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Until late august. in the middle box more than 100 people trapped in china after heavy rains caused landslides in the southwestern part of the country, 200 people were killed in the flooding, millions more forced out of their homes. in the bottom box, former vice president cheney is expected to leave the hospital today. he was admitted on friday. he's been receiving i.v. medications to treat a fluid buildup related to his heart disease. jon: we are awaiting the confirmation hearings of supreme court nominee elena kagan. republicans on the judiciary committee have some serious questions to ...

I don't understand why they don't have technology that tracks this stuff more accurately. >> it's funny because president clinton talked about that before his first operation in 2004. he talked about whether he should be aggressive about getting angiograms or ct angiograms. it's difficult. it's one of those things if you screen 10,000 people you're not going to find people that have significant disease. >> the problem with ct angiograms is the radiation is incredibly high. >> there are risks to procedures that would diagnose this thing. it's a risk/benefit sort of thing. what was interesting a...

Going to find that many people who have significant disease. >> the problem with ct angiograms is the radiation is incredibly high. they put out studies about that. >> there are risks to procedures that would diagnose this thing. it's a risk/benefit sort of thing. what was interesting about that interview, it was sort of the first time he really talked about the fact the operation, itself, did have impact on him. he really said he was doing fine. he felt great afterwards. admitted, it discombobulated me a little bit. >> paul, did you see that difference? >> big-time, anderson. i think frankly ...

>> larry: what about the second surgery? >> 10% of people who have this surgery as you know have some fluid buildup. >> larry: i didn't have that. >> only 10% do. most of them, the fluid either goes away or you just inject a need in your side with local anesthetic and you take it out. you basically suction it out. less than 1% of the cases people with a particular suspeceptibily to inflammation, like when i took motrin for six weeks for the pain after it was over. when you stop taking it the inflammation can flare up again and begin this fluid buildup. i was walking every day, doing fine. peop...

>> paul, did you see that difference? >> big-time, anderson. i think frankly his friends and family maybe saw it more than the public did. he had to have a second operation, sanjay's familiar with this, because of fluid buildup, not common in bypass operations. >> that was six months after the bypass operation. >> that procedure was enormously painful for him. enormously. the recovery took an awfully long time. it took, i think, quite a long time. he's fine now. i saw him a couple months ago and had dinner with him. he's walking, exercising, playing golf. more disciplined about his food than h...