Kyra phillips talked with petraeus about it. You said it was wonderful, equal parts inspirational and sobering, it was a tremendous reminder of the blessings that we all have regardless of our personal situations. It was inspirational at a key moment. And i just want to know what you meant by that, sir. Well, i meant exactly what i said by it. And, you know, ive known mark weber since we served together in iraq in 2005. I kept in touch with him after that. And i have followed him with enormous admiration the way hes hung tough in recent years despite having the heaviest of rocks added to his rucksack. He emphasizes in his book the importance of pressing on when life doesnt go the way you would want it to go. You can see more of kyras interview on our Sister Network hln. Thats it for me. Deb feyerick takes it from here. Thank you so very much. Im Deborah Feyerick in for brooke baldwin. The news starts now. If there is a song in here, it is a sad one. Country musics Mindy Mccready, so much talent, so much turmoil. Mindy mccready has died at age 37. Last night the only sign of life at her arkansas home was the light above the porch where her body was found on sunday. In a final tragic twist to a life filled with pain, it is the spot where her boyfriend and the father of her child david wilson was found last month. Both died of gunshot wounds, both apparently selfinflicted, say police. Mindy mccreadys star rose fast, but plummeted even faster. Ill show you the cliff notes version of a turbulent life that included several arrests, drug abuse, family drama and several suicide attempts. In 2009, she did a stint on celebrity rehab during which she had an apparent seizure as you see there. Dr. Drew pinsky got to know her from the show. Says the two talked within the past few weeks. I did not treat her, was not her physician, but when i heard she was struggling, i reached out to her and urged her to take care of herself, get in a facility if she felt she needed it, there was good support around her and helped her do that, but her biggest fear was the stigma of doing so and what people would think if she god, forbid, took care of herself. This is the most distressing part of the story. She say lovely woman. We have lost her and it didnt have to go down like that. It didnt have to go down like that, says dr. Drew pinsky. Joining us from los angeles, psychotherapist sherry gobay, worked with Mindy Mccready on celebrity rehab. This say woman who had attempted suicide at least four times, drug overdose, slashing her wrists, her children had been taken from her, her boyfriend, the father of her 10monthold son, kills himself a month ago. Isnt mccready somebody who by all accounts should have been under someones supervision . Exactly. I mean these are multiple losses. People underestimate what happens when there are multiple losses in somebodys life. I mean, absolutely she should not have been left alone. This is a woman who with you are isolated like that, youre going to be under tremendous pain and depression and this is unfortunately what can happen. When someone is an addict, alcoholic, struggling with Mental Illness, the loss of her children, the death of her boyfriend, should not be left alone, and the question is why was there a gun in the house, these are all things that i wonder about. It is just it is so fascinating. You think of the celebrities as people who have multiple people who are around them, even if it is just an assistant or somebody who works for them, mccready was in psychiatric treatment facility, checked herself out early and she says she was concerned about the stigma, stigma that society places, but, you know, if thats the case, sherry, why subject yourself to celebrity rehab when youre so vulnerable . Well, i find that interesting. I mean, i find that really actually quite a paradox because the fact she was on celebrity reh rehab to me tells me she wanted to show the world if im going to be on the show and show you about the pain of addiction and what it has done to my life and if i can show you i can get well and i can go through recovery, so can you. So the fact that she left a psych hospital because she was afraid of the stigma of Mental Illness, i find that really amazing and really sad and i dont understand how this could happen because she did have the courage to go on celebrity rehab and show people there is hope and there was hope at that time. She did do a program. And she was getting better. When you look at it, Mental Illness, addiction, do the two always go hand and hand or not necessarily. If youre treating one, should you be treating the other . Yes, often we call this a dual diagnosis. There is often depression or bipolar or some sort of anxiety. Clearly this was going on for mindy. This is so tragic. Yes. Often the two go together. All right. Sherry, thank you so much. We appreciate your insights into this terrible, terrible tragedy. Thank you. Very sad. The man who brought glitz and glamour to the nba has died. Los Angeles Lakers owner jerry buss passed away from an unspecified cancer. He took over the team in 1979 when it was near bankruptcy and since then the lakers have earned ten championships and have had regular alist celebs court side. Dont we know that . And there have been the steady stream of superstars paid to be on the court like Magic Johnson and shaquille oneal. Joining me now is john salle who played with the lakers. How do you describe the impact that this man had . Im just going to say dr dr. Buss wrerest in peace. He brought the show time image, that way, that way that the lakers see it, everyone knows when you hear that music, i love l. A. , it changed the way the game went. He had the greatest suite. It had some of the prettiest women in the world, but if you got up to the suite and paid attention, dr. Buss was sitting up front, eyes on the game. He was really serious about it. Given the team to his son and daughter, knowing he was sick, he was a really, really good guy. Ill tell you, intense. He would you can laugh with him, you can hang out with him, he would be on the bus when when my first year, Phil Jacksons first year, 1999, he would be on the bus sitting behind us, flying on the plane, flying with us, that obviously he paid for. But he didnt say anything. He never sat there and told anybody this is wh you should be doing. He was just the owner. And he was a really, really good guy on top of it. So when you look at it, it really sounds like he revolutionized the sport by turning it into something bigger than the game itself. Did you know that his health had been declining . Do you remember maybe your last conversation with him . Yeah. The last time i heard dr. Buss, they talked about it in the past year, he wasnt doing well. Friend of mine named bonnie gelus would let me know what was going on with dr. Buss. I would see his driver periodically here in los angeles. But he was to himself, like probably we dont even know what cancer it was right now, undisclosed, because dr. Buss was private but public person at the same time. I went there at his getting his star on hollywood, i thought that was cool that the owner of a Basketball Team is on the hollywood walk of fame. And the reason hes on the hollywood walk of fame because every star that you see in hollywood had to come to a laker game. That made you a real star. He had the support of everybody that you need to get that particular star. When you think about the impact, personal impact on you, how do you think he changed the way you see life . Well, i look at it this way. Dr. Buss came in and said, were going to take a team that is from bankruptcy, were going to make it the best team because it was known with kareem coming to the team, it had the great jerry buss i mean jerry west and it had elgin bayless, some of my favorite players of all time, but they werent winning. And when they got that winning feeling, i remember when i was a little boy, when i saw Magic Johnson first come into the four years older than me, he was 19 years old, and my brother said, youre 15, and hes only four years older than you and look where hes at. I remember working extra hard from 15 until i got to that point of being a pro. He would introduce me to people. I hung out with him a couple of times. He was really, really a good person. And he had money. But he didnt, like, flaunt it. Wearing his jeans, wore his tank tops. He was a really good guy. Seemed like he had enough to share. John salley, thank you so much. We appreciate your insights on his passing. Thanks. Some of the hottest other top stories, roll it. In a surprise move, hugo chavez is back home. Chavez was in cuba for more than two months for cancer surgery. His picture of chavez with his daughters was tweeted by venezuelans information minister. The 58yearold leader arrived in the night. Hes reportedly in a Military Hospital in caracas. New details are emerging on the health of Pope Benedict xvi a week after his announced resignation. According to a report in focus, the pope appeared to be blind in one eye and is losing his hearing. Benedict cited his poor health and decision to resign. February 28th will be his last day as pope. Driver Danica Patrick wins the pole position for the daytona 500. That makes her the first woman to start the legendary race. She told don lemon she loves the idea of going beyond racing in general. One of the coolest things is to be able to think that parents and their kids are having that conversation at home about it, and to, you know, i heard stories about a kid, a boy or girl, saying, but, mommy, daddy, thats a girl thats out there racing. And then they can have that conversation to say, you can do anything you want to do, and gender doesnt matter. Your passion is what matter s. And thats cool. Patrick won the pole position by going more than 196 miles per hour. The daytona 500 is this sunday. Meteor hunteres say this moment could mean big bucks for them. A sonic boom as a meteor shatters, sending fragments across russias ural mountains. This is a remote area. It may soon be flooded with tourists from across the globe. Theyre traveling here to check down the fragments. They hope to sell them for as much as 10,000 a piece. How does president obama celebrate the president s day Holiday Weekend . Same way as you do . No, he plays golf with tiger woods. The president and woods teed it up over the weekend at the palm city resort in south florida. Despite the high profile outing, the game was off limits to white house reporters and photographers. Also, an idaho man just lost his job and has a lot of haters online after what hes accused of doing to a baby on board a flight to atlanta. Sing twinkle, twinkle. This boy began to cry, the man called the child a racial slur and slapped him. And the man, hes a former executive of an aerospace and defense company. Cnns renee marsh has the story. Reporter Jonah Bennett is 19 months old and a curious ordinary toddler. But what allegedly happened on a february 8th flight from minneapolis was far from ordinary. Jessica bennett says she and her adopted son were on delta flight 721 to atlanta in seat 28b and next to them, in seat 28a was this man, joe Ricky Huntley of hayden, idaho. He was just being rude and belligerent and i felt very uncomfortable. Reporter she says she even left her seat and stood in the back of the plane holding jonah for much of the flight. But she had to sit back down for landing in atlanta. Because of the altitude change, jonah was uncomfortable and crying. Then it got ugly. Having trouble comforting him and thats when the guy had made his comment to me. Reporter Court Documents say huntley allegedly told jessica to, quote, shut that n word baby up. I could not believe that he would Say Something like that and to a baby or about a baby . Reporter then huntley allegedly slapped jonah, hitting him in the eye. And then to hit him was just i felt like i was in another world. I was shaking. Reporter according to the criminal complaint, fellow passengers came to her aid. Cnn reached out to huntley, who has been charged with assaulting a minor. He declined to comment and asked us to talk to his attorney. Renee marsh joins me live. Does jonahs family plan to sue the man or even delta for their role in this . I spoke with the family attorney today. And he says that they want at the end of the day huntley to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. As far as legal action, the couple will take, he left that pretty open. He says theyre investigating all of the evidence including whether alcohol played a role. Now, i asked him specifically will he go after delta . He says that hes playing it safe right now saying that hes not quite sure what they will do. He did not say that he wouldnt go after delta, but what he did say is that he plans on exploring a civil suit against hundley. Here is the familys attorney on hundley losing his job this weekend, as a result of the allegations. But i guess i would have to agree with those who would say thats not enough. The family wants to make sure that mr. Hundley and anyone like mr. Hundley never does Something Like that again. All right, well, i spoke to hundleys attorney and in her words she says this has escalated into a racial issue and she says she wants to be very clear that her client is not racist. She says hes, quote, dealing with his own issues. Deb . Fascinating. And clearly the family could see if they could get Assault Charges filed against him or even hate crime charges. Renee marsh, thank you so much. Well, just hours before Oscar Pistorius head backs to court, investigators release new details in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and how she likely spent her last moments. Plus, a pregnant woman accuses her employer of acting unchristlike after they fire her. Now there is a lawsuit. Were on the case. Y at rest. While a body in motion tends to stay in motion. Staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. But if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. Prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. 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She was shot four times through a bathroom door and it is alleged pistorius carried her downstairs while she was still alive. While the double amputee sits in a South African jail, his fellow olympic siwprinter usain bolt i trying to process how he got there. Listen to what he told rachel nickels. When i heard it, i was, like, what . Who . As in the amputee . The guy who ran the 400 meter . I was asking all kinds of questions. Cant be the same guy ive seen that i know. I still cant process it really. Im trying to process what really happened. Whats going on. So as far as im concerned, just listening out, listen to the news, hear whats up, follow twitter, and see whats going on because for me, im still in shock for what happened. Oscar pistorius agent says hes canceling all of the runners future races. Robyn curnow is in johannesburg. What more are we learning both about the blood stained cricket bat and the final moments of this tragic event . Reporter first of all, it is just amazing how everybody is united in shock over this, isnt it . It has been such a stunning story across the world and more so here in south africa where oscar was such a hero. Let me give you some idea, paint you a picture of what we believe where Reeva Steenkamps last moments. We know according to an official close to the investigation that she was there to spend the night. They found her overnight bag and an ipad. We also know according to the same official she was shot four times through a closed bathroom door, and that oscar then carried her downstairs and she was still alive. Now, this cricket bat, this bloodied cricket bat is the one piece of evidence we cannot corroborate from our sources. This is based, i must stress, on local media speculation. But there is this cricket bat element, bloodied. What was it used for . Well, there are three points here. Did reeva defend herself . Did oscar try to attack her with this bat . Or the clearer line of thought seems to think he tried to bash down that closed bathroom door to