ben carson, is under fire by several professors at emory university, where he's scheduled to give the commencement address. they wrote this letter after learning carson does not believe in evolution. calling it deeply concerning that he connects the belief of echlution with lack of morality. and that he stands against many of the ideals of this university. >> dr. carson was a childhood hero of mine. still is a hero of mine. what worried me the most was the fact that he said if you do accept evolution, that you're somehow ethically lacking. >> you have a theory in which you put your faith. and i have a theory in which i place my faith. >> reporter: the professors sea this is no protest, -- say this is no protest. and they still want carson to speak at the commencement. they say they simply want to draw attention to dr. carson's stance. >> i credit my university with being open to and engaging in these conversations. because it's in not having those conversations that can lead to many dangerous kinds of situations and politics. and beyond that we see in our country today. >> god has giv

do i want to -- suppose this was the guy who goes to medical school and becomes the next great ben carson brain surgeon or whatever? those are all things that you think about in hindsight. >> stthis is what you thought about over the years? >> this is what i thought about over the years. for a number of years until joe wrote this book. until joe and hal wrote this book, i would not, first of all, be able to do this interview, nor would i have been able to sit down and talk to anybody about it. when you first called me, i said, you obviously have the wrong guy because i do not want to talk about what happened to me in vietnam. in a lot of ways i'm still reluctant to do it. for a lot of the guys that you will interview here -- this is not a criticism. for a lot of the guys that you will interview here, this is their life. they are locked here. they are -- i can do this once a year or maybe twice, but after that it is really hard for me to sit down and have discussions. everybody keeps telling me, you need to think about what if you hadn't done -- what about all the guys -- i mean, like last

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carson valley. after dinner, ben, melissa, her teenage brother craig and little alyssa settled in the den to watch a movie. melissa remembers falling asleep on the couch waking up with a start. >> thinking i was late for work. it was 2:30 in the morning. i was like oh, i'm not late. so i went and got into bed. >> reporter: crawled in with ben, she said. moonlight on the covers. warm inside. >> about an hour later is when i was woke up by the smell and then a loud noise. my ears were ringing. at first i thought i was dreaming. >> reporter: a smell? >> yeah. it was a smell. >> reporter: gunpowder smell? >> yes. >> reporter: she looked over to ben, saw by the light of the moon he appeared to slept through whatever it was. she nudged him. he didn't stir. >> i was like okay, i'll go check it out. i walked around our bed and got about half way down the hallway and realized our front door was open. >> reporter: but you didn't see anybody? >> nope. >> reporter: half way down the hall she said, cold air rushing in. she knew something was very wrong. they ran back to the bedroom, turned on the light. >> i wen