surgeon became a household name. i want to challenge you all. reporter: in 2009, oprah s company launched the dr. oz show. it s like my son grew up. and has his own show. he left home. you re doing all right, son? i am, mom. i m doing very well. reporter: the program was a massive platform for dr. oz. whoa. reporter: but it didn t come without trouble. in 2014 a study in the peer-reviewed british medical journal found that of the 40 randomly selected episodes from oz s television show, his health recommendations were based on evidence just 46% of the time. but despite the criticism, the program drew millions of viewers and built a loyal following, but it wasn t enough for oprah. randi kaye, cnn. coming up, putting politics aside talking about the biggest power ball prize in history and harry enton is back to tell us there s actually a strategy to
cnn s randi kaye has details of their story. my friend and mentor, oprah winfrey! reporter: long before dr. mehmet oz got his own show, he was a regular on opera s talk show making more than 60 appearances. all these chemicals, they just are going up. it s fight or flight. something s coming at you and you can either fight it or run. reporter: he held oprah s hand on tv the first time she got acupuncture. as these needles go in, they re going to get placed at your nerve, as these nerves get stimulated. when are they going in? not yet. reporter: and awed her audience with spell binding demonstrations. this is a female heart, you get to hold that one. it s about the size of your fist. and this is the male heart. reporter: oz appeared on the show from 2006 to 2011 during which the harvard educated heart surgeon became a household name. i want to challenge you all. reporter: in 2009, oprah s company launched the dr. oz show. it s like my son grew up.
stay tuned, everybody. stay tuned. reporter: as the former president holds four rallies in five days leading to election day, there is no question he is trying to step into what he believes will be a republican wave next tuesday. the only remaining question is what his next move will be. aides say expect some type of announcement before the end of november. jeff zeleny, cnn, sioux city, iowa. thank you for that. notable endorsement in the pennsylvania senate race between john fetterman and mehmet oz. if i lived in pennsylvania i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman. oprah winfrey helped turn dr. oz into a household name. he was a regular guest on her show. winfrey later backed his own spinoff, the dr. oz show. elon musk will start laying off twitter employees this morning. a memo sent to staff said workers will notify people if they still have jobs by noon eastern time.
continue to get better. people have strokes earlier in life. people have strokes later in life, and people recover from strokes, but dr. oz will still be dr. oz and let s talk about who that is because it s all been so distracted from, number one, he is someone who has misled his viewers on the dr. oz show. for years, he was even brought into washington and grilled by lawmakers for his quack recipes and fixes for medical conditions that didn t work. and the very person who created him, oprah winfrey, i don t see her anywhere. i don t think she wants to get anywhere near him because it s embarrassing, and yet, you know, the focus is on this stroke. i think he brought it home. you went to pennsylvania. you re talking to voters. what are they talking about when it comes to these two candidates and their choices overall? that s right, and i was in
80% of the test mice. side spokesperson for the mice, mememem-mememe. that was funny. vice president kamala harris hired an unprecedented third head speechwriter but she says she s not worried this time around because she found someone with a perfect grasp of the english language. u.s. senate hopeful john fetterman says he s almost fully recovered from the stroke that he suffered back in may. fetterman then thanked his wife and parents who never wavered in their payment of his allowance. he also credited his quick recovery to apple cider vinegar and coffee bean supplements he saw on the dr. oz show.