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Things. and weve done much more than most administrations. and it is just not really talked about very much, but weve done actually a lot. but perhaps more has to be done. but this is also a mental illness problem if you look at both of those cases. this is mental illness. these are really people that are very, very seriously mentally ill. so a lot of things are happening. a lot of things are happening right now, and i will see you tomorrow at 10:00. thank you. >> the president of the united sta...

But just beyond the city is juarez, mexico. the mexican border just a couple miles away. this is a place, a city, a store that people would come across the border and shops. some of the victims could very well be mexican nationals as well as americans who live here in el paso. i spoke a short time ago to a state representative, cesar blanco. he described the pain that theyre feeling here because this is a peaceful town. a warm town. a town they felt safe in and, today, that sense of safety has c...

Most administrations. and it is just not really talked about very much, but weve done actually a lot. but perhaps more has to be done. but this is also a mental illness problem if you look at both of these cases. this is mental illness. these are really people that are very seriously mentally ill. so a lot of things are happening. a lot of things are happening right now, and i will see you tomorrow at 10:00. >> said hell make a statement at the white house tomorrow morning. i want to bring in se...

Of people are working right now, a lot of law enforcement people and others. spoke to members of congress about whatever we can do and a lot of things are being done right now as we speak, condolences to all. we have to get it stopped. this has been going on for years, for years and years in our country. we have to get it stopped. we have done much more than most administrations, and its not really talked about very much, but weve done actually a lot. but perhaps more has to be done. but this is...

Violence rather than the perpetrators, thats true. however, they also are more likely than the average person in the community to be the perpetrators of violence. so all you have to do is just look at our prison system. 50% of men in prisons have a history of mental illness, 75% of women have a history of mental illness. and we know that people with mental illness, severe mental illness are about three to five times more likely to have violent tendencies. now, the issue here though is that theyr...

With donald trump and chuck todd. take a listen. >> i can understand this very much if you have more guns you have more protection because the right people would have the gun, but its a very, very difficult situation. when you see the mental illness problem that you have in this country and thats what it is and its not a gun problem. >> whats your take? >> mr. trump is completely wrong. it is a gun problem. theres mental illness in the nations, similar nations across the world, but we have a gun...

Dance around the interview this morning made me want to throw up. >> thats andy parker, the father of slain journalist alison parker, slashing out at michael mccaul after mccall said on cnn that this country had a mental illness problem and not a gun problem. as investigators try to determine if anyone else may have known about the killers plans, theyre focusing in on blog posts that may have been written by the gunman. one portion praised the killer of those two journalists, including andy park...

Because what happened in all those cases you identified in the top of your introduction is that we knew they were suffering, but we did nothing about it because mental health in our country is treated differently than if those people would suffering from a heart attack or a stroke, we would have rushed to take care of them. because their health issues are in their brain, we looked at it as a mental issue, rather than a health issue. >> the guy or woman you see on the corner whos schizoid and the...

Answered, first, and, i mean, part of the dynamic -- whenever you have something like this occur, its just so horrific, and it sort of shocks the country. what you unfortunately get sometimes is people pointing at each other to blame each other. its the right blaming the left for the cultural dynamic, and its the left blaming the right because of allowing guns to sort of be on the street and so have you this dynamic. ultimately the problem is how do we solve this problem, and i think the dynamic...

The treatment advocacy center and author of the "insanity offense" how americas failure it treat the seriously mentally ill is endangering its citizens. doctor torrey. welcome here. and youve written youre not against guns, but peoples access. how many people are we talking about across the united states. >> its a gun problem and a mental illness problem and 7 million at any given time, of these, half are not being treated at any given time and about 1% or 70,000 are potentially dangerous at any...