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Johnson who had just rounded the country. a split second later, blaine would have pulled the trigger. 14 hours after losing one president, the nation came chillingly close to losing another one. if that that had happened, if lyndon johnson had been accidentally killed by that jumpy secret service agent at his house that night, then the 37th president of the united states would have been this man, speaker of the house, john mccormick. and not only was john mccormick one itchy trigger away from th...

States would have been this man, speaker of the house, john mccormick. and not only was john mccormick one itchy trigger away from the presidency that night, he apparently did think he was president for just a moment on the day of j.f.k.s assassinati assassination. he was misinformed that both president kennedy and vice president johnson were dead. quote, the possibility that he was at that moment president prompted a severe attack of vertigo. mccormick almost collapsed in table cloth and silver...

A split second later, blaine would have pulled the trigger. 14 hours after losing one president, the nation came chillingly close to losing another one. if that that had happened, if lyndon johnson had been accidentally killed by that jumpy secret service agent at his house that night, then the 37th president of the united states would have been this man, speaker of the house, john mccormick. and not only was john mccormick one itchy trigger away from the presidency that night, he apparently did...

An all-glass swimming area suspended ten stories in the air. would you take a dip? jeanne moos did. >> reporter: its a cross between the glass skywalk over the grand canyon and a swimming pool. it is the sky pool. ten stories up, a see-through pool suspended between two luxury apartment blocks in london. >> i dont know. it seems possible youd get vertigo while swimming. developer john ryan says when his father first broached the idea -- >> we werent really sure whether it was possible. >> report...

Marria major championship but its its obstacles in his personal life that make this more significant. >> an emotional jason day celebrated his triumph here at whistling straits. his three-stroke victory over jordan spieth gave him his first marriage title and his 20 under score was a major championship record. he has come a long way since his family found a golf club for him in a dump in australia. he enjoyed a difficult childhood, the death of his father and alcohol addiction. really could have...

>> you just have to find your own ways through it from point a to point b. >> this is 24-year-old mich kemeter from st. mary, austria. he travels the world to places like californias yosemite national park. >> im going to do it! >> mich is one of two people ever to concur taft point without a safety harness, a 99-foot walk on a one-inch-thick nylon rope, a vertigo-inducing 6,900 feet over yosemite valley. remember, this is without any safety gear. >> whoo-hoo! >> mich is considered one of the wo...

Garner divorce, it was the biggest news of the week. to discuss it, im calling in a very tough guest. please welcome wrestling super star and my squash partner. my guy. >> oh, goodness. >> oh my gosh. i have a little vertigo. thank you. thank you. >> how are you doing? >> im tremendous. >> im such a big fan of you. >> im a little fan of you. >> ha ha. >> that was very funny. >> in order to do the show you asked me and said we had to talk about ariana grande. i didnt know you were a big fan. >> i...

You want to never behave that way again. >> other than the affleck garner divorce it was the biggest news of the week. to discuss it seemed fitting i call in a really big guest. 67" tall and weighing 360 pounds, please welcome t and a impact wrestling star and my squash partner tie russ. >> my guy. >> oh, goodness. >> i got you. >> oh. i got you. >> i am going to put you sgloun i have a little vertigo. >> how are you doing? >> im tremendous. please sit. >> im such big fan. >> im a little fan of ...

You want to never behave that way again. >> other than the affleck garner divorce it was the biggest news of the week. to discuss it seemed fitting i call in a really big guest. 67" tall and weighing 360 pounds, please welcome t and a impact wrestling star and my squash partner tie russ. >> my guy. >> oh, goodness. >> i got you. >> oh. i got you. >> i am going to put you sgloun i have a little vertigo. >> how are you doing? >> im tremendous. please sit. >> im such big fan. >> im a little fan of ...

During fridays round, revealing what took him down was a bout with vertigo. >> i just had vertigo for a while now. >> reporter: vertigo is a symptom of problems in parts of the inner ear and brain that help control balance, and its common. 35% of adults 40 and over, nearly 70 million americans, have had it. >> the gold standard in treatment involve rapidly changing the position of the head, and these maneuvers can be very, very effective. about 70% to 80% of vertigo cases can be successfully tre...