in 2004 congress provided $2.5 million for enhancement and clinical evaluation at walter reed added an additional 10 million in 2005. and the project for upper extremity prosthetic devices. much of the research completed in partnership with the va and would not have been able to complete without the partnership. the advanced arms developed have been tested in va facilities and migrated to d.o.d. facilities. and the newest research to help our patients return to highest levels of function is a study projected to begin later this year or early next year. this if successful will allow patients who are unable to wear prosthetic sockets to availability to wear prosthetics. why dod has led in the efforts. one of the keys is the interdiscipline air program. we are pulling together players from a wide range to address needs. while ag standard of care required is to be seen within seven days we have set the standards they are seeing within 72 hours. another factor is the logistics and contracting within prosthetic services. walter reed embedded a warranted contract officer which enables same da

the hero's welcome he received after being released from walter reed. that's coming up next when the news at 6:00 returns. >>> it was a heart warming homecoming for sean adams. the 19-year-old u.s. marine and purple heart recipient who was badly injured in the war in afghanistan has been recovering at walter reed medical center but was greeted to a hero's welcome at his home in georgia. >> reporter: with a traditional marine oorah, he came home to a hero's welcome. on the tarmac hundreds of well wishers swelled with pride and patriotism. military veterans, motorcycle groups, local citizens, family and friends. >> it's great to finally get home. my brothers over there deserve the same. >> reporter: the 19-year-old returned from walter reed medical center in maryland for the memorial day weekend, taking a break from rick rouse recovery after an improvised ec pleasive device in afghanistan left him without legs, a left thumb and right pinky. >> he'll stand before long. he can stand now as far as i'm concerned. he's ten foot tall. >> reporter: ten foot tall

now the police department has -- in walter reed. now the police department has offered their time to train them in their new equipment. abc 7 news. >> nice story. >> 12:15 right now. >> yesterday, a couple of days, it has been soggy. this is a good way to start the work week, though. we needed it, we got it, now we have the sunset -- the sunshine. putting some oregano in for the ya ya, she likes to cook with that. you know greeks and their oregano. sunrise, filtered sunshine this morning. on the left side of your screen you can see a few clouds trying to form over the potomac. you had some fog in outlying areas, but not over the district or immediate metro area. heavy rain and thunderstorms yesterday, this is a really cool time lapse. look at the left-hand side of your screen right here. it rose through the sky and just before sunrise in annapolis we had a beautiful sunrise. a bit of cloud cover today with a good amount of sunshine. grass, mold, trees, after all of that mold goes up, now it is the sunshine and grass and trees pollen

kell heads the troops first foundation and volunteered at walter reed army medical center.ur to you? >> kell: it really didn't occur to me; it was presented to me by a corps of wounded warriors at walter reed that i saw frequently. in every conversation, it came up: "i want to go back, i need to go back." >> pelley: in a sense, for many of these young men and women, they didn't leave iraq, they were unconscious. >> kell: they were taken from iraq. when they arrived home last time, there were no homecomings. many woke up after comas of three weeks or more, significantly different in many ways. a lot of it's a blur. and they have to put those pieces back together. and they do, many do. and... but the one piece they couldn't put back was the... the piece of exiting and leaving the way they thought they would leave-- with their team, with... with their battle buddies. >> pelley: in 2008, kell brought the idea to the pentagon and they turned him down. then, ray odierno, the commanding general in iraq, heard about kell. odierno's son had been wounded and the general gave kell the

the second population that we looked at we got with the help at walter reed, both of the old walter reedhe bethesda campus is and he was in charge of the prosthetic program i believe. and they provided their data set of combat injured veterans from the recent war who had major amputations. at that time we got the data there were 1506 major imputations of that number 180 were not dramatic work related to some of the feature. city of the individuals were dead which left us with 1288 individuals with combat related major amputations. of that number, about 450 remained on active duty some of whom were employed in some of whom it appears to us were severely medically ill and the dod seem to be keeping them to make sure that they were in better position when discharged. that left us with about 848 again traumatic major imputations that the extremities we tried to assess carried to take that number and slash 150 medical centers, and we did what addresses for these folks and find out that the their everywhere in the united states. there is a simple problem of having ten or less on average withou

paul pisquina, from walter reed and the doctor in charge of the prosthetic program at t.m.a. they provided us their data set of combat-injured veterans from the recent wars who had major amputations. at the time that we got our data, there were 1rks506 major amputations, 180 were not traumatic, they were related to some other feature. 38 of the individuals were dead. which left us with 1,288 which left us with combat-related amputations. about 450 remained on active dutying some were employed and some it appears to us were severely medically ill and d.o.d. seemed to be keeping them to make sure they were in better condition when discharged from d.o.d. there were about 838 traumatic major amp cases. if we take that number and provide it by 150 medical centers and we did plot out addresses for these folks, you find out that this population, they're everywhere in the united states. there is a simple problem of having, you know, 10 or less on average without knowing specifically patients who had these problems across the v.a., just as a point of reference, whereas when you look a

in fact, when i first was an amputee i came to walter reed and also the v.a.ospital here in the capital region and had outstanding care. in my experience i've always been treated with dignity and respect, at the three v.a. hospitals i've been fortunate enough to work with. finding a local process is pretty typical. i understand this has decreased in the past few years as the v.a. has invested their internal capacity to their internal capacity to fit and fabricate limb prosthesis. i developed a close working relationship with my local prosthetic doctor over the years and would like to continue to see him. the v.a. recognizes and requires agencies. my local office in town is seven minutes from my house and he has signed a v.a. contract to provide that care and so -- the ongoing care i receive at my contract's was high quality and very convenient. created little disruption from my current job, my family and my lifestyle. while i developed a new prosthetic that's coming out, i began to be interested in this new technology, and the v.a. hospital in denver, when i w

witnesses included the chief of amputee services at walter reed medical center. congressman bill johnson of ohio chairs this hour 40 minute hearing. >> [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. i would like to welcome everyone to today's hearing titled "purchasing perspective: va's prosthetics paradox". section 8123 of title 38, procurement of prosthetic appliances, states the following: the secretary may procure prosthetic appliances and necessary services required in the fitting, supplying, and training and use of prosthetic appliances by purchase, manufacture, contract, or in such other manner as the secretary may determine to be proper, without regard to any other provision of law. section 8123 originated in 1958, over fifteen years before federal acquisition regulations were codified in law, and has been slightly amended a handful of times since then. in march of this year, i sent a letter to the secretary regarding the va's procurement of biologics over the open market instead of from veteran-owned small businesses already on the federal supply schedule. on

dale lost both his legs and spent more than a year at walter reed hospital recovering. when they finally got back to north carolina, dale was struggling to adjust to life at home. >> after leaving the hospital where there's elevators and ramps and coming home to the real world, and you see that you've got to make some nifg changes in your lifestyle. his house wasn't equipped for a double amputee. seeing his friend struggled, john felt compelled to help, so he teamed up with some local builders to construct a new house for dale, to give him the nps he so rightly deserved. >> and i come home, and have so much help from this community, and it was such a good feeling for me. and for me and my family, we really had the best case scenario for somebody who had been injured as bad as i was. >> reporter: when the work was done, dale and john were inspired, and decided to dedicate their lives to building and retrofitting homes for disabled veterans. >> after we came home from iraq, looking around in our communities, we saw that there were still greater needs that were not being m

we shoulfocus equally as hard on bringing corporate users to those spaces, and whether it is walter reed, osaint elizabeth there are a lotf places to have developme. i think dedevelopment will spread wider. that i is great.. we still need devepment east of the riviver around the bal park where we e could of world- class development. >> t tickets to the message he ma about a common refrain that taxes are too high in the distririct a the district does not cacare about keeeping some of the businesses that leave. >> from a tax pererspective we are in a uniquee place where you coululd stay in the washingto area and move across the river ben virginia, and be in a differenent tax regim that is an issue. is the whole regulatory environment which historically have been a lot more friendly in virginia. the second point ii speak to companies that were started in washington, and it is amamazing that people dodo not realize t world class cocompanies started in wasngton and moved out -- one ofof the common refrain is is that the d.c. govevernment did not carry enougugh to get engaged with them. i thin

the average amount of time that a wounded warrior stays at a hospital like walter reed is 19 months.t vacation or a long vacation, it's a life change for these people. >> a major entinterruption for jobs. >> how did capital one get into this and what is in it for the corporations that get into this? >> we have given $4.5 million over the next three years to support the hiring of the heroes initiative. as we look at the moment in time, we believe it's a pivotal moment. after a decade at war women and men are coming home and rejoining the workforce. companies such as capital one should support that transition and leverage that talented workforce coming back. we looked at the talent pool very broadly, and it's veterans and spouses and caregivers, and those will help corporate america and capital one succeed as well. >> let's talk about the skill sets they do bring to the table, but talk about the fair that is going on. >> there is networking involved and resume tooling as well? >> yes, we are very excited about this fair. we normally, as you know, hold hiring fairs for veterans and spec

and the amazing part of this, when dick winders passed away, i was there in walter reed, but my lieutenant informed me they stopped all missions in afghanistan on the day of his death. so big salute to you. you're not forgotten. and from the bottom of my heart, thank you. >> the gentleman fought with the 506 in afghanistan. veterans who can back talk about watching, they're in a tent in the desert and they're all gathered around watching band of brothers. and i think what a tribute that is to you guys that it's a different war, they're out in the desert fighting a different type of enemy, and yet they're gathered together and take motivation from their heros. and i think that's what he said. >> that's one of the greatest things that i've ever been told about the show is, jimmy will go with me on this, we've traveled the world and every -- even when it's not involving band of brother, i've been on other tv shows where people come over to me and usually military me and guys who said i have a friend of mine. i was onset once is and a soldier who became an actor and television his first day. w

yesterday we were at walter reed speaking and needing a number of our beloved wounded warriors and today later we will fly to california and spread some more love. because tuesday really is a big love. besides being a world-class smuggler -- [laughter] he is a big love. and i wanted to share something that recently, and you know it's amazing how we are these days with technology, this is a photograph -- tuesday. he wants to say hi to everyone and that is why he keeps coming here. he keeps asking me to select a wifi. this is a photograph that some of you may be able to see. he is asking for which wireless connection i want. i love to take photographs of tuesday all over the world, and this photograph was taken in brooklyn. and it was taken next to a sign, a very simple sign at a storefront. but, it was potentially, it it was so serendipitous because, what his son the chalkboard is what somebody had the thoughtfulness to do, and that is -- tuesday, good void, said. good boy. stay. they have had the thoughtfulness to write down a manual camp's rules for happiness. i had never heard can't tm

the national museum of health and medicine moved out of the walter reed complex to a new building at the forest glen annex in silver spring. the medical museum contains hundreds of thousands of human brain specimens and other body parts. the museum also has the bullet which killed president lincoln. >>> a tv doctor makes his final house call. teresa garcia has more in this look at entertainment. >> run an eg. >> reporter: the hit medical drama "house" ended its eight- year run last night. hugh laurie earned to golden globe awards. roman polanski returned to the cam film festival to present a new film. it was a rare public appearance. he's wanted in the united states for having sex with an underage girl 35 years ago. it's a major victory in the u.s. supreme court for the recording industry. the court upheld the $675,000 verdict against a college student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the internet. country music star kim mcgraw has a new record label. he sign add multialbum deal with big machine records. last year a judge allowed mcgraw to end his lifetime contrac

my first contact with the paralyzed veterans was in walter reed. [national 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. >> well,ed caps gained problems have been well documented over the years but they exorcized some of those ghosts against the bruins. they would have to do it again tonight. it have to come in a frenzied madison square gar

shortly after general wheeler returned to the united states he suffered a heart attack, and was in walter reed. the only two chiefs who were asked about this dismissed it, one in very crude terms, and wheeler later told the president that there had never been such a meeting. so that is about as far as i can go with that controversial story. as secretary brown alluded to, we associate this period with mcnamara, and with vietnam. but mcnamara's involvement in a whole series of other crises, both foreign and domestic, is simply remarkable. we've heard about the dominican republic, the nato crisis, the middle east war, czechoslovakian invasion, demonstrations in the streets of the united states. any one of these crises could have defined a presidency. for example, if we look at president jimmy carter's administration, it involved notable successes, but it's best remembered for the iranian hostage issue. when the iranians took over the american embassy in tehran, and then held hostage americans for more than a year. think about mcnamara. in january 1968, the north koreans seized the uss pueblo nava

troops from walter reed army medical center enjoy add day on the links in gainesville, virginia. robert trent jones golf club hosted a wounded warriors golf tournament. the money raised went to thank u.s.a. it helps troops and their families get scholarships. >>> a new park is opening soon in urbana and it will be more than just a place of recreation. the urbana district park will also be a memorial to fallen service members. local resident jonathan sanderson has raised about $12,000 so far for the tribute to captain john denson, the 24- year-old -- dennison. the 24-year-old man was killed in 2006. dennison loved playing outdoors and he believes a new park will be a wonderful tribute. >>> this summer's olympic games will be the last hurrah for michael phelps. he says he is ready to enjoy life out of the pool but if he wins three medals this year, he will retire as the most decorated athlete in olympic history. >>> the dictator holds a new york city press conference. >> jennifer lopez breaks news about a baby? teresa garcia has those stories and more in this look at entertainment.

brought the tools of his trade, pencils and a sketch pad, as he visited marine lance corporal at walter reedsion was not only to draw him, but to draw him out. >> what do you remember? >> i remember everything. >> reporter: he lost both legs and part of an arm in afghanistan, but told faye he's one of the lucky ones. >> you see a lot of these guys, and they've got so much worse. >> reporter: faye's sketches, including names and details of what happens have been isplayed in museums around the country. he started the project 15 months ago. what are you trying to accomplish by sketching these injured service members? >> to get their stories into the culture, into history. so it doesn't get lost. >> reporter: down the hall, faye's sketch marine corporal josh lopez told his story with his wife and baby by his side. >> i'm looking at my leg and my hand and i couldn't put a tourniquet on, so that's when i started screaming for someone to help out. that was the only time i felt useless. >> reporter: through art you're trying to get the american people to pay attention. >> absolutely. you know, to wa

i woke up a week or so laettner walter reed -- later in walter reed army medical center.y world went black not only physically, being blind the resd of my life, a shrapnel had cut my left eye in half, entered the frontal lobe of the let's side of my -- left side of my brain going through my cornea, back through my retina and taking out my optic nerve. i saw nothing but blackness and was told by the ophthalmologist that you would never be able to see again. so my life went physically blacl that day. but it also went spiritually black. i no longer believed in god. everything that i had done,t everything that i believed inirt now no longer meant anything to me. i remember one of my best friends, edward, coming into the room. i think it was before one of my surgeries and said, hey, scottye why don't you say a prayer? i said, no. i don't know how to pray, and i don't know god. i think it -- the room went dead silent. like, if there were cockroaches in the room, you would have heard 'em.dead my wife went back to her room w realizing, you know, i've beenou married to an awesome

visiting the wounded in walter reed. as a white house photographer, i was always aware of the fact that i was part of the gray area between public and private and i was there as one of the witnesses, and to honor. but i was also sometimes an intruder. i felt very responsible for how i went about trying to document and what i did with the privilege of being there in those private times. i tried really hard to get it right and to show the multi-faceted people and to make the pictures about the individuals who were there. here is the president blowing a kiss to mrs. bush as we leave to go back to the united states and he stays with his delegation in mexico. just a quick moment after the state of the union with family. flying home for christmas, when your guard is down. coming back from europe with jenna. i would say that it's not always a seamless thing to be a white house photographer. nobody tried to strangle me, though. it's not a seamless thing. i don't believe that you're ever a fly on the wall as a photographer. you g

wounded warrior and family care centers that you guys want to build, one in virginia and one at the walter reed bethesda complex. what are the kind of services that you want to provide for wounded troops and their families? >> one of 0l)kñthe things we've learned is that healing is more than about what happens in an operating room or a physical therapy room. these families and these men and women that have been injured in service to our country need a place to go away from the hospital environment, a place to find a little peace of normalcy, a place that can be a focal point for support from volunteers, from the local community and from other organizations. the opportunity to just to be together and socialize outside of their outpatient barracks room or a place away from, say, the residents' facility for theç families. >> it's a $100 million cost, obviously to do that, it's significantment investment. where are you on the donation train and where can people donate? us about $25 billion to build total. the rest is to fund an array of programs which we are delivering around the country and arn t

we've come a long way since the issues of walter reed, army medical center, were identified in 2007. at that time, v.a. and the d.o.d. were mimes apart. simply stated, the lack of integration and cooperation between the departments did not serve wounded service members well. since that time, together we have committed to achieve a seamless transition through a multi-prong aid proech with ides as one of the critical initiatives. the joint ides process was designed to eliminate time consuming and often confusing elements of the separate disability processes. the goals of the joint process, increase transparency, reduce processing time, improve consistent sip and reduce the benefits gap. to achieve greater transparency for service members we enhanced our online tools. the my healthy vet and e benefits to allow service members at ides to view appointments and lab results and to track their claim. internally we've increased transparency to the ides track board that tracks performance at each ides site. the secretaries have charged us to reach a combined performance going of 295 days for 6

we recently met with them at walter reed national medical center and we found out some of the things that they need is for long-term care we've been sending some of the spouses out for like a spa weekend or just to get away because the caregivers are getting just fatigued. so we found that we're just -- that's the least we can do and we're trying to figure out what else we can do for the caregivers. we've also found out, and we just started a program where we're working with the select number of folks so we can get our guys who are severely burnt or having spinal cord injuries, we can get them the sleep number beds because we found out they need hardened mattresses to get into the bed and to get out of the bed but while they're sleeping they may need to be very soft. on the other side of the bed is the spouse who may not want to have that hard bed or soft bed. so no one was sleeping. so now we've gotten a lot of feedback, getting the beds they need. a simple thing, very simple, but making sure they get what they need. so we are very proud to work with our special operations community

yesterday we were at walter reed speaking and meeting a number of our beloved wounded warriors. and, um, today later we'll fly to california and spread some more love. because tuesday really is a big love. besides being a world class snuggler -- [laughter] he is a big love. and i wanted to share something that recently, and, you know, we're -- it's amazing how we are these days with technology, this is a photograph -- oops. this is a -- tuesday, come here. he wants to say hi to everyone which is why he keeps -- come here, yes. keeps asking me to select a wi-fi network. this is a photograph that some of you may be able to see if it stops asking me for which wireless connection i want. i love to take photographs of tuesday all over the world, and this photograph was taken in the brooklyn, and it was taken next to a chalkboard sign, a very simple sign at a store front. but it was potentially, it was, rather, it was so serendipitous because what is on this picture, what is on the chalkboard is what somebody had the thoughtfulness to do, and that is -- turn around, good boy. sit. yes

on many of these sites, there was a sense of urgency following walter reed. there was a rush to stand them up. they didn't have proper technology. they didn't have proper people in sufficient processes in place. staff to service member ratios was insufficient in many respects. they were stood up anyways. the servicemen came. they were overwhelmed. and i think this system is paying for it to this day. processes. we've identified throughout the last several years areas with process that appeared to be inefficient. clearly, we're causing backlogs and inefficiencies. they in partnership, the d.o.d. and v.a. have addressed some of them, not all. we keep pressing that they do. last of all, technology, we have an integrated evaluation system, but the systems part hasn't caught up. we have processes that are combined. we have decision-making that's combined, but the systems haven't caught up with the process or the demands of the end user. >> so do you feel like, really, in follow-up to mr. burr's comments, do you feel like the framework that we have now, the ides is

. >> yes, we are donating one playhouse to walter reed hospital.are supporting that with a gift baskets over $6,000 worth of gifts in it and we are raffling for that basket, $10 3 for $25. if someone does not need to play out, and wants to help byy can participate raffle tickets for the gift basket. sounds good. luck to you tomorrow night. >> thanks very much if. for more on the playhouse projects, log on to our website, wjla.com. >> a life-size chess game is attracting people to college park, maryland. the giant pieces are part of an revitalize downtown college park. to gets leaders hope folks intrigued and in return boost some business. looking forward to drawing big crowds. the university of maryland college students nearby say that outdoor check game sounds -- chess game.a >> let's check on the road with lisa baden. >> nobody is saying checkmate, but we all feel like pawns in the game. all i know. too intellectual for me. i'm a checkers person. let's go to the highway. first, we are going aloft to an now on the right 70 nearr, southbound 2 mont

the work you did was featured from walter reed. we have a question from bill on twitter. guest: i like it because it is a flag pin but done in the same style as we wear our uniforms. we delivered some furniture. we had thrown them a wedding. moving forward with their lives sometimes means throwing a wedding. "i want to marry and move forward with my life." josh did not have the money. we have volunteers fly out from the west coast. there were so excited. they went to walter reed and started meeting these folks and found out about josh and katie. we were or if -- we worked with a bridal store. he doesn't have the money to fly in. the nail salon, the flowers. we were able to throw them a wedding. the chaplain was struck when i explained we were able to pull this off. he said, right now i can name the 12 wounded veterans that would love to marry their long time sweethearts. host: how many people are involved in troops need you? give us a size of the organization. guest: we have supported thousands of troops overseas and hundreds of troops on the home front. what makes it pos

not help us much, but we are drying out. 270 at old georgetown road headed to the new entrance of walter reedjones bridge road. now adam caskey. >> still dreary in the metro area. look at the weather but cameras showing slightly different situations. and start with doppler to indicate areas of rain especially in stafford county financing erie county. 56 degrees in washington -- 66. and 66 in lexington park. a mild and muggy start to the day. what roads in arlington, low clouds. we have some clearing in frederick. and some clearing in the shenandoah valley and points far west of washington early this morning. enjoy it while it lasts, because we will have more clouds moving in later today with more showers and a few thunderstorms later this afternoon and evening mid 70's. today. sunny, cooler, less humid tomorrow near 70. >> federal investigators have sounded the all clear in arizona and california. somebody overnight threatened to blow up two southwest flights from orange county to phoenix. security crews held one flight on the runway while it was searched. the other had already landed in phoe

. >> back in the u.s., at walter reed army medical center, prognosis is not good. >> the leg still wouldn'tk. really from the knee down, i don't have hardly any sensation. from about mid calf down i had no sensation, no movement, no use. so when i would walk, the foot would kind of flop there. >> seven months later, chris and dana made the devastating decision to have his paralyzed right leg amputated. >> i was determined i'm going to get back and i'm going to do everything i did before i lost my leg. >> chris would to relearn how to walk. >> two days before i got shot i was training for a triathlon. and then i'm in a hospital bed where i can't move for two months. >> then chris returns to iraq for two more tours. >> when i found out that he was being returned to iraq with a prosthetic after he had already been injured it was very, very scary, but we had a very -- our whole family is military so we come from that. so we had a very, very overwhelming sense of pride that he was going to step up and do this. >> countless hours of rehabilitation, there was a chance meeting with his former comma

there's no i you know i there's a donation center so we returned here to the other thing i was at walter reed was going to want to bring to you today and in the first thirty minutes i saw six kids without double amputees this is bad is going to get worse and we owe it to the people who gave these life changing sacrifices the ability to recover their lives and i mean this is what i'm afraid of other groups not sure this completely we're worried about the government short changing them based on the fact that we owe it to him and no one even accounted for and i don't think you're not the only ones now i want to just go back i want to do this in the first half but got to talk about syria. if anything i think that you hear a much louder chorus out there now saying that there has to be some kind of intervention something has to happen let me just read you something from james travers writing in foreign policy and he said the time is coming to talk about diplomacy has failed or perhaps is very nearly come for the world to stop hiding behind kofi annan skirts we gave diplomacy a chance now we must ac

long-term project on 355 near the new entrants for walter reed medical center at cedar lane. handling ok. no problems on the beltway at andrews air force base. 95 66, and also looks good in virginia. back to you. >> thank you. last night marked a special event in northwest d.c. >> the heroes of hope tribute. are very on leon harris was there. it honored young people from across the country who triumphed over the situations sing. cyndi lauper was honored for her work in helping the lgbt community there. >> i helped to moderate a panel discussion for holocaust survivors. this was a fantastic opportunity for 20 non-governmental agencies to come together in the holocaust remembrances program. there were three survivors who shared their stories. what an amazing opportunity to be able to sit there and listen to them talk about the events that change their lives 65 years ago. >> > have them, three of them in there together to share their stories. very well done, steve. it's 5:11 rainout. dated bill of our chipping contest. you have a chance to play in the egyptian contest against ti

>> at walter reed medical center, a new entrance opened today. and rockville pike on s bridge road. your id ready. you the impact. we will go live to our camera. now, and virginia, we have the flow on 395.d in springfield to get to the beyond to the 14th street bridge. >> we of sunshine peeking clouds in arlington. of sun and clouds to start today. will be increasing into the afternoon with showers and thunderstorms later today. here is a look at allied doppler. rain in western maryland. more will move toward the metro today. rain to mar. you so much. thank you for being with us. you so much. thank[ male announcer ]h us. this was how my day began. littltle bird tolme about a band... ♪ an old man shared sosome fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> all right. >> it's gray and all that. but it's nice out here, for a change. >> change, sam. >> i want to see some world records go down

last night i was at dinner with two warriors from walter reed, we took them out to dinner, we're flying out and will be for several years to come so please donate and in terms of how it works, families just call us, call our office, or fill out the application on the website or they go through the case managers at the military hospitals, and we get them on airplanes. we get them out the same day. in one case, if i may, there was a wounded warrior out at fort carson, colorado and at 10:00 in the morning he found out his father was on his death bed and he talked to his case manager, the case manager talked to the red cross, red cross called us, we drove him to denver airport, we hale on a flight within an hour, and his father found out that his son was coming and waited to see his son and they had three hours together in boston, massachusetts in a hospital in boston, massachusetts, before his father passed away. so we have a lot of the -- >> julie: thank goodness for luke's wings and for the folks watching this now and we'll do anything we can to possibly help you. the information will be

he underwent more than 40 surgeries while at walter reed army medical center in washington d.c.ately losing his forearm and leaving him lost. >> i just assumed my identity was that i'm physical and i thought that was taken away from me. so spiraled into depression which led to addiction of pain medication. you know, a long turbulent road for two years which i lost i mean of my life and my family lost as well. >> reporter: but joining operation rebound, a part of the challenged athletes foundation, renewed his spirit. the program helps wounded vets and first responders get back on their feet and participate in activities that may otherwise be out of reach providing training, equipment and motivation for athletic competition. silla has competed in numerous triathlons, cycled the pacific coast highway and even finished the king of all competitions, the ironman in hawaii. while silla leaves tuesday for mount kilimanjaro, he doesn't intend to stop there planning to climb at least three of the highest peak on each continent over the next few years and even participate in the triathlon