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chris martinez has the results. >> reporter: of the eight midsize suvs tested, six earne eier good oratings from the insurance instituteettom the safet front-seat passengers in a crash. the testing focused on small over-lap crashes that happened when the front corner of the suv strikes an object like another vehicle or tree. the 2019 kia sorrento, 2008 volkswagen atlas, and 2008 g gmc acadia received good ratings overall. >> the receive it gets a good rating is the safety cage, the structure that surrounds the occupants, stays intact. >> reporter: the 2018 highlander, path finder, and honda pilot earned acceptable marks. the worst performing suvs were the ford explorer and jeep gran. both received poor overall ratings with a range of issues including structural collapse, a non-deploying side airbag, and hard hits to the test dummy's head. >> we understand from chrysler who make the jeep and ford that they are planning improvements when they redesign the models. >> reporter: of the newly rated suvs, the 2019 kia sorrento is the only one to earn the institute's highest award, top safety

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chris martinez, kpix 5 news. burbank california. two a group of children who were badly burned by the volcano in guatemala have arrived in the u.s. for treatment. at least six critically injured children landed in galveston, texas this morning. they will be treated at a hospital there. the hospital said it sent an emergency medical team to guatemala within 24 hours of the eruption. doctors say the road to recovery will be a long one. >> 2-3 weeks, four weeks, up to a couple of months of rehabilitation. and then, the reconstruction goes on for years. >> in guatemala, the government has suspended the search for at least 200 people still missing. more than 72 hours after the eruption, officials say the chances of finding survivors are slim. >>> to the day started off cloudy and cool. but it is shaping up to be a really nice day. >> it sure is pretty. a little cold because of those west winds. i want to take you out to lake tahoe. look at gorgeous that aspect but also, something i want to point out. things are starting to dry up there.

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the smart plates can do a lot, but there's a cost to that convenience as chris martinez tells us. >>t goes with the color of the truck and everything, so i went with it. >> reporter: auto enthusiast tommy rezai was one of the first testers of the r-plate, a plate introduced into the tech world. >> i thought i'd give it a shot. it's cool. >> reporter: beyond the cool factor, neville boston says his invention can claim certain messages like if the car is stolen or share details of an amber alert. and no more trips to the dmv. >> simplifying registration. that's what we were looking to do, simplify the registration process. >> reporter: companies with large fleets may be willing to pay for the convenience. the device costs nearly $700 with a $7 monthly fee. some are testing the plates on some of its vehicle. >> the state owns the number. you own the plate. >> reporter: boston says the company has lralready presold 10,000 plates in california under a two-year pilot program. right now it's also legal in florida, texas, and arizona, with more states on the horizon. >> we're going to have a

as chris martinez reports, doctors believe that this groundbreaking trial could help these patients leaduch longer live. >> you breathe a sigh of relief. >> reporter: eva was 20 weeks into her pregnancy when doctored diagnosed her baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, commonly called hlhs. >> she has a half heart. her left ventricle release doesn't exist. >> it's devastating. you look for anything that's going to give you hope. >> sweet girl. >> reporter: children with hlhs typically have three surgery that is allow the developed side of their heart to pump blood to the body. but by early adulthood, the heart starts to fail. so doctors at children's hospital los angeles are trying something new. collecting the baby's cord blood at birth to gather stem cells. when the child undergoes her second hlhs surgery -- >> we are going to inject stem cells into the right ventricle. >> reporter: the doctor believes injecting the stem cells directly into the heart will help stimulate muscle growth making it stronger. >> the hope is that this will delay or even prevent heart failure in the subset

chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. >>> medical researchers say they have made a major breakthroughe treatment of brain cancer. dr. jon lapook has the details. >> put your nose in my finger. >> reporter: 61-year-old debbie puffer has been a patient at duke university since 2014 when doctors began treating her deadly brain cancer glioblastoma with a most unlikely weapon, polio virus. at first, she was skeptical. >> i was just going to go home and bury my head in the sand, and then i realized, no, no, i'm not supposed to do that. >> reporter: for the last four years, "60 minutes" has charted the journey of doctors and patients turned medical pioneers. the polio virus genetically modified so it can't cause polio is injected directly into the tumor attaching to a protein on the cell's surface. it begins the attack on the tumor and jump starts the immune system to finish the job. this is kind of a one-two punch, dr. bigger in? >> exactly, but the most important part we believe actually is the secondary immune response. >> reporter: one month after treatment. >> it started to break the tu