Pittsburgh Steelers, Walter Reed and the National Naval Medical Center at the White House Today
PHILLIPS: Live pictures from the White House right now waiting for the President of the United States to step up with his special guest, the Super Bowl champions, Pittsburgh Steelers. They're actually there at the White House, along with 50 wounded warriors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Also the National Naval Medical Center and a number of their families. We'll tell you what they're doing for troops together. We're also pushing forward on this morning's unique double take on America's national security. At the top of the hour, what President Obama and former VP Cheney had to say about Guantanamo, terrorism and how sacred -- or how scared rather, we all should be. Plus, you've seen the video. Now meet one of the victims. Students at a Texas state school for the mentally disabled forced into a fight club by workers. Our exclusive interview coming up. And a related issue we've been covering this week are children with special needs facing shockingly abusive practices behind some classroom doors. We're going to talk with an inspirational educator, a woman who teaches teachers to be the best that they can be with kids with special needs. Well, in New Zealand -- all right. Here comes the president. We're going to take that live from the White House to see what he, along with the Pittsburgh Steelers, also members from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center as well, what they're going to be doing to assemble care packages for our troops.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Hello, everybody. I, first of all, want to just acknowledge a few people that are here. First of all, some of my cabinet members, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who grew up as a maniacal Pittsburgh Steeler fan. He is here.</s>PHILLIPS: All right. I guess we can figure out that the President is a big Pittsburgh Steelers football fan. He's pointing out all the players, all the great moves that they've throughout the season here. But actually, the football team is there with also the 50 wounded warriors from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Also the National Naval Medical Center and their families. They're all going to working together to assemble packages for the troops. But I do want to point out too, that Art Rooney, his son Dan, the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers, were big supporters of President Obama when he was campaigning. They helped support him to win the state of Pennsylvania. So, he's got his heart in football, and also support from the Rooney family. But, we'll follow up on those packages they are going to put together for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and follow those efforts. Well, being black could get you killed just four decades ago in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Now the town has elected its first African-American mayor. We're going to go live in Philadelphia, to find out how James Young won that race.