in today's healthwatch, cbs reporter tina kraus explains how it starts with a simple scratch. >> reporter: 36-year-old jo couples is hearing cummings is hear the heartbeat of her first child after struggling to get pregnant for 3.5 years. >> when you get older time is running out. dark days where you think it's never going to happen. >> reporter: jo says a simple procedure before her ivf treatment did the trick. doctors at knotting ham used endomeet trial scratching endometrial scratching. >> british and brazilian scientists say the optimal time to have the scratch is one month before iv treatment. in a study 77 women received the scratch. the pregnancy rate jumped to 49% from 29% in those with the procedure and nearly doubled the number of live births to 42% from 23%. doctors say they are not sure why the scratch works. but one theory is it wakes up the womb. >> by causing a little bit of damage the womb fixes itself. >> reporter: jo says the scratch was painful but well worth it as she waits anxiously for the birth of her baby boy. tina kraus, cbs news, london. >> researchers in britain

as cbs news' tina kraus reports the prize didn't go to an individual but, rather, an organization. >>> reporter: this year's nobel peace prize goes to an organization trying to rid the world of organizations. >> the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. >> reporter: experts from opcw are overseeing the destruction of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. the netherlands-based group has the support of the united nations and aims to shut down syria's production facilities within weeks. the norwegian nobel committee says the group set up in 1997 deserves the peace prize for its extensive work in eliminating chemical weapons: pcw has done more than 5,000 inspections in 86 countries. it beat out favored winner malala yousafzai the pakistani teenager who survived a taliban bullet to the head. when pressed about their decision, judges said there were a number of strong candidates. >> actually the committee never comments on those who didn't get the prize. >> reporter: the prize comes with $1.25 million in cash. tina kraus, cbs news. >> the prize will be formally awarded to opcw i

tina kraus reports with the fallout from london. >>> germany and france are demanding the u.s. agree to a no-spying deal with their countries by the end of the year. the national security agency reportedly tapped german chancellor angella merkel's cell phone. and accessed tens of thousands cell phones. merkel said trust between the u.s. and germany has been shattered, despite reassurances from the white house that the united states is not and will not monitor her calls. u.s. intelligence chiefs will travel to washington as early as next week to find out how many leaders and citizens u.s. agents may be listening in on. spain is asking the u.s. ambassador to find out if it's being spied on, too. former nsa contractor, edward snowden, leaked a memo, suggesting the agency was able to monitor the calls of 35 world leaders. britain's prime minister slammed snowden, and newspapers reporting his intelligence leaks, saying exposing state secrets only helps terrorists. >> that is not going to make our world safer. it's going to make our world more dangerous. >> e.u. despite anger over th

tina kraus has the story. >> reporter: 36-year-old joe cummings is hearing the heartbeat of her first child. after struggling to get pregnant for 3 1/2 years. >> dark days. you think it's never going it happen. >> reporter: joe says a simple procedure before her ivf treatment did the trick. doctors used a technique called endometrial scratching. >> we put a device through. and take it in small samples. so it's straightforward. painless. >> reporter: british and brazilian scientists now say the optimal time to have the scratch is one month before ivf treatment. they studied 158 women who had undergone unsuccessful procedures. 77 received a scratch. in the women who had the procedure, the pregnancy rate jumped to 49% from 23%. and nearly doubled the live births 42% from 23%. doctors are not sure why the scratch works, but one theory is, it wakes up the womb. >> by causing a little damage, the womb sort- to regenerate and fix itself. >> reporter: jo says the scratch was a bit painful but well worth it as she waitsacious anxiously for the birth of her baby boy. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness

tina kraus reports for wjz.in germany, it's being called bishop bling. >> this is the controversial residence that sparked the temporary ouster of a german bishop. pope francis ordered him, dubbed bishop bling to leave his diocese in germany. this comes as the vatican investigates the $42 million price tag for the bishom's new -- bishop's new residence complex. >> this woman says, i cannot possibly imagine where the money went. i presume he has a golden water tap. >> reporter: bishop tevon vanles apologizes for any judgment, but claims the astronomical bill was for 10 different projects. the scandal comes as pope francis made an example of living humbly, choosing to live in a guest house, rather than a luxurious papal apartment. many have called for resignation. but pope francis is only making the bishop leave for an unspecified period of time, pending the outcome of the investigation. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> lindbergh's vicker general will run the diocese during the bishop's absence. >>> it's judgme

tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >>> the united states has a snow-spying deal with britain, australia, new zealand and canada, an alliance known as 5is that was struck in the aftermath of world war ii. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. a look at linebacker brian aia bedejoe. >>> and bill epiridge, boast known for his portrayal of bobby kennedy, seconds after he was assassinated. >>> and a preview of saturday's football game, against maryland and clemson. for more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> scores of volunteers around the state take a day off to give back. it's part of the united way's annual day of action. gigi barnett explains, for students at one school, the service day comes with a free gift. >> i heard somebody cough. did somebody have a little cough? >> it's the sound dr. patty vining knows well. she spent the last 45 years, treating the youngest patients at johns hopkins hospital. back in june, she retired. but toda

tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> america elg is in brussels. >>> people over maryland are bundling up. take a live look outside. there are a few clouds overhead on this typical autumn afternoon. meteorologist tim williams is on burke avenue in towson. first, bob is updating these chilly temperatures the bob? >> let's take a look at current numbers now. we're at first. only 32 in oakland. haven't seen it much higher than that up here all day long. 45 in cumberland. air is very dry and that means tonight, key could see very chilly temperatures. 30 in oakland 37 inler band. overnight, we have a freeze warning. so we'll see some victims probably around 32 degrees. spots could get down to 29 or 30. tim has a little more on what we can expect. >> definitely here in towson. we have been talking about what is going to go on tonight with the temperatures dropping. bob was talking about mums. you want to bring there whatever you can. >> the high is really the directing the cold canadian air mass. as long as the high is in control, we'll have a good bit of blue sky a lot of sunshine. take a l

tina kraus reports from london. >>> 36-year-old joe cummings is hearing the heartbeat of her first child. after struggling to get pregnant for 3 1/2 years. >> as you get older, you just have dark days, where you think it's never going to happen. >> reporter: jo says a simple procedure before her ivf procedure did the trick. they used a technique called endometrial scratching. >> we put a device into the womb and take it in small samples. straightforward, painless. >> reporter: the optimal time to have the scratch is one month before ivf treatment. they studied 158 women, who had undergone unsuccessful fertility procedures. 77 had the scratch. the rate jumped from 49% from 29%. and nearly doubled the number of live births. doctors say they're not sure why the scratch works. but one theory is, it wakes up the womb. >> by causing a little damage, the womb has to sort of fix itself. >> reporter: jo said it was well worth it as she waits patiently for the birth of her baby boy. >> researchers in britain say they will keep studying the scratch, with trials on more women until their final study

tina kraus, cbs news london. >> british researchers will keep studying the scratch with trials on more women until the final study is released next year. >>> man, oh, man, we had a showdown over the shutdown between d.c.'s mayor and the senate majority leader harry reid. >> got a little intense on capitol hill, just one of the stories that made headlines today. let's look at your world in 90 seconds. the u.s. government has now been closed for nine days. >> we have simple, simple requests all from the government. let us pay our bills. we'll negotiate on anything you want to negotiate on. >> you want to reopen our government and provide fairness to all americans under the president's healthcare law. >> we are not a department of the government. we have our own money. we're simply trying to be able to spend our own money, sir. >> i'm on your side. don't screw it up. >> reporter: senator reid, what do you mean don't screw it up? the mayor is asking for the city's budget. mr. mayor, how did you take that? >> i have no idea how to take it. >>> family of u.s. servicemen and women kimed on ac