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Roy wallace of brookline, massachusetts, having had this extraordinary journey? >> it is extraordinary. it is just -- sometimes i cant believe it. can you imagine talking to eleanor roosevelt back in 1957? this extraordinary woman. >> i want to ask you a question that -- the book, i didnt realize you ever add asked it. you asked thomas hart betten, you asked him, do you hate getting old? >> well, i tell you what, i had my hearing aids fixed today, so i can probably hear you. i cant see as well. ...

Roy wallace of brookline, massachusetts, having had this extraordinary journey? >> it is extraordinary. it is just -- sometimes i cant believe it. can you imagine talking to eleanor roosevelt back in 1957? this extraordinary woman. >> i want to ask you a question that -- the book, i didnt realize you ever add asked it. you asked thomas hart betten, you asked him, do you hate getting old? >> well, i tell you what, i had my hearing aids fixed today, so i can probably hear you. i cant see as well. ...

87 he had suffered from severe depression and was nearly suicidal at one point. as you know, he is not alone. depression affects more than 19 million american adults every year. think about that number. thats more than coronary heart disease, more than cancer. you know, it just makes a lot of people still uncomfortable to simply talk about it. so we decided today to bring the discussion out into the open. you know, in most cases depression is treatable. medication, anti-depressants can...

disease, more than cancer. it makes a lot of people still uncomfortable to simply talk about it. so we decided to bring the discussion out in the open. in most cases depression is treatable. medication, anti-depressants can be effective. in milder cases, cognitive therapy has been shown to work just as well. unfortunately, for many people, though, nothing seems to work. that is why its so exciting to hear about this totally different new approach, it involves a device like this. implan...

Recognized me. >> but kylie wont get to savor the reunion for long. within an hour she goes into surgery where shes fitted with a pacemaker to help protect her from what turns out to have been a previously unpredicted abnormality. >> kylie did not have a seizure. she has an arrhythmia. what the aed read was ventricular fibrillation which her heart stopped working and stopped pumping blood to her brain. >> armed for life with a pacemaker, kylie is grateful to be alive. >> my operation was a pacem...

Into a pattern that it went in to on september 26th, it will shock her. the pacemaker part of it keeps her heart from going below a certain beats per minute. >> im feeling much better. a lot better than i did the day, definitely a lot better. >> after reviewing the school security video, kylies doctors believe she was less than 30 seconds away from severe brain damage or death. her parents feel deeply indebted to the coaches for performing the life-saving procedures they did. >> thank you is not...

Said, mommy and i was thrilled that she recognized me. >> but kylie wont get to saver the reunion for long. within an hour she goes into surgery where shes fitted with a pacemaker to help protect her from turns out to have been from a previously unpredicted abnormality. >> kylie did not have a seizure, she has an arrhythmia. ventricular fibrillation which her heart stopped working and stopped pumping blood to her brain. >> armed for life with a pacemaker, kylie is grateful to be alive. >> my ope...

To on september 26th, it will shock her. the pacemaker part of it keeps her heart from going below a certain beats per minute. >> im feeling much better. a lot better than i did the day, definitely a lot better. >> after reviewing the school security video, kylies doctors believe she was less than 30 seconds away from severe brain damage or death. her parents feel deeply indebted to the coaches for performing the life-saving procedures they did. >> thank you is not enough. it doesnt cut it. it d...

Pushing grandma off the edge of a cliff. remember? >> i need a pacemaker! >> that wasnt real. well ask stuart varney how that ad will play out which is -- he was just in the studio and he left and walked back. happy birthday to steven tyler. he is 64. and looks 64. im a lobster girl. top qualitlobster is all we catch. [ male announcer ] dont miss red lobsters lobstfest. the only time of year you can savor 12 eiting lobster entrees, like lobster lovers dream im laura mclennan and i sea food diffe...

Life. >> no. no. i need a pacemaker! >> ahhh! >> all right. so last year, it was a republicans throwing granny off the cliff. this year, it is the president himself. of course, both ads clearly take the issue to the extreme but which underlying message is closer to the truth? lets talk to stuart varney. its all about scaring grandma. >> i got -- you laughed. but, you know -- >> its funny. >> you think? >> i dont know. >> theres something sinister about the president putting off the cliff. >> bri...