it is the largest seizure in this country's history. the ivory, on the way to laos, seized in bangkok after a tip. the seizure makes headlines >> thai customs displayed over 3 tons of confiscated african ivory worth 6 million dollars. >> a historic bust of ivory from kenya... >> and that equates to almost 900 elephants... >> but the perpetrators of this horrible crime against animals are never caught. for law enforcement entities like interpol stopping the killing of elephants at the source is what's critical. the question is: where exactly is all this ivory coming from? >> they almost always ship the ivory out of a different country from which it was poached. because.... that's where you start your search, you're looking in the wrong place. >> sam wasser is the director of the center for conservation biology at university of washington. when it comes to solving the mysteries of the illegal trade, wasser has created a coalition of scientists, virtual detectives using techniques in:dna extraction from ivory, genetic mapping through dung

. >> it's a marijuana-based seizure drug. after a successful trial this week the drug company is now fighting to get fda approval. this afternoon newschannel5's megan hickey spoke to mom and daughter. how does this fit into the medical marijuana movement here in ohio? >> reporter: many people, including concord mom christina, see the successful trial as proof of the benefits of medical marijuana, and she says the clock is ticking for her daughter paige. >> paigey, your turn. >> reporter: five-year-old paige had a good day today. a good day means she had 10 seizures at pre school. on a bad day, she can have more than 100. >> i don't know when the next seizure is going to be that could cause brain damage, further brain damage, for that >> reporter: paige has a severe seizure condition that caused her to after stroke when she was 19 months old. >> so she takes multiple doses of these on a daily basis, three times a day, and these are her sleep meds. >> reporter: right now she takes a cocktail of fda- approved medications. >> thi

normally a seizure lasts for a minute or two, sometimes this seizure lasts for an hour or two. the effect of the seizure can be devastating and life change, no oxygen delivered to the brain. >> you have no idea what you are injessing. russian roulette when you buy a package of this stuff. synthetic canabinoids, in 2015 we seized five times what we seized in 2014. in 2014 we seized three times as much as we did the previous year. >> nearly $50 million in assets. >> vation majorit >> the vast majority of all synthetic cannabinoids come from china. they put tonight packages, not are for human consumption. but that is in fact what they are for. >> certified for laboratory analysis. >> k2 is very profitable. a $700,000 investment would bring probably two to $300,000 back ton street. several dea investigations found traced back to the middle east, syria, jordan, yemen, the fear is that it could be used to fund terrorism. >> as soon as we schedule it, as soon as we make these things illegal, criminal organizations will go back and change one molecule, one, one molecule and it changes

her parents say it is because of seizures she suffered while restrained in a device. kevin reese has the emotional warning the girl's family want use to hear. >> reporter: her name is heaven spelled backwards. this is what she used to look like. this is her now brain damaged and in the hospital after a visit to a dentist office. she was getting her teeth capped. her mom was told to stay in the waiting room while she was placed in a restraining device. >> they never did call it a seizure. they said she is shaking. >> reporter: medical records show part of what was happening. over the span of four hours our blood pressure drops, oxygen levels dropped to 49%. tortured. in essence, what happened was suffocated. this child suffered massive period. that didn't have to happen. >> the whole time they assured us everything was okay. jefferson. he has been fined and reprimanded by the state board before. some dentists defend the use of the restraint device. as this family and attorneys prepare for a lawsuit to determine what caused the seizures they want to send a warning. >> p

a good day means she has 10 seizures at preschool. on a bad day, she can have more than 100. >> and i don't know when that next seizure is going to be that can cause brain damage, further brain damage for that matter or taking her life. >> and now after a successful trial of a marijuana-based seizure drug, the drug company is fighting to get fda approval and many people see the successful trial as proof of the benefits of medical marijuana. page's mother is adro sate -- anything to try and help her daughter. >>> some argue it's hard to put exercise into their day because they're stuck working at a desk. >> and many opt for the standing desks but do they help? turns out a review of 20 studies led scientists to question whether standing desks are a waste of time and found little evidence that they benefit your health. researchers note that standing instead of sitting, it doesn't to help people lose weight. >> all right. >>> and coming up next, bo berghdahl's bizarre behavior. >> and a -- a waitress' tip is going viral. it has nothing to

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there may be new hope tonht for seizures. it comes ithe form ofmedicinal . >>> there may be new hope tonight for kids suffering with seizures. it comes in the form of medicinal marijuana. tests of a cannabis-based drug were released today showing it reduced convulsive seizures in children. shares of pharmaceutical companies skyrocketed on this news but experts say more work is needed before drugs with medical marijuana can get fda approval. >> i wouldn't say cured. i don't want to use that word. but basically, they've gone from hundreds of seizures to maybe a couple a week and they're basically to live a normal life whereas before the drugs and the disease were debilitating. >> it could be a big deal here if the drug in the study were to get fda approval it would be the first prescription drug extracted from marijuana. >>> well, tomorrow we'll know whether the late mother theresa will be declared a saint. pope francis signed off on the miracle needed for sainthood last december. the miracle is the inexplicable cure of a man s

instead of snitching on anybody they say they fell or had a seizure.heir head playing basketball. he's got substantial injuries. it looks like his jaw is broken or his orbital is fractured. staff think that something was done with a hot pot. there was a hot pot inside cell that was broke. the cell mate is in cuffs. we'll go over and talk to him, see what he's got to say. >> the cell mate is dana woods serving 70 years for aggravated battery and confinement. >> there was an incident in the cell. that's what i'm here to talk to you about. >> the man fell. >> substantial injuries for just falling. >> i'm sure he has epileptic seizures. and they've come and found the man before on the floor. >> there was a lot of blood in the cell. >> right. he had a good gash on his head. >> how did the hot pot get broke? >> the hot pot? >> it was in the cell. >> it was broke because we was fictioning a hot pot before. and it had been in the trash the whole time. >> i can tell you i have been here 15 years and nobody had a fall that looked like that. >> he fell on the bed

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of cat chronic seizure. >> you saw this, when he fell to the floor. and you must have had freaked out. >> first of all he never had those kind of seizures, and we pretty much thought we were safe from that. and to have that come out of the blue was gut wrenching. >> after he comes to, you decide my goodness, here we go again. >> right. >> then what then did you realize about medical marijuana and how it might alleve ate the symptoms. >> well, i hadn't heard about it initially, we were trying to stop the seizures, we saw the documentary. >> relieved symptoms in almost a day. >> little girl who had a different syndrome than he has, but yes, it is very difficult to control seizures, in children with that diagnosis. and she had immediate relief from the seizures. >> so politically speaking, because this has become a political story, governor tom corbett who was in office up until what couple of years ago, veto anything that would come up by way of medical marijuana for the longest time. tom wolf the new governor has taken different tact. politically speak

symptoms range from vomiting to seizures and blackouts. chemicals. don't know what you are putting how you will react. is heartbreaking. his partner nearly died four times from using spice and is trying to recover. he worries the homeless population is being targeted with a cheap dangerous fix. >> it is really sad. clear out the homeless. >> police fear it may take tragedy for people to stop.

now, they arrived to a call at a mcdonald's last week because a child was having a seizure. they called for medics and at first they got no response. then they were told 10 to 15 minutes. >> when i exited the fire truck i was the officer in charge. i exited the fire truck, the gentleman handed me his child. at that point she was completely limp and flacid. i turned around, i looked at my driver, without any hesitation, i said turn it around, we're going to the hospital. >> laura: well, kelly says the girl was completely blue from the chest line up. now they put her on oxygen in the fire engine and took her to the closest e.r. the firefighters were suspended for transporting someone in a nontransport unit because it doesn't have proper restraints. here. >> brian: well, i mean -- there's obviously so many regulations that they have to -- but, what they did was they did what they had to do to save her. >> laura: heroic in ways but, you know, you understand the >> brian: well they did the right thing. in my book, nobody care what is i think, though. then there's this rescue caug

saturday after they responded to an emergency call and found a girl who was blue and had suffered a seizure. they are both emts and decided not to wait for an ambulance and take the child to the hospital themselves. because they couldn't get an answer as to how far away the ambulance was. today we learned when they took the child to the hospital in the engine, she was wearing a seat belt and tonight we also have reaction from captain kelly about getting reinstated. >> the care provided to the patient our focus has been on the decision to transport the patient in the fire truck.

i said no history, no seizures before? i said we're going. she was completely limp. had no movement at all. she was unresponsive and unconscious. >> i support them 100% if i was in the same position, i would have done the exact same thing. >> well, kelly says they were suspended for a week because their fire engine is licensed as a non-transport unit and doesn't have the proper restraints, and medications as an ambulance. seems a little unfair. well, get ready to check your freeze earn, potentially dangerous item that's forcing big recall of chicken nugget. >>> and, this man may not look familiar, but he impacted all of our lives. his major invest svennson that changed the way we communicate with each other. alzheimer's means... so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to her current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. when added to another alzheimer's treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. (announcer) namenda xr doesn't change how the disease progresses. it sh

your personal property is not subject to seizure without a court order. >> in metric is in the wording reasonable public nuisance or public health. >> that is for the courts to decide not the sanitation department. >> now we're joined by a legal expert amy kardashian -- kardashian. welcome back does the city having the ability to enforce the vagrancy law or clearing of sidewalks? have we blurred the issues to keep the public space open? and the city would want to act but that is what a homeless person will set up a box like a home and leave it there as if they have established their home and they claim that territory. that is illegal but they have no right to throw her stuff and the dumpsters to read a do not have the right without due process of law without a hearing whether administrative. those thugs at the sanitation department do not get to be judge and jury and executioner of your stuff. >> you should be a lawyer you're absolutely right to. [laughter] >> there will be a court battle. what happens if she is incompetent? >> and don't think a deposition would be necessary normally t

this is where drug seizures and samples from all over the world are sent to be chemically identified. >> jill head is a supervising chemist at the lab. >> every drug exhibit that's submitted to the laboratory is approached as a complete unknown. we don't suspect that its anything until we conduct our analysis and make an actual identification. >> the lab tests thousands of drugs each year. >> she has two materials and they are both white powders, and so they are going to both be prepared in the same way. >> most are evidence collected during seizures. using the most advanced equipment in the world, it's still a challenge identifying the constantly changing chemical compositions found in synthetic impostors. >> and we've determined that it's methalone. >> do you ever test something and low and behold its pure mdma? or is it typically not? >> we do analyze and identify pure mdma. we do however also identify it and it's something completely different. >> but dea spokesman rusty payne is quick to debunk an mdma myth. >> some people have the perception that mdma, if it's pure, isn't danger

some had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse or of seizures. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you have these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. tell your doctor if you have heart or blood vessel problems, or develop new or worse symptoms. get medical help right away if you have symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. decrease alcohol use while taking chantix. use caution when driving or operating machinery. most common side-affect is nausea. i did it. i quit smoking. is right for you. caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am her best friend. i am her ally. so i asked about adding to her current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. when added to another alzheimer's treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. symptoms f

tracy anderwald had suffered a seizure.er daughter pulled her to the shallow end of the pool, got her head out of the water and then ran for help. mother and daughter are doing just fine this morning. >>> hulk hogan is speaking out in an exclusive interview. the former pro wrestler was just awarded $140 million in his lawsuit against gawker sobbing as that verdict was read and not ready to talk until now. hogan tells abc's linzie janis about what it felt like to be facing his foes in court and then be vindicated. >> i felt like i had like this monster on my shoulders no matter where i went, what are they thinking of me? it was just this overwhelming thing that kind of like made me cower. when they read the verdict, it was just so overwhelming when i knew that we had won and people believed me. it was just, gosh, it was a moment. it was a moment. >> more of that hulk hogan exclusive with our linzie janis coming up on "good morning america." >>> well, still ahead, the three mormon missionaries injured in brussels. one of them

page suffers from a severe seizure condition. a good day means that she had 10 seizures at preschool. on a bad day, she can have more than 100. >> i don't know when the next seizure is going to be that can cause brain damage. further brain damage for that her life. >> and okay, now, after successful trial of a marijuana- based seizure drug, the drug company is fighting to get fda approval. many people see the successful trial as proof of the benefits of medical marijuana. page's mother is advocating for the ohio ballot initiative and legislative action really just anything to try to help her daughter. >>> and right now, doctors are than drugs to treat some major health issues. >> and they say exercise can treat chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. instead of quickly turning to drugs or surgery, scientists revealed exercise is as affective for many health problems. even arthritis. the exercise left side affects and less health risks; however, they note that exercises should be tailored to your condition. >>> and some

. >> the oil has a higher concentration of thc and isn't legal in ohio. enough. she had the seizure this week than a month. >> she is probably always going to seize. it is not a cure but it is the closest thing we have. >> reporter: she says she doesn't want to have to break the law to help her daughter. >> things just lack of education is why it is not legal. if somebody were to ask me a year and a half ago to legalize medical marijuana i probably would have said no. >> reporter: she gives her two small doses of hemp oil every day but she said the higher concentrated thc oil works as i rescue medication when she has bad seizures. >> rob: thanks very much. tomorrow she will testify in front of an ohio task force looking in possible medical there are two medical marijuana issues proposed for the fall ballot. >> cammy: a local high school cancels some evening events because of a note. it had references to a bomb.the boys basketball bank wet and band concert was cancelled. >>> the meets comes after last week's school shooting. the accused shooters in jail. district is taking suggestions fro

in these conditions, but it certainly will not change the basis of what these seizures are from. >> reporter: sparking a debate about medical marijuana and where it goes from here. it does not have it yet but should the drug in that study some day get fda approval, it would be the first time a prescription drug was extracted from marijuana. reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, scott. >>> all right. red ablonely is considered a seafood delicacy but white is a different story. >> white ablonely is federally endangered with a few thousand left in the ocean. we go to a local laboratory where the population is getting a boost. >> reporter: in the world of science, the idea of making babies isn't exactly romantic. >> we are making ablonely babies. >> reporter: and at the laboratory. >> ready to go. >> reporter: the process includes a lot of standing around and a lot of watching. >> we're inducing. >> reporter: the subjects at the center of the attention critically endangered white ablonely. there are about 5,000 left in the ocean meanly in southern ca

as a result, we believe it threatens the way that our search and seizure laws were designed to operate. where reasonable search under a lawful warrant can obtain access to evidence. we do view it as a real threat. it's the balance of privacy and security sits on it. >> tim cook and his open letter writes about this issue, the government suggests this tool could only be used once, on one phone. but that is simply not true, once once created the technique could be used over and over again on any number of devices in the physical world it would be the equivalent of a master key, capable of opening hundreds of millions of locks. >> i think there is a lot of hyperbole and mr. cook's. the existence for example, we do like that analogy because the truth is when you look at the physical world, all sorts of private information exists in the physical world. medical records, business records, where those records are stored law-enforcement can access that evidence. there are keys to those physical doors and safe-deposit boxes. also private companies are required to comply with warrants or access e