. >> your top tweets are ahead and why did nbc let maria shriver report on her own movie? ort on her own movie. test clear >> this is over the line when nbc did a feature on "still alice," a drama about alzheimer's disease brian williams went to a famous correspondent. >> there is talk of an oscar nomination for the star and the film is something of a passion project for one of the producers, maria shriver who watched her own father sergeant shriver slip away in the clutch of alzheimer's disease. >> people compare this to "philadelphia," what "philadelphia," did for aids, "still alice," can do for a disease. >> her performance bringing new attention to a devastating disease. >> maria shriver, nbc news, los angeles. >> why would number have the woman an executive producer of the project "report," on her own movie. they did mentioned $15,000 which she is donating to charity but if nbc believed this was worth precious air time it should have been assigned to anyone. >> and now a rating slide for nielsen numbers with a solution to dump nielsen and cnbc has dropped nielsen. >>

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. >> diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, and maria shriver is an executive producer of the film.king about how they hope to change the face of the disease. >> i don't know who i am and i don't know what i'm going to lose next. >> critics say this is julianne moore at her best. >> and everything i've worked for in my entire life. >> she plays alice, a wife mother of three, and linguistics professor who, at just 50 years old, is diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's disease. her memory speech and identity slowly slipping away. >> what were you trying to evoke from this character? what did you want the world to see? what did you identify with? >> what it feels like. it's what people find so terrifying about alzheimer's. it's about cognitive decline. it forces you to examine how much time you have how you want to spend it. >> reporter: the film based on the best selling book tells the story of more than 5.2 million americans living with alzheimer's. 200,000 have early onset, which strikes as young as your 30s. >> my biggest hope for the book and the movie is for people to understand

. >> maria shriver is the executive producer of this movie.ntion to alzheimer's disease. you and julianne moore take part in that. have you had any personal experience with the disease prior to this? >> i have not, no. and have not. but i oddly feel i've been able to reap the benefits of this experience without the pain that goes along with actually having a relative or a friend that has to struggle through that. >> you learned a lot about it because of the movie? >> yeah. hopefully that energy, when something is truly real on screen and somebody is actually experiencing something and to be in julie oon's presence, you have to be a sociopath to not have a real connection and be truly affected by what she's doing. it's contagious. it comes across. i think audiences are going to be able to grow in the same way that we did. >> let me talk about you a little bit. i haven't interviewed you all that many times. the times i have, i come away with the idea that you're very comfortable with one aspect of this career, the working actress. >> yeah. >> an

. >> congratulations on the win and by the way, maria shriver was an executive producer.ebruary. look for it. >> coming up another acclaimed actress, siena miller is here. the star on brought way. last time you dropped something. remind me to pick that up. first your local news. >>> good morning, i'm renee she not here's a lye look at cape may where you can see a decent amount of snowfall covering the roadways and we're still seeing snow coming down. a closer look at the radar shows the snow has moved into the southern parts of burlington county. here's the entire system. all points south of the i-95 corridor expected to see light snow today but clearing as we head into the afternoon. it's going to be a very cold day. temperatures range between 27 and 34 degrees. >> for some it is a snowy commute so let's get a check on traffic from jillian mele. >> you have that exactly right. route 1 right near collins street and you can see the roads are definitely pretty slippery out there so slow down and take your time. we're not reporting any serious accidents along route 1 and als

maria shriver was an executive producer. >> that's right.os angeles and nationwide in february. so you want to look for. okay, matt. >> savannah thanks very much. coming up another acclaimed actress. kwot request american sniper" sienna miller. last time you dropped something. remind me to pick that up for you. but first your local news. morning to you. 8:26. developing story in san jose. crews are at the scene of an early morning warehouse fire. crews put out the fire a little more than an hour. so far no reports of injuries but firefighters are concerned there may have been squatters ss living inside. >>> happening now, the drama nearly over for the yosemite climbers on the elcap atonnow a short distance from history. kevin jorgeson and tommy caldwell are expected to reach the summit today. over 18 days they climbed the rock face with nothing but their hands and feet. they're also tethered to safety ropes. >> more impressive details on the historic attempt. the wall they're climbing is 3,000 feet tall. about 3,000 times the height of the t