about in many of his books. this weekend, ben carson spoke to nbc's chris jansing about this, and he blamed the media and said that no one has faced this level of scrutiny before. >> reporter: you don't think that bill clinton or the president with his birth certificate, people who -- >> no. not like this. >> reporter: -- still refuse to believe -- >> not even close. >> reporter: so what do you think is going on? why you? >> because i'm a threat. >> reporter: to? >> to the progressive, the secular progressive movement in this country. i'm a very big threat. >> a number of anecdotes are under the microscope and here are four of them. one, that he stabbed at a boy and led a violent life before a religious transformation. that he protected white classmates during a riot after mlk was shot. that he met one of the top military commanders in the u.s., general william westmoreland, and was offered a full scholarship to west point and also that he was called the most