we re learning more about the eight who were hurt but survived. investigators have yet to really learn why this military contractor, this veteran by the name of aaron alexis, walked into building ining 197 on the with his shotgun and just kept pulling the trigger. sources say alexis may have picked up two more handguns from guards before he was ultimately shot and killed by security. but we can tell you today that alexis had a history with guns. you ll hear those details in just a moment. and he had a record. both civilian and military of behavior problems. problems that a source says stems from his time in new york on september 11th, 2001. we have learned also his family says it led to ptsd, a life wandering the country. california, texas, overseas, and ultimately to the violence at his latest job here at the navy yard. the source says recently ai l l
this is me, my son, and my wife when my son was first born. i felt like my destiny was fulfilled, that that was what i was put on earth to do was to have my son. my daddy. my daddy. we were there when hall s mother, sister, wife, and 3-year-old son orion arrived for a visit. the first with orion since he was an infant. but there wouldn t be so much as a hug between them. hall s prior behavior problems resulted in a non-contact visit. hey, you. hi. here s orion. can you say, i love you, daddy? i love you, daddy. i love you, too.
it doesn t indicate that in picking a random target he would have avoided the black person. but i don t know that. so what we have to recognize, michael, is in addition to the individual case we have a society problem. we have a problem of culture in different parts of the country, part of it is in parts of the black community with disproportionate committing of criming. there s a culture issue involved that needs to be addressed. i would like to see leaders of all communities, of all races engage in addressing this. to try to figure out and address the behavior problems and how it relates to culture. not race, but culture. that s been knocked out of the headlines this week. there s been conversation about how three bored teens get access to firearms and commit a crime of this magnitude. at a white house briefing this week, ed henry brought up the christopher lane case.
she was going to try to actually have me come home and stay with her, but she doesn t have the money for it. out of 12 messages i had today, 7 messages had to do with behavior problems going on in the unit. stephanie roberts is a psychiatric social services counselor in pendleton s d-9 unit. over the past week, d-9 has had its share of trouble. we ve had people battering staff, we ve had people urinating under doors. we ve had a lot going on. so, i want to see from your guys perspective what is going on in this unit that is leading to this negative behavior and how can we change it. a lot of them have had lives that you and i would never we might not survive through. you know, some of these kids have had to toughen up and be adults since the time they were 8. what does a leadership role mean? okay. that you do what s right at all times. in front of your back and behind your back. do the right thing at the
creating a bedroom that s calm will help them a lot more. gretchen: i can imagine this is an increasing problem because of electronics. a lot of kids take their phones to bed with them, even hiding them from their parents and they re on if you go into the bedroom to check on them. 100%. and then i see these kids are on these kind of electronics for hours and hours, especially watching tv and other things. you want to make sure that at least an hour before you go to bed you turn off all of that and you re calm. the other thing that to tell you is even this sunday, we talk about some of the trauma or concussion and some of these kids that play sports may have some sort of like a sleep problems, insomnia and behavior problems. you have to investigate whether there is any underlying issues going on. is there bullying in the school? are there other issues, anything else that affects them and they can t sleep? so melatonin, the knee jerk reaction, hey, take had and you ll be fine. it s a