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Threat. a 40-year-old california mother and marathon runner has become the latest victim of the flu. katie oxley thomas died two days after coming down with symptoms, the cdc said 500 people died from flu related illnesses so far this season. rob: a frightening experience for the parents of a little girl they say tried to leap out of a second floor window after taking tamiflu. the child asked father who wants to remain anonymous described what happened. >> the second story window was open in her bedroom and she used her desk to climb onto it and she was about to jump out the window when my wif...

Orville rogers from dallas, turning 100 this week. a world war ii veteran. a bomber pilot who went on to become a commercial pilot. and after decades of flying, this father, grandfather, and great-grandfather hung up his wings and laced up his shoes, instead. becoming a marathon runner. he'd go on to compete in national races, setting 13 world records. training every other day. and at 100, his secret? >> i eat right. most of the time. i have a wonderful, supportive family, and lots of wonderful friends. >> reporter: over the weekend, surrounded by those family and friends, all wearing t-shirts...

Hours. >> outside of milan, italy, this is formula one racetrack. it is also the site of the marathon selected for reasons of humidity and attitude. today, the runners will run it in aalf mathon, the first chance to the team to find out if they are on target to make history. this does not look like your standard marathon. the flat tracks and hydration is delivered. basically, optizing each aspect to see if this is humanly possible and work backwards from there. one of the three athletes and the current champion, he's considered by many as one of the world's best marathon runner.

Health insurance. but under this new amendment there can be waveers so insurance companies can charge different premiums to different people. for instance, if you're really sick, you're going to get a high premium and of course if you're really sick you're probably not work being you don't have any money so you kabcan't get insurance. >> that's not the way it works, greta. i would respectfully disagree with your analysis. we have a high-risk pool proposal that we've put in so that everybody in a specific plan would pay the same premium. but if you had a preexisting condition and you were consi...

Medina finished the race. >> if you quit, then you get nothing out of it. >> despite a debilitating injury, pain didn't stop him from reaching the finish line. as you'll see with the next racer, sometimes success is more about the journey and less about finishing a race. meet amy palmeiro-winters, an accomplished marathon runner and triathlete. >> i've been running since i was 8 years old. running is what i love to do and what makes me happy and part of who i am. >> she's also an amputee. the 44-year-old mother of two lost her leg in a 1994 motorcycle accident. amy has since competed in countl...