indicator kate, what do you have? those miners could be out in ten days. a massive drill is now within 48 hours of punching through to their refuge. some 2,000 feet underground. it would then take several more days to install a metal lining and the rescue capsule. the miners have been trapped down there since august 5th. wow. the justice department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against american express, visa and mastercard. it charges the companies with anticompetitive practices. they prevent merchants from options that cover fees. mastercard and visa have agreed to a settlement to gimerchants more flexibility. american express says it will defend its right to negotiate freely with merchants. and the nobel prize for medle is has been awarded to the father of the test tube baby.
she used invit toe to give birth to octuplets though she already had six children, was out of work and was on welfare. despite the controversy, one colleague called edwards invention fantastic achievement. through their work they ve managed to change the face of society. and also many different aspects of medicine. [ applause ] shepard: and today, the very first test tube baby is a mom herself. louise brown says she conceived her son the old fashioned way. members of the nobel committee says research has shown test tube babies are as healthy as any other child. in a recent study, the i.v.f. kids did better on standardized test than the classmates. by the way, no word on why the nobel committee is honoring edwards now after all these years. well, a new sex survey out today. suggests adults are spicing things up in the bedroom.
grieve in privacy against members of the westboro baptist church who have protested at his son s funeral and many others. the search for kyron horman, the 8-year-old boy suddenly intensifying now near portland, oregon. hundreds of search and rescue workers combing an island 10 miles from the school that kyron vanished from after his stepmom dropped him off that day. investigators won t say why they re focusing on that island. renewed search comes as the boy s father and stepmom have a divorce hearing scheduled for this week. and this just into fox & friends , pioneer of the test tube baby just won the nobel peace prize in medicine. or just the nobel prize. 85-year-old robert edwards was britain developed in vitro fertilization in the 1950 s. the breakthrough procedure has helped four million couples. now the latest on a terror warning overseas. this morning, japan has become the latest country to issue a travel advisory warning those
build homes for habitat for humanity. president carter insists he is perfectly okay. he and his wife will be in six cities over seven days to build and rehab taetd 86 houses. the 2010 nobel prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to day to british biologist robert edwards. he pioneered work in in vitro fertilization leading the the first test tube baby. it s the first monday in october. that means the supreme court s new term is underway. for the first time ever as the justices heard arguments this morning, there were three women on the bench. one of those women will have to spend a good part of the year of the sidelines. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has all the details and joins us from the court on the phone. pete, why is elena kagan going to be sitting it out? because of bad behavior. no, just seeing if you were
first test tube baby in the united states now has a baby of her own. elizabeth gave birth to a healthy son she conceived the old fashioned way. she made headlines when she was the first baby born from invitro fertilization and she wants everyone to know she is leading a normal life . a husband and wife led police on a wild chase. they took off after the police pulled them over. they car jacked a red car and i am taking the minor traffic inflaction. what is the old fashioned way of having s baby in whoit lab coat and test tube. and a stork. we will go back to that story. when you have a baby, first two years of their life are the most impressionable time