our good friend, maria shriver has evything you need to knoerw. at togo's >>> we are back now. 8:35 on this wednesday >>> we are back now. 8:35 on this wednesday morning with your health this morning, a closer look at a drug that treats alzheimer's it is that drug that just revealed full approval from the fda. >> our friend maria is here. >> good morning to everybody it is nice to see everybody. the drug is the first fda-approved treatment that slows cognitive decline in some alzheimer's patients there are still questions about its efficacy and safety. so we are taking a deeper look at it and have everything that you need to know some call it a revolution in alzheimer's treatment. >> this gives hope it's momentous. >> for the first time in history, the fda giving full approval to a drug that targets the underlying causes of alzheimer's. it's called leqembi. it is a twice a month infusion treatment for people in the earliest stages of the disease, suffering from mild cognitive impairment they make up about one-third of all alzheimer's patients the

>> maria shriver is back with more on this >> good morning to everybody well, millions of women in this steady rise. and while the u.s. has the highest rate of children living in single-parent households, americans are also much less likely to live in extended families than anywhere else in the world. a reality that has some parents and their children looking for other options. >> we knew that we would be happier, no matter what happened, if we all combined >> it was just such a good opportunity that there was no reason not to. >> reporter: it was four years ago that kim neff came to her kids, samantha and jackson, with an idea. the same one that crystal terry presented to her son, shane. >> i remember the day my mom told me. i was instantly excited. >> reporter: the two moms met when their boys were in the same first grade class and years later went through separations and divorces around the same time in 2019, they decided that they would be better off living together >> you thought, okay, this would be better for us financially we can share the rent, share the utilities, share the gr

here's today show special anchor maria shriver. >> reporter: the number of single mothers in this countryericans are also much less likely to live in extended families than anywhere else in the world. a reality that has some parents and their children looking for other options. >> we knew that we could be happier, no matter what happened. >> it was such a good opportunity that there was a reason not to. >> reporter: it was four years ago that kim came to her kids with an idea, the same one that crystal presented to her son shane. >> i remember the day my mom told me, i was instantly excited. >> reporter: the twom moms went when their boys were in the same first grade class and years later went through separations and divorces at the same time. they decided they would be better off living together. >> you thought okay, this would be better for us financially, share the rent, share the utilities, share the groceries. >> right. >> you could help with childcare. did you think as emotional support? >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> i didn't realize that would be a big benefit of it. >> there's anothe

maria shriver sits down with doctors to talk about the safety of that breakthrough drug coming up at 7:00 after "today in the bay." >>> nbc bay area responds to a peninsula man whose mobile phone deal was a dud. >> he dialed consumer investigator chris chmura's team for some help. >> irvin said he switched to at&t cell service because at&t promised him an $800 credit for each phone he traded in. he sent in three phones using this shipping label. well, a month later, no credit. he messaged at&t reps and got nowhere for four months. so he contacted us. we contacted at&t. it issued a $2,400 credit, plus $250 for the inconvenience. that is a $2,650 win. at&t didn't explain what went wrong, but it did say we resolved irvin's concerns with his trade-in promotion and have applied a courtesy credit to his account. the federal communications administration wasn't involved in his case, but in some instances when you have a phone or internet issue, you can complain at fcc.gov. here is why that's a savvy chess move. fcc says it will serve your phone or internet company with your billing or servi