release walter reed convicted murderers. state senator michael watson is looking to change the way pardons are granted in mississippi. he's on the phone from pascagoula. thanks for getting up early to talk about this with me. let me just start off the bat by ask you something here. as i understand it, this hearing today is all about the technicality, that issue where you have to post in the paper 30 days before you're released news that you're going to be released. let the victims come in and maybe argue their case. for some of these people that wasn't done. but it appears to me this is becoming a political football between the republicans and the democrats. it's republican governor and it's a democrat a.g. and some are accusing the other at least of not doing their job properly. am i'm not getting this right, that this is becoming very political? >> well, unfortunately -- and good morning, thanks for having me. you may be getting it correct. obviously this notice issue is something that's stated in the constitution so we wa

. >> we plan to take him directly to walter reed. >> chilling conversations on air force one hours after the president's death never heard before. what do they mean and why are they surfacing now? what it all means. >>> plus, the single most annoying man i've ever met in my entire life. i said it before and it remains true today. >> i'm loved by millions. >> you'll see. >> unbelievable, howie mandel is back for more. this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. mitt romney has to be feeling pretty good about the sunshine state. a poll has him as the 14 point favorite, and paul in third, tied with santorum. he sounds like a man who expects to win. >> sure is fun. what a day this is. with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel we might win tomorrow. what do you think? i know the speaker is not real happy, speaker gingrich. he's not excited these days, i know, it's sad. he's been flailing around trying to go after me one thing and another. >> and gingrich says he will cede nevada and michigan to mitt romney. is the writing on the wall? >> jack welch, the founder of the jack management

. >> an amazing story from walter reed medical center.st andrew wilson is making a remarkable recovery, just three months after being seriously wounded in afghanistan. doctors say what is making the difference in his recovery is this incredible optimism. seven months into his deployment to afghanistan, 24-year-old army specialist andrew wilson suffered a devastating injury. >> i lost both my legs. >> just days later, he arrived at walter reed national military medical center where he spent three months recovering and rebuilding his strength. his doctors say he is doing remarkably well. he is already walking on prosthetic legs, assisted by two canes. faster than most in his situation, which doctors say is in large part because of his positive attitude and determination. >> i would expect based on the amount of recovery has may already, he will be extraordinarily active very quickly. >> already he wrote a hand cycle in the wounded soldier ride. his family is not surprised by how much he has accomplished. >> he has been so positive. he has r

her dad used -- she was younger her dad used to bring her here to the old walter reed hospital in d.csaid this is where she learned what sacrifice is really all about. >> i would just walk in and i would see all of these very young amputees, many who weren't much older than myself -- i was probably 15, 16 at the time -- and it would just really a profound moment for me. reporter: it showed her there were people who needed help. >> i remember going to andrews one day with my mom and little brother and sister and there's a young guy maybe 22, 23, you know, whose face had been burned and he's missing an arm or sitting in walter reed and there's a very young couple and the guy is missing both arms and his wife is feeding him. these are things that are very much in my mind. reporter: so she took the idea she got at age 16 and immediately started turning it into a reality. it has not been easy. >> you're just a kid. you don't know what you're talking about. reporter: with help from her current school west virginia university bowencamp has found funding and mentors. >> it's been a big part o

my first contact with the paralyzed veterans was in walter reed. [national service officer michael killen] we helped him apply for automobile grants, special adaptive housing and vocational rehabilitation. [andrew pike] now i'm going back to school to earn a degree. i'm working with a real estate agency in town, and i'm just spending time with my wife and child. [female narrator] to help our paralyzed veterans, visit p-v-a dot org. >>> newt gingrich causing controversy, it may sound familiar this times the for incendiary comments he made addressing a crowd in new hampshire. why councilman marion barry is so upset. >> reporter: night gingrich is in hot water with the afterry -- newt gingrich is in hot water with the african american community. >>> there is no neighbourhood in america, you asked do you want your children to have food stamps or pay checks they wouldn't say i want a pay check if naacp invites me i will go to their convention and tell them why african american community would prefer pay checks than food stamps. >>> it is a racial slur,

president about to present a wounded warrior with a purple heart, walking into a hospital room at walter reed, wearing scrubs. this photograph, taken high above the oval office, of the rose garden, a state dinner for the german chancellor. the funeral for former first lady betty ford. there for the service, three former first ladies, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, rosalyn carter joining first lady michelle obama. the president and first lady bidding farewell to the queen and prince philip, following a dinner in london to honor the queen. and there was this smile. the president filling in as basketball coach for his daughter sasha. and as this nation prepares for a toughly fought presidential race, we noted the children in this picture, behind the president, their videogames, far more pressing. and bo, with a view from inside the presidential motorcade, en route to petsmart, we're told, to get his christmas gift. the view from the white house. >>> still ahead here on "world news" this sunday night, the debate this evening over a brand new drug. some say it's the strongest pain reliever ever ma

the cardinals will visit service members of the walter reed military medical center in bethesda. >> 5er every 10 minutes. wet roads and a little bit of rain. >> the first half of the day, then a few peeks of sun later on today. >> what i like about this forecast is it will get warmer. >> on the warm side of the storm, the warm sector. aptly named. the rain is still moving towards southern maryland, exiting out of the 95 corridor in virginia starting to move away from the beltway. we still have wet roads where it's not raining, as we had over night rain. some sleet woke a few peopel le up. some areas of rain in southern maryland. moderate showers and st. mary's county. after that first batch i showed you on radar, we have the second batch of in west virginia. the green and yellow. that will push through later on this morning. gere;shere's the cause this area of low pressure in the heartland. it will pass to our northwest. that keeps us in the warm sector. the temperatures are already responding accordingly. 43 in the district. that is our average afternoon high temperature. cooler in f

. >> it happened just before 3:00 this morning on jones bridge road at lancaster drive, near walter reede with what we have learned there. good morning, derrick. >> good morning. a sad

the pup arrived in orlando last week and yesterday made it to walter reed. esslinger's father says he knows that having smoke pup barbarian with him will help him recover even more quickly. that's nice. >> what a name. and what a bargain. three cigarettes for that awesome dog. >> very cute dog. i'm sure that's a great comfort to him, as well. we wish him well. >>> that is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> ♪ round, round, get around, i get around ♪ [ female announcer ] new and improved swiffer dusters with dust lock adhesive can clean virtually every surface in your home. ♪ its thousands of fluffy fibers pick up dust here, there, pretty much everywhere. and swiffer dusters traps 3 times more dust than a feather duster. and locks it away. ♪ swiffer cleans better or your money back. ♪ get around ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achi

nice looking guy more of a heartthrob and by accident the man whwas filming an army commercial at walter reed hospital when he was being rehabilitated later went on to become a very famous director and he hired ty and when we met ty he's now finished his fourth picture, exhausted, waiting for sabbatical and maybe to fall in love. >> rose: and what happens? after we meet ty? >> rose: no, after he's waiting for his fourth picture. >> he's at the cannes film festival he's invitedecause such a celebrity would be on to the megayacht of a man called n santel re: not a ne man but an interesting man. >> a man who... i think what's interesting about him to me is he's a man who rationalizing his actions so that even though they might have very evil consequencess he has managed to convince himself that they're for the good. >> rose: and also has a kind of protege on board. mr. phillip frost? >> mr. phillip frost. >> rose: what is he? >> ice in his veins. a man a certain allure of a highly disciplined military type o seems to beoing good things but whose purposes and actions are... those actions are very

pamela stokes eggleston spent three years at walter reed while her husband recovered from war wounds. >> people don't understand what i was going through zwrujust in terms of him not being able to work because he was a reservist. he had a regular job. he could not work at that regular job and on top of that i was laid off. >> reporter: egg el ston works as a consultant now. this is the first job fair dedicated exclusively to military spouses. organizers say they want to have 10 to 20 more over the next year. jane watrel, news 4. >> washington, d.c. has the largest population of military spouses in the nation. >>> monday is martin luther king day and after eight years the mlk day parade is returning to southeast d.c. the parade begins at 11:00 on monday. festivities kick off at the friendship public charter school and end at lekie elementary school. boxing champ lamont peterson will serve as one of the grand marshals. they going to have good weather on monday? >> on monday. it's in the forecast and, yes. i think better weather is coming on monday. monday is looking all right. a little

and yesterday made its way to walter reed. his father says that he knows having smoke with him will help him recover even faster. >>> we are going to take a look at stories we are going to be following for news4 this afternoon. the first lady unveils new standards for healthier school lunches across the country today. plus p. excuse me, find out who the designer is behind michelle obama's blue dress she wore last night at the state of the union. a lot of people talking about that dress. then at 5:00 this evening, what's your workout? mix between martial arts, dance and yoga. we are bogey to introduce to you a workout for your mind and your body all at the same time. tom is here with a final check on the forecast. hey, tom. >> great afternoon to get out and get exercise. we have sunshine and temperatures are beginning to warm up as we approach the noon hour. into the mid 40s throughout most of the region. reagan national at 46 degrees. we have quite a bit of shine. there are some clouds beginning to close in from the south and

the president about to present a wounded warrior with a purple heart walking into a hospital at walter reed wearing scrubs. this photograph, above the rose garden, a state dinner. the funeral for former first lady betty ford. there for the service, three former first lady. nancy reagan, hillary clinton, rosalynn carter joining michelle obama. the president and first lady bidding farewell to the queen and prince phillip following a dinner in london to honor the queen. this smile, the president filling in as basketball coach for his daughter sasha. and as this nation prepares for a toughly fought presidential race, we noted the children in this picture behind the president, video gapes far more pressing. and bo with a view from inside the presidential motorcade en route to petsmart we are told to get his christmas gift. david muir, abc news, new york. >> i think bo lives a better life than most humans. the dog is living high on the hog. >> yes, he is. notice cheering on his daughter's basketball team, the president. >> yeah. >> from chicago. >> right. the president. yes indeed. >> big white s

. >> we had a bottleneck right in bethesda for walter reed has now relocated. >> rockville pike. >> rockville pike. i see it as an opportunity because all of us have been talking about transient oriented development and what we need for transportation. so the roadways are all clogged up. what are our alternatives? we have to look at transit. we're looking at bus rapid transit, the purple line. the transit way. so we have a lot of things on the drawing board. now we just need to find the money to fund it. >> walter? >> we have had number two and number one ranking on grid lock around the country. that's not a ranking to have. the studies have been done. we have grid lock in virginia and the washington region. so we need to focus on how to move more people rather than getting more cars. we're trying to do a street car in arlington where we will be moving more folks in an area that has a lot of pedestrians and a lot of passengers through buses. so we need to accommodate and think about the next wave of public transit, just as folks were doing in the '60s when they thought about the metro. the ne

. >> we have some spouses, we invited spouses from bethesda, walter reed, wounded warriors from all overe're helping to get them here as quickly as possible. we welcome the spouses too. some of the programs we have are very much geared toward people just entering the workforce and need a very nuts and bolts instruction on how to build a resume, conduct an interview, whatever they need to get started. we want them to come out and get something out of this too. >> this is an educational experience for a lot of them it will be the first time they're hearing all this valuable information. if somebody is on the fence, should i go down there, they're not going to have jobs for me, what do you tell them? >> in any kind of situation like that, we're comprised of military family members. we will have military spouses, parents at our tables that are instantly relatable. i'm sure it will be that way for many of the other nonprofits and companies participating. if you come down to network to find a future potential job or something like that, there's going to be something there for everyone. >> that

traveling southbound on 355 headed out towards wealther -- walter reed, alta vista, one lane of traffic getting by. on the other side of town, live shot of traffic coming in through centreville and the rain drops again, eastbound traffic congested, leaving smas from 7100 and fair oaks on into the beltway. don't forget the power outage in downtown silver spring, affecting the traffic lights but not limited to coldsville and georgia avenue at spring street. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> julie, thank you very much. >>> today is the last day for d.c.'s ticket amnesty program. it allows drivers to pay outstanding tickets without any additional penalties for anyone who received a parking or driving violation in the district prior to january 1st, 2010. the tickets can be paid online, by phone or in person. so far the program has collected over $3 million in back payments. >>> the district is in the running to be the first in the nation to allow government- sponsored online gambling. however, the city council is bitterly twieded on how or even if the -- divided on how or even

all of her challenges, despite the injuries and pain, she was described by one who knew her at walter reedds, and community. in truth she is not just a member of what tom brokaw has termed the new greatest generation. she exemplifies it and she is a leader in it. her service, especially the character of her service, has been truly inspirational. a reserve component have in short clearly distinguished themselves in a variety of combat support roles in the dead okayed since 9/11. some 385,000 members of our reserve components, in fact, serve in iraq or afghanistan during that time. and over 30,000 continue to serve on deployment in those theaters, contributing their valuable skills, experience, and expertise. indeed, since 1990, reserve component members from various branches of the military have mobilized and deployed in support of every american military operation, including, not just combat operations but peace-keeping and humanitarian missions as well. in fact reserve component elements continue to serve in more than 70 countries. demonstrating that our citizen soldiers are not only a st

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all of her challenges, despite the injuries and pain, she was described by one who knew her at walter reed i know. master sergeant milligan defines the selfless dedication of our citizen soldiers. a mother twice answered the call to military duty leaving behind family, friends and community. in truth, she is not just a member of what tom brokaw has termed the new greatest generation, she exeveryonifies it and she is a leader -- eck everyonifies it and she is a leader in it. her service, especially the character of her service, has been truly inspirational. our reserve components have in short clearly distinguished themselves in a variety of combat and support roles in the decade since 9/11. some 385,000 of our reserve components served in iraq or afghanistan during that time and over 30,000 continue to serve on deployment in those theaters, contributing their valuable skills, experience and expertise. indeed, since 199 0rks reserve come opponent members from various branches of the military have mobilized and deployed in support of every military operation including not just combat operati

speaker, i want to tell the story of my visit to walter reed, which is now bethesda, maryland, and young marine corps pral from camp lejeune which i have the privilege to represent. said to me with his mom in the room, why don't we come home, congressman? why don't we come home? it is time that this administration and this congress say to the american people, we are not going to wait until 2014 to bring our troops home, we are going to start bringing them home in 2013. with that, mr. speaker, in closing i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to please bless the families who have give a loved one dying for freedom in afghanistan and iraq, and i close by asking god three times, god please, god please, god please continue to bless america. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. >> more than two million voters, up from the republican primary in 2008, more than -- with the polls beginning to close at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we will have live coverage fo

william kyle carpenter from gilbert, who is wounded in afghanistan and is continuing his recovery at walter reed. our prayers continue to be with him and all our veterans. mr. and mrs. jim carpenter, thank you for being here. please stand. [applause] tonight, there are 766 families across the state with loved ones in the south carolina army and air national guard who are keke -- who are deployed and serving overseas far from their homes. our family shares a special bond with the military families of south carolina. like them, we know the pride of watching our loved ones wearing the uniform of the strongest nation on earth, please join me in welcoming my husband, a member of the air national guard and the coolest first man ever, michael haley. [applause] i have often said and i firmly believe that if i'm a good wife and good mother, i'll be a good governor. the greatest blessing of my life is being a mom to two little ones, a daughter who loves to dance and a son who wants to be the next lebron. please welcome my two little ones who keep me humble every day and who remind me that no matter what h

despite all of her challenges, despite the injuries and pain she was described by one who knew her at walter reed as the most upbeat person i know. master sergeant milligan defines the selfless dedication of our citizen soldiers. a mother twice answered the call to military duty leaving behind family, friends and community. in truth, she is not just a member of what tom brokaw has termed the new greatest generation, she exemplifies it, and she is a leader in it. her service, especially the character of her service, has been truly inspirational. our reserve components have, in short, clearly distinguished themselves in a variety of combat and support roles in the decades since 9/11. some 385,000 members of our reserve components, in fact, served in iraq or afghanistan during that time, and over 30,000 continue to serve on deployment in those theaters contributing their valuable skills, experience and expertise. indeed, since 1990 reserve component members from various branches of the military have mobilized and deployed in support of every american military operation. including not just combat ope

at walter reed a low we went from 83 percent of our soldiers in our w t you on some kind of psychotropicf the reasons why we saw an increase, and i saw it when i went out to talk to soldiers, visited six installations. i talk to soldiers. i see the liberals health specialists in the me three questions that throws me a bag of drugs. well, they're not bad people. the fact of the matter is their are 15 other people lined up to see this person. they say maybe this will work. this works in some cases. we were throwing in dispensing out too many drugs. that has to end. we were working very, very hard alternative pain methods and trying to get this whole issue. there were all kinds of policies that make it difficult for us when we want to try to pull that back. i think the report clearly points out, i wish it was easier to do that. we have a request and that will allow us to collect those drugs. we will see if it gets approved. >> do you want to add on a recommendation? >> we are going to close this event. certainly not the discussion nor the report. i wanted to give everyone an opportunity, qu

my first contact with the paralyzed veterans was in walter reed.onal service officer michael killen] we try to reassure him what benefits are out there, and we try to educate him and take some of that stress away from him. p-v-a did a fantastic job making sure that he got those benefits in a timely basis. [michael killen] we helped him apply for automobile grants, special adaptive housing and vocational rehabilitation [andrew pike] right now, i'm going back to school to earn a degree. i'm working with a real estate agency in town with my realtor's license. and i'm just spending time with my wife and child, and just moving on with our lives. just as anyone in my age group would do. [female narrator] paralyzed veterans of america

my first contact with the paralyzed veterans was in walter reed.onal service officer michael killen] we try to reassure him what benefits are out there, and we try to educate him and take some of that stress away from him. p-v-a did a fantastic job making sure that he got those benefits in a timely basis. [michael killen] we helped him apply for automobile grants, special adaptive housing and vocational rehabilitation [andrew pike] right now, i'm going back to school to earn a degree. i'm working with a real estate agency in town with my realtor's license. and i'm just spending time with my wife and child, and just moving on with our lives. just as anyone in my age group would do. [female narrator] paralyzed veterans of america helping veterans secure their benefits and rebuild their lives. you can help. visit p-v-a dot org. an soldiers hold in their hearts. it's home. chicago, illinois temple, texas georgetown, south carolina but when they're away from home, there's another place they turn to. it's the uso. and in more than 130 locations around th