dr. reiner. >> i can answer that. there's no way to game the system. there was certainly no -- never any intent to even try to game the system. and even if there was, it can't be done. transplants are managed in the united states by the united network for organ sharing, which has very highly codified rules and regulations how organs are allocated in the united states. so, the answer your question is, yes, he absolutely would have received a heart if he were not the vice president. being vice president of the united states offered no advantage, and in fact he waited 20 months for a heart. and what the vice president hasn't said but what we say in the book, is when he finally made the decision to go for transplant, he privately said, jon, i don't want any -- i'm going to wait my turn for this. i said, i understand that, sir, and of course. and he did. >> is the 20 months -- actually twice as long as the average wait. another question. >> thank you. mr. vice president, during your tenure in office, do you feel that enough information was disseminated abou

dr. reiner? >> i can answer that. there is no way to game the system. there was certainly never any intent to try to game the system and even if there was it can't be done. transplants are managed in the united states by the united network for organ sharing which has highly codified rules and regulations to allocate in the united states. so, the answer to your question is yes, we absolutely would have received a heart if he you were not the vice president. feeding -- being vice president in a state suffered no advantage and in fact he waited 20 months for a hard. but the vice president hasn't said or what we say in the book is when he finally made the decision to go for the transplant he privately said i'm going to wait my turn for this. i said i understand that sir of course and he did. >> the 20 months was twice as long as the average weight. another question. >> thank you. mr. vice president, during your tenure in office do you feel that enough information was disseminated about your health to the public and more pertinent i think do you have any tho

dr. reiner? >> i can answer that. there is no way to game the system. there was certainly never any intent to try to game the system and even if there was it can't be done. transplants are managed in the united states by the united network for organ sharing which has highly codified rules and regulations to allocate in the united states. so, the answer to your question is yes, we absolutely would have received a heart if he you were not the vice president. feeding -- being vice president in a state suffered no advantage and in fact he waited 20 months for a hard. but the vice president hasn't said or what we say in the book is when he finally made the decision to go for the transplant he privately said i'm going to wait my turn for this. i said i understand that sir of course and he did. >> the 20 months was twice as long as the average weight. another question. >> thank you. mr. vice president, during your tenure in office do you feel that enough information was disseminated about your health to the public and more pertinent i think do you have any tho

dr. reiner for a fabulous presentation and as you can see the book is wonderful so get it. [applause] .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this is really wonderful. i really enjoyed it. >> good job. >> you look great. >> welcome to the club. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the minute we take a quick picture? >> no, not at all. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i have a good friend of mine who finds out here. >> oh, that's wonderful. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you for serving our country. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. i want to thank you for everything you have done. >> thank you i get a lot of questions and there's 80 million people out there. so every time i look at the crowd, 25% probably had something to do with that. >> an important lesson you've done in charge of your own health care, and you have done that. thank you. >> thank you. it is good to see you, sir. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible convers

dr. reiner, followed by a brief q&a, we invite you to purchase a book you have in our defense so.ach of the books have been pre-signed -- is a pre-signed plates you get a signed copy. they won't be a book signing tonight. as long as he is served at the highest levels of business and government, vice president dick cheney -- has been on of the world's most prominent heart patients. now for the first time ever, cheney together with his longtime cardiologist, jonathan reiner and the shares the very most tory of his 35 year battle with heart disease from his first heart attack in 1972 the heart transplant he was deep in 2012. the book has been de

dr. jonathan reiner, cheney's longtime cardiologist, talk abouts about cheney never seeing himself as sickying that it's one thing to have a disease, it's another thing to let t8=zlz disease have you. and heart disease never really had the vice president. >> spent a lot of time worrying about did the heart come from a republican or a democrat or a red sox fan or a yankee fan. i'm just grateful for the heart and all that it represents. it's the gift of life itself. >> jenna, imagine if there's a liberal's heart in there. for cheney, life after a heart transplant includes the exercise bike, a careful diet. he looks, to me, great. and he says he feels great. jenna? jenna: good news. dr. geeing el, thank you. jon: a new look at ape comment burials -- ancient burials. what researchers are saying about me ander that woulds and what they did with the dead. >>> plus, a new study on beastie looks at one of the fiercest creatures on earth. wh]+-gb researchers are hoping o learn from these giant grizzlies. ♪ ♪ ma that researchers turning to an unlikely source to learn more about obesity. i'll give yo

dr. jonathan reiner. mr. vice president, thank you very much. >> thank you.> take care. >>> let's go over to heather nauert. >> good morning. enjoy all that snow in wyoming back home. got some headlines now to bring you. let's take a live look. andrews air force base, president obama and the first lady -- we just saw this moments ago, they just took off on air force one. they're on their way to south africa to pay tribute to nelson mandela. tomorrow's national memorial service will serve as a rare reunion of nearly all the living american presidents. president george w. bush and laura bush, also on that plane. and secretary clinton on the plane. president clinton and jimmy carter traveling separately. president george h.w. bush is the only living president not to attend. the 89-year-old is no longer able to travel such long distances. >>> iraq war veteran brutally gunned down while christmas shopping for his parents. 32-year-old national guardsman jim vester was killed responding to a craigslist ad for an ipad in indianapolis. police arrested two teenage brot