he said i was counciling him as an or -- that's kind of unusual because coburn is an obgyn.over with nevada voters? >> hi, david, thanks for having me. yeah, i think that's a real issue that coburn has been criticized for. in what way can he claim that he has this privilege. some have said it wouldn't stand up. you've seen where senator ensign came out this week and said he'll be running for re-election. you sort of heard mixed results from both nevada and washington in response to that. there's no one really calling for senator ensign to resign or step down, but at the same time, there's this general sense of unease, i think, among the people of nevada and his colleagues in washington about where this is going. you've seen a sort of similar reluctance from republicans to come out and wholeheartedly support him. >> we know that people survive sex scandals. david vitor has survived. if you want to call it hypocrisy, deal with the mortality of it, it could be about the money. >> yeah, that's exactly right. you've seen the ethics group here in washington file a complaint, reall

in some cases, it is very high especially for obgyn's and neurologists. there are some specialists where they have to pay $250,000 a year for malpractice insurance. in rural communities were committees where the cost of living is lower, it means that you do not get a lot of people going into those communities because their income cannot support the insurance. that is a problem. i asked a bunch of health-care experts about this. is the reason that costs are going up because of high malpractice costs and what the call defense of madison? doctors are doing by tests because they are worried that they may get sued if they do not do those tests. that is a very small, maybe not even a measurable factors in the reason that health care costs are going up. the reason they know that is because they look at texas and these other states with caps and it turns out that their health- care costs are going up just as fast. there was an article recently where the places where costs are going up that this is where purposing care is highest in the country is in texas. would

his involvement in the end of ensign's involvement claiming doctor/patient privilege, all he's an obgynwwho cheated. chip pickering who left office back in january. his wife is now suing his mistress claiming, quote, alienation of affection. the mistress and pickering reconnected and continued having that affair and while pickering was a u.s. congressman prior to and while still living at c street complex in washington, d.c. pickering declared 2008 the national year of the bible along with other house members. we learn of yet another affair conducted from inside the very secretive conservative complex. what is going on at c street? that's the big question out there. not sure if anybody has the exact answer. we will bring in manuel, a style reporter for "the washington post." thank you for joining us. >> pleasure to be with you. >> we've seen secret societies before. certainly those that are -- david chuckled when i said that, because we have seen secret societies, many based on religion and a higher moral ground. i'm put you on. what's going on in that house? >> wow, it's getting wilder

you're an obgyn. >> that's right. >> what did researchers find? they looked at an embryo before it was implanted into the uterus. they restricted these diets to very low protein. what they found after a normal diet in pregnancy and after pregnancy is that the embryos that became rodents had severe effects in terms of high blood pressure, cardiovascular or heart dysfunction, abnormal growth patterns and even behavior abnormalities. take-home point here, one more piece of evidence that shows us that what we eat when we're pregnant can have long-term consequences for these future outcomes. >> let's make sure future moms get the protein they need in pregnancy. >> 60 grams a day of protein. pretty obvious examples. anything from an egg, doesn't have to be fried or scrambled. fish or chicken. cottage cheese. >> when women are pregnant, they give them prenatal vitamins. is it enough to take a vitamin or should you get those from your food as well? >> yes and yes. you need to take a prenatal vitamin. you want to get that foalic acid in your blood as much

but i was there that president bush said too many obgyns aren't able to practice their love with women. >>> president obama, by the way, hoping a little drink diplomacy will clear the air. hosting gates and crowley for a beer at the white house this thursday evening. already the drink orders are in. it was even a hot topic during yesterday's white house briefing. >> officer crowley's drinking blue moon, we hear gates drinking -- what's the president drinking? >> the president had a budweiser at the all-star game -- why are you looking at me like that? that's what he drinks. what's wrong with budweiser? why do you hate budweiser, wendell? >> maybe i don't -- >> i don't -- how about this, how about you

. >> obgyns are doing liposuction. and the question is do all the doctors know what they're doing because bad things can happen in things like a lipo suction or a tummy tuck. what the state of new york has said, look, if you want to do these kind of procedures in your office, you need to be accredited by one of the three organizations that accredits doctors to do these procedures, and they are hoping that will cut down om soft risks. >> what are some of the problems that have occurred? >> there are no great numbers. i can't say definitely there are this number of people that have died or become ill, but there have certainly been high-profile cases. for example, in 2007, the mother of rap star, can yeah west, died while going under the knife. and olivia goldsmith, she wrote "the first wives' club" she died having a chin tuck. if you are doing it in a doctors' office, you want to make sure your doctor knows what they are doing. >> new york in some places in health developments, a bit cutting edge. is this something we wi

megyn: in the meantime, the final republican on this committee, tom coburn, who also happens to be an obgynof sonia sotomayor, focusing as you could expect on the issue of abortion. >> it is not a question that the court reaches out to answer. that is a question created by a state regulation of some sort, or an action by the state that may or may not, according to clemens, place an undue burden on her. we look at the case before us with the interests argued by the parties, trying to apply principles to the arguments parties raise. >> i am reminded of one of your quotes that said that you do make policy, and i will not continue with that. i am concerned, as are many others, does the state legislature have the right, under the constitution, to determine what is death? in 50 states we have statutory define what the definition of death is. the thing that that is within the realm of the constitution, that states can do that? >> depends on what they are applying the definition to. there are situations in which they might, situations where that definition would or would not have connection to the