anxiety. 1 in 17 lives with a serious mental disorder, and there is a human cost and a financial one. $300 billion a year. that's the government's estimate for the direct and indirect costs associated with serious mental illness. the national alliance on mental health says the cost of untreated mental illness is more than $100 billion a year. yet cash-strapped states are cutting mental health spending. they're slashing more than $4 billion from 2009 to 12 -- 2012. during that time the use jumped 10%. we again find ourselves asking why. here's another question. is failing to better care for mentally ill americans putting us all at risk? cnn's legal analyst, you obviously have a lot of questions about aaron alexis. someone who had a history of mental illness but had most recently told some v.a. hospital, you know, workers no,