he essentially is walking around, running around with only half of a heart. reporter: he had his first of three open heart surgeries at just 4 days old. that was a long story. reporter: but he is more interested in giving than getting this season. we ve got room back here. reporter: when facebook followers that the little boy nicknamed the tin man asked what he wanted for christmas, his family set up a toy drive. instead of keeping the gifts, they decided to give them away. all the kids who n oys say thank you. reporter: inviting the arlington, texas, s.w.a.t. team to come and collect dozens of toys, a surprise to elliott. their way to say thanks my heart is beating tonight, and i don t know what to do. he is going through so much, but he is giving back. he is my hero. there you go, dude. oh, my gosh reporter: a little boy with a heart of gold, no matter what the doctors say. merry christmas reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news. that s a picture, and tha
This country. and what we see from republicans, this is a political game. you know, this isn t serious about policy. all this is about is trying to take away something that was done during the obama era, simply because they don t like president obama. this is about sabotaging access to health care. it will destabilize and destroy health care markets. it will shut down community health centers in our states. it s going to keep young people from getting access to health care insurance after they turn the age of 26. and for the more than 130 million americans, a third of this country with preexisting conditions. yeah. it s going to put into risk their ability to become insurable in the future. this is serious business. the stakes could not be higher. i sat with a woman today whose son had a congenital heart defect, three open heart surgeries. now she has to worry, as parents across this country have to worry about whether her child as he gets older will have access to the coverage tha
Girl, pepto ultra coating will treat your stomach right. nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. try new pepto with ultra coating. finally tonight the little girl, her operation and the team of doctors who it turns out were looking out for her long after she left the hospital. our persons of the week. mical olaiz is from durham north carolina. she was born with a heart defect. since birth she s endured three major open heart surgeries. now 5, she s an active happy young girl. while her surgeries were successful, they left her with a large scar on her chest. her care team at duke children s hospital came up with an idea.
And it s in the book. i hope everyone will get a chance to see it. it s really the soft side, the warm side of donald trump. he helped me when he didn t know me in 2010. i was raising money for children s hospital in washington, d.c. trying to help other children. my son had four brain surgeries and two open heart surgeries, and i wanted to help other children who didn t have the greatest health care to have it. and donald trump without any press just helped me as a human being. steve wynn, mutual friend of ours helped. it was a great friendship from there. ainsley: people believe their dreams can come true. yours did too. you grew up in millville area. you drove a forklift. how did you come up with this phrase let trump be trump? it s the greatest country in the world. growing up in a very blue-collar town in
Expansion and with the grants but 15 republican governors who are in favor of this bill including kentucky, but also against this new gop health care plan, gjimmy kimmel. he revealed his son needed open heart surgeries. senator bill cassidy told kimmel then that any new plan would have to pass what he called the gymjimmy kimmel test. in other words, no family would be denied because they couldn t afford it. a few months ago after my son had open heart surgery, a politician, a senator named bill cassidy from louisiana was on my show and he wasn t very honest. it seemed like he was being honest. i don t know whand to bill