>> they gave me those, tbi, ptsd. see everything happening, it effects everything, your sleep your family, it effects you as a person. it took about three hearts of really fighting on my part to realize that i'm not going to get back to full duty and i'm not going to be the way i was before i deployed and before my injury. and that's something that you kind of have to come to grips with yourself. >> i worry about our staff actually because they're very passionate about what they do. the better is not -- the burden is not getting any being less although we are withdrawing from afghanistan on a regular basis and the force out there is getting smaller all the time. the workload isn't any less for our staff than it was a year or two ago, in fact it's continued to grow. >> do you feel like by participating with this research program with the hyperbaric chamber that you might be helping future soldiers suffering from ptsd? >> that was my goal going into the hyperbaric research program. i know there's no magic solution to th

. >> you talked about ptsd and tbi, starting to get calls and questions. you know, how have you approached that? what have you done to sort of learn about those topics, and to, to be a source of advice for other, other moms other dads and how prevalent do you see the issue being? >> well, you know being in kabul for that year there were things that happened when i was there that year that were very difficult and i watched the staff that i had worked with there, many of whom are suffering from delayed ptsd. one of the things that i learned from joining forces sometimes it can be up to seven years after a traumatic event. and, there was one circumstance where my husband's layover hotel was attacked. i was on the phone with the flight attendants telling them what to do because they were barricaded in their rooms. he was coordinate as rescue. this all sounds like a movie. like i said, this is, i feel like it is not even my life sometimes but, you know for them to feel safe to come out. so we went through a traumatic event, destress event where you talk through

team tbi is here. it's just -- like i said the mobile command center is now set up here.they really haven't told us anything else. we did have a police officer come in to make sure that we were okay and that you know he didn't give us any more information. >> and, carolyn, right now are you in the warehouse area in the back of your facility? >> no we are in the front office so we can see you know what's going on out front. >> and did you see a car or the shooter, the alleged shooter? there were reports of a mustang convertible. >> it happened so fast very possibly could have been a car because the first thing that i saw were the police officers going into the park. so evidently if there was a car, it went into the park and the police officers went, you know immediately behind it. so evidently, you know this vehicle was -- they were in pursuit of this vehicle from somewhere. i did hear from another news source that homeland security said that the incident started on lee highway, which is east of us. so i don't know if they were in pursuit of this person if something happen

but you know the tbi is the tennessee's investigative agency.straight line into what's going on down there from tbi agents in chattanooga. and they'll get it to the director and get it to the governor. i don't think he'd be wrong on what he's saying, but we have to wait and see what they say at the press conferences to get the points down. i would just say this. you know it looks like you've reported thomas and pete and you've discussed with the colonel and clint and i think you're spot on. the guy shot from the outside. when you interviewed that witness, she clearly saw the guy ducking and then heard the shots. and her description of the shots, loud like a jack hammer. that sounds to me like a shoulder-fired rifle. a shoulder-fired rifle and colonel jack was talking about that. they're extremely loud high velocity rounds, 2,500 feet per second off the muzzle. they cause devastating injuries. in the recruitment center you have people that are inside. the sun was out today. it was out all morning in tennessee. it's bright. if you're outside and l

see and a mounting body of evidence that he was tortured and jailed and subjected to something called tbi, total body integration is beyond belief and yet it is a matter of record. i look at the fbi files. i've been looking at the medical reports. we know from the pulitzer prize that they were at least 16,000 individuals who unwittingly suggested to radiation experiment precisely during that time i was in jail. the fact that people are not inherently thick terms i am all for that. the fact that we puerto rico have maintained our culture and language despite a century worth of attempts to either modify or even eliminate schools is a testament to the inner core defensive selfhood. for me that is a given. it is so obvious that on my part it didn't require an argument that puerto ricans are not victims, but puerto ricans have been victimized. there has to be a recognition of what the historical underpinnings of the relationship had been in order to arrive at meaningful discussion regarding the future. >> absolutely. i agree with you. one of the interesting things is you are right that the pro

his blood test, one for alcohol and one toxicology for drugs and those aren't completed yet from the tbi. i don't know what the toxicology test would show. i wouldn't be able to tell you at this time. >> at a minimum he did smell of marijuana and had the white -- >> according to the affidavit. >> and he claims they were caffeine pills. right now a lot of focus on a possible motive. what might have caused this man to open fire at these military centers killing four marines. where does the investigation stand right now? >> it stands with the fbi leading in conjunction with the atf and local and state agencies are cooperating and helping them. like any investigation, they keep an an open mind and they don't discount anything and if they get a chance to do their work and they may have a lot more answers later on than they do right now because it is a long process and there's a lot of information to learn but also to figure out where this individual has been for the past, you know, past several months. >> last up, where this individual has been for the last several months is one of the key qu

authorities such as the fbi and the atf but you also have the tennessee bureau of investigation, which is tbi anyway probably the lead agency to handle most of the forensic work. the atf is involved as well. they have several teams that have fans out across the state of tennessee and across the east coast to learn as much information as they can about who this shooter was or is, and in addition, what affiliations, if any does he have with known terrorist organizations or if he was just a lone wolf. we don't know that yet. this is stale very fluid investigation. hopefully over the next few hours we'll have more information. >> they must be swarming all over but they know the identity of the person. not released it. they must be swarming all over that person's computer, his home his social metwork postings, they must be all over that as we speak. rod wheeler i'll be back to you shortly. i have a statement here from the department of defers on the shoot -- department of defense. >> we can confirm that four department of defense service members were tragically killed and one wounded in two separa

those with tbi data been diagnosed we need to continue to take care of them because they are part of the fourth into their no longer on this earth. we are not perfect but we still have a lot to learn. >> i welcome and i applaud the commitment and assisted on this issue i can guarantee without being an expert that our marines and soldiers and sailors and airmen who are out there with wounds that are bugging them come and they need the encouragement to come forward. let me shift -- >> could i -- are you familiar with the piece of legislation, clay hunt suicide prevention act? >> i am not. i will become for me with it though if confirmed. i'm interested now that i wasn't aware, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> we'll make sure your office received some additional material on this. senator mccain has really been a champion ivan for prepared to work with them on this issue and is quickly afford. 22 veterans every day in this country strongest, best country in history of the world commit suicide and this bill as an effort to correct that problem. if i can just focus and my remaining seconds o

and those with tbi, they have been diagnosed. we need to continue to take care of them. they are part of the force until they are no longer on the force. so we are not perfect. we still have a lot to learn. and our wounded warrior regimen takes care of remeans when they are not longer on active service. we owe them our best support and i commit to you they are going to get it from me. >> thank you, and applaud your commitment and your sensitivity i guarantee there are marines and soldiers and sailers and airmen who are out there with wounds that are bugging them. and they need the encouragement to come forward. let me shift to -- >> could i just interrupt? you are familiar with the suicide prevention act? >> i am not. i will make sure i. >> we will make sure your office receives the material. senator mccain, it's critically important, 22 veterans every day in the this country, commit suicide and this bill is an effort to prevent that problem. if i can comment, the f-35 joint strike fighter, i know we have not yet passed the initial operating capableility test and stage.

those with tbi that have been diagnosed, we need to take care of them. they are part of the force until they are no longer on this earth. we are not perfect. we still have a lot to learn. i want to be a regiment that takes care of marines and stays in contact with them feechb they are no longer on active service. we owe all of them our best support. i commit to you that they are going to get it from me if confirmed as come adant. >> i welcome and applaud that and your sensitivity on the issue. i can guarantee without being an expert that there are marines and soldiers and sailors and airmen that are out there with wounds that are bugging them and they need the encouragement to come forward. >> let me shift to -- >> could i just interrupt. are you familiar with the legislation on suicide prevention act? >> sir i'm not. i will become familiar with it if confirmed. i'm interested. i wasn't aware of it chairman. >> thank you. >> we'll make sure that your office receives some additional material on it. senator mccain has been a champion i have been very proud

start offering solutions and this proposal would prioritize mental health care access, treatment for tbids military sexual trauma, and that comes at a cost. the dollar cost around the country but it is also a trade-off in terms of service and care that veterans currently get, those were able to get in and be seen for any problem at the v.a. today. i think in the future we will have to look of our community care for issues and conditions that are comparable -- popular in the general population. not easy to say but we can say that we should spend more but we've got to do a better job and to expect a different result is the definition of insanity. host: mats in baltimore. independent, good morning to you. caller: hi, i would like to expand the coverage the little. i'm a world war ii veteran and i have been very fortunate and i have had very little action do for the medical part of the v.a. the rest of the v.a. has eroded from a service organization handling 50 million -- 15 million veterans from world war ii until bureaucracy. once the transition is made, it is almost impossible to reverse

start offering solutions and this proposal would prioritize mental health care access, treatment for tbi pds military sexual trauma, and that comes at a cost. the dollar cost around the country but it is also a trade-off in terms of service and care that veterans currently get, those were able to get in and be seen for any problem at the v.a. today. i think in the future we will have to look of our community care for issues and conditions that are comparable -- popular in the general population. not easy to say but we can say that we should spend more but we've got to do a better job and to expect a different result is the definition of insanity. host: mats in baltimore. independent, good morning to you. caller: hi, i would like to expand the coverage the little. i'm a world war ii veteran and i have been very fortunate and i have had very little action do for the medical part of the v.a. the rest of the v.a. has eroded from a service organization handling 50 million -- 15 million veterans from world war ii until bureaucracy. once the transition is made, it is almost impossible to revers