the ivf technique is aimed at preventing infants from being born with certain diseases. treatment would create genetically modified embryos that use healthy dna from a female donor. some say it's a step closer to designer babies. >> this would be the first time that we would intentionally manipulate the human genome. it's something that governments around the world have agreed from the last 20 years that we shouldn't do. >> the first three person ivf baby could be born as soon as next year. >>> a from sail january beauty -- brazilian beauty parent turns ugly. -- pageant turns ugly. why she says she did it. >> almost every product in the grocery store has a date on it. what does it actually mean? the answer coming up next. >> 43. 43 straight days with no measurable rainfall right here in the bay area. good afternoon everyone. we have dry skies now. but rain and when it should arrive. i've got the details as the news continues on kpix 5. >>> checking wall street on a tuesday, it's a supertuesday because look at that. up 258 plus points and it's still going up. good news. >

it's -- ivf. they're the first in the toward to do so.med at preventing genetic diseases. critics say it's a step closer to designer babies. about a dozen british women will be considered for that technique every year. >>> google is revving up an app to exeat with uber and lyft. -- compete with uber and lyft. the web company is developing its own ride sharing service. google previously invested a quarter billion dollars in uber a couple years ago. >>> a honeymoon with the drop in gas prices is over for now. after a record 123 days of falling prices they're back on the way up again aaa says. the national average is $2.07 a gallon, three cent higher than last week. it -- cents higher than last week. it is not uncommon to see prices head back up this time of year. however, prices should remain in the $2 range the rest of the year. >>> easton, maryland, hoping shame will help cut down on an epidemic of shoplifting in local stores. >> reporter: here at the courthouse in easton, maryland, shop lifting is rarely punished with much more than a fi

. >> reporter: some dubbed it three parent ivf. any born as a result of this technique will have the key material from the mother and father affecting appearance and personal traits. the donation is treated like an organ transplant and anonymous. this dna will be passed from generation to generation, a permanent change to the human genetic code. the technique has been opposed by church leaders. critics called it a slippery slope to design a baby but has the backing of government and scientific bodies. >> the families want this. the question is, why would we allow these families to still suffer when we have it in our hands to do otherwise? >> reporter: if approved, clinics would be free to apply for a license and the first baby could be born next year. bbc news. >> it's a hugely controversial vote here in britain. in ten minutes time we are going to speak to someone from an educational and christian charity who objects to this. he will join us in a few minutes time. >>> neither serbia or croatia committed genocide in the 1990s. that

ivf where you take dna from mom, dad, and a female donor.o help families with might toe couldn't dreeal disease. codes. >> this would be the first time that we would intentionally manipulate the human >> this would be the first last 20 years that we shouldn't do. once you cross that line, then it's very hard to stop you know, going down the slippery slope to design a baby. >> but researchers say it's not genetic modification because you're not changing any of the dna that gives a person trait and characteristics. moms who carry that gene with a death sentence, so be it. >> when you're told that your daughter's going to die, and we want a family, it's really hard to take. and then for them to say, oh and by the way, any more children that you have would also have the disease, it leaves you with no hope for the there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approve

a basic package, including one ivf cycle costs between $120-$170,000. another advantage to the american spooerps - gender selection. many chinese clients cheeking american surrogates request boys. it's possible in the u.s. where gender selection is straightforward through ipp vitro fertilisation. >> it's not opened or allowed in china. >> the u.s. is the gold standard for sur gassy. >> some critics would say the women in third worlds delivering the babies are exploited. what do you say to that? >> i think they should ask the surrogates. my surrogate. if she felt she was exploited, she wouldn't have asked 24 hours later if she could be a surrogate again. >> yes, the same surrogate gave the travises twps. >> i think it's neat we are a global family. it's probably the way of the future. we all have a story. they have a story of two people that wanted a family and we were willing to go to the ends of the earth to earth to >> welcome back to "america tonight"s making babies. a growing number of couples are heading south of the border. it's a cheaper alternat

katty: britain is going to legalize the creation of ivf babies using genetic material from three peopleit takes a small on that of dna to stop diseases that limit life expense the city -- expectancy. reporter: a landmark day for medical science and for couples like victoria and teeth from buckinghamshire, who hope to be the first to benefit. their daughter has a devastating condition. she is brain damaged and has to be two-fed. -- tube-fed. >> i do not believe we should bring another child into the world that has suffered like jessica. this is our final option, in terms of having a child that is free of the disease. reporter: mps were given a free vote on a matter of consci conscience and backed the change. from a newly created embryo, the nucleus would be removed and will be behind the mitochondria of the mother to provide energy to cells. when damaged, they can cause muscle wasting, brain damage heart failure, or blindness. the nucleus that contains all of the key genes would be transferred into a second woman's donor embryo, containing only a healthy mitochondria. the dna would be pa

ivf treatment, dna from three individuals. they say to prevent incurable inherited diseases but a major development clearing the way for three parent babies. >> sounds shocking. some children are born with weak batteries. that causes disease. they don't have energy to drive their cells. if you take the might con degree a from an egg donor, put it into the egg of recipient, you can produce or repair that deficit. that sounds spooky but in actuality, you're doing a tiny transplant, like an organ transplant, giving the kid a new energy source. that kid will be healthy. and two parents that have the kid, they'll raise the kid. the person that donated the might a con degree a won't be a parent. >> the point could be this could be another step in preventing incurable diseases that are inherited. >> going to see genetic engineering used this way more and more more and more to talk about this. it is a baby step. it is a good one now, but more to come in terms of genetic engineering. >> appreciate you joining us. appreciate your time.

her mom got pregnant, lost the baby six times finally the ivf worked. was the miracle baby. it was the same argument, the specifics were different but the same general argument. now the question is do we now modify the dna so it's a taller baby, a redheaded baby, a paler skin baby. i think those are ethical dilemma. the brits seem pretty comfortable with this though. >> that is the question, is this genetic -- will it lead to genetic modification? but do we really want a bunch of ken and barbies running around? >> yes. >> we need short, ugly, stupid people to fulfill our sense of superiority and to do the grunt work. this is a horrible thing. this is terrible. >> all right. that settles the whole thing. >> i would genetically modify my nose. >> geraldo, i could see you passing on your genes a million times all over >> it's another show. >> another show. another day. >> if you see doctors to do this they can't get enough fluoride in the water. right? >> if technology exists there is no doubt someone, someplace because you can't control every lab, every p

. >> this is all ivf. >> all done via ivf.r woman. >> it was a small study, specific couples and explain why they were the ones. >> right, i mean this is really going to affect about 4,000 babies in the u.s. every year who would be born with this defect that could affect the brain, the liver, the muscles, so it's not that common in britain it's even less common. >> but opponents say this is -- we're getting closer to sort of designer babies where you can choose eye color or hair color. do you agree with that? >> you know that's the question is will it be a slippery slope and the issue here is there are moral, ethical medical, even religious issues but to think back historically you know the first transplant that was done the first ivf baby that was done it's very natural to have uncertainty and fear when something is this new and you always have to ask the question what will be the long-term consequences? what do you gain for what you lose and vice versa and we don't know that because -- >> how do you draw the line? here you d

you would say the same tr ivf.ist can say there is not an outside possibility, the smallest risk that it might turn out to have a safety problem. that is true if you go in to have your hip replaced. >> sure. from the third person it's a very, very tiny amount of genetic material. >> not that it's a tiny amount. it's none of the dna that determines the personality, the eye color, the hair color, everything that makes you who you are and everything that makes your parents consider you to be a true product of their genes. it is -- the mitochondria is 37 genes out of 20,000. i'm not a scientist, i'm just quoting those. the mitochondrial dna is relevant to the life so they are not born horribly disabled. it will pass on to the next generation. >> professor lisa. >>> the daughter of the late singer whitney houston, bobbi kristina brown is fighting for her life. the 21-year-old was taken to the hospital after being found unconscious in the bathtub. her mother was found three years ago in a bathtub. family says they are at

and they approved the three person ivf. it takes biological material from three parents and the dna is altered to prevent the baby from inheriting diseases. and the first baby could be born as early as 2016. >>> nazi jewish art dealers are hoping to get some art back, and the emotions are estimated to be worth $226 million. and the lawsuit was filed here in the united states. last year, a german commission ruled against it saying that the election should stay in germany. for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour, randall pinkston is here. >> we'll have a report from gaza on war and a young boy he is violent. he's one of the estimated 370,000 gazan children showing signs of psychological trauma, a look at what's being done to help them. and plus --. >> start going house-to-house. >> lesbian gay, transsexual teenagers forced to live on the street facing sexual abuse. and what helps to steer to better lives, and a look at research that could change the way that doctors treat autism. and plus, a conversation with a

. >> i'm going to say no there are plenty of ivf babies around where somebody donated the egg and thely didn't fall apart. so what is this little mitokron dree deere ya. they need energy. it is the battery. in some babies that little battery is defective and that causes terrible diseases because the cells don't grow right. the solution is transplant a battery from a normal egg into the defective egg. how do you know it's defective? because you had a child with a disease previously. and then hopefully you get enough energy in the embryo to produce a healthy kid. i understand there are objections but in general i think this is therapeutic, trying to fix a disease. >> right off the bat, how safe is moving that mitochondrial dna. >> it has been shown in monkeys. do we absolutely know that no? the kid with the defect if he's born is probably going to die. safe is relative to the other option, which is this isn't going to work. >> this is about saving lives. >> this is about saving lives. sfwl when you transfer that dna, a very tiny percentage of dna from this third parent is induced. >> it

is this the next step in ivf? unhealthy egg and inserted into a donor woman's egg either before or after it is fertilized with the father's sperm. important to point out that the genetic material is less than 1% coming from the donor. .1% i should say. it only affects the mighto oe kont cont contria and traits like your hair and eye color that make you you are not affected. it's not the next step like designer babies. this is not that. we put this before you on our survey online. should people be able to create three-parent babies. overwhelmingly, 77% of you said no. 23% said yes. the u.s. food and drug administration held discussions about this to move it into human trial phase. i get if you looked at the test tube babies in the 60s, people were oppose to that as well. as bet as people find out about the signs. >> there is controversy but it does in many cases as the diseases are inherited a young child had a disease will likely take her little and this gives hope to her and children like her. i always say nothin

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the ivf procedure would genetically modify embryos using the healthy dna of a donor to prevent incurabletories on this wednesday, february 4th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we begin this half hour with the lightning-fast reaction to the shocking murder of a jordanian hostage. a ghastly death even by isis standards. >> jordan executed two prisoners in response to the horrific videotaped killing of its captured pilot. the woman at the center of a failed prisoner swap and top al qaeda lieutenant both hanged. >> the king of jordan is calling the murdered pilot a hero. his name is muath al-kaseasbeh. the video of his death has stunned the world. abc is not going to be showing footage of that killing. he was placed in a cage and burned alive as members of isis casually looked on. even though isis promised to release the pilot in exchange for the female prisoner, officials believe the pilot was actually killed a month ago. let's go to reaction from the region. abc's molly hunter in jerusalem. hello to you, molly. tell us, why is it that jordan acted so quickly and a