what this woman is really describing is ter receipt tourette s disorders or another neurological condition which can cause thighs ticks. it is controllable. you you can get on the right medicines and counseling to deal with the people sniping at you. in stressful periods it can manifest itself. both kids are affected. a side effect of a medicine. really define it, conquer it. it isn t crazy. the people who may call them names they are the crazy ones. next i always fear something might hap ten to my kids. i am panicked thinking i left my 5-year-old outside. when the kids play outside i fear they may be kidnapped or hit lby a car or attacked by a dog. this is a common fear but is it
announcing his retirement and his frustration of serving with the republican party for 20 years. he s not the only one. i have to say i m frustrated by much we, the republican party, are willing to give deferential treatment to our extremes in the moment in history. fissures in the party appear to be growing. michael steele is former chair of the republican national committee. msnbc political analysts. now, important to note latourette took a shot at both parties but clearly retiring from one. his problem was at home is that often as in politics tougher than your brothers and sisters than you are on the other side. for years now i noticed you tried to carve something of a moderate position near the center coming from the republican side that the suburban voters tend to adhere to. they are not wingers. they are not tea partiers. they tend to want less government but they are not
laughing with me. there s a way to frame debates where you can win the day. he goes, jfk, he makes me want to throw up. it s just crude. it s a bad mix. the thing we saw in the debate which is his tendency to be bob dole like senatorial. on one side, on the cultural issues to have these tourette s like outbursts of sincerity that are very undisciplined. we re a combination of too much of a washington insider and too undisciplined and so humorless. this goes to mika s thing about not respecting other people s opinion. there s no sense of human tolerance around him. when people disagree with him they re wrong. and that kind of, that kind of bullheadedness and bloody-mindedness is a bad thing. the amazing thing is that even with all of those things, he s
martha: such a mysterious story. an upstate new york community says more tests are needed to get to the bottom of this illness that has affected more than a dozen teenage girls. tourette s like syndrome include facial ticks and out bursts. a boy and woman have been diagnosed with the same bizarre illness. school officials have conducted air quality and ground tests around the school. they believe so far, although the jury is still out, environmental factors do not seem to be the cause. if we had a environmental cause we would see this in a widespread spectrum of folks. we wouldn t just see students, wouldn t be predominantly girls. that really indeed is true that will be fine and, they need to do it with the quickness. martha: the school scheduled more tests for coming weeks. we ll stay on top of the story. very, very strange.
young women. multiple children, teenagers have similar symptoms in tight communities has occurred since the 16th century. reporter: but critics argue this wouldn t explain 36-year-old marge fitzsimmons, a registered nurse from leroy, also appearing to suffer from the tourette s-like symptoms. this is a good day for me. this is my functional day. reporter: independent air quality tests will be performed at the school over the next few weeks. meantime, the fear of the unknown is driving a wedge between many in this close-knit community. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. what a bizarre story. a stomach virus has now sickened hundreds of passengers aboard three u.s. cruise ships. two princess cruises from fort lauderdale as well as a royal caribbean ship out of new orleans all reported outbreaks of the noro virus on saturday. they had to be disinfected. the virus is easily spread in close quarters like ships and nursing homes. a little georgia girl is being hailed as a hero af