in 2011 gleason was diagnosed with als, lou gehrig's disease. today ravaged by the disease he has lost most of his physical abilities and communicates through a computer. >> what did the diagnosis changes for you? >> i chose to search for new avenues of joy. >> reporter: gleason has never been one to take the easy road. here he is skydiving, marking the one year anniversary of his diagnosis. then he had a proposition for his good friend and former new orleans saints teammate. >> he said i'm going to go down to machu picchu. >> i said machu picchu as in peru? he said, yes, i want to go to the top. >> he made the trip, where some say the soul meets the sky. they would carry him for much of it on a specially designed sled over 11 grueling hours straight up. >> it was much more gnarly than we anticipated. i was definitely scared but i chose to embrace it. >> reporter: his son was up there, too, his baby boy rivers, born soon after his diagnosis. gleason is doing all of this for him, too, creating a video diary. these memories so that one day his son

one of them is former nfl player steve gleason. with the tap of the toe or a blink of an eye gleason and others are redefining what it means to be alive. here's his story. it was the play that brought back the city of new orleans, saints' steve gleason blocking the punt that would send his who dat nation to victory. >> who dat! >> reporter: the win was especially sweet because it was the saints' first home game in the superdome since hurricane katrina. in that moment, steve gleason, the handsome 5'11" rock solid 212 pound safety instantly became a new orleans hero. but five years later, in january of 2011, at age 33, gleason got the shocking news, he was diagnosed with als, or lou gherrig's disease, a fatal condition that would soon par lies him and rob him of his abilities to speak, eat or breathe. >> it's a disease where the cells in your brain and spinal cord, the cells that control our muscles slowly degenerate. they die. >> reporter: when i met steve and his wife michelle at their new orleans home in march, i was struck by jus

an arrest warrant has been issued for david gleason jr. police say gleason could be armed. investigators say they believe gleason could be ties to bay point, pittsburgh, bay point and eastern alameda -- pittsburg. >>> i saw a horrifying scream and i saw the deer running down the east side. >> one ♪ [ male announcer ] when the a.c. goes out in a heat wave, it's nuccio heating and air conditioning that comes to the rescue. at&t helped nuccio put a complete mobile solution to work. mobile routing to send the closest technician and mobile payments to invoice on the spot. where do you want to take your business? call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> boeing is being targeted in a possible lawsuit in connection with the asiana airlines flight. the crash may have been caused by a mechanics auto throttle. a preliminary investigation by the ntsb said the plane was coming in too low and too slow but pointed no blame. the suit is on behalf of 83 people on board that flight. >>> a lawsuit has also been filed against asiana airl

an arrest warrant has been issued for david gleason jr. police say gleason could be armed. investigators say they believe gleason could be ties to bay point, pittsburgh, bay point and eastern alameda -- pittsburg. >>> i saw a horrifying scream and i saw the deer running down the east side. >> one man's warning after his labridore's run in with a deer. >>> boeing is being targeted in a possible lawsuit in connection with the asiana airlines flight. the crash may have been caused by a mechanics auto throttle. a preliminary investigation by the ntsb said the plane was coming in too low and too slow but pointed no blame. the suit is on behalf of 83 people on board that flight. >>> a lawsuit has also been filed against asiana airlines itself. an attorney claims a bay area woman and her 8-year-old son suffered back and neck injuries and the woman has been unable to return to her job as a foreign language instructor. >>> a man has contacted us saying he wants to warn people of a deer attack on his dog. >> reporter: the owner tells me his dog was attacked right here on his driveway

we want you to meet a fighter, steve gleason. he made one of the most memorable plays in the history of the new orleans saints. >> then diagnosed with a disease that absolutely changed his life. as abc's josh elliott shows us gleason isn't allowing that from stopping him from finding new challenges. >> reporter: september 2006, a year after hurricane katrina laid waste to the city of new orleans. the saints are back in the super dome. for the first time. in their opening series, the atlanta falcons are forced to punt. steve gleason 37 rushing from the middle. >> as soon as i came around the corner and saw the punter there was certainly some adrenaline, like man this could happen. if it does this is going to be chaos. >> recovered by the saints for a touchdown. >> just the emotion coming from the crowd, it was infinite joy. >> reporter: new orleans immortalized the turning point with this statue outside the stadium. they named it rebirth. but today it has new meaning. profound and bittersweet. because the man whose simple act beca

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today ravage by the disease gleason lost most physical ability. he communicates through a compute computer. what did the diagnosis change for you. >> i chose to search myself for new avenue of joy. >>reporter: he has never been one to take the easy road. sky diving. marking the one year anniversary of his diagnosis. proposition for his good friend and former new orleans saints teammate scott. >> i'll go down to match pick you nasa peru yes up to the to top. >>reporter: he made the long mystical trek up this mountain. one time ancient stronghold built for protection where some say the soul meets the sky. it 0would carry many for much of it on especially designed sled over 11 grueling hours straight up. >> it was much more narly than we anticipated. i was definitely scared. but i just chose to embrace it. >>reporter: his son was up there too. his baby boy river born soon after his diagnosis. >> oh. >>reporter: gleason doing all this for him too creating video diary. these memory. so that one day his son can know his father. >> nobody is going to lov

the pennsylvania republican party robbed gleason. rep remember when the republican party tried its darndest by stealing the election with strict new voter id laws? even there there was zero documented cases of vote r frau. >> voter id, which will allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> house leader could not have put it any bet are. republicans tried it walk back the statement but couldn't keep their mouths shout for long. meet rob gleason, also known as castian obvious. >> we probably add better election. think about this. we caught bm obama by 5%. he won, beating mccain by 10% and romney by 5%. i think voter id helped a bit in that. >> oh in their mind, they are making progress. gleason says dirty tricks cut votes not romney's superb campaign. tell us something we don't know. if he thinks that gives him or his prty any credibility, he can just keep on pretending. a-a-a. f-f-f-f-f-f-f. lac-lac-lac. he's an actor who's known for his voice. but his accident took that away. thankfully, he's got aflac. they're g

think maybe that's it you know not knowing you know being open to or heard of my dear friend jackie gleason in the book right yeah oh yeah and our and our current well art carney is the same you see a bike and make this kind of a truncate the story a little bit when i'm doing the bow skit. and by the way the dude who you know loves bowling you never see his bowl in the movie shrek but we originally were supposed to do some bowling we had a bowling master come teach us. and i was wondering how how the dude my prepared to bowl you know you remember art carney when he would prepare you know he would pick up that water and he would you know he would you know prepare and sell it but there's a boy he addressed the you know it was to sign something you know and jackie gleason was in the paper you know. i told the guy this and he says and he hadn't assisted with and he started to laugh hysterically and i said what's going on he goes no no i get to tell me what's going on anything and the bowling master finally said well you know bowling is a lot like zen in the art of archery you know before you ev

it maybe that's it you're not knowing you know to be open to or heard of my dear friend jackie gleason in the book right yeah oh yeah and our and our current well art carney is this him and see if i can see make this kind of a truncate the story a little bit when i'm doing the bow skit. and by the way the dude who you know loves bowling you never see his bowl in the movie fred but we originally were supposed to do some bowling we had a bowling master come teach us. and i was wondering how how the dude my prepared to bowl you know you remember art carney when he would prepare you know he would pick up that water and he would you know he would you know prepare him self but there's a boy he addressed the you know it would to sign something you know in jackie gleason. and the pair of pair you know. how i told the guy this and he says and he hadn't assisted with and he started to laugh hysterically and i said what's going on he goes no no i get to tell me what's going on beneath and the bowling master finally said well you know bowling is a lot like zen in the art of archery you know before

gleason of land from the area before the officers arrived. >> new this morning, in india, at least 20 children have died after eating free meals and a primary school. another 27 children at the school could have been hospitalized. some of them are in serious condition. the children age ranges from 8 to 11 years old. a preliminary investigation suggested that the food had traces of insecticide that was not washed off before it was served. >> south africans are preparing to celebrate the 95th birthday of nelson mandela. the former president remains critically ill in a hospital. nelson mandela center of memory has asked people stuck volunteered 67 minutes to charity. this is an honor what they say are 67 years the mandela served his community. mandel was amended to a hospital on june the eighth for a recurring lung infection. >> the capt. response before the 2012 s shipwreck of the coastal korea is trying for a plea bargain deal. this is video of the cruise ship after it ran off the italian coast. the trial of the captain, francesco schettino, resumed today. his lawyer is not optimistic

one of them is former nfl player steve gleason. with the tap of a toe or the blink of an eye, gleason and others are redefining what it means to be alive. here's his story. it was the play that brought back the city of new orleans, saints' steve gleason blocking the punt that would send his who dat nation to victory. the win was especially sweet because it was the saints' first home game in the superdome since hurricane katrina. in that moment, steve gleason, the handsome, 5'11", rock solid 212-pound safety, instantly became a new orleans hero. but five years later, in january of 2011, at age 33, gleason got the shocking news he was diagnosed with als or lou gehrig's disease, a fatal condition that would soon paralyze him and rob him of his abilities to speak, eat, or breathe. >> the it the disease where the cells in your brain and spinal cord, the cells that control our muscles, slowly degenerate. they die. >> when i met steve and his wife michelle at their new orleans home in march, i was struck by just how young and how beautifu

the victims were pumping gas and gleason asked them if they were gang members and stabbed them several times. he reportedly has ties to bay point and antioch. >>> thieves got into a kay jewelry store by driving a car through a window. it happened at about 330 yesterday morning. at the out let's. the entire hit took just 15 minutes and they got away with all of that jewelry. >>> now 18-year-old peter died in the fraternity back in april and the school responded by kicking the fraternity off campus. several students face possible disciplinary action for giving alcohol to minors and hazing. >> hazing call send it knicks and -- hazing and other activities -- activities... >> they may decide to permanently suspend the chapter in san francisco state. >>> today marks marissa meyer for moving into yahoo. she bought 17 companies since myer moved over and that would improve a deal since she was there. people with request up to 5 different account names in active accounts. the wish list is open and people will be notified by the middle of next month and they will have 48 hours to log in and claim

police say 21-year-old john gleason jr. repeatedly stabbed two men after asking them if they were gang members. the stabbing happened last wednesday night at a gas station. police just now coming forward asking for your help. he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. gleason, who has a warrant for his arrest, is considered armed and dangerous. >>> santa clara county sheriff's deputies say they want their boss out. the deputy sheriff's association says it will not endorse incumbent sheriff lori smith in the next election, next year's election. instead, they're supporting captain kevin jenson for the position. the union says sheriff smith is out of touch with the rank and file and doesn't have a good rapport with other departments. >> voted no confidence based on a number of shieshs. lack of staffing. a lack of morale. the inability for our people to go ahead and speak without fear of retaliation from the office itself. >> now, sheriff smith did not want to go on camera, but in a memo, she questioned th

he could run for mayor. >> you walk the streets of new orleans with steve gleason. every single person comes over to tell him how much they love him. he and the city are joined forever. >> prepare to live. i love that. >> great job. >> thank you, josh. >> tremendous. >> thank you. >> i had not even heard that story until today. it is so incredibly inspirational. thank you, josh. >> thank you. >> for that moment. to the boards. one or two things we'll share. of course, your twitter and facebook pictures you sent in mirror the two stories going on in the country, start with the california view where you've got a crowded beach always of all the heat to the west and just about every coastal beach is crowded then on the beaches that are on the east coast it's been an awful lot of rain, cloud, rain and that continues for us. we have a blocking pattern which means all this rain on the eastern seaboard continue. for a lot of places it's not all day rain but the humidity you can feel in the air when you step outside. trigger that and you know it's going to be a downpour wher

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statues a jackie gleason from when he was starring in "the honeymooners." ventured into a series of the statues and resurrected fictional characters. mary tyler moore has one. there are others. phonze.s -- the of, who gets a statue? public figures. rfk caught my attention. captured i came across kennedy. she really captured kennedy in the bust that she did. the photo of the bust. my attention -- the photo of the bust got my attention. what he did for bedford , he became concerned for the urban poor. his run for the white house was aborted because of the assassination. bust becamend the the pagan for that story -- peg for that story. which article is look at the most? >> yes. i can. the hope is that you get a few hits. story is thelar one on "rosie the river and are -- riveter." it goes back to a character named rosie. there's an interesting history imagessie and subsequent related to characters like her used in the women's movement in the 1970s. rosie, and world war ii, was a significant image in recruiting women into the workforce. that article gets into t

there is a jackie gleason statue from when he was starring in "the honeymooners." tv land ventured into a series of the statues and resurrected fictional characters. mary tyler moore has one. there are others. the fonze this idea of, who gets a statue? public figures. rfk caught my attention. the photo i came across captured kennedy. she really captured kennedy in the bust that she did. the photo of the bust. my attention -- the photo of the bust got my attention. what he did for bedford stuyvesant, he became concerned for the urban poor. his run for the white house was aborted because of the assassination. the statue and the bust became the pagan for that story -- peg for that story. >> can you tell which article is looked at the most? >> yes. i can. the hope is that you get a few hits. the most popular story is the one on "rosie the river and are -- "rosie the riveter." it goes back to a character named rosie. there's an interesting history with rosie and subsequent images related to characters like her used in the women's movement in the 1970s. rosie, and world

they were pumping gas and gleason asked them if they were gain members and it happened several times -- he shot him several times. >>> the agency said the next step will include interviewing first sponsors -- responders, evacuating -- conducting an in- depth examination of the plane's performance. >>> the crown plaza of burlingame has become the temporary home of the victim's families. they are doing the best they can to help and he expressed his sympathy and spoke to asiana airlines and said the three families of the girls who were killed should be given special compensation and one of the families lost their open child. >>> they say having all of the emergency victims deleted the blood supply. he talked about why he took the time to donate. >> just to help, i don't know what type of blood i have but hopefully it could help somebody out. >> 67 on the day of the crash, 6 people are still in the hospital, two of them are in critical condition with injuries to the find small -- spinal cord. >>> there does not seem to be much movement in the contract negotiations. the two sides only spe

gleason told the real story behind voter i.d. laws. >> do you think all the attention drawn to voter i.d. affected last year's elections? >> yeah, a little bit. i think we had a better election. we cut obama by 5%. which is big. he beat mccain by 10%. he beat romney by 5%. i think voter i.d. helped a bit in that. >> john: i haven't seen someone expose someone like that since anderson tooked to juror b 37 two nights ago. that's quite the admission. >> that's the second time we heard that coming out of pennsylvania. >> john: they bragged in advance, but here they say it actually worked. >> it's difficult to measure but i think it's quite possible. that's the agenda. there is no--i mean, everyone knows that's what the agenda is. that's clearly why they proposed these laws. there is really no other reasons, frankly. there is no evidence that there is a problem here. that's why you saw the republicans attack, attack, attack the voting rights act. in section five. >> john: disenfranchiseed minority voters only seven cases of voter frau

we will look at people coping it with including former nfl player steve gleason and look at f families supporting them including my own and look at the technology helping to improve the quality of life of those living with the disease. that is tomorrow, and thursday and friday. that is it for me, and brooke that is it for me, and brooke baldwin join s s us from here. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a possible serial killer is behind bars as we learned that he idolized a monster. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> did weight play a role in a woman's tragic death on a six flags roller coaster. what happened now? she was sent to prison after telling police that she was raped. and now a dramatic twist. >>> plus a congressman gets emna

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hour we'll take an in-depth look at people who are coping with it, including former nfl player steve gleason, he is just 36 years old, speaks with a machine because als has paralyzed him. i'm also going to talk to buddy velastro the baker from the reality show "cake boss" but his mom has als and he's trying to make a difference. that is the next hour in 1:00. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to me, relationships matter. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll be able to stick with him. [ male ann

police now say this man, 21-year-old john gleason jr. repeatedly stabbed two men after asking them if they were gang members. the stabbing happened last wednesday night outside the bon fair market on grant street near highway 242. the victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police have a warrant for his arrest. he is considered armed and dangerous. >>> new details this morning in the shooting near the hayward bart station. police are now searching for a man in a silver honda. police say the man shot at a pedestrian on a street yesterday afternoon. the victim, who was not hit, said the shooter pulled up next to him and started to fight before firing three to four rounds. police are looking for witnesses who saw the man shoot the gun from his vehicle. >>> the man accused of last week's double homicide at a san francisco jewelry store is expected in court today. barry white jr. stands charged with last friday's shooting deaths of two clerks at san francisco's gift center and jewelry mart at 8th and brannan str

one of those people, nfl player, steve gleason, he's 36 years old. just 36 years old. he's absolutely incredible. he is a father. and he uses technology to -- just by blinking his eyes to tweet, tweet 27,000-plus followers. he is very inspiring. we are going to have him on the 1:00 hour. we are also going to -- as well, have the cake boss and his mom, very similar to my own, diagnosed with als. we are going to have him live as well. >> thank you for bring us the story. we look forward to seeing part two tomorrow. if you want to know more about how to help find a cure for als, go to cnn.com's impact your world. you can also go to suzanne's website. mal malveauxmission.org. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> i'm talking here because i'm looking at live pictures coming in to us of pope plan sis. he's in brazil

we will look at people coping it with including former nfl player steve gleason and look at f families supporting them including my own and look at the technology helping to improve the quality of life of those living with the disease. that is tomorrow, and thursday and friday. that is it for me, and brooke that is it for me, and brooke baldwin join s s us from here. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a possible serial killer is behind bars as we learned that he idolized a monster. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. >>> did weight play a role in a woman's tragic death on a six flags roller coaster. what happened now? she was sent to prison after telling police that she was raped. and now a dramatic twist. >>> plus a congressman gets emotional after learning the results of a paternity test. >> even though the biology is not there, the bond is. that's something that i am sure warms your heart as well. true, congressman? >> yes. >> and in arizona, drivers stranded, and people trapped as floodwaters and rescue crews rush in. >>> good to see you on this monday afternoon. i'm brooke