society of the walter reed hospital, how much?esn't remember the precise figure, but told cnn that the donation wasn't much. ashleigh, we went back to the walter reed society and asked them. the not much was a few hundred dollars from all that trump vodka sales. we do expect a full accounting from the january fundraiser we are told, although we've been told this many times, it's going to happen on memorial day. right now, cnn can only firm about half of that $6 million total has been taken in and given out to veterans charities. ash leelleigh ashleigh? >> and we're still working on the million dollars. drew griffin, thank you for that. do appreciate it. and thank you, everyone, for watching "legal view." it's been nice to have you with us. wolf starts and you can tweet me at cnn ashleigh anytime. see you tomorrow. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 10:00 a.m. in anaheim, california, 1:00 p.m. here in washington and 8:00 p.m. in raqqa, syria. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. up firs

we've been crossing paths at walter reed for many, many years.d of spending a lot of time there around the same time back in '03. and to be able to kind of come together and sell his story to a national audience, representative of so many vietnam veterans and their stories is a real privilege. it's just -- that's going to be one of the highlights for me. but we have joe doing a story about anzio and alten who was a gold medal winner. trace adkins, alfie, the national symphony orchestra. just another fantastic concert. >> thank you for your decade's long commitment to our troops. jack, thank you for your service. we thank you both. >> you can catch the full event tonight on pbs at 8:00 eastern. for more information on how you can help the men and women in uniform, go to the website at the bottom of your screen. >>> still to come, you're looking live now at rolling thunder, the stage where donald trump is expected to speak just a little while from now. we'll bring you his address live when he takes the stage. ♪ thank you. imagine if the things you

we've probably flown in and out of that region. >> first i was in walter reed.nd my family was there. >> reporter: igor had no doubt, having loved ones at his side helped him recover. >> you have the moral support that you need that encourages you to get out of bed. encourages you to do your physical exercises. encourages you to look forward to the future. >> you don't have the worry of, am i going to be able to? will i be there for him? >> the organization also partners with other nonprofits to help provide discounted accommodations, meals and entertainment for the families of wounded warriors. andrea mccarren, wusa 9. >> luke's wings also help veterans in hospice care, so they may be surrounded by loved ones as they transition. for more information on luke's wings, check out our wusa 9news app. and if you have frequent flyer miles on delta, you can even donate them to the organization. >>> why instagram pictures of an actress's backside are stirring up some controversy. >> get ready. and two adagencies fight it out. a friendly battle. using post-it notes. >>>

army first lieutenant megan van campen, a nurse at walter reed reflects on those who fought and died in that war. wile her work days are spent carrying for those wounded in the conflict of today. >> it is a honor to take care of the nation's heroes. >> she hopes that the significance of memorial day is never drowned out by pool parties and bar cues. >> some people don't understand. they don't understand the country we live in and the freedoms we have. >> today across america we honor those who died in other places. >> men and women had to fight and believe in something deeper then this is a pronowned moment. you can tem they leave here feeling it and understanding it better. let you know the meaning of what memorial day is about. in washington, jeff goldberg. jonathan: it's great to see people learning about that. thank you. at the arlington national cemetery, president obama spent the final memorial day as commander in chief with a call to action. he said the nation's actions must extend beyond this single calendar day. president obama: for truly remembering and truly honoring the f

. >> my wife and i were at walter reed, we were going through wounded warrior. >> family inspire me theyo committed to their future and their goals and taking care of their families. >> women are a growing force. department project that women will make up 15% of the total veteran population in the next 20 years. >> general julia kently paved the way fox 5 bob barner travel to her virginia home to unlock her story.

he was in the military 21 years so he was able first thing to go to walter reed to get all the medication he needs to keep him alive. coming up on abc7 news at 11:00, you will hear more about mr. jordan's past and the hard fight he has had to stay alive and to start a business and his hope to find jay korff, abc7 news. jonathan: let's hope they find that. jay, thank you. look at the video from the d.c. police. you can see two men break out the glass door of the yogurt shop on 12th street in northwest washington last monday morning. second later racing through the office to grab what looks like lock boxes or computers and then they are gone. if you recognize the men, let d.c. crime stoppers know. you can gets up to $1,000 reward and remain anonymous in the process. maureen: significant changes are recommended to improve student safety in prince george's county. task force issued recommendation. it was formed after the arrest of school aide deonte carraway on charges of videotaping a dozen students performing sex acts as sylvania woods elementary school. >> it is the responsibility of adult

one of their young doctors went down to walter reed, and he observed some wounded warriors who had genitaluries, and this group does hand transplants and thought, we really should do something for these people. there are over 1,300 wounded larriors with these kind of genital injuries and in addition to that, about 2,000 men a year have cancer of the penis. and that may or may not end up with injury to the penis. >> pelley: what do you know about this patient? n. well, the patient's name is thomas manning. he's 64 years old from massachusetts. and he lost his penis as part of f eatment for cancer of the penis he developed in 2012. now ever since that, he's been telling his doctors, is there anything you can do? and if there is anything you can do at all, i want to be part of it. .nd he's doing very, very well. in fact, it was a 15-hour surgery, more than 30 doctors were involved, and the surgeons i spoke to said they expect him to leave the hospital some time next week. >> pelley: this has been done successfully one other time in south africa. dr. jon lapook, thank you, jon. well, winter ma

and the museum moved in 1968 from its now former location on the national mall to walter reed army medicalenter in washington, d.c., where it was housed for years before moving to silver spring, where we are today. the museum today is a museum of 25 million objects. we are inside our civil war medicine exhibit here at the national museum of health and medicine and starting our visit in front of the skull here of an individual from a particularly renowned african-american regular meant, stood up in 1863. we don't even know the name of this person, but he was a soldier with the 54th massachusetts. called up in boston and took various different actions before arisk at the battlefield of wagner in july of 1863 and this soldier would have been with the 54th when they made their initial assault on the evening of july 18, 1863. but you can see that this soldier died instantly from a cannon shot from a 12-pound howitzer fired by confederate forces and was killed on the battlefield. his remains were there and stayed there, weren't buried properly and recovered some 10, 12 years after the war and wh

in 1968 fromved its now former location on the national mall to walter reed army medical center in washington, d.c. where it was house for about 30 years before moving to its new home in silver spring where we are today. museum today is a museum of 25 million objects. most of those are in five major collections. collection,of the the court of the 25 million objects is in civil war medicine. that is where we are about to start today. come along. >> we are inside the civil war and we arehibit starting our exhibit in front of the school of an individual from a particular african-american regiment, stood up in 1863. we don't need to know the name of this person, but he was ace -- a soldier with the 54th massachusetts, called up in boston, and took various beforent actions arriving at the battle of battery wagner in july of 1863. this soldier would have been with the 54th when they made their initial assault on the evening of july 18, 1863. you can see this soldier died instantly from a cannon shot from a 12 pound howitzer, fired by confederate forces marshaled inside every wagner. was killed on t

. >> i woke up a week and a half later at walter reed.that's when, uh, you start tryin' to piece together what just happened and stuff. and that was the first time i found out that my legs were gone. immediately, you could see the fear in his eyes and -- and the recognition of what was truly happening. >> jesse's recovery went on and on. he had 65 surgeries. as things would happen during his recovery, jesse connected with a childhood friend, ashley. >> she was there for me through everything. >> they would end up getting married in 2013. but the surgeries kept coming. life, well, it wasn't easy. then jesse, through his friends, heard about an organization called building homes for heroes. this great organization is building homes for disabled veterans all over the country, providing them an opportunity to be able to own a home free of mortgage so that they know that they're safe, and their families are protected. it was started by a long island businessman, andy pujol. >> i said to some friends, "why don't we build one home for a severely

. >>> so many american soldiers come back froanm front lines ani pass through the halls of walter reeditalrer in bethesda from the psychological >> fox5 photojournalist doug wilks takes us behind the lensde to see the facility dogs in action. >> ♪ >> these are our dogs thatre come and see the patients on aee weekly basis. these dogs mean a lot to the patients.pati it's kind of out of the norm thm and so he a lot of -- every-- e time i went to the hospital il never saw a dog, so it was very nice and comforting andfort kind of makes you forget aboutut why you're at the hospital and i it really treats them mental.men it's a great thing for these patients. >> come here, buddy. b >> this is a high stress areasts for our patients. they can come in, they're being screened for possible >> it's been four years. y they were a tremendous supportms to get me through that time. they sense that something isomhs wrong, that you need thatu need comfort and support and like she's laying right herela h against my leg, like i'm here. it's okay. >> come here, bonnie. b come here archie . >> [laughter]ught

and the unanimous answer, i have had the same experience at walter reed and i am sure you have, as well. the inevitable answer is i want to go back and join my unit. and eric would say, well, after you leave the service what do you want to do? they would say i want to coach back home or become a teacher or firefighter, whatever. and in the course of talking to these kids eric came up with a killer sentence. he said thank you for your service. we still need you. i live my life in regret that i didn't come up with that sentence and wasn't able to say it to the generation of vietnam veterans who were never told it. eric went on to start an organization called the mission continues which gave six month public service fellowships to wounded veterans. and there have been academic studies that have been done now that show that helping others is a really wonderful way to treat post traumatic stress, that it actually works. and the other thing i would say is this, that the act of service is a very important, crucial part of democracy. it's something that we have kind of lost track of in this cou

. >> at walter reed there are the wound and those recovering. >> mary is the longest serving red cosolunteer in world. >> i'm going to give you a plant. jonathan: she is 91 and she has been since a teenager. >> i'm a hugger and people person. jonathan: she pushes the comfort cart from room to room. but it's the comfort part that only she can offer. >> i have to hug them. they need it. >> she is doing all right. >> good. this is what she wants to hear. >> she had open heart surgery. >> my husband had it and lived for many years afterwards. he was old. she is not. >> she met her husband in her rounds on world war ii. a young soldier who lost his leg captured her heart. >> a good looking guy. nice hazel eyes. >> married 62 years. he died ten years ago from a heart attack. >> i do miss him every day. i really do. he was special. just a special guy. >> she met him providing comfort. without do what she loves. >> you are in a good place and you will get better. >> with me coming out of surgery yesterday to see a smiling face it means a lot. >> everyone she has seen, touched or hug for the

. >> a month out of walter reed. >> pat owns the jet. flies it. use us it to recruit veterans.> the cool guys with a cool airplane. they take a wounded marine out for a wide. i was awesome. >> ill was more than that. they gave him a scholarship to get the pilot license. studied hard and got both. >> he is extremely self-motivated. credit has to go to him. jonathan: he may be missing a leg and a thumb but he found his future. career doing what he loves. >> one thing i would like to say to other combat veterans going through a tough time keep pushing through the pain. we are brothers and we are here for you. >> now he can be a mechanic. in the interview he said i don't want to be millionaire. i want a small piece of property. i want a family. now he has a good job. he is moving to tennessee because he found a woman, a girlfriend. it's all going his way. we thank him for his service and sacrifice. if you know someone to salute at abc7. let me know. live in fairfax, i'm jonathan elias. back to you. >> we can tell. it will get louder. >> the officer didn't expect what came next. >>

he died at walter reed. >> it wasn't until 2013 the department of defense allowed them to be included in the national vietnam veterans memorial. >> teared up. >> reporter: now they join the 646 other veterans whose service is honored right here at home. >> i was thrilled. he was a soldier to the core. i'm sure he is up there smiling he finally made it on the wall. >> reporter: tomorrow there will be an official unveiling of the names right here at 12:30. this will take place rain or shine. >>> tap on the nbc 10 app for help making your memorial day plans. we will take about cancellations or changes to local events. check the forecast and get traffic alerts. >>> a young rodeo performer from central pennsylvania died when he was thrown from his horse at a show in south jersey. authorities say the horse then trampled the 19-year-old in front of thousands of spectators. it happened last night. this is cell phone video of his ride moments before he was tossed from the horse. we froze the video before he fell to the ground. paramedics rushed the teenager to the hospital where he died from h

. >> we have groups that come from walter reed. >> reporter: right next door, another litter of puppiesst 24 hours old. >> it's beautiful. i mean, it's life. so it never gets old. puppies never get old. there are eight golden retriever puppies. the future service dogs will go to puppy parents, who will socialize and train fem authority first two years of their lives. then they'll return for about six of advanced training. >> i am looking for a certain amount of mellowness. >> after that, matched to wounded warrior and be matched to post traumatic stress for mobility. >> there are so many opportunities to volunteer. you can be a puppy raiser, like i am. you can be a puppy petter, or help out at events. for more information, just check out our wusa 9news app. in brookeville, andrea mccarren, wusa 9. >> i love those stories and if you are a veteran and you're interested in a service dog of your own, you can also find that information on our wusa 9news app. >>> so yet another redskins player cashing in. we'll tell you who and how much, on the way in sports. >>> but right after the break. a

you have to go bite national institute of health and walter reed hospital. while he was there in the parking lot, he shot a woman, two men came up to assist and he shot them, too. what does that tell him about the motive? >> in this case, my gut instinct it could be a carjacking if it is not him and two men assisted the woman and the carjacker ended up shooting the individuals. the question is, if it is him? what is the motive in shooting these people? >> he had the car. and i imagined he hopped in the car and went to another outdoor mall and he shot and killed a woman, what could that motive be about? >> that's a good question. this could be the guy just went insane and just on a shooting spree. but those questions of motives can only be answered once the ballistic tests are made. we may find out it is a coincidence when they had a shooting from one suspect other than him. it remains to be be scene. >> this man 62 years old. a officer under homeland security. what can that entail? >> they are security around all of our federal buildings. i notice he has can

he was treated at the national intrepid center of excellence, which is at walter reed which treats servicebers who suffer from post-traumatic stressis brain injury. and he use the labyrinth there as a form of healing. >> a lot of different reasons for it. >> yeah. >> the national cathedral is spotlighted in your film. >> yes. >> let's take a look and listen to what they say. >> our mission is to be a spiritual home for the nation. and a labyrinth is really meditation practice that anyone can enter and engage with and find meaning in. >> now, your film is going to premiere soon, tell us about that. >> yes, i'm very excited. the film will premiere on tuesday may 31st a:00st at 7:30. at washington national cathedral. and it's free and open to the public. and there will be a labyrinth walk prior to the 7:30 p.m. screening at 6:30 p.m. it's part of the cathedral's monthly labyrinth walk open to the public. >> so better get there early, huh? >> that's right. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> looking for a labyrinth to go and walk. >> wonderful. thank you. >> all ri

if you're trying to get a it aing coming out of let's say walter reed national military medical centerto atlanta where some bureaucrat who probably never served a minute in the military will give them a rating there. is simple solution to what is happening in the va what mr. mcdonald ought to do, every time there is person who retires or gets fired, which is not enough of that, hire vets first. veterans will take care of each other. veterans care one another. harris: excellent point. >> i got hurt in kurdistan. i came back and government of the united states issued me a new knee. spent one night in the hospital. spent half a day getting preop and out of the hospital the next day with perfectly new, wonderful, government issued knee. i can't get that looked after because it is experimental. i know dozens of guys with prosthetic limbs which the scientist is tremendous today, yet they can't get it fixed in the va system because they don't have it. >> wow. >> the real problem in the va there is not enough veterans. all mcdonald, you can't say, eeo people will eat you alive. can't only say

. >>> this week a team of scientists at the walter reed army institute of research made an alarming discoverydrug resistant gene that turns bacteria into, quote, superbugs. it was found in a sample from a pennsylvania woman seen here. the mutant e. coli strain was ultimately treatable with antibiotics. but scientists are concerned that this gene will spread to untreatable forms of bacteria creating a completely drug resistant superbug or superbugs. joining me now is dr. ezekiel manu manuel. doctor, thanks for meeting with us today. zeke, what is this gene? >> so this gene is resistant to the sort of last resort antibiotic, which is actually a very old antibiotic. and that's what has everyone scared because we thought this antibiotic was still good. there wasn't a resistant gene out there. and that's the scary part. and if we get that resistant gene with a few other resistant genes that are already in bacteria, that is the superbug. >> okay. so this gene attaches itself to other things and makes these other things superbug like. the numbers we have from the cdc, 2 million people infected with

i have been in walter reed. he pulls his shirt up and shows his car.e said the two state troopers looked at him and shook their heads and said, can you get home? , escortingis wingmen him all the way home. that's just the way it was. these guys did go through hell. they are very proud to have served. thank you. massachusetts in on the line for all others. do you know someone who served in vietnam? boston, wee in marched in the streets to protest the vietnam war back in the 1960's and 1970's. today, vietnam veterans who are members of veterans for peace and that they are not allowed to march in the other veterans. they have tried, they gone to court, it's disgraceful how they've been treated. end ofd to march at the the parade behind the street sweepers. host: what is veterans for peace? caller: it is a national , veterans who are in favor of peace. this group is named after general butler who is famous for saying "war is a racket." which i've always believed. these people deserve so much better than they are getting, it is absolutely outrageous, the en

. >> reporter: the navy corpsman spent the next four years as a patient at walter reed where he receivedheart, met president obama, and endured 14 surgeries to save his leg before requesting a 15th to remove it. how hard was that decision? >> it wasn't very hard for me. i knew it right away. where i am at bethesda, there's a lot of traffic. most people going t salvage do not have good quality of life. you can either keep your limb and be in pain and you can't ever do what you wanted to do in life or you can get the amputation and get your life back. >> reporter: the first step to getting his life back meant hitting the gym. within a year he entered the warrior games a competition among u.s. military personnel who endured injury. prince harry was there, too. the warrior games inspired the prince to create the internationally focused invictus games in 2014. after its london debut two years ago and a lopsided medal count in favor of the u.k., the games have come to the united states where team usa is looking to turn things around just like max rohn who now spends 20 hours a week training at

they sent it to the walter reed army medical center.hey found that it had the dna to be resistant to one of the last-resort antibiotics. it's the last last resort antibiotic to show resistance in the united states. it had happened to china, but here it's the first case. she's going to be fine, but it mean the last piece to the puzzle is here on our homeland in the united states. we have to be aware. it's a wake-up call for all of us to question whether we need antibiotics, and also for the government to really push these new things in the pipeline to help us. >> now the word is she didn't travel, so to raises two questions -- how did she get it >> you're right. we don't know how she got it. whether it came from food or she picked it up from somebody else. she clearly didn't travel over the last several months. is it contagious? well, this kind of restones bacteria is a -- resistance to bacteria is a piece of dna separate from chromosomes and can spread to other bacteria. we are worried about it. they have tested many other samples, and

who had a urinary tract infection that had strange resistance to antibiotics so they sent it to walter reedical center. there they found it had the dna to be resistant to one of the antibiotics. the last to show resistance in the united states. it had happened in china but here this is the first case. she is responsive to other antibiotics and she's going to be fine. what it means is the last piece of the puzzle is here on our homeland in the united states so we have to be aware. it's a wakeup call for all of us to question whether we need antibiotics and also for the government to really push these new things in the pipeline to help us. >> now, the word is she didn't travel so it raises two questions. how did she gets it and how contagious is it? >> you're right, gayle. we don't know how she got it, whether it came from food or she picked it up from somebody else. she clearly didn't travel over the last several months. is it contagious? this kind of resistance in the bacteria is a piece of dna separate from its chrome some so it actually can spread to other bacteria. so we are worried abou

for instance, in the top military hospital in afghanistan the afghan equivalent of walter reed there was so much corruption that wounded soldiers starved to death because they could not pay bribes to the hospital staff for food. "washington post" had a great story a couple weeks ago about how the afghan army doesn't have boots because they're so corrupt in their contracting that the boots they get fall apart the first time soldiers wear them. i mean, we've simply fizzled this away and we've made afghan a more corrupt place because of it. >> paul is calling from arizona. an independent caller. you're on the air. >> caller: good morning. i would like james to maybe address the subject of terrorism didn't start in a vacuum. the creation of the hate of our way of life was due to our own actions. and now we're spending, like he says, $4 trillion here already fighting something that is an idea and a reaction to our past policies. >> mr. bovard. >> that's an excellent point. there are, if you look back at 9/11, osama bin laden said there were three primary reasons for it. one of which was u

well, it's called the freedom team, and what i have had the honor of doing since 2004 is going to walter reederans who were recently disabled and inviting them to join achilles and to prepare for a marathon, and, you know, if you've been hurt, it's a wonderful, wonderful thing to think that at some point in the near future you're going to be getting into shape and you're going to be running marathons, and what we're doing is we're introducing many of these athletes to achievement, getting them back to doing things that they were great at before they were wounded. >> some local veterans plan to hold their own news conference right after mr. trump's, and they're going to complain that veterans organizations are being used as political props. would you -- i mean, how would you characterize this? >> as far as we're concerned, it's absolutely totally untrue. donald has met with our soldiers long before he started thinking about running for president, and what he's done is he's inspired these soldiers. it's like the greatest days of their life to meet him and to talk with him, and they bond. >> do

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in the top military hospital in afghanistan, the afghan equivalent of walter reed there is so much corruption that wounded soldiers starved to death because they cannot pay. bribes to the hospital staff for food. washington post had a great story few weeks weeks ago about how the afghan army does not have boots because they are so corrupt and their contracting that the boots they get developer the first time the soldiers wear them. we have made afghan a more corrupt place because of it. >> host: we have a color from arizona, an independent color. >> caller: good morning. i would like james to a dress the subject of terrorism did not start in a vacuum, the creation of the hate of our way of life was due to our own actions, and now we are spending like he says $4 trillion already fighting something that is an idea and a reaction to our past policies. >> guest: that's an excellent point. if you you look back at nine oh/11 they said there's three primary reasons, one was three stations in the holy land in saudi arabia. another one was the embargo on iraq, another one was the u.s. support of israe

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