and then shome hours later, approximately 7:30 this morning, there was a report of this assault on hissuffering from a gunshot wound from which he ultimately did not survive. >> walk me back. so before he went to this -- it was the bath county hospital, the son gus, on monday -- do we know about any kind of specific event or events that led to him doing that, a, and b, bigger picture, what can you tell me about the relationship between father and son? >> well, in the bigger picture, i had a chance to meet gus when his father, senator deeds, was campaigning for governor in 2009. of course, as a student of virginia politics would remember, creigh deeds lost a heartbreakingly close race for attorney general to the current governor, bob mcdonald. mcdonald -- he then later went on to challenge in 2009 for the governorship and was soundly defeated. during that campaign, gus had left school to campaign with his father full time. when i observed them, they always seemed to be very close. they spent a lot of time together. after the campaign and the loss, a humiliating loss for senator deeds, g