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dr. jon lapook, cbs news. new york. >>> penn state university will respond to a request from the ncaa for more information regarding the sex abuse scandal. the ncaa is considering penalties, including shutting down the football program. the school also says it will decide the fate of the joe paterno statue that stands outside the football stadium. critics want it removed. a small plane flew over the campus yesterday with a banner saying take down the statue or we will. >>> cbs "moneywatch" time now. bleak economic news from the chairman of the federal reserve and yahoo's new ceo arrives with a bonus. it's not what you think. ashley morrison with more. good morning. >> no, it's not. good morning, terrell. fed chair ben bernanke will be back on capitol hill today testifying before the house financial services committee. yesterday he delivered some sobering news to the senate banking committee. bernanke says if congress allows automatic tax increases and spending cuts to go into effect, the economy will go back i

dr. jon lapook reports. >>> six years ago joyce williams was given the diagnosis of a disease with no consider. her husband said at first sticking with daily routines helped her cope with the symptoms. >> she gets up and makes breakfast every morning. she irons. >> from a cooking family. >> will wrams is part of a group of people to slow the progress of the disease. it's called ivig and contains antibodies from people who don't have alzheimer's. the antibodies is peer to attack amyloid, the plaque that damages the pran, the hallmark of alzheimer's. the 11 of the patients showed less decline than the placebo group. doctors were also trying to determine the best dosage and they may have found it in four patients who showed a surprising result. no decline in cognitive function over three years. this doctor led the study. >> patients in this stage of alzheimer's disease typically, if they're untreated, will decline below where they start and three to six months. >> the initial results are positive, but the drug is costly. treatment is at least $50,000 a year. >> this may not be the ultimate soluti

dr. jon lapook on a new drug that may slow mental decline. and the man who saved a nation. honoring nelson mandela as he turns 94. mark phillips is there. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is worst economic recovery america has ever had. we've been looking for hopeful signs, but today the chairman of the federal reserve threw a cold splash of reality on those hopes. ben bernanke said any improvement in unemployment will "likely be frustratingly slow." well, yes, to say the least. have a look at this. this chart starts in january, 2008, with the steep rise in unemployment. unemployment soared over 8% and it has stayed over 8% for 41 months in a row. it's 8.2% right now. bernanke was telling congress how he saw the near future, and we asked anthony mason to fill us in. >> reporter: in battle creek, michigan, this week, the "now hiring" call posted by a casino brought 1,500 job applicants hoping to win one of the 300 new jobs the gambling center will create. but fed chairman ben bernanke seems unsure whi

dr. jon lapook. and... >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. >> pelley: ...anthony mason reports on the moments that americans call the most memorable in television history. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. gunfire took down three more people last night in chicago. homicides in america's third- largest city are up 38% this year. almost all of them casualties in the gang war. but the victims are not all gang members. innocent children are being shot. monday mayor rahm emanuel said this: >> you got two gang-bangers, one standing next to a kid. get away from that kid. take your stuff to the alley. don't touch the children of the city of chicago. don't get near them. >> pelley: the gangs didn't get the message. last night three children were shot-- a 12-year-old girl, a 14- year-old boy and 13-year-old tishona poke. she was shot in a leg in a city park. crime is down in chicago in all categories except this surge in hom

dr. jon lapook is on the story. caught on tape: this is the suicide bomber who attacked israeli tourists. john miller is investigating the case. this is no ordinary wildfire; it's a phenomenon known as a megafire. m. sanjayan reports on why they are happening now. >> we will show why they will create megafires and guaranteed es destroy homes. hen llley: and when life dealt the woman who lives here a lemon, johnny decided to make

dr. jon lapook on a new drug that may slow mental decline. and the man who saved a nation. honoring nelson mandela as he turns 94. mark phillips is there.

dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: six years ago, joice williams was given the diagnosis of a disease with no cure. her husband sterling says at first sticking with daily routines helped her cope we the symptoms. >> she gets up and makes breakfast every morning, she does the clothes, she irons. >> does the cooking. (laughs) >> reporter: williams is part of a small group of people to try an experimental drug to slow the progress of the disease. it's called i.v.i.g. and contain anti-bodies from people who don't have alzehimer's disease. the anti-bodies appear to attack amyloids, the plaque that damages the brain and is the hallmark of alzheimer's. of the 24 patients in the study, 11 showed less decline than the placebo group. doctors were also trying to determine the best dosage and they may have found it in four patients who show the surprising results. no decline in cognitive function over three years. dr. norman relkin led the study. >> patients who are in this stage of alzehimer's disease typically if they're untreated will decline below where they start in three to six months. >> reporter: the

dr. jon lapook has met with a leading researcher who has been working on a cure for alzehimer's disease andr her the search for that cure has become very personal. >> reporter: rae lyn burke has helped develop treatments for h.i.v., herpes and h.i.v. in the 1990s as one of the world's foremost vaccine researchers she turned her attention to alzehimer's disease and was on the team that created an experimental drug. >> i believed it was going to work. >> you saw it work in mice. >> i saw it work in mice. >> reporter: who it works by clearing the plaques in the brain that are the hallmarks of alzehimer's disease. dr. lennart mulke of the gladstone institute remembers burke's passion. >> you have to have a certain level of obsession so you will be doing things in your mind under the shower, while you drive to work and i think the way lynn was exactly in that mold. >> reporter: it was that very personality trait that made her realize something was terribly wrong. >> one of the things i did while commuting was, you know, play with numbers in my head. i couldn't do that like i used to do it. and i

dr. jon lapook is on the story. >> caught on tape this is the suicide bomber who attacked israeli tourists, john miller is investigating the case. this is no ode wildfire, it's a phenomenon known as a megafire. m sanjayan reports on why they are happening now. >> we will show why they will create megaforms and guaranteed to destroy homes. >> pelley: and when life dealt the woman who lives here a limitment johnny decide to make lemonade, wyatt andrews on giving back. >> she helped us, and now it's time to help her. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. whooping cough sounds like a disease from an earlier age but we learn today that we're in the midst of an epidemic that may be the worst outbreak in the united states in more than 50 years. today the centers for disease control said there have been 18,000 cases so far this year. more than double the number by this time last year. nine children have died. whooping cough also known as pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs. where is the outbreak the wors

dr. jon lapook is on the story. >> caught on tape this is the suicide bomber who attacked israeli tourists, john miller is investigating the case. this is no ode wildfire, it's a phenomenon known as a megafire. m sanjayan reports on why they are happening now. >> we will show why they will create megaforms and guaranteed to destroy homes. >> pelley: and when life dealt the woman who lives here a limitment johnny decide to make lemonade, wyatt andrews on giving back. >> she helped us, and now it's time to help her. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. whooping cough sounds like a disease from an earlier age but we learn today that we're in the

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dr. jon lapook on a new drug that may slow mental decline. and the man who saved a nation.dela as he turns 94. mark phillips is there. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is worst economic recovery america has ever had. we've been looking for hopeful signs, but today the chairman of the federal reserve

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