dr. sanjay gupta joins us now. he arrived in cambodia and he is on the phone with us. so dr. gupta, talk to me about this so-called breakthrough we have been hearing about. what do you think of this disease and breakthrough? >> well, you know, it's been a complete mystery for some time now. this is a significant development. what doctors have discovered is the beginnings of a pattern among these dozens of kids that, you know, there's been -- the numbers vary a little bit, don, but 66 cases of this sort of mystery disease, 64 as you mentioned children have died. nearly 100% lethality. what they have found is something known as virus 71. it's a particular type of virus that can cause something known as hand, foot, and mouth disease. they've seen outbreaks in various parts of the world. oftentimes it can be contained. it certainly doesn't have the same degree of lethality as this. that's where the mystery still remains. why is this killing children so universally? could this potentially be a mixture of this virus with something else? either some toxic reaction to a medication or

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dr. sanjay gupta just landed there.es ago about this. >> it's something known as virus 71. it's a particular type of virus that can cause something known as hand, foot, mouth disease. they've seen outbreaks of this disease in various parts of the world. oftentimes it can be contained. it certainly doesn't have the same degree of lethality as this. so that's where a little bit of the mystery still remains. why is this killing children so universally, and could this potentially be a mixture of this virus with something else? >>> in other news, a hollywood legend of the big screen and small screen, ernest borgnine, has died. did you know that he won an oscar? he did in 1955. best actor for the movie "marty." but he was really known for guest starring in a bunch of tv shows like "air wolf" and mchale's navy." he died in a homt in los angeles. he was 95 years old. >>> john rocker, his baseball career ended in controversy. not shying away from controversy, he's now a political writer. my conversation with him is coming up. >>

dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to a man who is part mcgyver, part hacker on his show. dr. gupta's show.p next, an innovator who uses toy parts to create inexpensive medical devices. >> i use toys to make affordable medical devices. when you're using toys, it demystifies medical technology. we look at these devices and we think they're a black box. you need an expert to even take a screwdriver out. you may not have the courage to hack a thousand dollar device but you definitely have the courage to hack something that's $5. and if you add a little ingenuity, it become something as powerful as a thousand dollar medical device. >> fascinating stuff. tune in tomorrow to watch the next list. then at 2:30 eastern time, right here in the newsroom. the folk from the pbs show history detectives are investigating one of rock 'n' roll's most infamous guitars. it is the electric guitar. bob dylan played at a 1965 folk festival. fans booed him for going electric at the time. now that guitar is at the center of a controversy about who actually owns it. how authentic is it? i'll talk with the history d

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dr. guptas in phnom penh, cambodia, where he's getting a firsthand look at the increasingly dire situation there. >> by means are we at the conclusion of our investigation. >> reporter: an investigation into the mystery of what's killing some of cambodia's children at a frightening pace. >> the majority of these cases and mostly under the age of 3, were seriously ill, and many of them had died within 24 hours of admission. >> reporter: i mean, that's pretty frightening i think for people to hear. >> absolutely. >> reporter: there's a lot of diseases in this part of the world, many parts of the world, but to kill that quickly. the backdrop is important here. this hospital treats thousands of children suffering from dengue fever, had a layeria, and tuberculosis every week. and remember, this is a part of the world where bird flu and sars originated. still, right away dr. rickner knew this was different. >> it's a big picture for us. we've never seen this in cambodia before. >> reporter: he's the

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and you're right, dr. gupta, i have heard this story many, many times as a practicing physician myself. i've experienced it. i have friends who have experienced it. not just in the sphere of oncology but in other areas of medicine, as well. particularly in the anesthesia and pain medicine community. this is a crisis. >> you know, one of the things that people ask immediately is why and why is this happening now. there was a recent report from the house of representatives that largely blamed the fda for the situation saying it shut down companies for what really were minor technical violations. and that was what led to these drugs being unavailable for people like renee. did you foresee or did the fda do you think foresee this possibility? >> well, let me just say very clearly that the report is incorrect. we are not in this situation because fda is shutting down company. fda is part of the solution. the fda's enforcement to ensure high-quality drugs that -- to consumers in the united states which we expect as pa

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dr. sanjay gupta. >> these are the men of baker company.pecial volunteer troop detachment at edgewood arsenal, maryland. >> reporter: for 18-year-old army private tim josephs the tests started almost as soon as he arrived at edgewood, home to a top secret military testing program using human subjects. >> sometimes it was an injection. other times, it was a pill. >> reporter: did they tell you what it is? >> the drugs or chemicals were referred to as agent one or agent two. one test i was involved with, i was pretty much out of it all day and that afternoon, i woke up with parkinson's symptoms immediately. >> reporter: so you had tremor? >> and aching in the limbs and arms and numbness. >> in this -- is a compound called -- >> reporter: bill billlynnski was exposed to tear gas three times at edgewood. >> this chamber looks familiar from the test i was in. >> reporter: this video shows volunteers in the gas chamber at edgewood exposed to cs. >> the effects were apparent almost at once. >> your eyes water and knows runs and your skin burns. yo

dr. sanjay gupta is there tonight in cambodia.ry with one of the highest rates of child mortality in southeast asia. >> reporter: so many people getting sick here in the thousands. and if they do, what happens next? oftentimes, they have to rally their neighbor, gather a little money, maybe hire a took took like this one over here to get them to a hospital as quickly as possible. >> now an unknown enemy. a new outbreak that remains a mystery. sanjay joins me now live. i think what must be so frustrating and alarming for people there is not knowing what causes this mystery illness. they don't really know how to protect themselves. when do we expect any sort of an update on what the cause may be? >> i think there's a leading theory now in all this, anderson, talking to the doctors here. this enterovirus 71, something we talked about last night. it's something that's showed up positive in several of the patients. most of the doctors here seem to think that's not the only thing that could be causing this. a lot of focus is on is there

dr. gupta on the scene for us in cambodia.ke this sanjay, he doesn't waste any time. he goes there. he's not only a great journal just but he's a neurosurgeon. a physician. he wants to get that story out. >> it's one of the stories when you put the eyes of the world on it, maybe something can be done. 64 dead already. thank you wolf. >>> we're going to move now to what is trending here in "the situation room." topping our list at number four, well, topping our list right now, at number four, l.a. clippers power forward blake griffin amazing dunk shot during team usa practice that goes off the wall a couple times. then he gets that dunk finally. but at number three, the fears of an internet outand, what really happened in the fbi turned off the intected servers and 211,000 computers lost internet service. 42,000 of those in the u.s. number two and number one on our trending list are just ahead. plus, you've probably heard that mitt romney raised mega millions last month. president obama's campaign numbers in and they're not as

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