Criegh Deeds News Today

Minutes" but tonight we go indepth. >> people have been so kind to me. they reach out and they dont understand sometimes that ive got to be left alone. because i have to focus on the good things. you know, but these pictures and the facebook page that was set up for gus. there are so many good pictures and so many good memories. thats what i have to focus on. im determined that gus not be remembered just for his illness or what ended his life. i mean, thats nothing. he was such a good boy. a goo...

Loved and a young man with a bright future, a future taken away by mental illness. early in the morning on november 19th police received a 911 call about a violent attack on state senator criegh deeds. he was stabbed around his head and torso with multiple slashes across his face. the attack happened on deeds property just outside his home. the assault was shocking enough but the identity of the attacker was beyond comprehension. it was deeds son, gus, who turned a gun on himself after the attac...

Custody without a bed. the next morning gus attacked his father. since the attack three area hospital confirmed they had beds available but no one called them to check. >> criegh deeds still lives at the same house where the attack happened just over two months ago. he is mostly recovered from his injuries show he is visibly scarred and returned to his seat at the state senate with a new purpose, mental health reform in virginia to fix the system that failed him and failed his son. >> thats the ...

"ac360 later" starts right now. >> good evening we interview criegh deeds of virginia. and with three years left in his second term will it be president obamas last chance to shape his agenda. and what is it like aboard the nightmare cruise ship where only the germs appear to be going first class? this afternoon i was in richmond, virginia speaking with a father whose face and body bear the marks of a nearly fatal attack that occurred two months ago. criegh deeds was slashed and stabbed and almo...

Before the break we were talking to virginia state senator criegh deeds about the son that he loved and the help he tried to get for gus. and in part two of our conversation he describes what happened next. >> when he came home with you that night knight? >> that night, i stopped for gas. and i said -- bud, im going to get something to drink, a bottle of pop and a candy bar. can i get you anything? he liked coke and he liked -- he wanted a snickers bar. and down the road i thought we dont really...

Of his home, critically injured, deep in shock, unaware his son was dead. >> with that we work and keep fighting. >> deeds is a democratic politician in virginia. he launched a campaign for governor with his son on the campaign trail with him. gus is the only boy in the family. they lived a seemingly normal, happy life. but at some point in his early 20s, gus began to change. his parents feared he was bi-polar or schizophrenic. a month before the attack, gus dropped out of college. on november 1...