on the ground in reality, women have been fighting in combat in iraq and afghanistan for 10 years. >> host: was there a typical experience for women in iraq and afghanistan for american soldiers? >> guest: tardis atypical because it really does vary depending on the year they were serving, where they were serving, and who they were serving life. but the stories i did hear were the most common surgeries -- common stories, one of isolation. many women served -- there were a very small number of other women. i have talked to women who are the only ones serving with 60 men. the isolation of serving like that can be a lot of problems, from harassment and loneliness to sexual assault and rape. and i did hear a great deal one of those tories than i expected when i started my research. >> host: that seems to be a common theme in "the lonely soldier." who is this person on the cover? >> guest: she is a career sergeant. she has been in the military 22 years by the time she was deployed in iraq. she was a sergeant and had been a drill sergeant as well. she had also served in honduras and that ho

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player who has revealed he has a mental disorder and another who served military duty in both iraq and afghanistanry duty in iraq and afghanistan. let's check in now with pablo. there is a new cover with lebron james on the cover, so it's good to see you. good to see you here. can we talk about this guy? his name is royce white. he's the first nba prospect to ever publicly say he is a mental illness. >> it's a big, big deal. there's been no nba prospect to be so forthcoming like this and with the the nba draft, there's millions of dollars on the line. the name of the game is to hide your flaws, but he said he has generalized anxiety disorder and severe fear of flying. two big red flags to nba teams and the fact the rockets took number 16 is a huge step forward and big legacy already in a very young career. >> it's interesting because when you see high profile people, hear of them, celebrities who have issued that are every day folks have, it can change the stigma or lack of or ease the stigma when it comes to that particular disorder. >> and sports, don, is the worst. it's so tough. there's only b

iraq and extended benefits. of the g.i. bill to afghanistan and iraq vets.oes the president have a shot of making strides with young vets? patrick murphy is a former congressman from pennsylvania. warren is the former of massachusetts. both are iraq war veterans. mayor, why in spite of the poll numbers, do you think there's ground here to be made up by president obama? >> well, this president has done an outstanding job in his commitment to veterans. as you mentioned, as the tax cuts that he's offered to encourage businesses to hire veterans, the challenge he made last summer in 2011 for private sector to hire veterans has resulted in 60,000 jobs for veterans and military families. he's extended g.i. bill for members of the iraq and afghanistan war. historic measures in place where veterans can take advantage of in-state college tuition for free. this is a president who understands the commitment that's been made by those in uniform that have come home and the fact we have to make sure that there is a ladder for them when they do get home and there are real

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disabled veterans almost finished with its cross-country bike ride. 14 vets on oned in vietnam, iraq and afghanistan start -- wounded in vietnam, iraq and afghanistan started off in san francisco making their way to the finish line in 7 beach. the sea to shining sea -- in virginia beach. the sea to shining sea ride is meant to encourage all vets and other disabled people to never get up. >> it's been an awesome blessing and great challenge. >> the riders' route today took them past arlington national cemetery and on to the mount vernon trail. now you have the news edge. of course, the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. as always, we thank you for staying up late with us. back here tomorrow. hope you will be, too. have a great night.   >> fox 5 news isn't over. go to www.myfoxdc.com now for news, weather and entertainment updates. fox 5 news is washington's best news on air and online at www.myfoxdc.com brought to you by verizon 4g lte. parents this year i'm going to teach your kids that magic does exist. it's called science! here's what they'll need. ♪ pencils, folders, notebooks. ♪ ♪

as many as 1 in 3 soldiers returning from iraq or afghanistan suffers from traumatic brain injury, severeepression, substance abuse or ptsd. >> i was dealing with other people that weren't so nice. >> is that weird for you to hear? >> uncomfortable, actually. >> what happens when you hear a noise like that? >> it startles me a little bit. i know it's a truck. >> you see it everywhere you look. ex-soldiers like robert are desperate for steady care and housing. i was stunned about a piece of property set aside for this purpose, veterans for long term housing, literally across the street from the v.a. hospital. the story here actually dates back all the way to the 1880s. back then, the government wanted to create facilities for aging veterans of the civil war. former senator john p. jones and his friend, a glamorous heiress decided to donate all this land. back then, it was mostly ranch land. but today, just a few miles from the pacific ocean, it is some of the most valuable real estate in all of north america. >> it was solely an act of good will, an act of trying to take care of the vetera

some of you fought recently in iraq or afghanistan.ers are old enough to have marched by orders of franklin roosevelt. whatever your age, whether you are republican or democrat, whenever you served, there is one thing you have in common -- you answered the call of your country, in a time of war. whenever america has been tested, you stepped forward. you come from our farms, our great cities, our small towns and quiet neighborhoods. many of you have known of violence so that your neighbors could know peace. it is an honor to address you today. [applause] our veterans are part of a proud tradition that stretches back to the battlefield of lexington and concord. now to places like kandahar. our men and women have added proud achievements to their service and president obama appointed some of them yesterday in his speech. anytime our military accomplishes a vital mission, it is a proud moment for our nation. but we owe our veterans and military more than an accounting of our successes. they deserve a fair and frank assessment of the whole

not. >> we told the the results of our investigation, and it immediately banned export to iraq and afghanistannow after a long and complex vesks, jim has been charged. >> he will face six charges under the fraud act of 2006. three counts of halves under his control a device under fraud, and three counts of manufacturing a device knowing it was designed to be used in a fraud. >> he will appear in court on thursday. "bbc news." >> it has been almost since months since the costa concordia ran aground and 32 people died. today the captain of the wrecked cruise liner apologized and asked for forgiveness. in his first full television interview, he said he had been distracted by a phone call when the vast ship struck a reef off an italian island, and that he thinks constantly about the victims of the disaster. matthew price reports. >> it still lies stricken, the rusting reminder of a the -- reminder of the failures of a captain and his officers. now the man in charge of the costa concordia that night has finally said he is sorry. >> when there's an extent, it is not just the ship that is identified,

the riders are wounded warriors from iraq, afghanistan and vietnam. their goal is to motivate wounded veterans and disabled people across america. >> it's an awesome blessing, kind of like going back to boot camp, getting to know people and becoming friends and brothers. and it's a great challenge. >> this is the second group to do a cross-country ride. the first trek was done two years ago. good for them. >>> still to come on 9news now, barning large soft drinks in america's largest cities. we're -- banning large soft drinks in america's largest cities. we're going to tell you about the attempt to ban sugary drinks in new york. g >>> welcome back. new york city health officials are holding hearings today on mayor michael bloomberg's controversial ban to ban sales of large sugary drinks. he wants to prevent sales of soft drinks over 16 ounces in size. supporters say the move will help reduce obesity. that's a problem they say costs the city billions of dollars a year in health care costs. critics say the measure is misguided and an unfair limit on con

. >>> he served in iraq and afghanistan and gone since 2010.but jose morillo is back home and getting a hero's welcome. >> we are live at the airport with his homecoming. >> janine? >> reporter: it took place in the last 20 minutes. the patriot guard riders were here on hand to welcome sergeant first class jose marillo, also here was his excited wife. >> he had just come home from back to back deployments. the first in iraq and in afghanistan. >> he had been away from home for three years. they gave him a hero's welcome and saluted him as he walked through the terminal with a big smile on his face. >> first time i kept it low key. i knew she had something planned. didn't know what. but it is god to see her again. >> it is really exciting. >> really nice. we about the married before he left. this is really exciting for us. we have a lot of plans. and going to visit family. >> ate trot guard riders will escort him and they are flying american flags and welcome signs have been hung out to greet him. he is in the army reserves and tell us that he i

he now serve as deputy of policy director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. i am pleased to have him here in this program and i thank you, you were coming up from washington you were on a bus. the bus broke down so you couldn't join us for the original conversation but you were able to get here so i thank you. >> thank you for having me charlie i appreciate it. >> rose: tell me, you obviously know because you're involved in this, because you're of the military. what's going on? >> well it's a serious situation, charlie. right now we are dealing with record suicide numbers. not just in the army but also across the military. and those are the known numbers. what's unknown are the veteran population. we are estimating 18 commit suicide a day bebut we don't know because we have no way of tracking veterans in the country. >> rose: if you go through what some of these veterans have gone through and i say it obviously has a possibility of having a searing impact on you. you see things you never imagined you would see. what do we know about the impact. what does it d

kucinich will be joining us to talk about everything from auditing the fed and taxes and jobs to afghanistan and iraq so where are the priorities of our democratic leadership and what trail are we leaving behind a broad. of the young turks joins us to talk about live or breaking up the banks and the disclose act every step of the way seems like corruption as lining the path was all of that and more feeder night including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media decided to miss. well if you're working for any of the cable networks today basically the only thing we're talking about is mitt romney's epic fail that's right to get people abroad in england specifically to like him. britain is about one man and it's not about me it's mitt romney mitt romney is in diplomatic damage control mode this morning after series of olympic sized gaffes on the first full day of his overseas trip when romney question london's readiness for the summer games it wasn't just david cameron firing back who invited party pooper romney that's just one of the headlines here today another reads mi

afghanistan. we went against the international kennedy and iraq. shouldn't have done. should have said too bad, we can go into iraq. america would've been better off. you can make a lot of arguments that, in fact, not taking a leadership would've been much better for america in the last 10 years, if we listen to the international committee we wouldn't have to trillion dollars worth of expenses that turned out to be not so good for america. so there are other reasons for arguing to stay out. let me wind down by saying, i was very strong for staying out. i have begun, and many of my closest syrian friends, even alawite friends, have begun to say this is terrible, what's happening. he's a loser, he's lost, he's going to lose but he's destroying the country to look at many refugees there are. outside the country but internally they are hundreds of thousands today. those lives are being destroyed but it's going to be very hard to put them back together again. the damage to the cities, to the downs, to the people, is immense and it's going to get worse. and russia and iran a

afghanistan after 9/11 and fascinating reading. samuel claimant, the obama administration's policies as far as what they are doing in iraq and afghanistan and how their policies are being pursued. shows a side of the president which indicates his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. the hunt for bin laden which is starting now, details the ten year manhattan for bin laden which ended very successfully west may when he was killed. and dr. sidney jackson who was a witness has a book called battle for the soul of islam which is american muslim's attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al qaeda and islamic extremism.

the other 1% of our nation have with worn the cloth of our country in iraq or afghanistan. as a candidate, of course she's going to have to talk about it a little bit. but i know tammy, i have seen her on the stump, i have seen her in front of crowds and she actually downplays her service to our country. her heroic service to our country. so for joe walsh to try and bring in people like john mccain and let me tell you something, the difference here is, is that when people attack john mccain like myself, i have a facebook page, someone wrote a comment that attacked john mccain, john mccain is an american hero, no one ever questioned his serve. for people like joe walsh to question tammy duckworth or anyone who put their lives in harm's way and he has attacked her service, multiple times, this isn't something that just happened it's a disgrace. that's why john soltss and i, veterans and republicans across the country are calling for joe walsh to resign from congress. that's how egregious what he's doing is. >> mr. soltss, seems to me, that military service used to be sacrosan

for many soldiers returning from iraq and afghanistan making that transition is a challenge. fred and mack flew together in the air force. >> blood brothers threw and through. we've seen a lot. >> surviving a rocket fire ambush of their aircraft over baghdad in 2006. >> the airplane was put into a pretty uncontrollable situation and fortunately my buddy here was able to recover the airplane. >> six years later they are working together on wall street trading securities for drexel hamilton. out of the war zone they trained with wall street war fighters foundation, a nonprofit helping in the move from a military career to finance. drexel is one of several companies working with the war fighters to hire disabled vets. >> you know what, this suit right here is camouflage. >> ben downing heard about the program while undergoing physical therapy. he was injured in iraq during his time for the national guard. since january he's been a vp of capital markets. >> i had no experience in financial services other than going to my atm machine but i had a desire to do it. >> in 2011 there w

what you see is that the neo con vision after nine eleven which is to go it alone make war in afghanistan iraq and then move on to regime change in syria and iran and so on it doesn't work out the way the you know wanted to instead what they've done is they've strengthened iran strengthened china and so on the world is in a shambles so towards the second half of bush's term his second term actually there's a shift there's a shift away from this unilateralist position to more multilateralist positions and betrayers the patriots document doctrine is all about winning hearts and minds and so on and really that's what obama takes over pretty much into in terms of his foreign policy and so he comes on the stage as someone who's going to rehabilitate the image of the united states which has been badly damaged around the world right you remember even allies were you know in europe were eliminated because they were called old europe and so on and so you obama is elected with the blessing of the ruling elite to actually rehabilitate this image and how does he do this this is where liberal islamophobia