army medical center to what's now known as the walter reed national medical center at bethesda. pretty challenging the cultures that exist there, you have cultures that exist here, you are speaking about cultural differences between the military and its hierarchy of command and control and the civilian command and control and figuring out the two greatest things you need in the chaos of disaster. no. 1, communications. no. 2, who's in charge. i dealt with a lot of cultural issues when i was combining the army and the navy medical forces between walter reed and bethesda. america's army is an amazingly heroic army. they have occupied valley forge , tokyo, berlin, danang and now it occupies bethesda, maryland, but we're working through that. how do we break those cultural barriers, how do we figure out supporting supporters, how do we do that before the next capacity goes on? so what have we done, what capabilities do we bring, where do we use them and how will they be playing a role here in the event of the most likely nightmare scenarios for this area? i grew up in the bay area,

. >> walter reed. >> yeah, we're going to show it to about 50 guys, do a q and a afterwards. >> you're going to show the th the movie. >> which is the best thing about this thing the fact it's able to reach out and make people feel included. i can't wait. >> they're all going to love it. what they'

as i was recovering at walter reed, my community approached me and said they wanted to help build a home for my return. people would come and work on my project just because they respected the sacrifice that i had gone through. all veterans have been taught to be responsible for the guy that your left and the guy to your right. those veterans haven't had it as easy as i have. i sat down with my battle buddy, john, and we decided to level the playing field. i'm dale beatty. it's now my mission to help other veterans to get the support and the homes they deserve from their communities. there's thousands of veterans right here in our midst. people don't realize the need that's out there. purple heart homes can help any disabled war veteran. >> this is the young man why we're all here today. >> it's getting the community engaged, to get a rent or

. >> walter reed. >> yeah, we're going to show it to about 50 guys, do a q and a afterwards. >> you're going to show the them the movie. >> which is the best thing about this thing the fact it's able to reach out and make people feel included. i can't wait. >> they're all going to love it. what they're going through with missing arms and legs and post-traumatic things. >> that's the main thing. >> serious business. thank you, bradley cooper p it's great to have you on. i'm a fan obviously. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. republicans have the audacity to attack a highly decorated veteran and label him as a dove? this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i'm pleased to see an old friend here before the committee. >> the hague'll hearing started out friendly and got ugly fast. >> were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being -- >> i'm asking you a question, senator hagel. >> mccain, inhofe, graham, and cruz all

they removed the tumor, and then flew him here to walter reed to finish out his recovery. >> kerry hadd move with her four children, two girls and two boys. kerry has been a military wife for 16 years, and knows the fear of having a husband away in a war zone. >> it's kind of scary sometimes but i've learned to deal with it. i have to stay strong for my kids. i just try to keep busy, and stay focused and be with him. i don't think of it as a job, i think of it as an honor to be decide him, you know, while he does everything for the country. >> kerry's life taking care of her kids and helping her husband to recover leaves little time for things like this. >>> we have multiple color. >> perfect. >> and it will look more natural. >> sounds good. >> stylist ola, a pr and partner salons talked about a new hairdo for kerry. >> by the time we're done it's not going to be -- we'll do that flat iron on it, and we'll be good to go. >> what are your concerns for your skin right now? >> and there was a consultation with bobbi brown makeup artist, sharon. >> we're probably going to do something ver

. >> walter reed medical center is evaluating a technology that could mean more depression treatment for service members. now hospital is studying patients. if they compare the brain scans with others in an online database that could allow them to make decisions based on comparisons. >> highlighting the divide within the organization. the fire chief delivered an address this past week. only a handful showed up. some were upset about the proposal to move to 12-hour shifts and another plan to deploy and other forces to other ships. >> i think we will be fine. >> i think we will do this again and again, and hopefully folks will show up and hear this kind of message. >> many of the rank and file members skipped the event. they also invited top officials to speak, and they did not show up either. >> a former school principal is making accusations he and the family confronted the district by sending a grandson to the d.c. school, but she says that is not novel story. -- not the whole story. >> she worked in d.c. public schools for 44 years. now her former employer is suing her, her daughte

. >> she has been ample time at walter reed medical center with her father, a retired air force lieutenantoticing the phantom pain amputees complained of from limbs that were no longer there. >> it shows the temperature inside the socket. >> just 16 years old and leading a project for the science fair she opposed the idea of using warmers in the prosthetic limb to distract the brain from pain. the concept is simple -- use heat to treat pet -- phantom pain like you would use a heating pad to treat sore muscles. . you would think it would already be in practice, but that is where catherine thinks her young age is a advantage. >> i did not have all these preconceived ideas. i was solving the problem at the simplest level. >> the medical community took note. the socket put her on the map -- map leaving her inbox inundated with e-mails from amputees around the world. >> this provides the capability of helping millions of amputees fit into whatever they do and be successful. >> trying to raise the money to move the device into clinical trials, catherine is crossing these hurdles before it even c

. >> they are at walter reed medical center. as john gonzalez reports, they have a new way of teaching people the finer points of finance. >> the nfl season is over but the redskins are still playing the game here in bethesda. this is a high-energy game of what is being called financial football. >> i did not learn about living about a budget until a few years ago. >> these are helping not only to be prepared but also guiding adults to better tackle their financial futures. the video game incorporates lessons taught about practical money goes for life, a money- management program. >> it is good to be financially responsible. >> a big benefit for this navy veteran and single father of two. >> you do not want to spend things that are for the list that you may not need when you have responsibilities. >> the 40-50 military men and women taking part of learning how to manage their money after being away fighting wars and doing a lot of moving. >> a way to make it fun and educational, but i will -- that they can learn a valuable lesso

so i was at walter reed. walter reed has a problem. this is a small part of the solution and every man and woman at walter reed would rather have a pay freeze than see people disappear from their rolls and not be able to service the needs of those people. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: yes, mr. speaker. the gentleman talked about employees and our committees taking a pay cut. that's true. they took a pay cut. and every single one of my employees who took a 5% pay cut and sometimes a little bit more, said one thing to me. we don't mind sacrificing. we will. every single one of them. but they said, others should sacrifice, too. with that i yield to mr. lobiondo, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. lobiondo: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. cummings, thank you very much. we all talk about our heroes in this country, and there are some real ones. 103 names at the c.i.a.,

. >> last night cooper also met with veteran walter reed, and we have to find a few more weeks to seehe wins an oscar in his role. >>> tonight's health alert alerts you to fake products being advertised all over the place this flu season. the fda says it's seen an uptick in bogus blue remedies, including fake vaccines and antiviral drugs and air filters that claim to remove flu from the air. the germ bullet nasal inhaler, the claim that essential oil coats the nasal packages and keep viruses out. fda says not proven at all. >>> we're just two days away from the biggest football game of the year. >> yep. on sunday, as you probably may have heard by now, the ravens will take on the 49ers in the superbowl. our kristen berset is in the big easy tonight. and i hear you got to talk to a player who has such an inspirational story it was made into a movie? >> reporter: that's right. you remember the movie the blindside. sandra bullock was the star and there was a the story of michael ore. he went onto become a first round draft pick and now plays for the baltimore ravens. we got at chance to

soon one is going to open at walter reed medical center in bethesda as well. >>> good morning. thank you for watching wusa9 at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> happy wednesday. i think baltimore still has its purple hangover. what a celebration that was. >> good morning, monika. good morning, howard. >> good morning. a little chilly but i don't think anybody was feeling the chill up in baltimore. today we've got some sunshine returning and temperatures mieldzer. we stopped at 42 in town. closer to 50 in fredricksburg yesterday but the clouds were just hanging too tough so we didn't get the sunshine. we will get the sun today and consequently a little milder as highs reach into the

. >> now cox says a 1% pay raise for a nursing assistant at walter reed army medical center who makes $25,000 would actually result in a smaller take-home pay check for that federal worker. >>> a woman dies while undergoing an abortion at a controversial german town clinic. tonight the waif post reports the state's medical cam ner is investigating the death of the 29-year-old woman. she died at a clinic run by dr. leroy car heart. abortion opponents say car heart routinely performs dangerous late-term procedures. police say there's no indication of criminal activity in conjunction with the woman's death. >>> family and friends gathered for a send-off for members of the d.c. national guard. about 60 men and women are taking off to guantanamo bay, cuba, for that mission. we were there for the ceremony. >> reporter: members of the 372nd military police battalion were honored as they prepare to leave their loved ones and head to guantanamo bay, cuba. >> i am honored to be with you today as the d.c. guard once again answers the call. >> reporter: staff sergeant michael is ready to answer t

cooper is going to speak at walter reed army medical center for mental health.minated for pan oscar in his role in the -- an oscar in his role in the silver linings playbook where he plays a man released from the silver lining facility. >> i loved the silver lining playbook. it's so good and he's amazing. i hope he gets an oscar for it. >>> you're saying western suburbs with this snow thing about 3:00 in the morning? >> 3 a.m. or 4 a.m., a coating to 1/2- inch for most places. if it fluffs up enough, we might get an inch. someday i'd love to say this won't cause any problems except that day will never come. >> maybe because it's coming in so early the two hour delay makes sense. >> if they even have to do that. i know the road crews are scrambling because everything has washed off the roads, all the chemicals from yesterday's power washing rain. a live look outside, just some clouds. it's not particularly cold compared to where we have been. winds have been on the stronger side this evening. they're settling down a bit, but boy, we do still have a wind chill. it

responsibilities she has in caring for her son army specialist charles harris who is become treated at walter reed. >> my son was injured back in may. we've been here for eight months with his recovery. he stepped on an ied and lost both of his legs and wound up losing some arm tissue and damage to his him. >> how's he doing now? >> he's doing really well. he's very positive and dedicated to recovering and moving on with his life. >> reporter: lisa also has another child serving overseas. >> i have a daughter serving in afghanistan right now with the marine corps. >> reporter: lisa has had a lot to worry about lately. >> okay, so are you excited? >> i am. >> great. >> nervous but excited. >> so you haven't had your hair done in how long? >> it's been over eight months. >> is this your natural wave here? >> yes. >> great. it's beautiful. >> reporter: with highlights in the making in her hair, she was off to talk makeup with sherry mackerel. >> so tell me about your skin. >> u i don't do makeup at all. >> a little bit dehydrated so we're going to use moisturizers that will keep your skin hydrated. >

what do you make of the new secretary of state, john kerry went to visit the benghazi survivors at walter reed've been asking in november, we wrote to the president. the person i blame above all others is president obama, did you know president obama, in april or june why wasn't the congress informed. they were interviewed two days by the f.b.i. you know the c.i.a. never called up the f.b.i. and say, what did they say about the attack. if you talk to the survivors, you would have known it was a coordinated terrorist attack and not a mob. >> greta: were you going to vote for senator hagel? >> i thought his confirmation hearing was disturbing. >> greta: does that mean you may still vote for him? >> we don't have enough information. we haven't gotten the information we requested. i don't think we should vote on chuck hagel until we get all the things we requested about the speeches he's made, but as to whether or not i will vote for him, i hope the administration will reconsider his nomination. he is a good man, but these are dangerous times. what kind of signal are you sending to the iranians wh

he's being treated at the hospital here at walter reed and getting better every day. >> yes, thank god thank you so much, jessica. would you tell us, are we going to be surprised when we see all the other wives and moms. >> yeah, you're going to be surprised. they look beautiful. >> are they getting excited? >> they're very excited. very grateful and very excited. >> they did a wonderful job, you really did. >> so we have other folks coming to tell us about what they did with our other makeovers tomorrow. annalisa, thank you so much. >> absolutely. >> and micah and lisa, thank you so much. all the goods and services provided been provided by p.r. partner salons, bobby brown cosmetics and neiman mack customer zazza galleries. thank you. you also have a facial coming up from dr. burgess. >> thank you very much. >>> still ahead at 11:41, shopping on twitter? one credit card is making that possible for you now. >>> plus, pampering yourself this valentine's day. dr. burgess, as we mentioned, is here with ways to get a healthy glow. she says give your honey some raw sugar. >> announcer: you'

yesterday cooper screened the movie for a group of veterans at walter reed medical center. >>> netflix branched out into new territory today by releasing its own original tv series. "house of cards" was shot in baltimore, but the political thriller is based in washington. if this experiment works, it could change the way we watch television s nbc's mark barger explains. >> reporter: not content with handling other companies' movies and tv shows, netflix is making its own, starting with the political drama "house of cards." >> we're a swing for the fences company. we want to do great things. >> the ceo reed hastings told cnbc the company took its inspiration from hbo, hoping a similar move into original content will grow its audience, now 27 million subscribers. >> words matter very much, ms. bonds. you should care more about them, given your profession. >> the company is investing millions for 26 episodes, luring the likes of kevin spacey. >> if they're going to compete in the business as it grows and changes they'll have to start doing original content. >> spacey plays a congressman o

. >> fox news learned kerry also made time on saturday for a secret trip to walter reed national military medical center where he visited some wounded in the benghazi attack. >> i don't want to go back and relitigate the events that took place. >> at his confirmation hearing kerry intim mated he regarded much of the discussions as politically motivated. in the opening remarks to the state department the secretary made that sentiment explicit. i know everybody here still mourns that loss. we will. so i pledge to you this. i will not let their patriotism their bravery be obscured politics. >> those comments and what they meant kerry's spokes american declined to elaborate. benghazi will be the focus of the hearing at the senate arms services committee where they will have outgoing chairman pineda and outgoing chief of staff. >>> president obama on taxes. women in combat and gays in the boy scouts. the fox all stars weigh in when we return. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back

i have been living in walter reed with my son corporal mark lang. valentine's day. >> he's recovering from an injury. >> yes, ma'am. hopefully soon we'll be on our way home. >> tell me your name. >> jessica lopez. >> from. >> california. >> who are you here with? >> my son corporal joshua lopez. >> how is he? >> he's doing very well. he lost his lower right leg but he's recovering well. he's in good spirits. very motivated. >> we're happy to have you. please give him our love. tell him your name. move over so we can see you. >> my name is kerry bright from virginia beach. i'm here with my husband sergeant first class bright. he's recovering from a bladder tumor. >> how is he? >> he's doing wonderful. >> say want to say hi? >> hi, honey. i love you. >> julie patrick from ohio. >> who are you here with? >> my husband dpreg. >> is he recovering from an injury? >> yes. he had a left leg amputation. hi, greg. love you. >> you? >> rita hinds from virginia. >> you are in the area with who? >> my daughter, captain tiffany boom. >> how is she? >> she's doing

, or was located at walter reed.inic were the same individuals that was in charge of major nidal malik hasan when he was stationed at walter reed. >> steve: so they thought what? >> they thought it would be a conflict of interest by me being there and in turn, they said we will send you down to fort bliss for treatment. well, fort bliss denied me because they said i was not a combat veteran. so basically i was just out there stuck as far as getting treatment for ptsd and tbi. which in turn a friend of a -- a support of a fort hood shooting victims and survivors end up sending me to a submarine base in california. >> steve: so you agree with sergeant nunley who says the president of the united states made promises to the victims that they'd be -- that you would be taken care of and that has not been the case? >> not all together, no. promises were made to us that we would be taken care of and that our families would not have anything to worry of today, that within all together true. >> peter: sergeant, thank you for y

and i was able to go to walter reed. i've never been there before.visited there before? there's no reason. so, i think i'm just sort of catching up on a lot of lost time perhaps. and it really is because i learned from this character that i played. there's something very interesting about walking into a room and having everybody go up back on their heels because they feel uncomfortable. and when i was pat for 33 days on set, i thought, oh, wow, this is an awful feeling and why is that? and i want to stop it. and so what i learned making this movie is something that i can impart and those who watch it who deal with the same thing can speak about. so, i'm just lucky that i got the opportunity to do this movie and then there's a platform to talk about it. >> yeah. no, i mean, it's the kind of movie, too, that you walk away and you keep thinking about it. and, i mean, it -- >> well, it's because it's so personal, mika. >> it is. >> david orussell set out to make a personal movie based on the relationship he has with his son and watching his son go throug

. >> senior diplomatic sources tell fox news that secretary of state kerry went to walter reed national hospital to talk to some of those wounded in the attacks. >> drivers parked their cars on top of a dead king. scientists confirmed that it beyond reasonable doubt that a 500 year old skeleton the found beneath a parking lot in a central british city belongs to richard iii. >> the analysis of the skeleton proves it was an adult mail with an unusually slender or almost feminine build of a main. this is in keeping with sources that say rich has a slender build. >> dna matched the same taken from a distant living relative of rich's sister. richard iii had a major thirst for power. apparently killing his young nephews to avoid rivalries. researches say the died in battle where his opponents stabbed him, strip him naked and throw him from the back of horse. an apparent knife wound in his rear end fits the story. stand him in the butt. >> that's how he deserved to go. >> wasn't a very nice chap. >> not very nice at all. i think some british kings are just best left forgotten and underneath t

. >> reporter: the actor visited walter reed yesterday and said his visit was magical.derstands the need for mental health and healing for our american heroes is enormous. >> you could just see last night they're starving for some sort of acknowledgement. we have a tsunami public health issue with these returning veterans. >> reporter: former congressman patrick kennedy diagnosed with bipolar disorder left congress to launch his own mental health organization. >> and i thank god that at this time in the discussion we have a movie out that begins to humanize these illnesses. >> reporter: some in the crowd just wanted a glimpse of former people magazine's sexiest man alive, but the subject was far from glamorous. the actor realizing his star power and silver lining's playbook have a power far beyond the silver screen. in northwest, surae chinn, wusa9. >> bradley cooper is a georgetown university alum. this is his first oscar nomination for best actor. >> and here he is putting the spotlight on something people used to not talk about at all. >> absolutely. >>> you may have

as i was recovering at walter reed, my community approached me and said they wanted to help build a homework on my project just because they respected the sacrifice that i had gone through. all veterans have been taught to be responsible for the guy to your left and the guy to your right. those veterans haven't had it as easy as i have. i sat down with my battle buddy, john, and we decided to level the playing field. i'm dale beatty. it's now my mission to help other veterans to get the support and the homes they deserve from their communities. there's thousands of veterans right here in our midst. people don't realize the need that's out there. purple heart homes can help any disabled war veteran. regardless ever age or war. >> this is the young man why we're all here today. >> it's getting the community engaged, to get a rent or foreclosed home remodeled or an entire house built from the ground up. >> i had narrow door ways. i had to crawl in on my hands and knees. to have them build a whole new bathroom was unbelievable. >> we want to make their life easier, safer, just better. and th

another uh-1 is coming soon to walt -- another new one is coming soon to walter reed medical center. >>> thank now watching wusa9 at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> wednesday is here. you're halfway there. aim mike hydeck. thanks for waking up with us. >> now you're awake too. >> caffeine is a wonderful thing. >>it's kicking in. >> howard's forecast is pretty nice today. good morning. >> good morning. a lot of cloudiness right now but we'll see sunshine return and we have a good looking wednesday around here. then thursday, friday, things start going downhill but the weekend is also looking all right. so good news there as well. here's a look at your day plan other this wednesday. a few clouds early but skies are going to become partly if not mostly sunny. by lunch time we're talking low 40s with highs in the mid-40s which is right where they should be for the 6th of february. winds out of the west, northwest at 10 miles an hour. so a decent day. yesterday afternoon, evening, had a few rain and snow showers. didn't amount to much but with a little bit of moisture, we have a touch of

i was out at the new naval complex, the bethesda walter reed medical complex, visiting with wounded warriors. these are people who paid almost the maximum price, some would say even more than the maximum price in iraq or afghanistan, triple amputees, double amputees. and we were talking about this. they brought the issue up of why mccain, graham, inhofe, cruz and others are opposing hagel, the real reason. and, you know, they dismissed inhofe. he never saw a foxhole in his life. they dismissed graham. he is an air force lawyer, never saw combat in his life. they dismissed cruz. they think he is an idiot. but when it came to john mccain, they shrugged their shoulders, and they looked at me and asked me why? this man is a veteran. this man was a prisoner of war. he showed a great deal of courage under stress. what is wrong with john mccain? ed, i asked the same question. what is wrong with john mccain. >> here are some of the benghazi questions mccain raised with david gregory. here it is. >> what did the president do and who did he talk to the night of the attack on benghazi? and why was it?

. >> fox news learned kerry also made time on saturday for a secret trip to walter reed national military center where he visited some wounded in the benghazi attack. >> i don't want to go back and relitigate the events that took place. >> at his confirmation hearing kerry intim mated he regarded much of the discussions as politically motivated. in the opening remarks to the state department the secretary made that sentiment explicit. i know everybody here still mourns that loss. we will. so i pledge to you this. i will not let their patriotism their bravery be obscured politics. >> those comments and what they meant kerry's spokes american declined to elaborate. benghazi will be the focus of the hearing at the senate arms services committee where they will have outgoing chairman pineda and outgoing chief of staff. >>> president obama on taxes. women in combat and gays in the boy scouts. the fox all stars weigh in when we return. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. thr

as i was recovering at walter reed, my community approached me and said they wanted to help build a homeor my return. people would come and work on my project just because they respected the sacrifice that i had gone through. all veterans have been taught to be responsible for the guy to your left and the guy to your right. other veterans haven't had it as easy as i have. i sat down with my battle buddy john. we decided to level the playing field. i'm dale beatty. it is now my mission to help other veterans get the support and homes they deserve from their communities. [ applause ] >> there's thousands of veterans right here in our midst. people don't realize the need that's out there. purple heart homes can help any service-connected disabled veteran regardless of their age or war. >> this is the young man why we're all here today. [ applause ] >> just getting the community engaged to get a rent or foreclosed home remodeled or entire house built from the ground up. >> narrow doorways that i couldn't get through. his to crawl in on my hands and knees. to have them build a whole new bathr

that secretary kerry carved out time on saturday of this past weekend to make a secret trip to walter reedter. and there he visited with some of the security agents wounded in benghazi on 9/11. >> everything i do will be focused on security and safety of our people. we have tough decisions to make but i guarantee i will will do everything i can to live up to the high standers that secretary clinton and her team put in place. >> kerry's spokeswoman declined to say when i asked her what kerry meant why that reference to benghazi being obscured by politics, shep. >> shepard: he made the rounds on the phones today i understand. >> yes, and over the weekend he he spoke with the foreign ministers of japan and south korea. aids to kerry say he dialed up israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. aides say kerry used those calls to reaffirm president obama's commitment tolls israel's security and to the two sides' search for peace. >> i think what's important here is that there was a very early contact with both sides to express commitment to continuing to s