of alzheimer's." please join me in welcoming reporter greg o'brien, who was diagnosed with younger-onset alzheimer's at age 59 and is a regular contributor to the huffington post and psychology today. greg, good to have you with us. >> thank you, ken. it's an honor to be here. >> well, tell us about the title of the book. what inspired the title? >> well, the title of the book, "on pluto," when i was a young investigative reporter, i would take sources off record. i covered the mafia and organized crime, and i would tell my sources, "i'm gonna take you out to pluto, where no one can hear what is said." and i was fascinated with the planet pluto. and then, as i got older, you know, men and women, you go and you talk about the unmentionables of life, and my buddies would say, "are you taking us out to pluto?" and i said, "yes. we're off the record." and in this disease, in alzheimer's, there's this urge to just drift out, which i have to fight against all the time, and i had to invent a place that i co

i think if you're on the path to alzheimer's disease, you may still get alzheimer's disease. this may give you more time with a healthy brain. so this is a chart that's going to show how alzheimer's progresses. you don't go to bed one night and you're completely healthy and wake up one morning and have alzheimer's disease. alzheimer's disease is a slowly progressing disease that goes over the years, decades even. we now know by studying the biology they have alzheimer's disease at the biological changes occur up to 10 years before any symptoms occur. so as i talked about healthy lifestyle, it is really a middle-age to document how the lifestyles. it's a putting money in your bank for retirement. you need to start thinking about what you are going to face in the 80s and 90s, but she need to do it in 50s and 60s. don't wait until it's too late. do it now. even if you're over, we see benefits to this healthy lifestyles. but that can slow your decline. we know that the decline and alzheimer's diseases recidivist. that's different. it's not normal what happens. i talked about the

host: the alzheimer's association published a fact only 45 of those who were diagnosed with alzheimer'say they were aware of it, and it shows that two thirds of those are women. is there something gender related that we should know about? guest: there are two things going gone. one, women live longer, so they have more time to get the disease. that is part of it. there also seems to be some gender specificity. slightly more women have the disease, when you control for longevity in life expectancy. these can obviously be incredibly devastating, not only for those suffering, but for the family members involved. q talk about care, the importance of that, and options have loved ones with the disease. guest: early on, the patient and the family can live normally. as it progresses, they need to know what to expect. it is good to prepare. there are support groups for patients. sometimes patients and families together. they learn from what other through.ve gone the things you can do are the understanding of the patient, and any kind of abnormal behaviors that might develop, not to condone them

at that point, he alzheimer's. or was nearing that period.hat was fascinating was that she didn't know much about my background. she took schultz's word and also talked to bud mcfarland, former national security adviser. she was interested, i remember, in that conversation in having accurate histories of reagan and his legacy, his presidency and the end of the cold war written. there were no stipulations on my use of those papers ever. and that work ended up in reagan, in his own hand, reagan and a life of letters, co-afored by martin and anna lease anderson. those books began, really, a revision of reagan's presidency when we showed that he wrote thousands and thousands of letters, speeches, political tracks and other documents that no one really knew about. so, in that way, i came into her life in the postpresidency years. and i watched her very carefully become concerned about and wanting to help shape, in the way that she could, reagan's legacy. and i was just really honored to participate from that vantage point. >> you had unique insigh

if you test positive you'll have early on-set alzheimer's. it is a decision you don't want to take lightly. >>> rainy and sunny and muggy. >> what a mix. >> we have a lot we'll throw at you this week. in fact, the rain cleared out today. we have clouds on the coast. the winds up again today gusting around 30 miles per you can see the st. pete clearwater airport 28. it is a tale of two stories. sea breeze, because the winds are from the west, have cleared out. the beach is gorgeous from our sky 10 network. around tampa and the bay it is humid and you can see the haze in the air as well as at times some of the clouds that have been pushing off to the east. look at the temperatures. 87 in lake wales. that's down. i saw 88 last hour. sea breeze kicked in. we are 72 in clearwater. that's definitely the difference of being closer to the water, which is cooler in showers, after last night scattered showers continue to hold on. we had a few earlier this morning. as they moved late morning and med day most of the clouds have been trailing with it. eve

her husband was ailing from alzheimer's and he was truly the love of her life. people talked about her abiding love for her husband one thing that missed is she saw his capacity for greatness and she did absolutely everything she could in order to ensure that he had a position in the world to make a difference and so she was an important force in driving his political career. >> in writing this book you came to the conclusion that she was under appreciated. >> well, i think the public really began to appreciate she was really the bad cop to her husband's good cop. that was sort of her reputation in the white house. i think that like i saw a different nancy reagan out of the white house so many other people did, as well as we began to appreciate that same sort of take no prisoners attitude that she had towards her husband in the white house was really thrown into protecting him when he had alzheimer's. i think we appreciated her as a caretaker for taking care of this american icon, this american treasure. >> and she really did in so many ways orchestrated sounds

she speaks on behalf of families coping with pain to the loss of alzheimer's. she will be laid to rest next her husband at the reagan national library. >>> we will have much more our morning on good morning america. [ thunder crashing ] [ wind whistling, wood creaking ] father, father! it's all right, son. i'm here. see? there's nothing to be afraid of. remember, whenever you feel scared, all you have to do is look inside. we're all braver than we think if we just look deep enough. before you know it, you're gonna be a man, so i'm just trying to prepare you

she was just wonderful. >> she became so active in alzheimer's disease. her husband, ronald reagan, announced he was suffering from alzheimer's after he left office in 1994. and she became very active in the ronald and nancy reagan research institute to support alzheimer's research, worked on that and several other causes. she became very active in her post presidency years. she was always by his side during those years, wasn't she? >> absolutely. she was -- i mean, that was her first, second and last objective always, was to take care of ronnie, as she called him. she was extremely protective of him. and that extended at every possible level, whether it was polishes, you know, talking to him about arms control, the soviets and all that. i believe she had an interaction with ambassador gramico in the day. he talked about whispering things to her husband and all this sort of thing, about the soviets and arms control, whether it was things like that, whether it was personnel. she was bound and determined that there would not be a staff member in that white

is one of the scary things about alzheimer's, there is no cure. hopefully it is a little step towards that. >> there are 60 medical centers around the world doing this study including drexel and penn medicine. they are still enrolling and looking for healthy people between the ages of 65 and 85. they are especially looking for minorities to join. we have a link with more information on 6abc.com/healthcheck. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news." >>> we have a spell of chilly weather coming up. >> and heading back to winter for about the next 48 hours, and then we will climb out of it. next week is going to feel like spring. stormtracker live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight. the winds have died off somewhat, but we still have a noticeable breeze. winds right now generally 12-17 miles per hour. we had wind gusts more than 40 miles per hour earlier today. but still you add that with the temperature, temperatures generally in the 30s right now. wind chills in the 20's and teens. hard to believe temperatures were in the 60's

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the additional funds are helping nih accelerate research to find cures for cancer, alzheimer's, alzheimer's, and help them move forward with new programs like the precision medicine initiative in the brain initiative. however i was disappointed to learn that funding for hiv aids funding is not increasing. nih proposed an additional $100 million for hiv aids research in order to advance its work on universal vaccine to prevent hiv infection. i think it's a mistake to change course and i hope to see and i had to support that research this year and is something i will advocate for. nih plays an integral role in responding to emergency public health threats. 2014 as ebola raged in west africa nih accelerated its work to create and a bowl of vaccine. recently they are working to develop a vaccine for the looming zika crisis which poses an urgent and serious threat as my colleague said to pregnant women. and their babies. take a look at yesterday's new york times, pregnancy shadowed by fears of zika. this is real in the minds of the men and women and women in particular. i look forward to hearing

my dad had alzheimer's and obviously president reagan had alzheimer's. we saw each other a lot on both of those fronts. in fact, when i became first lady, one of the first calls i made was to mrs. reagan to ask for her advice, and i met with her quite frequently during my time as first lady just to get a sense from her about how i should handle it, what i should do. i met with everybody who served in that role before. one of the things i said i wanted to do is put her picture up in the capitol and say she had served too because there were no pictures of first ladies. just governors. she said, of course, i served, too. you should do that right away. i remember talking to her about, you know, not being sure like what i should focus on or how i should manage that role, and she said, look at the best advice i would have for you is do whatever you want because people are going to criticize you anyway. just do whatever you want. i think people often talk a lot obviously about her love for her husband. she had two children, as you know, then there are stepchild

a group called us against alzheimer's, the alzheimer's association, the alzheimer's foundation of america, the bright focus foundation, and the mind center at the university of mississippi medical center in my capital city of jackson. also a group called leaders lea- leaders engaged on alzheimer's disease. they all agree by unleashing this concept after prize competition, we can cure alzheimer's disease. this bill is generating support and die looking for finally put ping and end to this -- putting an end to this devastate being disease. let's pass this bipartisan legislation. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. madam president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: madam president, i ask for a vitiation of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: thank you, madam president. madam president, as we consider the cara bill on the floor at this time, as we consider the bill to deal with

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in 1994, in a letter to the nation, the former president revealed he'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's. after that, he remained largely in seclusion. >> not many people saw him at that point. i didn't let them see him. i didn't want them to have the memory of him like that and i knew he wouldn't want them to see him like that. >> woodruff: during those years, the former first lady made a rare public appearance at the 1996 republican national convention in san diego. >> the love and affection from thousands of americans has been and continues to be a strengthening force for ronnie and me each and every day. we have learned as too many other families have learned of the terrible pain and loneliness that must be endured as each day brings another reminder of this very long goodbye. >> woodruff: former president reagan died in 2004 at the age of 93. after a state funeral in washington, he was laid to rest in simi valley, california, on the grounds of his presidential library. with his passing, nancy reagan became an advocate for stem cell research and finding a cure for alzheimer's. she al

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and as she mentioned nancy reagan took an active role in the fight against alzheimer's disease.coming up we'll take a closer look at how her passion led to new research and the impact it had on families battling the disease. >>> bernie sanders has work to do if he wants to catch up to hillary clinton but he is showing no signs of giving in. >> where some of your friends destroyed this economy. >> you know -- >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> coming up, our campaign analyst breaks down the hard hit from the democratic debate and if sanders has a chance of beating clinton. >> raise your hand. i swear i'm going to vote for donald trump next week. i swear. >> plus, donald trump, is as confident as of. once again, chris christie's coming to his defense. we'll have that coming up next on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00. >>> before we go, new information just in on this breaking news in west philly we told you about. we've now learned four people were taken to the hospital, after this crash. police say a driver hit several parked cars, and several blocks you see some of it now in this live picture f

i lost my dad to alzheimer's. preventing alzheimer's is within our grasp.t's double the budget of nih and get it done. i'm david trone and i approve this message. >>> a teen gunned down on a metro platform in a senseless crime. tonight the community coming together to help the victim's grieving relatives mourn their loss. devan tay washington was on his way to get a haircut for easter. >> then he was shot and killed by another teenager who he didn't even know. ce live in northeast with some information on tonight's vigil. tracee? >> reporter: the community activists who worked with the family to put this together say this is important not only to help this family to grieve but to send a message to the community as well. >> i think about it every day. >> these largo high school students say they plan on taking a break from spring break fun to honor the memory of a classmate tonight who was shot and killed. >> i was crying about it because he was real young. didn't get to grow up and do anything. >> reporter: davonne tay washington was shot and killed on a me

jon: a new alzheimer's drug has been tested successfully on humans. how it could prevent and possibly even reversed that terrible disease >>> will jon: you know you're going to want to stick around for outnumbered at the top of the hour. xander and harris, what you have? must the to be as last night debate as candidates turn their fire solely on donald trump, hammering him on every single issue. how did he do and will their attacks finally stick to him and not them? we discussed plus mitt romney also piling on, laying out the establishment and to defeat the donald. is a brokered convention really the answer or could it backfire with voters? and one elite university banning energy drinks from campus stores. all to reduce high-risk sex. really? all that plus a hashtag one lucky guy on outnumbered, top of the hour the one we will be watching. jenna: the new drug that attacks alzheimer's disease in a new way has now found a fee on humans. known as c 31 it's the first drone that not only may prevent alzheimer's but also reverse it. doctor siegel vice from

. >> and led a nation in understanding alzheimers better on the forefront of alzheimers research andng funding through every step of the way maintaining her husband's legacy, continuing it in many ways as she began it. ed raulings is with us. to our viewers, once the funeral begins we'll bring it to you without any interruption at all. ed, one of the things that struck me was your story of falling behind the president and mrs. reagan. along the way there was a series o conversations and you mentioned a bit of a debate and confident in the end mrs. reagan won it. is that how they rolled? >> there were no signs of confrontation any time. this was so strange and this was the don reagan era and she was trying to oust him and he was obviously not a good chief of staff for the president during the iran conference and she was going on and on and on and he finally turned to her and said nancy, i heard you the first time, second thyime and don't wt to hear you the third time. she gave him a kiss getting off the elevator. obviously, she won the debate. mr. reagan, he was a rock. a solid extrao

you mentioned a moment ago that she was also active about alzheimer's. that put her a certain portion of the conservative community if that she felt it was important to approach a cure of alzheimer's through stem cell research which she advocated and some people objected and she didn't care. >> we're going to try once again with sam donaldson on the phone. i think we figured it out. we apologize for the technological problems. your thoughts? >> testing, one, two, three. >> you're good to go. >> i am in a house next to the mountains. it sound romantic. i was saying i think when last we talked that nancy reagan took care of her husband's security political and physical and didn't dabble in foreign policy or how he would deal with russians or what have you. but when john hinckley, jr., shot ronald reagan and three other people on that terrible day, and i'll remember it because i was five feet away from john hinckley jr. when he fired, nancy reagan after going to the hospital, called their friend from hollywood and assistant chief of staff in and said in eff

as he left the white house, alzheimer's. she was the one who was the public face of the reagan legacy of ronald reagan himself and the way she handled his struggle with alzheimer's in the remaining years of his life when he fell almost completely out of public view and she was the one who spoke for reagan, she was the one who was the guardian of that legacy. >> jon have we heard from her at all or in recent months as the republican party became obsessed with sort of internal battles over the role of donald trump and is there anything that she said in the past that would allow us to extrapolate to what her opinion of this situation might be? >> we had not heard from her, you know, this last debate at the reagan library earlier on in once again the invitation from nancy reagan but in poor health she was not present. she's been struggling in terms of her health. it's one of the questions that i know i have had and so many people have had, what would reagan think of what was going on here? what is nancy reagan thinking about wha

you mentioned a moment ago that she was also active about alzheimers and that put her in the front of the conservative community because she thought it was important to use stem cell research and she advocated and some objected and she did not care. >> we are going do try again once again with sam donaldson; we apology for the technology problems. your thoughts? >> testing, one, two, three. >> it could be in the house next to the mountains, and it sounds romantic but the mountain mean "watermelon," for sandia. >> she took care of her husband's security both mill and physical and it did not dab tell in the foreign policy or suggest how we would deal with the russians, what have you. but when john hinkley shot ronald reagan and three others outside the hilton that day and i remember because i was 5' away when he fired, nance reagan almost immediately after going to the hospital called mike deaver their friend from hollywood assistant chief staff and said, that must never happen again. you see to it. and he did. before that occurred, we would walk into the white house show our card, or w

i lost my dad to alzheimer's. preventing alzheimer's is within our grasp. let's double the budget of nih and get it done. i'm david trone and i approve this message. tapen: a brutal attack on caught at iversen mall. the teenager struck again march 11. three teenagers have been arrested so far, but the rest of this group is still on the loose. with a beautiful home frightening secret, a million-dollar mansion back on the market in new jersey. it is because the family that bought it is too afraid of the house to move in. the family has been getting ominous letters from someone calling themselves "the watcher," threatening their children, so now they are suing the people who sold them the house for not revealing the fact they were also receiving letters. the original homeowner said they did not think their letters were threatening. no word on who was sending the letters. alison: strange. this is the selfie seen around the world. bomber whouicide hijacked an egyptair flight earlier this week, most passengers terrified. one of he stood right next to the alleged

as he left the white house, obviously struggling with alzheimer's. public face of the reagan legacy of ronald reagan himself and the way she handled his struggle with alzheimer's in the remaining years of his life when he fell almost completely out of public view and she was the one who spoke for reagan, she was the one who was the guardian of that legacy. >> jon have we heard from her at all or in recent months as the republican party became obsessed with sort of internal battles over the role of donald trump and is there anything that she said in the past that would allow us to extrapolate to what her opinion of this situation might be? >> we had not heard from her, you know, this last debate at the reagan library earlier on in this crazy primary cycle, it was once again the invitation from nancy reagan but in poor health she was not present. she's been struggling in terms of her health. it's one of the questions that i know i have had and so many people have had, what would reagan think of what was going on here? what is nancy reagan thinking abou

her breast cancer. >> i'll say welcome home. >> reporter: alzheimer's disease. through sickness and health. that was ronnie and nancy. some years after the president's death mrs. reagan told "vanity fair," "i miss ronnie a lot, an awful lot. people say it gets better. no, it does not." their love explained best by the president himself, who wrote to mrs. reagan, "i'm not whole without you. you are life itself to me." that is a love story. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> and that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. i'm lester holt york. i'll see you later "dateline." in the meantime, for >>> it's monday, march 7th. coming up on "early today," worldwide outpouring of the passing of nancy reagan continues as admirers remember a shrewd adviser and devoted partner to ronald reagan. >>> then to politics as the democrats debated flint's water crisis and the auto industry bailout when things got testy. >> if you are talking about the wall street bailout where some of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you know -- >> excuse me. i'm talking. >> we'll tell you

the president revealed he had been dying nosed with alzheimer's disease, the partner who would never leave his side visited the white house line brair to share. >> we learn of the terrible pain as each day brings another reminder of this very long good-bye. >> so, nancy, let me say thank you for all you do. thank you for your love, and thank you for just being you. >> reporter: she stayed close to her ronnie even in her last years. she made it a point to be there when the reagan library hosted election year debates and to visit her husband's resting place, a love story to the very end. >> the reagan family says mrs. reagan died peacefully in her sleep sunday. she was 94 years old. in her honor, flags have been ordered to fly at half-staff at the u.s. capitol and in california flowers are being left outside the reagan library where she'll be laid to rest alongside her husband. funeral plans have not yet been released. >>> and now to the 2016 election. both candidates were quick to the city and didn't hold back on michigan governor rick snyder's role or his future. >> so i swrould a fu

--it relates to alzheimer's i don't have the quantitative data that i want now. i'm working in that direction. we've increased the funding sharply on a bipartisan basis which i think is a real win. i wonder and i wrestled with this -- even though we are in a great physical -- fiscal stress and that has my full attention, it seems to me that this ntsticular area warra sharply increased funding. this is a major national priority for a host of reasons. some of them are economic. just the fact we can get a hold of this. when you comment on that. in auch funding could we, perfect world if you could have more -- at some point, you get diminishing return. you have not had that problem yet. how much do you think you could absorb and really leverage the dollar and get the most out of it? lead to answerur your question. >> thank you for the question. it is true that just about everyone has had their lives touched by loved ones, family members who suffer from alzheimer's disease. it is the great success of the biomedical enterprise with increasing lifespan. the projections

i've never been more optimistic that we will one day find a cure for diseases like alzheimer's. can think of no better way to honor her legacy than by working together as one nation toward that goal. thank you. representative jenkins: in march, we celebrate women's history month and take the opportunity to focus on the progress we have made and the work ahead. it seems that when men look in the mere -- mirror, they see a congressman staring back. this is not the same for women. it is not until prodding from family and friends that most women consider running for public office. even now, imo members make up only 20% of the u.s. house of representatives. but that number is growing. it is now possible to see the day when we no longer use only as a precursor when we speak to the number of women serving as elected officials. the challenge we face is encouraging more women to put themselves forward in public service and in the private sector. that is why republicans are working every day to foster equal opportunities for all. we have improved the education system for our children, so

just as she was with alzheimer's. she made it very public. she stuck by him through some very long and lonely years, i'm sure, and was a wonderful first lady. >> can you talk about that just briefly for a moment? we saw the photo of mrs. reagan waving from the hospital. he famously said, honey, i forgot to duck. talk about that relationship between husband and wife that then transferred from the white house in the public eye to that private struggle of alzheimer's. the very public symbol of the caregivers, other wives around the country and husbands. >> a lot of people are now aware because of president reagan and because of her efforts, you know, was kind of a -- we didn't talk much about it. certain lip was a problem in the country. not like we do today where it's an ongoing discussion and many are much more outward. he was an ex-president. he was not someone who had desire to come back. they could have lived a more secluded life and never have made it public and no one would probably have ever known about it, but she took it as a challenge

her breast cancer. >> i'll say welcome home. >> reporter: alzheimer's disease.ough sickness and health. till death do us part. that was ronnie and nancy. some years after the president's death mrs. reagan told "vanity fair," "i miss ronnie a lot, an awful lot. people say it gets better. no, it does not." their love explained best by the president himself, who wrote to mrs. reagan, "i'm not whole without you. you are life itself to me." that is a love story. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> and that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you later tonight for "dateline." in the meantime, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast >>> nbc bay

the those affected by alzheimer's, 23rd of them are female.mportant for ladies to be represented. we have a ladies clinic. we have a dozen ticket left. >> how much are they. >> $200 each, and that includes a swing and putt instruction, private dessert and wine tasting, massages and then we will join the rest of you guys for the dinner and a award ceremony. >> sign up, we will put a lincoln fox 29.com. all right. here's the thing, to raise money for alzheimer's and to have fun golfing since one of the sponsors is golf performance institute of mount laurel lets do a competition here. we have 30 seconds e we have to rush through this. jamie, latest first. whoever puts it in the hole down there we have some members of the alzheimer's board. twenty bucks, the winner will be, out 20 bucks. my goodness, right in the hole. jeff, step up, mr. tucker and then we will let your brother go. >> it is looking good. a little break to the left. jim, will you show up your brother. all right. here we go, if jim nails this 20 bucks alzheimer's. john, look at this

her breast cancer. >> i'll say welcome home. >> reporter: alzheimer's disease. through sickness and health. till death do us part. that was ronnie and nancy. some years after the president's death mrs. reagan told "vanity a lot, an awful lot. people say it gets better. no, it does not." their love explained best by the president himself, who wrote to mrs. reagan, "i'm not whole without you. you are life itself to me." that is a love story. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> and that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. i'm lester holt rertgro new york. i'll see you later tonight for "dateline." in the meantime, for news, good night. daly: it started nine seasons ago... welcome to "the voice," ...and became... [ cheering ] ...an emmy-winning global phenomenon atting theatscered sinrs ount. thbiggtist t stry t night, thd au anc sn "thic retu coach' chairsnnrevoe" cmpn, myrdnieangeroo adam vi adam: after 10 season on this show, s this day is tyou ha this aweme j helps people along in their careers it'srey stagng. daly: four-time winning coach with over numb-o cou

as a way a of saving other families the pain of alzheimer's. putting the reagan library at the forefront of politics. in her last major interview, nancy reagan spoke of the living without the love of her life -- "people say it gets better. no, it does not," she said. "i miss ronnie a lot, an awful lot." and barbara walters is here tonight. always great to have you. >> thank you. >> you spoke with her in her final year. what was her condition in the last few months? >> she was physically fragile. there were times she had to be in a wheelchair. but her mind was perfectly sound. >> you interviewed both the president and first lady multiple times. you asked about their marriage. i want to show everyone at home what they said was the secret of their marriage. >> how do you keep the romance in a marriage? >> i think it used to be that one of you thought it had to be, everything had to be your way. or 50/50. and it isn't always 50/50. >> what is it? >> sometimes it's 90/10, and you have to be willing to give the 90, or he has to be willing to give the

became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting aching reality of alzheimer's. and many of the presidential candidates remembered nancy reagan on twitter, senator ted cruz said reagan would be remembered for her deep passion for this nation and love for her husband, ronald. donald trump called reagan, the wife of a truly great president, and an amazing woman. senator marco rubio saying reagan was a true example of integrity and grace. and another former first lady, hillary clinton said nancy's strength of character was legendary, and her advocacy, especially for alzheimer's research, was tireless. nancy reagan's substantial influence behind the scenes helped pave the way for future first ladies to take on more central roles in the white house. >> she unconditionally loved her husband. perhaps his reputation was not, you know, an entirely secure, impervious man. and she helped to get him the strength that allowed him to become president and also become a major president. >> the relationship between ronald reagan and nancy started in hollywood and eventually ende

i am confident through these efforts we will find cures for cancer and alzheimer's. i was there -- i was disappointed to see the proposed budget cuts to the national institutes of health this year and by the administration, proposals of $1 million of biomedical research funds to the mandatory side of the budget level and relied on unlikely authorizations to continue the advances we have made in increasing research funding is disheartening. i do not plan to let the $1 billion cuts stand. we need to ensure a specific biomedical research base sustained to pave the way for these long-term advancements, proposing one time mandatory spending that may never materialize is not the path to do this. i look forward to discussing the effects of the president's proposed discretionary budget cuts and also want to stress how important it is to ensure we focus on next generation of investigators. we know how long it takes a new drug or treatment to make it from the lab to patients. without a young pipeline of surgeons committed to following the process we won't find the cures we see

. >> pelley: nearly 16 million americans are caring for someone with alzheimer's disease. in a new study this week looked at the toll that takes on caregivers. dr. jon lapook is following one family's struggle. >> reporter: when we first met mike and carol daily eight years ago, he was the sole caregiver after her alzheimer's diagnosis and often took her to work with him. today, at age 73, he's still working as carol declines, he continues as her primary caregiver, but now has some help during the day. if you did want to retire, could you swing it financially? >> no. i would have to-- would have to dedicate my whole life to take care of carol because i couldn't afford to pay home care. >> reporter: the survey documented the sacrifices alzheimer's caregrifers often forced to make. beth kallmyer is with the alzheimer's association. >> they were having to make the table or going to the doctor or taking money out of their retirement funds in order to make sure the person had care. >> reporter: the survey almost found almost half of caregivers were forced to cut back on their o

through the her breast cancer. home. >> reporter: alzheimer's disease. health. till death do us part. that was ronnie and nancy. some years after the president's death mrs. reagan told "vanity fair," "i miss ronnie a lot, an awful lot. people say it gets better. no, it does not." their love explained best by the president himself, who wrote to mrs. reagan, "i'm not whole without you. you are life itself to me." that is a love story. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> and that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you later tonight for "dateline." in the meantime, for seseasons ago... welcome to "the voice," a singing competition unlike any other. ...and became... [ cheering ] ...an emmy-winning global phenomenon attracting the greatest undiscovered singers in the country... and the biggest artists in the music industry to coach them. boom! tonight, the blind auditions kick off an epic 10th season of "the voice." returning to our coaches' chairs... last season's winner and three-time "voice" champion, grammy awar

nancy became his caretaker and an advocate for alzheimer's research. in a statememt... president obama and the first lady are remembering nancy for her tireless work against alzheimer's... calling her a "voice on behalf of millions." millions."and kentucky senator mitch mcconnell remembered nancy and ronald's perseverance through that difficult time in their lives. there's much more reaction later this morning on good morning america... following good morning tri-state. today with highs in the mid-60s. an isolated shower is to 20 mph at times. tonight, lows will stay warm, around 50. tuesday, it gets even the low to mid-70s. winds will gust up to 20 mph. traffic forget about andre the giant... former wrestling star hulk hogan is entering the ring with his toughest opponent.the *100-million* dollar lawsuit on the line. freak accident...a kentucky man... killed in the middle of the night by a falling tree. some important information you need to know if you're driving into downtown this morning. freedom way will be closed between race and rosa parks in just about 30 minute

and alzheimer's is a rough road. she always food by him.acteristic of her. >> and i remember the scene, john, there is a scene where he was in a park just relaxing, secret service was around him and he couldn't understand why everybody was paying attention to him. >> yeah, there is another scene that was reported i think in the "new york times" where he's watching old videos of people in the past and he wonders who that man at the top of the steps of air force one is. george schultz came and called and left and president reagan turned to nancy and said you know, he was a very important man once, that man who just came in. so there is a quintessential sense of tragedy about the way president reagan went. but she was always there. >> well, i guess there is something very democratic about alzheimer's. it strikes with the same classic pattern, michael. and to see a president who had all his wits about him and had to give way as evan said, that beautiful letter that was so well written. >> testimoalmost poetry and in e says roughly that the hard

became the voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting aching reality of alzheimer's. nbc's lester holt takes a look back at how nancy reagan's public journey began on the silver screen. >> reporter: nancy davis was an actress herself when she met ronald reagan on the mgm lot in 1949. he was already a star. but though she had her own hollywood dreams, she later said she found her greatest role as his wife. >> i think i was born to be married. i was the happiest girl in the world when "i" became "we." >> reporter: they married in 1952, a simple ceremony, and even appeared together in "hellcats of the navy," the last of her 11 films. >> i began to think maybe you were playing the south sea circuit. >> you knew better. >> how could i know. did you give me a postdated check? >> reporter: from then on by her own description, her life was devoted to her husband, as mother to their two children patti and ron and as stepmother to his two children by former wife jane wyman. then came politics and her long career as a first lady, first in california to governor ronald reagan in

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. >>> catch music legend glen campbell is fighting alzheimer's. his wife is in the studio to talk about his illness. >>> tonight, back-to-back episodes of the big bang theory at 8:00. scorpion 9:00. ncis los angeles at 10:00. late show with steve earle -- >>> glen campbell is fighting the battle of his life with his 2011 diagnosis of alzheimer's. his wife joins a studio today to talk about why the family chose to share the journey with her documentary is how music and -- impacted. >> the doctor said music utilizes all of the brain at once and so it's is stimulating and helps the brain remain healthy longer. we think it helped him plateau and enjoy more of his life. >> kim campbell is in town for a conference on alzheimer's. the documentary is glen combo, i will be me. go to studio 10.tv. >>> howard frankland bridge, we told you that all of the crash is clear. you can see it is still a backup. now you're looking at the gandy bridge and it is backed up like crazy. if you have to cross the bay keep in mind it will take you time. [announcer] ah, fresh

her breast cancer. >> i'll say welcome home. >> reporter: alzheimer's disease. through sickness and health. till death do us part. that was ronnie and nancy. some years after the president's death mrs. reagan told "vanity fair," "i miss ronnie a lot, an awful lot. people say it gets better. no, it does not." their love explained best by the president himself, who wrote to mrs. reagan, "i'm not whole without you. you are life itself to me." that is a love story. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> and that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. i'm lester holt reporting from new tonight for "dateline." in the meantime, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. governor andrew cuomo: there is an unhealthy income inequality gap that is only growing. if you work full-time you shouldn't have to choose between paying the rent and buying food. i say lift up the working families of this state and pay a real decent wage. we fight until this nation fulfills its promise of opportunity for all and that's what this daly: it started nine seasons ago... welcome to "the voice,