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Message, he's turning them off. >> laura: mike huckabee, the idea of this election being about are you better off than you were four years ago, that's usually y the barometer and the right track wrong track numbers are trending really well for trump, but he's down among suburban women. without a doubt the race stuff -- they don't like 51% of the country if that poll is wrong or right thinking the president is racist. i know he's not. i think sarah hit it out of the park. he's going to criticize anyone who doesn't deliver results. but how do you get those women, female voters to turn out and yo...

Back that human touch. and i'm excited about that opportunity. >> do you think doctors are being trained like that? i mean, i think doctors still think of themselves as hyper rational, hyper analytic and that the bedside manner is old-fashioned medicine. >> that's one of the problems. we've been selecting brainiacs, but we won't need them on their grade point average and admission test scores. we need the people that are going to exude compassion. so emotional intelligence is going to become a much more precious selection criteria. >> one very fascinating point is that when looking at mental i...

Being trained like that? i think doctors still think of themselves as these hyper rationale, hyper analytic and the bedside manner is old fashioned med medicine. there's meant to be these brainiacs. >> that's one of the problems, we've been selecting brainiacs. we won't need them and their grade point average and admission test scores. we need the people that are going to exude compassion. emotion gence is going to become a much more precious selection criteria. >> when looking at mental illnesses, you think that people might be more honest and exmost pose their vulnerabilities more to a machi...

>> shannon: and in your ms struggle you talk about finding the right doctor. not everybody has the best bed side manner. >> i went through four different doctors. you have to be your own health advocate. ms is a hard diagnosis to get. you have to go through a battery of tests. i had doctors that didn't have a good bed side manner. i don't need you to hug me every time but give me eye contact and treat me like a human being. i talk about this in ms talks they go to, you need to as a doctor have some compassion. i found a great doctor. i have two wonderful doctors that i see now. we have to have...

Shannon: something else you talk about is finding the right doctor. getting that news is devastating enough but not everyone has a bedside manner. >> i went through three or four different doctors. you have to be our own health advocate as well as being diagnosed with ms, it is a hard diagnosis to get. you have to go through a battery of tests. back then i had to have two exacerbations to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and i had doctors who didn't have a good bedside manner. i don't you you to hug me but i want you to give me some eye contact and treat me like a human being and sometimes...