. >> i got an email from our physician, that the leukemia biopsy came back with no more leukemia, my actual response to him was i dont believe it. so they went and three days later repeated this, and then got the same answer, there was no leukemia. >> ifill: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> it doesn't matter what kind of weather. it doesn't matter what time of day or night. when mother nature's done her worst, the only thing that matters to us, is keeping the lights on for you. we're the men and women of the international brotherhood of electrical workers. keeping the power on in communities like yours, all across the country. because when bad weather strikes, we'll be there for you. the i.b.e.w. the power professionals. >> at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from electronics systems to intelligence analysis and cyber- operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. knowi

saiden is 6 years old, has autism and is battling leukemia.was diagnosed in october. >> that night i got a phone call telling me he had leukemia. >> reporter: his father casey, is a single dad. >> and i just -- you know i fell to my knees. >> reporter: casey has transport transported indicateden back and forth from san francisco and lake county for the past months. his other son is staying with other family. >> we have been living in san francisco more than our own home, which is okay, because i'm going to do everything i can for my son. >> reporter: back home indicateden's community is rallying around him. his bus driver is raising money for medical bills and traveling costs. she hopes others will join in. >> i want to ease the burden off the father with indicateden. he is well worth the effort to pour money into their lives and help them. >> reporter: luckily, indicateden's prognosis is a good one. he will need more chemotherapy treatments but the doctors are happy to have him around. >> he is a bright light to hang out. when you are spendin

a kid with leukemia fighting for her life. all she wanted was a play house. no you her dream is crushed after a homeowner's association blocked the permit to build it. >> president obama making the move to ban bullets. the new push to block the president's plan revealed. {off-line}

can we lurie up, block this ovarian cancer marriage i have a kid with leukemia i have to keep from seeing taylor swift. >> when we have judges operating outside of the law for their personal reasons when they have ideas on what they think is right and wrong. >> jon: can't have judges judging right and wrong. who are they to judge? these judges. getting all judgey.

last night i was honored to emcee the leukemia lymphoma society campaign of the year.se are the winners, 12 candidates. collectively, believe it or not, they raised $400,000 to raise money for research for blood cancer. hats off to the incredible students. a very happy birthday to abby. we have a little bit of a icy situation in town. that is a hard segue, but i wanted to show some pictures we have received. thank you to all of our viewers. even though the ice is dangerous, you have to find the beauty in it. shirley ann sent this picture, the bright red cardinal front and center. you really see the ice encasing this plant in chesapeake beach maryland, stephanie sent this. and look at this sheet of ice this is the window all the way down. i urge you set the alarm extra early tomorrow morning because you will need that time to get out, scrape off the ice if you have not already done so. live doppler is much quieter than it was earlier, a clean sweep, but there still may be patchy areas of freezing drizzle through the overnight. the temperatures will be pretty steady. we

feline leukemia vaccine and rabies. >> the cats get three. >> they can get three. it's a longer conversation but absolutely can get three. >> what if you have an indoor cat? >> there are different philosophies about that i like to vaccinate even the indoor cats. we have discovered that some cats actually carry the virus in their bone marrow and if you vaccinate for feline leukemia, if the virus leaves the bone marrow the antibodies are there waiting to prevent the animal from getting the disease. >> next week let's talk about when to do it and how often. >> great. >> thank you. we want to hear -- invite all you pet lovers send us your questions about their health and well-being. just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon. >>> roberta gonzales has your weather now. roberta? >> reporter: hi, everybody! today we have been noticing increasing clouds across the north bay all those clouds will continue to thicken across the bay area today. it's all associated with subtropical moisture

this could lead it new treatment for leukemia.ey is finding a drug that could do this outside a lab. >>> four officers reazined amid acquisitions of texts that were racist and homophobic texts. why the district attorney says the accusations could effect 100 cases. >> a fiery crash affa big rig -- after a big rig slams into a restaurant. and marines lined up at sfo to honor a local veteran who was just 18 when he fought in a historic battle. the amazing trip that veteran is now taking. Ñw? the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. seriously, pinch me. it's not a dream. ow! it's the volkswagen stop dreaming, start driving event. stop dreaming, and test-drive one today. hurry in and you can get 0% apr plus a $1000 volkswagen credit bonus on 2015 jetta and passat models. >>> new developments now in the investigation into a series of racist and homophobic t

kinds of leukemias it's treating.tial to eliminate more toxic chemotherapies from treatment regiments and turn it really into a chronic disease. something people live with for a long time and continually get treatment. now abbvie is brg out its leukemia drug portfolio. adding this drug which is partnered with johnson & johnson as you mentioned rumored to be another bidder, alsos a another one that partner eed roche. analysts are saying the deal makes sense. what has them scratching their heads and why abbvie shares have come under pressure today is because they think they're paying a lot of money, $21 billion for a drug that hasn't brought in even a billion dollars in annual revenue and just for half the drug. remember they're partnered with johnson & johnson here. of course on the flip side analysts are saying this is great news for the biotech industries and valuations overall. a big year for deals on top of a year last year, shire and nts, valent and say lix, bit wig premiums on top of a huge deal merck for i denti

i met one of those special patient, little girl, who is fighting leukemia this is lj's story. >> foree year old lj, and the sponge bob characters are more than cartoons, and the walls on which they're painted provide more than a place to stay. >> everything you see in here, everything. >> for the last nine month the cunanan and's have called this brightly colored room home. and the people inside the ronald mcdonald house in camden family. >> they are ablation g. angels, sent by god. >> still, it was a place in life they never wished to be when the daughter they tried for so long to conceive was diagnosed with juvenile leukemia form of cans their would require a bone marrow transplant. er. >> we waited for five years. but i know that if you have fate in god there is always a reason for everything. >> leaning not on their own understanding but allowing god to direct their path, the family of four traveled if kitar to the philippines for treatment, making painful decision to leave their four month old family with family when a donor was found here in america. >> i told my husband, whate

so good to see him after being treated for leukemia.this awesome story in the bleacher report next. >>> after looking into a recent united airlines cheap fare error, the department of transportation says the airline does not have to honor the tickets sold at the cheaper price. a few weeks ago, some of united first class transatlantic flights were sold for as low as $51. united said it was a software error with the currency exchange on its denmark website. the airline issued a statement saying it would void the bookings of several thousand individuals who, quote, took advantage of the extremely low prices which they blamed on a, quote, third party software provider. however, in this case the dot said since the flights were not advertised or marketed to customers in the united states and because some buyer misrepresented their billing address to obtain the fare it is taking no action against the airline. you can call me shallow... but, i have a wandering eye. i mean, come on. national gives me the control to choose any car in the aisle i

you work for leukemia and lymphoma society. this is your second year.ou talk about the benefit to your organization. >> absolutely, we're obviously out here to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma society and help raise life saving dollars for research. >> you were giving me some stats. several thousand dollars have been raised in the last couple of years. >> that is correct. the the has year in eastern pennsylvania area we did $40,000 we are looking to exceed that number this year as well. >> that is wonderful. we know ihop on a national level have raised 16 million-dollar for charities in general, over the last ten years and that is a phenomenal statistic. people are even writing their pancakes. who doesn't love pancakes as we have been saying but today is a good cause. anything else you want to add. talk about the people that this is really benefiting. >> of course, our patients and families of the patient that is we serve. we are definitely helping them fight this disease and we are making sure that we're supporting the families that are going thro

commissioner benny yee and i have been working with the last mayor to promote china to this event with no leukemia until this mayor who understands the chinese concerns and want to have the small business in chinatown the first two year was a pilot program but today is a are permanent program in chinatown thank you, mayor ed lee thank you (clapping.) because of the chinatown subway construction that was on stockton on the corner of jackson and washington was the repair i'm pleased to report to you all the slits have been repaired last week and thank you, mayor ed lee and director (clapping.) on behalf of the stockton we invite mayor ed lee and director on december 14, 2014 to visit the location on state and local and broadway where the sidewalk is 15 feet wide but the situations in broadway to sacramento street is only 10 feet in the name of safety and to bring more customers to visit chinatown we propose to mayor ed lee to widen the sidewalk stockton street to sacramento street same from broadway by using the same model after listening and visiting the location 3 and 4 and director louisiana to s

. >> at age 17 darren's son joe was diagnosed with leukemia. it was something. >> a care package of snacks thanks to an unanimous donor. >> it was the coolest thing that somebody you don't know was thinking about you. i got thinking about what can i do? and i figured that's what i can do. >> and that is just what darren did. he took three weeks off from his job at the water treatment plant covered an entire wall and ceiling of the paid yakt rick facility. >> and if there was some way to take somebody's mind off of that and you just get them out of the mood for a minute that's worth a lot. >> it is also a way to say thanks to the doctors and nurses who eventually saved his son's life and what better way to celebrate such good work than with such a great piece of work. >> some promises are easy to make but very hard to carry out. the promise libby is on her way to keep something one of those. it is a vow that libby made to her 6-year-old daughter before he died. that is libby and her husband in february just five days before jennifer lost her bat

mayor ed lee he know this is the year of the goat we don't want to take chances we want to bring a leukemia of the irish a bottle of whiskey for you to on up when you get re-elected this november (clapping.) now i'd like our grand mary bill to come up with his family as well as our families of houry grand marshall chris at the maguire it's 3w5d when you forget your in-laws names. >> it is quite an honor for someone for named the honor marshall of the st. patrick's day prayed and efforts by 15i789 a lot of work i want to thank the families for agreeing to take part and do the work so thank you our grand marshall bill (clapping.) and and then the family of patrick joyce (clapping.) and my brother-in-law my on and on trajectory he protect me the family of christie maguire (clapping). >> thank you, mayor. >> now the family of gene mcdeek. >> oh thank you, mayor (clapping). >> is that my paycheck? >> thanks again for everybody coming for the next two weeks you're all irish. >> all right. about time for the main efforts but recognize an extremely friend of mine my colleague supervisor scott wiene

how this man from austria and his generous donation, may have helped the eight year old butte leukemiaus houses price today move literally by a town selling homes for less >> robbers pull off million dollars jewelry heist, two men making off with a massive hall from jewelry store in charleston, south carolina. one of the robbers pulling a gun, and ordering employees to the floor the other using a hammer to smash a rolex showcase and snatch the high end watches. the entire ordeal lasting just 90 seconds. your money this evening, cheap houses for sale. you could be a homeowner for less than $20 the town of frankford, illinois offering quite a deal on three houses. for $18, and 90 cents, one of these homes could be yours. so what's the catch? of course there is one right? the houses, well, they don't come with the land. that's right. the buyer has to move the house, off the lands within a reasonable period of time, because the town has other plans for the lots. >> commercial type properties, retail on the grounds floor residential up above. >> the town says it bought the homes late last y

>> at age 17 darren's son joe was diagnosed with leukemia. the medical center would become the family's home away from home for the next three years. it was something however they were given their first night that stuck with darren. a care package of snacks for care patients and their families thanks to an anonymous donor. >> it's the coolest thing that somebody you don't know is thinking about you. um -- sorry. so i got to thinking that the point, what could i do? i paint. so i figured that's what i could do. >> and that is just what darren did. he took three weeks off from his job at the water treatment plant and working day and night covered an entire wall and the ceiling of the pediatric family waiting area. >> because people are there with little kid cans. people are sitting getting worse diagnoses than we got. and if there was some way to take somebody's mind off of that and you just get them out for a minute that's worth a lot. >> darren says the mural is a way to say thanks to doctors and nurses who eventually saved his son's life. wh

and i think the early results that you're aware of in our leukemia trials are supportive of that.mportant to us that our investors really understand the potential of what we're doing and the science that sits behind it. >> hans, we have to looift there but hope you'll come back soon. >> thank you very much. >> on their last conference call, they said they would have ten experimental products aimed at six different cancer targets in human studies in the next 12 months. >> the most exciting part of it, they've been showing tremendous results in solid tumors, but this could this could be applicable in things like brain cancer and others. >> blood canneser is a small portion but probably 80% of the research that blood cancers coming bas and it's working on hard tumors and other things. he mentioned juno, if the science works, which it does, not get wonky with t-cells and such, but the science is working and if it does work this stock is worth lot more than the $8 billion market cap. put a couple more zeros at the end of that. that said, the stock is crazy volatile but there's a lot be

he was diagnosed with leukemia last year. >> speechless. wanting to scream. wanting to sing. crying. all of the emotions at the same time. because i dant can't believe that has happened to news when you look at zander and his family how happy they are. just a little thing to do for them. it's priceless. >> happy parents and as you can see right there zandser is pretty excited about those new digs as well. quite a jump. >>> well a nice day today, sunny you about a little chilly outside. that will change, though, as we go into tomorrow. tonight will still be cold. temperatures dropping into the 30s. tomorrow we'll be warmer than today, so you will enjoy that as we go through the afternoon. we have rain chances coming in the forecast though. early tomorrow morning we could see showers around. then more rain chances as we go into tuesday. aside from that, later this week we do have 60-degree temperatures in the forecast. so it is going to feel very nice as we go through your monday through friday afternoon hours. here's is live look outside center city from the adventure aquarium

. >> when i was 17 years old i was diagnosissed with aplastic anemia, similar to leukemia, i was told i needed a bone marrow transplant. i was given six months to live. we looked to my sister because siblings are the most likely. unfortunately she was not a match. i didn't have one on the registry which had 10 million people at the time. i had 10 million people not a single one matched me. >> if you do get a bone marrow transplant. >> it is the only cure for my illness, that is the best form of treatment for patients with the disease i have also with blood cancer. luckily i was able to go an alternative treatment and i'm in remission today. the only cure is a transplant and i still don't have that match. >> oftentimes when we hear bone marrow transplants people think spinal tap, they wondering if they are going to be out of work for awhile, how bad is it going to hurt, is that a realistic concern for people? >> there is a lot of misconceptions. i think the procedure used to be different than it is now, now about 75% of the time, most donors just donate blood stemcells like giving plat

. >> well a youngster with leukemia from northeast philadelphia received a big boost today from friendse did not know he had. 4-year-old zander kas 'nova joined in cutting ribbon on his newly renovated home. this is the second time they teamed up to do a home makeover. as he looked at his bedroom he posed for pictures with the teens. >> still to come, jeff skversky has sports. >> and a week before opening day the phillies take on the tigers highlights when "action news" comes right 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 approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as it may cause an unsaf

it's about what happened to olivia blair, a toddler diagnosed with an acute type of leukemia that has brain and spinal column. the film follows her as she and her parents struggle with difficult decisions, including this moment when doctors discuss the option of radiation to her brain. >> so, obviously, the question is what does this mean. >> well, i'm automatically thinking that the leukemia is in her spine in her brain. it's more serious, it's high risk. >> what that means is her therapy will be more intense, that she will get extra chemotherapy and we also will recommend that she gets spine radiation and radiation to the brain. >> i don't want to do radiation. know. so -- >> why are we doing that? because we know that radiation will treat it. but we know that the radiation therapy could potentially have affects on her cognitive abilities going forward. >> i just... come on. you're right. >> we gave you the scenarios yesterday. >> she's a smart child. is and she will continue to be smart. she has me and you as parents. >> she won't see me like this, but -- >> i know. need to get thi

aspects of the programs there will be champions in the neighborhood and at city hall my dream when we leukemia back in 5 are 10 years we look at the lower hate and hate valley the rivalry will be of the past and the boys and girls club is the reason not loan because another great programs we work with magic the african-american art and cultural complex and local churches really my other program focuses focused on the sustainable development of this neighborhood children and parents i know that the clubhouse will be a place for goal setting and accomplishments but more than boys and girls club will also be always, always, always on the side of constrain and team this project took guts a could ground up building some of i were at the groundbreaking parking lot that would have been easier to say in the upper hate pay hope for the best much easier than moving that site and closing that building but the right decision long term and now, was to be right here with the 3wib9 needs there are so many people i wanted to thank and move fast so i want to thank my board of governors and the campaign co-chai

can we lurie up, block this ovarian cancer marriage i have a kid with leukemia i have to keep from seeing taylor swift. >> when we have judges operating outside of the law for their personal reasons when they have ideas on what they think is right and wrong. >> jon: can't have judges judging right and wrong. who are they to judge? these judges. getting all judgey. judge. to be fair who would know more about what is right and wrong in marriage than a man currently on his fifth one. (laughter) the crowd here is very disappointed in you. stop the woman with ovarian cancer from getting parried. okay. married fiv times. what? how dare he! although even quad ro-divorcee blocked the juddishly ored marriage he's only the second craziest thing to come out of the texas legislator. >> one text as lawmaker filed a bill that would make it illegal for anyone 13 or old tore use a rest room if the sign on that rest room does not match their chromosomes. >> jon: texas lawmakers debbie riddle riddle me this you want people educated with texas biology sex books to correctly identify their chromosome match?

he's lived with leukemia for most of his young life.has endured multiple medical procedures and over 50 surgeries. >> made it! >> narrator: 90% of such cases are eventually fully cured, but the treatment wipes out the immune system, making vaccinations impossible. >> okay, you ready to go, rhett? >> i've been ready. >> when he was first diagnosed he was pretty much pulled out of society. we avoided highly concentrated groups of people. when we went out we wore a mask. i mean, we really did limit his exposure and we just were so excited for the day when he could start kindergarten so he could have that sense of socialization and community and learning. >> narrator: a year into remission and back in school rhett will soon be healthy enough to be fully vaccinated, but until then, his life depends on herd immunity. and marin's high rate of non-medical exemptions therefore puts kids like rhett at risk. that's what this school board meeting is all about. >> so at this point in the meeting, what we're going to do is turn it over to public comm

annual event raises money for the leukemia and lymphoma society in the district. a little dollop. >> jacqui was talking about the fact that weather has changed a little bit. montgomery county schools have announced all afternoon activities have been canceled for today. montgomery county students, all afternoon activities cancelled for today. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, the new concerns about a popular pain relief drug. and nearly $5 million worth of gold just gone? the intense >> a warning this afternoon about the use of acetaminophen and its connection to sudden death. a study finds patients described high doses of the painkiller for long periods of time are up to 63% more likely to die unexpectedly. also, the risk of having a heart attack or a stroke was up to 68% higher. the drug has been considered safer than aspirin but researcher believe that the risks may have been underestimated. >> this noon an intense search under way for three robbers who made off with nearly $5 million worth of gold. police say two security guards were driving an armored car

the one day when san francisco virtually stopped for the young boy with leukemia who wished to be bat a first of its kind solar powered aircraft took off and is headed for a journey around the world. the 5,000 pound plane was able to fly day and night. it uses more than 17,000 solar cells in the wings. very wide. expengted to make a few stops in the united states. pilots say they hope to return in mid june. >> social media bragging about his crime? >> and still no answer to malaysian airlines disappeared with more than 200 people on board. and why the plane may never be found. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >> one year after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370, there are new revolutions but there is little evidence of what actually happened to the plane and the people on board. >> one of mh 370s black boxes may

jennifer, who has leukemia, was in need of a transplant just hours after the birth of her son. carolyn casey, a stan out volleyball player at the university of rhode island had donated bone marrow through the the get in the game save a life program. the two were a perfect match and met this opening for the first time at villanova university. >> it is kind of makes it real because i kind of had the idea of her read about her seen pictures, but it makes the the impact of what i was able to do, it is really like coming real tonight. >> that is awesome. this meeting comes courtesy of head football coach and y tally a's foundation. thinks the the fifth year that tally united a bone marrow donor with their recipient. >>> variety, brought las vegas to montgomery county for a great cause. it was the group's annual vegas at variety event at saint helen's church in blue bell. guests enjoyed dinner, drinks, music, along with the few round of blackjack while supporting children with disabilities. raffles and silence auction raised money for the club cam have and developmental center. >>> m

the end role in pennsylvania who thankfully is healthy right now who had a particular leukemia and the only way her life was saved was because of an experimental so-called t-cell therapy that was pioneered by folks researchers, i should say nih funded researchers. you have to you have to ask when it comes to these debates about funding levels which, frankly, rather bizarre when you consider the outcome positive outcomes we have have to ask what if down the road because we did make the investment because congress failed with the next whitehead be saved? it is worth not just contemplating but using those examples as a springboard action. i just wanted to go back to something you mentioned before. it is by way of reiteration. people get the message a little better. did you say that nih has lost 23 percent of its purchasing power since 2,003? >> that is accurate. i can show you a graph that would make it more clear. if you look at the yellow line adjusted for the effect of inflation you will see the doubling that happened. you can see the steady deterioration. twenty-two, 23 percent loss.

new treatments have given hope to people diagnosed with leukemia leukemia, hiv, breast cancer and other diseases that were once a death sentence. the basic mechanism for those remarkable achievements has -- that turn that into viable products. of the 21 drugs with the highest therapeutic impact approved between 1965 and 1992 two-thirds stem directly from discoveries made through government supported research. a recent study in health affairs found most of our truly transformtive modern drugs have their roots in public funding. this is no accident as we've talked about here for decades. congress grew the budget of the national institutes of health year by year. in the late 1990s, both parties worked together to double the budget for nih. since 2003, the budget hasn't kept up with inflation. its purchasing power is down nearly 25%. can you tell us how the collapse in congressional nih funding has hurt the american pipeline of bio medical innovation? >> thank you for the question. because this is the thing that worries me most and keeps me up at night is that we are not taking advantage of

. >> andy who lost his own mother to leukemia before he was even 2 faces the prospect with a baby daughtere way. >> i was told i was sterile and now we are 6 months pregnant. one of the gifts of cancer is having that thrown in your face and -- >> you called it a gift? >> i called it a gift. i'm not afraid of dying. death is the biggest fear most of us have. because it's the big unknown. if you can shed that fear there's a lot of freedom in that. i don't want to go, even take my family out of it i'm enjoying the life. >> never find the painful nerve damage in his hands he is going to keep coming back. >> i think it's a health benefit to come, because being with the chinese people feeds me in a lot of ways. >> bamboo after all bends but it's hard to break. mark: wow. fantastic. i would like to see it again that's it for this edition of "bottom line" i'm mark crumpton reporting from new york. "street smart" with alex smith is next. and more on chartered communications. ♪ >> it is:58 past the hour. that means it's time for "on the markets" with scarlet fu. purchasing bright house networks owne

jude's and leukemia and lymphoma society and the aspca. always a good time for these folks. not for sprinters, but this hill has to be a challenge. this is one of the more scenic routes and with bands all over the place and music to listen to as well. back to you. >> relentless runners out there. >> if you are taking metro, the stations closest to the start line are federal triangle smithsonian and archives. grown line trains are running every 16 minutes. blue and silver line every 20 minutes. >> all new this morning, we want to show you the chopper video. it shows a kidnapping suspect pull out a gun and he is shooting at police in south los angeles. the video shows the moments before police shot back. it all unfolded on live television. he was shot after a car chase and standoff. he has been on the run for several days and suspected of kidnapping and assaulting his wife. he was taken from the scene in an entrance. this morning theset released his condition. >> metro is preparing to happened over video. bobby gross was shot and killed thursday night. police say he was inside

a kid with leukemia fighting for her life. all she wanted was a play house.o you her dream is crushed after a homeowner's association blocked the permit to build it. >> president obama making the move to ban bullets. the new push to block the president's plan revealed. {off-line} {off-line}>> philadelphia police officer shot dead in the line of duty. robert wilson the third was inside a game stop store when two armed suspects announced a robbery. they opened fire on wilson at close range. wilson returned fire hitting one of the suspects in the leg. both quickly arrested by other officers. the entire police community mourning one of their own. >> officer wilson was an outstanding officer. he was a leader. i knew him and met him. he was one of the best police officers this city has to offer, period. a very, very brave, heroic individual. >> wilson was an 8 year veteran of the force and believesleaves behind a wife and two young children. >> anguish cries from the victim's family as convicted murderer jody arias is spared the death chamber. >> the judge declarin

. >>> our best wishing go out to tnt sideline reporter craig seeing sager's son said his leukemia hasrned. he will begin chemotherapy. we wish him a full and speedy recovery. >>> finally, knee problem? what knee problem. serena williams looking strong at the miami open. she crushed cici bellis. bellis made headlines at the u.s. open but could not stay with the world's number one player. back to the final four. it was a star studded coaches in the final four. we will see a lot of talent in the final four. projected nine first round picks will be on display. you will have good coaching and great players. i'm looking forward to indianapolis next weekend. >> some of these performances were phenomenal andy. wisconsin game. sam dekker hitting the threes from mars. >> the final one where he hit it and walked down the sidelines. >> some day, we will all experience something like that. not. thanks andy. >>> 27 minutes past the hour. new information this morning about the final moments of germanwings flight 9525. how the copilot managed to lock his captain out of the cockpit and disturbing deta

florich's mother died of leukemia at a young age and rel tichs say he wanted to make a career out of military service just as his father did. florich had jus gotten married last march. >>> that american being treated for ebola at the national institutes ohes t doing well. today doctors downgraded his condition from serious to critical. the patient got sick while working at an ebola treatment center in sierra leone. ten colleagues that the clinic have been evacuated to the united states sei because they ha bn exposed to the virus as well. >>> now to a change of strategy in afghanistan. u.s. officials are confirming tonight that a lot of american forces may not be leaving afghanistan by end of the year. the news is being overshadowed by the effort to reach a nuclear agreement with iran. news4's steve handelsman is on capitol hill widetails on both of these issues playing out in one of the world's most volatile neighborhoods. snooef. >> got ari. hi doreen. the white hou insists there will be a complete u.s. pullout of afghanisn by 2017. but up here on capitol hill influential conservave

used more safely to treat recurrent cancers, but it cannot be used for some types of cancer like leukemia there are only about 40 treatment centers with this equipment in the world. but the company that manufactures the equipment is now developing a smaller, less-expensive model that could make the treatment more accessible. >>> well cherry blossoms have come into full bloom in china. and the cherry garden of eastlake. >> it's a popular destination for flower lovers. it ranks as a global cherry blossom city. it has an energy-efficient lighting source that protects the trees. staff use underwater lights for a unique night glow of the garden. your moment of ah. and you have been watching "cnn newsroom." >>> we are back with another hour in about five minutes. stay with us. most of the products we all buy are transported on container ships. before a truck delivers it to your store, a container ship delivered it to that truck. here in san diego, we're building the first one ever to run on natural gas. ships this big running this clean will be much better for the environment. we're proud to be

we made a book to raise money for the leukemia lymphoma society. has pictures of you getting chemotherapy? ben: yeah. there are quite intense images. there is text from the journals i cap. one of the things i find funny in a dark way is that when i was 30 pounds underweight and gauntly skinny right before i started chemotherapy, and i was very ill, people would come up to me and say, you are so thin, you look amazing. that is the thing about new york. i like the contradiction. my doctor told me says as you get better on the inside, you can look worse on the outside. charlie: i could control to the tiniest detail what i wore, so there was more care that i put into the shine of my shoes, the knot in my tie. mother hugs me and to feel my middle to see how much fat i have on me. it is annoying endearing offputting. these are photographs of you some very personal, some showing you and chemotherapy, showing you living with the cancer. ben: the book is called "between two spaces." it is to raise money for cancer research. charlie: we asked you to bring yo

they had leukemia and they invented drugs and he is still alive.he have done a lot of positive things. dr. fugh-berman: there is often the misconception that my project is against drugs and we are absolutely not against drugs. we are for the rational use of drugs and for the use of the best drug or the best therapeutic that works well for a particular patient. there are actually drugs that are underused. we want to make the people have the right information so that they can use the best therapies. the trouble is that even though there are good things that pharmaceutical companies have done and the drugs they have come up with there is a lack of information about drugs that could be better because they are not promoted, they are not high profit, or for whatever reason they are not known by health care providers. having control of knowledge is what makes the difference here. there is information about drugs that is suppressed. and we cannot always assume that the newest and most promoted drug is the best drug. sometimes the best drug is an older drug

family members tell an alabama newspaper that his mother died of leukemia when flores was quite young and that he wanted to make a career out of military service just like his father. his father and his stepmother now live in king george virginia. flor had just gotten married last march. back to you. >>> we made sure you were the first to know about this with a push alert from our nbc wash today. an american health care worker being treated for ebola at nachih is in critical condition. he was infected while working in sierra leone. ten health worker who is treated that patient in west africa are being evacuated to the u.s. for observation because they may have been exposed to the viru >>> the heir to one of the country's wealthiest real estate families is returning to los s to face a murder charge. robert dur waived extra diggs. he is accused of killing susan berman, a writer and friend who acted as his spokesperson. he's also been linked to the death of his wife. he was acquitted in a dismembermt case in texas after claiming self-defense. a series just aired and is heard saying he ki