i m going to share some bizarre headlines out of florida with you. leprosy cases are higher than usual in the sunshine state. experts are blaming armadillos. so far this year nine cases have been reported often people coming into direct contact with the animals. the bacteria infection causes nerve damage and disfigure ration, but it is treatable with antibiotics. this is a totally different story so we can strike the armadillo, because my next guests are hoping to turn racism into laughs because of the new comedy show featuring muslim comedians. thank you both, dear friends, for being with me this morning. how are you? great. thank you for having us. talk to me about this crazy idea that muslims are funny. first of all, i just want to say my nerve damage was not caused by an armadillo.
h.w. bush in houston methodist hospital tonight after experiencing shortness of breath earlier this evening. the 90-year-old former president will be held as a precaution. mr. bush was hospitalized back in november of 2012 with bronchitis and made a full recovery after seven weeks in the hospital with bronchitis, bacteria infection and lingering cough, released from the hospital in january 2013. i want to bring in dr. debbie of nyu school of medicine. she joins me now by telephone. dr. debbie, the former president taken to the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath and help or observation. what do you think about it? caller: you think about the heart and the lungs. at the age of 90 you would be concerned about in general heart disease, if it s a sign of a heart attack or something else going on with the heart. for somebody who had bronchitis
viral will last for two weeks with no treatment of the it has to disappear on its own. the best thing is what he is doing, washing your eyes and cleaning it and making sure the inflammation. the layer covering the eye when it is inflamed there are a lot of blood vessels that send the soldiers to clean and that causes the inflammation whether it is allergies, and we think it is an infection, with back bacteria infection, you get antibiotic but this could be the trauma from having the lens there and it was infected. do not touch your eye. if you get an infection you done these are very contagious. do not share towels. make sure you wash your hands. is pink eye both eyes?
are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about what s at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. can t believe personally that they won t work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. the stakes are enormous. i think you re right they ll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didn t think they d wake up and make a deal, the president of the united states is winning the optics of the political war right now. now he s going to add some rhetoric to it as well. let s listen in. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas. happy holidays. we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we can t
getting hit with cancer is difficult enough. but what happens when you find out medication you need is not available. the u.s. is in the midst of a record shortage of drugs and the government is scrambling to find a remedy. carolyn has more. they are every day drugs used to treat breast cancer and colon cancer and bacteria infection. cancer patients are not getting med and hospitals are cancelling chemical trials. they are a couple of dollars a pill. but the price increased to 20 times that . now the federal government is looking to act. they are considering to having a stock pile for drugs. they will stock pile the dry and send them out to pharmacist . the house and senate bills would require companies to give advanced warning.