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Do. or response couldnt have been more empthetic for the families. we had social services on scene immediately, extra resources called in, chaplain support and everyone mobilealized to care for the victim and the families we were receiving we had provisions for the family and mobi mobi mobilealized everybody in the building >> where are the bam -- families -- and what is supporting them? >> we have several support systems in place. we have plans to help the school district heal from this as well...

Down and sort of moving the ball backwards on the question of support systems for vets, specifically with regard to mental health? >> it is a great question and an incredibly complicated question. because we cant ignore there are issues people are facing. the number of 22 sooss among veterans a day, those arent my numbers. these are the numbers of the department of veteran affairs. 22 suicides a day. in the past 18 months, i personally have lost three friends to suicide. so this is real. we cant...

Welcome back to "new day." the search for flight 370 has taught us a lot about technology in place right now. more importantly, what didnt seem to be working on the plane and around it. all the support systems. hasnt happened yet. we even had a u.s. naval base in the area supposedly renowned for its capabilities. it didnt pick up the plane. here to walk through how this plane could have disappeared is the former advisor to the u.s. ministry of defense. thank you for being here. lets retrace the ...

>> unfortunately, sometimes life doesnt offer us the neat packages to give us closure to a life and we have to understand the difficulties that we all may face in the loss of loved ones that we may have. but how we choose to move through the situations really depends on us, our support systems, the things that we choose to do to work through emotions. but my concern for a lot of these families is there may be a lot of complicated bereavement cycles because theyre not able to have some of the rit...

Yesterday. but if that is the response were getting, are we in a hopeful place right now in terms of something getting done in terms of programs for young black men? this wont happen in congress, right? >> i dont see that happening. but i think what the president is doing is the right thing. and i can tell you that i live in the innercity of baltimore and i have a lot of young men, i guess they see me as their role model. and young african-american males, they need a sense of hope. they need peo...

Be talking about. thats the challenge of not being in the upper 25%. its about support systems. if you are from a low-income family, you have to sometimes worry about transportation. a lot of the people that drop out of college even on scholarship, because they realize that the room and board and meal expenses, general expenses part of the college experience are untenable for them to afford. so if you come from a lower-income background, you dont necessarily have the support systems and the disc...

Those kinds of services in communities are less and less and less. i worry about lets run toward legalization, lets lift the ban on this, without having some support in place for young people who struggle. >> much like alcohol, what support systems do we have in place for 17-year-olds drinking every week end not enough. >> i agree. i think it is great that all of us, im sure david brooks would agree, incarceration is not a viable option, treatment should be available. i enjoyed the david brooks ...

Have to listen to them that could somewhat mitigate it. and for some people, they may want to at their own time and in their own pace listen to some of those tapes in order to answer questions that they may have. so the issue comes down to one of power and control over being exposed to this potentially traumatic material. and for many people, it will be significantly traumatic and i think the issue is them having control over having to hear it. >> i will say ive covered many murder trials and iv...

>> oh, my goodness, weve had 50, 60 people. e-mail chains. we talked to each other all the time. studies prove role models and support systems increase odds of weathering any of lifes storms. >> youre working together as a team to overcome a tragedy, a city tragedy, it makes it easier. >> reporter: a lot happened to ally hagan last year, but she is determined to do a lot more next year. >> alexandra field, cnn, new york. >> to read more stories of resilience from the survivors of hurricane sandy...

Correspondent jonathan serry has the story. >> reporter: he questioned how she plans to improve mental health services. >> one of the primary things as i enter the building, remind the staff and support systems that i am working and we are here only because a veteran risked his life for us. >> reporter: it follows a series of reports from the inspector general, linking mismanagement at the hospital here to psychiatric patients falling through the cracks, including three that died from drug overd...