>> after visiting walter reid or whatever, yeah, sure. we talk about them and think about those families. in many cases the families were there with them, around them. there's one injured warrior that i know of who we now still see who had such a severe head injury -- >> he was at the invictus games. >> we didn't think we how see him again. that that would be it. and he is one of the warriors that george has painted and he painted him with this scar in his head that he has still but with his child on his lap. what a lot of warriors will say is that their families are what saw them through. one couple that george painted the -- he painted him, a portrait of him but he painted his wife with him because this man said his wife was always there, always with him. and he had also suffered a head injury where he needed the help that she could give him. he's doing great now. but george didn't just do his portrait by himself but painted her in it because he credited her with his recovery. >> bob, meeting our service members, spending time on milita

result, he had both of his legs amputated and his road to recovery came when he was transferred to walter reid medical center for rehab. he was fitted for prosthetics and learned to walk. from there he learned to run, ride a bike, and row. he trained for the 2012 paralympics and brought home bronze, in 2014 placed fourth in the world championships and later that accomplish something. he rode his bike from maine to california. and you can believe it came with its own set of challenges. >> his pedals are not like ours. >> you're right, gayle. everything had to be customized for him. >> necessary to custom make a seat with recessed clips that snap in. manufactured leg i use for recycling. takes something like a million i went through three or four. i was doing millions. >> he didn't do it alone. he had a partner with him. those people helped him map out hotels in different places where he could rest and made friends along the way. took a total of 181 days. rode over 5,000 miles and raised $120,000 for wounded veterans. >> yikes! >> goal is $1 million and that brings us back to the month of marath

signed an agreement with the army to formally acquire nearly 12 acres of property from the old walter reid in northwest d.c. officials with children's national say with the nih, fda and major universities, the location is ideal for a new research hub. included in the property acquired, the former armed forces institute of pathology. >>> safe at home, how you can spread some holiday cheer to fairfax county police are collecting gift cards to distribute to victims. many people in these circumstances don't have the opportunity to celebrate the season because of the financial murder that comes with being a victim of crime. >> this is an opportunity really to put a smile on these kids faces. we sit in court with kids that have been physically abused. they witnessed violence and this is just our little way of trying little brighter this year. >> gift cards can easily be dropped off at the police annex building or at any of the eight district police stations. the collection runs through the 16th of december. >>> there are a lot of people in our area who need some help this thanksgiving. nbc 4 is

he was shot five times that year and spent two years at walter reid military medical center. he's retired and now says comedy is therapeutic for ptsd. >> when you're able to look at a situation and say how can this be funny and make me laugh, it really is therapy that way. >> reporter: now it's his mot. >> at the washington, d.c. comedy theater if it wasn't with a little help from the boss. >> they liked it. laughing about. >> you want to keep following the comedy thing. i want to see how far i can take it. >> reporter: shomari stone, news 4. >> a little laughter is good for the soul. >> it takes a different kind of courage to get up there on stage. five days to go until the last ballots are cast. we're working to clear up confusion over where the candidates stand on an issue that impactll >> and what a shed a few pounds then you probably should start thinking about dinner at lunchtime. the story that could have you the story that could have you change when i believe america is already great. ion, build an economy that works for everyone, end tax breaks for companies that mov

. >> probably at walter reid >> this is from brit, army strong, look at that, send a picture there >> thank you for the pictures, also thank you for getting on twitter, i love the viewers, we had this conversation, this is an a and b conversation, so c your way out. people are coming to the defense. debbie says i heard that and i was born and raised in philly. it's been around for awhile. i'm 45 i've used that conversation before. then gotten recommendations from people. other versions, are you ready? this is from amy. mike, this is an f and z conversation, so why are you in it? one more, this is from my friend eddy. are you ready for this? it says, this is a january, february conversation, so march your way out of it. >> march your way out of it. let's have a february december, january, february, conversation with sue serio. i like when you do this every year, sue, predict how much snow we're going to get, how much snow and white christmas and all that stuff. are you ready >> i'm ready. this premiered on the 10:00 last night. the ice scrapers they're going to out at the injuries, thi

[applause] i -- i live every day trying to honor you. 11 days later, i woke up at walter reid so week couldn't move, i couldn't feed or clean up after myself. but i was alive. live with a debt that i could never repay. and i wake up every morning now trying to be worthy of my crew, trying to be worthy of their struggle, to be worthy of this miraculous second chance. and as we celebrate this amazing and hard-earned victory, let's keep in our sights and our hearts those who aren't celebrating tonight because they've been knocked down by life's unpredictability. there are steelworkers who got laid off the day before thanksgiving and were laid off two days after last christmas. there are people in every city and small town across the state who keep hearing about an economic recovery but simply haven't felt it in their lives. let's be clear, the economy didn't fail them all of a sudden in 2008. in too many cases it's been decades of decline and frustration brought on by unfair trade deals and economic trends that favor the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. there's a brave young woma

[cheers and applause] i live every day trying to honor you. 11 days later i woke up at walter reid soeak i couldn't even move, so weak i couldn't even eat or clean up after myself. but i was alive, alive with a debt that i can never repay. and i wake up every morning now trying to be worthy of my crew, trying to be worthy of their struggle, to be worthy of this miraculous second chance. as we celebrate this amazing and hard earned the tree, let's keep in our sites and are hard those who are celebrating tonight because they've been knocked down by life's unpredictability. there is steel workers and families to granite city. more than 2000 of them got laid off today before last giving them a day last two days before the blast christmas. there were people who kept hearing about an economic history and simply have assaulted in their lives. let's be clear. the economy didn't fail them all of a sudden in 2008. in too many cases it's been decades of decline and frustration by don by unfair trade deals and economic trends that were the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. there's a brave