kelly shy is one of about two dozen business owners just outside the gates of the former walter reed army medical center. when she opened in 2005, more than 5,000 people worked at the campus and the facility served about 150,000 patients. >> we saw georgia avenue as an opportunity. >> reporter: since the closure decision local stores have made adjustments. >> we knew it was going to slope down. we knew on september 15th -- slow down. we knew on september 15th that was definitely going to impact business. >> reporter: the last of the inpatients moved out in august, but the campus is not complete lip desolate. >> security guards, maintenance workers and as we -- completely desolate. >> security guards, maintenance workers and as we transition to something new we were planning on city planners, construction workers, a host of people. >> reporter: those will come when a massive redevelopment plan gets underway. this may be what's keeping any remaining customers from the shops and restaurants jupes a block up on georgia avenue. -- just a block up on georgia gaffe. the main gate at walter

kelly shuy is one of about two dozen business owners just outside the gates of the former walter reedy medical center. when she hoped this restaurant in 2005, more than 5,000 people worked at the campus and the facility served about 150,000 patients. >> we sought georgia avenue as an opportunity. >> reporter: local stores have made adjustments. >> we knew it would slow down. we knew on september 15th that definitely was going to impact business. >> reporter: the laugh of the inpatients moved out in august but the campus isn't completely desolate jot security guards, maintenance workers and as we transition to something new, we were counseling on city planners, state department planners, construction workers, a host of people. roz authorize will come from wh a massive redevelopment plan gets under way. this may be what is keeping any remaining customers from the shops and restaurants just a block up here on georgia avenue. main gate here at walter reed army medical center has been shut down and local businesses say that was a surprise to them. >> for some reason, i assumed that that ga

we started working with walter reed and bethesda. later we worked with the medical folks at porche bell and those interactions were met with suspicion because there's a lot of interactions that happened around -- as much about publicity or feeling good as there are about real efforts to help in the recovery process and the reintegration process but eventually because we had past experience with walter reed through a program called comfort to america's uniformed services we worked our way into their good race -- grace and began a program with other medical facilities. we began building a network to provide a resource of people who were interested in employment, disabled veterans interested in employment. we worked with the wounded warrior foundation. maybe safe harbor program. the department of labor became a good partner with career centers around the country and the marine wounded warrior regiment is another organization we are working with. we worked with the an r o which has an amazing in turn program bringing wounded veterans in

the next day i got transferred to walter reed, because that's the place you go for prosthetics. get these little things called stubbies, and they are about this tall, just straight bars, and you're on those for a while because, obviously, you're relearning how to walk, so you want to keep your center of gravity low. and then they heighten you a little bit and it's still the straight bar. they change the foot that's on it. they change it to a foot that flexes so it's like you have an ankle almost. and then after you have mastered that you graduate to the full height and you have a knee. the first type of leg you learn is the c leg, which is a computerized leg, and it has sensors for pressure, and then after you have mastered the c leg you get a mechanical leg which works on your own power. after that, you just come in until you're ready to get discharged. there is a difference between phantom sensation, and there is phantom pain. phantom sensation is when you feel your limbs that aren't there anymore, and phantom pain is when they actually hurt. your brain is confused, like, it t

of an angel, i am a soldier myself ♪ >> bill: miss nicks donating proceeds from that song to the walter reedpital. of course she is a patriot that is it for us tonight. check out the factor website different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world. oreilly@foxnews.com. name and town if you wish to opine. word of the day, do not be a mooncalf. for you ron paul supporters don't e-mail me telling me i'm a pinhead. i know you think that. i understand. we've been fair to dr. paul. i said jesse withouters out there, was nice, respectful, we put dr. paul's remarks on. you like him? good. my job to show you what the presidential candidates are what they are really like, what they think and we do that the people who won't talk to me, like ron paul, we got waters and we are going to have a few others floating around. you can run, but you can't hide. again, thanks for watching. i am bill o'reilly. please always remember the spin stops right here because we >> top of the morning to you. it's thursday, september 8th. i'm gretchen carlson. thank you

and then six years later and reagan is in walter reed. he is recovering from one of his many surgery's. he is dozing. he has an army blanket on his lap. he has his book open face down. how long have you been here? not very long. we did not want to disturb your nap. just reading this book and calvin coolidge. he'd text that -- cut tax rates four times. how many times of light? one, sir. well, keep busy reagan, of course to went to school in the '20s. there were teaching economics, the old school. he was an economic sociology major. something stock. something stock. >> and you rank calvin coolidge number 12 right after jfk. etf can you have tied for seventh place. straight force across the board except for character. >> a mix story. on the upside to things about kennedy, he was never a wiener. he never heard stories about the isolation of the presidency and, well, is me. the step at the altar. you never heard the warning. every day was a new beginning. both very proud of their roots. and the fact that kennedy took responsibility for his mis

. >> well, the closure of the walter reed army medical center has pat dent in some local businesses.some local restaurants say their daytime crowd has mostly disappeared. activists are now calling for the community help out those businesses and marion barry's turkey give away has changed a little bit. he is requiring people preregister for the bird and parents are required to attend p.t.a. meetings and parent-teacher conferences and those without kids have to attend at least three city council meetings. >> and according to a recent poll by parade magazine topps the list of most annoying celebrities. they say it's because of all the attention she received for her wedding and actor charlie sheen came in second and jersey shore star snooki came in third. do you agree cynne simpson? >> i disagree. >> for locally one nationally number four. >> ok let's check in with steve ruden now, no. charlie sheen? >> yes. >> you think charlie? that's what's going on? >> he's winning. he has that tiger blood. >> charlie sheen's family members say these days he's doing great. >> that's in response to th

support of our customers where we have seen opportunity in russia we have made some acquisitions like walter reed. so those are complementary to our business existing business we feel that our portfolio is very rich and we will be focused on organic growth in the next few years. time to have a quick check on the markets here at stocks are rising extent of the previous sessions gains investors hope that european policymakers are moving closer to a plan to avoid a massive debt default the markets in europe have posted strong gains on tuesday's sentiment was supported by speculation that euro zone leaders will take steps to beef up the bailout fund german banks thought eleven and a half percent was just a bit better. under eleven percent on the rice. hundred russia the markets rallied on chooser despite the resignation of the country's finance minister the r.t.s. editor over four percent and the minus its was up two and a half percent let's have a look at some of the individual share moves from the might six hundred just talk sport on the rise amid strong crude look it was up one and a half percent

and the "washington post" opined that the old man was already losing his mind and reagan was at walter reed recovering from the many surgery's and he is dozing and as an army blanket he has this book open face down and how long are you year, not very long, mr. president. the cut the marginal tax rates four times, how many and they said once. he of course went to school in the 20's and he was the president and this was pre-k and they were teaching the laws of economics and the old school economics in the old economic sociology major something stock. >> you bring calvin coolidge number 12 as right after jfk. jfk you have tied for seventh place and he gets straight force across the board of the six categories except the character of three. two things about kennedy he was never a winner. you never heard stories about the isolation of the presidency which we've heard from the current leader you never heard the warning from kennedy and it was like reagan and the fact that kennedy took responsibility for his mistakes he said before the cameras the president of the commanding authority of the gover

, the new walter reed wounded warriors, et cetera. but i would like to ask all of you to consider this untapped resource, especially when you consider the u.s. chamber, wal-mart, et cetera, that can be very much integrated in the community. >> i think you make an outstanding point. you know, three years ago when i ground my wife by the throat and lifted or three feet off the deck and got arrested for domestic violence because i was a sick individual, educated myself on a lot about ptsd. it was my new enemy. i knew everything about it but still bottom line, i had to give it something else. i have to find the lord. and that's where i started my healing process, and i still worship him 100%. [applause] spent the bottom line at the end of the day, accountability is on the as well as veterans. at some point i have to say you know what? i've got to stand up to the plate. it doesn't get the virtual impunity to sit here and acting have a certain behavior that i was exhibiting. at some point have to get up off my reader and take accountability

of an angel, i am a soldier myself ♪ >> bill: miss nicks donating proceeds from that song to the walter reedse she is a patriot that is it for us tonight. check out the factor website different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world. oreilly@foxnews.com. name and town if you wish to opine. word of the day, do not be a mooncalf. for you ron paul supporters don't e-mail me telling me i'm a pinhead. i know you think that. i understand. we've been fair to

. >> martin: sergeant kenneth westbrook died at walter reed hospital, but lived long enough to tell hisife what happened. >> westbrook: he told me that, "we were surrounded. we were ambushed and we called for help. no one came. they kept telling us '15 minutes, 15 minutes,' and no one showed and we were just sitting ducks." >> martin: as recommended by the investigation, letters of reprimand were issued to the captain who was in charge of the watch in the operations center, and to the major who was absent from the center at critical points. the army has not released their names. >> price: how do you equate a piece of paper, a reprimand, to human life? >> westbrook: these letters of reprimand are just clearly slaps on the wrist. these officers need to be court- martialed. >> martin: what would you say to that? >> hooker: i think to be the object of an official investigation which results in a general officer letter of reprimand and ends your career, for most professional officers, is about the most profound kind of thing that can happen to you. it means professional disgrace and ruin. >>

segments of the intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reed knew about nidal malik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- there's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying --you know, director clapper, wh you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that youearn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the intel

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>> reporter: as an army psychiatrist, nidal was assigned to walter reed hospital, to counsel returning combat soldiers. his family says their dramatic stories deeply affected him. as he became more religious, he viewed the war on terror as a war on his faith. he even gave a powerpoint presentation to military colleagues, which seemed to solidify his evolution of beliefs. he wrote, it's getting harder and harder for muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow muslims. >> there was this issue of choosing god and country. and i think that's where his sickness really started to morph. >> reporter: do you think that al qaeda terrorists, are the ones that influenced to the point where he was ready to commit murder? >> i don't know. i believe that maybe some of the things that are seen on the internet, some of the websites. i'm still not privy to any of it. the alleged e-mails between him and anwar al awlaki. >> reporter: it is believed nidal exchanged e-mails with anwar al awlaki, a terrorist in yemen. supposedly writing to him,

we started working with walter reed and beth as the. later we worked with the medical folks, initially those interactions were met with some suspicion because there's a lot of interaction happening around warriors as much as publicity or feeling good as there are about real efforts to help in the recovery process and reintegration process but eventually because we had past experience with walter reed through a program called comfort to america's uniformed services we had a little credibility and work their way into the good grace and began our program along with the other medical facilities i mentioned. we also worked with a number of other organizations in building a network that would provide resources and of people who were interested in employment. we worked with the wounded warrior foundation and safe harbor program, department of labor became a good partner of ours with their career centers around the country and the marine wounded warrior regiment is another organization we are working with. we also worked with nro who are willin

after walter reed hospital, they close down the program, fixed of the places, and then we haven't beenable to get back in. >> maybe that's something you can address, because -- >> but we are talking about the problem, the problem is before they get out of the military. because we understand the problem with the va, but as a community, support, how can we do it when we are constantly told no. dr. brown -- >> we do have a solution in place. >> let's hear a solution. >> we do have a solution in place, and it is, in fact, the law of the land. and it was created by all the military services about two years ago, and if it is implemented with the leadership oversight and accountability and data to back it up, the recovery coordination plans, and federal recovery coordination plans and the screening to identify every serious and severely injured service member, and a plan that addresses the needs of the family members also, and integrates the community assets, where the people live, we prevent that kind of thing that april our andrea or pam, or the other spouses of families and the kids have t

that is how i found out about the scandalous treatment of our wounded warriors at walter reed , a newspaper story on the front page of the "washington post." the way i found out about the contribution of mine resistant and protected mwrap vehicles was through an attack were not a single marine had been killed. those were some of my early agenda items, iraq, iran, iraq, and then trying to repair some things inside the beltway. >> jabanero is that beltway? when you look at the -- how narrow is that beltway? when you look at all sorts of issues, politics, the economics, do you still see congress and the media as the best hope for liberty and freedom? >> what i said was that they were the best guarantor -- [laughter] of our liberty. it and what one of my favorites quotations is from a frenchman who was writing about washington at the time of the revolution, toward the end, and he wrote -- seven years he has command of the army and obey the congress, nothing more need be said. >> i think we have some more from twitter. >> this is a student from iraq. >> thanks, mr. secretary. i was from the begi

shortly after i was elected, i had the opportunity to go to walter reed army medical center and visites, and they said, but " this is congressman walz, retired sergeant major in the army got was this kid ever miste -- retired sergeant major in the army." this kid never missed "i'm sadr citysorr to hear here that." that.m sorry to hear sorry that you went to congress." 12% of america approves of what is congress is doing. who the hell that will%? they are not my family. -- who the hell are that 12%? they are not my family. the sacrifice that each of you and war years -- warriors had made its for the very purpose to allow a high school teacher and a soldier to run for elected office to govern ourselves, to the government of the people, by the people and for the people. the sacrifices of blood and life at the left on battlefields across the world that allow us to govern ourselves and allow us to go to congress, i have to tell you, the sense of just disillusionment that we could disrespect the memory of what it takes to govern and what it takes to have us in the united states congress mus

walter reed, narcotics usage has decreased from over 80% to 8.5% in the last year and a half, among our wounded warriors. now, this is a good news story and we are doing our best to replicate it at other army installations. the problem is having people who are trained in alternative pain management who can work these reductions. this type of challenge will help us decrease the number of accidental overdoses, medication diversion, and drug abuse. these are important elements of overall, we have made great process -- repress. i could talk for hours about the individuals and organizations, that's not to say there are not problems or areas where there is significant room for improvement. the reality is that we as a department and nation will be dealing with the effects of these injuries for decades to come. make no mistake, this is where your money will be spent. it says the only thing that turns you on, okay, this is where it's going to be spent. when you look at those numbers, when you look at 66% of my most severely wounded soldiers, traumatic brain injury, post- traumatic stress, that's

after walter reed hospital, they closed down the program and fixed up the place and we haven't been ableto get back. >> maybe that's something you can address. >> we are talking about the problem. the problems before they get out of the military because we understand the problems with the va but as the community support, how can we do it? when we are constantly told no. >> we do have a solution in place. >> you're a solution. >> we do have a solution in place and it is at the wall of the land and was created by all the military services about two years ago, and if it is implemented with leadership oversight and accountability and data to back it up, the recovery coordination plans and federal recovery coordination plans and the screening to identify every serious and severely injured service member and a plan that addresses the needs of the family members also and integrates the community assets where the people live would prevent that kind of thing that if april or andrea or pan have to go to. we know how to do this and there is a stigma that is still out there and it is unacceptable th

segments of the intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reedknew about nidal malik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- there's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the i

that is what i found out about the scandalous treatment of our wounded warriors at walter reed, it was a newspaper story on the front page of "the washington post." and the mrap of vehicles, but on the front page of "usa today" in 2007, that in 300 attacks in anwar not a single marine had been killed. so i said, let's do this. those were my early agenda items. q, and-- iraq, iraq, ira then trying to repair some things inside the beltway. >> how narrow is that? when you look at the current challenges we see from all sorts of issues -- politics, economics -- do you still see congress and the media as the best hope for the body and freedom? >> what i said was is they were the best guarantor -- [laughter] of our liberty. one of my favorite quotes is from a frenchman who was writing about washington at the time of the revolution, toward the end of the day revolution. and he said -- he wrote "seven years he has commanded the army and obeid the congress. nothing more need be said." >> i think we have some more from twitter. >> from iraq, and scarred -- currently a student. >> thanks, mr. secr

segments of the intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reedknew about nidal malik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- there's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the i

segments of the intelligence communities such as the fbi, the department of defense, people at walter reedknew about nidal malik hasan before he opened on a base in fort hood in november. similar failures existed with the attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab that would be the underwear bomber before he boarded a plane in detroit on december 25th, 2009. the information known about these individuals did not get to the right people to prevent the attacks, and how do we improve that? i mean, i know -- i don't expect us to be perfection, but if -- the's always frustrating -- like 9/11, we had information about these people being trained. it came to the fi, the fbi did not act upon it. can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're ying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism centernd somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operatial policy success. i would say that in the intelligen