and has undergone a minor operation after complaining of chest pains. spokesman says mr. clinton underwent a procedure to place two sentence in one of his company coronary arteries. the president had, you may remember, quadruple bypass surgery in 2004. he is said to be in good spirits tonight. his wife, secretary of state hillary clinton is on her way to the hospital. she is said to still be planning to begin a week long middle east trip friday. and if you want more on this story, coming up, you can go to our show page at foxnews.com/ foxnews.com/ special report. you can see the latest on the clinton story as well as all news about heart disease and what the former president clinton is facing. there you see the show page for the latest updates there. now, for the latest from the political grapevine, labor groups that traditionally support democrats are threatening to stay away from the polls in the november midterm elections because of what they see as a lack of progress on union issu
could be back at his office in harlem on monday. rehema ellis in new york with the latest. rehema. reporter: david, he s keeping a close watch over the activities and developments in haiti in terms of the relief effort there. in fact, there s a story about the former president talking with someone about haiti on his cell phone as he was being wheeled into the operating room yesterday. he reluctantly gave up that cell phone. this is a man who is tireless when it comes to working. doctors say he should have a full and speedy recovery. they said there was no damage to his heart whatsoever. he did not have a heart attack. as you point out, david, this is something rather common that occurs with those who have undergone bypass surgery. six years ago he a quadruple bypass surgery. the vein graft fails after a while and the stent procedure like the president underwent yesterday is a common procedure. he s expected to do just fine. i suspect he might be watching
way to new york city. no word about chelsea, who has a job here in manhattan. we are in the upper part of manhattan, near his office. harlem, on 125th street. doug band, his long time aide issued following statement today, president clinton was admitted to the columbia campus of new york presbyterian hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest. following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent procedure for two stents in his coronary arteriarteries. he s in good spirits and will continue to focus on his torque of his foundation on his work on the foundation. you may remember six years ago in 2004, he had that quadruple bypass surgery. his arteries have been blocked by 90%. his cholesterol through the roof at 233. that s past borderline of 200. ldl, the bad cholesterol was
undergoing heart surgery. his cardiologist saying the former president was up and about two hours after his surgery. his prognosis is said to be excellent and his doctor jorz there is no damage to his heart. his initial test, and blood test showed no evidence of heart attack. again, i repeat he did not have a heart attack or damage to his heart. one of the bypass grafts was blocked. and because of that, and the fact that he was having repetitive symptoms at rest, he was treated with two stents. back in 2004, clinton had quadruple bypass surgery because of four blocked arteries. now, back to hannity . . matter of maintenance. back to hannity. today iran said it would punch the west in a way that would leave it stunned. earlier president mahmoud ahmadinejad marked the anniversary of the iranian
yaud ruple bypass surgery. quadruple bypass surgery. what is the mood up there? is this there a sense this was routine or a sense he was in danger? what is the feeling around the hospital there as you stand there? you do not get the feeling that he is that this is you know that his life is on the line. it seems to be very routine, other than the fact we have all showed up and are creating some kind of security concerns but chris, if you hold on, oh, i m sorry, secretary of state hillary clinton, we understand, just arrived at the hospital. she is not within my eyesight. she went around apparently a side entrance and is going in here. hopefully we will hear from her after she meets with her husband. chelsea, the president s daughter is at his bedside so this is going tonight whole family together now? right. exactly. the other thing is clearly he