i might have to start ordering liver. >> liver pate, right? >> liver. i'm choking on the crunchiness. >> it is chicken liver pate. >> outstanding effort. all those great restaurants will be there. thank you, ava. she is brave and tried all kinds of new stuff. we had a front go through last night. that triggered some big thunderstorms in some neighborhoods. the wind has shifted to the north. we looked upstream and we see temperatures in the 50's and 60's in new england. it will be nice for 24 hours. 69 in jarrettsville. the dew points have dropped into the mid to upper 50's. 58 at the airport. 55 in york. precipitation was, nothing showing up around us -- precipitation wise. we will jump back into the mid 90's tomorrow. today will be about as nice as it gets for july. low humidity and mostly sunny skies. the heat comes back tomorrow. 95 on thursday with a slight chance for a thunderstorm. 90's on friday. a front will go through on friday night and that's it knocked the temperatures back into the mid to upper a 90's. maybe a lingering shower on saturday.

we have a liver transplant program. we did 71 liver transplants last year with outcomes that are among the best in the nation. in fact, of the 111 programs, no one has better outcomes than we do in this nation. we do that with a research and the dedication of our staff. we have a research program which we have put together essentially in a rather old fashioned way. we have one of the country's very few liver depositories, where we keep material from people withstages to help undere stages of the process. we have done this to be able to understand, and the clinical from only makes sense. >> seeing no other public comment, we are closing public comment after five and a half hours, thank you so much to everyone who is here and various labour organizations as well. give i wonder if you have any closing comments. thank you so much for the presentations and stamina. >> in terms of the news we delivered earlier, if it is impossible to believe anyone could be more frustrated than you over this news, it is us, and we are very ha

they transplanted a portion of a liver and regenerated into a full size organ.he was low on the list for transplant so they used a piece of her sister's liver. distribution now consider it a success after the liver fully regenerated. >> carolyn: that is remarkable. let's check in with what the weekend forecast. >> spencer christian is in tonight. >> the weekend is looking good. this evening looks good, as well. on the east bay hills, fog rolling in from the coastline. it continues to do so. live doppler 7-hd and hint of some of the fog near the coast beginning to push locally across the bay. these are current temperature readings, 58 in oakland, 60 in san rafael. here come the highlights fog moves locally and warming trend begins tomorrow. warmer pattern is going to hold through next week. follow the time line. the alignment producing nice pattern. offshore breeze. notice the fog pushing locally across the bay to many inland locations. by 5:00 in the morning we'll have lots of fog around. drizzle around the coastline. there will be some wet spots. overnight, low

they transplanted a portion of a liver and regenerated into a full size organ.he was low on the list for transplant so they used a piece of her sister's liver. distribution now consider it a success after the liver fully regenerated. >> carolyn: that is remarkable. let's check in with what the weekend forecast. >> spencer christian is in tonight. >> the weekend is looking good. this evening looks good, as well. on the east bay hills, fog rolling in from the coastline. it continues to do so. live doppler 7-hd and hint of some of the fog near the coast beginning to push locally across the bay. these are current temperature readings, 58 in oakland, 60 in san rafael. here come the highlights fog moves locally and warming trend begins tomorrow. warmer pattern is going to hold through next week. follow the time line. the alignment producing nice pattern. offshore breeze. notice the fog pushing locally across the bay to many inland locations. by 5:00 in the morning we'll have lots of fog around. drizzle around the coastline. there will be some wet spots. overnight, low

here at alexander steak house -- [chanting] >> diners feasted on the duck and goose liver last night. >> it's good, but i -- i mean, i'm not missing anything in my life if i never eat it againishing here at alexander steak house, the toy foie gras was a huge success. >> alexander's is where protesters decided to denounce the last mass feeding on the liver of the animals they say suffer the extreme cruelty of force-feeding to provide what the call a questionable delicacy. >> california ya legislators did the right thing when they passed the ban. >> an i-team report sowed the seeds for the ban in the california legislature eight years ago. tonight, a dozen san francisco restaurants said goodbye to he liver, at this restaurant on sacramento street, enough liver for 50 people were delivered. >> last knight of foie gras, can have it on anything for $5. >> the restaurant was fill with customers for the meal, as was this restaurant. the executive director says he has never seep such a response to this dish, specially sense they have had a farewell to foie gras special for the past 12 days an

. >> the liver is remarkable organ and made of eight segments so you can take pieces of the liver and it will function perfectly well. >> reporter: this transplant costs tens of thousands of dollars but under britain's national health service or nhs, the patient doesn't pay a thing. >> when patients come to us, we only evaluate them from the point of view than need. do they need a liver transplant? the cost never comes into it. as a surgeon, i love that because it means the focus is on the care that i can deliver. >> nobody pays a doctor's bill on the nhs. people will go their entire life without paying a single up front cost. hello. >> reporter: dr. claire girardi is the chair of britain's college of general practitioners. >> are health services fair? it's irrespective of what you can afford and your illness. you will be able to access health care and that is what we require and that is what is a fair and honest health system. >> reporter: compare that to the u.s. where an estimated 137,000 people died over seven years because they were uninsured. of course, the britts do pay for the

here at alexander steak house -- [chanting] >> diners feasted on the duck and goose liver last night. >> it's good, but i -- i mean, i'm not missing anything in my life if i never eat it againishing here at alexander steak house, the toy foie gras was a huge success. >> alexander's is where protesters decided to denounce the last mass feeding on the liver of the animals they say suffer the extreme cruelty of force-feeding to provide what the call a questionable delicacy. >> california ya legislators did the right thing when they passed the ban. >> an i-team report sowed the seeds for the ban in the california legislature eight years ago. tonight, a dozen san francisco restaurants said goodbye to he liver, at this restaurant on sacramento street, enough liver for 50 people were delivered. >> last knight of foie gras, can have it on anything for $5. >> the restaurant was fill with customers for the meal, as was this restaurant. the executive director says he has never seep such a response to this dish, specially sense they have had a farewell to foie gras special for the past 12 days an

it literally means fat liver. california's ban went into effect on july 1st we know that at least two bay area restaurants will still serve the delicacy. the presidio is on federal land so it is exempt from the state ban. beginning at 4:00 this afternoon, the presidio social club will continuing service as a staple on its menu. at tva in mt. view the head chef says he is not selling it, he is giving it away >> is it legal? >> is, the law clearly states that selling and producing it in california is illegal. there are no ducks on our property, i am not selling it were getting any profit from it. i'm giving away as a gift from me. >> a lawsuit has already been filed against the band in california. among the planets are a group of restaurant owners that owned restaurants near l.a.. in addition to these special $48 dinner for two, guests can add the seared delicacy for an additional $18. >> palo alto could become the latest be area city to allow medical marijuana dispensaries. city council members are expected to pass

they transplanted a portion of a liver and regenerated into a full size organ. was low on the list for transplant so they used a piece of her sister's liver. distribution now consider it a success after the liver fully regenerated. >> carolyn: that is remarkable. let's check in with what the weekend forecast. >> spencer christian is in tonight. >> the weekend is looking good. this evening looks good, as well. on the east bay hills, fog rolling in from the coastline. it continues to do so. live doppler 7-hd and hint of some of the fog near the coast beginning to push locally across the bay. these are current temperature readings, 58 in oakland, 60 in san rafael. here come the highlights fog moves locally and warming trend begins tomorrow. warmer pattern is going to hold through next week. follow the time line. the alignment producing nice pattern. offshore breeze. notice the fog pushing locally across the bay to many inland locations. by 5:00 in the morning we'll have lots of fog around. drizzle around the coastline. there will be some wet spots. overnight, low t

the restaurant has to be fined for serving the duck liver.in production was banned after july 1st. the protesters showed up at the restaurant and they say the sale was unlawful. >> it is in violation of the flagra bran even if they are giving it away for free. >> they have been in mountain view for 30 years. they say the protesters are wrong. he carries the copy of the ban in his shirt pocket in case he has to prove it. he says the ban violates his rights. >> the government is stepping in and telling me what i can cook and what i can eat and what i can serve? where do you draw the line? >> he says this leftover flagra is being given to customers as a gift to their patronage. he tried to talk to protesters and tell them he supports animal rights. he will only give away the liver produced humanely. >> the minute we find out the sources we buy are not properly done, we will stop. if the law says you cannot have the legal purchase to customers we will stop that too. >> he did have his defenders. a few people came to show support if not for the li

the restaurant has to be fined for serving the duck liver. the sale in production was banned after july 1st. the protesters showed up at the restaurant and they say the sale was unlawful. >> it is in violation of the flagra bran even if they are giving it away for free. >> they have been in mountain view for 30 years. they say the protesters are wrong. he carries the copy of the ban in his shirt pocket in case he has to prove it. he says the ban violates his rights. >> the government is stepping in and telling me what i can cook and what i can eat and what i can serve? where do you draw the line? >> he says this leftover flagra is being given to customers as a gift to their patronage. he tried to talk to protesters and tell them he supports animal rights. he will only give away the liver produced humanely. >> the minute we find out the sources we buy are not properly done, we will stop. if the law says you cannot have the legal purchase to customers we will stop that too. >> he did have his defenders. a few people came to show support if not

the restaurant has to be fined for serving the duck liver.banned after july 1st. the protesters showed up at the restaurant and they say the sale was unlawful. >> in violation of in violatione flagra bran even if they are giving it away for free. >> they have been in mountain view for 30 years. they say the protesters are wrong. he carries the copy of the ban in his shirt pocket in case he has to prove it. he says the ban violates his rights. >> the government is stepping in and telling me what i can cook and what i can eat and what i can serve? where do you draw the line? >> he says this leftover flagra is being given to customers as a gift to their patronage. he tried to talk to protesters and tell them he supports animal rights. he will only give away the liver produced humanely. >> the minute we find out the sources we buy are not properly done, we will stop. if the law says you cannot have the legal purchase to customers we will stop that too. >> he did have his defenders. a few people came to show support if not for the liver, but for t

liver problems. >> all right. follow this. appreciate it so much. also according to the cdc about 3.2 million people in the u.s. are living with chronic hepatitis c infections but most people don't know they're infected because they don't look or feel sick. >>> i want to take you now to the dominican republic where the life of a sick 16-year-old girl hangs in the balance because saving her will mean breaking the law. here's rafael romo with the story. >> reporter: at this hospital in santo domingo a teenage girl awaits a life or death decision. the 16-year-old girl is dying of acute leukemia and needs chemotherapy. but she is 9 weeks' pregnant and doctors fear the treatment would terminate the pregnancy, a violation of dominican antiabortion laws. >> translator: my daughter's life is first. i know abortion is a sin and that it goes against the law because i'm a teacher but my daughter's health is first. >> reporter: under dominican law life begins at conception and abortion is strictly prohibited. a bioethics coun

available. >> he gave his liver. >> he wanted to do it immediately like let's go.t to do it now. >> they put us through a rigorous screening process to make sure you're going to be pretty much the say as you were before the surgery and i put my faith in their hands and it really wasn't about that. it was just fix jen. we don't have much time. she only has a few hours to live. >> i think we were in a desperate situation where we didn't have any other options to save her life. >> that touches us in some ways to see her recover and to see him save her life like that, you don't see that that often. probably within about three to four weeks she was fairly functional doing well. he recovered pretty quickly. as a matter of fact, within 12 hours he was in jen's room holding her hand. >> it's amazing just, you know, to think somebody loves you that much that they think you deserve a second chance at life like that. that's true love. it really is. throughout the whole process you get toen them as people as well and they're really kind and compassionate people and like i said

and his fatty liver, which is like foie gras from eating too many carbs, became healthy. and, by the way, because of diabesity, 70 to 90 million americans have foie gras for a liver. now, all of george's other symptoms and his diseases vanished. and here he is after. helost 140 lbs as a side effect of getting healthy. i didn't treat all his diseases individually. 20 drugs for 20 diseases? that's craziness. his diseases went away as a side effect of creating health. and he became 20 years younger, biologically. now, just because doctors don't often get these kinds of results with medication and surgery doesn't mean they're not possible. we buy into four big myths that are keeping us fat and sick. so let me take apart these myths one by one. the first myth is 're taught that diabetes is genetic. but scientists have not been able to find the obesity or diabetes gene because they don't exist. in fact, there's a whole set of genes that interact with your environment that determines if you'll become obese or diabetic. you see, the genes load the gun, but it's the environment th

. >>> a restaurant is the latest to find a loophole in the new ban on duck liver. how they say they can legally serve it and why that is stirring a protest. >> reporter: here is a menu tonight -- while it's not listed as a menu item if you look at the bottom at fine print it says it comes the chief for free and that's creating controversy and frenzy. >> no duck liver. it's against the law. . >> reporter: a couple dozen lined the streets holding signs and graphic photographs showing ducks and geese being force fed in horrible conditions. >> cruel. >> you think it's cruel? >> you know i think -- maybe. >> reporter: protesters say the restaurant is one of two bay area restaurants violating the california duck liver ban that went into effect july 1st. the law prohibits the sale of it as well as force feed age bird toen large the liver. >> i was a undercover cruelty investigator for the league. we saw duck that were unable to stand, to walk, to breathe. >> reporter: the owner and chef defend their decision to continue serving it, its part of their 130-dollar tasting men

. >>> a restaurant is the latest to find a loophole in the new ban on duck liver. we are live in mountain view with how they say they can legally serve it and why that is stirring a protest. >> reporter: here is a menu tonight -- while it's not listed as a menu item if you look at the bottom at fine print it says it comes the chief for free and that's creating controversy and frenzy. >> no duck liver. it's against the law. . >> reporter: a couple dozen lined the streets holding signs and graphic photographs showing ducks and geese being force fed in horrible conditions. >> cruel. >> you think it's cruel? >> you know i think -- maybe. >> reporter: protesters say the restaurant is one of two bay area restaurants violating the california duck liver ban that went into effect july 1st. the law prohibits the sale of it as well as force feed age bird toen large the liver. >> i was a undercover cruelty investigator for the league. we saw duck that were unable to stand, to walk, to breathe. >> reporter: the owner and chef defend their decision to continue serving it, its pa

severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported.igns include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, including those for migraine and while on cymbalta, call right away if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles or serious allergic skin reactions like blisters, peeling rash, hives, or mouth sores to address possible life-threatening conditions. talk about your alcohol use, liver disease and before you reduce or stop cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. >>> after her stunning debut as the new bond girl at the opening ceremony. queen elizabeth toured the olympic village. one british volleyballer gave her a perfect 10 for her landing agent the stadium. how did her majesty get talked into askit? abc's nick schifrin has more. >> reporter: this is no set. up the queen as actual steps, with queen's actual corgis and her actual butler.

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it can damage or shut down normal liver function. >> how did they let it happen? >> he worked in several states including maryland. no one is known to be infected here. he wrote a suicide note the week before his arrest saying he "couldn't handle the stress anymore." >>> timing is everything. in the wake of last month's storms, bge wants a rate increase. they need more money to make improvement. an average customer would pay $0.62 more for gas. it would go into effect by state regulators. >>> the aging ininfrastructure. this is the photo of the main street bridge. you can see a large crack. light street turned into a river. the main gate repairs will take at least another week. >>> tens of thousands of soccer fans will come. it means international exposure for trump city. monique griego has more on the impact. monique? >> reporter: well, vic, excitement over tomorrow's match-up is already building and fans from all over the world are expected to boost local businesses. it's not the football we're used to seeing at m&t bank stadium, but saturday, a faceoff between

restaurants are serving their final dinners liver lovers have opened reporter teresa garcia has more. >>> california's top chefs are gathered in one kitchen fighting for the right to serve foie gras >>> it is a tree and you don't eat it every day as of july 1st california becomes the first date to ban the production and sale of the foie gras delicacy the countdown has set of activity chef seven organizing fund-raisers to overturn the law. foie gras on comes from the fat lever of ducks and geese. animal rights activists have sought to ban it for years california gave restaurants and producers plenty of notice the ban was the lead for eight years. now the state's only foie gras farm is closing down and in the final days the debate over animal cruelty and not let up. >>> enlarge their livers. >>> my understanding the ducks do not feel the pain >>> the chef believes foie gras will be back >>> you can't replace it with something else it is unique >>> in the city of chicago and out of the delicacy in 2006, the ban lasted less than two years to raise the garcia cbs news los angeles >>> calif

. >> the liver is a remarkable organ. you can take pieces of the liver and it will function perfectly well. >> this transplant costs 10s of thousands of dollars. but the patient doesn't pay a thing. >> when pashltients come to us, only evaluate them as if they need a transplant. the cost doesn't come into play. >> nobody pays a doctor's bill in the nhs. people will go their entire life without paying a single up front cross. >> dr. claire is the chair of britain's royal college of general practitioners. >> our health service is fair. irrespective of what you can afford, you will be able to access health care. that is what we require. that is what is a fair and honest health system. >> compare that to the u.s. where an estimated 137,000 people died over seven years because they were uninsured. of course, the brits do pay for their health care in another way. with taxes. the sales tax is a whopping 20%. and income taxes are as high as 50%. all of that money feeds a health care bohemoth with well over one million people on t

after dating for three years, jennifer's liver began failing. >> a transplant was her only option turns out her boyfriend was a perfect match. fox 5s. photo journalist, gwen watkins has their incredible story >> other than being tired, i have no memory of feeling so ill. >> she called me, maybe 25 to 30 times over the course of a few hours and that was odd because when i would answer the phone, she would say hey, what's going on and i would say what's up and she would act as if she hasn't called me 5 minutes earlier >> i was acting almost as if i was just extremely disoriented late inner the week he said i was not responding to text messages or e-mails. >> there is nothing radio silence so i knew something was wrong. >> her liver was failing so she came to us, in what we call liver failure. >> jen came in in dire states, absolutely critical she was rapidly progressing before her family's eyes. >> i have no recollection 06 being in the er -- of being in the er beforehand >> i went in and broke down as soon as i saw her that was the worst feeling, so when she was in front of me physically

if the same type of liver were sold from another liver it would be prohibited. it is made by force feeding ducks and geese to fatten their livers. >>> several other new laws are in effect, coming up we will detail some of them and some that may effect you. >>> stubborn fog, low clouds and drizzle this morning. you could see the clouds hanging out near the shoreline, heading into san francisco bay. over cast. san francisco, oakland, hayward, redwood city and fremont and the clouds will be a factor into the over night hours -- over night hours. the temperatures across the country. you can see here. look at all the warm numbers, hot numbers towards d.c., mid- 90s. 95. atlanta 94 and st. louis right now currently 97 degrees. compare that othe bay area -- to the bay area, mild numbers out there, santa rosa 80 degrees. san jose 74. san francisco 63. here is a look that cloud forecast, showing you this, low clouds and dog heading back into the bay. you can see, this is -- and fog heading back into the bay. you can see, this is clearing back to near the shoreline. over

about a dozen san francisco restaurants said goodbye to the liver. another liver nor 50 people. >> foie gras, anything for $5. >> they were filled with customers as with a restaurant on embarcadero. he says he has never seen a response to such dish since they had a farewell to foie gras. they have gone through 40 found in the last two days along. >> we have french-fries and side dishes. >> it's a sad xhan terry that these people are indulging that results in such cruelty. >> the chef says the fight isn't over the they are working with legislators to overturn the ban and they rights activists say they are going to sue. >> more state laws take effect on today to require health care shooshers to require the treatment of autism. those that apply permanent cosmetics will have to register with the local government. there is also a new law to protect car buyers, to mark used vehicles with bright red warnings stickers if they are listed in the database as junk, salvaged or damaged by floods. >> starting today you are going to pay more to ride transit. bart i

tonight is california's swan song to goose and duck liver pate. what are you doing with the leftovers? >> i don't believe we'll have any leftovers. maybe i'll have a sliver of it at the end of the evening with a glass of champagne and say, "you know what? thank you." >> reporter: au revoir, but not adieu. in 49 other states, fois gras is still legal. david wright, abc news, santa monica. >> david, thank you. >>> when we come back, that time change coming tonight we didn't even realize. why every second counts this saturday night. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin, with pradaxa, there's no need for regular blood tests. that's really important to me. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding and seek immed

instead of selling the duck liver delicacy, one restaurant is giving it away for free while supplies last. people are ticketing outside even serving it for free violates the state ban. we have more on the controversy at chez tj. >> stop foie gras it's against the law. >> chez tjs in mountain view was turned in by a local resident for giving away foie gras. animal rights activists say the restaurant has to be find for serving the duck liver that was band as of july 1st. the protesters who showed up say serving it at all is unlawful. >> it's in violation of the california foie gras ban, even if they say they are giving it away for free. it's still a violation of the law. >> chez tj has been here for 30 years. the chef said the protesters are wrong. he carries a copy of the want in his shirt pocket in case he has to prove it. he said the ban is overstepping his rights. >> the government steps in and tells you what i can eat, what i can serve. where do you draw the line? >> the chef has said the leftover foie gras is being given to his customers as a gift for their continued patronage. h

last week, the social club served the duck liver dish as planned. that didn't sit well with the presidio trust, which administrators the park. now the restaurant has decided not to sell or promote it. the ban was triggered by a 2003i team report in the forced feeting of ducks to enlarge their livers. it went into effect on july 1. we want to take a minute to say thank you, bay area. you helped raise thousands of dollars for bay area foster children just by liking abc 7 news on facebook. just a few of our news fans, elaine from santa rosa and laurie w from san jose, thank you very much. and you can still make a difference and maybe get mentioned on the news. just like abc 7 news on facebook right now examine one dollar will be donated to the abc 7 sleep train dream campaign. >>> lisa is in for lee glasser. beautiful day out there. hot in other areas. >> yeah. 100 today. average high, 89. you can see what's on the way. the fog is beginning to move underneath the golden gate bridge. very difficult fuse examine shallow layer. pretty quiet. but we will l

today it is officially illegal to make or sell the fat 'ed goo or duck liver in california. at least one san francisco resident is considering a way to serve it for free. charging only for expensive toast points that come with it. foie gras is made by force-feeding the animals to make their livers grow bigger as op obtained by our i-team. >> a dog that a family thought was lost is back home. >> alan: the family's painful decision and an unexpected reunion. >> ama: leigh glaser says temperatures will warm up. the accuweather forecast when we return. >> alan: family in fresno said the thought they're last goodbyes to their injured dog kayla, now kayla is back home and on the mend, kayla was injured when she fell on a spike used to tether her in the yard. she faced expensive surgery with an uncertain outcome so the family made the tough decision to have her put down. >> i gave her a huge hug and start crying and told her that i was so sorry that i was poor, and i hoped she could forgive me. >> crying constantly. just everywhere we looked i would imagine her being there. >> alan

do they need a liver transplant? the cost never comes into it. as a surgeon i love that because the focus is on the care that i can deliver. >> nobody pays a doctor's bill on the nhs. people will go their entire life without paying a single upfront cost. >> the doctor here is the chair of the college of practitioners. >> all service is fair, and it's irrespective of your illness, you will be able to access health care. that is what we require. that is what is a fair and honest health system. >> compare that to the u.s., where an estimated 137,000 people died over seven years because they were uninsured. of course the brits do pay for their health care in another way, with taxes. the sales taxes are a whopping 20%, and income taxes are as high as 50%. all of that money feeds a health care bohemith. the nhs is europe's largest employer with well over 1 million people on the payroll. so you think it would be inefficient. >> that seems sensible, right? the private sector can do things more efficiently. it doesn't work in health care. >> a bureau chie

severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported.ominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, including those for migraine and while on cymbalta, call right away if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles or serious allergic skin reactions like blisters, peeling rash, hives, or mouth sores to address possible life-threatening conditions. talk about your alcohol use, liver disease and before you reduce or stop cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. >>> well, the showdown between michael phelps and ryan lochte may be the biggest rivalry of the olympics. they both qualified moments ago. the big races are coming up. just a little bit of pressure here, bill. >> reporter: just a little bit. there are land people and water people. for those of us who sink like car batteries, you can't help but stand in awe of these two guys. phelps just barely qu

severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported.igns include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all your medicines, including those for migraine and while on cymbalta, call right away if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles or serious allergic skin reactions like blisters, peeling rash, hives, or mouth sores to address possible life-threatening conditions. talk about your alcohol use, liver disease and before you reduce or stop cymbaa.lt dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. >>> president obama and mitt romney are at dueling events this hour, also dueling in the polls with at least three new surveys showing the race is a virtual tie. bob shrum, democratic strategist, ben weber is an adviser to the romney campaign. welcome both. thanks so much. >> glad to be here. >> first to you, bob. let's talk about vice presidents and vice presidential picks. what

that is the tumor in the liver there. this is the one a couple of weeks ago. now we can hardly see these as hardly anything abnormal there. but it has also been sustained for a long period of time. >> that is very encouraging. >> it is extremely encouraging. it is a quite remarkable response, and it is no doubt due to the effects of t-cells in his body. i think the body shows us that if we get this right, we should be able to get the on a reproducible -- probably not in every patient, but in a high proportion of patients. i think we do need to do more trials to test that and probably to improve the process further. >> how do you feel after seeing professor hawkins today? >> very good, actually. very good. it was enlightening to see what he did, and it has given me a bit of a boost, really, because i know now -- i have always known that thereatment is working, but to actually see it on the screen is very, very encouraging. >> his tumor has not gone, but stan is now in long-term remission. ben is on his way to undergo the first part of his treatment, which goes

it is made by force feeding ducks or geese to expand their livers. allie rasmus told us how some restaurants are already finding ways to get around the ban. >> reporter: at the presidio social club, the lunchtime club is used to cold drafts and comfort food. starting this weekend, the restaurant will serve something different. something technically illegal. fatty goose, or duck liver banned in california since july 1, but the presidio social club sits on federal land, and restaurant owners say they're not subject to the ban. >> we don't want to break the law, or flaunt the law, we're just able to under this law, where we are able to serve it legally. >> reporter: under state law, anyone serving foie gras can be subject to a fine. >> people are crafty about getting it out there. >> reporter: a former restaurant manager is advertising a foie gras picnic for $100 a ticket. >> from what i gather, they're going to serve 10 courses of foie gras. >> you bring the foie gras, and they'll cook it for you. >> the presidio social club says their reservations for

there were no donors immediately available. >> rob donated his liver. >> he wanted to do is immediatelyhe was, let's do it now. >> put me through a rigourous screening process, that you'll be pretty much the same you were before the surgery. and i put my faith in their hands, and it really wasn't about that, it was fix jen, we don't have time. she has a few hours left to live. we can deal with that later. >> we were in a desperate situation, where we didn't have other options to save her life. >> touches us in some ways to see her recover and see her save her life like that. you don't see that that often. probably within about three to four weeks she was fairly functional, doing well. he recovered pretty quickly. as a matter of fact, within 12 hours he was in jen's room, holding her hand. >> it's amazing just, you know, just to think somebody loves you that much, that they don't want to, like, they think that you deserve a second chance at life like that. it's true of rob. throughout the whole process, there are kind and passionate people and they fought so hard for me. you can't say en