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This this weeks human factor dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to this amazing young man who survived living in 22 different homes. >> and i hated seeing you walk out of the door. >> 20-year-old thomas mcrae knows what its like to have people walk out of his life. >> my dad took me away from my mom at birth. >> reporter: but his father was ill. had difficulty caring for him. >> i was in 11 homes before i came into the foster care system. >> reporter: he was 10 when his life changed dramatically. >>...

And military links to iran, hezbollah and russia. the threat of an unintended chain reaction resulting in wider regional instability could push your gas prices higher. just a one cent increase at the pump takes $4 million out of the pockets of american consumers every day. >> the last thing the global economy needs today is here head wind that would slow what is already a very sluggish recovery. >> christine romans, cnn, new york. >> thank you very much for that. we are delving more into syria n...

Moos. >> twerking merits a scientific explanation. pregnant twerking. grandmas twerking. leno is broadcasting fake sightings of miley twerking. >> moos even dug out a months old clip from our own christine romans trying to figure out how to twerk. >> twerking, you ask? i have no idea. thats twerking. my grandmother watches this show. can we just take that down? >> reporter: heres a phrase we havent heard miley cyrus utter. >> twerking. make it go away! lets move on. todays human factor. its abou...

Dont wake up with crust in my eyes, i dont have earwax. im a lot. im absolutely healthy, im vibrant. >> just the b-12, thats the only thing you take -- >> thats it. >> what did you have for breakfast this morning? >> oranges. about 15 oranges. >> 15 oranges? >> yeah. >> we didnt use to eat 15 oranges when we were evolving as human beings. >> if you came across an orange tree and you were hungry, you would eat 15 oranges. >> appreciate you coming on, thanks a lot. a lot of us may play music in ...

College classes around the new invention they were designing. evan took engineering, eric took the pre-med route. after college they started their company and last year the fda approved an epinephrine auto injector about the size of a credit card and the first to talk you through an injection. >> to inject, place black end against oirt thigh. >> reporter: now as parents themselves of children with severe allergy, their message to others is simple. >> dont give up hope and know that you know, mor...

Facing several charges. amazingly, this little one wasnt hurt. he is now home with mom. in kansas, heavy rain this week has turned parts of wichita into a swamp. some places saw up to an inch and a half of rain in just half an hour. it has made commuting a soggy mess. forecasters say more storms with damaging wind and hail are possible today. and the fda taking a closer look at the safety of sleep aids. specifically whether people can shake off the effects the next morning. you know that gro...

Magazine. >> thank you. straight ahead, guess what? there is a science behind the weather and your mood. well explain after this. a kidney transplant recipient grows up to fulfill her dream of being a transplant surgeon. dr. sanjay gupta has todays "human factor." >> as a transplant surgeon, the doctor has transplanted more than 100 kidneys. its what shes wanted to do for as long as she can remember. >> i was kind of interested in being a doctor at age four. >> reporter: by the time she was ...

Very important story. in in weeks "human factor" dr. silka neederhouse is a transplant surgeon who has a special bond with her patients. >> dr. sanjay gupta introduces her. >> reporter: as a transplant surgeon, silka has transplanted more than 100 kidneys. >> i kind of was interested in being a doctor at age 4. >> reporter: by the time she was 8, neederhouse, who grew up in germany, was in the fight for her life. >> i started having blood in my urine and we couldnt figure out why. it came on a...

While the obama administration decides whether to reopen embassies, defense secretary chuck hagel ordered marines in the region on a higher state of alert, including several hundred in southern italy and spain and 1,500 marines on 3 navy warships will now also remain off the coast of yemen. anna? >> barbara starr, thank you. ahead to two american embassies next and reports of correspondents on the ground. but first, in this weeks "human factor" a doctor living with cystic fibrosis defies the o...

Happen as expected, as engineers set off the explosives in bakersfield, california. but then three people were injured, one seriously. a man standing a thousand feet away was hit by shrapnel, partially severing his leg. he had to be air lifted to a hospital. in this weeks "human factor," a doctor living with cystic fibrosis defies the odds and lives his dream. >> hey, babe. >> reporter: every day now chuck fox is beating the odds. >> when i was born, the average life expectancy for someone wit...