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
Tuesday night for the new york state primary. Join us at 9 00 eastern. Taking you on the road for the white house on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. President obama delivers his last speech at the end of the month and this coming weekend they take a look back at the previous dinner routines. Heres a poerth of what you will see. No one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. He can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter like did we make the moon landing. What heal happened and where are big e and tupac. All kidding aside. We know your credentials and breath of experience. For example, just recently in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice at the steak house, the Mens Cooking Team did not impress d andy recognized that the problem was lack of leadership and you didnt blame lil john or meat loaf. You fired gary busey and these decisions would keep me up at night. See the speech saturday night at 10 00 eastern on cspan. The program also incl
Mount holly. Millville is 15 degrees warmer. Its the pocono mountains that cooled off. Were looking at temperatures that just dropped in the 50s for philadelphia. 58 in millville. And atlantic city, doylestown 52. South philadelphia is 55, northeast philadelphia, roxborough in the middle to upper 50s. We see a lot of sunshine, the temperatures cool down by 7 00, the sun is up after 7 00, by 10 00 the temperatures are up a little bit. Its the northerly winds thats going to put a lid on our temperatures today. That being said were back in the low 60s this afternoon at 1 00. 60 degrees and the wind will still be kicking. Well go through the forecast and the high temperatures im expecting neighborhood by neighborhood. When im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has the friday morning traffic. Bill, were watching two accidents that popped up in the last 10 minutes or so in Montgomery County. Another one in lansdale on seventh street and heads up if youre heading out on the 42 freeway. We
Basketball star in the hospital. Kerry barrett is in the newsroom. Hes not doing well. Such a sad story. This 35yearold nba and reality tv star is on life support. Khloe kardashian, her entire family, by his side. He was found unresponsive at a nevada brothel, the love ranch. Were hearing he spent about four days there. The owner of the brothel says he personally didnt see any drugs but that odom, he knows, had consumed very large amounts of something called herbal viagra. Authorities are looking for a warrant for blood evidence of drugs. We know callers told the 911 operators when they found him that odom had been using cocaine. We know he has struggled with drug use. He was arrested with a dui. He emerged as one of the most promising basketball talents of his entire generation. He had a very difficult childhood in queens. His mother died of cancer when he was only 12 years old. His father, who is else strangeestranged, was addicted to heroin. Derek fisher, knicks head coach and a for
A terrible situation in nepal this saturday. Hundreds of People Killed after a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake struck near catmandu. Have a look at it on the map, an avenue in between the capital, katmandu and pokhara but tremors felt in india. The capital, new delhi and across in bangladesh in dhaka, they felt this. We will start off with this report from nicole johnston. Reporter a powerful 7. 9 magnitude earthquake has rocked Kathmandu Valley being felt as far away as india and bangladesh. Buildings collapsed, homes lost under tons of concrete, steel and power lines. Temples were also damaged and destroyed. It went on forever. It just went on forever. Even the building stood by not one jolt. It was a continuous wave. Reporter the citys 19th Century Tower has been knocked down. Only a stump remains. Its believed some tour wrists climbing the tower when the earthquake struck. Dozens of people are trapped there. The wounded are being pulled from the rubble. Hospital beds have been set up. Ar