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Its difficult to live life. >> my gosh, rosa. just sickening to hear it in that plainspoken way. thank you very much for all the reporting from rome. john? all right. senator bernie sanders with money to burn. what $6 million says about his campaign for president. thats next. first a woman who climbed out of addiction to reach new heights. heres todays turning points. >> the sound of the ax hitting the ice. everything to me was magical. the first time i went ice climbing i felt joy for the f...

[ cheers and applause ] >> one of the best experiences i ever had in my life. ♪ one of the compositions i made is "dreams are forever." i filmed it and posted it on social media. it did pretty good. >> very few high school students can be as emotional with music and be able to perform it and really tell a story through his music. >> he doesnt know the word "cant." hes one heck of a boy. ♪ >> if i played in front of a crowd and i see one person smile, thats a job well done. >> announcer: turn...

>> first, darrius simons has four fingers and two prosthetic legs. that doesnt slow him down on the piano. hes striking a chord while inspiring others in todays turning points. ♪ >> i like to be somebodys motivation. i wanted to learn how to play the piano like around the age of 10. i knew it was going to take extra work for me to learn to play, even at a young age. everybody has ten fingers and i have four. i was pretty sure i could make it work. >> he was born with three fingers on one hand ...

Inside the walls of the tulsa county jail are all at turning points in their lives. some await trial. while others serve short sentences for a variety of crimes. others are waiting for a jury to hand down a verdict or a judge to issue a sentence. as he approaches age 50, jimmy maxwell might be in the midst of a midlife crisis, re-evaluating what his reputation as one of oklahomas most notorious inmates has done for him and to his family. >> am i feeling desperate now? yes, i am. i have spent so ...

South koreas president is dropping strong hints that he thinks a second summit is imminent. tonight, theres also something which bears watching for president trump and his team. kim jong-un has been working his relationships with two key leaders which could work against president trump at a summit. following a secret trip to china on his armored train, kim jong-un has emerged with two key world leaders by his side as he angles for a second summit with president trump. one of the brokers, preside...

Are always going to stare at me. i was like, well, then i might as well give them something to stare at. >> why cant spider-man have cerebral palsy? >> the thing about my comedy and my life is im so comfortable with my disability you dont have a right to be uncomfortable. you leave my show with a different perspective of disability. i have done probably over 2,000 shows around the world. >> do you have some type of brain injury. i was like, does it show? >> stand-up is my first love. i would lov...

Talk. they said a baby boy was born and that boy was born into a loving family and will be cared for. >> i dont know what to say. >> there is nothing we can say. thank you very much for the reporting. >> simply horrifying. what are the biggest risks facing the world as 2019 begins? the new report you will want to see. >> first, josh loo is a comedian with cerebral palsy using humor. his story in todays turning points. >> there is no better feeling in the world than making a room full of strang...

A law enforcement agency was in the one nine hundred eighty eight he was detained at frankfurt airport as he tried to smuggle heroin from pakistan into the u.s. . journalist sebastian rotella is an expert on head lease roll. he investigated the story for the new york times and the washington post his sources included documents leaked by edward snowden one of the turning points in his life is that arrest at the frankfurt airport in germany in one thousand nine hundred eighty he gets caught by a c...

Sources included documents leaked by edward snowden. one of the turning points in his life is that arrest at the frankfurt airport in germany in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight he gets caught by a customs agent but i think that is already on to him so he quickly becomes an informant and manages to goes to prison but for less time because he helps the dea a bust of the people he was working with and the heroin deal. he began working for the u.s. drug enforcement administration but he also ...

And i started getting e-mails and dms, people telling me how i inspire them. how they are women, to challenge themselves, and face their fears. >> i dont feel any different, whether i have makeup or not. im very, very much in tune with my looks. i see beauty regardless. >> turning points. brought to you by cancer treatment centers of america. my name is elaine barber, and im a five-year cancer survivor. being diagnosed with cancer made me rethink everything in my life. the things that became imp...