dr. brucesel from our sister station in los angeles has her story. >> i haven't been able to wear my layer in a ponytail. i haven't been able to go out to dinner, order steak and cut it up for myself. i haven't been able to teach my daughter some little things like tying her shoes. >> reporter: but soon emily of yuba city, california may be able to do all of those things with her daughter. during this operation, emily became the first person on the west coast to receive a full hand transplant. >> well, this was a very difficult operation. it took 14 hours with nine surgeons working simultaneously. not only are there two bones to repair, there is at least three nerves, 23 tendons, two arteries, and probably four or five veins to repair. >> reporter: emily waited a long time for technology to reach the point where that was possible. almost every single person who attended her news conference from the donor family through the life sharing organization to the numerous doctors and nurses helped repl

for nbc news, i'm dr. bruce hensel, bay area, back to you in the studio. >>> a relative of the cold war was carried across the bridge today. the surface to air long-range missile will be on display at the half moon airport as part of the pacific coast dream machine show which is this sunday. it's billed as a show case of motorized mechanical marvels from the 20th and 21st centuries. >>> a feud growing between the white house and "san francisco chronicle." ♪ the chronicle maintains that the white house is upset that it posted this video on its website. protesters interrupted president obama at the fundraising at the hotel when he was here during his visit on april 21st. the chronicle is part of a print-only pool. the white house says it violated rules by shooting videos and putting it online. >>> state wildlife officials are looking at dozen of dead sharks washing up on the peninsula. the california department of fish and game is sending a biologist to redwood city where residents are finding dead leopard carcass

dr. bruce from our sister station in los angeles has a story of a hand transplant and how it's changed a woman's life. >> you know this woman, jess, is from the bay area. she's waited five years to get a new hand. of course, the surgery is a test meant to the technology and the donors who donated the hand and most of all it's a test meant to her own spirit. >> i haven't been able to wear my hair in a upon knee tail, to go out to dinner and order steak and cut it up myself. >> reporter: but, soon, emily of yuba city, california, will be able to do all of those things with her daughter. during this operation, emily became the first person on the west coast to receive a full hand transplant. >> this was a very difficult surgery. it took 14 hours, 23 tendons and two arteries to repair. >> emily waited for a long time to reach the point where that was possible. almost every single person who attended her news conference, from the donor family through the life sharing organization to the numerous doc

dr. bruce from our nbc station in los angeles takes a look at what is lurking on the roadway. >> reporter: commuters breathing tiny particles and the weathering of car parts and pavement. >> these particles you would not see, but they are there. >> reporter: usc researchers had an effort of schools and recreated this environment in the lab. they pumped in freeway particulate matter and exposed mice to the air. >> when we looked at the brains, we found evidence that the brain was damaged by exposure to particles. >> reporter: in particular, they found neurons showed damage. on this start, you can see an intact neuron on the left. the damaged neuron on the right. the brain showed signs of inflammation. neurons from developing mice did not grow well. what does this mean for humans? >> we can only definitively say what happens to mice when they are exposed. however, there is suggestive evidence that similar effects may be happening in humans. >> reporter: dr. morgan says people of all ages may be i

good information there, dr. bruce. >>> turns out the simple questionnaire can detect very subtle signs of autism in kids before they even turn 1 year of age. doctors suspect the widespread use of the check list might catch up to half of all autism cases. the list helps determine which babies aren't very chatty and which either have a serious communication delay or full-blown autism. the sooner a diagnosis can be made, the sooner treatment can start. we posted a link to that check list on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and search autism. >>> still ahead, do you want a new career? the test that might just help you find it. >>> first look tonight at the official program for the royal wedding. on this eve of the wedding, as prince william makes a surprise appearance before his public. >>> good evening. breezy to windy for a lot of the bay area today. winds right now in san francisco sustained at 24 miles per hour. gusting into the 30s. temperatures right near average le pynt ofth >>> just in case you haven't heard, the

dr. stanley bruce awarded nobel prize in 1997 for discovery free on and suggesting they might be linked to cjd and mad cow disease. >> president and the pen. come up. vanishing act into a you tube hit. >> before and 150 years after fort sumpter what sparked the first shot in the civil war and how much people really know about the battle. stay [ jerry ] look at this! you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans check this out. [ beep ] oops, my bad. earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.co that's new school banking, baby! ooh, 3-d! instead of earning bupkus, your savings could be earning three times the national average! three times more. go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? what's this do? [ beeping ]  >> it was 150 years ago today that the civil war began with 36 hour bombardment of fort sumpter. nobody died during the ballots but we learned an irish native here in the middle of the plaque died during the surrender of the fort when a cannon exploded pre-may tuvrment he was the first d

bruce grimes. i am an independent writer and producer of television, going back to "rolling stone." my question will relate to the comment about quality from dr. abraham. specifically about journalists today. 250 people, ranging in age between 25 and 35, pretty frightening. they were new media folks from a content perspective. what i came away with listening to them talk about their audience, reaching out, being writers, was scared me was how selfish the audience seemed to be. subway breakfasts, your comment about crime and people being tired of reading about it, they were reaching for people like this, this is how they were going to make money. it scares the hell out of me. i brought it back and brought it up, especially in the '60s and '70s, it was a extremely political newspaper magazine that used music to bring in an audience. so, my question, what about the new journalists today reaching out to the 20-year-old and 30- year-old? your comment about the two schools of journalism and reaching out, getting quality journalism to the public, how will we do that? >> we have a couple of issues here. the old school and the new school. i guess the

every summer or you know bruce willis beating up a jet with his bare hands it's it's i would easily and happily give it all up for all the stuff we've got here from the internet sorry dr we're going to end it there cory doctorow of boing boing dot net copyright champion and i got to go to the site really and oregon another key site in this debate thanks again for being on the kaiser report oh well thank you all right and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert and i thank my guest cory doctorow of boing boing that then if you want to send me an e-mail please do so at kaiser reported r t t v dot are you and so next time this is maxed out are saying.