but now he's back on the air again. >> good evening, i'm leon harris. >> leon harris began his television career at cnn 30 years ago. not as an anchor, but as an intern and a cameraman who rose to the number two spot in the network satellite department before his talents in front of the camera were discovered a decade later and he began anchoring for cnn. he was on set for the network's coverage of many big news stories including the oklahoma city bombings and the 911 attacks on the world trade center. >> you are looking at this picture, it is the twin towers of the world trade center. >> in 2003 he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time he was the picture of health, but recently harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i woke up, like i normally do. got out of bed. >> but august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> had this incredible, sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse had kicked me and it literally knocked me to the floor. >> but still he thought it was possibly just indigestion. >> but then -- >> i sat th

i'm leon harris. >> leon harris began his television career at cnn 30 years ago. not as an anchor, but intern, camera man, who rose to the number two spot in the network satellite department before his talents in front of the camera were discovereded a decade later. he was onset for the network's coverage of many big news stories including the oklahoma city bombings and 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. >> this is the twin tower, world trade center. >> in 2003, he moved out of local television as lead anchor in washington, d.c. all the time, he was the picture of health. he had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> woke up like i normally do, got out of bed -- >> but august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> had this incredible sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse kicked me. >> still, he thought it was possibly indy gist -- >> i sat there with the worst pain in my life, hey, get some help, but no, i did the same thing i always do and that a lot of guys do. >> after an hour, harris was found by his wife, dawn, who immediately got him

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gupta talks about harris' very close brush with death i want leon harris began his television career 30 years ago. he was on set for the network's coverage of many big stories. then in 2003 he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time he was the pictures of health, but recently harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i sat there on the floor in the worst pain in my life. you would think that somebody with a college degree would know, you know what? maybe you should get some help. after an hour he was found by his wife dawn, who immediately got him to the hospital. >> if she hadn't come up stairs when she -- >> necessary roe advertising pancreatitis. >> severe inflammation of the pancreas, and the tissue dies, causing more infection independents i ended up dying twice that one week. >> reporter: in fact harris spent the first nine days unconscious on a ventilator. >> good to see you, man. >> good to have you back. >> reporter: it took nearly six weeks, but harris is on the mend. he recently got back on the air, but harris has t

i'm leon harris. >> leon harris began his television career 30 years ago at cnn, as a cameronman who rose to the number two spot before his talents in front of the camera were discovered a decade later and he began anchoring for cnn. he was on set for the network's coverage of many big news stories including the oklahoma city bombings and the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. >> you're looking at this picture. it's the twin towers of the world trade center. >> in 2003, he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time, he was the picture of health. but recently, harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> woke up like i normally do. got out of bed. >> but august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> had this incredible sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse had kicked me. it literally knocked me to the floor. >> still, he thought it was possibly indigestion. then -- >> i sat there in the floor in the worst pain in my life. you would think somebody with a college degree would think, hey, maybe you should get help?

sanjay gupta explains. >> good evening, i'm leon harris. >> reporter: leon harris began his television career at cnn 30 years ago. he covered the oklahoma city bombings and the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. then in 2003 he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time he was the picture of health but recently harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i sat there on the floor in the worst pain of my life. you would think somebody with a college degree would know maybe you should go get some help. >> reporter: after an hour harris was found by his wife, dawn, who immediately got him to the hospital. >> if she hadn't come upstairs when she did i wouldn't be having this conversation. >> reporter: the diagnosis, severe inflammation of the pancreas, the tissue dies causing more infection. it can often be fatal. >> i died twice that one week. >> reporter: harris spent the first nine days unconscious on a ventilator. >> good to see you, man. >> glad to have you back. >> reporter: it took nearly six weeks but harris is on the mend an

leon harris spend 20 years at cnn the he spoke with dr. sanjay gupta about a scary health battle. >> >> leon harris began his television kroer at cnn 30 years ago. not as an anchor, but as an intern and cameraman, who roses to the number two spot in the satellite department before his talents in front of the camera were discovered a decade later. he began anchors. he was on set for the network coverage of many big stories, including the oklahoma city bombings and the the/11 attacks. >> this is the twin towers of the world trade center. >> reporter: then he moved on to local television in washington, d.c. all the time he was the picture of health, but recently he had a terrifying brush with death. >> i woke um like i normally do. >> but august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> had this incredible sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse kicked me. it literally knocked me to the floor. >> he thought it was possibly independence impression. >> but i sat there eel -- you would think that someone with a college degree would go

a one-man crime spree and now jason scott >> you were watching abc 7 news at 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling, chief meteorologist doug hill weather, and tim brant sports. this is abc 7 news at 5:00 on your side. >> the man singled as a serial killer was finally sentenced for murder. >> jason scott is already in todayor other charges but he face the families of the women he's accused of killing. of horrificcused into this data murders of mothers and daughters here in prince george's county. now jason scott, as you mentioned, already in federal prison for 100 years and has accepted a plea deal with the state and this will lock him up for multiple lifetimes. >> jason scott is now facing one hundred 85 years. >> he was found guilty of two's first-degree murder saying, "i cannot imagine or understand the cold loaded nature of mr. scott's act but jason scott shows no reaction. ouncere's never been an of emotion. today is the first time i've heard him speak. >> three weeks into testimony, a mistrial after an investigator testified he was involved in several other crimes. the retrial was sc

but now he's back on the air again. >> good evening, i'm lee on harris. >> leon harris began his television career at cnn 30 years ago as an intern and camera man who rose to the number two spot in the network satellite department before his talents in front of the camera were discovered a decade later and he began anchoring for cnn. he was on set for the network's coverage manufacture big news stories including the oklahoma city bombings and the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. >> you're looking at this picture. it is the twin towers of world trade center. >> then in 2003 he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time he was the picture of health. but recently harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i woke up, like i normally do. i got out of bed. >> but august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> i had this incredible sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse had kicked me. and it literally knocked me to the floor. >> still, he thought it was indigestion. but then -- >> i sat there on the floor in the worst pain

but now he's back on the air again. >> good evening, i'm lee on harris. >> leon harris beg his television career at cnn 30 years ago as an intern and camera man who rose to the number two spot in the network satellite department before his talents in front of the camera were discovered a decade later and he began anchoring for cnn. he was on set for the network's coverage manufacture big news stories including the oklahoma city bombings and the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. >> you're looking at this picture. it is the twin towers of world trade center. >> then in 2003 he moved on to local television as lead anchor for wjla in washington, d.c. all the time he was the picture of health. but recently harris had a real and terrifying brush with death. >> i woke up, like i normally do. i got out of bed. >> but august 1st turned out to be anything but normal. >> i had this incredible sudden pain in my stomach. it felt like a horse had kicked me. and it literally knocked me to the floor. >> still, he thought it was indigestion. but then -- >> i sat there on the floor in the worst pain

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leon keyserling, original member, council of economic advisers, recalls. truman was asked "when is unemployment too high?" he said it depends on whether or not you're unemployed. this wasn't a wisecrack. this showed that he had a fundamental understanding of the game. he realized that you had to talk about people and what was happening to them and where the hardships were. as a senator harry truman had worked hard to push a full employment bill. as president, he signed the employment act of 1946 a law that changed greatly during congressional debate. it no longer referred to full employment instructing the government instead to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power. what was lost from the original idea? [gross] what was really lost was the right, the right to a job the right to work, the right to an opportunity for paid employment at good wages. and what was gained? [keyserling] the government had what might be called policies and programs, but it never had a policy or program. the secretary of the treasury proposed one thing the secr