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Television series "the six million dollar man", with lee majors, billed the first bionic action hero. second sight is a company that has built the argus two retinal prosthesis, offers hope for blind people to actually see and experience the world the cutting edge of the amazing discovery. joining us now, dr. robert greenberg, the president of second sight. welcome. great to have you here today. >> pressure to be here. thank you, uma. >> talk about this groundbreaking technology that we are talking about now. tell us,is making a difference in the lives of those who have been blind for so many y...

>> sure does. great to see you. appreciate it. using amazing technology to give a gift of sight. later in our show, we will talk about the doctor behind a major medical break through, the world's only bionic eye. plus, the senate may have finally passed a budget but not one republican voted for t up next, one key republican senator, a doctor, testimonies -- tells me why he has big issues with it. >> it never balances, not this year, not in five years, not in ten years, never. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the firsweek... i...

Decided. >> reporter: authorities found a domino's pizza deliver box in the trunk. a pizza man was killed on sunday. he had a long criminal record and officials say he was a member of a wipe supremacist prison gang, the 211s, which led them to suspect the killing of tom clemens may have been a revenge attack by the gang. >> thank you very much. very bizarre story indeed. next up, it used to be the stuff of '70s tv hit shows and science fiction. we are talking about the bionic eye. but what was once fiction is now fact. we are going to talk to the doctor giving sight to the blind with his unb...

An amazing medical breakthrough to tell you about right now that allows people who have lost their vision to see again. >> it's the first fda approved bionic eye. >> reporter: once just science fiction -- >> gentlemen, we could rebuild him. we have the technology. >> reporter: is now reality. this doctor spent 25 years working on a medical marvel you have to see to believe. >> i committed myself to developing a new way, a new approach. so those who are blind can have a foreseeable solution. >> reporter: it's the first fda approved eye implant. it's just a video camera attached to eye glasses. ...