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To break into the system, if you like my health care info, maybe you can steal it. bill: that congressman tim murphy is our guest live in a matter of moments here. >> we have new details today what happened inside the house of virginia state senator creed deeds. coming up. >> troopers and bath county deputies arrived to find senator deeds stabbed multiple times about the head and upper torso.

School. the "richmond times dispatch" is reporting that gus deeds was sent to bath county hospital for a mental health evaluation under an emergency custody order, but the paper cites a source saying he was released the day before the altercation because a bed was not available. creigh deeds is well-known in virginia politics. in his unsuccessful bid to be governor in 2009, he garnered a presidential endorsement. >> i know he is the right person for virginia, and you know it, too. >> reporter: i...

The -- creigh deeds had also run for -- a race that was beyond close, before the attorney generals race this year, which still isnt decided, that creigh deeds bob mcdonald race was the closest race in the history of virginia. creigh deeds is a well liked middle of the road democrat in virginia. hes famous for promoting gun rights among other issues that are popular for hiss rural district. he son played banjo, which made for this superawesome photo during his dads losing campaign for governor. w...

Middle of the road democrat in virginia. hes famous for promoting gun rights among other issues that are popular for hiss rural district. he played banjo, which made for this superawesome photo during his dads losesing campaign for governor. well today, at senator dedes home in rural bath county, it appears that the senators son attacked his father with a knife, stabbing him multiple times in the head and upper body. senator dedes survived. but first he told the local press today that he lost a ...

>> the legislature funded in the next year $42 million of new services. by 2010 all that money was gone, had been eliminated in the recession. >> reporter: others say bed shortages are only an issue in rural areas like bath county. >> 87% of the cases you have to make more calls than two. >> law professor richard bonnie helped reform the states mental health system. you think there auld to be alternatives? >> you dont need to wait until people meet the commitment criteria. you have something to ...

Be analyzed and tested through the state lab. theres still a lot of work to be done to make exactly a timeline of when and how things actually occurred. >> okay. so the q and a is winding down. youve been listening to the virginia state police. updatie ining members of the men charlottesville, virginia, on the condition of senator creigh deeds. its been raised to fair condition at the hospital after suffering multiple stab wounds early this morning in his own home in a rural area of virginia. re...

Deeds was not alone in that home. >> troopers and bath county deputies arrived to find senator deeds stabbed multiple times about the head and upper torso. he was flown from the scene to the university of virginia hospital in charlottesville, where he is right now. hes being treated for serious injuries. senator deeds son, gus deeds, aged 24, was found inside the residence suffering from life-threatening injuries associated with a gunshot wound. despite efforts by troopers and first responders t...

Since i have you jim and youre in the weeds on this, do you know if this -- is his condition at university of virginia medical center with regard to the senator, is he still in critical? >> its our understanding the senator is alert, that he is speaking with hospital personnel, perhaps even with investigators. family is supposedly there with him. i was told that hes expected to recover and that his life is not necessarily in danger at this point, but clearly its been very traumatic for him. we d...

And heres what we do know, state senator creigh deedses, former candidate for governor, was taken to the hospital earlier this morning because of stab wounds. we just learned and had a confirmation there was some sort of incident inside his home this morning. his son did not survive. his son, apparently -- lets just be careful about the details of exactly what happened. we dont know the sequence of events, exactly what caused the death of the son, but the son did not survive, and now theres ques...

He was divorced from his wife at the time during the campaign. who knows what could have happened in the interim. very sad day for everyone here in virginia and certainly in the tight-knit community of bath county and certainly in richmond, where senator deeds is a long-time, highly respected public servant. >> jim nolan, thank you so much for taking the time to hop on the phone with me. jim nolan, "richmond times dispatch." so sad whats happening there. we should learn a little bit more. we hea...