she went through female puberty at the right time. so she's been able to have the right development and at the right time as other young women. she's a beautiful young woman. she's happy and thrilled and has a boyfriend and is about as normal a kid as you come across. it's the beauty of this film is because they are ordinary in so many ways. they are extraordinary in how they dealt with the situation. but they are ordinary in being an every man family. they are your mother and fathero your sister and your brother. it would be hard not to identify with his family. to the degree that that could normalize for people what it means to be transgender and what it means to be transgender nimbler -- member in a family, then i think it spreads the message and dedicates people just by the presence. >> host: you're a science writer at the "washington post" the how did you find this storyd >> guest: the story actually found me honestly. it was first published in the newspaper, in "the boston globe," page one, in to, t december 2011. marty baron, e

one are medications that sort of block progression through puberty. the other medicines that you could use would be right to going to sort of what we call cross-sex hormones, or in this case it would be sort of testosterone. >> there are plenty of drugs that get approved by the fda, and everybody goes on their merry way and thinks things are great, and then two years later, people are dropping dead from one thing or another. >> and this is really important, so i'm actually going to pull up a stool so i can sit and face you. so testosterone as a medication has been around obviously for a long time. the way we would consider using it here, sort of for, in a cross-sex sort of way, there aren't, like, a tremendous amount of studies that have been done to document, like, all the potential side effects and the risks and benefits. but i think in general, it's fairly well tolerated. some of the changes, again, are permanent, and some sort of aren't, and i think those are the things that kind of freak people out. but when you think of things like, you know, ha

she went through female puberty at the right time. so she's been able to have the right development and at the right time as other young women. and she's a beautiful young woman and is happy and thrilled and has a boyfriend and is about as normal a kid as you could come across. and it's the beauty of this family because they're ordinary in spom ways -- in so many ways, they're extraordinary in how they dealt with the situation.si but they're ordinary in being, you know, an every man family. they're your mother and father, they're your sister and your brother. it would be hard not to identify with this family. and i think to the degree that that, you know, can normalize for people what it means to be transgender and what it means to have a transgender member in a family, then i think it spreads the messaging and educates people just by their presence. >> host: amy ellis nutt, you're a science writer at the washington post. how did you find this story? >> guest: the story actually found me, honestly. it was first published in the newspa

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i am presently going through puberty, 2. hair showing up in places. quite alarming. folks, with donald trump falling behind in the polls, he needs especially in swing states like pennsylvania, where a pro trump pac is trying to court the amish vote. this is the perfect demographic for trump. they're the only voters left who haven't googled him. ( laughter ) ( applause ) one selling point for the amish is that trump is a builder, and the amish are known for building. and, apparently, the amish like the fact that trump has a family-owned business, whereas hillary clinton has a business-owned family. now, in order to seal the deal, they even put up a billboard in amish country that reads, "vote trump: hardworking, pro-life, and family dedicated... just like you." in fact, trump is so dedicated to family, he can't stop starting them. hard line tow say. ( cheers and applause ) now, i wanted to find out how into trump the amish really are, so i invited an amish voter from pennsylvania to talk with us satellite, zachariah miller, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being on

johnny simmons stars as a 30- year-old sex therapist who discovers he never went through puberty. then goes through all of it in a matter of weeks. >> look, it's a nightmare at any age to be going through. but obviously sort of a joyous kind of aweakenning thing, too. i can't imagine going through it as a 30-year-old. >> reporter: it opens in friday. and eddie murphy is being honored. dick clark productions is giving him its hollywood achievement award during the hollywood film awards. murphy will accept the award from the late late show's james corden november 6th. that's your eye on entertainment. suzanne marques, cbs news, los angeles. >>> toyota wants to sell you a talking robot company while driving. it's a 4-inch tall companion robot that can engage in casual conversations. it can remember likes and dislikes, as well as trips you've taken together. it can also be linked up to cars and gadgets in the home. toyota plans to sell it in f0 >>> good morning, everyone. i'm britt moreno. this is the news on this tuesday, october 4th. >> i'm alan gionet. great to have you with us. co

we showed how students can be left with criminal records before they hit puberty for what some describe as childish misbehavior. police question them without a parent or guardian present. and as our investigative unit reported last year, schools are more likely to call police on minorities and students with disabilities. the study says it just perpetuates what it calls the school to prison pipeline. to see more of our investigation, just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> just minutes ago, tesla ceo elon musk making an announcement about the future of his electric cars. we'll tell you about it and have the details. >>> and right now we're seeing 70s across the santa clara valley. 76 in downtown san jose. and this time tomorrow, 80s in reach. also in reach as we head into the weekend, increasing rain chances. when that rain will arrive and how it may adjust some of your weekend plans when we come right back. when mexico sends its people... they're bringing crime, they're rapists. are you going to have a massive deportation force? you're going to have a deportation force. we're roundi

they are unique they have diarrhea and they have issues with growth and development with the delayed puberty. nutrition is paramount, the cause is not clear hereditary living in a clean society or imbalances in the gut. but the body attacks itself. >> it is there is a glitch in the immune system or the die guesstive tract. it has trouble turning off. >> he spends four hours getting infewons of a drug. >> has it changed your life? >> yes. >> it is not a cure it keeps system but that puts him at risk for infections. >> it is easy for him to get sick. we get flu shots. we keep everything clean. and he can get very sick, you know. >> very sick. >> that bone infection meant spending a week in the hospital. >> it take as toll on the body. >> do you think about how great it would be if thereas for this, i would like that. >> so would his mom. he says i'm okay. we're blessed. you know very blessed. i'm proud of him. >> well it can present with other problems like constipation, mouth sores and we will temperature our series and visit a support group that's meeting for a quarter of a century. >> what

remember the amazing zoltar from the movie big, it gave tom hanks instant puberty and box office credibilityn gypsy swoop. >> sure is big. kennedy: well, the trump zoeltar, you heard me, mysteriously materialized in new york and fondling his crystal ball and grabbing america by the palm, pervert. watch. >> all right, look at my crystal ball and see america's future. i see a huge investment into a modern high-speed rail system. very advanced, very fast. and we're going to use it to deport 11 million illegal mexicans. kennedy: and do it quickly. a very elaborate ruse, can trump zoltar reverse political fortunes and foreshadow his own victory? stranger things have never happened. topic number two -- this story was sent to us by ralph on twitter using hashtag "topical storm," it's halloween, and that means check your kids' candy bars for razor blades. and no jack-o'-lantern collection would be complete without donald trump's likeness synonymous with all hallow's eve and here are a few great displays of electoral dysfunction. aren't they amazing? look at these gourds. i love these once, a wig on

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students can be left with criminal records before they even hit puberty for what some describe as childish misbehavior. the study found police often arrest students without a warrant and question them without a parent or guardian present. as our investigative unit reported last year schools are more likely to call police on minorities and on students with disabilities. the study says it perpetuates what it calls the school to prison pipeline. to see more, log onto our website at nbcbayarea.com. >>> coming up next, trapped with no way out. how a passerby risked her life to save a woman in a burning house. our exclusive interview. because she doesn't know that it kills 40,000 californians... every year. because she doesn't understand what cancer is. because she can't spell emphysema. because she is a butterfly, who fights fires. because she is my daughter, and the surgeon general says that raising tobacco taxes... is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. that's why i'm voting yes on 56. . >>> earlier this week it was a dramatic scene at this san jose neighborhood here. as you see a rag

>> i don't know if i'd say beautiful swan but i hit puberty. junior high was running for my life. i was little. when you are in a crowd of guys, they're all healthy, young men, it isn't long before they spot the runt in the litter. like, what did you you laughing? if i kept my mouth running, they weren't punching or tackling or giving -- wedgies were common place. >> oh, my gosh! >> they hung him up on door handle like that. >> wedgies were automatic. that was a good day. swirlies were a big thing. >> what are those? >> where they put your head in the toilet and -- >> oh, yeah. you taught me that. >> i lived in fear of swirlies so i never went to the bathroom for three years in junior high. >> get a strong bladder out of it? >> really strong. probably did some damage. >> great things happened. you are colonel sanders. it was a little bit of a shakeup, i saw you, i saw norm. >> i'm lucky, they just called and asked me to do it. i was born in louisville, kentucky. playing the colonel, like that means a stick-to-itiveness. they are anticipate dropping sanders like crazy. >> the colon

we showed you how students can be left with criminal records before they even hit puberty for what some describe as childish misbehavior. the aclu study found police often arrest students without a warrant and question them without a parent or guardian present. as our investigative unit first reported last year, schools are more likely to call police on minorities than students with disabilities. the aclu study says it perpetuates what it calls the schools-to-prison pipeline. to see more, logon to nbcbayarea.com. >>> right now at 6:00, breaking news we've been following overnight. >> reporter: pete suratos in the cos stroe where a four-alarm fire is under control. seven folks are displaced, three firefighters injured in the process. we'll have an update on their condition coming up. >>> a violent night. a deadly shooting in san jose markets the city's 39th homicide of the year. the search for the suspects this morning. >>> why wouldn't he say, i'll go with what the voters decide. >> he will, barring rampant fraud. >> nbc bay area is in las vegas asking some tough questions of our own fo

. >> children are unique and abdominal pain, diarrhea, they also have issues with growth puberty and bone health. so nutrition is paramount. >> reporter: the cause of ibd is not clear, but some believe it may be related to heredity, and bacterial imbalances in the gut. whatever the trigger the body basically attacks itself is a glitch in the immune system of the digestive tract. the immune system gets turned on and has trouble getting off. >> reporter: spends four hours getting infusion called remicade. >> it has changed your life. >> yes. >> reporter: it isn't a cure but keeps ibd in check. but also puts him at risk for serious infections. >> it is very easy for him to get sick. we all get flu shots. we all try to keep everything extra clean and all that stuff because he can get very sick, you know. he was once very sick with a bone infection. >> reporter: that bone infection meant spending a week in the hospital. >> they go through a lot. it really does. >> do you ever think how great it would be if there was a cure for this? >> i would really like that. >> reporter: and so would h

the age e who reaches of adulthood by puberty ought to be able to cast a vote.nk that if the voting ge was lowered to something like more probably realistically a, that we would actually get much greater turnout of voters throughout the lifetime of our ages, because i think if people learned while they were significance of voting and had the capacity to as young articipate people, that that would stay with them throughout their and we would build a much greater nation of dedicated to re making our country great. host: all right. charles in florida. what do you think? john: i think it's an nteresting idea. however, before young people 16 and 17 are, you know, fighting that vote, i think it's incumbent that 18, 19, 21-year-olds actually vote. we said earlier in the segment, unfortunately, about one in two members of that cohort currently vote. so i think if we saw, you know, numbers much higher than that, hen perhaps that would be a stronger case. but although it's an interesting idea, i don't think it's likely happen anytime soon. host: boston, massachusetts is n

what's up, puberty? (jonathan laughs) thanks, jonathan mangum. let's get three people. let's go. you know what, maxwell. come here, maxwell. the prisoner, monique. and eugene, come on over here.

what's up, puberty? (jonathan laughs) thanks, jonathan mangum. let's get three people. let's go.

i think i just entered puberty. kid: come on, amanda. stee-rike three!hill. boy: you can hit it. c'mon, let's go. woman: watch her. man: beat it out now, come on. he's out! announcer: now batting for the angels, second baseman yanek goldanueva. hey, hooper, check this out. she's gonna come with a changeup. i can tell. she's psychin' him out. changeup is when it looks like it's gonna be a fastball, but she takes a little off of it. strike three! you're out! ball four! take your base. come on, somebody hit something. announcer: next batter, ahmad abdul rahim. man: watch it. ( cheering & applause ) tanner: go! safe! ahmad. ( slow, mysterious theme playing ) garo. announcer: next up for the bears, toby whitewood. toby. man: i say we shut 'em down, huh? umpire: ball! buttermaker: watch this, hooper. the catcher's good. just good enough to get in trouble. strike one! run, run, run! safe! yes! buttermaker: all right! way to go, guys! way to go! good hustle! they're playin' ball now, man. they're playin' ball. ( cheering & laughter ) ball four! take your base. c

anyone who reaches the age of puberty, ought to be able to cast a vote.nk that if the voting age was lowered to something probably more realistically like 16, that we would actually get a much greater turnout of voters throughout the lifetime of our voting ages. i think if people learned while they were very young the significance of voting, and had the capacity to actually participate as young people, that that would stay with them throughout their entire lives and we would build a much greater nation of citizens who are dedicated to making our country great. host: that is charles in florida. john della volpe, what do you think? guest: it is an interesting idea but before young people 16 and 17 fight for the right to vote, i think it is incumbent that 18, 19, 29-year-olds vote. unfortunately only one in two members of that cohort votes. if we saw numbers much higher than that perhaps it would be a stronger case. it is an interesting idea but i do not think it is likely to happen. massachusetts, rachel on the line for 29 to 34-year-olds. caller: i am wond