it and the best and simplest way to understand ptsd is this pneumonic. i like pneumonic because that's how i learned in medical school, a very easy way. the word trauma is the key word for ptsz. t is for trauma. some sort of a tragedy like this, it's a normal behavior to an abnormal event. it could be not just a war, but it could be flooding, could be the scene of a rape or loss of a loved one. all of that is a tragedy. r is remembering it. you relive the images, the nightmares, the flash backs. jaip my, this ijamie, this is i. people saw the blood with the marathon runners. the next phase is avoidance. they don't want to deal with anybody else. they become emotionally number and don't want to interact and become home bound. that's when the family relationships and the union starts to break. that's when it really becomes important. >> jamie: that's a tipoff. >> it's a tipoff. they become unable to function. they may lose their job. they don't want to ente interacd socially become completely handicapped. if the symptoms go on for a month, that's real p ts

a half million veterans were treated for ptsd at veteran's medical center nationwide last year. the v.a. in palo alto is using a creative new therapeutic approach for healing. >> i've blocked it for 41 years. >> reporter: ramon has buried inside the horrific images of vietnam. he's considered killing himself. but now he's learning to gain new perspective thrau camera lens. >> taking pictures to me is shouting out what i've dealt with. >> we'll call it a work of art. >> reporter: those suffering from ptsd and other challenges are processing their emotions in this photography class at the v.a.'s menlo park campus. veterans like ramon can explain their painful journey in poignant photos they snapped themselves. photography gives them a new focus in their recovery. the idea? that it can be easier to communicate with a camera than face to face with a therapist. v.a. nurse susan cofounded the photography class. >> some of these emotions can be so traumatic for people, that everyday language just doesn't get at the heart of what they're feeling. >> reporter: when richard finished the c

suffers from ptsd. but female named daisy is helping him with his condition. >> sheree lacks me. to the point that i can go backg dog and this is her trainer. both are part of the va canine therapy program. that bond helps draw vets lick lynn out emotionally. >> one of the things that depression and ptsd and things do is you go inside yourself and dog brings you outside yourself to focus on something else. >>reporter: studied the bond as part of the masters thesis in graduate school in 2006th and brought it to the va in menlo park. the va dog assisted training program started here in 2008. the first in the nation. is that right? oh,d8 yes. he embraced the idea and offered his support. >> we don't really have a facility to train dog. lab lock i'll build awe building. >>reporter: so he did. 10,000 square foot welcome sister opened today at the va menlo park campus. he was not there but members of the family were. >>'c center has a spacious training area for the dog with their own area. also a fitness ram

. >> trainers are vet transcover suffering from ptsd. how the dogs helped calm their symptoms. >> robert sfrufrz ptsd but a fem yale named daisy is helping him. >> she relaxes me to the point i can go back out into society z function. >> days yes is a service dog. the bond helps draw vetses out in motion. >> one of the things that -- depression and things do is that you go inside of yourself. a dog brings you outside of yourself to focus on something else. >> ricky study that had bond part of a master s thesis in graduate school in 2006. and brought it to the va. the training program started here in 2008. the first in the nation. >> john embraced the idea and offered his support. >> we zront a facility to train dogs. >> the 10,000 square foot welcome center opened today at the campus. he was not there but members of his paem were. the center has a spacious training area for dog with their own bath area. it also has a fitness room for the vets and an art room. >> gives them a gateway into expressing things they haven't beene to. it's been

is it right to say ptsd after one incident? >> absolutely. we have to be very careful.ou're going to see a lot of people being affected by this. the key word was emotional, psychological and there are a lot of behavioral symptoms that will come. ptsd is a normal reaction to an abnormal event. a lot of times people associate it to war. but you may have sandy storm, a hurricane. >>brian: you talk about the phases we should look for. >> the first phase is that they remember, they recall. there are flashbacks, the sight of the blood, kids bleeding, et cetera. the second one is making sure they become isolated. they don't want to deal with anybody. they don't want to interact with anybody. the last phase is the arousal, anger, frustrations. all of a sudden they are burst into like anger. they can't interact with anybody. the sooner you interfere with this, the sooner you get help and interact with other families and recognize that you have a problem, the better we can take care of this. >>brian: tell me if this is splitting hairs, but if i'm trained to be an army infantry ma

it talks about his ptsd.to making brain studies ptsd is one of those issues. in this country we have one suicide every single day from a veteran as we learned -- >> stephanie: right. it is post-combat deaths. how could we stand for that? >> i think it is exciting, this whole investment in the study of the brain because it will help in so many areas. that's just one of them. ptsd is such a huge, explosive problem right now. because we have so many people coming home and we've gotta learn how to take care of them. it is not just suicides, it is also addiction problems, domestic violence problems, all kinds of things. >> stephanie: i have a question, why do you hate the troops? >> i love the troops and appreciate what they've done for us and hope that we can take better care of them when they come home. >> stephanie: how about we start with the first thing is not sending them into unnecessary wars. >> i couldn't agree with you more. >> stephanie: here is the president talking about it. >> obama: it is so importa

we're looking at meditation and its role in treating ptsd. three pilot projects and four research projects to look at the three different kinds of meditation and how they work, and i think we need to do, quite frankly, more of that to demonstrate to the treating public -- to the treating physicians that these things effective and do work. >> i believe you're also looking at guided imagery. >> that's also correct. >> senator. >> mr. secretary, you said earlier we will proceed -- we will go out of the rescue phase on homelessness. would that be the reason that there's a reduction between '014 and '0'15" budget, drop of 1.8 billion to 157 million. >> i believe that adjustment is based on the fact that we think we will be making good progress towards our 15 targets, and so the adjustment is in the level of energy here. >> okay. a letter from the va dated february 2012 included the time iline of va homelessness strategy, including decisions regarding increasing or decreasing budget requests, allocating funding and decision whether to extend the ti

he didn't understand if he could have ptsd. so it was interesting to talk an 80-year-old man who promised he would talk to the vet centers and get help. >> you can read her reporting at "militarytimes.com" one of the recent articles you filed looks at a survey. surveydline is new reveals troops drinking and drug use. a new worldwide survey shows that they are engaging in harmful behaves less than they did in 2008 with incidents of drug use and alcohol abuse on the decline. but troops show high rates of overall stress. reporting the highest levels of stress with the latest vices including drinking and drug use. what does the defense department do with this data? >> this report is a survey done every three years and it really does give a snapshot of what is going on at the troop level troops tend to be honest with it and they use it to decide where their programs are falling short or what they can do to enhance other programs. for instance, one of the recommendation in that report regarded sexual trauma within the military. the s

all the dispensaries are required to have communityly - >> right now i'm suffering with ptsd and c o p and i'm a cancer survivor. we need for you to understand where i'm coming from as medical cannabis patients and respect especially our veterans because we are not getting the respect we deserve. thank you. i oppose this. >> hello. my name is theresa. i'm a healer and dispensary is a place where a lot of healing goes on. you may not beware of that. medical cannabis has helped me with this. i have been diagnosed with mental illness just at 52. it's a great way for me to have resources. i also went to a healing school and did healing work. i don't really see any part of this ordinance or legislation really doing anything. this is a sanctuary city. it's just more prejudice against medical cannabis dispensary. if you look at the block, that neighborhood is a place i frequent and it improved and there is of things that it need help with. if we are creating a vision 50 years into future as avalos is saying, i think it needs to include healing places and i'm shocked that we are going to tal

as associated with combat, verifiable ptsd. as we established ourselves at ending the backlog, we took on three pretty significant decisions for the vietnam generation, three new diseases for exposure to agent orange, nine new diseases for gulf war veterans, and for all combat veterans with verifiable ptsd, access so that they can submit their claims. those numbers, added to the paper process we have, was going to grow the inventory and complicate the backlog, and we testified to that when those decisions were made. there were a number of hearings on this, and my prediction was we are going to go up, but at the same time we will put in place an automation system and that would correct all of that and in time we would bring the backlog back down. we're midstride here. we're now fueling the automation tool. it is in 30 of the 56 regional offices. we are seeing indications it is having good success, and we contend to field the remaining offices as quickly as possible. we had good learning that came out of automating the new 9/11 g

whether you are talking to someone else, whether you are on a medication to help you whatever your ptsday be, the earlier we get to whatever your anxiety is, the better that you will be as far as the ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder. >> neil: so say you are in wyoming, you not going out? >> i would advise you to go out and you are reacting to a fear. >> neil: what do they get off their chest? >> they say look, life is becoming uncertain. this has happened in boston. we don't think it's going to happen here. but it is scaring us and our children. that is why it's important to discuss it. more than anything else, you have to move on with your life because that fear turns into a phobia and then a phobia means you are spending more time at home. it's important to move on with your life. >> neil: do you think a lot of folks after 9/11, we haven't been hit and avoided a lot of close ones. they see london and madrid, they say, it's happened over there. we're safe here. now, we're reminded maybe not and reinforces their pair nows? >> it doesn't mean you are crazy. we have been lucky in many

implement the best practices of care and disseminate the most current information related to ptsd and two at the current body of knowledge of how to improve care. --elete, to leave the finally, to lead the healthcare community in achieving the joining forces health goal, we are committed. result, we have invited the honorable linda schwartz. commissioner of veterans affairs in the state of connecticut. whilet met dr. schwartz working at another institution of higher education. she approached me wanting my support for a project that would help her further explore long-term impacts of -- she impressed me as a determined woman, someone who would get rings done. done.ngs she is currently the commissioner of veterans affairs in the state of connecticut. the first woman to hold that position in the first nurse to hold that position. i was right in forecasting her determination. she has taken up this position as you might have expected that a nurse would. connecting people to one another and enlisting resources and advocating. please join me in welcoming commissioner linda schwartz. [applaus

the psychiatry part of this the ptsd is going to kick in. as a whole we will come back much stronger but the challenges are a lot. take one day at a time. make sure you never say i cannot. you will succeed. the surgical, you talk about prosthesis, we have carbon fibers as a result of decade war in iraq. we have sophisticated prosthesis that can communicate through bluetooth, one foot grows first and other one follows. have you ever seen an olympic runner with prosthesis? >> eric: you went to a rehab center. they or the treadmill how you can have a prosthesis when you never had one before? >> it's a long-term process. i went to spaulding rehabilitation hospital and i spoke to the president there who basically said its long-term process with a team approach you can get on your feet and do okay. >> it's premature for them to contemplate they can have quality of life, but they will. i worked with many people over the years and seen that. actually, some people find that their quality of life in different ways is superior to what it was prior to t

as associated with combat, verifiable ptsd. as we established ourselves at ending the backlog, we took on three pretty significant decisions for the vietnam generation, three new diseases for exposure to agent orange, nine new diseases for gulf war veterans, and for all combat veterans with verifiable ptsd, access so that they can submit their claims. those numbers, added to the paper process we have, was going to grow the inventory and complicate the backlog, and we testified to that when those decisions were made. there were a number of hearings on this, and my prediction was we are going to go up, but at the same time we will put in place an automation system and that would correct all of that and in time we would bring the backlog back down. we're midstride here. we're now fueling the automation tool.it took us two years to develop it. it is called veterans benefits management system. it is in 30 of the 56 regional offices. we are seeing indications it is having good success, and we intend to field the remaining offices as

something like that. >> and those are the ones who acknowledge they have ptsd. a small percentage of them seek treatment, that treatment is often not good or effective. >> a lot of it's medicinal. >> a lot of it is medicinal, and this is a problem that isn't going away. these are people that are walking our streets and need help. and we have those problems because we sent them to war. and so i just want to say that i touch on this a little bit in the book. one of the survivors of the attack, ed falconer jr., has horrible ptsd and, ultimately, overdoses and dies less than a year after the attack. he was in treatment at the va, and two days after his overdose, the veterans hospital called his dad to let him know that his son was late for his appointment. there needs to be -- somebody needs to do something. and i know there's a lot of talk about this during election years. i hope it doesn't stop. >> and that backlog's actually, it's only about 50 years old because we never, we never acknowledged that for vietnam. and the loss has been not just exponential, but incr

when they see something like ptsd, they use that like ending the cannot have a gun. no evidence that the person actually is a threat. they just use these diagnoses as a wholesale disarmament of a whole group of people. 150,000 veterans have been disarmed things to this approach. >> you see medical records as another data registry? >> another way of adding to the list of people that supposedly hould not have guns. that is why we oppose obamacare from the beginning. when you invade the privacy of all americans, there is a subset of gun owners that will have their privacy invaded, too. >> the main argument is background checks. it would create a registry and the registry with then be used to confiscate guns. did you think the government tried to take guns away? >> the government has done it. they did it after katrina. they found that you had bought guns. the stores maintained records. they confiscated the guns. not confidence inspiring. and fast and furious, they upplied fire arms to the mexican cartel. we know it was for the purpose f trying to advance the agenda of th

many returning veterans, they're not sure if they're a man or a soldier and a psychologist at the ptsd program at the va can say, okay, if you can relate to how that animal feels, it really gives them a tool to kind of work back into society. >> do you have any wolves with you that you can show us? >> see these wolves we're getting out of the truck right now. >> wow. >> good boy. that's my boy. >>> you're in a hurry. you leave the gas station and you forget to close the gas tank door on the car. car driving down the road. honk and tell him. what do you want to do? you don't want to pull over. just keep going. or hopefully you come across a friendly motorcyclist that says your gas tank door is open and the guy says can you get that for me? >> no problem. simple gesture but when done on a motorcycle at speed, very cool. >> she didn't stop or slow down. they kept going. >> this is highway 78 north of san diego in california where it is legal to split lanes like this motorcycle is doing and don't be concerned. just a kick boop. >>> you see people in cars and people on motorcycles can get a

from the father of her children, a soldier who was deployed to iraq who has a more severe case of ptsd. to make matters worse she is still waiting for her va benefits. >> my disability claim has been in for two years that i have been out. and, still waiting. >> does it go through your mind what is taking so long? >> oh, yes, i have been to the sacramento office a couple of times to the oakland office, brought them copies like i am homeless, i have two kids, i need to have this sped up. but they said it is a process that needs to be done and you have to wait. >> how can we feel good about something as horrible as that? >> reporter: congresswoman jackie spear has been pushing the va to get its act together. a report released earlier this month says there is 62,000 homeless veterans in america. 28% of them are in california. a growing number of them are women. in part because they often take the brunt of break ups and end up with the kids. >> disgrace, a black eye for the american public that we would treat our veterans so shavley. >> we are sorry for the wait. >> reporter: the va's weste

we have -- you'd be amazed at the number of ptsd letters i get.everybody once in a while my clinic server will crash because people are coming back and thank god, they're asking for help, and i think part of the reason is we have made it okay to ask for help. somebody who is a bad ass navy seal says i need help, obviously must be okay. doesn't make you a wimp. just means you need help. makes me so mad when i hear young people today or even adults say, you know, if we had i like -- and use the country for an example or this country, with we do it like this, it's like do you realize that everything in this country that we have is god given in not one person in this room, me included, deserved to be born into america. by the grace of god we were born into the greatest country in the world and you ought to clap about that. [applause] >> i think in america we have gotten to the point where we're just willing to exist. let uncle sam help us out. let's make uncle sam responsible for our well beg. when uncle sam was done with me i was in a wheelchair cont

they all suffer, as many other family members do, from some form of what would call ptsd. and another did not appear in the film. we are only allowed to record his voice. he change his name and escape to maryland and then to the deep south where he works as a forklift operator. he keeps his head down and pays his taxes and takes care of his kids. he still feels that someday someone is going to come and grab initialed shoulder and say, come this way. he is in contact with agreement every single day. we were able to lure him out for the closing night of the film festival november 15. he appeared for the first time since they were all together during the original crime in 1989. the other four are still in new york. all still in the same neighborhood. perhaps one of the most is youssef. he works for it systems. he has several kids. amazing human being and great father. kevin and raymond have jobs. raymond works for an employee's union. i can't remember where kevin is. we see them a lot. the 16-year-old is now 40. he struggles in some ways because of the disabilities that the o

the department of veterans affairs where dogs will train with veterans suffering from ptsd. >> she relaxes me. i can go back out and function. >> we pair them up with someone that is going to need more assistance so they can go out in the skborld i dropped my keys. in addition the new center has space for classrooms and an arts area for vets. >> looks very nice. >> still photos a few minutes ago, now video of 11-year-old aaron hern's visit to the site where he was wounded plus fbi revealing what the next target was going to be. >> tonight two things now being suggestsed to make it more secure. >> occasion that's brought america's living presidents all five of them together to honor george w. bush. >> we have new video this is 11-year-old aaron hern. he visited boylston street today. one police officer took a pin off his lappel and gave to it aaron. >> it's hard to do the things i used to. >> and less gratitude since the people of boston, boston pd. >> aaron is out of the hospital but will remain in boston for now, still undergoing treatment. aaron was hit by shrapnel and injured as he wait

. >> explosions in boston can trigger a nationwide ptsd and bring of painful memories of other majortragedies like 9/11 or the bombing at atlanta oppose a centennial park. >> it almost feels that we cannot relax. we cannot get comfortable and contented about violence. it is so prevalent. that is what it is comforting to -- discomfiting to most people. >> a child is among the dead. helping other children cope with that news depends on their age. many experts recommending media exposure and reassure them that while said, these events are rare. the more emotional we are the more worried or concerned kids will be. >> candles lit and roses shared, millions of on-line tribune and images of love for bosn. >> they can to put their hearts tampon social media. it is a great way for the people struggling to go there and realize they're not alone. >> there is something about the nation has the worst moment that can bring out the best in people. ishere is a look at what coming up 6:00 p.m. the president obama declares the ofton bombings an act terrorism. details coming up. yards, fansambden secur

the department of veterans affairs where dogs will train with veterans suffering from ptsd. >> she relaxese. i can go back out and function. >> we pair them up with someone that is going to need more assistance so they can go out in the skborld i dropped my keys. in addition the new center has space for classrooms and an arts area for vets. >> looks very nice. >> still photos a few minutes ago, now video of 11-year-old aaron hern's visit to the site where he was wounded plus fbi revealing what the next target was going to be. >> tonight two things now being suggestsed to make it more secure. >> occasion that's brought america's living presidents all five of them together to honor george w. bush. íáf- >> we have new video this is 11-year-old aaron hern. he visited boylston street today. one police officer took a pin off his lappel and gave to it aaron. >> it's hard to do the things i used to. >> and less gratitude since the people of boston, boston pd. >> aaron is out of the hospital but will remain in boston for now, still undergoing treatment. aaron was hit by shrapnel and injured as he w

plus it's a tragic case of pick your poison ptsd suicide, or homelessness. veterans are not getting enough help. later margaret thatcher proved that a woman could thrive in one of the most important political posts in the world. ♪ >> michael: it looks like immigration reform is more popular than gun control on capitol hill. the team of senator known as the gang of 8 dispatched some members to update america on its progress. chuck schumer told "face the nation" that he is hopeful about optimistic about a deal. >> we hope that we can have a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive immigration reform by the end of this week. >> michael: end of the week. friday's beers are on me. but before we put friday on the calen lar, let's get lindsey graham's assessment. >> what stands in the way of a deal? >> we have an agreement between business and labor, but we're hoping to get this done within the next couple of weeks, it's some issues by high-skill and low-skill workers. >> michael: he did give the bill a 70% chance of approval especially if marco rubio signs on. for mo

she has a nervous break down from ptsd. >> jimmy: this does not sound funny at all. >> it's not funny be funny. your fiance is -- did some acting too. >> he did. >> jimmy: and he's a member of the wwe. >> he's a wrestler and actor. >> jimmy: and when your fiance is a wrestler. and you have a son together. >> yes, we do. >> jimmy: is he a roughhouser? >> it's a mad house. >> jimmy: is it? >> at times he wants to sing to daddy and wrestle mommy. i'm like can you wrestle your daddy and sing to mommy. >> jimmy: he wants a weaker opponent. are you worried about being body slammed into a credenza? >> i hope not. >> jimmy: it's just muscle memory. he gets you up in the air and you could go down. how old is your son? >> he's three. >> jimmy: that's a good age. and is your fiance watching him? >> my munchkin broke his leg sliding down a slide. the number one way that kids break their legs is lieding down a slide sitting on someone's lap. >> jimmy: really? >> he's at home watching his dad right now. >> jimmy: the fighting is kept to a minimum? >> he doesn't understand. >> jimmy: does he have a

they are saddened that he didn't get to start a family or become a psychologist to help veterans with ptsd. >> the somber transfer took place at dover air force base in delaware. service members carried the bodies of a state young department diplomat. two more american service members were killed today in afghanistan. a nato helicopter crashed in the eastern part of the country. two afghans showed off some of the wreckage they had found. there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time. one witness said he heard a loud explosion then saw the chopper fall to earth in flames. >>> new video into our newsroom tonight as police investigate a fatal shooting in east oakland. officers tell us they responded to the site to calls of a man down. you can see officers tagging evidence in what appears to be the side of a house. >>> police say they have arrested a five time felon. friday night a stray bullet hit flucker and he died at the scene. police identified the suspect as andny lister of san leandro. they are still looking for a second gunman. >> we hope that the community can step f

. >> reporter: psychologists say the explosion in boston can trigger a sort of nationwide ptsd, and bring up other tragedies like 911 or the bombing in atlanta's centennial park. >> it almost feels like we cannot relax or get comfortable and contented about violence. it is so prevalent. and that is what is so -- i think discomforting to most people. >> reporter: perhaps most heartbreaking about this story is that a child is among the dead. helping other children cope with that news depends on their age. many experts recommend limiting kids' media exposure and reassure them that while sad these events are rare. >> kids of all ages take their cues from us as parents. and so the more emotional we are about it, the more aware and concerned the kids will likely be. >> reporter: there are signs that the nation is trying to heal. candles lit, neighbors sharing images of love for boston. >> when people don't know what else to do they tend to sort of put their heart stamp on social media. and i think it is a great way for people struggling to be able to go there and realize they're not alone. >> r

they are saddened that he didn't get to start a family or become a psychologist to help veterans with ptsd. >> the somber transfer took place at dover air force base in delaware. service members carried the bodies of a state young department diplomat. two more american service members were killed today in afghanistan. a nato helicopter crashed in the eastern part of the country. two afghans showed off some of the wreckage they had found. there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time. one witness said he heard a loud explosion then saw the chopper fall to earth in flames. >>> new video into our newsroom tonight as police investigate a fatal shooting in east oakland. officers tell us they responded to the site to calls of a man down. you can see officers tagging evidence in what appears to be the side of a house. >>> police say they have arrested a five time felon. friday night a stray bullet hit flucker and he died at the scene. police identified the suspect as andny lister of san leandro. they are still looking for a second gunman. >> we hope that the community can step f

page in the next year come were clearly apart with the way we grant and deny other ptsd environments. i continue to assess and make sure it has been. dr. petzel provides the ongoing health care for the sake is to ensure they are cared for in that perspective as well. >> thank you very much. my tan is very short, but i would love to work with you and i and others others on this committee and throughout the congress that would like to work with you on that subject. this is a much more parochial subject, but probably impacts other areas. i have a rural part of the north country of new hampshire. recently with the new hampshire delegation sent a letter to you about that they tell a help and a clinic in colbert, new hampshire, but more broadly i'd be interested in a conversation about disabilities one day a week and any information you might have to share with us about the new patient centered community care program in new hampshire and above to work with you and your team going forward to increase access to service for veterans living in the rural community. thank you. >> i would just say

so i from the beginning, does tamerlan have ptsd?during the second chechnyan war the father had lost his job, then he came here. tamerlan didn't come right in the beginning. so he had a lot of moves, a lot of difficult things -- jenna: if i could, anne, even considering that very dynamic past if that is, indeed, the case, and we showed a little bit of the interview with the teacher, people go through that, and not everyone becomes a terrorist. so what would be the tipping point, if you will, for someone in a state, a mental state where there's ptsd or other side to, again, switch to terrorism? >> the way these groups work, they take a vulnerable individual which he was, and they expose them to a terrorist ideology, and the current militant jihadi ideology has a narrative where they feel sorry for muslims that they claim are oppressed around the world, and they instigate for fighting back against western powers that are supposedly hurting muslims around the world. he uploaded a video of the syrian uprising showing that he felt sympath

. >> reporter: all are military veterans and all still suffer from some form of ptsd. >> no matter how much treatment you get it is in the back of your mind. >> were you able to take any while you were away. >> reporter: the veterans say this is helping. it is therapy through photography. >> it is an alternative way to talk about and express themselves as part of their recovery. >> reporter: a few minutes of classroom instruction and they begin snapping. zooming in on things they see and how they can relate like this red wood. >> i feel i'm to that point again. i learn to stand straight and be happy in my life. >> reporter: at the end of the six week course the veterans get to put together a collage like this one where they express their inner feelings. >> but if you look at the tree it gets smaller and smaller and then you see these branches. and knowing my support people, my therapy, my friends, my counselors. >> nice picture. learning to be a decent -- i can't believe the tree is my life. i see my feelings in my pictures i take. >> reporter: he says his life 40 years after combat is

soldiers that come back, had a blast injury that affected their head and their brain and are exhibiting ptsd-liket be pts. did, it could be a hormone balance. what can you tell us about that? >> yes. this is a fascinating study. we had known for decades people that suffer brain injuries a certain percentage of them will have be a norm that function of the pituitary gland. it is at the base of the brain. it fights right underneath the brain. it is a tiny structure half an inch in diameter but it is called the master gland and directly connected to the brain. when there is brain injury the pituitary could be damaged. jenna: we'll get the other camera on it. you were pointing where it is. >> underneath the brain, attached to the brain. jenna: so is this study actually saying that potentially, again, small study did, they're going to test it on small soldiers, a treatment for some of the symptoms that they were feeling ptsd-like could be some sort of a hormone therapy? >> it is absolutely possible. again this is a small study. there were 35 patients that were involved and i my hope is that they will

imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or ptsd for veterans coming home. >> the program would be funded with $100 billion from president barack obama's first 2014 budget. the white house says it is in line with its state of the union pledge to increase funding for scientific research to spur economic growth. >> it is now 25 after the top of the hour. coming up, at first, the administration says the sequester cuts left america vulnerable on the border, but now they have a different story. >> i'm saying -- >> absolutely not. you're editorializing. >> that heated exchange between fox's ed henry and the white house spokesperson jay carney coming up. >> we'll tell you about a neighborhood about to become home to some seriously dangerous criminals. we'll tell you about a plan to move terminally ill prisoners into a nursing home near you. >> first on this day in history, in 1981 the osbourne 1, that was a computer. it was the first successful portable computer. it doesn't look very portable. >> that was unveiled in san francisco. >> times have changed. with the spark miles card from

and he was staying 18 years later there are first responders playerly who are still suffering from ptsdnow a lot more about that now than we did then but can you talk a little bit about how you and others are doing as far as you know and what kinds of services are available? sure. you know, as many people have said, me included, we're in the process still in the acute process of healing the surgical and medical wounds of our patients. and, you know, i must say, i think i can speak for most of our team at mass general, not a lot of time available for our own reflection right now. i expect as our patients get better and start getting discharged we'll start reflecting more and probably, you know come to grips with exactly what the event was and what it means to each of us as health care providers and how we'll deal with that. >> it does have to have an impact long term. this is something about events like this, as horrible as they are and as catastrophic as they are that tend to bind people in a way because you have shared something that is so life altering. >> i think that's absolutely tr

maybe it was a way of managing the ptsd. >> when did people start noticing the birds and animals preparations for the storm? >> well, that is something that the native americans have always aimed to have used as a weather side, how true that is -- >> why not true. >> okay. you know, the tornado i was and that did not see any birds living a before and, som economic in the guess myself about that. >> you're no doubt heard all about the will be at year. eight years ago or never was. >> yes. >> thank you. >> you know, i start reporting in earlier books where i describe the earthquake. there was a report that all of the squirrels in that part of the midwest have been left to this before and. i don't know whether any squirrels went anywhere, but this is the sort of thing that people love to say about animals since storms before and, whether they really do or not i think is , you know @booktv and think of as much to do with just what you want to believe, said that axa to have evidence is actually a there. you could be right. you know, i don't want to destroy anyone's dreams about this. i just don't

as associated with combat, verifiable ptsd. as we established ourselves at ending the backlog, we took on three pretty significant decisions for the viet nam generation, three new diseases for exposure to agent orange, nine new diseases for gulf war veterans, and for all combat verifiableith ptsd, access said that they can submit their claims. those numbers, added to the paper process we have, was going to grow the inventory and complicate the backlog, and we testified to that when those decisions were made. there were a number of hearings on this, and my prediction was we are going to go up, but at the same time we will put in place an automation system and that would correct all of that and in time we would bring the backlog back down. we're mid stride here. ueling thefloa automation tool. it is and 30 of the 56 regional offices. we are seeing indications it is having good success, and we field the remaining offices as quickly as possible. we had good learning that came out of automating the new 9/11 g i bill automating proce

imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or ptsd for our veterans who are coming home. imagine if someone with a prosthetic limb could play a piano as well as anyone else because the wiring to the brain to that prosthetic is direct and triggered by what's already happening in the patient's mind. what if computers could respond to our thoughts or our language barriers could come tumbling down? or if millions of americans were suddenly finding new jobs in these fields, jobs we haven't even dreamt up yet because we chose to invest in this project. that's the future we're imagining. that's what we're hoping for. that's why the brain initiative is so absolutely important and that's why it's so important that we think about basic research generally as a driver of growth. and that we replace the across-the-board budget cuts that are threatening to set us back before we even get started. you know, a few weeks ago the directors of some of our national laboratories said that the sequester, these arbitrary across-the-board cuts that have gone into place are so severe, so poorly de

firefighters, i talked to him, he did three combat tours in iraq and afghanistan and he was treated for ptsdyou need more treatment now? and he looked off and he said, probably. i worry about our -- i mean, we're in a stage right now -- i mean, there is so much attention larry today about whether there's an arrest, whether there's a suspect, whether somebody's in custody. and i have to be honest, as i walked around the back today, that just wasn't entering my equation. i was thinking about the victims. we need to bury our dead. we need to honor our dead. we need to take care of our wounded. and we need to take care of our first responders because when i sat in that firehouse last night, i saw it in these faces. and i saw it yesterday walking down the treastreet, a copy kno she had been up for two days and i saw it in her face, she saw things no one should have to see. and we need to take care of those people. and i'm -- i'm actually very happy that the president is coming tomorrow because i think we need this time. i think we need sort of a healing moment. we'll take care of the -- i have no

because they come back from war and they see a doctor about ptsd.e away guns from somebody who's taking antianxiety medication. that's called precrime. there's no knew process to, therefore, take away -- and i'll tell you something. this station should be up in arms about it because the fourth amendment is supposed to be a liberal -- >> mr. ward, one second. thank you. i just want julian to interrupt. thank you, mr. ward. >> let's get into the -- let's get into the basic arguments that the gun merchants and surrogates are making. they're saying the background check legislation on capitol hill is unconstitutional. if that is the case, larry, why haven't the gun merchants and surrogates challenged constitutionally the existing background check system? they haven't because they know they'll lose. the second argument they're making is that we have that the legislation will impinge on the right to self-defense. we have 30,000 gun-related homicides every year. of that 30,000, only 250 of those are committed in self-defense. less than 1%. 99% of the gun ho

. >> ptsd is not just about the patients it's about their families as well. we work with them from the beginning. there is no, as far as i know, any magic bullets to prevent this. but we need to, again, it's a process and evolves over time and it's something, again, that people need not to forget about that it's something that can be with these patients forever. >> now, hospitals differ with the descriptions of the shrapnel coming out of the bombing victims. massachusetts general, bringman's women's both say they're removing ball bearings and nails from the patients. boston medical and tusc medical center describe bits random metal and debris things picked up from the environment. all of that being pulled out of the bombing victims, bill. >> bill: tomorrow is going to be another emotional day. what are the plans as we understand them tonight, mike for the presidents visit at that church behind you? >> well, the president will come here to the cathedral of the holy cross just about 11:00. he will be accompanied by the first lady. it will be an interfaith servi

build up, that is what jodi arias suffered from domestic abuse and she had memory loss because of ptsdat will be the bulk of their rebuttal case. then we expect a couple of other witnesses will be re-called. >> that on day 48 of the jodi arias murder trial, now a full three days past when the judge said it would be over. ted and beth, thanks to both of you. really appreciate it. >>> so things that some of us did that got us into the principal's office are now sending our kids straight to criminal court. so what's changed, when we come. low t treatment. m axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased risk of p

and he's been treated for ptsd. when he came back from his last tour and i asked him, i go, are you going to need treatment again, he goes, probably. but they dove right in there and i mean, it wasn't just firefighters. there were 100 cops around down there and frankly, a lot of the cops who ran in there first were women because a lot of the women from the district 4 police station were stationed there at the finish line and i saw two of them walking down newberry street yesterday and i knew one of the girls and i said, how are you doing? she goes, i'm fine, i'm fine, but i really worry about those kids because they saw things that no one should see. but i was almost in tears watching what they did because whatever forces of evil and darkness led somebody to put bombs there and hurt people -- >> can i interrupt you for one second? janua janet napolitano is talking about boston! continue to urge the american public to remain vigilant and report signs of suspicious activity to local law enforcement. we thank the peopl

the bill's namer battled for 20 years to collect benefits for her ptsd. me with ruth more and the executive director of the servicewomen's action network. welcome to all of you. congresswoman let me ask you, what's the state of play of the bill? i know there were hearings on the senate side, that senator gillenbrand conducted. you have held these hearings on the house side. what has to happen next to get the ruth moore act passed by congress? >> well, we're very enthusiastic about this bill. senator tester as a companion bill in the senate and just this week we had a hearing in front of the veteran subcommittee, i think it got a very favorable response. chairman miller, the actual chair was there and they're planning to have a mark-up of it soon and we're just working on our goal to negotiate the language to get it through the place we want and we have high hopes for this moving forward. the congress's level of awareness of what should not be an issue that our military patriots have to face, has been raised tremendously over the last couple of years. and