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Be analyzed and tested through the state lab. there's still a lot of work to be done to make exactly a timeline of when and how things actually occurred. >> okay. so the q and a is winding down. you've been listening to the virginia state police. updatie ining members of the men charlottesville, virginia, on the condition of senator creigh deeds. it's been raised to fair condition at the hospital after suffering multiple stab wounds early this morning in his own home in a rural area of virginia. really, the headline out of that news conference is the fact we now have police on record saying th...

Know, i'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to spell it. we both got very unusual names. so this is someone who's been involved in politics and is well known in this state. >> yeah, and according to "the richmond times dispatch" reporter, when creigh deeds was running for governor, his son gus took time out of school to be with his father. they were very, very close. at least they were some years ago. chris lawrence, thank you. we're going to stay close with you because as soon as we see police there in charlottesville, we want that new information, we will bring it to you live here ...

And what happened. i think like so many of these cases of violence, this one seems to be coming back with undertones of mental health issues. as you mentioned, "the richmond times dispatch" reporteding that an executive director of a local mental health board basically evaluated the son, gus deeds, on monday. it's called an emergency custody order, a four-hour review to see if the person might be needed to be sort of admitted for a longer period, up to 48 hours. unfortunately in this case, the executive director was telling "the richmond times dispatch" that across the western part of virginia...

Senator creigh deeds was stabbed multiple times in his torso, in his head. he is now fighting for his life in the hospital in charlottesville. his son, 24-year-old gus deeds, was found with gunshot wounds. ultimately died. police say there is no search for a suspect, but i just talked to jim nolan, a reporter with the paper out of richmond, "richmond times dispatch." they are reporting this son, gus, had a mental evaluation yesterday, went to this bath county hospital in virginia, but he was released, according to "the times dispatch," because there were no psychiatric beds available. joining ...

Time. it's only been about seven hours since they were called out to this house in bath, virginia. that's where they found creigh deeds with those multiple stab wounds. they eventually found his son who was alive when they came upon him. he died at the scene, though, of a gunshot wound. they do not know what happened, or at least they're not telling that right now. they did tell us that they are speaking to the state senator, creigh deeds. he spoke to them at the scene. he also spoke to them at the hospital. he was air lifted out of this very rural area and taken to a hospital in charlottesvil...