on march 12, he received his crisis intake, positive screens for posttraumatic stress disorder. at the time, he was ordered the cognitive therapy group therapy, the veteran group therapy. he attended on march 20. indeed there is a third medical record in his veterans administration record on the morning of march 31, that famous day when, at 10:30, he pulled out of a parking lot on the california side, a very confusing area, lots of construction going on. he had just come off that on-ramp earlier in the day. as he pulled left and made a sharp left back onto the on ramp, thinking it was headed north to san diego. in a few hundred feet, a blind curve into a barricaded mexican customs lane. there was no way to turn around at that time. in fact, there was no signage at the border at the time. with no visible signage indicating how to turn around and with no u.s. presence at the border, andrew purposefully stopped at the first mexican official and said i got lost, made a wrong turn, and am here by mistake. i have all of my possessions including three legally purchased firearms. can yo

he suffered from posttraumatic after crossing the border. he served two tours of duty and was honorably discharged. witnesses at the hearing included a former talk show host. >> this subcommittee will come to order. we would like limit the opening statements. members will then be given ample time to ask questions and for a second me we will do estions, so. i would like to start by present ing myself and my opening statements. without the ction the members of subcommittee can submit their i now yield record. myself as much time as i need the opening remarks. marine sergeant andrew tahmooressi was in mexico. i would like to thank everyone who came out, is a busy time during election season, and the fact many members came back this is a extremely important issue that we want to resolve as quickly as possible. tahmooressi has been advocate for ong her son. montel williams, it is a pleasure to have you speaking behalf of andrew. finally, marine sgt. buchanan, the bottom of our hearts we appreciate your service and the fact that you are here of yo

on march 12, he received his crisis intake, positive screens for posttraumatic stress disorder. thehe time he was ordered cognitive therapy group therapy, the veteran group therapy. he attended on march 20. indeed there is a third medical record in his veterans administration record on the morning of march 31, that famous day when, at 10:30, he pulled theof a parking lot on telephone inside, a very confusing area, lots of construction going on. he had just come off of that ran earlier in the day. as he pulled left and made a sharp left back onto the on ramp, thinking it was headed north to san diego. in a few hundred feet, a blind curve into a barricaded mexican customs lane. there was no way to turn around at that time. in fact, there was no signage at the border at the time. with no visible signage indicating how to turn around and with no u.s. presence at the border, andrew purposefully stopped at the first mexican official and said i got lost, made a wrong turn, and am here by mistake. i have all of my possessions including three legally purchased firearms. can you bring me

what were you served in, whether they called it shellshocked or battle yards orr the thousand posttraumaticess, the unseen wounds of war are just as real as any other. they can hurt just as much, if not more. we are reminded that none of you have made this journey alone. a wife or husband, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, neighbors day,riends, who day after year after year, have been there lifting you up, pushing you further, rooting you on. like the caregiver who said, i love him for who he was in his heart and he still have that. today we salute all of your families. finally, we see our wounded veterans are defined by what you can do. -- in iraq, her humvee was hit and she suffered burns and broken bones and lost her right arm. she struggled physically and emotionally. with the help of her fellow wounded warriors, she came to focus on what she still had. today, what she has, is the respect of her fellow veterans who she mentors, a business of her own, one that hires veterans and a beautiful six-month-old son. picture now graces us memorial and we are honored

many on the applications from easing traumatic memories of child abuse to healing the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder. >> it might be possible to take out some of the aspects of the memory that are the most unpleasant by having the person be able to recall the memory but not experience the emotion and the fear associated with it. >> this research could ultimately lead to innovative treatments for cognitive disorders like alzheimer's disease to help those people recover memories they've lost. >>> new tonight, halloween for kids in camden. >> that's right. "eyewitness news" at yorkship square for a celebration organized by the camden county police force. now, the kids turned out in their halloween finest. they had a costume contest, enjoyed some face painterring and they got to play games with the officers who patrol their neighborhoods. >> and we love seeing all these costumes. we'd love to see what you're up to for this halloween. tweet us your photos of yourself, your kids, your pet, maybe your home's halloween decorations. use the hashtag cbs3 halloween. you could see those photos r

after years of suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, elliott decided that now was the time to public about the pat tillman case. >> you were firing in that same location. >> yeah. >> if someone came out with evidence right now that said lo and behold, the other guy's bullet, would that change thinking? >> no, i still fire there had. i still made that choice. all of us felt a level of responsibility. >> elliott is now working as a legal advocate for veterans who have suffered trauma during their time in the military. >>> actor stephen collins may not be tried. there are multiple reports he will not be prosecuted for child molestation charges because of the amount of time that's passed since the alleged crime. audio surfaced last week in which the 67-year-old confessed to three straight incidents including molesting or exposing himself to young girls back in the 1970s and '80s. >>> to keene, new hampshire, take a look. mayhem. police had to fire tear gas at a large group of people who were throwing bottles, overturning dumpsters and a car. there are reports that at least a dozen

he suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder after three tours of duty in iraq.hey are finding out about another security breach, which happened two weeks ago when he was in atlanta at the cdc. the person was riding with the president and they found out he was armed after they questioned him and after he refused to stop taking photos of the president in the elevator. they are supposed to screen anybody and anybody with a gun needs special clearance. >>> they can save some tough grilling looking into the security breach at the white house. several members of congress told julia peer son they have -- pearson they had lost confidence in her ability to do the job. they asked how they were able to make it so far. >> we are all outragesed out this incident came to pass and that's why i have asked for a full review. it is off kraus mistakes were made -- obvious mistakes were made. >> i wish to god you protected the white house like you protected your reputation here today. >> they say secret service agents should have shot him. >>> and we need to get you where you need

he suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder after three tours in iraq. we are also finding out about another security breach involving president barack obama. this one happened two weeks ago when he was at atlanta with the cdc. he road in the elevator with a company expected felon and that man was a security contractor. they only found out he was armed after they questioned him when he refused to stop taking questions in the elevator. if anybody has a fun, they need special clearance. they lost their confidence in her to do her job. >> we all want to know how this incident came to pass and that's why i have asked for a full review, it is obvious, it is obvious mistakes were made. >> i wish to god you protected the white house like you are protecting your reputation today. >> these does not agree with lawmakers who say secret service agents should have shot gonzalez. >>> a particular group of people targeted for what they are wearing, coming up at 5:30 the thieves they are going after in the south bay. >>> but first targeted for tickets, you may be shocke

the marines case has frustrated many lawmakers in part as he has posttraumatic stress disorder, which is difficult to treat in mexico. during a hearing on capitol hill today, today the man's mother cried as she read some of the letters her son has sent her. mom, i'm not going to make it through the night. whatever you do, do not come down here to investigate. do not come down here to ask questions. you will be killed as well. >> u.s. lawmakers said mexico's attorney general will release a marine after receiving proof of his ptsd. the lawmakers said they have sent medical information in recent days. >> now to an ongoing controversy around here, the team may not be so hot lately, but the debate over the redskins name still is. >> the fcc is now considering whether to ban the word redskins from being used anywhere on the airwaves after a local college professor filed a complaint about it. the professor's complaint to the fcc is aimed at one of the radio stations, a station up for license renewal. wordn't use that offensive unnecessarily and repeatedly. >> developer faster's complaint to

a former marine with posttraumatic stress disorder says bicyclist gives him a chance to clear his head. >> it helps out with my anxiety, frustrations, anger and a way to meet people. i am not a friendly type. >> the ride it recovery program supports physical and psychological rehabilitation programs for injured veterans. >>> a powerful typhoon moving through asian killed a u.s. airman in japan. >> and a big victory for firefighters. the progress they are making on the massive king fire. >> the giants are back home after their playoff win. hear from fans who woke up early togreet the team -- to greet the team as we gear up for a home playoff game tomorrow. >>> the drive. hammered to deep right field and that one is gone. >> the giants fans could watch that over and over again. last night's game winning home run by brandon belt in the 18 18th inning. the longest post season game in major league baseball history and tonight they are back home getting ready for game three against the nationals. ktvu's allie rasmus spoke to giants fans eager to see their team win it all. >> exhausted after

we could easily be discussing why an iraqi veteran possibly suffering through posttraumatic stress disorder armed with only a pocket knife was shot dead on the north wall -- not -- north lawn. the secret service, split second decisions made will thoroughly be examined, procedure debated, training altered and in the end, the secret service will learn valuable lessons as they have been doing throughout their history of protecting the president and his family. this is an agency that will never been reluctant to read team incidents, those of high consequences and those of less importance. to find opportunities for improvement in the way it conducts business and the way it trains people in the tools it uses to accomplish the mission. remains high that this aspect remains as strong today as it has ever been. agency will learn valuable lessons i can apply immediately to improve security at the white house and other settings. i would urge the committee to keep in mind when examining any incidents that the broader context in which the secret service operates is not one that is valued on security alo

not in office, but i am so concerned about our veterans who have posttraumatic stress, and i think that this is a promising new therapy. as a doctor i have studied it. so i had actually started a support network for them so that they can continue this crucial work in the pilot project and make sure that we have effective therapies for this enormous suffering. i talk about this project. i encounter veterans who say i know what you are talking about because i have ptsd. >> moderator: we are going to move on. you have both touched on this. this question is for you. that bill was eventually -- there was a deal, but it took more than two years and there were fights on both sides. the main focus was about food stamp funding. an leyna there were billions of dollars, less than a conservative republican sen. so would you have voted in favor of the final agreement, and do you believe that food stamps should be part at all or perhaps should we take food stamps out to back. >> having served hudson valley i know how crucial family farms are. we have tremendous local sources , wholesome, healthy food

foster is clearly still in a case of posttraumatic shock. i have never before seen an accused person as devastated and remorseful as he is. he has had therapy, initially, apparently, from someone connected to his church, but since may 2010, from a clinical psychologist to whom he was referred by his legal representative, closed quote. a few months after this incident, that's the incident in the foster matter, the woman resigned from her work because she felt she could no longer live and work in the place where her grandson had died so horribly. she felt he had died like an animal. i again quote from the courts. she rejected offers of help and a possible trust fund to set up -- i'll have to rephrase that. she rejected offers of help and a possible trust fund set up to help her or to educate members of the family, and she asked that nothing of the sort be done. she's in great emotional pain at present, and said that she thought that her pain would never end, closed quote. in imposing sentence, the court found that, i quote, a court should stri

presented with acute stress reaction, subsequently he was diagnosed with prominent symptoms of posttraumatictress disorder as well as depression. on many occasions the sessions had to be rescheduled because the accused was too emotionally drained to commence with therapy. dr. hobsonbeck wanted the court to take into account the following in sentencing the accuse accused, the accused had lost his love relationship with a deceased, he had lost his moral and professional reputation. he had lost his friends and he had lost his career. mr m.j. is a probation officer in the employ of the correctional services department. he compiled a report in terms of section 276 capital a, 1a of the criminal procedure act, 51 of 1977, and recommended that this court consider correctional supervision as a sentence option in terms of section 2761h of the criminal procedure act. if such a sentence were to be imposed the accused would be placed under house arrest for the duration of his sentence which is three year imprisonment -- sorry, i rephrase this. if such a sentence were to be imposed, the accused would be p

we could easily be setting here today discussing why an iraq veteran possibly suffering through posttraumaticess disorder armed with only a pocket knife was shot dead on the north lawn. >> reporter: pamela brown, cnn, washington. >>> olympic swimmer michael phelps is apologizing to his fans following his arrest for driving under the influence. phelps was charged tuesday in maryland. he was also cited for crossing double lane lines and excessive speed. police say he was going 84 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone. phelps pled guilty in a previous dui case back in 2004. >>> the national football league admits one of its officials got it wrong by penalizing a player for an end zone celebration. it happened to kansas city chiefs player hussein abdullah. a devout muslim, he slid to his knees in prayer after returning an interception for a touchdown monday night. that drew a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct but on tuesday, the league said no player should be penalized for a religious celebration. abdullah didn't seem too bothered by the controversy but on twitter pointed out that christian players

after years of suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, elliott decided that now is the time toblic about the pat tillman case. >> you were both firing in that same location. >> yeah. >> if someone came out with the evidence right now that said lo and behold, it was the other guy's bullet, not yours, would that change anything? >> no, because i still fired there. i still made that choice. all of us felt a level of responsibility. >> elliott is now working as a legal advocate for veterans who have suffered trauma during their time in the military. >>> there are some changes coming to the way philadelphia police handle marijuana cases in the city. nbc 10's monique braxton is live at police headquarters to explain. monique? >> reporter: rosemary, a new marijuana law takes effect in the city after midnight tonight. we'll talk about the penalties and the punishment after the break. ♪ with the card accepted by 90% of doctors in the philadelphia region you have the freedom to relish right now. independence blue cross. live fearless. i'm robert de niro and new york is my home. it's the

the marine veteran suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder n court his attorney rested his case yesterdaynk the, violations will result, incurred by mexican customs will result in the exclusion of key items of evidence, such as the guns, the vehicle and the ammo, and i think we'll get a ruling based on that. eric: his plight has caused anger and outrage across the country. he said he made a wrong turn at night, mistakenly crossing the border with legally registered guns in his truck. look at the crossing, way it looks like now. he said it did not look like that when he made the turn. it has a much larger and visible sign. shannon: overseas now as u.s.-led airstrikes pound isis targets in iraq and syria, there is word militants are advancing. they're reportedly closing in on the town of kobani, an area under assault for the last few weeks. it sits right on the border with turkey. now as turkish soldiers and tanks take up a position along the border there its parliament is taking up a motion that could authorize military incursions into syria and iraq against isis. joining us now, jillian t

we could easily be setting here today discussing why an iraq veteran possibly suffering through posttraumatics disordered armed with only a pocket knife was shot dead on the north lawn. >> reporter: pamela brown, cnn, washington. >>> a new typhoon has formed in the western pacific and will threaten japan in the coming day. meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking this and joins us with more. ivan, good to see you. japan dealing with its volcano, right, and the recovery efforts still ongoing there. could this impact that at all or is this just too far off? >> this storm, errol, good to see you, in fact, is headed right up towards the volcano here and now we're togging about 96 to 120 hours. four to five days out so we're hoping and thinking is that they would have recovered everyone by then and they would have completed that because if the track holds as we see it right now this is going right up towards central japan so we have a few days to get through this and the models are still not locked in on what we'll do. this is our new typhoon phanfone getting its act together in the western pacific

we could easily be discussing why an iraqi veteran possibly suffering through posttraumatic stress disorder armed with only a pocket knife was shot dead on the north wall -- not -- north lawn. the secret service, split second decisions made will thoroughly be examined, procedure debated, training altered and in the end, the secret service will learn valuable lessons as they have been doing throughout their history of protecting the president and his family. this is an agency that will never been reluctant to read team incidents, those of high consequences and those of less importance. to find opportunities for improvement in the way it conducts business and the way it trains people in the tools it uses to accomplish the mission. my confidence remains high that this aspect remains as strong today as it has ever been. i know the agency will learn valuable lessons i can apply immediately to improve security at the white house and other settings. i would urge the committee to keep in mind when examining any incidents that the broader context in which the secret service operates is not one that

this prison has been worse than both combat situations and he will have to be treated as combat posttraumatic stress disorder and also incarceration ptsd. this is an abomination. six months, he didn't hesitate to go off and serve. how dare we as a nation hesitate to get that young man back. we say here in the city and we discuss sending more young people off to die. i have a son is 21 years old who has asked me over and over again, should i serve? and right now, i am telling him no. that is coming from a guy who did 22 years in the service. but no. because our government doesn't respect you enough. and how dare they treat him the way that they have in the way that they will. the incident of andrew tamooressi was clearly triggered by ptsd, when he made that turn in mexico he made a decision to leave and when he got in his car, he was probably already triggered and so some of you understand, i suffer from ms and i have scars on my brain that are synonymous with concussive brain injury. so some of the symptoms i'm talking about a symptoms the pilot through on a daily basis and sometimes depressi

is a father and a mother who have to ill children and i know a lot of us who have suffered from posttraumatic stress don't like to use that term. but if we use it appropriately and use of the right way, it can be treated. it is an illness. i would beg the president make that call. if that can't happen, i would beg that maybe this committee, we issue a joint statement to the president in mexico and say the world is watching. it's time for you to act. >> thank you all very much. the chair recognizes the full chairman of the committee. >> i want to go to sergeant buchanan. i think all of us are hopeful your friend andrew will be back here soon, but what advice would you give him and us on how to best approach his ptsd treatment? that questionsk of mr. heck since he is a veteran and works regularly with those who have gone through what andrew has gone through. >> thank you for your question. he needs to be with his brothers . the guys who trained with them, deployed with them, know what he is going through. it doesn't matter what rent or what your job was, we've all warned the uniform. readjustin

firearms, get, he was severely mentally ill in the military psychiatrist reportedly traded him for posttraumaticress disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. mr. chairman, i hate to even what could have happened been carrying a gun instead of a knife when he burst inside the white house. that possibility is extremely unsettling. today our workspaces to challenges. first, the secret service has not yet completed the internal view. i understand the director will provide us with a status update but the final results are not yet in. second, some of the information is classified so we cannot yet discuss it in public. the very last thing we want to do is give people like gonzalez a roadmap for how to attack the president or other officials protected by the secret service. the director sent a letter friday not only offering to testify today in the public setting but also to provide all of us with a classified briefing. the chairman has agreed to hold the classified session in a separate room directly after this hearing concludes. let me close on making the final point. is not a democratic issue. this is no

billion, over 40,000 160 beds,f that war, thousands injured, and thousands suffer fromo now posttraumatic stress. is that mission accomplished? in this case, at the beginning, the afghan mission few dozended a soldiers. and 29 days ago, the insisted that canadian -- canada was only a noncombat mission with only a few dozen soldiers. again, they had their doubts. canadians had their doubts. the only ally of the prime minister was the liberal party, which unreservedly supported a mission that, without a doubt, was going to lead us to where we are today. >> the only ally of the prime minister's plan to begin a theay mission in iraq was liberal party, even though there wasn't a shadow of a doubt that whereould lead us exactly we are today. troops aret canadian committed, conservatives are telling us the mission will be expanded. strikes, refueling capabilities, aerial surveillance, and now the prime is specifically opening the door to bombing in syria, from mission creep to mission leap. the united states has been in for over ten years. they have been fighting isis, another, fore or over ten

psychiatric nurses, 300,000 women and men coming home from afghanistan with posttraumatic post traumatic stress and the tremendous brain injury. salary, even i thousand dollars. and it can be an internship on the job while you are working as a registered nurse. advanced manufacturing. you guys at the commerce of the chamber know this better than anybody. the need for 100,000 jobs going unfilled right now, right this minute in the united states of america -- the companies that have returned that have but have never left and are expanding. and high school manufacturing. some require bachelors degree, very few, but most of them just require training, but somewhere between three months and six months. the company in michigan built a facility out there and needed a thousand employees. found out they couldn't find people with photovoltaic technology to operate the machines into giving something to do with solar shingles. as with a federal grant, they teamed up with local community college, brought in their managers, their machines come off the factory floor into the community college and creat