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with scott pelley. >> pelley: we're beginning tonight with news about one of the top selling cancer drugs, avastin. it's used to treat a variety of cancers but the f.d.a. said uld noit should no longer be used to treat breast cancer because there's no evidence it helps patients and it may actually hurt them. esastin is big business, with sales of $3 billion a year, and it's estimated that as many as a800 americans are taking it for breast cancer. 5,80 we asked dr. jon lapook what the f.d.a. announcement means for them. >> avastin is to me part of my safety net. >> reporter: breast ca...

David joyner. he is set to speak any moment now. we are watching that, monitoring to see if there are new developments. if there are we'll bring it to you from campus. 32 minutes after the hour. heather: investigators reopening the investigation into the death of natalie wood. we expect to hear from the sheriff's department a little bit later today, one of the men with natalie the night that she drowned now saying that wood's husband, actor robert wagner is responsible. wood, a three-time oscar nominee was alternate the peak of her career starring in rolls like west side story her death had be...

deadlocked. bill: same two issues they were stuck on over the summer, taxes and spending. as you can tell. >> we're always meeting. we're always meeting. >> [inaudible]. >> we'll have another one >> doing our very best job. is it important. >> [inaudible]. >> i will not negotiate this thing in the public. >> can you get a deal? >> i'm working as hard as i can. we're all working as hard as we can. we'll keep working. i will talk and work till, you know, the last dog dies as they say. we had a lot of creative ideas on the table. there are some serious hurdles. >> what is the stumbling ...

summer, taxes and spending. as you can tell. >> we're always meeting. we're always meeting. >> [inaudible]. >> we'll have another one >> doing our very best job. is it important. >> naudible]. >> i will not negotiate this thing in the public. >> can you get a deal? >> i'm working as hard as i can. we're all working as hard as we can. we'll keep working. i will talk and work till, you know, the last dog dies as they say. we had a lot of creative ideas on the table. there are some serious hurdles. >> what is the stumbling block at this point, can you tell us? >> no. i don't want to go ...

avastin is big business, with sales of $3 billion a year, and it's estimated that as many as 5,800 americans are taking it for breast cancer. we asked dr. jon lapook what the f.d.a. announcement means for them. >> avastin is to me part of my safety net. >> reporter: breast cancer patient bonnie fertel feels crushed by today's f.d.a. decision. she believes avastin is keeping her alive. >> i feel like this is a life raft. i don't want to see it yanked away. >> reporter: fertel is afraid her insurance company will stop paying for the drug which costs $90,000 a year. >> it should be the ...