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Bit more with how many nights she spent in the hospital with how much down time she did have those three weeks. it does make a bit more sense, certainly, but i dont think her office or the first lady herself, shes very private, i dont think she wanted those details perhaps made public. >> a procedure on her kidney. what does the first ladys office say? >> the statement the president said was correct, what they put out was correct. it was an embolization procedure. it was successful so theyre cer...

Incredible doctors, walter reed medical center. they did a fantastic job, so thank you. she sends her love. >> lets bring in our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, tell us about this embolization procedure, what kind of hospital stay this would normally involve. >> this is a procedure as opposed to a surgery where youre actually making an incision and examining the kidney in this case directly. with this its sort of like a large i.v., if you will, in one of the blood vessels a...

Abundance of caution and admittedly, shes the first lady, so things are maybe a little different with her, or is there something else still that shes going to have done while in the hospital, we just dont know at this point. but to answer your question, it is unusual. most patients would go home same day or next day. >> real quick, sanjay, first ladys office just put out that statement to kate that says there are hipaa laws to consider. isnt -- correct me if im wrong, when it comes to hipaa, doe...

The hubbub and a lot of the accouterment that come with the president when he was -- >> might have been at the request of the first lady to not bring all of that along. great to see you. thanks so much. joining me now to discuss this little bit more is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, the president with his tweet this morning said that the first lady is going to be leaving the hospital in two to three days. what do you think of the fact she is staying in the hospital for...

Decision. and this was requests that was likely made by the first lady. you stay there. im going to do this. lets keep it under the radar. dont tweet about it. and well get through it. >> yeah. sanjay, can you just explain why you think -- do you think its as kate said an abundance of caution why she would be staying there many extra days? >> this is the biggest open question mark i think, alisyn. i dont know. this type of procedure just an embolization procedure, they can do this as an outpatie...

Quickly. the united nations secretary general has asked for an independent investigation. that is not likely to happen according to israeli officials that weve been speaking to and the other point not to mention among those killed yesterday a 18 month old girl and a paramedic. thank you very much. back to you. >> an 18 month old baby. incredib incredib incredible sad. >> according to ms. trumps office the first lady was admitted to walter reed national military medical center for an embolization...

"the procedure was successful and there were no complications. mrs. trump is at walter reed military medical center and will likely remain there for the duration of the week." thats important. the president was not with the first lady during the procedure but went to visit just minutes after his tweet for attacking white house leaks, while on his way by helicopter in marine one, the president did follow up on twitter writing, "heading over to walter reed medical center to see our great first lad...

First lady melania trump remains in the hospital this morning after undergoing treatment for a benign kidney condition. according to mrs. trumps office, the first lady was admitted to walter reed national military medical center for an embolization procedure. she is expected to remain in the hospital for the rest of the week. the white house did not say why mrs. trump had the procedure other than to say it was a benign condition. president trump visited her yesterday evening and tweeted that the...

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Detail. the procedure itself came out of the blue. there was no warning. as kate points out, shes very private. but it does raise some questions about transparency when it comes to the president himself. because sanjay, here is what we have heard about his health from his doctors. >> his health is excellent, particularly his mental health. he thinks hes the best, which works out just fine. >> his overall health is excellent. ive told him if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he migh...