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Understanding? >> well, i think a lot of people may not understand that we have over 41,000 soldiers here. and as the doctor said, these young men and women had been deployed numerous times to combat in iraq and afghanistan. theyre remarkable people. they are part of the 1% who volunteer to help defend our country. and as a result of that, they do not like to admit that they have any weaknesses when they return from combat as one of your other guests said. they may not be totally honest with reg...

Was some level of a psychiatric evaluation done of the presumed shooter. if you were to speak to the physician who carried out that level of review, what would you most want to ask? >> what i really want to know is, how often was he seen after that? how much contact was there? and did he have the opportunity to come back when he needed it? and if he was really in a situation feeling like he was in crisis. because i think thats what weve got to think about. weve got to understand how we take posi...

So after that i heard nothing else from him at that time he said he had gotten shot twice. but i guess after other evaluation they did find out that he was shot three times in the chest and the arm. >> what kind of -- >> i was very -- it was a very scary situation. >> it sounds like a terrifying situation. in terms of the recovery, what kind of process are you and your husband looking at right now? >> im believing he has to go through physical therapy. and theyve released him from the hospital. ...

An example of where the system worked. he self-declared he had a problem. he was in the system. he was being evaluated. he was in the process. the protocol was wrapped around him. sadly, we couldnt accelerate the diagnosis so that it was post-traumatic something. its important what we label things. >> were going to talk to a forensic expert, a psychologist expert who worked on the hasan case about whether he thinks the period of review are adequate with whats going on in the military. this shoot...

And then everybody accommodates and can compartmentalize and can adjust to this type of post-traumatic stress. its a matter of stress and how you handle that stress. and i think it will evidence itself across the board in a whole bunch of different ways. to sanjays point, the fact that ptsd and the evaluation for ptsd might be better served later on really comes to the point of how often do -- the army is a parapitetic organization. you come back and star burst. you go in a whole bunch of differ...

Were beginning to learn more about the soldier who killed three people at ft. hood this week and injured many others. a big question is possible motive. ft. hoods commanding general now says, unstable psychological condition is believed to be the cause. joining us now for more is a psychologist from the leap institute. he was the lead mental health expert in the 2009 ft. hood shooting case. its good to have you here. thank you. the issue of mental health looms large. many of these shootings in s...

Well talk about that in a second. he was in the process of being evaluated for it. we may never know if ptsd was a factor in this incident. just last month a psychiatric evaluation showed no sign that he was a danger to himself or a danger to others. so joining me now to talk about this, chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta and cnn military analyst major general james spider marks. we know army specialist lopez had behavioral and mental issues and was in the process of being evaluated fo...

Perhaps he could have stopped the incident earlier if there were concealed weapons on the bodies of our soldiers. there will be more said about what can be done to make sure fort hood specifically is never attacked again. bill: thank you. headlines back to you when they happen. martha: there is a lot of questions about the mental health of the gunman in yesterdays shooting. the army says the iraq war veteran was on medication for depression and being treated for anxiety. he was under evaluation ...

He served in iraq and was undergoing evaluation for ptsd. the nearby town of killeen, texas, i asked dan what he thought about it. >> it was just like a kick in the gut. made me sad and angry. made me want to do something to help. our city was offered immediately, all the assistance we could in terms of ambulances and police. our resources. and, but, it just felt like, you

>> thats a hypothetical. thats not what happened here. want to take one step back. he is undergoing mental health treatment and evaluation. he is yet still able to walk into a private store and get this semi-automatic handgun that hes using. dont you think thats something that needs to be addressed in terms of whos abled to get these conceal carry weapons? >> that scenario has happened over and other. our country has shown it has no political will to change that situation. >> but, as somebody in...