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Valuable quality in a first lady. back to the moments i respect much pat nixon's successor betty ford, within two months of becoming first lady she's diagnosed with breast cancer and after watergate the country had gone through so many secrets an cover-ups it really was -- the transparency was essential to national healing. and she put herself out there in revealing in detail what she was going through medically and arguably saved millions of lives. when breast cancer was just not talked about. and, you know, doctors talk about the betty bump of the big increase in diagnoses because women star...

I had give you a window once women face once they go up against breast cancer surgery, specifically a double mastectomy. a couple of things i want to point out in this piece, i really wanted to focus on this dense breast tissue, my issue. a lot of women say i have the exact same breast tissue that you do. talk to your radiologist about that. ask your radiologist, once you have the mammogram, put it up on the screen, show me exactly what is wrong. a radioologist has a breadth of knowledge and lindsay avner, the young woman you saw in this, she has the opportunity to change lives. one of the thi...

Women to get mammograms, to make sure they do self-exams regularly. it really matters. >> reporter: there were a year's worth of bragging rights on the line. and journalists and lawmakers are a tad competitive so things got heated. the congresswomen pulled off an impressive double play. the press team started sliding into home. and then the bad news babes, a team of journalists taught never to bury the lead, seized it instead. forcing the team of congresswomen, fired up and full of fight, to appear on the house floor the following morning and solemnly concede the contest. >> well, i wish i wer...

The aisle put their differences aside and compete for charity. >> reporter: the women of congress left the hill and headed to the mound trading in their issues for innings, their bills for bats to take on the women of the press corps in a friendly game of softball. a rare chance to stand side by side and fight for the same team. providing the press a unique chance to take on the women they cover and all for a good cause. the young survival coalition. a charity focused on educating and empowering the youngest victims of breast cancer. >> who raise awareness for young women to get mammograms, to...

Stroke, two times greater risk and sedentary lifestyle and high salt diet and obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, i'm seeing more high blood pressure, in people, and that leads to stroke. so i'm encouraging people, and you just saw me last week on a bicycle, i'm encouraging people, get out there and be fit. the next one i want to talk about is breast cancer and breast cancer, a lot of that is genetic. so, david's point about early detection, we're out there looking for breast cancer and, if you have a family member that has -- a close family member we want to screen you very, very caref...