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Oliver saks may be a world-famous neurologist. but theres one simple thing, something important, something most of us take for granted that he can barely do at all. thats to recognize a face. even a famous one. >> this one. soft focus. the owner of this face is looking tough. but i -- i dont know who it is. sometimes i fail to recognize myself. >> even yourself? >> yes, i have occasionally started apologizing to a clumsy bearded man, only to realize that this is a mirror. >> hes face-blind. its ...

Important, something most of us take for granted that he can barely do at all. thats to recognize a face. even a famous one. >> this one? >> soft focus. the owner of this face is looking tough. but i dont know who it is. >> sometimes i fail to recognize myself. >> even yourself? >> yes, i have occasionally started apologizing to a clumsy bearded man only to realize this is a mirror. >> hes face blind. its a rare and incurable condition hes had since birth. he suspects its genetic since his broth...

Matters of health now. a surprising revelation from actor brad pitt. the actor says he thinks he may have faced blindness and he plans to get tested for the disorder. he says even having a real conversation with someone doesnt help him remember faces. what must it be like living with face blindness? sanjay gupta talks with a man diagnosed with that condition. >> oliver sax may be a world famous neurologist, but there is one simple thing, something important, something most of us take for grant...

I interviewed him about this. his is so profound that he has a hard time recognizing his own face even in the mirror. take a look, i talked to him specifically about this. take a listen. take this one. soft focus. the owner of this face is looking tough. i dont know who it is. >> you can see how he looks for clu clu clues to try and piece together who somebody is. >> when you look at the case of brad pitt and hes married to one of the most stunning women in the world, youre saying its possible h...

Face even in the mirror. take a look, i talked to him specifically about this. take a listen. take this one. soft focus. the owner of this face is looking tough. i dont know who it is. >> you can see how he looks for clues to try and piece together who somebody is. when you look at the case of brad pitt and hes married to one of the most stunning women in the world, youre saying its possible he may not even recognize or be able to tell who his own wife is, angelina jolee, when she walks into a r...

A visiting scholar at the university texas austin and a contributor to nbc latino. thanks for your time tonight. >> thanks. good to be here. >> what makes a bigger difference on election day. soft focus, identity politics stuff like spotlighting lots of latino speakers or policy that is of specific interest to latino voters? if you have to pick one to build a campaign around, which one would you choose? >> it also depends on what voters youre trying to reach. in the latino decisions poll, we saw...

Block of voters. latino voters are the reason democrats think texas is going to be a swing state as early as 2016. and to the extent that republicans want to woo those voters now in 2012, theyre not trying to do it on policy. theyre trying to do it on identity politics alone. it is a big gamble for them, actually, as a party. so far its paying off in very, very, very tiny poll numbers. democrats get their chance to try to claw those numbers back this upcoming week. joining us now is victoria sot...

Way. when president obama sat down yesterday for a two-hour meeting with vladimir putin of russia, as often happens at these types of events, there was all this press-based high-end nuanced scrutiny and speculation about things like their body language. what it meant that president obama called the former president of russia dimitri, but he didnt call vladimir, vladimir, but he called him mr. putin. they always have that high schooley, gossipy, human interest, soft focus on leaders as if theyre ...

>> i thought that was actually one of the things that was most devastated and effective bachmanns attack on that. but i think it helped sort of discredit this kind of -- in soft focus he seemed like the perfect right wing standard bearer. then as you zeemd in that seems less and less the case. that was the only niche that he had going for him, that he could occupy. >> the job creation thing which sort of got unwound if you looked closer at what kind of jobs he created. >> i dont think the republ...

press for his own mistakes? new hampshires biggest paper backs newt gingrich and conservative blogger enkwur rubinsays the track record of the right-leaning media has been embarrassing bad, really? plus, espn and the "syracuse" newspaper sit in on an incriminating tape for a decade until bernie fine is fired over accusations that he was molesting boys. on that tape, fines wife consoles an alleged victim. >> you know, he needs that male companionship that i cant give him. nor is he ...