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Diagnose head injuries. the meeting will focus on the league's technology to improve and advance player health and safety. in the meantime, payouts from the league's potential billion-dollar concussion settlement with retired players may not happen until at least next year. that's because dozens of ex-players are appealing the deal. all right, this next one is a crazy story. the case of a doctor recorded while making inappropriate comments about her patient. >> yeah, the patient had just been placed under before routine procedure, of course. and that's when the problem started. abc's gio ben...

Critics of a newly approved deal that settles thousands of concussion lawsuits against the nfl say the deal doesn't go far enough. the average individual award for players will be about $190,000. more details from jim avila. >> reporter: the numbers are huge but so are the hits and the damage they cause. a blow that lasts less than a second carrying the impact of a sledgehammer. a federal judge approving a concussion settlement that could cost the nfl $1 billion. paying for testing, treatment and living expenses for any of the 20,000 retired players who suffer from alzheimer's or dementia now ...

Guilty to one federal charge of mishandling classified information. prosecutors will recommend he pay two years probation and pay a 40,000 fine. the concussion settlement getting final approval from a federal judge. it allows for payments for as much as $5 million for players with the most severe neurological conditions. under the settlement the nfl makes no admission of guilt and it removes any limit to what the league could have to pay out to retired players. chris. all right, alisyn. four investigations 11 days and still too many questions in baltimore. so right now what do we know and ...

We're talking about 18 sick, including a 9-year-old child. one woman, a 54-year-old woman, has already passed away. in addition they're monitoring another 21 point in time. botulism when we hear foodborne illness, we think a bellyache. but some of these patients are on ventilators. and sometimes patients with botulism are on ventilators for many months. >> thank you, elizabeth cohen. just in to cnn, we have news a federal judge just ruled on an nfl concussion settlement involving thousands of former players. we have that for you. and incredible images as people are leaving their homes as the...

Of prosthetics. the video has gone viral. take a look. >> look daddy! >> that little boy! indeed he's got it. because of a birth defect 2-year-old kaden had to have the right foot and left leg amputated. with the help of a walker her took his steps. his mom posted the video to facebook where it has more than 45,000 shares. now stories with richard lui. isn't it an uplifting story? i got it. >> i can watch him smile and walk all morning. >> good morning. let's talk about sports. a federal court approving an nfl concussion settlement for thousands of former players. a landmark deal eliminates ...