now former rhode island congressman patrick kennedy is following in his uncle's footsteps to advance president kennedy started way back in '63. the mental health issue has taken on a critical urgency in light of recent mass shootings. the parents of jared loughner told deputies he did not get a mental health evaluation even after officials admitted it. loughner killed six people at an event for gabrielle giffords who was the primary target of the attack but survived. after his arrest, two medical evaluations diagnosed him as paranoid schizophrenic. at the university of colorado. prior to the movie theater massacre. but he was never placed in institutional care. adam lanza was to formed of mental illness on his part. adam lanza was dyinged with -- before aaron alexis killed 12 people in a navy yard shooting recently. he complained of insomnia and said he suffering from -- i'm honored personally to be the emcee at their first event at the presidential kennedy library up in boston. one thing that has united this country and a concern you've been involved with for some time is mental heal

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. >> patrick kennedy opens up about his very personal public battle with addiction and mental illness and the state of mental health care in america. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. on august 20th, >> it turns out that former nsa director michael hayden's private conversation about president obama and the c.i.a. wasn't so private. he was onboard an amtrak train heading to new york when he began chatting on his cell phone within a year shot of former move on.org official thomas see who started doing some live play-by-play on twitter. he tweeted: >> referring to the c.i.a., he tweeted: >> city officials in sparks, nevada have now released the name of the boy suspected of killing a middle schoolteacher, jose reyes. the seventh grader killed teacher michael landsberry and two students before turning the gun on himself i don't a preliminary autopsy show a 13-year-old boy was shot seven times by police as he carried a pellet gun they say looked real. deputies

. >> and you can watch the full interview with patrick kennedy on al jazeera america, tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. >>> detroit is fighting for the right to declare bankruptcy. but that's not deterring a major grocery store of investing in the city. heidi zhou-castro. >> to make matters worse, detroit has hadn't had a grocery store in decades. without a car it's hard for locals to even find good food. >> i have to wait around for a ride and have to pay for someone if i can catch a cab. i have to wait when i'm done shopping. >> without any transportation oftennists just the corner market, that's the only place you can buy food but it's not good food. in this store the only options for protein were eggs, blowing a or this package of greens. >> you open them they sour where they have been there too long in the package. so it's almost a non-win situation really. >> reporter: but a win is exactly what whole foods market is trying to create. the national chain opened a detroit store in june despite skepticism. how could an upscale organic grocer survive in a bankrupt city where the death rate in hea

they really left their people hanging and i see them in patrick kennedy. >> are the republicans doinghis right? i'm not a big fan of darrell issa because i think he's on staff for publicity half the time, but is it possible we could hope that democrats and republicans on the committees when they look at this, will focus intently on the reasonable questions like why -- did we do as much as we could at the time? that's to me the most important. >> these are questions that hillary is absolutely going to have to put to rest and answer if she's going to ever run for president in 2016. it's a huge sort of black mark on her. she'll really have to answer, say what was she doing? why wasn't help given? and when you look at her first term as secretary of state or obama's first term when she was secretary of state, what were the achievements that she had? i mean, she normalized relations with burma, but -- >> i just care about what happened that night, because i do think, i think that lindsey graham's on to something here. and i know he has to cover his rear end in terms of the right wing in tha

patrick kennedy congressman 2006 crashed into a barrier on capitol hill. nothing happened. not prosecuted for driving drunk. ted kennedy never stood trial of course for the death of mary jo kopechne at chappaquidic. william kennedy smith acquitted of rape. >> i would say with respect to mary jo kopechne the kennedys got special treatment there. that was a different time, back in a different age. the other cases you're talking about, the william kennedy smith case, which was the rape case in florida, one of the first big cases to be televised by the way and i covered it. the evidence in that case was very very weak. i wasn't surprised by the acquittal. let's turn to this shocking case. are they getting special treatment here? >> special treatment or not for michael skakel? >> i don't think so. because the case against michael skakel was always very very weak. remember, he wasn't tried until 27 years after the murder. he was 15 at the time the murder took place. i think in 1975 he was convicted in 2002. so you can imagine after so many years had passed. in the end the evidence

woe asked former congressman patrick kennedy what he thinks about the case, and here is what he had to say. >> obviously, for him, if there's a chance to have more evidence revealed that will exonerate him, that is the part of our system of justice is to make sure those issues come to light. so i am happy whenever the justice system prevails. >> and you can watch the whole interview here on al jazeera america, tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. more people are hit and killed by cars in florida than in any other state. in addition, there have been 70,000 hit-and-run accidents there since last year. to try and stop it, officials are considering increasing the penalties. reports now from miami. >> the driver michelle lives three miles away, and he is already served his time. >> so angry, i can bare i even talk about it. i feel like no justice was done. it is almost embarrassing the obvious lack of sense that it makes. >> aaron was riding his bicycle with a friend along the scenic stretch of road, when he slammed into him. he left the scene called his attorney and turned himself in hours later.

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okay, you don't like patrick kennedy's view in rhode island on abortion rights, what should be the pun having abortion, tell me what the law should be? they freak out. they don't want to be in the position saying a woman should pay a $20 fine or go to prison for 20 months or 20 years. they call it murder. they would never establish a murder verdict. a sentencing, death. they would never put a woman in jail for a week or year. so, i am just saying, not to knock them. i understand a doctrinal relationship. nobody has quite figured it out. my view is if you cannot assign a punishment to having an abortion, stop saying you are pro-life in the sense of the law. the law says it is up to the woman. not a criminal offense. and say, well, just blame the doctor. isn't that convenient? that won't stop abortion. that will mean you go to the kid who flunked out of med school the second year. that is what will happen. >> then we will see married clergy long before we see female clergy. he said we will never see female clergy. looking at the last supper there were no women at the table. >> why do law

this is why folks like patrick kennedy, david frohm, are coming together and saying we should have a approach. we don't have to legalize sdp and really create a new industry targeting kids. i'm struck by the discussion about school safety and about the mass shootings as of recently. and, you know, the connection with marijuana and mental illness i think is something that we should focus on. it's something that the kennedy forum will be focused on. >> this is just possession. >> actually the law in portland will not set up the retail stores that you're going to see in washington. it's not going to change much. portland are not being jailed in portland city jail for marijuana. i think the smarter approach is education and treatment but not necessarily creating a new tobacco industry. >> dan, recreational use of pot is legal in two states as we were mentioning and your organization wants the same in ten other states. even though marijuana use is illegal on the federal level, the justice department right now saying it will not prosecute pot users in colorado and washington. here's the he

our friend and colleague, senator pete domeni domenici, and paul wellstone and ted kennedy and patrick kennedy in the house, became law, which said we have to have parity in how insurance companies treat mental health and physical health. i was pleased to get those provisions into health reform. but there's more to do and that's why we're here. and so i want to turn to my friend from missouri, who has been a great partner on this, and ask, as we go forward, what your thoughts are on this day and what we should be doing to continue this important legacy. mr. blunt: well, first of all, let me do say i think this is a critical topic and it's a moment when there are many reasons we should be turning to it. as you said, senator stabenow, this is the day that 50 years ago president kennedy signed the community mental health act. he called it then a bold, new approach. and, frankly, while some things have happened in the 50 years since then and now, there haven't been many bold, new approaches in that 50 years. this is a topic that for whatever reason our society hasn't dealt with in ways that have b

loads of politicians in the course of making the film president obama, hillary clinton, deval patrick, ted kennedyreal-life politicians are part of the wallpaper of their lives. they naturally happen to run into them in their day-to-day activities. >> here is d.j. and the governor. >> the next governor of massachusetts. >> yes, indeed. thank you. >> you know, the democrats. it's is right for me. i agree with their beliefs, and i never really thought before about switching, cause my dad has always been favorable to republicans, and that is how it was with me, but then i started to think on my own. how is it going, dad? >> how are you. >> i am doing good. nice to see you. >> i think we want to talk about the weather, and i do not know how much politics we want to talk. we get passionate. we know we live in the greatest country, and we need to lead the world. >> and we are not leading the world. in order to lead the world community to have followers. >> if you are doing something right and no one follows you, it does not mean you are wrong. >> that is the problem. look at iraq, nobody is behind us. >

it's been addressed by patrick kennedy's son.elieve there is a way for republicans to get in and make the point that mental illness should be covered. 6% of obamacare -- only 6% right now covers mental illness. this is something that should be expanded. maybe that's the way to get something done. >>brian: we have not been treating them. >>steve: maybe what sheila jackson lee was doing, the same thing rahm emanuel always preached, don't let a good crisis go to waste. something in the news and she uses that to say let's get things going. again, maybe she's taking a cue from the president of the united states. he continues to blame the republicans. and now what he's saying is i don't get to go on my trip to southeast asia because they won't cave. jay carney issued a statement last night, said the cancellation of this trip is another consequence of the house republicans -- darn it -- forcing a shutdown of the government. thisÑi completely avoidable shutdown is setting back our ability to create jobs through promotion of u.s. exports

kennedy. martin sheen, craig kinear or patrick dempsey? >> patrick dempsey. >> incorrect. have played them. and rob lowe is the latest to play him. and here is the first look. >> i am today announcing my candidacy. >> "extra" is exclusively behind the walls of cam lot on the set of killing kennedy. >> the key is habitation not imitation. >> and here he is on set with co-star and running lines and in the chair pouring over photos of the iconic president. not too thrilled with the many hours he spent at home honing the jfk accent. >> my son is tweeting my dad's doing jfk in the car, #oh god make it stop. >> you can see him doing his take on jfk novembe 10th. >> well, for more than eight seasons, fans of the show "bones" have been waiting for tonight's episode. there's finally going to be a wedding. but things don't go quite as planned. they're finally doing it. >> she accepted the marriage proposal and he said he couldn't do it because if he did the serial killer would end -- >> it looks as though they are at long last tying the knot. >> you got to tune in to see how it happ

kennedy lindsay, to let you know how hard we're working and your youngsters will be able to head to yellowstone on october 4. i want to talk to patrick smith a disabled veteran who called my office thank you for your service. the reason i voted against this piecemeal veterans program, patrick, is because the numberers were so insulting to your willingness to leave the ultimate on the battlefield. it was $6 billion less. it wasn't going to help reduce the claims or get your benefits. those benefits are going to be running now for a couple of weeks but i tell you, patrick, on the floor of the house, i promise you we will not have this ridiculous treatment of our veterans but we're going to do something that's meaningful, not what was done on the floor of the house today. finally, let me say to my colleague, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, again using the plight of the people of the district of columbia, that you are deserving of the respect of using your own $8 billion and the republicans know full well that all they have to do is vote for a clean c.r. this ble to ensure that independent area, the capital of the united states, who