There is a movement out there to eliminate the disorder descriptor. The department of Veterans Affairs estimates that only between 11 to 20 of the veterans experienced ptsd even when considering the 20 . This is a very Broad Spectrum and its true the majority of the veterans do not experience ptsd but many think that its much higher. If somebody pops a microphone right now or spell a glass of water and it made a loud noise, what would happen to me . I had a hyper startle reflex. Does it impact my ability to contribute to my community . Thats the other issue. Ive been bitten by a large German Shepherd and every time i pass a German Shepherd, my leg hurts. [laughter] so lets be careful how we define this. Ptsd is a human condition not a veteran condition. 5. 2 million adults experience into during a given year and about 7. 8 of the population will have ptsd at some point in their lives. The four year College Completion rates are higher among the nonveterans. 33 complete college and earn
Times square early on this saturday morning. Its december the 5th. Thank you for being with us. The nation. Very tough. That is for sure. Good morning, im rob nelson. Happy saturday. Amy freeze joins us with the first look at weather. Fantastic weekend. We are colder than we were yesterday in a few spots. Weekend. Temperatures are getting above average. Currently 41 degrees in central park. The skies are mostly clear overnight. We are in the 40s here. Colder for places like newark. And dover 27 degrees. 32 monticello. 29 poughkeepsie. A few subfreezing spots including islip at 31. A little windy out for long island. But everybody else has seen the wind settle down compared to radar and satellite, wall to wall sunshine. Lots of blue skies. The planning forecast, High Pressure dominates all weekend. That allows the temperatures to be above average. 48 by noon. High of 52 in new york city. Details on the rest of the sevenday forecast coming up. Thank you, amy. A serial armed robber is on
Libby is standing by live with us. As always, we have to take a back seat. So tell us, this was interesting because it is a bipartisan measure. Thats right. It was crafted by the chairman of the house and sinate Veterans Affairs committees. They were able to Work Together and get past the fighting over just how much this would cost. And in addition to providing for more doctors, nurses and new leases on facilities, it will also do something republicans were pushing for. Which is let veterans go outside the v. A. System if they live 40 miles away from a center or if have had to wait more than two weeks to get an appointment. Del, you will remember that is what started this scandal about four months ago when it was revealed that veterans facilities, including one in phoenix arizona were waiting for months to get appointments. Into this is one of those situations in washington where both sides of the aisle were equally outraged as both have a lot of military members in their voting repres
In iraq. The u. S. Supreme court handed down two top decisions on the final day of its session. High court has ruled today, that Certain Companies can refuse to pay with certain types of contraception. Both in their churches and outside their chimps. Clumps. Churches. To deny their employees federally mandated benefits. Lisa stark is in washington for us and lisa this is something of a blow to the president s Signature Health care law. Tell us about the ruling. This was perhaps the most closely watched case of the session, tony. It broke down under ideological lines. Some companies can opt out and object to the religious mandate. Hobby lobby owns Something Like 500 Crafts Stores around the country and has 13,000 employees. The Company Owners say their, beliefs would not allow them to cover plan b which this their view is like having an abortion. The court did find that closely Held Companies like this can claim a religious exemption from the Obamacare Mandate on contraceptives. Laurie
I know. Were expecting big ideas out of aspen from you folks today and, i mean, if nothing else, the view is spectacular as we always know this time of year. Yes, i am Bill Griffeth here at cnbc headquarters, where we are watching a final hour of trade not only for this day, for the, month for the quarter, for the first half of this year on wall street, and kelly, as we know, the markets have continued to move higher. This will be the fifth consecutive month where the dow and the s p have moved higher. And by the way, eighth consecutive quarter for russell 2000. I believe thats unprecedenunpr. Well follow these markets here. Well hear shortly from the president as well. Lets tally up the gains this year, take a look at our lineup of heavy hitters as well including David Rubenstein, former treasury secretary Larry Summers. Thats all from aspen. Later on the program, john calmo joining us. Could you want anybody else . Well, yes, were awaiting the president. He is about to make a stateme