>> as a result of the chemo. now i'm taking an enormous >> all of them were initially taken in by dr. fata's credentials and what they thought was an impressive work ethic. >> he was at the hospital at 6:00 in the morning. he was at the hospital at midnight. now i know why. because no one could cover for him. now it all makes sense. >> same business model for everybody how he was going to maximize his dollar amount out of everybody. >> going to treat you aggressively. if you don't get the treatment, you will die. >> interesting, he diagnosed you all with cancer of the kind that you candidate hold up a c.a.t. scan and say there's a tumor. the kind you couldn't see for yourself with your own eyes. it was really a matter of absolute trust. >> yes. >> these patients have even more reason to be frustrated. dr. fata it turns out could have been stopped years earlier. >> you called it a chemo mill. what did you mean by that? >> just the volume. it was just like get them in, them in. >> it was back in 2010 that an oncolo

fata gave him chemo for seven years. he suffered horrible side effects. >> your husband david's quality of life was robbed. >> yes. he just could not heal. he was full of infection. >> his immune system was breaking down. >> his immune system was gone. he ended up losing both of his legs. >> her husband passed away last spring. >> he was being isoned. i don't think he had a chance. as long as he was with fata. >> this woman's mother was treated too aggressively. she died within a few months of meeting dr. fata. >> i look at my mom's picture every day and i have a picture to apologize to. the guilt never goes away, even though i know it wasn't my fault. my sister knows it wasn't her fault. feeling guilty. >> this man almost died of heart failure as a result of excessive chemo. >> i spent close to two weeks in icu and isolation. i had my heart stopped and started three times. i mean, it was -- my sisystem was shutting down, and it was all to the over chemo -- the poisoning of the amount of chemo. >> like chris, many of the

>> as a result of the chemo. now i'm taking an enormous amount of pills to stay alive. >> all of them were initially taken in by dr. fata's credentials. and what they thought was an impressive work ethic. >> he was at the hospital at 6:00 in the morning. he was at the hospital at midnight. now i know why, because no one would cover for him. and now it all makes sense. >> he had the same business model for everyone how he was going to maximize his dollar amount out of everybody. >> if you don't get the treatment you're going to die. with the kind you can't hold up a cat scan and say here's the tumor. so it was a matter of absolute trust. >> yes. >> dr. fata, it turns out, could have been stopped years earlier. you called it a chemo mill. what did you mean by that? >> just the volume. so it was like get them in, get them in and get them in. >> it was back in 2010 that oncology nurse angela swantek spent her morning in the clinic for that job interview and left horrified. but she did not go quietly. even though she

i mean, it was -- my sis ystem was l to the over chemo -- the poisoning of the amount of chemo. >> like chris, many of the are still dealing with lasting consequences of the unnecessary drugs.my teeth, all but one now. i'm still trying to figure out how to pay for it. everything is falling apart on me.nother patient who never had cancer. >> i had to have a live transplant. >> as a result of the chemo?e chemo. now i'm taking an enormous taken in by dr. fata's credentials and what they thought was an impressive work ethic.pital at 6:00 in the morning. he was at the hospital at midnight. now i know why. could cover for him. now it all makes sense. >> same business model for going to maximize his dollar amount out of everybody. >> going to treat you aggressively. treatment, you will die. >> interesting, he diagnosed you all with cancer of the kind thatp a c.a.t. scan and say there's a tumor. the kind you couldn't see for yourself with your own eyes. it was really a matter of absolute trust. >> yes. patients have even more reason to be frustrated. dr. fata it turns out could havearlier. >> y

. >> as a result of the chemo. >> as a result of the chemo. and now i'm taking an enormous amount of pills to stay alive. >> i spent close to two weeks in icu in isolation, and it was all to get over chemo. >> tracy your husband david's quality of life was robbed. >> yes. he just could not heal. he was full of infection. >> his immune system was breaking down. >> his immune system was gone. he ended up losing both of his legs. >> reporter: some patients who were overtreated died while under fata's care. farid fata pocketed at least $17.6 million in insurance companies. >> and it's tonight on a special edition of hear the inside story of how farid fata's scheme was exposed. they've opened the doors here. now. and up next we'll check in with chuck todd for a preview of charleston, south carolina. as we look forward to debate here on nbc, we want to touch base with our political director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd, who's here as well. chuck. pressure on these two candidates as the race tightens in those key early states. does t

. >> as a result of the chemo. >> as a result of the chemo. and now i'm taking an enormous amount of pills to stay alive. >> i spent close to two weeks in icu in isolation, and it was all to get over chemo. >> tracy your husband david's quality of life was robbed. >> yes. he just could not heal. he was full of infection. >> his immune system was breaking down. >> his immune system was gone. he ended up losing both of his legs. >> reporter: some patients who were overtreated died while under fata's care. farid fata pocketed at least $17.6 million in from medicare and insurance companies. >> and it's tonight on special edition of "dateline," you'll hear the inside story of how farid fata's scheme was exposed. they've opened the dos here. started to come in now. and up next we'll check in with chuck todd for a preview of tonight's big democrat this just got interesting. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectil

((paula francis)) followed by five rounds of chemo. nothing was working. gynecologic oncologist neil rosenshein had another option, a new therapy called lynparza. neil rosenshein, md "when you give standard chemotherapy you're affecting multiple areas, multiple organs. here, the lynparza is targeted directly to the cancer cells." ((paula francis)) because of the way the drug works, doctor rosenshein says it can be braca (brack-ah) gene mutation, like connie. it is only available for women who have failed at least three other types of chemo. connie scrivens "i was told that it doesn't really affect your good cells, was a big positive because you can imagine how many times my good cells have been knocked down." ((paula francis)) during the first four months of treatment, connie's cancer has been steadily shrinking; and doctors are hopeful it will go into remission. neil rosenshein, md "this is a great day for connie and her husband and for medicine in general to see a tremendous advance." ("keep us healthy and safe. amen.") ------------------------------ ((p

his focus suddenly became: chemo! the biggest battle just ahead -- a bone marrow transplant! "i feel like this would have definitely been a lot harder on my own." "dancing!" from the bleachers to his bedside... his friends always there. their goal.. to make sure jolley knows...he's never alone. "we decorated his iv stand, we did everything we could so he wouldn't feel like he was in the hospital for new years." this spring valley slayer! inspiring classmates to be strong...fight hard..and cherish every second. part of jolly's power coming from his deep faith in god. "i know that he loves me and i thank him every night for preserving my life to this point." a lot of reason to be hopeful eric says after hjis first cycle of chemo...just ten days his cancer went into remission. reporting live, mahsa saeidi, channel 13, action news. now... to the latest developments on the big sports story.... centered around las vegas.. las vegas sands chairman.... sheldon adelson met with the owner of the raiders today..... showing him a potential spot for a stadium.... here in the valley.. we s

chemo hurts ok, chemo sucks. but the word 'no' hurts more than anything so i'm thinking, why don't i do standup comedy?" cathy took stand up comedy lessons and since getting that mic in her hand, has never looked back. along with st. elizabeth nurse rick terry, "he made contact with me and said, i do this, tell stories about the hospital. we could do a comedy thing together." chick and terry performs standup for 'chicks and chucks' and to raise money for other causes. "you've done so much for so many people" after beating cancer in 2002, chick knew she had to continue helping others going through the same battle. unannounced, she marched to the st. elizabeth boss's office and made her "i said you need to hire me while you still like me. cause i'm gonna be a night see me but i'm gonna be hanging a job. i need to be here." two weeks later, she was in. now she works with recently diagnosed breast cancer patients, fitting them with wigs and prosthetics. "a patient walks in here and they feel hopeless and they get a h

this past weekend, through her rooms that rock 4 chemo non-profit, nancy and her team madeover three rooms at san francisco's saint francis hospital. add that to the more than 150 other rooms in 15 facilities and nancy has touched spaces that see 800,000 cancer patients a year; patients nancy will never see. she's gone long before they can ever say thanks. nancy: it's not about seeing the person's gratitude but it's knowing that if your mom or dad or your kid or your somebody was in there, you'd want them to be in a room like this too. [applauding] garvin: nancy did stick around, though, long enough this time for former giant and cancer survivor, dave dravecky, to dedicate all the hard work. dave dravecky: it creates an environment where for just a few moments in their day or, you know, sometimes it's more than a few moments, as they're getting their chemo, they can actually push the pause button and look around them and experience something other than the pain that they are going through. and that is a beautiful thing. garvin: this next woman you'll meet captures in photos the life-

chemo once a month/ oral chemo 7 days a week. steroids/ antibiotics. some days jay is a man with of few words because he is tired >>what do you think of your >>i think it' s cool reporter: but jay' s mom is year' in fact she' jay' s running rockstars their short term goal ? to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. >> he is my hero. he is the coolest kid in the whole world reporter: i have good news. jay is in remission, but he needs chemo to keep it that way. meredith: what a great story. tony: money for that cause is phenomenal. we have a half marathon, and a little bit of fog. no rain, but reduced visibility. temperature is rising rapidly around 11:00. we have a front coming on through sunday morning. i think the rain will be brief. it is coming in quickly, it will be in and out around the start of that marathon. for the runners. we are hoping in the 60' s. back to you. meredith: if you are among the many taking part in the disney world marathon weekend there are , some changes you' ll need to know about before putting on the tutus and r

the senior's plans to compete his focus suddenly became: chemo! the biggest battle just ahead -- a bone marrow transplant! "i feel like this would have definitely been a lot harder on my own." "dancing!" from the bleachers to his bedside... his friends always there. their goal.. to make sure jolley knows...he's never alone. "we decorated his iv stand, we did everything we could so he wouldn't feel like he was in the hospital for new years." this spring valley grizzly...turned leukemia slayer! inspiring classmates to be strong...fight hard..and cherish every second. part of jolly's power coming from his deep faith in god. a lot of reason to be hopeful. eric says after his first cycle of chemo, just ten days, his cancer went into remission. if you'd like to help eric in his fight we have a link to his go fund me account. dot com. a neighborhood fued escalates into an all out brawl and it's all caught on camera. now, one neighbor says he's concerned. the other person involved hasn't been arrested. this is surveillance of the fight. the neighbor who t

chemo hurts ok, chemo sucks. but the word 'no' hurts more than anything so i'm thinking, why don't i do standup comedy?" cathy took stand up comedy lessons and since getting that mic in her looked back. along nurse rick terry, "he made contact with me and said, i do this, tell stories about the hospital. we could do a comedy thing together." chick and terry performs standup for 'chicks and raise money for other causes. "you've done so much for so many people" after beating knew she had to continue helping others going through the same battle. unannounced, she marched to the st. elizabeth boss's office and made her pitch. "i said you need to hire me while you still like me. cause i'm gonna be a hemmoroid. you may night see me but i'm gonna be hanging around until you get me a job. i need to be here." two weeks later, she was in. now she works with recently diagnosed breast cancer patients, fitting them with wigs and prosthetics. "a patient walks in here and they feel hopeless guarantee i can make them chuckle at s

we could do chemo but would it not buy him much time.ope a chinese compound derived from mushrooms called i'm community. >> it comes from very specific mushroom. the active compound within this mushroom is the psp. >> it's been used in chinese medicine for over 2,000 years. and the predominant interest is in boosting immune function. >> reporter: penn vet researchers found in the study they published in 2012 that this particular compound increased longevity in dogs and it appeared to have a tumor fighting effect. >> we were like wow this is promising it really made us want to go ahead don the next study the study we're doing now. >> reporter: the first study was small. 15 dogs. but some lived over a year. this one is more definitive and involves 100 dogs. like this golden retriever moose and 10-year-old frenchy named mile low. >> good boy. >> this guy is getting his regular monthly checkup at penn's ryan veterinary hospital as do all the dogs in the study. >> but when you're dealing with cancer, you're always looking for is there any ind

we have laura johnson who writes about her daughter going the through years of chemo. she said she couldn't get vaccinated, it would have been dangerous to walk around unvaccinated. and one writes about her three sons saying exactly one year after the shot, they had an outbreak at the school and they got chickenpox again. so in my opinion, the shot did you want work. but one write, both of her kids had the vaccine, both were exposed on several occasions and neither of them got it. we want to know what you think. you can join the discuss on our wfla facebook page. >> you can follow our morning alerts each day on facebook and twitter. >>> a suspected bird thief is christopher whip claims he didn't do it -- wipple claims he didn't do it, the bird did. this is him in court now. he claims the bird climbed into his bag and closed the zipper with its beak. bird's fault. >> my goodness. >>> 14 sea the turtles are back in the wild this morning thanks to the florida aquarium. they were rescued in new england during a cold snap in november. the aquarium nursed four back the to he

((paula francis)) stefanie had stage four colon cancer.two surgeries and rounds of chemo had little effect. stefanie joho "i was ready to give up. the reason i didn't was my family. they would not let me." ((paula francis)) oncologist dung (young) le (lee) is studying immunotherapy. she and her colleagues have found that advanced cancer patients with a certain d-n-a defect called a mismatched repair gene may have the best response. dung le, md /oncologist "it actually doesn't matter what the disease type is. it depends on that mismatch repair deficiency." ((paula francis)) doctor le (lee) says these patients respond best to drugs called p-d one inhibitors. they allow the immune system to fight the cancer. dung le, md / oncologist "that's the beauty of immunotherapy and that's the hope. that these responses continue, even after you stop immunotherapy." ((paula francis)) after months of treatment, stefanie says this is the best she's felt in years. chapter. stefanie joho "it's incredible to just feel like a 25-year-old. because i didn't know what that felt like that for a while." -----------

eric says after his first cycle of chemo, just ten days, his cancer went into remission. if you'd like to help eric in his fight we have a link to his go fund me account. just head to our website ktnv dot com. a neighborhood fued escalates into an all out brawl and it's all caught on camera. now, one neighbor says he's concerned. the other person involved hasn't been arrested. this is surveillance of the fight. the neighbor who threw the punches, sean pier-rot, says he was protecting his family after pointed towards his daughters. but the teenager who got punched says-- that wasnt their intention! sot jace biddle so i'm sure it upsets him that it catches his backyard and front door while getting ours too, the camera shows both, with how close our homes are it shows both action news reached out to police who say there was a citation issued for battery. despite-- only minor injuries..... no arrest was made. the two neighbors will be going to court over the battery incident..... help..... after a car crashes into a pole feet from where he's working. police say a -20- year ol

after under going chemo. the cancer spread. giving her one month to live. she reached out saying all she wanted was to meet peyton manning before she died. after a story on battling cancer went viral. her favorite quarter back picked up the phone. he gave her a call last week saying she's in his thoughts and prayers. she's inside sports authority field. showing the whereon broncos how >> . >> all right. tonight on news at nine. field. and hear how her trip to the game turned out. she isn't the only special fan. for the first time in his life. demaryious thomas mother is in the stands watching him play. she spent the last 17 years in prison. for drug charges. democrats get ready to debate for a fourth time. 3 candidates are continuing their push for the democratic presidential nomination. >> . supporters fired up outside the democratic debate site. ahead of the match up between hilary clinton. sanders. and o mallly. in south carolina. polls show -lt two front runner hawaii and alabama in iowa and new hampshire. we have differences. that's what i'm focusing o

now, you know that -- that's tough. 100 means he's gone 100 times to get chemo or whatever has happened has happened 100 times. >> a small gesture in an unpleasant place. >> i have a pillow case for you. >> this is just for you. >> -- can be hard to come by. >> we can't help their bodies, but at least we can help their smiles. >> pat says she couldn't do any of it without her volunteers spread cross central florida. nationwide cases for smiles recently gave away their one mill i don't know pillow case. >> our next story takes us to timber creek high school in orange county. this is not a teacher, but they make a huge impression just the same. >> when the bell rings you'll see that, they'll all start running. >> it's lunchtime at timber creek high, but it looks more like a black friday rush. >> okay. i see you. >> in the middle of the controlled chaos. >> josh, how are you today. >> for the last 15 years. >> they remember me as the lunch guy. >> he's been right here behind the chairs. he's the food manager. >> spicey chicken. pizza. >> he's somewhat of a legend around here. >> if you go

pictures have gone viral. >>> a five-year-old girl battling cancer will undergo her third round of chemo but won't be alone thanks to her new doll. they started a personal go fund me page to raise money for these dolls. the campaign raised money for more dolls. new in our switch to centurylink prism tv, and get the same great channels cable gives you, without having to deal with cable. yes and? and...there's whole home dvr. plus tons of on demand options so you can watch whatever, whenever. yes and? why do you guys keep saying that? it's the first rule of improv. by saying "yes and," we accept the reality created by our comedy partners, paul. yes, right, i know. do you? feel like a hollywood insider >> kim: remembering the dream. locals will pack downtown las vegas for the parade in dr. king's honor. our local parade one of the biggest in our great nation. >> dana: out in the cold. about a dozen local people forced out of their warm beds just hours ago. we'll tell you why police are investigating coming up. >> kim: it was fight night democratic style. the gloves were off just hours it's