>> reporter: these students at gorton high school in yonkers, new york are learning how to become emergencyical technicians. emts. >> approximately five, six years ago westchester community college expanded their tech prep grant program with gorton high school, and we are able to offer an emt class to the students. >> you remember last week we spoke about the cardiac patient. and what i want you to do today is do the assessment of a patient which would look exactly like myself. >> reporter: the students are being trained by experienced emts on how to properly assist paramedics on the scene. >> sir, i'm an emt and i'm here to help you. what seems to be the problem? >> i'm having chest pains. >> reporter: we offer a medical program, truly one of its kind throughout the nation. which gives students the opportunity to go out into the workforce and have hands-on experiences. >> today as you can see we're in the ambulance. were practicing scenarios, you know, taking blood pressures, vital signs, you know, doing the basic patient assessment. just asking questions to the patient to see what's wrong

. >> our next call for salman rushdie comes from yonkers, new york, go ahead, michael. >> caller: yes, mr. rushdie. thank you very much. what i was interested in knowing was whether or not you'll be in new york city for any book signings in the future, in the near future? that's one of my questions. >> yeah, i just -- i'm just coming to the end of a book tour. i did a few things in new york city a couple of weeks ago. i think there is one coming up next week as a matter of fact. so you could have a look at the random house website. it should tell you. >> caller: thank you very much. denese dasua debathe hitchens and he said mr. hitchens a lot of people don't realize that all the good benefits that they got from religion, you know, that this society is set up in this way. there are a lot of things that are not good. but laws and everything. most of that came through reasonably. >> well, as i say, i'm not going to argue christopher's points of view. he's more than able to argue his own position. my own view as i say is that there can be private benefits. you know, to religious faith. it

. >> host: our next call comes from yonkers, new york. go ahead, michael. >> caller: yes, mr. rushdie, thank you very much for your talk. what i was interested in knowing whether or not you'll be in new york city for any book signings in the future, the near future? that's one of my questions. >> guest: yeah, i mean, i'm just coming to the end of a book tour. i did a few things in new york city a couple of weeks ago. i think there is one coming up next week, as a matter of fact, so you can have a look at the random house web site. it should tell you. >> caller: oh, yeah, thank you very much. di nearby d'souza was one time debating with hitchens about these things, and he brought up a very goopped point, and it -- good point, and it has reference to the last question you answered. he said, mr. hitchens, a lot of people don't realize that all the good benefits that they got from religion. you know, that this society is set up in this way. there are a lot of things that are not good. laws and everything. most of that came through religion. >> guest: well, as i say, i'm not going