nbc's erica edwards has the story. >> reporter: t12-year-old emily is the success story.in 2012, she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l. nothing was helping until an experimental therapy. >> she just said a few years from now, your daughter will be first child on earth with her system trained to beat it would have seemed like a far stretch. >> reporter: emily's survival has stretched to five years cancer free. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient, then reprogramming them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> leukemia has very good treatments for most patients but for the patients it doesn't work, this is really game changing. >> reporter: the therapy from novartis would not be used broadly. it's risky and can come with severe side effects. other car-t therapies are on the horizon, including a promising one from kite far ma. in clinical trials, it's been shown to shrink tumors in 80% of patients and send a third of patients into complete remission. eri

erica edwards, nbc news. >> do you want to share a salad for lunch?> i think it's funny how unappetizing they look out of context, like in a lab. >> or maybe something light for lunch. we're looking at a hot week ahead. >> you don't want anything heavy when it's so hot outside. it will be a nice day today. as you get ready to head out, our temperatures making it into the 80s this afternoon and cooling off nicely this evening. we'll talk about where the heat advisories will be in effect and how hot it gets, coming up next. >>> he uses a coupon and gets taxed but isn't sure if that's right. i'm investigator chris gamora. the bay area responds, next. >>> breaking news for you. a few minutes ago it was reported that anthony scaramucci lost his job 10 days after he started it. you'll remember he had very obscene things to say to a newspaper reporter the other day and today john kelly became the new chief of staff at the white house. the "new york times" is reporting kelly requested that trump remove scaramucci. it's not clear if scaramucci will play some o

erica edwards reports it all started with an experiment on one brave little girl. >> reporter: 12-year-old emily white head is the success story. in 2012 she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l. nothing was helping until an sfeermtal therapy called carr t. >> you'd said this it would have seen like a far stretch. >> her survival has stretched five years cancer three. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient and regramg them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> it's a very good patients for a lot of people but for those whom it doesn't work, it's a game changer. >> it can come with severe side effects. >> any pain anywhere? >> other therapies are under investigation. it's shown to work in 80% of patients with aggressive nonhodgkin's lymphoma and send >> you may not be thinking about football just yet, but fed ex field was full of action today mostly with people stuffing their faces with food. it's part of the taste of fed ex field where chefs and vendors roll out new recipe

erica edwards, nbc news. >>> we know narcan is used to save people from heroin overdoses.e life of a dog. the 3-year-old yellow lab chewed through her owner's bottle of oxycodone. the oewner was rushing the dog o a vet. she asked him to give narcan to the dog. >> no decision to be made. we do what we have to do. hope and pray for the best result. >> i'm glad he saved my puppy. he was -- a lot of people, where are the cops when you need them? he was right there. >> if your pet gets poisoned, call the poison control line. usually larger emergency vet centers carry overdose reversal drugs. >>> it's not up usual for police to get called when someone is having too much fun. parties can get too loud and out of hand. then there's this call that officers in dallas responded to. ♪ the party was a wedding. instead of shutting it down, officers joined in the celebration. taking a few fins s s taking a few fins spins on the floor with the bride. got some cake as well. we will be right back. at ikea, we believe your perfect student deserves the perfect room for the perfect price. and..