based on the evidence we have right now, we are looking into this as an attempted murder and suicide. now, this is not an absolute determination because it s still very much an ongoing investigation. reporter: deeds condition has been upgraded from critical to fair, but the key here may lie with mental health issues. the richmond times-dispatch is reporting that they spoke with the director of a mental health board who said that the younger deeds, gus deeds, was evaluated just on monday. it was an emergency order to sort of evaluate him over a four-hour period. they may have been able to hold him longer, up to two days for further evaluation, but there were no available psychiatric beds in that whole area of western virginia, wolf. what a terrible, terrible, tragic story. once again, the condition of creigh deeds right now is?
and what happened. i think like so many of these cases of violence, this one seems to be coming back with undertones of mental health issues. as you mentioned, the richmond times dispatch reporteding that an executive director of a local mental health board basically evaluated the son, gus deeds, on monday. it s called an emergency custody order, a four-hour review to see if the person might be needed to be sort of admitted for a longer period, up to 48 hours. unfortunately in this case, the executive director was telling the richmond times dispatch that across the western part of virginia, there were no available psychiatric beds. so gus deeds was then released, brooke. let me ask you a limit bit more about his father, creigh deeds. we know you re in charlottesville, home to university of virginia, the medical center there. in speaking with the richmond times dispatch a couple minutes
in fair condition. his son gus deeds was found inside the residence suffering from life-threatening injuries associated with a gunshot wound. despite the troopers and first responders efforts, he did die at the scene. his remains were transported later today to the office of the medical examiner in roanoke for autopsy and examination. the investigation is still ongoing. we still have investigators at the scene, the residence there in bath county. they will remain there for a couple more hours as they continue to push forward with this investigation. obviously, the motive and the absolute circumstances surrounding what led up to it the altercation is still very much the focus of this investigation. we ll continue with the assistance of the bath county sheriffs office. i d also like to mention the deeds family has asked us to pass along their request to honor their privacy during this difficult time. they do not want to be contacted
right now. it s only been about five or six hours into the investigation. we should learn more in a few hours. police are saying they re not looking for any other suspects right now. what are they saying about the son? not very much. but correct, you would have to infer that in fact, there had to be some kind of altercation between these two gentlemen if they re not looking for another suspect at this time. gus deeds, 24 years old, was actually alive at the scene when police did arrive. however, he passed away a short time after that. that s when they airlifted the father out and got him to a hospital in charlottesville. thanks very much, mark preston for that report. the president has been briefing a group of senators about those nuclear talks with iran. there are developments that are just coming in. we re going to speak about what s going on. senator bob corker, the ranking member of the foreign relations committee will join us live to discuss the president s message, where
what s happening with the snait state senator creigh deeds? what we ve learned from state police is they were called out to a home in bath county, virginia, in the far western part of virginia. they found creigh deeds with multiple stab wounds bob the torso, above the head. in addition to that, they found his son at the scene. this is what the state police spokeswoman had to say. senator deeds son is, gus deeds, age 24 also of middleboro was found inside the residence suffering from life-threatening injuries associated with a gunshot wound. despite efforts by troopers and first responders there at the residence, he died at the scene. so clearly a violent altercation at this residence early this morning. right now, wolf, creigh deeds right now at a hospital in charlottesville right now being treated. he is speaking to investigators. so there is some understanding of what happened, but the state police has cautioned they still don t know the all the details