she needed for almost five days. >> reporter: this family knows how important it is to donate blood during the holiday season. >> during the holidays, especially hard to fathom because people get together with their family and friends and ey don't always think about people who are sick with cancer or people who have blood diseases. >> reporter: according to the american red cross, across the country, only 38% of americans are eligible to give blood. and out of that 38%, just 8% actually donate. tyra's aunt now organizes blood drives and wants to raise awareness to this problem. >> there should never be a time when the blood supply goes so low that we don't have enough to respond to the hospitals. you know, or to something -- somebody overseas even or somebody in another area of the country that might need it. >> reporter: for the watkins family, it's a lesson learned. >> with one pint of blood you can save three lives. >> been different from me because i'm scared of needles. and i've given blood 11 times now. so i'm proud of mys

talk to us today. [ gunshot ] >>> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital in an effort to save his life after he and the governor were shot in an assassination attempt in downtown dallas. a priest has been ordered and emergency supplies being rushed to the hospital. >> a radio report from the john f. kennedy library. doctors were racing to trama room one. he was the first to see the wounded president. john conley was riding in the motorcade when the shots rang out and both join me now. you were actually in the white house bus behind the limousine itself. i suppose a question for both of you right off the top, how does it feel to have been involved so directly in an event of such magnitude? let me ask you first. >> of course, it's an event none of us planned to be involved in, so the shock was enormous. you didn't have time really to have emotions at that time. i think those of us who were involved in it, i think you went on sort of automatic pilot, you know to do what you just instinctually know to do. >> dr. jones, you were 31 years old. you'd been operati

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital. >> there's so many things about this case that just cry out, what in the world was going on here? >> the government decided to keep things secret. >> doctors michael baden and cyril wecht were on the house select committee forensic panel. the only point the two agreed on was the president's autopsy was botched. >> if the autopsy had been done in proper fashion by a board certified forensic pathologist, we would not be in doubt as to exactly where the bullet holes were. >> the panel found protocols were broken starting with the body itself. >> they had improperly moved it illegally to bethesda. >> we didn't want mrs. kennedy sitting there for a long period of time. we wanted to take him back to the nation's capital. the secret service, hands on guns, a lot of profanity, physical threats. they forced their way out. >> to call in two people had had never done a gunshot wound case, this is unbelievable. >> the doctor should not have been chosen to do the autopsy. >> dr. humes never identified the exact location of

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd because there were no commercials. it was just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now? >> shock, stunned. we have the same birthday. i was just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? i mean he's been doing so much for the country. somebody shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. >> of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret, two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm chilledoff the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and he had to draw himself out to give the most fateful announcement a press secretary might ever have to give. >> all the cameras

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an employer could decide they want to deny coverage for blood transfusions. but many of these are cost prohibitive health services and beyond that, it goes even beyond health care. it's a corporation picking and choosing which types of laws they want to comply with. and our belief in this society has always been that we protect the religious liberty of individuals in their private lives. but that when you cross that line and go into the public sphere and decide you want to operate as a make a profit off of the public. >> that's not really true, chris, right now you and i are putting our opinions out on television. you are making money on this, i am not. chris is in business on tv, so we're going to infringe on his first amendment rights, but tim and sandra, they're just doing this -- >> that's a bad thought experiment for about 90 different reasons, the first being the actual press is a main party in the first amendment. and there's specific constitutional name parties. there's specific constitutional case law around that. but taking that aside, the argument

president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion, emergency supplies of blood are rushed to the hospital. >> just a moment, just a moment. we have a bulletin coming in. >> government sources now confirm that president kennedy is dead. so that apparently is the final word. >> only one word to describe the picture here and that's grief and much of it. it's official. the president of the united states is dead. ♪ >>> this morning on "world news now," phones on flights. the major move to change the rules allowing airplane passengers to make cell phone calls in the skies. >> i don't think flight attendants want. that i don't think that a lot of people that actually fly twhant. it's disruptive. >> the pros and cons as one major airline already says no way. >>> set free. the kennedy cousin in prison on a murder conviction for more than a decade. >> fact is that he didn't commit the murder. >> the celebration for michael skakel, but could he face a whole new trial? >>> 50 years ago today, president john f. kennedy was assassinated in dallas. how the unforgettable moment in history inspired pop

>> novartis is selling its blood transfusion testing unit to spain. this is the latest in what's become a busy market in health care deals. also shire agreed to buy viropharma for $2 billion in cash. a premium to friday's closing price. it should boost the rare disease portfolio. tronz ocean has a deal to settle with a proxy battle with carl eye can. he'll reduce the number of board seats. icahn pressureford a $4 a share dividend. he's tweeting his response to the news this morning writing, this is great news for trans ocean and for activism today. >> in global market news we are watching oil prices after the latest rounds of talks between iran and six world powers ended without a deal over the weekend. negotiations were aimed at trying to curb tehran's nuclear program in exchange for easing economic sanctions against the islamic republic. >> we will continue to work to find a peaceful solution because we believe forceful diplomacy is a powerful enough weapon to be able to actually diffuse the world's most threatening weapons of mass destruction. >> a

president kennedy has been given blood transfusions at parkland in an effort to save his life after he and governor john connolly of texas were shot. the word still is that the president is still in serious condition. other reports say he's in critical condition. governor john connolly, i think, chet, has been moved. >> yep, we have this information that adds up to something rather inconclusive. secret service said the president remained in the emergency room and the governor was moved to the general operating room of parkland hospital. one secret serviceman was overheard telling the other that there was no need to move the president because emergency facilities were adequate in the emergency room. that would indicate after a snap judgment evaluation that governor connolly was worse wounded than the president. that's a snap judgment evaluation. >> it could mean they're separating the two cases so each could be given full attention. >> the medical student said he could see that a sizable crowd has gathered outside of the hospital. this telephone line is connected to the hospital. what i

. >> transfusions. >> exactly. >> certain religious. >> vaccinations is another. thing is really disturbing and this case sets up a precedent. think progress is setting up reporting on this. it's now going to lead to stripping away gay rights, as well. so if your employer has an objection to the fact that you're gay, they can take away benefits to gay couples, using this decision, no matter how the supreme court decides as, you know, the basis for taking away rights. >> i think one of the other questions that people have, too, is whether or not this were to go through. if the supreme court were to say that a business can take or leave the mandate in terms of providing contraception, does it actually undermine the health care law itself? >> right now with the companies that sued, and there are about 43 companies that sued, and in various stages, what they're asking is to be exempt, just them, from covering contraception. in the process of them asking to be allowed to say that not only do the -- do the owners of the company have religious views, but the owners of th

they're going to say look, what if a company is owned by christian scientists, does that mean blood transfusions will not be covered under the affordable care act? you can't allow the religious beliefs of owners to trump rules that apply to everybody. the people who are attacking the law say look, we're not talking about, you know t slippery slope. we are simply talking about long-held religious beliefs by these business owners which cannot be overcome by congress' recent judgment in the affordable care act. it's not a simple case. the lower courts have taken different views, have come out different ways. some courts have upheld the law, some have found it unconstitutional. it's going to be a closely argued case in the supreme court and beats the heck out of me how they will come out on it. >> it will be another fascinating court case to watch and probably another close one as well. jeffrey toobin, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >>> turning to afghanistan now and growing tensions over a potential security deal with the united states which would keep u.s. troops in the country for yea

and then we're also watching novartis, actually going to -- selling its blood transfusion diagnosticsing unit over to a company in spain for nearly $3.7 billion in -- 1.7 billion in cash. we'ving up on other units ford to really focus on what they're doing, bulk up on pharmaceuticals and eye care as well as generics. drug index has an up arrow as well. cheryl: nicole, thank you. deb ten the u.s. postal service making a deal to deliver amazon.com's packages on sundays. the cash-strapped usps, which has had almost $12 billion in losses this year, hoping the move will help it reverse course after years of struggle due in major part to the internet. rising use of e-mail and online bill pay hurting mail volumes. and sunday delivery also could give the online giant an edge over rivals like walmmrt, toe shouldn't the post office be offering for all of these big shippers? cheryl: that's a good point. maybe they're all going to come in and start competing. good thing for the post office. one of the strongest storms in philippines killing an estimated 10,000 people. the latest on the u.s. relief e

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd. there were no commercials, just a continuing experience. >> two priests entered parkland hospital where he rests after the assess nation attempt which was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> absolutely shocked, stunned. we have the same birthday and i am just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? he's been doing so much for the country and somebody shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm, the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might have ever had to give. >> all the cameras were rolling and i remember he put his f

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd, because there were no commercials. it was just a continuous experien experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i am absolutely shocked, stunned. we have the same birthday. i was just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? he's been doing so much for the country. someone shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret, two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm kilduff, assistant press secretary was filling in for the press secretary. he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement a press secretary might ever have to give. >> all the cam

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd. there were no commercials, just a continuing experience. >> two priests have entered park land hospital where he rests after the assess nation attempt which was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> stunned we have the same birthday and i am just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? did he do? he's been doing so much for the country and somebody shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. >> of bullet wounds, this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret, two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm, the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might have ever had to give. >> all the cameras were rolling and i remember he put his fingers like this

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd, because there were no commercials, it was just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt, which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i am absolutely shocked, stunned. we have the same birthday and i'm just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? i mean, he's been doing so much for the country and somebody goes and shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead. >> bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm, the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might ha

. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd. there were no commercials, just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i'm absolutely shocked. stunned. we have the same birthday and i'm just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? he's been doing so much for the country and someone goes ahead and shoots him? >> a flash from dallas. two priests who were with president kennedy say he is dead of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dallas. i will repeat with the greatest regret two priests who were with president kennedy say he has died of bullet wounds. >> malcolm, the assistant press secretary was filling in for the regular press secretary and then he had to draw himself up to give the most fateful announcement that a press secretary might have ever had to give. >> all the c

president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion, emergency supplies of blood are rushed to the hospital. >> just a moment, just a moment. we have a bulletin coming in. >> government sources now confirm that president kennedy is dead. so that, apparently, is the final word. >> only one word to describe the picture here and that's grief and much of it. it's official. as of just a few moments ago, the president of the united states is dead. ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on "world news w," ph >>> this morning on "world news now," phones on flights. the major move to change the rules allowing airplane passengers to make cell phone calls in the skies. >> i don't think flight attendants want that. i don't think that a lot of people that actually fly want that. it's disruptive. >> the pros and cons as one major airline already says no way. >>> set free. the kennedy cousin in prison on a murder conviction for more than a decade. >> fact is that he didn't commit the murder. >> the celebration for michael skakel, but could he face a whole new trial? >>> 50 years ago today, president john f. kennedy was

competent adult, to say no to medical treatment, whether it's a jehovah's witness who says no to blood transfusion or this gentleman who said no to artificial ventilation. that's clear. the problem is when you have a terrible accident like this, while they're rare, people often say, having been terribly burned or injured or they know they're paralyzed, that they don't want to live. some adjust. some come around after a few days or a week or a couple weeks and say, i've changed my mind. i can deal with this. this gentleman made a decision under, let's say, relatively quick circumstances, i know there are those who are going to say, did they give him nfl time to think about whether he could live as a paralyzed person? >> isn't that a valid question? >> a very valid question. i'll tell you what makes me feel more comfortable about the case. you read the a.p. xurmeexcerpt his family. his family had had a conversation with him about a month earlier saying, what if you got severely injured? what would you want? he was adamant, no life in a wheelchair. i don't want to be paralyzed. that makes me far more

facilities so the health care facilities can do other things that reduces the use of blood products for transfusions for severe malaria. bed nets are a very effective strategy but they need to be used and they need to be replaced periodically. the second is use of indoor residual spraying. so spraying parts of the house to kill the mosquitos with safer pesticides than d.d.t. generally. the problem with that is it's quite expensive to do. you have to make sure the pesticides don't get in the crops and takes highly trained staff but can be a very effective and important measure. the third is figure out how to detech -- detect and treat malaria more effectively. we've begun expanding the use rapid i. -- a.i.d. and tests to see if someone has malaria. we find out people in africa may misdiagnosis this a lot because they don't know if the fever is from some other infection. this rapid test could determine if someone has malaria and if they do they can get treated or if they don't can get treated for the other problem they have. and giving treatment to pregnant women to protect themselves and their child.

he needs constant blood transfusions and medicines. >> the doctors have described owen as a ticking time bomb. if he had a match and donor right now, he would be in transplant. >> reporter: it would replace his diseased cells with healthy ones. registering to be a donor is easy. all you have to do is swab the inside of your cheek and your information is entered into a database. groups organize drives to increase the size of the database. there are 10.5 million registered donors in the united states. >> people are from an ethnic minority of the united states, the numbers are not as optimistic. >> reporter: that is something she faced. doctors found a nearly perfect donor match in europe. >> i have so much to live for. these two beautiful children. >> reporter: her match donated on thanksgiving day. she is waiting for the transplant. the hogan family is still waiting for a miracle. alexandra field, cnn, new york. >> mandy just let us know she is receiving donor stem cells at the moment. they were flown from germany and arrived last night. you can check out bethematch.org to learn more abou

portal, they call it, it's under the skin and it permits this person to have chemotherapy and blood transfusions without having to go to the blood vessels. this invention has saved this person's life because 20 years ago that person would probably have had -- a young girl, would probably have had collapsed blood vessels or died in some type of situation where infection from putting the needles in one's arm -- this is what happened 20 years ago and why the survival rate now of such cancer patients has gone up. i feel like hugging the person who invented that device. that person deserves more love and gratitude. this administration has seen fit to punish this person for this creativity and this innovation. this administration put a 2.5% tax not on the net, not after all these expenses this inventor went into to invent this all the expenses into producing it, all the expense that goes into distributing it, making sure people knew how to use this new device. no no, thanks 2.5% -- this is a 2.5% tax on the gross income. it's a horrendous penalty on the person who has saved the lives of all these peop