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The icu was just the beginning. >> keep breathing. >> i'm breathing. >> reporter: tonight, a firsthand account of what recovery looks and feels like. >> when i first came out of the icu, i couldn't do any of this. >> reporter: dr. lashley has spent the past at this houston rehab facility. >> 1, 2, 3. >> nice. yes, good job. >> reporter: relearning the most basic functions. >> you got this. you can do it. breathe. >> 1, 2rks, 3. >> nice job. nice job, grant. >> reporter: today, an emotional reunion. >> hi, kids. >> hi, daddy. >> love you. >> reporter: grateful to be with his family again. how g...

The assurance we'll be able to back them and be behind the american people in doing what we think is right for them. >> that sounds good. but access doesn't necessarily mean it's affordable. when you look at what aarp has projected, premiums could cost as 27,500 a year. a lot of people that's their livelihood in a year. >> you have to remember when the affordable care act was first output there, we were told we were going to save $2,300, 2rks $500 a year. it is going to go back and forth and we will have to find a solution that actually works. we could talk about all these could bes or maybes ...

>> reporter: over 1,000 passengers aboard two cruise ships chartered for this moment stopped to remember. ♪ musicians played "nearer my god to thee," the hymn that the "titanic" band was never able to finish. >> do business in great waters they see the works of the lord. >> reporter: two miles above the wreck, descendents of those who died prayed and reflected on the great tragedy. on the blunders and the heroism of april 19 12rks and on so many lives lost. >> you know, i'm just so glad to be here. and it's a relief now, to me. i can leave. i can leave. i'm still going to look forward to see...

Government spreading money around. and that calculation that that thought is setting in with voters, particularly independent voters, that it's more government doing more things the government shouldn't do. and barack obama can tout the auto industry bailout. the problem is there are a lot of independent voters who still believe that's something government shouldn't have done. >> when does the psychology of elections -- i mentioned the bush example in '9 2rks his team is always frustrated. the numbers were getting better. if you look, the democrats have to be worried about this, for months now...