dr. john torres takes us inside the military's secured lab helping lead the fight against the superbug. >> these are some of the last photos of simon sparrow. taken just before the 18-month-old suddenly became ill and died. the cause of death? infection called mrsa. >> the parent's worst nightmare. you're just in a state of -- complete disbelief. >> scientists are predicting that by 2050, superbugs could kill 10 million people a year. more than the number who currently die from cancer. >> is this a battle or is this a war? >> this is a flat-out war. >> on the front lines of the fight in the u.s., the military. which runs the world's largest survan superbugs. the goal? to find them there's an outbreak. >> once the antibiotics are gone. even a simple infection can become very, very serious. >> this lab at the walter reed army institute of research is where scientists recently found one of the world's scariest superbugs, a mutant e. coli bacteria, resistant to the antibiotic of last resort. >> scientists here analyzed thousands of samples from military hospitals across the this, it's here. i

dr. john torres, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with a rare and >>> stunning images in the night sky over africa to the delight of star gazers. a ring of fire eclipse as the moon passed between the sun and the earth without completely blocking out the sun, hence the ring you see, a ring of sunlight around the moon, and it's beautiful. >>> tonight, calls for the federal government to investigate a mother's nightmare. why an airline somehow allowed two young boys to get on the wrong flights last described her moments of sheer panic. here's anne thompson. >> reporter: 5-year-old andy martinez waved good buy for what should have been a flight from the dominican republic to new york's kennedy airport. flying alone for the first time, his mom maribel paid the airline an extra $100 to a have an translator she says he wasn't there. >> translator: i was given another boy, and they asked me it was the first time, is this your son? and i said, this is not my son. >> reporter: that child had her son's passport. andy landed in boston, the other boy mistakenly sent to jfk. jetblue put an

dr. john torres, nbc news, siller spring, maryland. tonight, blue bell creamery has issued a voluntary recall on some of its ice creams because of fear it is could contain lichtia. the products contain chocolate chip cookie dough and have been distributed in ten states. they stopped production of the ice cream last year after three people died due to listeria from their products. we posted more information on this on our facebook page. >>> an ambitious new mission announced by facebook founder they are donating $3 billion over the next decade, they have a big goal, curacaoing, preventing or managing all disease by the end of the century. last year upon the birth of their daughter, the company announced they would give away 9% of their facebook shares to charitable causes. and a programming note. i sat down exclusively with priscilla chan, can you see that interview tomorrow morning on "today." >>> now to one of those lists that makes nobody happy. what is the number o song in the world? well, according to a new study this is. "don't st

dr. john torres takes inside the military's highly secured lab, helping lead the fights against superbugs. >> reporter: these are some of the last photos of simon sparrow taken just before the 18-month-old suddenly an antibiotic resistant infection called mrsa. >> you're in a state of complete disbelief. >> reporter: scientists are predicting by 2050 superbugs could kill 10 million people a year, more than the number who currently die from cancer. >> this is battle or is this a war? >> this is a flat-out war. >> reporter: on the front lines on the fight in the u.s., the military which runs the world's largest surveillance system looking for superbugs. go >> once all the antibiotics are gone, even your simple routine surgery or something as simple as a urinary tract infection can become very, very serious. >> reporter: this lab at the walter reed army institute of research is where scientists recently found one of the world's scariest superbugs a mutant e. coli bacteria resistant to the antibiotic of last resort. >> this is the big bad guy. >> reporter: scientists analyzed thousands of sam

dr. john torres kids. ? happy birthday to you ?? >> reporter: for 5-year-old joseph marotta, it happened so fast. a simple case of the flu quickly sent him to the hospital. and then he got worse. >> the attending doctor came in and i looked at her and i said, i can't hold my hand up. and i said, did he die? and she said, you need to come in the room with me. >> he was well loved? >> yes. >> reporter: joseph died of a flu strain vaccine he received. that strain is now protected by this season's shot. >> get a flu shot. >> reporter: today the nation's top officials worried about children getting vaccinated because they can no longer use the easier nasal flu mist. everyone ages six months or older needs a shot. the flu vaccine lowers your risk by 50 to 60%. >> it's particularly important for the at-risk population. those are children, pregnant patients, elderly people, and people with chronic marotta runs a group called families fighting flu, and getting their daughter emma vaccinated is a family event. >> we want families to understan

dr. john torres, nbc news, bloomington, minnesota. >>> we're back in a moment with a driver accused of a horrific attack on police, all of it caught on >>> caught on camera, a terrifying alleged attack on police in phoenix. investigators believe a man intentionally rammed his car into a group of officers outside a convenience store. the car then slammed into the front of the store and the suspect was arrested after a struggle. non-life-threatening injuries. the third suffered injuries after jumping out of the way. >>> some angry apple customers got an unwelcome surprise. when they tried to update their devices. a number complained on social media that apple's new mobile software out today left their iphones and ipads unusable. apple said the problem affected a small number of users and the glitch has been fixed. >>> bad news for the followers of the so-called five-second rule. the often cited claim that food is still safe to eat after you drop it on the floor, if you pick it up within five seconds. but a new study has found that bacteria can contaminate food in less than a second flat. >

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dr. john torres, nbc news, bloomington, minnesota. >>> we're back in a moment with a driver accused of a horrific attack on police, all i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. he's not a serious adult. i can't vote for donald trump given the things that he said. trump should not be supported. i believe he's disqualified himself to be president. i just cannot support donald trump. >>> caught on camera, a terrifying alleged attack on police in phoenix. investigators believe a man intentionally rammed his car into a group of officers outside a convenience store. the car then slammed into the front of the store and the suspect was arrested after a struggle. for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. the third suffered injuries after jumping out of the way. >>> some angry apple customers got an unwelcome surprise. when they tried to update their devices. a number complained on social media that apple's new mobile software out today left their iphones and ipads unusable. apple said the problem affec

dr. john torres explains. >> reporter: judy, a lawyer in new york, has suffered neck pain for three years. >> it's very, very debilitating. almost some days unsustainable in terms of tolerating it. >> reporter: after trying almost everything, she found relief with acupuncture, which stimulates certain nerve endings. >> acupuncture can cause you to feel pain differently. >> reporter: and it works for a lot of americans according to one of the most comprehensive studies of alternative pain relief. today the national institutes of health reviewing findings from more than 16,000 patients reported on what works and what doesn't. for those with arthritic knee pain acupuncture and tai chi had the best results. for neck pain, massage therapy, and back pain it's acupuncture and yoga. not so effective, natural supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin. at the cleveland clinic connie powell is using a combination of alternative therapies including meditation to replace high doses of painkillers. >> i'd given up on life. i didn't feel there was any way out. >> reporter: judy swears by acupuncture.

dr. john torres explains, it takes just a matter of minutes. >> it's a condition affecting a billion people worldwide, getting older and getting far-sighted. >> you can't prevent it. you know, it's gonna aging process. >> reporter: it's just part of getting older. >> part of getting older. >> i usually have three upstairs. >> reporter: it's why 50-year-old sherry keeps nine pairs of reading glasses throughout her house. >> looking at the computer, when i'm out shopping, reading a newspaper, i can't do that. >> good morning, sheryl. >> reporter: sherry is about to become the first person in the nation to get a ground breaking device since it was approved by the fda. a tiny implant called mostly with water, that reshapes the cornea and helps it to focus better. >> this is a life-changing procedure. this is more than just convenience. it's functioning in your day to day lives. >> reporter: the entire procedure takes under five minutes. >> pretty amazing, right? >> reporter: first doctors use a laser, similar to lasik, which corrects near sightedness, to create a pocket in the cornea. about two

dr. john torres, medical contributor. dr. john torres of nbc, medical contributor. excuse me, a lot of noise here, out of the airport. kristin, first to you. the tom joyner show this morning, she called in -- it was actually taped yesterday, before her medical report was released. first of all, taking shots at trump and also she was -- she was also asked about colin powell and about that hacking into colin powell's e-mails, which we have now -- nbc news confirming there is a strong suspicious in law enforcement officials that, in fact, the russians were connected, that there were ties to that website that published the colin powell hack. kristin? >> well, andrea, you're right. to your first point, i think what you're going to see when secretary clinton returns to the trail is she is going to aggressively hit trump on some of these issues. like you heard her talking about the deplorables comment, which, she made. the trump campaign has been hitting her for that. the clinton campaign thinks they have the stronger argument to make because of some controversial comments

dr. john torres reporting. he claims more than one hundred million americans could benefit fromex now. >> are you going to volunteer? >> not yet. >> let a few others do it. >> it is like the ios10 update. >> let's let a few hundred do it first. >>> that minutes and see again. >> five minutes they said. awesome. >> technology. >> what is going on in the weather? >> it is wet. you can see right now from the few at inn isbruck. dark clouds and scattered showers moving onshore and we are getting back to more typical summer rain chances and the start of next week. so at 9:00 p.m. lingering clouds and i think any of the rain pretty much should have wrapped up. temperatures will be in the upper 70s and then when you wake up tomorrow morning there is just a small chance to see a coastal shower due to the onshore flow. can't rule it out and by the afternoon we will top out in the 80s and bringing up the rain chances to 40%. looking at scattered storms. today we have seen the southwest flow and we storm to the west. trop

dr. john torres was with the first patient since this has received fda approval. >> reporter: the blurry world of farsightedness of aging americans and usually begins at about age 40. >> they are fuzzy, even looking pretty much anything close-up. everything looks a little fuzzy. >> reporter: it is why chari owns nine pairs of reading glasses. >> i usually have three upstairs and 3 downstairs. i have some in my purse. >> reporter: the blurry vision is caused by the eye losing flexibility. >> everyone gets this, whether you are nearsighted or farsighted or whether you've adlai sick or not. it's part of getting older -- of getting older. >>> sherry is about to become the first person in the nation to get this innovative device since it was recently approved by the fda which reshapes part of your eye. it is a tiny implant called the rain drop in mold -- made mostly with water. it improves your vision for the farsighted. the procedure takes less than 5 minutes. >> surgery which corrects -- lasik surgery which corrects the vision. this is not covered by insurance and costs about $3000. there i

dr. john torres joins us now to explain. john, why this change? >> health officials spray, the flu mist because over the past couple of years, studies have shown it's only been 3% effective. compare that to the shot that's 63% effective. in the past this nasal spray did work, we don't know why it lost its effectiveness, experts are trying to figure that out. but the concerning thing among u.s. doctors is children might not be getting their flu vaccines at all because the nasal spray is not available. the problem is they're one of the more vulnerable groups affected by the flu. those affects up to and include death. the mist is available now and is recommended by everyone over the ages of six months, but again, october is when we start the flu season. lester, like most years, we don't know when it's going to start or how bad it's going to be so it's best to get protected early on. >>> $20 million, the massive amount being paid to former a news anchor's sexual harassment lewis against ousted fox news roger ailes, why he won't have to pay a dime of i

dr. john torres was given a tour. the overuse of antibiotics is in part blamed for the spread of superbugs, more on all this tonight on nbc nightly news. >>> researchers have found smoking can cause long lasting dang to a -- damage to a person's dna. >> also ahead what a native >>> if you have questions about how social security disability works, you're the lawline 9 this afternoon. the denver bar association attorneys who specialize in disability law are offing free advice until 5 -- offering free advice until 5:30. the number to call? 303-698-0999. >>> smoking can have long lasting effects in a person's dna that may increase the risk of chronic diseases. researchers at the national institute of environmental health sciences studies dna samples from nearly 16,000 adults. they found smokers had changes stroke. the good news is most genes recovered within five years of kicking the habit. some changes remained even 30 years later. >>> a maid of honor carried a bride's dying dog down the aisle this month in buena vista.

dr. john torres, nbc news, syracuse, new york. >>> we are back in a where his mouth was >>> a golden moment at the white house today as in olympic gold. president obama welcomed team usa's olympians and paralympians to the east room, to congratulate them on their performances in rio. most of the final five were there. star gymnast simone biles getting to rub elbows with the first lady and ledecky among those getting a special shout-out from the president today. >>> little kids at a party, something every parent can relate to. only today it was the royal family on their visit to canada. prince george and princess charlotte attended a party complete with pony rides and lots of balloons which charlotte couldn't get enough uof. two dozen of them from military families. >>> rory mcilroy and stenson couldn't stivg a 12-foot putt. a fan shouted that he could even he could make the shot. so they pulled him on the green, gave him a putter, and look at that, the fan showing the pros how it's done and earning the admiration of some of the world's top players. you think he's got a great story to tell?

dr. john torres. we should note here that dr. oz has not personally examined donald trump.ou get a reasonably accurate picture if you don't examine the guy? >> you can, especially if you have all the medical records and detailed medical records. what you wld want is looking at pasttests, past issues he's had, past admissions to the hospital and just see where those went in the timeline of his own health and where they'll go in the future. >> those are the things we need to get an accurate picture of donald trump. >> those, the screening tests undergone, colonoscopies, screening tests especially for prostate, immunizations too and overall health. the whole health picture. you can get a decent one from the record, examining takes a step higher. >> what should we be looking for in hillary clinton's medical records? >> with her, the same thing. only with her, since there have been public incidents we know about, the concussion and what happened on the 11th there, we want to focus on those as well. as a doctor, why those happened and if there's a connection with that and if ther

dr. john torres, who's at jersey city medical center. dr. torres, first of all, the scene there, can you set it for us? >> patients coming in, sodium are walking in, the walking wounded. you can see ambulances driving in a patient that's a little more serious. we had a press conference with the ceo and chief medical officer. they're telling us the majority of these patients are walking wounded. they said about 40 of them. they triaged them in the cafeteria, which is standard for this type of situation. you want a large area, can you get a lot of providers in there to triage them. some already coming out we have talked to. they talked to us about their injuries and what actually happened on the train and what they saw on the train. then they have more serious ones. they say eight are serious, three a little more serious. one they're calling critical. the other two they're saying serious. they don't know exactly where they're going to go with those. one is in the operating room. one is going into the intensive care unit and the other one was s

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dr. john torres is live now outside the jersey city medical center. that is where the victims have been taken for treatment after this crash. dr. john torres, i understand you have been briefed by some of the officials there. what can you tell us? >> the spokesman just came out and gave us an update, and what he's telling us is a total of 66 patients were seen here. that makes sense because this is the highest level trauma area near where the accident occurred. they saw 66 of what they call walking wounded. these were people that could walk in or with some assistance get inside. they were treated in the cafeteria. 13 patients were treated in the emergency room. those were the ones with the most serious conditions. the 63 that were treated, they've been sent home, the hospital has resumed normal operations. the 13 that are still here, they're called guarded condition. not quite critical, they're a level below that, so even though they're below the critical level, they're still not out of the woods. hopefully tomorrow we'll get an update on their conditi

dr. john torres, nbc news, syracuse, new york. >>> we are back in a moment with a heckler who put his money where his mouth was and shocked two golf stars. ?jake reese, ?day to feel alive?? ?jake reese, ?day to feel alive?? if you're approaching 65... now's the time to get your ducks in a row. [quack!] medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, like any standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. >>> a golden moment at the white house today, as in olympic gold. president obama welcomed team usa's olympians and paralympians to the east room, to congratulate them on their performances in rio. most of the final five were there. star gymnast simone biles getting to rub elbows with the first lady and swimming sensation katie ledecky among those getting a special shout-out from the president today. >>> little kids at a royal family on their visit to canada. prince george and princess charlotte attended a children's party, co

dr. john torres. a doctor of emergency medicine with us tonight from denver. and doc, begin with how she became symptomatic in public view this weekend, dehydration is being talked about here as a subset of pneumonia. is it always? is it common? >> it is not always a subset of pneumonia but it can happen. especially if people don't follow the doctor's orders. in her case, she's saying her doctor said she rest for five days. they tell patients between three and five days, and that's good rest, rest at home, she started to exert herself, in an exhaustive situation, out in the heat, probably had not drank much water, got dehydrated, that on top of the pneumonia can lead to dehydration fairly quickly. and that could lead to some of the issues and complications she had. slug >> don't you always prescribe heavy duty antibiotics, also different people react differently? and i know in severe cases, people are given steroids to kind of speed the recovery from pneumonia. >> they are and they're definitely given antibiotics if it's bacterial pneumonia. they still take tw

dr. john torres was with the first patient to undergo that procedure. look at this. >> this is the view for a billion people worldwide. the blurry world of farsightedness caused by aging. it affects more than 110 million americans usually beginning around the age of 40. >> they're fuzzy. just even looking pretty much at anything close up. >> it's why sherry owns nine pairs of reading glasses. >> i usually have three upstairs and three down stairs. some in my purse. >> reporter: that blurry vision is caused by the eye losing flexibility. >> everyone gets this. whether you're near sighted, farsighted and whether you have had lasik. it's part of getting older. >> let's look and see how -- >> reporter: but maybe not for long. sherry is about to become the it was approved by the fda that reshapes part of the eye. about half the sides of a pencil eraser it is a tiny implant called the raindrop. it's made mostly with water and helps the cornea focus better improving vision for the farsighted like sherry. the procedure takes less than five minutes. >> dr. torre