the leukemia ball tonight is at the convention center. >> it's a great event. "fox5" is proud partner of leukemia lymphoma society that hosts the event. lindsey watts is live in northwest tonight looking great. lindsay this is a wonderful event. >> reporter: matt, lauren, this ball is expected to raise more than $3 million for blood cancer research an a sound stounding number. we want to give you a look inside. right now comedian jim gavegan is on stage and andy grammar is expected to perform tonight. we wrapped up where people are urged to doe naixt you can see a large crowd here 2,000 people and among them extreme generosity. listen to general "fox5" talking about an anon us in dope are he got a call from. >> i received a call if a volunteer and she announced a gift tonight in honor of the 30th anniversary of the ball. she is donating $30,000. [ applause ]. >> you heard right, $0,000 from anonymous donor. there was another $30,000 donation tonight as well. somebody else gave $15,000 and "fox5" anchors jm jim and holly morris were out and around talking to crow

we have the executive director of the eastern pennsylvania chapter of the leukemia and lymphoma societyby a volunteer for the organization. you have a personal story that we'll get to in just a minute, but ellen, let's start with you. tell us about this fundraiser you have and why it is so important. >> this is a great event. it's our fourth annual red and white ball, which benefits research for all blood cancers. and blood cancers are absolutely a disease that is becoming more and more curable, and we just want to continue our research and the dollars that we raise here will go to not only the research for blood cancers, but also better patient access to cures. >> diane, you have a personal story. your son matthew battled this at a very young age. what's it like being a volunteer with this organization having gone through such a difficult time? >> it makes being a volunteer extremely meaningful. my experience with matthew, who was diagnosed at two and a half years old with lymphoma, was a rough journey. he's been in remission for several years. during the time period of remission, we'v

year-old told the crowd of 2000, the affordable care actor obama care helped his family pay for the leukemia treatment. >> thanks to my doctors and nurses, my family and friends and my church and community and the affordable care act, now i'm gone with the cancer. >> abc 7 news was at uc berkeley where representative barbara lee called the republican plan cruel. >> low and middle income people will not be able to afford being covered anymore. >> some people say that the affordable care act has to go. >> the affordable care act is in a death spiral. and it's fairy dust to think that the country go on like this. >> the report suggests that the plan will reduce the budget deficit by $387 billion over ten years time. >>> starteding today, a new measure is in place to keep part time workers getting more hours each week. it's the first law of its kind in the country. we are live in san ho to explain the story. >> reporter: we are talking about measure e or the opportunity to work ordinance. voters passed it in november. so now, employers have to post this notice letting their part time employees k

participants will be climbing to the top of one commerce square to raise money for the leukemia and lymphomaty. good thing the weather will cooperate with them. >> today will be a nice day to be outside. it won't be a sunny day but it will be warmer than average. 70 is the forecast high for us today. notice we're mostly cloudy. tonight we'll see more scattered showers starting to move through lasting into sunday morning. sunday daytime we might see a break, still cloudy, temperature there, only a high of 49 degrees. sunday evening, showers pick back up. and a little more widespread rain through your monday. we start to warm up again. low 60s. then mid 60s through tuesday. lingering showers into tuesday evening before we finally dry out wednesday in thursday with those 50s. >> we'll get into the beginning of april next weekend. so it's starting to look and feel a lot more like that. >> it does look like spring. 50s and 60s on the board. i'm feeling that. >> no 20s and 30s. >> let's get rid of those entirely. >> that will do it for us this morning. i'm rosemary connors. for krystal klei and th

the annual red and white ball at marriott raised money for the leukemia and lymphoma society for break through therapies and patient services. >>> jazz received the diamond award for the commitment to the fight against blood cancer. >>> "action news" was in bluebell for the casino notice night fundraiser. the group works to meet the needs of local individuals of families struggling with crisis, poverty and i illness. 2200 volunteers gave 59,000 hours of service. >>> philadelphia passion and recreation is giving people a chance to go green. sign up for two free trees and free mulch. they want to restore the philadelphia urban forest. >>> if you're just waking up with us, a high school student beat out hundreds of others to win a scholarship from the raju written at perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet and helps support their immune system. idea how canada where it icebox of the ntoday, but tomorrow andhe northeast pressure that wil the u sker ibout they are fighting with the

year-old told the crowd of 2000, the affordable care actor obama care helped his family pay for the leukemia treatment. >> thanks to my doctors and nurses, my family and friends and my church and community and the affordable care act, now i'm gone with the cancer. >> abc 7 news was at uc berkeley where representative barbara lee called the republican plan cruel. >> low and middle income people will not be able to afford being covered anymore. >> some people say that the affordable care act has to go. >> the affordable care act is in a death spiral. and it's fairy dust to think that the country go on like this. >> the report suggests that the plan will reduce the budget deficit by $387 billion over ten years time. >>> starteding today, a new measure is in place to keep part time workers getting more hours each week. it's the first law of its kind in the country. we are live in san ho to explain the story. >> reporter: we are talking about measure e or the opportunity to work ordinance. voters passed it in november. so now, employers have to post this notice letting their part time employees k

participants will climb to the top of 1 commerce square to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma kay. move over, march madness. it is time for mascot madness. a local mascot making his case for the title. melvin, the mascot for the lehigh valley phantoms hockey team. he makes the shot from half-court. he is in the semifinals of the american hockey league's mascot madness. >>> 5:27 on this saturday. this morning. no repeal and replace. obamacare is staying put because efforts to get a vote on the republican health care bill collapsed. next we'll go to washington for a report on how it fell apart. >>> a cloudy look outside today but a warmup into the afternoon. then, a cooldown for your sunday. we'll look at the temperatures both days of your weekend for areas like right here in cape may coming up in just a few minutes. oh, dishwasher, why don't you dry my dishes? oh, he doesn't know any better. you just need to add finish® jet-dry in the rinse aid compartment. it's there for a reason. it dries much better than detergent alone. sorry dishwasher. finish® jet-dry. for drier, shinier d

this type of cancer and efforts to raise more awareness about the disease is tracy orwick from the leukemiamorning. >> thank you so much for joining us. tracy let's start talk month are about for those who aren't familiar about this type of blood cancer. can you tell us more about it, who it affects and what lls is doing. >> sure. myeloma as you mentioned is the second most common form of blood cancer that's diagnosed. it affects typically more men than women and it is a disease of older adults so it usually affects individuals at 50 years old and older. we also know that twice as many african-americans are diagnosed with blood cancer so that is also an important point that we want to get the message out about. >> that's where reverend evans comes to play here the we're doing an aggressive campaign to get out to churches get out to people and spread this message. so, can you talk about the partnership. >> sure. the partnership is between the national black coalition of churches and lls. and that is an agreement where the churches serve as it's always been traditionally and historically the

the leukemia society or this organization. part of that is what any big company does, particularly in a pharmaceutical or health care state. if you want to create allies and help get the support and research that they are doing. like sometimes he had an all tier your motive in giving money, and in the case of the california group, i cannot figure it out. he liked to be a player. he liked to throw a lot of money around. he liked to be interviewed on television. >> lets john c can see what he looks like and what the sounds like. >> we are very happy at genentech that this is our fourth year hosting the event. not everyone has an opportunity to travel. we are proud to host the fourth annual west coast event for woman of the year. , how mayr experience people like him in a city like washington -- i don't mean they are breaking the law or anything, but how many had this kind of money available to them to spend on charitable event and dinners and stuff like that? hundreds ofinly them, maybe thousands. i would not think it is more tha

eileen: tell us more about specifically the national area chapter of the lymphoma and leukemia chapter. tell us where the money goes. >> it's going to fund research and patient services and it's going to fund access for patients therapies and cures. eileen: tell us what it means to be here today. >> it's exciting to be in the community and showing people how to flip pancakes and have a smile on their faces and invite people to come and donate to l.l.s. i did win miss america but indulging in a short stack of pancakes today. eileen: everyone has to. it's time to flip our pancakes. we'll see you at your local i hop, so from all of us at the alabama avenue location. back inside to you. jummy: ooh. let's go get pancakes after the newscast. doug: not a bad idea at all. another wild week of weather. so upper 60's today and we're looking at the weekend of turning colder and there's a chance and i'll explain it all on the map but nothing to get excited about. just a chance there will be wintry weather. jummy: you know i don't get excited about wintry weather. doug: 65 country club in alexandri

participants will climb to the top of 1 commerce square in center city to raise money for the leukemiasociety. >>> it is mascot madness, not march madness, making headlines this morning. take a look. melvin is the mascot for the lehigh valley phantoms hockey team, but melvin showing that he has some skills off the ice, making the shot from half-court. right now melvin is in the semifinals of the american hockey league's mascot madness. >>> 6:27 right now on this saturday. and this morning, no repeal and replace. obamacare is still the law of the land. that's because efforts to get a vote on the house floor didn't happen. next, we'll go to washington for a report on how it fell apart. >>> and for today, cloudy conditions and warm air, but we've got a big storm that's going to be helping to bring us some on/off lighter rain to the forecast over the next several days meaning possibly wet roads like here on i-95. we'll talk more about the forecast coming up. ♪ when i got into my accident i broke almost every bone in both my legs. when i came home from the hospital i needed to be able to re

representative from this area, i know intimately and i keep close track of all of the research that's going on into leukemia, lung cancer, colon cancer, cystic fibrosis, asthma, bulimia, drug abuse, alcohol abuse. it's just extraordinary the range of scientific inquiries and endeavors taking place at the n.i.h. i also want to speak as a survivor, and i wasn't aware of a survivor caucus, i would be delighted to join you, mr. desaulnier, in that. i had colon cancer back in 2010. i was then teaching at american university law school. a state senator. sontag n essay by susan which she said something that was very poignant which is everybody's born with two passports. a passport to the land of the living, and the healthy, and a passport to the land of the sick. and all of us are going to have to use both passports at some point in our lives. what's striking to me is that those people who have gone through it or have had an immediate family member go through it, look at something like a proposed $6 billion cut in n.i.h. medical research budget and are horrified by it. just astounded. then people who have not been

talking to you now. >> we saved lives of 25,000 patient diagnosed with disease called chronic myloid leukemia. the death rate from lymphoma decreased by 40% over that period of time. survival rate for young children dying snosed with leukemia went from 10% to over 90%. >> this organization has done a lot of good and was able to grab kevin mccarthy as he headed to bathroom i headed to bathroom i said hello. >> i'm anasaled by so much money was raised tonight it's important to be here at. it holly morris is here and i'm honored i was invited. >> i'm excited to see how much money is raised i got a tip it may be more than 3 1/2 million. can't say more than that. >> million the number i saw was over 4 million. >> really. >> over 4 million. >> braeinging news. >> we donate the a couple hundreds bucks for the car. >> every little bit helps for something like this. to see that much money raised for a good cause it's incredible. >> andy garammar. >> seriously meant to be act. >> everyone needs to come next year. >> this is 0th annual event and juneing in on the night cow, lots of tun to >> i love this guy.

the gut. there've been such great strides made around pediatric cancers such as leukemia. bright minds were given the resources necessary to focus on treatment. pediatric leukemia which was once considered a rare disease in 40 years ago at a 10% survival rate now has a survival rate of nearly 90%. chemotherapy was developed as a result of pediatric cancer pediatric leukemia research paid to think that the relatively small 4% research fund for pediatric cancer research might get smaller, the proposed 18% cut to the mh budget would be devastating for pediatric diseases but especially those over diseases such as dipg and at a time when there is momentum and discoveries made about the genetic makeup of these dipg tumors the last five years we have seen an explosive advancement in genomic data for cancer research to open up the battle for the most challenging and deadly pediatric cancer. without federal funding go we are quickly going to lose ground in that battle. federal funding is critical to recruiting the best and brightest scientists in the pediatric cancer research and no

saved lives of 250,000 patients diagnosed with disease called chronic myloid leukemia because a drug created with that funding. theeath rate from lymphoma decreased by 40% over that period of time. survival rate for young children diagnosed with leukemia went >> "fox5" is a proud partner of leukemia and lymphoma that hosts that event every single year. >> and what else is happening today. happy birthday to you. even if it's not your birthday. turns out walmart came up with a way to celebrate all of its customers birthdays by just declaring today as everybody's birth day. how does this work. celebration will be going on through super stores giving out a free cupcake to each and every person that comes into the super centers between 1 and 4 . >> happening this weekend a new visitors center in maryland opens that honors civil rights trail blairzer harriet tubman. it's located in dorchester county friday gary hogan own other leaders were on happened for the dedication ceremony. alexandra limon has the story. >> it's incredible story about you know one of the marylanders and true american icon that had so much to do wi

we're going to be talking to somebody from the leukemia lymphoma society as well as ty who owns this y. >> we've got mu >>> we spring into style with must have fashions this my friends is great day washington. ♪ [ music ] >>> and that's our cue. good morning my friend, my name is chris leary. >> and i'm markette sheppard >> we're your hosts of great day washington. >> i thought you were our thursday guy. >> trying to keep you on your toes. >> my fans know where to find me. >> he's got fans. >> they know where to find me, great day. they know. >> when you have the hall of fame. >> keep watching great day and it will be a great day. >> i have to get fans. >> i'll give you a couple. >> tell his fans when he's coming so they'll watch every day. >> they do. you know, they'll watch him mow his lawn. he's got big fans. >> are your neighbors fans? >> i many neighbors, it's another story. it has something to do with my dog in a yard and a situation. >> very funny story. >> it's not for morning tv. let's move on. university of washington has an exceptional football player on their team. his nam

the gut. there have been such great strides made around pediatric cancer such as leukemia because bright minds were asked to focus on treatments and they were given the resources necessary to do so. pediatric leukemia, which was once considered a rare disease and 40 years ago had a 10% survival rate, now has a survival rate of nearly 90%. chemotherapy was developed as a as a result of pediatric leukemia research. to think that might be getting even smaller -- the proposed 18% cut to the nih budget would be devastating to all pediatric diseases, but especially to rare diseases such as d.i.p.g. at a time when there's been momentum and discoveries made about the genetic makeup of these d.i.p.g. tumors and the last five years we have seen explosive advances in genomic data and other tools for cancer researchers to open up the battle against cancer and pediatric cancers. without federal funding though, we're very quickly going to lose ground in that battle. federal -- no amount of family fundraising like our's is going to replace that. these scientists are already choosing to take pay cuts to do re

the lymphoma and leukemia society named the student of the year at the lowes hotel.re saluted for raising $28,000 for cancer research. over $105,000 is going to research. >> in "healthcheck" those suffering from migraines may find relief from act punk -- accupuncture. the patients received the treatment five times a week, after five months they suffered fewer my grain attacks. >>> hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. >> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:23 sunday morning, forecast for today, the winds will in the be as strong, but blustery and cold. 35 for the purpose of the city of philadelphia. 21 in the mountains, windchills between zero and 5 below. monday night into tuesday, pressure is fall somewhere in this area, th

event benefits the children's miracle network hospitals, schrieverer's hospital for children and the leukemia and lymphoma society. >>> a new survey out today reveals that the u.s. has fallen in the best countries in the world. it shows that america fell three spots to 7th place along the world's best countries. taking the number one spot, switzerland in part because of the support of social change, human rights and being business friendly. the u.s. ranked lower in years past due to citizenship, education and business. another interesting find among the 21,000 people surveyed in 80 countries, 75% lost respect for leadership after the presidential election. >>> renovations are scheduled to get underway on walkways in the park next week. the walkways will be resurfaced, drainage will be improved. signs were posted along the promenade weeks ago telling visitors about the project. 1.2 million people visit every year and that has taken a toll on walkways that are popular with joggers. the project will be done in four stages. the first closure is set at the east end of the park. >>> coming up, step

the leukemia and lymphoma society also say that on behalf of their society and the one million -- 1,200,000 americans living with a blood cancer diagnosis, their writing to urge leaders and members of the energy and commerce and ways and means committee to vote no on the gop bill. health,t for america's they are a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. they say under the proposed bill, millions could lose health insurance and we are particularly concerned about access to health coverage for those with limited income. without affordable insurance coverage we will see increased levels of preventable illness, injuries, and death. in addition, we believe it is important to guarantee that all insurance public and private offers evidence-based preventive services without cost to patients. there are many more and they will keep pouring in, i am afraid because what they want us to do is what the democrats have been offering to do, let's slow this down, let's begin to work together. i have listened very closely to my colleagues' stories from their districts. remember, it is not collapsing everywhere.

one day i got so frustrated because i brought her to the hospital, they said she had leukemia, they wantedo admit her because the fever would not go down. but it has been 23 hours on the internet trying to figure out what was wrong with my daughter. the more i keep going through it, the name celiac keeps coming up. i found out the doctor that put it in the books in 1999. so i drove 180 miles in my rv with my daughter, and i had a baby at the time, a little one, about three weeks old. i said i think my daughter has celiac but doctors don't believe me. she took one look at my daughter, she said oh, my god, postponed her meeting, took her straight to surgery. she came out of biopsy, said you were 100% right, she has celiac. she has damage to the small intestine, she had, sorry, it is kind of hard for me, had a tumor in the stomach created by celiac. she said if i had not done that, my daughter would not have lasted a month. then she told me let me have the baby. i am like why? because siblings will have it. if one has it, the other will have it. she took the baby in for surgery, she had the b

>> reporter: now she comes back to some of the same rooms where she fought cancer, like ellie fighting leukemian has been put on hold. >> i went to the er after performing because i thought i had appendicitis and they found a tumor. >> reporter: rachel knows all too well what it's like to give up your dreams as a teenager. she was a star volleyball player, offered full scholarships until her diagnosis. >> it's nice that she's done the same things i have. >> reporter: now lexie wants to grow up to be a nurse like rachel. >> i'll be able to help patients like she helped me. >> reporter: lexie said the nurse who befriended her is now a coworker and a friend. >> she said, you should come back. i said, i'm not coming back. and she did. >> reporter: when parents now see rachel, they see an embodiment of hope. >> that is exactly what they see. they see light, they see the ability to get through this. >> reporter: those like amanda whose newborn millie has a spinal tumor. >> rachel is a walking angel and this place is very, very special. i would never want to say i'm grateful for cancer because i'm not

the source of worry. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> no at 6:00, a burlington county woman with terminal leukemia wanted to visit the beach one last time. >> she wasn't strong enough to walk down to the waves herself. police in shipsbottom made this for her. she's 78. she was diagnosed back in december. she was given three to six months to live. this weekend her family and friends planned a trip to the beach and shipbottom police officer ronald holloway drove her to the oceanfront so she could walk along the waves one final time and smiling the whole way. the family says she has the spirit of a 25-year-old in a 78-year-old woman's body. i'm so glad she got to take that trip. >> she looks so happy and vibrant. >> yes. >> good news here for the new castle little league after receiving donations from as far away as tennessee, they've reached their fund-raising goal. now they can pay a $4400 electric bill. the league was underbilled for more than a decade. you see the initial bill was 17 grand. the county reduced it and donations will help pay for the rest. the league thanked nbc 10 today for bringing attention to their story a few we

mass, a story told by the book and movie "a civil action." more than 20 case of leukemiacontamination of the water supply. how hard is it to figure out if something really is a cancer cluster? >> i've asked that before, extraordinarily difficult. >> toms river, new jersey, is another. >> a section of niagara falls. >> the infamous love canal case in upstate new york. investigators have to consider several factors including how often cancer occurred. how long it took to develop. whether genetics might play a role. >> can't be a coincidence. i think people have a hard time understanding that some time. there are random patterns and things can happen because of chance. >> when it comes to the seacoast san tore lust sneer. >> they have incredible challenge. >> this is the main entrance. >> so far dr. sherman and others are focusing their questions on this old closed landfill where they say the military and others dumped toxic waste. new hampshire officials say they have found chemicals used to make commercial products. but they say there's no proof they are linked to the susp

the videos but they won't do it. so i post it onto groups -- cancer groups, leukemia groups. ust shares it and leaves positive comments and how much it inspires them. >> have any of the doctors or nurses say, hey, we're going to need you to settle down a little bit? >> yeah. i get it all the time. i'm the infamous one on the floor. there's one where i jump off the armchair. they didn't like that. >> yeah, but we do. we do. >> are you in the hospital now? where are you at? >> yeah. i'm in orlando hospital. haven't been outside since february 7th. >> wow. >> look at how happy you are. man, you are just a positive dude. >> got to keep it like that. >> now, you have a new goal. tell us about that? >> now i'm trying to re-enact michael jackson's video with cancer patients of all ages to show the world how bad we are. if anyone has connections to sony or the michael jackson estate and get me the license for the song, that's the main goal. >> keep dancing. >> i got until friday. doctor told me i'm leaving. >> yea! >> cool. >>> one thing i've always wanted is a pilot's license. the fr

my mom and dad coming back in the room with tears coming out of their eyes, and that was a scary moment. >> reporter: these same rooms were her home. her diagnosis, leukemiaeath after eight rounds of unsuccessful chemotherapy until an experimental drug finally saved her life. but some of her friends weren't as lucky. >> there aren't always happy endings and that's been one of the hardest parts, is knowing that others were able to make it and that's a big part of why i did come back. i owe it to them and i owe it to myself to keep this is her little girl named ellie. are you ellie? >> now she checks in on little ones where shy fought cancer, like ellie about to begin her own battle with leukemia. she spends as much time with lexi, a dancer struggling as her passion has been put on hold. >> i went through the e.r. after performing, i had apend see disand i had a tumor. >> rachel knows what it's like to give up her dreams, she was a star volleyball and given full scholarships until her diagnosis. >> it's cool she has done the same things i have done. >> now lexi wants to grow up to be a nurse like rachel. >> i'll be able to help patients like she helps me. >

they give money to the children's miracle network, leukemia and limb foe ma society and s sh riner's. >> those kids look like they're having a good time. >> i've heard of pigs in a blanket but you were talking about a banana in a pancake. >> the pancake is a holder. >> you like the fruit? >> no. i like the plain. i add honey, butter. i'm not really a sweets person. that is not my weakness. my weakness other things in terms of potato chips. you're waking up 37 degrees. absolutely gorgeous sunrise thanks to our weather. underground sky cams. we are seeing and anticipating much more gorgeous days ahead. look at all that snow. the calm following the storm. 12 degrees right now in lake tahoe. although i'm pretty sure a lot of folks are enjoying plenty of snow. let's talk about doppler radar. a chance of seeing showers throughout the early morning hours, which is why they still have overcast skies. it begins to push off further north. that is going to bring for a lot of pleasant dry days ahead. 50 degrees. by 9:00 a.m., we start seeing a few clouds rolling in. hazy skies. still a little chi

the couple's dream of driving cross-country. recently, though, a new reality set in. >> i was diagnosed with leukemia. >> reporter: the incurableof prescriptions keep her going. >> now i'm a sick person. before i wasn't. >> reporter: now her treatment is covered under the affordable care act. humana is pulling out of the program leaving 40,000 customers in the knoxville area, leaving nance without coverage the end of this year. >> i battled cancer and survived. now i feel like i'm having to battle and fight to make sure that i have health insurance and it's exhausting. >> reporter: michelle johnson heads a nonprofit that helps people across the state access health care. the panic, she says, crosses party lines. >> these are folks who -- mostly people are calling very afraid and they're calling wanting us to say everything is going to be okay. >> reporter: the company blames, quote, an unbalanced risk pool, meaning fewer healthy people on its rolls hurting business. humana's leaving follows recent move by competitors. the health care system is already fragile. three quarters of the state's counties have only one health care prov

delivered the immunotherapy meant to save him from his advanced immunosuppression went rampant and killed him. arlier than that, there was series of clinical trials were people developed leukemia from gene therapy. that is because the factory with which we introduced these new genes into the body -- the vector in which we introduced the new genes in the body did not work well, but we have refined the weight of viruses work. in europe, there are two approved drugs, one for immunosuppressed patients, the other for patients that produce too much fat in their blood. which is in use now. 50re are around 40 to awaiting clinical trials, or we can begin to move gene therapy into humans. this is really important because around 70% of diseases have some kind of genetic component. we could fix the. host: let's talk about the other top 10 breakthrough technologies, the self atlas -- cell atlas. it will be available in the next five years. what is that? most: probably the scientific of technologies. hundreds oftified cells in the human body and there are undoubtedly more. if we could apply a technology called microfluidic's, we could las fora complete at every single cell in the body. in a

>> reporter: now she comes back to some of the same rooms where she fought cancer, like ellie fighting leukemiasion has been put on hold. >> i went to the er after performing because i thought i had appendicitis and they found a tumor. >> reporter: rachel knows all too well what it's like to give up your dreams as a teenager. she was a star volleyball player, offered scholarships until her diagnosis. >> it's nice that she's done the >> reporter: now lexie wants to grow up to be a nurse like i'lls like she helped me.>> reporter: nurse who befriended her is now a coworker and asa, you should back. i said, i'm not coming back. and >> reporter: when parents now see rachel, they see an exactly see. they s they see light, they see the ability to get throu amanda whose newborn wking angel and this place is ial. i would never want to say i'm grateful for cancer because i'm seen more beauty in this experience than i ever knew existed. >> i just want to be theeep the >> reporter: always remembering wht today," he was a blue collar the new yon he was a blue collar the new yon f. kenny,kennedy's grave. bre

. >> reporter: 9-year-old rhett crowett said the affordable care act helped his family pay for chemotherapy treatments after battling leukemia for years. >> thanks to my doctors and nurses, my family and friends, my church and my community and the affordable care act, now i'm gone with the cancer. >> aca all the way. >> reporter: many worry the house republican plan to replace aca would flood hospital emergency rooms with patients. >> we all know it's not perfect, but it's improved care and access for so many individuals. >> reporter: donna fife says the affordable care act has got to go. >> the affordable care act is definitely in a death spiral and it's very -- to think the country can go on like this, people need to take their own responsibility for their health care. >> by 2026, 24 million will be uninsured. >> reporter: projections were released today by the nonpartisan congressional budget office. millions could lose their health care. sean spicer said the numbers were way off, similar to obamacare projections. >> on the number of people that they predicted back then would be covered now, they were off by more than hal

the beach. how a jersey shore police officer made sure a woman with leukemia could take a final walk along the wavesnbc 10 news today, working towards the american dream. wednesday morning on nbc 10 news today we'll show you how hundreds of local students are learning english and looking ahead to a brighter future. that plus your first alert weather and traffic starting at 4:30 a.m. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> burlington county today virtua health systemss unveiled historical and realtime date to to predict where the next emergency call is likely to come from. the darker the color on these maps the higher the likelihood someone is going to soon cacall nooin 1 one one. not only that the system using traffic i

the story. >> 78-year-old pat kelly of burlington city is in hospice care of a diagnosis of acute leukemia, when family asked her what she would like to do before she goes she did not hesitate. >> go not shore. >> the family asked the ship bottom for help. they drover down for one last time. >> that i could be there one last time. >> and the ocean. and the sand and that the was my hoorah. pat's last hoorah included a moment with her granddaughters looking at the water and a photo with family and friends and a prayer circle that officer hollaway joined in on. >> because of his heart, it was like he was part of our family. >> being able to take her out for the ride on the beach it was a life moving experience for me and a check mark in my career for sure. >> it was a blessing because not many people get to live out their last wishes. and she did. time for pat is measured in months perhaps weeks and no one is really sure, but being able to say good-bye to the shore she loves gives her peace. >> that is my place, i'll be there forever. watch out some people may step on me. >> after her death pat kel

the s.w.a.t. team madai says his job is also to continue to protect his mother. she is battling breast cancer and leukemia but right now is in remission. congrats to him. >>> san francisco police. they've made an arrest in connection with the killing of a 65-year-old woman earlier this week. we'll have more of the woman gunned down. >> also from the city's archives of the pentagon on 9/11. showing the aftermath of the terror attack that day. >> good morning. we see traffic that is moving along pretty well around the bay area so far including on that san mateo bridge. we invited women to a spa to dish soap. body wash. you may not feel it, but some body washes can contain cleansers found in dish soap. dove body wash is different. it has only the gentlest cleansers. it just made me feel good. this is dove. >>> three people displaced after an early morning fire in san jose. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >> plus former national security advisor michael flynn says he is willing to talk about his russian contact. the request for immunity that could shed light on russia's involvement in the 2016 ele

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>> reporter: after six weeks, the paid yachtic oncologist who treats her couldn't find a single leukemiacell. not one. >> you know, it is a very exciting technique. think about a blood hound. giving the scent to a blood hound. it's like giving the scent of cancer to your own immune system and having it go after the cancer cells, but at the same time, it's a careful delicate line you have to walk when you talk about cancer. at the same time, there are all these exciting new possibilities. there are people out there watching this right now who have loved ones are really in big trouble. and tomorrow on sunday morning, cbs sunday morning, we're going to talk about the whole water front about treatment, overdiagnosis, about new ways of treating it with other modal distance and also going to be a tear jerker or too two, there's a beautiful piece about a little boy. >> you can catch the full story and more tomorrow as john said on the special edition of cbs sunday morning beyond cancer hosted by john. >>> finally an innovation in stroke treatment. in 204, the cleveland clinic started using mobi

. >> you know therapeutic's down after the company announced they are stopping development of an exteerperimental leukemia we are getting analyst commentary on the stock as well. that's coming up in "street talk," a huge interview tomorrow, heather bresch is live in studio with a lot of to talk about, drug pricing, potential changes to the fda, makers of the epi pen, always in the news. catch that tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern time here on "power lunch." >> in the meantime, we have two guests in the pharmacy industry, an exclusive now with the retired ceo of foopfizer, and c of uray. welcome to you both to "power lunch," starting with the device. this is absolutely fascinating. this is one where you can actually look for the cancer and treat it on the spot? >> that's right. we're giving radiation oncologists the tool surgeons have, see what you're treating at the time you treat it, and therefore, adjust to make adjustments in realtime. >> what cancer is it suitable for in. >> any cancer that you can see. if you can see it with your mri, we can treat it. you are getting great early results on breast cancer

the first cnn hero of 2017. after losing her 8-year-old son to leukemia, she transformed her heartbreak into action. p kids battling life-threatening illnesses. >> it's really difficult for kids to spend a lot of time in the hospital, and they get disconnected from their family and friends and schools, and when we bring them this technology, we are able to dial in and be right in the classroom. you can just see their face light up. it brings them such joy. >> you can watch the full story at cnnheroes.com. while you are there, if you know somebody that could be a cnn hero, please nominate them, we would love to meet them, too, and you can do that at cnnheroes.com. this morning. president trump is spending the weekend at his florida resort, and while he is more comfortable at what he calls his winter white house, everybody is not onboard with the current arrangement as it is. >> you can see trump driving his golf cart in palm beach, and he's driving up quite a cab with his security costs, and some are starting to wonder how much it is costing to protect the first family? here's cnn, sara ganim. >> we w

. >> john kolbush, a local resident and survivor of leukemia, has coal ash being dumped just minutes from his house. hehere at the northeastern power company in mcadoo, coal ash is trucked from the plant straight through the heart of town to an old mine site for dumping, bringing toxic coal ash ever closer to people. >> when--when the trucks are leaving and when they're fully loaded, the ashes is blowing out of the vehicles. and when they come through town here, empty, they don't have the tarps on, the ash just blows. if you see some of the houses, the sidings on the houses with the thick aaccumulation n of soot and ash. a year and half ago, we came through there, and it was a really windy day, it was l likea smog going through itit. none of the ash w was covered a and it's just--it was actually like driving through a fog. and it's just a--it's a crime. there's the one that we just followed down the road. he's dumping and you can see the ash there. this pit was approximately 300 feet deep. it's all filled with ashes. they run probably two dozen trucks continuous all day long, 6 days a week. >> tons of coal ash ar

. >>> and now i want to introduce you the first hero of c nshgs nshn for 2018. she lost her son to leukemiaher heartbreak to technology. she decided to keep kids battling life threatening illnesses to their everyday lives. >> it is difficult for the kids to spend a lot of time in the hospital, and they get so disconnected from the family and friends and schools. when we bring them this technology, they can dial in and be right in the classroom. >> hello, philip. >> hello, philip. >> that is awesome. >> and you can see their face light right up, and it brings them such joy. >> that is so great to see. to see the phil bot in action and this is the name of the robot, and you can see leslie's full story going to cnn heroes.com, and if you know somebody who deserves to be recognized a cnn hero, nominate them. that is cnnheros.com. thank you for joining us. i'll be back here at 7:00 p.m. eastern. director of the fbi james comey is set to testify monday and we will have our guests to look at that. smerconish is next. ♪ >>> i am michael smerconish coming to you from philadelphia where we welcome ou

the best thing i could ever ask for as a mother. >> such a sweet moment. his mom is in remission from leukemiabreast cancer survivor also. she said her son wants to work for s.w.a.t. to catch all the bad guys. that's a quote. >> very cute. >>> we are coming back with a full 90 minutes of news, including a police officer that full 90 minutes of news, including a police officer that tried to help a man that was >>> good morning. it's thursday march 30th. thank you for joining us. we are all here, but natasha has the day off, though. >> she escaped to different weather than what we are having, so we will go down a bit on the temperature gauge, right? >> we have a little bit of rain this morning and that's what i will focus on, and i will show you how that's going to affect the rest of the day. here's a look at the south bay. the rain pushing through rather quickly, you have another hour to 45 minutes if you are lucky, and look how quickly it developed right around 3:30 and it's just sliding southward with a vengeance, being chased by a cold front. 50 to 55 this morning, and look at our temperatur