mr. hammar, whenever he is ready we are here for him. but we wanted to get the story out to the american public. let's pick it's up you go down to get your son. mexican authorities brought him over the border and handed him to u.s. authorities. they finally did the right thing couple days before christmas. what was the first thing your first impression when you saw your son coming at you? >> physically it was a shock because he was hunched over underneath a blanket in an armored car. >> you drove then to miami. why didn't you just hop on a plane and fly to florida. did you drive? >> at first, i wanted some time with him what he needed. it became clear was physical at that it on pointed. he was so sick, stomach illness and lungs that we made it to lafayette before we had to go to emergency room. >> bill: to the hospital. for those that didn't see the doctor's interview the treating doctor, he was severely dehydrated. he was vomiting and had diarrhea. all of this contracted inside the mexican prison. the doctor said, did you see the interv

mr. hammar was incarcerated last august on bogus gun charges and was actually chained to his bed at one pointured much in that filthy prison. now the corporal is experiencing some major health problems which required hospitalization. joining us from miami, dr. tomas who is currently treating the corporal. doctor, let's walk through this. so, corporal hammar gets released from the prison in mat morose, he comes across the border. he is picked up by his father and the two begin to drive back to south florida. but he has to stop in louisiana and go into a hospital. why? >> well, actually, after he was let go by the prison, he started experiencing a lot of fever, diarrhea and headaches and actually vom miss as well. he was immensely dehydrated he couldn't tolerate working his way down to miami so he was treated over in lafayette. >> he drives from brownsville, texas to lafayette, louisiana, and all the while he is sick. so you have to assume that he was sick in the mexican prison in whatever brought the illness on happened there, correct? >> yes, sir. as a matter of fact, actually his symptoms st

the interview with the corporal hammar. mr. o'reilly sometimes i'm critical of you. i believe without your intervention corporal hammar would still be sitting in that mexican prison. i will never set foot in mexico again. and kudos to the corporal for his grace during the interview. and americans would otherwise be powersless time and time again, regardless. thank you for the kind words. big thanks to the brilliant cartoonist bruce kinsley who illustrates one fiphilmore and mentioning the cartoon yesterday. and the complete interview with corporal hammar is posted on billoreilly.com. and come on, al gore is being a capitalist, i thought you were a big supporter of capitalism. please give it a rest. you can make money the old-fashioned way, henry, with honesty and honor, wise up. from smyrna, georgia. the tell me he does care about global warming as long as he can make money from it. and surprise, arizona, my husband surprised me with tickets to see you and miller in phoenix on february 22nd. i'm thrilled. surprised in surprise, and see you at the theater. and then in