we ve got to make sure there s a continuity of care from the time of diagnosis to time of treatment, and in between those times of treatment, as the person gets better and better, this continuing contact with the mental help therapist and doctors. reporter: according to va, average of 22 veterans commit suicide each day, more than 8,000 a year. as a member of the senate veteran s affairs committee, isaacson says it is not only important to follow up on improvements here, but look at what the nation as a whole is doing to provide quality mental health care to america s heroes. bret? jonathan, thank you. government run mortgage giant freddie mac earned $5 billion in the second quarter of the year, up from 3 billion a year ago. taxpayers you may remember bailed out freddie mac and fannie mae with $187 billion during the financial crisis. they paid back roughly 136 billion of that. the nation s largest bank