now a very shocking medical story, it involves a labeling mixup on frozen embryos kept at invitro fertilization clinics. for dozens of parents, mark strassmann tells us it's turned into an angst waiting game. >> reporter: it's the cutting-edge science that creates life in a pete redish. it turns out at this hospital in new orleans, a simple accounting error in its i.v.f. program could have as many as a hundred parents wondering whether they are really the parents of their children. >> we're here to talk about a very difficult and a very personal subject. >> reporter: according to officials, the problem occurred at this point in the i.v.f. process, when embryos that are to be stored for later use, are placeed in freezeers filled with liquid nitrogen. they're supposed to be bar coded, color coded and label sod nothing can go wrong. >> we know that there are some embryos that appear to be perhaps mislabeled and some unaccounted for. >> reporter: the key question: since so many embryos are unaccounted for, is it possible they could have been implanted in the wrong mother? >> we have no evidence tha

. >> reporter: a louisiana couple hoped invitro fertilization would be their future. >> they hoped this would be the siblings for their only child. >> reporter: instead, the embryos are missing. they are the second to file a lawsuit against a clinic forced to close its doors. the ceo pat quinnlan announced the internal audit and closure. >> we are deeply sorry for the concerns, anxiety and fear this causes our patients. >> reporter: just how many patients involved is now the question. in july heather and duane say a pair of their frozen embryos disappeared. >> they were notified in august of 2008 that the two they still had there had bee slabeled and they didn't know which embryos were my clients and which were someone else's. >> reporter: the clinic is reportedly contacting 1,000 couples affected by labeling mixups. attorneys for the whitneys call the wrongly implanted embryos is the biggest fear. >> we want a momento say hello and goodbye. that will be hard. >> reporter: the baby will go back to its biological family who called the birth mother a guardian angel. back in louisiana fami

that clinic is since shut down their invitro operations. >>> today, hundreds of families who lost loved ones serving the kucountry had a time of remembrance. they recognizeamerica's fallen and allows them to meet others who lost loved ones in service. unlike civilian deaths, they often cannot see their deceased one for weeks. >>> cars lined up for the nbc 4 community shred. it allows people to get rid of personal documents for free. all of that will be recycled. conan o'brien injured. the stunt that sent the funny man to the hospital. it's a rainy saturday night. when will it stop? >>> conan o'brien is recovering tonight. he hit his head during stunt for the "tonight show." he was taken to the hospital, said to be doing well. he said, the last thing i remember, i was enjoying the play with mrs. lincoln. next thing, i was in bed being served cookies and juice. >>> two tigers manage d to escae a zoo in romania. it took animal control officials seven hours to find the tigers. when they found them, they used tranquilizer darts to move them back to the cage. fortunately, no one was hurt. >>>

she and her husband went to fertility clinic to get pregnant using invitro fertilization but there was a mix up. clinic implanted an egg belonging to another couple. >> we were distraught. to say the least. and just kind of reeling at that moment. it will never it will never leave my memory. >>reporter: the savages are going forward with the pregnancy and plan to give the baby to the biological parents in michigan and the couple has hired a lawyer. >>> first time in 50 years the most famous gem stone in the world is on display in the natural state. visitors are gawking at the hope diamond. all 45 and a half carat of it at the smithsonian in dc. first owned by louie the 14 and stolen during the french revolution. eventually sold to washington socialite who suffered greatly throughout the entire life time leading some to believe the hope diamond is really cursed. >> this is an epic hollywood style story. all the ingredient. cutting edge, edge, tragedy larger than life character and it has a. >>reporter: cutting edge. you get it. smithsonian asked the public to vote on the new setting for

the hospital has surrendered prage invitro fertilization center.here is no reason to believe they were implanted in the wrong mother. but they are calling hundred couples during a labeling mishap. doctors remove replanted embryos. in an unrelated case in ohio. a woman gave birth to someone else's child. she never considered terminating the pregnancy or trying to fight for custody. >> a controversial cross in the desert is stirring up a age old debate. should religious symbols have place on public lands. the decision about the cross could impact nationwide. anita vogul with the rest of the story. >> traveling from all corners of the nation. these soldiers travel to the desert in support of the cross. a tribute to fallen servicemen and women not for organized religion. >> i won't care about the symbol. it is the meaning behind it matters most. >> the cross sits in the center of a legal debate about the constitutionality of religious symbols on public land. the u.s. supreme court will hear the case next month and ultimately decide if the cross can dis

so you have invitro fertilization to find out eight months later the doctors implanted the wrong embryorrible story. check this out. this is happened to -- what happened to carolyn savage from ohio. she's two weeks from her due date and pregnant with someone else's child. what happened is doctors at her clinic implanted her with the wrong embree you owe and now has to give up the baby boy to his biological parents as soon as he is born. people are talking about it nonstop on the web. if there is any good news here. savage fortunately has three boys already with her husband but again a shocking story nonetheless that could have severe repper cushions down the road. moving on. another story making waves on the web is this one on wired blog the gadget room. roman abramovich, sorry if i butchered his name, he has installed an anti-paparazzi shield and the way it works is lasers sweep his 557-foot yacht and when they detect an electronic light sensor used in all digital cameras they fire a bolt of light at the camera to obliterate any photographs and it is designed to keep the prying eyes of

they thought they were getting leftover embryos from her previous invitro fertilization. an unwilling surrogate for another family. >> sean told me right away. it was just a shocking moment. i couldn't comprehend what he was saying. i know i was kind of yelling at him, asking him if he was joking. clearly his physical demeanor indicated there was no joke about the news he was delivering to me. >> the couple wouldn't reveal the name of the clinic they used. they did give cnn several medical documents to prove the kid isn't theirs. they'll hand over the baby to the biological parents when she delivers in a few weeks. >>> with health care sucking up the oxygen, it's unclear if it will pass this year. the epa is moving full steam ahead. let's check in with cnnmoney.com's poppy harlow. >> big announcement overshadowed when you look at what's going on with the united nations, the g-20 kicking off. this is the first time the epa is going to require big polluters to publicly disclose their emissions. they're going to have to do it every year. this is about 25,000 metric tons of g

already the parents of two boys, theyturned to invitro fertilization to have a second child.arlier this year the couple decided to try and get pregnant again but in february the dream of expanding their family turned into a nightmare. >> the doctor contacted me and let me know he had really bad news. >> reporter: a mxup at the fertility clinic caused carolyn to be given the wrong frozen embryo that belonged to a different couple. her husband broke the news that the baby she was carrying was not hers. >> i thought he was joking because i kept saying no, i know i'm pregnant. i can tell i'm pregnant. what, that's not possible. >> reporter: 90 miles away near detroit, mother of two shannon more rel was in a similar state of disbelief. >> i was shocked. i said what? what do you mean? how did this happen? >> reporter: at their home in ohio, carolyn and sean say they relied on their faith to decide to continue with the pregnancy. >> we've also known all along that this is their baby. he is their son. upon delivery, he will be reunited with his parents as he should be. >> reporter: t

and as i mentioned the relevant directive is t european union directive called invitro, but essentially this is a statute that has to be regulated by the member states or authority. and in the uk this authority is the health care agency. and so any products for commercial use have to meet the requirements of the directors. now it's fair to say that in 2003 there was a lot of uncertainty or the genetic testg and whether these were counted under the ddp pause they could be thought to be lifestyle to whether one considered this is the practice of medicine or whether this is a thing about lifestyle. and that is on the distinction that was n cle. now in more genes direct, which is the upstate on the first report thawas published in -- it was published in 2007. the human genetic commission game down more firmly on their view about where genetic testing in relation to the directors. an essentaally it felt that most genetic tests were cared to be a low-risk in a category of four. and therefore the implications of this of the manufacturer are not required to submit any technical fes to the nhra.

. >> did invitro, it took them a long time to do.he was terrifically happy when it all happened. >> halle berry took a similar path to mother hood. at 41, she gave birth to daughter, nallah and said it was like a dream come true. "show biz" was with halle when she found out the good news. what mother hood means to you. >> unconditional love in my life to raising a human being who i hope will be someone who adds something wonderful to this world in which we live in. that's like the biggest challenge i can think of in life right now. >> berry didn't hide the fact that, yeah, it was hard to get pregnant after 40 but, it was totally worth it. if there's a mom with a message out there, it's salma hayek. she says to all women, it's okay to wait to have a kid. >> salma hayek waited until she was 41 to have her first child. >> she makes the show biz tonight and "more" magazine list of fabulous people who had kids after 40. motherhood is not for everyone. it is for me, but there's no reason women should feel rushed to have a child. holly hunt

. >> reporter: after four years of trying to conceive naturally, shannon and paul turned to invitro fertilizationer suffering two miscarriages, they were thrilled to give birth to twin girls ellie and megan 2 1/2 years ago. and like shawn and carolyn savage, they had their extra embryos frozen for future use. >> you were hoping for a third child? >> sure. we have two cute girls that are adorable and fun and have blessed us. we always thought about those embryos. >> reporter: but then the morrells received news from their ivf doctor that would change their lives forever. >> he said, um, your embryos were implanted into another woman. and i said -- and i just fell back in the couch. >> we just stared at each other, and -- >> and i said, and she's -- >> we were confused. i mean -- >> -- pregnant. and i thought, oh, my. >> reporter: when carolyn savage was 14 weeks along, the savages met the morrells. they described that meeting on monday. >> she started with the thank you. >> she was so grateful for what we had done. >> i just spoke from my heart, and i said, you know, this has been really tough for