she had relapsed twice with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. >> it was scary, really scary. >> reporter: doctors and researchers at chop developed treatment called cartea involves removing immune cells from the patient's blood, reprogramming them to create an army of attack cells and putting them back in the patient. >> way of genetically engineering each patient's immune system to go back and kill their own cancer cells. this is brand new completely different, a totally new way of treating cancer. >> reporter: doctor group and his collogues at chop has treated 150 children with experimental therapy and results of been described as impressive. >> an increase in trans expression with patient was leukemia. >> reporter: doctor and whitehead family testified before f.d.a. advisory panel on wednesday hoping to get the treatment approved. >> they keep telling us that emily's writing history books because she was first child in the world with her immune system trained to beat her leukemia. >> reporter: in january, emily whitehead foundation donated hundred thousand dollars chop 's cancer center

he's been able to fight the battle with cancer and fight the battle leukemia. he is able to do so because the insurance he has through the affordable care act and carryers of from and her members of the family would be uninsurable because he had a blood clotting disease and her son who suffers from apple's policy.e that is the system we had in thefordable united states before we had the formal care act. then there was a woman from ashland who asked me not to share her name but i will call her katie. katie, a single mother who is currently battling cancer, invasive breast cancer and malignant melanoma. this is what you wrote to me and i quote: in simple terms, i will die without treatment and the ongoing care that i have received so far the oregon health plan as a single parent i can work 247 until my laste i breath and still my income would not afford meet the basic healthcare if it was not for the affordable care act. katie continued with a b pre-existing condition, i would not be insurable. left to suffer and even to succumb to my illness. once this was only

at age 5, emily was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. >> at one point, the doctor come in and said you need to call your family in because emily's not going to be here tomorrow. >> reporter: but doctors at the university of pennsylvania and children's hospital of philadelphia developed a t cell treatment. emily was the first child in the world to receive it. >> she's cancer free. i couldn't believe it. i thought it was a dream. >> reporter: a patient's own immune cells are separated out in a blood sample. then genetically reprogrammed, turning them into super fighters that hunt out and destroy cancer cells. at the fda hearing today, fighting back tears, tom whitehead testified next to emily. >> if you want to see what a cure looks like, she's standing right beside me. >> reporter: this fall the full fda is expected to approve the treatment for relapsing leukemia in children and young adults. the treatment is grueling but 83% of patients went into remission. the ultimate goal, try it out on other cancers. >> it's hard for me to even articulate how exciting this is. this is ever

there will be tremendous benefit from this treatment for people with leukemia. it's a really great treatment. but the trouble is that no man made interaction into drug is going to be per effect a and i think the regulators will want to monitor the side effects of patientseffect. and i think the regulators will want to monitor the side effects of patients assuming it's approved to see what they can do about it but i think a lot of patients will take the risk essentially because we're talking aboutlif dsh sl lif life-threatening diseases here and this is a treatment for it and a very good treatment by the looks of the trials so far >> the costs are still prohibitively high $500,000 a pop obviously you only need one roen round, you are hoping that will be effective do you think as more and more makers will come to the market and maybe hopefully drive down the price, do you think this will become a lot more affordable >> i think these things are always going to be expensive there is a very complex manufacturing process going on you have to take cells out of the body

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emily whitehead was given the treatment when she was battling an aggressive form of leukemia. it vomples removing a patient's immune cells and reprogramming them to fight the cancer cells. it will be up to the fda to approve it. >> reporter: in this morning's "g.m.a." first look, the mother who feared for her baby's life speaking out in a "g.m.a." exclusive. the flight crew allowed her off to the plane to cool off. 20 minutes later she reboarded for takeoff only to have the delay again that's when owen's condition started deteriorating. a mom knows, he made a cry i never heard before, his coloring i've never seen that color before, he was screaming and then he just stopped, i went limp in nigh arts. we'll have more of the video at 7:00 a.m., mara schievacompo news denver. the roles you play in life ar. let's dance grandma! and you're not going to let anything keep you sidelined. come on! that's why you drink ensure. with nutritious calories 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals. th was the best one ever! giving you the strength and energy, to get back to doing what

have seemed like a far stretch. >> the full fda is expected to approve this treatment for relapsing leukemiachildren this fall. >>> you're about to see what it looks like when hundreds of pounds of falling mud crashes into a road full of cars. yeah, that's what it looks like. in china, some are just swept right off the road. others slammed into each other. one driver was trapped inside his car and had to be rushed to a hospital. the rest managed to escape through the windows of their vehicles. >> now to your first alert weather. we need to be ready for dangerous heat. here with the forecast for your neighborhood. >> we have that first alert issued tomorrow. that is for this excessive heat warning. all of the area you see in red. that is portions of the pennsylvania suburbs, philadelphia, some of south jersey and parts of delaware. then the orange would be the outlying areas where there is an advisory. we're expected to see temperatures between 95 and 99 degrees. it feels like from 100 to 108 tomorrow. this is going to be between about 11:00 in the morning and 8:00 at night. look at the tempe

still cancer free after being diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia when she was 5. >> at one pointor came in and said you need to call your family in because emily is not going to be here tomorrow. >> reporter: but doctors at the university of pennsylvania and children's hospital of philadelphia developed the cell treatment. emily was the first child in the world to receive it. >> she's cancer free. and ien couldn't believe it. i just thought it was a dream. >> reporter: here's how it works. from a blood sample, a patient's own immune cells are separated d out and then genetically reprogrammed turning them into superfighters that hunt out and destroy kacancer cells. at the fda hearing fighting back tears, tom whitehead testified next to emily. >> if you want to see what a cure looks like, she's standing right beside me. >> reporter: this fall the full fda is expected to approve this treatment for relapsing leukemia in children and young adults. it's grueling, but 83% of patients went into remission. the ultimate goal, try it on other cancers. >> it's hard for me to even articulate

beside me. >> reporter: this fall the full fda is expected to approve this treatment for relapsing leukemia in children and young adults. it's grueling, but 83% of patients went into remission. the ultimate goal, try it on other cancers. >> it's hard for me to even articulate how exciting this is. i mean, this is -- everybody has been working toward this for so long. >> reporter: for emily whitehead today's decision is about hope. >> it's kind of exciting because it will get the treatment to a lot more kids. >> reporter: a historic step in science thanks to a brave young girl. rehema ellis, nbc news. >> pretty amazing, isn't it? >>> at the bottom of the world tonight a massive fracture on the continent of antarctica has caused one of the biggest icebergs on record to break away into the ocean. it's so big it could fill lake erie twice over. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer with the extraordinary details. >> reporter: tonight in antarctica a titanic shift in our planet's landscape. a massive iceberg, one of the largest in recorded history, has broken away from an ice shelf kno

she had leukemia. her parents say she is currently in remission and doing well.developed by the university of pennsylvania and the novartis corporation. a final fda vote is expected within the next few months. jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> jessica, thank you. >>> you bought the items and now you're waiting for delivery. if you stocked up during amazon's prime day this week, thieves may be targeting you. we've got the tips to fight back. >> and here's another live look at volunteers are building a playground in san francisco. our meteorologist mike nicco is out there and will come back to tell us more about that special effort. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. heading into the weekend we're >>> we've been telling you about the special project under way in san francisco. nbc news staffers are part of an effort to build a new playground. >> looks like they are making good progress. mike is out there at the booker t. washington community center. how is it going, mike? >> reporter: oh, my gosh, it's so busy out here. look at all these people walking right behind m

emily white head was given a treatment when she was battling aggressive form of leukemia and she hasow been cancer free five years and involves removing the patient's immune cells and reprogramming the cells to fight cancer cells. it will now be up to the full fda to approve it. an iceberg nearly the size of delaware has broken out from antarctica and is drifting freely in the ocean at more than 2200 square miles and weighing more than a trillion metric tons it holds twice the volume of lake eerie. it is one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, scientists have been expecting this for months and do not expect this to cause a global sea level rise but worry it may destabilize the ice shelf that it left behind and of course scientists will now try to prove a suspicion that this is the result of global warming. >> and we are going from global warming to local warming climate change to just a heat wave and tomorrow is going to be intense. you really want to take it easy. action cam tonight taking a look at the center city skyline no rain out there to cool us off tonight and the actual c

>>> two corporate headlines, news in what could be a game change in the fight against childhood leukemia landon dowdy joining us with those details. >> an advisory panel uhe in an plusly recommending approvals of nor var are tis' new leukemia treatment. the process genetically alters a patient's cells to fight cancer. it is a treatment of last resort and early tests have shown some promising results in very sick patients if okayed, it would be the first ever gene altering treatment approved by the fda. novartis says the entire process takes 22 days and can cost up to half a million dollars if approved, it would not only have significant implications for novartis, but for the companies developing similar treatments it is important to note that the vote happened last night and is just a recommendation meaning that the fda still has to decide whether or not to approve the treatment. a full fda vote is expected by the end of september investors cheering the news. shares of novartis closing up about 1.5% yesterday and they are up a little bit in early trading this morning back over to you >>

emotional good-bye today for a teenager who battled to get his high school degree and died from leukemia last month. 18-year-old darryl aikens was a three-sport athlete and honor student. he diviefied the odds during hi years-long battle with cancer. >> we are all here, brothers and sisters, because of a young man that lived. >> reporter: it was a celebration of life for a young man who lived his to the fullest until the very end. >> we are here because darryl has shown us how to fight and how to be a warrior. >> reporter: darryl aikens was just 18 when he died last week after a two-year battle with leukemia. she was a standout student and athlete, a football player, but he was an even bigger star in life. >> he was never a disrespectful kid. he was a superb grown man. darryl, you know i love you. >> reporter: even as he was given a short time to live, he persevered by graduating with his class with honors just three weeks before he died. >> and so it's fitting that we're in the school today, because darryl was an educator. he taught us all the importance of family and bringing family to

and she's battling leukemia but this let me made stand isn't raising money for her treatment. the story is to sweet it might just melt your heart. . >>> the white house is facing a new wave of criticism. president trump tweeted out a controversial video aimed at cnn that has should accusing of threatening violence against reporters, peter doocy has more. >> reporter: taking his criticism of cnn to a new level. tweeting out a video tackling a man with the network logo over his face, where president trump pretended to fight vince mcman, whose wife linda serves in his administration, cnn saying it is a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. clearly, sarah hackabee sanders lied when she said the president had never done so. white house officials are standing by their boss despite this latest twitter controversy. >> he's a genuine president expressing himself genuinely and to be honest i think that's why he was elected. most genuine person and the people that see politicians and see him find him to be someone they can understand and r

in 2012, she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l.nothing was helping until an experimental therapy. >> she just said a few years from now, your daughter will be first child on earth with her system trained to beat it would have seemed like a far stretch. >> reporter: emily's survival has stretched to five years cancer free. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient, then reprogramming them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> leukemia has very good treatments for most patients but for the patients it doesn't work, this is really game changing. >> reporter: the therapy from novartis would not be used broadly. it's risky and can come with severe side effects. other car-t therapies are on the horizon, including a promising one from kite far ma. in clinical trials, it's been shown to shrink tumors in 80% of patients and send a third of patients into complete remission. erica edwards, nbc news. >>> we've got a big match going on right now at wimbledon tha

cell therapy takes teams cells collected from leukemia patients that are then grown in a lab to produce kind meric antigen receptors which when introduced into the patient's bloodstream attack and kill cancer cells it's pretty amazing it was also amazing is the treatments are remission in eighty three percent of those who participated in the trial a living drug was initially created for children in young adults fighting leukemia who don't respond to traditional chemotherapy treatments that are quite frankly horribly toxic and often often worse than the disease itself so it looks like the cure for cancer might have them in our own bodies the whole time just as long as they don't let the umbrella corporation get older but we also up with rows of the authority reserves over another very remember water moves world we're not told you're above the upside so you all i love you i am i wrote. and i'm to have it all and keep on watching those hawks not a great day am i going to. live . live. live live. live . rance monks a year since the deadly terror attack a nice bit of french magazine comes un

the federal drug administration may soon approve a new leukemia treatment that genetically alters human cells to fight the disease if approved the treatments will be the first living drug gene therapy available in the united states medical experts say the drug is so successful that it may read a cancer all together are used for jesus on to has a story today from los angeles sober gita how does this treatment all work. that's washer this is an investigational therapy known as c t l zero one nine and what it does is it uses the body's own immune system to fight off cancer cells now this is a comerica antigen receptor therapy also known as current c therapy and it's a true example of personalized medicine because it must be created for each patient using their own cells which are extracted frozen and then sent to the drug company that licenses this new virus now no artist says t. cells are drawn from a patient's blood and reprogrammed to create t. cells that are genetically coded to express the comerica antigen receptor to recognize and fight cancer cells after processing these cells novar

in 2012, emily, just six years old at the time that battled an advanced form of leukemia.old her family it was time to prepare for the worst. that in the lifesaving turn, the family took part in a cutting edge medical trial that uses a form of the hiv virus to reprogram the immune system to kill cancer cells. it is astonishing. five years later she has been told and her dad has been told she has no cancer, it's gone, she's cured. she had her family are joining the fight for fda approval of t-cell immunotherapy, testifying before the agency to advocate for what they call a miracle cure. joining me know emily and her dad, welcome to both of you. wonderful to have both of you here. >> thank you. >> hello. >> martha: let me start with you, tom. why is t cell treatment so different from chemotherapy? wise it's it so revolutionary? >> they took her t cells out of her body and use the hiv in the lab only to train her immune system and then when they put them back in her, her cells were able to recognize and then kill her cancer. it's been amazing. let me stay with you for just a

in 2012 emily whitehead was dying from a form of leukemia. nothing was helping this little girl until experimental therapy. it extracts immune system cells from the patient and reprograms them to find and destroy the cancer cells and then inject back into the patient. >> a few years from now trying to beat leukemia seems like a far stretch. >> the treatment if approved would be for children and young adults. it can have severe side effects but it sent a third of patients into complete remission. the fda could approve the treatment by this fall. >>> this is one of those days where you run to the air conditioning. leon harris is a tough guy sweating it out in prince george's county. backyard barbecue. how are you holding up? >> i am not that tough. the weather -- we had a great time out here at the reck center. backyard barbecue. you can see the remains of the crowd out here. tons of kids enjoyed the fun. in addition to the fun and the grilled food and face painting our friends at 102.3 what we were seeing being done was real person to person c

the young girl cured of leukemia. it was just approved by the fda. is that what you are talking about? >> two things. first the imageing of the brain improved. last year i went to detroit and they can find how deep into the brain this cancer goes. that helps to know how to get it out. the second thing is this new experimental vaseen. -- vaccine. they look for a protein abnormal in the plain and targ -- brain target it. >> where are we in terms of the fight against cancer in america? we have so much money in this country. are we doing enough to fight this horrific disease? what more can be done? >> we are turning a corner. we are into immuno therapies. you take selus out of the body and program them to fight cancer cells and reinsert them. that hasn't know used in this kind of cancer but showing potential with leukemia like with jimmy carter's cancer. >> we know senator mccain has the support of meghan mccain and the rest of his family. what are the next steps for the senator in this fight? >> the next steps will be chemotherapy. that's standard. we h

recurrent leukemia or leukemia that is not responding to treatment is rare in children., but in these other children, this is a lifesaver. >> it is great to see medicine continuing to advance and save people's lives. dr. david agus, thank you as always for joining us. >> thank you. >>> ahead why tech giants like google and facebook are joining a protest today about the future of the internet. plus imagine traveling from san francisco to los angeles in just 30 minutes. >> yes, please! >> i know! can they do it from d.c. to new york? >> yes! i hope so! >> first on "cbs this morning," the test of the hyperloop, we'll talk to the company hoping to revolutionize travel. you're watching "cbs this morning." cbs morning round sponsored by dr. scholes o orthotor orthot orthotics. scholes's pain-relieving orthotics. even on the escalator. that can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. scholl's orthotics. clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes. so kee

details about the experimental treatment that started at penn and chop in the treatment of child leukemia. >> reporter: we have breaking news about patco, details when we come right back. it's blinds to go's anniversary summer bogo sale. buy any blinds or shades and take half off your next item. all blinds! all shades! the entire store! buy one get one half off. it's our biggest sale of the year! come celebrate and save. blinds to go. blinds for life. it's blinds to go's anniversary summer bogo sale. buy any blinds or shades and take half off your next item. all blinds! all shades! the entire store! buy one get one half off. it's our biggest sale of the year! come celebrate and save. blinds to go. blinds for life. we've majoring breaking news, chopper 6 hd is live above in farm in solbury township, this is where for the past few days there's been an intense and frantic search for four missing young men from bucks county. in the overnight hours came word that human remains had been found. one i.d. made of dean finocchiaro among other remains that have not been i.d. not clear if it is the t

>>> we have some sad news to pass along about a teenager we've been reporting on whose battling leukemia. darrell akins lost the battle after sieving his diploma. he lived thee years after doctors expected after he got a bone marrow transplant last spring. akins would have been 19 years old in august. >>> investigators in watch state are trying to figure out what caused a derail this afternoon. the the loco motivate and baggage car wen off the track in bridge if washington this average. 267 passengers on board, no one was seriously hurt. the train was traveling between british colombia and yew jeek o oregon. hope you had a chance to enjoy the weekend today. the sun is down but the question you're really asking is what is it going to look like an the fourth. here's drew. >> we got the fog out right now along the coast and immediate bay. the fog is going to linger for the holiday weekend. we'll pinpoint which location coming up in the forecast. >>> and gushing water and street buckling. not what you want to deal with on a holiday weekend. the big mess in one california community today. and

alison: a big step by the food and the drug administration in the fight against leukemia.wo hours ago a panel of the cancer experts unanimously approved a that would become the first approved gene therapy in the u.s. it would use the patient's own cancer cells to create a therapy to specifically target it. that vote comes as scientists at the university of virginia say they have figured out a way to safely turn off genes. scientists say for the first time they can silence certain genes without harming the surrounding cells. that could be a step to curing some genetic diseases. >> for a lot of the genes in the body, we still don't know the functions. so now we are able to go anden activate genes -- and inactivate the gene to see what they are doing. larry: right now scientists are tracking a massive iceberg that has broken away from antarctica. it's the fourth largest ice shelf on the con innocent. it lost 12% of the size when the section broke off. it wei measures at 2200 square miles. by comparison that is the size of delaware. another way to put it in perspective. if the

23-year-old was inspired to join the bone marrow registry after his best friend's brother died of leukemia. he did not hesitate to be her donor. >> my family and i wanted to let you know it has been a joy to wake up every morning because you were able to sacrifice your time and effort to just save someone you didn't even know. >> wow. trish is vietnamese and the donor is filipino making this an unusual match. the asian american donor program shows it's an example how important it is for people to register especially minorities. >> her story is a good awareness campaign. >> and she is 14 and appreciating life like that. >> every day. >>> we are here now with the micro climate forecast as we gear up for a holiday weekend. >> we have been off to a good start on this saturday and similar conditions on sunday. if you liked today you will like tomorrow as well. right now enjoying cooler conditions and starting to see clouds rolling in. in the south bay, 59 degrees. and in san francisco there it is, you can see some hazy skies and patchy fog that will start to get more dense overnight. north bay

recurrent leukemia or leukemia that's not responding to treatment is rare with children. 90% is cureds is a life-saver >> it's amay amazing to see medicine advance. dr. agus, thanks for always joining us. >>> ahead, why tech giants like google is facing issues with the internet. >>> plus, a train that can travel in just 30 minutes. can they do it from d.c. to new york. first on "cbs this morning," first test of the hyperloupe. hoping to revolutionalize travel. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs "morning rounds" sponsored by dr. scholes's pain-relieving orthotics. even on the escalator. that can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. scholl's orthotics. clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes. so keep on climbing, sarah. you're killing it. dr. scholl's. born to move. event is in full swing. they are not listening to me. watch this. who wants ice creeaaaaaam!? so that's how you get them to listen. take on summer right with ford, america's

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in 2012 she was dying from one of the most common forms of leukemia called a.l.l. nothing was helping until an sfeermtal therapy called carr t. >> you'd said this it would have seen like a far stretch. >> her survival has stretched five years cancer three. it involves extracting special immune system cells from the patient and regramg them. the new cells are then infused back into the body, trained to fight and destroy the cancer. >> it's a very good patients for a lot of people but for those whom it doesn't work, it's a game changer. >> it can come with severe side effects. >> any pain anywhere? >> other therapies are under investigation. it's shown to work in 80% of patients with aggressive nonhodgkin's lymphoma and send >> you may not be thinking about football just yet, but fed ex field was full of action today mostly with people stuffing their faces with food. it's part of the taste of fed ex field where chefs and vendors roll out new recipes and reinvent old ones. we talked to some folks who are quite impressed with the new spread. >> everything looks delicio

. >>> "the new york times" reports that a groundbreaking leukemia drug will soon be on the market.esterday they adviseded regulators to approve a treatment. it is first to fight cancer by genetically altering a patient's own immune cells. the fda is expected to accept the recommendation. >>> california times shows beaches closing if california. a man w the detroit free press tries to determine whether kid rock's plans were serious or a publicity stunt. he said it's real. he has two challengers to debbie stabenow. >>> and "glamour" notes malala has celebrated her birthday. the nobel prize winner is on a summer-long tour urging girls worldwide to stay in school. >>> still ahead, a new flight plan for united the airline rolls out new options for passengers on overbooked flights. everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze fabric refresher with odorclear technology... ...cleans away odors like never before. because the things you love the most can stink. and plug in febreze to keep your whole room fresh for up... ...to 45 days. breathe happy with new febreze. (hard e

the rain has finally ended in yap leukemia and lymphoma society you still have a shower north of there. there are some areas where the weather is not fantastic. north of frederick where there bass severe thunderstorm that blue through earlier this afternoon. but within the nex hours the rain should come to an en. it has cooled of arrested on an outstanding off. it feels nice out there with a decent breeze in d.c. 74 in gaithersburg, p 7 in dulles and 68 in winchester. so if you're not under the rain drops it feels pretty good. fox futurecast showing us some of the showers coming to an end overnight. tomorrow as we start off at 8:0. the humidity will be back. low temperatures overnight rag ing from the low 70s to the mid 70s. back to work for many of you usual ' going to hit the roads. mostly cloudy skies humid in the day. there is a chance of thunderstorm, a better chance of storms on thursday as we enter a pretty unsettled weather plan. i'll have all the details coming up. we have some good news for the people celebrating the fourth of july. metro is staying 30 minutes. which means th

doctors say it's shown results in clinical trials against blood cancer like leukemia and lymphoma about bad side effects and it's expensive. >> when you put in all these t- cells that are turned on, the patients many times go into a significant distress syndrome affecting the brain and other parts of the body. nobody has died. but this cancer is lethal within weeks or months. the side effects are real. the analysts say it will cost 3$00,000 to $600,000. >> it has worked well in patients with no other options after chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants. 39% of patients who got the treatment e tur-free nine months later. >>> a massive iceberg roughly the size of delaware has broken free in antarctica. the scientists are watching it to see how it might affect sea levels. >> reporter: scientists have been watching this iceberg, weighing more 1 trillion tons broke away this week. >> this is astounding! scientists believed that the west antarctic was stable for centuries to come! yet within our own lifetime, we're seeing the gradual breakup of the south pole. >> reporter: this physics prof

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he was first diagnosed with leukemia two years ago and we have been following his journey every since. his funeral begins at 10:00 this morning. >>> 5:09 right now. all new this morning we now know how much the oakland raiders are going pay to move to los angeles. according to raids they're going to shell out $378 million over ten years. right now, the target for their move is 2020. in march the league approved the team's plan to change cities nt. >>> and more money problems at levi stadium. an audit conduct by the city of santa clara shows stadium management, the 40 nine esz owes taxpayers more than $4,000,000. that's money that spent on games and events. they could owe the city $700,000 for parking on a city golf course. the 49ers for their part called the audit erroneous information. this has been an ongoing battling between the 49ers which profrtded the city's mayor to order that audit. >>> it's 5:10 and as you get started this morning we do have some mostly clear skies in oakland and it will be at 60 degrees and 68 degrees at noon with a nice little light breeze, highs reaching t

. >>> the food and drug administration has endorse add new treatment for advanced leukemia. advisory panel given unanimous support for the drug known as company don't 19 gene therapy for patients between three and 25 years old. doctors say the treatment will give patient as better chance at survival. >>> all right sean what's coming up in sports? >> iain the nfl might have a strike on their hands. guess what? i'm here for it after seeing all the money players are getting in the nba, richard sherman thinks the players in the nfl should be willing to strike. i'll tell you why i'm 100% with him. that's coming up next in my sports commentary. >> again we have been following breaking news. a person of interest has been picked up tonight in northeast philadelphia. he's being held by police waiting for bucks county authorities to pick him up and question him in connection with the case of those four missing young men in bucks county. cosmo dinardo's attorney says they confessed to those murders today. ♪ >>> sean bell talks about the possibility of their being a strike in the nfl. h

. >>> "the new york times" reports that a groundbreaking leukemia drug will soon be on the market.xperts yesterday advised federal regulators to approve a treatment pioneered by novartis. it's the first to fight cancer by genetically altering a patient's own immune cells. the fda is expected to accept the recommendation. >>> the "los angeles times" report as closing of several beaches due to a near shark attack. he wasn't hurt, but water activities are forbidden in the area until saturday. >>> the "detroit free press" tries to does certain whether kid rock's plans are serious or a publicity stunt. the rocker tweeted a site kid rock for senate and he claims it's real. michigan has two viable challengers to debbie stabenow. >>> and "glamour" notes malala yousafzai visited iraq to visit with girls. the nobel prize winner is on a summer-long tour urging girls worldwide to stay in school. >>> still ahead, a new flight plan for united. the airline rolls out new options for passengers on overbooked flights. options for passengers on overbooked flights. everything. i love you, but sometime