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Diplomat and leader. ukraine is caught between the east and west. my feeling if the ukrainians want to fight for freedom, give them the tools to do it understanding the outcome may not change but the price to the russians may be very high and it may deter them from the next step. jon: they withdrew from afghanistan because they were paying the price. >> is ukraine the russia new afghanistan? jenna: house lawmakers are looking at the relationship between the white house and the fcc. theyre set to...

Hands. the hands are controlled using nerves and muscles transplanted into the patients arm. allowing them to complete tasks like holding food or throwing a ball. its just the latest in the series of bionic medical breakthroughs. a minnesota man received a bionic eye allowing him to see his wife again after being blind for a decade. were seeing his results after the procedure for the first time. >> its a pulsing like. its not like regular vision where its like constant. its the flash and ive got...

>> well the retinal prosthesis and bionic eye are nothing short of a medical miracle. this device allows a patient who has been blind for perhaps several decades to regain their sight through the use of a camera mounted on a pair of eyeglasses. the impact of this can be tremendous. jenna: and you install 60 ee locate -- electrodes into the patients eye. does that hurt? does the patient feel that? >> no. he doesnt feel it. were careful in covering up all the tish use. if you were to look at him, ...

Parents should contact the store for replacements. topping our health headlines this morning, the bionic eye is here. a former competitive weight lifter is among the first americans to get the device. the video camera transmits signals to electrodes and transfers them to the retina. it wont work on everyone with degenerative eye disease but doctors call it a game changer for many. staying in the hospital is often dangerous as what sent you there in the first place. one in 25 patients picks u...

Whats your policy? jenna: coming up next hour, he is usama bin ladens cousin and an al qaeda commander. where he is emerging now and what his location could mean for the terror groups efforts to recruit and train new fighters. a new report finding out that the irs is shelling out new bonuses with less-than-stellar records from drug abusers to tax cheats. how much irs gave workers with disciplinary strikes. giving patient as second chance to see. it is called the bionic eye. how it works and ...

Television series "the six million dollar man", with lee majors, billed the first bionic action hero. second sight is a company that has built the argus two retinal prosthesis, offers hope for blind people to actually see and experience the world the cutting edge of the amazing discovery. joining us now, dr. robert greenberg, the president of second sight. welcome. great to have you here today. >> pressure to be here. thank you, uma. >> talk about this groundbreaking technology that we are talki...

>> sure does. great to see you. appreciate it. using amazing technology to give a gift of sight. later in our show, we will talk about the doctor behind a major medical break through, the worlds only bionic eye. plus, the senate may have finally passed a budget but not one republican voted for t up next, one key republican senator, a doctor, testimonies -- tells me why he has big issues with it. >> it never balances, not this year, not in five years, not in ten years, never. [ rosa ] im rosa...

Decided. >> reporter: authorities found a dominos pizza deliver box in the trunk. a pizza man was killed on sunday. he had a long criminal record and officials say he was a member of a wipe supremacist prison gang, the 211s, which led them to suspect the killing of tom clemens may have been a revenge attack by the gang. >> thank you very much. very bizarre story indeed. next up, it used to be the stuff of 70s tv hit shows and science fiction. we are talking about the bionic eye. but what was o...

An amazing medical breakthrough to tell you about right now that allows people who have lost their vision to see again. >> its the first fda approved bionic eye. >> reporter: once just science fiction -- >> gentlemen, we could rebuild him. we have the technology. >> reporter: is now reality. this doctor spent 25 years working on a medical marvel you have to see to believe. >> i committed myself to developing a new way, a new approach. so those who are blind can have a foreseeable solution. >> re...