Deeds to talk about stabbing on CBS "60 Minutes"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Deeds to talk about stabbing on CBS "60 Minutes"
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/01/deeds-talk-about-stabbing-cbs-60-minutes

By Cindy Clayton
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 24, 2014

State Sen. Creigh Deeds was feeding his horses when his son, Austin “Gus” Deeds approached him from behind.

“I said, ‘Hey, bud how’d you sleep,’ “Deeds, of Bath County, told Scott Pelley in an interview for CBS “60 Minutes” program recently. “He said, ‘Fine.”

Then, suddenly, Deeds said, “he was just, um, on me.” “He got me twice.”
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The interview will air at 7 p.m. Sunday.

60 Minutes

[MADem]

1. I saw it on TV last night...

Not sure why my affiliate chose to run it early, or if it was just chunks, but the main points were put across. He's got some deep scarring on his face.

The interview was wrapped around a story regarding a push in the state of VA for expanding the time a mental patient can be held, from six hours to 24, in order to secure a bed in a psych facility for them.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Me too, but just a bit of it, I think.

Channel 9 in DC. Maybe that's where you saw it.

ETA: yeah, the son went for his father's face. Darn shame - such a promising life ahead of him, and then his mind is taken over.

[MADem]

3. I'm in New England--I was flipping round the dial. Maybe it was the CBS evening news?

Perhaps prepping for the evening 'festivities.' We're Game Show Addicts here--Wheel and Jeopardy are dinner hour accompaniaments!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Sure. That was it.

It was a teaser to get people to watch the show.

Still tragic about the son. You think what might have been, had he been able to receive help. Might nothing could have stopped him. We'll never know now.

[obxhead]

5. Sadly, 60 minutes is dead to me.

For years I've found their reporting questionable at times. That Benghazi story sealed it for me though.

I grew up watching 60 minutes too. I had to watch it Sunday night if i wanted to watch Dukes of Hazard afterward. I feel I learned a lot about politics from it, but now I no longer trust the reporting at all.