shea now retired zookeeper wayne milner wasn't supposed to live. i remember saying i don't think i can do this. >> reporter: it was november 2013. milner had worked at the national zoo for more than two decades. one day at work a gate was open. a zebra like this one weighing 850 pounds mauled him. >> he is now enjoying a very well earned retirement. >> reporter: exactly one year later, milner and six other george washington university trauma patients were given the opportunity to say thank you. >> you know, they take care of you when you need it. >> reporter: he says that these seven patients who are here are here alive against all odds. he says it's partly due to the medical services provided by the entire hospital team, but he says there is just one more thing. >> number one, will power. everything starts with the patient. so their desire to live. their fortitude and persevering through that suffering and pain. >> reporter: the national zoo released a safety report following milner's tragic injury blaming it on human error. >> there was a door th

we sit down with yuri milner. can it really be the next silicon valley? ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." i am bloomberg west. hollywood celebrities walked the red carpet for the breakthrough prize, and they handed out awards to researchers focused on innovation in physics, mathematics, and science, and among the celebrities, emily chang was there. she joins us with more. emily, what was it like? >> in deed. everyone was excited about cameron diaz, and i will say our production team especially, but this is a $3 million prize that goes to scientists and those who discover things in the realm of physics, and these are things that you and i cannot understand. the money is donated by people like mark zuckerberg and sergey brin and others, and milner was a doctoral candidate in particle physics and then went out, and he was always disappointed that he did not pursue the physics thing with as much success as he had, and i talk to him about the prize and the progress he hopes to see and what else he hopes will be discovered. >> i think we are facing a tim

. >> his name is wayne milner. he says he barely remembers the attack that nearly cost him his life. >> he was in the hospital for two weeks, and had several surgeries after that. tonight we're learning doctors faced an unusual situation in the operating room when he was brought in. news4's richard jordan explains how everyone involved managed to stay calm. >> reporter: the zebra pictured here named gamu is at the national zoo, but the zookeeper the animal attacked last year retired. actually, it is a year ago today. basically, first thing i remember he bit my ear off. >> reporte the zebra got into the yard he was in and bit him six times, ribbing off his flesh. milner is still missing part of his upper ear. >> terror goes through your mind, and you react. and hopefully you react and try to keep yourself alive, which is what i did. >> reporte doctors at george washington hospital thought the emergency was a drill at first. but that day there was added pressure in the operating room. the american college of surgeons

his doctor says milner is lucky to be alive. >> it's not like a dog bite. this animal had ripped off huge chunks of flesh. all over. some of the abdomen, some of the leg, on the ear. >> milner says he feels good. he still has knuckle procedures on the horizon and is planning a trip back to the zoo to see the animals, something he hasn't done in a year. have a happy thanksgiving. you have earned it. for now. coming up at 6:00, you better layer up. how long will the temperature stay? breaking news me attack on a synagogue and jerusalem as the death toll rises. a pharmacist charged with theft, but how much he accused of taking his truly shocking. and more when abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. abc sevenom the broadcast ceer, this is abc seven news at 6:00, on your side. >> the word tonight is bundle up. the arctic air is bringing unseasonably cold weather. it get and what do you need to know about the morning commute. doug hill has all the answers. right nowin the 20's in most areas, so that gives you the idea we will go lower with lighter winds and clear s

milner is retired. the six other patients are in different stages of recovery thanks to the range of medical care they received, plus one more important other thing. >> number one, will power. everything that starts with the patient, so, their desire to live. their fortitude and perseverance through all of that suffering and pain. that's the most important. >> the hospital also gave us a sneak peek of their brand-new trauma set up to open in weeks. debra alfarone interviewed zebra attack survivor today. for the entire interview, go to our new news app. >>> trolleys won't be trolling arlington county. up next, the reason officials axed the project. >>> and it is looking to be the coldest night since march. topper is tracking how chilly it's going to be and when we can expect a warmup. you're watching wusa9 and your only local news at 7:00. >>> the plan to bring streetcars to the roads of arlington county won't happen afterall. >> stephanie ramirez reports the 7 1/2 mile streetcar route would have connect

milner went to george washington hospital. zebra bites aren't like dog bites. the animal ripped his flesh. the bites marked the end of his 20-year career at the zoo. >> well, it bit my ear first and then i think it bit me here, probably put my hand up and he bit this. which took out the tendon in my finger. and they actually put this tendon with this tendon so that these two fingers go together now. >> reporter: milner survived, but a young gazelle in an exhibit nearby was spooked and died. treating a zebra bite was by far one of the most unusual cases for the medical staff. >> we have these spots drilled to make sure we're prepared. and i thought the guys were pulling one over on me by saying it's a zebra attack. i really did. >> i'm very lucky to have gotten out. and i don't hold any grudges against gamu. he was just doing his thing. i was in his area. he just wanted to -- let's play, you know. >> reporter: milner says he accepts full responsibility for what happened wit the zebra. he left a gate open that he shouldn't have. coming up, all new at 6:00, why th

i was there and spoke with yuri milner. he helps bankroll the $3 million that every prize when it winner receives. he is a former physics student and he spoke about why the awards are so important. >> if we don't communicate the importance of science, we are facing a time when there will be no more funding. ultimately, all the funding goes from people. this is how the budgets will be spent. if people are unaware of what scientists are doing, there will be a disconnect. >> you are seeing facebook and google becoming more interested in science and robotics and space. are they the right companies to lead the charge? can they lead innovation like einstein? >> not really i think the companies you are talking about are leading the charge in applied science. this particular day is about fundamental science. what it means is out of pure curiosity people are working day and night and trying to understand how everything works. only then, after many years sometimes or hundreds of years, it goes into technology. the very first step is

the russian entrepreneur, yuri milner. >> yes all stop we spoke with yuri milner. where yuri milner, mark zuckerberg and and we gigi are honoring scientists, giving away millions of dollars, certainly in terms of the award and it rivals the nobel prize, but giving prizes to scientists making scientific discovery in the realm of physics. these are things you and i probably don't understand. about whether there would be another silicon valley. listen to what he had to say. hard foroblem is it's this infrastructure, which is a combination of mentors and investors and venture capitalists and late stage funds. it takes dozens of years to build. it is also a network effect in a way, so it is extremely difficult. it takes dozens and dozens of years to put these various pieces together. i don't know where the next silicon valley is. >> will there be another? >> it is possible but difficult. >> thank you very much. i want everybody to tune into bloomberg west for more of both of those interviews. makers was quote will be back in a short moment. ♪ towers that tower over ce

of messaging, david marcus, best-selling author malcolm gladwell and billionaire tech investor yuri milner.

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milner is a physicist himself. once a physics student, and then dropped out. he went on to tech investing but always was disappointed he did not pursue the physics thing with as much success as he had. spoke with him last night about the progress he hopes to see and what else he will be discovered. >> i think if we do not really , -- we vote how the budget will be spent. if, the uimate voters are not aware of the things being done, i think we will disconnect. facebook, amazon, google, big tex companies are becoming more interested in science, robotics, and it are they the right companies to lead the charge? can they lead innovation like einstein? >> not really. i think the companies you are talking about, they are really leading the charge in applied science. this particular day is about fundamental science. it means just out of pure people are really working day and night and tried to understand how everything works. only then, after many years, sometimes, about maybe hundreds of years, it goes into technology. the very first step is really always riven by cu

. >> i asked that same question to yuri milner and i thought he would say, say yes, it is. instead he says there may never be another silicon valley? >> i think what's going on here, it happened to create a culture of entrepreneurship for many years. going back to when these old to knowledge economy's were founded, companies like hp or cisco. even before that, intel. i think that culture created a lot of people who have very good mentors. they are mentoring a lot of younger companies. in many other places, it would take longer to do that. it takes years and years of development for what we have in silicon valley. >> that was credit suisse managing director imran khan. you can get the latest headlines at the top of the hour and all the time on bloomberg.com/technology. we will see you tomorrow with more "bloomberg west." ♪ ♪ >> here's johnny. >> from the moment he stepped on stage to the day he said goodbye -- the king of late night was johnny carson. >> he went right into the homes across america. >> mom, i am on tv.

court today was it glommed on to justice -- associate justice samuel alito's concurrence in the case milner versus department of navy, which was about exemption two, and the risk of circumvengs prong of exemption two and in that case the court decided that that language did not comport with the statutory language of exemption two, and that -- that provision that had basically -- court created provision that basically existed for nearly 30 years. was no longer any good. so alito, out of the goodness of his heart, decided to sketch out a scenario under which the government could claim that all these records were law enforcement records. basically, basically the argument he made was that any records that deal with security issues are clearly, you know, created to be used for law enforcement purposes. and if any record fits into that category, then, you know, then it -- then down the line it can be used for -- it can be claimed as an exemption. he also said that even earlier supreme court decision which a case called john doe -- john doe corporation versus john doe agency, in which the supreme

it. e financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >>> mark zuckerberg and mary milner are teaming up eachi yea to give $3 until to the scientific accomplishment. you're looking live at the red carpet last night on the west coast. 12 break through prizes were awarded but take a look at what happened. >> we have for 3 billion years we have been evolving this amazing oregon called brain. and all of a sudden we can understand the universe and our place in it. and yet the people who helped us do this, they are not celebrated. and i think we'll learn how to celebrate athletes but i think it's about time we celebrate scientists. >> in total 12 breakthrough prizes were awarded. this year the first to hop more mathematicians because we do celebrate sports and so many other actors, but we don't celebrate -- >> what is the nobel prize, though? don't we celebrate science there? >> not in a truly celebratory way. >> they will be very upset you said that. >> but i don't think you have physics and math. the point is to get kids to think that is what is cool. right? >> yeah, i guess i