KAYE: We are learning more about the condition of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. from his long-time friend, former Congressman Patrick Kennedy. Kennedy visited the Illinois Democrat this week at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota where Jackson is being treated for bipolar depression. Kennedy told CNN Jackson is suffering from quote, "deep, deep depression". The son of the late senator, Ted Kennedy, has also battled with bipolar disorder and says he understands why Jackson didn't immediately talk publicly about his condition.</s>PATRICK KENNEDY, FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE: Our brain, like every other organ in the body, sometimes gets sick, but because it's our brain, we stigmatize the illnesses because the symptoms of these illnesses are behavioral. If he was there for cancer, you wouldn't be doing this show tonight. Most Americans wouldn't care because they'd say, well, Jesse, go get the help. If you have cancer, get treated. But because Jesse has a mental illness, as I do myself, and is fighting for his recovery, it somehow sparks this prurient interest because we have a fascination with mental illness because it's something we don't understand very much.</s>KAYE: Jackson is the 47-year-old son of the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Health officials are warning people to be aware of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes. Two people have died and more than 140 others have gotten sick across 20 states. The tainted melons are from a farm in southwestern Indiana. Health officials are telling consumers to throw out any cantaloupes from that region. In Arkansas, police say Chavis Carter shot himself while in the back of their squad car cuffed behind his back, and some are wondering how is that physically possible? So, police set out to prove it. You'll also hear what they say happened leading up to the shooting.
Jackson Jr. Has "Deep Depression"