developing breast cancer. it was that risk that prompted angelina jolie to have the double mastectomy. when she announced she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy, 41-year-old of san jose understood what the actress had been through. that s because she recently had the same surgery bnchts the glal mastectomy got rid of all of the breast tissue that they could find. he was diagnosed with the gene mutation. everybody has the geens formally then they work to repair damage to our jean gnome. when there are mutations it s like knocking out the law enforcement and then the mutations can accumulate and go on to form a cancer. the doctor at the stanford cancer program said the mutation dramatically increases a woman s chance of two types of cancer. about 20 times the average women s risk of ovarian cancer. as many of 35% of women diagnosed with the brc mutation ought to have a double mastectomy like jolie but there are other options. intensive screening with a com
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. i m harry smith filling in for brian. power to the people is a phrase from the 60s u.s. corporations have begun to feel in a big way this year. whenever companies propose new policies or changes consumers don t agree with, the response is instantaneous and unequivocal. as we reported last night, the latest case comes from phone giant verizon. as pete williams reports, verizon is listening. pete, good evening. reporter: harry, barely 24 hours after saying it would charge a fee for paying bills online, verizon wireless abruptly took it back. the company said it was acting in response to what it politely called customer feedback. cell phone and internet users have been complaining loudly since word of the new fee first leaked out, flooding twitter with critical comments and launching petition drives. i think it s a little bit unfair. i mean, it s going to affect how i think about verizon. reporter: all in respo
good evening. i m harry smith filling in for brian. power to the people is a phrase from the 60s u.s. corporations have begun to feel in a big way this year. whenever companies propose new policies or changes consumers don t agree with, the response is instantaneous and unequivocal. as we reported last night, the latest case comes from phone giant verizon. as pete williams reports, verizon is listening. pete, good evening. reporter: harry, barely 24 hours after saying it would charge a fee for paying bills online, verizon wireless abruptly took it back. the company said it was acting in response to what it politely called customer feedback. cell phone and internet users have been complaining loudly since word of the new fee first leaked out, flooding twitter with critical comments and launching petition drives. i think it s a little bit unfair. i mean, it s going to affect probably verizon. reporter: all in response to the company s plan to charge $2 when customers pay
welcome to today on this saturday morning. great to be with you on the last show of the year, by the way. likewise. thanks for coming in and we can ring in the new year early today. and by the way, you re working double duty. you re owning this network today. lester usually does it. i figured i d take over while he s off. the final preparations are on for 2012. just a couple blocks away in times square, hundreds of thousands of people, close to a million expected to gather tonight. the ball is getting its final checks and we re going to head there live in just a bit. meanwhile, in california, authorities are on the hunt for a suspected arsonist this morning. as of now, there have been as many as 22 suspicious fires. the latest set just last night. police are hoping a $60,000 reward will lead to their capture. we ll get the latest on that story, just ahead. plus, a mystery on the mexican border. what happens to david hartley? he was jet ski, his wife when he was
welcome to today on this saturday morning. great to be with you on the last show of the year, by the way. likewise. thanks for coming in and we can ring in the new year early today. and by the way, you re working double duty. you re owning this network today. lester usually does it. i figured i d take over while he s off. the final preparations are on for 2012. just a couple blocks away in times square, hundreds of thousands of people, close to a million expected to gather tonight. the ball is getting its final checks and we re going to head there live in just a bit. meanwhile, in california, authorities are on the hunt for a suspected arsonist this morning. as of now, there have been as many as 22 suspicious fires. the latest set just last night. police are hoping a $60,000 reward will lead to their capture. we ll get the latest on that story, just ahead. plus, a mystery on the mexican border. what happens to david hartley? he was jet ski, his wife when he was