i would like to introduce elisabeth, the chair of prevention committee, the program director for the association and also working nationally on prevention activities, the maintain our brain program. cindi kaufman was chairman of the services subcommittee with the institute for aging, the vice president for adult day health care and services. finally, the emerging research committee chair and the director pausing at this -- and advocacy. i turn this over to them. >> thank you. thank you. i was the chair of the evidence- based kraft -- evidence-based practices and research committee. we had an amazing task and committee who worked on this together. i am not going to read got the names. they are in your blood. this group came together. -- they are in your book. this group came together. they were tasked with coming together in finding out services available in your city and do a review of the best practices and emerging research as we know it today for services that provide for people with alzheimer's and dimension. as we were doing this, it raised more questions than it answered. we ha

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elisabeth leamy has more. >> reporter: it's easy for nutrition information to go right over shoppers'are 50,000 mind-numbing choices in a typical supermarket. now, some stores are trying to bring nutrition down to earth. >> they weren't looking for us to tell them what to eat. they were looking for information to help them make their decisions. and that's what we felt our role was here. >> reporter: this price chopper store, in warwick, new york, puts nutrition scores right on its shelf tags. the scores range from 1 to 100. and higher is better. >> this one is a 27. and i assume that means it's much better. it makes it so much easier than having to read through the ingredients labels and the nutritional information. that's great. >> reporter: they're called nuval scores. a for-profit business. yale university researchers and other top experts developed a secret math formula that gives points for good nutrients, like protein and calcium, and takes points away, for bad ones like transfat and cholesterol. >> what nuval has intended to do, is empower people. knowledge is power. now, you k

in washington, elisabeth leamy, abc news. >> linseed, so people know, is used in paint binder, putty,onal supplements. >> there's a lot of things people have in our cabinets that don't realize are combustible. if you want a complete list or complete as we could get of things that have the potential to self-combust, visit our website, abcnews.com. that's an important thing to know. >> now we know. >>> coming up, mary hart quits "entertainment tonight." who will replace her? >> we have the answer. plus, rosie o'donnell is back on tv. we'll tell you what her new gig is next in "the skinny." >>> i have to admit this first "skinny" story brings a tear to my eye. >> you're upset about this. >> i really am. for almost half her life mary hart has been the face of "entertainment tonight." she's 60 years old and there's tons of rumors from multiple websites that she's been replaced and by who, the woman you see on your left, lara spencer, host of "the insider." they're saying a source on the show says this deal had been in place several months. there's also another website, hollywoodreporter, s

our consumer correspondent elisabeth leamy is live at a safeway with the details.gs they have just purchased. and then boiling it down to a double digits. >> reporter: it's easy for nutrition information to go right over shoppers' heads. after all, there are 50,000 mind-numbing choices in a typical supermarket. now some stores are trying to bring nutrition down to earth. >> they weren't looking for to us tell them what to eat. they were looking for information to he make the decisions. that's what we found our role was. >> reporter: this price chopper store in new york puts nutrition scores on the shelves. the scores range from 1 to 100, higher is better. >> this one is a 27. that means it's much better. that makes it so much easier than having to read through the ingredients labels and the nutritional information. >> you are what you eat, in today's world everything is hustle and bustle and the rush. and junk food. that's why this is very important. >> reporter: they're called nuvala scores. yale university researchers and other experts developed a secret map form

eli, elisabeth leamy, is going to tell us about that. all that is ahead.ing back inside. it feels like soup out here. >>> let's get back upstairs to juju and the news. >> good morning, everyone. opponents of same-sex marriage are planning their appeal this morning, one day after a federal judge in san francisco struck down california's ban on gay marriage, saying the ban violates the constitutional right of equal protection. judge vaughn walker is a republican appointee, who himself is openly gay. opponents accuse of allowing personal interests to override his legal duty in this case. >>> the senate is expected to pass a bill today, giving states $26 billion in emergency aid, to save thousands of teachers and other public workers from being laid off. opponents argue, it's a payoff for the unions and will only add to the deficit. >>> following a birthday celebration in chicago, president obama plunges in a tight race to keep his old senate seat in democratic hands. it's a contest that's already been marked by mobsters and exaggerated military records. jonat

i sent one to elisabeth hasselbeck. [ laughter ] hope she likes it. >> jimmy: she's good, yeah.immy: yeah. >> yes. and also, you know, if you come see me live, i'm on tour all the time. if you twat me on twitter -- [ laughter ] i know you enjoy the -- >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> i just want to say, if i was a seat filler, i wouldn't even expect them to mic me. i wouldn't have a microphone, 'cause i know i can't stop the potty mouth. but, yes. i -- >> jimmy: you're on twitter? >> i am @kathygriffin. i love to twitter. and i love following -- i don't follow you, 'cause i'm too big to follow anyone, but i -- [ laughter ] i do read yours. >> jimmy: you do? so, through other people? >> people tell me. >> jimmy: oh, my god. >> and when i twatted about you, i wrote, "please watch me on @jimmyfallon, 'cause i knew to put the little at sign. >> jimmy: yeah, the at sign is a big deal. >> very modern, super modern. >> jimmy: do you like using the twitter? >> i like to twitter, because i'm afraid of, as my mother calls it, "faceplace." [ light laughter ] she's 90 and an alcoholic. anyway, she'

elisabeth leamy is telling us about the bargains.e begin with the intensifying manhunt for two prison escapees believed to be hiding in yellowstone park. police have now linked tracy province and john mccluskey to a murder in new mexico. this morning, police say they were spotted near yellowstone. >> although we are very confident they're in the area today and also they were there yesterday, this case has been changing very quickly. it's been very fluid, ever since they broke out of prison. >> reporter: the convicts are considered dangerous and desperate. tourists are yellowstone are told they're safe but remain vigil land. >>> u.s. servicemember died this morning in afghanistan. the seventh american killed by ied since saturday. and we're learning more about that devastating attack on medical workers last week. the team was delivering aids to a remote afghan village when they ambushed their convey. then one by one, shot all of them to death. six of the volunteers were americans. >>> a series of floods sweeping through asia have kill

we asked our consumer correspondent, elisabeth leamy, to check things out.ington. eli? >> reporter: at a petting zoo, the animals are so cute to look at. but the germs, you can't see. they're invisible. but animals do naturally carry various forms of bacteria. which forms? well, we conducted lab tests to find out. we traveled to the red river valley fair in west fargo, north dakota. there, we found cute chicks, big tractors, little kids with corndogs and wally zerebko's petting zoo. >> have fun at the zoo? >> yeah. >> it is great. we enjoy it a lot. >> she loves it. >> she likes animals. it was really fun. >> reporter: what makes it so fun? 7-year-old alanna says it best. >> you get to pet animals. >> reporter: and it's not just loud sheep. fairgoers also get to pet goats, deer, donkeys, llamas, even a kangaroo and a zebra. with hundreds of hands reaching out, we wanted to know what kind of germs could be picked up. with the help of north dakota state university, we tested 12 areas of the petting zoo. a lab student swabbed railings, feed dispensers and kids'

. >> on the domestic front end tim geithner was speaking about elisabeth worn as a potential candidate for the financial protection agency chief. how much closer is the president to making a decision on that, and will he do before he goes to martha's vineyard the? >> i'm not sure if you will decide before august 19, or this week. >> two questions. first of all, he told another that the international committee is losing the war politico's we have lost the battle for hearts and minds. when someone says something like aboutwherwhat does that say where we are in afghanistan? >> i do not think president obama would agree with that president's conclusion that the war is lost. i have not seen the interview. i do not know what he has come to that conclusion, but i think it is safe to say that the actions and efforts that the coalition of international and american forces, that they have taken over the last several months have the premise the hearts and minds of the afghan people at the forefront. the afghan people know of the brutality of the taliban, just as the pakistani people on the action