the dow opens at 10,753 after addi 145 points yesterday. the s&p gained 17 points and the nasdaq added 40. overseas, the nikkei lost 23 points and in tokyo the hang seng was up 25. >>> stocks extended their winning streak yesterday, but the big question today is how will the fed's comments on the economy affected the word on the street? investors are hoping for a sign that the central bank might make more moves to keep rates low and restore confidence in the recovery. investors welcomed word yesterday that the longest recession since world war ii officially ended more than a year ago. the s&p traded through the high end of its recent range, adding to the day's upbeat move. lenar and discover financial services both tred higher thanks to better than expected earnin. ibm sparked more optimism with news of its $1.7 billion bid for natisa. >>> a bitter battle between mark hurd and his former employer, hewlett pkard, is over. the companies announced a settlement yesterday with hurd agreeingo keep hp's company secrets confidential. >>> walmart is

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. >> reporter: we first met twins addie and cassey hemple last year.hey each have a rare called ninompick. >> they start losing language and speech and ability to take care of themselves. that's why physically it looks like alzheimer's disease in adults. >> reporter: the twins suffer from cholesterol build up in their brains and they've lost the ability to speak. >> they end up in wheelchairs, they can't swallow and there's no treatment. >> reporter: the girls continue their neurological decline. but doctors have won the ability to try a new step. >> this is a bold step to take, directly injecting a fluid into the spinal fluid. the family is very compassional. at the same time they realize their children are going to die without any intervention. >> reporter: dr. hastings expects the treatment will stop, possibility reverse some of the damage. the family is from reno and they are expected here in 10 days to begin this revolutionary therapy. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new study says an increasing number of people in the richest countries ar

>> reporter: we first met these twins, addie and cassie hempell last year. they each have a rare and fatal genetic disease called memonpick. >> they start losing memory, speech and the ability to take care of themselves. physically, it looks like alzheimer disease. >> reporter: the twins, now 6, suffer from cholesterol buildup in their brains and lost much of their ability to speak. >> they end up in wheelchairs and can't swallow and then it's fatal. >> reporter: children's hospital of oakland tried a sugary compound found in fabric softeners that did help and that does not cross the blood brain barrier. the girls continued their neurological decline and today, doctors won a approval to direct it into the girl's brain. the twins would be the first to have this treatment and it may be their only chance to survive. >> this is a bold and brave step to take to go from intravenous to directly infusing a blood into the final -- spinal fluid. the family is compassionate and care about their children and don't want harm and at the same time, they realize their which

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up side of the proliferation of information sources that you can go places and find out whether in addis truth or not. local reporters have teamed up with the national media outlets that are fact checking these things on an almost real time basis. really interested voters are keeping up with all of this information and taking the to different sources and get in many cases an authoritative up or down, yes sir know, this is true or is not, scoring of these kinds of bats. if it is one of the reasons that having this kind of information technology, whether on a smartphone or whether you , it changes the way that you are operating on a minute by minute basis. >> you think we're going to be less willing to put something out there and hope that last until the election? >> i think that they will. ultimately it is a free market. if you put that information out there that follows bad, if you cannot deny 5 blatantly misleading political ads, and call them on and, i think that people will learn that it does not pay to run those kinds of ads. maybe i'm hopelessly naive about that. it would not be the