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Scared of you than you are of them. but when they feel threatened, they have one lethal strike. in the u.s. alone, venomous snakes white more than 8,000 people each year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> whenever you're going to handle a snake, you want to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes, including this cobra from south africa. it's one of the most deadly snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. >> i felt the teeth sink into me.knows there's no tim...

Scared of you than you are of them, but when they feel threatened they have one lethal strike. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes including this cobra. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. >> i literally pulled the whole snake out of the tub attached to my stomach and i felt the teeth sink into me. >> david knows there's no time to spare an...

By the time it arrives five hours later he's not sure he wants it anymore. >> it's not getting worse, but it's not getting better. i'm going to try to release myself out of the hospital and go home at this moment. >> as a professional snake handler he hes tats knowing the anti-venom becomes less effective each time it's administered to the same person, but experts always recommend taking the anti-venom. >> so the anti-venom guy says listen they're not telling you everything, but you're in preliminary renal failure right now, your kidneys aren't functioning. if you don't get this you're going t...

They want you to have kind of an upright life. they want you to pray ahead of time. they don't let visitors handle the snakes. usually in the front of the church are the pastors and some of the older members of the church who handle the snakes. there is a lot of singing and dancing and praying and shouting and music. and then the snakes come out. and it is quite stunning. i mean -- and one case, i was standing in the parking lot and they started handling the snake. and they were about maybe less than a foot away from me and it was unnerving. but they are -- it's -- they're in this kind of stat...

But i'm a republican, so i'm not allowed to. >> joe, i just have one question. would you build a house with a car elevator if you were running for office? >> i have answered that a thousand times. >> if you're going to buy a car elevator, buy american. >> it's a german car elevator? oh, no. >> that's worse than the a swiss bank account. front page spread. the special pullout section this weekend. coming up -- >> coming up next -- >> the day after the wisconsin recall, we're going to take a look at the fallout for the unions with mike allen. and mika is going to explain why this was a huge wi...