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according to the american cancer society, about one in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point. among those who have battled breast cancer is popular evangelical author and speaker joni eareckson tada, a quadriplegic who heads an international ministry for people with disabilities. she shared her very personal journey with us. >> before cancer, joni eareckson tada lived an extremely busy life. one of the longest surviving quadriplegics on record, she led an international christian ministry for people with disabilities. she was also a popular speaker, bestselling author, and acclaimed artist. >> in my situation, being a quadriplegic, i never had time to think about cancer, it always happened to other women. it was not in my wheelhouse. i mean, i had other issues to deal with. >> those "other issues" included more than 40 years in a wheelchair. an athletic teenager, tada broke her neck in a diving accident when she was 17. her spinal cord was severed, and she became paralyzed from the shoulders down. she has limited arm motion, but can't use her hands or her legs. i

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this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.t's make noise and finish the fight. join us at projectluna.com >>> good morning. sunday, june 16th. i'm richard jordan. in the news today, a solar plane will go on display at dulles airport today. solar impulse landed after midnight after a ten-hour flight from cleveland it can supply day and night thanks to batteries that stores the solar energy it collects. see it 1:00 to 5:00. the crew hopes to attempt an around the world flight in 2015. >>> president obama will leave d.c. and go to northern ireland to take part in a two-day g8 summit. the white house decided to open the door to arm rebel forces in syria. >>> give yourself plenty of time if you are taking metro. track work on every line and trains are only running every 20 minutes or so. the silver spring, tacoma and brookline stations closed on the red line. everything should be back open in time for tomorrow morning's commute. >>> we'll check the forecast, next. >>> good morning, everybody. meteorologist chuck bell. a cloudy and

. >> reporter: cancer survivor day, the american cancer society predicts about 1.6 million new cancer be diagnosed in 2013 and almost 600,000 people are expected to die of cancer this year alone. that's almost 1600 people a day. that makes cancer the second most common cause of death in the united states. angelina jolie, who refused to be a statistic, was back on the red carpet today. it was the actress's first public appearance since announcing she had a double m t mastectomy in february. she had she had a mutation of the gene linked to breast and ovarian cancer. today, she talked about her health. >> i feel great, i feel wolf wonderful and i'm grateful for the support. i have been happy to see the discussion about women's health expanded, and that means the world to me. after losing my mom to these issues, i'm very grateful for it and i have been moved by the kind support from people. really very grateful for it. >> jolie was joining her fiance brad pitt who is promoting his new film "world war z" in london. >> beloved children's author judy blume is also a cancer survivor. you prob

this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.t's make noise and finish the fight. join us at projectluna.com >> good morning, everyone. i'm sarah caldwell. the time is 8:26 here's are look at some of the top stories this morning. baltimore police are trying to figure out what led up to the death of a 4-year-old boy hit by the a taxi at liberty parkway in dundalk. anthony sering was rushed to johns hopkins hospital where he was pronounced dead. the crash team is helping piece together what may have happened. >> what they have determined so far is that the boy came out into the street in between two parked cars on liberty parkway and the taxicab was traveling on liberty parkway and struck the boy. >> detectives say they are not sure if an adult was supervising the boy as he entered the street and there's no word on if traffic charges will be filed against the driver. >> and a fire inside west baltimore. flames broke out around 4:30 this morning along calhoun street. officials believe it started on the second floor of the building c

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this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.t's make noise and finish the fight. join us at projectluna.com >>> good morning to you. looking live at a pretty picture of the golden gate bridge as fog is lingering there in the distance. let's find out what that means for your father's day plans. i'm kris sanchez along with rob mayeda. >> we're going to see sunshine in san francisco. kind of chilly in the north bay. 40s all day sea breeze and it's going to keep the cloud cover along the seashore, maybe sunny breaks later in the afternoon and clouds towards the evening. 60s today and 70s inland. north bay, some of the lowest spots, in the low 80s. temperatures are going to cool down as we get to the middle part of the week and then as summer officially begins, temperatures climbing up maybe near 90 by next weekend. >> thanks, rob. >>> breaking news in the east bay where one man is dead after a shooting at a party for a child last night. vallejo police say a man was standing in front of a street near sawyer street when he was shot se

this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.ish the fight. >>> good morning. i'm eric thomas. oakland police are investigating a deadly shoot iing around 5:30 this morning. one person was killed, dead at the scene. the victim's identity has not been released and police say they've made no arrests. here is mike with the forecast. >>> stubborn over the water, quickly evaporating over land. all of us will have sunshine eventually, 81 in oakland, 86 san jose, 81 santa rosa. hottest temperatures sunday and monday. leyla? >> a couple of things going on, on the bay bridge. stall eastbound side past treasure island. a wreck involving two cars blocking two lanes in the westbound direction as well right at the toll plaza slowing things down in both directions. eric? >> leyla, thank you very much. the news continues now ♪ i'm on top of the world, hey i'm on top of the world, hey ♪ >>> big crowd out there in times square, with ben & jerry on this thursday morning. they moved in right across the street. to celebrate, they're giving a bunch o

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let's help the american cancer society finish the fight. >>> good morning, everyone.cks off at 3:00 this afternoon in the lower park followed by a march down market street at 6:00. huge crowds are expected at events all weekend especially after this week's major u.s. supreme court decision that ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. >>> meteorologist mike nicco has the bay area forecast now. >> market street's the place to be for pride celebration. that's where the parade will be. this is your forecast for saturday and sunday. pretty much mirrored, mid-70s with a whole lot of sunshine. that's pretty mild compared to everybody else. we'll have 80s to near 90s for the rest of the bay shore, 100s inland. leyla? >>> a crash in marin county blocking two lanes 101 southbound. there's where we've got this accident. look at the bumper-to-bumper traffic. it will take you at least 20 minutes. >>> the news continues now with [ cheers and applause ] >>> and a cast of thousands, all seemingly between the ages of 13 and 15. all screaming their lungs out in a steamy central park, as t

let's help the american cancer society finish the fight.ltimore. >> time for a trick of the morning commute with sarah caldwell. a newre getting word of accident involving an overturned overturned vehicle and the gwynn oak avenue. watch for closures and delays due to the accident. one is coming in from baltimore county towards route 23. as you travel the west side, delays in place on the outer loop from 795 down to edmondson could walther avenue and moravia road, watch for a crash. closure on westbound route 26. liberty road and milford mill road -- that is due to utility work area 14 minutes on the north side stretch. 19 minutes to travel west side outer loop. 95 out of the northeast, showing delay southbound from white marsh down to the 895 split. in the weather department, things are pretty quiet right now. in thee north this upper 60s at this point. 69 degrees in sykesville. patches of sun. showers are developing and continuing across the lower eastern shore into southern maryland. we have let showers making their way towards garrett co

. >> stephanie: because -- >> two nights ago he did speak to the american cancer society, so it mightt. >> stephanie: i love him. and my first thought is, is he implying that he got that from his wife or somebody other than his wife and either way -- the sex rehab he has always denied. he said it was for alcohol. and that's how this started. they said was it alcohol and smoking? and he said -- because frankly all of them can cause it. and it can be a public service in that you can get it. >> like cigars and brandy. >> yeah he probably should have said i might have gotten it if this. >> and here are the 37 candidates that may have been responsible. >> each one of them needs to be tested. >> stephanie: moderation everybody. it's interesting bette midler just tweeted and praised him. bravo michael douglas for telling the word that cancer can by caused by oral sex. and doctors are a little like -- ah. and one doctor was saying that's the cure for it -- he said i don't know what he thinks if he exposes himself to more of the virus, that's not medically accurate. >> i'm not a doctor but exp

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this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.> live and in hd, this is abc7 news -- and abc7 news update pitkin >> good morning, everyone. two young people in the hospital after an overnight's shooting in southeast d.c. that happen in the 700 block of the district. the man was shot in the face. no word on what led to the shooting. an in-depth report on our sister station at top of the hour. taking another walk along the metropolitan branch trail of northeast d.c. to try to improve safety along this popular route. this comes after a silver spring man was knocked off his bike and beaten by a large group of young people last tuesday amanda medos has had eight have morning out there for some virginia folks. >> it has been a tough morning, especially of 95 leading to the beltway. that has been cleared. the offer for, an accident is blocking a -- is blocking the right shoulder. on 66, slow through fairfax eastbound. >> cloudy skies this morning and muggy. 74 degrees is the temperature. a few light showers to the south of the metro. tra

let's help the american cancer society finish the fight.7:56. good morning everybody. i'm jon kelley. we'll have to wait until thursday to get a ruling from supreme court justices on prop 8. just moments ago, the justices handing down decisions on five of them, nog none having to do with california's same-sex marriage ban. the ruling will likely come down this thursday or next monday. officers have arrested a 60-year-old man for morgan hills' first homicide of the year. officers say michael shepherd lives in a morgan hill mobile home park located in monterey park near where the body was found. the body of the 40-year-old woman was discovered by a passerby. investigators looking into whether she was sexually assaulted before she was killed. >>> on a much broader note, a good looking day ahead. christina loren is here with your monday forecast. >> good morning, jon. this live picture, completely clear over the golden gate bridge. out of sfo we're dealing with three-hour flight delays because of all the low cloud cover banked against the coast

this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.>> good morning. i'm kristen sze. san jose police say an 18-year-old driver of a toyota will be arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. his passenger was killed early this morning after the toyota they were in crashed into some parked cars. driver was take on the a hospital with minor injuries. police say they found beer cans in the car. >>> we'll check in with leyla gulen for your forecast. >> all right. as we take a look from our roof cam, beautiful sunny skies now starting to burn through the clouds. a little bit of patchy fog out by the coast. a look at our seven-day forecast. it's a cooldown tomorrow, then things will start to warm up by the end of the week. let's take a look at our traffic right now. we have a couple of accidents. the first one we're going to get to, it's going to be a pretty big jam-up along northbound 101 at highway 92 slowing things down. kristen? >> the news continues with "good mo ♪ >>> a whole bunch of people out the

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this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years.> good morning to you. i'm charlie crowson. here for the stories we're following. >>> loved one of kami ring come together to see the 10-year- old. visitation begins at 10:00 a.m. her funeral will follow at noon. the boys and girls club is helping the family with expenses. >>> it is shaping up to be had nice day. here is lynette charles with what to expect for the forecast. the weather is moving on. >> i have to potential for showers and storms this afternoon. this afternoon we're humid and warm, the temperature at 73 degrees. this what to expect during your day. bel air has sun and clouds, but changes in the forecast. by this afternoon the potential for a thunderstorm with the high around 86 degrees. the sunny fatality brings improving conditions in here on wednesday, thursday and friday. >>> through the traffic with lauren. >> we are dealing with delays on 95 southbound. the lanes are clock in at 25 miles per hour. the jfx 41 mile-per-hour. if you are traveling imp baltimore county,

the american cancer society now setting aggressive goals for the reduction of cancer. prevention and early detection are key to reaching these goals. based on advances and medical innovation, it's estimated in the next 10 years millions more americans will have a chance at life after cancer. mr. speaker, let's celebrate with those that have won their fight as they offer hope that all cancer patients may someday be able to proudly say that they, too, are cancer survivors. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back -- yields his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: some years ago many of us heard of a tsunami. as we approach this weekend of congratulation for our wonderful graduates, we should tell them this is the best and the greatest time of their life. but it is important for members of congress to recognize that we have a task of graduating to do. we must graduate past sequestration and eliminate it, for it is a tsunami against

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cancer care doctors and researchers. bertha coombs with more. >> reporter: the american society of clinical oncology annual meeting is one of the most important events in cancer research. where drug companies present the latest data on promising treatments for the deadliest cancers. that has made it a key meeting for investors. >> a dozen companies or so, having analyst meetings over the weekend, at which point they will also showcase their data. and that's a great time for investors and analysts to interact with management teams. >> reporter: the most highly anticipated data on treatments from three major drugmakers, bristol meyers squibb, roche, and merck. >> we have new classes of drugs, such as the immuno therapies, advancing the treatment of potentially a variety of cancers, specifically melanoma, but being evaluated in kidney, breast and lung cancers. >> reporter: the drugs target a protein in cancer cells that binds withceptor that calls td-1. that protein masks cancers from the immune system. the drugs block the protein, allowing the immune system to attack the cancer cells. >> in some patients, you could end up

cancer patients with immuno-therapy. it's one of the topics being discussed at the american society of clinical oncology's conference in chicago. just how skt i have are immuno-therapy drugs? resulting from early stage trials show that a drug from bristol-myers shall runk cancer patients' tumor 28%. if anyone of the three stands out early on, analysts say it's bristol-myerss, in addition to the experimental drug, they have the only approved drug. >> it's harder for other companies to do that sort of combination therapy with their pd-1 products. merck is trying to speed up the program to get closer to the same timeframe as bristol. >> bristol meyer sees a billion dollars in sales already. and the company could go to 11 billion dollars by 2023. i think we are at the early stages of an evolution in the treatment of cancer, one where bristol-myers squibb looks in the lead. >> is it time to buy in to pimpt -- to immuno-therapy? it is providing hope. >> what is so exciting about these drugs is that it has injected the word cure into our dialog about certain types of cancer. >> for "nightly business report" i'm jackie. >> and later i

at the american society of clinical oncology, the largest assembly of the world's cancer researchers, bristol-myers squibb is behind two studies that show new drugs improving survivial rates for patients with melanoma. in one study, the combination of nivolumab and yervoy helped shrink tumors in patients with advanced melanoma. merck is also showing progress with boosting the body's immune system to fight melanoma with a drug called lambrolizumab. "we can now prevent the tumor from fighting the immune system so the immune system can actively re-fight the tumor." bayer and onyx pharmaceuticals announced sorafenib can prevent the spread of thyroid cancer. "it stops it from spreading and stops it from growing. that's the positive effect we have." sorafenib is currently marketed as nexavar to treat kidney and liver cancer. expanding its use to patients with thyroid cancer could increase sales of nexavar by up to $300 million. however, shares of synta pharmaceuticals (snta) fell 34%, closing at $4.87. investors expected synta's treatment for lung cancer to show more benefits. still, if app

cancer fund of american. he gets paid $236,815. james reynolds jr., president and ceo of the breast cancer society, has a salary of $261,609.ors like you, who in 2011 sent these three charities $26 million in cash. how much of those donations went to helping cancer patients. according to the charity's own tax records, about 2% in cash. example, the cancer fund of america, raised $6 million through its fundraising campaign in 2011 and gave away just $14,94 o in cash. that is not what you would hear from the telemarketers hired by the cancer fund of america run by james reynolds sr. >> how much of my $10 will go to who was this? >> cancer fund of america. 100% of your donation goes into the fund where we purchase medical supplies for these cancer patients and do the hospice care for terminally ill and supply over 600 hospital offices with medical supplies all over the united states. >> how much of my $10 will go? >> 100% towards the charity itself. i'm calling directly from the charity and not a telemarketing agency. >> oh, that's great, then. >> according to the iowa attorney general office which gave us these recordings, th

cancer. tonight, cramer talks with the ceo of biomarin to hear what its results of the latest study may mean for the future. >>> two weeks ago, i told you the american societyogy meeting is happening right now will be a big deal for the biotech space. look at what's happened. over the weekend, we got a new class of anti-cancer drugs known as parp inhibitors. it suppresses tumor cells needed in order to reproduce. that's causing some huge move. these different announcements just roiled the market. tesaro rallied $12 today. it's now tripled since i got behind it back in november. on the other hand, biomarin, another stock that i have been a big fan of, got pounded today. down $2.90 even though i thought the data on the anti-breast cancer drug was compelling. i think this pullback can be an amazing buying opportunity because oncology is a small part of what they do. they specialize in enzyme therapies for rare genetic diseases, so-called orphan drugs. they have good patent protection. why are they so expensive? take the drugs biomarin have on the market. two treat mps. it can cause horrific damage at the cellular level if left untreated. company has a drug for

the american society of clinical oncology kicking off its annual meeting. addressing this year's theme, building bridges to conquer cancer now is chief medical officer at roche. i go back to the crazy biotech company working on antramed. it looked like it didn't work. evastin came along. >> it's been 10 years since the pivotal data that showed works in colon cancer. since then the data has shown that it works now in the united states, approved in four different types of cancer. we have had 26 late stage trials. in conjunction with chemotherapy. your trial showed it was positive at least in preventing the tumor for growing for a longer time, right? >> yeah. it was two very exciting programs. one in cervical cancer, the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in women between ages of 15 and 45. it is sponsored by nci. women who received evastin had four-month improvement in living with their cancer. that's very impressive. and two studies in brain cancer. not only did it keep the tumor from growing and keeping patients much more functionally able. we found patients were able to communicate better. they were able

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