her story tonight from our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: rachel wheeler may look like a typical adolescent, giggling with girlfriends, going to school dances. >> still makes a very big impact. >> reporter: but she does something most 12-year-olds don't. she worries about kids who live hundreds of miles and yet a world away from her in haiti. rachel was 9 when she met this man who runs florida's biggest charity, food for the poor, and gave a presentation about haitian children who don't have enough to eat, don't have a place to call home. rachel believed that was just plain wrong and vowed to help him build homes for haiti's unsheltered. she ran bake sales, passed a can at homecoming games, appealed to local businesses. >> $2600 for rachel tonight. >> reporter: thousands of small contributions added up to now over a quarter of a million dollars. >> i love you. >> reporter: rachel never travels to haiti empty-handed. delivering care packages to needy children who lost their school and five of their classmates in the 20

dr. nancyderman, nbc news, san francisco. >>> coming up next at 11:00, reaction to the all but sealed end of the nba lockout. plus discounts for holiday ice skating and beach hotels. plus, nasa's new mars rover is on its way to the red planet tonight. but what does it have to do with the black eyed peas? >>> welcome back. slam dunks, fade-aways and blocked shots. it's all about the return to the highest level. it appears the nba lockout is history. early saturday morning, after 149 days, nba owners and players have reached a tentative accord on a new collective bargaining agreement. if ratified, the nba would open training camps and begin free agency on december 9th and play a 66-game regular season that could begin on christmas day. >> we've come this far. there's still a lot of work to be done in a lot of the places with a lot of committees and player groups and the like. but we're optimistic that it will hold and we'll have ourselves an nba season. >> our fans and the support from the people

dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: hospitals are well-known for bland food, long waits and often lousy bedside manner. generally patients' biggest gripes. now thousands of hospitals are trying to polish that image. >> so how's it going? >> reporter: that's because under new federal rules, hospitals that discharge disgruntled patients stand to lose big money. patients already receive this survey after a hospitalization asking things like how often were you treated with courtesy and respect and how well did the staff manage your pain. but as part of president obama's healthcare overhaul, soon low patient scores on this will mean fewer medicare dollars to hospitals. at the renowned cleveland clinic there's already a la carte food on demand. a nurse or doctor checking in every 15 minutes. even a massage. >> they just make you feel at home. and like they help you through it and they interact with you and get up you up moving and doing something instead of staying focused on the reason you're here. >>

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dr. nancyderman introduces us to a victim who has climbed back to reclaim her life. >>> and our guest here in the studio tonight, tina fey. first off, we're going to see if her forearms really are that big in person. and we're going to talk about the intentional confusion between the names of our two shows. >>> most americans would agree, the government has a lot to learn from that physician's oath to do no harm. but it's tougher to explain this. doctors and government officials conspireing on a project so horrible, it is hard to believe it happened in our country and not that long ago. we have a story here tonight about cruelty in the name of science and about the government in effect trying to play god. but it's also about the strength and resilience of the human spirit and about a remarkable woman named elaine riddick. dr. nancy snyderman takes us tonight to north carolina to investigate a state of shame. >> reporter: the serene charm of winfall, north carolina. a sleepy town where the river

we'll talk to dr. nancy snyderman about that later on. >>> plus an unforgettable proposal that has gone viral. a young woman so surprised her boyfriend got down on one knee, she fainted. that's not off to a good start. >> maybe that's a yes. i'm not sure. we'll get to the bottom exactly of what happened after that. let's begin with the republican presidential contend eer herman cain and his response to sexual harassment. lisa myer is in washington with more. >> good morning. the political storm which has engulfed cain's candidacy shows no sign of abating. his efforts at damage control seemed to compound his problems as his story continues to shift. ♪ amazing grace will always be my song of praise ♪ >> reporter: herman cain insists he's not changing his tune but by monday night was offering new details about an incident he said were false acsixes of sexual harassment. >> once i referenced this lady's height and i was standing near her and i did this saying, you're the same height as my wife, because my wife i

nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancys accepted, a nip here, a tuck there, a quest for the fountain of youth. and doctors now say more and more patients are coming in for cosmetic procedures hand in hand. when ira and roberta almeaus got married 20 years ago they took a vow to grow old together but today their vision is to grow young together. this is a consultation with dr. mitchell chase i don't know for cosmetic procedures. he's noticed a trend in couples for two. >> years ago a wife comes in, i can't let my husband know what i'm doing and the husband would come in and say you no he what? this is a secret. please don't tell my wife. today it's much more common for couples to talk to each other, to reinforce the positive aspects of these cosmetic treatments. >> reporter: this husband simply is trying to keep up with his wife. >> if you're going to look good, i want to look good, so we just sort of formulated and worked out to be exactly what you know, what the doctor ordered. >> reporter: after a consultation, the coupl

dr. nancynyderman, nbc news, san francisco. >>> japanese researchers say they figured out a way to make hard-to-see cancer cells glow green. the new sprayable substance makes the cells visibly glow within minutes of application. the team tested the substance on ovarian cancer cells transplanted into laboratory mice. they say with further research, they are hopeful the spray will also be usable on other kinds of cancers like liver, colon, and uterine cancer. >>> well, one research group thinks that it found the secret to having smarter children. a study done by the university of notre dame researchers shows that having children at least two years apart may be the key to brain power. it says those children born further apart have higher reading and math scores than kids born closer together. oldest child seems to get more of the parent's attention. when the younger one comes at least two years apart, they get their dose of attention as well. the study did find that spacing birth had no effect for

. >> reporter: by enrolling her at duke kufrts in an intensive five-day program run by dr. nancy skzucker. >> we are not talking about i won't eat my peas. >> reporter: she runs the center for eating disorders at duke where they study food neophobia. >> every kid goes through phases, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches day after day and that's just normal. a picky eater is one whom that variability doesn't work. >> reporter: midway through her week in rehab things are intensifying. a girl that never mixes foods is asked to try different combinations and try pizza sauce. her big wish is eat pizza at sleepover. >> the salty part of your tongue. >> reporter: not yet her first breakthrough is turkey bacon. >> okay, here's the hard part. here's a big piece. and break a little piece off and chew it. just a little piece. oh, look at that. she's chewing bacon. >> reporter: what seems like nothing to most people is huge for a girl who's never eaten meat. >> that went better than i would have expected by far. >> reporter: with dr. zucker's help she's able to alter some of her eating habits.

i'm joined now by nbc news dr. nancy snyderman. wow. what is program even exist?s to get the people off welfare and it was legal in 32 states. tonight we're highlighting one woman's story in north carolina. our quest to, frankly, set the wrongs of the past right. the serene charm of winfall, north carolina. buried in the stillness of this place it seems time has forgotten a secret shame. >> it was sort of a hush-hush type of thing and records and files were all hidden away. >> reporter: until this past summer when the ugly truth about what happened here and in towns all across north carolina could be hidden no more. >> my heart bleeds every single day. i'm crushed. they cut me open like i was a hog. >> reporter: elaine's story began in winfall, among the cotton fields that rose up to meet the tiny two-bedroom house she shared with her grandmother, affectionately known as ms. peaches. >> she just paid special attention to me. and she loved me. >> reporter: but life was about to get worse for the poor, hungry little girl ms. peaches tried to protect. >> i was raped.

our report tonight from dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: 5-year-old ella and her little brother ethan are happy, healthy and unvaccinated. their mother, lisa morris, a practicing chiropractor from buffalo decided against all immunizations, an about-face from the way she was raised by her mother, a practicing nurse. why the decision? >> the thought that more vaccines is better, so the more the better, the more the healthier. i really don't know if that's true. >> reporter: increasingly, thousands of parents are making the same decisions as lisa and veering away from the recommended immunizations. now, eight states report that more than 1 in 20 children has not been properly vaccinated. just last year, california experienced an outbreak of whooping cough affecting 2,100 children. ten infants died. minnesota faced a cluster of measles infections last march. these outbreaks have health experts worried. >> there is still a lot of confusion because many young parents have no knowledge of the diseases that we are trying to

we'll talk to dr. nancy about the controversial decision that could put others at risk. >>> plus the boy who says he's been to heaven writes a new book for kids. we'll talk to him after your local news and weather. hey babe... oh, hi honey! so i went to the doctor today, then picked up a few extra things for the baby. oh boy... i used our slate card with blueprint. we can design our own plan to avoid interest by paying off diapers and things each month. and for the bigger stuff, we can pay downalance faster to save money on interest. bigger? bigger. chase slate with blueprint helps you save money on life's little surprises. trip...lets... start your path to saving today, call 855-get-slate. >> good morning, everyone. here's a look at one of our top stories this morning. new, overnight, a fire in carroll county claimed the life of an 80-year-old man. fire crews responded to the 3000 block of old washington load this morning. we are told that five other people escape from the fire. the cause is still under inv

we'll ask dr. nancy is all a publicity start we get started on a tuesday morning. >> didn't they spend a lot of money on that? >> i'm sure they did. >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> we have a few axes. one on southbound 29 in howard county. watch for possible delays. -- we have a few accidents. nothing on the inner loop. we have outer loop delays in place. 33 miles per hour. northbound conowingo road, we have a crash. we still have downed wires on the eastern shore in chester blocking route 18. you can see delays on the west side. this is traffic in the area of 29 at 108. >> no major problems with the weather. some sprinkles in ocean city. 58 this afternoon. quiet weather midweek. we talk about our next chance for showers on friday. until then, not bad. >> thank you. fedex is giving you money for the holidays. >> you can find that on comcast 208. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:

dr. nancy snyderman says it's a sign of times despite studies that shows the vaccinations are safe. >> we look around and see the healthy kids and say kids have better nutrition today and i am not so worried about it, and therefore i am not going to vaccinate my children. >> and you are worried about this negatively impacting something that is called heard immunity, and that is? >> enough of us need to be vaccinated so that we don't pass on the viruses and bacteria. the threshold is 98%. right now about 98% of the kids in the country are vaccinated. >> dr. snyderman says being unimmunized to be a risk to those people battling conditions such as cancer. >>> coming up this afternoon, beginning at 4:00, we will have the sentencing dr. murray in the death of michael jackson. >>> did you know there are certain days of the week that you can get better deals when you shop online. >>> and then at 5:00 a. new procedure that can thicken your eye brows permanently. tom, do you want to get your eyebrows th

. >>> star, donny and dr. nancyining to us take on today's hot topics. >> first to the news with natalie. >> good morning, everyone. >>> michael jackson's former doctor spent the night in jail under a round the clock medical watch. a judge ordered dr. conrad murray held without bail after his conviction monday for involuntary manslaughter. murray faces up to four years in prison when he is sentenced later this month. >>> republican presidential candidate herman cain says he will address the latest accusation against him during a news conference today in arizona. earlier on this program, sharon bialek said she had nothing to gain by going public with her allegation that cain groped her 14 years ago when she sought his help finding a job. last night appearing on "jimmy kimmel live" cain said there is not an ounce of truth to any of the accusations. >>> and now to that unfolding child sex abuse scandal at penn state. nbc's ron allen has more from pennsylvania. >> reporter: good morning to you, natalie, it is a scandal

today's professionals weighing in on hot topics, donny deutche chairman of deutche incorporated and dr. nancy snyderman, our medical editor and -- >> she punched me. >> she punches me and it hurts. >> and star jones. let's get to our hot topics. we talked about penn state last hour and whether or not jerry sandusky should have granted an interview. a lot of people are looking at penn state's actions or lack of actions and say this may be a cover-up, conspiracy of silence. >> if you understand the essence of a football program, how insular it is, they live together, breathe together, it's unfathomable if you understand that culture to think more people did not know in detail. it's the essence of what they are, like this, how could they all not know. >> i think this is the tip of the iceberg and we will hear a lot more. sandusky was allowed to quietly retire and retain all his benefits. who made that decision and when did they make that decision an what return. >> you think there will be a civil lawsuit? >> absolutely. penn state and everybody connected to penn state. we don't have a right to s

we have dr. nancy snyderman. the federal government was able to sterilize citizens. they had cover for it and their own reasons, it happened. we have richard engel. we have all got to care about what went down in greece and what might be about to happen in italy. we have harry smith who came out of the box with that report on where the jobs are. the discovery of oil shale and this boom town in north dakota. we had a number of questions and comment that is came out of that. we are having him back to talk about it. on our couch tonight will be tina fey. probably the leading woman right now in the entertainment business in terms of television and in terms of the movie business. she's now a mother of two. we'll talk to her especially about the similarity of the names of the two shows. >> you and tina can be funny together. are you going to be funny tonight? >> i, you know, if she forces me to. i'm generally sober. >> i know. and she strong arms you a lot. we're going to be watching and we better be laughing, brian. all right? see you at 10:00. >> nice to see you at work,

we'll talk to dr. nancy about the controversial decision that could put others at risk. >>> plus the boy who says he's been to heaven writes a new book for kids. we'll talk toeath.l ne h and we. hey babe... oh, hi honey! so i went to the doctor today, then picked up a few extra things for the baby. oh boy... i used our slate card with blueprint. we can design our own plan to avoid interest by paying off diapers and things each month. and for the bigger stuff, we can pay downalance faster to save money on interest. bigger? bigger. chase slate with blueprint helps you save money on life's little surprises. trip...lets... start your path to saving today, call 855-get-slate. >>> good morning to you. it is 7:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a 1-year-old baby is fighting for his life after getting shot in the head during the filming of a music video in oakland. this morning the rapper who had been linked to the video said he wasn't there but he does say the injured baby is his cousin. he talked to damien tru

star jones, donny deutsche and dr. nancye, nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to all of you.. >> hey tamron. >> i'm doing good. someone not doing good, conrad murray under medical observation after being carted off to jail, guilty in the death of michael jackson. star, were you surprised by the verdict? >> not surprised in the least bit. the prosecution put forth a methodical case. it was a building block of gross negligence, no question. with all the news that happened yesterday, you and i were chatting. i said the best thing that happened to herman cain was conrad murray, hands in cuffs beats hands unthe dress. >> only for a day. this story i don't think ever caught on with the media. >> we talked about it, i think the population -- >> there was an obvious outcome to the case. >> you think so? people thought after the portraying as the desperate -- >> it was global. the doctor being tried not so global. if you look at doctors making errors, malpractice cases which are a violation of somebody versus this, there was no

correspondents harry smith, kate snow, ted koppel, richard engel, natalie morales, an curry, matt lawyer, dr. nancy snyderman, meredith vieira and the world wide resources of nbc news. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening, from studio 3b in rockefeller center or "rock center" for short as we begin a new broadcast in this studio that has already housed a lot of television history over the years, and tonight we hope to add another chapter. you will see all the reporting of all of our correspondents and contributors over the coming weeks and months, and as we get under way here tonight, there are protesters spending yet another night outdoors here in new york and in the cold in dozens of other u.s. cities. their rallying cry has been there's nothing for them in this economy, and for a lot of people that means jobs. well, tonight we have something extraordinary to show you. we're going to take you to the place where the jobs are, the one place in this country where, if you're willing to work and willing to move, there is a job waiting for you. they are hiring so many peopl

today dr. nancyckle that hot topic and a lot of others as we get started on a tuesday morning right here on "today." joe, back to you. >> matt, we'll be watching. thanks very much. have a great day. >> we'll see you soon. >> let's check in with tom kierein, who says cooler weather is on the way. >>> yes and wetter weather as well. it is raining about 30 miles southwest of washington right now. it's advancing slowly to the northeast. should be into the metro area by around 9:00 this morning. right now temperatures are mild from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. it's right around 60 degrees this morning. it will turn chilly by later this afternoon as the clouds close in and we'll get that rain getting moderate to heavy at times by the middle of the day. by late afternoon we'll be down into the mid-50s. more showers likely tonight, tapering off, though, into the 40s by midnight and ending by midnight. a look at the big change on the way for tomorrow and into the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how

. >>> back now at 8:09, another installment of professionals, star jones, donny deutche, dr. nancyart with jerry sandusky, in the middle of a scandal involving the alleged sexual abuse of children. he gave an exclusive interview with bob costas that's being played everywhere. star, i know what you think of this case, it a's a mistake he gave that interview. >> absolutely. man, boy, cuffs and jail, exactly as it should be. >> and donnie, perception, brand and image. did anything positive come out of this? >> interesting, i'm of the belief if you are innocent, lawyers tell you to be quiet, get out in front. there's no other voice heard. having said that, when you heard this voice and heard him pause and say, am i sexually attracted to young boys. that's a quick answer. i think he did nothing but hurt himself. >> it's admissible for everything. becomes part of his record. >> this is an admission against self-interest and any prosecutor can use it. it's far more impressive than actual audio. >> i want to go back to something we talked about before, even forever you suspect a child is b

. >> and we're joined by dr. nancy snyderman. 50 who tend to put n pounds over the years. the officer is interesting because he was never fat but had a thick neck and tissue at the base of his tongue that caused the problem but it can happen to anyone over the years. i've seen it in babies. >> why did he lose so much weight after the surgery? >> when you have sleep apnea you don't sleep well. when you don't sleep well you crave the wrong foods and puts it in the really weird cycle of eating poorly so it's very, very easy to either start fat and then get fatter or to get sleep apnea and then because you're exhausted, your body just naturally puts on weight. >> clearly if you go to a professional it's easy to diagnose. they diagnosed him in a minute but what are the signs without going to a professional that should alarm people? >> number one, snoring at night. and if you follow that with morning headaches and a lot of times daytime sleepiness where people say no matter what i do i'm exhausted, and irritability and memory loss shou

." >> donny, dr. nancy and star here, going to talk about a lot of things.ck friday, no longer starts on friday. a lot of stores opening thursday night, thanksgiving night. does that ruin the one day of the year we're supposed to set aside to be thankful, purely thankful? >> exactly. >> we'll talk about that with our pros. >> we all including natalie got to go to martha stewart's house to celebrate a little early thanksgiving and i tell you, it was amazing, did some horseback riding, made some cider. matt picked some eggs. it was fantastic. he picked some eggs. >> grows them on a tree. >> went into the egg field and picked some eggs. >> shoved some chickens aside and took the eggs. >> that's right. >> before we get to that, let's get a check of the news with natalie. >> good morning again, ann, matt and al and good morning, everyone. congress and president obama are trying to limit the damage after a bipartisan super committee failed to reach an agreement on cutting the national debt. today the president is challenging congress to extend a payroll tax cut th

down the latest trends and headlines and as always, we are joined by star jones, donny deutsche and dr. nancy'm not a virgin of anything these days but let's talk about herman cain. my goodness, shall we? >> yes. >> four women may now, there's a possibility the four may come forward together and have the news conference. can he survive this, do you think? >> i'll tell you absolutely, it's very interesting. when you see in polls that people, 25% of people voting for him, what it really means is they want the tv show to continue. one of the crew members before was going, i like that guy. i like listening. the scandal continuum, the most popular politician of the last quartert century have oral sex in the white house, harassment are serious charges but we're anesthisized to this because it's more extreme. i'm not saying it's right. >> i felt i was watching clarence thomas and arnold schwarzenegger. i watched the press conference and i believe him. these women were either so inconsequential or it was such a brief encounter that his disassociation is his truth, and their interaction are their trut

dr. nancyrts on a woman who was sterilized by government order when she was just 13 years old here in the u.s. you can watch "rock center with brian williams" monday night right here on nbc. >>> now for a look at what's trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online, be careful what you tweet, the cia is following up to five million tweets a day to keep tabs on rebels, militants and even diplomats. those assigned to pore over twitter and social media are known as librarians. >>> and google has users giving it a try. go to browser and type in do a barrel roll, hit enter and watch your world spin. google says it's just for fun and just for a little while. >>> and the jersey shore is colliding with the ivy league. vinny from "jersey shore" gave a guest lecture on deviance this week at columbia university. he talked about being bullied as a child. no fist pumps but plenty of raised eyebrows. now back to matt, ann and all the excited fans out there, men, women, everybody! >> thank