right now loreal and other european companies are developing alternatives to comply with european union laws requiring a phase out of animal skin test big 2013. >> there was a joyful reunion in a kaiser hospital today that brought back memories to the patients and staff. this is a twin who grew up to have twens of her own at the hospital where she was born. >> little leanne and her brother have a story that goes beyond being twinned. their mom is a twin this, is video of her as a baby, and her brother, james, a proud uncle. >> he loved it more than me. telling everybody, random people in the store. >> there is another twist. this hug at the hospital come was three decades of history. when a pregnant eastbound ony returned to wr she was born, a nurse made the connection. >> i said you're not going believe this, i have a patient that i took care of when she was a preemie. 30 years ago. their jaws dropped. >> abc 7 covered this success of the twins in 1981 because back then it was a medical challenge. eastbound ony less than two pounds. you might recognize her dogtor. >> first note was a p

. >> and cosmetics giant loreal is giving $1.2 million to us us environmental protection agency to help end animal testing. the new partnership was announced in san francisco today at the mosconi center go together epa's tox cast program, comparing methods against data collected from 30 years of testing. >> today's announcement will allow epa to review 20 chemicals that are found commonly in cosmetics and in loreal cosmetics add together more than 1,000 that are in our tata bai.s. >> -- data base. >> the announcement comes a year after a ban on animal test goings into affect in europe. >> coming up next, the massacre in afghanistan. will u.s. soldiers' rampage lead to civil war in the country? an interview with the president. >> a war between states breaks out in lake tahoe. cal being accused of loving the lake, to death. >> the bay area researchers made a break through tonight in fighting a fungus found in frogs. stay with us. the news continues. oorks good evening. the army staff sargeant accused of the massa kef r.ker of 16 civilians over the weekend was there to teach afghans how to

. >>> loreal agreed to give the epa a million dollars to develop new animal free chemical tests. they will compare testing to the old method. they are coming up with the new testing alternative to complain with european union laws. >>> mark is here now with sports. interesting news involving the 49ers. >> you know what, when he feels like playing, he is the best ever, randy moss. if he is in the mood. he was pretty good today. jim harbaugh throwing to him. the coach, because alex smith is not able to do that, not officially signed. randy moss, 35 years old, could have alex smith throwing to him if they sign him. looks like alex smith will be back with the 49ers. they offered him a 3 year deal. they are ironing out some of the last details. and it could be a 3 year deal for alex smith. mean time, cal going to the big dance. although not like they want to. you lose 3-4 and you can't be picky. they are packing it up for ohio. they play south florida. a win earns them a shot friday at temple for the big ncaa tournament. the coach talks today. >> hopefully they have a chip on their sh

if you look up shampoos, this is the most toxic and who is at the top of the list, loreal kids' shampoo. there are many, many companies on this list that are making safer shampoos. this the first that comes up in skin deep. more companies coming out with great new products and all sorts of thing that is you didn't get in the natural space that is available. the good news is innovation, paul, the father of new chemistry. he is way too young to be the father of green chemistry. he is in his mid 40's and now teaching at yale. just got married to the woman that does the green design at yale. both programs are about a year old. the universities are finally trying to get this. amy on the right is the first chemist -- last year more women graduated than men. we have the technologies to figure this out. we need to get the billion dollar beauty companies supporting this research. of course the power of act vision, opi nail products. they are the largest seller of largest products worldwide, 70 countries. they are using -- why don't you take it out of your u.s. products. they weren't too keen on

. >>> cosmetics giant loreal giving 1.2 million dollars to the federal government to help end animalesting in the beauty industry. it was announced in san francisco yesterday. the money will go to the epa's program which compares imagine-free testing methods against data collected from 30 years of animal tests. >>> high sierra is bracing for more snow this week when the storm system moves toward the tahoe basin. in oregon heavy snow has been falling since yesterday the level is expected to drop to the 1,000 foot level today the snow is sticking to the ground and creating slick driving conditions including oregon's coast range. >> tahoe will see that shortly. it is great, the beginning of ski season wasn't so great perhaps the end may be. >> hopefully, maybe they can extent the season. definitely -- they can extend the season. rain and snow for us this weekend good morning. coming up on 5:17. breezes blowing some of the drizzle and light rain falling from emeryville across the bay bridge to san francisco east-west bridges are getting busted by the strong winds, -- getting buffetted by

>> as jim cramer might say, watch out for the companies that make a lot of money, like loreal off the hair products at home. more people going to the salon, may sell less products. >> thank you for watching "street signs" today. >> "closing bell" is next. >> all right. hi, everybody. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo. we're at the new york stock exchange. glad to be joined by my colleague from london, ross westgate. good to see you. >> thank you. it's good to be here. there's a lot of changes since i hosted this show a few years ago. >> the markets are deadly. are you seeing the same inactiviinact tea that we're seeing in the u.s.? >> you know, i would take this, maria, last time i did this show, we had a thousand point decline in two days. this show suggests to me we're giving back some normalcy. and i take that. >> yeah, we'll see that. it's true. we've got sta bill teas in the markets here. gains in technology once again helping the nasdaq in positive territory as we approach the final stretch. are investors in the midst of buying fatigue? we'll talk about that and

. >> reporter: loreal saying it'll give the epa $1.2 million to test 20 ingredients with the robot forecasterrope next year bans sales of animal tested products. >> the problem we have right now is the only possibility is to do it on animals models. >> strange the reason is because the european union is requiring them but then they come to the eps because we have the best models. >> reporter: the machine can find if a chemical causes burke defects, cancer or other health problems. >> these are test that let us see how the chemicals interact with human cells or human molecules. >> reporter: results expected in eye few months. by law united states companies aren't responsible for the safety of tens of thousands of chemicals in the environment. today's partnership could point to a solution to that problem. john fowler >> we have new information this to the channel 2news room. uc san francisco just responded to our call about angel reyes who said she was thrown out of the hospital for using medical marijuana. they said it doesn't allow the use of vaporized marijuana saying even that form of medic

. >> hs, loreal smooths out a battle and gets behind an animal-freeway to test makeup products. >> thatng up. diane sawyer is here now with a look at what she's working on. >> hello, tonight on world news, we wanted to know more about that u.s. soldier who went door to door, killing civilians in afghanistan. and we'll have what she's learned coming up tonight. also, the big political hot button, gas prices is going to measure what your commute costs a year ago, and how much more it costs today, coming up after abc news at 5:00. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today. >>> double dose of traffic for you. starting with downtown san francisco, heavy now. and still a cruise for those folks heading towards the ea

. >> reporter: loreal saying it'll give the epa $1.2 million to test 20 ingredients with the robot forecasterals. europe next year bans sales of animal tested products. >> the problem we have right now is the only possibility is to do it on animals models. >> strange the reason is because the european union is requiring them but then they come to the eps because we have the best models. >> reporter: the machine can find if a chemical causes burke defects, cancer or other health problems. >> these are test that let us see how the chemicals interact with human cells or human molecules. >> reporter: results expected in eye few months. by law united states companies aren't responsible for the safety of tens of thousands of chemicals in the environment. today's partnership could point to a solution to that problem. john fowler >> we have new information this to the channel 2news room. uc san francisco just responded to our call about angel reyes who said she was thrown out of the hospital for using medical marijuana. they said it doesn't allow the use of vaporized marijuana saying even that form o