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Carson is a christian gentlemen and a genuine conservative. what do you say to others like you but concerned that youre not ready for the job? >> i would say listen to what i actually say when i have an opportunity to say it something other than a one minute bite. thats a format that i have to go acustom to thats not the world that i live in. the time will come when i will be able to address that appropriately. >> do you view it that its a manager and that you dont have to have a full policy? >>...

And a genuine conservative. what do you say to others like you but concerned that youre not ready for the job? >> i would say listen to what i actually say when i have an opportunity to say it something other than a one minute bite. thats a format that i have to go acustom to thats not the world that i live in. the time will come when i will be able to address that appropriately. >> do you view it that its a manager and that you dont have to have a full policy? >> well, you have to have a substa...

Done for us. i would much rather deal with somebody who thinks logically, who has the ability to acquire a lot of information, to use experts as a specialist in medicine. you know, i know a great deal about the brain and about the central nervous system. and i obviously know a lot more than most people about the kidney. but if i have a kidney problem, im going to get a renal specialist. theres nobody who knows everything. and i think the people who do the best are the ones who know how to utiliz...

Its a super strong anti-inflammatory but it worked like a painkiller. there were times i couldnt practice the whole season, would be in a walking boot or crutches, trying to get in a stadium with a boot on and take a shot of toridol and vicodin, and i would be ready to play. >> so was it the doctors giving you the stuff in the locker room? or who was doling it out? >> the doctors and trainers typically gave out the oral painkillers, and then the doctors gave the shots. >> trainers, without a med...

License, just the trainers. >> correct. >> so at any point did anyone say these are serious drugs and can cause you serious problems down the line, you know, take them at your own risk? >> no, and the crazy thing is i had symptoms early on this went by the wayside. and looking back, after i ended up in the icu with the severe symptoms from the kidney problem, i went to a bunch of specialists who started to look at my medical records from years past, 2003 and 2004, i started showing signs of kidn...

Sanjay gupta who is with us in new york. sanjay, i want to talk to you about e. coli. how dangerous is it and how easy is it to get sick from it? >> there is e. coli and then theres e. coli, different strains of it. this particular strain is one of the bad players. this is the stuff that gets you sick pretty quickly. people will feel -- they get nauseated, theyll feel abdominal cramping. the real concern with this is that it can affect your kidneys. when we talk about deaths resulting from it, i...

Its sitting out, kit replicate every 15 minutes and double in size. you can get billions of cells pretty quickly, get a lot of people sick. >> so if you eat it and its undercooked, chances are youre in trouble. >> its not in every lot of meat that is out there, but there has been enough of a concern, people have gotten sick that they have proven this is happening. >> and how dangerous is this? >> so with this particular e. coli, you get a range of things. some people are just going to have a cou...

Big drug company and saying no. he deserves compassionate use of this medicine and now a week later, we see the results. >> yeah. so many viewers of "fox & friends" really stepped up and made their voices heard. you championed that cause. the actual kidney problem that josh was having before him, that was caused -- correct me if i am wrong -- by the drug he was on prior? >> by a similar drug delivered intravenously. this new drug is delivered by a suspension, a liquid format of the medicine that...

Thats off the market, viokk. many people suffered from taking vioxx. if its undetective mandetectab, what do you ask your doctor to make sure your medications wont cause a kidney problem. >> besides diabetes and high blood pressure, medication is a risk factor. we talked about gentamicin, van co my 7. wvancomycin, and theyre never o nephrotoxic. national kidney month doesnt get enough attention. they play a very vital role. they regulate our blood pressure. they are involved in vitamin d and bon...

The ceo says documents discovered in the raid shows bin laden played a strong role in al qaeda, up to the end. michael sheehan is a terrorism analyst for nbc news and joins me now. give me a gut check on this. how do you come down on this? what is your read? >> is no question that the u.s. government, the evidence is all pointing in that direction. it is surprising that a lot of people thought bin laden may have had a lesser role in the aspects of al qaeda. thats been the conventional wisdom. th...