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She had two or three jobs at all times. telling us you can do better you can work, work. and i still have that. thats something that i care very much about still and have taken with me each and everyday. >> greta: theres a lot written abouome of your early life. you can do that in other interviews. i want to talk about your wife. you first saw and her. i think you used the term mess right -- mesmerized, why? >> she was a very intelligent and beautiful woman7eáhen and still is. when she ended a ...

Their job examining the patient. and then the patient is using that to get off of work. in my mind that would constitute fraud if the doctor hasnt examined the patient. >> reporter: do you believe -- is it your hope in this investigation that all of the doctors who may have been involved are contacted? should they be contacted? >> they should all be contacted. the fact they were acting on their own not under the auspices of the university doesnt excuse the behavior. >> reporter: are you speaking...

>> the fact that i contributed to moving our country forward to tackling the real fiscal and financial problems we are facing now. we are in deep trouble. if i can do anything to get our country moving again on a fiscal footing that we need to have to compete globally, if ive contributed to that,od to getting this tomorrow talk to focus on the real issues, ill be a happy man. >> greta: is the job fun or not? >> 80% of the time it is fun. it is a lot of work. ive had solid colleagues. when people...

>> the fact that i contributed to moving our country forward to tackling the real fiscal and financial problems we are facing now. we are in deep trouble. if i can do anything to get our country moving again on a fiscal footing that we need to have to compete globally, if ive contributed to that,od to getting this tomorrow talk to focus on the real issues, ill be a happy man. >> greta: is the job fun or not? >> 80% of the time it is fun. it is a lot of work. ive had solid colleagues. when people...

For example the fox news producer they didnt ask the persons name or establish a relationship. in that case, it is fraud. because they werent actually diagnosing a condition. they were simply filling out a form and handing it to the person so they would have a way of getting off of work. actually, in the case of the video from fox news they wrote out the excuse for several days ahead. so, in this case, it clearly is fraud. because the person wasnt sick and they were just filling out a form. >> r...

>> greta: what happens when you lie at work. dont answer that. there could be trouble for wisconsin doctors. a wisconsin state senator is investigating reports that some wisconsins did are writing false medical excuses to fraudulently excuse protesters from work. it is called a lie. griff is on the ground in wisconsin where he spoke with the senator. >> reporter: senator galloway who chairs the public health committee and is a surgeon in her own right sat down with me today to talk about an inve...

Then the doctor hasnt done their job examining the patient. and then the patient is using that to get off of work. in my mind that would constitute fraud if the doctor hasnt examined the patient. >> reporter: do you believe -- is it your hope in this investigation that all of the doctors who may have been involved are contacted? should they be contacted? >> they should all be contacted. the fact they were acting on their own not under the auspices of the university doesnt excuse the behavior. >>...

They were acting on their own. >> reporter: we followed a gentleman through the process who told us he just walked up and asked for a medical sick note that was signed by a doctor. >> they are giving out doctors excuses for people missing work. they say what is your illness and i say i dont know. i never told them i had an illness and they wrote me a two or three day excuse to get out of work. >> reporter: on the slip, that excused this gentleman from work for such and such days, he signed his n...

For example the fox news producer they didnt ask the persons name or establish a relationship. in that case, it is fraud. because they werent actually diagnosing a condition. they were simply filling out a form and handing it to the person so they would have a way of getting off of work. actually, in the case of the video from fox news they wrote out the excuse for several days ahead. so, in this case, it clearly is fraud. because the person wasnt sick and they were just filling out a form. >> r...

>> greta: what happens when you lie at work. dont answer that. there could be trouble for wisconsin doctors. a wisconsin state senator is investigating reports that some wisconsins did are writing false medical excuses to fraudulently excuse protesters from work. it is called a lie. griff is on the ground in wisconsin where he spoke with the senator. >> reporter: senator galloway who chairs the public health committee and is a surgeon in her own right sat down with me today to talk about an inve...