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Dr. ben carson is director of pediatric neuro surgery at john hopkins hospital and author of america the beautiful, rediscovering what made this nation great. he joins me from south carolina. dr. carson, i'll get to some of the politics going on today in a second but as a physician i want to ask, i'm sure you've operati. what was your reaction as a physician when you heard about the types of injuries that were coming in from the boston terrorist attacks two weeks ago? >> well, i was very impressed by the readiness of the team to take care of the problems and the way that they coordinated thing...

I did it because i believed it was good for the american people. >> but our next guest -- excuse me, gretchen. >> our next guest says this kind of legislation completely goes against what our founding fathers actually intended. and we need to rediscover who we are as a nation in order to get back on track. in 1978 -- dr. ben carson was the first surgeon to successfully separate siamese twin a neurosurgeon at johns hopkins hospital, the recipient of the presidential medal of freedom as well and the author of the book "america the beautiful, rediscovering what made this nation great." and we're ...

Going to yale and becoming a brain surgeon. since 1994 carson and his wife, candy, have given back. setting up the carson scholars fund. >> for superior academic performance and demonstration of humanitarian qualities. >> over the years it's given more than $5 million in scholarships to help kids go to college. >> i have nothing against sports and entertainment, but what is going to maintain our pinnacle position in the world? our ability to shoot the 25-foot jump shot or the ability to solve occasions. >> he has written a book called america the beautiful, rediscovering what made this country...