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Appear to be doing. >> you said a lot. there is -- for folks you've talked to, people you were close to how are they responding? >> they're disgusting and i think at some levels they are demoralized. some people are pulling away from the discussions and politics. i think there country is starved of leadership. what should everyone do, if they really want to support gold-star families what should they do? we recommend they support nonprofit groups and reach out. the president can direct money, attention and media, he can also focus on other things, like in phoenix today a 33-year-old veteran sh...

About. she also ended up talking about drug use and access to drug treatment and mental health and other related issues that have come up to her on her listening tour. she said when i started running, thinking about this campaign, i didn't believe i would be standing in your living room talking about the drug abuse problem, the suicide problem, but i'm now convinced i have to talk about it. i have to do everything i can in this campaign to raise it to end the stigma against talking about it. if they are running it as a listening tour, the beltway doesn't necessarily talk about or care about bu...

By the way, one of the things that people never ever acknowledge is, you know, what is true of two-thirds of the gun deaths in america, they are suicides. we have a suicide problem in the united states. >> we have a suicide problem that wouldn't be possible if people weren't so armed. if you were suicidal, but not armed, you couldn't do it. i want to talk one other thing about tone. you did talk about one of the things we need to address. one other concern i have. i'm not going to broad brush ovrnt right because you are a gentleman. there is a tone that is also very harsh toward women. i was r...

Would you save vladimir putin? i realized it's a joke they took time to ask our president about that today no one bothered to ask him about dead veterans on american soil at the va in phoenix. >> there have been very little accountabilities and oversight. almost no response from the president we've been talking about the backlog for years. 350,000 vets waiting for disability. >> this is affirmative, nefarious behavior, knowing you may be costing lives. >> yes. yes. >> this is why we need the american public to respond get involved in our veteran's care. you're going to see folks running for of...

Colonel tony shaffer joins us with more. thank you for joining us this morning. share with us yourç thoughts. why does this continue to happen? i know also you say you're not surprised. >> no. there's two separate pieces we have to look at. we have to look at the mental health issues of soldier right now. we've had a suicide problem. this is related to that. let's talk about what allen was talking about, the military weapons issue. the lessons from the fort hood shooting were never actually interpblzed by the -- internalized by the military. i live in northern virginia and have a concealed c...