gina cavallaro and matt larsen chronicle their stories of dozens of snipers in their new book, sniper, america's warriors and rocking in afghanistan. gina is here today, a veteran reporter for military times who is embedded with the army and marine corps in iraq and afghanistan. welcome to the show! >> thank you for inviting they. >> it's a great book. have iraq and afghanistan really changed the role of snipers in the u.s. military? >> well, i think in talking to the snipers, i talk to about 30 snipers in the conventional army and special operations community, as well as the marine corps, and as best i can tell there's still the capability for the long shot from one ridge to another, and an afghanistan setting. but what has emerged in this war is a capability and urban set that amounts to something called a sniper assaulter, which is where a sniper would place himself on a rooftop or on a number of rooftops, a team maybe, couple teams, and provide covering fire, multiple ranges, for an assault package on the ground. >> which has proven critical in counter-insurgency and urban operati

shortly after that, her mom and dad, gina and steven, noticed something wasn't right. it ganz with a voice tremor. >> i have to eat. i have to do shots. >> then kiley had a seizure. and by the time she turned 4, her face started to twitch. >> you okay, honey? >> no. >> the first day you sort of realize that there was something not right with her because she was a precocious child, zooming past all the milestones, everything, because you're a parent now and you're trying to figure out, is this just me being overly sensitive? >> i was told that i was being -- i was looking for things that weren't there. it's just really hard. it's -- i don't know. >> we actually spent a lot of time videotaping her when we saw the little things that started happening because no one believed us. >> do you know when your birthday is? >> christmas. >> good girl. >> the twitching soon spread down the entire right side of her body. her head began to tilt right. eating became a struggle. by then all the doctors agreed something was wrong, but what was it? the little girl was deteriorating. >> a

hey, gina, what's up? and energy... pulmonary artery... coronary artery... teacher: i'd like to pass them back to you now. i'm very pleased with your work. ...two types of endoplasmic reticulum... 3:00 already? [girl's thoughts overlap] announcer: she's got the drive, the energy... the heart... and the talent. pre-med. announcer: but she wouldn't be here without your help. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'...whatdo... what do i do, ya' know? the only people that i'm able to affect are the people who care about what i have to say. there is something you can do, but i'm sure it wouldn't be, uh...easy. different man: i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. [laughs] >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was.

gina distefano faces charges of harboring a fugitive. police have tracked down a man in connection with a pharmacy robbery. the first of the suspect was apprehended within minutes. the other suspects fled the scene but was picked up by police yesterday. >> union officials say over 1000 workers could be laid off as planned orders plan to idle the facility for the rest of the year. sparrows point and a plant in michigan will remain dormant until conditions improve. plans to sell the plants along with a third one, but they did not comment on that report. what can you do in just two seconds? teenagers are being asked to take that time to steer clear of distractions while driving. kate amara has more. good morning. >> the federal government is teaming up with aaa the latest push to curb this dangerous and growing trend. take two to turn off your cell phone. young drivers are being asked to make that pledge today. >> for every two seconds the take your eyes from the road, you double your crash risk. you cannot injured or kill someone. >> -- yo

gina kim is live outside of the courthouse in beverly hills. gina, she has been late in the past, but we cdo expect this to get kicked off in about 30 minutes. >> yes, absolutely. she was late last time so hopefully arriving here any minute because her hearing begins promptly in about 25 minutes from now, she does not want to get the judge upset this morning. the question here this morning, thomas, is has lindsay lohan finally used up all of her nine lives and is the judge really going to get tough on her this time? if you may recall, it was exactly a month ago that she was released from her 23 days in rehab and 13 days behind bars and yet here we are already back again, deja vu at the beverly hills courthouse where 8:30 this morning pacific time she'll meet with a relatively new judge in the case, judge elvin fox. now last month when the judge gave her the terms of her probation. look, if you miss or fail any more drug tests or alcohol tests, i'll send you right back to jail for 30 days and we will see in about an hour from now whether he make

paul palmer was captured last niiht along with gina his pregnann girlfriend.almer escaped on friday from central booking. palmer attempttd murder charges stem from a stabbing back in august. he's% now charged with harboring a f -úfugitive, she jis 3 people dead after ambulance and suv collide in p g county. happened around pid night on marlboro pike and suv speeding down the road the wrong way. ambulance swerved to avoid it but was hit by the suv before crash nag a brick wall. 3 úeople in that suv were all killed. the ambulance was not in service at tte time of the acciient. >>> how are the roods looking tonight? just started to rain out there. lauren has the traffic eege report. hi lauren. >> hi jeff. rain is making the road very slipperyyacross the renal and we are dealing with extremmly slow speeds on most of our main line. at johns hopkins hospital traffic back to normal following he shooting of a doctor. that certainly was fought the case earlier thii morning. we have several accidents in the city 1 on north charles street and west 23rd street and anothee

gina distefano faces charges of harboring a fugitive. two men held up a pharmacy on wednesday. police arrived on the scene after a guard fired several shots at the suspects. the names have not been released. >> now to a project report. what can you do in just two seconds? >> teenagers are asked to take that amount of time. we have more from kate amara. >> good morning. the government -- >> take two seconds to turn off your cell phone and take control of your safety before getting behind the wheel. young drivers are being asked to make that pledge today. >> for every two seconds you take your eyes from the road, you double your crash risk. you can injure or kill somebody. >> 86% of teenagers have driven while distracted even though 84% know it is dangerous. >> put down your cell phone. teenagers feel that they cannot multitask and do both. they cannot. >> more than 1/3 of teenage drivers have nearly crashed because of distracted driving. >> the percentages are off the charts with other teenagers in cars. >> this date may be targeted two teenagers, but it is a reminder to all dri

but you're absolutely right, in that meeting, i think gina and steven, kylie's parents, were expectingpes so high and then to be dashed like that i think was really hard. but that is how it s they're going to go through all these different pieces of data now to try and figure it out. and some of it might involve bringing kylie back, bringing her siblings back, doing more testing. that's sort of how it work. >> this is the third part of a four-part series so tomorrow night's conclusion, what do we see? >> tomorrow we get answers. this is something that's been transpiring over time, but we'll finally come to the conclusion of what's happening with kylie and sally and what doctors know so far. i want to remind you as well, part of goal of the udp is. >> undiagnosed diseases. >> program. but also try and advance science that's really one of the goals. give you a little bit of a look at what's happening. >> in time, an analysis of kylie's dna revealed the genetic clue. they found a mutation in a particular gene that makes a protein called laforin. >> is it possible that what we're talking a

hey, gina, what's up? and energy... pulmonary artery... coronary artery... teacher: i'd like to pass them back to you now. i'm very pleased with your work. ...two types of endoplasmic reticulum... 3:00 already? [girl's thoughts overlap] announcer: she's got the drive, the energy... the heart... and the talent. pre-med. announcer: but she wouldn't be here without your help. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> good morning, welcome to the budget and finance committee. my name is supervisor john avilos, the chair of the committee joined by supervisor sophie maxwell who will be sitting in as a member of the committee in replace of ross who is at the coastal committee. the clerk of the committee is mr. victor young. mr. young, do we have any announcements? >> yes. please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comments fill out a card and turn it in to myself. if you have any 2k0789s please include a copy to the clerk for the file. the board of supervisors agenda on septembe

my gina and. they spend practically all of their time together. finishing and one to says so boards to our viewers. emma she wants to say i wish our viewers happiness and help. these shots date back to the summer of two thousand and four. the four best friends no longer live in best. there is called the town of angels a cemetery. one hundred eighty six children are buried here and they all died on the same day september third two thousand. as. let's go. so slimed says we wait for news is that right. so slow in the be so or ten years old they're twins. at the time of the best one school siege they were only four. but they still remember every minute of the distant events of september two thousand and six. there was a shallow very small the day or two so when this room isn't conmen one of the terrorists was here and we lived there for just fired it signifies. on the first of september two thousand and four so slow in the military so were to young to start school. but in a small town like beslan at the beginning of a new school year is a great occasi

. >> sister gina turned up the heat on the internet. >> i actually put on facebook, anyone who can gotion, and all these people showed up at the roseville police station at midnight, just to show power in numbers to get them to question him. >> bob and doreen went over to roseville will to talk to the detectives in person. >> you need to get somebody in there right now. don't you understand every minute counts? >> lieutenant blarik didn't need the prodding. he and a partner were itching to question the subject after they returned from detroit after they spent a long night searching for matt with no results. >> we were checking abandoned houses, burned-up garages and alleys. >> seeing nothing? >> no evidence of matt landry at all. >> at 3:35 in the morning, a bone-tired blarik and his partner devised a strategy hoping he would cough something up. >> i was just going to sit there in the chair and say nothing to him. >> in the interrogation room, the other officer peppered him with questions, but ihop was dodging them. >> i had a picture of matt landry inside of my notebook. so when it g

hey, gina, what's up? and energy... pulmonary artery... coronary artery...cher: i'd like to pass them back to you now. i'm very pleased with your work. ...two types of endoplasmic reticulum... 3:00 already? [girl's thoughts overlap] announcer: she's got the drive, the energy... the heart... and the talent. pre-med. announcer: but she wouldn't be here without your help. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> that is right. exactly right. or twice a week. hi, everyone. i'm executive director of the human services agency, the agency that administers the jobs now program, which we are here to talk about today. a month from now, the lesson a month from now, if congress does not enact -- does not act, this jobs program is going to go away. it will go way across the country as well. we jumped early into this program on the heels of the federal stimulus act in february. the act allowed for 100% federal reimbursement of wages to employers who hire individuals through this program. the idea in san francisco was th

paul palmer was caught with his girlfriend gina distefano.er escaped friday from central booking facing attempted murder charges from a auguut stabbing. diitefano is charged with harboring a fugittve tonight. >> the race for baltimore city state's attorney is still in limbo. tonight they are starting to count absentee bbllots. greg bern city has a slight leads over patricia jessamy by 1300 votes. patricia jessamy's crew sid thoosands may not have been counted. but suuporters of bernstein said it is time for patricia jessamy to concede. >> we would hhpe hat miss patricia jessamy would go ahead and concede. and recognize the nest ability of her loss. >> so many voters did not vote in this election. i think, had they done that, miss patricia jessamy probably november much better shape. >> counting of absentee and provisional ballots will not resume until next wednesday. and you can stay with fox 45 news, of course, for all the latest information on the novemmer elections. go to foxbaltimore.com/vote 2010. >> we have much needed rain toniiht. wit

. >> back home in reno, nevada, gina and steven are trying to focus on enjoying the time they have asa family. although kylie is deteriorating, she's happy. >> maybe someday we'll get that phone call, hey, we think we might know what it is. >> in bethesda, maryland, the doctors at the undiagnosed disease program are digging deeper. they're doing a dna analysis of kylie's parents and sisters. they know it is now a race. >> every new case that comes to us brings with it a human story. i think the important thing is for us as professionals to look at the successes that we have and to try to not dwell on the -- on the failures that we have, because we fail so often. >> but not always. luckily for sally massagee, the experts at the udp solved her mystery. >> i expected miracles from them and they gave it to me. >> tissue sample they took from sally's muscle hit the jackpot. in the congo red staining of the biopsy, scientists at the udp found the presence of amyloid, abnormal protein in the muscles that come from bone marrow. mystery solved. the diagnosis a.l. amyloidosis. it's rare in whic

but you're absolutely right, in that meeting, i think gina and steven, kylie's parents, were really fullyecting that they were going to get a diagnosis. to see their hopes so high and then to be dashed like that i think was really hard. but that is how it is. they're going to go through all these different pieces of data now to try and figure it out. and some of it might involve bringing kylie back, bringing her siblings back, the parents back to do more testing. that's sort of how it works. >> this is the third part of a four-part series so tomorrow night in the conclusion what do we see? >> tomorrow we get answers. obviously, this is something that's been transpiring over time. but we're going to finally come to the conclusion of what's happening with sally and with kylie and what doctors know so far. i want to remind you as well, anderson, that part of the goal of udp is to take care of patients -- >> udp is undiagnosed diseases program. >> undiagnosed diseases program. to take care of patients but also try and advance science. that's really one of the goals. give you a little bit of a

farmer gina shillinger says with so many hot days, expect to see pumpkins, but not many. >> the heates the plant and it drops the blosesems off -- blossoms off and they don't pollinate. some of the pumpkins which should be turning orange in september were orange in august. >> the hot weather also means canning tomatoes are scarce. however, the summer is making fruits like cantaloupes and watermelons sweeter. shillinger says you can expect higher prices at the grocery store. >> the cost is higher because we've had to water more this year. we've had to fertilize a little more, trying to hold them off and to give them what they need, because the farmer needs to get so much per acre out of it to even be work growing them. >> and we're told the hot weather does make the pumpkins taste a bit sweeter. >> now, your 11 instaweather plus forecast with chief meteorologist. >> and warm temperatures today to wrap up the weekend. 84 degrees at bwi marshall and the inner harbor. 53 to start the day at the airport. so a 31-degree turnaround from an early-morning cool scenario to warm afternoon tempe

hey, gina, what's up? and energy... pulmonary artery... coronary artery... teacher: i'd like to pass them back to you now. i'm very pleased with your work. ...two types of endoplasmic reticulum... 3:00 already? [girl's thoughts overlap] announcer: she's got the drive, the energy... the heart... and the talent. pre-med. announcer: but she wouldn't be here without your help. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> hello, commissioners, good afternoon. victoria bell, neighborhood parks council. i am the deputy director. we want to congratulate the park's trust and the commission on such a success of last night's event, and just to express that we are absolutely reinvigorated by seeing so many park supporters come out and really step up and have a great time last night and we're excited to continue the good works with the parks trust and the commission and the parks department. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> is there any other public comment on the president's report? being none, public comment is

hey, gina, what's up? and energy... pulmonary artery... coronary artery... teacher: i'd like to pass them back to you now. i'm very pleased with your work. ...two types of endoplasmic reticulum... 3:00 already? [girl's thoughts overlap] announcer: she's got the drive, the energy... the heart... and the talent. pre-med. announcer: but she wouldn't be here without your help. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> thank you. ms.aufas. ms. mendoza. >> here. >> ms. norton? >> here. >> ms. wynns. mr. yee. ms. kim? >> yes. ms. chan >> yes. >> ms. fan >> yes. please join me in the plenl of allegiance. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. if you'd like. [no audio] >> we usually end our meeting in memory of staff members who have been a part of our family who have passed away. so we do have many members of some of the schools here today presently, so i'm going to actually pull this up to the beginning. and so i want to ask the principal of mission high school to come up first. >> thank you very much. thank

this one, is variety, is the, the china, there's another species of the same gina. do you smell lemons? >> a little bit. >> it is supposed to be lemon scented. >> you can maybe smell a bit of lemon. that's what they say. >> anytime you see that, the citrus, those are indications, there's citrus or lenl scent to the tree. bottle brush is not hugely popular in san francisco because these flowers will, fall and they will get into your car, and they will blow through your vents and, i've heard complaints that they get very sappy and they stick on cars. >> i love these things. >> it does well and doesn't get too huge t a good hardy street tree. but we get complaints. >> they're similar to a lefto spermum. which is when captain cook sailed, he would take leaves from these plants and make tea to cure scurvey. >> there are also, there's another tree that is new zealand native. it is called the new england crils tree. they will survive in the worst conditions, the saltiest s. they have pretty aggressive roots, you want to plant it with care, but it can be a big beautiful tre

hey, gina, what's up? and energy... pulmonary artery... coronary artery... teacher: i'd like to pass them back to you now. i'm very pleased with your work. ...two types of endoplasmic reticulum... 3:00 already? [girl's thoughts overlap] announcer: she's got the drive, the energy... the heart... and the talent. pre-med. announcer: but she wouldn't be here without your help. please support the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> transportation agency board of directors. on behalf of our board and the entire agency i am delighted to welcome our newest member, director cheryl brinkman. cheryl brings a wealth of advocacy. we're delighted you are here. director? ms. brinkman: thank you very much. i'm delighted and thank you. chairman nolan: thank you as well. please call the role. >> director beach. director sbeach anticipated. director brinkman >> here. >> director heinicke. anticipated. director lee? >> present. director ohka? >> present. >> mr. chairman, you do have a quorum. announcement of prohibition of sound-producing

run or nearlyya week isn on the paul palmer was caught with his pregnant girlfriend gina distefano.ú booking facinn attempted murder charges, stemming ffom an august stabbing. distefano was charggd with haaboring a fugitive. city health department is investigating the worms found in reesesby peanut butter cups in johnn hopkins gift shop. they were causing a young girl to be sick. and it has been taken off the shelves. %-wednesday in glen burnie had a seizure in the pool according to emts. tonight the 25-year-old man is tonight. serious condition, >> we got some much neededdrain3 this evening. here is chieffmeteorologistt3 vytas reid now withha lookkat the sky watch forecast. vytas, this was really a >> yeah, definitelyyit has been dry out there. ssen spans of dry conditions. loooing at the h.d. radar. we have some showers that are moving over the i-95 corridor second front. ú-heavier showers andto see thunderstorms as the makes the wayyover the mountains, things start to alm down. zoom into cumberlandd you can see the heavier thunderstorms cells there, that actually were causing a se

. >> reporter: back home in reno, nevada, gina and steven are trying to focus on enjoying the time theyrating, she's happy. >> maybe some day we'll get that phone call, hey, we think we might know what it is. >> reporter: in bethesda, maryland, the doctors at the undiagnosed diseases program are digging deeper into that genetic clue. they're doing a dna analysis of kylie's parents and sisters. they know it is now a race. >> every new case that comes to us brings with it a human story. i think the important thing is for us as professionals to look at the successes that we have and to try to not dwell on the failures we have, because we fail so often. >> reporter: but not always. luckily for sally massagee, the experts at the udp solved her mystery. >> i expected miracles from them and they gave them to me. >> reporter: the tissue sample hit the jackpot. in the red staining of the biopsy, scientists found the presence of amyloid. abnormal proteins that come from cells in the bone marrow. >> that was a huge hit for us. >> reporter: mystery solved. diagnosis? amyloidosis. a rare disease in

today's question is from gina in manassas. we have edited this question. most of what she wrote was praise for our show. i'm serious an how much she enjoys it. we took the high road. >> typically, you edit it by adding thing like that. >> here is her question. i was wondering what effect it the dry summer would have on our fall colors. >> it's good question and it is likely to have an effect on our fall colors. this is complicated. basically, if we have a relatively dry summer which we've had and we don't have enough rain, that tends to mute the colors a little bit and delay the onset of the colors. >> not as pretty. >> not as vibrant. >> that is correct. the main thing that affects when the leaves fall every year is the calendar. it is the length of the night. as the nights lengthen and they get cooler and cooler, that is what signals the trees to start dropping those leaves. so in term of the colors, rainfall and other things impact it as well but rainfall does impact it. that is the simple version. >> i just wand to add one thing that could save the fal

gina harris' daughter britney was talking on her cell phone when she hit an oncoming vehicle. >> ma'am, there's been an accident. and you don't think. you don't think they would tell you, ma'am, she didn't make it. >> reporter: and just a few blocks up the road in maryland, a lot of commuters heading north. maryland's hands-free cell phone law takes effect october 1st. beth parker, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> and it's been in the works for a decade and now it's finally here. today the maryland transit administration unveiled a compatible smart card. the charm card can be used on either baltimore or washington transit systems. the one exception is marc will not honor it. but it will be honored where charm cards are accepted. >>> home construction was up last month, jumping 10.5%. but some economists say hold on, the numbers may be deceiving. that's because apartment and condos made up a bulk of the construction. single family home construction as only -- was only up 4% last month. >>> and they are demanding affordable and accessible housing for some of the most vulnerable o

gina kim, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we will recap the day's top stories, including how to handle the stinks. >> how could you forget this? the great blizzard of 2010. federal officials are reimbursing much more of the cash that was spent on that storm. >> it is being taken over by the baltimore book festival this weekend. kim dacey -- i have all the details you need. >> prescription drugs are the fastest-growing drug problem. officials say there is something you can do to help this weekend. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he inc

shortly after that, her mom and dad, gina and steven, noticed something wasn't right. it began with a voice tremor. >> i have to eat. i have to do shots. >> and kiley had a seizure and when she was 4 her face started to twitch. >> the first time you realized something wasn't right with her, because she was a precocious child and zoomg past the milestones, because you're a parent you're wondering is it me being overly sensitive? >> i was told that. i was looking for things that were not there. it's just really hard. i don't know. >> we actually spent a lot of time videotaping her when we saw the little things that started happening because no one believed us. >> do you know when your birthday is? good girl. >> the twitching soon spread down the entire right side of her body. her head began to tilt to the right, eating became a struggle. by then, all of the doctors agreed something was wrong, but what was it? the little girl was deteriorating. >> at this point i didn't know if i should plan for her to go to kindergarten or plan a funeral? >> sally's mystery didn't begin

we are live outside in courthouse in beverly hills, gina, what did lindsay say, if anything? >> lindsay didn't get an opportunity to say anything, tamron. it happened so quickly. now she is here at the lynwood woman's jail. we heard from a spokesperson a few minutes ago who updated us. she's being processed. she's changing from designer cloe clothing into the orange jump suit, getting her mug shot. she'll be kept in isolation until october 22nd. what a big difference a couple of hours makes. at 8:30 this morning pacific time, she walked into court, fairly confident looking, wearing a lot of designer clothing, six-inch heels, lots of jewelry, looking fairly confident she wasn't going to land here, and then within about an hour, we heard that the judge remanded her to the sheriff's department, no bail, and no early release this time. she has to stay in jail apparently until october 22nd, which is when her next probation violation hearing will be. >> all right. jinah, thank you very much. >>> a major new plan will soon be in place to revise the newark public school system. the p

gina harris' daughter brittany was talking on her cell phone when she hit an oncoming vehicle. >> therecident. i'm thinking fine, where's she at. let's go. you don't think the police are going to come tell you that your oldest child is gone. ma'am, she didn't make it. >> reporter: beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> got a little warm-up you're telling us, sue palka? >> yeah. it won't be terribly warm, though. >> are we going to be able to turn off the air conditionerrer? it gets up to like 80 -- conditioner? it gets up to like 80 degrees overnight. >> the windows are open and the air conditioning is on, not good. >> they were. they we closed it down, plus the neighbors are loud, no big deal. >> it's that kind of a drill with the windows open at night and you're freezing in the morning and the rest of the day gets really hot again. we are going to be around 90 the next three days. >> wow. >> this has really been a hot one, hasn't it? >> welcome fall. >> it's just a continuation of what we've been putting up with. minus the big humidity. you'll notice it being a little more humid tomorrow, but i

shortly after that, her mom and dad, gina and steven, noticed something wasn't right. a voice tremor. >> i have to eat. i have to do shots. >> reporter: then kylie had a seizure. and by the time she turned 4 her face started to twitch. >> the first day you sort of realize that there was something that was not right with her, because she was this precocious child just zooming past all the milestones, everything, because you're a parent now and you're trying to figure out is this just me being overly sensitive or -- >> i was told that. i was being -- i was looking for things that weren't there. it's just really hard. it's -- i don't know. >> we actually spent a lot of time videotaping her when we saw the little things that started happening because no one believed us. >> do you know when your birthday is? good girl. >> reporter: the twitching soon spread down the entire right side of her body. her head began to tilt right. eating became a struggle. by then all the doctors agreed something was wrong. but what was it? the little girl was deteriorating. >> at this point i d

y nuestra segunda modelo, gina, tiene una chaqueta de motocicleta bien impactante.>> no puede faltar, la chaqueta de jean. aquÍ la hemos combinado con el sueter de rayas. >> claro que sÍ. muchas gracias. gracias por acompaÑarnos y traernos todo lo que es lo Último en moda para estar bien modernas, este otoÑo e invierno. todas las vamos de compras saliendo de aquÍ. continuamos con mucho mÁs de despierta amÉrica. >> por supuesto que sÍ. quÉ interesante porque uno como hombre no estÁ pendiente si vino el otoÑo y el invierno. >> las mujeres siempre piensan en compras y en ropa. >> y en su modo de vestir que es lo mÁs importante. pero asÍ son las cosas. >> pasamos a otro tema. >> queremos saber si usted o su pareja sufre de sobrepeso y estÁ teniendo problemas para tener relaciones Íntimas hasta el punto de que su vida sexual estÁ afectada. >> la obesidad nos afecta no solo desde el punto de vista... los gorditos en la intimidad, me incluyo por lo de gordito, hay problemas en la intimidad. quÉ es lo que tiene que hacer? levante el telÉfono ahora mismo. (en pantalla) >> >>

. >> back home in reno, nevada, gina and steven are trying to focus on spending time as a family.ey, we might know what it is. >> in maryland, doctors are digging deeper into the genetic clue. they're doing a dna analysis of kylie's parents and sisters. >> every new case that comes to us brings with it a human story. i think the important thing is for us as professionals to look at the successes that we have. and to try to not dwell on the failures that we have because we fail so often. >> but not always. luckily for sally, the experts at the udp solved her mystery. >> i expected miracles from them and they gave them to me. >> the tissue sample hit the jackpot. in the congo red staining of the b bopsy, scientists found ab normal proteins from cells in the bone marrow. mystery solved. the diagnosis, a rare disease in which proteins deposit themselves into tissue. this was a mystery because it manifested in her skeletal muscles. >> this is one you get to put a check in the solved column? >> yeah, it is. >> that's got to be the best feeling. >> it is, sort of justifies our existence.

right away, he said, well, i have a daughter named gina, who is my older sister and a daughter namedond he said that, i just burst out crying and i ran out of the room because i was overwl ov overwhelmed with feels of joy and excitement. and i came back into the room -- >> and you were -- >> i came back into the room -- i'm sorry? >> go ahead and finish. >> i came back into the room and let him know actually who i was. i said, hi, i'm wanda. i'm your daughter. i'm your daughter. and he said -- he said, i know you're my daughter. and the technician that was in the room confirmed that because when i walked out of the room, she said, he knew you were his daughter. i asked him, do you know that nurse. he said, i know that's my daughter wanda. i know that's my daughter wanda. so i just held him. it was kind of an awkward moment. but i held him, within less than five minutes, i just gave him the biggest kiss and the biggest hug because i was so happy to finally meet my dad. sorry. >> it's remarkable. dovn don't be sorry for your tears. we're sharing your joy. we know this has been an incre

. >> reporter: for kiley's mom and dad, gina and steven, the emotional toll of the week is just so overwhelmingal diagnosis. the parents are having sort of a tough time. and this is quite typical of this program. >> there was just, i think, too much for me at that exact moment. >> it scared me, because i didn't want it to be the end. >> reporter: for the next several months, the udp team will chase every clue, hoping it leads them to a prime suspect. what is killing kiley? and how to stop it. >> maybe someday we'll get that phone call, hey, we think we might know what it is. >> that was cnn's dr. sanjay gupta. you know, all year on cnn, we have been introducing you to truly remarkable people. we call them cnn heroes. today in about 40 minutes at 1:00 eastern, anderson cooper will introduce this year's top ten cnn heroes at cnn.com. be sure you logon and vote for the cnn hero who inspires you the most. >>> donald trump in "the situation room," he tells wolf blitzer president obama is in political quicksand. a cnn political update, moments away. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of

. >> reporter: back home in reno, nevada, gina and steven are trying to focus on enjoying the time they we'll get that phone call, hey, we think we might know what it is. >> reporter: in bethesda, maryland, the doctors at the program are digging deeper into that genetic clue. they're doing a dna analysis of kylie's parents and sisters. they know it is now a race. >> every new case that comes to us brings with it a human story. i think the important thing is for us as professionals to look at the successes that we have. and to try to not dwell on the failures that we have because we fail so often. >> i mean, it's hard to say when you're the parent, though, of the person suffering and kylie's case is heart breaking. how how long do doctors search for a diagnosis before they have to tell you, sorry, we have to move on? >> kiran, there's no rules here. everything we're talking about and everything you have seen is unprecedented and no absolute timetable. they tell me sort of at the early stages. this mutation, what exactly is it? and i don't think i'm overstating it saying if they figure th

. >> reporter: kylie's mom and dad, gina and steven, the emotional toll of the week is just so overwhelmingough time and this is quite typical of this program. >> so it's just i think too much for me at that exact moment. so -- >> scared me because i didn't want it to be the end. >> reporter: for several months, the udp team will chase every clue hoping it leads them to a prime suspect. what is killing kylie? and how to stop it. >> maybe some day we'll get that phone call, hey, we think we might know what it is. >> wow. the poor little girl and the parents, too. worrying about it. what a tough week for her. do they come up with a diagnosis? do they find out what's killing her as you said? >> it is still in progress right now and sometimes going back and looking at the dn after of siblings, the parents. trying to figure out a genetic clue and that's really where this is headed. talking to the doctors, as much as it is about treating patients, the reason they bring the patients in is because they believe they can advance science unraveling the individual mysteries so through kylie they think

he said, i have a daughter named gina and a daughter named wanda.id that i just -- i just burst into tears and ran out of the room because i just couldn't take it. and shortly after that, i came back in, after i was a little more calmer, walked right back into the room and looked at him and i said, hi, i'm wanda. i'm your daughter. and he looked at me and he said, i know. i know you're my daughter. he said, i knew that when you walked out of the room. i said, that's my daughter, wanda. and it was an awkward moment. i held his hand, and within less than five minutes i just embraced him and just gave him the biggest kiss because i was so happy. >> what a moment you describe, and, you know, i think about this story and i think you could have been angry because he left you or you could have found this forgiveness. >> absolutely. >> you chose to find forgiveness. i know your father has terminal cancer. how do you view these days that you have together? >> i'm just cher ishg every moment with him because i know that i don't have much time left. it's very