dr. jon lapook tells us researchers have made advances in the fight against a.l.s. tnd major garrett on how the owrst summer blockbuster nearly capsized. >> the whole crew all summer thought this was going to be a flop, a b-movie. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> quijano: scott is off tonight. i'm elaine quijano, and this is our western edition. as americans head home from their labor day holiday, up to eight million people could be impacted by severe weather. the midwest got a dose when a super-cell formed over iowa last night. denison got the worst as high winds knocked down trees and power lines. beloit, kansas was pounded by hailstones the size of tennis balls and winds that topped 70 miles an hour. meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbn is n,llowing this. megan, what are we seeing now? >> at this point, we're looking at stronger storms moving through portions of michigan, where they've had heavy downpours and gusty winds. stretching to upstate new york as a cold front progresses to the east coast,

dr. lapook?an, obviously, this would not be the assignment i think most people in our military would hope to get. this is a very dangerous assignment. what do you see as the challenges for these people that are going to be going there? >> well, i think it must be daunting to think about going over there. they are not going to have direct contact with patients and i think that is very important, because there have been a lot of misinformation around here. it is not airborne you don't get it like you get the flu. you have to have direct contact with fluids, but i think it is such an important thing because it is not only affecting the people directly who have ebola but as dan kelley who is a doctor i spoke to in sierra leone, ebola kills healthcare systems, think about it all the people who are staying at home with fever, with gastroenter try advertise and have malaria they are afraid to go to the hospital so they end up dying at home, so this is such a where huge problem and i think the world is u

dr. jon lapook-- can early intervention make a difference with children who show early signs of autism? >> our son did make progress, has caught up. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, i'm bob schieffer. since the horrible tape surfaced yesterday, a baltimore ravens running back ray rice beating his then-fiance, there's been a torrent of criticism that the national football league had been insensitive to the whole issue of domestic violence. rice was fired by the ravens and suspended indefinitely but not permanently by the league, but questions have been building about how much the league knew and when officials knew it. late today, commissioner roger goodell gave his first interview, and norah o'donnell of "cbs this morning, "got it. norah. >> reporter: bob, commissioner roger goodell was adamant that no one, he says, in the nfl had seen this second videotape before monday. he called it new evidence, and he said it's the reason they decided to suspend ray rice indefinitely. when did you first learn about this second

dr. jon lapook tells us, the pill is not at the top of the list.a hawn was in high school and wanted birth control, her doctor offered her the pill but it caused bad side effects so she got an intraouteren device or iud. >> i think one of the best things about an iud you have to go in and have it inserted by a medical professional and then you don't have to think about it for three or five or even ten years. >> reporter: the american academy of ped yam tricks is now saying that the first line of contraceptives for adolescents should be iuds. dr. rebecca owe bruin is a member of the committee. >> the research is saying that this is as safe in younger women as older women. that they don't have any long-term risks associated with them. >> reporter: condoms and the pill are commonly the most common form of contraception. the pill is 99.7% if used perfectly but only 91% effective with typical use. condoms are only 80%. an iud is only 99% effect tiff with typical use. gynecologist julian dean is at planned parenthood. most take the pill, what's the matte

dr. jon lapook updates us on research efforts. >> reporter: 68-year-old ed casaro just joined the als icedifferent than most. tassaro has been fighting the disease for more than five years. >> my arms and legs are weak. when i walk, i'm pretty much at risk. that's really the only bad news. i'm breathing at 100% of normal which is great news. >> reporter: in als, motor neurons, the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles detach from the muscle and die. patients lose control of movement and eventually their ability to breathe on their own. the cause of als is one known. tassaro is one of 30 patients in clinical trials who had stem celled injected into shirr stem column. new research suggests that an als patients these supporting cells become killers, poisoning the nort you're rons. animal studies found stem cells can help heal the supporting cells. dr. jonathan glass is studying that. >> they allow them to recover from that to reject with the muscles or keep them from disconnecting from muscles for a longer period of time. >> reporter: over the past deck kashgsd a decade als research has

dr. jon lapook tells us what pediatricians are now recommending for teenagers. and mark phillips on george clooney, breaking his wedding vow. >> reporter: for a guy who once said he'd never get married again, george clooney did so with the kind of splash only venice can provide. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the most famous resident residen america is supposed to be the most secure, but it wasn't september 19, the night an intruder got into the white house. we learned today that the breech was more dangerous than the secret service acknowledged. the iraq vert ran who was carrying a knife made it more than 130 feet inside to one of the most famous rooms in the house. he allegedly told an agent that the atmosphere was collapsing and he needed to tell the president. senior white house correspondent bill plante has details. >> reporter: omar gonzalez raced unobstructed for 70 yards across the white house north lawn, brushed by a secret service officers who had a drawn gun, and entered the mansi

dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," beno 57 to talk about his new movie "gone girls." that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. llicoat >>> good morning everyone, it is tuesday, september 30th. i'm michelle griego. >> and last day of september. hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. it is tuesday, and we've got lawrence out of the gate and guess what? going to be a gorgeous day too. >> yeah big changes in the weather coming. just some patchy fog out there this morning but some much warmer weather is on the way. that beautiful fall weather we love and talk more about that in a moment. right now let's check on the roads. >>> we were watching the earlier accident highway 4 in pittsburg it is now cleared. just the overnight road work, 98 to davis on southbound 880. what are you doing frank? >> just counting the cars. i think we're okay. >> there's some road work out there that can slow people down. >> there are some cars out there. >> all coming up. >>> all right liz. thank you. some bre

dr. jon lapook looks at what's being done to help those players. >> and there's my old coach. >> reporterherman's den, the memories run wall to wall. highlights of decades of years with the new york jets. now 73, he played right tackle during the 1969 super bowl. >> i was lined up against big bubba smith. so he would slap me in the head for 60 minutes and when i woke up after the game, i said who won. >> no, no. don't get confused. >> reporter: over the past 20 years herman's wife romano it issed he was developing problems with memory and thinking. >> it's the loss of the special things that we've done in the past. >> reporter: the memories together. >> mm-hmm. >> it shows the hippocampus is damaged on both sides. >> reporter: near roll gist sam gandhi of new york is one of herman's doctors. >> we thought he had alzheimer's disease. we couldn't decide whether he had alzheimer's or cte. >> reporter: cte or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. encroaching angles of tau helps them. the only way to find them was at autopsy. dr. gandhi performed a p.e.t. scan to try to determine if herman had cte

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dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning" more on president obama's agendaeek. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> good morning everyone, it is tuesday, september 2nd. i'm michelle griego. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 4:30. it's ladies' day. part doe. >> aren't you a lucky man. >> it's always ladies' day. >> there we go. i'm not complaining. >> brace yourself for that one there. >> we have the return of the marine lay they are morning. and some clouds layer this morning. and some clouds at coast and temperatures will drop as a result. right now we are into the 60s and it didn't cool off that much overnight. the compete tuesday forecast -- complete forecast still straight ahead. >>> back to work for most folks around the bay area. the northbound 280 extension reopened about seven hours a head of schedule. what it looks right now on 2830 and the 101 also gnat all just -- alternate all just a few minutes away. >> back to work. >> on a tuesday that's right. >>> one person is dead after an amt

dr. jon lapook on the toll taken by the head-to-head combat of an nfl career. >> it's the loss of the special things that we've done in the past. >> pelley: and a bird in hand. dean reynolds shows us how man is attempting to restore bird populations threatened by climate change. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. as the moon moves into a new phase, so does the war against isis. the united states and five arab allies took advantage of a dark, moonless night to expand attacks against the sunni terrorist group into syria. president obama stressed this is just the beginning of a long campaign to destroy isis. the allied attacks overnight involved the u.s., bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia, qatar, and the united arab emirates. 14 isis targets were hit. the u.s., acting alone, launched eight strikes against another terror group, an offshoot of al qaeda called khorasan. we have a team of correspondents on the story. >> if we'll go to david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: the desert bloomed with fireballs as cruise missiles and pre

dr. jon lapook has details. bill plante with the understatement of the day: >> it's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. >> pelley: how did an intruder make it all the way to the east room? >> that isn't just getting inside the portico. that's half of a white house tour. >> pelley: vladimir duthiers reports a discovery in the hunt for an accused cop killer makes finding him even more urgent. michigan admits it blew the call, keeping the quarterback in the game after a head injury. michelle miller reports. and chip reid with the photographer in search of wildlife and perfection. >> you have to be ready to push that button because you don't get many second chances. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we'll begin tonight with a developing story. late today, the c.domestic confirmed that a man in texas has just been diagnosed with ebola. it is the first time the disease has-- that has claimed thousands of lives in west africa has b

dr. jon lapook and cbs contributor dr. holly phillips.irst an update on a news investigation in drug companies accused of boosting profits in terms of patients. jon? >> it's a way of steering patients away from cheaper or generic drugs. this week they accused a company of violating anti-trust laws. >> this is my memendo. >> reporter: mike mitch is 54 has early onset dementia and takes the alzheimer's medication memenda. the drug is due to go generic next year but before that less expensive generic product becomes available, it's scheduled to be withdrawn from the market instead doctors are being asked to transition payments to namenda xr which is unlikely to go generic for years. it's a strategy called forced switch. >> i may have dementia and alzheimer's and all that but they're going to make millions and billions of dollars off of it and get everybody switched to their xr version before they can even get ahold of a generic. >> reporter: namenda generates about $1.5 billion in sales so loss of patent protection could generate billions of

dr. jon lapook and cbs contributor dr. holly phillips.st a disturbing thing regarding nfl and the players. jon? >> aft least 25% of the players can expect to develop dementia, much more than the general population and at a younger age. we looked at what's being done to help the players. >> in dave herman's den the memories run wall to wall. highlights of a decade s-long career with the new york jets. now 73 he played right tackle during the 1969 super bowl. >> i was lined up against big bub ma smith. he would slap me in the head for 60 minutes and i woke up after the game and i said who won. >> no no. don't get confused. >> over the past 20 years, herman's wife romano it issed he was developing problems with memory and thinking. >> it's the loss of the special things we've done in the past. >> the memories together. >> mm-hmm. >> it shows that the hip camaapocampus is damaged on both sides. >> neurologist dr. sam gandy from new york. >> he thought he had alzheimer's. >> cpe or chronic traumatic encephalopathy is related to concussions. a

dr. jon lapook tells us what tdiatricians are now recommending for teenagers. and mark phillips on george clooney breaking his wedding vow. >> reporter: for a guy who once said he'd never get married again, george clooney did so with the kind of splash only venice can provide. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

dr. jon lapook tells us what pediatricians are now recommending for teenagers. and mark phillips on george clooney, breaking his wedding vow. >> reporter: for a guy who once said he'd never get married again, george clooney did so with the kind of splash only venice can provide. captioning sponsored by cbs

dr. jon lapook has details. bill plante with the understatement of the day: >> it's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. >> pelley: how did an intruder make it all the way to the east room? >> that isn't just getting inside the portico. that's half of a white house tour. >> pelley: vladimir duthiers reports a discovery in the hunt for an accused cop killer makes finding him even more urgent. michigan admits it blew the call, keeping the quarterback in the game after a head injury. michelle miller reports. and chip reid with the photographer in search of wildlife and perfection. >> you have to be ready to push that button because you don't get many second

dr. jon lapook-- can early intervention make a difference with children who show early

dr. jon lapook on the toll taken by the head-to-head combat of an nfl career. >> it's the loss of the special things that we've done in the past. >> pelley: and a bird in hand. dean reynolds shows us how man is attempting to restore bird populations threatened by climate change.

dr. jon lapook tells us researchers have made advances in the fight against a.l.s. tnd major garrett on how the owrst summer blockbuster nearly capsized. >> the whole crew all summer thought this was going to be a flop, a b-movie. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

dr. jon lapook on the toll taken by the head-to-head combat of an nfl career. >> it's the loss of the specialve done in the past. >> pelley: and a bird in hand. dean reynolds shows us how man is attempting to restore bird populations threatened by climate change.

dr. jon lapook reports there's only a hand full there now. >> reporter: the military eventually hopes to provide 1700 new beds for patients and train up to 500 local health care workers each week. dr. paul fasmer cofounded partners in health, an organization that helps build health care systems in developing nations. he was recently in liberia and met with president ellen johnson surly. we're hearing about potentially hundreds of thousands of people being infected. they're maybe going to build 1700 more treatment beds. there's a disconnect with numbers. how does it get handled? >> yeah, 1700 treatment beds does not seem like a lot to me when you're talking about a potential need of that scale. and so i think there is a mismatch in the math. >> reporter: but even if there were enough supplies, farmer says much more neez to be done to bring ebola epidemic under control in a region with broken health care. >> to stop it, you have to do two things at once. you have to respond to the emergency, the crisis, but also to build a really strong public health system that can go all the way from vill

dr. jon lapook tells us researchers have made advances in the fight against a.l.s.rst summer blockbuster nearly capsized. >> the whole crew of the summer thought this was going to be a flop of a movie.

dr. jon lapook-- can early intervention make a difference with children who show early signs of autism?

dr. jon lapook has details. bill plante with the understatement of the day: >> it's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. >> pelley: how did an intruder make it all the way to the east room? >> that isn't just getting inside the portico. that's half of a white house tour. >> pelley: vladimir duthiers reports a discovery in the hunt for an accused cop killer makes finding him even more urgent. michigan admits it blew the call, keeping the quarterback in the game after a head injury. michelle miller reports. and chip reid with the photographer in search of wildlife and perfection. >> you have to be ready to push that button because you don't get many second chances.

dr. jon lapook-- can early intervention make a difference with children who show early signs of autism?

dr. jon lapook on the toll taken by the head-to-head combat of an e l career. >> it's the loss of the specialhings that we've done in the past. >> pelley: and a bird in hand-- dean reynolds shows us how man is attempting to restore bird populations threatened by climate change. captioning sponsored by cbs

dr. jon lapook and holly phillips.study adds to the growing evidence that early detection and prevention may be key to early treatment. >> reporter: at first glance they look like typical brothers but at age 2 diego was diagnosed with you tichl with autism. so at 6 months his parents had emilio tested. >> we were showing emilio was showing signs. >> reporter: developmental milestones can vary wildly especially before 12 months. but they have flagged signs, staring at objects, abnormal repetitive behaviors and poor eye contact. sally rogers and her team at the mind institute in sacramento studied infants between 7 and 17 months with severe autism. >> they tended to have a pretty neutral facial expression. they were quiet babies, if they vocalized at all, didn't vocalize in a potential way. >> reporter: parents were trained to help their children better engage with the world. by age 3, one developed autism one had a mild form. >> i don't know what would have happened to ee meal yore if we didn't participate in the interv