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becoming an abnormal crisis. what happened today? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of process, sanjay. and a lot of discussion and still no break through is the bottom line. we are less than two days away from the presidents self-imposed july 22nd deadline for a deal. and still there is no deal. and now some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package theyve been talk a...

koulson quit the job in january, and was arrested last month. now, the prime minister is now in the mood to apologize. >> what the public expect is not pedestriany political point scoring, but -- [ jeering ] what they want is to solve the issue out once and for all, and its in that spirit i commend this comment to the house. >> just yesterday rupert murdoch, his son james, and top british executive for news corp, rebekah brooks, were in front of the committee. of course, theres the pri...

Symptoms to appear before taking action. >> that was at barbaras wedding. >> richard parker was diagnosed with memory problems several years ago which could eventually lead to alzheimers. he is a former child actor who starred in movies with judy garland and mickey rooney. he says he had a photographic memory. >> when you can remember things that -- and you remember them well, it just becomes natural but all of a sudden when you cant remember things and remember them as well as you used to, then...

Number of kickbacks which is one of the most dangerous parts of the game. >> cte. chronic traumatic encephalopathy. what is that, and how does somebody know whether or not they have it? >> its an interesting thing. mostly its a clinical diagnosis, people develop certain symptoms after theyve taken hits. people retired from football for a few years, depression, rage and memory problems. those are the three things theyve developed. its very reminiscent of dementia. but from a young age. take a loo...

Figure out exactly what happened to their brains. as people who have died for all sorts of different causes, are there changes in the brains at a young age. look there on the left, you see a 45-year-old brain and you see that brown area on the bottom right. compare that to the 70-year-old brain. the brown area represents some of the signs you see with dementia. you shouldnt see that in a brain that young. but you compare it to the 70-year-old brain and you start to see the problem here. you star...

Speaker i ever saw is terry bradshaw. hes saying his brain may be harmed. what is he dealing with? >> he was very candid about it as well. even as a broadcaster, if you listen to him closely, a lot of times, he wont mention certain stats. he wont recall certain players often. he has problems with his memory. a lot of football players are talking about the memory problems they start to suffer after they leave football referring to something known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, but its as a ...

Of concussions, or multiple blows to the head. youre basically accelerating the dementia process at a very young age. >> depression, rage and memory loss. >> memory problems. >> some of those things, memory problems, has him concerned. >> thats right. hes even talking about seeing a clinic on the west coast about this. trying to look at his brain. obviously they look at brain with an mri scan, but trying to get therapy for those memory problems. >> sanjay. >> great hes being so up front about it...

Has consequences. first seen at the nfl level. retired players consumed with depression, rage, memory problems. their symptoms associated with the mysterious brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy. it looks like dementia but strikes in the 30s, 40s and 50s -- sometimes younger. >> the reality is we have cases of teenagers having the disease. we are primarily football players. some played multi sports but they all had brain trauma. >> well, its brain damage. how can you want that f...

Sometimes for bad. >> reporter: the good -- competition, camaraderie. the bad, concussions. and the ugly, a tendency trickling down from the pros to hide head injuries. >> when youre 13, i think you have those same drives to play through pain, play through injury, not wanting to look weak in front of your friends or your enemies. guys go to great lengths to hide injuries and not talk about them. >> reporter: turns out hiding has consequences, first seen at the nfl level. retired players consumed...

Enemies. guys went great lengths to hide injuries. >> reporter: hiding has consequences. first scene at the nfl level. retired players consumed with depression, rage, memory problems. their symptoms associated with the mysterious brain disease called chronic traumatic incepholopathy. >> we do have cases of the teenagers having the disease. primarily football players. but they all had brain trauma. >> its brain damage. thats what it comes out to. how can you want that for any child? >> does your ...