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he says his agency doesnt share information about ongoing matters. >> lets get right to cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. this tension between the lawmakers and the inspector general has been going on for a while, but it seems to be escalating. >> its an ongoing battle. were seeing this escalation, between two top democrats, bennie thompson, carolyn maloney, with the dhs ig and now theyre cuesiaccusing the ig of obstruction. is this goes back to the claim that the ig failed ...

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Like to get protected right now. makes sense. we just need more vaccine. >> doctor, lets talk about polio, okay? its a disease that so many people had thought was eradicated, and now theres this case in a young person in new york. ill tell you what the cdc is sharing in terms of the information. an unvaccinated, meaning against polio, young adult living in rockland county, new york, the symptoms include low-grade fever, neck stiffness, abdominal pain and here it says leg weakness but i thought i...

The brain usually sends a signal to the muscle, but now the muscle is also sending its own signal that helps re-wire the injured brain. this one? they call it the superman device. learning to walk without the burden of my body weight. >> 30% of your body weight has been taken out. >> this is really for somebody thats been bed ridden for a long time. maybe taking their first steps. or weakness. and really needs to start walking for the first time. surprisingly, this shopping cart is also used as ...

>> reporter: surprisingly, the shopping cart is also used as part of therapy. take a look here. obviously julie helping if i have right leg weakness, moving my leg along, preventing me from falling. >> i said okay, you say len, its pen, use your lips. >> reporter: now remember, with congresswoman giffords, speech is also a concern. especially since she has a trache and learning to use it is part of therapy. >> this is what sticks out on the patient. what we have here is a speaking valve. if they...

Is moving its predicting which muscle should be using and its giving that muscle stimulations. they call this the superman device, learning to walk without the burden of my body weight. surprisingly this shopping cart is also used as part of therapy. take a look here, obviously julie helping, for example, if i had right leg weakness, really sort of moving my leg along, preventing me from falling. heres the thing, all these different therapies work together. music isnt just rehabilitating the min...

It in. >> reporter: its called music therapy. many people never see how it or much of the technology, big or small in this building, actually works. so i will show you. if i, like congresswoman giffords, were a patient of this team. it seems like a pretty long day. >> it is a long day. after a brain injury or a stroke there is a tendency for the patient to forget one side of the body. >> reporter: just neglect it? >> neglect it. >> reporter: this bike doesnt let you forget. these cords attach to...

>> it will start to feel like tingling in your calf. >> reporter: but this bike doesnt let you forget. these little cords here attach to the muscles in my leg. as my leg is moving, its predicting which muscle should be using and giving that muscle a stimulation. they call this the superman device. learning to walk without the burden of my body weight. >> 30% of your body weight has been taken out. >> reporter: surprisingly, the shopping cart is also used as part of therapy. take a look here. obv...

Has suffered a catastrophic injury. >> after a brain injury or stroke, there is a tendency for the patient to forget one side of the body. >> reporter: just neglect it? >> just neglect it. >> reporter: but this bike doesnt let you forget. as my leg is moving, its predicting which muscle should be using and giving that muscle a stimulation. they call this the superman device. learning to walk without the burden of my body weight. >> 30% of your body weight has been taken out. >> reporter: surpris...

Shopping cart is also used as part of therapy. take a look here. obviously julie helping if i have right leg weakness, moving my leg along, preventing me from falling. >> okay, its pen, use your lips. >> reporter: now remember, with congresswoman giffords, speech is also a concern. especially since she has a trache and learning to use it is part of therapy. >> what we have here is a speaking valve. if theyre tolerating that, well try to get them to speak. >> reporter: but hears the thing. all th...