it is embarrassing at walter reed, you walk out there, these things are pretty superfluous.ing that happens there. >> talk about one of your legs, how you came in the world... >> the doctors asked me if i wanted to keep my legs, the chance of me being able to walk again was pretty low according to them. it was early on, they hadn't seen very many cases like mine. the question was do you want to keep them? i said i came in with two, i want to leave with two. >> sean: you made a part of your recovery. >> it did. i got up of the wheelchair to try to walk again. i was on parallel bars and i went half the way with my arms because i was strong up top. i had no mobility down below. i am walking with my arms. the physical therapist yanked on the belt that was around me, pulled me back and said no, that is not how this works. just try to put 1 foot in front of the other. >> sean: he didn't want you relying on your upper body. >> direct. >> sean: where are you in terms of your progress? >> golfing, cycling. >> he is one of the few vets the played golf in our tournament and rode the w1

he got 12 weeks of unpaid reed to go to walter reed and be by my hospital bedside. then, when that 12 weeks ended he got the call, sorry, you're out of a job and we don't have to keep you on payroll. this is a man wearing the uniform to go to work every single day to train future officers for a civilian contractor for the dod. thank god during those 12 weeks when he had to take the unpaid leave i was being paid by the military as wounded warrior. thank god in the hospital i continued to draw my salary, but fra frankly, most americans do not have that luxury. what about the construction worker who builds our roads and buildings and homes and buildings that we work in? what about the nurse who throws out her back lifting patients? what about the person who cooks for us in the restaurants when we go out to eat. most americans do not have that luxury. when i think about the steel workers in southern illinois, they don't have this luxury. most cannot afford to have one person take all their time off and survive on just one salary. they simply can't do it. this affects us

he got 12 weeks unpaid leave to go to walter reed and be by my hospital bedside. and when at 12 weeks ended he got the call that said, sorry, you're out of the job, we'll have to keep you on payroll. this is a man who was wearing the uniform to go to work every single day to train future officers for civilian contractors for the dod. thank god during those 12 weeks when he had to take unpaid leave that i was being paid by the military as a wounded warrior. thank god during that time in the hospital that i continued to draw my salary. but frankly most americans do not have that luxury. what about the construction worker who builds our roads and buildings and homes in the buildings that we work in? what about the nurse throw with rosetta back lifting patients? what about the person who cooks for us in a restaurant when we go out to eat? most americans do not have that luxury. when i think about the steelworkers and southern illinois, they don't have this luxury. most working families do not, cannot afford to have one person take all the time off and survive on just

iraq, two tours and i got injured on my last tour and i did two and a half years of rehab down at walter reed>> today people came together in a big way to >>> restoration crews out in the rain today to begin repairing and restoring those gravestones toppled by vandals at the mt. carmel jewish cemetery. vandals broke into that cemetery in wissonoming last month and toppled more than 150 stones. folks from all over the area and the world really donated more than $220,000 to higher stone masons and monument restoration experts. >> when you look around and terrible things are happening and then you take a step back and take a breath and you can see just wonderful people trying to make the world a better pla place. >> six-year-old girl from parkland florida was among those touched by stories of the vandalism. she sent philadelphia a box of hand painted stones to be placed on top of the newly restored gravestones. ♪ every day our bill anderson looks for some light in these dark times. going overseas risking your life and serving your country should earn veterans a level support from all of us. but

plans to open a store at the former walter reed site fell through last year. >> our friends in virginia, you know who you are, they talk about wegmans like it's the second coming. >> have you been into one of these? >> no, i have to go. >> it's a little sensory overload. >> i really hope this happens. >> you can live in there. >>> fredericksburg woman says she is in her words, still freaking out. >> and she won $1 million playing the virginia lottery, but get this. she says she and her coworker decided to buy some lottery tickets after recently working an overnight shift. her friend wasn't sure how to play on the self-service machine so mary taught her. ju julie won $12. mary, $1 million. good karma. >> she is excited. look at that face. >> they're not sharing it? >> no, i don't think so. >> not this time. >> but aaron would definitely share his with me. >> it's 57 degrees outside our studio right now. >> you know what? it's mild outside right now. and when you walk outside, i didn't need a warm jacket but i brought one anyway because i know the temperatures are going to drop and they w

the crossing project to build a pedestrian tunnel under the road near walter reed tunnel moves forward next wednesday. construction crews will close one northbound lane. that will run from april 5th to april 7th from 9 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. >>> d.c. now has a new million dollar program to empower women. it is called rain. the girls program will be available in several schools. it will include after school activities, international travel and other activities to encourage academic and social skills. >> rain will support young women to grow into leadership roles because we know that women can be leaders but they have to be told that and learn that every step of the way. >> and last year the district created an all male college prep school you might recall, and the girls program will begin with a city wide conference for young girls. good for them. >>> if you're one of those people who's every detail, that's a good thing apparently. at least according to "the wall street journal." it says people who sweat the small stuff do better when the stakes are high. now we mea

we have a problem at an intersection king street south walter reed area. watch out here.a traffic light that is out. we have a live shot that we will get to in a bit. we will do that in the next hit. that would be an area to avoid. police are rerouting through. inner loop of the beltway, by 355, larry, we >> ellen, thank you. i'm larry miller in the wusa 9 newsroom. as our region embraces for severe weather, some states across the country are dealing with severe weather of its own. the governor of illinois issued a state of emergency. much of the midwest is watching out for tornadoes, dealing with warnings that are underway. one person is dead in ottawa. four twisters ripped through the city leaving behind severe weather damage. >> i live in the upstairs apartment. i had to get in the bathtub to survive. my whole street is wrecked. >> on the other side of the river in missouri, one death has been confirmed after an apparent tornado swept across the southeast region. >>> caught on camera in wisconsin, check this out, a hail storm in south central. the national weather serv

this is lieutenant walter j reed. he had gotten out of the army. they called him and said hey, we want you to, and help us pick up this new airship. he said all right, maybe. he called his girlfriend, maria claxton of hampton and said, do you want to get married? i'm going to italy, this would be a great opportunity for a honeymoon. [laughter] she said yes. [laughter] they got married. this was the day before leaving for italy. a captain served as his best man, they were best friends, polar opposites in personality. the captain was a confident bachelor and was a ladies man around town. so, they got married and sailed with the other men over to italy. this is sergeant virgil hoffman of eden rapids, michigan. he was called into the air service after getting out out of the war and said, i will only go back if you send me to langley field, he was in love with this young woman, stella. they said ok and sent them back to langley, the two were soon engaged. that is her engagement ring. they were young, in love, planning a wedding for the following year. t

four devices found on gas pumps at the shell station at four mile run and walter reed drive. an employee found them while doing some maintenance. not known yet if any credit card information was stolen. in the nbc washington app we have a gallery of common skimmer types. during the break, take a look, share with your friends soh >>> we've got a heads up if you're going to be driving on i-66 inside the beltway. overnight vdot is closing the highway for 20 minute intervals between midnight and 4:00 a.m. last night for crews to install toll platforms. the right lane will be closed starting at 9:30. vdot promises everything will be open by 5:00 a.m. >>> a warning for drives along a busy stretch in falls church. the speed warning signal is broken at east broad and nolan streets. the speed limit drops to 25 in that area. crews believe the wind damaged the signal. it will be weeks before it's up and running again. >>> the debate over school voech -- vouchers is heating up in the district. mark segraves explains local leaders are split on that idea. >> reporter: it's the only fe prog

plans to open a store at the former walter reed site on georgia avenue fell through last year. >> mary thomas lives in virginia. she helped a friend the other day and she's being paid one million-fold. mary thomas won a million bucks with a virginia lotto scratchoff ticket. she and her friend julie worked an overnight shift recently. after work they decided to go get some tickets. mary showed julie how to work the self-service machine and how to scan the ticket after scratching it to see if it was a winner. julie won 12 ck it's almost like doug seeing a wegmans in his neighborhood. she says she is still in her words freaking out. freak on out, mary. way to go. way to go. >> wow. good for her. great pictures. who knew you'd get some excited about a grocery store, doug. >> we've had that story about wegmans coming to different parts of the area -- >> don't get your hopes up. it has fallen through in the past. >> so true. if it's coming close to where we are, it's life changing. it is life changing. >> okay. >> trust me, man. i'll tell you what's going on outside right now. the temperatur

the crossing project to build a pedestrian tunnel underneath the road near the walter reed medical center takes another step forward next week. construction crews will close one northbound lane along the pike. that will run from april 5th through the 7th, from 9 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. >>> millions of americans are getting their credit card fees reduced or eliminated. and you can as well. all you have to do is ask. >> credit card companies are willing to deal and negotiate because it's such a competitive marketplace. >>> so you're feeling pretty good when you clock that 10,000-step mark each day. get ready to keep on walking. the new benchmark for those using a >>> you gotta be quick with your phone, folks. thousands of would-be museum goers are left disappointed once again this afternoon. >> the latest batch of passes for that wildly popular infinity mirrors exhibit sold out in less than two minutes the museum says it releases 6,000 passes online at noon, but by 12:02, poof, they were gone. as many as 70,000 people have logged on to get them. try your luck again next mon

>> sean: i do think a lot of people do not understand the trip to germany, walter reed, those guys areere for a year or longer. >> most people -- a lot of people -- we'll look at danny and say i feel sorry for you. >> sean: you would hate that. >> i really would. it >> sean: i respect your courage. i think the single most special quality, character trait, is courage. you embody it, all these other guys embody it. mr. president, i think that is what you capture in these guys. >> thank you. what we ought to focus on, people like danny, transitioning. the future of our country is very bright. when you think about the dandies of the world, taking leadership roles. that is what we are all about. helping these men transition. this guy is awesome. >> sean: pleasure to meet you. >> thank you, sir. >> sean: i think you should be a preacher. coming up, we need your help. a very, very important question of the day. and some of the voice mails -- maybe not so nice -- that you left me on the "hannity" hotlin hotline. that is straight ahead. body to hydrate and soften, unblocking your system natural

. >> he threw a number of mental health professionals out of his room when he was in walter reed. >>rter: just kicked them out? >> just kicked them out, or just chewed them up and spit them out like they were nothing. >> reporter: what do you think has helped him accept a p.t.s. diagnosis and that he actually needs help? >> i think the fact that it stays with him. it stays with him, he's gotten treatment, he's working at moving forward on his life, he's doing a lot of great things but every so often there's an episode there's something he realizes, 'i can't always control this' so i have to keep working at it. >> reporter: gadson's made progress. despite his injuries, he cycles and occasionally downhill skis. he tours the country making dozens of motivational speeches >> hi tracy,reg gadson. >> reporter: to soldiers and civilians. >> ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome colonel greg gadson. >> reporter: part of his message: don't let shame get in the way of getting help. >> for veterans, what i want to say is look 'we're always out there for each other' but you have got to ta

. >> this time of that we have to live with every day the first of march i was down at walter reed medical center going into the gate i had my suit on looking distinguished as i always do and had all incident at the gate with a guy who was 23 years old a firecracker from. >> guest: to to talk to me and approached me in a threatening way in a threatening voice.e. if he had been a civilian civilian, because he was military but if it had then under other circumstances if we were off by ourselves and he had begun and i did not it would have been an explosive situation so something even i as a congressman and going to a military facility has to deal with so as a follow-up to that they still don't have a resolution as the viet and the same guy that equiout there doing the work they he is not psychologically equipped to do but he was doing it. so we have to go extra to protect ourselves from these threats that are always looming out there. >> we have been joined by the congressmen fromom missouri he does not have a statement so we will move to yourpanelists. and we would ask you to summarize your

my time in those areas, going to walter reed back here it changes your mind once you are in that environmentxpert on the military but i'm glad i had that bird's eye look into their culture and life-style and during war. it is astounding to me to hear him espouse these thoughts and ideas. it really does seem like he doesn't put any thought into the real people who have to section cute them. >> what did you think about the dinner signature around with jared, his son-in-law, and his chief political strategist, bannon, over drinks or whatever, he decides to commit the troops. and then the other day, actually today, he says that meant my decision, i inherited that decision. i didn't lose that guy. how can he not remember that we once had presidents like kennedy and truman who said the buck stops here. okay blame me. kennedy said after the bay of pigs i was the officer in charge, i am the one to blame. by the way, kennedy did deserve toic at that it. it was his mistake. but he didn't run from it. >> there is such thing as responsible. trump has no concept of that. you have seen the ceremonies when

the first of march i was at the walter reed medical center going up to date. i had my suit on, rushing for an appointment, looking distinguished and everything as i always do and had a little incident at the gate with the guy probably 23-years-old, a hoo firecracker in terms of how he innted to talk with me andnd approached me with a threatening voice. if he had been a civilian and if it had been under other circumstances and it was dark and we were by ourselves and he had the gun and i did not, it would have been an explosive situation. so something even i as a congressman going to a military facility had to deal with so as a follow-up to that, even trying to get it resolved by the higher-ups i still don't have a resolution as of yet. at the same guy was out there last week in the same locationut doing the work that he reallys isn't psychologically equipped to do but he's still doing it s we have to do extra to make sure we protect ourselves from threats that are always looming and with that i will go back. >> we have been joined by congressman lacy clay of m

i'll tell you that back, back 1st of march i was out at walter reed army medical center going into the gate and, i had my suit on, gray hair, rushing for an appointment, looking distinguished and everything as i always do and, had a little incident at the gate with a guy, probably about 23 years old. hot firecracker in terms of how he wanted to talk to me and how he approached me in a threatening way, in a threatening voice, and if ts guy had been a civilian, because he was a military mp, but if he had been a civilia if it had been under other circumstances liket was dark, and we were somewhere off by ourselves, and he had the gun, and i did not, itould have been an explosive situation. and so something that even i as a congressman, you know, going to a military facility, have to deal with, and so as a follow-up to that, even trying to get it resolved, by higher ups, still don't have a resolution as of yet. . . so we had to go extra to make sure that we protect ourselves from these threats that are always looming out there. with that i yield back. >> thank you very much. we've been joi

not going to wake up and i did, five weeks later, credited to my incredible medical staff at at walter reedngle day. pete: i read the citation. you made the split second decision to jump in front of a grenade to save a fellow marine. was that instinct or what makes a man do that? >> i don't recommend it but -- you know, the marine corps is just and our military as a whole is so incredible and amazing. they instill into us to look out for each other and to truly care about each other. and put yourself behind others and others first. with that mentality from the moment we step on the yellow footprints of paris island for that to be drilled into us and for us to, you know, sweat, bleed and die beside each other is incredible and powerful thing. nic was my junior marine there on that roof. it was just him and myself. and -- pete pete you say it's instinct, viewers out there like myself it's an extraordinary measure. you were pronounced dead at one point? >> yes, sir. pete: very much alive and fought through. you are a lance corporal in the marine corps serving your country. a few years later th