the lady working at the sperm bank, juliana. >> there are few people who worked directly with robert a was one of them. from 1980 to 1985, she helped him track down the best and brightest sperm in the states. >> what were the prerequisites for becoming a donor for the repository? >> number one, women wanted good health. number two, they wanted good looks. number three, they wanted brilliance. >> how would you go about recruiting them? what was your pitch? >> can you imagine doing that? it wasn't easy to get a donor. they kind of go, why are you in my office? and i said, well, you have some genetic material, and there's some people out there that can use that. they would like to have a child. >> what kinds of places would you visit in your recruiting efforts? >> cal tech. >> julianna traveled up and down the west coast, dropping in on elite college campuses to recruit dean's list students. >> i'd take the tanks of liquid nitrogen in dr. graham's cadillac and drive up to cal tech and talk to the students. and they say, you want to meet the genius of the whole school? that's his office.

the miracle of bundling -- now, that's progressive. >>> the sperm bank industry has changed drastically0 years ago. what graham pioneered, the screening of sperm for desirable traits like intelligence, is now commonplace. this is fairfax cryo bank, a sperm bank and fertility research center in virginia. inside this building billions of sperm have been collected, all waiting for a shot at creating a baby. >> have you ever used a microscope before? >> not since seventh grade. but i'm seeing a plethora. wow. they're fast little buggers. how much sperm is in this specimen? >> a healthy male will have about 20 million sperm per milliliter of sperm produced. >> 20 million. >> 20 million. >> dr. michelle auti is the lab director who oversees the journey of these little guys from collection cup to cryo tank and is the gatekeeper for who is and isn't allowed to donate. >> is it hard to become a donor? >> it's a rigorous screening process. which is a good thing. because we want really high-quality guys in the program. less than 1% of the men who initially apply to the fairfax donor program will a

, a sperm bank in virginia.lions of sperm of course collected, all waiting for a shot at creating a baby. >> have you ever used a microscope before? >> not since seventh grade. >> i'm seeing a plethora. >> wow. they're fast little buggers. >> how much sperm is in this specimen? >> a healthy male will have 20 million sperm per milliliter of sperm produced. >> she's the lab director who oversees the journey of these little guys from collection cup to cryo tank and is the gate keeper for who is and isn't allowed to donate. >> is it hard to become a donor? >> it's a rigorous screening process. which is a good thing. less than 1% of the men who apply will make it through to become a donor. >> less than 1%? >> less than 1%. statistically it's easier to get into an ivy league school than the fairfax program. >> that's wild. >> we live in a competitive world. now more than ever, parents are looking to give their kids every possible advantage. they come here looking for genetic material to do just that. >> okay, donor 43

and then speak with your gastroenterologist. >>> >>> the sperm bank industry has changed drastically nce the heyday of 35 years ago. what graham did in screening for such things as intelligent is now commonplace. this is fairfax cryobank, inside this building, billions of sperm have been collected, all waiting for a shot at creating a baby. >> have you used a microscope before? >> not since school. they're fast little boogers. how much sperm is in a specimen? >> a healthy male will have about 20 million produced. >> the doctor collects these little guys and is the gate-keeper for who is and who is not allowed to donate. >> is it hard to become a donor? >> it's a rigorous screening progress. we want high-quality guys. less than 1% will make it through. to become an active donor. >> less than 1%. >> statistically, it's easier to get into an ivy league school than it is to get into the fairfax donor program. >> that's wild. >> yes. >> thank you for calling, this is chantelle, how can i help you today? >> we live in a competitive world. now more than ever, parents are looking to give thei

when the sperm bank was opened, it caused a media frenzy. >> it houses a sperm bank said to be made upsively by donations from scientists. >> it is the property of robert graham who is concerned about what he believes to be the declining genetic endowment of human kind. >> the better the gene pool, the better the humans coming out of it. the poorer the gene pool the more useless and detrimental individuals will come out of it. i'm interested in improving the human gene pool. >> officially called the repository for germ nal choice, the goal was simple but innovative. he would pre-screen men based on their intellectual pedigree. a donor sheet would be mailed to interested shoppers. over 200 progeny were born from genius sperm, children he hoped would better the human gene pool, the question is, did it work? so 30 years ago, what robert graham tried to do in manufacturing genius was hugely controversial. but he was inundated with people who wanted to utilize the services, like a couple who lives in this building in new york city. before finding the repository, they tried for years to conc

>>ike it. >> it's actually really really the time. >> do some of the guys know you're from a sperm bankome of them do. there might be guys surprised that a genius is out here doing manual labor. what do you think? >> 29-year-old tom's genetic journey began at bank. raising him as if he were just like any other child but inside, written in his dna was the code for academic excellence. when i got to high school, i started taking college courses. >> it's horribly painful when the class moves at a low speed. >> were you a popular kid. >> no, those two don't go hand in hand. >> were you a nerd? >> oh, yeah. definitely aadesigner babies built to be alphas, betas, deltas and social class predetermined. do you think tom is a genius? >> i thinks very ib 39 intelligent but after years of trying she wasn't getting pregnant. >> unable to have a buy l, buy loathical child. to me that was huge. i've always felt that intelligence equals success in life. >> if you were in a situation where my husband and i could not have our own child and you have to pick characteristics, it's only the smart thing to d

. >> an ohio woman is suing a sperm bank in the midwest, she got something different frontalm what she paid for. >> we have karen rogers and matt pellman and trouble on i-95. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, let's start with storm tracker 6 live, we're dry through the area we have lots of clouds and sunshine, more clouds early on as we look at this close up view with satellite 6. cloudy skies in philadelphia it's a little clearer in the northwest suburbs. 58 degrees currently in quakertown. 63 in center city. temperatures are not too bad. not terribly cold at the moment. 57 in hammonton, 59 in woodbine and 58 in dover. as we look at the day ahead we'll see sunshine this afternoon mixing with the clouds, 74 degrees for your high, temperatures above what they would normally be this time of year. at this early hour you've got problems on the roads. >> reporter: i think we've been starting every single morning with issues on i-95. in northeast philadelphia we have a tanker fire there's the truck the flames were coming from earlier. you can see they have the fire extinguished now. t

you opt to use the services of a sperm bank. w did you learn that the sperm that you were pregnant with was from a black man, not a white man as you had ordered? >> um, we actually, five months into the pregnancy, we called to try to get more virals for the second pregnancy for amanda. when i called to order that sperm and the virals, i asked them for 380 and they came back on the line and said i do believe we have sent you donor number 330, are you sure that's not what you asked for? i obviously said no, my donor number is 330 or 380. they came back on the line and said, well, unfortunately, i think we are errored up and sent you 330. >> did they tell you then that the sperm you had gotten was from a black man? how did you find out? >> once they did some, you know, my shock, you know, being the different number than i wanted, they said hold on. let's go into your file and do more research. came back on the line and then had asked me if i had requested an african-american donor. at that point, i said no, 380 was blond haired, blu

jennifer and her partner are suing a midwest sperm bank formal practice. ago the ohio woman was mistakenly impregnated with sperm from a black man instead of the blond haired blue eyed man they requested. five months in, she was alerted to the mistake. she says it was simply too late. she is suing she does in want the sperm bank to make the same mistake again. >> you cannot just say, oops, sorry, be happy you got a child and walk away from this. >> we should add the couple so the lawsuit has nothing to do with their 2-year-old daughter who they deeply love. they just contend the sperm bank has no electronic record keeping or quality control. each they are gau miggue might wrong sperm from being used. up next, to washington, d.c. with the giants. stay with us. the lightest or nothing. the smartest or nothing. the quietest or nothing. the sleekest... ...sexiest, ...baddest, ...safest, ...tightest, ...quickest, ...harshest... ...or nothing. at mercedes-benz, we do things one way or we don't do them at all. introducing the all-new c-class. the best or nothing.

they went to the midwest sperm bank in a chicago suburb back in 2011 requesting sperm from a white donorith blue eyes. >> it was the most amazing feeling to know that i had a child that i was going to be able to raise to call my own. >> reporter: but that excitement turned to concern when jennifer five months' pregnant called the facility requesting the same donor sperm so amanda could get pregnant. they gave jennifer the vials of an african-american donor. she says the mix jum happened because the sperm bank keeps handwritten instead of electr electronic records which allowed the donor numbers to be misread. >> after a moment of panic, oh, lord, everything's changing on me so quickly, i knew i had to be strong, i have this child in my stomach. >> jennifer gave birth to a beautiful biracial girl payton, but raising payton in a predominantly white union town community, jennifer says, may be challenging. >> i want her to feel like she has a place with the people she has a place with, white, black, asian, any -- whoever she feels comfortable around. >> reporter: jennifer and her partner sui

the sperm bank must change their policy. >> that's a good point.re bringing up is just the accountability for the sperm banks. >> you have to do something. >> extract the couple out of it. take this family out of it. >> but mark, if you're going to sue, right, like they are and you know it's going to be in the public eye and you're asking for money so already you're going to get this reputation that you're doing this for the wrong reasons and maybe you don't love your daughter, even though they do, would you stay in that town or would you move somewhere that's more tolerant? because if you're going to stay in the town, then don't sue. >> right. first of all, you know, mama told me what people think of me is none of my business. okay? unfortunately, they're taking a position that these people in the town cannot love their child the way they do so it's time to go away and that is how they're going to get damages. the moving fees, the counselling. otherwise, you don't get any damages. there's no money. >> tough love. as it makes news, we'll update eve

a white couple from ohio are suing a sperm bank after mistakenly given a black donor sperm. their daughter peyton is two months old. >> we love her more to this day, she made us the people we are. never trade it for the world. >> despite that the couple want midwest sperm bank to be accountable. >> you cannot say "oops, sorry, be happy you have a child", and walk away from this. >> the couple is suing for $50,000 in part so they can afford to move out of the predominantly white community where they live. cranbrook has been mistreated because of her sexual oryep takes and worries -- orientation, and worries about racing peyton in a community with stereo typical ideas about nonwhites. we reached out to midwest sperm bank. as of the air time they had been responded to a request for comment. let us know what you think about that case. all because of a clerical error. >> thank you. >>> straight ahead, a rising arab american star in the g.o.p. tells us why he thinks minorities would vote republican if the party pays attention to their needs. if you think represent is high, you are

. >>> ohio monday is suing a sperm bank after she got the wrong sample and became pregnant with a child of a different race. in an interview, the mother was five months pregnant with her daughter when she found out about the mixup. she and her partner were on the phone when the sperm bank and therapy told the donor was african-american. i said, no, 380 is monday and blue eyes, something to resemble by partner and they said i believe 330 is an african-american donor and we can no longer talk to you. >> the women say they love their daughter very much but they want the permanent bank to be hell accountable. no comment from the sperm bank. >> apple is making it easier for those buying used products to make sure they are not stolen and you can see if a used iphone was locked down so if it is stolen you can lock the device from the site so the chief cannot -- the thief cannot get your information and you can see if the lock was activated indicating it may have been stolen. >>> mike? how is the forecast? >> some of us woke up to 40's and we are will in the 90's by the afternoon so the heat wa

they went to the midwest sperm bank in the chicago suburb back in 2011 requesting sperm from a white donor with blue eyes. >> it was the most amazing feeling to know that i had a child that i was going to be able to raise to call my own. >> reporter: but that excitement turned to concern when jennifer, five months pregnant called the facility requesting the same donor's sperm so amanda could get pregnant. center gave jennifer vials of an african-american donor. she says mix up happened because a sperm bank keeps handwritten instead of electronic record which allowed the donor number to be miss read. >> after a moment of panic, and, everything is changing on me so quickly, i knew i had to be strong. i have this child in my stomach. >> jennifer gave birth in 2012 to a beautiful bi racial girl named payton but raising payton in their white uniontown community jennifer says may be challenging. >> i want her to feel like she has a place with the people that she has a place with, white, black, asian, any, whoever she feels comfortable around. >> reporter: jennifer and her partner suing, he

the sperm bank has to be punished. >> you go to a sperm bank knowing you get to choose. the process is taxing, the money it costs and not wondering -- not knowing if it is all going to work out. i don't actually noah lot about -- know a lot about it. >> i'm sure i am never having kids, but i'm sure it is a joy at some point. >> it is not up to you. >> the whole thing to me smacks of sperm shaming. >> it does. >> have fun. >> we did a good job on that story. >>> coming up a fat, old white bruce lee and do you have videos of animals? you can send them to us at fox news.com/red eye. so excited. test test test test test test test test test test test test test test it's a fresh approach on education-- superintendent of public instruction tom torlakson's blueprint for great schools. torlakson's blueprint outlines how investing in our schools will reduce class sizes, bring back music and art, and provide a well-rounded education. and torlakson's plan calls for more parental involvement. spending decisions about our education dollars should be made by parents and teachers, not b

the sperm bank has to be punished. >> you go to a sperm bank knowing you get to choose. the process is taxing, the money it costs and not wondering -- not knowing if it is all going to work out. i don't actually noah lot about -- know a lot about it. >> i'm sure i am never having kids, but i'm sure it is a joy at some point. >> it is not up to you. >> the whole thing to me smacks of sperm shaming. >> it does. >> have fun. >> we did a good job on that story. >>> coming up a fat, old white bruce lee and do you have videos of animals? you can send them to us at fox news.com/red eye. so excited. rierksz will that be all, sir? thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no surprises. buying business internet, on the other hand, can be a roller coaster white knuckle thrill ride. you're promised one speed. but do you consistently get it? you do with comcast business. and often even more. it's reliable. just like kung pao fish. thank you, ping. reliably fast internet starts at $89.95 a month. comcast business. built for business. i

jennifer and her partner went to a sperm bank in 2011 to request sperm from a white donor with blue eyesead the center gave her vials from a black donor. she blames the mix-up on the bank's handwritten records which were misread. >> after a moment of panic, of oh, lord everything is changing on me so quickly, i knew i had to be strong. i have this child in my stomach. >> the mother says she is happy to have a healthy child but she is not going to let the facility get away with not being accountable. the sperm bank has apologized and said they will refund the cost of the vials. >>> facebook is backtracking on its policy of requiring users to post their real names. facebook recently deleted several hundred accounts forcing people to use their legal names for security purposes. but that didn't sit well with people like michael williams, who goes by "sister roma." >> i have not identified by that name in over 27 years. >> that real authentic self is not always reflected in a driver's license or identification card. >> facebook apologized to the lbgt people saying the policy doesn't require a

the sperm bank has to be punished. >> you go to a sperm bank knowing you get to choose.is taxing, the money it costs and not wondering -- not knowing if it is all going to work out. i don't actually noah lot about -- know a lot about it. >> i'm sure i am never having kids, but i'm sure it is a joy at some point. >> it is not up to you. >> the whole thing to me smacks of sperm shaming. >> it does. >> have fun. >> we did a good job on that story. >>> coming up a fat, old white bruce lee and do you have videos of animals? you can send them to us at fox news.com/red eye. so excited. >> i don't know. i will be on the >> i don't know. i'll be on the "o'reilly factor" friday. >> meanwhile, last story. that's the last story. >> and now a fun thing for people who love fun things jim mcdermott from washington state has an important question to ask. >> do you know a bruce? >> can you repeat that question? >> do you know a bruce? >> who? >> do you know a bruce? >> that is my favorite one. >> back to normal, mo. >> do you know a bruce? >> again. >> do you know a bruce? >> one more ti

jennifer, and her partner went to a sperm bank back in 2011.ut she now says that the biracial child she's upset because she says missing her daughter and a primarily white mini is challenging it says that she was five months pregnant when she discovered the mixup. >> : for a moment of alert everyone strained ever since changing so quickly ahead new have to be strong and this child in my stomach. >> : she said the sperm bank numbers had written her numbers reportedly makes up sperm bank had no comment. airline >> : sit still crashing end for a car chase through >> : a new mobile application launching the bay area delivering boos on demand. stay tuned as coming up in the tech support. >> : coming up later we look ahead to the giants and nationals tomorrow at noon also called capet 6 upper harbaugh and raider quarterback rich can and explodes. later in this broadcast >> : news at 8 been called to provoke a halt and manuel mobile app delivering news on demand coupled casas' more phone someone can of beer wine or even fancy cocktail with all mixer's

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now she is suing that sperm bank. they tell you then that, that the sperm you had gotten was from a black man, how did you find out? >> they said hold on. let's go into your file. do a little bit more research. came back on the line. then had asked me if i -- had requested an african-american donor. at that point, i said, no. something resembling my partner amanda. at that point, they said i believe 330 is an african-american donor. basically we can no longer talk to you any more. >> she told us she loves her daughter dearly. how cute she was the she lives in a town that is nearly all white. she wants her to grow of in a community where her daughter feels accepted. we have been having spirited discussions. we invited new day anchor chris cuomo for a no holds barred. >> getting it on the streets, that was the question, aren't you happy to ask her. >> what's wrong with black sperm? >> everything is wrong with black sperm, don. this is america, don't you know that. i don't like anything about the story. every aspect is di

a woman there suing a sperm bank because she became pregnant with sperm from a black donor.hree years ago, jennifer and her same-sex partner, went to the midwest sperm bank to find a donor to have a child. while she was pregnant, she learned she was inseminated with an african american man's sperm. a worker misread which donor she wants. she said she loves her daughter dearly, but that her community won't accept peyton because of her race. >> you cannot just say oops, sorry, be happy you got a child. >> it wasn't like she was calling and ordering a pizza. she was ordering donor sperm. >> she's suing for wrongful birth and breach of warranty, citing emotional and economic losses she suffered because of the mix-up. chuck, does she have a case here? >> absolutely. first time i found out i was black, i tried to sue both my parents too. [ laughter ] i'm just saying, you know what's funny, first of all, she's got the makings for an awesome sitcom. instead of suing someone, this should be a great sitcom. >> or reality show. >> yes. they did a study and found out how much money woul

. >> a medical mix up stay sperm bank leaves this couple not very happy. "action news" continues. # on my journey across america, i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you >> hello, everyone, 5:43, yes it is fall, 63 degrees on city avenue. it's going to be cloudy, thing will brighten up this afternoon with highs in the 70s. >> mattie pellman in the house, what's going on, matt? >> reporter: good morning to you nydia and matt. we have an issue on i-95, we've been watching an earlier tanker truck fire in the northbound lanes in the work zone at cottman avenue, fire long since extinguished, but they are out there investigating and so they have the right lane blocked north of bridge street. at this point there are no delays traveling northbound through the work zone, but if the truck stays out here very long those delays could form. some of t

. >>> and i'll talk to the white mother of a biracial toddler who's suing the sperm bank for mistakingly giving them the sperm of a black donor. >>> "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. tonight, health officials 234 the dallas area are working to locate 80-100 people who may have come direct or secondary contact with the ebola patient. >>> meanwhile, four people duncan was staying with in the dallas area who were with him at the time he became ill are now quarantined inside the department they shared. the sheets, dirty towels and clothes worn by duncan remain in the apartment with those four people who had close contact with him. officials are working to get the apartment cleaned. >> we had some hedging issues that we are addressing in that apartment. this is a fluid situation. we have a contractor. there are protocol that is have to be followed to clean and to take care of the things that need to be taken care of in there. >> texas health officials have placed the four residents under quarantine after officials say they ignored requests not to leave the apartment. a

i visited a sperm bank in fairfax, virginia, that told me that it is harder to get into their sperm bankcause they require such meticulous things from their donors. so it is pretty interesting to see how full circle it has come since robert graham's case. >> harder to get into a sperm bank than harvard, there are so many issues to that. all right, well, i can't wait to see this. lisa, thank you. >> it will be outstanding, this is life with lisa, airing sunday at 10:00. thank you for joining us, anderson cooper "ac360" begins now. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us everyone. we begin with breaking news in the fight against isis. ominous news there is fighting on anbar province, if that falls that could mean baghdad is closer and closer in the cross hairs. up against the wall is how one senior official described the battle against isis. this despite the continued airstrikes throughout the country, the strikes that before this news was coming under fire because they seem to be having little to no effect. cnn correspondent jim sciutto is talking about what is happening in anbar. >> w

an ohio woman is suing a midwest sperm bank after she says she got the wrong donor sample and became pregnant with a biracial child. she and her partner east in order for sperm from a white owner with blonde hair and blue eyes. they received a sample from an african-american donor. they have a biracial toddler and a new set of problems living in a predominantly white town. >> she's going to know that we love her unconditionally, everybody around her loves her. i think she's going to know why we did what we did. the basis of the lawsuit and why we are doing what we are doing is so thtat somebody is held accountable and this isn't going to happen to anybody else. >> they are seeking at least $50,000 in damages from the sperm bank. >> the boston herald apologizing saying it is sorry for a political cartoon that played into a racial stereotype. the newspaper issued a formal apology today for this editorial ran in yesterday pass paper poking fun at how far into the white house an intruder made it last month. the cartoonist included a caption about watermelon toothpaste. the paper says it r

instead the midwest sperm bank insem nated her with sperm from a black man.ound out about the mix-up five months into her pregnancy. payton was born in 2012 and lives with the couple in predominantly white community in ohio which mom believes could present a challenge. >> we want her to grow up in a community where she feels accepted, feels like it's normal to be who she is, walk down the street and not have anything, anything, screw that view. >> the sperm bank apologized and said it will refuntd couple their money. >> going sl facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit in connection with the celebrity photos stolen and leaked on the internet. and an attorney representing several actors, models and athletes sent a let to google this week. it says that the internet company failed to remove stolen images and celebrities from the sites. google could be liable for 100 million dollars in muntive damages. >> on "healthcheck" at 10. healthier soda options. coca-cola is now offering coca-cola life. it's a localery soda without the diet label. it has 35% fewer calories th

a white woman from ohio is suing a downers grove sperm bank, accusing the company of mistakenly giving her sperm from an african-american donor. jennifer cramblett and her same-sex partner ordered sperm of a white donor in september 2011 but the midwest sperm bank sent her the wrong vials. cramblett says raising her two- year-old mixed-race daughter in an all-white community has been stressful and difficult. the sperm bank is not commenting on the lawsuit but did apologize for the mix up in 2011 and refunded her money. a woman decided, the appropriate place for a feminist crusade, was her daughter's second-grade classroom. she showed up with cookies for the class -- a little more graphic than these. the cookies were shaped like, well, "lady parts"... complete with sprinkles to represent different anatomical features. the teacher refused to give the cookies to the kids without, ummm, waxing" them first. so mom stormed out... and fired off an angry email to the teacher, saying she should be *proud of her female equipment... and saying she hopes the teacher ends up with an abusive husband

find out why two women are suing a chicago area sperm bank and why the sperm bank is completely to blamere celebrity photos. what they have done to give them access to compromising pictures and why a lawyer is suing google to stop this from happening in the first place. those stories and more on mornings on 2 and now back to you. >>> let's check in with sal. >> i think i am going to watch that. >> torii did a great job with those teases. >> i am going to stay here and watch those. >> i am watching you now sal. >>> good morning, once again they cleared whatever was in the right lane, southbound 101 at the ups building, southbound 110 improvement and at the toll plaza no major problems and again the 580 commute in livermore continues to be the slowest and we also have traffic building on 85 especially after 87 through 17en into saratoga go. let's go to steve. >>> i had one of those tweets. anthony ramirez said the clock is wrong. >> the clock is wrong, what do you think it was? >> go to your remote and hit live. >> we get that a lot. we have clear skies, it is nice and going to be warm tod

. >>> a mixup, a white mom sues a sperm bank after she was innated with the sperm of a black donor. > you can't say, oh, i'm sorry, be happy you got a child and walk away from this. >> why she says the mistake made her daughter the subject of ridicule today. thursday, october 2, 2014. ♪ >>> from nbc news, this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer and gnat le morales is here. good morning, ladies. the story on the sperm bank clippic getting a lot of attention. >> upset with the details here, and you look at that picture of the little girl and what she's facing described by her mother, incredible story. >> beautiful girl. >> perfect girl. >>> the top story now, though, serious concerns tied to the first case of ebola diagnosed in the united states. a dallas community is on edge after we're all learning more about serious missteps in the handling of the patient. this morning, the a patient held in isolation in hawaii over fears the person could be infected with the virus. people have a lot of questions. talking to dr. nancy sniderman and dr. oz in a moment,

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. >> ohio mom is suing a chicago area sperm bank after she became pregnant with experiment donated by an african american man rather than a white man as planned. she said that she found out she was impregnated with the wrong sperm two years ago when she was five months progress with her daughter. she say she and her partner carefully comb over donor profiles at the speaker bang to find -- at the experiment bank. >> we wanted something resembling my partner, amanda and though said, well, i do believe 330 is african american donor and basically we can no longer talk to you. >> the william say they love their daughter and their lawsuit seeks $50,000. so far "no comment," from the sperm bank. >> marathon wild card matchup between oakland and kansas city was too exciting for a royals fan who went into maybe. the woman gave birth to the little one in kansas city after going into labor the night before. the moms with worked up watching the province defeat the we a's screaming and jumping. that caused her to have contrases and she rubbed to the hospital after the gain was over. her doctor was

. >>> plus, a sperm bank being sued for a major mixup. the woman behind the lawsuit expl why she's taking legal > and it's a rain free day, right at least. will it stay that way for the weeken stm team 4 meteorologi amelia is back with your first look at the seven-da >>> right now, ski season is quicy approaching. workers a copper mountain ski in colorado spent the night making snow. now, about 4 inches of the rl stuff has alr fallen in that area in the past week. copper mountain opens up on hallow r area ski resorts will open throug november. >> no. >> no snow in our forecast. i know that. we've got some rain perhaps. we do have some rain. its way into the area. we're not r for the snow yet. being when it arrives, it will be maybe a welcome sight. let's at least enjoy our fall. for the rest of the workweek, we're looking at a mix. some fog tomorrow morning. after that, partly sunny skies. pretty much exactly like what we had yesterday. it will be a repeat perfor tomo and today. rain early in the day. most of the day is dry and breezy. an

put saliva in a tube and one of their companies is the manhattan sperm bank where all the men who haveank. >> to determine what? >> what would be a compatible match. digitally i had sex essentially with these 100 men from the manhattan sperm bank and 25 of them were immediately eliminated because we would have a bad genetic match. >> i hear you. that's so you don't have a bad match, that's the point of this. but if you were trying to go further than that and make sure it was a match that had all kinds of positive things about it, you could do that as well? >> that's not what we're doing. >> i know that but i'm asking you to go past and tell me where the science is. >> well the science makes it possible, and lee you can make to this as well the science makes it possible to see any genetic traits in advance. what people care about and certainly what the mission of this organization is is to help parents protect their future children from diseases. >> but you did say one of the best genetic matches would have been a peruvian man for me who was a sperm donor, right? >> that's right. his ge

a woman in ohio is suing a sperm bank because she became pregnant with sperm from a black donor.nnifer and her same-sex partner went to a sperm bank to find a donor to have a child, but while she was pregnant, she learned she was inseminated with an african american man's sperm, not the donor she had requested. she says she loves her daughter, who is now 2 years old, but says her community won't accept peyton because of her race. she's suing because of stress and anxiety. raising a black daughter in a predominantly white town. today many people online are asking if the mom should be getting paid for the mix-up. sema what is this mistake worth? >> a lot more than what she's asking for. she's only asking for $50,000. and frankly, this is contract law 101. when you enter into a contract, there should be a meeting of the minds. i pay you this, you gave me that. you didn't give it to me. now we're talking about damages, raising a black child and a predominantly white community is costing too much money. >> i was raised in a predominantly white community. it wasn't that difficult. so i

you're a big mistake. >> you've got a good legal lawsuit because it sounds like negligence that the sperm bankalso have this moral issue which is why you are disturbed. you have a young child now 2 years old who the parents say they love, the child is perfect, they adore this child, and they just want a better life for this child. they want to bring this child to a more tolerant community. but the lawsuit is called a wrongful birth lawsuit. so i say when the child is 18 or 13 or at some other point and the child hears that there's a suit where she's called a wrongful birth. wrongful birth, by the way, traditionally was a lawsuit if you had a child that had a congenital birth defect or some kind of congenital abnormality, you would sua doctor for not warning you because of the wrongful birth. >> that makes it even worse. >> it does. i think it's an unfortunate labeling. so is breach of warranty, which is a second count. breach of warranty sounds like a commodity. you bought a car and it was defective. what you have -- they're sympathetic. they' they're a lesbian couple who were both abused by m

she says the sperm bank should be held accountable for its mistake. cannot just say, o i'm sorry. be happy you got child. and walk away from this. you can't do that. >> and then -- >> you can see more of this interview coming up on the "today" show right after "news4 to" it is one of the most anticid features of the new iphone 6 and this morning we're learni when youl be able to start using apple pay. the new mobile payment system expecto s octob 20th. be able to store your credit card an your phone and tap your phone at many retailers instead of swiping that credit card. most major banks and many retails will support apple > have you ever heard the expressi, take a good look in the mirror? well, a thief in florida clearly had never heard that. pol gables, florida, stole money from a law office. trying to allude security cameras, tilted up the screen. beautiful decorative mirrors in the lobby caught his face as he walked by. the other than to who works in office believe the thief had access to the office, because there was no damage to his front door.

. >> a fertility mix your opinion, a mom is suing a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with sperm from the wrong donor. why the mistake makes her daughter the center of ridicule now. join the conversation online. >>> now to another health emergency that we are following now, it is not ebola, but concerns about the virus are growing. enterovirus is linked to 472 cases nationwide. the respiratory illness mimics the common cold, can turn serious in children. shortness of breath and possible paralysis. the latest victim is a ten-year-old rhode island girl that died after receiving a bacterial infection and enterovirus 68. health officials aren't sure what role the virus played in the death. joining me, a medical director for child advocacy at case medical center in cleveland. doctor, thank you for being here. the doctors when we look at this, they're saying the virus has been reported in 42 states, and d.c. as well. what is this virus? >> well, it is a virus that was first identified in 1962. so it is not something that's very new, but we're seeing it now really effecting p

put saliva in a tube and then they have -- one of their companies is the manhattan sperm bank where allhing and then they matched me up with 100 men from the manhattan sperm bank. >> to determine what. >> to see if we were come partible. 25 of them were immediately eliminated because we would have been a bad genetic match i hear you. that's sort of you don't have a bag match. that's the point of it. but if you were trying to go further than that and make sure it was a match that had all kinds of positive think about it, you could that as well? >> that's not what we're doing. >> go back and tell me where the science is. >> the science makes it possible. you can speak to this as well. the science makes it possible to see any genetic trait in advance, but what people care about and certainly what the mission of this organization is to help protect children from serious diseases. >> you did say one of the best matches would have been a peruvian man for me. >> that's right. his gene are very different and didn't care the same mutations. we schild everybody carries mutations. he did, you did,

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