it will likely soon become the gold standard for in vitro fertilization. dr. nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with what americans are telling surveyors they fear most about their seatmate on an airplane. for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks... with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories... america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> keep an eye on the aleutian islands chain. this is a story we may hear more about over the weekend. not one but two alaskan volcanos are active. in fact, they are at the highest alert level tonight for what officials call, quote, sudden explosions with little or no warning. lava has already spewed. it can be seen glowing at night from the top of one of them. and an ash cloud has alr

she was an embryo from an arizona couple who had undergone in vitro. woman named samantha from washington who couldn't have biological children was thinking about adopting. she had adopted two children. she ended up on a website that informed her of this form of adoption. a doctor em planted that embryo in her uterus and she was able to carry the child to term. >> if you want to experience pregnancy it's a great option. >> it's controversial because there's a moral discussion of what should be done with embryos used in in vitro because there are thousands of fertilized embryos left over from this medical process and discussion over what should be done with these embryos. >> i think this is a better option than just destroys them. this is the perfect way of giving that child life, albeit with a different family. >> this is nice because a huge part of motherhood is being able to carry your child. >> this is new technology leading to a new kind of family. >> i just held this tiny 5 1/2 pound beautiful peanut that i had grown somehow and it was surreal. >>

massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractors, in vitro. when i give people a lecture, most of the people here are not going to use in vitro fertilization. in insurance is required this would be cheaper. they can always buy what they want. there are a whole host of things that i think government had an opportunity for us, a big one that i failed to mention. the lack of information. it's not just about price. it is about polity. there is no transparent we end up they actually do a lot of procedures, the question then comes on value-based decisions and are they able to make these decisions, medicare is so complicated, how can you make a decision like that. my answer is that we can make decisions like patients. because we do this all the time because we don't understand. i'm not sure many people can explain how a computer really works in very great detail. i think in concert with doctors and in the age of installation and the internet and et cetera, people are actually very good at talking from the patient's side about what the medical care en

we will not use in vitro fertilization but insurance is required to include that coverage. there is a lot of mandates estimated ramp up the cost of health insurance by as much as 50%. that is a barrier because there is in the opportunity for people to buy the insurance coverage they want to which would be cheaper. there is a whole host that has had an opportunity and a big one that i fail to mention is so lack of information. not just about price the quality if you get the mri scan you dunno know not only what it costs but if they are board certified, training, you don't know if you get elective surgery if you go to a place where they do a lot with a good outcome. a huge amount of information that is necessary of value based decisions and then the question comes a people able how can you make a decision like that? my answer is there's no question to be in concert with doctors reid do this all the time with things you don't understand. i am not sure people can explain how a computer works but in a concert with doctors people are very good at walking through the patient's sid

massage therapy, acupuncture, chiropractors, in vitro fertilization. when i give a lecture to people and the average age is 50, i would say that most of the people here are not going to use in vitro fertilization. yet it is included in a requirement in that coverage. many mandates are estimated -- by as much as 50%. it is not the opportunity for people to buy the insurance coverage that they actually want, which would be cheaper. so there is a whole host of these kinds of things that the government has an opportunity, a big one that i failed to mention. it is not just about price, but there is no transparency is. you don't know if you are getting elective surgery where they actually do a lot of these procedures where they have good outcomes. there is a huge amount of information that is necessary if people are expected to make value-based decisions. and the question comes from our people able to make these medical care decisions, how could you make a decision like that. my answer to that is there is no russian the you can make decisions like that as a

first washe birth -- in 1978, many have been conceived in vitro. the pregnancy rate for each implantation remains stubbornly low, a round 32%. improving that statistic would literally be life changing. >> the top stories, more than 70 people killed and 150 wounded in a series of bombings across iraq. the third straight day of sectarian violence. protesters in washington d.c. demand that president barack obama closed down the military prison camp. the hunger strike by scores of inmates has now passed 100 days. on aecretary general is three-day visit to russia. .e met with the u.s. military the 87-year-old was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity during his r at the height of the country's dirty work. >> he was probably the most jaded of argentina's leaders. he led the military to the began what is known as the dirty war in which estimated 30,000 people were disappeared and killed, many more tortured. when argentina return to democracy, he was tried and sentenced for crimes against humanity. he was sentenced to an additional 50 years i

. >> it literally opens the door to in vitro fertilization labs usign the -- using these principles to make clones for people that might want to have a clone. -- usesechnique is adult skin cells, inserting it into a human egg stripped of its existing dna. they are stimulated by electric pulses. that starts them dividing. scientists say the results are hugely significant, a major step forward in the field and in the fight against some terrible diseases. >> the u.s., russia, and iran are wrestling with the international olympic community to try to save the sport. wrestling could be eliminated from the games in 2020. there was apefor most enthusiac supporters, iran would almost certainly win the gold medal. >> iranians have always had our support. our throat -- heart goes out to them every time we see them. >> they are cheering for their champion wrestling team. one of three countries competing in the event in new york's iconic grand central station. it's an unlikely trio -- iran, the united states, and russia -- not exactly known for their cooperation or camaraderie. >> what happens if w

or in vitro meet. not sure who is going pay for this. that's how they make the meat. slaughtering going on. good for the environment because of the what person. >> don't even try to spin this. >> how does it taste? if it takes like popeyes, people will eat it. >> a good choice. >> and i have david beckham here. the many faces of beckham. they're talking about his retirement on "the new york times." that is important. what is more important is his beautiful face. they've taken a look at the look over the years. the corn rouse, not a big fan of. some of the others are fetching. >> when bill had the corn rows, it was tough. >> surprised mara didn't go with how the underwear line has changed over the years. >> i was hoping for a shirtless photo. they let me down. >> i don't thing he's going the retire from that. >> hopefully not. >> but young, as erp saying earlier. late 30s. for the amount of time he's been around, he would be in the 40s or 50s. >> i didn't realize he was 38. i thought he was much older. he makes the rest of us in our 30s feel like total losers. >> and k

for coupling struggling with fertility test tube babies, in vitro fertilization is the way to go. success rate not high, 42% for women under 35. using simple photography in england looking to try to pick out which of these developing embryos are the healthiest they were able to raise that to 61% which is a dramatic increase. >> that is. although you say it is a small study, ivf can be very expensive, though, for families. this could encourage more families to try it. >> well, you know, i hope instead of encouraging more to try it, it helps couples -- there's an incredible emotional toll when you go through a round of in vitro fertilization and to not result in a healthy baby, here if you're still selecting the couples who are right for this, but you're raising their rates this much higher, i mean, in terms of cost and just that family, it's a dramatic improvement. >> so this could -- this new development if it's replicated could be huge. >> i think it could be huge but it does need to be replicated. it's a small study but a simple technique of just looking and figuring out which o

of goods here no it's not a matter where the gene comes from it's a matter of gene being modified vitro and it's you know the backbone of the origin of the gene what is clear is that more than one hundred countries around the world may require all chile from new mexico to be tested for genetic engineering or even bar imports from u.s. farmers outright this burgeoning resistance to genetically modified organisms results as much from anger at government and industry economic practices as from the real or imagined health threats of genetically modified products. as that this two thousand and eight investigative report by donald barlett and james steele for vanity fair reveals goes after farmers farmers co-ops seed dealers anyone it suspects may have infringed its patents of genetically modified seeds as interviews and reams of court documents reveal to relies on a shadowy army of private investigators and agents in the american heartland to strike fear into farm country they fanned out into fields and farm towns where they secretly videotaped and photographed farmers store owners and co-op

definition of goods here no is not a matter where the gene comes from it's a matter of genes ninety five vitro in its you know the backbone of the origin of the gene what is clear is that more than one hundred countries around the world may require all chile from new mexico to be tested for genetic engineering or even bar imports from u.s. farmers out right this burgeoning resistance to genetically modified organisms results as much from anger at government and industry economic practices as from the real or imagined health threats of genetically modified products. as that this two thousand and eight investigative report by donald barlett and james steele for vanity fair reveals goes after farmers farmers co-ops seed dealers anyone it suspects may have infringed its patents of genetically modified seeds as interviews and reams of court documents reveal monsanto relies on a shadowy army of private investigators and agents in the american heartland to strike fear into farm country they fanned out into fields and farm towns where they secretly videotaped and photographed farmers store owners and

. >> reporter: risa levine knows the heartbreak of years of unsuccessful in vitro fertilization, nearly $300,000 worth of attempts. >> there's no other thing in my life that i can think of that's a greater disappointment. >> reporter: but according to a new british study, this time lapse video of a developing embryo could be a game changer. right now, the overall ivf success rate in the u.s. is just 32%. but when using these images, researchers say there was a dramatic improvement, nearly doubling the success rate to 61%. >> we can really select and even more, de-select embryos based on how they develop. so, for embryologist, this is a revolution. >> reporter: the embryos are put into these incubators with cameras that take microscopic pictures every 10 to 20 minutes. the video then allows doctors to intensely monitor any abnormalities and ultimately select embryositwest risk of defects and ght >> here, you can actually see in sequence how the embryo develops. it allows you to look at these embryos and tell you whether these are embryos that are likely to implant or embryos that will no

>> and bay area company giving would be parents a way to determine the odds of success with i hope vitrohow that works. those stories more coming up tonight at 11:00 on channel situation. but finally here. anybody whether own as musical instrument tell you it's quite important. it possesses the owner and visa versa. however as wayne learned today, sometimes it takes awhile. >> they say a man home is the kaels. what they don't tell you is how after he gets married his wife takes over and lucky to have one roof left. by this standard pete of san rafael just lick the rest of us. guy if a room surrounded by sentimental stuff. >> this is the. myporter: he r throw any of it away especially this base guitar because it's old and new and steroid. >> if this guitar could talk oh, god. >> you might remember pete from 1978 called the jefferson starship. that june they my add concert in germany or planned to any way until grace slick got sick and the crowd rioted. >> you see the various bit later on. >> melee from which this brand new guitar was stolen, loss because the dragon as they called it had a

and whether it's vaccines or in vitro fertilization we can now select a gender.e can select against certain diseases. this is not darwinian natural selection. it's here. and these are debates we are going to have very, very quickly. this technology is coming at us in an exponential pace. >> rose: some of the ethical questions have not been considered as much as the progress of the technology. >> absolutely. our floss fees aren't advancing quite as quickly. we have to have geography in your novels, for sure. >> location is a character in these books. i love art. i love architecture. my hero loves art and architecture, and part of this chase is through a landscape. if he passes a caravajio, you'll learn about it and you'll learn about it as you're running away from whatever it is you're running away from. >> rose: and. >> rose: and the chase here is a guy who is about to die and there will be a release of a deadly virus. >> he's inspired by dante. he's a fanatic. he's a transhumanist. and he commits suicide in the opening chapter. and it startles people. they say,

un año tratando de hacerlo de manera natural, fue imposible, decidimos hacer una fertilizacion in vitroodo se puede superar >> ¿por qué escogiste el nombre ana? >> mi mama se llama ana beatriz y se pronuncia igual en español, inglés y coreanos, va perfecto con el apellido, anna yang >> estoy en otro momento de mi vida, con otras prioridades, me gust,a le he dedicado muchos años a mi trabajo y hoy mi proioridad es mi hija, el trabajo es importante porque quiero enseñarle a mi hija a ser una mujer trabajadora, emprendedora, quiero darle el ejemplo a ella >> ¿qué significa ana para ti? >> todo, es mi vida, y cuando ella se despierta, me aseguro de repetirselo, eres mi vida, ella es, es mi sueño hecho realidad. yo pensé que no lo podía lograr, ser mamá, pero llegó ella a demostrarme que si >> las lágrimas de ilia son la expresión más pura de la dicha y gran amor que representa su pequeña ana. ♪ >> vamos a darle un aplauso a esa pareja, a esa madre, i llovizna eyou prima. >> de verdad tiene una muñequita entre sus brazos, la combinación perfecta, va a ser un expectaculo en todos los sentidos

with the advancement of technology, just in vitro fertilization, we could get to a ,oint where carcinogenesishere men are just not needed at all for reproduction, parts and a genesis might become a standard for many centuries to come. host: brent, conn., independent caller, your thoughts? caller: i am an african-american male, 30's, a family of four. my parents were married for 38 years. i have four siblings. even with two parents in the house hold it was extremely difficult for my parents. the mother stayed home, my father worked, earning low- income throughout the majority of his career. there are institutional things that the government could do. 1950'serred to the models, a caller made that reference. i think we can have longer school days so that single parent mothers have opportunities to work and not have to worry about the cost of child care, just for your child to go to an adequate preschool can cost between 800 to $1,200 a month. that as we start to look at single-parent households and say the threshold of poverty is $26,000 per year and you expect this person in turn to pay for chi

the success rate was 61% compared to 42 percent for traditional in vitro treatment. >>> the one-womane soap "days of our lives" or on the biggest loser. now she's writing her first fix shun book. we're joined by actress, reality show host and author alison sweeney. thanks for being on the show. how does it feel to have author in your title? >> it's amazing. it wrote it for myself. i had some creative energies i wanted to get out, and now to see it actually published and people reading it is very surreal. >> it wasn't just creative energy. you were frustrated, wrote it in part out of frustration. >> i love my job. i love the character. there's times in the last 20 years it's not the way i would tell the story. i definitely wrote it thinking i have a story to tell. this is it. >> alisyn: let's talk about the book. what's the starr attraction about? >> the star attraction is about a publ publicist, working from r point of view. i thought it was a fun way to pull back the curtain on hollywood and show what the red carpets are and what they're made up an how it's pulled all together. >> al

while in her 30s, rome discovered she had fertility issues leading her to in vitro fert lags.g after deep inner happiness. i know journey of becoming a mom really changed you. why do you think that women need to take control of their fertility and why this call to action? >> i think originally i really wanted to write the book to become the voice of the reproductive generation to draw awareness to them, that if they really want to become mothers it's going to take some thinking and preparedness, so you know, the idea that this reproductive generation, us, you know, the younger ones behind us, the ones that are struggling right now to get pregnant they realize they need to make it an annual commitment to go to their abgyn and get checked, their hormone levels, simple that you can ask your doctor about and it's essential. if you want to be a parent it's going to get very complicated once you're 35 and we can talk -- >> you were in your mid-30s. you were 34 and at the time you had just come off "law & order" and success and all of that followed you, but did you at some point plac