they develop ptsd, but it has some different symptoms that ptsd you might develop from combat.n some ways, more severe than combat ptsd, and yet it's more difficult sometimes to get those benefits that heath was talking about. >> so, heath, you feel like you were retaliated against, right? >> yes, ma'am, in more than one way. >> and how would you compare that retaliation to the assault? >> [ sighs ] it's actually worse. >> it was worse? >> i-i-it's more demeaning. when... you join the military, they're supposed to have your back, and when they don't have your back... it makes it worse. and then the v.a. -- they don't help you out. it makes it worse. so, you relive each moment over and over. so, each time they retaliate against you by... taking your benefits away or not allowing you to be seen, it reopens the wounds. >> mm, i'm so sorry. cacilia, we were talking off air about the retaliation and the problems that you're seeing, a kind of a theme that happens with people who are survivors of these attacks. you're seeing sort of the same thing. they get diagnosed with a certain ty

- it doesn't sountd like -- i don't think it happened after world war i before modern diagnoses of ptsd did he do that on his own or was it something that doctors prescribed and even in america did they prescribe. they had soldiers painting and doing sort of occupational therapy, doing things with their hands, crafts, put them in farms to help them try to heal. they doing talk therapy. there is a lot of attempts to remember the event fully in order to be able to process it, if that makes sense. >> it sounds like the modern ptsd treatments are a trip back to the future? >> yeah. it is interesting that -- so once i talked about this period in world war ii where they are like we don't need treatment. let's just get rid of it. all of that is brought back during the vietnam war. they refer back to his writings. he is the one who designed the treatments and processes for world war i. there is a direct correlation there between what happens during vietnam and what happened in world war i. >> thank you for this very dramatic presentation. it is very interesting to see how people with their unso

people get ptsd. it is almost war, they saw dead bodies and can understand why somebody could have ptsd. but moral injury you have to talk about the war and the politics involved and that is a harder conversation to have. >> moderator: does moral injury have official standing in the military? >> guest: i don't think it is talked about as much. i only heard it within the last two years. other questions? >> hi, my question is about the writing process and editing process of this book. chris had mentioned this cookie cutter narrative of heroism. you talked about wanting to write a true war story for your first memoir. i think some of the other prevailing narratives that hollywood lately seems to enjoy selling have to do with broken veterans coming home broken. i am wondering during the writing, or the editing or publishing of this memoir, were there moments for you where telling something true, that is not cookie cutter and doesn't fit into narratives was challenging or particularly important or exciting

people with ptsd they saw dead and they can understand why somebody may have ptsd but when you talk aboutmoral what is it brecher say in the politics involved so i think that's a harder conversation to have. >> do we have an official standing in the military? >> i think it's something i've only heard it within the last two years. >> jonathan shea is a psychiatrist he who talks about it. other questions? >> hi. my question is about the writing process and the editing process of this book. it mentioned the cookie-cutter narrative. he talked earlier about wanting to write a true war story for your first memoir and i think some of those other prevailing narrativesthat hollywood lately seems to enjoy selling has to do with broken veterans coming home and so i'm wondering during the writing and publishing of this memoir were there moments for you where telling something true that is not cookie-cutter and doesn't fit into any of these narratives felt challenging are particularly important or you know exciting like you achieved it? >> one story comes to mind. one story that i wrote about in out a

one, ptsd. my friends, ptsd is an issue. every day as we speak a veteran is committing suicide. more than one. and we passed a bill called the clay hunt act which was named after the -- clay hunt suicide prevention for american veterans act. named after the brave young man named clay hunt to committed suicide in march, 2011. so we have had problems with addressing this issue. we have an obligation to identify, resource, and make available effective forms of treatment to help eliminate veterans suicide. we must eliminate veterans suicide. we owe that to every one of our veterans. [applause] i'm proud that the v.a. working closely with my office has turned arizona to become a national model for addressing the crisis. home to the arizona clay hunt mental health pilot program. by wait the new secretary of the v.a., dr. shulkin, has committed to making this one of his highest priorities. i am embarrassed, i am embarrassed that phoenix, arizona, the scandal began. the phoenix v.a., 50 veterans, as you know, who were on a nonexistent waiting list died. veterans need the american legion

i help people with ptsd and war injury and all that kind of stuff.when you started talking about the suicides you sound hilarious. you have funny stories. but i think what you have been skipping, at least listening, is you were very young when you came back and i was a little suicidal in my 20s and i cannot hold on to why it was. you seem to be more recent. can you talk about the statistics and your well-worth on talking about the stuff going on and we talk about how many a day and this is that. just your own story you come back; why are you? you were young. doesn't sound like you were shooting a gun or maybe you saw a lot of people die and that got to you. like anyone working in the emergency room might have had the same experience you have. why were you at 20 were you so suicidal? can you speak to it? >> one thing a lot of hospital people face is they call it compassion fatigue where it is once you go through that experience all the time. it is similar to working in an er. remember, it is a war zone. remember what the hospitals experience after the

solis says he suffers from ptsd. he was permanently barred from the u.s. after trying to reenter the country to be with his daughters. so if stephanie rabaro wants to see her dad, she has to drive across the border to mexico. we were there when they reunited for the first time in the new year. even as a new administration takes power in washington focused on tightening immigration policy, both hope this will change, that veterans who serve the u.s. faithfully as non-citizens can be brought back to the country they vowed to protect. >> change is policy, you know? if we're willing to give our lives for this country, let us stay. >> these men are good enough to serve our country, but once they make a mistake, then, you know, they don't get any second chances. >> it's wrong legally and it's wrong morally, and this is one of those things that should be easy to get fixed. >> reporter: nathan fletcher is pushing california lawmakers and the u.s. congress to change the law governing deportation of veterans. when you hug stephanie and you see her -- you haven't see

paul, minnesota, becomes experts at ptsd. so we route ptsd cases to that rating board because they're really good at that product. we do that at a lower level now with camp lejeune contaminated claims and we do that in pockets to concentrate low density things. what you're talking about is a center of excellence where we can concentrate high volumes of work. we got the data to do it now but it's not an action we have taken yet. it's certainly on the table for future improvements. ms. brownley: so i think in this week's monday morning workload report, the los angeles regional office, which serves my veterans, the average days pending is 105 while it's only 81 days in fargo, north dakota. i presume that the v.b.a. is tracking these numbers, but are you adding more people and resources in areas where you know there are going -- they are going to and you can anticipate there are going to e more claims? >> yes, ma'am. we are. d i recall going back, i oversaw the region of which l.a. was one of those offices and there was a point i

i realized it's not ptsd. he misses it. he needs it. the life he says he wants with me, it'll never be enough for him. all i could tell you is this. eric was fine here working for me, a'ight? he took off 'cause of you. i guess he wanted you to have something better. and that part i get. royo's men called. deal's on. a'ight. we'll call you later. you are unbelievable. she's my brother's wife. like that would stop you starting up with her again. don't get crazy, a'ight? now, listen, don't be telling anybody she here. you understand? she under my protection, aisha. now, tell me you understand. i understand. all right. (phone rings) carter: yeah, go ahead. carter, grimes just got off the bus, behind union station. getting there. just keep tracking him. keeps looking around. he really is paranoid. except he actually is being watched. stay with him, andy. check it out, this is crazy. a rebecca ingram is in our system. uh, how would you know that? she's using a countermeasure that's real grade school. "grade school"? yeah, i'm running my own s

ptsd. my friends, it is an issue. every day as we speak, a veteran is committing suicide, more than one. and we passed a bill called the clay hunt act, which was named suicide for hunt prevention of suicide. he committed suicide in march of 2011. and so, we have had problems with addressing this issue. we have an obligation to identify, resource and make available effective forms of treatment to eliminate veteran suicide. we must eliminate veteran suicide. we owe it to every one of our veterans. [applause] . senator mccain: the v.a. has turned to arizona to address the crisis. and by the way, the new secretary of v.a. has committed to making this one of his highest priorities. i'm embarrassed. i'm embarrassed that in phoenix arizona, the scandal began and the phoenix v.a. veterans died. veterans need the american legion today more than at any time than ever. we need you. [applause] >> i'm honored to be here with you today. those who i love most and knows best knows that i had the great honor that i was mentioned servi

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i realized it's not ptsd. he misses it. he needs it. the life he says he wants with me, it'll never be enough for him. all i could tell you is this. eric was fine here working for me, a'ight? he took off 'cause of you. i guess he wanted you to have something better. and that part i get. royo's men called. deal's on. a'ight. we'll call you later. you are unbelievable. she's my brother's wife. like that would stop you starting up with her again. don't get crazy, a'ight? now, listen, don't be telling anybody she here. you understand? she under my protection, aisha. now, tell me you understand. i understand. all right. (phone rings) carter: yeah, go ahead. carter, grimes just got off the bus, behind union station. getting there. just keep tracking him. keeps looking around. he really is paranoid. except he actually is being watched. stay with him, andy. check it out, this is crazy. a rebecca ingram is in our system. uh, how would you know that? she's using a countermeasure that's real grade school. "grade school"? yeah, i'm

e reki is one of them. >> i have to stay positive. >> he suffers from ptsd and was permanently barred from the u.s. after trying to reenter the country to be with his daughters. if stephanie wants to see her dad, she has to drive across the border to mexico. we were there when they reunited for the first time in the new year. even as a new administration takes power in washington focused on tightening immigration policy, both hope this will change, that veterans who served the u.s. faithfully as noncitizens can be brought back to country they vowed to protect. >> change this policy, you know. if we're willing to give our lives for the country, let us stay. >> these men are good enough to serve our country, but once they make a mistake, then you know, they don't get any second chances. >> it's wrong legally and it's wrong morally. and this is one of those things that should be easy to get fixed. >> nathan fletcher is pushing california lawmakers and the u.s. congress to change the law governing deportation of veterans. >> when you hug stephanie and you see her, you haven't seen her in

celeste lost her legs, sydni struggles with ptsd. they were awarded with the father jim humanitarian award that recognizes those that help others with disabilities. >> still to come after authorities swoop in to arrest remaining pipeline protesters, we'll show you what the site looks like now. plus a computer maker reacts to a laptop explosion. cecily? >> 73-degrees today. a temperature crash sunday and a heat buster will bring us storms. i have details on the timing of that in the accuweather forecast. >> h investigator chad joins us tonight. >> a prosecution den disguised asthma sawj parlors. police are cracking down. >> sixers send one of their big men packing. ducis rogers breaks down the trade when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ >> this empty field is what is left of the site where thousands of people spent nearly a year protesting the dakota access pine line. today the army core of engineers cleared the demonstrators making two dozen arrests. native americans have been protesting since april. days after he was inaugurated

preston joined others to raise money to help veterans deal with ptsd to help prevent suicide.nd today they would take their own lives. >> especially in the veteran community we would have that motion and we are not very good at projecting that out saying i'm hurting. >> that pain could go unnoticed. the older brother is also a combat veteran of 20 years, suffering from ptsd. >> i missed it, you know, i missed it. i have been doing this for two and a half to three years and i missed it. >> reporter: the 42-year-old took his own life leaving behind a wife and children. >> and my brother, he left four kids. you know, and he left four kids, a 7-year-old who is going to be asking me now what his daddy was like. >> reporter: john was on the road in sacramento with the camera documenting his music adventure when he would get that call about his brother. he told the photographer to keep rolling. >> something told me then that i could utilize that. and to hopefully help someone down the road. >> reporter: his brother's death would inspire his contribution to the veterans album a song c

murphy, out of the claims backlog, what percentage would you say are ptsd only? >> i would have to go back and get you a detailed number. i would not want to venture a guess. >> let me just ask you this, is it the largest right now in terms of pending claims? inin isolation, no, but combination with others, yes. >> what are some of the -- i mean, i am concerned that we are not focused enough on our combat veterans in terms of the times claims process. can you give me again, just a very rough breakdown of just what i would call age-related issues in terms of the claims processed. nother it is hearing loss necessarily associated in terms of being, you know, around explosions or around aviation assets and things like that. >> i can tell you what we have in the terms of the most 5-7 conditions. traumatic brain injury, ptsd, but more than that, hearing loss and muska skeletal injuries for the knees, ankles, back. those are the most frequently occurring conditions. your shift to -- tell me about your shift to a more electronic system. i know that is controversial. some

> preston joins scooter brown and ryan weaver and others to raise money to help veterans deal with ptsd help prevent suicide. it is estimated as many 22 veterans a day take their own lives. >> people on the veteran community especially have trouble showing our emotions, we are not very good at projecting that out and saying i am hurting. >> that pain can go unnoticed and preston's oldest brother, also a combat veteran and police officer of 20 years suffered from ptsd and yet preston did not see the warning signs. >> i missed it. i have been publicly doing this for 2 1/2 or three years and i missed it. >> 42-year-old mike preston took his own life leaving behind a wife and children.>> my brother left for children. a seven-year-old that will ask me now what his daddy was like. >> john was on the road in sacramento with a camera documenting his music adventure when he got the call about his brother. he told the photographer to keep rolling. >> something told me then that i could utilize that to hopefully help someone down the road. >> his brother's death is part his contribution to the vet

these are not the people who coe back ptsd who tragically are committing suicide at the rate f 20 or 22 per week. eight per year. that's another cost of these wars. >> but you're going to have to shut down the staggering militay complexes to rebuild the infrastructure, to take our geniuses that are now being used to divise ways to kill. >> so they're not building an an atomic bomb. they're creating business. >> last week. his issues with comey and the justice department, how does he go about revamping the intelligence agencies without causing further damage to what has already existed throughout all these agencies. >> well, i think that's a false premise, armstrong. i don't think he's caused any damage at all. >> i'm not saying he did. >> i'm not saying you're saying -- >> i'm not saying he did. >> i know that people are making that allegation. now, he's not attack the rank ad file of the intelligence agencies, but the reality is the heads of these intelligence agencies have not been honest with the american people. in fact they've violated fourth amendment constitutional rights. num

they're hoping they generate support for oxygen therapy for veterans with ptsd and brain injuries. >>> also happening today, over 200 runners will celebrate valentine's day with the cupid run at the zoo. the goal of this money is to help raise money for housing and support for people with disabilities. the 5k begins just a few hours from now at 8:15. >>> coming up on nbc news 10 today, they track a goose that was shot in the head. we look for the shooter that opened fire. >>> just about a quarter after 5:00 right now on this saturday. a popular barbecue pit in new jersey is missing this morning. it happened just outside fat jack's barbecue at the boulevard and red line road. the smoker weighs two tons. it's valued at $3500 and it's not hard to spot because of its color. it was also chained up and covered. owner ted gross tells us it's a difficult time for him and his customers. >> we miss it. we really do need it back. >> it takes a real scumbag to steal a barbecue grill. >> see somebody with a smoker on their truck, it's going to raise red flags. >> they're offering a $1,000 reward f

>> no, university of chicago did a study about ptsd but they didn't come into our community to help us>> do people feel like they personally have trauma? raise your hand if you have like you have trauma. let me talk to you rachel. thank you. you're wearing the button of someone. >> yeah. he was two -- two people i lost within a week's span. i grew up in grove heights, a little neighborhood south side of chicago, jay's potato chip was the main job in the neighborhood so ha when that factory clouds, kids worked at the potato dhip factory. so when we talk about divestment in the community, we have to look at two things, divestment in jobs, divestment in education and wonder why the violence is so high. [ applause ] so if you're looking at a neighborhood and saying why is the crime rate high, why is this happening but then you see no jobs, no education but barely holding on and we talk about food justice as well. all of those are major components that come into the violence that happens here. >> gloria, how does that sound to you? >> when people are hopeless, when they have unemployment th

kevin: iman has ptsd because of what happened in the modest silver spring home. it was three yea month she awoke to find her 7-weak-old son amir unconscious and blue. >> bubbles of blood came out of his mouth. oh, man. that image will never leave my mind. kevin: homicide detectives later charged amir's father for beating his son to death in a twisted attempt to stop the child from crying. the infant's jurges akin to a high -- infant's injuries akin to a high-speed car crash. prosecutors say he shower and washed off his son's blood before calling 911. in court today he thanked his family and friends. yet never uttered the two words "i'm sorry." >> i never met a more selfish human being where you can't even apologize. kevin: as for the judge, he told the father he manhandled his son like a ragdoll. and for that sentenced him to in rockville, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: now to must-see video of heroism in action. firefighters in rhode island were called after someone saw a deer trapped on ice and unable to escape. crews decided to gear up and take a boat o

i realized it's not ptsd. he misses it. he needs it. the life he says he wants with me, it'll never be enough for him. all i could tell you is this. eric was fine here working for me, a'ight? he took off 'cause of you. i guess he wanted you to have something better. and that part i get. royo's men called. deal's on. a'ight. we'll call you later. you are unbelievable. she's my brother's wife. like that would stop you starting up with her again. don't get crazy, a'ight? now, listen, don't be telling anybody she here. you understand? she under my protection, aisha. now, tell me you understand. i understand. all right. (phone rings) carter: yeah, go ahead. carter, grimes just got off the bus, behind union station. getting there. just keep tracking him. keeps looking around. he really is paranoid. except he actually is being watched. stay with him, andy. check it out, this is crazy. a rebecca ingram is in our system. uh, how would you know that? she's using a countermeasure that's real grade school. "grade school"? yeah, i'm running my own s

purinton's family tells our affiliate the navy veteran suffered from ptsd. >> i've never in a millionears thought he would hurt somebody else. >> reporter: madasani says the shooting has not shaken his desire to remain in the u.s. >> that's not what this community stands for. i believe in the greater good. >> reporter: tonight kuchibhotla's widow flew with his body to india for burial. >> i believe that love needs to respect, not hate. >> reporter: love on full display in this community rocked by senseless violence. blake mccoy, nbc news, olathe, kansas. >>> auto parts maker takata pleaded guilty to fraud today in federal court as part of a $1 billion settlement for covering up an air bag defect linked to at least 16 deaths. now a lawsuit filed alleging five automakers -- honda, toyota, nissan, ford, bmw -- knew takata's air bags were dangerous for years but continued to use them. honda calls the suit false and misleading. nissan and toyota have declined comment. calls to the others were not immediately returned. >>> the oscar shocker seen around the world. one of the most jaw-droppin

the ones we see most frequently, so ptsd is high on the list. traumatic brain injury is high on the list, but much more common than that is t teni the tis, hearing loss and muscular injuries for knees, back. those are the most frequently occurring conditions. >> okay. . >> and how well are -- tell me about your shift to a more electronics system. i know that's somewhat controversial. i think some of the vsos have fought to retain a paper system because it's simply easier for some of the veterans to that aren't sophisticated in terms of electronic communications, to be able to utilize, but where are we at in that process. >> we don't work cases in paper any longer. there's a small fraction of a percentage that's existing in paper still. it's all a paperless environment. a week ago, we hampered philadelphia. there's no paper left in philadelphia. we have a team in st. petersburg right now and then we're moving across the nation by the enof the year, we'll have most of them done by the enof next fiscal year, we'll be complete pli done with all pape

i am having ptsd watching the video. he says, staying positive will make you a lot happier. >> amazing able to do that at 99 1/2 not injure himself. >> some people in their 20s. >> unlike. >> well. >> knock out their backs while on the slopes. in vermont. >> you want to tell the people, why you were out the past couple days. >> because i am a 20-year-old -- >> someup one is not as good ase 99 1/2-year-old. >> trying to shed some nar after not being on the slope is not a good thing. don't try it. the back. >> looking good. you are okay. >> coming up -- the dramatic rescue caught on camera. you will want to check this new video released by d.c. police of a fiery crash. not far from the u.s. capitol building. see what officers did. >> reliving the pain to jump-start a movement. what parents of trayvon martin are doing five years after their unarmed son was gunned down that they hope will help bridge america's racial divide. >> remember to find us on facebook. wnnfans.com. and on twitter. take mucinex dm. it'll take care of

he will now use rusty to help copy with ptsd and a traumatic brain injury >> it's having somebody withe all the time that connects to me and assists me through life and helps me out. but also to, you know, like a family member >> k, a le got rusty. >> my initial reaction was no way, this is too good to be true. >> reporter: a nonprofit that provides services and support to troops and veterans across the country. michael sly, a disabled veteran himself works with the group to train its service dogs. >> a lot of veterans in every service have this irreplaceable bond with other service members. when they get out, they feel like a lot don't understand what they've been through. >> helping kale this week create an unbreakable bond with his new furry friend. >> service dogs as service members that transition out, take care of their dogs, help them kind of take care of themselves. >> reporter: as they embark on a new life >> i think rusty is my k9 soul mate >> katie banks fox news. >>> seemed like we were close but beach season will be here before you know it, one of trip advisors ranked ocea

he has ptsd and has a hard time talking about it. he had hoped the medals would be a secret until he died. >> a lot of things went on and you try to bury it and that's it but the medals were to be passed down to my family and then they could sort out what grandpa did or grandpa didn't do. >> i don't know why someone would want to take that from somebody. take a part of their life away. >> who can blame them for being so upset. for almost 50 years, he kept his records and medals locked in a black case in the back of his closet. now he's opening up about his military experience because he is hoping to get these medals back. >>> and this morning, we are tracking news from washington state coming into our live desk. we can tell you that i-5 has reopened through the south part of the state. it was hit by a massive mudslide near woodland late yesterday about a half hour north of portland. it closed i-5 in both directions and crews worked into the night to get it back open. it was a big mess. the hillside came down in the rain covering all

and i think it's very important, first of all, to help treat them for their trauma and their ptsd --they're suffering from major traumas, many of them -- and both on the educational parts to give these people hope and a way to integrate. >> and, dr. david, are you seeing any sort of partnership forming to help refugees internationally? >> well, i think it's too early to judge that, but certainly there are coalitions -- coalitions of like-minded, coalitions of organizations, of aid workers. and i think that also there is more collaboration now between the countries. between the e.u. and turkey, for example, there was an agreement that was signed very recently, and we'll still have to see how that works. but at the end of the day, these are people, they're families, it's about the individual, and individuals can help other individuals. so, when you think about a million people, people say, "okay, what can i do about that?" and it is overwhelming, but when we're knowing that there is a child and there is a woman and there is somebody's daughter over there, then every person can do somet

. >> spent four years with ptsd, trying to keep it hidden. >> he served as a medic in vietnam. the stories are still too painful for him to discuss. >> a lot of things went on and you try to bury it and that's it. but the medals were to be passed down to my family and they can sort out what grandpa did or didn't do. >> the thieves did leave behind the medal citation so they can be replaced but he and his wife hope whoever took the medals has a change of heart and returns them. >>> okay, several people contacted the abc 7 news i-team to investigate why big rigs keep rolling over in their south bay neighborhood. the i-team dug for answers and uncovered a series of accidents at the exact same spot. what caltrans did to the road before the crashes and what it's doing now after the i-team's dan noyes started asking questions. his investigation tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> tonight a look at a massive landslide in the san bernardino mountains. watch now, you can see the rocks crumbling down the side of the hill. the slide happened yesterday, but is threatening four homes and a

his older brother suffered from ptsd, but preston did not see the warning signs. >> i missed it. i have been doing this for two and a half years and i missed it. >> reporter: his brother took his own life, leaving behind a while and four kids. >> my brother left four kids, including a seven year old that will ask me what his daddy was like. >> reporter: john was on the road when he got the call about his brother. he told the tour to keep going. >> i knew i could help through the music. he altered and changed so many people's lives but inside he was ripped apart. >> reporter: the songs not only help vets express their inner turmoil but help the rest of us understand it. the proceeds from the album go to veterans support groups. battle cry is now available online. >>> battle cry went on sale friday on amazon, i tunes and other online stores. >>> defense secretary, general james mattis visited iraq. his message there. >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break . >>> vice president mike pence is on his way back to the united states from belgium after delivering a pep talk

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i do not assume that all of my students suffer from ptsd. that's different from a content warning. content warning is letting someone know this content, you might not realize it but it might trouble you in ways -- like a book on lynching, you know it will be a book on lynching, but if you look at myself as, you can figure out what my class will be about. let me give you an example for our semester. campus, suicide on our one of the track athletes killed himself. that day i was going to show a film called hell house. evangelical about christians who put on these morality plays where they do a number of things, make a number of controversial statements, things i thought might upset my students, including an act of suicide, where the person who commitments suicide goes to hell and is sort of taunted by the devil. so i sent an email to my students saying, just you know, we are going to watch the film this afternoon, because two of the people were on the same track team as the person who just commitmented suicide. i also said i understand if you don't want to watch this today , but i ho

a little ptsd. coming up. scientists in until taught gators to fish.n the "topical storm." kennedy: let's dust off our vc rs and find videos to nurse you back to health after a wild weekend. this is the "topical storm." topic number one. dogs are superior to cats in countless ways. but sledding dogs are pretty, hard work and are used to wasting time in the tundra. watch this family dog compete with a baby to see who can make the most annoying sound of all time. [baby crying] [dog howling] kennedy: that's my fast it part when the dog turns to the baby. topic number 2. it is said if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach a man to fish you feed an alligator lurking nearby. >> the alligator caught me, connor. oh, he got it. oh, my god. kennedy: connor, the circle of life. you will have to watch "lion king" now. nothing comes easy in life. if you want something, you have to work for it. if you were really tough you have would have reeled in the alligator, too. you can't give that easy. you need to really want it. >> let's get it. that's

when you look at extreme conditions today we are familiar with terms being shell shocked and having ptsd, we didn't know much about that at the time. imagine what their reentry was like. >> it was very difficult. i think a lot of people did recognize it even if they didn't know how to treat it. that's why do you saw so many veterans struggling after the war. when the great depression hit the u.s. many suffered even more. >> it showed a hospital at a church. it was an area when there was heavy fighting with the 35th divisions. you can see the rebuilding of a bridge which was strategically important. >> the danger of transporting troops across open fields. >> i think the whole front was about 34 miles, which is quite large. >> many of these roads are very similar today. if you go to these battlefields and you drive along them you can follow very closely maps in the 1920s and 1930s. it is interesting to sort of compare the landscapes. >> world war i battlefields are preserved in france? >> yes and no. i think they are a lot less traveled and a lot less visitors to them. it is more untouched

the presumption is whoever's reading it suffers from ptsd. i don't presume that all students suffer from ptsd. that's different from a content warning. the content warning is letting someone know this content, you might not realize it but it might trouble viewing ways. what a lynching, you know that's a book about lynching but when you look at my syllabus, you know what my class is going to be about. however, reading this semester we had a suicide on campus of one of the athletes on the track team killed himself. that day i was going to show a film called hillhouse in my film class and in that film it's about a bunch of christians and a sort of have this, they put on these morality plays where they do a number of things. make a number of different controversial statements, things like that including do an active suicide where the suicide, the person goes to hell and is taunted by the devil. so i sent an email to my students saying just so you know, were going to watch the film this afternoon because two of the students are on the same track t

ptsd. his coping mechanism was drinking which led to a dui. >> i was pulled over, given a field sobriety test, took a breathalyzer. >> reporter: he wants to go by scott and doubesn't want to sho his face because his lively hood is at stake. >> i did something wrong, i wish i wasn't caught in this political game of chess. >> reporter: it started with sally hernandez who rolled out a new softer immigration detainer policy february 1. >> when people are fearful that they're going to be deported or they're going to lose their families, they do not want to cooperate with police. >> reporter: under her policy, i.c.e. is required to fight a warrant when arresting immigrants. >> our focus is not on taking care of immigration business. it's on taking care of our community and keeping our community safe. >> the move enraged texas governor who cut off $1.5 million in criminal justice defense grants to travis county. he's also pushing a statewide sanctuary city ban. instead it put 14 county jobs on the

rates are higher among veterans than it is for the rest of the population and many of them experience ptsdr traumatic brain injury. tell us about the treatments you've tried and why oxygen therapy has been successful for you. >> initially starting out, i was inundated with medication and pharmaceuticals. we tried over and over medicines to counter the other. oftentimes 15 pills a day was my regimen. that being said, we looked into yoga, which helped. koi we learned about oxygen therapy. it started to wake up and revive a lot of those places that were asleep. >> liz, you have watched your husband suffer through this and explore alternative therapies. tell us about how oxygen therapy has impacted your family. >> when chuck came home, he was a totally different person. we've been together since high school. he couldn't be with our children. that's one thing he's adamant about. with the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, we've had him in the same room as our kids and be able to play on the room, go outside to a restaurant to a crowded area. it's definitely been beneficial. >> you guys set up a

>>reporter: patricia ellis is a medically retired veteran who needs a service dog to help with her ptsdparker has been her dog for six months but generate 31st his status was challenged by southwest employee. >> he if refused to acknowledge that parker was service dog. >>reporter: she was traveling to southern california from second mounting the -- sacramento. she tried to show them her boarding pass which showed parker is a service dog as well as documentation. >> he didn't want to look at it. the conversation was over for him. >>reporter: she said it caused her to have a panic attack and in an effort to resolve the issue the employee told her she could bring parker on board if she paid a fee which ellis claims violates federal law. according to the american disabilities act of businesses are allowed to ask if the dog is service animal and how they assist but they can't ask for special identification, charge extra fees or refuse service assuming the service animal is no threat to the public.>> it was ridiculous. >>reporter: we reached out to southwest and they maintain the dog is not a