mother-in-law among the victims? she was not. i m sorry? was he fired? we know he was released from the army. and we d have to refer to the air force on that. it was the air force. where was the self-inflicted gunshot wound? turkey, the head. thank you. there have been unconfirmed reports that the suspect may have taken a hostage in the car. it s been floating around cnn and other outlets. any truth to that? that is not confirmed. mentioned. apparently he thought the shooter might have attended the same church. not true? i m not aware of the shooter attending this church. he had family members that attended. his spouse attended this church. i m sorry, commander, did you say that the grandmother-in-law was not a victim? oh, the grandmother-in-law?
back to texas to the mass shooting at the sutherland springs church. one of them, we talked to his cousin, was barefoot, heard the shots himself grabbed his own gun and ran toward the church. also we have new information in this investigation. cnn confirming that the suspect s grandmother-in-law was at the service and was killed yesterday morning. chilling details about what the suspect was wearing and who police say he texted before the attack. you re watching cnn s special live coverage. for your heart. or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. today s senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there s never been an easier way to get great advice.
that s it. so rich. i love it. that s why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you re describing the coffee and not me? al right. john berman in sutherland springs, texas, and we do have breaking news. we just learned that one of the deceased inside the church behind me was the grandmother-in-law of the killer. her name lula white. she is among the 26 people killed. authorities told us earlier that the killer had sent a threatening text message to his mother-in-law. she was not inside the church at the time of the shooting, but the grandmother-in-law was.
there. the man went off into the woods. all this at 4:25 a.m., this is what one of the neighbors heard at one of the scenes. i heard three or four gunshots and the kids yelling mommy, no, and he said let go, we gotta go. reporter: perhaps the saving of this, mr. stone is not alleged to have killed his children. he took his own two children and dropped them off at a neighbor s, but the police say what began with a 911 hangup call went to three different scenes and found six different individuals deceased including his ex-wife, ex-mother-in-law, grandmother-in-law, his ex-sister-in-law, her husband, their 14-year-old daughter amazingly enough, their 17-year-old son, who is in hospital. he is in philadelphia in hospital and hopefully he will be fine but they are now all-out manhunt for this individual who may be dressed in fatigues. they also released a second
suffering. knocking on heaven s door: the path to a better life, part memoir, part investigative report explores the economic costs of death and dying. more than a third of medicare patients have surgery in the last year of life. nearly a tenth have surgery in the last month of life. and a fifth die in intensive care. medical overtreatment costs the u.s. health care system an estimated $158 billion to $226 billion a year. the author of that book, katie butler, is joining me today. also here, steven latham from yale and dr. diane meyer, director of the center to advance palliative care at mt. sinai s icon school of medicine. nice to have you all here. i spent much of the week reading your book. and actually lost my grandmother-in-law very suddenly in the middle of the week while reading your book.