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While you were sleeping, angelina jolie said she had a double mastectomy because of a gene she had. a woman up next with her decision to do the same [ male announcer ] from red lobster's chefs to your table our seafood dinner for two for just 25 dollars! first get salad and cheddar bay biscuits. then choose from a variety of seafood entrées. plus choose either an appezer or a dessert to share. offer ends soon at red lobster! where we sea food differently. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is pr...

On april 22, which is 20 days before. a big scandal. and they didn't tell the boss, the president of the united states? that is either incompetence on the part of the white house counsel not telling the boss about something big like that or simply they're not being honest. >>brian: hearings start on friday in the house in front of the ways and means committee. >> meanwhile at 24 before the top of the hour. >>gretchen: a shocking announcement overnight, angelina jolie revealing she underwent a double mastectomy. she made the decision after finding out she carries the mutation of the brca-1 gene...

Sounds like my family history. and i started really tuning in to the report and i thought, i better get this test done. and i went and got the test done and i was positive. >> gretchen: you had the gene, so you made that big decision, even though you were trying to have a baby, to have a hysterectomy. >> well, i knew i had to have the hysterectomy, a complete hysterectomy, by as early as i could because they really tell you to do it before the age of 40. but i was trying to have a child. so i always thought in the back of my mind i would not be able to carry the child and i was lucky enough to...

>> gretchen: people knew you from "american idol" and your singing and composing. but they never knew that you were struggling with this infertility first and foremost. and then the next bombshell, which was what? >> well, i realized that i had a gene, brca 2, that puts me at a risk of 80%, 70 to 80% in my lifetime for breast cancer and about 20 to 40 for ovarian cancer. so, you know, in other words, i knew there was a really strong possibility i would be developing cancer in my lifetime. >> gretchen: you knew that not only from being tested, but from your own family history, right? >> right. ...

Now listen to this. >> genetics, what can it mean, the ability to perfect the physical and mental characteristics of every unborn child. >> that was a clip from the 1997 sici-fi movie "gatica" to ensur only the best traits are handed down from generation to generation. dna becomes the passport to better careers and lifestyles but could a person's genetics be exploited for commercial gain in real life? on monday the supreme court is going to be hearing arguments to determine if companies can patent human genes and the decision could have a major impact on cancer research here in the u.s.. of th...