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They were really preying on him? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: albert is one of thousands of people mostly elderly that answer a phone call and find themselves entangled in a complex skillful scheme to rip them off. the u.s. ambassador says its hard to keep track of how much money has been stolen. >> we have maybe tens of millions of dollars which we can definitely prove that its involved, but we really think that its a bit higher in the hundreds of millions of dollars and some people will even tell y...

He had dementia and believed it. >> people called and said he won a mercedes full of money. >> reporter: albert poll land believed all he needed to do to get $3 million in prize money was cover the expenses, taxes he was told, shipping and handling, even travel fees. his wife says he may have sent thousands of dollars and the calls never stopped. >> we looked back on the checkbook and he went back, id say three to four years. >> reporter: three or four years. >> that he talked to these people. >...

Of prisoners in rome and visited the largest and most notorious prison in bolivia earlier this year. >> what does it mean in your heart that hes coming to see you. >> means a lot. hes stepping into a prison without passing judgment on anybody. thats hard for a lot of people to do. and coming from him, i mean, its peaceful, its humbling. >> hes a man of faith and hes not above us. >> im just a human being. >> albert is a practicing muslim. i represent peace. >> he does not practice your religion ...

Fitness because fit people can respond more quickly to emergencies. finally, the ugly. a wrestling match at a baseball game. >> not a -- wrestling it out of his glove. >> unruly fan tried to snatch a caught foul ball right out of the dodgers first basemans glove. everyone booed the guy. he was eventually ejected. i would imagine so. now its time for your brew on this responses. trash talk in seattle. the city is being sued over garbage collectors snooping through the trash to see if resident...

Matter what your mascot may be, after rutgers university students association complained their schools scarlet knight was too white and too male to represent the current student body. the group passed a bill to create black latino asian and third gender companions for their mascot. really good idea. rutgers would not be first to adopt this idea. university of florida has male and female mascots. albert and alberta. university of central florida had a golden knight. mascots of both genders. event...

>> she had dental records but they were ten years old. i couldnt find a dentist that kept their records that long. >> and initially scientists couldnt use dna testing either. >> they couldnt pull the dna from the remains from the bones. apparently the bones were too dried out. >> investigators were facing the very real possibility that their victim would never be identified. then forensic anthropologist dr. midori albert had an idea. >> id been familiar with a procedure called skull photo video ...

>> no. no. >> take it. take it. take it. thats good. you shoot them -- that is perfect like that. that is perfect. everybody wave goodbye. >> okay. im the cameraman. >> who knew a former luchadore and his wife were living in a shrine and workshop devoted to this former sport. it would be rude to have my own mask made and not visit the ring. which brings me to a theater in downtown l.a. and rita dalbert, co-founder of lucha vavoom. shes a nice gal from queens, new york. >> great to meet you. rita...

♪ >> kanye west tar get in a new online petition. one fan starting a petition pleading with organizers of this years music festival in england to replace west who is the headliner with a rock band. the petition has more than 50000 signatures. it is time now to brew on this and read your response. a school in upstate new york under fire after having students recite the pledge of allegiance in arabic. >> is this a good lesson or bad idea. thomas on facebook says our brave men and women past, p...

Laugh plaf[ laughter ] >> whats his name? >> robert. >> great. god, its even cooler than i thought. i am having a technical glitch. as you can see my light is not working. half of the time that i design one of these, it breaks on me and i keep working on it. >> he keeps on working and working until he gets it right. >> i think that yours is more rights than mine. >> the light works. >> yeah, the light works. look at that then. its a marriage of robotic technology. bang nailed it. love it. hey, g...

You cant relate to them. theyre not friendly. its the kinds of things they think about geniuses versus nongenius. so were we said were going to run celebrities by you. would you call this celebrity a genius or nongenius? think about these qualities now. i say celebrity. albert einstein. 93% say hes a genius. thats the highest score we get. 75% for bill gates. probably what you would expect. drops off a little bit. warren buffett only 45%. mark zuckerberg the facebook guy, 44%. down to bill nye t...