how we can staal. not yet reverse but staal the onset -- not yet reverse but stall the onset that occurs as a result of alzheimer's. we've seen it. you seen the stories. we know that drug treatments that were once thought to be ineffective, treatments that were done in thed my 1990's, didn't work, or so they thought. then some statistician looked at those results of those drug trials and noticed something really important. they noticed while the overall program didn't seem to work, they noticed there was a subset of patients that were being treated by that drug and they noticed that that subset was the early onset of alzheimer's and what they noticed was that that drug seemed to push back, seemed to hold steady that onset of alzheimer's. whoa, it was a eureka moment, that maybe using drugs of that type, applied early in the the s, would result in delay, the arresting of the alzheimer's onset. this is what we're talking about here. if we're able to invest this money in research, we can see the probabili

met by eric staal. pushed it back through. bonino. still can't get very far with it. taken along by eric staal and again it is letang. >> eddie: just a wall in the middle of the ice by the rangers. >> mike: played back on by crosby and worked in. right there to get it is it is kessel again. under a minute to go. played back on by letang and back in once more. lundqvist stops it behind. forced by yandle. tanner glass. kicked back in deep. kessel turning with it there. letang takes it. dumps it towards the net. bonino right in front, hornqvist and a save made by lundqvist. a pile-up there and the whistle is blown with 34.8 to go. >> eddie: i think hornqvist was surprised the puck found him by himself in front of henrik lundqvist. he will be right in front of the net. hornqvist has got it and lundqvist comes out to challenge. can't get elevation on the shot. look how he pushes out, eddie. benoit, the goalie coach will be happy with the push out. you see the puck hitting him in the shoulder. if he is back in the net that has got a chance to really get by him. >> eddie: yo

met by eric staal. pushed it back through. bonino. still can't get very far with it. taken along by eric staal and again it is letang. >> eddie: just a wall in the middle of the ice by the rangers. >> mike: played back on by crosby and worked in. right there to get it is yandle. pushed back to center. it is kessel again. under a minute to go. played back on by letang and back in once more. lundqvist stops it behind. forced by yandle. tanner glass. kicked back in deep. kessel turning with it there. letang takes it. dumps it towards the net. bonino right in front, hornqvist and a save made by lundqvist. a pile-up there and the whistle is blown with 34.8 to go. >> eddie: i think hornqvist was surprised the puck found him by himself in front of henrik lundqvist. he will be right in front of the net. hornqvist has got it and lundqvist comes out to challenge. can't get elevation on the shot. look how he pushes out, eddie. benoit, the goalie coach will be happy with the push out. makes him so much bigger. you see the puck hitting him in the shoulder. if he is back in the net

met by eric staal. still can't get very far with it. taken along by eric staal and again it is letang. >> eddie: just a wall in the middle of the ice by the rangers. >> mike: played back on by crosby and worked in. right there to get it is yandle. pushed back to center. it is kessel again. under a minute to go. played back on by letang and back in once more. lundqvist stops it behind. forced by yandle. tanner glass. kicked back in deep. kessel turning with it there. letang takes it. dumps it towards the net. bonino right in front, hornqvist and a save made by lundqvist. a pile-up there and the whistle is blown with 34.8 to go. >> eddie: i think hornqvist was surprised the puck found him by himself in front of henrik lundqvist. he will be right in front of the net. lundqvist comes out to challenge. can't get elevation on the shot. look how he pushes out, eddie. benoit, the goalie coach will be happy with the push out. makes him so much bigger. you see the puck hitting him in the shoulder. if he is back in the net that has got a chance to

he was poked in the eye by his own defense man marc staal. he stayed in the game temporarily but he exited for the night. his status for game two on saturday is uncertain. the team called up another goalie as a precaution. here's head coach elaine vigneault today. >> there's a little bit of swelling near the eye and around the eye. he's going to see another specialist this afternoon. we'll have more news for you >> we'll keep you posted as well. you can catch game two on saturday at 3:00 p.m. >>> tonight it's game one between the islanders and panthers in florida. >>> in knicks news phil jackson says he'll likely interview coaching candidates that he knows. carmelo anthony once again reiterated his desire to stay in new york. >> as of right now, you know, i'll be here. you know, no conversation has taken place as far as me leaving or me wanting to leave. i think everybody knows how i feel about being here with this organization in new york playing for the knicks. i think nobody should question that. >> so mellow is here. evening on the hardwo

you recall he was struck in the eye with marc staal's stick in game one wednesday night. not a lot of damage to the eye. practice today to make a decision if he would be able to play. after seeing a specialist in pittsburgh yesterday there he was at this morning's practice. he is officially listed as a game time decision. >> we are talking it day by day here. the practice was good. like i said, it's more than the swelling around the eye that affects it a little bit. i am pleased with the way it felt. >> baseball celebrating jackie robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. if you want to see the signed documents that led to the accomplishment, you're in luck. i'm talking about the two contracts the future hall of famer signed. they are no the new york historical society until next friday. jackie signed with the minor league montreal royals on october 23, 1945 before agreeing to join the big league brooklyn dodgers april 11, 1947, and making his debut four the make -- hitspry -- history was in the making. >> what a nice tribute to have everyone wearing his number. we are

he was struck in the eye with marc staal's stick in the game one loss. but the rangers said they needed him to practice today to make a decision. after seeing a specialist in pittsburgh yesterday there he was this morning at practice. he said he felt fine but is concerned about slight swelling around the eye. he is officially listed as a game-time decision. >> to know that there was no damage to the eye, it's swollen making it uncomfortable. but, um, yeah, we're taking it day by day here. >> all right. after stealing game one of the series in florida, the islanders will be back at it tonight for game 2 against the panthers. now it's time to get greedy after last night's clutch performance. the islanders playing catch-up john tavares took over late in the second. a goal with 22 seconds left in the period. then an early assist in the third. they kept the lead. griest with 42 saves. they win 5-4. >>> tonight after a night off the mets will be in cleveland tonight. bartolo colon tried to match martinez for second most wins by a dominican republic born pitche

his own defenseman marc staal hit him in the eye with a stick. lundquist stayed in goal. the period, patric hornqvist beats him to give pittsburgh a 1-0 lead. rangers' backup goalie antti raanta took over. hung tough until late in the period when sidney crosby scores late in the breakaway to make it 2-0. in the third the rangers cut it to 2-1. on the power play, penguins goalie making his first postgame start makes the save. penguins 5, rangers, 2. afterwards, all the talk was about the health of the king. >> i saw him in between the second and the third. so i'm assuming that he is still here. i don't have anything more to tell you than what i just have here. so it's the best i can do for today. i should know more tomorrow. >> the rangers and their fans can only hope. game two is saturday right here on nbc 4 new york. >>> in baseball, the yankees the border against the blue jays. with the bombers trailing 3-1 in the eighth, mark teixeira cuts the lead in half, take drew storen deep to right. the blue jay tapped two, nova in the bottom half. the b

eric staal's first game against his old team since coming to new york. came up to acknowledge the crowd twice. then to hockey. after a miserable 1st period, the rangers came alive in the 2nd. here's rick nash powering his way to the goal. they'd lead twice in this one but carolina kept coming back. victor rask past lundqvist. they'd hang on. 4-3 the rangers fall. they're third in the metropolitan division behind the penguins. >>> islanders trying to keep pace as they host the blue jackets tonight. isles on the power play. anders lee taking care of the rebound for the go-ahead goal. 4-3. the islanders now just 2 points behind the rangers with a game in hand. >>> and finally, the devils also in action on the road in florida tonight. under 3 minutes to go in the game, panthers get some insurance. barkov, the goal. it proves to be quite important. devils would get a late tally but they fall 3-2. off a pretty huge win when they took down lebron james and the cavaliers at barclays center, one of their best wins of the season. so tonight brooklyn looking for a

late 1st period, ranger goaltender henrik lundqvist took mark staal's stick to the face. he was able to stay in the game until this. the penguins flipped the puck over the net and just dumb luck, hornquist scores. lundqvist didn't return after the 1st period. sidney crosby takes advantage, beats him on the breakaway. derek stepan did score twice but penguins win 5-2. game 2 saturday. we wait to see about lundqvist's availability for that. >>> the yankees' first road trip of the season continues in toronto. the yankees hope to keep it up against the jays. they did win last night. that's a good sign. yanks down 3-1. start coming back. mark teixeira knocks out his solo shot. a one-run game. but the jays rough up nova for four runs. troy tulowitzki with an rbi single. goins had three hits, couple runs driven in. yanks lose tonight 7-2. michael pineda slips to 1-1. >>> wild game for the mets and marlins at citifield. logan verrett pitched a solid six innings. wilmer flores, first career game at 1st base. flores smacked his first hit of the season. scored his first run of the g

said marc staal after this one, we were playing to win. we are not scared of anybody. unclear who they face in the playoffs because the islanders can pass them in the standings. they need three points in the final two games, and they got one tonight. a 4-3 loss to the sabres in overtime. a win over the flyers tomorrow and they get the three seed. jordan spaeth is in the middle of a dream run at augusta. he went wire to wire last year. led every round this year. it has been two years since someone not named jordan spieth has led the masters. when the georgia winds come through, it is almost impossible. billy horschel setting up for an eagle when the wind swept his ball into the drink. rory mcilroy and jordan spieth have accounted for the last four majors. he never carted a birdie. he is five off the lead. it could have been worse because spaeth had moments in another round he is forced to scramble. regardless, he goes into sunday with a 1 stroke lead at 3 under. final round coverage on cbs. >>> finally, who says the youth have no respect for the greats of the past. out

. >> reporter: the chp is still looking to talk to the driver of the staaled vehicle. that driver did not stick around. amy hollyfield, "abc7 news." >> if you have our news app, you received a push notification about that crash this morning. to stay on top of breaking news, download that app for free. >>> one person was hospital used and traffic snarled for about an hour after an accident shut down the west bound lanes on the san mateo bridge this morning. the accident happened about 7:30 just east of the toll plaza. you can see what a mess it was in the sky 7 hd video shot after emergency crews got on the scene to help people. the one driver's injuries were not serious. >>> today, police identified a woman dead in her lafayette home. investigators consider 66-year-old margaret's death suspicious. officers found her yesterday after receiving a call from a concerned relative. >>> the 2011 uc davis pepper spray incident, remember these pictures? is posing problems against for the university. they are calling for the dismissal of the school's president. the university off

it's all thanks to wisconsin, the very first staal to come up with the idea of a presidential primary which votes this tuesday. but it wasn't u til april 1960 that the importance of the wisconsin primary first came into play. in ft, hede was "meet the press" that week, in fact 56 years ago today with moderator ned brooks. >> this week the eyes of the nation will be fastened on wisconsin's presidential primary. two democratic senators hubert humphrey and john kennedy of massachusetts are competing in the first and perhaps the most important contested primary of 1960. >> interestingly kennedy and humphrey watched the election returns together in the milwaukee journal newsroom. >> how has the vote been thus far shaped up according to your expectations? >> well, i was hopeful we could i think we have a good chance to do that. which will give us majority of the popular vote -- >> look at that. taanlking about district delegates. kennedy would win that night on his path to the nomination and eventually the presidency. let's go to 1976 with contemted primaries in both pardies. ford beat reag

constituent laws that make it impossible to help mentally ill family members and congress is still staaling my helping families in mental health crisis law. this posting must have hit a nerve. members of congress all have facebook pages and twitter. we have our social media. many times when we post something we may hear from a few thousand people. as of a few minutes ago this posting led to 1. million hits n my facebook. what is also compeling is as sad as the story is about this man treated like a prisoner, like a common criminal instead of getting treatment are the heart wrenching comments made by the families. i want to read some of them to you. these are people from around the world -- world who commented on what's happening. holly wrote, i agry with cody's mom, the real culprits are state nd federal laws preventing people from helping their family members. there's laws that say unless you're in immeant danger of hurting yourself or others, you're not forced into theement. or if the person says don't tell my mother or my father because they're part of the c.i.a. or they're a martian or

low wages limit consumer demand which staals our country's economic growth. that hurts everyone. a raise long overdue for hardworking americans. if you realize that between 1948 and 1973, productivity and compensation grew at nearly equal rates. ut from 1973 to 2014, american workers' productivity grew by 72%. they were producing more. while hourly worker compensation grew by just 9%. ages for the top 1% have grown 138% since 1979. while ages at the -- for the bottom 90% have only grown 15%. we have an opportunity to make a real step toward closing this gap. there's a broad and growing consensus on the need to raise the wage and the poll my colleagues have referenced, this is a poll of business executives and i think they were trying to hide it. didn't think they wanted to get it out. but business executives. this is a poll conducted by frank luntz, a republican pollster who found that 80% supported raising the federal minimum wage. if my colleagues across oh the aisle want to make a real impact on poverty in the united states, they would support legislation that helps working fa

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