breakdown, is it truly beneficial? that s the question we should ask ourselves. or promising not to hurt somebody you ve made a vow to. there is that. noel biderman, thank you for coming in. really appreciate it. i will say, i m a big fan of my marriage, at least. and i will say, you know full disclosure. you re married, i m not. i m happily in a relationship, as you re happily in your relationship. no one forces you to get married. at this point, there are a million things to do. if you re going to go through the trouble, and these weddings aren t cheap, by the way. maybe stay with it for the long haul. another topic we have been watching, growing concern at this hour about a polio-like illness, similar to it, causing partial paralysis in children in california. doctors don t know exactly what it is. and even worse, they don t know what s causing it. five cases have been confirmed so far, and state health officials say there could be more than 20 other cases. got to take
below normal today across the midwest and east. we re tracking it all. ted nugent speaking out after calling the president a subhuman mongrel. his new promise about moving forward using such language. your new day starts right now. good morning. welcome to new day. welcome to the conversation. welcome. it s tuesday, february 25th, 6:00 in the east. we re all sick. coming up a real medical mystery for you. as many as 25 children stricken by an illness similar to polio. one of the victims, this sweet little girl named sophia jarvis. her left arm a paralyzed.
machine gun nests. he carry ad wounded buddy to safety. after he had been shot in the side by a sniper, mr. eylers wife saying he was the kindest, general tellest person. you wouldn t have know what could have done all the things he did. walt, as she called him, american hero. that represents the best our country offers. martha: story now, there is growing concern over an unknown virus that has left five children in california at least partially paralyzed. one of the victims is 4-year-old sophia jarvis. they say this is strikingly similar to polio, a disease eradicated in this country. william la jeunesse is live in
appointment, sophia went to the treasure box to grab her toy after seeing the doctor, and i saw her left hand mid grasp stop working. an mri later showing she had a lesion on her spinal cord. sophia never got better. she calls her arm lefty. lefty is my favorite arm. doctors don t know what is causing these cases of weakness in limbs or paralysis. and the prognosis we have seen so far is not good. most of the children we have seen have not recovered. 20 more cases are suspected, but they haven t been officially verified. all of them occurring in the last 18 months and all of them in california. still, doctors say parents should not panic. it s extremely rare. our suspicion is that this is a virus, but that s unproven. we know it s not polio virus. there are other viruses that can do this. researchers say two of the children tested positive for something called enterovirus 68, which has been linked to
this country. our dan simon decided to take a look at this and shows how sophia s life seemingly completely changed in the blink of an eye. sophia jarvis is an adorable 4-year-old, happy and seemingly healthy, until a year-and-a-half ago, when her left arm suddenly stopped moving. we kind of joked that this was like the leveller in sophia s life. she is a red head, beautiful, talented, all the brothers, she s got she is really bright. doctors say sophia is one of at least five children in california showing signs of a mysterious polio-like illness. the exact cause unknown. what they do know is her arm is paralyzed and it came on suddenly. after sophia initially showed symptoms of asthma. she started wheezing suddenly, and she had had not had any history of asthma. after a few days at the hospital, sophia s mom took her back to the doctor for a follow-up. as we were leaving that