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Enough research to figure how to cure it. >> it was devastating. i have battled six major abdomenal surgeris and 10 different chind of chemo therapies and my husband and i did research. we realize that rare cancers are more common than you think. they are 50 percent of all cancer cases a year. establish establish and so doctor, if 50 percent of the cancers of the world are considered rare, it is because big pharmesutical companies are trying to attend to ones that more people have. >> there is a market for larger tumor types and mauler ones don't get the attention. yet they constitute 50 perce...

>> reporter: those are examples of blood illnesses the vancouver island health authority say up to 500 patients may have been exposed to after being treated with a tainted piece of surgical equipment. it made the discovery after staff noticed a cloudiness. it's used to sterilize end on scopes, it's used to examin and detect problems with the liver, pancreas and gall bladder. they found nothing suspicious in regular screenings, but after a detailed swab test staff discovered something much more serious. >> during that process we discovered a small amount residue in one of the ports on the scope...

Sources and from sources close to murtha that it appears his intei intestines were nicked. let's take a look at what happens. when you see the anatomy, i think you can see how easily it can happen. there is the gall bladder there, and here are the intestins. let's look at how quickly this could happen. he had surgery on january 28th, and on january 31st, he was admitted not just to the hospital, but to intensive care. >> so is there -- well, what is it called when you nick the bowel and bacteria gets out? is there anything that could have been done, elizabeth, in

And high-tailed it right out of there. congressman john murtha in a virginia hospital this morning in intensive care. the 77-year-old pennsylvania democrat had gall bladder surgery last week and now there are complications. murtha's chairman of the powerful house appropriations committee. president obama's old senate seat in illinois up for grabs. it is now down to two candidates. the friend of the president, the state treasurer actually won yesterday's democratic primary. five-term congressman mark kirk took the gop primary. voters will make their final decision in november. if you have...

Probably, big on the prop operations committee, they're reporting he's back in the hospital in virginia after gall bladder surgery, the hospital confirming to politico he's in icu but not giving further details. we're working to independently confirm this and as soon as we get more we'll bring it to you. also wet weather causing pretty serious flooding in florida. we'll talk about what it means for the forecast going forward. they've got a little event called the super bowl coming up on sunday. will that affect it? also, new information about this brawl caught on tape at a high school basket...