When a former Obama campaign staffer was diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS, he was given six months to live. But five years later, with his wife's help, Brian Wallach is still fighting the disease and raising awareness in hopes of one day finding a cure. Reporter Brandis Friedman has this story from PBS station WTTW in Chicago.

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