but from exposure to bomb blasts dr ann mckee chief of neuro pathology with the boston university told the media quote the blast injury causes a tremendous sort of ricochet or whip blast injury to the brain inside the skull and that's what gives rise to the same chain changes we see in football players as we see in military veterans and so. this raises the $1000000.00 question to me if traumatic brain injury can be gotten from the exposure to bomb blasts which is sadly pretty unavoidable even in training you know soldiers are subject to bomb blasts which you know are we essentially sentencing our soldiers through brain injury and c.t.e. even if they just simply serve even if they never see a combat zone i mean sadly yes i mean the problem is when you sign up and i hate to say this because it hurts my heart even to think about this but when you sign up you are putting your life at a certain amount of risk and obviously you think of that as a war zone but training is dangerous and frankly if you look at the helmets that these soldiers wear those are not intended to prevent a brain injury

you mentioned another one of my favorites, anne mckee at the v.a.loping our understanding about the damage that concussions do, or another team at the v.a. that's responsible for bringing down the time that it takes to get benefits to veterans from two months to literally six minutes. it's just a great array of very important work that touch americans in so many important ways, and this is the opportunity to say thank you. >> and you just announced the finalists. so what's next? >> we will continue to celebrate them. interestingly enough, there are very few opportunities actually to recognize federal employees. only about half of federal employees think their good work is recognized. this week is public service recognition week. we are doing our best to celebrate them. well will have an event on the hill on thursday where we bring a bunch of people again to tell their stories and we're going out not just out to the folks here in washington, people we're honoring actually represent federal employees from over about 20 different states. it's not well

memory of the murdered journalist lyra mckee, who was shot dead by dissident republicans during rioting in derry last month. the walkers began theirjourney outside st anne'ser a mugger held a knife to a young child's throat and then robbed his grandmother. the incident happened in normanby, middlesbrough, between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. the victim, in her 40s, was taking her 19—month—old grandson for a walk. the suspect is described as aged 20—25 years old, around 6 feet tall, with a medium build and short black hair. he was wearing a black tracksuit and gold nike trainers. anyone who might have seen a man matching this description should contact police. the number of migrants arriving in the uk on small boats this month has reached 1110. that is higher than the figure in december, when the home secretary, sajid javid, declared a major incident. eight migrants decribing themselves as iranian and afghan were picked up in the channel today by border force officials and taken to dover for health checks and questioning. the troubled retail giant arcadia is to close twice as many stores as it had said it would earlier this week. the group, which own brands such as

memory of the murdered journalist lyra mckee, was shot dead by dissident republicans during rioting in derry last month. the walkers began theirjourney outside st anne'sm a house in sheffield — have now been released from hospital. two teenage boys died following an incident at the address in the shiregreen area yesterday. a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder. corinne wheatley has more. well, there's still a police presence here in this part of sheffield today. two officers remain standing guard outside the property where these six children were found yesterday. all day, people have been stopping by with bunches of flowers, cards, balloons, messages of condolence, as the local community tries to come to terms with what's happened here. now, we know the emergency services were called at about half past seven yesterday morning to reports of a concern for safety. six children were taken to hospital and it was confirmed yesterday that the two eldest — boys aged 13 and 14 — had died. we now know that the four other children, including a seven—month—old baby, have been released from hospital. none of the children involved in yesterday

memory of the murdered journalist lyra mckee, was shot dead by dissident republicans during rioting in derry last month. the walkers began theirjourney outside st anne'sfuneral was held. the march is due to finish on monday. president trump and the first lady melania have arrived injapan this morning for the start of a four—day state visit. mr trump will be the first foreign leader to meetjapan‘s new emperor and he's also presenting a trophy at a sumo wrestling tournament. 0ur correspondent in japan hywel griffith looks ahead to his visit. this is a trip really tailor—made for president trump. we will see him tomorrow playing golf, we know that's one of his favourite pastimes, later on a trip to sumo wrestling. we know that he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states, a different type, but he'll be there with a front row seat in an important competition in tokyo. and all those pictures of him will be projecting a sort of close friendship with the prime minister shinzo abe. the two men have been close in meeting and speaking over the phone a0 times you are told since president trump came to power the phone a0 times we are told since president tr