and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it s not rocket science. it s just common sense. from td ameritrade. tonight conflicting reports about oscar pistorius mental health. as you probably know, the south african track star is accused murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he s out on bail awaiting trial. he admits he killed steenkamp but claims it was a terrible mistake, he mistook her for an intruder. pistorius has been living at his uncle s home under the conditions of his bail, he can t return to his own home where the killing occurred, or have any alcohol. he also had to give up his passport. today, the bbc reported that pistorius is suicidal and basically broke. they cited a close family friend as their source. the blade runner s family denying those reports. drew griffin has been following the case closely, just returned
that s the arnold that he s staying with. arnold pistorius released this statement today saying in part that oscar, broken as he currently is, believes he does have a purpose in life and is working towards that. media reports to the contrary are untrue. the uncle flat out denying any suicide threats, but the statement did go on to say that oscar is trying to sell that home in pretoria and some racehorses to cover the trial expenses. as for the case itself, to people who may not have followed this, it s extraordinary position for him to be in, claiming he was awoken in the middle of the night, that his girlfriend was spending the night and somehow he got up from the bed, heard some sort of noise, grabbed the gun and shot what he thought was a burglar through the door of a bathroom, only realizing after the shooting he had in fact shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, who he said i guess he didn t even check the bed for. yeah. the bed he got out of, by the way. yes. i must tell you,
from south africa. what s the latest, drew? two developments today, anderson. one, the denial that pistorius is in fact destitute and suicidal and two, the blade runner asking for even more leniency in those bail conditions, including allowing him to leave south africa. he s already been allowed out of jail while he awaits trial but he can t travel, is pretty much restricted to his uncle s mansion in pretoria. his lawyers say he now wants his passport back and he wants to be able to travel internationally, presumably to make some appearances where he can be paid, make money for his defense. the national prosecutor s office says it s going to oppose any lifting of that travel ban and other things that he wants lifted from his bail. on that, the family admits he is in need of money and there s a report he s depressed to the point of suicide. what have you heard about that? a bbc report, quoting a close friend over the weekend, it said oscar is really down, he s suicidal. that just
house is. his uncle arnold and his sister amy were there. and the situation was unlike any other i ve been in, because for them i wasn t really there, i mean their focus was on oscar and this tragic circumstance and they prepared a statement for us, and they read a statement for us for our tv cameras, for me as an ap report and two other south african reporters were the only people invited and we could see that there was a huge amount of somberness in that house. it was unlike the miss tor pam lee, because when oscar is around it s cheerful. martha: you saw them rejoicing when he was let out on bail. there is a lot more to come before they can rejoice perhaps in that way again u. point out that this was a very new relationship for him. i lost you there. martha: it was a new
maybe getting better. martha: the question of what people are actually feeling out there. stuart, thanks so much. stuart varney, fox business network. bill: we need to double that rate, don t we? news this morning on oscar pistorius the olympic runner and double-amputee known as the blade runner . reporting to authorities for the murder case against him. greg palkot, at his uncle s home. he was expected to report to police, greg. if you can hear me, and get the connection back here, if you hear me, greg, what happened to the report that miss tore yours under the terms of the bail last week, did he report? reporter: lost my connection with you, but i am told you can see and hear me so we will continue. we are outside the home of oscar pistorius s uncle arnold. this is where he has been staying since he was released on bail last friday. his uncle, bill, was quoted this weekend as saying this is living hell for us.