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The truth, doctor." he points out in part medicine is always changing pretty quickly and with that in mind, were kicking off a new series on the show today. im going to be introducing you to medical innovators to talk about their lifes work, men and women who drive the change. probably not going to recognize every face but you will recognize what they have all done. our very first profile is dr. vincent gott cardiac surgeon and performed the first open-heart surgery on a living heart. >> looking...

The time the worlds first open-heart operation was carried out in 1954. i was an intern when i observed the doctors carry out the first cross circulation case. i made an illustration of that first operation. at least of the defect in the little boys heart. put it in the patients chart. little did i know -- they didnt know me and but seeing that illustration he invited me in to his lab and thats when the pacemaker was developed and just a great opportunity for me. it was an amazing time and an am...

They hate any bureaucratic institution -- they will side on the number that pops up. the reason they are settling for three million is because they are scared that the jury -- i am talking in general now, but the jury will pump it up to 11 million. and that by the way is not to say that they are wrong, but thats how much the government is hated. >> it is not just governments. >> you were a pet for hal lyndon. it ended badly. >> i convinced him to shave his mustache and it was over. bad career ch...

We still expect to see your goodness prevail. rise up, oh god, and save us from ourselves. >> amen. catholics in the senate and around the world today said good-bye to pope benedict xvi known as pope emeritus now. it was a historic moment kissing the ring for the final time and waved farewell to the faithful. he left for the last time as vowing obedience to his successor. the 85-year-old cited failing health as the reason for his retirement. hes a pacemaker, blind in one eye and reliant on a wal...

When benedict was talking about how he was not alone, how there were people around him. we see his family, these are people who for eight years have passed in the hallway, they have been part of his daily life. i think it must be very moving to see this separation from a daily encounter to moving to another place entirely. >> there will be a number of people as we see the pope now, kneeling and kissing his ring who will go on the helicopter with the pope. the deputy prefekt of the papal househol...

>> the coaches with the help of the aed have saved kylies life and airlift her to houstons childrens hospital. her parents arrive shortly after. >> when we came to the room, i looked in and couldnt enter. just panic like, oh, my god, whats going on? >> one of the doctors said, kylie, your moms here and she said, mom! of course, immediately i panic. she couldnt see me because i was at the front of the room and she had a neck brace so shes looking straight up, she cant look out so then i run in to...

A previously unpredicted abnormality. >> kylie did not have a seizure, she has an arrhythmia. ventricular fibrillation which her heart stopped working and stopped pumping blood to her brain. >> armed for life with a pacemaker, kylie is grateful to be alive. >> my operation was a pacemaker surgery, which i have the scar right here, you can barely see it now because ive had it in for a while. it has two leads that go into my top ventricle and my bottom ventricle and they keep my heart at a steady ...

A previously undetected abnormality. >> kylie did not have a seizure, she has an arrhythmia. what the aed read was ventricular fibrillation which her heart stopped working and stopped pumping blood to her brain. >> armed for life with a pacemaker, kylie is grateful to be alive. >> my operation was a pacemaker surgery, which i have the scar right here. you can barely see it now, because ive had it in for a while. it has two leads that go into my top ventricle and my bottom ventricle, and they kee...

Martha: well the vatican has just come out and said that the pope actually, when he was on a trip to mexico last year hit his head. theyre denying that that accident that we didnt know about before has played any role in the decision that he has made to step down but everyone will kind of take all the context around things that happened last few months and try to figure out what may have prompted this decision. he said he would resign. that happened a couple days ago. the vatican said for the fi...

To resign at the end of this month. our fox news religious correspondent, father jonathan morris joins us live. good morning to you. >> blessed ash wednesday >>steve: thank you. you were with us when we discovered he is going to retire. since then weve gotten more news and that is apparently the holy father got some part replaced on his pacemaker. >> thats right. years ago he had a pacemaker put in, and then about a month or so ago he had -- or a couple of months ago he had the pacemaker battery...