Now, craig melvin with a headturning treatment for alcoholics a doctor. A prescription. And yep a drink. Were not insisting on abstinence. And guess what . Some say its working it is astonishing. And did anyone tell you youre nuts . Oh, yeah. They all thought it was impossible. Harry smith with the wizard of the world series. But theyre not talking baseball. Joe maddons in a fight to save his hometown. It was the Perfect Place to grow up as a kid. Then, deep divisions. Oldtimers against newcomers. It starts spilling over. It hit like a ton of bricks. People were being treated differently. Enter joe, with a whole new playbook. These are good people. Theyre gonna save our town. All that and more right now on sunday night. Tv host Maria Menounos has made her living onscreen. But what the cameras couldnt see was a woman struggling with devastating news. Eleven months ago, her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Eight months after that, maria was too. And thats when maria made a realization about her life choices and what really matters. In her First Television interview since her brain surgery weeks ago, maria and her mother get candid about an astonishing twist of fate. How are you feeling . Im good. Im good. Its kind of like its so hard. Because, like, each days a little different. Look at Maria Menounos today, and youd never know this vibrant, beautiful 39yearold had a brain tumor removed just last month. Welcome to access hollywood. Over the years weve seen her as host of shows like access hollywood and e news, not to mention her work as an actress and author. When we sat down with her a few days ago, she was still recovering. My face is still a little numb. The ear is filled with fluid and so you hear your own echo. Where this tumor was affected my balance. And thats whats making me woozy and dizzy. And im just gonna have to deal with that until it goes away. It may have taken her physically offbalance, but she says emotionally she is starting to feel more centered. You feel your tumor was a blessing . 100 . I think that this was a gift, because i needed to change my life. I needed to change the way i did everything. Maria has just been through the most challenging year of her life. Not only because of her brain tumor, but also because of her mothers. I have faith in god and that kept me strong. It all began last august. Marias greek immigrant parents, litsa and costas, were at their home in connecticut. You started to feel some odd symptoms. Yes. I lost my words. I couldnt speak them out. She called me. We talk every day. And she goes, maria, we we going on a little trip. And i go when she talks like that, i was like, where . And she goes, i had a little problem. And she told me shes going to the hospital. Maria got on the next plane and was there for the diagnosis. He came in, and he was like, so we got, you know, the mri. And it looks like stage four glioblastoma. And im like, whats that. And hes like, thats brain cancer. And it just hit me like a ton of bricks. Did he give you perspective on what that means, stage four . I hear stage four brain cancer. I dont think anything good is coming from that, thats for sure. You took on the role of quarterback . Uhhuh. I had my ipad out. I took notes with everything the doctor said. I did all my research. And you know, my number one thing was who do i put her with . Like, what surgeon who do i entrust her to . Yeah. Maria and her fiance, kevin, brought litsa out to los angeles, where litsa underwent surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in september. Here, outside the o. R. , the couple agonized with marias dad and brother. Describe what it was like while you sat in that waiting room. Surgery day was awful, my doctor actually laughed. She goes, on surgery day, you need valium and you need a priest. That really, every day. Actually got through it without any valium, which was great. Did have a priest come bless her, and and did spend some time in the chapel. So she comes out. And they manage to resect a large amount of the tumor, but not all of it . Yeah. A little bit had to stay behind because it was on her motor area. And so you cant mess with that. Her mother began chemo and radiation, but what was left of the tumor kept growing. So maria, who grew up in the Greek Orthodox church, tried to strike a bargain. You asked god to make a swap . I was getting really frustrated, because she wasnt fighting, and she was doing worse. I just remember praying and just saying, god, i wish you gave this to me cause i have the fight. And i have the will to beat this stuff. She doesnt. And careful what you wish for. Careful indeed. In the months after her moms surgery, maria was going round the clock on tv, caring for her mother. It was not an easy time. You have a job where you have to be happy. Yeah. Right . I mean, you have to project, all is well. Yeah. Because i didnt want anyone to feel like i was dropping the ball anywhere. In the midst of all that, something strange was happening. Maria started having headaches, dizziness too. She began slurring her words and had trouble reading the teleprompter. Finally, she went to the doctor. At some level inside of you, do you feel like you knew there was something there that was not supposed to be . At that point, when i said all those things out loud to him, the symptoms mirrored what my mom had. And i realized it in that moment. I didnt really think about it before, like i said, because im too busy to hear anything. I cant listen to my body when im moving at lightning speed constantly. After an mri, the doctor delivered the news. He said, im so sorry i have to tell you this. cause i know youre going through a lot with your mom. But you have a brain tumor. Its called a meningioma. And you need to schedule an appointment with a neurosurgeon right away. And so i was like, okay. And i started kinda chuckling. And laughing. Yeah. Because at that point, its like, this is a joke. Like, how does this happen . Maria told almost no one. She broke the news to her mother just three days before surgery. I mean, were you stunned . Its like getting a punch in the face with a hammer. You cannot process that. That was the worst thing for me. Mine didnt matter, honestly. Maria turned again to the doctor who operated on her mom. Hes like, your moms was probably a five, yours is at least a seven, maybe more. Because level of difficulty or size . Of difficulty. Because of where it was located and the nerves it was infringing on. Where in your head was it . Back right there . Its like well, he went in through here and had to kinda skirt through the back, and i feel like its kind of, like, behind my eye. And of course, when youre on camera and youre finding out that the tumor is on all of your facial nerves and you could be facially paralyzed and a lot of horrible things could happen that your affect your living as well, its a little scary. And there was the ultimate fear that maria might have cancer too. Before they knew it, costas and keven were back in that waiting room, this time with litsa by their side. Their prayers now for maria. When we come back a lifesaving procedure. And a lifechanging moment. I dont want to go back to my old ways, because thats what got me this in the first place. And with Heart Disease, your risk is even higher. You didnt know that. No. Yeah. But, wait, theres good news for adults who have type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease. Jardiance is the only type 2 diabetes pill with a lifesaving cardiovascular benefit. 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Reporter im like, whos ready for my Big Birthday Party tomorrow . See you in a couple of hours reporter but her mom, dad and fiance were not laughing in the waiting room. It was seven hours before the doctor came out with news. What did he say . Its not cancerous. That was a big relief. Reporter marias tumor removed through this delicate incision was benign, and not related to her mothers cancer. When maria awoke in recovery, still groggy from the ordeal, she quoted a line from her favorite Actor Sylvester Stallone in rocky balboa. It aint hard hard you hit. Its how hard you get it. It aint about hard you hit. Its about how hard you can get hit. Keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. And that was my bible when it was my moms illness, whatever it was, it got me through my darkest moments. Reporter maria shared with us this video the very first steps on her road to recovery. Right now were just gonna take just a few steps forward. And a few steps back, okay . The day after they had me walking, after brain surgery, like, they have you walking. I watched that video of me trying to get up out of bed and walk and its very humbling. Reporter through it all she says she relied on the strength of her fiance keven. Ive always said, no matter what, marias gonna be my top priority. Describe the the worry that you felt . Oh, i still have the worry. I was, you know, when i first found out, i was devastated. My worry is that it is gonna come back and that shes not gonna make the changes that she needs to make. Reporter maria thinks about that too. Since her surgery, shes stepped down from her daily tv job, and is devoting more time to the radio show she produces out of her home. I viewed this before surgery as a rebirth. And oh my god. And i just i know so many people who have lifechanging moments, and then they just go back to their old ways. And i dont want to go back to my old ways, because National Weather service whthats what g me this in the first place. Do you feel do you feel like your life choices led to your tumor . Some of them, yeah. Yeah how so . I think as women, we allow a lot to happen. And we just kinda suck it up and keep moving forward. And then you wake up one day, and you have a brain tumor, and youre like, oh. I guess i should have paid attention to myself a little bit more. What does the doctor say about bringing it upon yourself . Theyre very scientific. Theyre not gonna really engage in those they dont buy it. Discussions. Yeah. I didnt even really try with him. You said you prided yourself on being a hard worker, and yet, a light bulbs gone off about hard work and where it belongs in the spectrum of importance. Yeah. Because i think weve kind of lost sight of how much is too much. Just because you can do it doesnt mean you should. Whats been missing . Some stillness. Reporter maria and keven have been together for 19 years, engaged for one. Have we set a date . No. Is it gonna happen . Yeah, it will happen. Reporter theyre hoping for a family and before her diagnosis, maria started ivf treatment giving her mom another reason to fight. I know maria is very hopeful to have a baby. And i need to see that. Reporter though separated now on different coasts, maria and litsa use facetime every day. Love you. I love you too. Ok maria. Reporter litsa says she doesnt fear death, but she wants maria to have a healthy life. Shes a fighter. Yeah, she is. I would say being a fighter runs in the family. You think. Okay, ill take it. Reporter litsas cancer is stable for now, but she has a difficult road ahead. One last question. Your your hopes for you and your mom over the coming year. My mom, i just hope that we can make her one of the longterm survivors. cause im worried about her. Thats all i want. I was like, god, if i have to give everything up just make sure shes okay, thats all i want. Nobody ever wants to lose their mom. I pray this next mri is good so that we can just all take a breath. And i have time to not worry. I just need some time to not worry. Amen. Yeah. You deserve it. Thanks. Thank you. Reporter doctors say marias tumor has a five to six percent chance of ever coming back. Her moms situation is much different, litsas cancer is the same type that senator john mccain has. But litsa says her cancer is helping her appreciate life the creations of god and this beautiful country. Coming up, alcoholism. It affects some 16 million americans. How would you characterize the way were treating alcohol use disorder . Its an abomination reporter a bold approach. The fact that i feel safe in a room with alcohol in it is astonishing. Raz, where are you . Guys. Im trapped, my boss wants me here. We are not leaving without you. Just go downstairs now. Rapunzel . look for my chr. 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Theres, like, a part of my mind that compulsively drinks alcohol in nearfatal doses, and it doesnt leave me alone for the most part. Reporter 25yearold marissa has been a binge drinker for more than five years. What were the consequences . Mostly loss of relationships. I usually end up pretty lonely with, like, no friends and somewhere in between, like, relapse and recovery. Reporter we first met her on a spring morning in connecticut, as she set off to start a bold treatment for her alcohol addiction. Are you marisa . Yes. Hi. Nice to meet you. She met her new doctor. Filled a prescription. Took a pill. And an hour later on her first day of treatment she had a drink doctor approved. I feel like i could have another drink or not have another drink and be totally fine. If marisas protocol sounds like a radical departure thats because it is. And its grown out of an awareness that much of what we do for alcholics doesnt work. How would you characterize the way that were treating alcohol use disorder in this country . Its an abomination. An abomination . An abomination. Dr. Mark willenbring used to run alcohol Recovery Research at the National Institutes of health the governments top medical research agency. Hes spent 30 years tackling alcohol abuse which claims some 90,000 american lives each year and is an even bigger killer than opioids. Its a huge problem. It costs the economy about 250 billion a year. Billion . Yeah. Very few of the millions of alcoholics in the United States get treatment. And dr. Willenbring says the vast majority of rehabs dont work anyway. Relapse rates are often estimated to run higher than 70 . People dont have access to professional, dignified, scientificallybased treatment the problem, he says, is that most rehab is based on Alcoholics Anonymous or aa. In aa and similar spiritual gatherings we are people that are in recovery those struggling with addiction share their stories, and commit to abstinence through 12 steps including embracing help from a higher power. You believe all thats nonsense . People ask me, does a. A. Work . I say, well, it works for the people it works for. So its sort of like asking, does catholicism work . I guess it works for catholics. He says aa helps a lot of people, but it was developed long ago when alcoholism was seen as a moral weakness, not a medical condition. And today whether at publiclyfunded facilities, or shishi centers with great views of the pacific he says rehabs dont provide enough sciencebased medicine. We dont send someone with diabetes to a spa for a month, teach them diet and exercise and go to support groups but dont take insulin. I mean thats the absurdity of what were doing now. Were still providing the same pseudo treatment that we provided in 1950. And 85 of rehabs in the country are 12step rehabs. People dont have any choice. Marisa says, besides detox and aa, she tried unconventional treatments, bodycleansing therapy and aromatherapy. Still, she continued to drink herself into oblivion. I dont really remember how it happened but yeah, i woke up, blood all over the pillow, no sheets on the mattress, broken glass and blood on the balcony, was throwing up into a bucket of my hair, because i had shaved my head the night before. You were that drunk . Yeah. Those days were bad but they werent the worst of it. I felt so shameful. Like, work things im at home, and work thinks im at work, and im standing outside the liquor store waiting for them to open. And i feel inside like im waiting to go, like, murder a bunch of puppies. I wasnt in the drivers seat anymore, i had no control over what i was doing. Did it ever cost you a job . Oh, yeah. Every job ive ever had, ive lost because of drinking. In a perfect world, how would we be treating alcohol use disorder in this country . The way i do, like a healthcare condition. Willenbring, a psychiatrist and addiction specialist, set up his own clinic in st. Paul, minnesota. He says alcoholism is a complex, chronic disease. And though he encourages it, he doesnt require abstinence. No one comes to the clinic wanting to stop drinking or using. What they want is to continue to drink and use and not have it screw up their lives. How have you been since the last time i saw you he targets his patients accompanying conditions like anxiety and depression and uses behavioral therapies. And he provides something most alcohol treatment programs dont. Anti addiction medication. If you asked the average physician to name the three drugs that are approved by the fda for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, i dont think many could. Dr. George koob is the top official at the nihs institute on alcoholism and alcohol abuse. He agrees that theres not enough of the latest research in todays rehab. He says the approved antiaddiction drugs are effective, but most doctors are not trained to use them. How could it be that, that a disease so pervasive as alcoholism is is not being treated by physicians . Good question. Its always kinda been the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about, and nobody wants to address. Do we have the tools already at our disposal to fight alcoholism in this country . We have tools at our disposal to do a lot better. We need to get those treatments out to the public. We need the public to understand that those treatments are not just rehab and aa. People die from alcohol withdrawal. Dr. Matt bivens and dr. Victor pinkes are two new england physicians who have been forced to take on alcoholism. They are emergency room doctors. We see people come in who are shaky and nauseated and we get them into a detox program. Were like, you know, have you ever been to rehab before . Yes. Do you wanna go to rehab . No. And then we see em again, and were like, what happened . I went to detox, i came out, i started drinking again. And it feels very frustrating. Determined to find a solution, the doctors came across an unorthodox treatment called the sinclair method. Its unorthodox because patients continue drinking, as long as they take naltrexone, one of those approved antiaddiction drugs, one hour before the first sip. The drug blocks pleasure receptors in the brain, a buzzkill. And when combined with psychotherapy sessions, the theory goes, eventually their cravings go away. Youre essentially telling folks that you can drink yourself sober. Yeah. Sounds like something thats gonna get us in trouble. Yeah. Im uncomfortable with that. The whole goal of the program is to slowly extinguish the amount that they drink over a period of four to six months. Were not insisting on abstinence. We tell them all. Zero is safest. But if the choice is between drinking 20 drinks a night or one drink a night, take one. What about your pledge to do no harm . Thats an excellent question, but im perfectly comfortable with that. Were pretty pragmatic doctors. People who drank yesterday and the day before are going to drink tomorrow. Thats something dr. Pinkes knows all too well. His own wife lisa had been struggling with alcohol. After rehab failed, her husband prescribed her the sinclair treatment. There were days i wouldnt drink at all. No wine . Right. Lisa stopped drinking completely, and her success became the inspiration for the clinic. When i would get drunk i would get very drunk. Where marissa is now a patient. How are you . We talked to her after just a few weeks of treatment. Has the pill rewired your brain you think at all . Has it changed the desire . When i take it. Because i have to decide to take it. And that means i have to decide that i dont want the feeling that alcohol gives me. While the new boston clinic is using a medical approach, experts caution the sinclair method has not been extensively tested. So we talked to a number of of scientists and they are quite skeptical. Its early. The bottom line is the Current System is failing. So i dont see anything wrong with taking something that has helped a lot of people and offering it here. But even as medical science tries to improve treatment, some of the most respected rehab facilities are standing by 12 steps. Chris yadron is executive director of the nonprofit Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in new york. The 12 steps are crucial because its a Spiritual Program of recovery, in a sense of the human spirit, our need for connection, our need for meaning, our need to reclaim value. And thats what recoverys really about. The 12step program was created in the 30s, 40s and were using the same approach 80 years later . If we were using that approach exclusively i might have the same misgivings we use he says Hazelden Betty fords clinics have joined the conversation. They have added a broad range of sciencebased medications and therapies, though he says they have a good track record of success with 12 steps. What were saying is, this is an extremely timetested, proven way that people have found hope in healing. And were going to build on that with the best of science. Marissa has stuck with her new england doctors and her pills. And guess what . After three months, she noticed a big change. Do you still have cravings . No. And its so crazy. I kinda feel like i dont even remember what they feel like any more. Thats pretty wild. Yeah. To me the fact that i feel safe in a room with alcohol in it is astonishing. But its not all down to her pills, she says. Because she has also been getting support from the 12 steps of aa. And on her path to recovery, she has learned a thing or two. What would you like other people to know . People who are battling alcohol addiction . If you have this this disease, then theres help for you. And now i know that theres a lot of different types of help. Theres not one type of treatment that works for everyone. Coming up. It was not that place, this utopian place where i grew up an allamerican town torn in two. White people start to be mean to the hispanic community. Really . Yes. Stepping to the plate, the local hero. Chicago cubs manager, joe madden. These are good people theyre gonna save this town can he do for his town. What he did for his team . Plus, more on our inspiring story of michaela de prince. Thankfully she hasnt turned into a diva. She went wont ever, right . No. To take. Victoza® lowers blood sugar in three ways. And while it isnt for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. 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Details of long past Little League games. Rosters, teams, losses and triumphs. I was unhittable as as a Little Leaguer and as a high school pitcher. I was unhittable. Right, yeah. I really was. Not bragging. Just true. He remembers an ideal childhood in what for him was the perfect hometown. Perfect. Its ozzie and harriet, father knows best. Uh, leave it to beaver. Although my dad didnt come home in a suit and have a martini waiting on him. My dad was a plumber. A place where even a plumbers kid could have big league dreams. And while not quite good enough to play in the majors, maddon would spend the next several decades climbing rung by rung through the ranks as a coach and manager. Oh say can you see and along the way he became famous as a leader whose teams win, no matter the odds. His methods are unorthodox. None of this looks like normal professional baseball. Including his maddonisms. Mysterious mantras plastered on tshirts which declare we are here to have fun. Do you really have a party after every win . Yeah. Theres a party room. Last fall with maddon at the helm, the forever hapless and perhaps cursed chicago cubs overcame more than century of futility by finally winning a world series. The cubs win the world series. Bryant makes the play. Its over. And the cubs have finally won it all. Think of maddon as a kind of baseball moses leading the cubs into the promised land. And yet i dont believe id have ever a been in the position to be in that dugout to be able to win a world series, if it wasnt for all of this. All of this is hazleton. Blue collar. And back then very white. Maddon home movies show a vision of postwar prosperity. A tight knit family. Devout faith. And joe, the apple of everyones eye. Everybody knew everybody else. You really had a hard time getting in trouble, because if you did, it got back to your pops somehow. And even worse, it made it back to my mom. Whoever said you cant go home again didnt know joe. He always found time to return. But on a trip back in 2010 with his wife jaye, they were stunned. His hometown was in deep trouble. I was really appalled by what i was seeing. I thought there was a tremendous disconnect. There was a lot of fear. There was a lot of talk of of gangs and people were afraid to go shop downtown. While joe was building his baseball career hazleton was dying. Its population had shrunk by a third. The industrial jobs which brought immigrants here more than century ago were gone. Replaced eventually by warehouses and distribution centers. The pay wasnt great but plenty attractive to a new wave of immigrants. Hispanics from the big cities who came here for jobs and affordable housing. That kind of changed the dynamic because people started to see a lot of people who looked a little bit differently, who might have had accents. Thats nice though bob curry is joe maddons cousin. A firstperson witness to the hispanic influx. And the white resentment. They were confronting for the first time that what was happening to their city was they were losing their city. Lauren saccos family has owned a restaurant in hazleton for more than 20 years. Lauren resented the way her town was changing. I dont know the guy on the corner. I dont know the guy down the street. People moving in my parents neighborhood. All of a sudden the crime rate went up, drugs went up. Reporter local cops had their hands full. And longtime hazleton residents were up in arms. It all boiled over in 2006, when two undocumented hispanic men were accused of murdering a white father of three. And ive had enough. Enough is enough. Mayor lou barletta and hazletons city Council Passed the toughest local immigrant ordinances in the country and declared english the official language. The white people start to be mean to the hispanic community. Really . Yes. Niurka de la rosa runs a Day Care Center in town. Do you think the law gave them permission . Yes. Yes. The town went from almost completely white to more than a third hispanic in less than a decade. Race relations were toxic. How are ya . And into that mix came maddon. I just knew that i didnt like it. Because it was not that place, this utopian place that i grew up. Joe thought, what was happening to hispanics in hazleton was no different from the reception his grandparents generation received when they arrived from italy and poland. What kind of prejudice would your grandparents have faced coming into pennsylvania . Language, music dirty kids, kids are bad nobodys there to control them. I mean, you heard all that stuff. And you hear the same thing now. Joe wanted to meet with local hispanics. In order to see the hazleton they were living in. Joe maddon came. He was invited to niurkas house. Yeah . What was that like . I was treating him like anybody that was a guest in my house. It was a night of kids, food, and family chaos. And everybody is laughing and having a great time. I mean, absolutely having a great time. And thats when it hit me. My god, this is exactly what my house used to look like in the 50s and the 60s. Joes thought in a single sentence crystallized what we had been thinking. There is no problem here. This is how we grew up. Joe felt he had an advantage his old neighbors did not. He knew hundreds of hispanics from baseball. Loved them. I mean, i loved the culture. I loved the food. I loved the music. And like i said, there was a commonality there based on family and how we were raised. To joe, the solution was simple. He assembled his Hometown Team including cousins bob and elaine to design the kind of place that would bring the community together. He said to me and bob, i want these children to know what its like to grow up in hazleton and to be part of a community. And thats how the hazleton Integration Project or hip was born. A Community Center to build a bridge between whites and hispanics. What was the reaction . Obviously, not strong among the the locals the people that id grown up with. A lot of them joey, what are you doing . I was just like everybody else. And i was like, oh, another thing for someone else. What about us . Weve been here, were born and raised here. I dont get a center. I dont get a place. Joes determination and charisma created an irresistible force. Theres the family priest, theres the pope, and theres joe maddon. Somewhere above that. After countless conference calls, fundraisers and board meetings, maddon opened hips First Community home, the hazleton one center. Everyone was welcome. A thousand people pour through the doors every week. Busy with preschool and after school classes. Have you seen her . Esl and citizenship instruction. Kids play sports, get a hot meal and get a taste of what joe maddons hazleton is all about. You come and see our hispanic kids in our center. I tell my folks back home, they speak better english than you do. I promise you. They know their tenses a lot better. And they dont say yous. amanda lara is the assistant education director at hip she never dreamed thered be a place like this in her home town. It builds a sense of belonging for people who have felt ostracized for so long and then it helps facilitate the the necessary unity that we need in this town. Believers are beginning to outnumber doubters, local businesses are providing goods and services to hip. Even a brand new playground. Ah lauren sacco changed her view on the newcomers too. If they were not here, youd be driving through a ghost town. She used the hip Community Center to get her menus translated into spanish. We are now serving 100 percent of the Community Versus just 50 percent of it. And as for business the last three years have been the best three years that weve had. The notsosubtle shift in attitude has carried over to a local bank, which just last year hired its first hispanic employee. Ivelisse eufracio. They say, oh my god, finally somebody who speak spanish. Yes, spanish. Have your bosses said, you make a difference here, because you can communicate . Where they are . Yes . Well, yes. And across town business is on the upswing. 53 new businesses in the last three years. And major crime is down. The lowest numbers in a decade. Youre seeing a tremendous attitude adjustment in our hometown thats Getting Better by the by the day, actually. And as for hispanics, hazleton still feels like a land of opportunity. Enchiladas, burgizos. When jose fuentes came to hazleton ten years ago, the salvadoran refugee sold tomatoes on the street. This is beautiful man, this is beautiful. His market is a gleaming spacious showplace of entrepreneurial spirit. Is this your American Dream . Yes, yes. Let there be no doubt bridging hazletons divide is still a work in progress. Today the city is more than fifty percent hispanic. Some whites we met are still displeased. But maddon is emphatic. Hispanics are the future. Because theyre gonna save our town. And you have two options right here. Either you get on board and help us, or just youre gonna die. And when you die and go away, then youre gonna get outta the way. Youre not going to be part of the problem any more. So its either help or die. These days joe likes what he sees in hazleton especially on the fields where he used to play. What whats the difference you see . Names on the backs of the jersey. Im seeing some guzmans, florentinos theres a couple wisnewskis out here. Yeah, i saw that, too. But theres colon over here. I love it. I played right here. And really all that joe ever wanted for hazletons new residents was a level playing field. Joe says its the hazleton way. Im eternally grateful to this town and the people here. So for me to turn my back on it would be the absolute insult and ingratitude. And i would never do that. Coming up i didnt think i would have anything good in my life at all ballerina michaela de prince. Last week her story moved so many people. And its moving some folks in hollywood, too. Mgm is making a movie, right . Meryl streep said she wanted to play me. Theyre back and, at outback our sweet, tender snow crab legs come with a big bold outback steak and, speaking of big. Why not go full aussie, and go for a full pound steak crab starts at just 15. 99. But, hurry in. When theyre gone, theyre gone kate snow has a followup tonight on a story that touched many of us. Last weeks report on ballet dancer, michaela deprince. We heard from so many viewers this week who were astonished by Michaela Deprinces story from spurned orphan to star ballerina. And a lot of people had questions about her family, particularly her adoptive mother elaine and adoptive sister mia. Thats where michaela gets it from. In our story, we told you that elaine and her husband charles adopted three boys, who all passed away from aids. Amazingly, the couple went on to adopt six more children, including michaela and mia. The other four girls are between 17 and 22 years old. All of them are from africa, one is hearing impaired. Did you feel like you were saving them in some way . I dont think i ever thought of it as saving them. We were interested in saving ourselves. Because of the deaths of our boys, we were in a very bad place. And i said to my husband, these children have holes in their heart from their losses and we have holes in our hearts. And we can fill those holes together. Michaelas success as a ballerina is still mindboggling to her siblings, but they keep her grounded. Thankfully the fame hasnt gotten to her. Like, she hasnt turned into a diva. Not yet and she she wont ever, right . No. No way. Mia is talented in her own right. She sings and composes original songs like this one, called in golden light. Mia wants to be a music therapist and help others. Michaela dreams of returning to sierra leone and starting an art school for kids where shell teach ballet and mia will teach music. The arts saved me. Dancing saved me. Saved my sister. Singing saved her. Michaela and her family have received an outpouring of support and love from viewers. Maybe not surprising, their powerful story has been bought for the big screen. Mgm is making a movie. What do you think of that . And who should play you meryl streep said she wanted to play me. Are you kidding . No. We were at a womens conference. And you met meryl streep and yeah. I met we were talking and she said, i wanna play you. I want to play you. Can i play you . I said, meryl, i have no say in the matter. I said, besides, youre probably too tall. So wholl play michaela . She told us shed actually prefer an unknown actress to take the role. 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