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Enlist in the military, theres a physical check, but theres not a mental health evaluation. when people enter the service, i think this would be a good idea to, number one, screen out individuals that may have mental illness problems. number two, have a baseline so that when they return home we can compare that to where they are when they come back. i think that will go a long ways with this mental health issue. >> chairman mccall, senator kaine, we want to thank you both. thank you very much fo...

Enlist in the military, theres a physical check, but theres not a mental health evaluation. when people enter the service, i think this would be a good idea to, number one, screen out individuals that may have mental illness problems. number two, have a baseline so that when they return home we can compare that to where they are when they come back. i think that will go a long ways with this mental health issue. >> chairman mccall, senator kaine, we want to thank you both. thank you very much fo...

The younger brotherly survived. what about had im? did he will have any mental illness problems? nel indication he was suffering from schizophrenia. >> nothing like that. but what the globe is now quoting anonymous friends and acquaintances of the younger brother saying he sold marijuana at dartmouth, that he sometimes made about $1,000 a week, that he was known as a marijuana seller there and that he sometimes carried a gun to protect his supply of marijuana. that is according to "the boston gl...

Its been expected that james holmes would change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. not shoefp so much a case of if but when. at his arraignment back on march 12th his legal team said they were not ready so the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. the defense has hinted at it since the case began. one legal expert says its a given that holmes has mental issues. >> the question is whether those mental illness problems that mr. holmes has rose to the level of insanity at the t...

So the up tense battle on both sides will likely continue, martha. martha: what are we seeing from the nra as what they think will happen on the presidents plan to curb gun violence? what are they proposing? what would they give? >> reporter: good question. the nra believes the president will not have enough support in congress to support any type of ban on assault weapons or even high-capacity magazines for that matter. the nra, martha, believes the root of the problem is mental illness. theref...

In this the united states. theres one variable here, which is the prevalence of guns and the ability of -- now, somebody like nancy lanza, who seemingly had no evidence of mental illness and nothing prohibited her from getting it. could we require locks? there are -- to throw up our hands and say, well, well never prevent everything is to suggest somehow that were helpless against do anything, and i think thats where this president -- even if he fails, thomas, even if he doesnt get anything acro...

>> but the sort of the take-away from this discussion has been we need better resourcing in terms of mental health, and i guess i want your opinion on this, seeing as you are deeply involved in the affordable care act. in terms of whats happening on the state level, budgets are being cut, i believe. the national alliance on members of the jury illness says since fiscal year 2009 states have cut $1.7 billion if nundz for state mental health budgets. how does the affordable care act deal with that...

Cut, initially. when youre doealing with someoe who comes in to say theyre hearing voices and appears to have mental health issues and talked about isis. how does this fbi determine, okay, we dont need to worry about this person, this is just mental health? >> first of all, they deal with this surprisingly large number of times so they have a pretty good indication of someone even remotely serious but they look into it and look at this persons social media and background and maybe interview fami...

Half of the people on death row are incompetent, more or less. >> heres a guy, though, who apparently dressed up as a cowboy during the proceedings, called 200 witnesses, among them, jesus. >> yep. >> i dont understand how there was any question that he was, i guess, sane. >> well, yes. and heres a guy who long before these crimes in question was diagnosed with schizophrenia. its not a situation where you say youre putting on a show to get off, theres a lot of evidence here that this guy had a l...