Tomorrow night, the mother of jay cie dugard. 11yearold jaycee was abducted on her way to school and spent 18 years az aprisoner of a convicted sex offender. Now her mother is reaching out to 6yearold ethan, the little boy who was rescued this week after being held hostage in a back yard bunker. Her story and the message she has for ethan and his mom is tomorrow night. Plus get ready. The latest on the blizzard watch for much of the northeast and new england. Some say it could be an historic storm. Thats all for us tonight. Anderson cooper starts now. Tonight on the program, the bunker busters. New details about what happened in that alabama bunker in the split seconds when authorities went in, seconds that spelled life for a little boy who was able to turn 6 today and death for his captor. And later in the program, take a look at this man whos 74 years old. Hes on a pharmaceutical cocktail that makes it possible for him to look like that. The question tonight, has he found a healthy f
Tomorrow night, the mother of jaycee doogd. She spent 18 years as a prisoner of a convicted prisoner. Now her mother is reaching out to 6yearold ethan. The little boy being held hostage. Her story and negligent for ethan and his mom tomorrow night. Plus, get ready. The latest on the blizzard watch for much of the northeast and new england. Some say it could be an historic storm. Thats all for us tonight. Tonight on the program, the bunker busters. New details about what happened in that alabama bunker in the split seconds when authorities went in, seconds that spelled life for a little boy who was able to turn 6 today and death for his captor. And later in the program, take a look at this man whos 74 years old. Hes on a pharmaceutical cocktail that makes it possible for him to look like that. The question tonight, has he found a healthy fountain of youth or prescription for disaster . What you need to know before you try to do what hes doing. We begin though tonight with a program that
for taking hgh. he says patients here go through a pituitary gland test to meet the regulations. 62-year-old gerald schlesinger was told that was his problem, like all patients who take the hormones, he says he is monitored and tested four times a year for his testosterone and hgh intake. he now feels like he s 40. that comes with a hefty price tag. all this can cost up to $15,000 a year, cash only. my health is first, and whatever it costs me, it s worth it. reporter: if you think this is too good to be true, you re not alone. many doctors agree, saying, sure, there may be short-term gain, but there will be long-term cost. it s a fallacy to say that even in low doses that these drugs are not harmful. reporter: dr. tom pearls, professor of medicine at boston university school of medicine wouldn t talk specifically about
0 fascinating. encouraging people to watch it and weigh in on the debate. thank you for squloining us. thank you for having me. thanks for spending this portion of your weekend with us. christine romans will be with you at 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. here on cnn. have a great weekend. hello everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. welcome to the cnn newsroom. officials in the philippines say it will take days to find out how deadly the storm was. the government confirmed 138 deaths. the red cross claims as many as 1200 killed. 1,000 in the city of to beitocl. trees are blocking roads, communication lines are down. torrential rains plus the storm surge have put entire towns under water. many evacuated ahead of the storm, but officials say the storm was too powerful for some evacuation centers, and some people there died. many people helped flood victims escape the rising waters including two of our journalists, producer tim schwarz and cnn international anchor andrew stevens helping in a re
it s a program in california that does exactly what everyone agrees should be done, takes deadly weapons away from dangerous people. now, we re talking about thousands of weapons each year. but what s surprising is that the number of weapons taken out of the hands of law breakers could be so much higher and more lives could probably be saved if only there was more money available for this program. the other surprising thing about the program is that california is the only state right now that bothers to track down criminals in this way and their guns. now, each year the state of california manages to take some 2,000 guns out of the hands of convicted criminals and off the streets. but at the same time, 3,000 more names of law breakers are added to that list of illegal gun owners. the question is why aren t more resources devote to this program, a program that seems to work? in a moment, we ll talk with california s attorney general. but first, randi kaye takes us inside the p