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dr. richard besser has been holding my hands through this. >> dr. of advice, don't google the disease because it becomes leukemia. but he said robin has a couple things in her favor, access to superior care, strong health and a strong family. >> your approach is bone marrow cancer. the better the recipient, the better. >> my big sister is virtually a perfect match and she is going to be my donor. >> and if there is power in crowd source love, robin has that going for her, too. the well wishes have been pouring in all day. including a tweet from the white house. we believe in you, wrote the first lady. so as it seems, robin will head back into the chemo room and will probably brighten a few moods while she's there. >> oh. >> and when the opportunity is right she will use her morning megaphone for all of us to join the bone marrow registry. with time off for the transplant, she'll continue to answer that call that starts so many days for so many people -- >> good morning, everyone. he all while battling back to

dr. besser agrees. this report should be a wakeup call for parents. >> the next time you go see your pediatrician, your child is going to get a shot, ask them, are their systems strong? are they certain their vaccines stored at the right temperature? >> when you close it, it's caught. >> at the offices of little eve's pediatrician, they have systems and more systems to make sure their vaccines are stored safely. and the doctor has no problem showing her patients her vaccine is all that it should be. >> february 22 and 2014. it's always a heads up for a group that may not have heard it dwret or may not have really looked at their refrigeration policies. >> the cdc says it will comply with recommendations from the inspector general to retrain clinic and doctor office personnel about safe storage. emphasize how important vaccine temperature control is. for babies like eve, aren't crying for nothing. for "nightline," i'm jim avila in washington. >> great reporting on problems in the vaccine supply. well, ju

dr. besser explains -- could lead to anemia, low blood count, infection and bruising. >> these abnormal cells can develop into leukemia that's the concern. >> i didn't want you to be concerned if you saw a bandage tomorrow. it is going to be fair to -- there to draw blood that has to be monitored regularly and administer drugs today and for the week and a period of time. all to prepare me for a bone marrow transplant. >> robin says the odds may be daunting and treatment difficult. but she says she is abundantly blessed. working in her favor two huge things. >> i'm blessed, my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. she is there with diane, ann sweeney, she is going to be my donor. >> so many people with this condition have underlying heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease. robin is in excellent physical shape and doesn't have any underlying medical problems. those factors lead the doctors i've talked to, to say this will be a cure. that robin will beat this. >> bottom line, i am going to beat this. and my doctors say it and my face says it too. >> first lady michelle obama tweete

dr. besser explains -- could lead to anemia, low blood count, infection and bruising. >> these abnormal cellsan develop into leukemia that's the concern. >> i didn't want you to be concerned if you saw a bandage tomorrow. it is going to be fair to -- there to draw blood that has to be monitored regularly and administer drugs today and for the week and a period of time. all to prepare me for a bone marrow transplant. >> robin says the odds may be daunting and treatment difficult. but she says she is abundantly blessed. working in her favor two huge things. >> i'm blessed, my big sister is a virtually perfect match for me. she is there with diane, ann sweeney, she is going to be my donor. >> so many people with this condition have underlying heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease. robin is in excellent physical shape and doesn't have any underlying medical problems. those factors lead the doctors i've talked to, to say this will be a cure. that robin will beat this. >> bottom line, i am going to beat this. and my doctors say it and my face says it too. >> first lady michelle obama tweeted

dr. besser's advice.me i go to the pediatrician, i'm going to ask to see them. >> if they say anything when you ask to see it with your own two eyes. >> if they won't let me, then they have something to hide and i'll see a new pediatrician. >>> we'll be back with more after this. >> announcer: abc's "world news >>> a fascinating and unusual spectacle has been viewed by millions. the transit of venus 2012. >> from the u.s. to asia, venus was seen as a tiny black beauty spot on the face of the sun. you can see it right there. >> if you missed it, you won't be able to see it again for a very, very long time. abc's scott goldberg has details. good morning, scott. >> reporter: hi rob and paula. back in the day, the 1700s to be exact, astronomers used the transit of venus to calculate the earth's distance from the sun. nowadays, it's just kind of cool. the last time this happened, it was 2004. the transit of venus. the celestial wonder happens only twice a century. two transits, eight years apart. >> it was awe

dr. richard besser. abc news. >> love how happy he was.e mentioned earlier the broiling heat and much of the country, we're struck by these imagines today, pools and beaches packed with children who don't mind the heat. they love the end of school. enjoying the first full day of summer. lucky parents, some of them were able to join them. and we thank you for watching. we're always here at abc news.com. "nightline" will be along later and we'll see you back here again tomorrow night. good night. >>> 35 years since the notorious chouchilla kidnapping one of the kidnappers returns to the bay area. >> a man may have been unarmed and shot by police if the south bay multiple times. >> first full day of summer arrive was a winter-like chill. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> one of the men convicted of kidnapping a bus full of children and burying them in a van more than 35 years ago is a free man tonight. good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and the story captured the nation's attention in 1976. three bay area men convicted and

dr. besser is here next. >>> investigators are checking into allegations that mitt romney's personal e-mail republican presidential hopeful confirms an investigation is underway but won't say which agencies may be involved. hacking allegations were first reported in online blog which said the information came from a tipster. so far no e-mails or dock s have been made public. >>> the wall street until reporting nasdaq -- the "wall street journal" reporting nasdaq will reinvest investors. some experts say the glitches -- shares have slid 32% since the ipo it closed yesterday under $26 a share new low. >>> i just changed my linkedin password. you may want to do it too. >>> some american airlines employs may be in for a hard landing. all of that included in the business news. jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange with more. >>> hello. american airlines may announce another round of job cuts today. this round involves management positions. the bankrupt carrier cutting back july flight schedule this is because pilots are taking sick days at higher than normal rates lots of turm

dr. besser have really guided me.in trouble when you have kleenex velcroed >>> and we're back. >> with a perfect match. >> and i have your back, sister. >> i know that you do. >> and your family is so proud of you. >> and we're going to be here tomorrow, aren't we? >> yes, we are. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. good morning. 8:56. i am cynne simpson. traffic alert for drivers in northwest d.c. part of the u street corridor is a construction zone. rebuild and widen the between ninth street and 14th street. traffic ande parking restrictions during the. yearlong the the president of the university on a nine-day visit to asia. there to lay the research asor new as educational partnerships. today with the taiwan and plans to visit south korea. now lisa baden has traffic. >> the complication has been leaving the beltway to get the 14th street bridge street tunnel,d couple accidents along the way. still a tough ride for virginia commuters. southbound, there was just accident in the main lanes at falls road

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dr. richard besser is here, the former acting head of the cdc. you're here to talk about something else. but first, your reaction to this. >> i think it's clear that no laboratory should have oversight of itself. a lot of people think that has to happen. >>> you're here to primarily discuss the new weight loss drug. >> that's right. >> that the fda has approved for the first time in 13 years. >> it's big news we have a new diet drug. it's going to be sold under the brand name of belviq. it's going to stop your receptors to make you feel fuller faster. it's not a magic bullet. but for people it may make things easier. >> how much easier and how much weight loss? >> it's not a big weight loss. if you're a 200-pound person, it's about 10 pounds a year. it's for people who are obese or people who have medical problems. like diabetes, or high blood pressure. they found that your blood sugar was easier to control. but if you're an emotional eater, someone who is not eating because they're hungry, it's probably not a drug that's going to work for you. >

dr. besser have really guided me.re in trouble when you have kleenex velcroed to the >>> and we're back. >> with a perfect match. >> and i have your back, sister. >> i know that you do. >> and your family is so proud of you. >> and we're going to be here tomorrow, aren't we? >> yes, we are. ♪ jimmy bond i'm sticky and uncomfortable. try gold bond powder. medicated to protect, absorb, even relieve itching. -thanks, jimmy. -thank gold bond. ♪ this stuff works >>> good morning i'm kristen sze in an hour from now apple's ceo is set to kickoff the annual conference for developers in san francisco. five thousand developers from all over the world are attempting. many have been lined up all morning expecting apple's announcement of new software. >> still a heatwave? >> yes, still hot all areas away from the coast. next to the coast olympic club 52 this morning, 65 for the practice rounds. 70 half moon bay, 78 san francisco low to mid 90s inland again tomorrow. cooler thursday >> motorcycle injury crash just cleared westbound

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dr. richard besser is here. >> reporter: we've known for years that aspirin can cause bleeding. they looked at hundreds of thousands of people high blood pressure, high clost rale they found that the risk of leading was five times as great as we originally thought. here is why that matters. say you take 10,000 people put them on low dose aspirin, you would prevent about seven heart attacks number at the same time, you would see five people with serious bleeding, could be a stroke, it could be a bleeding to their sbesens. that's not a great tradeoff. it's very different if you take 10,000 people who had a havg. their going to prevent about 250 heart attacks. >> if you've not had a heart attack, the tradeoff is not great. why not, it can't hurt you? the bleeding is serious. >> reporter: this is a real medication. unless you had a heart attack or serious heart disease, it's not a great trade off. >> tell me how this works. >> aspirin does two things, directly irritate your stomach and cause bleeding. then it prevents that bleedsing from stopping. this is the normal situation. if yo

dr. richard besser, baltimore, maryland. >> what a story. >> amazing kid. >>> this is a reminder, clearlye was young, 9th grade, 14, 15 years old. incredible. >> great story. >>> it's a little hard to go from something so inspiring to traffic, not that we don't love the traffic and we need to know about it, but tell us what we gotta know. >>reporter: before we get to traffic, we actually -- it's okay. we do have a great picture sent in by susan lamb this morning. she and her daughter went to the mall in colombia yesterday to try and beat the heat and little emmy made friends while playing checkers. we posted it on our facebook page and we are get ago lot of great responses. deon wrote in monkey see monkey do. our very own mike massco wrote in, gotta win back that trikriekle from the giraffe. keep your responses coming. away really enjoy them. if you have a caption e-mail it to us, pix@wmar.com. >> great picture. >> i don't know where i was. >> that was a good one, mike. >> don't go anywhere, mike. i want your thoughts on this. it looks like a massive flying saucer this. is over mount feuj

dr. richard besser has the report. >> reporter: heart doctors have named the enemy.ttacks if you can get to surgery within 90 minutes, you've cut your chance of dieing in half. but thousands don't make it in time. now one state iss showing the nation how it can be changed. >> when you have every single ambulance and every single hospital having a similar plan in place, then things change. >> reporter: duke university medical center organized 119 hospitals in north carolina. their report outlines how it ought to go. the patient calls 911. doesn't drive to the hospital in their own car. that's because the ambulance can hook up an on-board ekg reader to send heart rhythms to the hospital before they even get there. only 40% sent them before. now almost 90% of north carolina ambulances do. this way, before the patient even arrives, doctors can make a diagnosis and start prepping the operating room. the patient is in surgery within 90 minutes. seems simple? it did to virginia gardner. she had a heart attack this past saturday at choir practice. >> as soon as we got here,

dr. richard besser. >> reporter: and the winner is, from the category of medicine -- if someone is goingre cancer, i think it might be this guy. a maryland 9yh grader, jack andraka, who won $100,000 and the intel science prize. his invention a little piece of paper. a test that detects the very more sensitive than current tests.ensitive than current >> it detect the cancer ever become it becomes invasive that's what's so cool about the test. >> he's an average teen ijer but he's loved science since he was three and when his tamfy lost a friend to pancreatic cancer. >> it's cash nan know parols. >> cashen nan know tubes. >> no, i actually read a bunch of journal articles just for fun. that's my cup of tea. >> this doctor agreed to let jack spend the summer in his lag. he thinks jack is in pretty amazing company. >> gaits, knuckle burg, steef jobs. >> how does it work? your body produces a particular protooen. >> jack's test looking for that protein. >> you just swap out whatever is detecting. >> so simple and now medical companies will be skranlabling to try jack's test on real patients.

dr. richard besser who has been by her side, every moment. rich, tell us exactly what this is. >> mds, myelodysplastic syndrome, it's an abnormality of blood and the bone marrow. the reason that's important, the bone marrow makes all the components of blood, the red cells, the white cell, the platelets. it can go on and be leukemia and that's why sthey get so aggressive in treating this. >> and bone marrow can cure this. >> i was saying to robin whatever you do don't google this disease. >> right. >> because the information you see doesn't apply to robin. 18,000 people get this condition every year. only 300 following cancer treatment. but most of them are their 70s and 80s. they have underlying medical problems. so the treatment there is not as successful but robin is 51. she's healthier and more fit than i am. and her sister is a perfect match. every expert i talked to said they can expect a cure. that's what i expect for robin. >> and i know she wants us to point out that bone marrow matches are simply -- they're life-saving for so many pe

dr. richard besser. >> reporter: heart doctors have named the enemy -- it's time. 90 minutes.heart attacks, if you can get to surgery within 90 minutes, you've cut down your chance of dying in half. but thousands don't make it in time. now one state is showing the nation how it can be changed. >> when you have every single ambulance in every single hospital having a similar plan in place, then things change. >> reporter: duke university organized 119 hospitals in north carolina. the report out today outlines how it ought to g the patient calls 911, doesn't drive in their own car because the ambulance can hook up an onboard ekg reader to send heart rhythms to the hospital. only 40% before. now almost 90% of north carolina ambulances do. this way before the patient even arrive, doctors can make a diagnosis. and start prepping the operating room. the patient's in surgery within 90 minutes. seem simple? it did to virginia garnder, who had a heart attack this past saturday at choir practice. >> as soon as we got here, we got out, and they didn't stop moving. everything happened so

dr. richard besser said what concerns him is that the labs don't report to an outside agency. they police themselves. >> they would have shut that lab done. >> reporter: the cdc in a statement told abc news, the unique facilities that multiple systems in place. in fact, scientists in the lab wear scrubs and put on pressurized suits. before moving room to room, they must go through interlocks that keeps the air from moving with them. neighbors like dave lindis and the workers inside the cdc want to make sure that it's working. >> my concern is is the ventilation working and if not, what do they plan to do. >> reporter: for now, the cdc is not answers any questions about the lab worker. jim avila, abc news, new york. >>> when we come back, the bear on the loose inside this high school. where they captured this image. symbicort. d it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. . game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than tw

dr. richard besser is here to explain. >> we've known for years that aspirin can cause bleeding. here they look at hundreds of thousands of people who are on aspirin. the risk factors for heart disease and high cholesterol and they found that the risk of bleeding was five times as great as we originally thought. here is why that matters. say you took 10,000 people with risk factors for heart disease and put them on aspirin, you would prevent about seven heart attacks, not a lot. at the same time, you would see five people with serious bleeds. it could be a stroke, bleeding into their intestines. that's not a great tradeoff. it's very different if you take 10,000 people who have had a heart attack. there you're going to prevent about 250 heart attacks. >> if you've not had a heart attack, the tradeoff is not great. i can attest, i'm one of those. why not? it can't hurt you. bleeding is serious. >> this is a real medication. unless you've had a heart attack or serious heart disease, it's not a great tradeoff. >> tell me how this bleeding works? >> aspirin does two thing, directly i

dr. richard besser. >> reporter: for millions of healthy women, it was taken as a given. when you reach men know pause, you take calcium and vitamin d supplements for strong bones. now a panel has reviewed the evidence and says it is time to stop. the finding? taking low dose vitamin d and calcium does not prevent fractures and raises your risk of kidney stones. >> that dose of vitamin d we've known for a long time is probably too low. >> reporter: but for those who think an even higher dose is where you get the real benefit, the panel says there's not enough efld thvidence this work either. the jury is still out. now, important to note, the panel's talking about supplements for healthy women. if you are being treated for osteoporosis or you are elderly, by all means, continue your supplements. for everyone else, diane, this is a bit of a wakeup call. >> so, no supplements? they don't matter? >> reporter: they are saying that calcium and violate min d matter, but the best way to get it is from your diet. and from the sun. and if you are getting enough that way, you don't

dr. richard besser for a reality check. >> reporter: the alarming headline. a frightening, mysterious disease. but not here. the disease is called chagas. you get it from this tiny parasite, carried by a one-inch long bus, sometimes called a kissing bug, because it likes to bite you near the mouth. if it bites you near your eyes, they turn puffy. a warning sign. but all too often, there's no sign you've been infected. for decades, it can lie dormant in your body. until suddenly, destroying your heart. in latin america, it infects the destitute. living in homes with mud walls and thatched roofs, where the bug is mostly found. in the u.s., those infected are immigrants who pick it up in their home countries. but a big reality check. despite comparisons to hiv, you can't get chagas from another person. period. and the kissing bugs in america are a different kind of bug. you know, chagas is a disease that needs treatment and attention. those people in america who already have it have to be diagnosed and taken care of. but the real fight against this tropical dise

dr. richard besser. we have a health warning. increased incidence of alcohol abuse? >> this was a big study. they looked at more than 2,000 people going through weight loss surgery. they found that if you have weight loss surgery, your risk of having an alcohol abuse problem goes up. it depends on the type of surgery. look at the numbers. before the surge, 7% of people had an alcohol abuse problem. two years following the surgery, 10.7%. the numbers, that accounts for 2,000 case of alcohol abuse per year because so many people have this surgery. they found absolutely no rise if you have the lap-band surgery. >> do they have any idea why the surgery leads to that risk? >> i think that's what's really interesting. let me show you with the procedure where they saw this problem. they're shrinking down the size of your stomach. they divert your food away from the stomach. food and alcohol aren't going in there. alcohol is broken down in your stomach. if it bypasses your stomach, you're absorbing more. you're getting a high amount of a

dr. richard besser tracks the story. >>> the big lie. the bride caught in a scheme to get her man back by faking cancer. the big day all on tape. now, saying she is not sorry. an abc news exclusive. >> did you think any of it through? >> no, it was not premeditated. >> and take a look at this whopper. a 1,000 pound shark off the florida keys. they say it's the biggest they have seen and get this. they threw it back. >>> what a week it has been. >>> what a week it has been. good morning, everyone. a very busy morning. a lot to get to. we can't take our eyes off of these amazing weather pictures. that lightning comes so close. so seasoned storm chasers, they were even frightened. sam's going to tell us about the weather. >> hit several states. >>> and we have an exclusive interview with the so-called soccer mom madame. she insists she was not running a brothel. says it was a legitimate tate dating service. we'll hear from them coming up. >>> and big excitement. we may have a triple crown winner. i'll have another is in the running for the

dr. richard besser introduces you to a remarkable young man. >> the winner in the category of medicine --t be this guy. a maryland 9th grader who just won $100,000 in the intel science prize. his invention, a little piece of paper, a test that detects the very beginnings of cancer. 168 times faster and 400 times more sensitive than current tests and it costs just 3 cents. >> it could detect the cancer before it becomes invasive. >> catch them early? >> that's what's so cool about the test. >> reporter: jack is an average teenager in a lot of ways. he loved science since he was 3. when his family lost a family friend to pancreatic cancer, it made him think of tiny carbon molecules. carbon nano-particles? >> nanotubes. >> did you learn about them in school? >> no, i read journal article for fun. that's my cup of tea. >> reporter: this doctor at johns hopkins agreed to let jack spend the summer in his lab. he thinks jack is in pretty amazing company? >> gates. zuckerberg, steve jobs. >> reporter: your body produces a protein and jack's test looks for that protein. >> the impact is huge. you

dr. richard besser once ran lab security at the cdc and says what concerns him is that the labs don't report to an outside agency, they police themselves. >> i think if cdc had found this kind of a lab safety violation elsewhere they would have shut that lab down. >> reporter: the cdc in a statement told abc news, "this unique facility has multiple systems in place." in fact, scientists who work in the biosafety labs wear scrubs, then put on pressurized suits. before moving room to room, they must go through pressurized interlocks that keep the air from moving with them. neighbors like dave landes and the workers inside the cdc want to make sure all those precautions are actually working. >> my concern is is the ventilation what it should be? and if it's not, what are they going to do? >> reporter: but for now the cdc is not answering any questions about what it plans to do about safety complaints from its own lab workers. jim avila, abc news, new york. >>> well, this isn't exactly what the beach boys had in mind, but that didn't stop dozens of dogs from catching a wave in californ-i-a. >> t

dr. rich besser. so many of you had so many questions after learning about your rare blood disorder called mds. it affects the bone marrow. this is a condition, when you first told me, i had never heard of it before. >> i had never heard of it, either. and when i talked to rich about it, he said don't go online. explain what it is. >> most people haven't heard of it. it's incredibly rare. myelodysplastic syndrome. it's a disorder of the blood or bone marrow. you get abnormal cells in the bone marrow. and your bone marrow are responsible for the components of the blood. people with mds can have anemia, problems with infections and problems with bruising. it's rare. there's only 18,000 cases of mds a year. and of those cases, there's only about 300 that have it as a result of chemotherapy, or successful cancer treatment, like robin did. >> and i know this is something you were really concerned about. you didn't want people to take away the message, don't get the treatment. >> i have no regret. no regret

dr. richard besser. this is not the children receiving government vaccines. this applies to many children. >> that's right. this is a very big deal. 90% of all children get their vaccines from providers who participate in this program. and i'm very concerned about anything that raises questions in parents' minds about how effective or safe vaccines are. the first concern, when you get your child vaccinated, you want to feel certain they're going to be protected against those diseases. but the second concern is, there's a lot of parents who are hesitant about the number of vaccines they're getting and if it's safe. i'm concerned this is going to be misinterpreted. this wasn't about safety. vaccines are still safe. but we're not sure they're going to be fully effective. >> what should parents do going forward, rich? >> first thing, make sure to get your child vaccinated fully and on time. the next time you go in to get your child vaccinated, ask your doctor, are you sure your vaccines are being stored at the right temperature. that's going to cause them to take

dr. richard besser has been holding my hand and he'll have a lot more information about mds on my website. the reason i'm sharing this with everybody now is because later today i begin what's known as pretreatment. i'm going to have -- it's a pic line in my arm and i didn't want you to be concerned if you saw a bandage tomorrow. it's going to be there to draw blood that has to be monitored regularly and also to administer drugs later today and for the week and for a period of time, and it's all to prepare me for a bone marrow transplant. >> roberts says as she begins pretreatment today she'll continue to host ""good morning america."" our best to her. >>> a well known pastor of a sprawling megachurch said police got it wrong. hoe did not punch or choke his teenaged daughter. kreflo did not punch his daughter. he said the argument with his 15-year-old was not physical. >> the truth is she was not choked. she was not punched. there were not any scratches on her neck. but the only thing oven her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. anything else is an exaggeration and sensationalism.