mr noor had the misfortune of facing two serious illnesses up same time diabetes and leukemia. i have diabetes which used to constantly increase my doctor was worried and gave me injections but told me to do the c.b.c. examination which i did and learned that i have cancer. i fear for my family if i die i am the only one that works that is what worries me most everything else is in god's hands. he was diagnosed in two thousand and ten since then mr noor follows a specific treatment of vital importance to his survival. every day at noon he has to take a four hundred milligram pill which ensures a better quality of life for him. with this medicine i feel good. for my body ached and when i got up i got dizzy. and now i feel good when i used to walk i got short of breath now i don't have that problem. the drug to which mr neuros has improving health goes under the generic name. it is a copy of glivec originally introduced in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia which greatly increased a patient's life expectancy. is a breakthrough medicine for treatment. but to clearly chronic

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mr noor had the misfortune of facing two serious illnesses of the same time diabetes and leukemia. i have diabetes which used to constantly increase my doctor was worried and gave me injections but told me to do the c.b.c. examination which i did and learned that i have cancer. i fear for my family if i die i am the only one that works that is what worries me most everything else is in god's hands. he was diagnosed in two thousand and ten since then mr noor follows a specific treatment of vital importance to his survival. every day at noon he has to take a four hundred milligram pill which ensures a better quality of life for him. with this medicine i feel good. for my body ached and when i got up i got dizzy. and now i feel good when i used to walk i got short of breath now i don't have that problem. the drug to which mr neuros has improving health goes under the generic name. it is a copy of glivec originally introduced in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia which greatly increased a patient's life expectancy. is a breakthrough medicine for treatment of. chronic myeloid leu

sadako sasaki had leukemia as a result of the bombing.pray for recovery, she folded thousands of paper cranes. ten years after the exposure, she died. a statue modeled on the girl stands in the children's peace monument in hiroshima. it broke begley's heart that japanese children also suffered terrible experiences during the war. last year, begley visited japan. he was a guest of the japanese ministry of foreign affairs. they invited people whom the japanese army imprisoned. during the trip, begley felt a strong desire to visit the elementary school that the girl had attended. while the australian was there, he heard "the day the paper cranes fly," sadako's prayer in song. >> the children of the school sang a most beautiful song. and the children of japan used that song as their wish that there would be peace. >> reporter: after returning home he started telling local children about sadako. >> it was kind of sad about the girl dying, but she went to a lot of trouble making all those paper cranes. so yeah, it was a nice story. >> i thought

the good news is that the prognosis for a child who is diagnosed with leukemia these days is extremely good. the bad news is that its an incredibly worrying and stressful time and the child, even if they do go into remission, will become very sick in the meantime and so thrown into this battle, which is all about the extremes of health, comes a battle which is altogether darker and more frightening. and so we see two kinds of struggle. one is for an olympic gold and one is for a greater kind of gold, which is for life and health and happiness. terry: its quite a story and all of yours have been quite stories. they.. seriously i mean it, you just kind of grab us with these people and you do not let go. is this a plan of yours chris cleave or does it just come out that way? chris: im very interested in people who live at the extremes of life and people who do have very intense experiences of life. i think at the heart of all of my books theres a question. the question in gold is what do we put first, our ambitions or the people we love. that seems like an obvious question on paper. every

reports that the limo than the brain tumor that killed her in the was brain tumors have overtaken leukemia and it's a lyn allison as the number one child killer illness but doctors warn that's the tip of the iceberg clinical studies find young men who keep phones in their pockets have much lower chances of producing offspring while women often store them on the chest i would just tuck it right in my bra if new friends go breast cancer aged just twenty one right where since childhood she stored phone. areas of the genes these kinds of doctors called this a new breed of distribution that's exactly much use when women keep their phone it's very unusual. harum with these multiple small cancers were confined to the upper inner aspect of the breast so i don't see think what like this and this is. radiation detector is normal surroundings around thirty microvolt meets a microwave ovens. reach eight hundred microvolt. worth for roaches use the same radiation technology. loading a film on a toddler p.c. reaches two thousand so it was only small phones registered over a thousand times above normal l

raising money for leukemia lymphoma society. run the 1988 city marathon and get sponsored. he recruited 38 friends and called it team in training. >> probably half of the donations were bets. bets placed early on before we got into shape. there's no way you are going to do that. sure if you do it i will pay you $10 a mile. >> everyone finished. they raised 320,000 dollars. bruce cleland came the very first charity runner. 25 years later team in training is the largest charity endurance sports training program in the world. 600,000 participants raising some $1.4 billion for blood cancer research and treatment. what about the little girl who inspired it all? today georgia cleland is 29, cancer free and training for her fourth half marathon with team in training. >> i called my dad, i said, dad, guess what? i am going to do the disney half marathon in january. he said, what? you have never run before. how are you going to do that. ? >> she did it the same way her dad did in 1988 train with a team of friends and raise money to help

. >>> special treat for a 7 year old battling leukemia. thealex was taken to the theme pack to ride rides and treated to a special dinner. part of the make a wish foundation, panda cam was supposed to go dark. we are watching the panda now. they are beginning to wake up, they shifting and in the cage. this could be going dark today. can't we all just get along for the pandas? we'll be right back. democrats, republicans can't agree, for the first time in 20 years, the government in partial shutdown. >>> live look outside, on top of federal hill am beautiful start to your day. will it continue as we move in to the month of object? megan pringle is on assignment. lynette charles has the forecast. >>> you like the dry weather. everyone, we need rain, check out this. since january 1st rs 4.66 inches below. it's dry. since september 1st, we are 2.38 inches below, we need rain. september was a dry month. starting out october on the note as well. yes it looks nice. the most powerful radar is dry. it's going to continue through the afternoon and ev

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temperature foundation was started by tera becker who died of leukemia. her parents say this honors her memory. >> we saw so many people at the hospital and the families that were struggling. we organized this fundraiser. one of the stories is that her dad said she had the capacity to help others even as she needed help. >> they are going to wrap 8 hours tonight. >> coming up. late breaking arrest. police have a man in custody in a north carolina fair ride accident. who is responsible after dozens were injured. plus, shock video. a man dragged through the streets as a thief tries to get away with his car as the culprit takes off. why a pumpkin patch in minnesota is catching flack. >> misused and abused, getting prescription drugs off the street. >> a seasonably chilly night ahead and a warm up is not too far away. coming up, your completed updated forecast. ,,,,,, avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right

a lot of patients can benefit from the treatment, exseptember those -- except those with leukemia and lymphoma. we have created a nonprofit fund called caps. >> we'll be here until 6:30 taking your calls. >>> here's what we're working on at 11. don't wait until black friday. >> those items you should buy right now and those to avoid. >> maryland's most powerful radar, a little bit of rain edging into the southern part of the city. we're into the main rain in southern maryland and down toward the beaches. that's going to pick up and into the day, on and off rain through friday. it looks like wel dry off for the end of the week. >> hoping to get to the game on sunday. >> looks like it's going to be okay. >> a town surrounded by water. >> we'll be back at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, shutdown shame. the scramble to restore military benefits to grieving families of troops killed in action, as anger at washington hits an all-time high. >>> a warning tonight about a weight loss supplement. >>> scare in the air. the frightening accident in a hot air balloon festival. passenge

most hours are sold out, but wif spots left to come and spin for leukemia. >> okay. this is in the name of kara becker. who is she? >> kara becker was a member here. her parents are still members. she started the foundation amazingly enough when she was going through treatments in the hospital. she wanted to reach out to families who were going through the same things that her family was going through. she wanted to start a foundation to help those families. >> sadly, she died from leukemia last year around this time? >> yeah. she did. she lost her life last year in december. >> folks watching saying, hey, i want to go out and help in this, how do they do it? >> you can come to bare hills yourself or call in and register. if you -- you can't do it online, but you can call the club because we're keeping track of how many spots are left. >> right. and it's going really fast. you guys are almost sold out. >> wefrment we are very xietd. it's the first time we've done this. we've got great instructors. a lot of energy. it's going to be outside. we're excited. we've got fo

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it causes leukemia. in huge quantities.when it gets to the pacific ocean, admittedly, it gets diluted in a bigger pond of water. it is truly frightening that we are releasing it into the pacific ocean. >> we also asked what could happen if another earthquake were to strike. he says some of the radioactive material is barely contained. >> we have 1000 tanks and they are all held together with plastic pipes. if there is a moderate earthquake, the plastic pipes will fail and all that material will run across the ground surface, into the ocean. at the facilities themselves, th reactors that are most damaged, had serious explosions internally. it would not take an earthquake as big as the one they had 2.5 years ago to potentially really do a lot of serious damage there. >> you can head to our website for more updates. we have been closely following events since the initial disaster struck. extensive reports and eyewitness accounts all online. government ilk things and italy's capital under attack. that is after tens of thousands

we have people we advice against, people with mood cancer like leukemia and lymphoma but cancers like breast, colon, ovarian cancer, most people can benefit from this treatment. and about not not% of the -- 90% of the time this works great. one patient had thin hair and she was older, so it didn't work out that well. across the board studies have shown 90% of the time this works beautifully to preserve the hair. >> how long has this been around? >> since the '70s. however the efficacy is improved over the past 10 years. europe it's well established. insurance pays for this. there are devices you can plug into the wall. those will eventually make it to the united states. until they become fda approved, you have the gel caps and the last five years they have taken off in popularity. >> thank you for joining us. we're going to talk about all kinds of technology and treatment in our house calls today. the number to give us a call if you have questions is 410-481-2222. we have operators in studio b waiting take your calls. >> the father of the son who took a flight to vegas is talking. >>

he said he suffers from leukemia it's hard to know what the children feel. i'm asking you to give those people the human rights of a bed. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> islam carol and i'm with the united council of human services. my heart is very heavy. because i don't understand what type of people - first of all, let me aid the negative about warehousing people you can't warehouses people. the people who come to our agency are our brothers and sisters and emigrants. everyone has a right to sleep in a bed. we're not asking for much. we're asking for what should be done. i'm asking that you do support the bed for the bayview. thank you >> thank you as the next speaker comes up let me call the last speaker. if there's anyone else who wants to comment please lineup on the side >> good afternoon i'd like to say that i'm grateful to mother brown's and all the people who are in there. if you want to talk about heroes come to mother brown's and a walk around there you'll see heroes. i'm waiting for a bed right now for carlos. everyday he makes

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he died at sinai hospital after a battle with leukemia. he was 61 years old. the mayor released a statement saying my heart aches at hearing the news of eddie dopkin's passing. miss shirley's cafe is a baltimore landmark. two years ago wjz talked to dopkin about competing, to be on the food network. >> this is one more cue to put our name across the country. >> his name was well known around baltimore. roleland park bagel company was another company he owned. his legacy lives on through the food he loved to make. >> funeral services are set for monday afternoon in pikesville. >>> a second vendor files a lawsuit against highland town grocery santony's. one week after they announced they're closing. a food and vegetable vendor say they deliver produce to san tony's and all of it remains unpaid. san tony's were also sued by another company for unpaid bills. san tony's has not commented on the suit. >>> a day of remembrance, the fire department honors firefighters who died in action. gigi barnett's reports this ceremony recognizes firefighters who showed extreme b

of a start up company out in california because of my standing in 91 my industry by you developed leukemia. i became homeless and thank god i served envy country in the marine corp. and hope house took me in. those people over here they're the real thing people the real mccoy. i'm not the only one. there are hundreds of veterans who have been served by those folks and they have the integrity they help all of us everyday. the name is certainly appropriate. hope because that's what they've given me and all my co- he veterans. as a witness to the boyfriend i don't understand the arguments about i think that's a miss conception their treating this facility as if it was all in homeless people. that's not the case the homeless are there as the director said. the homeless are there. there on the steps and porches every night. there's hundreds of them. this can only bring order to a orderless situation. >> thank you. next speaker, please hello supervisor mar, farrell and avalos. i'm a homeowner. i just wanted to bring up some points in response to what the director of the agency mentioned in terms

. >> she began running marathons when the children of two friends were diagnosed with leukemia called the a-team. in july amy became a part of that team. >> i said i guess they need a team captain. >> she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. >> it's aggressive. not a lot of treatment for it. the only treatment is chemo. >> i'm running to show you can get through obstacles. you can get through the challenging times. get through if with a smile on your face. >> she'll hand it off to her. >> having the bib with me will be nice to have a physical reminder amy is there in spirit. >> and i'my will run the last 4.2 miles herself. >> i'm not someone has going to tuck their tail between their legs. you know what, i'm going to be the person that beats the odds. >> her fighting spirit is inspired by her husband and two children and the future she wants to share with them. >> i've never felt anything so deep a love for my kids, my family. i don't want anything to take that away. cans ear will never take that away. i want them to know that i'm doing this fight for them. for me, for our family

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syndrome, basically they have no immune system and it cured them of it, and then half of them developed leukemiaso we really don't know. it's neither safe nor will it be undetectable in my opinion. >> simon whether it's detectable or not what is the difference between using performance enhancing drugs and performance enhancing technologies in terms of upping an athlete's ability? >> one thing i would point out is that there are already -- not exactly prosthetic, but procedures that athletes undergo that do enhance their performance without any kind of drugs involved, and they are elective procedures sometimes. famously thomas john's surgery is a surgery that a lot of pitchers in baseball undergo as a repairtive surgery. but there are young player s who are getting the surgery because it improves their condition, improves their throwing arm. so -- and you can't see that, you know? i mean you could potential learn about a player's medical history, but we can't see that. so we are already in that world in some way, and i don't think there are too many people who are excessively concerned about elec

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pediatric leukemia have have gone up. in ways that are not clearly associated with any kind of genetic reasons there's you know the rates of autism the rates of asthma a.d.h. d. all kinds of childhood illnesses that have have gone out that can't be explained just through genetics and and for me as a parent i'm i want to make sure that the law protects everyone i want to make sure that it protects pregnant women children and vulnerable communities and right now the chemical safety improvement act doesn't do that and i think we need to take that that extra step to protect everybody and what what are the issues what are the chemicals were where are these things are we talking about you know detergents are we talking about paint on toys or we took all of the above its are all of the above and the chemicals that are exposed to it. in the workplace or in your community chemicals that can get into the drinking water get into the air but the most unregulated areas are actually the chemicals in the consumer products that you bring

. >> reporter: 8-year-old maddie doesn't look sick at all, but this week her leukemia came back for the fourth time. her mother has reason to. the clinical trial she now needs cannot be approved by the fda because the fda has been shut down with the rest of the federal government. >> i am completely blown away by how callus and carelessly they've kind of used us as their pawns to push their own agenda. >> reporter: she says maddie's cancer is curable in 90% of the cases. her daughter is in that 10% category. 6 months ago she went through a clinical trial that worked. because of her relapse, she's scheduled to have it again. now it's in the air. >> for her, this is truly life or death. this isn't a game. this isn't pushing one ideology over another. this is my babe's life. >> reporter: sick people hoping to join clinical trials are being turned away because three quarters of the employees are being furloughed. those already enrolled in clinical trials will still receive care. >> while they act like children, they should take a cue from my child and act like her because she is 8, but she'

afraid because i was 18 years old and there was my dad telling me i had just been diagnosed with leukemia and we are going back to palestinpalestin e. you're going to see it and then you are sort of going to grow up and deal with it. and i'm going to go. so that was the launch point for the book and the play so i realized in the process of writing this book although i constantly feel like i still am this like confused i don't know if i'm an american. i don't know if i'm palestinian or lebanese. i don't know if i and smart. i don't know if i understand politics that i somehow still managed to internalize and really take in and understand everything that my father stood for and spoke about and was famous for and was feared forward which is a certain amount of integrity and association with my identity that it is part of who i am and that is something that i will not deny. even if i don't feel like i have a house in palestine that i note each nook and cranny of the walls or my grandfather was there. it wasn't tangible and that is what made it feel -- but in writing this book and going throug

the fda placing a partial hold on new patient inrollment for the new leukemia drug. that's not good news for the patients or have i evers. >> i can't make -- investors. >> no, i capital make light of that. turning over 80 million shares. it's pretty much to closing the door shut because of issues brought up during the tests. the fact that people were developing heart problems on this particular leukemia treatment. >> yeah, murph, talk to me about alcoa, out with earnings. the stock getting a bump of 3.5%, no longer a dow member, of course. >> he yarks the stock is having a nice move. the ceo was very positive in the call. that's what's moving the stock. they beat by eps, beat on revenue. he actually gave a little hope there for the long if you're long. i don't want to own it until it breaks above the 9, 925 range. >> pete, starbucks. >> they're trying to get them to come together. if you go into the starbucks and buy a friend a drink, they'll give you a free coffee. they're doing their best. the innovation never stops. they acquired a fruit juice company, as well, sc

all the finishers receive a tiffany necklace and proceeds benefit the leukemia society. >>> >>> for the third week in a row the sandra bullock, george clooney movie came in at number one. it has earned more than $170 million. tom hanks captain phillips held on to third place. and escape plan rounding out the top five. >>> form apple re -- tomorrow apple ceo tim cook will unvail updates to the apple devices. that includes the ipad mini. apple manufactures have reportedly struggled to make a lot of the smaller displays that fit the mini. that could result in limited supply and translate into lines outside apple stores when the new mini launches next month. >>> the national weather service is warning big waves are hitting the northern california coastline. they are expected to keep pounding the beaches through tomorrow afternoon. fishermen and beach goers are being warned to stay back. >>> time is 4:56. new information about the weekend death of two bart workers in walnut creek. what we are learning about the train that hit the two men. >>> and finding alternative routes to work. where off

. >> reporter: she began running marathons when the children of two friends were diagnosed with leukemia. aiden and ashley called the a team. but in july, amy became a part of that team. >> i said, well, i guess they need a team captain. i'm a for amy. >> reporter: she was diagnosed with neuroendocrine gastric carcinoma a rare form of cancer. >> it's aggressive. there's not a lot of treatment for it. the only treatment right now is chemo. >> reporter: even though chemotherapy is hard on her body, amy still trains for the nike women's marathon in san francisco. >> i'm running to show them that you can get through the obstacles. you can get through the challenging times. and get through it with a smile on your face. >> reporter: her teammate will carry amy's bib until the 22nd mile where she will hand it off to her. >> having the bib with me it will be nice to have a physical reminder that amy is there in spirit. >> reporter: and amy will run the last 4.2 miles herself for the four rounds of chemo she has been through and the two left in her treatment cycle. >> i'm not someone that is goin

. >> reporter: she began running marathons when the children of two friends were diagnosed with leukemiain july, amy became a part of that team. >> i said well, i guess they need a team captain, i'm a for amy. >> she was diagnosed with neuroendocrine gastric cars nome a a rare form of cancer. >> it is aggressive. -- carcinoma. >> the only treatment right now is chemo. >> reporter: even though chemotherapy is hard on her body, she still trains for the nike women's marathon in san francisco. >> i'm running to show you can get through the challenging times and get through with a smile on her face. >> her teammate will carry amy's bib until the 22nd mile and then hand it off to her. >> reporter: amy will run the last 4.2 miles herself for the four round of seem owe she's been through and the two left in her treatment cycles. >> i'm not going to be someone to tuck their tail between their legs and say my life is over. >> reporter: her sphieting spirit is inspired by her husband and two children and the future she wants to share with them. >> i've never felt anything so deep, the love for my k

. >> reporter: 8-year-old mattie major doesn't look sick at all but this week her leukemia came back for the fourth time. >> you wouldn't even know she had cancer honestly. on her worst day she's still smiling. >> reporter: mattie is so self- assured, she has no problems scolding her five older brothers and sisters. >> when she relapsed a couple days ago her mom started crying. she looked at her mom and she was like, why are you worrying? >> reporter: her mother robin major has reason to cry. the clinical trial mattie now needs cannot be approved by the fda because the fda is shut down with the rest of the federal government. >> i am completely blown away by how callous and how carelessly they've just kind of used us as their pawns to push their own agenda. >> reporter: robin says mattie's cancer is curable in 90% of the cases. her daughter is in that 10% category. traditional treatment like chemotherapy has not worked. >> for mattie this is truly life or death. this isn't a game. this isn't pushing one ideology over another. this is my baby's life. >> reporter: six months ago mattie

. >>> gilliad shares rose thanks to successful results of a trial of a leukemia strong. they are stopping a late-stage study because patients improved substantially. it will talk about getting approval. it closed at $62.74. >>> shares of tiffany upgraded at stern ag. the firm says the luxury retailer will benefit from a rapidly growing international business and rebound in the u.s. operatio operations. the analyst reiterated his price target of $86 a share. that powered up the stock by 2% to $75.38. >>> china has over taken the united states in an important met trick but not something to be necessarily proud of. china is the world's largest importer of oil passing the u.s. just as this country produces more energy than ever before. china's energy appetite comes from the need to fuel and expand the sector and as the middle class grows, to fill up millions more gas tanks. >>> coming up, what will the home of the future look like? the cutting edge technologies that could one day power your house and the companies behind them but first, a look at commodities, currencies and

. >>> gilliad shares rose thanks to successful results of a trial of a leukemia strong. they are stopping a late-stage study because patients improved substantially. it will talk about getting approval. it closed at $62.74. >>> shares of tiffany upgraded at stern ag. the firm says the luxury retailer will benefit from a rapidly growing international business and rebound in the u.s. operatio operations. the analyst reiterated his price target of $86 a share. that powered up the stock by 2% to $75.38. >>> china has over taken the united states in an important met trick but not something to be necessarily proud of. china is the world's largest importer of oil passing the u.s. just as this country produces more energy than ever before. china's energy appetite comes from the need to fuel and expand the sector and as the middle class grows, to fill up millions more gas tanks. >>> coming up, what will the home of the future look like? the cutting edge technologies that could one day power your house and the companies behind them but first, a look at commodities, currencies and

i have leukemia. using humor is great for me.said cancer is like the bad guys in the neighborhood and how we're working to get rid of the bad guys. >> reporter: thank you so much for interjecting a little humor. if you want to the know more about the s.w.a.t. team here in pleasanton, vivid us online at kpix.com. click on "links and numbers." reporting for mobile weather, roberta gonzales, kpix 5. >> it is an awesome feeling when you can assist someone. there is another begin of life. >> offering hope in the face of crisis. how this bay area chp officer helped save hundreds of lives. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, unfortunately, it's also a e where some people have tried to end their lives. sharon chin explains the courageous i >>> the golden gate isn't just a favorite stop for visitors. it's also a play where some have tried to end their lives. sharon sharon explains the courageous intervention of this week's jefferson award winner. >>> reporter: tourists bring home scenic photos of the golden gate bridge. but sergeant kevin briggs carries m

. >> crude oil spilled on the roads indigenous people are effected children with leukemia, all thesere chevrons problems now, because they show the company is putting up so the world doesn't see the criming committed here. >> chevron did not respond to al jazeera's interview request, the company has denied wrongdoing in ecuador, and claims the area was properly cleaned up. people here say the new trial means they may not get the money they want in damages. there are 808 waste pits scattered through the jungle, the crude over the years has formed these pools. we are standing on top of a reservoir, and it has gone solid but it is pretty deep. they tell us about three meters or so, and as you can see, it wasn't cleaned up properly, there's oil everywhere. and the smell is really strong. and the whole place it's like this. >> while the community awaits the verdict, many say the damage to the environment is done. and hopes that the country bans drilling in the amazon rain forest once and for all. monica, al jazeera. in the ecuadorian amazon. >> following this case she is live now at the c