To them. What i want to say, please dont be another statistic because of peoples backwards attitudes about your condition. And for those who love and are around those individuals struggling with this, dont do this alone. Dont try to help that person on your own. If somebody has an imminent thought of hurting themselves, thats a medical emergency as serious as if they had chest pain or shortness of breath or unconsciousness. Enlist the help of an emergency room, medical or Law Enforcement if you need to. Do not go alone, and more chronic situation, this is what we have been seeing in these stories like newtown and arizona with the kids who killed his parents, 90 of the stories i report on are people when outfront next, country superstar Mindy Mccready found dead at age 37. Dr. Drew talked to her just ten days ago. We asked him if anyone could have saved her. And were learning more on the night an olympians girlfriend was shot and killed. And we speak to one of the couples closest friends. And the president has a guys weekend. So why are some people all hot and bothered about it . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. Outfront, suicide of a music star. Authorities believe Country SingerMindy Mccready shot herself late yesterday on the front porch of her home in arkansas. The violent end came as no surprise to her friends. Early success was followed by a lot of struggles. 37 years full of suicide attempts, custody battles, even an appearance on a celebrity rehab show. Her boyfriend died just a few weeks ago on the same perch where her body was found, also an apparent suicide. Yesterday, she shot his dog before she killed herself. With all the warning signs comes a crucial question. Could anyone have saved her . A question so relevant for so many who suffer from substance abuse. Ed lavendera is in arkansas where police are trying to piece together her recent days. She sought help after the death of her boyfriend, then she left the facility. Have authorities pieced together what happened between then and yesterday . What is interesting is she was at the Mental Institution for brief time recently but it was at the behest of her father who petitioned prosecutors here in this county after erratic behavior and her mood changed quite dramatically after the death of her boyfriend in midjanuary. It was her father who asked prosecutes here to be commissioned and sent to that Mental Institution. She didnt stay very long. She had gotten out in recent days. So a lot of those details, the extent of all that, is clear, but the behavior was erratic. That is what spurred the judge to have her sent away to this Mental Institution, and the father of her first child had actually reignited custody tried to regain custody of their oldest son, saying they believed the child was in danger because of her behavior, and they didnt trust her being around that child. Those children tonight are now in foster care. Amazing when you say that. We have been talking so much about how little parents and loved ones can do when were trying to help loved ones. Sounds like this family had gone through the same struggle. But her sons are in foster care . Not with anyone they know or the family . It doesnt appear that way. The laws here in arkansas are, keep a lot of this stuff private, so its very hard to get any kind of public information. We know the children are in what a representative of Mindy Mccready says is in a loving situation with families that are taking care of the two boys who are 6 years old and 10 months old. A lot of people today have been talking about the dog and the fact she shot the dog before she killed herself. What do you know about that . Well, there were, according to the sheriff here, it was a neighbor who first called 911 and reported hearing two gunshots. Then right after that, they say they got another phone call from a friend of Mindy Mccreadys who said they got an urgent message from a Family Member who said there was something urgent in nature and they needed to race out to the house. When they got there, they found mccreadys body on the same porch where her boyfriends body was found in midjanuary, and next to her was the dog. And police say this was a dog that david wilson and her had gotten after they moved here in november of 2011. What is interesting and we spoke to the sheriff. The case around david wilson is still, quote, an open investigation. It was reported a suicide, but the sheriff says theyre still looking into it. We talked about that with him earlier today. Oh, my god, no. Oh, my god, no. He was my life. We were each others lives. Do you 100 believe that david killed himself . I i dont know. Were currently still gathering information in regards to mr. Wilsons case. And the ms. Mccready case. When were able to lay all of that out there, we will do so at that time. And erin, that first interview you heard there with Mindy Mccready is an interview she did with the nbc today show just a few weeks ago. She was asked point blank if shy had anything to do with David Wilsons death, and that was her answer to that question. Thank you so much, reporting from arkansas tonight. Mindy mccreadys troubles were laid bear on national tv on dr. Drew pinskys celebrity rehab show. Dr. Drew is outfront tonight with insight into the troubles of the talented singer. I know it was no secret that Mindy Mccready had some problems and she was on the edge, but what did you think when you heard that she had apparently killed herself . I was i was sickened and i was sad. The reality is i had spoken to her about ten days prior. I knew she was in trouble. Her friends had reached out to me to speak with her. She was doing well until the death of her boyfriend. When he apparently killed himself, she unraveled, was really struggled. When i spoke to her, she agreed finally that she needed to go into the hospital, needed to take care of herself, but she was absolutely preoccupied and mortified with how people would perceive her, judge her, would Law Enforcement consider her more of a suspect if she got hospitalized. There are all of these spurious concerns she put ahead of her. She did go, but if she had stayed in the hospital, she would be with us today. Something she wrote last year, she said i spent my fortune, tarnished my public view, made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line. I have been beaten, sued, robbed, arrested, jailed, and districted, but im still here with a handful of people that i know and trust, a revived determination, and both middle fingers in the air. Im ready. Ive been here before. Im a fighter, im down, but ill never be out. Then her boyfriend died and she sought help and left. You think this was avoidable . It was treatable, absolutely. Theres no doubt she had suicidal thinking and gestures before. The problem here is it was really a onetwo punch. She was shattered things had been going well. Shattered by the death of her boyfriend. Then she lost custody of her children. Released from a hospital prematurely, you add to that mix accessibility of firearms. Apparently, the boyfriend was a bit of a firearm enthusiast. They were easily accessible, and that was that. You know, the celebrity rehab show itself, i know you did it to try to make a difference and help these people. There has been some criticism. Today, James Hibberd wrote, ill quote him, the series seemingly wanted to give you an insight into how serious addiction is, and emphasize the importance of seeking treatment, yet putting any subject into the vh1 reality machine makes it less serious. You have to wonder whether the celebrities seeking treatment could take it seriously either. Do you worry . We worry, of course. Nothing different in treatment that we do in our customary care, bob and shelly and the team we put together. This was a documentary. We worried that the cameras would adversely effect people, but we were treating people with advanced addiction. Their prognosis was the same as many cancer patients. They have a poor prognosis. I believe those that are not actively engaged in treatment now still are in harms way. There are still potentially fatalities ahead. Thats a warning to anybody with addiction. Its not about conquering some disease. The way we even talk about the disease is wrong. Thats an enrollment process to get people to sustain and maintain their treatment on a daily basis. Those that dont are in harms way. Mccready is the fifth death of people who have been on celebrity rehab out of 40 people. Did you just indicate you think there could be more . People, we were treating severe addicts. Those who are not in treatment now are in danger. They are. This is the nature of this condition. If we were doing a show about cancer, we would not be a talking about whether or not there were fatalities. You would anticipate them, and the prognosis is the same. By the same token, we would not stigmatize people for taking care of themselves. If a tumor occurred after two years, we would applaud them for fighting the good fight, fighting the disease. Yet with this, theyre saying, theyre weak, they didnt get it, didnt conquer it. We need to treat diseases above the head the same as we treat those below. Above the neck, rather, and below the neck. Theyre no different. Brain diseases are dangerous, and they need chronic ongoing care. All right, dr. Drew, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Dr. Drew will have more on mccreadys death tonight on his show, dr. Drew on call at 9 00 eastern on hln. Still outfront, new details in the death of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend of blade runner Oscar Pistorius. 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Cnn was able to get this grainy Long Distance footage of the president playing golf, sort of like the paparazzi trying to get Kate Middletons baby bump. We got it. The White House Press corps expressed extreme frustration about the lack of access to the president over the weekend. We understand if you cover the president and you cant see him, you have nothing to cover, but im in the camp that even the leader of the free world deserves a break, especially from the constantly nagging press every once in a while. That is so long as the secret weekend events dont get out of control, you know, hang over style. Huh . What happened last night . Another kind of tiger. We see ryan, along with rosa brooks from the obama administration. Tiger woods, part of the problem . The white house was happy to release photographs of president obama are president clinton. They were very happy to release photographs of president obama palling around with john boehner. All on the golf course . On the golf course. Why not a photograph of president obama with notorious philanderer tiger woods. Its an instant 30second ad. The president is palling around with tiger woods while the country remains mired in an economic morass. I think the public deserves the right to these photographs. Ed henry issued this statement. A broad Cross Section of our members with print, radio, online, and tv have today expressed extreme frustration to having absolutely no access to the president this entire weekend. Theres a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead, transparency. Does the press deserve more . Every american has a right to know president obamas golf score. This is worth dying for. I think this is ridiculous. I assume president obama didnt want reporters there because his golf score isnt that great. Hes probably not happy he we got that one. Hes supposed to be a good golfer. What about the point, there were pictures with tiger woods before the pretiger woods incident, but maybe he doesnt want to be seen with tiger woods on a guys weekend . Its possible, but maybe he wants people to mind their own business for two short days out of eight years. I dont think its such a crime. Think about what it would be like to have cameras after you everywhere. President obama does not actually take a lot of vacations relative to most president s. I think we should give the poor guy a break here. I dont begrudge him a day off. I dont at all. Part of it is you sign up to be president of the United States. That means you have a photographer with you everywhere you go. You never really are alone. You just arent. Thats a totally legitimate point. Theres another angle. If tiger woods was not a part of this, what would the weekend have been . A weekend of president obama with his friends. Lo and behold, a lot of those friends are millionaire democratic donors. Heres my thing. Im disappointed that the press corps does not Pay Attention when a figure like tiger woods is not involved. Look at who the president is spending time with. I have no problem with his friends from chicago, from back in hyde park. Thats totally legitimate. When you climb to the top of the greasy pole of politics, the people you wind up spending time with what an amazing image for a guys weekend. Its something the press corps ought to know about, we ought to report about. Even when a celebrity happens not to be present. Is he embarrassed about his 1 world . I think thats absolutely right. I think we should be reporting on the sickening influence of money in politics, but i think that is unfortunately the world we live in. If you are a successful national politicians, you cant afford to hang out with people who arent going to give you money. And our Supreme Court helped made that possible. I dont know what to do about that. Its certainly not unique to president obama. Thats a disease that afflicted politicians across the political spectrum. Thanks very much to both of you. All of your smart points aside, i say the guy can get a day off. He can have a guys weekend even though hes the president. Ice of this frozen lake. They have been searching this area. Around here, they have found 53 separate small fragments of that meteorite. Up on the surface, scientists have been combing this whole area, so fragments have been found on the surface, a bigger mystery remains, what lies beneath the ice . Scientists are pretty sure there are even bigger fragments now sitting beneath the ice, beneath ten meters of water on this lake. Divers have been in to see what they could find, but they said it was silty, visibility was poor, they found nothing, but theyre going to try again in the spring and the snow and ice melts, and scientists believe that will be the best time to find any fragments that made it to the surface, not just here at the lake, but across the vast, snowcovered siberian wilderness. Erin. Thank you, phil. Outfront next, shes known olympian Oscar Pistorius for more than six years. A friend of pistorius talks about him and his relationship with Reeva Steenkamp next. And burger king is fond of saying have it your way. Well, some hackers have taken that to heart. Cmax has a nice little trait, you see, cmax helps you load your freight, with its footactivated lift gate. But thats not all youll see, cause cmax also beats prius v, with better mpg. Say hi to the allnew 47 combined mpg cmax hybrid. I have to know the weather patterns. I upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. 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