Lara and sam, live from miami. Raul gonzalez and Karla Martinez right here in times square. Superstar Enrique Iglesias on both shows live. Its a morning first. Only on Despierta America and gma buenos diaz, america good morning, america. Welcome to our friends from univision. Hey, guys. Karla martinez. And raul gonzalez. They sing before they go on the air. They pray before they go on the air. Then everything bounces. Number one morning broadcast on latino television. On the number one latino network. Despierta america means . Wake up, america. Its wonderful to have you here. [ speaking spanish ] it would be hard to sleep through that. Wake up lets go you have to say buenos dias, america. You know who is saying that this morning . Sam and lara. Theyre in miami. On your set. You know where that is. Hey, guys. Our two shows are swapping this morning. Never been done before. Never done before on Morning Television in history. I am thrilled, happy, very excited. Thank you. Its an honor to
Impossible after impossible. Reporter Eben Alexander survived a neardeath experience and now carries the memory of what he says was a journey to heaven, a journey that all his scientific training can not explain. On november 10th, 2008, eben awoke with a searing headache. When holley checked on him he was having a tremendous seizure. I said Say Something and he didnt say anything. Zblbt eben was rushed to the hospital where he was a neurosurgery. All we could make out was help and screaming. Reporter he had been stricken with a rare and virulent ecloy meningitis infection. I was trying to die. Reporter doctors gave him almost no chance to live and told his family if he did survive he would be brain damaged if rest of his life. His eye was off and cocked. It was like no one was there. Reporter eben believes that holley was right. He wasnt there. Did you go to heaven . Yes. I mean, in every sense of the word, thats what my experience showed me. Reporter his first recollection was being a
Mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city. This is nightline. October 24th, 2012. Good evening. Im bill weir. Heres a question, do you believe in heaven . Various polls find that somewhere around 80 of americans do, but a harvardtrained brain surgeon wasnt so sure until he spent a week in a coma and came out with an incredible description of the afterlife. My coanchor, terry moran, has the story. Reporter a mild afternoon in lynchburg, virginia, and eben and Holly Alexander are at a High School Soccer game cheering on their 14yearold son. They are a perfectly ordinary family with an extraordinary story. They have been touched by a medical miracle and maybe more. I mean, it was impossible after impossible after impossible. Reporter Eben Alexander, a harvardtrained neurosurgeon, who was a skeptic when it came to religion,survived a neardeath experience, and he now carries the memory of what he says was a journey to heaven, a journey that all his scientific training cannot explain. On nove
Good evening. As we come on the air, all eyes are on Hurricane Sandy bearing down on jamaica right now and forcing florida to study the radar. A storm watch already in place. Electrical companies on the east coast are taking precautions and millions of parents are wondering if this means a blustery halloween. What are the chances that this storm will hit the east coast . Abcs senior weather editor sam champion tracking it for us tonight. Reporter Hurricane Sandy is pounding jamaica tonight with punishing 80mileanhour winds and more than a foot of heavy rain. Residents and tourists are hunkering down. After jamaica, the 18th named storm of the season will cut across cuba and the bahamas before expanding in size as it blows towards the south florida coast friday morning. Tonight, there are already Tropical Storm watches there. But, where sandy goes next is a bit of an october surprise. It was last october when another storm system dumped more than a foot of snow on halloween. Many kids w
Were rolling out the red carpet. Oprah takes over times square, live. Hello, everyone. And robin, how about that for a special guest for you this morning . Oprah in her curlers. This morning, shes ready to go. Were going to have so much fun with her. Good morning to all of you at home, as well. As you all know, robin is home, recovering from her bone marrow transplant. Glad to have amy robach here. She is at home watching. So happy. And you had quite a morning. You and ali, you had an early start. You picked up oprah. We thought it was the right thing to do. Oprah is a special guest. We went and picked her up ourselves. Our car wasnt completely clean which isnt always a good thing. Oprah was gracious. What took you so long . You were late . Of course, we were late. Oh, my gosh, you two. Look at you. I know. Ali didnt have time to get dressed. Oprah wasnt ready, either. We had so much fun. We have a lot to get to this morning. Really something. Youre a patient man. He has three women in