we've heard the stories from the retinas that talked about being prisoners and missing medical appoints their terrified to leave their home because they may not be able to get into their apartment we've heard horror stories about climbing many stairs. in april of 2014 mayor ed lee committed to replying elevators with the seniors but the problem exists with the elevators meeting modernization with the hotels as well whether euro a you are in a hotel or apartment in the festive overview event of a fire resident said when they up and down they're waiting for the firefighters to come and carry them up and down the stairs that's not the solution we want to see for the problem our emergency frrnd are not the solution we took an initiative to correct this in hotel and made surveys online available as well as distributing hard copies to understand the scope of the problem and it's hard data is presented to have solutions. we'll be hearing about the solution today >> thank you for raising the profile of this and working tirelessly for the city and the resources behind the solution. just to this

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well, when the retina guy finally saw him, they rushed him over to the retina specialist because the guy had an unattached retina for five months that didn't get treated. this physician i talked to in memphis had a fellow who took eight months to get to an oncologist in the va. they recommended a biopsy. that took four months. the man has cancer they probably can't treat now. we cannot have a system that treats our veterans this way. we have private physicians who want to help. they want their veterans like me and dr. winthrop and others who -- this young man right here, i should show you this when we get through here, dr. lynch, i want you to see this because they want to help. i think they're there to help, i think their intentions are right. i think your intentions are right. i truly believe that, you want to make things better for veterans. but we do have that second one. that first one, the backlog, we can take care of that. in six months we can get it fixed. that second one, though, that culture in the va, is going to be much, much harder and it's going to take a lot of work an

what can be done with some of these degenerative diseases of the retina?ugely exciting. the foundation, fighting blindness, is the leading funder, worldwide, of these diseases. and the diseases include, will affect more than 10 million americans alone, and many times, that number around the world. there are diseases like retronitis pigmentosis, usher disease, and age-related mackular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness for people over the age of 55. so what we set up to do was first of all, build a knowledge base, which fortunately we've done, still more to go, but now there are therapies emerging from the laboratory, we're moving them to the clinic. there are 20 clinical trials going on. it's amazing, in things like gene therapy, in stem cell therapy, and in other novel therapies like bionics. we're responsible for the funding of the technology that led to the artist 2, maybe you've heard about it, a bioennic eye, that actually is an implant in the retina, and is just doing -- helping people who are blind a lot. >> how does the bionic ey

but the tricky thing no opportunities is going to come but if you sit passively by so be retina ready for the next opportunity be prepared and thoughtful and engaged because in the end we need you, your city needs you. and if the vision of our future is to leave an unassuming life or not contribute to our community be a great dad or work for local government or small business passion and will persistence live your life with passion and with purpose so no matter what you choose or no matter or no matter what you grew up to become you're a younger generation it is looking at up to you and lift them up out of the subsequence. think about all the important people we've got judging luke and nancy pelosi and others those are really a fine example of unregistering leaders i want to close by saying congratulations on your continued success and offer a word of encouragement that as san francisco continues to grow this change can only happen a that with you and it accepts and recognized that san francisco is a exemplifies and incorporating body do not building the hype when people say that san

the device is said to use advanced retina tracking technology to make images appear in 3-d and floatthe screen like a hologram. how cool would that be? >>> just ahead, you're going to get real happy on the "today" show. the nhl game nail biter. and the rest of your sports highlights next. these little angels build in softness. and these little angels build in strength. and that little angel says, "weeeeeeeee!" 60% more sheets than charmin. everything you want and the value you love. angel soft. and instead of getting stressed about it,fect. you can just perfect it. new revlon age defying cc cream perfect those little fine lines, the dark spots, the uneven skin tone... correct. protect. perfect. revlon. ♪ because i'm happy clap along ♪ >> you know you're singing along. international hitmaker pharrell w williams is in the house with some of his top hits. >>> to l.a. for game one of the stanley cup finals. and who other than former rangers and kings player wayne gretzky to drop the puck. go to the game. first period, the kings have control but then makes the steal to lay this one right

i had a little retina problem. the doctor said he had been trying to get to the va here the ret nat specialist to the help out. he had a patient that was supposed to see a doctor in january this year with a retina problem. it snowed that day. so they made the next appointment in june, that's this month. well, when the guy finally saw when the doctor saw him at the va, they rushed him over to the ret nat specialist because the guy had a detached retina for five months he didn't get treated. another call today, this physician i talked to in memphis had a fellow to took eight months to get to an oncologist outside of the va. recommended a biopsy, that took four months. the man has cancer. they probably can't treat it now. that's not -- we cannot have a system ta treats our veterans this way. and we have a system out there, a private physicians who want to help. they want their veterans like me and dr. win strup and others like this young man here, i should show you when we get through today. i want you to see this bec

how this is not over violent act i don't know how i'd rather be punched in the face than have my retinas burned with the permanent iconography of dribbling stinky. blast some said what do you draw the line with freedom of speech well i just found out where you brought on that guy's dental barracks. i'm calling not in on physically drawing my life. and all out of say i say protest in every way you can if authorities have to stare at those guys for long we'll see change we will finally. now we turn to mind blowing old news because sometimes you need a mind. between nineteen twenty and one thousand thirty three was the time of prohibition in the united states a time when alcohol was even legal and therefore everyone was grumpy because ugly people couldn't get laid and they took it out on everyone else but american alcohol intake was still high during that time so what do you do when people are getting tipsy and you don't like it if your federal government you poison them yes federal officials under president calvin coolidge set up the poisoning of industrial alcohols that they knew would be

soon you should be able to get yourself a bionic retina. you will be able to get a new one soon.umber of companies created by rainbow of medical. elliott gotkine has more. >> i thought the bionic man was the same one for a fortnight. he is the ceo and cofounder of rayburn medical. you recently closed a $13 million funding ground. it and when we see it hitting the markets? >> we have developed an incredible miniature implant that restores vision for blinded people. by thewho are blinded breakout of the retina, there are millions and the people -- millions of people suffering with this condition. implant.n incredible it can restore vision to blind people. >> which should find people -- when is it available for them? >> in 2016, we will have the device already tested. 2017, it would be widespread use. >> you signed a deal with metro. about yourcial device? injectableoped an wireless neurostimulator and moderator. the hottest area in the medical believe we -- we have multiple indications, one product. it will be at first for in continents or chronic -- in continents or chronic pain.

i had a little retina problem.the doctor said he had been trying to get to the va here the ret nat specialist to the help out. he had a patient that was supposed to see a doctor in january this year with a retina problem. it snowed that day. so they made the next appointment in june, that's this month. well, when the guy finally saw when the doctor saw him at the va, they rushed him over to the ret nat specialist because the guy had a detached retina for five months he didn't get treated. another call today, this physician i talked to in memphis had a fellow to took eight months to get to an oncologist outside of the va. recommended a biopsy, that took four months. the man has cancer. they probably can't treat it now. that's not -- we cannot have a system ta treats our veterans this way. and we have a system out there, a private physicians who want to help. they want their veterans like me and dr. win strup and others like this young man here, i should show you when we get through today. i want you to see this beca

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. >> he revealed he as a brother in thetic right eye after several operation could not fix the retina. he has been offered a coaching position with the team. >> after a charge of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing in new york city, police arrested him after escorting him out of the studio 54 during a. ifance of the musical. the transformers' actor was drunk and being disruptive and smoking before the show can dug the first act. he was asked to leave the theater and refused and used obscene language and threatened the officer and people on the sidewalk. >> another big change is coming to "the view," an one season, mccarthy is leaving as co-host after sherry said she was leaving after seven years. abc did not announce would replaces the two. >> a convict whose mug shot is handsome, is trying to launch a show business career. associates of jeremy meeks have been looking for a top tier publicist to help him launch a modeling or actor career when he is released from jail. he was arrested on felony weapons charges and suspected to have ties to a violent street gang. he has a date w

the long awaited smartphone will include retina tracking technology and 3-d images that can be seen withoutcial glasses and will ship phones in september. >>> now we can check with mike and the smartphone is telling us today will be warmer, right? >> a little bit warmer. >> good morning, everyone, the winds are calmer, the temperatures are climbing. how far will they go before they climax tomorrow? that is what i am here to tell you. visibility is four miles and a few high clouds but unlimited visibility. our temperatures on the peninsula in the upper 40's and redwood city at 47. belmont is 49. foster city and san mateo low 50's and san carlos is 52. and san ramon is 47 and los gatos is friction along with half moon bay and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's. our beautiful picture from our roof camera at telegraph hill and coit tower to talk about sunshine, warming friend today and tomorrow, and seasonal highs as we head into the rest of the forecast. through the week. today, there you go, three to 12 degrees warmer and the biggest jump is oakland and dublin. jumping to 80 in dublin. othe

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we're really strong see everyone's retina. of unfair feared in concord were seen 20 mi. per hour winds. for a mile from our guests to with the applicant. 22 and walnut creek and a mountain view. one of the clippings of the temperatures are long. his goal is to get warmer as we head into tomorrow a sale warms more to it and was saved and the ones that. growing and threatening homes firefighters have their hands full more than five budget homeless have burned through. the flames burned land within a mile of lake isabella. nearly 12-hundred firefighters are battling the fire. known as the shirley fire.it started on friday.and is only 10 percent contained. the cause is now known. we'll keep you posted on the san francisco political consultant. who lead the f-b-i on a nationwide manhunt. pleaded not guilty today to the charges he is facing. ryan chamberlain is accused of possessing a destructive device. and a handgun with the serial number removed. kron 4's maureen kelly was in court, as the federal prosecutor released new evidence. to show why they believe, chamberlain is a

the rumored phone will have retina tracking and motion sensing technology that will make some images appear in 3d. >>> she was california girl before she became the newly crowned miss u.s.a. >> and that may be the problem. coming up, allegations that miss nevada never really moved there. hm. >> the view from san francisco this evening is stunning! not a cloud in the sky. the bay bridge looking beautiful. look at the color of beautiful at the top half of your television screen. we'll talk about how long skies will stay clear and how long we will stay warm but not hot. that's coming up. >>> and i'm scott reese. coming up in sports, cue allen iverson. which 49ers failed to show up for practice in santa clara. >> not the decision that i envisioned being the 49er way. and sometimes wagers that don't involve money cost the most. >> i love l.a. ♪ >> not so sweet music coming up about 10 minutes from now. safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. that's why they have lots of ways for you to save. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week, s

the cornial and the retina and the iris.here the whole i is yellow or a hemorrhaged lands, somebody has been hit in the face. a huge on a depth films -- alice in wonderland, pirates of the caribbean -- and i worked with angelina jolie for a couple of her shows, including maleficent. showed me aartist rock and it had all these flex of different colors in there, blues and greens and pinks. basically, i tried to incorporate all of those colors into that lens. there is competition. us, ais only a few of handful, less than 10, i think. there are so many things i love about this job. i get the paint. i am an artist. i get to pay for a living. to see them finish their makeup and put in the contact lenses, everything comes together as the finishing touch. it's the cherry on top. has producedidson a green bike that runs on electricity. cool look at some of the him a clean ride you may well enjoy. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> data shows chinese manufacturing on the up. the hang seng headed for its highest close since january. ofni militants in charge ira

. >> like a picture of my retina when you go to the eye doctor. >>> that's what's happening on "todayin the bay." >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00, as well. we'll continue to update you. have a great day. >>> good morning. price of freedom. criticism gross over the controversial release of army p.o.w. bowe bergdahl. did the administration endanger all americans for the safety of one? we'll hear from the white house and bergdahl's family and friends. >> nationwide manhunt. the fbi launches an all-out search for a media consultant considered armed and dangerous after finding explosive materials in his san francisco apartment. a new phase begins in the search for madeleine mccann. overnight police cord donned off an area near where she disappeared. and remembering

the phone will reportedly have retina tracking and motion sensing technology that will make some imagesin 3d. >>> a year after a deadly limousine fire in san mateo, a troubling new report about the industry. coming up at 6:30, why the investigators say it could easily happen again. >> i'm scott reiss. coming up in sports, an up start goalie shows up against the hometown heavyweight. the couple of 49ers stars not show up at minicamp and which matt cain would show up in chi- town? the jekyll-hyde watch continues with sports next. ,,,, ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> hi, everybody. i'm scott reiss. 162 baseball games long season. there are peaks, valleys. the first place giants in a deep valley, they are trying to pull themselves out of it in chicago. they lost 6 out of 7 entering last night. matt cain has been a little bit of everything for the giants this season and this was not his night. a towering home run, cain gave up 7 earned runs. they lost to the white sox. 8-2 the final. former giant bengi

now we are hearing it will employee threatening -- retina detecting technology. later. thank you very much. and australian blogger. released this photo over the weekend. could this really be our first look at the next generation iphone? here it is. is that the iphone six? >> i would say yes. we have already scene shots from the manufacturing floor. they match these pics right here. stuart: what can you tell? it looks like to sort of squares. there are two phones there. is the new iphone six both of them? >> yes. stuart: they are going to a bigger phone. a bigger screen. do you think that sells? >> it is a big deal. stuart: do you actually hold those big things up to your ear? >> it is an enormous phone. that is what apple is going after. stuart: you do not use it as a phone. here we go. we will see an amazon smart phone tomorrow. are we? >> i think so. it is not written in stone, but it is looking really good. i think it will be at this press conference. stuart: what was nicole saying? >> there are cameras that track your location and replicates a 3d image. you w

in middle school, he suffered a torn retina that caused loss of vision in his right eye. >> we had hopee came to the realization we had to accept it. there's two choices in life. you make it your excuse or your make it your story. >> reporter: isaiah went on to become a threat on the basketball court. >> austin. he dunks it. >> reporter: you, young man, have been able to rise above it, time and time again. and this latest bit of setback, you just kind of almost like brush it off. how do you do it? >> it's really my faith and my family. those are the things that got me through everything i've been through. >> reporter: what is your dream now? >> i want to share my story with as many people as i can. i want to influence people's lives, to show them they can get through any obstacle they face. >> reporter: he created this dream again t-shirt, to encourage people to fight for their dreams, regardless of their circumstances. if somebody is watching this morning, isaiah, and they have this woe is me attitude, what do you say to that person to get them up and going forward for their dream? >>

the report comes amid speculation amazon will unveil a smartphone with a 3-d retina display tomorrowt an event in seattle. we expect the company's ceo and founder jeff bezos to make the presentation. could be very exciting. we talked yesterday. at&t, perhaps one of randall steve steve steve stevens's better moves was signing up apple. in this case it's not clear it will have the same popularity as iphone. >> but i like this . i like at&t making a bold move. their stock has been stuck. they are doing an acquisition. real pulse at at&t. verizon back almost to 50. i think at&t is a company that makes sense on a yield basis to give you growth. >> i will come back to you and say what at&t is not a growth company at this point. they are doing a deal because that's what they know how to do. randall looks at the playbook. it's what he learned at the foot of ed whitaker for those years -- do a deal. you come back to the ability to maintain the payout ratio and they had to do the deal. >> right. >> why is that good? by the way, it is still contingent on sunday ticket, one of the most bizarre c

you mention screening the retina pictures. it concerns me when people other than physicians are providing care. how do we know they are trained properly? the status of that situation? >> that is dr. mccarthy speaking again. i can talk about training of images or talk about a typical eye doctor appointments, there are other non physician people involved, that might have visual acuity or checking -- >> thing is that physicians typically do. not always concerned about quality of care when physicians are not doing the things they are supposed to do. i guess i am out of time. we can further that later. >> the state of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. where is your center located? physically? >> i want to refer to dr. lyons. the vision center of excellence has two locations in the national capital region, our headquarters at walter reed national medical center in bethesda and we have an office in crystal city, arlington. we also have a small office at the medical center in tacoma, washington. >> walter reed is under the dod b

we use telemedicine and photographs of the retina of every patient with diabetes are taken and read by an optometrist or an ophthalmologist and if needed that patient is referred to an ophthalmologist for care, but it's part of the routine screening for diabetics. in addition, patient was glaucoma are followed regularly in our eye clinics, and you mentioned one other disease, i'm sorry. >> macular degeneration. >> and macular degeneration is a tragedy. we have ophthalmologists carefully following people with mack car degeneration. i can't speak to the screening -- >> i have a concern because, you know, i worked at a va hospital, and, you know, it's tough to staff many of these clinics with ophthalmologists. they have a hard time keeping people. are you aware of any of the procedures for hiring local ophthalmologists for staffing va centers on a part-time basis. are you familiar with any of that? >> i'm a former chief of staff from a va facility in salem, virginia, and it was our experience there we do z try to hire full-time ophthalmologists, or we would ask for people to come in on a

. >> a guy with a detached retina for five months he didn't get treated. >> he was referred to get a biopsy done to determine whether or not he had cancer. he couldn't be seen for two months >> reporter: office of special counsel sent a letter to president obama detailing a culture of non-responsiveness at the v.a., all kinds of problems. maybe the most stunning was in a long-term mental health facility in brockton, massachusetts. one veteran had his first mental health evaluation eight years after he moved in. another veteran, seven years. >> i have evidence. >> reporter: now a whistleblower in phoenix where the scandal broke and where 35 veterans died awaiting care said she was instructed to keep a secret waiting list while she made life or death decisions about whom to schedule and someone has now gone into the system and changed the status of several deceased veterans to still alive. >> to hide the fact that people died on that list? >> that's my belief. >> reporter: what would be the -- any other purpose? >> there wouldn't be any other purpose. >> reporter: as this story broke w

. >> because you have it growing behind the retina. >> so, how it should work, other companies shouldn in and compete to bring down the price, because the drug companies will argue how expensive it is to develop it, and it's also, if you treat hepatitis-c, it's a lot cheaper than a liver transplant down the road. >> exactly. >> so, if you can prevent things with taking a pill, theoretically, it should be better. we've got to get our patent stuff together, make sure we have all the incentives to keep developing the drugs, but not allow people -- because people don't understand how a pill, which costs 3 cents to make, can cost $84,000. >> that's true, and then the question there is who blinks first? you know, is it -- everybody keeps prices high and keeps raising them, but if somebody wants to capture more market share, they can do that by lowering the price and getting in a better spot in the formularies and insurers will prefer them, use their drug first. >> and around the world, since they're global drugs, you've got totally different situations in every country in terms of caps on t