. >>> many people cannot get around without the help of a wheelchair.ell what do you do when that's take taken from you, when someone robs you of the very thing you need to get out of your home? fox 29's jeff cole has more on one local man's prayer to get his back. ♪ >> reporter: bernard a. brown devout christian. a self-caught guitar player in a 61-year-old struggling with major challeng challenges. veer cease rear of strokes robbed him of his mobility and old workplace injury hobbles him. he's easily overcome with emotion. >> i need to get out of here because i got a lot of medical problems, man. >> his biggest problem appears to be the charred rustin wheelchair in his backyard. brown says early june after he challenged a neighbor about drug dealing a threat was made to torch his chair. one evening he was jolted awake. >> i looked. this big ball of light coming from? trying to get my things together and get to the door struggling get out and my wheelchair was burning just like she said. >> black mark stains his driveway where the wheelchair burned wit

that is what's left of his wheelchair.says someone torched it, now that chair, that he relied onto get anywhere; useless. thank you very much for joining us, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page, the man who owns that chair thinks he knows why it was ruined. he talked to our jeff cole, jeff tax guy is heart broken tonight. >> absolutely heart broken, the woodland new jersey man is trapped in his own home, his wheelchair has been claimed by flames, and health problems make it nearly impossible for him to get around, tonight, we look into his challenges. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> playing and singing is how bernard supplement his 700-dollar monthly social security check. the 61 year old says he's disable by a series of strokes and a nagging workplace injury. his motorized wheelchair was his life line to the world until an early june morning. >> look, i say where this big ball of light coming from. and then i immediately tried to get my things together, get to the door, struggling, get out there, and my wheelchair was burning, just like she s

three of his five children are in wheelchairs. in 2008 his oldest, keaton, wanted to be a pirate for halloween. ryan didn't just make him a pirate costume. he created a pirate ship that wrapped around his entire wheelchair. >> i mean keaton always was an amazing kid. i mean he was an amazing kid before we wrapped a tire ship around him. it's bridged this gap for other people to embrace and come right up to him, you know, creating this inclusion that i mean these kids are often excluded because of, you know, their challenges and this is ultimate inclusion. i mean people are like swarming and wanting to talk to him. >> this is a beautiful story, but why is this news now? ryan launched a nonprofit called magic wheelchair. there's a team of volunteers and a whole lot of donations magic wheelchairs for children with special needs so they, too, can feel included. they're making them right now. they have 40 volunteer teams from all over the country. if you have a child with special needs and want a magic wheelchair or maybe you want to d

wheelchair burned without a mobile phone at the time brown washe fire depare says no one else did.e has a police r of arson but woodland new jersey director of public safetynvestigators couldn't tell what happened. >> we really don't know whohe mf maybe it could have been electrical. ♪ars that bernard brown living on a $700 monthly social security check has lost his only way to get $5,000 chaiy obtained by him by social workers at project home an agency for the homeless where he's treated. tuesday after meeting with fox 29ceo pledged to have her group advocate for brown. >> ♪ >> reporter: an act he would call a blessing. >> i cried to god. i prayed each and of day all night that i get another wheelchair because i'm lost. >> reporter: good news. the ce only of project hope reports her agency started the process to get brown another scooter. physical has been sent. the paper work sent in. later we'll report on the progress and check in on mr mr. brown. i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. ♪ sure hope he gets that wheelchair soon. >>> you know we're just days away from the total solar eclipse

. >> absolutely heart broken, the woodland new jersey man is trapped in his own home, his wheelchair has been claimed by flames, and health problems make it nearly impossible for him to get around, tonight, we look into his challenges. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> playing and singing is how bernard supplement his 700-dollar monthly social security check. the 61 year old says he's disable by a series of strokes and a nagging workplace injury. his motorized wheelchair was his life line to the world until an early june morning. >> look, i say where this big ball of light coming from. and then i immediately tried to get my things together, get to the door, struggling, get out there, and my wheelchair was burning, just like she said. >> brown claims the chair was torched after he challenged a resident of his neighborhood on drug dealing. he has a police report in which he makes the claim of arson, but woodland, new jersey director of public safety says investigators couldn't tell what happened. >> we really don't know who may have caused the fire, or if maybe it could have been electrical. >> a black bur

is that his wheelchair? they got his wheelchair. they are bringing that out on a kayak. there is rushing water here because of the release. we are getting currents which these guys are fighting, big, strong guys fighting. this is the guy's wheelchair. what a day. what a day. >> kat: stay safe out there. when we come back, houston's convention center overflowing with harvey evacuees. we will coincide with new info on what authorities are doing to handle it next. ♪ ah, my poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? enough. take that. a breathe right nasal strip of course. imagine just put one on and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. so you can breathe, and sleep. better than a catnap. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, and it really shows. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before we called the police. usaa was there hands-on very q

if i look back over the time i have been a wheelchair user, over 30 yea rs, been a wheelchair user, overty discrimination act and equality act have helped. are we at a point where everything is satisfactory? we are certainly not and we have a long way to go and anne‘s experience shows we have a long way to go. one thing that has come up this morning, this is about the enforceability, enforcement organisation and measures in place to back—up the legislation and that is the equality act. if we look at what the equality act. if we look at what the equality act says, at no point in the equality act does it explicitly said that service providers have to provide a wheelchair access a ball toilet. it says in their service providers have to make reasonable adjustment where a feature places a disabled person at a disadvantage all weather service provider is providing a facility to members of the public that reasonable adjustment should be made so that is made available to somebody with an impairment. what you think of the wording? one of the weaknesses of the legislation is its interpretation, th

camden relies on a wheelchair. his wheelchair is very heavy and bulky and actually causes a lot of accidents. his friend paula was like, i don't like that let's do something about it. so he started a gofundme page and raised over $5000 so they could buy him a new, lightweight wheelchair and hang out together. >> take a look at the video shot out of greece of a dog nursing a kitten. couple rescued a kitten wrapped in a bag and thrown away the garbage. when i found out it was newborn, they took it to neighborhood dog who just had babies to see if they could get it fed at all, and the kitten took to the mom dog. as of now i'm hoping it will keep feeding and hopefully live. >> it's a the new discount wild on time square. on the new york post cover they went as far to call them the brutus. there's being rude, cursing and putting up the middle finger and being aggressive towards tourists. they're actually very popular with tourists, not surprisingly most of them are men. >> have you seen them in in times square? >> the t

. >>> get me a wheelchair! >> an inmate takes drastic action and leaves his cell a bloody mess. >> do you want to explain this? >> while another is found with dangerous contraband. >> you are looking at one of the biggest screw ups in the united states. >> i lost my brother, father, mother. pretty much my whole family has passed away since i have been in here. >> me being a homosexual, i am looking forward to getting out of here. >> there are more than 102,000 men and women doing time in the florida state prison system. one is considered the end of the line. the place where inmates go when they can't be handled >> in here you have two emotions, this anger and figure. if you go out there acting like an asshole, you are going to get treated like an [ bleep ]. >> except for a few brief minutes, he has been in prince since 1977. >> this will do one of two things. it will either break you down, you will feel the hate, anger. the other way is you try to stay focused. after a while it becomes a habit. you see a situat

>> why are you in a wheelchair? >> oh, i get shot in north carolina. so i was quad and then paraplegic, you know. this helmet, i'm epileptic. you know, which i have grand mal seizures. so i wear the helmet to protect my head because the bullet is still in my head. >> bennett is only two months away from completing his sentence of seven years for burglary and grand theft. but neither that nor the fact that he's in a wheelchair will deter officers from scrutinizing him as much as any other inmate. >> fill out that for you need any help doing that? or you got it yourself? >> while bennett undergoes a strip search, all his possessions, including his helmet and wheelchair, are thoroughly inspected. officers quickly discover that a religious booklet contains more than one revelation. >> upon opening the book, i noticed that he had some pornography that he's had for quite some time. you can tell because he's laminated it or stuck it inside this book. >> they found some pornography. >> uh-huh. >> that they took out. >> oh, those was in a book. i know about tho

this is a picture of what the wheelchair looks like. the chair or who may have taken it, contact concord police. (anny) president trump is now on a 17-day vacation at his new jersey golf course. as ryan nobles reports, taking time away from the white house is nothing new for presidents. but slamming them for doing it was part of this president's campaign. before becoming president, donald trump predicted that vacations would not be a big part of his presidency. president donald trump"i promise you - i will not be taking very long vacations if i take them at all. there's no time for vacations."but now that he is in office-- this president-- like many before him has embarked on an extended time away from washington.but not necessarily away from the job.president george w. bush"you never escape the presidency; it travels with you everywhere you go."presidential summer vacations are nothing new. teddy roosevelt would often escape the nation's capitol to hunt out west.ronald reagan would ride horseback at his retreat in california.george h-w

the wheelchair is hindering my game. i am hoping that my wheels will last the tournament. >> reporter: sanchez is headed to calli columbia and he is nervous about his custom wheelchair holding up. aus can see the crack in the welding right here. it is cracking again. the fit is no long what it once was. arthur renwitsey puts it this way. >> playing with the usa team, it is important to have the right chair, the right fit and the durabili durability of the chair. >> reporter: i have a go fund me account. i do play oversees but i don't get paid the millions of dollars nba athletes. so i am asking for anybody to donate. i would appreciate it. >> reporter: a new ride paramount to sanchez reaching his ultimate goals. >> i love it. bang. and then he hits it. if you could help, that would be great to get him a new wheelchair. >> and don't forget about hershey and baby ruth. >> thanks for joining us. have a great evening. >> bye-bye. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go.

this is a picture of a similar wheelchair on your screen.if you have any information regarding the location of this chair...or who may have taken it... contact the concord police department. (justine) in vacaville.. some residents say they have not recevied mail in weeks because someone is ripping them off. the latest incident happened at an apartment complex on burton drive. there police say this woman pried two large mailbox doors open...and shoved the mail into a bag before running. if you recognize her...your are asked to contact the vacaville police department. (jr stone) the u.s. military has called off the search for three marines...whose aircraft crashed off australia. the military has now launched a recovery effort instead. the three went missing after their osprey aircraft crashed into the sea off the east coast of australia as they tried to land. 23 of the 26 personnel aboard the aircraft were rescued. australia's defense minister says his nation will help with the search in any way they can. (justine) president trump is now on a

go to work because law enforcement has not given her back her wheelchair. she cannot parent, she cannot go to work, she cannot raise her children because she cannot get out of heard house. that is not acceptable. i think we need to see actual community and gauge people with disabilities, communities they live in and law enforcement. we talk about profiling, also looking at schools in the area, are there halfway houses? what other types of disability service providers in communities where we are seeing significant increases in police violence? i give a lot of credit to organizations that are helping to advance the rights of the deaf, who are really doing the yeoman's work when it comes to people incarcerated with disabilities. groups like that harriet tubman collectives who have been very outspoken on this issue. i look forward to the fact that my colleagues across the national council on disability will be releasing something this year. hope you guys are watching because i will hold you to it. [laughter] police violence on people with disabilities. as the m

medical personnel bringing out, you see the patients, wheelchairs, gurneys, otherwise here. again, this hospital forced to evacuate when they lost running water a bit earlier today. you see -- see the cameras. we're watching pictures as you are. but you see -- gurneys, medical personnel there. military personnel and medical personnel assisting a patient. watch this play out. again, a reminder. you just saw anderson cooper with a coast guard crew. these look like army or national guard helicopters on the ground here. military now part of the remarkable heroism playing out across the houston area in texas. five days after harvey made landfall, the aftermath still being felt despite the rain stopping. beaumont, southern baptist hospital, again, forced to evacuate patients because they lost running water. you see the military personnel coming in, preparing these people for the chopper ride. getting them to safety. one of the things we've seen throughout this, saw it again just now. coast guard rescue swimmer coming up, talking about it was fun, the calm, the poise everybody is s

a supremacist. >> reporter: 911 transcripts released to abc news portray fields terrorizing his wheelchair-bound mother three times between 2010 and 2011. in one allegedly tells police that her 13 year old son smacked her in the head and put his hands over her mouth. a fearful bloom had made the call after locking herself in the bathroom. in another call, fields stood behind her with a 12-inch knife and scared mom to death, not knowing if he was going to do something. the fbi says with a flood of tips coming in, they're asking the public to help. dial 1-800-call fbi. pierre thomas. >>> memorials are being removed all over the country. in hollywood, california, workers took down this memorial in a cemetery. it had been there since 1925. it was taken to storage but the grave markers are still in place. and here in new york, a church took down a plaque. the city unive stone wall jackson from its hall of fame. meanwhile, the kk k's request to burn a cross at the stone mountain memorial in georgia has been denied. they said a cross burning would have put public safety at risk. >>> there's a major sta

she waited next to his wheelchair. he was paralyzed after a robber shot him in san francisco 10 years ago. >> bring lover home. we just -- love home. >> we just want her home. >> reporter: he says he was still passing out flyers when he got a call that someone bought the dog for 50 bucks from a homeless person was dropping him off at home. he was in need of medication. tonight love is back home. >> so happy. grateful that, you know, they returned my dog. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >>> tonight police are searching for a bank robber with a tattoo. police say the 45-year-old robbed the u.s. bank this afternoon. that is a brass knuckle tattoo on his neck. he also has a warrant for his arrest. >>> a california cemetery, their family goes to visit their son's burial plot to find out he is gone. >> not right. >> reporter: when the family says they went to visit his grave in rose mead they discovered -- rosemead they discovered he was gone. >> they didn't tell us anything. that is traumatizing to show up to find out th

her mother was a dancer, too, but after a stroke, she was confined to her wheelchair. >> i could seeoing through choreography in her head. there was no way to get it out. my crazy mind was what can i do to help her because it's all there. >> reporter: rupert came up with an idea to attach the taps to gloves and designed hand tap dancing. she teaches as recreational therapy. the gloves are customized the acome daze each student's specific disability. 40-year-old corey hill was an elite physical therapist before he was in an elevator accident six years ago. >> i thought, aisle walk again. time went by and temporary got really long. >> reporter: rupert's class not only strengthens hands and wrists, it offers a creative outlet. >> it's not easy. you find hard parts with it. >> reporter: rupert's professional career has included musical theater and 13 years with the famous rockettes. now her greatest joy is teaching clap to others who thought they'd never dance again. rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xelja

wheelchair in the way of an oncoming bus. a terrible end to the story. but imagine the person is halfway across the street, the lying changes -- the light changes and a bus is approaching be then' and a good good samaritan appears and pushes the wheelchair out therefore way of the bus. happy ending. therefore both stores have a few things in common. there's the wheelchair, there's the bus, that doesn't make their motives equivalent. he saw yale it'ses teaching -- this is the era after world war ii -- where if -- the economics department -- he was born in 1925. think of 1925. calvin coolage in the white house. isn't disea much. didn't think he had five minutes for their american people like other presidents. he was attacked for not saying very much. government did much less. america thought it had learned from its crusade in europe. the world was at peace and the country's economics was booming. well, as bill is getting older, he is witnessing -- by the time of his teen years can the roosevelt administration coming into power

imagine that in wheelchairs, in beds.t is -- and again, that kind of scene, that kind of rescue being repeated across the hardest hit areas of the state of texas. this is the new normal there for the coming days. we're joined now by democratic congressman sheila jackson lee. her district includes much of the houston area which, of course, remains under water. congresswoman lee, we just spoke with your colleague, republican congressman randy weber who said that in his district, he still believes thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, still in need of rescue there. where you are, are you concerned about similar numbers still being threatened by the floodwaters and in need of rescue? >> as the days have gone by -- first of all, thank you, and let me offer my concern for my neighbors in beaumont. as the mayor said, they're under water and certainly pray for they s those in the nursing home and pray for the families that have loved ones or loved ones missing. i've been at the george r. brown convention center since it's been op

many were still in their beds and wheelchairs and were loaded on to boats. harvey caused widespread flooding as it made a final landfall as a tropical storm wednesday. volunteers are still searching for stranded residents. >> got about ten people out. it is real bad. i don't know what's going to happen. >> we hope to get to a lady that was bedridden, probably in her 90s, two in a wheelchair. >> reporter: to the north in tyler county, floodgates were opened yesterday, leading to this ominous evacuation warning from emergency management officials on facebook, telling residents who didn't heed evacuation orders to, quote, write their social security numbers in permanent marker on their arm so their bodies can be identified. the loss of life and property is certain. across areas devastated by harvey, officials fear the death toll could climb as floodwaters recede, revealing the true scope of the catastrophic storm. >> a lot of people in a lot of shelters, so if people are missing loved ones, hopefully they're in one of our shelters, that's my hope. >> reporter:

and i just said -- why not get a real wheelchair user. where we casting this with an wheelchair?a i am on the diversity committee. i can't just -- [applause] leah: i have to be able to explain this. so we did meet a lot of actors. the obstacle we found, i'm being honest, if we are trying to look for a certain age group there's just not that many. there may be a ton of wiltshire uses but they are in their 30's. you know, it is finding that specific age group and getting those actors trained. so there is still a lot more to do. yes, there are a lot of factors with disabilities but in some categories when you break it down, i am breaking down the description of a character, they have to be able to fit that to fit the narrative, too. so there's a lot that comes into play but that was one of the biggest challenges i had. we were able to find a hilariously young guy who was a wheelchair user. he was so funny. hopefully you'll catch at this fall. to answer your question, i do think that, yes, there is today's generation still -- today's generation is more open. i have a niece and nephew

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. >>> and one year after this seven-year-old little boy was shot ten times he's out of his wheelchair. his family hosted an event for people who have gone through similar tragedies. they even had a surprise for our own shawnette wilson and brought her to tears. police athletic league girls basketball camp coming to close today in the harrowgate section of the city. about 100 girls throughout philadelphia have been practicing hard this past week. the girls testing their skills today when they competed against each other in a championship game. the camp finished with big awards ceremony. ♪ >>> messy evening commute in west philadelphia. skyfox over the 3900 block of woodland avenue. that's where fire hydrant was knock over and it caused an 8-inch water main to break and cause problems all day long. fortunately no one lost their water but that street is still closed tonight. no word right now on how the fire hydrant got knocked over in the first place. >>> northwest detectives are hunting for two men who they say robbed a customer as he was just waiting for his chinese take out food. thi

you see somebody in a wheelchair, you see a dog that has a therapy vest on, what kind of cruel person would do that? >> reporter: arthur and his girlfriend passed out flyers outside the safeway on foothill boulevard in hayward where someone stole love as she waited next to his wheelchair while he got out of his car yesterday. arthur was paralyzed after a robber shot him in san francisco ten years ago. >> bring love home. we just want her home. >> i won't stop until i get my dog back. >> reporter: and he didn't. he was still passing out flyers when he got a call that someone who had bought his dog for 50 bucks from a homeless man in oakland was dropping love off at his home. >> i told her, i said, i just saw that dog on the news. >> reporter: love had just had surgery to remove tumors and needed her medication. tonight she is back home because her owner never stopped looking for her. >> i'm so happy. i am grateful that, you know, he returned my dog. >> reporter: in san lorenzo, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> "patriot prayer" a group known to demonstrate with violence is coming here to san f

his wheelchair when e he goes home.y the bills that have stacked up since this happened in june. they have a gofundme page and facebook page. they are selling t-shirts that has a picture of their kid. >> it's in god's hands. anything is possible. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> cheering on some local campers. lots of smiles, hugs today at the lifeline camp. campers received a $1500 check from jcc camp. they strive to support children bat. ling and recovering from ill ne illnesses. today's donation will help the camp's summer activities. >>> handing over a lifeline. eight local habitat for humanity chapters are $40,000 in grant money in ocean first foundation. they are committed to helping members of the community find save and affordable housing. >>> in montgomery county, our telemundo team helped young students get ready for the upcoming school year. they were handing out backpacks to a lot of happy young students. >>> taking it outside a live look at city hall. some clouds are starting to move on in. erika

the seniors, some in wheelchairs, trapped as their nursing home fills with water. >>> inside the disaster zone. homes and businesses ripped apart. our crew capturing the catastrophic damage inflicted by harvey. >>> and president trump returning to the white house, announcing he will go to texas on tuesday. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this special edition of "world news tonight" this sunday. i'm tom llamas. tonight, the disaster in texas is deepening. houston is a city in crisis. and now, a city of islands. the flood waters isolating sections like you see behind me. as the national guard rolls in, the water has cut off intersections. and we spoke to the driver who had to be rescued. we'll have more on that in a up. overnight, more than four inches of rain coming down. and tens of thousands calling for help, needing rescue. the 911 system overwhelmed. neighbors and strangers stepping in to help. more than 2,500 rescues, 3,000 state and national guards activated. and here in houston, we are heading into another night of torrential rainfall. tonight, with the water still rising

a father who uses a wheelchair, throwing a ball for his son in the front yard. the ball rose into the street. wheelchair tois the little boy's hands, and the neighbor sees and says, what is a car came out of nowhere? call cps and have a child taken. this happens on a daily basis regardless of the type of this ability. we have been fortunate enough to see strong guidance come out at hhs from our colleagues at the department of justice saying that we need to take the ada into account when it comes to childcare issues. we also see this and adoption giving parents the rights to adopt. and we really do need to see as we go forward, better training for judges, social workers, people with decision-making abilities throughout the child and the services process on how to engage with people with disabilities. resources that are provided through groups by through the looking glass in the bay area and the disabled. parenting project. what good is it if you are told of the american dream is accessible to you, but you can't have kids and you want to have kids? another issue t

but the dude in the wheelchair did not get away scot-free either.pleaded guilty to holding onto the vehicle for being drawn. that's a law. and paid $280 worth of fines. so don't do that. >>> this dog is a guest in the home of the person holding the water hose. >> i love it when dogs do this. they're so ridiculous. >> it is ridiculous. there's a dog behind the dog. it walks by like not interested at a all. that's level one. now we're going to power level. how will the dog do? >> could easily be a goalkeeper. >> play time. >>> this dog has got to be the laziest bulldog i've ever seen. the bulldog does not want to move an inch. look at the tongue. just trying to stretch like i am not getting up to get this ball. so this dog eventually does get up, takes one step, then backs up and -- >> okay, i'm done. that was enough exercise for one day. >> that was a tough day. >> there's nothing to say about this dog except there's a vet bill. he's gagging. >> the heck is that? >> is that like a dog/magician? i've seen that before but not so gross. that's a party d

. >>> and one year after this seven-year-old little boy was shot ten times he's out of his wheelchair. his family hosted an event for people who have gone through similar tragedies. they even had a surprise for our own shawnette wilson and brought her to tears. police athletic league girls basketball camp coming to close today in the harrowgate section of the city. about 100 girls throughout philadelphia have been practicing hard this past week. the girls testing their skills today when they competed against each other in a championship game. the camp finished with big awards ceremony. [ gasps, laughs ] you ever feel like... cliché foil characters scheming against a top insurer for no reason? nah. so, why don't we like flo? she has the name your price tool, and we want it. but why? why don't we actually do any work? why do you only own one suit? it's just the way it is, underdeveloped office character. you're right. thanks, bill. no, you're bill. i'm tom. you know what? no one cares. ♪ >>> messy evening commute in west philadelphia. skyfox over the 3900 block of woodland avenue. that'

user why are we casting this with an actor in a wheelchair i work on the diversity committee. [applause] so we did meet a lot of factors but the problem i did find it by just being honest come in a certain age group who might be a lot of wheelchair users that they are in their 30s or 40s so it's finding that specific age group in getting those actors trained so there is a lot more to do. there's a lot of actors with disabilities but in certain categories when you break it down they have to be able to fit the narrative caught to bac so t is one of the biggest challeng challenges. i do think that today's generation is more open. i have a niece and nephew. one was raised by another brother and they are a couple and raised these kids in their household so i just know they are so much more open, they don't judge and they want to experience more. they are more well-rounded because of the things that they were exposed to me that they were not quick to judge. for years i've been getting into the industry however i'm coming across where now if i see a casting from you i can't get there

and he never wanted to be photographed in the wheelchair. whereas jfk, who had back problems, didn't mind being photographed, no matter whether he was able to run down the street or couldn't even move. like this picture of him being foisted into the airplane because he can't climb steps very well, even though he could walk down them. so, jfk was never afraid to be photographed. he wanted to be known as being human. that he was no different than anybody else, and that was something quite extraordinary about the kennedys. so, now we are getting into jfk's 100 days in his political years. one of the things that came out was the bay of pigs, which was the invasion of cuba supported by the united states and the cia. which led to the cuban missile crisis in which castro led -- castro allowed missiles that could almost hit any target in the united states, nuclear missiles to be housed and made operational in cuba. of course this is a picture of castro and khrushchev. -- castrot visiting moscow just prior to the cuban missile crisis. when america di

claiming to have a back injury, she arrives in a wheelchair. >> okay, here we go. he's checking her out. checking her shoes. she's moving those legs pretty well. i don't know what we're anticipating on the visit. we've heard anything from tobacco to cell phones to cocaine, marijuana. >> she's refusing to get out of the chair. >> unable to complete their patdown, officers follow prison policy and turn brandy away, throwing a wrench in whelan's plan for a bust. >> that lady in the wheelchair, go ahead and let her come on and visit. we think she has something on her. we got a set up in the guard hall in case she tries to pass it. go ahead and tell her the visit is approved. tell her the shift supervisor said it was okay. thanks. now, if the information is right, she's supposed to pass something on this visit. if not, i'm going to sit here and watch about a two-hour-long visit for nothing. okay, here we go. she's going to be visiting right in that area. the offender is in a booth right on the other side of that wall. he's already been brought down from idu. >> as the v

. >> reporter: hates wheelchairs. but on june 7th siena and her friends made an after school detour, running alongside a slow moving freight train, first they threw rocks but when she tried to touch it she was dragged, one of her legs was severed, the other crushed >> the craziness is it. >> reporter: tina miller says infection forced doctors to amputate siena's other leg. >> we didn't know whether we should plan to fix the home or planning, you know, a funeral. >> reporter: decision gave siena a 12th birthday, last week she left rehab and soon she will go back to school, but she will be in this wheelchair. >> i have moment and i will try about my legs and stuff but i get over it, and push through because i know i will do everything i did before. >> reporter: like tumble, dance. >> prosthetics though. >> reporter: but first she must heel and for now she's at her grandparents which has a lift at the door and stairs, a go fund me is helping to outfit her home for her new wheelchair as well. >> i'm good, i'm okay. >> rep

it looks like they -- let's see, i think they'll pick up this wheelchair and carry the wheelchair out there. this patient is not mobile enough to do it any other way. we're going to see here in a moment. the national guard medic who is the flight ops in the back is trying to tell them what they're going to do. you can hear because of the noise out here, she's not only talking, but she's showing with hand signals things that they need. she's giving a thumbs up now. so we're waiting to see now if -- we see from the other helicopter now, there are people being loaded on to the next helicopter at the same time. i'm torn between wanting to talk to somebody and letting them do their jobs here so i'll stand back, i don't want to interrupt. all right. let's see if i can talk to some people that are back here. how are they doing? they know what's happening, right? >> yes, sir. >> they expressed any concern or are they worried? >> no, sir. we have explained everything. >> this is a traumatic experience for them getting on a helicopter. when you're working with the patients, tell me for you, how

the other image involved his wheelchair. he left two days after his fourth inauguration was gone for a month. two days after he returned he went to the capital to address congress will prove to be the final time. with the chamber full, he wheeled down the and transferred to an armchair from which she spoke in a seated position at the foot of the podium where he previously stood uncomfortably in his braces say without a trace of self-pity. it makes it a lot easier not to carry 10 pounds of steel around on the bottom of my leg. this was the first and only public acknowledgment in those 12 years. francis, the first woman to occupy cabinet office call that one were spiritual inner victory for his long adjustment. john o'donnell, the fear santa rosa columnist the new york daily news wrote that even his grimace pros were served by the crippled brisk allusion to what i previously been unmentionable. the honest appreciation of the undoubted personal courage and fighting heart of the man who was about to tell them what he had done in

into the mahogany wall so he could take an elevator up into his office without having to use the wheelchair. it was a way for him to keep his privacy, and not encourage questions and that kind of thing from the public. we're standing in the new york state assembly. this room opened in 1879, it didn't like anything as it does today. it had an incredible vaulted ceiling, 56 foot tall, one of the tallest ever attempted. after about ten years the ceiling started to fail and assembly men were finding chunks of stone on their desk, so unfortunately, they had to replace the ceiling, and when that did that, they covered up murals that had been painted right on the stonework, but there was no alternative, so they built a lower ceiling made of mahogany and paper mache. the paper mache came in handy when there was a terrible fire in 1911. as the fire got to the assembly, the paper mache got wet and stopped the progress of the fire. so today the ceiling reflects the changes that occurred after the fire. it's mahogany and some kind of ceiling tile, but the room is still grand, and i think, is filled wit

in fact, all these people appear to be -- >> in wheelchairs. >> reporter: older, appear to be in wheelchairs at this point. yeah. i mean, these people -- have their name tags on. it's not clear where they have come from, if there is some kind of a senior center back there or what at this point. we're going to try to get more information about that. but, yeah, that is just a massive number of people, as you can see in that high water vehicle, and they're just trying to get them to some buses that are parked down the road here, and to get them out of this situation, craig. >> once they're on those buses, do we know where they go from there? do they go to one of the shelters nearby? is that the -- assumption? >> reporter: they have been taking people to shelters, from what understand from here, yes. >> reporter: all right. and governor abbott also speaking a few moments ago about the shelter situation. again, you've got the shelters in and around houston and some of these neighboring towns and cities. maya, thank you. there's also transitional housing. after you leave the shelter and before you

mahogany wall so he could take the elevator from his car to his office without having to use a wheelchair. it was a way for him to keep his privacy and not encourage questions and that kind of thing from the public. we are standing in the fonew yo state assembly. the room opened in 1879. it didn't look anything as it does today. it had an incredible vaulted ceiling, 56-foot tall vaulted ceiling. one of the tallest ever attempted. after about ten years, the ceiling started to fail, and assemblymen were finding chunks of stone on their desks. so they, unfortunately, had to replace the ceiling. and when they did that they also covered up murals that had been painted right on the stonework which the famous 19th century artist william morris hunt. but there was no alternative, so they built a lower ceiling made of mahogany and papier-mache. the papier-mache came in handy later when there was a terrible fire in 1911. as the fire reached the assembly, the papier-mache got wet and helped to stop the progress of the fire. so today the ceiling reflects the changes that occurred after the fire. it's

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mahogany wall so he could take the elevator up from his car to his office without having to use a wheelchair. it was just a way for him to keep his privacy and not encourage questions and that kind of thing from the public. we're standing in the new york state assembly. this room opened in 1979 was designed by architect leopold tp eidlitz. it had at 56 foot vaulted ceiling. one of the tallest attempted. after ten years the ceiling was failing and assemblymen were finding chunks of stone on the desks. they unfortunately had to replace the ceiling. when they did that they also covered up murals that had been painted by william morris hunt, a famous artist. there was no alternative. they built a lower ceiling of mahogany and paper mache. . that came in handily when there was a fire in 1911 as the fire came to the assembly the paper mache got wet and luckily helped stop the fire. today the ceiling reflects that occurred after the fire. it's mahogany and some kind of a ceiling tile. but the room is still grand and i think is filled with the kind of gothic architecture that leopold eidlitz favored