that year the caseload at walter reed tripled and unfortunately walter reed was also in the process of moving to bethesda. the first thing that happened was that they started to shut down the employee parking lot and so in order to find parking you have to get to work no later than 6:00 a.m., which we all did. we worked through lunch and we stayed late and we worked and stayed late that night in my dreams come everyone wasn't amputee, even me. and i know my friends over the years have gone really sick of hearing me say that i was going to quit walter reed. i was always going to quit, this is that, i was done, i was going to find a job with parking and better hours. in the next time they saw me i was still out walter reed and they would get irritated. but i could never quite explain it. and the reason i say this because i was part of something that i was part of something that was much larger than myself and i was trying to find something to write about to send you "washington post" and i took my mind off of what i was seeing at work. and then one day my partner actually surprised me an

they have been living for the past two years since his injury at walter reed military hospital. his 11-year-old son, keenan, was a state archery champion when he was 9. >> he is retired. he was north carolina, in 2009, north carolina state champion. 6 to 8-year-old division. >> reporter: seeing their dad prepare for london's invictus games has made the others want to learn, too. for major burkette, it's given him a renewed sense of purpose. >> my legs get sore walking back and forth. as marines, as servicemen, we get used to pushing through. >> reporter: that strength, his family says, is what enables him to keep going. now they say he plans to win. in washington, jennifer griffin, fox news. >>> will, williams and krauthammer, an all-star panel tonight just ahead live. >>> first, we've lost one of the members of the fox family, my colleague mike majchrowitz died at the much-too-early age at 51. he's known with great pipes and the unspellable last name, we just called him mac. today by sheer coincidence, the president was in wisconsin, the home state of mack who treasured the gre

bridge with the torch relay featuring an american flag that is carried across the country ending at walter reed military medical center outside of washington, dc. this is youtube veto from team red and white and blue supporting veterans that benefits the organizations. the flag includes 49er great joe montana and mc hammer carrying the flag in menlo park through facebook campus. >> i have to pay for the air conditioning can i borrow several bucks? >> thanks buddy, you can borrow the solar panel. it will be running again today. i know that. the temperatures are from eight degrees warmer-than-average at redwood city and 88 and san jose is 90 and napa is 96 and san francisco isup and oakland is 85, ten degreer warmer-than-average. and then in concord, which is telephone degrees warmer-than-average. triple digits through the valley to palm springs and mid-to-upper 80's with high clouds and sun in san diego and los angeles and calm conditions in napa and 82 but hazy sunshine pus -- because of the smoke in yosemite. >> safe commuting in san rafael skies are clear and the road is, too, moving at the l

injuries sat benghazi and i can promise you there is nobody at walter reed that was-hurt at benghazii couldn't sit quite and i yelled out that's not true. i had hundred' with one out there yesterday. and he was shocked to hear that. then he came up later and said i checked our intelligence people they say the guy you had lunch with is having physical therapy but he's not there. i said his building is. i told him where he was residing and his apartment, and he was there with his wife and two little children and his mother-in-law stayed with him. and i had been with him and seen him and talked to him and his information was just wrong. that just gives an example of how they have been fed false information. i tell you something else. after over a year, after benghazi i had an intelligence officer working north africa at the time, i said where have you been? he said i have been scared. i said you have never been scared a day in your life. he said they have made me scared. andism out of intelligence. out of the government, and so i thought maybe i could say hi now. this is how scary this

. >> marinearch eric burkett and his wife has been raising four small children at walter reed hospitalrepresent the u.s. at the games on april 11, two 12, the osprey aircraft he was piloting crashed, killing out but two people on board. for 14 months doors attempted to save his leg letch still may face yet another amputation. >> i hate shooting from a wheelchair. a lot of guys don't mind it because you're lower and don't have to worry about the instability of your legs. i'd rather stand. >> the games are the brainchild of prince harry, who himself is a combated -- combat certified apache helicopter pilot. the games will include wounded warriors from around the world. >> out of the night that covers me, black as pit from poll to poll. >> i am the master of my fate. >> i am captain of my soul. >> i am invictus. >> for major burkett, who used archery for hunting, his wife ask their four children, getting back to his sport has been a key part of his recovery. his four children are all learning to hold a bow and all expect their dad to bring hem to the gold. >> it has given him mental clari

when we had issues at walter reed, he was called on to solve the problems at walter reed. two bioscience companies, was previously the doctor for both president bush as a cardiologist and hired,000 employees. in the scoring, everything he accomplished in those 11 years, not the least of which was 11 years more that his young children had with him. who are very young, 3, 4, 6 at the time. all of them will remember their father. their lives will be different. their children's lives will be different. his score was zero of any benefits of those treatments he got. so, we just count the cost, we don't count the benefits of this great american patriot. and the 11 additional years he got every person and cancer dies 16 years before their normal life span. what would those things have been? i would say scoring. the first gulf war supported by henry kissinger and other efforts. united states put up 80% of the money, other countries 0% of the money and the u.s. managed 100% of the money. if we focused as the state department and other international efforts. other countries are per c

when we had issues at walter reed, he was called on to solve the problems at walter reed. founded two bio science companies, was previously the doctor for both president bush as a cardiologist and hired 2,000 employees. in the scoring everything he accomplished in those 11 years not the least of which was 11 years more that his young children had with him, who are very young, 3, 4, 6 at the time, all of them will remember their father, their lives will be different, their children's lives will be different. his score was 0 of any benefits of those treatments he got and so we just count the costs, we don't count the benefits of this great american patriot and the 11 additional years he got. every person and cancer dies approximately 16 years before their normal lifespan. i would say scoring. two, internationalize. the first gulf war supported by henry kissinger and other's efforts, the united states put up 20% of the money. other countries put up 80% of the money and the u.s. managed 100% of the money. there is an enormous opportunity to drive research. as we focus part of

a couple months later jim met aaron while visiting walter reed hospital in washington, d.c.nd was overwhelmed by his courage and spirit. >> at a boy. >> jim runs a program out of detroit that raises money to buy the special chairs and the decorated sergeant didn't waste any time putting it to the test. taking his daughter north first time. >> this thing is awesome. when i first got injured, the only thing i want to do is be able to walk and play with my daughter again. and walking is taking a little bit of time. and there's always going to be limitations. but this is just going to increase my tree come. >> it's an all terrain robotic chair designed to go where a regular wheelchair can't. it's got all bells and whistles. >> it's got a horn. >> but i did hear him go, oh, that thing's awesome. >> that made it all worth it. >> it did. >> agent alonzo joined the marines in large part because of 9/11. he said it was an honor to receive this gift on the anniversary and an honor to serve. >> if i could go back and do it, i would still do it the same way. i've grown immensely through

that and we have it at a superbbly high level with the assist stance of the united states with the walter reed hospital we have here. the next couple of months leading up to the parliamentary elections will be very tricky. russia, i predict, will do nevering his power to undermine the election. we saw this already in the case of the presidential elections. it will try to stabilize the government. in kiev and keep ukrainian forces from gaining ground in the east. we should be prepared for a tough several or month and a half. the next government of course will be -- will have the full legitimacy that comes with the new parliamentary elections must show it is a clear and better alternative to the won the people of ukraine ousted half year ago. ensuring that the elections are carried out in in a free and fair manner will be a top priority for us, for the osce and one of the issues should be the you interference of the elections that be fully addressed and recognized by the moderate ring of elections i think that we all after especially the presidential elections we all know what the russians, russ

. >> we match the injured troops with professional musicians who come visit at walter reed medical centeron music projects, learning music, writing and performing. ♪ >> we're going to try to incorporate a little more metal. >> i'm not a music therapist. i'm a musician. but by injecting music into this space, we can inject life. >> something survived that horrible injury in afghanistan. and that was my ability to play the guitar. arthur and his program changed my outlook on what is possible. ♪ >> music has no stigma. folks who work with, when they do music, there is nothing injured about the way they do it. it's just good music. >>> you are in the "cnn newsroom." hello, everyone, good evening. i'm randi kaye in new york. america's top diplomat is selling the idea of u.s. military action against isis to as many arab leaders as will listen. according to the state department, john kerry is asking for support, and he's getting it. this is kerry meeting with egypt's president today. he's also been in turkey, and saudi arabia on this trip. kerry's message to those leaders is this. the fight agai

. ♪ we match the injured troops with professional musicians who come visit at walter reed medical centeron music projects, learning music, writing, and performing. ♪ >> we're going to try to incorporate a little more metal. >> i'm not a music therapist. i'm a musician. but by injecting music into this space, we can inject life. >> something survived that horrible injury in afghanistan. and that was my ability to play the guitar. arthur and his program changed my outlook on what is possible. ♪ >> music has no stigma. when they do music, there's nothing injured about the way they do it. it's just good music. ♪ mama rock me >> what an incredible story. to learn more about arthur bloom and his amazing work, go to cnn/heroes.com. that's going to do it for us tonight. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. night. "ac 360" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. thanks very much for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. the start of offensive operations against isis and the surprising location for this first air strike. not in no

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he was a young soldier from new hampshire who i met at walter reed medical center.e was there recovering from losing his leg after stepping on an i.e.d. in afghanistan. he was married and had a young child, and we were talking about the challenges that he was facing after he recovered from his injuries, but what impressed me the most about our conversation in addition to his commitment to this country, it was that the thing he was most concerned about wasn't losing his leg, it wasn't where was he going to get a job after he got out of the military. it was how were he and his wife going to pay back their student loans? another college graduate, a woman from durham, new hampshire, wrote to me recently. she has a master's degree and she is employed in a public service field. she has been working now for 12 years, but she has not been able to buy a home for her family because she still has $90,000 in student loan debt. and i heard from a woman in stratham, new hampshire, who has $150,000 in student loan debts. she has consolidated her student loans, but she still has a

. >> we match the injured troops with professional musicians who come visit at walter reed medical centerlearning music, writing, and performing. >> thank you so much for starting your morning us with. >> we have much more ahead on the next hour of your "new day." it starts right now. >>> sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." britain and the u.s. are vowing justice for a british aide worker eastern father who went to help terrified war refugees to be taking hostage and killed. >> they released a video showing the beheading of david haines. we're not going to show you the full video. you can see haines here kneeling as his masked killer stands next to him. before he takes haines life, he threatened britain with more bloodshed. >> your evil alliance with america which continues to strike the muz licslims of iraq accelerate more destruction and claim the role of obedient and will drag you, cameron, into a bloody and unwinnable war. >> the individual yoef the executioner also threatened to kill another british aide worker being held b

we also have the assistance of the united states at walter reed hospital. the next months leading up to the parliamentary elections will be very tricky. doredict russia will everything in its power to undermine the elections. of thethis in the case presidential elections. it will try to destabilize the government in kiev. it will try to keep ukrainian forces from regaining ground in the east. prepared for a tough month and a half. that willovernment have the full legitimacy that comes with a new parliamentary election must show that it is a clear and better alternative to the one that the people of ukraine ousted half a year ago. i also see that making sure and ensuring that the elections are carried out in a free and fair manner will be a topmost osce.ty for us, for the one of the issues should be the kind of interference we saw in the presidential elections. that it not be allowed or fully addressed and recognized by the monitoring in the elections. , especially we all after the presidential election, we all know what the russian disrupt theo to democrati

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cortie, cortie excuse me i have been involved with this hospital since 1973 when i was released from walter reedarmy hospital after 14 months. they were treating battle woun wounds, artificial arteries and my person. i'm a three tour combat medic, minor search in trieste specialist. i work and airborne units, ranger recon units for 13 years of my military career and five years in the national guard. i'm from the state of new hampshire. when i first came here because i have one long gone, they did not want me to be in the manchester veterans hospital because i was going to be dying of pneumonia because of the altitude. they sent me to a low altitude state which is arizona which i dearly love read when i first came here there were members in this room right now who will vouch that we had to actually fight the va system to get the post-traumatic stress clinic in. not only that, we have people dying with 90-day meds in their pockets committing suicide by overdosing. we finally got that squared aw away. i became the state commander of the amvets. i'm also the international commander of the proud eagl

going back to our tradition of walter reed and the work he did on the yellow fever virus. last week we established operation united assistance, which will be dod's support to this global effort that is led by the united nations and their special mission established this week, and we are in support of our civilian agency counterparts and working with allies, including the united kingdom, france, and others that have a lot of reach into the affected countries. dod will focus our contribution on our strength, our unique capabilities and capacities, including command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support. we established the joint forces command under u.s. africa command, and the major general there is on the ground doing the assessment. he is also the commander of the u.s. army africa, and the command headquarters is being established in monrovia, liberia, in addition to a regional intermediate staging base in dakar, senegal, which will provide support to ensure the flow of personnel and equipment and material supplies for this very, very large area of west

people to survive a plane crash in africa he and his wife have been raising four small children in walter reed in two years. in over a week, the wounded warrior will travel to london to represent the u.s. on the invictous games. the aircraft that major burket was piloting crashed and killing all but two people on board. 14 months. they attempted to save his leg. and he may face another amputation. >> i hate shooting from a wheelchair. you are lower and you don't have to worry about the instability of your legs and i rather stand. >> the invictous games are a brain child of prince harry who is a certified apache helicopter pilot. it will include wounded warriors from around the world. >> for major burket who used archery for hunting, his wife and four children. getting back to the sport is key to recover. they all expect dad to bring home the gold. >> it is mental clarity. >> my legs get sore walking back and forth. and gets long on the days of 144 arrows and marines and servicemen we get used pushing through. >> if you would to hear more about the invictous games, tune in to special report at

this is not new to global health and going back to our tradition of walter reed and the work that he did on yellow fever virus. last week we established operation united assistance which would either dod support to this global effort that is led by the united nations and the special mission was established this week in support of our civilian agency counterparts, working with allies, including the united kingdom and france and others that have reach into the affected countries. the dod will focus our contribution on her strengths and our unique capabilities and capacities, including command and control and logistics and training, as well as engineering support. we established the joint forces command under the u.s. africa command and major general darrel williams has been on the ground since last week doing the assessment. he is also the commander of u.s. army africa. the command headquarters is being established in monrovia, in addition to a regional and intermediate staging in senegal that provides a lot of logistical support to ensure the flow of personnel, equipment, and material

and i should add quickly with the assistance of the united states and the walter reed hospital that we here. the next couple of months, leading up to the parliamentary elections will be very tricky. russia, i predict, will do everything in its power to undermine the elections. we saw this already in the case of the presidential elections. it will try to destabilize the government in kiev. and to keep ukrainian forces from regaining ground in the east. so, we should be prepared for a tough several, or month, month and a half. the next government, of course, that will be then -- will have the full legitimacy that comes with a new parliamentary elections must show that it is a clear and better alternatives to the one that the people of ukraine ousted half a year ago. and i also see that making sure, ensuring that the elections are carried out in a free and fair manner will be a top most priority for us, for the osce, and i think one of the issues i think should be one the kind of interference that we saw in the presidential election that's not be allowed and fully addressed and recognized

i've been involved in this hospital since 1973 when i was released from walter reed army hospital after 14 months. i received three battle wounds, three purple hearts. i have parts of my body missing and artificial arterys in my person. i am a three-tour medic, tree yauge specialist. i've worked in air borne units, recon units for three years and five years in the national guard. i'm from the state of new hampshire. when i first came here because i have one lung gone they did not want me to be in the manchester veterans hospital because i was going to be dying of pneumonia because of the altitude. they sent me to a low-altitude state, which is arizona. which i dearly love. when i first came here, there were members in this room right now who will vouch that we had to actually fight the v.a. system to get the post traumatic class stress clinic in. not only that, we had people dying out in the park out here with 90-day meds in their pockets commiting suicide by overdosing. we finally got that squared away. i became the state commander of the am vets. i am also the international commander

when we had issues, he was called on to solve the problems at walter reed and founded two bioscience companies and was previously the doctor for -- in the scoring, everything he accomplished in the 11 years, not the least of which was 11 years more than his young children had with him. they were 3, 4, and 6 at the time. all of them will remember their father and their lives will be different and children's lives will be different. his score was zero. of any benefits of the treatments he got. we just count the cost and we don't count the benefits of this great american patriot. in the 11 years, he got approximately 16 years before their normal lifespan. i would say scorning. two international lives. the first was supported by henry kissinger. they put up 20% of the money and others put up 80% in the u.s. and they managed 100% of the money. if we focus as part of the state department and other international efforts, other countries on a per capita basis are far wealthier than the u.s. today. norway many years ago set up a fund for the north sea. it's kind of a rainy day fund. their goa

i've been involved in this hospital since 1973 when i was released from walter reed army hospital aftermonths. i received three battle wounds, three purple hearts. i have parts of my body missing and artificial arteries in my person. i am a three-tour medic, triage specialist. i've worked in airborne units, recon units for three years and five years in the national guard. i'm from the state of new hampshire. when i first came here because i have one lung gone they did not want me to be in the manchester veterans hospital because i was going to be dying of pneumonia because of the altitude. they sent me to a low-altitude state, which is arizona. which i dearly love. when i first came here, there were members in this room right now who will vouch that we had to actually fight the v.a. system to get the posttraumatic class stress clinic in. not only that, we had people dying out in the park out here with 90-day meds in their pockets commiting suicide by overdosing. we finally got that squared away. i became the state commander of the am vets. i am also the international commander of the pr

even the ones i interviewed last week out at walter reed national military center, who are in great schoolyou're looking at on the screen, they came because of this. they came because they know what happened that terrible day 13 years ago this month. and they don't want it to ever happen again. we were promised when this administration came to office in 2009, that they were going to, quote, end the war responsibly. speed up those slides, guys, because we have to get through it. don't want to short sight them because they're the best thing i've got for sniffing out a bomb. the young americans came because they wanted to fight for our country. they wanted to serve our nation. they wanted to make sure that terrorism was wiped clean. they wanted to make sure that it couldn't be exported to this country again. and they were told in administration was, quote, going to end the war responsibly. these youngsters became the protectors of muslim women and children. these frames are not staged. this is real. this is what they do. and those youk youngsters who you see gathered in prayer circles, those

even the ones i interviewed last week at walter reed national in gradeenter who were school when thisappened, what you are looking at on the screen, they came because of this. they came because they know what happened that terrible day 13 years ago this month and they don't want it to ever happen again. we were promised, when this administration came to office in 2009, that they were going to end the war responsibly. speed up those slides because we have to get through this. can't beat the dogs. short sight them, because they are the best thing you have for sniffing out a bomb. the young americans came because they wanted to fight for our country. they wanted to serve our nation. they want to make sure that terrorism was wiped clean. they want to make sure that it could not be exported to this country again. they were told that this administration was going to "and the war responsibly." these youngsters became the protectors of muslim women and children. these frames are not staged. this is real. this is what they do. those youngsters who you see gathered in prayer circles, those youn

even the ones i hinted last week out of walter reed national military medical center who, in grade schoolpened them which are looking at on the screen, making because of this. they came because they know what happened that terrible day 13 years ago this month. and they don't want it to ever happen again. and we were promised when this administration came to office in 2009 that they're going to quote in the war responsibly, speed up those slides, guys, because we've got to get through this. can't beat the dogs. don't want to short site them because they are the best thing you got for sniffing out a bomb. the young americans came because they wanted to fight for our country. they wanted to serve our nation. they wanted to make sure that terrorism was wiped clean. they want to make sure they couldn't be exported to this country again, and they were told that this administration was going to quote in the war responsibly. these youngsters became the protectors of muslim women and children. these frames are not staged. this is real. this is what they do. and those youngsters who you see gather

also, i should add quickly that with the assistance of the united states and the walter reed hospitalthat we have this here. the next couple of months leading up to the parliamentary elections will be very tricky. russia, i predict, will do everything in its power to undermine the elections. we saw this already in the case of the presidential elections. it will either destabilize the government in kiev and to keep the ukrainian forces from regaining ground in the east. so we should be prepared for a tough several month or month and a half. the next government, of course, that will be then will have the full legitimacy that comes with a new partmentry election must show that it is a clear and better alternative to the one that the people of ukraine ousted half a year ago. and i also see that making sure, ensuring that the elections are carried out in a free and fair manner, it will be a top most priority for us, for the osce, that -- and i think one of the issues should be, in fact, the kind of interference that we saw in the presidential elections that not be allowed or be fully addre

ofng back to our tradition walter reed and the work he did on the yellow fever virus. week we established operation united assistance, which will be dod's support to this global effort that is led by the united nations and their special mission established this ofk, and we are in support our civilian agency counterparts and working with allies, including the united kingdom, france, and others that have a lot of reach into the affected countries. dod will focus our contribution our uniquength, capabilities and capacities, including command and control, logistics, training, and engineering support. we established the joint forces command under u.s. africa command, and the major general round doing the g the assessment. he is also the commander of the u.s. army africa, and the command headquarters is being established in monrovia, liberia, in addition to a regional intermediate staging senegal, which will provide support to ensure the flow of personnel and equipment and material supplies for this very, very large area of west africa. statestion, the united will send this

the first time i went to walter reed and visited with a disabled iraqi veteran, he was a sergeant from ohio who had had his right leg blown off below the knee. and i said what happened? and he said it was an i.e.d. and i said what is that? and he said, well, it's an explosive device roadside bomb. and we were in the best military equipment in the world and this crude roadside bomb went off and blew off my leg. and i thought to myself i wonder if the greatest military in the world with the greatest technology in the world can be brought to a stop by a crude roadside bomb if we are properly evaluating war today, fighting terrorism today. what the president is trying to do is to find effective ways to stop this onset of terrorism in the middle east, this new round of terrorism in the middle east, this group called islamic state. why are we picking this group out of all the other terrorist groups? and there are many of them. they are qualitatively, quantatively different. they are the first terrorist group we know that has taken and held territory. usually terrorist groups set off a bomb i

. ♪ >> we match the injured troops with professional musicians to come visit at walter reed medical centeric, writing, and performing. ♪ >> something survived that horrible injury in afghanistan, and that was my ability to play the guitar. arthur and his program changed my outlook on what is possible. ♪ rock me mama >> folks who you work with, when they do music there's nothing injured about the way to do it. it's just good music. ♪ mama rock me >> music is a fantastic healer. >> it is and what a great person to do it, that's why he's made the list. >> he is a hero. >>> can the nfl commissioner hang on? roger goodell under fire for his handling of the ray rice scandal. what did he really know about the infamous elevator tape and when did he know it? we'll take a closer look ahead. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me! get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts! whooo! gimme some! g

not too far from your, wall street daschle walter reed hospital banned family members from bringing biblesown family members until that was exposed. we have situations, a wonderful young girl who was told at a major university to take her cross necklace off because quote it might offend someone at the school. until we got involved. you probably saw the five year old girl we had to represent this year who was actually told to stop praying over meal and the lunch cafeteria. i think of 25 years ago when i started doing this if you and toby you will have to represent churches i would've said this is not the soviet union. we don't have to defend charges against the government in this country. now every week we have a new church that we have to represent. that just wants the church, increase the size of the century, wants to be the homeless, that wants to do things churches can do with those rights used to be understood. now they have to be fought for. everybody is aware of hobby lobby, case that went to the supreme court. very few people vote know what was argued in the case. the solicitor gene

by the end of 2004, she was one of five female amputees recovering at walter reed including army captainll four women who were amputees before you were here to tell you everything was going to be fine. >> reporter: it was in those moments that their sister hood was born. one that today is taking on new meaning as four of them become mothers. >> i am so thrilled i'm going to be a mother here in four months. >> it's the first time the illinois representative has talked about her pregnancy on camera. >> so we >> reporter: it's the first time the illinois representative has talked about her pregnancy on camera. >> so we went through many cycles and all the different varieties of ivf. being in the job that i have, it was really hard to keep it very quiet. >> caller: duckworth's baby girl is due in early december. right behind melissa stopwell's little boy in late november. dawn halfacre's son, race, is now four months old. and danielle green byrd welcomed daniel just ten days ago. each new life a reminder of how far these soldiers have come. >> we do share a special bond. and being able to th

. >> we match the injured troops with professional musicians, who come visit at walter reed medical center performing. >> we're going to try to incorporate more metal. >> i'm not a music therapist, i'm a musician, but by injecting music into this space, we can inject life. >> something survived that horrible injury in afghanistan. and that was my ability to play the guitar. >> arthur and his program changed my outlook on what is possible. >> music has no stigma. folks who work with, when we do music, there's nothing injured about the way we do music. it's just good music. >> and if you want to learn more about arthur bloom and his amazing work, head over to cnnheroes.com. >>> and we have much more just ahead in the newsroom. it all starts right now. >>> hello, everyone. thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. i'm deborah feyerick and here are the big stories we're following in the "cnn newsroom." any moment, police are set to release new information about two state troopers gunned down in an ambush. one trooper is dead, the other shot, in stable condition. a massive manhunt underway.

not too far from there, walter reed hospital banned family members from bringing eyeballs to their own members were wounded soldiers until that was exposed. we have situations like jarvis, wonderful young girl who was told at a major university to take her cross necklace off because quote it might offend someone at the school. until we got involved. you probably saw the five year old girl we had to represent this you who was told to stop praying over her meal and a lunch cafeteria. i think of 25 years ago when i started doing this if you were told me you will have to represent churches, i would've said this is not the soviet union. we don't have to defend charges against the government in this country. every week we have a new church we have to represent. that just wants to be a church, the ones to increase the size of sanctuary, who wants to feed the homeless, the wants to do things churches can do. those rights used to be understood. now they have to be fought for. everybody is aware of hobby lobby, the case went to the supreme court. very few people know what was argued in the case.

going back to our tradition of walter reed in the work on yellow fever virus.last week we established operation united assistance which will be dod's support to this global effort that led by the united nations and their special mission that was established this week. and we are in support of our civilian agency counterparts and working with allies, including the united kingdom, france and others that have a lot of reached into the affected countries. dod will focus our contribution on our strengths, our unique capabilities and capacities, including demanding control -- command and control, logistics, training and engineering support. we established the joint forces command under u.s.-africa command and major general darryl williams is on the ground since last week doing the assessment. he's also the command of the u.s. army africa. and the command headquarters is being established in monrovia. liberia, in addition to a regional intermediary cached intermediate staging base and senegal that will provide a lot of the logistical support to ensure the flow of pers

. >> adele levine talks about her appearance as a physical therapist at walter reed medical center and provides profiles of some of the veterans she worked with. this is about 45 minutes and it starts now on booktv. >> okay. i am bobrun need, one of the founders along with carla cohen, of politics and prose and i don't have a physical therapist but i have an exercise therapist. three weeks ago my exercise therapist gave me a copy of run, don't walk. she didn't give it to me, she lent it to me. and said please read this, you will find it very very interesting and which i did immediately. .. >> it also is the world's