Theyre completely in the dark as to why or how to treat. Well be hearing from the parents for the first time this morning. Anything new dan . Reporter good morning. This is a very serious disease. And the children who have gotten this have not recovered. One of them is this 4yearold girl from california. Shes an adorable 4yearold, happy and seemingly healthy until a year and a half ago until her left arm suddenly stopped moving. Shes the red red, shes beautiful, shes talented, shes got older brothers. Reporter doctors say she is five children in california showing sign of a miss tear just poliolike illness, the exact cause unknown. What they do know is, her arm is paralyzed and it came on suddenly after she showed symptoms of asthma. She had not had any history of asthma. As we were leaving that appointment, she went to the treasure box to grab a toy and i saw her left hand stop working. Reporter an mri later showing she had a lesion on her spinal card. She calls her arm lefty. Lefty i
Just a moment. But first, lets get straight over to the white house where athena jones is. Good morning. Reporter good morning, kate. Well the administration is watching these developments very, very closely. President obama warned the president of the ukraine yesterday not to se sort resort to violence and he also called on the protestors to remain peaceful. Before the president left mexico last night, he talked about what he wants for the people of ukraine. Our approach as the United States is not to see these as some cold war chest board in chess board in which were in competition with russia. Our goal is to make sure the people of ukraine are able to make decisions for themselves about their future. That the people of syria. Reporter now the goal here is to stop the violence between the government and the opposition. Now, as for sanctions, the u. S. Is banning visas for 20 Ukrainian Government officials they believe are responsible for this crackdown on protestors that weve seen. M
Who cares . Well get to the Seinfeld Story in a moment. But i want to begin with janet mock. She wrote about her life as a transgender woman in the book redefining realness, my path to womanhood, identity, love and so much more. Janet rejoins me now. I brought you back on the show. Cards on the table. I have spent an infuriating 24 hours. And i want you to explain why ive had to go through this. Because let me start from this premise. I have always been 100 supportive of all gay rights, gay marriage rights, transgender rights. In fact, i want equality for everyone. In america and around the world. Thats always been my position. Anyone that watches this show knows thats exactly what ive always stood for. I had you on the show. You wrote a powerful book. I did nothing but laud your courage. I said you were a fantastic person to be out there center stage, selling the message that theres no need to stigmatize transgender people. I called you a woman throughout the interview. I never disput
High profile bidders are lining up to bid for the l. A. Clippers. Thanks for joining us. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Acting president admits theres not much kiev can do about separatists seizing control of the east. Masked men with automatic weapons stand guard. Its become one of more than a dozen cities falling under pro russian control. Despite the control, the economy is getting help from the imf fund. Alexander pachinof says combat troops are on full readiness to stop the terrorist threat. Judging from whats going on around the city, that may not be enough. Nick payton walsh has the story. Reporter when they say theyre losing control you can see why. They saw about ten Ukrainian Armored personnel carriers. They pulled back. A week ago a similar assault killed three of them, they say. But the smoke obscured the scene and quickly to their surprise, pretty well armed men say only the soldiers saw the armor turn back. Locals bring them food as they protect them from the poor and joble
Play tonight, making him the first and only openly gay athlete in major professional sports. Collins is an nba veteran, but hasnt played since last april, shortly before he opened up about his sexualty in an interview with sports illustrated. Lets talk about Jason Collins and what his signing means on and off the court. So, its so interesting that i have both ben and terrance back, we were talking about this yesterday, right . Then we have l. Z. Granderson. Ben ferguson here along with Terrance Moore and sports contributor to cnn. Com. So, terrance, ill start with you. What kind of reception will Jason Collins receive . I tell you something, don. Right now we should all be getting lottery numbers from Jason Collins. He is the luckiest person on the face of the earth for a lot of reasons. First of all, the best thing to happen to him was michael sam. Takes all the pressure off of him. Plus the fact that michael sam is projected to be a starter and you look at Jason Collins, he is basica