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diagnosed with alzheimer's. >> where is my son, richard? >> good to see you, as well. >> it was a lonely road, until i found others. the oncologist said that it looked like somebody had taken kate and dipped her and cancer. >> we know, he has a brain injury, the dea actually considers him 350% disabled. >> the reason that i can carry on, it's because of family, community and love. >> a new documentary directed by msnbc's own richard louis tackles a sensitive topic that affects hundreds of millions of americans. those who are living through a mental health challenge, and the loved ones who care for them through it all. the film, unconditional, highlights three different families across the country who are navigating their own mental health journeys well are coming to terms with the struggles of giving a loved one the around the clock care they need to survive. joining me now is director, producer, nbc news anchor,
out, you and i being journalists, to figure out, well, is this true, that there are a couple of misunderstandings. number one that mental health equals mental illness. that is not the situation. and in fact the majority of those who live through this are right in the middle, not a one or zero. and the second misperception which you brought up in the introduction, is that we're not alone. 100 million people according to care giving action network are probably going through a mental health challenge. and so that is exactly the opportunity. to see mental health not only as something that could be wrong, but how mental health can also be something that is strong. >> and, richard, it took you seven years to do this. why so long? >> you know, seven years because it started for me seven years ago, and i was doing a psa about taking care of my family, and myself. and then that led to finding other families and going through that journey is not necessarily
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who have been adjudicated, mentally ill, to get access to firearms. that was the first priority with the new republican congress and the new republican president. that's one way to address the mental health crisis. given that history, it is rich to hear any republican elected official parrot this line about, after a mass shooting, oh, we're gonna tackle the mental health crisis. it is particularly rich coming from texas governor greg abbott. april last year, governor abbott took a look at the budget of the state agency in texas that specifically tasked with overseeing mental health services in that state. last april, governor abbott slashed their budget by more than $200 million. less than a month later, when a gunman killed 18 boys and girls and two teachers in an elementary school in uvalde, texas. governor abbott attributed that gun massacre in uvalde to the mental health challenge. he said, as a reaction to the
that was a few months ago. and a new republican president. today he got an additional four that's one way to address the years on his sentence for his participation in the january 6th mental health crisis. given that history, it is rich attack. in the fbi affidavit, go that to hear any republican-elected prosecutor submitted to the court in support of the case the official parrot this line after a mass shooting, we'll tackle affidavit spells out with the the mental health crisis. it is particularly rich coming fbi confidential informants, his from texas governor greg abbott. koergs and others. him spelling out and explaining april last year took a look at to people why he was at the the budget of the state agency capitol on january 6th with, he in texas that specifically is says, the proud boys. tasked with overseeing mental that affidavit explains this health services in that state. man's very clear world view for last april governor greg abbott what exactly he was doing there slashed their budget by more than $200 million. that day. what he thought he was there to accomplish. this is from the fbi affidavit. that was less than a month later quote, he stormed the capitol on when gunman killed 19 little january 6th, 2021, to disrupt boys and girls and two teachers the peaceful transfer of power in texas. to president biden whom he he attributed that in uvalde to believed rose through election fraud and was, quote, operated by the jews. the mental health challenge. he was willing to act corruptly he said texas should prioritize to achieve his goal and stop the mental health right after he cut
and two teachers at a school in texas. governor abbott attributed that massacre in uvalde to the mental health challenge. he said as a reaction to the uvalde shooting texas should prioritize mental health right after he had cut $200 million from the agency that controls mental health services in his state. here's a different idea. a new texas poll shows that a vast majority of texas citizens including nearly two-thirds of texas republicans support new gun control legislation in that state. and governor abbott may not be listening to that feedback, but at least a sliver of the republican dominated legislature in texas might be. surprising as this may be to hear, today a republican controlled committee in the texas house advanced a bill that would raise the age limit for buying an assault rifle, the same kind of weapon used this weekend in allen and used in the uvalde shooting.
calls. he has drawn attention to mental health. it is a common refrain over the last few years. >> we all know that this is something we must address as a nati. a better job to address mental health issues. >> too many texans have lost their lives. the status quo in texas is unacceptable. >> we as a state, we as a society, need to do a better job with mental health. anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge. there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of anger and violence that is taking place in america. and what texas is doing in a big time way, we're working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause which is addressing the mental health problems behind it.
is addressing the mental health problems behind it. >> we as a state, we as a society need to do a better job with mental health. anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge, period. >> we all know that this is something that we must address as a nation but also as a state, and that is for all of to us do a better job to address mental health issues. >> we should know, one, most people with mental health issues do not shoot people. two, mental health issues exist all over the world, but other countries do not have the same culture and laws that we have here in the united states, laws that allow folks who may be a danger to themselves or others to easily obtain firearms. just looking at the data from the cdc as a general manner, the states that have taken steps to try to keep guns out of the wrong hands, those states have lower rates of death per capita