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Coach steps up to the plate, donates kidney to player
Kevin Jordan was in need of a kidney but none of his family members proved to be a match. But Jordan, a Wake Forest baseball star, got the gift of a lifetime Monday when he received a kidney from his coach, Tom Walter.
The two tell their story to American Morning's Kiran Chetry.
Mayor Nutter trying to keep City of Brotherly Love on its feet
Philadelphia has an unemployment rate of 10.7% but Mayor Michael Nutter is trying to keep his city on its feet.
Nutter will be speaking Thursday about the steps he and his administration have taken to spur economic growth and job creation in the City of Brotherly Love, including investment in small businesses and expansion of large corporations. Nutter speaks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about his state's challenges and his efforts.
Did the U.S. intelligence community miss protest warning signs?
The Obama administration continues to try to strike a diplomatic balance between condemning the Mubarak regime and maintaining its friendly relationship with Egypt as the protests persist. But, did the United States intelligence community miss signs of the uprisings before they broke out?
Michael Scheuer is a former CIA Counterterrorism Analyst who once headed the CIA's Bin Laden Unit. He talks to CNN's T.J. Holmes about Egypt and other matters of U.S. and international security.
One dead, five still missing in Allentown Gas explosion
At least one person is dead and five are still missing after an explosion leveled several homes in Allentown, Pennsylvania, authorities said early Thursday morning.
Robert Scheirer, Allentown's fire chief, told American Morning’s Kiran Chetry that the fire is out, and gas lines in the area have been turned off. He said the emergency response is considering this a recovery at this point.
“We believe it to be a natural gas explosion,” he told Chetry. “We don’t know if the leak was inside the home or out on the street. That all has to be investigated.”
Chief Scheirer also said about 500 people from Gross Towers were also evacuated and taken to shelters in the city.
Watch the entire interview here.
Parents of gunned-down student speak out
American Morning’s T.J. Holmes sat down with Angella and Danroy Henry Sr., the parents of Pace University student-athlete Danroy Henry Jr. who was shot by a police officer in late October, and discussed the unresolved details regarding their son’s death.
Although Mrs. Henry expressed no interest in wanting to talk to the officer in question, Mr. Henry has one question, “Why?” “I would love to talk to him, because I’d love to ask him just why. Officers aren’t trained to escalate risk, they’re trained to deescalate,” he said.
The Henrys are currently in the process of filing a $120 million lawsuit against the Pleasantville police department while the grand jury continues to investigate their son’s case. Watch the full interview below.
New study questions lymph node removal for breast cancer patients
Breast cancer affects one out of every eight women in the United States. If it hasn't touched your family or friends, it could. This morning, there's new information that many of the women affected might not have needed painful, unnecessary surgery to remove the entirety of a patient's lymph nodes.
American Morning's Kiran Chetry spoke with Dr. Monica Morrow, a surgical oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the author of this new study in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." Morrow explains why this is good news for women.
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