a new hospital in bethesda maryland will take the parents and will be named after physician walter reid. >> they went in for ice cream, but hoped for much more than that. brazen crime and how customers stepped in. >> >> take out the trash and put it back. a unique proposal from a north bay city that could prove costly for its residents, . >>> it started as a trip to buy some ice cream and ended with gunfire at a busy cafe. robbers were going after something many customers were using. >> reporter: it's been an oakland staple for 35 years. day by day, 1 by 1, customers swing into it little place called gaylord's cafe >> hard work, good employee. >> reporter: gaylord's did not start as a coffee shop. it began as an ice cream shop. last night, a couple of guys went inside, ordered ice cream, went outside and ate it and came back in, they were not looking for more ice cream, they were looking for laptops. >> reporter: this employee came to see the suspects ripping off laptops. as thieves tried to get away, gunfire outside of the front door. >> i don't know how many of our customers tried to

a new hospital in bethesda maryland will take the parents and will be named after physician walter reidhey went in for ice cream, but hoped for much more than that. brazen crime and how customers stepped in. >> -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> it started as a trip to buy some ice cream and ended with gunfire at a busy cafe. robbers were going after something many customers were using. >> reporter: it's been an oakland staple for 35 years. day by day, 1 by 1, customers swing into it little place called gaylord's cafe >> hard work, good employee. >> reporter: gaylord's did not start as a coffee shop. it began as an ice cream shop. last night, a couple of guys went inside, ord

belvoir, where the new army hospital is opening soon, and at the new walter reid medical center in bethesdas is not going to be another building. this is going to be a home. where families can retreat, and have some tranquility. >> reporter: these buildings still under construction will become the new warrior transition unit where service members will stay once they're out of the hospital. but still, recovering and receiving treatment, and then conveniently just a few steps away they'll be able to go to the brand-new family center. the family center will have play spaces for visiting kids, movie theatres, classrooms and business centers. a big focus will be helping wounded vets chart a path to a new career if necessary. >> we stress jobs, you know? i think that's what we need to do more of, that veterans do have a lot to offer. >> reporter: he and gibson say the uso is uniquely equipped to meet the need that only grows as more wounded return home from iraq and afghanistan. >> been doing it for 70 years, going to do it for a long time in the future, not only in the support abroad, support in

for 102 years, whenever this country went to war, walter reid was there for our wounded warriors, it'so be there in a different form in a different location for generations to come. but today the army retired the facility's flags ahead of its move next month to bethesda. in 2005, a military panel decided to shutter the hospital that's treated privates and presidents and every rank in between. money was the main reason, but walter reed also was showing its age. in 2007, and an necks was found to be ridden with vermin and mold and the highest ranks of the pentagon had to answer for it. but i want to look at the challenge of walter reed living up to its path with barbara starr at the pentagon and ted bauer, he's a u.s. marine, i will not say former, there's no such thing. but todd, what does walter reed mean to the men and women in uniform? >> the best way to sum it up is that it's history, but at the end it's something that's very powerful because when you first arrive at walter reid, obviously you've been injured, and to be able to make that next step and see where you're going to move

with the second to follow at the walter reid medical center in maryland. lighting, the floor material, the layout, the art of bringing the outside in. all based on a premise of an architecture of healing. >> we consulted with leading medical professionals on what colors, even what smells are the kinds of smells that are going to be most conducive to the broad process of healing. >> focusing on wounds that aren't always apparent to the eye, but need care. a process they won't have to face alone. >> all these families may know, we, the older ones are going to make sure they're taken care of. >> in virginia, i'm karen. >> and as america celebrates its independence from england, london is pausing to honor an american president. charlie takes us to the unveiling of a permanent tribute to the 40th u.s. president. >> reporter: he stood shoulder to shoulder with britain. now president reagan's statue will stand in the streets of london in honor of that relationship. >> it celebrates the life of an exceptional president. the truest friend that britain has ever had.

he worked here at walter reid army medical center before he was stationed at ft. hood in texas. >>> today, president obama made white house history by hosting the first-ever twitter town hall. it was a chance for the president to reconnect with the social media universe of young voters who powered his presidential campaign. it also was an opportunity to score points with the rest of the country on the eve of a big bipartisan meeting on the looming debt crisis. brian mooar is on capitol hill now with more on this. brian? >> hey there, jim. those twitter messages are limited to 140 characters, but the tweeter in chief was allowed to go a little bit longer. >> here's a tweet. >> from the whitehouse, president obama hosted the first-ever twitter town hall. a question and answer session that started with a hardball. >> what mistakes have you made in handling this recession, and what would you do differently? >> one would have been to explain to the american people that it was going to take a while for us to get out of this. >> reporter: the white house says the questio

walter reid is diverse and each brand has their own particular needs.any of them are portion enough to be accompanied by their loved one. most family members who are left to run into new on unexpectedly and unprepared. we discovered we could have never prepared herself for what we face on a day-to-day basis for caring for loved ones. many of us out there last our lives back home in assuming the role of walter reid. life here has been a picnic here there's not much i have thing to can do without me or someone assisting that his prosthetic spirit is not able to perform many of the very asic activities of daily living that people take for granted. we tend to function independently, but the reality of his injuries are that i or someone be at his side. this is our new norm. for me and not a limit has caregiver, private schedule, driver, coca grower but also his loving wife. to be clear, this is not an issue of -- i am also his loving wife. to be clear, this is not an issue of being overwhelmed with caring for my husband, but what is upsetting is the lack of

. >> my first steps were here in walter reid medical center where i worked a occupational therapists,. it has changed so much in the last 17 years. >> reporter: the people who work to help the soldiers inspire them and the soldiers in turn inspire those who who help the soldiers. that family continues, it was just moved to a different location. we had the golden knights, the army paratroopers landing on the lawn of walter reed. about it end of next month they will be moved to a new location. back to you. martha: thank you so much for bringing that to us today. historic moment and the end of an era at walter reed. martha: we have been talking about the economy and the debt crisis and the impact they have had on president obama's poll numbers. but it's even worse when you break it down and look at the key battle ground states that mr. obama easily carried in 2008. joe trippi joins me. the former campaign manager for howard dean. martha: we take a look. it's a long ways out. the presidential election in 2012 and often you see the national numbers and how the president stacks up against a

the historic walter reid army medical center here in washington, d.c. is closing its doors. the government commission voted to close the facility and move operations to hospitals been in operation since 1909. a goodbye ceremony is planned for wednesday. the nfl could be one step closer to reaching a deal. the players association executive committee meets today in washington or rather tomorrow in washington. if players and owners reach a deal, preseason could start august 11th. the annual hall of fame game scheduled for august 7th has already been cancelled. those are the top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: all right. peter, thank you very much. maybe sunday but capitol hill is buzzing with work on a possible debt deal that a plan that may come from house speaker john boehner and house republicans. they want it outlined today. steve centanni joins us with the latest on that. >> house speaker john boehner wants some kind of agreement before the asian markets open this evening. now, boehner says it would have to be a two part deal with 1 billion in cuts now

"the new york times," walter reid medical hospital that's treated hundreds of thousands of war woundedit's set to close next month more than a century after it opened. they will move to maryland to a new facility in virginia. new job approval numbers for new york city mayor bloomberg. numbers are going up now to 45%. it comes after a tough start for the year that included a failed school chancellor. whatever. >> miami herald, rick sanchez. >> whoa. >> making a comeback. >> wait a minute. >> a year after he was let go at cnn, he has new gig for florida international university college football. that's a great gig. >> fun. >> he has two kids currently enrolled at the university. let's be honest. we showed this newspaper to show the rick sanchez taser video. take it away, rick. oh! some things never get old, mika. >> yeah. i need one of those. >> a taser? >> i do. >> that would be great for you on this set, right? you can taze mike barnicle. >> joe, you need it sometimes. blah, blah. i have other news stories to report now. >> tasers, baby. >> oh, god. what? >> sorry, mika. i will pound h

walter reed army medical center is closing its doors. >> another day of debt talks in washington. still no plan in place if you ask harry reidmcconnell, there's still hope. the pair had been crafting a potential fall-back plan for weeks in case debt negotiations continue the way they've been. james rosen live with the details. >> reporter: good evening. senator reid and democrats holding firm in their opposition to any short term fix to this looming problem of the united states running out of borrowing power on august 2nd. reid and the other congressional leaders gathered about an hour ago and spent about 50 minutes in the capital office of house speaker boehner. 9 plan says a key aide has been shelfed in lieu of efforts to devise a -- new compromise that could be announced before asian trading markets open late sunday night. republicans are pressing for a short term fix despite 's opposition. one leading democratic senator did agree today that the chances for that happening may be improving. >> perhaps they are. but it would be unfortunate if we missed the opportunity for what the president has tried to do. history is going

reid, something we haven't mentioned there was a russian revolution that happened in 1917, and johnó reed, like many liberals across the world was hugely inspired by this. norman was, too. so was waltero was woodrow wilson. and the war address he said basically russia will be asked to test before democracy. i think norman was not kind of jazz inspired by the utility in a project as john was courted and to consider himself a marxist and when he applied for the socialist party he wrote a long letter explaining why he was really kind of not totally for the socialist party. >> and there you have the success. >> non-partisan lee and i fear that the socialist party isn't always affecting civil liberties and not a marxist and, you know, i really fear any state whether capitalistic or socialistic that claims to have any control with over the - he sent this letter off and was returned to him because he hadn't. so, i think that he -- i actually -- if he knew john reid, i don't know, at this point in time, but certainly he knew people like matt, other socialists or scott, other people who were kind of part of that circle. his story is tragic in its own way and because of norman's story was diff