dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: still ahead, two exceptions to the rule you win some you lose some. . >> axelrod: how is this for a christmas display? a man in canberra, australia has set the record for most lights on an artificial christmas tree. 518,838 to be exact. the tree probably wouldn't fit in your living room. however, it is 72 feet tall and made of steel. a month in and the n.b.a. season is off to an historic start. take the golden state warriors. the defending champs have won 17 in a row to start the year, a new record. at the other end of the spectrum, philadelphia 76ers who have lost 17 in a row to start their year. coming up, a new york basketball legend comes home for a tough new job. . >> axelrod: hall of famer chris mullin is one of new york city's all-time basketball great, and now 30 years after he led sphau's to the final four, he's come home to take over a program that's seen better days. among those watching most closely, his old coach, lou carnesecca. 23 years after lou carnesecca retired, his best player has come home. after his st. john's' team wo

dr. jon lapook introduces us. >> for this one, it's the t.n.b. substrate. >> reporter: last year, olivia hallisey had to be the the only 16-year-old in the world thinking about this-- >> i really wanted to make an elisa kit temperature independent. >> reporter: you're really not talking like a normal teenager. you know that, right? what she's talking about is a test for ebola. olivia realized current ones need refrigeration. did you ever say to yourself, "i'm a kid. how can i come up with something better?" >> i think especially in science it doesn't matter if you're a girl, if you're young, or where you're from. it's really just about your results. >> reporter: olivia brought the idea to greenwich high school science teacher william andy bramante when she came to you and said i want to do a test for ebola, what was your reaction? >> oh, boy. there was a lot of push-back. "andy, you have no business doing this with a student. it's not possible. it's not going to happen." >> .">> reporter: what did you say? >> i said let me be the judge of that. >

dr. jon lapook. jon, thank you. the supreme court heard arguments today in the case of a black man sentenced to death in georgia for murdering a white a man. at issue is whether the prosecution illegally excluded blacks from the jury. here's our chief legal correspondent jan crawford. >> reporter: timothy foster's jury was all white, but prosecutors denied racial bias when they struck every african american from the pool of perspective jurors. then, ten years ago, defense attorneys unearthed the prosecutor's notes. >> what we really found was an arsenal of smoking guns. >> reporter: veteran death penalty attorney stephen bright is representing foster. >> the notes were shocking in terms of just how explicit the racial factor was. >> reporter: the names of the potential african american jurors were highlighted, and in this list of possible jurors titled "definite no," the top five people were black. in the supreme court monday, georgia's deputy attorney general argued prosecutors had valid reasons for excluding afric

dr. jon lapook k s more about this. >> reporter: amy berman is a former nurse who now works at a health policy foundation. so five years ago, when diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer, she knew to do her homework. what did you find? >> it's the worst form of breast cancer to get. nobody survives it. >> reporter: when your doctors first discussed your treatment plan, did they ask you, what do you want? >> reporter: one doctor was perfection. she said, "we can try to hold back the cancer, but, you know, not do things that are unnecessary." i went to another doctor, and this other doctor wanted to the complete opposite kind of care, wanted to throw everything at the cancer, even though it wasn't going to change the outcome. >> reporter: berman chose only those treatments that ease pain. >> i really wanted to focus on living the best possible quality of life. >> reporter: dr. diane meier directs the center of advanced care, an emerging center that focuses on the patient's quality of life. >> at the outset of a serious illness, it's important to talk about what patients and families can expe

dr. jon lapook to explain. >> reporter: current blood pressure generally target those below 140, for those 06 and over below 150. this trial followed 9,000 people over 50 with high blood pressure and at least one other risk factor for heart disease. doctors used m mication to lower their pressurereo under either 140 or 120. in august the study was ended early when data showed a clear difference in outcomes. results published today show the under 120 group had a 38% lower risk of heart failure than the other group and a 27% lower risk of death. however, the under 120 group also had more serious side effects, like low blood pressure, fainting, abnormal blood chemistri and kidney problems. dr. george bakris of university of chicago medicine specializes in treating high blood pressure. >> in these people that are older, you can push the blood pressure down to 120. it is well tolerated, and there is a benefit. >> pelley: so, jon, what are doctors likely to do with this information? >> reporter:, well, doctors tend to be cautious. while the lower blood pressure reduces the risk of heart problems

dr. jon lapook has one mother's story. >> reporter: in april, 39-year-old gina neri received a happy surprise-- she was pregnant with her third child, but she had symptoms that led her doctor to perform a colonoscopy. >> he said, "gina, you're looking at cancer." >> reporter: he used that word. >> he used that word. he knew right away. it was big. >> reporter: she was facing surgery and chemotherapy and the prognosis for her baby was grim. >> they wanted me to know that most likely the baby wasn't going to survive, and several doctors told us to terminate the pregnancy. >> reporter: the fear is that treatments like chemo will harm the rapidly developing fetus. dr. elyce cardonick studies >> during the first trimester, that's when the majority of the organs of the baby are developing, so if at all possible, we would like to avoid chemotherapy in the first trimester. >> reporter: this week's study followed 129 children in europe whose mothers were treated for cancer primarily during their second or third trimefters. although 79 of the children were born before full term, they had normal physica

dr. jon lapook to explain. >> reporter: current guidelines for people with high blood pressure generally target a level of below 140, for those age 60 and over below 150. this trial followed more than 9,000 people over 50 with high blood pressure and at least one other risk factor for heart disease. doctors used medication to lower their pressure to under either 140 or 120. early when data showed a clear difference in outcomes. results published today show the under 120 group had a 38% lower risk of heart failure than the other group and a 27% lower risk of death. however, the under 120 group also had more serious side effects, like low blood pressure, fainting, abnormal blood chemistries, and kidney problems. dr. george bakris of university of chicago medicine specializes in treating high blood pressure. >> in these people that are older you can push the blood pressure down to 120. it is well tolerated, and there is a benefit. >> so jon, what are doctors likely to do with this information? >> well, scott, doctors tend to be cautious. while the more aggressive treatment does lower the ri

dr. jon lapook to explain. >> reporter: current guidelines for people with high blood pressure generally target a level of below 140, for those age 60 and over below 150. this trial followed more than 9,000 people over 50 with high blood pressure and at least one other risk factor for heart doctors used medication to lower their pressure to under either 140 or 120. in august the study was ended early when data showed a clear difference in outcomes. results published today show the under 120 group had a 38% lower risk of heart failure than the other group and a 27% lower risk of death. however, the under 120 group also had more serious side effects, like low blood pressure, fainting, abnormal blood chemistries, and kidney problems. dr. george bakris of university of chicago medicine specializes in treating high blood pressure. >> in these people that are older you can push the blood pressure down to 120. it is well tolerated, and there is a benefit. >> so jon, what are doctors likely to do with this information? >> well, scott, doctors tend to be cautious. while the more aggressive treatm

dr. jon lapook for us tonight. jon, thank you. >>> the supreme court heard arguments today in the case of a black man sentenced to death in georgia for murdering a white woman. at issue is whether the prosecution illegally excluded blacks from the jury. here's our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> reporter: timothy foster's jury was all white, but prosecutors denied racial bias when they struck every african-american from the pool of pro spektispective jurors. then ten years ago defense attorneys unearthed the prurth's notes. >> what we found was an arsenal of smoke guns. >> reporter: deputy attorney steven bright is representing foster. >> the notes were shocking in terms of just how explicit the racial factor was. >> reporter: the names of the potential african-american jurors were highlighted, and in this list of possible jurors titled "definite nos," the top five people were black. in the supreme court monday georgia's deputy attorney general argued prosecutors had valid reason for excluding african-a

dr. jon lapook for us tonight. jon, thank you. >>> the supreme coururheard arguments today in the case of a black man sentenced to death in georgia for murdering a white woman. at issue is whether the blacks from the jury. here's o o chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> reporter: timothy foster's jury was all white, but prosecutors denied racial bias when they struck#every african-american from the pool of prospective jurors. then ten years agogoefense attorneys unearthed the prosecutor's notes. >> what we really found was an arsenal of smoking guns. penalty attorney steven bright >> the notes were shocking in terms of just how explicit the racial factor was. reporter: the names of the potential african-american jurors were highlighted, and in this list of possisie jurors titled "definite nos," the top five people were black. in the supreme court monday georgia's deputyttorney general argued prosecutors h h valid reasons for excluding african-american jurors in the 1987 trial, and it flagged the black prospe

dr. jon lapook for us tonight. jon, thank you. >>> the supreme court heard arguments today in the case of a black man sentenced to death in georgia for rdering a white woman. at issue is whether the prosecution illegally excluded blacks from the jury. here's our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> reporter: timothy foster's jury was all white, but prosecutors denied racial bias when they struck every african-american from the pool of prospective jurors. then ten years ago defense attorneys unearthed the prosecutor's notes. >> what we really found was an arsenal of smoking guns. >> reporter: veteran death penalty attorney steven bright is representing foster. >> the notes were shocking in terms of just how explicit the racial factor was. >> reporter: the names of the potential african-american jurors were highlighted, and in this list of possible jurors titled "defifite nos," the top five people were black. in the supreme court monday georgia's deputy attorney general argued prosecutors had valid reasons for

dr. jon lapook to explain. >> reporter: current guidelines for people with high blood pressure generally target a level of below 140, for those age 60 and over below 150. this trial followed more than 9,000 people over 50 with high blood pressure and at least one other risk factor for heart doctors used medication to lower their pressure to under either 140 or 120. in august the study was ended early when data showed a clear difference in outcomes. results published today show the under 120 group had a 38% lower risk of heart failure than the other group and a 27% lower risk of death. however, the under 120 group also had more serious side effects, like low blood pressure, fainting, abnormal blood chemistries, and kidney problems. dr. george bakris of university of chicago medicine specializes in treating high blood pressure. >> in these people that are older you can push the blood pressure down to 120. it is well tolerated, and there is a benefit. >> so jon, what are doctors likely to do with this information? >> well, scott, doctors tend to be cautious. while the more aggressive treatm