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Jenna: were nearing noon here on the east coast and breaking developments into the washington navy yard massacre. gregg: police believe that aaron alexis acted alone. and while his motive seems to be a mystery at the moment, there are widespread reports that alexis suffered from a host of mental problems, including paranoia, that he also heard voices in his head. while the veterans administration was reportedly treating him since august, the navy did not declare him mentally unfit which means, e...

In terms of background, mental problems, he received treatment from va twice we know of, once in august, past august and earlier than that in texas complaining of hearing voices, symptoms of paranoia. he was treated by the va. in terms of his run-ins with law enforcement, three of them in washington state, georgia and texas. but none of them resulted -- none of these would have created a court record. he was never convicted. all these things were relatively minor things even though two involved ...

Excitement about going to burglarize this house. he drives down to cheshire, and he and josh go to a bar. and then they start looking for this house that josh knows about from when they were shopping at stop&shop earlier. it has always been my opinion that he was attracted by the young girl michaela rather than the money or the mercedes. >> josh was born into a family with a history of mental problems and adopted by a family who had no ability to cope with mental problems, and so he was doomed b...

>> josh was born into a family with a history of mental problems and adopted by a family who had no ability to cope with m mental problems, and so he was doomed by biology and then by fate. when josh was 3 years old, the family took into the home two foster children, a girl and a boy. and josh underwent really horrible and extensive sexual abuse at the hand of scott. i think that it started out playing a little sex games and having him pose naked and then proceeded to full-scale anal intercourse...

He drives down to cheshire, and he and josh go to a bar. and then they start looking for this house that josh knows about from when they were shopping at stop&shop earlier. it has always been my opinion that he was attracted by the young girl michaela rather than the money or the mercedes. >> josh was born into a family with a history of mental problems and adopted by a family who had no ability to cope with mental problems, and so he was doomed by biology and then by fate. when josh was 3 years...

>> josh was born into a family with a history of mental problems and adopted by a family who had no ability to cope with mental problems, and so he was doomed by biology and then by fate. when josh was 3 years old, the family took into the home two foster children, a girl and a boy. and josh underwent really horrible and extensive sexual abuse at the hand of scott. i think that it started out playing a little sex games and having him pose naked and then proceeded to full-scale anal intercourse a...

Into the orange county jail in southern california. some will be released in hours. others could be here for years, until their charges are resolved. they always begin their time at the intake center located at the central jail facility. >> orange county jail system is considered a mega jail. we have the ability to house over 7,000 inmates at one time. and the challenges we face pretty much reflect, to a certain degree, the challenges the community faces with gang affiliations, with drug abuse, ...

>> well, this is going to be a bad show, because i agree with you. >> wow. not expecting that. >> were not arguing. but notice what were saying. the mental health laws partially under the pressure of privacy groups and partially because we deinstitutionalize people over the last 30 years, the mental health laws created now in a zone in which people can be extraordinarily dangerous, both to themselves and to the rest of us. and theres no way of being able to report it. this happened in the worst ...

Their daughter was strange, they she had quote, mental problems, and even said she would freak out sometimes for no reason at all and she needed to get help. listen to this. >> jodi has mental problems. jodi would freak out all the time. i had quite a few of her friends call and tell me i needed to get her help. we dont have a good relationship, me and jodi. she would flip out on me and i had one of her friends call me in the middle of the night and said you need to get jodi help. >> earlier i a...

Willie? willie? will you come to the door, sir? >> willie, willie, you want to talk to a doctor? [ speaking spanish ] >> the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention center is a world unto itself. as part of the psychiatric unit, these cells are reserved for inmates with serious mental problems. >> sir, you all right? >> dr. joseph poitier is the jails chief psychiatrist. hes worked at miami-dade for the past ten years. >> jails have, in effect, become mental institutions. i would say th...