dr. sanjay gupta joins us. first candy crowley sets the stage. >> reporter: they don't call it the bully pulpit for nothing. >> we can't afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. this time not now. >> reporter: health care reform is a heavy lift weighted down by complex problems, competing interests, a $1 trillion price tag, conservatives in sticker shock. >> does president obama's health care plan represent socialism? >> yes. next question. >> reporter: for the third time in four days the president pushed urgently, sometimes combatively. >> let's fight our way through the politics of the moment, let's pass reform by the end of this year. >> reporter: this wednesday a news conference, thursday the cleveland clinic, et cetera. >> many, many days, yes. i think obviously this is a crucial time for health care reform. >> reporter: presidents don't work this hard when things are going well. they work this hard when something's in jeopardy, especially when that something is one of the crow

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, new york. >>> this week, a new chapter. "black in america ii," the struggle, the solutions and new challenges. watch this groundbreaking special wednesday and thursday night. >>> tomorrow on "360," cop killer or innocent man? troy davis is on death row. 20 years later key prosecution witnesses have recanted their testimony sparking a battle between the victim's widow and inmate's sister. here is a preview. >> this case for me is about truth and fairness. yes, we want to find what happened to officer mcphail not for my family to save my brother but his family because i believe the right person is not behind bars. >> troy made a choice and not only destroyed my own family's life but destroyed his own family's life. he knew what he was doing and chose wrongly. >> is the right or wrong man behind bars? don't miss gary's report on "360." >>> up next, joe jackson speaks to cnn and talks about foul play in his son's death. randi kaye joins us with that and more, much more. >>> later, chris brown asking for forgiveness. his on-came

dr. sanjay gupta takes us inside the o.r. as a patient goes under that same anesthetic. >>> parts of the country experiencing weather much hotter. pacific northwest, we're talking seattle and portland and points in between, right? >> in a place, chuck, that you would think nature's air conditioning works all the time because for the most part people don't have air conditioners out there, at least the people i know that live near the coast, they never need them. can you imagine, though. 98 degrees without any help at all, even if you open the windows you don't get any better. if it gets to 100, and it still could, we're only two degrees away, that would tie the all-time record for any day for any year. not just like for today bewhen we say oh, we broke the record for today. that would be any day, any year since they've been keeping track out there. that's how hot the weather has been in the pacific northwest. one more spot you're talking about. texas. we have reporters out there today documenting what the deficit, what the dro

dr. sanjay gupta takes us in his o.r. look at someone going under with a powerful anesthetic. >> john, carol, a lot of discussion for propofol. what does it do to the body? we'll go inside my operating room to give you an idea of what really happened. take a look. we're here inside the operating room with the chief of anesthesiology here. propofol is a medication he uses all the time. is this it over here? >> yeah. >> looks like -- milk of amnesia they call it. >> milk of amnesia. vincent, you okay? we have to monitor his ekg, we have to monitor the co-2, we have to see the saturation. make sure he's ventilating. >> that's all typical stuff -- >> standard of care. yes. >> so the propofol. going to get sleepy, benson, give me good deep breaths. go and take a look at his eyes at how -- >> deep breaths. doing great. may feel a little burning, okay? >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> there's the reason for his heart rate increasing? >> uh-huh. >> so look, his eyes are closed. >> his eyes are clos

dr. sanjay gupta, either. obviously i'm not a tanning bed myself, as i am the palest person on the planet. erica hill joins us again. >> and clearly another person here that doesn't tan very often. >>> government house officials now recommending the first vaccination go to children and anyone with high-risk medical conditions. they expect about 120 million vaccine doses to be available by late october. >>> a "360" follow-up for you, four democratic senators want a nationwide ban on texting while driving a car, bus, even trains. a new study suggests those who text behind the wheel are 23 times more likely to get into an accident. 14 states already have a ban on texting while driving. >>> and could it be the next big thing in golf? say hello to the llama caddy. >> no, no! >> why not? unless it's cruel. they seem okay. every tuesday the north carolina golf course, you can rent a llama to carry your clubs. don't count on any golf tips. >> do you also have to rent the little kid that rents the llama? apparently not

dr. sanjay gupta takes us inside the o.r. as a patient goes under the same anesthetic. see for yourself what happens. >>> the man at the center of the michael jackson death investigation dr. conrad murray appears to be in financial trouble. he has $435,000 in judgments and liens against him in spite of the $150,000 a month salary he was getting as jackson's personal physician. murray left those practices to work solely for jackson. his biggest problem right now, though, may be that he allegedly administered a dangerous drug, propofol, to michael jackson in the hours before he died. l.a. police and dea agents were "searching for a lot of things" in his house yesterday and left carrying several containers. dr. sanjay gupta takes us inside the operating room for a lesson on propofol 101. >> there's been a lot of discussion regarding propofol, how exactly to use it, and is it considered safe any any setting except a hospital or a medical setting. i decided pictures are worth a thousand words. i'm going to show you firsthand what really happens. come on in. so we are here ins

dr. sanjay gupta taking us to a community where the people are choking on ash.e trying to get some answers on what some consider a catastrophe in the making. >> the thing that blew my mind is there was a lake there. it's gone. i kept saying where's the lake? it's gone. it is mud. it looks like a moonscape. it looks like mars. >> joe jackson, the new interview, speaking out about the custody case and why he and his wife katherine should raise michael jackson's children. >>> ever since julia roberts portrayed her on film, erin brockovich has become a star in her own right, activist and crusader for truth. tonight what may be her most important mission yet. she is teaming with with dr. sanjay gupta for a story you need to know about. and frankly, may find very difficult to believe. the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history and it is actually happening right now. it is not off the shores of los alaska, it is in tennessee. this massive toxic threat could be spreading. here is sanjay's report. >> reporter: desperation is mounting here ever since the disaster si

dr. sanjay gupta, our insider, thank you. i talked to sanjay yesterday on that because he had to go to his brother's wedding today. staying on top of health care reform, congress will break for the summer recess with the latest in limbo. brianna, the senate has one more week, but the house closed up shop. where does the issue stand, exactly? >> well, the house actually is probably going to close up shop here in a few hours and we're going to see that mass exodus, heidi. but in the house, it looks as if things are on track to move health care reform, their health care reform through that third and final committee that it needs to go through. of course, there is not going away vote on the house floor. we knew that. but if things are moving slowly in the house where they are pretty much moving like molasses in the senate where last night, negotiators of this key bipartisan group, the gang of six from the senate finance committee put the brakes on any idea that they may come to an agreement before they leave for recess in another

dr. sanjay gupta, thank you very much. very interesting. >>> also, we're watching this story today, it's a big dwgap a it's growing. discussing ways to level the paying field. >>> your money. it is front and center on capitol hill today. right now, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is discussing the economy. is a recovery on the horizon? >>> and in another hearing, lawmakers are getting an update on the bank bailout and they'll hear some troubling warnings. >> you know, it's, yeah, i would say that there is hope, but we have to be patient and it's not easy to do so when we're in such a long recession and when so many millions of americans are suffering. i mean, this is basically what every fed chairman does. he goes on capitol hill for two days and talks about the state of affairs. what the fed chief is saying in his prepared statement is that the recovery is likely to be a gradual one and it will begin next year. the fed, the central bank is focused on fostering economic recovery and that the fed has an exit strategy.

dr. sanjay gupta. dana bash is getting ready toot "the situation room" for us in our next hour. there are some people who want to know, what's your plan? what's your personal insurance plan, health care plan, and does that factor into the equation for you? are you asking me that, rick? >> no, actually, people on the twitter board are asking you that. >> oh. it's interesting, one of the things, i think if we were going to have a plan that everybody could get into, why not let them into the federal employees plan. all last year the president was saying, people should have access to a plan like mine. he didn't make a couple of points, the fact that his plan, my plan, and every other federal employee's plan, you have lots of choices, whether you're the park ranger, a united states postal employee, or a united states senator, but there are lots of choices, some of them we pay quite a bit for. i think i have a blue cross/blue shield like plan, but i could have an hsa plan and not pay so much. that's the other thing. when you start

dr. sanjay gupta working on this story all week long. and the week prior, quite frankly. sanjay, are officials getting any closer now to determining -- we know what the cause of death was, but as to why that happened? >> well, you know, my guess is they probably already know. these tests do come back relatively quickly. a lot of focus, obviously, as you know, heidi on the toxicology tests. and it does take some days for those tests to come back. my guess is they have those results for those tests and they're trying to piece it together with everything else that goes into an autopsy. for example, looking at the various tissues in the body, examining them in the microscope, whether it be the brain or liver, and trying to piece this together. if you ask them the official response is it's still in process two or three weeks away, but that's sort of how this works. >> originally something like 6 to 8 weeks, i think everybody knows if you need to rush those results you can go faster than that. specifically, though, diprivan we've been hearing about, will the toxicology reports z

dr. sanjay gupta. see you next time when our team heads to brazil.hanks so much for watching. >>> you're watching hln. i'm natasha curry. just after 7:00 p.m. eastern time today, sarah palin will be the ex-governor of alaska. she is officially passing the torch this evening to the lieutenant governor after her surprise resignation announced just a few weeks ago. supporters gathered for a picnic sendoff yesterday in anchorage. he's been vague about her future plans. many suspect the resignation is to prepare white house run. but she may have an uphill climb, an abc/"washington post" poll released friday said 57% of americans surveyed have a negative view of palin, and don't think she's able to understand complex issues. but her ratings are significantly better among republicans. >>> this just in, we're getting reports that eight people have been killed in a tragic traffic accident in westchester county, new york. law enforcement tells cnn it happened when a van going the there were no survivors. >>> police in atlanta say former boxing champion and u.s

dr. sanjay gupta is in paris and joins by phone. dr. gupta what do we know about what made sarkozy collapse? >> reporter: you know, we are not sure yet, frederica and i am here in paris, a lot of people talking about this here. a couple of things that are important to know from a medical standpoint it sounds like he was jogging, exercising at the time, had had been exercising about 45 minutes. i was at the tour de france, and i can tell you it was a pretty hot day today, fairly humid. that seems to be the most likely culprit, just the heat exposure. they say he had a dizzy spell but did not lose consciousness, which was an important detail they gave to us, not that long ago. he was taken by helicopter to the hospital. he was in versailles at the time, taken to the hospital near paris and they had all sorts of tests done, including blood work, including an mri scan of the brain, including an ekg, looking for heart abnormalities, exactly what i was expecting to be done. what we are told is the tests came back normal. this could frankly be

dr. sanjay gupta. thanks. >> thanks, erica. >>> let us know what you think of all this. i'm on ac 360 along with some of the staff at ac 360. anderson is not with us tonight. he's on his way to africa for an exclusive interview with president obama. up next, though, it's another 360 exclusive tonight. we're uncovering the outlines of a potential deal to end the fighting in afghanistan. learn who's pitching it, how it would work, and a sit-down with the taliban leader who right now has a $10 million american bounty on his head. a little later a look at the lives of the jackson brothers and sisters, some famous and some forgotten. >> he always said that his family is first and his fans are second. i know he'd be so happy you're here supporting him. >> latoya, marlin, tito, what they're doing today when "360" continues. >>> tonight a 360 exclusive about a possible opportunity to end the fighting in afghanistan. what used to be called american's forgotten war is now the fastest growing war and president ob

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >>> a group of 25 hikers climbed to the top of africa's highest peak. that breaks the record for the biggest group of people to make it to the top of mt. kilnman jarro. that wasn't the only record broken. >> reporter: climbing africa's tallest mountain is a feat for anyone, but imagine not being able to see. >> my first instinct was, are you crazy? >> reporter: mike armstrong lost his sight 14 years ago and never imagined he would be able to hike, much less to the top of mt. kilimanjaro. >> i don't think we would have made it if it wasn't for the team effort that went into everything. >> reporter: using a bell to hear his group, mike and the others made it to the top. >> all 25 teammates made it to the summit this morning. >> reporter: kevin led the team. >> if you go away to accomplish a big task and you do believe in one another, great things can happen. >> reporter: 13-year-old max became the youngest blind person to summit mt. kilimanjaro learning a great deal about himself. >> in that i can do a lot more than i expected. >> reporter: never wanting

dr. sanjay gupta. he actually worked inside the last white house that tried to overhaul the health care system. and finally, arwa damon is looking at another big issue for the president today on his calendar. she is previewing his meeting with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki. >>> we begin with the battle over health care reform. it could affect you and every other american. here's a quick look at where the debate stands right now. the obama white house has wanted complete passage of the overhaul by early august but that looks pretty unlikely. republicans are objecting to parts of the plan. there's even reluctance among some democrats in both houses now. they say the plan is too complex and too costly to rush. president obama has said that republicans who oppose the plan are putting politics ahead of progress. but a recent poll shows that more americans are having doubts about the reform and whether the country can afford it in such a tough economy. health care reform has been president obama's top

dr. sanjay gupta is taking your questions. in fact, this is a debut of a new segment called "the insider." sanjay, here's the first question. linda from dallas. >> caller: hey, dr. gupta, i'm linda from dallas, texas. my dad had prostate cancer and i suffered complications during pregnancy. both of us benefitted from procedures that technically were not classified as standard of care. who decides what procedures are standard versus quote unquote experimental? if the house health bill passes, will they only cover the cost of standard procedures? >> great question. answer? >> well, first of all, even today as we're talking, some of the details of this bill are still being crafted. the right answers we don't know how this is going to look in the end. and this whole idea of are people satisfied with their government insurance? for example, medicare, or are they not satisfied. there's been a lot of surveys about this that sort of contribute to this answer, as well. look at a survey from the commonwealth fund, only 8% rate coverage a

dr. sanjay gupta for a story you need to know about and frankly may find very difficult to believe.t's a story about the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history and it's actually happening right now. this isn't off the shores of alaska. it's in tennessee. as erin and sanjay show us, this massive toxic threat could actually be spreading. here's sanjay's report. >> reporter: desperation is mounting here ever since the disaster six months ago. families are terrified about their health and they fear no one is listening. >> death. cancer. everyone here deserves a future, you know? >> reporter: three days before christmas a barrier broke and a torrent of toxic sludge spilled across 300 acres in eastern tennessee. i went to see for myself. before arriving to the spill site, a hitch. >> we're a little stuck at the moment. >> what has happened with all this coal ash, it's taken this body of water which used to be about 25 feet deep and turned into just inches deep. as we're cruising around in the boat, the motor gets stuck and we're trying to get a tow. >> reporter: here's what we do kn

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dr. sanjay gupta's exclusive interview with lance armstrong on "american morning" tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m. armstrong talks candidly billion challenges he faced after a four-year break. his critics, dope testing and why he's committed to race in 2010. "american morning" starts tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. >>> the image and marketability of two nfl quarterbacks are being tested this week. troubles of michael vick have been well documented. he's now freed from his federal prison term for bankrolling a dog fighting ring. now there's trouble for ben roethlisberger, he's being sued by a lake tahoe waitress who accused him of sexually assaulting her. again, it is just an accusation. the pittsburgh quarterback calls the charges false and malicious. business today for our sports business analyst, can either of these gifted athletes overcome the negative publicity? before i go to that, there has been -- hang on one second. sorry there. i need a little water, rick. nothing weird. there's been some controversy or even some talk about even reporting this story about ben roethlisberger because any

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >> i like that. thank you.your comment and feedback. we'll read a couple from twitter. this is john jones, he says -- michael jackson home. he wanted to move in but couldn't afford it in las vegas. who can? who lives there. here's what we have another one. what does royal rain say? why is health care reform not voted on by the people instead of congress? that's a great question. and then, the next one -- glad you made it back from boston and good to have you again. goo to twitter, myspace, or facebook and we'll get your comments on. good to be back. >>> join me at 7:30 right here in the newsroom for a live panel discussion on issues over race and the controversy over the henry louis gates arrest. we'll talk to an interesting group of people who are going to be very

dr. sanjay gupta goes from california to china. >> when you did first think about having kids?> when i met him. >> american act tess boris kogeer lives a hollywood fairy tale. they have a 4-year-old daughterer with spine biffda. the tissue around a fetus doesn't close properly. and half a world away in china, another woman is hoping for the side of potential gain for her son. she brought to the hospital where he is prepared for the procedure he created. >> he sl many cases of spine biffda. >> were more information on the treatment and exciting advancements, go on cnn.com/vitalsigns. >>> roger federer made history at wimbledon. he just defeated anky roddick in a nail-biting match for the championship. his was his sixth time-out and record 16th grand slam crown. he has broken a tie with pete sampras for the most grand slam titles in history. >>> and the second leg of the tour de france today. lance armstrong finished safely in the pack, maintaining tenth place. yesterday's winner maintained the overall leader's jersey. armstrong returned to cycling after a 3 1/2 year break. this

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dr. sanjay gupta spoke to him, which is also amazing. what, lance, we didn't expect him to do this well. broke his collarbone in march, retired almost three years and he is 38. so, there you go and the french treated lance well, amazing. already the favorite for next year's tour de france to win it the guy who he lost to, teammate and spaniard, alberto contador is on the right. lance answered don't like each other, got a history together, even though they are teammate bus not teammates next year, which means a great rivalry. either way, lance was gracious in his defeat. >> i wanted to come in first. but sometimes in sport, there is somebody that's better and i was that guy for seven years. that's what the great thing about the tour, the best man always wins. >> going to be great watching these two guys go at it in the future. >>> michael phelps also an off night in the poolle but still won his first major meet since the olympics. he was the slowest, in fact, on the u.s. team in the 400 meter relay in the world championships but the ameri

dr. sanjay gupta explains."health minute." >> reporter: kim and curtis christian sent have always been close but when curtis began snoring a few years ago kim had to retreat to the couch. >> he would take a breath in and it would just take his beth -- breath away. >> reporter: when he started falling asleep at traffic lights he knew something was wrong. >> it was a little later on that i became more aware of this sort of choking and waking up feeling. >> reporter: eventually diagnosed with sleep apnea. dr. thomas larusso, director of the diagnostic center says curtis is not unusual. a lot of people think snoring is part of a busy lifestyle. in some cases it is but when it starts to affect your daily habits you may have sleep apnea. >> the bed partner may notice the patient stops breathing and snores loudly. the daytime symptoms typically are sleepiness, problems with concentration, patients may have trouble waking up in the morning. >> reporter: because sleep apnea periodically deprives your brain of oxygen man

dr. sanjay gupta has been watching it all along with us. look at that video? >> reporter: well, you know, i have to say, first of all, very hard to interpret just about anything by looking at a video without seeing a person or a patient right in front of you. a couple things that you want to sort of look for, any evidence of chronic problems. you know, as a doctor, you always want to think about someone's heart and someone's lungs and try and determine whether there was something there that could possibly be causing a problem. i can't tell that there is or there isn't. it is a good sign, certainly, that someone is able to be as active as he is on this stage, you know, able to sing on his own, as anderson mentioned, a good sign of respiratory activity. but i want to be very cautious here, suzanne, i think most doctors would not want to make some sort of diagnosis or exclude a diagnosis, even, based on looking at a video. >> and sanjay, sometimes we know that people when you're on camera, you gain about ten pounds, look a little bigger. he lo

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn medical correspondent and a practicing neuro surgeon. when you think of military medicine, you probably think tournquets over high technology. nothing could be further from the truth. they are developing robots to help doctors treat troops around the world. they talk, they walk. they even take pictures. so is my and other doctors' jobs in jeopardy? let's find out. an explosion in iraq. combat medics are among the first to arrive. the clock is ticking and they have less than an hour to stabilize the wounded. doctors on the frontline know the challenges in emergency medicine. now they are using lessons on the ground to advance medical technology. so we are here at the brook army medical center in the burn icu. i am making rounds with an unusual partner today. the chungbot. he makes rounds in an icu like this. we'll get an idea how it works. >> how is the patient doing? >> he is doing great today, sir. we are adjusting his fluids to match the tpn increase. >> okay. >> sergeant, what are his bed settings right now? >> dr. chung regularly see

dr. sanjay gupta took us inside an operating room to show us how fast this drug works. >> ten, nine, eight seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> the patient stopped breathing just after the drug was administered. they had to put in a breathing tube. but that's part of the danger of this drug and why most doctors say it should only be used in hospitals. the patient is doing fine. he's awake. he had no complications. you can see dr. gupta's full report in our next half hour. >>> ireland has agreed to take two prisoners being held at guantanamo bay, cuba. the justice minister says in order to protect the privacy of the detainees no information will be released about them or their travel arrangements to ireland. president obama wants to close the facility by jan. negotiations are under way to accept former suspects no longer considered a security threat, but whose home countries don't want them back. about 230 detainees are still being held. >>> seems everybody is letting the thumbs fly these days, even while they're driving. >>> when you twitter do you consider what you say could cost y

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dr. sanjay gupta has found an anesthesiologist who was on tour with michael jackson in the mid-90s, who actually, according to sources that sanjay had, administered to him some sort of iv drugs to help him sleep. >> he said michael jackson did have a sleep disorder and i was treating him for that. he wouldn't talk about the medicine stuff. the nurse though said michael jackson asked for this by name and michael jackson describing what it felt like to have this drug and it's exactly the feeling that anesthesiologist say is what it feels like. it was that kind of pleasure or comatose state that he was seeking. it sounds like he knew about this drug and knew what it did from experience. >> and it has to be administered by a doctor and has to be monitored while the patient is under it because it can have lethal side effects and as soon as it stops the patient comes out of it. >> and michael jackson, on the night he died, he invited the doctor over. when he discussed it with cherilyn lee, he had her come over and watch him sleep. >> brian oxman was on is scene, jackson family spokeman, he said that t

dr. sanjay gupta went looking for answers. what he found is pretty surprising. >>> later dr. gupta sheds new light on the cancer risk of tanning beds. that glow you're getting could be anything but healthy. 'm a lit. don't you eat activia? for my little issues? they're not that bad. summer's no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. believe me, once they go away, it's amazing how good you feel. announcer: activia is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system in two weeks. summer's a wastin'... take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free. ♪ activia >>> we now know investigators have identified 19 doctors so far, 19 who wrote prescriptions for michael jackson. even more stunning, to get those prescriptions, investigators sajak son apparently used 12 different aliases. using fake names is one way to gain checks and balances that is supposed to keep patients safe. so is doctor shopping, which is pretty much what it sounds like, finding friendly doctors that are willing to prescribe the drugs you crave. you don't even have to use a fake na

dr. sanjay gupta and says xanax is hard to quit. >> it's highly addictive.op taking it, the withdraw is just awful. people can have tremors, they can even have seizures, they get the sweats and have shakes. that's an awful process and that's usually what dictates addiction. >> xanax is an anti-anxiety medication, but it's also commonly used to treat sleep problems, because it does cause drowsiness. we might remember here, a nurse who had worked with jackson, saying last month, he had complained of severe bouts with insomnia. robin, we found that some 40 million people in the u.s. suffer from chronic sleep disorder, so not uncommon. >> certainly wasn't alone in having sleep problems. those guards interviewed by police in '04 are helping to paint a better picture of jackson's alleged ties to prescription drugs. >> after his doctor's visits, one employee would say jackson would be quote out of it and quote sedated and one of jackson's guards said he ended up quitting his job after jackson fell on his face in a hotel room and got hurt. that guard said he told ja

dr. sanjay gupta did a little investigating for us.ting this morning. we talk about these energy drinks being used by a lot of young people to stay up and study but the shots are most popular among working professionals. what's the verdict? is it safe to do what did i this morning? >> you are right about the demographics, this is targeted toward older people. the short answer to your question seems to be yes if you just did one of these things this morning. the problem is the mentality is often is five hours is good, then ten hours would be even better, so forth. people not exercising moderation is a problem with this, as it is with so many other things. what we wanted to do was dissect down what's exactly in one of these drinks and how does it specifically work. what we found, you look at the label specifically, you find very high concentrations of b-vitamins, b-6, b-12, b-9. b-3 is niacin. that's something a lot of people are familiar with. they give you 150% of what you need in any day. in high doses that can cause hot flash type sy

dr. sanjay gupta will look into the story. he'll be with us after this.ost news in the morning. we've heard about big medical break-throughs in labs, but this one is a first. a team of scientists say they have created human sperm in the laboratory. we're paging dr. sanjay gupta for this one. cnn's chief medical correspondent. sanjay is in atlanta for us. hey, sanjay, good morning. this is fascinating stuff. so what does it all mean? >> well, it really is fascinating. i've been reading and re-reading this particular study. it is one of those pivotal moments i think in this whole embryonic stem cell history. i'll show you an animation in a second, how it all works. basically speaking, in proof of principle, we have pea all thought these embryonic stem cells could be converted into just about any other cell which makes them so attractive for treating many disease, studying diseases certainly. the big question is could it be turned into sperm or eggs. and the answer seems to be yes with regard to sperm specifically. look at the animation. what they did was to

dr. sanjay gupta. i feel like i'm going to give you an award. this question right out of the gate from vanessa in el paso. listen for that moment. >> caller: hi, dr. gupta, i'm from el paso, texas. i am a mother -- working mother of two, happily married, i hate to admit, but i haven't had health insurance for about five years. my employer does offer their insurance, but the premiums are very high and my family cannot afford. i'm hoping that the new house reform bill passes soon, so what my question is, if the president does sign this bill in october, how long would i have to wait before i can sign up for the new public plan? thank you. >> all right, vanessa, first of all, thanks for calling in. this actually gets, i think, a myth overall regarding how quick this might take place. talking about it a lot now and people think it's going to be instantaneous. this is going to take a while. quite a while, i think, surprising. we try to create a time line for people to get an idea. again to caveat being we don't know how this is going to play out. but 2

dr. sanjay gupta is breaking down the numbers.d clink of michael jackson's doctor. he could have been a drug addict. and uncle sam wants your help fighting terrorism? how? 8:10, we'll ask janet napolitano. coming up on 43 minutes after the hour. >>>, boy, it's hot in dallas. later on, 92. south texas needs the rain. the temperatures are good news. a group of 200 churchgoers gathered in a texas plaza in san ap tone you seeking divine intervention. right on cue -- ♪ how great thou art >> that's the power of prayer. their prayers were answered. rain drops started to fall on their head. unless they brought umbrellas which the very faithful did. i think a couple of rain drops fell. can you answer that question? >> where was that, dallas? >> san antonio. >> the showers got real close. i don't know if they got rainfall. certainly if you bring the umbrella, the optimism. maybe i need to go to texas. the i-95 corridor is going to be in on it and some of this will bring heavy rain at times. flood watch in effect. tristate area of new york,

dr. sanjay gupta. i was in the grocery store when i had a heart attack. my daughter was with me. i took a bayer aspirin out of my purse and chewed it. my doctor said the bayer aspirin saved my life. please talk to your doctor about aspirin and your heart. i'm going to be grandma for a long time. >>> don't miss "black in america 2" on air, online, and only on cnn. >>> african-americans have played a role in our wars in history, of course, and are still making history. in fact, our next guest is about to take on one of the toughest challenges, commanding the army's drill sergeant school. she is sergeant major theresa king, the first female in that role at ft. jackson, south carolina. first off sergeant major, congratulations, thank you for your service, which includes about 30 years to the united states army. we very much appreciate it. you take this position in september, are you excited? >> very excited, heidi. >> what are you expecting? by way of sort of the challenges and the different ways that you will drill down if you forgive the pun, into your students exactly what you wan

dr. sanjay gupta, goes from california to china for a look at the treatment of s spina bifida. >> did you want to have kids. >>> >> yes. >> when did you first think about having kids? >> when i met boris. >> they live a hollywood ferry tail. there is another part of their story. they have a 4-year-old daughter, sophie, who has spina bifida. it occurs early when the tissues surrounding the developing spinal cord don't clothes properly. half a world away in china, another mother is always hoping the cards will fall on the side of potential gain for her 9-year-old son. she has brought him to union hospital where chief the chief you' you're olgist prepares him for the procedure. >> it involves rerouting nerves from the legs. for more, go to our website, cnn.com/vital science. >>> divers are finally finding the pieces of that airliner that crashed in the indian ocean tuesday. an investigating committee says part of the airbus 310's fuselage has been recovered. officials are listening to the recording of a yemeni airliner's radio communication. a 13-year-old girls the only one among the 153 peo

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dr. sanjay gupta goes from california to china for a look at the treatment of spina bifida. >> did you always to have kids, nicole? >> yes. >> when did you think you wanted to have kids? >> when i met boris. >> boris kadzo and his wife live a hollywood fairytale. there is another part of their story. they have a 4-year-old daughter stovy who has spina bifida. it occurs early in pregnancy when the tissue surrounding the spinal cord of a fetus doesn't close properly. half a world away in china, another mother is hoping the cards will fall on the side of potential gain for her 9-year-old son. she's brought him to union hospital where the chief urologist prepares him for the procedure he created. >> we have 500,000 of cases for spina bifida. >> the procedure involves rerouting nerves from the leg. for more on exciting advances in medicine go to cnn.com/vitalsigns. >>> one of new york's tourist signatures has been out for years. >> reporter: for generations of immigrants, the statue of liberty was the first glimpse of america, for returning soldiers and sailors, it was a reassuring welcome home. f

dr. sanjay gupta. he's been working on this story all week. we're awaiting the public release of this toxicology report. >> right. >> in the meantime, are investigators are getting closer to figuring out the official cause of michael jackson's death? >> the official answer is they say things are still in process. as far as the autopsy goes. but the reality is i can tell you, when it comes to the toxicology, which a lot of people are obviously focusing on as a result of this investigation, a lot of those answers probably already came back. when this sort of testing occurs, you get some answers back quickly, within a day or so, and then there are more sophisticated tests to figure out if there were certain chemicals in the body, how high were the levels? therapeutic levels, toxic levels, or lethal levels? and those testing results should've come back by now. i think what's happening, kiran, they're trying to complete the entire autopsy, which means looking at various tissue including the brain, the liver, various organs, and painting a complete

dr. sanjay gupta's going to be separating the facts from the fears. the question this morning, is health care rationing a real possibility? >>> finally, jim acosta is going to be looking at the democrats who have actually blocked the reform plans on capitol hill. these blue dogs are having their day. we will get to it all. >>> first on capitol hill, as you know, negotiations are still playing out. at the white house the focus goes beyond the beltway. today the president takes part in two town hall meetings, including one at a kroger supermarket. cnn's ed henry has the dust-up on aisle one. >> reporter: they're rolling out the red carpet in rural virginia. but the president could get a chilly reception in the frozen food aisle where we found this clerk, a mccain voter who fears health care reform's being rushed just like the stimulus. >> like the last package they pushed through, i think it was too hurried, a lot of mistakes, a lot of things that shouldn't be. >> reporter: but kathy montgomery, assistant produce manager, voted for the president and is

dr. sanjay gupta looking at both of these issues for us this morning.good morning to you, sanjay. >> good morning. >> let's begin with this ama endorsement. seems like a pretty big deal, isn't it? >> yeah, i think it is a pretty big deal and i think a lot of people weren't sure exactly how the ama was going to come down on this. a lot of back and forth over something specific, this public option, something that you and i have talked about by endorsing this house committee bill, they have endorsed this public exchange, as well. a couple of things i think are worth pointing out. two issues that really the ama was focusing on besides the fact of trying to get more people health care insurance. one was tort reform overall looking at lawsuits towards doctors. that is not addressed at all in either the letter sent by the ama to the house committee members or in the bill itself and the other was this thing a little more con saluted. this was a lot of language early in the morning. what's important, medicare has been sort of regulating payments to doctors based

dr. sanjay gupta covered first-hand accounts of a doctor administering powerful surgical anesthetics to michaeltion doesn't get us closer to knowing what happened in the final hours, days, weeks and months of michael jackson's months. we won't know that until the toxicology reports are out. >>> the guardianship hearing for jackson's kids has been delayed at the request of lawyers for debbie rowe and jackson's mother. does rowe want custody? what she told a local news station and what her lawyer clarified. >>> the video of jackson's last full rehearsal. you've been showing it, larry. an extraordinary document taken tuesday night. my interview with officials from aeg life. the concert promoter. choreographer. they were there the night before he died. the last to see him the night before he died. what he said. the mysteries of air france flight 447 growing deeper tonight. details in what happened in the final hours, final minutes of the flight, ahead, larry rk anderson cooper at the top of the hour, 10:00 eastern 7:00 pacific. couple more things on the will. are you surprised none of the siblings

dr. sanjay gupta, cnn rs reporting. >>> hi, my name is todd. my son was going to be on intervention. my other son is in treatment now. the family has to go through treatment to heal. i agree. this is a big problem in this country. thanks, rick. >>> welcome back. unlike him, we have received that message from so many people on facebook, myspace, twitter, in my e-mail, people who work here, people who know people who work here. michael jackson, a unique talent and an eccentric performer who was suffering from an incredibly common problem, an apparent dependence on pain killers and other prescription drugs. i could show you many of the cnn reports that make this painfully obvious to anybody. i want to talk to you about something else, something i know about personally as well in my own life, because somebody in our family died because essentially she was hooked on prescription drugs. who does that happen to? you would be surprised. millions and millions of americans, some of which you know but are afraid to confront. let's say it as it is. watch this clip now from larry king last night.

dr. sanjay gupta, answers your questions about the government's plans to revamp health care. tart with linda in dallas. >> caller: hello, dr. gupta. i'm linda from dallas, texas. my dad had prostate cancer, and i suffered complications during pregnancy. both of us benefitted from procedures that technically were not classified as standard of care. who decides what procedures are standard versus, quote-unquote, experimental? if the health bill passes, will they only cover the costs of standard procedures? >> well, first of all, linda, thanks for calling in. obviously a hot topic, and a lot of people trying to figure out the answer to your very question, how would my life change potentially as health care reform potentially happens. first of all, we don't know the details of the specific bill, and a lot of those details are going to be very important with respect to your questions. also there is a lot of satisfaction when it comes to medicare, according to the commonwealth survey. take a look there. less than 10% of people rate their medicare quality of coverage as either fair o