dan diaz was married to britain menard, the california woman suffering from terminal brain cancer who openly lived out her final days advocating for the right to die. >> i still have enough joy and i still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn't seem like the right time right now. but it will come because i feel myself getting sicker. it's happening each week. >> reporter: the couple briefly moved to oregon, where doctors can legally prescribe lethal medication. >> and my husband is such a lovely man, i want him to -- you know i understand everyone needs to grieve. but i want him to be happy. >> reporter: britain ende brittany ended her life in november 2014. >> what's worse a peaceful passing or being tortures to death? death was imminent for brittany, there wasn't anything that would change the fact that she died. the manner in which she died that's what she had control over. >> the 29-year-old became the face of compassionate choices, legalizing the option of physician assistance dying. the controversial end of life choice is currently authorized in just f

. >> reporter: that is a fear dan diaz knows well. last year, diaz's wife, brittany maynard, became the face of the right-to-die debate. she was diagnosed with brain cancer at 29, then moved with with her husband from california to oregon. >> how dare the government make decision or limit options for terminally ill people like me. >> she was simply saying it's ridiculous that as californians, we have to leave home, drive 600 miles north, in the middle of her being told that she is dying from a brain tumor? nobody should have to do that. >> reporter: just weeks before she ended her life, diaz made his wife a promise. >> see if we can get legislation passed so that nobody else has to go through what she went through. >> reporter: what did you say to her? >> the answer is, yeah. >> reporter: he quit his job and became a full-time advocate for the right-to-die movement in california. in oregon, from 1998-2014, more than 125,000 patients died from cancer. 668 took a physician-prescribed lethal dose of medication. >> you apply for that medi

dan diaz was married to brittany menard, the california woman suffering from terminal brain cancer whonly lived out her final days advocating for right to die. >> i still have enough joy and i still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn't seem like the right time. right now. but it will come because i feel myself getting sicker. it's happening each week. >> the custom briefly moved to oregon where doctors can legally prescribe lethal medication. >> and my husband is such a lovely man, i want him to, you know, i understand everyone needs to grieve. but i want him to be happy. >> brittany ended her life in november 2014. >> people really need to think through this for themselves. what's worse? a peaceful passing, or being tortured to death? >> what's wrong with the law being proposed here in california? >> this is a band-aid solution that over the long term is going to make matters worse. >> dr. aaron kariati is a medical ethicist. and a taun staunch proponent of suicide. >> we know in oregon less than 6% of patients that died as a result of assisted suicide wer

. >> that is a fear that dan diaz knows well.st year diaz years wife brittany maynard became the face of the right to die debate. she was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 29 and then moved with her husband from california to oregon. >> how dare the government make decisions or limit options for terminally ill people like me. >> she was simply saying it's ridiculous as californians we have to leave home, drive 600 miles north, in the middle of her being told that she's dieing from a brain tumor? nobody should have to do that. >> reporter: just weeks before she ended her life, diaz made his wife a promise. >> see if we can get legislation passed so that nobody else has to go through what she went through. >> what did you say to her? >> the answer is yeah. >> reporter: he quit his job to work with the advocacy group on choices. in oregon from 2008 to 2014 more than 125,000 patients died from cancer. 668 took a physician-prescribed lethal dose of medication. >> you apply for the medication, you secure it, put it in the cupbo

joining me now is her widower dan diaz.ut and give you a big hug. this has been a really, really tough year for you but talk about the move from california to oregon, why you had to do it and how brittany felt about that. >> brittany was frustrated that after being told that she had brain cancer, a brain tumor, after enduring an eight-hour brain surgery and then two months later being told that the tumor was now growing very aggressively and she only had six months to live, it was frustrating, really maddening, the idea that we had to pack up and leave our home and drive to oregon and just get across some imaginary line on a map that then allowed her the ability to secure the aid in dying medication so she could have a gentle passing. that to her was something that she thought nobody should have to go through this. >> yeah. >> and that's the reason why she spoke up. >> especially because she was the quintessential california girl. spent some time in san diego, went to uc-berkeley, uc-irvine. she was the ultimate california

diaz of the bush campaign. busyght be too reorganizing his strategy in light of the scott walker news. i felt a little bit like dan rather when someone hadn't be a note saying, "ap reporting scott walker leaving the race." 's "the new york times" says that, it must be true. ladies and gentlemen, danny diaz, making his dramatic entrance onto the stage. being with us. how shocked are you about this walker?scott is surprising. these campaigns are tough. coming out the news of this. i think his press conference is at 5:00 central. i would like to hear it first. he is a good man. rich: let me ask you a couple of questions that come from a conventional narrative about your campaign. you are obviously welcome to push back. guysarrative is that you coming into this with shock and would scarew you some people out of the race, but you knew you would be at a fairly dominant position -- certainly where romney was. of,ead, we see bush, kind you know, 9%, kind of there. you run for president of the united states, you can take nothing for granted and you have to work hard every day. we have a candidate who will not hisutworked,

diaz of the bush campaign. he may be too busy re-organizing his strategy in light of the scott walker news. i felt a little like dan rather when somebody handed me the note ap reporting scott walker quitting the race. is this true? "the new york times" says that, of course it's true. ladies and gentlemen danny diaz making his dramatic entrance onto the stage. [applause] thanks so much for being with us. how shocked are you by this news about scott walker? >> it is surprising. these campaigns are tough and scott walker is a good guy and we will see what the news is coming out of this. i think his press conferences at 5:00 central so i would like to hear it first. he is a good man for sure. >> let me ask you a couple of questions that come from the conventional narrative about your campaign. you are obviously welcome to push back. one narrative is that you guys coming into this suppose as shock and awe. maybe you're going to scare people out of the race but you are certainly going to be in a fairly dominant position from the beginning at least where mitt romney was which is a solid second. people bumped up ahead of e

diaz of the bush campaign. he might be too busy reorganizing his strategy in light of the scott walker news. i felt a little like dan rather when someone handed me the note "a.p. reporting scott walker quitting the race." is this true? [ inaudible ] well, if the "new york times" says it, of course it's true. ladies and gentlemen, danny diaz making his dramatic entrance on the stage. [ applause ] thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> how shocked are you by this news about scott walker? >> well, it's surprising. i mean, i think these campaigns, you know, they're tough. and i think scott walker is a good guy and we'll see what the news is that's coming out of this. i think his press conference is at 5:00 central so i'd like to hear it first. he's a good man, sure. >> so let me ask you a couple questions that come from the conventional narrative about your campaign. you're obviously welcome to push back. one narrative is that you guys coming into this supposed shock and awe, you maybe were going to scare people out of the race but you certainly were going to be in a fairly dominant position from

diaz from the bush campaign. he might be too busy reorganizing his strategy in light of the scott walker news. i felt a little like dan rather when someone handed me the note "a.p. reporting scott walker quitting the race." is this true? well, if the "new york times" says it, of course it's true. ladies and gentlemen, danny diaz making his dramatic entrance on the stage. thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> how shocked are you by this news about scott walker? >> well, it's surprising. i think these campaigns are tough and i think scott walker is a good guy and we'll see what the news is that's coming out of this. i think his press conference is at 5:00 central so i'd like to hear it first. he's a good man, sure. >> so lett me ask you a couple questions that come from the conventional narrative about your campaign. you're obviously welcome to push back. one narrative is that you guys coming into this supposed shock and awe, you maybe were going to scare people out of the race but you certainly were going to be in a fairly dominant position from the beginning, at least where mitt romney was whic

diaz of the bush campaign. he might be too busy reorganizing his strategy in light of the scott walker news. i felt a little like dan rather when someone handed me the note "a.p. reporting scott walker quitting the race." is this true? [ inaudible ] well, if the "new york times" says it, of course it's true. ladies and gentlemen, danny diaz making his dramatic entrance on the stage. [ applause ] thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> how shocked are you by this news about scott walker? >> well, it's surprising. i mean, i think these campaigns, you know, they're tough. and i think scott walker is a good guy and we'll see what the news is that's coming out of this. i think his press conference is at 5:00 central so i'd like to hear it first. he's a good man, sure. >> so let me ask you a couple questions that come from the conventional narrative about your campaign. you're obviously welcome to push back. one narrative is that you guys coming into this supposed shock and awe, you maybe were going to scare people out of the race but you certainly were going to be in a fairly dominant position from

diaz of the bush campaign. he might be too busy reorganizing strategy in light of the scott walker news. i felt a little like dan rather when someone handed me the know, ap reported scott walker quitting the race. is this a true? [inaudible] "the new york times"? "new york times"? if the new york times says it, of course it's true. ladies and gentlemen, danny diaz making his dramatic entrance on the stage. [applause] >> so thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> how shocked are you by this news about a scott walker? >> it is surprising. i think in these campaigns, they are tough. mr. walker is a good guide and we will see what the news is that's coming out of this. i think his press conference is that five central. i'd like to hear it first. he's a good man for sure. >> so let me ask you a couple questions that come from the conventional narrative about your campaign. you're obviously welcome to push back. one narrative is that you guys coming into this supposed shock and awe. you made were going to scare people out of the race but you certainly were going to be in a fairly dominant positio