reporter: and then they told him about the letter which they had only recently received anonymously and they read brenda s words aloud to him. i am writing this letter sent to you by a dear friend who had instructions to do so when it was time. reporter: why was it time? because david who had been raising three boys with brenda including a 2-year-old named max what a great husband and father he is. reporter: because david had only recently engaged to remarry to jane abraham, joining two families. and back in 2011 when brenda was dying, she had foreseen this day and asked a close friend to mail off her letter to the radio station only once david had found new love. she must be quite a lady, and i wish i could have met to take on the task of raising a larger extended family. reporter: it was brenda s
common side effectslude nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. i had to qt smoking to keep up with this guy. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chanti is right for you. . we love to end the show with good news, here s a story to touch your heart. as a husband gets a chre from hd away. brenda schmitz lost her battle with ovarian cancer two years ago. she asked that her letter be read on air at a radio station only when he fell in love again to give her approval to his new
a loving christmas gift beyond the grave that took a family by surprise. that s why it is our favorite story of the day. brenda schmitz died of cancer in 2011. before she died, she wrote to a radio station asking her to fulfill three wishes for her husband and his new fiancee. here s abc s john donvan. reporter: it s a christmas wish letter written like none other. the writer who wrote it nearly two years ago died soon afterwards of cancer. the wish she made it in came to life last week. david, the husband she left behind, unaware the letter existed, asked to drop by des moines radio station star 102.5. you lost your wife brenda a couple of years ago to cancer. reporter: at first they talked a little bit about brenda, and david could barely get through it. she was very strong, accepted what happened to her.
0 good morning on this monday morning. today is a critical deadline for those needing health insurance by the first of the year. the last day to enroll for so-called obama coverage if you need it to begin on january 1st. the obama administration predicted seven million americans would be signed up by emergency only 1 million have done so. jonathan karl reports on the outreach. reporter: there s a new front in the battle over obamacare, young people. if not enough sign up, premiums could skyrocket. so far they don t seem to be paying much attention. it hasn t been on my mind. i haven t had time to think about that. reporter: to get their attention, the pro-obama group ofa is out with this video. we love you no matter what, but it is time to get coverage. reporter: they re earning justified ridicule in this online ad featuring a man in a zip-up plaid onesy pajamas. and one with a white house press secretary. california is out with this featuring a rapper calling himself b.
0 the air force. they have both been away from their little boy. so that was a beautiful reunion. and a merry christmas for everybody. thanks so much for watching today. i m alisyn camarato. the real story with gretchen carlson begins now. fox news alert. i am gretchen carlson. president obama officially signs up for obamacare. according to the white house it s only symbolic and he gets to keep his old plan. the military will continue to care for his health. meantime, many americans trying to sign up on website today have been finding they can t. instead, getting the message that it s just too busy and they have to wait in a so-called queue. now today s deadline has been extended through tomorrow. yet another delay. to accommodate the high volume and supposedly different time zones across this nation. chief white house correspondent ed henry live for us in washington. ed, yet another last-minute delay. it is so confusing. what can you tell us? reporter: that s right, gretchen. an