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>> steve: she did. >> brian: she would be able to -- she had health insurance or could afford to buy her own. so there was some aspects to it. i'm not questioning her dedication to it. but i just wonder about the sanity of giving a kid that could not show affection or feel pain the ability to shoot a gun. >> gretchen: i agree with you on. i will say that mental illness in our society is really, really, really difficult to get people into institutions or hospitals or to take medication. the aclu has fought hard about doing just that and that's one of the reasons why we have so many of the homel...

Trying to get this kid help. i was actually really nervous the day before the story went out on tv and then we did a web version of it. i sensed, i thought there would be some sort of a reaction but i didn't know if it would be enough to actually get the family help. i remember the e-mail responses beginning to come to the dotcom version and feeling a little bit of relief but still apprehensive. and then all of a sudden we were flooded, i mean, cnn.com was flooded, my inbox was flooded. it was completely and totally overwhelming. >> reporter: heartfelt responses came in from all over the world...

Youssif's father returned to the cnn bureau four times before a producer, mohammed, had time to see him. for his safety, we aren't showing his face, either. >> he showed me the first picture of youssif before the incident, and that smile, i couldn't help myself but to cry. i said, oh, my god, this is your son before the incident. i run with this picture to arwa and arwa also was like in the middle of something busy. i said, arwa, leave everything, look to this picture. >> and for us, that was it. we were going to do this story, if only for the sole reason of trying to get this kid help. i was ...

Kid help out. it's the difference between prying health insurance or not. they are not inconsequential decisions about raising taxes in that bracket. >> that's fascinating what you just said. a lot of people on the left will say let's get the rich people. again, i supported cuts in capital gains taxes, and i support cuts in the top marginal rate. not because i give a damn about the rich. i really don't. the rich can take care of themselves. i care about the people out of work. i care about the working class, and, mike, that seems to be the disconnect. we'll stick it to the top income earners, ...