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>> i can begin the process of returning to the anchor chair. i'm coming home. >> reporter: in a live interview from her home, "good morning america" anchor robin roberts announced she's mending well and plans to return to work. >> going to take it step by step. again, we're talking about weeks, not months. >> reporter: roberts took medical leave while seeking treatment for a bone marrow disorder. the condition developed while undergoing chemo therapy for breast cancer. >> this has been brutal. every day taking 10 or 15 tablets. whether you have enough energy to get out of bed. >> reporter: doc...

Neighborhood. he was pennsylvania's longest serving senator and this morning the country is remembering arlen specter. he passed away from cancer after overcoming brain tumor and surviving cardiac arrest. he served five terms in congress and was beaten in the primary after switching parties. tributes are pouring in from the man who beat spector. >> my daughter was struck with brain cancer at the age of four it was a study that gave her the right chemo therapy and now 11 years old and going on 22 because of specter. >> you could mention him in the same breadth as kennedy and others. >> gretchen...

Year after they are diagnosed. 94% die within five years. dr. siegel why is this particular cancer so difficult to treat? >> a deadly and terrible cancer, 40,000 case is a year, over 37,000 die and the reason is simple, jamie, because only 8% of them are still localized when you diagnose them, 92% of the time they've escaped the pancreas and metastatic and don't respond well to chemotherapy and there is very very, little you can do and it is very tragic. we are looking at genetics. people in families, run in families and we look at ways to use genetics to help, stem cells, certain target prote...

>> a member of president obama's cabinet is under investigation now for hit and run. after allegedly leaving the scene of one collision, then causing another. the white house says health issues were a factor. but there are so many unanswered questions. brian todd has been investigating the story for us. what are you finding out? >> there are a lot of unanswered questions, wolf. commerce secretary john bryson is now back in washington after the accident over the weekend. the information is still murky. we're told the secretary did have some kind of seizure at some point. the commerce ...

The norrein phraser foundation and raises money for women's breast cancer research. >> so nice to have you here. network thank you, governor. >> [applause] >> already tarted chemo therapy at this point when the photowas taken place and you wrote something in a blog that was powerful. >> the unknown is a scary place. what did you find in the unknown. >> the oral chemo is a less toxic chemo and you will have side affects and you will not lose your hair. every woman is concerned about that and every day i try to say i am not vain, i don't care filose my hair. everything is fine i want to live and...