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Seconds later with a gun. moments later he opens fire. >> we have a report on the fourth floor. a male with a shotgun. multiple shots fired. multiple people down. >> reporter: as investigators continue poring over alexiss life, the trail of red flags leading to mondays massacre is troubling. august 7th, he calls rhode island police complaining of hearing voices coming through the walls of his hotel room. according to this police department, alexis said those voices were sending vibrations into h...

Counter sleep aids, as well. the study doesnt say if thats good or bad. what does it say that so many of us are using drugs to help us sleep? dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. sanjay, 9 million americans using sleeping pills, thats a huge number. >> it is a huge number and more people are turning to sleeping pills than ever before. is been going on for some time now. people are turning to these pills more than they have in years past, and often times turning to them very early on, so as quickly aft...

Counter sleep aids, as well. what does it say that so many of us are using drugs to help us sleep? dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. sanjay, 9 million americans using sleeping pills, thats a huge number. >> it a, and more people are turning to sleeping pills than ever before, but its been going up for some time. people are turning to these pills more than they have in years past, and often times turning to them very early on, so as quickly after they develop sleep problems, going to the sleeping pi...

States appeal court saying those who send text messages are civilly liable if they are aware the recipient is driving and causes a crash. quote, if the sender knows the recipient is driving and will read the text immediately the sender has taken a foreseeable risk in sending the text at that time. 39 states have bans on texting while driving including new jersey. can you believe that? >> so you would be held accountable if that person youre texting is read it and gets in a crash. >> wow. katty. ...

People are turning to these pills more than they have in years past, and often times turning to them very early on, so as quickly after they develop sleep problems, going to the sleeping pills earlier than they had before. >> and certain groups of people, women, older individuals, theyre taking sleep aids more than others, right? >> the most common group of people were people in their 80s. older people, more likely women versus men, and more highly educated. so highly educated, older women using...

Pills more than they have in years past and often times turning to them very early on. so, as quickly after they develop sleep problems going to the sleeping pills earlier than they had before. >> and the study found that certain groups of people, women, older individuals, they are taking sleep aids more than others. >> it will surprise a lot of people, the most common group of people were actually people in their 80s. so older people, they were typically more likely to be women versus men, and ...

Creating a bedroom thats calm will help them a lot more. >> gretchen: i can imagine this is an increasing problem because of electronics. a lot of kids take their phones to bed with them, even hiding them from their parents and theyre on if you go into the bedroom to check on them. >> 100%. and then i see these kids are on these kind of electronics for hours and hours, especially watching tv and other things. you want to make sure that at least an hour before you go to bed you turn off all of th...

Comfort and hope as many are struggling to find this senseless tragedy. good to have you. >> thank you. >> if your child says im scared. isnt the worst thing to say that you shouldnt be scared. shouldnt we acknowledge their feelings. >> absolutely. the first thing we should do is listen to the children react to their fear and grief, being scared and anxious and being depressed and wanting to be comforted and hugged, thats also very important and for the parents to kind of stand by and a lot of t...

Long time. >> doctor, one of the problems in these situations, i have a they dont know how to express them beyond the crying, being super happy and for parents multiple discussions a two-minute discussion, the next day, four days later, you realize theyre still thinking about that and as parents we have to be prepared to have the conversation over and over. right? >> absolutely. i think youre right on the money there. kids process this gradually over time. let them know youre available to talk a...

Will never be sexually assaulted in his life and certainly never impregnated in his life, what is your reaction to these new comments in politico? >> thomas, i have the same experience that many women and many rape victims and rape survivors have is that theres a visceral reaction. i can tell you after his comments i had to take a lot of deep breaths to collect myself, find a lot of people have sleep problems. rape survivors, men and women, find that they have a higher degree of alcohol and drug...