ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "he said mom, every time i go to the hospital it get's worse... and doesn't harbor any ill-will against the officer who shot her son.ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "i am praying for him and his family, and i'm sure it's traumatic for him, whether he made the right choices or not." she just wants answers.. and change.ruth ann warner, mother of patient shot: "they can't give my son legs to walk again, it's done. but if this could never happen to others, then that can be the good out of this tragic event." 3pattie tight ruth ann tells us she is not looking to sue at the moment. right now they are looking for more information on what happened. her attorney says the family filed a request for a detailed list of jonathan's medical records from centra, which could give them insight as to the timeline of events. they should have those records by february 10th. 3 3good thursday morning! following the passage of yesterday's boundary, not much has changed across our area. look for seasonable weather this afternoon! temperatures, right where they

a hospital security guard shot ruth ann son's jonathan. melissa paraspoke exclusively with warner's mother. ; reporter: more than 2 weeks after jonathan warner was shot she's still in the dark. now she's talking on camera for the first time. being outside with her family more than anything. it's been 2 weeks since she found out her son could no longer walk again. ; ruthy did you hear. she said jonathan was shot at the hospital. ; reporter: shot after being admitted to the er for emergency mental health treatment. ; he went to get help. and that is the first place you duress. and they are to be equipped. they're to be prepared for a psychosis and they were not. ; reporter: police allege that warner attacked the security guard. his mom says that even if her son had become violent. this incident speaks to larger issues on the mental health system. ; he's 28. he's shot. he went to the hospital for a mental health treatment. he's paralyzed for the rest of he said mom every time i go to the hospital it just gets worse. and it has. ; reporter: wa

ruth anne says she is looking for answers and mental health reform. her son was shot after admitted for treatment. lefrn burg police say he grabbed a tapes and fire today and nearly hit an officer. he was shot four times. mother has not been getting answer but if her son had been violent she feels the system failed her son. >> he said mom, every time i go to the hospital it gets worse. and it has. you can't give my son legs and walk again, it is done. if this could never happen to others, >> patti: ruth anne hopes changes can come out of this. >> patti: 24 year old lynchburg man will spend his life in prison for a murder the judge called the most violent the city has seen. he was arrested following a month long man hunt. dominic ambushed sean moss and moss apologized and claimed are a changed man. when the judge handed down the sentence he threatened to shoot the officer in the face. >> mona: good morning america is next. here is sylvia with what they are working on this morning. >> coming up on gma. donald trump boycotting tonight's republican debate

. >> justin: well ruth anne, here's a start. how about this house? it's the most expensive in the market in asheville. at a little under $5 million. you could buy 64 of them. cars, how about a porsche. walk in here, you could order one. or 360 of them with all the bells and whistles. then there's that trip around the world giving you something in common with santa. in a jet with stops around the >> i'm going to buy a house in hawaii. that's as lavish as it gets. >> justin: so what are those winning numbers? go ahead and get those tickets out. the winning numbers are 2, 11, 47, 62, 63, and the powerball number is 17. now if you won and are in disbelief, that's all right, keep hold of that ticket. we're going to show those numbers again in our first commercial break. >> larry: asheville's planning and zoning board votes 6 to 1. the apartment complex will have 272 units and the developer wants to put it in the center of sweeten creek and mills gap. what do neighbors say about this project, aaron? >> aaron: larry, mostly because of traffic concerns, the

vanessa: as a teacher, ruth ann people and minorities, and is pleased the chief justice of the iowa supreme court asked for changes in our criminal justice system. >> we can no longer view human trafficking as a problem reserved to the major cities in america. it exists as a dark underworld cynthia: mark cady says judges and those in law enforcement are being trained to deal with not only human trafficking, but to identify their own biases to eliminate racial disparaties in the system. >> one out of eight african-americans are in the prison system, and one out of eight african-americans get arrested on drug abuse -- on drug offenses, disproportionately to white amercans. cynthia: cady also called for more resources in juvenile courts to provide young offenders tools for success without the weight of a criminal record. >> when racial disparity and all of its causes are eliminated, justice will be achieved. [applause] cynthia: the chief justice also called for modernizing our jury system to collect information on the racial composition of juries to make sure they represent a fair cross-sectio

he went to high school with the husband of one of the victims, ruth ann ladato. severance was convicted of killing ladato, ron kurring and nancy smith. >> a former police officer will find out if he will spend the rest of his life in prison. a jury convicted him last month on 18 accounts including rape and battery. prosecutors say he preyed on black women he met on his beat. he faces up to 236 years on his prison. he was denied a fair trial and filed a request late yesterday for a new trial. >>> folks are getting ready to be snowed in tomorrow and saturday and stocking up on essentials in case the power >>> this week's wednesday's child is a wonderful 11-year-old. >> we visited phantom comics here in washington. >> i any ththink this is a plac are going to like if you like super heroes. >> the store manager, jake shapiro, was all set to show alexander around. >> reporter: i think he wants to see everything you have here. >> i heard you like superhero comics. >> i do. >> who is your favorite character. >> batman, the teen titans and all that. >> let me show you ar

ruth ann warner/jonathan warner's mother:"as of now to go into a hospital to get treated, he now walks out with more trauma which is post traumatic stress, and he'll never walk again, that's the result of the last hospital visit for mental health." warner says she has full confidence her son was not the agressor. she has been advised by her family and lawyers not to share what she thinks happened just yet. the hospital says it has no comment on the incident as it's a police investigation. a roanoke boy and his family need help recovering the expenses of a life- saving heart 3-year-old spencer lockard was diagnosed with an enlarged heart, a condition that is usually deadly for children his age. thankfully he received his transplant, but still has a long road ahead with more medical help and additional transplants needed. his family is hoping to raise enough money to pay his medical expenses far into the future. leslie ann lockard/spencer's mother: "our fundraising goal is $100,000 for him. that's the estimated cost for him." justin lockard/spencer's father: "and that can also go towards

but in any case, ruth was the wife after anne dunham, and she went back to kenya with him and had a very very difficult marriage. and it was during my interviews with her that i really started to understand the abuses of the alcoholism that the father suffered from and the, you know, the way that he was physically abuse i of his -- abusive of his wife. >> host: where does this bookend? >> guest: it ends, you know, really early. [laughter] it ends with barack obama goes back to chicago after being in new york city going to columbia, graduating from columbia, working there for a couple of years. he goes back to chicago as a community organizer and really finds himself, finds his identity in chicago on the south side with the black community there. and it ends with him realizing sort of having an illuminating situation where he realizes what power really means and the -- how to get power, real power. you know, he really learned a lot from community organizing but decided that he needed something beyond that to try to change the world. so he applies to law school, gets accepted at harvard, a