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All the President’s Men, Official Secrets is another politically charged look at the silent war between those individuals who fight fiercely for the truth and those in power who would use all manner of lies to exert their power over those they see as being beneath them. It’s a film that questions the notion of patriotism and the role of a free press and in a time when the president of the United States calls the free press an "enemy of the people", it could hardly be timelier or more relevant. The main difference this time, though, is that it’s a story told from the perspective of the ...

Particular. but i think you're right, that that is something that i think there is still questions about why the longer hospital stay. >> well let's ask dr. bernstein, you're an expert in this area and a urologist. >> this is a procedure -- as kate said, was not emergency, but i think that staying over in the hospital for the course of the week, my guess is they're concerned they want to watch out for complications and sometimes after an embolization there could be pain associated with the procedure and monitor for pain and make sure it is well controlled and do that better at walter reed than...

Lab results about the president, most of them very normal, this pretty significant test, we weren't even told he had that done. i happened to know he had it done from other sources and that is why i asked about it. here -- i'm not suggesting anything is inaccurate here. i would -- i think it would be nice to know what exactly the first lady was having treated in this case. we're just told a benign kidney condition which is good information to have. benign is very important to know. what was it that was being treated? was she having symptoms beforehand, what sort of prompted this as kate was sa...

Just three or four days seems longer. it seems longer than normal. but there could be a variety of reasons for that. clearly in the statement they said everything went sploojly. so there -- i don't think there is anything -- it sounds like from their standpoint to worry about. >> but usually if you could get out of the hospital as quickly as possible, sanjay, you know this and dr. bernstein, you don't want the pa-- the patientn the hospital for potential for infection and germs and you want the patient out of the hospital as quickly as possible, right? >> yeah, no, absolutely. as dr. bernstein...

Semantics. i think procedure is a less invasive thing. if she had had surgery, i think that would be a -- something that would be more concerning and have longer recovery period. all of the things that go with a bigger operation versus something more minor. >> but she would still need an anesthesiology and out during this procedure. >> that is a good question. when we talk about anesthesia, there is general anesthesia which means the person who is receiving this -- they could not breathe on their own so they have to put in a breathing tube. versus more sedation where you are giving medications...