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Them. i want them to enjoy everything that they intend to. >> how do you guarantee that you get the best quality, high-quality physicians working in the va system? >> well, i think it is safe to say that we don't. but make no mistake about it, we've got some great professionals within the va. they're passionate about the population they're working for. but in many cases, this is like every other bureaucracy that we find in the federal government. it doesn't function with common sense. when a veteran picks up the phone and calls the va facility, it starts with getting a happy person on the othe...

It is immeant right now. places like tennessee, alabama, even back in through texas. where you see those red boxes, that is a tornado watch box. where's the threat currently? as we go throughout the day, the cold front moves throughout the east. charleston all the way to natchez, that's going to be the area of concern today. four to 5 inches of rain in a short period of time. today, not as much of the rain. the system spreading farther to the east exiting off by the weekend. that's the one piece of good news we have. by no means should people take that lightly. >> definitely pay attention toda...

80% greater than the rest of society. it's an acute need. do we know how to deal with this and treat it? >> there's been a lot of eithers in the military. unfortunately, the studies have said it has the been working. you need a lot more training with people too. i don't think there's enough health professionals throughout the military to deal with their needs. some are people who are veterans that have left. there's big problems of follow-up care for them within the va system. we got to make sure it's thorough enough and enough people to do it. in this case, we don't know yet. >> there is no s...

An example of where the system worked. he self-declared he had a problem. he was in the system. he was being evaluated. he was in the process. the protocol was wrapped around him. sadly, we couldn't accelerate the diagnosis so that it was post-traumatic something. it's important what we label things. >> we're going to talk to a forensic expert, a psychologist expert who worked on the hasan case about whether he thinks the period of review are adequate with what's going on in the military. this shooter, he was under evaluation for a long time for ptsd. this had been going on since 2011. >> righ...

Things may happen for a reason. you're holding hearing about a bill now that you say can fix this system that is hopelessly broken. 350,000 people who are mentally ill right now were housed in jails because there are only 35,000 beds available in the country as you well know. you can't hold people for more than 72 hours in most places without a hearing. you say you can fix these things. you have the helping families and mental health crisis act. >> it provides more training police so they don't enter the situation with someone mentally ill and get that person even more problems. we need to hav...