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dr. nancy snyderman starting us off with her report from liberia. and we spoke with her by phone a short time ago. i asked nancy how everyone in our traveling team is holding up there tonight. >> reporter: hello, brian. the team's doing well. obviously we're self-monitoring and keeping our eyes on each other. this is a team i have traveled with extensively to foreign countries before. so i think that teamwork comes into play when everyone is stressed and a tenuous situation. sadly this epidemic shows no sign of slowing down. that's sort of adding to the social disintegration in parts of liberia. but we are under 21-day quarantine with a firm belief we'll come out the other end okay. and we believe that our co-worker is also going to be fine. and we just want the world's eyes remained focused on liberia. and we will be back to continue to cover this story. brian? >> nancy, thanks. dr. nancy snyderman updating us by phone a short time ago. such an urgent situation along the west coast of africa. much of the focus on ebola here in this country remains o

dr. nancy snyderman has traveled to the west coast of africa. we'll hear from her in what is now referred to as the hot zone of ebola cases. >>> to another major story tonight. this was another bad day for the u.s. secret service. while there were no new security breaches today, it's what happened today in congress and the new details we learned today about other breaches that didn't reflect well on the organization and its ability to maintain a protective ring around the president, the first family and the people's house in which they live. the head of the secret service who was brought in after all as a reformer after the last prostitution scandal got a rough treatment today and didn't say much in her own defense. as we learned still more about the fence jumper who made it across the front lawn, into the front door and well into the interior of the mansion, which is where we begin again tonight with our white house correspondent kristen welker. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. there aren't a whole lot of things that republicans

dr. nancy snyderman takes us inside the hot zone. >>> under fire. the secret service director grilled in front of congress over stunning lapses in white house security. but what she revealed may only further damage confidence in her agency. >>> paper or plastic. a big move to retire that question forever. plus are supermarkets near you next in line? >>> and our unscripted conversation with ben affleck on his latest film role and his role at home as husband, father and devoted fan of all boston sports teams. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. and as we come on the air tonight, we're covering a major development in the ebola outbreak. until now, until just a short time ago, in fact, americans could at least take comfort in the knowledge that all the thousands of cases of this deadly virus were discovered outside of our borders, but a late announcement tonight from the cdc just changed that. the first case has been confirmed here in the

dr. nancy snyderman has some answers. dr. nancy snyderman has some answers. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. this has been a day of attempted damage control at the white house. as the obama administration is now facing a rare confluence of problems right now. a very imperfect storm of three big problems all at the same time. you've got the federal government going after reporters' phone records, the irs targeting certain people and groups because of their conservative politics, and there is always what went on during and after the attack on our consulate in benghazi in libya on september 11th of this past year. in the way only the white house can try to do to move the news agenda with the release of information, release they did. earlier today a slew of e-mails on one of these topics from the height of the benghazi drama while the president emerged late today to take on one of the other troubles -- this one involving the irs. for his part he announced the departure of the boss, the acting irs commissioner. here's part of the pre

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, port-au-prince. >> the grim picture there from our own dr. nancy snyderman in port-au-prince, the capital city where she told us late today, by the way, tomorrow the government begins a new effort to get people out of the temporary tents they've been living in since the quake ten months now. >>> on wall street today, the dow surged higher, then fell back to finish the day up, but just modestly. the dow gained 31.5 points. >>> when we come back, the story of two supreme court justices relaxing, getting to know each other while firing shotguns. you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose r

dr. nancy snyderman. thank you. as always. >> you bet. >> we are back in a moment with an emergency on a train platform, no time to think, and the people who stood there and did the right thing. >>> human kind has only landed >>> human kind has only landed on so many extraterrestrial body but never a comet until now. the european space agency's "rosetta" spacecraft has traveled ten years and 4 billion miles to get to a comet hurdling through space at 35,000 miles an hour. they're flying in tandem now prior to what is hoped to be a gentle landing on the comet in november. what could go wrong? the comet is 2 1/2 miles wide and has its own gravitational pull. >>> eroni kumana has died. and without him the united states might never have had a president named john f. kennedy. when kennedy's navy patrol boat, pt-109, went down in the pacific, 1943, kumana and another man from the solomon islands found j.f.k. struggling to survive in the water. the two men risked japanese attack by delivering to the allies a message for he

dr. nancy snyderman is here with all of it. >>> and a legend in comedy is gone, although we remember what he built. tonight, we remember the great sid caesar. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, tonight, on the interstate in north carolina people who are unable to move forward are parking their cars, locking the doors and walking away in the middle of the storm. they will retrieve them some other time. but for now, tonight, a storm is moving up over top of them at speeds faster than traffic on a good day, a very large snow and ice storm that now almost follows the path of i-95 to the north. we estimate that upwards of half a million people are without power tonight. a staggering number, considering the wires may stay down now for days. schools are out, some cancelled days in advance. airports obviously shut down, and we can see how air travel has diverted around the area and in some places, the precipitation is falling as ice. we have it all covered. al roker is here, and peter alexander is in hard-hit north carolina, and mark potter will start us off in atlanta tonight, mark, good

dr. nancy snyderman in the icu with kids suddenly struggling to breathe. >>> and making a splash, how the guy behind a new book of remarkable photos gets these pictures. and how he got his inspiration from a dog that would not sit still. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the controversy surrounding the nfl is not going away even though a player who slugged a woman and knocked her out inside an elevator has been taken out of the game. now it's the nfl's customers who are having their say. and increasingly it's the nfl commissioner, roger goodell, who is under fire being pursued with the same questions. what did the league know and when did they know it? and how is it possible they didn't see that video from inside the elevator before the rest of us did? tonight, in fact the associated press is reporting an nfl executive was sent that video months ago. we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: for days the nfl's been playing defense over questions whether

dr. nancy snyderman investigates a controversy. >> when is the leadership of the marine corps going to stand up and say we made a mistake? >>> also tonight, kate snow goes inside the fight to save the pandas including some of the very youngest. >> you are too cute. look at you. >> their ircystability is beyond dispute, so what is it about the effort to protect them that makes this wild life expert so upset. >> you said once i would happily eat the last panda on earth if you could spend the money on worth while. in all seriousness, why did you say that? >> "rock center" gets under way. good evening. welcome to "rock center." the first glimpse americans ever got of oscar pistorius was on this broadcast in the run-up to the summer olympic games in london. we aired what became the defining profile of him reported by mary carrillo of nbc sports who traveled to south africa and got to know this unusual olympic athlete. well, fast forward to this past week. his name and image are everywhere. his beautiful girlfriend is dead and now his future turns on whether his version of his story is believed. t

dr. nancy snyderman on the front lines of the fight to rescue the children of syria. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the investigation into that still missing wide body jetliner has taken a sudden turn, because they now theorize the aircraft made a sudden turn after it was last heard from in midair. it's been four days. there is still tonight no trace of a boeing 777 jumbo jet with 239 souls on board. the going theory now is that the aircraft took a hard left, almost reversing course while in flight. the airliner appears to have flown on for at least another hour after its last known location. there were no distress signals. the search has been expanded to cover an area of over 10,000 square miles. we begin tonight's coverage with nbc's tom costello in our d.c. newsroom. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. yeah, the facts seem to change with each sunrise in malaysia. today multiple reports from malaysian officials that the military tracked this plane further than it had previously admitted, and the transponders, they have suddenly stopped transmitt

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dr. nancy snyderman. dr. snyderman along with the rest of her news crew will go into voluntary quarantine for 21 days after they get back on u.s. soil. dr. nancy snyderman has a connection to our area. not only as chief medical editor with nbc news, she's also on staff at penn medicine. she specializes in head and neck surgery and consults with penn's doctors. nancy snyderman does not see any patients at penn. >>> all this is happening, down in texas, health officials say they narrowed the group they're monitoring for ebola to 50 people. they believe this group may have been exposed to the ebola patient in texas. today crews were to decontaminated before the patient stayed before he was hospitalized on sunday. here at home many are wondering if emergency workers and hospitals are ready should the ebola outbreak spread? matt delucia is with us live. emts are the first to encounter sick patients. how are they preparing. >> reporter: good fellowship ambulance serves a good part of chester county. they're not doin

dr. nancy snyderman is back with us. and let's try to personalize this. should women continue to get mammograms? and what would you advise your own daughter? >> mammography is not going away. and based on one study, brian, i would not advise my daughter based on that study. it's the cumulative stuff that we're talking about. but nonetheless, it has caused a lot of confusion among women, and the study has been criticized by leading doctors in the food for the methodology. so for every woman out there here is the one thing you need to hear. you need to personalize this, figure out your risk factors and sit down with your doctor, and then figure out your risks for breast cancer and whether or not you should be screened. and here are some of the risk factors to consider. does breast cancer run in your family? and include in that cancer of the ovary also. do you smoke? independent risk factor. how old are you? that is probably the biggest risk factor for breast cancer. what is your ethnicity? if you are black or white, you can get a different kind of cancer. a

dr. nancy snyderman joins us now with details, nancy, good evening. >> good evening, lester. the cdc decided today to announce there is a third case, the first case of transmission within the united states and that is significant because they have been watching this very closely. this virus, the middle east respiratory syndrome virus has been well-known in the middle east and globally for the past few years affecting more than 572 people but knowing to have caused at least 173 deaths. and it's the death count that almost 30% death rate that concerned people. so for the two index cases in the united states, that's why the cdc has been working 24/7 to follow every one, those two people, one in florida, one in the state of illinois have come into contact with. this is a business associate. they tested family members and everybody that's been on an airplane. a reminder right now, the cdc is not recommending people change travel plans but if anyone has fever, cough, chest pain and the symptoms of influenza, this is not flu season, report it to your doctor and get tested for the me

dr. nancy snyderman explains when it's something to worry about, when women shrink with age, and what can be done to prevent it. >>> and later, a remarkable scene at the white house today. highest honors for some living legends. >>> back now with some important advice for women, who are concerned about getting shorter as they get older. a couple things here. height loss has been a constant for aging women. it can be a sign other health risks, and we now know there are things that can be done to prevent it. here is our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: 60-year-old carmella got the message early in life and has been a long time believer in strength training. >> the core is the heart of stability. and from there you're able to then strengthen and improve on your balance, on your flexibility, even on your muscle toning. >> reporter: most women over 40 don't know what carmella knows and they pay the price. it's common for a woman to lose two inches by the age of 70 and 3 inches by the age of 80. due to weak muscles and the flattening of disks in the vertebral columns. >>

dr. nancy snyderman, to take a look at the impact of this kind of work on the first responders. >> reporter: goat farmers jeff and jan mcclelland have been volunteer firefightersn washington the last five years. but nothing prepared them for what they faced this past week. >> when we got to this particular incident, you couldn't even fathom what had happened. >> reporter: one of the worst landslides in u.s. history. >> people can be gone so fast. just tell the people that you love that you love them and hold them close. >> reporter: first responders like the mcclellans risk their lives to try to save others and experts say their wounds also run deep. >> in some ways your whole system is overwhelmed by the stress. you can feel helpless that you can't do enough to save people. >> reporter: the responders put their own needs aside when disaster strikes, people like paramedic tony mccarty, who we met last may in moore, oklahoma, when an ef-5 tornado cut through his community, killing 25 people. he was one of the first on the scene. >> there is nothing good to say about holding a lifeless child

dr. nancy snyderman has the report. >>> and getting more dads involved in school. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the president and the speaker of the house fought back and forth verbally today. day eight of the government shutdown. mean chooil, all kinds of people are getting cheated out of salaries, benefits, medical treatment. and now we have learned of what may be the ultimate indignity, having to do with those that fought and died for this country. in the middle of the shutdown, the sad word that five americans were killed in afghanistan, but because of the shutdown, those 5 and 12 others killed in action since october 1st will not get the death benefit that their families are supposed to be guaranteed. we have two reports on this tonight, beginning with nbc's andrea mitchell who broke the story this morning, and is here with us in the studio tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we have been talking about the shutdown for eight days, but in the middle of all this pain, the fact that families of troops killed in afghanis

dr. nancy snyderman on what this means. >>> crippling disease. nfl legend tony dorsett goes public with a devastating diagnosis. what's happening to his brain after so many years in the game? >>> and the power of one man's compassion. dedicating his life to saving others as the guardian of the great golden gate. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. we are all about to hear the president of the united states apologize, and not just for the troubled rollout of the new health care website but for the fact that his promise to the american people that if they like their current health insurance they can keep it has not held true for all. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd sat down with the president exclusively a short time ago at the white house. he's on the north lawn to start us off. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the troubled health care rollout and the president's apparent broken promise about people keeping the plans they like has been weighing heavily on the entire white house. it was a chast

dr. nancy snyderman. >>> and rosie the riveter, a world war ii original, now 93 years old and still on the job. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the americans have now arrived in force. dozens of u.s. investigators are now on the ground at the scene of that mall massacre in nairobi, kenya. the troubling news just today though, another attack in kenya. this one killed two police officers and the worry here, obviously, is this terrorist group al shabaab is making it known that they are on the rise. and there's been an international arrest warrant issued for a british woman with a nickname out of a spy novel. she's known as the white widow. officials say they want to know of any involvement she might have had in what happened in kenya. we begin again tonight with nbc's ron allen in nairobi where there's been some activity late tonight, i understand, ron. >> reporter: indeed, brian. good evening. tonight we heard several loud explosions and saw fire at the mall site down the road behind me there. investigators say it is the hard work of clearing away ieds, bombs and explosives the

dr. nancy snyderman. >> 911. >> hi. >> reporter: the voice of a desperate mother in fishers indiana. >> on technology today. he's just crying and really upset. >> reporter: her 17-year-old son chris turned violent when she took away his computer. so brooke mcsweeney called the police. >> reporter: he punched a hole in this wall? brooke says her son is an addict hooked not on drugs or alcohol but internet games. how did you decide it is an addiction and not just a bad habit or something that

dr. nancy snyderman shares a very personal story for all families. >> plus, a new warning for pregnant women about that tainted water. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. while they blew up suddenly and out of nowhere, they were not unexpected. southern california has been under a red flag warning, meaning hot and dry and windy and favorable wildfire conditions. and tonight they're in the middle of an all-out fight there. the picture from space shows the smoke plume where the winds blow to the west, down the dry hill sides, away from the land, out over the water. 3700 homes are under evacuation warnings, and over 1700 acres have burned, including several homes. a several hundred firefighters are on the job tonight. it is where we begin tonight, nbc's miguel almaguer is in glendora, california, where three arrests have been made in connection with this fire. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good good evening. police say they took three men into custody after they started an illegal campfire. five people have been injured, at least five homes have been destroyed. you may be a

dr. nancy snyderman in monrovia. he came down with symptoms yesterday and tested positive for the virus today. nbc news president debra turner says the rest of the crew, including dr. nancy, are being closely monitored and show no symptoms or warning signs. however, out of an abundance of caution, we will fly them back under a private charter flight and they will place themselves in quarantine for 21 days. we have much more on the story at nbc news.com. >> joe, thanks. >>> now to the air travel piece of this, and it's real. the hundreds of passengers who were on the same planes with this patient, thomas duncan, before he had symptoms of ebola. duncan first arrived in the u.s. at dulles airport outside washington. nbc's tom costello is there tonight for us. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. united airlines tells nbc news it is now reaching out to all 300 to 400 passengers on the same plane with thomas duncan as he transited through dulles airport, even though the cdc says the risk he infected anyone is very, v

dr. nancy snyderman and her team are feeling fine and their return will be soon as well. let's begin with nbc's national correspondent kate snow in omaha. kate, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. ashoka mukpo is due here in a few hours after refueling in bangor, maine acres couple of hours ago. meanwhile here on the ground in omaha, they are ready and waiting. ashoka mukpo's long journey home began overnight when he boarded a specially equipped plane. inside the plane, like this one, multiple layers of protection, designed to make sure no one would ever come in contact with the virus. on the ground in omaha, another

dr. nancy snyderman, thanks as always. >>> now let's turn to news from overseas tonight. after two terrorist attacks and dozens killed in russia this week, president vladimir putin made a very public visit to sochi today. less than five weeks to go now until the start of the winter olympic games in that city. putin as you may know has made a vow to destroy the terrorist forces to keep the games safe. and he has made this the biggest security operation in sports history. we get our report tonight from nbc's jim maceda in sochi. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin making sure every olympic venue is ready for its closeup. he even tries out the slopes today looking relaxed and controlled. a contrast to wednesday, just 400 miles away in volgograd where a solemn putin honored those killed in the bombing. even as putin toured sochi today, a bomb threat led to the evacuation of a mall. a false alarm, but another sign of nerves on edge. since islamist militants declared war on the olympics, so putin invested billions to keep things safe. it's called ring of steel for a r

dr. nancy snyderman with us. thank you as always. we want to let our viewers know the special hour we're airing tonight celebrating the life of joan rivers. that's tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central on this nbc station. >>> for us, we're back in a moment for an incredible first for a 7-week-old and his parents. an emotional moment caught on video. >>> bruce morton has died. and tv news viewers of a certain age can still close their eyes and hear those words, bruce morton, cbs news, washington. the cbs news washington bureau was like murderers row back in the '70s. he was a member of that all-star team and part of that class of superb reporters. a harvard grad, an army veteran. he covered politics, a slew of political conventions and vietnam and watergate and civil rights, the space program and a number of foreign postings along the way. he was a beautiful writer who never wasted a word. bruce morton died of cancer at the age of 83. >>> on the big island of hawaii lava is advancing into a new and rural area. it's approaching homes there at

dr. nancy snyderman tonight with what you need to know. >>> stranded. the growing catastrophe is the worst flooding in a century, triggers landslides, kills dozens, and forces tens of thousands from their homes. >>> texts to 911. in case of an emergency, the new way to alert you're in trouble. tonight who can use it and how it works. >>> and play of the night. but it turns out there was more than the eye could see when a boy at the game did such a seemingly nice thing. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." >>> good evening. the level of concern here in the united states over the deadly mers virus has been raised a notch with word late yesterday that the disease has for the first time in this country been passed from one person to another. there have been hundreds of confirmed cases of mers overseas since 2012, with almost a third of the cases proving fatal. but it showed up here just three weeks ago when a person who had arrived by air from the middle east. now health officials say that

dr. nancy snyderman. kate snow before that. our team covering this in atlanta. thank you both. >>> another big story we're keeping an eye on tonight is the weather. out west, that means a powerful deluge tearing through southern california, a wall of water that triggered mudslides, cutting off communities, including hundreds of children at a summer camp. nbc's jacob rascon has our report. >> reporter: in minutes the shallow stream became a rushing river. more than four inches of rain pounded southern california in under three hours. dry, compact dirt collapsing into mountain communities. 31 homes buried in debris. overnight thousands left stranded. in forest falls, doug could hear the mudslide. >> it sounds like a freight train. >> reporter: then he saw it. >> we ran for our lives. >> reporter: the wall of mud and boulders came crashing into doug's home, leveling his shed and tossing his propane tank 20 feet into a tree. the only way into town blocked by boulders the size of cars. hundreds here stranded overnight. down the mountain, the town of oak glen split in

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, port-au-prince, haiti. >>> a big storm named richard turn into a tenth hurricane of the season today. it is expected to hit belize this evening. hundreds have been evacuated.

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dr. nancy snyderman who has made her way to lebanon, dr. nancy snyderman thank you. our series of reports starts tomorrow morning on "today" and across all the broadcasts and platforms of nbc news. >>> in this country it has been 15 months since a gunman walked into sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut and started to shoot in classrooms that were full of 6 and 7-year-olds before killing himself. tonight for the first time we are getting new insights into adam lanza from his father, peter, who spoke with journalist and author, arthur solomon, for an article. we get our report from national correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: adam lanza killed 26 children, six staff, himself and his mother. how does peter lanza live with that? >> it is incredibly difficult. he is full of sadness, he only wishes he could go back in time and fix it or change it. peter lanza sought out arthur solomon after reading his book. peter lanza sought out him after the crimes. does he feel like he is to blame? >> he doesn't feel like he is to blame. he feels like even with all th

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dr. nancy snyderman is going to be here this morning to talk about what we should do in the interim to protect our families. >>> speaking of parents, how about this? a mother who lost 142 pounds without surgery. we're going to find out how she did it. it is a remarkable story. >>> also coming up a little later, talking about marriage advice. what is the current thinking in terms of separate bank accounts and other kinds of things you should be thinking about for your marriage? how do you stay happy together? >>> before we get to all that, let's gin side. ann is standing here so natalie's at the news desk with all the headlines. >>> hello. the season's first named storm to hit the mainland u.s. made landfall this morning in florida, then weakened. what's left of tropical storm claudette is expected to dump as much as ten inches of rain on parts of the florida panhandle and alabama. forecasters are also watching two other storms. bill which became a hurricane this morning in the atlantic, and ana a tropical depression. >>> fire is the problem out west

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dr. nancy snyderman on one of the most popular surgeries for americans. some who put it off for far too long. >>> and making history. a woman who has already broken barriers now on the verge of going where no woman has ever gone before. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. as it unfolded in court today, in cleveland, ohio, a live television audience was allowed to see a man who has been described as a monster, who for over a decade held young prisoners in his home. and during his long and rambling remarks in court, he said he was sick and he appropriated the language of the addiction treatment culture to paint himself as a victim. as he tried to contend the girls he kept chained up in his home were somehow content. it was tough to watch at times especially when one of his brave victims spoke. now he will live out his remaining days behind bars as part of a plea deal. it is where we begin tonight. nbc's kate snow is live in cleveland. kate, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. the women that he held in that house for over ten year

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, porto prince. >>> a guilty plea today from david headley the u.s.izen facing trial in chicago for his involvement in the 2008 terrorist attacks in mumbai, india. 170 people died in those attacks. headley earlier denied the charges but changed his plea to avoid the death penalty or extradition. he now faces a possible lifetime prison sentence. >>> on wall street today, the dow posted up 45 points to a 17-month high. >>> when "nightly news" continues, we know childhood obesity is a problem, but there are startling new numbers. >>> and later, saying good-bye. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so i can join the fun at my family barbeque. (announcer) for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, great news. advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and s

dr. nancy snyderman. he has not shown any symptoms and mukpo's parents say his symptoms at this point are still mild. >> there's the honest fear that he becomes sicker before we have a transto transport him and that's a big concern that we have right now. >> dallas hazmat teams are decontaminating the apartment where thomas duncan was staying before he was diagnosed with ebola. the cdc is keeping an eye on three other possible cases in d.c., maryland, and georgia. so is the pay area ready? health officials say they have a plan in place just in case there's a diagnosis here. nbc bay area's mark matthews is live in san francisco with that part of the story. >> reporter: we're at san francisco general where the epidemiologist here tells me san francisco general is ready and her confidence based on the fact that here in the united states, we have a first world medical system as opposed to west africa, which does not, and which is dealing with the epidemic. we have pictures of san francisco's general hospital

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dr. nancy snyderman. stats from self-magazine. 53% of couples say the struggle to conceive has taken the fun and spontaneity out of their love lives. 71% say infertility makes them feel flawed. and 50% of men said infertility makes them feel less masculine. >> everybody you pass on the sidewalk seems pregnant, so when you want it so much, it seems that the rest of the world is extraordinarily fertile and the fact that we would tie our grandest aspirations into how well we procreate, we may intu wit intellectually but when you want to be pregnant, you really, really want to be pregnant. >> you say there's signs that women may not be fertile? >> if you have problems with ovulation and you know your periods fluctuate, very important and a reason to check in with a doctor. if you don't ovulate at all, and for women who have eating disorders, remember if you have anorexia or bulimia, those are reasons to see an infertility specialist. but what trumps all of that is age. we talked about the biological clock. it

dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, how a little girl got her big birthday wish from google. >>> with all of its apps and cloud computing, an old-fashioned handwritten note was probably the last thing that google expected. but there it was, their google, from a girl named katy, asking the company if her father a google employee could please have wednesday off for his birthday. and p.s., she said, it is summer, you know. it seems to have worked. the dad's boss wrote katy back, praising his work and saying that, yes, on the occasion of his birthday, it would be just fine if he not only took wednesday off, but the whole first week of july. sometimes the personal touch can still go a long way. >>> in california last night, a first in major league baseball. alex torres the reliever for the san diego padres became the first pitcher to wear a protective padded cap. the league approved the cap earlier this year after a pitcher for the oakland a's was hit in the head by a line drive and suffered a serious concussion. torres said he doesn't feel much different between the

dr. nancy snyderman about a boy who badly needed help there. >>> we switch back at home tonight. president obama's push to focus on jobs, the economy and riled-up anger over the big banks. the labor department said today unemployment got worse in 43 out of 50 states in december. one reason why voters are so angry at washington. the president took his response on the road today and our chief white house correspondent chuck todd is with us tonight for more on this. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. while still reeling from one of the more politically-humbling weeks on the job, president obama took this new retooled populous message on the road to ohio. >> it's just nice being out of washington. >> reporter: president obama traveled to the hard-hit community in ohio, trying to send the message to americans that he feels their pain. >> the worst of this economic storm has passed, but families like yours and communities like this one are still reeling. >> reporter: a fiery obama used the word fight or fighting more than a dozen times. >> i will not stop fighting f

dr. nancy snyderman back from the front lines of a polio crisis. a growing danger for a growing number of children. growing danger for a growing number of children. [ sniffles, coughs ] shhhh! i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat that. it doesn't? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast-acting antihistamine. oh what a relief it is! plus has a fast-acting antihistamine. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint dama

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dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >> up next, images that are just out of this world. >> 3, 2, 1, zero ignition. >> in case you missed it, take a look at the launch of nasa's newest mission to the moon. the video you can see with the naked eye, millions saw it as it streaked across the sky in the eastern united states. the unmanned spacecraft was launched from nasa's falt in virginia and while there was a small technical problem, nasa nrnls think they can fix it before the spacecraft begins studying the moon's atmosphere in about a month. >> in london the folks of scotland yard are wondering how it happened yet again. an intruder was able to get into buckingham palace intending to steal some of the treasures in the queen's residence. at one point in the investigation, a tense moment for the queen's son, prince andrew. we have more. >> it is one of the most iconic buildings in london and perhaps the world. millions of people visit buckingham palace each year on official tours and the famous royal garden parties. late monday it was an uninvited guest who scaled the fence. he reached