i'm rebecca cotton with senator rausch office can i ask couple of other questions?w is the suicide rate from operation desert storm and operation freedom whatever -- i can't remember of freedom. is it similar to that in the vietnam era or korean era? it sounds we hear more about it right now that it is exponentially greater, but is it similar or is it -- i don't know? >> it's a great question. and the honest truth is that the data because it wasn't tracked as closely it is hard. the feeling of those who study the issue is that it's worse, and worth taking a step back per a moment. we think of ptsd has existed since people picked up weapons a time ago. so you have that phrase and number during the civil war. in world war ii you have half a million troops half a million discharminged because of psychiatric disorders so i think of men who fought as greatest generation half a million of them sent home because they just couldn't do it anymore. we have that idea of shell shock. ptsd shell shock in world war ii. ptsd from vietnam so toll is takes ask not new. those who bel

host: bill rausch?st: i will speak on the house of iraq and afghanistan veterans , our members, but i will also speak up on a personal perspective. i spent 17 months in iraq. i feel very fortunate and blessed that i have been welcome to thiswelcomes back country in a way i know many of my predecessors have not. just yesterday we noted veteran -- we met a veteran who talked about the challenges he had when he came back from vietnam. he came back to ohio, a small town where members of the local , other vietnam aterans talked about other -- very different experience to what i had. i feel like the post-9/11 generation has benefited from the vietnam veterans, especially their work and the trailblazing they did which i believe created this sea of goodwill we benefit from today. there are certainly challenges in congress. we talked about funding packages just a moment ago. fully funding the v.a. has been a challenge. havey and large most folks been very supportive of the post-9/11 veterans. from my perspective

host: bill rausch? guest: i will speak on the house of iraq and afghanistan veterans , our members, but i will also speak up on a personal perspective. i spent 17 months in iraq. i feel very fortunate and blessed that i have been welcome to thiswelcomes back country in a way i know many of my predecessors have not. just yesterday we noted veteran -- we met a veteran who talked about the challenges he had when he came back from vietnam. he came back to ohio, a small town where members of the local , other vietnam aterans talked about other -- very different experience to what i had. i feel like the post-9/11 generation has benefited from the vietnam veterans, especially their work and the trailblazing they did which i believe created this sea of goodwill we benefit from today. there are certainly challenges in congress. we talked about funding packages just a moment ago. fully funding the v.a. has been a challenge. havey and large most folks been very supportive of the post-9/11 veterans. from my perspec

jessica rausch was nicholas' best friend. she is 18 now. she misses her friend and worries about the safety of her neighborhoods. >> it's a really scary thought that this could to me or my sister or my family or my friends. >> reporter: now the supervisor responsible for this neighborhood tells me that traffic and pedestrian safety is a top priority. he says several measures have been taken to make this area safer, such as striping the crosswalk. but he says he wants to see more. reporting live in san francisco, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, jodi. >>> not guilty. that's the plea from three drifters accused of killing people. they were arraigned in marin county today. all three charged with murder. but prosecutors specifically identified lampley as the shooter. the trio accused of gunning down hiker steve carter in marin and canadian backpacker audrey carey in san francisco last month. the defendants will be back in court in may future a preliminary hearing. if convicted, they could face a possible death sentence

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ofsts include bill rausch iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. then a look at the mental health of america's veterans with dr. harold kudler of the veterans health administration and colonel elspeth cameron ritchie. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> a signature feature of c-span2's book tv is our coverage of book fairs across the country with nonfiction author talks, interviews and viewer call-in segments. book tv will be live from the 32nd annual miami book fair. our coverage starts saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. lewisverage includes john discussing "march." a call-in with peggy noonan. judith miller joins us to discuss "the story." out."d koppell on "lights on sunday, speak with the authors live. p.j. o'rourke takes your calls. read --nbc host joy and read will take calls on "fracture." startingiami november 21. twitter.nd @cspan on a discussion about military veterans' mental health needs and federal health support for suicide prevention for returning soldiers. senator joe donnelly took part in a discussion h