dr. kaplan says have the conversation as unpleasant as it might be. ause you're the nation's foremost bioethicist. i need to ask you about dr. oz he's come under fire his faculty position with columbia withdrawn. a, what's going on? b, what will be the future? >> the problem with dr. oz is that he's been promoting fringe cures, unproven things. you know he's kind of got us eating blueberries to solve our cancer and prevent our parkinson parkinsonism and make our alzheimer's go away. he's promoting too much in my terms, fairy dust. this is getting the medical community upset. after all he's the most visible, most famous doctor in america. he's got a big platform. people really listen to him. they go out and buy the stuff that he promotes. i think it's probably too harsh to say let's fire him from columbia. but it isn't too harsh to say let's pull him out of some of these leadership positions that he has as a vice chair, other things that he's running, because those are more rewards. and think right now he's too far off the acceptable path as soon as he

dr. kaplan, trying to be silenced. doctors at columbia university trying to silence him. buying it? >> i'm not buying it? it seems to me that the free speech issue is important, but no one is ever going to fire him because of what these ten doctors wrote. that was never going to happen anyway. >> why are they so angry at him? >> because they think he is pushing the neti pot a little hard and not sticking with the evidence. in other words, you've got to be evidence-driven, when you were the most prominent spokesperson for medicine in america. >> is there a little bit of jealous or a lot of jealousy here? >> i think the anger is a little bit more don't push the fringe don't push the hype. you're out there too much on the fairy dust. >> but don't you think people understand the difference between going to a doctor and getting medical advice from a doctor than watching a doctor on television. these are not kids watching television these are adults who should know better? >> i'll let my colleges jump in but i think they love watching doctors on television so they don't have to

google executive dan fredinburg, film maker tom kaplan and dr.>> that was susan saulny reporting. >>> and the devastation in nepal has hit close to home for many in the bay area. alyssa harrington is live in the news room with more details. >> among the victims, a san francisco man. google executive daniel fredinburg was the head of privacy for google x. the 33-year-old was caught in an avalanche on mt. everest, triggered by the earthquake. his sister wrote he suffered a major head injury. fredinburg was climbing everest for the third time. his friends and girlfriend describe him as an adventurer and activist. there is an online fund-raiser in his memory for two orphanages in nepal. >> you might say it is the one thing i will take away from knowing him, is that just happiness is important. and that's what he strived for. >> i've never met someone with more stamina more endurance, more strength more intellect. >> meanwhile, many of those in the bay area nepalis community want to help family members in the earthquake-struck region. they held a vije

google executive, dan fredinburg film maker tom kaplan and dr.melissa eaves gearlong. >>> a military plane is on the way with tons of supplies and search and rescue teams. susan saulny, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. it's 5:34. an earthquake structural engineer from sacramento is flying to nepal. kit miyamoto has responded to earthquakes in haiti japan and new zealand, bringing his expertise and technology to improve the buildings so when another earthquake hits more people can survive. miyamoto says he will work with the government and private sector to help nepal improve its infrastructure. >>> as susan mentioned, 18 people including 3 americans were killed in an avalanche on mt. everest. dozens of people on the mountain are still missing and rescue crews are trying to pull survivors to safety. one climber caught in the moment of terror as the wall of snow descended on his group, getting off the mountain will take the survivors at least four days. >>> and google executive daniel fredinburg is one of the avalanche victims. these pictures are from hi