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You're in an exciting place right now, ryan nobles, thank you so much. we, of course, will check back with you as another round of balloting gets under way to select the new chair of the democratic national committee. and thank you so much for being with me today. i'm fredericka whitfield. we'll have much more with brianna keeler at the top of the hour. turning point, before we go, army vet finds that fighting saved his life. >> bang, boom, boom. put the body lock. >> i'm todd vance, founder of pow. when i was in the army, i was a squad leader and we ran over 215 combat missions. i got back ...

People stranded in floodwaters. for more on the five things to know, go to newday.cnn.com. a group of voters from ohio, sharing their thoughts on president trump's first month in office. but first, an army vet suffering from ptsd when he came home from iraq. now ee is using a sport to help other veterans come to grips with civilian life in this morning's "turning point." >> i'm todd vance. i was a squad leader and we ran over 250 combat missions. i got back from iraq in 2005 and i thought i was on top of the world. slowly but surely, reality was setting in. i turned into a recluse and i was ...

It's -- these are moods that happen independently of what's going on in your life. so it's pretty freaky. >> that's one of the reasons so many millions of people around the world admired her, for how outspoken she was. why do you think people are so reluctant to talk about mental health issues still? >> one of the major reasons is you can't get help for it. so oftentimes when you have a breakdown, crisis, you end up in jail or lying in an emergency room bed for hours and hours. people don't want to talk about it. it's the old cultural thing. what carrie fisher did that's so important. she outl...

Seating. i don't think this reclines. thank god they have relaxed attitudes towards prescription drugs. before you enter the gateway to the himalayas, you better self-medicate. ♪ meanwhile, i have been like 24 hours without a bite of food. i arrive, it's like, oh, there's snacks on the way. great. get a bag of peanuts. >> truth be told, i'm an angry bitter man when i board. i'm guessing there ain't a shoney's or a pf chang's on the way. kind of cute. a little train. it's so little. it's the universal tourist. go on the king kong ride. while my stomach growls, i become the kind of traveler i ...

Secondly, we do have to weed out the most violent offenders, the repeat offenders, the guys who have no regard for human life, but our prisons and jails are filled with people who have mental health challenges, people who have substance abuse challenges. they should not be in jail or prison. i want a much more robust diversionary program. i want us to do more on treatment. i may be the first presidential candidate at least in a long time who has a whole policy on substance abuse because this is at the root. so many people with anxiety, with depression, with other mental health problems, they s...