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Theyre about to go through and the patient. no one said to me that i was probably going to go through a pretty tough passage of pain because of the bone damage. and it became really difficult. and in fact when i came back to new york to sloan-kettering, the senior staff said youll be up and walking in nine months youll be your old self again. i went from 190 miles per hour to five miles per hour. just that year alone. i had been in africa and had been bicycling across south america. and id been ...

Denial as i was underinformed what it was going to mean in my life. that incident sarah talked about there. we understood i had to get out of montana. all painkillers were not working. jennifer immediately flew in and began her part as a member of the team. the mayor team recognized how exceptional she was. they said as i left to come back to new york youre ahead of the game. youve got jennifer and meredith. jennifer was dealing with the death of her mother-in-law and her favorite uncle had deve...

Former nightly news anchor and best selling author tom brokaw has written a book published today about a journey he never anticipated taking. his aching back was a form of cancer. tom is now in remission thanks to help of extraordinary doctors, including one of his doctors, and emotional support of his wife meredith and rest of the brokaw family. >> when did you realize i might have been sicker than you thought? >> when we were in montana and you were having a lot of back pain. you asked to get ...

>> yeah frank reynolds of -- >> im like a 3-year-old. >> frank renynolds also had this? >> what happened is that when they diagnosed me i had never -- well, i had heard of it i didnt know what it meant. and its a blood and bone disease it turns out. and they didnt tell me just how difficult it was going to be you. there was a lot more pain involved a lot more bone destruction than i expected. so it was the beginning of a journey that was very difficult and it involved the whole family. my daught...

Has been like no schedule ive ever seen. how tough is -- and by the way, we all have very long days. how can it you adjust to having to slow down for a second and an extraordinary life? >> meredith thinks she didnt step in enough. ive had some momentum from the time i left south dakota. and i just cant resist the opportunities that come to me. during the course of having cancer, i went to normandy berlin. >> he did not stop. >> so i would pull myself stoeg. together. last fall, i did go hunting....

Are privileged enough to get to know tom didnt really know any of this was really happening. you did keep it close to the vest. what was the decision there to keep it just between you and meredith? >> well, look there is an oxymoron in american life there is no such thing as a humble anchor than. but i really have always felt that just because im in this great position i sthoont go around beating my chest and saying look at me look at me. and i really wanted other families who didnt have the adv...

And also an iraq vet. and # questions about deputy bates training years before he killed harris. and years of meredith and derek. find out why "grays anatomy" fans are on the rampage today.

>> aw. >> shonda rhimes said -- she then adds, "the possibilities for what may come are endless." it nears the end of the 11th season. "greys anatomy" averages 11.6 million viewers. still got a big audience. >> you know what? lots can happen. maybe he has a twin brother that comes that looks very similar. maybe -- come on. lets help them out. >> becomes mc -- mcdonalds who shows up and marries meredith. >> it was a dream sequence. it was just a dream. >> always what they do. >> were turning now ...

No extradition. >> meredith was my friend. and -- im the lucky one. >> when all of this was going on amanda knox said she would be dragged back to italy kicking and screaming if there were any sort of extradition procedure. what a change in events alex. we have it on good authority that she is now looking forward to returning to italy one day voluntarily as a free woman. >> wont that be something? okay. thank you so much. i appreciate it kelly. so what lies ahead for amanda knox? could she see...

[ inaudible ] >> meredith was my friend. and its -- she deserved so much in this life. im the lucky one. so thank you. >> emotional, amanda knox replying to a question whether she had a message for the victim, meredith kerchers, family. again, the case now is closed for good. air strikes pound yemen for a second straight day. next, the countrys u.s.-backed president heads to egypt. will he find a way to resolve the crisis?