amy morris, morning news anchor at wnew, all news 99.1. and pat host, a reporter for defense daily. [applause] our guest today is here payoff an unspeakable -- because of an unspeakable personal tragedy. virginia senator creigh deeds lost his son gus to suicide in november and was seriously wounded himself in an attack by his son. this happened after senator deeds had tried unsuccessfully to get care for his son only to be denied by a system he's since tried to fix, and that system told him there were no beds available for care. in the four months since november, senator deeds has recovered from are his physical wounds and led the virginia legislature to enact legislation adding millions more dollars to try to precept another family -- prevent another family from experiencing the tragedy his did. it insures a bed is available for that person unlike what happened with senator deeds' son, gus, on november 19. before making mental health his signature issue, senator deeds was a county prosecutor known for authoring a law allowing public access to the virginia sex offender registry. he