ten days later, eichner was on his way to portland. within three weeks of his diagnosis he was swallowing his first tablet of medication which druker was instrumental in developing. a drug aimed at tackling the cancer at its roots. i won't leave you in suspense. this is the beginning of the. gary eichner is still alive. was supposed to be here. i was hoping he would walk in right after the excerpt. six months after he began taking the drug that i write about in this book, his test came back 0 out of 20. you remember i said when he was diagnosed he was 20 out of 20 meaning in a sample of cells taken from his bone marrow 20 out of 20 contained a genetic mutation called the philadelphia chromosomes so six months later after taking this drug it was 0 out of 20. i would like to start with that except because i think it shows so much about why this story is important and why i loved it so much because of the impact scientific progress has on our lives and this unstoppable drive that we have to make tomorrow better than yesterday and the leng

maybe still an isolated thunderstorm. 87 in portland. and backing the heat off more into the fourth of july. >> that kind of heat in vegas. we hope what happens there, stays there. keep all that heat. we don't want it. >>> oliver stone, danny glover, shia labeouf, roseanne bar and john cusack joined the campaign pushing for ecuador to grant edwardsnow den political asylum. that's an interesting twist there. >>> the history channel is losing its religion to nbc. yeah, the peacock network picked up they is dwoel the widely successful mini series "the bible." no air date set yet. >>> a fitting final resting place has been selected for rich i havens. next month the folk rocker's ashes will be spread across the legendary site of his breakout performance at the 1969 woodstock music festival. >>> and remember him? ruben studdard is getting a second round of reality television. the season 2 "american idol" champion will be featured on nbc's weight loss show "the biggest loser" this fall. >>> actress gabrielle union has the internet buzzing about

. >>> two people in portland, oregon, say they were kicked out of a cab because they're gay.he women say it happened thursday night when they took a broadway cab to head home from downtown portland. about 15 minutes into the ride they say the cab driver started yelling at them and left them on the side of the highway. they say a second cab refused to pick them up as well. >> the cab driver, i guess, saw us being affectionate and took offense to that. he started shouting really hurtful and mean homophobic remarks at us. we didn't feel safe in the cab. >> the couple climbed a fence and found a police officer who took them home. the women say there is videotape of the incident and they've hired a lawyer. the company said the driver involved has been suspended while it investigates. >>> it is often the worst of circumstances that brings out the best in people. we see it in big ways when people rush to help in a natural disaster. in tonight's bay area proud, we see it in a very intimate way. one stranger helping another to make the best of a heart-wrenching situation. nbc bay area

. >> we are so lucky in portland to have the willamitte river. i mean, we're the bridge city. there are so many bridges, and people cross them to go downtown, and, um, i bet a lot of people don't even look down to see that the river is even still there. now in portland, the willamitte river has a really bad reputation, especially among young people, because all the things that they've heard about the river. "the river is really dirty, don't touch it, there's sewage in there." and what they don't realize is the amount of work that's been done on the river, and the accomplishments that have been made in decreasing pollution. we're doing a great job, but obviously we're not done yet. it's not going to be fixed in 5 years, or 10 years, or 15 years. it's a multigenerational effort. you know, looking at it as a community, and as a community of neighbors, um, nobody likes a bad neighbor. so, i think that knowing that, um, all of your neighbors are doing good things for the river also encourages you to start doing good things for the river as well. i think that we're all interacting w

well, this summer a family doctor in south portland, maine, decided to give that a try. cnn's christine romans went to see how it's going. >> well, come on in. >> reporter: he was fed up. >> just have a seat. >> reporter: the family doctor from portland, maine, used to do lots of paperwork so much it was taking time from his patients. so, earlier this year, he stopped taking medicare and other insurance altogether. >> we asked patients to pay at the time of service just like you would be expected to pay at time of service at your garage, at the barber shop or at the grocery store. >> reporter: under his new system, the doctor's prices are clearly marked on his website. $75 for an office visit. $150 for a complete physical. >> $75. >> reporter: that's roughly in line with how much he'd been receiving from medicare and private insurance plans. with less paperwork, his operating costs are much lower as well. >> we've had real cost savings already in that we've been able to cut our staff down. we have one full-time employee to support me and she answers phones and draws bloo

an hour north of portland, another family practitioner, dr.chael clark, understands ciampi's frustration. >> the idea of a streamlined, simplified billing collection practice is very attractive. a lot of us hunger for a simpler structure to our practices where it could just be about the care we give to our patients. >> reporter: but in this rural community, dr. clark felt he simply couldn't turn away his many senior patients who are reliant on medicare. and some experts say other groups would also be vulnerable. >> there are not that many patients who would be able to put up with this. some very rich patients, of course, they could do this. but a lot of low-income people couldn't afford the fees. >> reporter: but with endless bureaucracy and costs that often seem out of control, some doctors are trying different tactics to stay in business. these cash-only practices are still quite rare, but they are on the rise. a survey from medscape finds only 6% of physicians don't take insurance. but that's up a little bit. it's up from 4% last year. >>>

it is a different type of gridlock and particularly in places of portland or get, it is that it the country but one of the few metropolitan areas go to the web site is called we build green cities. we protect the resources and said we build more denis communities and transit oriented with that has done is have the environment of thugs that basically are experts in sustainable products and services. what has happened last five or seven years given urbanization and in china and india people come to portland to really cast aside the expertise that we have. this is an example to do this sustainable big -- the issue with the world desperately needs. >> i know what you mean. [laughter] >> just two more questions. >> i of a big fan billy and the heat. >> i set you up. [laughter] >> bite the wheat understand the importance but are they absolutely necessary? kansas city grow? >> the answer is yes but it is harder. we need to look more broadly at a research institution what is happening is so exciting in cleveland but also hospitals and medical centers. with all kinds of new technology. but to figure

. >> bergman: the fbi's identification led them to a suburb of portland, oregon, where a young attorney was working in his office. >> i got an unexpected knock on the door. i cracked the door open and there was two individuals, a man and a woman, and they identified themselves quickly that they were fbi agents. >> bergman: the fbi examiner determined that this fingerprint found in madrid matched a print taken from brandon mayfield when he was in the military. >> they proceeded to push through rather forcefully, to handcuff me. it was just unbelievable. it was surreal. i mean one minute you're sitting there and you've taken your kids to school and you've said, "have a good day and be a learning superstar," and you're working on your case in your office, and the next minute you're heading downtown in cuffs and people are searching you for blasting caps and detonators. >> bergman: for generations, the fbi and their fingerprint examiners have maintained that fingerprint identification is "infallible." routinely testifying that they are "one hundred percent certain"... and there's "zero perc

some upper 80s in portland, miami and atlanta.atures in southern california making for a tough job even tougher for fire crews. the fire in the mountains outside los angeles now mushrooming in size, burning an yar covering 35 square miles. the flame have destroyed at least six homes. dozens of other buildings as well. it it is threatening scores more. thousands of residents and tourists have fled. some are defying evacuation orders. >> we're encouraging those who have stayed behind to heed that order and leave. we cannot guarantee your safety. >> the fire is only 15% contained. crews warn it will get much worse before it gets better. >>> a massachusetts state police photographer is so angry about the rolling stones latest cover that he released never before seen photos that he said show the real boston bomber. the new images first appeared on boston magazine's website from the night of dzhokhar tsarnaev's capture including one showing the red dot of a sniper's rifle laser trained on his head. however the mass state police departme

in portland, maine, five marathon runners hospitalized with heat exhaustion.s been a weekend under water. festivalgoers in denver, running for cover. and the southeast, suffering that same soggy fate. with up to nine inches falling throughout the weekend. let's focus in on that heat because that's going to be the big headlinemaker this week. from minneapolis to chicago will be feeling it. and d.c. up to new york city. i want to focus in on one example, too. philadelphia. this is not just a two-day or three-day heat. you have to have three in a row to have a heat wave. this will be that. five days above 90 degrees. and it feels like 100 to 105. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> that's hot. >>> speaking of hot, that's what the fireworks were last night in paris. >> it was the july 14th celebration of bastille day. it marks the beginning of the french revolution. here, the french equivalent of our july 4th. >> and what a fireworks display it was. it lit the sky over the french capital for 35 minutes. 3 tons of fireworks were set off. the only thing that could ha

que ver con la copa oro que inicio su actividad el grupo c asi es que vamos con las imagenes hasta portlandprimera fecha del grupo c de la copa oro, a primera hora costa rica se enfrento a cuba, fue un partido donde el marcador se abrio hasta el segundo tiempo, a los 51 de tiempo corrido aparecio mauricio barrantes para el gol que abrio las puertas de la victoria de costa rica que inicio la copa oro con buen pie, el segundo gol fue anotado por jairo arrieta a los 71 minutos, despues volvio aparecer mauricio barrantes para su segundo de la noche y que termino en goleada para los ticos. en estos momentos estan jugando las selecciones de estados unidos y belice en el cierre de la primera fecha del grupo c. por ahora solo el grupo a nos dejo sorpresas en los a nivel local, la liga guatemalteca de langley park termino su primer torneo del aÑo, cajola goleo en la final a xelaju, tenemos imagenes y reacciones. la copa avianca univision esta llegando a una etapa donde los resultados negativos les perjudican para una posible clasificacion, juventud latina esta por ahora en zona de clasificacion y lu

la naciÓn, vive literalmente en carne propia, la semana mÁs caliente en lo que va del verano, en portland> (hablan en inglÉs). >>> el alcalde bloomberg, dijo que son 400 centros de enfriamiento disponibles en la ciudad para la poblaciÓn que no tiene aire acondicionado, a nivel nacional las temperaturas excesivamente altas causan un promedio de 119 muertes anualmente. >>> sin embargo el aÑo pasado aumentaron a 155 las vÍctimas por el calor. >>> la mayorÍa es mayores de 55 que viven en casas sin aire acondicionado, beber mucho liquido y mantenerse bajo la sombra, dos recomendaciones para personas como don eunice que darÁ a luz en 3 semanas. >>> todavÍa estoy trabajando en la casa, y tengo que salir, era para una prueba, sino en la casa. >>> marÍa vÁzquez dice que para evitar el calor cocina a la 7 de la maÑana antes de salir de la casa con sus tres hijos. >>> llevarles agua bien frÍa para que no tengan calor, darles a cada rato agua. >>> mientras compaÑÍas de electricidad en estados afectados, recomiendan ser cuidadosos con el uso de energÍa. >>> pongan el aire a 78 grados, cada grado menor

this is video from portland maine where a does people were treated for heat receip related problems at half marathon. the runners did not havefully shade. -- have any shade. and in boston the children took to the water to cool off in the high temperatures. the thermometer hoovered at 90 degrees. let's talk about the summer heat that won't go away anytime soon. >> it's going to be so hot. as temperatures climb into the 90's we are going to stay in the 90's all week long. this is going to be the hottest stretch this year. 77 at reagan national and 70 in culpepper and 70 in fre fredericksburg. and w we have a big ridge of hih pressure that is settling in. up-and-down the east coast quiet and a few showers and around this ridge around the boston area. for us it's going to be mainly dry. it's all about the heat and the humidity surrounding this ridge. so progressively getting hotter each day this week. starting out today the temperatures will be to the lower to middle 90's. west wind at 5 to 10 miles per hour. looking for any relief from the heat and humidity. the showers and thunderstorms

humidity in a few minutes to stop >> it is causing problems in other parts of the country will stop in portland, maine, more than one dozen people were treated for heat-related problems. we are learning new details about a quadruple shooting in the district. this happened at 11:00 last night. it was on stage and road. .wo teens were hit by gunfire someone started firing. the teens were shot in the feet. word of any arrest. the search continues for those who were behind a home invasion in an affluent neighborhood. ofhappened at the 7100 block lane.lly lane -- natelli not bece say this may the first time that these suspects that hit. >> late saturday night, two male suspects went through the unlocked door of a home at the 7100 block. and left with some of the valuables. there was a another burglary not far away near where tom lives. that thesethankful things did not happen. burglary.as a home authorities are not sure if these cases are related. they are telling members of the county to lock their doors and activate their security systems will stop -- systems. open.ving doors >> doors unlocked. sa

. - victor bernardez and steven lenhart a 2-1 victory against the portland timbers on werebernardez,r back, stepped up in the absence of forward chris wondolowski and converted a 55th-minute penalty kick to give san lenhart slipped in behind the timbers' defense to touch home a long free kick by shea salinas in the 58th minute. darlington nagbe scored for the timbers in the 83rd minute, but portland couldn't find an equalizer even after san jose midfielder marvin chavez was given two yellow cards and was ejected in the 86th minute. san jose won its second straight match to move past seattle and into seventh place in the western conference. the timbers lost for the second time in four games elier this month. bc-fbn--raiders-holmes suspended,1st ld-writethru raiders wr andre holmes suspended eds: updates with statement. with ap photos. josh dubow ap sports writer napa, calif. - oakland raiders receiver andre holmes was suspended saturday for the first four violating the nfl policy on performance enhancing holmes will be eligible to return to the raiders' washington in the fourth game o

they're free in portland and boston to name a few. the fees have been reduce for residents and non-residents is this a metric for a world-class garden. it must pay. the resources are there it's a matter of will and choice thank you. >> good afternoon. supervisors what a marathon my heart is just practically breaking. hearing it like that. obviously a top priority is services for families, for homeless. the thing that are supposed democracy is supposed to provide for the people. i'm here to talk about the project. people homeless families; right? they're going to be turned away. it should be free for everyone. and it should come from parks and rec. there was proposition n you know, i was a single mother i was glad to have a rent control apartment. at 75 i'm lucky to have a room there. my income wouldn't even pay for a - social security and the 3 hundred $327 pension from the library. you have is a really good opportunity as public servants to serve the public. keep the parks public. keep the project free. thank you (clapping) >> superv

en portland maine, mÁs de doce corredores de una maratÓn fueron hospitalizados por deshidrataciÓn, nuevadad. las autoridades declararon medidas de emergencia y precauciÓn. >>> (hablan en inglÉs). >>> el alcalde bloomberg, dijo que son 400 centros de enfriamiento disponibles en la ciudad para la poblaciÓn que no cuenta con aire acondicionado, a nivel nacional, las temperaturas excesivamente altas, causan un promedio de 119 muertes anualmente, sin embargo el aÑo pasado aumentaron a 155 vÍctimas por el calor, la mayorÍa hombres mayores de 55 que viven en casas sin aire acondicionado, beber liquido y estar bajo la sombra son recomendaciones para esta mujer, que darÁ a luz en tres semanas. >>> en taxi para el trabajo que estoy trabajando, en la casa, hoy salÍ, era para una prueba, sino en la cara. >>> marÍa vÁzquez dice que para evitar el calor cocina a la 7 de la maÑana antes de salir de su casa con sus tres hijos. >>> llevarles agua bien frÍa para que no tengan calor, y darles agua. >>> las compaÑÍas de electricidad recomiendan ser cuidadosos con el uso de energÍa. >>> pongan el aire a 78 g

up to portland and you have 35 minutes to make your mark and you're losing hundreds of dollars in gas and sort of your last-ditch effort, we would go into the audience and set up tables and we would scream ho hey at people >> stephen: stomping your feet was really as much of as a tantrum as anything else. would you stomp and clap for us. >> sure. tephen: all right. thank you very much. >> thanks for having us. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: we'll be right back with a performance by the )bb0f[p"p"4dpÑ ?ç?ç?kko?ó?o?ónwnwé?zmooçoço here to perform a song off the reissue of their album, the lumineers. ladies and gentlemen, the lumineers. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: the lumineers. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ]

hoy sera el debut del grupo c en portland, a las 8:30 de la noche costa rica se medira a cuba y a lasoche estados unidos recibe a belice, ambos partidos estaran en vivo por unimas y univision deportes en las grandes ligas no les fue bien a los dos equipos del area anoche, ambos perdieron. en filadelfia, john lannan lanzÓ pelota de cuatro hits en ocho episodios contra su antiguo equipo, mientras que ben revere contribuyÓ con tres imparables a la victoria que los filis se apuntaron por 3-2 sobre los nacionales de washington. jonathan papelbon permitiÓ dos carreras en una turbulenta novena entrada y se apuntÓ su 19no salvamento en 23 oportunidades. por los nacionales, el venezolano wilson ramos se fue de 3-0. en el candem yard, ian kinsler coronÓ un racimo de seis carreras en la sexta entrada conectando un doblete con las bases llenas, y los rangaers de texas vencieron 8-5 a los orioles de baltimore , en una repeticiÓn de un duelo de primera ronda de playoffs disputado el aÑo anterior. por los orioles, el dominicano alexi casilla se fue de 2-0. les recuerdo que este viernes 12 de julio.

senator, thank you for joining us and coming from portland tonight. coming up, ladies and gentlemen, what the best of the best looked like. author of "damn few," he's next and hopefully they'll point the camera to me. question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. >> michael: as "the new york times" reported yesterday, the obama administration is considering speeding up troop withdraw from afghanistan and is also entertaining a zero option. that would remove all troops

this afternoon i spoke with one san francisco couple who was scheduled to fly today from portland toing, but they found out the flight was canceled and they would have to wait several days to get back home. >> and when we finally reached someone, they indicated that there were no flights. the flight had been canceled. there were no flights into any san francisco bay area airport until wednesday. >> i don't know if you heard him, but he said until wednesday. so instead casey sungrove headed to the hertz counter at portland international airport and it seems like a lot of other people had the same idea and while it has been frustrating sungrove says they're making the most of it. >> we're fortunate enough to be able to have the means to have this alternative and we have the time to do it. so we're just kind of looking at it as a road trip. we're lucky and, you know, our thoughts and hearts are going out to those people who are affected by the crash. >> sungrove says 80% of the people waiting to rent a car with him were those with canceled flights to sfo. our web team is posting the lat

. >> japan immediately postponed a 25,000-ton order from a portland grain shipper.it's put in jeopardy this year's ore gone crop which is valued between $500 and $500 million. >> stephen: really, japan? you're afraid of a little genetically modified wheat? may i remind you, you eat raw octopus aint. now, sure, oregon wheat farmers are hurting but we all know monsanto is the real victim here. they could face criminal prosecution and be fined up to a million dollars. do you know how long it takes monsanto to earn a million... oh, they just did. that was fast. [ cheers and applause ] and again. i say everyone just needd to relax. there is nothing to fear from monsanto's genetically modified unkillable mystery wheat or, as i call it, my amber waves franken-grain. [ cheers and applause ] see? it's perfectly friendly. just don't make any sudden moves. here to tell us why my wheat is not to be trusted is pulitzer prize winning science journalist from the council on oreign relations, laurie garrett. laurie, thank you so much for joining us. good to see you again. thank you

he was born in 1922 in portland, oregon and they moved back to san francisco when he was a young child and went on to stanford university where he studied law or medicine. he met my mother and went into the marine copper. i was born in 1945 and my brother in 1947. he died in 1993. this first work here was done in 1938. may grandmother took i am to see the first van gogh exhibit when he was young. apparently, it was considered my father is known for his sensitive to the light and color of a particular place. it's no coincide that those were titled to the places they were paint. all those places have a different quality of life. i'm going to show some works through the various periods of his career. during most of this time with the family was moving along with him until the time i got married in los angeles this although was before i was born in stanford this is entitled paling wallet circle in 1943. that is in 1949 and the next picture also were we lthd in 1948 where he was a student and teaching at the art institute. we moved to albuquerque this is from 1951 and this second one from 1

up to portland and you have 35 minutes to make your mark and you're losing hundreds of dollars in gasand sort of your last-ditch effort, we would go into the audience and set up tables and we would scream ho hey at people >> stephen: stomping your feet was really as much of as a tantrum as anything else. would you stomp and clap for us. >> sure. tephen: all right. thank you very much. >> thanks for having us. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: we'll be right back with a performance by the brown: on my third day as principal, i met with the state. students had fallen behind, and morale was low. my first job was getting everyone to believe... that we could turn this around. i needed my staff to see what was possible. turning around a school, is not some, mystical, magical thing. it does take hard, dedicated work each day. i was a chemistry major in college, and then... i joined teach for america. that's the reason i'm here. here to perform a song off the reissue of their album, the lumineers. ladies and gentlemen, the lumineers. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: the lumin

i think i've made a lot of contact there's folks no portland and a woman in boston that's created a bike mapping to show where bike thefts occur. but i think if we can make a concerted effort that will help >> thank you for your tweets and facebook activities is there no one else on the public who wants to speak. >> thank you. i'm dave i'm a resident at 150 lombardy in the central district. i appreciate you bringing this issue up today. it's really become american people epidemic. i've had too high end road bikes stolen they were both valued over $2,200 and one was in my condominium garage locked with a secure electronic gate tv surveillance. then i lost another bike i keep my bike with me at all times. and i ride a clunker. the bottom line here i agree with the ridge but my concern is getting to the root of the problem the thieves. the bike operations are necessary. after my second bike was stolen this year i talked to the police captain they're concerned but the bottom line is when they bring the thieves in front of the judge the judicial system kicks them out. the judicial system is t