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Sanjay gupta who is with us in new york. sanjay, i want to talk to you about e. coli. how dangerous is it and how easy is it to get sick from it? >> there is e. coli and then there's e. coli, different strains of it. this particular strain is one of the bad players. this is the stuff that gets you sick pretty quickly. people will feel -- they get nauseated, they'll feel abdominal cramping. the real concern with this is that it can affect your kidneys. when we talk about deaths resulting from it, it's usually from a kidney problem. what's staggering is the amount. they say about 100 cells. it's...

It's sitting out, kit replicate every 15 minutes and double in size. you can get billions of cells pretty quickly, get a lot of people sick. >> so if you eat it and it's undercooked, chances are you're in trouble. >> it's not in every lot of meat that is out there, but there has been enough of a concern, people have gotten sick that they have proven this is happening. >> and how dangerous is this? >> so with this particular e. coli, you get a range of things. some people are just going to have a couple of miserable days, you know, it's no fun. the problem for some people is that they develop k...

Big drug company and saying no. he deserves compassionate use of this medicine and now a week later, we see the results. >> yeah. so many viewers of "fox & friends" really stepped up and made their voices heard. you championed that cause. the actual kidney problem that josh was having before him, that was caused -- correct me if i am wrong -- by the drug he was on prior? >> by a similar drug delivered intravenously. this new drug is delivered by a suspension, a liquid format of the medicine that takes better, especially to children. so today prayers should be with him as well. he's undergoing ...

That's off the market, viokk. many people suffered from taking vioxx. if it's undetective mandetectab, what do you ask your doctor to make sure your medications won't cause a kidney problem. >> besides diabetes and high blood pressure, medication is a risk factor. we talked about gentamicin, van co my 7. wvancomycin, and they're never o nephrotoxic. national kidney month doesn't get enough attention. they play a very vital role. they regulate our blood pressure. they are involved in vitamin d and bone health.

The ceo says documents discovered in the raid shows bin laden played a strong role in al qaeda, up to the end. michael sheehan is a terrorism analyst for nbc news and joins me now. give me a gut check on this. how do you come down on this? what is your read? >> is no question that the u.s. government, the evidence is all pointing in that direction. it is surprising that a lot of people thought bin laden may have had a lesser role in the aspects of al qaeda. that's been the conventional wisdom. that seems to be changing rapidly now. >> one thing i'm surprised to hear about, you remember at the ...