Thank you for coming today. I am a resident scholar here at aei. Our discussion is on the role of and the role of the government and Mental Health policy. We typically think of Mental Health as a state responsibility. Extent it is. The federal government can have a very influential role in shaping services and policies for mentally ill patients. There are huge gaps there which fallen toll patients the street and into gel. It is heartbreaking situation. Have representative tim murphy. The Panel Discusses helping family and Mental Health crisis act. It addresses persistent problems in Mental Health care systems, among them the shortage of psychiatric beds. There are is just a hearing two days ago on that. Education ofe evidencebased treatment. Small problem of violence and mentally ill, outdated, involuntary commitment laws and the questionable priorities of the lead Agency Within hhs that is responsible for funding the services for the nations mentally ill. Everyone on the panel will re
My last question for you tom. You were asked when theyre not playing video games. You were asked recently in a Television Interview if you feel youre connected to reality. During that interview, you talked about your expensive watch and the yacht that you used to own. Your response to the question of whether or not youre connected to reality was, im paraphrasing, i give a lot of money to charity. Well, i do give a lot of money to charity, but that has nothing to do with my connection to reality. I think, philosophically, probably no one can prove that they are connected to reality. Im in the same boat with everybody else. How about you, adam . Youre a celebrated interviewer. Are you attached to reality . My guess would be that one of the ways you answered the question was also that, although your immediate family is doing fine, you have relatives who live in trailer parks. I think the point you were making was you know poor people. Well, i wasnt born into the . I used to be a paperboy,
Even if i learned about some of his strong arm tactics, some things about him that i did not necessarily like very much on a personal level, i actually came away republicking the man more, and ill tell you why because this man was not just groomed for the presidency at all, but he met with fdr, Something Like, i dont know, six or eight times, and these were just inform mall meetings. Fdr shared nothing with truman. He was a running mate because he was a consensus candidate, got ratify at the convention, and they figure, well, trumans popular in the senate, and when i was to ratify the peace treaty to end it, truman does it for me. Guess what, harry, youre on the ticket. That was it. He did not let truman into the tent on anything. You have a man who had to crash learn the most difficult office in the world in two weeks, which he did, and then amid that, hes president at the birth of the cold war at the claches of europe as they grabbed all the Eastern States and took them over to insta
Deportation of our cnn host piers morgan. Thats it for me now. Brooke baldwin continues on cnn newsroom. As reaction pours in on the president s gun proposal, we arent going to tell you what is illegal. We will show you whats illegal. Youll hear it straight from a gun dealer. Im brooke baldwin. The news is now. They lived a middle class life, going to work, playing tennis. But behind closed doors they were sleeper spies, delivering secrets for cash. Plus, the jet of the future grounded. Why dreamliners new problem leads to a drastic move. And just devastating. I think the whole town is probably just mortified about it. A dad and his two young sons go hiking. But never come home. Youll hear what happened in their last 24 hours. Hello, im brooke baldwin. Good to be with you. It is a fight he shied away from in his first term of office. As of this afternoon, gun control is back near the top of president Barack Obamas agenda. 33 days since the shocking carnage at sandy hook Elementary Scho
Good morning, everyone, on this tuesday, december 18, 2012, as senators say goodbye to their longtime colleague yesterday, they will be welcoming a new senator from the state of south carolina. And tim scott has been tapped to replace jim demint. And the papers reporting progress being made about the socalled fiscal cliff talk. First, we return to the tragedy to discuss Mental Health issue in this country. What should be the role of the federal and State Government if any in Mental Health . Also send us a tweet, twitter. Com cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan or send us an email. Let me begin with the hill newspaper this morning and this headline. Mass murders spark wide debate on violence. Congressional debate in newtown, connecticut has gone far beyond gun control to include a focus on Mental Health programs and pervasive violence in popular culture. Lawmakers calls for an examination of those issues echo president obama who want a comprehensive approach for violence prevention that woul