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To the lungs, pulmonary embolism can happen to anybody and something people are reminded of. it's a clot that sort of develops in the deep veins, carol, in your legs. this is something you could feel. if you feel the clots on the surface that is not this. this is the deep veins. get a clot around the valve of the veins and it breaks off and has a long way to travel through the vascularture of the entire body. it could block a blood vessel in the lung and someone might have chest pain and shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat. if the clot is big enough this is a deadly problem. within several...

From are the vaps of the lower leg. this is important. when you talk about the deep veins of the lower leg, these are not veins you can necessarily feel. take a look in blue there. that is the valve around one of these deep veins. you see a clot starting to form over there. after some time that clot could essentially break off and start to travel throughout the entire body and specifically it goes through the blood system and lands up in the lungs. that is what a pulmonary embolism it. blocks one of the veins in the lungs. if that clot is big enough, it can cause death within just a few minute...

Beginning to take its toll on the 81-year-old. he is being treated for normal side effects from his ongoing cancer therapy. he is wearing a walking boot while recovering from a slight tear in his achilles tendon. less than two weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor in july, mccain returned to the senate floor greeted by the deafening applause of his colleagues. before delivering a stinging critique of the senate's fierce partisan divide. >> let's trust each other. let's return to regular order. we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find...