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His dream. law school was. >> as i started to experience vision loss it was more of a nuisance. >> reporter: he got in to harvard law school and made it to the supreme court. he clerked for retired justice sandra day o'connor as well as justice route bader ginsburg. >> it's hard to anticipate slowly losing your vision. >> reporter: at 31 he is legally blind. >> dealing with light and dark. maybe the occasional sort of shape. >> reporter: while he can't overcome the blindness, he didn't stop from doing what he wants to do. >> with a walking cane, a screen reading software, it really doesn't slo...

If you can make money losing, we'd be millionaires. >> i loved acting. i loved being on a set. it's exciting. >> reporter: but acting wasn't his dream. law school was. >> as i really started experiencing vision loss in college, it was more of a nuisance than a disability. >> reporter: undeterred, he got into harvard law school and made it to the supreme court. he clerked for retired justice sandra day o'connor as well as justice luge bader ginsberg. >> it's hard to anticipate slowly losing your vision and living a's a blind person. >> reporter: now at 31 he's legally blind. >> right now i'm so...

>> ron allen, thank you for that update from cairo. we have new reports this morning that an american grandmother has been rescued from her cairo apartment. we're talking about 76-year-old mary thornberry who has been holed up with a rolling pin, a knife and her walking cane. lester holt has been following this story and joins us from jordan. lester, what a good day. what do you hear about how she was rescued? >> well, i spoke to her today. she's being careful with details because whoever helped her does not want to be identified. she did receive help during a lull in the fighting. she was b...

Aware of my situation, my being barricaded and about my age and about the fact that i use a walking cane, and no one has contacted me since then to see if i'm still alive. i'm quite displeased with my lack of support from the american embassy. i don't care who knows it. >> do you seem to have any prospects for actually being able to get out of this situation, especially given that it is an ongoing and very volatile one? >> right at this moment, i see no way i'm going to get out of my apartment, out of my flat. >> will you take care and our best thoughts with you. phil, thank you, as well. >> t...