we counted down the seconds who knew dick cheney had a heart.transplant. implies he had one before. to some it might be a surprise that a world famous author would make such a dull joke. but flabby boob like rusty like any salmon can trade a present wife for a new one. biggest joke is rusty was protected by people like can cheney after they put a price on his head. but he wasn't the on one to go there. wondered if dick cheney deserved that heart transplant. so like rushdie did predictability. do you think they would asking this question if it were jimmy carter? but it's dick cheney so here you go. >> people say it's unlikely the 71-year-old jumped the line but nonetheless it has raised a lot of ethical questions, moral about whether the vice president should have received this heart ahead of other people. and raising a question how old is too old to receive a precious transplant. >> greg: raises one question, maybe nancy schneiderman needs a heart transplant, too. >> my goodness. >> greg: whenever people are trying to create a news story, people

oh, the headline is dick cheney got a new heart. i'm sure by the way that that is a very different headline in the organ community. probably something like innocent heart sentenced to life in cheney. boom! boom! i'm going to get to do a fon of these today. >> martin had gone out to buy candy wearing a hooded sweat shirt. >> carrying skittles and an iced at a. >> 28-year-old george zimmerman was acting as a neighborhood watch guy. >> he followed and chased him despite the police dispatcher telling him not to. >> jon: heart transplant. isn't it more of a heart plant when you don't have an original? hey, i think we have a clip of cheney selecting the new organ. he's not a nice man. >> the police appeared to have done a very cursory investigation. >> zimmerman has not been charged with any crime and continues to carry the weapon that killed trayvon. >> jon: are you (beep)? hey, everybody, here's my impression of dick cheney's surgeon removing cheney's original heart. it bit me. (screaming) oh, my god. why does a human heart have fangs? (

dick cheney is waiting for a heart. is it okay if we give your heart to dick cheney?t would you say 866-55-press, i know i am a bleeding heart liberal and i know what i am supposed to say. i am supposed to say my heart goes to the next person at the top of the list. i don't care who it is. but that's not what i think. i would say, no. i want it to go to somebody who has a young family and needs some more time. dick cheney has had a long life. i wouldn't say a good life. he's had a long life. and i would rather it go to somebody younger. that's my vote. >> i agree with you. >> you are a hard-hearted -- >> yeah. i won't disagree with that. it has less to do with who he is as a person because, let's face it, he is a pretty terrible guy. but the guy has had a long history of heart disease and heart problems. he has no heart beat as we know because of the contraption. >> that's inwhy he needs a heart? >> he is 71. he has such poor health. why would i want to waste my very strong heart? on that? >> and dan is busy on the phone. dan, yes or no? >> yes. yes. >> what? >> give

now, right now dick cheney is in intensive care, and his office tells us that we do not know the identity of the donor, but the family will be forever grateful for this life-saving gift. don, vice president cheney, 71 years old. we'll have more on this developing story throughout the night. >> all right. vice president cheney gets a heart transplant. our breaking news. as well as rick santorum. cnn projects has won the louisiana primary. next, we're going to go to cnn's joe johns, who's standing by on the ground in new orleans. hey, joe. what do you know? you're talking to voters there. you've been hearing from them. what do they make of this? what are they saying? >> reporter: well, we have been talking to voters here in louisiana. actually been here on the ground all week, don. and it's very interesting for a number of reasons. louisiana is one of those many states that just for decades really has not been involved in the republican primary process the way they've been involved this year. so it was sort of a novelty for these four candidates to descend on this state at this time and sta

don, dick cheney is 71 years old.is story next hour. >> i was going to say, 71 years old, i mean, that's fairly young now, especially today's standards of living and that and what have you. did he have four or five -- he survived four or five heart attacks before? >> yeah. he's had them since such a young, young age. as you said, 71 very young, but this has been ongoing for the vice president throughout very much of his adult life. but as we've heard right now from his office, he seems to be recovering fairly well right now in a washington hospital. >> two breaking political news stories we're following along with my colleague here, mark preston. rick santorum has won the louisiana primary and also dick cheney recovering from a heart transplant right now. i'm don lemon. we'll see you back here at the top of the hour, when we follow up on both of these developing stories including the latest on the trayvon martin case. more "piers morgan" in just a moment. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right n

dick cheney got the ultimate gift a new heart on saturday. he is 71 years old and has had five heart attacks. some folks say they wish him well, but were surprised he would be a transplant candidate. >> it seems like he is a little too old. >> i am not surprised. >> it's probably a varies from person to person. people are healthy or not at different ages. >> age is not the only factor doctors looked at. >> there are some patients in their 70's that are otherwise doing exceptionally well. we feel they should not be denied access. sometimes, there are patients in their 40's, that have such severe malfunction they would not be wonderful transplant candidates. >> dick cheney's spokesperson said he had been on a waiting list for two years. he has a history of heart disease. what we know about his condition comes from a statement from former president george w. bush. he has been in touch with the family and he is happy to hear the surgery went well. we are live in the falls church. >> maryland state police are investigating whether one of their own

. >> and there's a debate over whether former vice president dick cheney we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> 6:14. more efforts underway to try to recover bodies from the cruise ship in italy. the rescue efforts that began earlier today -- is our live pictures. five bodies were found on the costa concordia. you can see some of the efforts of those headed out there to try to recover the bodies of the five passengers who found a few days ago still inside the cruise ship off the coast of italy. former vice president dick cheney is recovering at inova fairfax hospital after receiving a new heart on the weekend. the 71-year-old has had a long history of heart disease. >> questions are raised about whether he was too old for transplant and whether he may have gotten special treatment. his first heart attack was

former vice president dick cheney undergoing a heart transplant, he's still recovering this morning, but some are raising questions about whether the vice president's too old for a new heart. david kerley has the story. good morning, david. >> cheney had hinted that he was thinking about getting a transplant. but this news was a bolt in an hour ago. it came in a statement from his family in a hospital just eight miles from his house, former vice president dick cheney has a new heart beating in his chest. he's spent 20 long months on a waiting list. his family said in a statement, quote, they don't know the identity of the donor, they will be forever grateful for his lifesaving gift. the 71-year-old has a long history of heart disease, including five heart attacks. cheney told abc's jon karl about the pump he had installed in 2010. >> it's originally designed as a transition to a transplant. a heart transplant is still a possibility. >> reporter: the battery pack and pump was keeping cheney's blood flowing until he could get a transplant. >> a little over year ago, my heart wasn't pump

doctor, it's a fascinating jury that the public has walked through dick cheney.about stints. we've learned about, you know, defibrillators and all that, that we would not have understood clearly if it weren't for his willingness to reveal his journey with his heart. >> it's been great for patients. i've actually referred to people who needed a de fibrillator, this is what dick cheney has. and now we can talk to people about transplants, saying remember when this was on tv for dick cheney, and they'll have a better understanding. >> he clearly was born with a bad heart. >> he was born with a lot of genetic predisposition to it. to have heart disease at 37 is definitely considered premature coronary artery disease. >> dr. lundberg, thanks so much. appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> a new chapter begins in the history of the catholic church. a church official may be the first to stand trial for allegedly covering up for priests accused of sexually assaulting children. and the accusations go all the way up to the highest authority in the philadelphia archdiocese. cnn

in a hospital just eight miles from his house, former vice president dick cheney has a new heart beatinghis chest. cheney has spent 20 long months on a waiting list. his family said in a statement, they, quote, do not know the identity of the donor. they will be forever grateful for his lifesaving gift. the 71-year-old has a long history with heart disease including five heart attacks. the first at age 37, the latest just two years ago. cheney told abc's jon karl about the pump he had installed in 2010. >> it's originally designed as a transition to a transplant. a heart transplant is still a possibility. >> reporter: the battery pack and pump was keeping cheney's blood flowing until he could get a transplant. >> a little over a year ago, i was in end stage heart failure. my heart wasn't pumping enough blood to service my kidneys, my liver and so forth. >> reporter: cheney has been a controversial figure and this surgery is no different. dr. eric topol, who consulted with cheney in his first run for vp, asked publicly whether cheney was too old to be given a heart saying "it would be int

at 71, dick cheney is older than your average heart transplant recipient.r his artificial heart beating in the room. >> you got to be really patient and you have to have a certain mindset. you do get tired of staying in one place. >> reporter: medical advances have made it more common for older patients like cheney to get heart transplants, but the number of heart done noers has been declining since the mid '90s. enter i think the question we have to face as a society, given scarce resources, given that there aren't enough hearts to go around, why don't we make sure they go to younger people as opposed to older people. i asked the director of heart transplantation. is 71 years old too old for a heart transplant. >> we look at several factors, age is one of them so. we don't necessarily say somebody's not a candidate just strictly on age. if somebody's over the age of 70, we have to look at them very clo closely, we have to look at all their other medical conditions. >> he says they look at need, projected life expectancy, your ability to take medications. t

two days after former vice president dick cheney received a heart transplant. year-old man the best choice for a new heart? and did cheney get any preferential treatment? we asked peggy fox to get some answers. >> reporter: could it be that former vice president dick cheney was moved to the top of waiting list to receive a new heart over a younger patient? >> i can't fathom anybody trying that, particularly if you have a high profile person. >> the medical director of heart transplantation at washington hospital center. one of only two hospitals in the washington area that do heart transplants. cheney had his surgery at anova fairfax's heart institute. at 71, cheney is older than most heart transplant recipients, but doctors say medical advances have made it possible for older patients to still be good transplant candidates. >> initially was under 60, then went to 70. >> patient has to have a sick heart, but good health otherwise. >> it's not just what they look like on the outside, but what their organs look like on the inside. we take all these issues into con

reacting to the house of former vice-president dick cheney heart transplant. it was breaking news last night and mr. cheney recovering in a hospital in virginia, the candidate sending well wishes to the former vp. more on thinks condition later on the fox report. strong words on president obama, and warning of tough punishment if the north goes ahead with a rocket launch last month. they had treed in exchange for help feeding a starving population, if the readers go ahead with the test, the aid for food could fall apart. as mr. obama meets the world leaders in south korea where he is at this hour how to talk nuclear weapons out of the hands of extremists. our wendall goler is with the president, and wendall the isolated nation next door is front and senior for the president of soul. >> north korea plans to launch a satellite and the rest of the world sees it as a poorly disguised missile test. president obama warned against it. >> to constitute a direct violation of his own commitments and its international obligations and moreover, it would only deepen north k

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oral arguments coming up in just a few minutes. >> heather: prayers and well wishes pouring in for dick cheney. former vice president is recovering from heart transplant surgery. cheney has a long history of heart problems. his first heart attack at just 37 years old. he had been on the waiting list for a new heart for 20 months. right now the 71-year-old is recuperating at a virginia hospital. >> dick cheney was scheduled to speak for speaker boehner. there is no way khin any would have made the commitment if these knew that he would be getting a heart transplant. he was rushed to the hospital after it became available. he had his first heart attack in 1978 and he heed he had a device implanted in his body. the vice president thought he may be able to do without a heart transplant. >> the equipment that i wear was originally put together as a transition device to keep somebody going until they can get a trap. now, it's gotten good enough a lot of people live on it for years. i haven't made a decision what i'm going to do yet. >> a year after, they have 88% survival rate. five years after, the

dick cheney waited 20 months. t.j. winnick, abc news, new york. >> i think that last stat is an important one. he waited far longer than the average person. people wanted to quickly speculate. he's the former vice president. maybe he got rushed up the list. clearly not. he waited. i think that's an important fact to remember. i am impressed anyone can survive five heart attacks. first at 37. now at 71. he's lucky to be with us at all. this could extend his life ten more years. >> used to be anyone over 55 couldn't. now the surgeons look at a whole if their kidney is in good shape -- >> if he's in shape and waited your time, it's yours. >> i don't have any issues with that. >> hard to argue with. >>> thousands rallied across the country yesterday in support of the trayvon martin case. this morning his parents are on the defensive after new information about their son's background was revealed. martin had been suspended from his miami high school for possessing marijuana and a series of potentially damaging tweets from h

don, dick cheney is 71 years old.more on this story next hour. that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. you obviously have been in love with him for 43 years. what do you think the public aren't seeing about your husband that they should be seeing? >> well, to begin with, i don't accept the premise. so that's, you know, that's one thing. and once people do see him, it's a totally different thing. at so many of the rallies we go to, the most common refrain is he's so great. you know? and that's -- unfortunately, everyone wants to portray you in a certain way, put you in that >> that's what the president would like to do, to take away from the fact that we are at record high debt and deficit, borrowing 42 cents on every dollar, there are so many things that are happening that are coming to fruition, and we need to move very quickly. by the end of this year, this country is going to be in very difficult shape. so me and others, people of good will are trying to push our leaders and trying to push the administ

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sirloin, available for a limited time on chili's $20 dinner for two. . >> former vice president dick cheneys doing well after undergoing heart transplant surgery the spokesperson said cheney is awake and was able to stand up on sunday. he had the transplant on sunday, 71 years old and has a long history of heart problems. he was diagnosed in 2010 with heart failure and spent 20 months on the cardiac transplant list. the family doesn't know who that dean or is but they'll be grateful for the life-saving gift. here's more on organ donation and how the transplants happen. thank you very much for being with us. >> and thank you for having me. >> i understand that dick cheney's heart transplant came from an organ donor who registered to become a donor at the dmv or whose family decided to donate his or her organs and how did this work and did he get to the front of the line faster than others or did he have to wait like everyone else? >> that is a question i have been hearing a lot. i wanted to say off of the bat the vice president was not moved to the top of the list as a lot of people have sai

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he is an enemy of the country in my opinion, dick cheney is.lord, take him to the promised land, will you? i don't want him to go to hell. i wantt him to get the hell out of here. >> andrew breitbart, are you kidding me? >> the man is on the court, i hope his wife feeds him eggs and but ther and die like many black men do, of heart disease. that's how i feel. >> i don't think viany jesse helms defenders here. >> not me. i think he ought to be worried about what is going on in the good lord's mine. if there is retributive justice, he will get aids from a transfusion. >> sean: i think, you can imagine if you wrote a column, neon radio or anybody on fox news, wishing any prominent liberal death? what would the reaction be? >> our careers would be over. i think this is a very important point. you just listen to all of that filth spewing forth from these people on liberal hate talk radio. i mean, the vitriole is seeping out of their sinuses and their pores. yet, we are the ones who are always attacked as the haight mongers and the racists and the pe

the questions in the wake of dick cheney's new heart. and kim kardashian has reportedly declined to press charges after she was flour- bombed on the red carpet. we will meet a teenager who can speak 23 languages when we get started on a monday morning. >> thank you. time to get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- would you be more likely to buy lottery tickets if you could do it online? >> we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. 6:52. 54 degrees on tv hill. >> >> how is monday morning shaping up? >> we have a couple of minor accidents. in essex, clearing at middlesex road. we have a crash at northbound ritchie highway to watch for. a delay on the west side from security down towards edmondson, 20 miles per hour. this is the beltway where it meets the b-w parkway. everything moving well on southbound 295 down towards west nursery road. >> cover the tender vegetation. that is what you said. >> we have a freeze on warning for northern baltimore county. we do g

reopened the debate about age. >> former vice president dick cheney has a long history of our problemsfive heart attacks, the first at age 37. severe congestive heart failure, bypass surgery, pacemakers, and a left ventricular assist device, a battery powered pump to keep him alive and now a new art, so why do it now? >> one reason can be that he is still eligible for a cardiac transplantation >> he is the chief of cardiac transplantation at uc f >> his physical condition, his medical condition as well as his age, which can be a major conflict indication >> at age 71 some people think it is too old but not this dr. >> patients even older than 70 can have an excellent long-term outcome >> he says just to be added to the waiting list patients must document good long-term survival meaning their kidneys and other organs need to be in good shape >> is other organ functions are in the at least within a certain range >> as to whether or not he cut in line >> i really doubt it. he was treated more or less like anybody else in this country or even on the globe and i think there is not a big dif

the high court isn't expected to make a decision until june. >>> former vice president dick cheney remains in intensive care this morning, recovering from heart transplant surgery. the 71-year-old had the successful procedure saturday at inova fairfax hospital in falls church. it's the same hospital in which he had a heart pump installed two years ago, about the time he was added to the transplant list. some have questioned whether he received special treatment pause of his -- considering his age. however, doctors say current rules place medical need over a patient's age.

the next 48 hours will be critical for dick cheney. he is recovering after receiving a heart transplant at inova fairfax hospital on a weekend. the 71-year-old has been battling heart disease for decades. he has had five heart attacks in 25 years. he was on the transplant list more than 20 months. but he's older than the typical recipient, which has some questioning if the mayor received preferential treatment. doctors say that's not the case and are optimistic about his recovery. >> one of japan posting most renowned cultural treasures is on loan to the national gallery of art. it's a collection of 30 hand painted scrolls of birds and flowers. nearly 1700 of them. the exhibit opens on friday and will be on display four weeks during the cherry blossoms festival >> . speaking of the festival, the polls seem to be turning from white and pink to green so quickly. >> on the ground. in this knowing cherry blossoms all over the tidal basin right now especially with the wind. it is beautiful and it is falling, but it is short-lived with. stoc

dick cheney's recovering after a heart transplant. he had been on the waiting list for more than 2 years. >> actually, former vice-president dick cheney waited 20 months for a new heart. he has a transplant. we are told, he's recovering in the intensive care unit of the nova fairfax hospital in falls church, virginia. this is the latest and most serious procedure for a 71-year-old who has had five heart attacks since he was 37. back in july, 2010, he had a left ventricle assist device. he told me at the end of the summer, he wasn't totally sold on a heart transplant. >> one of the questions is whether or not i want to go for a heart transplant. the equipment that i wear was put together as a transition device to keep somebody going until they could get a transplant. now it's gotten good enough that a lot of people live on it for years. i haven't made a decision what i will do yet. but that's one of the options i will have to look at down the road. >> we haven't heard from any of the doctors who performed his procedure, yet. but on ave

we learn that dick cheney is recovering in the intensive care unit of a falls church, virginia, hospital after undergoing a heart transplant today. the 71-year-old cheney has had a history of heart problems. two years ago, he suffered his fifth heart attack since age 37. the former vice president had been on the cardiac transplant list for more than 20 months before today's surgery. jamie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this announcement came as a surprise because up until now, the former vice president maintained he had not made a decision about having a heart transplant. however, now we know he had been on the transplant list for 20 months since he went into late stage heart failure in the summer of 2010. at that time, cheney had a left ventricular device. it runs on a battery pack that the former vice president carried with him for the past 20 months. most patients with this type of device do not stay on it for more than two years. so he really needed this heart transplant. nbc news has also learned that he actually reached the top of the transplant waiting list this

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is 71 years old and has suffered heart disease most of his adult life. >> former vice president dick cheney had a heart transplant saturday according to a statement released by his office. he is recovering in falls church va. he has a long history of vascular problems, suffering his first of five heart attacks in 1978 when he was just 37. 10 years later he had bypass surgery and two subsequent angioplasties. in 2001, he had a pacemaker implanted in his chest. in recent years his health deteriorated. he started to experience increasing heart failure. in 2010, he was admitted to a hospital in washington suffering from chest pains. docter said it was his fifth heart attack. that summer, he had at surgery again, to implant a device next to his heart. it would help pump blood through his body. doctors cautioned the pump was a temporary fix a bridge to keep him alive until he could get a new heart. after nearly two years on the cardiac transplant list, the 71-rolled cheney has a new chance at life from an unidentified donor. >> there are several new developments in the trayvon martin's case. he w