so a little brief history about ptsd. ptsd has been termed and coined many different terms, shell-shocked, battle fatigue and vietnam syndrome and in the late '80s, several elements are unique to the veteran population. so saying all right, look at the post traumatic stress disorder and in regardss to the civilian population how different is that from what the military and what the veterans experiencing combat experiencing? and paralleling those with mental health conditions and mental health diagnoses. it's necessary in order to seek specific types of treatment in regard to post traumatic stress disorder. but for the rest of the presentation, i will drop the d to reduce the stigma around the disorder. one of the things that we offer associate with post-traumatic stress is combat and that is the unique experience that veterans bring and the unique experience that makes post-traumatic stress in veterans different and unique to the population. also saying that that population is requires specific types of treatment that are

not alone estimating 20% of the veterans returning from iraq and afghanistan will have symptoms of ptsd's a group including antioch's ty carter. almost everyone left with a deep twound hearts and minds. >> carter's acknowledged he struggles with ptsd. >> it's important. >> dr. keith armstrong says carter being hailed as a hero might intensify symptoms. >> it might bring up why, you know, why did i survive? and some folks didn't make it. >>> a man who detrade his country could be the first to be executed in more than 50 years. the trial got underway today in texas a jury found hasan guilty, the deadliest mass shooting ever on a u.s. military installation. hasan is still acting as his own attorney. >> a former private investigator serving time for corruption testified against an office year accused of assisting with phony drunk driving stingz. and prosecutors accused him of helping christopher butler set up drunk driving busts. clients were women qog through proceedings who wanted to gain an advantage over husbands. >> two people intrn arrested for what pleers calling a revenge robbery. t

almost everyone left with a deep twoun hearts and minds. >> carter's acknowlged he struggles with ptsds important. >> dr. keith armstrg says carter being hailed as a hero might intensify symptoms. >> it might bring up why, you know, why did i survive? 5u >>> a man who detrade his country could be the first to be executed in more than 50 years. the trial g underway today in tas a jury found hasan guilty, the deadliest mass shooting ever on a u.s. military installation. hasan is sill acting as his own attorney. >> a foer private investigator serving time for corruption testified against an office year accused of assisting with phony drunk driving stingz. and procutors accused hi of helping christopher butler set up drunk driving busts. clients were women qog through proceedings who wanted to gain an advantage over husbands. >> two people intr arrested for what pleers calling a revenge robbery. the 24-year-old charged wit stealing $20,000 last week. he worked at the store and knew the combination. police say he wore a mask but spoke to his exboss before the heist. also ken into custody a

i'm looking to check on my claim for my ptsd. about 2 in 10 have ptsd, a little bit more for major depression. and it goes up from there. in fact, bipolar is roughly 3 in 10. your iu claim is a new claim and it's been issued 2 weeks ago? we first look for the physical disabilities. and many times, a physical disability is the cause of a mental disability. all i had to do was sit home and, you know, try and recuperate and i, and i went into a depression. once we can get them treatment for the mental disorder, then we can control their substance abuse. and that is what we look for when we tell them to seek treatment at a va facility. since all of dav's natioanl service officers are disabled veterans, we have a connection with the veteran who sits across the table with us. and we are able to get them to relax a little bit more and give us a little bit more information about their mental health conditions and the symptoms that they have with it and how they are treating those symptoms. when a veteran comes in and they have got this b

ptsd,me in, agent orange, it meant a lot more claims.espite additional resources, it has resulted in longer waits. that has been on accountable. i'm inseparable to me, unacceptable to secretary shin vai, sweep of more of our folks as claims processors. we hired more claims processors as well. we have been working overtime, completing more than one million claims a year. we prioritize the oldest claims, veterans at the dav have pitched as well, helping get claims ready so that when they bring them there in better shape than they can move a little quicker. today i can report that we are not where we need to be, but we are making progress. we're making progress. [applause] so after years when the backlog kept growing, finally the backlog is shrinking. in the last five months alone, it is down nearly 20%. we are turning the tide. and we're not going to let up until we eliminate the backlog once and for all home and we will keep moving ahead with paperless systems for the backlog -- so the backlog does not come back and so your claims are pro

it is all of the eterans in the system who came in agent orange, ptsd, it meant more claims. resources, it's been longer rates and that's been unacceptable. president soto the we put more folks hiring as processes. we have them working overtime, 1 million more than claims a year. prior titz veteran claims. rae ready, they're in better shape and can move quicker. today we're not where we need to we're making progress. we are making progress. so after years when the backlog finally, the backlog is shrinking. alone, we're nth down more than 20%. we're turning the tide. we're not going to let up until eliminate the backlog once and for all and we'll keep ahead with paperless systems so the backlog doesn't come back and your claims are the first time on time. after years of military service, you shouldn't have to wait for benefits you've earned. to defend ou fought our rights and freedoms, we need to uphold the dignity and rights veteran. that starts by keeping up our campaign to end homelessness among veterans. we're not just bringing the off of the streets, reach peopleore to th

the organization's founder says it's vital they reunite or wilson's ptsd col become bizarre. >> unioncity are looking for a man they say exposed himself in front of a mom and her three daughters inside a busy burger king last month. he's described as a white male in his 50s approximately 6 feet tall, 200 pounds. he's been seen wearing that tan hat with the chinstrap and wearing eyeglasses. police say he may have been involved in another similar incident in the bay area. >> we now know more about the person shot and killed at a san jose vietnamese monday night. the victim is 36-year-old chin win. they say the san jose resident was inside it the thoong hon bar when he and the other two men were shot. no arrested have been made. his death is the city's 31st homicide this year. >> happening now, the rim fire still raging year yosemite national park threatening thousands of structures. richard sharp from kcra is live with the very latest for us. >> the main road into yosemite, highway 120 from the north, is closed tonight. you can see over my shoulder here and forest service has upgraded t

field with soldiers and marines and service members with ptsd is trying to give them a narrative to- their time overseas and giving them a narrative while they're still overseas before they come home, it kind of helps them, i don't know if process is the right word, but is that something important for somebody -- a child that has undergone a trauma to come up with a narrative that -- i mean, it doesn't make sense, but at least give some sort of explanation in their own mind? >> anderson, that's such a great observation. again, it's so case specific. but for some people processing ptsd, doing it this way, developing this narrative so soon can be helpful. for some, it cannot be. some people need to be quiet and sit with it and not talk about it. but you're absolutely right. for this individual child, this may be what exactly what she needed, to give it a sense of control and some sort of a story. >> this is obviously something you write about in the book. just for parents out there whose child has undergone any kind of traumatic thing. obviously, not something to this degree, but what

who came in, agent orange, ptsd, it meant a lot more claims. despite additional resources, it has resulted in longer waits. that has been on accountable. unacceptable to me, unacceptable to secretary shinseki, sweep of more of our va folks as claims processors. we hired more claims processors as well. we have been working overtime, completing more than one million claims a year. we prioritize the oldest claims. veterans at the dav have pitched as well, helping get claims ready so that when they bring them there in better shape than they can move a little quicker. today i can report that we are not where we need to be, but we are making progress. we're making progress. so after years when the backlog kept growing, finally the backlog is shrinking. in the last five months alone, it is down nearly 20%. we are turning the tide. and we're not going to let up until we eliminate the backlog once and for all home and we will keep moving ahead with paperless systems so the backlog does not come back and so your claims are processed right the first time.

will know. >> one in five vet transserving in iraq skpaf began stan struggle with symptoms of ptsd.s for joining us for abc 7 news at 5:00. >> thank you. governor brown offers praise and support to thousands of firefighters trying to contain the massive blaze near yosemite. we're wlif a look at hope found on the front lines today. >> i'm sandhya pat yes. i'll have the current conditions there, warnings and new concerns coming up. >> and a psychiatrist betraying trust of clients. learn the price he will pay. >> firefighters finally able to make some gain on that sierra wildfire burning nearly out of control 10 days now. >> fire now 15% contained after losing ground last week. the governor went today to check out the fire firsthand promising support for the response and saluted the nearly 3700 firefighters on the ground and in the air. >> fema approved aid spending to help ease costs of the response. so far costing more than $20 million. >> fire has become 13th largest on record in california history. it's already largest ever in the sierra, wildfire now grown to 150,000 acres and des

if we don't get lobo back, it will be another loss that jeff has experienced, which will cause the ptsdto become more severe and he's going to beat himself up and we are at risk of losing jeff. >> reporter: mary says that's not an exaggeration and illustrates the bond between jeff and lobo. so they will continue their search. the mailman is pitching in. anything, they say, to find the pooch helping heal the scars that jeff still carries inside. there are three other service dogs involved in this search. they are lobo's friends. we're live in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> police are looking for someone who shot and killed a teenager late last night. it happened on emmett way near the university village shopping center at 10:00 at night. a 19-year-old man was slumped in the driver's seat of a parked car. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. this is the city's third homicide this morninth. >>> the waters at stinson beach will be reopened. the same day a small fin whale washed up on the beach and died. signs warned people to stay out of the water for the ne

and he suffers from ptsd, and the talks about hoping to take away the lingering sigma that ptsd has and the hero label. >> we all train the same. we all do the same thing and we all fought extremely hard and brave that day, and for me to be put up like that, it's very uncomfortable. >> carter is now just ones of 78 living recipients of the medal of honor, and five from the war in afghanistan. elite company. trace? >> trace: he is a great one. dan springer, live in seattle. thank you. >>> switching gears now. donald trump is fighting back against claims his trump university was a scam. new york's attorney general filed the $40 million lawsuit on saturday. among the claims, the university encouraged students to take expensive and mostly useless seminars and that it failed to deliver promised apprenticeships. trump argues the students gave the experience a high approval rating and the attorney general is targeting him, suggesting the ag made the decision only after meeting with president obama. >> i'm not a very paranoid person but when this lightweight attorney joan, who is not respected

know that a soldier or veteran suffering from ptsd is one of the most passionate dedicated men or women will ever mee meet. >> know that they are not damaged. simply hurting when living when others did not. know that they, we, are not defeated. never days feeted. we are resilient and will emerge stronger over time. >> 50th anniversary of the historic march on washington in 1963 is coming up on wednesday. as the day approaches people who were there at the time are lacking back and sharing an experience that they say changed their lives. before carolyn tyler has their storie stories. the berkeley dining room table full of information. she takes into bay area class rooms but perhaps better than book about the march on washington is her personal experience. >> it was amazing to see so many people and black people and white people all together all dressed up as if they were going to church. >> took these pictures of that historic day 50 years ago. there she is 22-year-old chicago college student. now retired school teacher the she still gets emotional when she reminisce about his this day an

women are more likely to experience ptsd and especially more complex ptsd when they have trauma. >> howld zit play itself? >> there's immediate onset and delayed on-set. she might have nightmares and having recurring freshback of situation, emotional numbness as well as symptoms of depression and anxiety. those take a while to work through? >> we're talking months? >> we're talking probably years. twra traumas get reprocessed at different ages and when life events occur. she may have a trauma later on that brings this back with a fury later in life. >> we're wishing her the best. it's been an extraordinary week for her. only she knows what she's been through. it hasn't been conveyed and we can only imagined. erik fisher, thanks for coming in. >>> yankee third mays bbaseman recognizan rodriguez is to return to the game today but the team is docking his pay. next. lealong the jersey shore,g. coca-cola is partnering with local businesses and the seaside heights business improvement district to restore the historic boardwalk, welcoming beach lovers back with a refreshed and revitalized plac

he has a case of ptsd. now we have to intend -- a tent and eventual counseling sessions. confidentiality, we cannot show his face. his father was shot in front of him and died at hospital. his mother suffers from cancer. >> i used to get so angry. the psychologist taught me how to deep -- breathe deeply. she taught me a lot of things. cases go tore support groups with a psychologist. these teenaged girls are talking through their negative feelings and learning to tap to what could be an unsafe camp -- adapt to what could be an unsafe camp. >> the sessions keep us avoid getting upset inside and to withstand tough times. i feel like i am talking with my sisters. psychologists say it is crucial for children to express their feelings in order to get better. some of the kids painted this mural to illustrate what they went through. ofy showed sequence violence, killing, fleeing, and the struggle and a refugee camp. armed conflicts often called trauma for children and change the way they perceive themselves and the world. all of the children receiving services here have been cli

military personnel suffer from ptsd or depression.k that's a conservative estimate but even if it's not that would be 500,000. welcome back wolf blitzer from a much-deserved vacation. >> we're going to go in depth in our 6:00 hour, looking what the the obama administration is now planning on doing to deal with this -- it's a crisis in syria that's going on. we've got a lot of good guests and a lot of good analysis. i'm asking a key member of the armed services committee has been briefed on the options. >> wolf blitzer, thank you so much. see you in "the situation room" in just a few minutes. up next here, miley cyrus, twerking away those innocent memories of hannah montana. is all the supposed outrage over this a little bit sexist? when we come back. help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch o

he hopes to help urge other soldiers help for ptsd. >> please.ble wounds of war. know that a soldier or veteran suffering is one of the most dedicated, passionate people you will ever meet. >> staff sergeant clinton romisha received his at the white house ceremony earlier this year. >> a couple of amazing guys. a lot of men and women doing the job. they're all heroes, but talk about the best of the best right there. >>> awesome weather? >> some changes coming before we get to the holiday weekend. first, the low cloud cover, a little bit late to arrive. it will be there tomorrow morning, maybe getting the kids off to school. without the fog behind it right now. i want show you a pretty amazing picture from space. we have this huge fire burning from yosemite. can you see the smoke plumb literally from space. this is a nasa picture zooming down on the burn area. you can see the southerly wind pushing up to the north. it carried it all the way as far way from reno and tahoe. the microclimate forecast will take to you yosemite. now here's something th

. >> one of the things i read a couple of years ago about ptsd therapy that psychologists are doing iniers and marines and service members with ptsd is narrative to kind their time overseas. giving them a narrative even while they are still overseas before they come home it helps, i don't know if process is the right word, is that something that is important for somebody, for a child who's under gone a trauma to come up with a narrative -- i mean it doesn't make sense but gives some sort of explanation in their own mind? >> anderson, that is such a great observation. because again it is so case specific. but for some people p this way, developing this narrative so soon can be helpful. for some it cannot be. some people need to be quiet and sit with it and not talk about it. but you are absolutely right. for this individual child, this may be what she needed to do to give it some sort of, a sense of control an some sort of a story. >> this is obviously something you do in your work and write about it in the book. just for parents out there whose child has undergone any kind of traumatic

ptsd has beenir, round for a long time. was a good example of the vet that to help. now the young guys coming back, they need to help and you can see it in their faces. i mean, today the president talking to the marines out at camp pendleton. a couple of young men behind him, at certain points during thatpeech, you could see they had emotions that were related to ptsd. again, america needs to wake up hoorah, hoorah, but the cost of war as high. host: the video you are seeing is the president's speech in camp pendleton in california. after that, the president will be delivering the comments at the event three weeks from now monday, august 20 eighth event, 50th anniversary of the march on washington. the white house announcing today, the president will be part of that progress. they said in part that 50 years to the day after martin luther king gave his famous " i have a speech, president obama will take the same steps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. a brief statement today said onma will deliver remarks the ceremony at august 28. it is

among the survivallers i surviv, he was shot two times by hassan and lived with ptsd ever since. he said, quote, when i go to the pharmacy, they have all the chairs lined up. when i go in there i don't do well. the signs from the trauma of the shooting that happened four years ago still visible in the survivors and the heartbreaking stories of parents and spouses who lost their loved ones. >> heidi, this has got to be the other side that have double-edge sword. in one sense he has been awarded a fair trial. on the other sense prosecutors are very fearful of what he would have to say. >> that's true, del. but the thing is he's not really saying anything that might help his case. you know, from step one he has been condemning himself in a self-destructive pattern. what we do expect to hear from him in a couple of hours is what he's indicated before as his motive. he said that he found himself on the wrong side of the war, and that he was killing u.s. soldiers in order to protect the lives of muslim fighters in afghanistan. that argument never made it into evidence as a legal defens

he talked about how his military career was ended by those injuries, and even today with his ptsd, he't go into a pharmacy, because the chairs lined up in the waiting area take him right back to the day of the shooting. we also heard from a witness who talked about her young daughter who wanted to join the army to take down bin laden, her death is quote an irreparabler repressible void. del? >> heidi thank you very much. ♪ >>> well, a massive dust storm covered the city of phoenix on monday. winds from an approaching storm pushed the hazy brown cloud into the city. no one was injured but there are reports of downed power lines and trees. >>> to southern california now, where some of those areas are dealing with flash flooding. heavy rains dropping as much as two inches of rain per hour. a 77-year-old woman was killed on monday when her vehicle was caught in a flash flood. >>> our meteorologist dave warren is here to tell us about those stories and some crushing heat in the midwest. >> we will start with the heat in the midwest. the temperatures are well into the 90s, when you factor i

president obama hailed carter for his efforts to help others struggling with ptsd. >> look at this man. look at this soldier. look at this warrior. he's as tough as they come. >> reporter: and a true american hero. on and off the battlefield. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> more than 350 pit bulls have been rescued in what's being described as the second biggest raid on illegal dogfighting in u.s. history. after a three-year investigation, the fbi raided several suspected dogfighting compounds in multiple states across the southeast. hundreds of wounded and neglected dogs were found living in inhumane conditions. 12 people have been arrested in connection to the ring. they now face multiple charges ranging from dogfighting to gambling. >>> new school year brings a new start for children whose lives were forever changed on december 14th in newtown, connecticut. students from sandy hook elementary returned to the classroom today. they'll be at a different school in nearby monroe renamed just for them. the task force has approved a plan to demolish the original school and re

lobo helps him handle the ptsd he came home with. lobo has now been missing for a day and a half. jeff was out walking him yesterday when lobo took off. the army veteran says he is not going to stop looking for his buddy. >> she's my life line to the world. i have post traumatic stress disorder in the military. i served 14 years in the army. he helps me to be able to go places and be in crowds. >> reporter: lobo graduated from operation freedom paws, dogs that provide assistance to returning veterans. lobo himself was a shelter dog until freedom paws took him in. now, again, they have been together for about a year and a half, jeff wilson and lobo that is. we should mention that freedom paws does not know what might happen to jeff if they are unable to find lobo because he is his life line and not sure what he can do without his pooch. there is a reward for whoever finds lobo. we are live in north san jose, nbc bay area. >> thank you. >>> police in san jose interviewing a security guard who shot a suspected car burglar. it happened around 1:30 this morning. detectives say the secu

carter spoke after the ceremony about soldiers suffering with ptsd. >> know that they are not damaged. they are simply living when others did not. know that they, we, are not defeated. never defeated. we are resilient and will emerge stronger over time. >> we posted the full video of today's medal of honor on our website, kpix.com. >> the bay bridge will be closed for five days beginning wednesday night. what you can expect when it comes to traffic gridlock. >> graffiti is getting out of control. the new strategy the chp has to catch taggers in the act. >> and a close encounter captured on camera. why this kayaker says whales are a lot more graceful than they look. >> beautiful sunshine this afternoon. highs in the 80s. 71 for berkeley. 69 for heyward. coming up in weather, find out when close to the holiday weekend temperatures will fall by 5 to 7 degrees. that's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in less than 48 hours, traffic on the bay bridge won't be a problem, because there won't be any. it will shut down at 8:00 wednesday night and reopen the day after labor day. we have heard a lot

for our veterans for ptsd we made it sure you get the care you need regardless of the war you served in. for our women's veterans and their more of you than ever. [ applause ] we're offering for tailored care, more clinics just for women. more clinicians trained to treat you with respect and dignity. all told we've made v.a. health care available to more than two million veterans who didn't have it before. i've proposed for funding for prosthetics for our disabled vets to help you work and walk and run again and for you, the care givers and families, we're going to keep empowering you with the skills and support you need as you care for the veterans you love. [ applause ] we also need to keep improving mental health services. we have to end this epidemic of suicide among our veterans and troops. [ applause ] last year i said this had to be an all hands on deck approach, not just at d.o.d. and the v.a. but across our government. i issued an executive order to step up our game and we have. hiring more counselors, hiring more mental health providers, new awareness campaigns so those who

he now says he faces a daily fate against ptsd. >> l the faces of troops 8 plus one fallen soldier always in my thoughts. this is my deepest wound from combat. only those closest to me condition see the scars that come from seeing good men take their last breath. >>reporter: carter risked his life to save an injured soldier. he also resupplied colorado with am figures during intense gun battle against the taliban 4 years ago. >> simple photo taken of former marine and his wife has gone viral. inspiring thousands office people on line. here's the photo of jesse and kelly kochlingts vacation photo that jessie posted on facebook. thousands office people like it and shared it and left positive comment. the reason people are so suchd. jessie former marine would lost his leg dismantling explosive did he snris 2009 in afghanistan. he talked about the loss in documentary called coming home. pfg>iát::rq and key met in san diego recovering. they married last year. jessie says all the support is humbling. >> well man is fired from his job and takes revenge. up next. what he did to his boss that land

medal of honor ceremony, president obama hailed carter for his efforts to help others struggling with ptsd. >> look at this man. look at this soldier. look at this warrior. he is as tough as they come. >> reporter: and a true american hero, on and off the battlefield. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> in other news tonight, some weather news and a big super bowl prediction. that's got a lot of people talking tonight. it has nothing however to do with the teams in next february's game in new jersey. the new edition of the "farmers' almanac" says the coming winter is going to be colder than normal and a big snowstorm will hit the northeast around the time of the big game and right over the stadium where the giants and jets play, which has no roof. the almanac says its forecasts are right about 80% of the time. >>> when we come back, the performance that stunned the crowd and left the viewers wondering what exactly it was that they just witnessed. >>> our final story tonight is a long way from a time when walt disney reportedly asked annette funicello not to show her navel in all

so it was that many veterans of the vietnam war showed signs of ptsd after returning. almost 16 months of my life was spent in a jungle. i'd seen a base camp only two months, and that was a week here and a week there. the rest was living with bugs. now bugs bother me. loud noises--like my daughter screams, and that's it. i'm back, right back there again, because when you're into a flashback, you really don't have any feelings except the thoughts in your mind. it's like a videocassette in your head, and yohave no "off" button until your mind says "off." your heart starts pumping. your blood starts running. it's just like if you're walking across the street and you don't see a car coming, and he slams on the brakes and you get that "shoo" feeling. then--zip--from there you're off and running. it always comes back, like sound, smell, taste even. uh, it always brings back a little flash. it only lasts about a second to five seconds. sometimes it lasts longer when a helicopter goes by. i figure myself sitting at the gunner turret on a helicopter and letting loose, and what

he now says he faces a daily fate against ptsd. >> l the faces of troops 8 plus one fallen soldier alwayss is my deepest wound from combat. only those closest to me condition see the scars that come from seeing good men take their last breath. >>reporter: carter risked his life to save an injured soldier. he also resupplied colorado with am figures during intense gun battle against the taliban 4 years ago. >> simple photo taken of former marine and his wife has gone viral. inspiring thousands office people on line. here's the photo of jesse and kelly kochlingts vacation photo that jessie posted on facebook. thousands office people like it and shared it and left positive comment. the reason people are so suchd. jessie former marine would lost his leg dismantling explosive did he snris 2009 in afghanistan. he talked about the loss in documentary called coming home. pfg>iát::rq and key met in san diego recovering. they married last year. jessie says all the support is humbling. >> well man is fired from his job and takes revenge. up next. what he did to his boss that landed him in jail. >> a

>> defense attorney emma scanned lin quoted a chaplain who said he was a member of a ptsd support group. i am not asking you to set him free, she told the jury. i am asking you to confine him for life but to reserve that one piece of it for a later day that. one piece, the chance of parole. in his closing statement, the army prosecute called bales a cold-blooded killer who in a matter of hours wiped out generations. and he said there was only one appropriate sentence: a sentence reserved for the worst crimes and the worst criminals. >>> at the press conference after the sentencing, a 12 or 13-year-old boy was brought forward to show scars of bales' attacks, deep scars. his father said children in his country now run when they see americans coming. >> sending people to afghanistan or any other place for rebuilding, try to send the right people, not maniac s & p schios like that's. >> it was called disappointing but not surprising and said their win came when the death penalty was taken out of play. joint base lewis mccord, takoma, washington. >> 50 years after martin luther king's histor

he now says he faces a daily fate against ptsd. >> l the faces of troops 8 plus one fallen soldier always in my thoughts. this is my deepest wound from combat. only those closest to me condition see the scars that come from seeing good men take their last breath. >>reporter: carter risked his life to save an injured soldier. he also resupplied colorado with am figures during intense gun battle against the taliban 4 years ago. >> simple photo taken of former marine and his wife has gone viral. inspiring thousands office people on line. here's the photo of jesse and kelly kochlingts vacation photo that jessie posted on facebook. thousands office people like it and shared it and left positive comment. the reason people are so suchd. jessie former marine would lost his leg dismantling explosive did he snris 2009 in afghanistan. he talked about the loss in documentary called coming home. pfg>iát::rq and key met in san diego recovering. they married last year. jessie says all the support is humbling. >> well man is fired from his job and takes revenge. up next. what he did to his boss that land

we didn't have the diagnosis of ptsd after world war ii. hundreds of thousands millions of soldier who came home and suffered some experience in way we would now recognize. and yet it was not doged then. today they are better diagnosing it and better at destigmatize it. you have have terrific leaders. the top american general in africa. saying, look, i recognize i've got symptoms of ptsd, i need treatment when the general say that it allows private, sergeant, and lieutenant. say said i also need it. it won't be the end of my career and the end of respect for me. >> host: you're watching booktv on c-span2. this is in-depth program. rick atkinson is our guest. he's the last of his trilogy. came out last month. in that book, he writes -- this is from august 1944. the u.s. stock market tumbled in anticipation of peace and falling corporate profit. >> guest: this is after the success we finally have in normandy. the germans have bottled up the british and american and polish and canadian soldiers for weeks and weeks after the june 6 innovation.

carter spoke after the ceremony about soldiers suffering with ptsd. >> know that they are not damagedey are simply burdened with living when others did not. know that they -- we are not defeated. never defeated. we are resilient and will emerge stronger over time. >> amazing young man. we posted the full video of today's medal of honor ceremony at kpix.com. >>> the white house is moving toward a possible military strike in syria. the obama administration says there is little doubt the assad regime used chemical weapons against the syrian people. activists say poisonous gas killed hundreds last week. secretary of state john kerry said he watched video showing the victims suffering and vowed the u.s. will respond. >> make no mistake, president obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people. >> what you might see is some sort of action against a defined syrian military target one that would have enormous importance in terms of infrastructure, logistics. >> u.n. inspectors took sniper fire on

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argue self-defense, saying she fits the profile of maryland's of battered spouse syndrome and savard ptsdbecause of years of physical and psychological abuse from her husband. the defense attorney argued that jurors should consider the charge of voluntary manslaughter, rather than first- degree murder. he said there was no question that she lied, but what led -- but the issue was what led her to take the actions as she took up to that date. this was a woman suffering physical and psychological abuse, the actions of a woman at the end of her rope, a woman never allowed to exhale. >> of the jury must consider the charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and voluntary manslaughter. she is also charged with conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder along with a weapons violation. >> a late afternoon shooting near right off the monterey -- baltimore elementary school happened just after 2:00 this afternoon. was along pennsylvania avenue. the building was on lockdown for a brief time. school police were on standby as the children were let out. it was not a child, but an adult ma

disorder since that battle killed eight americans, he hopes to encourage other soldiers to get him for ptsd. >> please, take the time to learn about the invisible wounds of war. know that a soldier or veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress is one of the most passionate dedicated men or women you will ever meet. >> carter is the second u.s. service member to receive the medal of honor for bravery in that october 2009 battle. staff sergeant clinton ramsha received his at the white house this year. >>> time now 4:47. let's get a check on the weather on this tuesday morning. >> kind of steady as she goes now in the weather department. looks like things will start out with some patchy fog early on and then by the afternoon here we go a lot of sunshine again. temperatures may heat up a few degrees but boy, no major changes over the next few days. out the door now, a little bit cooler start. we have some 50s and a couple of low 60s clear in some of the valleys. as we head toward the afternoon, seeing some 60s and 70s around the bay. maybe some 80s and low 90s well inland. and 60s with patchy

families and in good fathers and husbands and members of the community to see a significant level of ptsdsuggest that there is a gathering with an analyst of a young woman who spoke out it is the inside vernacular that is called bug smack. because the picture looks at the bucket is being smashed. i think that makes it easier to get involved in conflicts this syndrome lasted for quite a while, the vietnam syndrome. in fact the people want to see the money being spent to have a decent chance to have a green economy. for that, we need money. we can get involved in a the way that we did in afghanistan and iraq. so the drones give us the ability to get involved without doubt level of cost if you look at how it was done come it is extremely disturbing. that is the administration who went into the conflict in libya without letting congress discuss it. that is because the administration said there is no american lives at risk and this is not a war. so congress doesn't really have a say about this. so it set a precedent for the next administration to get us involved in conflicts without going to c

doctors took the stand, one thatfying that court of -- ptsd. suffered from the case could go to the jury on monday. we will have more details on what happened tonight at 6:00. >> 16 workers in new jersey learned they won a share of the $425 million jackpot tuesday -- saturday night, and they all still reported to work on monday. >> we are learning a lot more tonight about who will cash in on this week's powerball jackpot. eckstein maintenance workers from a county garage in new jersey -- 16 maintenance workers from a county garage in new jersey, in an area ravaged by hurricane sandy, hold one of the winning tickets. have asked to remain anonymous, but their boss talked about their newfound wealth. give them a little time. >> the newest millionaire in minnesota -- >> i welcome paul white and present a check for $149 million. my siblings have been giving me grief for years because i talk about how i am going to win the lottery someday. >> i am happy for him, but i was hoping it was going to be me. by many ing shared new jersey, where the third ti

the girl's got ptsd. she's gotta vent to someone. a professional. or someone who's been there.ever thought we'd get the butcher. nice work. you, too. hey, rossi. i do remember you. in the end, you're the reason i stopped. rossi: mark twain wrote, "when i was younger, i could remember anything, "whether it had happened or not. "but my faculties are decaying now... "and soon i shall be so i cannot remember anything but the things that never happened." guard: i need a gurney. prisoner down. rossi: "it is sad to go to pieces like this, but we all have to do it." captioning made possible by abc studios, llc and cbs, inc. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

everything from a cd to panic disorders to ptsd. we really leading consumers.an start diagnosing, ben, valium, xanax, all household names. you have to wonder when this line becomes blurred between people who have a serious illness that could be a danger and help these it to me have to wonder if that's good for society. the former industry wrote 93 million restrictions. during a 70% clip year-over-year . dennis: the thing i like about these ideas is instead of just coming out here with the stock picks, you come on and give investors a way to look at entire sectors and look for groundswells based on people's behavior and apparently there regrets. it's tough. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. dennis: take care. here is our question tonight. would you buy stock in a company that you think is immoral? log on to gerriwillis.com and vote on the right hand side of the screen. we will share the results of the end of the show. up next, wasteful government spending taking to a ridiculous level. stocks snapped a four day losing streak. after a huge r

he's a combat army veteran 100% disabled, who suffers from ptsd, schizophrenia, bipolar and depressionnlikely he's taking his medication. give me an idea of his state of mind. >> he was in a crisis mode. his thought process was that the world was going to end on friday, and that americans were potentially in harm's way. >> reporter: how do you rationally speak to someone suffering a mental breakdown? >> a lot of patience. a lot of patience. >> reporter: he says rosario was suspicious of police. but he somehow finds a way to build trust. >> i explained to him that i'm a veteran myself. i actually showed him my military i.d. card. i think that was the turning point. >> reporter: after more than five hours of negotiating, no bullets fired, no storming the building, rosario surrenders peacefully. he's taken to a treatment facility, not a jail. >> he was very sick, but he didn't break a law. they got to him before he did something terrible. >> reporter: it was miami-dade county judge's staff that received the e-mail and alerted police. >> we wait until someone is so sick that they are getti

sergeant carter wants to continue his service in wounded warrior units, sharing his struggles with ptsd>>> now at 6:00, one of those bolts being tested for safety has broken. how it adds up to good news when it comes to the safety of the new bridge. >> when you think of truants, you probably think of high school or middle school students. think again. >> new at 6:00, this small yellow box. it can be the difference life and death. >> they should be like fire extinguishers, they should be everywhere. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener. this is the countdown clock showing how much time is left, before the entire bay bridge is shut down. just over two days and two hours to go. caltran says the entire bridge needs to be closed about five days before the new span can open. >> the bridge will shut down wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. in both directions and will be out of service during the entire holiday weekend. the bridge is scheduled to reopen on tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. we've been told, if all goes well, it could actually open earlier, some time on monda

. >> reporter: mdma has been used to treat veterans with ptsd, but they say what ends up on the streetan be dangerous. >> it is unknown manufacturing source, don't know what's in it. >> reporter: he say it is was a little luck and good sleuthing that proved to be the ultimate party crasher. joe risotto junior. >>> the family of a girl stabbed is speaking about the ordeal. they described the pain of finding lila dead inside their home. and the added sorry of seeing her 12 year old brother arrested for her murder. >> i turned isaiah in. most people don't know that. that was hard enough. >> people don't see what happens at night when the kids go to sleep and we have to sit and deal with it. you know, they don't see that we don't eat for days on end. and it's one or two hours of sleep at night, you know, it's an absolute nightmare. >> the 12 year other brother who initially told investigators he saw a man running from the house remains in juvenile hall. >>> 5,000 additional people are now involved in a lawsuit stemming from the chevron fire in august. the reckless conduct led to that fire