. >> more on decoding annie parker. you got to meet her as well. >> i did and she was pretty amazing, i have to tell you. i moved from the red carpet outside to the red carpet inside and i would love to show you the activity. most people have moved into a vip reception as we get ready for the screening of decoding anny parker. as you know, it's about anny parker. she lost her mother, cousin, all before being diagnosed herself and finally this researcher dr. king got some answers. not just her, but scores of people who have cancer and wondered how did this happen to our family? so, tonight this screening is about opening the eyes of people. they can understand the story of anny parker and the great length this doctor went to to come to this discovery about the gene mutation. it is incredible. i'll tell you more about this in 20 minutes. for now, back to you. >> all right, looking forward to it. thanks so much, lesli. >> it is deadline for city cab cabbies. what they had to do or face a fine. >>> a warm start to october.

let me introduce you to annie parker. she's in the movie, decoding annie parker.know you were diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29. you lost your mom, sister, cousin to this disease and battled ovarian cancer. and abdominal cancer. at some point, did the lightbulb go off for you and say there has to be a link between this cancer and my life. >> most definitely. i couldn't believe that it would just be down to family bad luck. i didn't really know back then a lot about what was known now as genetics, but i certainly had to do some research and find out that a lot of my family members, women on my mother's side, were dying from this disease. >> the braca1 test was not out when you were diagnosed, but since that time, we learned a lot more about this mutation. >> correct. we have come a long way, thanks to dr. mary claire king, and i was really glad that this was something that we found out about because i really didn't want to think that all this was for not, for my research that i was doing. >> now, in the movie, you almost wonder if the two of you have met alrea

. >> we are looking at a scene from the new movie "decoding annie parker." it's the real life story of a woman who searches for answers as to why cancer is ravaging her family. the movie stars helen hunt. she plays the jennette cyst who -- jennette cyst who suffered the brca gene linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. i'm delighted to have the real annie parker right here in the studio with me. also the movie's writer and director steve bernstein. thank you both for being here. i have to ask you, annie, how does it feel to have a movie about your life? >> it's pretty surreal, i can tell you that, yes. it's been a wonderful journey a and adventure for me. >> you were diagnosed with breast cancer. then a couple of years later ovarian cans gler correct. >> and again another cancer. that started this whole ball rolling, didn't it? >> yes. i had breast cancer at 29, ovarian cancer at 38, and what my oncologist called an inknow primary in 2006 behind my liver. >> and you were wondering because your mother had cancer, correct? >> correct. >> your sister. they

the screening of a new film called "decoding annie parker."ars helen hunt as american jennetteist dr. mary claire king who discovers the brca gene is linked to a higher incidence of breast and ovarian cancers and samantha morton as annie parker, a canadian woman who was also searching for answers as to why cancer was ravaging her family. i spoke to the real annie parker about making her life story into a movie. >> your biopsy shows you have carcinoma of the left breast. >> phew. i thought it was going to be really bad news. >> reporter: when your story began in the 1980s there was no talk of the brca gene. we thought it was overhead high power lines, the soil, the water. when did you start writing this down? when did you start thinking there's got to be another reason besides just bad luck, as that line in the movie says? >> your family did have a bit of bad luck but there are many complex factors. >> i think call it woman's intuition or girl intrue wig at the time -- intuition at the time. i lost my mother when i was 13 years old to her secon

. >>> last night i emceed the movie screening of "decoding annie parker." the film is about the discovery of the brca 1 gene and its connection to breast and ovarian cancers. it highlights one woman diagnosed with three different types of cancer annie parker. there she s. in celebration of buddy check 9's 20th anniversary of saving lives through early detection, wusa9 is bringing the mammovan to broadcast house. the date is thursday, october 10. to find out if you're eligible or make an appointment for the mammogram when the van comes here to our station, call 202- 741-3252 and remind your buddy to do the same. the movie was excellent, funny, hysterical, little dramatic license but if you see it next year, you will understand why we were so proud to be a part of this effort last night. >> worth the watch. >>> it is 4:36. "50 shades of grey" goes where no book has gone before. that is in jessica's money report. >> today is the day >>> 4:39. a quiet morning. you're looking at washington. the monuments all lit up because of the benefactor who paid to have all

screening of "decoding annie parker."'ve heard our interviews on air with this remarkable woman a three-time breast cancer survivor. this is her story and also the story of dr. mary clara king, the woman who discovered the gene mutation and proving certain cancers are hereditary. it was an education night, an inspiring night. it was an entertaining night. the director and writer steve bernstein was there. he told us in the beginning do laugh because there are some funny moments in this and after meeting annie parker and seeing what she went through, you know cancer was afraid to take hold of her. she was not going to let this defeat her, not breast cancer, not ovarian cancer, not the tumor on her liver. it's a wonderful movie. if you say it, get out on social media. let people know it's coming to the big screen next year. you must see this film. it's incredible. >> the woman they picked to play her, the likeness is close. >> last night's special screening raised money for the support group for facing our risk of cancer em

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foster at the afi silver theater where wusa9 is host ago special screening of the movie, decoding annie parker tonight. the film is based on the real lives of two women, dr. mary claire king who discovered the braca gene mutation that causes some breast and ovarian cancers. at the age of 29. this after already losing her mother, cousin, and sister to the disease. annie was one of the first women in canada to test positive for the mutation. >> we have come a long way, thanks to dr. mary claire king and i was really glad that this was something we found out about because i really didn't want to think that all this was for not, for my research that i was doing. >> in addition to being a breast cancer survivor, annie beat ovarian and abdominal cancer. she's an amazing woman you cannot forget. >>> always watching, always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather. >> it has been a gorgeous, gorgeous day. i have to tell you. >> it was warm, but to not humid, which is such a nice tradeoff. it will stay warm for a while, but i have noted seen any complaints in my e-mail. let's start with a live look outsid