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Detroit. >> seven months in, has there been any change in him? >> it's been incredible >> so cool >> reporter: the daily tantrums are gone, they say he's engaging more with other kids. >> it's a miracle. >> reporter: it's what brain balance advertises the company has more than 100 locations nationwide and promotes lucrative franchise opportunities. they promise families help for conditions from adhd to learning disorders to autism. the average cost, more than $10,000 for a typical six-month program. to pay that bill, many families have starte gofundme pages and brain balance offers loans. vice...

They either know someone or they, themselves, have had a bad interaction with police. how do you as a former police officer feel when you hear that? because as we heard from tony this is a -- this is a commitment -- to be a police officer in today's day and age being outgunned and oftentimes understaffed, you're dealing with the difficult hurdles to clear, yet, the community needs you. >> well, well, i think the problem there is we misidentify what the real problems are. as my learned colleague said, you cannot legislate yourself out of this. you can't delegate your way out of it. however, we ...

It's not great. it's not great. they either know someone or they, themselves, have had a bad interaction with police. how do you as a former police officer feel when you hear that? because as we heard from tony, this is a -- this is a commitment -- to be a police officer in today's day and age, being outgunned and oftentimes understaffed, you're -- you're dealing with the difficult hurdles to clear, yet, the community needs you. >> well, well, i think the problem there is we misidentify what the real problems are. as my learned colleague said, you cannot legislate yourself out of this. you can...

>> jesse: you're probably familiar with an emotional support dog. his him airports, trains of them all. people suffering from things like learning disorders and motor skill disorders are allowed under federal law to have these animals. a florida man is taking it to a whole another level. with a squirrel. name to brutus. he has severe anxiety. it is the facing eviction from his condominium. and ryan and brutus who is the squirrel, the squirrels a female, their journey me now. can i see ryan please? ryan? >> yes, i was unable to get her out.

It's a lonely world for lefties. nearly 90% of the globe of the right-handed and lefties actually earn less money in the long run. i wouldn't have guessed that. anyway ryan, my friend ryan over here is a south paw. you earn less money. >> apparently i do. i hope not. so the study was done by an economist at the harvard kennedy school who is right-handed, although his wife is a lefty so we'll give him a little bit of a break. in that study of 50,000 people found left-handed people earn on average 10% to 12% less than their right-handed counterparts. they also score lower on cognitive tests. onl...