foundation. thank you for coming in today. thanks for having us. shannon: you have your daughter off camera. alexander, we talked about this, just had such a spark, sustr such a light in him. tell us about your family s journey? alex abdomenner was diagnosed with an immune deficiency early in life. as we learned more, a bone marrow transplant was the only chance of a healthy life, which would take him past the age of one or two years old. shannon: he did have a successful transplant there were respiratory complications. they take your immune system down to give you a new 1ful he contracted pneumonia and he was 18 only 15 on pounds and that can be too much. reporter: you are taking a tragedy and trying to turn it to good for other pam families. tell us about be great. it s to improve the lives of the outcomes of children with
substitute teacher says he s unemployed because he showed a student his bible after the student asked him questions about. it the student came to me, as i said to you, it wasn t once, twice, three, four, after me, seven times. he approached blow, stopped me and he was very inquisitive. he wanted to know. he wanted to know. shannon: walt tutka has filed a discrim nawgz lawsuit. saying that he was sppding to the student s quote, intellectual cureiosity. the school has refused to comment. this adorable boy, alexander, struggled with an immune deficiency disease and lost his battle when he was just 14 mornz old. his family found the be great foundation. joining us more to tell us about the cause is the parents, the co-founders of the be great
the person who radicalized her is dead. i think she has more of a part in this. i think the mother in russia, has more to do with this. have you to remember that you have to buy components, you have to funnel money. you have to clean contacts and i think this is all going to come out. shannon: well, the investigation continues, you mentioned the wife, certainly somebody that the fbi wants to talk to. more on what she did or didn t know. mark fuhrman, thank you very much for your insights. thank you, shannon. shannon: jury deliberations in a murder trial of philadelphia abortion doctor kermit gosnell are set for tomorrow. he is accused. killing four baby who is were born alive, after unsuccessful abortions and more than 200 additional charges. many are asking why there hasn t been more news coverage of the trial? some are calling it politically motivated and a media coverup.
the cord blood and the chance of saving someone s life through cord blood donation and they can happen anywhere from newborn to someone in their 70s. and the fast-tracking diagnosis. infants are screened across the country when they are born, one of the things added to the panel is skid, severe combined immune deficiency. you can get a heads up before symptoms show up. so we are working with pediatricians pediatricians and families to increase awareness and to get the test on the panel. under 25% only 12r 11 or 12 states are doing the screening. and it has to increase so we can help save more kids. shannon: we are going to direct people to the be great organization web site. if you are in d.c., there is an important event on may 18 to help raise funds. pete, i am sorry we are out of time, your wife did an excellent job. we know this is a family affair and as a greek orthodox, i want
syrian retaliation. israel has mutualed two iron-dome anti-missile systems to the northern part of the system. in november, the iron dome system knocked out hundreds of rockets fired from gauza. the hope today is that they will do the same, if needed. the syrian government says that the strike represented a declaration of war and syria would respond in a time and manner of its chuting. israeli officials fear that syria or iran may launch a retaliatory attack. for president assad tmay be crucial to prove that he s strong and in control of syria. shannon? shannon: all right, conorpowell, live on the scene, thank you. back here, the debate continues over what, if any concrete action our government should take with syria. no one seems to want boots on the ground, but many lawmakers are arguing for some type of intervention. steve centanni is here. reporter: as he weighs the options for possible u.s.