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The los angeles rams got the hollywood ending they wanted at the super bowl and today they held the first championship victory parade in l.a. since 2014. the pandemic forced the l.a. lakers and dodgers to cancel parades in 2020. quarterback matthew stafford, super bowl m.v.p.cooper kupp, and aaron donald and the rest of the team celebrated in a sea of rams blue and yellow. all right, still ahead on tonights cbs news, the investigation the investigation following a fiery explosion of a truck carr...

Contaminated drinking water at the sandy hook military base. how many doctors have blamed your cancer on the contaminated water at camp lejeune? >> seven. >> reporter: with letters from the countrys leading cancer specialists, kotnour filed a v.a. claim connecting his cancers to his time at camp lejeune. >> it instantly got denied. >> reporter: based on your experience, is the v.a. system working? >> no, not at all. its completely failing veterans. >> reporter: mike wishnie runs the veterans leg...

>> the saying is deny, deny, deny, until they die. >> reporter: the v.a. dedmied kotnours claim on the basis their subject matter expert was more persuasive. >> they dont want to step upd n d its not about the oly.>> 18 mohs hg hear, you know, before-- in my lifetime. but there are no guarantees. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, the v.a. says its committed to the processing of all claims to ensure priority veterans are served as timely and accurately as possible. they told us the doctor ...

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Since january, norah. >> odonnell: mola lenghi, thank you. lets turn now to a cbs news investigation. military families have long complained about illnesseses after they were exposed to water contacontaminated with carnogenc chemicals at camp lejeune military base in sandy hook. to make matters worse, veterans trying to get help are describing a broken v.a. system. heres cbs catherine herridge. >> i was a very healthy man until 67 years old. >> reporter: a lifelongavator, marine corps veteran ma...

There are over 500,000 veterans waiting over four years to get their appeals. can you imagine serving this country in silence disability it you believe you are entitled to, being denied and having to wait that long? this appeals montizatio montizan serve that process. based on their needs if they have one issue or they believe they were -- its just a difference of opinion go through one area of the v.a. or the appeals process to make sure that they take care of that appeal. if its more egregious...

And you dont you grew up here my friend. steve: i think brian is being funny. making a joke. which a great way to open an hour of news and information. hey, where am i? wait a minute. admiral stockdale did that. who am i? what am i doing here? who are we? what are we doing here? were "fox & friends," the number one cable news show in the world thanks to you. we are here to give you the news. ainsley: its thursday morning. down hill to the weekend. the president speaking, he has talked twice, the...

The v.a. is steadily delivering on the presidents promise to fix the broken v.a. system. finally, before i open it up to take questions, as youre all very well aware, i love birthdays around here and oddly we have quite a few of them going on. major garrett, happy birthday. even more importantly, its -- im pretty lucky. i have two of the best parents in the world so happy birthday, dad and my nieces birthday. i get to knock out a ton of stuff tough today. with that, ill take your questions. stev...

That shouldnt have happened. the president has been going back and forth with senator mcconnell. and the president tweeted to paul ryan, i requested that mitch m. and paul r. tie the debt ceiling legislation into a popular v.a. bill, which is passed for easy approval. they didnt do it. we have a big deal with dems holding them up on debt ceiling approval. could have been so easy. now a mess. dont know if this could have been so easy. there is nothing so easy in washington today. chad pergram poi...

Protected. this is about safety and security for all at the border. and then yesterday, of course, the media dont want to cover what happened. the president besieged the nation to unify, to appeal to our better angels or higher purposes, the things that bind us together as americans. we are all on the same team. that got scant coverage. the other thing that got scant coverage is the law that he passed. we have 470,000 veterans waiting for disposition on their benefits claims. he and secretary sh...