america's big banks are facing an army of critics. 2.5 million houses are in foreclosure, and last week, we learned that in some cases, bank employees didn't even read the documents before they signed them. well, tonight, the banks say the problem is solved, and foreclosures are back on track. but prosecutors in 50 states are saying not so fast. and david muir is here tonight. >> reporter: diane, you and i were wondering how could the banks have gone through all of this paperwork so quickly? bank of america tonight says it has. they say they're moving forward with 102,000 case files, foreclosures. tonight, state prosecutors are asking, how could there have been no problems found in any of them? tonight, a battle line between the banks and the top cops in all 50 states. less than a week after a massive investigation was launched into the nation's biggest banks and their foreclosure practices, bank of america, for one, now says it's back in business when it comes to seizing homes in foreclosure and selling them. but we wondered, how did they conduct the review so quickly? more than 100,000 cases of their own. they told us late today, hundreds of workers were moved from other parts of the business to confirm that the foreclosure filings were correct as filed. "we did not find any discrepe sips." when you hear the banks say they're going to move forward with foreclosures anyway, what is your response? >> now they tell us suddenly it's all fixed. i certainly think we can't just take their word for it. >> reporter: after all, it was one of bank of america's own employees who acknowledged that she signed up to 8,000 foreclosure documents a month and typically didn't read them. that's exactly what happened to nicole bradbury in maine. her home, believed to be ground zero in this foreclosure fiasco. paperwork pushed through, without a blink. >> he was not reading them before he signed them. and that he didn't have any real knowledge of what their contents were. >> reporter: her attorney is now fighting to keep her in the home, but he acknowledges, she did lose her job, it's been two years since the last mortgage payment. so, had there been no paperwork issue, would she still be there? >> there's no question we're prolonging the inevitable. the fast ere we can write this stuff down and get it behind us, the faster we can heal. >> reporter: tonight, more than 5 million americans are more than 60 days late on their mortgage. now, will that questionable bank paperwork buy them more time in that home? and will it slow the housing market even more? >> so, bank of america seems confident they can proceed, but three big groups are going to be taking them on tomorrow. >> reporter: the state prosecutors staying on them. white house having a meeting tomorrow, regulators gathering there. the banks not invited to that meeting. and now a group of investors as you heard today, diane, threatening to sue the bank over what they call bad mortgages that were sold to them. so, clearly not out of the woods. >> no. 24 hours to go and it's going to be a lot of debate. thank you, david. and, as we told you last night, the economic crisis has taken a surprising turn in france, where the government wants to raise the age of retirement from 60 to 62. americans usually retire at the age of 65. so, why are the french out in the streets again tonight? demanding those extra leisure years. miguel marquez is in paris. >> reporter: retiring early. living to play. the joy of life. it's more than a custom here. these protesters see it as a uniquely french right. that it could be taken away -- infuriating. who are you upset with? >> the whole government. and the system, in general. >> reporter: in some places, the anger turned violent, as the unemployed and disadvantaged took the opportunity to tangle with police. the biggest pain today, filling up your car. refineries have been shut down for nearly a week. for nearly a week. thousands of gas stations nationwide, now dry. long lines and frustration. at some airports, 50% of flights, canceled. air traffic controllers walked off the job. many train stations stood empty, too. if all this wasn't miserable enough, garbage collectors joined in. in marseilles, the trash is piling up. "the smell," she says. "it's terrible." all this protesting may be in vain. the government here has given no indication that it will change the legislation. the opposition party to president sarkozy has slowed down the process a little bit, but a final vote is expected on thursday evening. diane? >> all right, miguel marquez reporting from paris tonight. and back in this country, with exactly two weeks to go until election day, the candidates were battling it out from coast to coast. but we turn our attention tonight to a state so important, democratic pros are calling it the fire wall between them and the raging discontent. and jon karl is in ohio to tell us why. good to see you tonight, jon. >> reporter: good to see you, diane. perhaps no state has swung more dramatically away from the democrats than ohio. they are preparing for a blood bath here. >> we're going to march, aren't we? >> reporter: republican john kasich is feeling good. >> ohio's the firewall. they need to win ohio. >> reporter: up in the polls, kasich's supporters are so confident he'll be ohio's next governor, they're already asking for his autograph. democratic incumbent, ted strickland, who not olong ago ws one of the most popular governors in america, today rallied supporters at a cleveland union hall. he's realistic about how tough this race is. >> i'm not standing here telling you that i'm going to win. that's yet to be determined. but -- i'm telling you that i think i'm going to win, and i know we will win if we carry out our plan. >> reporter: democratic game plan is to use the organization that helped barack obama win here two years ago to get voters to the polls and to get them there early. they're already sorting mail-in ballots here. tens of thousands of them that have come in. and if you want a measure of the enthusiasm gap, republicans are voting at twice the rate of the last election. and it's not just the governor east race. democrats trail badly in the ohio senate race. and six of the ten democratic house members here are in danger of losing. >> people are in a surly mood. many of them are angry, as they should be. i'm angry. but i want the anger to be directed toward those who caused the problem. >> reporter: unemployment rate over 10%, the ninth-highest in the nation, certainly doesn't make voters happy with the party in power. >> i think it's pretty bad. and it's only getting worse. >> every week, a guy comes in, just lost his job. >> they're furious here in cleveland about what's happened. >> there's only three issues that matter in the voters minds in ohio. and that's jobs, jobs and jobs. >> reporter: how high are the stakes here? well, it's hard to imagine the republicans winning back the house without winning big here in ohio. diane? >> all right, jon, with one race to watch tonight. and we have medical news now. confirming the danger for women from hormone replacement therapy. the women's health initiative reports today that among post-menopausal women, the use of estrogen and progestin is not only linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, but the kind of cancers that have higher fatality rates. the safety of hormone replacement therapy was first questioned in 2002. and in recent months, we've been telling you about a growing heroin problem in the quiet suburbs of america. tonight, sharyn alfonsi, who has been following the story for months, is back with us, and with a stunning new example. >> reporter: in seattle tonight. officials in suburban seattle say they have an epidemic on their hands. a growing number of students, enough to fill two classrooms, are now addicted to heroin. teens trying it, not realizing how addictive it is. in the '70s, heroin was about 3% pure. today, 60%. so all it takes is just one time, and they're hooked. at a town hall meeting in stanwood, a suburb outside of seattle, a startling revelation. close to 50 students at one high school are now being treated for heroin addiction. >> to walk into your son's room and, you know, see him and his friends with needles and -- it's gut wrenching. >> reporter: that heartbreak now being felt in suburbs across the country, where heroin has taken hold. provo, utah, overland park, kansas, even rural wisconsin reporting a record number of overdoses. drug dealers who used to pedal pot now push heroin. often giving it away for free in the suburbs. once kids are hooked, they sell it to them dirt cheap. you could buy this with your lunch money? >> you could buy one of these bags of heroin for $5. >> reporter: and now, the maker oxycontin -- a pain killer popular with teens -- unveiled a new version of the pill that's supposed to be more difficult to crush or dissolve, so addicts can't snort it or inject it. already, there are dozens of websites where addicts are trying to figure out a way to crush those pills. but many teens have moved on. >> it's unexplainable. >> reporter: these teens undergoing rehab last spring told us heroin had become their drug of choice. >> i was paying $60 a pill. for okay si contain, heroin. it was cheaper. >> reporter: we met jake in march. he told us he was trying to quit using heroin. trying. when's the last time you used? >> last night. >> reporter: last night. heroin, now leaving its mark on suburban kids all over the country. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. and still ahead on "world news" tonight, what helps? a message from the caregivers, reaching out to each other from the front lines of alzheimer's. and we say farewell to the man who led us through some of our happiest days. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol® to advil. to learn more and get your special offer, go to takeadvil.com. take action. take advil®. go to takeadvil.com. how can you transform tonight's dinner from same old, same old into oh la la? 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>> reporter: at 53, jay has to live with alzheimer's. jay jones is one of 500,000 americans living with early-onset alzheimer's disease, when the disease strikes before the age of 65. >> for me, it's like seeing my husband, someone that i love, and he's in quicksand. and i can see the fear in his eyes. i can't reach him. i can't get there. >> reporter: laura holds down a part time job making one-fifth of what jay did and she tries to help natalie who had to change schools when jay lost his job. >> bye. i love you. have a good day. she is -- she's so mad about changing schools, it's unbelievable. >> reporter: but laura just refuses to look ahead. >> all it does is make me weak. and i can't afford to be weak at any moment in the day. not one moment. i don't live in fear. it's a waste of time. >> reporter: and time is so precious, for every family touched by alzheimer's. >> she would say i had ten -- jay, peggy lou, jimmy, john, ricky, larry, marybeth, terry, greg, rosemary. >> reporter: that's how my mom, margie lou moran, tried to hold onto life's precious meaning as she slipped into alzheimer's. my big sister peggy has kept some of her needlework, angels for her grandchildren, the passion of a lifetime. we watched as that passion faded. >> these kind of to me have always shown the progression of the disease. >> reporter: over the years, from this, to this. they are gifts of love, and love is who we are. >> she didn't know who i was. that was a terrible thing. >> reporter: sol and rita rogers have been married for 63 years. as he began to lose rita to alzheimer's, sol couldn't bear it. but he wouldn't let go. so he started getting into bed with her at the nursing home outside boston. >> she became a new woman. she knew who i was. she could talk and smile and laugh. i love you very much. >> reporter: a miracle, the doctors called it. >> you love me? >> yes. i do. i do. >> reporter: even in the shadows, there is love. ♪ somebody loves you ♪ so find yourself somebody to love ♪ >> reporter: terry moran, abc news. >> and we're back now again with maria shriver. 5 out of 5 on the stress level. >> felt by caregivers. >> caregivers say it. >> people that do the caretaking are at much more risk of depression themselves, increased risk of getting alzheimer's themselves. >> if companies were to do one thing, what could they do? >> offer flex hours. talk to their employees, ask them if they're in this multiple role situation. >> and you talked about adding in elder care to child leave. >> well, there's a lot of people who say, you can spend money for child care, tax free, why not also add elder care in there? we have no national policy for alzheimer's, as well. other countries do. my dad was legendary for the way he worked this building. his mind, a beautifully tuned instrument that left people in awe. that was then. today, he doesn't even know my name. >> your dad doesn't know that you're his daughter now. but he still uses expressions -- >> yeah, he'll say to me, sometimes he doesn't say anything, but sometimes he'll say, "you're beautiful," and i'll say to him, "i'm your daughter, maria," and he goes, "you are?" i go, "i am, you're my dad." and he goes, "wow." and it's very hard to get your mind around the fact that that person is sitting there, across from you, and they look like your mother or your father, but they have no memory of the relationship you have. >> how long does it take you to -- >> to compose myself? >> yes. >> it depends on the day. >> my brothers are, i would say, better than i am. i kind of am brought to tears more easily. my brothers have, i think, brought this incredible new model of a man to me. a strong, nurturing man, they take care of my dad, they brush his hair, they suit him up. when he gets disagreeable, they play with him. >> what's the best thing people say to you when you're feeling blue about your dad? >> i understand. >> maria shriver, thank you. >> thank you, diane. >> and thanks to maria. you can find all of our reporting on alzheimer's on our website. help of all kinds there. abcnews.com/worldnews. and, coming up, watch closely. a 747. was this a near-miss, or something else? ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪ [ announcer ] when you're not worried about potential dangers, the world can be a far less threatening place. take the scary out of life with travelers insurance... and see the world in a different light. 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