he, too, has cystic fibrosis. the two share a bunk bed. a fact of life which doctors say is bad for each of them. the family hopes to find a bigger home, but for now, david, sister erica and their mom is in the hospital room. they pass the long hours by focusing on simple pleasures, like watching the family bet blue. she once wrapped the puppy in a blanket and told the doctors it was her new baby brother. >> she's never complaining about it. >> reporter: never complaining but certainly hoping that her lung transplant will happen s n soon. what are you looking forward to? >> going to the park. i want to be worrying about nothing. >> reporter: for now, she's focusing on her ping lipstick and hoping her future will soon be a shade brighter. >> let's hope she gets that transplant quickly. such a beautiful little girl. >>> let's check with jeff about our hot temperatures. it's going to get warmer tomorrow? >> yeah. five to seven degrees for a few locations. otherwise, in the doppler radar right now, it's dry here. a few areas of instability off

or cystic fibrosis is recessive, or diabetes or many, and it takes up to 20 generations for recessive mutations to express themselves. so we're talking about eons of time for expression of genetic disease--that's the second thing. the third thing is if the man's got plutonium in his testicles--and every male in the northern hemisphere has a tiny load in his gonad--it's from weapons testing days, and plutonium is still falling out. and the man is cremated, the smoke goes up the chimney with the plutonium, so you can breathe it in, another man can, and it's ad infinitum because plutonium has a half-life of 24,400 years and lasts for a long time. but the other thing is that the body thinks plutonium is iron--it's an iron analogue--so it's stored in the liver, where it causes liver cancer. it's stored in the bone marrow to cause--to produce hemoglobin in the red blood cells, but it causes leukemia or bone cancer. it crosses the placenta into the developing embryo--which lets nothing through it, incidentally, except plutonium and a few other nasties. it's stored in the testicle, too. so it

after the court ordered national rules be set aside in order to get the girl who suffers from cystic fibrosisd adult lungs. her mother says that sarah is in stable condition. >>> and the wife of secretary of state john kerry is in the hospital this morning. but she's getting better. doctors upgraded teresa heinz kerry to fair condition from critical on monday. a person close to the family says the 74-year-old heir to the heinz ketchup fortune showed symptoms similar to a seizure. >>> and heightened concerns out of mexico city. more tremors were reported yesterday. the navy released dramatic pictures of the volcano. ash has reached the capital. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm anne-marie green. [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ all aboard. >>> the war in afghanistan is winding down, but american servicemen and women are still fighting and dying there. four were killed last month. among them amber alt. elaine quijano has her story.

she's been hospitalized for mondays with end stage cystic fibrosis. on june 12 she had a lung transplant but they failed within hours. she had a second lung transplant on june 15. they were infected with pneumonia but doctors removed the infected portion. >>> we have an update on rusty the red panda. today he will return to his exhibit. on june 24 he escaped the zoo and hit the town for several hours. his adventures ended when he was spotted in adams morgan and brought back home. >> it's 4:40. americans are borrowing more and twinkiies will have an even longer shelf life once they hit the stores next week. >> weather wise we're in the green but it is going to be humid today and possible showers. howard has the >>> 4:43 on this tuesday morning. we've got fair conditions in town so clouds out there but it's quiet on the radar now, except in toward western maryland. it's going to be a warm to hot afternoon, humid too. isolated shower this morning. a few storms this afternoon. highs between 85 and 90. i'll be back in a few minutes with the seven-day forec

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after the court ruled national rules be set aside in order to get the girl who suffered from cystic fibrosisd lungs. she's in stable condition. >>> and the wife of secretary of state john kerry is in the hospital this morning. but she's getting better. doctors upgraded teresa heinz kerry from fair to critical condition on monday. the 74-year-old heir to the heinz ketchup fortune showed symptoms similar to a seizure. >>> more tremors were released. ash has has reached the capital. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm anne-marie green. [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ . >>> good morning. today is july 9, buddy check day. you know what i have to do. i'm andrea roane. already it's 77 degrees. >>> i'm mike hydeck. thanks for waking up with us. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani. she'll have time saifner traffic -- saver traffic. howard bernstein is here with his pink tie. >> we do this for buddy check 9 day. >> you're going to tell

sarah has been hospitalized for months with end stage cystic fibrosis and june 12th she had a lung transplant, but those failed within hours. she got a second set of lungs june 15th and those were infected with pneumonia, but doctors managed to remove the infected portion. >>> talk about politics making some strange bedfellows, the woman who claims she provided escorts to eliot spitzer may end up being his political opponent. kristen davis, spitzer's ex- madam is campaigning to be new york city's controller. that's the same position spitzer wants. he stepped down as new york's governor five years ago following that prostitution scandal. >>> grammy award winning singer lauren hill is preparing for her first night behind bars. today she reported to a correctional institute in danbury, connecticut. she'll serve three months for failing to pay her federal income taxes. in addition to prison time, a judge ordered hill to serve three months of home confinement and a year of supervised probation. she also has to pay back taxes and a $60,000 fine. >>> remember that red panda that escaped from the zoo

she was suffering from cystic fibrosis and placed at the bottom of the adult transplant list when nohild donors were available and her parents sued. again, doctors say her condition has stabilized but it is still a very serious setback in her attempt to get stronger after her lung transplant. from the live desk, i'm tisha thompson. >>> we're learning more today about what sent secretary of state john kerry's wife to the hospital. she suffered a grand mal seizure. today doctors upgraded her condition from critical to fair, heinz-kerry is the widow of senator heinz. she married john kerry in 1995. teresa heinz-kerry is 74. >> no word on rick perry but he says it won't involve another run for governor of texas. perry made that announcement in san antonio today. he has already ruled out a run for the white house in 2016. >>> intriguing twist in what's a little watched political race in new york city. former new york governor eliot spitzer is now gathering signatures to make a run for the comptroller seat. spitzer resigned as governor five years ago after he admitted to patronizing high e

has cystic fibrosis and succeeded in getting on an adult transplant list. >> the judges rule jurors in a murder trial will hear about a toxicology report. trayvon martin had a small amount of marijuana in his system the day he was shot. this is a live look at the trial going on in florida. it just resumed more than an hour ago. focus was on a scuffle heard in the background of a 911 call. >> do you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> zimmerman's friends and family said it sounds like zimmerman screaming for help. martin's family believes the screams came from the teenager. at one point, the defense called a police officer who says martin's father was not so sure when he first heard the recording. >> i inquired if that was his son for help. >> what was his response? >> he looked away and under his breath as i interpreted it said no. >> zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder. could face life in prison if convicted. >> jury selection begins today in the trial of army psychologist arrested for a mass shooting in 2009. 13 people were killed and dozens others injured. major hasan is

sarah has cystic fibrosis. >>> so you think judge judy is tough, wait until you get to know the judgepresiding over the george zimmerman murder trial. order in the court! ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make allie miss her favorite part of the day. [ laughing ] that's why there's beneful baked delights. from crispy crackers to shortbread cookie dog snacks, they're oven-baked to surprise and delight. beneful baked delights: a unique collection of four snacks... to help spark play in your day. >>> there have been some testy moments in the george zimmerman murder trial, but the judge in the sanford, florida, courtroom is making it known that there will be order. take a listen. >> if you will, please, after your question, allow dr. bao to answer. after you have answered wait for the next question. >> i just plan to -- >> again. >> why? >> stop. >> may i ask a question, your honor? >> i didn't answer your first question. >> dr. bao, please wait. there is another question. if he has not finished answering the first question, he will be allowed to do so. >>

. >>> defying the odds he's reached his goal by living with cystic fibrosis. >> every day now chuck foxodds. >> when i was born, the average life expectancy was 18 years old. currently they estimate it to be 38 years old. last year i passed that. >> when he was born chuck's parents were determined to see him thrive even though doctors said he may not survive. >> i have to wear this mechanical vest to help keep my lungs clear and help me breathe. i get hooked up to that and it's basically like doing physical therapy for your chest and lungs. >> he didn't allow the skepticism encourage his dreams of becoming a doctor and having family. >> it made me want to do it more. just prove i could do it. >> that's exactly what he did. dr. fox graduated from harvard medical school and he's been a practicing for eight years. he and his wife just celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary and proud parents of 11-year-old twins sydney and ben. >> i would say i'm the luckiest person i know. >> dr. sanjay gupta. >> make an appointment to watch dr. gupta. thanks for watching. "around the world" starts afte

last month, doctors said sarah had only days to live because she was in the end stages of the cystic fibrosis. her parents sued to change the national transplant rules and a judge ruled she could join the adult transplant list. one man is critical and a teenager is serious tonight after good samaritans helped save them from a burning vehicle and that tops our news across america. florida. investigators say the victims had been speeding down a residential street in an suv before it crashed into a tree and went up in flames. several witnesses rushed in to rescue them. >> we just started breaking the windows out and had to get these guys out. they were screaming they were going to die. busted the windows out. ripped the windows out with you are ohand because we didn't have any tools. >> shepard: it knocked the 21-year-old driver unconscious and sent a 15-year-old passenger into the backseat. fire crews pulled both people from the truck and rushed them to the hospital. colorado. mudy rains triggered slides and dangerous conditions west of colorado springs. authorities say debris could continue fa

strong sales of its cystic fibrosis drug and amgen will report earnings tonight.or tech. not just apple which is at session highs. google, microsoft, cisco, ebay posting solid gains fueling the nasdaq. the composite now up 20% year to date and outperforming the dow and s&p 500. sue? >> thank you very much, seema. to the interest rate scenario of the day and that's rick santelli's part of the world out in chicago. he's tracking the action for us. hey, ricky. >> the only part of the world, the fixed income markets. if you look at the intraday of ten-year note rates, can you see that rates didn't start to move up to a little after the 10:00 eastern number and consumer confidence might have downgraded a bit, but still a very lofty levels, so maybe that was just as they say down here in a hurdle. you have a number, there's a hurdle. once the hurdle is down, the markets get back to business but the boound has a different pattern. took a different route and that's notable especially when our fed meeting and ecb and employment data in both the eurozone and the u.s. let's

chuck fox, a man living with cystic fibrosis who overcomes simply by living each day. >> every day nowaverage live expectancy for something with cystic fibrosis was 18 years old. currently they estimate it to be 38 years old and last year i passed that threshold. >> reporter: when he was born his parents were determined to see him thrive although doctors advised he may not survive. >> i have to wear this mechanical vest every day to help keep my lungs clear and help me breathe. get hooked up to that. and it's basically like doing physical therapy for your chest and for your lungs. >> reporter: like his parents, chuck didn't allow the skepticism he encouraged discourage his dreams of becoming a doctor himself and having a family. >> if anything, it just sort of made me want to do it more and just prove that i could do it. >> reporter: that's exactly what he did. dr. fox graduated from harvard medical school and has been a practicing gastroenterologist and they're proud parents of 11-year-old twins, sydney and ben. >> i would say i'm the luckiest person i know. >> lucky and what a story.

the cystic fibrosis also says they are now -- the cfpb sayings they are not including any personallydentifiable information while compiling all of this information. i made that statement at one of my listening sessions in wyoming. somebody from the audience yelled, "no, they'll just check with the n.s.a." what they are doing is taking all of that consumer data and layering it into consumer profiles show a complete snapshot of each consumer's finances. for example, they can say, here's a consumer at a specified zip code who has $1,500 in the bank be, $,000 in credit card debt, $10,000 in student loan debt, and a $200,000 mortgage. to the american people listening to me speak right now, what happens if you are one of the 10 million customers whose data is being collected? does this make you angry and uncomfortable? what happens if you don't want all of your financial information compiled and used by the bureau for policy research projects 123? i'm sure you'd like to hear me tell you that you can call or write the bureau and say you don't want the bureau collecting your financial record

. >> kevin has cystic fibrosis, a deadly disease clogging the lungs causing dangerous infections, even37 years old. kevin is 40. >> i'm suffocating to death very, very slowly. >> because your airways are closing. >> and it's getting worse. rapidly. >> reporter: so why is his sister martha who has the same exact disease doing so well? her lung function is stable, even improving. >> i feel able to hope for the future in a way that i never could before. >> that's a big deal. >> it's everything, yeah. >> reporter: and she credits this little pill for all of it. a new drug called kalydeco, slowing the disease in some patience and ideally extending their lives. but it's expensive. $25,000 a month. so martha and kevin, brother and sister, asked their insurance to cover it. they have the same insurance company, united healthcare. they have the same mutation of cf. they see the same doctor who wrote the same letter to united that both will likely benefit from treatment with kalydeco but in a stunning twist, martha was approved and kevin was denied. >> it crushed me. i was devastated. i was baff

three days later the girl who suffers from cystic fibrosis received a second set of adult lungs. >> itas such rapid decline, in fact the doctor said it was the fastest decline he has seen in 23 years of lungs. we were willing to accept marginal lung in that moment pause we knew we needed to >> some question the decision to give sarah a second transplant. arthur cap lan asks, quote if the goal is to save lives with scarce lungs should retransplants ever be done following an initial a cute failure of a first set? i would say no if others could have used organs that did not have a first shot. and another authority said, it's always difficult to decide how to allocate organs but the best way to make those decisions is probably not to involve the courts. sarah meanwhile is now taking some. bret: on her own although she continues to breathe mostly with the help of a ventilator and she is scheduled for additional surgery to repair her diagram, which was damaged through the operation. jenna: she has been through so much we wish her well. but an interesting debate as we continue to watch this s

sarah who has cystic fibrosis had two adult transplants last month.econd try was successful. >>> and story with a purrfect ending, cory spotted a limp, lifeless kitten, he pulled it out, rested it on its glove and poured water and gave it oxygen and within 15 minutes it came back to life. he nicknamed the kitty lucky. look at the little face. >> that's a sweet firefighter. >> firefighters are always trying to save lives. it's nice they videotaped it also. >> great shot. >> called him after he went to bed there was a baseball game, cincinnati reds, no hitter, homer bailey, great name, dominated the giants, his second no hitter. there's another record because andy scholes told me, this morning's "bleacher report" take us through it. >> last night's homer bailey was the first no-hitter of the season and bailey threw the last no-hitter of last season. he's the first pitcher to throw two since nolan ryan in the 70s. he allowed one walk in the seventh inning. other than that, he was perfect. bailey is now the third reds pitcher to throw more than one no hit