after he returned to twenty nine palms to recuperate he was diagnosed with ptsd. then clay attended and graduated from the ma katrina corps scout sniper school in march of 2008. then deployed to southern afghanistan. much like his experience in his deployment to iraq clay witnessed and experience the loss of several fellow marines. clay received a 30% disability rating from the va for his pts. after discovering his condition prevented him from maintaining a steady job, clay appealed the 30% rating only to be met with significant bureaucratic barriers, including the va losing his files-18 months later and five weeks after his death, clay's appeal finally went through, and the va rated clay's pts100%. clay exclusively used the va for his medical carry after the marine corps, he lived in the los angeles area and received care at the va medical center there in l.a. clay constantly voiced concerns about the care he was receiving in terms of the challenges he faced will skewed -- skewedling and treatment. he received counseling only as far as a brief discussion whether

so we have an idea how to treat soldiers with ptsd but not so good treating the communities.shocking that they display the resilience that they do. >> you draw a lot of parallels to ptsd in this article. this is different. i mean, ptsd, if you were exposed in your humvee in afghanistan to explosions every time you went out there in the humvee, but now you're in a humvee in arizona and you're worried about explosions, that's ptsd, that's an irrational response to where you are. they are still in the zone, in the -- where the firing is going on. and it seems to me a lot of their reactions in here are actually kind of rational. staying home is rational and being worried is rational. >> it's quite rational. but we're talking about the lingering effects of witnessing, and the anxiety, the nightmares, the day in and day out, harboring that fear. and so kind of like where it switches in the brain. you're always in a heightened state of flight or fright. so again, how do we address what's happening? when you think of a crisis, when you think about what needs to be pumped in, the reso

he is not getting treatment, though, for his ptsd. as you know, mexico does not send their military to foreign combat, so his recovery is aborted. it stops at this point. >> your thoughts about president obama. he has not spoken about your son to the president of mexico and the petition that has 100,000 signatures on it since may 31st has not been responded to. so your message for president obama is what? >> please at least let me know, president obama, that you've had a word with president knee ato. that alone would give me a sense he knows about his sergeant because he is his current commander in chief until august of 2016. so i would at least expect a word saying we're in discussion. >> jill, thank you and good luck. >> thank you. >> well, as you heard, sergeant tahmooressi's lawyer in mexico will file a motion to get some of the prosecution's evidence thrown out. the marines' american lawyer phil dunn joins us. >> thanks for having me. >> as i understand it, at the stage we're at in terms of what the lawyers are litigating, he's a

and uc desma in the book getting a lot of their paid for ptsd in two different forms that is successful and why. i will sign some books. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> it is said to our of the new york public library joined by isaac gewirtz what do you do here at the library? >> i am curator of henry and albert berg collection of english literature. worked in the new york public library in the past and was later a curator at methodist university and downtown at the theological seminary and got a doctorate and renaissance history at columbia and that led to me being here. >> host: how long have you been at the new york public library? >> as curator september 2000. >> host: you brought up things to show us. >> the berg has 2,000 linear feet of archives and printed items and $400 but this is what i like to call the tip of the berg. we have the only surviving manuscript of police on it satires and paradoxes done in his lifetime. not in his hand but in the hand of his secretary and personal assistant. this has the highest authority deriving directly from his own manuscrip

>> i think the one that stood out to me is not all veterans have ptsd.real condition that many are managing. and i use the word managing because they are managing through the medical treatments and the counseling that they received. but not every veteran who served in combat has ptsd and i think as civilians we can do more to understand that. i think the other one that really stood out for me and it was demonstrated recently when i met a veteran who greeted me at a job fair wearing sunglasses. i said why are you wearing sunglasses? he said i'm not looking for a handout, but i think people can see my fear. and veterans don't want charity. they want a job. they want to contribute back to society in a way that they did in the service. >> lida citroen, thank you. >>> time for the "news nation" gut check. ferguson, missouri, rocked by the police shooting. anger over the handlings of the protests that followed. heavily armed s.w.a.t. teams were seen. the aclu filed a request for a copy of the police report that could name the officer who shot brown. the fergus

nec desma in the book getting a lot of therapy for ptsd and see two different forms of therapy which is successful and why, too. okay, so i will sign some books. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and in new york at the javits center with the publishing industry is meeting for its annual convention, mariji ross joins us. what are some of the big titles regnery has coming out this fall? >> inks for asking. it's delightful to be here and we have a lot of exciting titles coming this fall. in fact, this spring we have a few coming even in the next few months. we have a big book. our next big book is a book i did manage to souza called america, imagine the world without her. it is a very strong event of america, her history, her values and a kind of retort to the mythology as did nash would say that america has a history of oppression and bullying and that american greatness, strength, influence is really based on overpowering people rather than drawing in people in attracting people with a message of hope and opportunity. so i think it will be a terrific message. it's pow

and uc desma in the book getting a lot of their paid for ptsd in two different forms that is successful and why. i will sign some books. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

an 8-year-old little girl going above and beyond for an army veteran with ptsd. >> rachel monette isdy she knows her business. >> i usually sell it at my house. >> up until this morning i had never met her before. >> rachel is selling here. >> we have tried other organizations they have denied us. >> disabled. >> my soon to be complete service dog. >> he served 12 and a half years. >> iniícñz texas, germany. >> until he was hit by a port tar round on the second tour of iraq. >> a lot of mobility issues that came about. >> it is not the easiest thing in the world to deal with but with a service dog it helps out a lot more. >> withable it means one more thing professional training after an accident left him with hisz51Ñu own bouts of ptsd. >> i wanted to help him because my brother. >> his little sister who is 8 years old heard the story and told her mom and dad she wanted a lemonade stand. >> it is amazing an 8-year-old girl has any kr in me or my dog. no one asked her if she wanted to do it or told her she needed to do it she asked if she could do it. o >> the vaet tran's family star

the things like ptsd or sherrod's break ups -- >> which are the same thing. >> sometimes you want an electric shock. they are like i'm banging or somebody is getting shocked. >> joanne, you rarely remember what you did the night before, so would you even need something like this? >> you know when you wake up and you think i don't remember falling asleep? >> no. >> coming up -- >> what i think is interesting is it is not just like it gets rid of memories. people would prefer that. you could forget it. it makes the bad memories good. you associate happy feelings with it. there are certain situations where i don't know that is possible. they tested this in mice and some people are skeptical it could actually work in humans but it could benefit people that's great. >> if you have severe depression or ptsd it could be helpful. for people who don't have that , don't bad memories serve a good function because they have a reminder not to do. if you do something bad and you have a bad memory and then they change it and you feel good -- >> taco bell. >> it is like when you see people remarry t

. >> he didn't he make that diagnosis of ptsd specifically? >> he said there were symptoms of ptsd. in no way did any of that have anything to do with what i did at the army war college. >> and on thursday walsh ended his campaign for a full senate term. so amy holmes, have you gotten over your shock and surprise that a left-leaning newspaper just knocked a democrat out of office? >> ironic, since the -- him dropping out of the race has been as buried as his political career. look, if this were a republican, these would be screaming headlines and the entire republican party would be complicit in the senator's plagiarism. but you know what, howie? i think that this could actually be a -- >> wait, wait. i'm not going to let you blame the rest of the media. "the new york times" did a detailed investigation. does it deserve credit for taking on this democratic senator? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. but the big news, which is that he's dropped out of the race, which could also affect the partisan leadership of the united states senate, really hasn't been covered. it's been buried. but i

the problem is the perception we're getting back from our members, particularly when it comes to ptsd and neyra said cantor forms. they're being pushed up. you know, on the tree-to my was a medic. the hardest thing i've ever done in my life his pre gosh. maybe they are addressing, but the way in which we regard that is if you don't have the resources you need in order to do all the jobs ask for it. if they don't give it to you and mist begins at the clinic level and then hospital and the national, and they don't give it to you, shame on them. if you don't ask shame on you. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you, colonel. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think we all agree there are serious problems at the va. i was glad to hear you answer the question. and i appreciate the chairman saying we're not out to do away with the va. i especially appreciate the very articulate statement that you made, mr. blake, expressing some concerns that i share with you about this push to privatize. now, i cannot help but believe that this is part of an agenda by some, not by all, but just to kind of dism

. >> the stigma to ptsd is so severe especially in a male dominated macho environment like the u.s. army. >> he went back to the carnage. >> when i was there i was okay, you have to stay alive. when you come back when the adriven lin stops, when everything is calm, that's when bouts of anger for no apparent reason, bouts of depression and crying. >> still he didn't get treatment for his ptsd did until he got arrested for a confrontation in the back of a police car. >> you were in a new york city police car. but your post-traumatic stress disorder had you in a whoat 'nother plagues. >> that's what -- whole 'nother place. >> that's why it was so strange. >> your autonomic response, hearing a car back fire on a city street might startle you and make you feel back in iraq or afghanistan. so something that we consider relatively neutral has become a cue or trigger ever fear. >> reporter: to counter this reaction dr. joann de fitti use a method of feeling like your hair is standing up on the back of your neblg and all of a sudden a car bomb goes off, then and there you go. >> oh my, yeah.

add friend who suffered from ptsd and recently took his own life so when a friend challenged him to the ice bucket challenge, he accepted it, but with a twist. the mace and waterboard challenge. >> ever eaten hot pepper? >> yes, ma'am. >> very, very hot pepper. imagine putting that your eyes and pricking your eyes with needles. it is pretty painful, not something you wish upon anyone. >> the were he says he went to this extreme is because he says ptsd is torture and he is not asking others to duplicate his challenge but to do something to help the veterans who face challenges every day. >>> patients cured. today urge the two americans being treated for ebola are released from the hospital with a clean bill of health. next at 4:00, hear from one of those parents about surviving the disease that has already killed thousands of others. >>> and take a look at the radar. there's a lot of activity in the central portion of the state and that is moving in our direction. but it's moving fairly slowly. it's gonna be an active night in parts of the area. the timing coming up in just a few minutes

. >> she wrote here i can't work, due to anxiety, ptsd.re are days i can't leave my home. >> corey is on record in her application to support her claim. >> i doubt that today she could work in a retail store on a part-time basis or actually put gas in a car. >> i mean, that is pretty extreme, she can't even put gas in a car. >> i'm driving. >> that is a stupid question. >> princesses do not walk. >> the government was paying ramona a thousand dollars a month for disability based on your application, and that was not all. >> she received over $42,000 in social security and another $50,000 from the state of washington. so about $50,000 total. >> corey was not receiving disability yet. his application is what helped set off the red flag that brought agents to their door. >> he has difficulty bending, squatting, sitting, kneeling, completing tasks, concentration, understanding, using hands, getting along with others. pretty inclusive. >> the investigators dug up records that corey had a second job at a nearby aquarium, volunteered at a senior

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outside the war zones and those who died later from cancer related to agent orange or suicide related to ptsd. >> burning festival in nevada was downed by a heavy detain pour yesterday. hundreds were turned away at the gate. the rain let up late yesterday and here is a look at the desert where 60,000 people will show up and it is dark. it will be different soon. burning man started as a celebration of art and counterculture. critics say it is taken over by wealthy. >> i gets hot and dusty in the desert but it will be warmer here. >> it has been official pattern cross the entire west through the summer with an area of low pressure spinning over the top of them and it moved off and in its wake they will have dry and warmer air. good morning, everyone, check out the winds in fairfield, committee were at 126 miles per hour yesterday and now they are at 17 miles per hour and the high pressure is influencing and taking control of our wind pattern. here is the broken cloud deck over san francisco this morning. we will have more sunshine today. in response, our highs are warmer with the warmest days

. >> now 33 and enrolled in a canadian university, she still has dark moments and wrestles with ptsdrayers are very, very different. they're more like a statement of gratitude for everything that i have, for my freedom now, for the ability to experience the beauty of the world again. i'm really profoundly grateful for that, and i think it's really important to express that. >> amanda lindhout, traveling from darkness into light and from a house in the sky to an inner peace. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," this is bob faw in new york. >>> finally, on our calendar this week, jews mark the solemn holiday of tish bav. for jews, it is a day of fasting and lament for the destruction of the first and second temples in jerusalem, and for other tragedies in jewish history. that's our program for now. i'm hari sreenivasan. you can follow "religion and ethics newsweekly" on twitter and facebook and watch anytime on the pbs app for iphones and ipads. and visit the website where there's always much more, and where you can also listen to or watch each program. join us at pbs.org. as we leave

they are saying veterans are going to end up at local community hospitals who don't know how to treat ptsd. not understanding that the veterans would have a choice. this is the problem. nearly 270 v.a. full-time workers, guess what they do? they work on union duties full-time. that's their job is working for the union. these are physicians assistants and nurses. they have no standing to argue against veterans getting the choice to get better care outside the network. >> steve, let's spell it out exactly how the unions have made it difficult to outsource. first, if you want to outsource, you have to prove you waited longer than the v.a. considers reasonable. that you live 40 miles from a v.a. facility. then tough go to be put on a v.a. waiting list. all those veterans who called waiting for hours, days, months and not getting a callback. any civilian doctor has to call a v.a. hot line for prior approval. then if you manage to get outside care, you can only stay with that doctor for 60 days. they made it almost impossible to outsource. >> it's a sound byte, but as soon as you go beyond, the

the leader in ptsd and. they want to see themselves a leader but right now that is going to involve fixing the image, convincing them that they can be treated with respect and they will be treated the right way if they go in there. >> host: we are going to be talking with our viewers about this and steps in the administration and what else needs to be done. the fourth line for veterans. phone numbers are on the screens would start dialing now. this is from the speaker of the house yesterday. unemployment among post-9/11 veterans is an unacceptable 9.2% that would help those stuck in the senate. what is the situation with joblessness in veterans? >> guest: especially the post-9/11 veterans that's been bouncing around quite a bit of the bureau of statistics admit it's tougher to get a handle on because they are sample sizes but if it is a tough job market for the returning vets with a little bit of the executive orders he has made this a point in the recent years wanting to find jobs for truck drivers or medic

partially because of an influx of new veterans, partially because we open it up to people with ptsd, folks with agent orange symptoms, we had to work at backlog back down. the trendlines are good. but we don't just want those claims processed fast. we need to make sure they get processed right. we are going to keep at this until we end this backlog once and for all, and as we do, we will keep working to liberate you from the mountain of paper. we have got to move towards a paperless system, electronic health records that our troops and veterans can keep for life and that can cut down on some of the bureaucratic red tape so you get the benefits you have earned a little bit faster. [applause] number four, we need to uphold the dignity and rights of every veteran, and that includes ending the tragedy of homelessness among veterans. [applause] again, we have got good news to report. today, i can announce that working together over the past few years we have been able to reduce the number of homeless veterans by one third, and that means -- [applause] on any given night there are 25,000 f

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

five generations of vets have delayed onset ptsd and other issues that come out. those veterans are no longer eligible for the ability to walk into v.a. and daycare without service-connected disability determination. they're the ones who have been stuck in this backlog, waiting for determination. and then waiting for the appointment to get in. so, once you actually get into v.a., veterans across the board -- this is reflected in independent surveys. veterans agree that the quality of care, especially specialty care, for service related injuries and wounds of war, is very good. host: we have a line set aside for veterans this morning. robert is up next in missouri. republican line. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i want to relate to this young man here. he seems knowledgeable in what he is talking about. i would like to relate to him. i believe that these veterans -- i am 32 miles from mount vernon, missouri. i grew up there once a year for a physical. i have always been treated well there. i needed an operation about two years ago. so, i dec

it is a very slippery slope from ptsd and pti to death, something our v.a. should realize.our soldiers never hesitated in that mission to protect our country. now it is time for the v.a. to prove their commitment our oldiers. i think he felt if i could survive two tours i could urvive anything. i think a life-threatening situation like this should be shared with the family, so we are able to help. the v.a. needs to work with the service organizations, including the families, and the plan for are. i am requesting, i am pleased for this committee to pass act 2182, the save act. this has been a most devastating war in history in terms of suicide. our whole nation continues to suffer, and every day we ontinue to lose 22 brians. i promise that i would stop this injustice. these are quality young men who potentially have so much to offer society. please pass the act and support in the legislation that gives soldiers the timely and loving care that they deserve. thank you. >> thank you, mrs. portwine. sergeant, you're recognized for your statement. >> chairman, ranking member, mem

i had a chance to speak with a professor, a researcher, that specialized in ptsd.she was looking at these two events -- this is what she told me. let's take a listen to that. >> certainly there are some sim lar similarities around the race-based themes. also that the disturbances have resulted in property damage. they resulted in very tense community situations. and the fact that people have been exposed, you know, to a lot of violence. what i would predict is the closer you were to the proximity of the events, the more you were exposed to disturbances, the more your life was disrupted by them, the more likely you are to have ptsd symptoms. >> so, karen, you worked with teenagers in south central los angeles in the early '90s. you experienced the l.a. riots in '92. give us a sense of that. >> that's absolutely right, richard. if you go back to the commissioner reports after the riots -- from '64 to '67, what's so shocking, you hear the same things in feeling there's a lack of opportunity. a lot of what i heard the residents talking about is feeling unheard. feeling

of the social security disability is for military, people that come back from the military who have ptsd and all the other military stuff. and i think that should be on the military budget because that's part of the consequences of military engagement. and that shouldn't be in the regular social security disability. and another thing about the social security disability is i saw people -- these companies are dumping employees that they don't want and they're calling them disabled. i've met employees who say i didn't want to retire. i had no -- and the company said that -- the company told somebody that i had brain fog or some stupid thing like that and made them go on to social security disability. so i think this has become a dumping ground for companies to dump employees that they don't want. host: tom? guest: most benefits are covered by the va. some eventually do get social security disability. certainly a healthy debate over the last couple of years about the disability roles. i think some would argue that there are a couple of million people on disability that shouldn't be there. b

journal of medicine" if you remove the effects of depression and ptsd it does not exist. when people came in complaining they still had symptoms there was no evidence from conventional mri they said. see a psychiatrist. it was not appropriate at all because there was a small minority of people who have a mild concussion to go on to have symptoms. that is separate but what you need is idiological evidence the same way you know, the values of of blood test for cholesterol or a broken leg. that is what we need is hard evidence. in the art to a non-specific >> looking at the number of symptoms there is notated that indicates a lot of symptoms first is the view that has any relation to how serious the injury is unfortunately. >> can make it to the point where the seventh grader takes a vague hits there is a check list the coach can determine but if they show any symptoms they should be pulled that data indicates if they do start playing before the symptoms result the likelihood of death is greater not to mention of the question that will take longer to recover. >> greg now --

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through but they also felt they had struggles that were hard and desma comes back with an injury and ptsd and they want veterans who are dealing with those issues to understand they are not alone and others have similar struggles. those were the two motivations. they were with me to gather at one yvette and were they all chose to speak. that was really wonderful. michelle have know-how to talk about what she is doing without giving away key developments but she is in graduate school right now. and doing really well. you kind of see to the end of b

. >> he is going to have a whole new case of ptsd after being stripped naked and changed to bead. >> get me out of here. >> and joining us defense lawyers kimberly priest johnson and ted williams. ted, you are first. >> i have got to he will you i'm listen toggle this lawyer, greta, i'm shocked. like, i understand we call this in the states a fourth amendment hearing. but, the thing about it is you are looking at procedures, yet you got these guys on the stand. you need to lock them in. the guy had already said. >> as to the intent what they saw, what they heard? >> absolutely. that becomes very important in this case. intent is significant and important. and the fact that he didn't lock them up. the fact that all he talked about was procedure. that is very troubling here. >> you know, kimberly, the other aspect to this. the fact that he is focused on the procedure. and you raise your constitutional issues here and you do it very aggressively. you also consider that you may end up at trial so you want to ask all these other questions. what he said what i thought was painful for the d

. >> the symptoms overlap with depression and ptsd and has been a real problem. in fact, there was a paper published in "the new england journal of medicine" that said when you remove the effects of depression and you remove the effects of ptsd, mild tbi does not exist and that's a real disservice. it used to be that people would claim, when people came in complaining that they still at symptoms from hitting her head, since there was no evidence from conventional mri or conventional ct, they said, go see a psychiatrist. so it was really not appropriate at all because there is at least a small minority of people who have mild concussion who go on to have symptoms. they can go on for months, for years, and then they can clear up. so that separate even from ctv. what you need is radiological evidence for diagnosis, the same way you would want to know values of a blood test for cholesterol or a broken leg. and i think we're moving in that direction and that's what we need as hard evidence because the symptoms are too nonspecif nonspecific. >> dr. molfese? >> there ar

it is a very slippery slope from ptsd and pti to death, something our v.a. should realize.our soldiers never hesitated in that mission to protect our country. now it is time for the v.a. to prove their commitment our oldiers. i think he felt if i could survive two tours i could urvive anything. i think a life-threatening situation like this should be shared with the family, so we are able to help. the v.a. needs to work with the service organizations, including the families, and the plan for are. i am requesting, i am pleased for this committee to pass act 2182, the save act. this has been a most devastating war in history in terms of suicide. our whole nation continues to suffer, and every day we ontinue to lose 22 brians. i promise that i would stop this injustice. these are quality young men who potentially have so much to offer society. please pass the act and support in the legislation that gives soldiers the timely and loving care that they deserve. thank you. >> thank you, mrs. portwine. sergeant, you're recognized for your statement. >> chairman, ranking member, mem

have been a surgeons back log because of an innumber of veterans and we hoped it up ptsd and agenthad symptoms. sure they get ke processed right. so we'll keep at this until we backlog once and for ll and as we do, we'll keep working to liberate you from those mountains of paper. e've got to move towards a paperless system, electronic health records that they can down on life and cut some of the bureaucratic red tape so you can get the benefits earned faster. umber four, we need to uphold the dignity and rights of every veteran and that includes ending the tragedy of homelessness among veterans. again, we've got good news to report. ableng together we've been to reduce the number of homeless veterans by 1/3 and that means night there are the 0 fewer veterans on streets or shelters. but we won't stop until every americawho has defended has a home in america. that's a basic commitment that have to uphold. and finally we need to make sure troops and veterans have pursue the unity to american dream, that includes a of of their own. to reduced tled rates. so today we're turning that announ

he was in san diego for ptsd treatment after two tours in afghanistan after tw.lly: why hasn't he been released yesterday? >> reporter: it could have happened in the first 48 hours when the prosecutor had the discretion to file or not to file. tahmooressi's attorneys instructed him to lie, that wasn't good. then the judge determined whether he had probable responsibility for the crime. his attorneys at the time did not file any evidence or call witnesses or show up in court. so this opportunity to have this case dismissed because it was an innocent mistake, that ship has sailed. that is gone. the trial is underway. the judge does not even have the authority to dismiss it at this time. we expect this to go all the way to november. the judge will have closing arguments and ultimately make his decision. cross-examination of those two customs officials. the defense will probably introduce video evidence of the fact much innocent mistake of his drive from san diego to tijuana. thank you so much. we appreciate. bill: water is safe. that's the word from a major american

. >> he served two tours in afghanistan, injured by an ied, suffering from ptsd and he didn't chit a crime. >> the other group is protesting saying that the president has done little to improve life more mexicans. >>> we're hearing tonight from one of the youngest victims of sunday's earthquake. nick dillon was sleeping in his family's living room because he had a friend sleeping over. >> just as i was about to put my knee on the floor, the chimney collapsed on my lower back. >> we did this interview from his hospital bed as can you see. the pictures tell the story. huge chunks of masonry tumbled off the wall. nick couldn't feel his legs and feared he was paralyzed. there's that chim my, that fireplace. plus, the power went out and his mother fell trying to reach him. his pelvis is fractured but his doctors say he's going to be just fine. >> i had to go through a ten-hour surgery. i got some other cuts in my legs. i mean, i'm finding out things i didn't even know happened to me. >> brave young man. we appreciate him speaking with us this afternoon. he says he'll get through this thro

in war zones and some thing it should include the names of those would committed suicide because of ptsddied from cancer related to orange agent and one opposed that. >> a heavy downpour doused kickoff to burning man festival. hundreds were turned away. the rain let up late yesterday. a look at the desert where the sun will rise and 15,000 people are going to show up the burning man started as a celebration of art and counter culture but recently credit ins complain it is taken over by wealthy tekkies who find it to be a hip place to go. the event, mood and taste and family could be ever voluming. >> people could say it is commercialized. >> a lot of after shocks the last 15 minutes. the biggest is the 3.9 earthquake. people are saying it is a quick jolt not the long shaking. >> three are them in four minutes all on the same spot so the area is rocking and rolling. it is zoomed to that area and you can see to the west of american canyon over farmland where the water meets the edge of the ground that is where the center of the three aftershocks were felt. petaluma, hercules, all these are

. >> reporter: so i asked carolyn gray, is it a matter of ptsd or something else? traffic or density of the houses or maybe it will cut in to her view of the hillside. she told me all three. >> it's a density problem and a noise and noise problem, dirt problem. >> reporter: gray and some of her neighbors are planning to bring their objections to the architectural review board and the planning commission and city council. best case scenario for her is a scaled-down project. >> one, probably fewer and not three stories. keep them two stories, and that wouldn't be so bad up there. >> reporter: well, neighbors will have plenty of time to weigh in for the proposed project for this piece of property. the review process generally takes nine months to a year. mark matthews, nbc bay area news. >>> a prostitution sting led to three arrests. these three business owners were arrested. police received reports of prostitution at the new spa at el camino rial. they sent in an undercover police officer, and he was solicited. the business licenses and permits for the companies are

i've got bipolar, ptsd, feet are dying. back totally put back together and i went to this last meeting, it's an oversight committee in maryland, falls church. >> host: david, i'm going to leave it there. thank you for the call. i want to get some other voices in. more veterans waiting on the line. kenneth, a republican and a veteran. go ahead. >> caller: yes, ma'am. i'd like to comment a little bit about what the last guy just said. i have been a veteran since 1976. i was hurt during basic. my neck was busted. my back was busted. i was laid up in the hospital for 6-8 weeks. it was release from the hospital, sent to medical hold, ordered to sign paper work and sent home. i've been fighting for my medical and my come pep sayings benefits for 38 years. to no avail. v.a. keeps putting it off and putting it office. i finally got a hearing coming up and even the v.a. doctors have service connected me. but the v.a. administration in montgomery, alabama keeps saying no, no, no. most of the doctors that i have seen with the v.a. hea

five generations of vets have delayed onset ptsd and other issues that come out.e veterans are no longer eligible for the ability to walk into v.a. and daycare without service-connected disability determination. they're the ones who have been stuck in this backlog, waiting for determination. and then waiting for the appointment to get in. so, once you actually get into v.a., veterans across the board -- this is reflected in independent surveys. veterans agree that the quality of care, especially specialty care, for service related injuries and wounds of war, is very good. host: we have a line set aside for veterans this morning. robert is up next in missouri. republican line. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i want to relate to this young man here. he seems knowledgeable in what he is talking about. i would like to relate to him. i believe that these veterans -- i am 32 miles from mount vernon, missouri. i grew up there once a year for a physical. i have always been treated well there. i needed an operation about two years ago. so, i decided

journalist who is come back after following conflicts need help with ptsd. >> that must be difficult.>> and many don't even know they have it. >> keeping horses wild. allegations being sold to be killed. >> the ebola outbreak in west africa is a public health crisis like no other. it strains medical systems in places where quality care is hard to come by in the best of times. it challenges political institution where is those are often shaky. it spreads fear made worse by misinformation. up next a report from west africa of how people and governments there are coping and a conversation with three experts to discuss how africa can meet ebola's challenges. that's just ahead here on al jazeera america. >> there are places in the country where wild horses can run free. but activists say that the wild horses are being put to death and many are just turning a blind eye. >> i see horses up here. there is nothing any more exciting than to see a band of wild horses. >> for 21 years jen injury katherine, a documentary filmmaker has focused her lens on wild horses that still roam in wyoming and

it has created poster medics syndrome in a third of the people -- it has graded ptsd and a third of the people. the people injured are going to be in the need of veterans administration for the rest of their lives. shinseki is gone. mcdonald is here. i met with him. i visited with him prior to the nomination going forward. we had a nice visit. mcdonald is a west point graduate. he is a successful businessman. he is 61 years old. he ran procter & gamble for many years. i think he is going to be fine. he is not going to be partisan. he is a republican. he is trying his best to write the ship -- right the ship. he has been in nevada twice. we have been trying to get him to sign up on the pahrump clinic. they did. it is not easy. we passed one of our few pieces of legislation before we left. it was good. it was a good piece of legislation. the chairman of the veterans committee in the senate, bernie sanders, a liberal person worked closely with miller, his counterpart in the house, a conservative person. they legislated like you're supposed to. they put aside ideological differences and wer