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Shanksville, pennsylvania, and the bipartisan bill entitled never forget the heroes act is this afternoon. joining me is jon stewart and ne upon 9/11 advocate and congress mid-cap jerry nadler with me and carolyn maloney both from new york who are part of the coalition introducing this legislation and peter king who hoped to be with us today was delayed due to the high wind, bad weather delaying him, but we will be talking to him, as well. jon stewart and john seal. first to jon stewart, what is...

They serve are well served by their actions, and yet each and every time when they have a need our response is inadequate, slow and apathetic, and for this final chapter, for the last piece of this wouldnt it be amazing to do it in a way that honors the heroism and selflessness of those that gave so much during that time? thats all that john is asking for. thats all that anybody here is asking for and then they want to be left alone and thats it. >> you know, jon stewart, when you look at this, ...

The help are not getting it. jon stewart and john field and richard alice are helping the first responders and i spoke with them. >> thanks for having us. >> shepard: why are you here? in case somebody forgotten. >> im muscle. im with these guys. if anybody tries to get in their way, i throw fists. >> shepard: back in the day, you did a lot of pushing to get this legislation in place. now some of that legislation is about to run out. >> thats correct. these guys have been working on this since 2...

Is a testament to all they did for us and all they did for the city. >> as many as 400,000 people were exposed to the toxic air at ground zero, and more than 87,000 have enrolled in the world trade center health program, with the cdc reporting nearly 44,000 have at least one 9/11-related ailment. john field worked at the site for a demolition company until 8,000 pounds of steel fell on his foot. hes now an advocate who has been to 179 funerals. >> i cant celebrate this though because a year ago ...

For us and all they did for the city. >> as many as 400,000 people were exposed to the toxic air at ground zero, and more than 87,000 have enrolled in the world trade center health program, with the cdc reporting nearly 44,000 have at least one 9/11-related ailment. john field worked at the site for a demolition company until 8,000 pounds of steel fell on his foot. hes now an advocate who has been to 179 funerals. >> i cant celebrate this though because a year ago yesterday my best friend died f...

History shows you usually end up with not that great of a candidate. we talked about this yesterday. >> barack obama anyone? >> were talking -- i dont think -- ill let john field that in a second. 1964 barry goldwater, 88 michael dukakis, this is obviously open for discussion. clinton and obama made obama a much stronger candidate but im not sure after the bruising and bloodletting that newt gingrich is going to give mitt romney he ends up necessarily a better candidate. >> did the right person ...

Pontchartrain. >> looking forward to that report, chad. heres your chance to "talk back." todays question -- who should get the bin laden bounty. carol has your responses. >> it is a big bounty, too. was it painstaking intelligence work or tips from informants that led the navy s.e.a.l.s to osama bin laden? we may never know but there may be up to $50 million out there in limbo. two new york congressman say give the groups that help 9/11 victims. >> these programs desperately need funding and ...

But dont give me the cowardly view, if it was a different procedure, the gentleman will observe regular order and sit down! i will not yield. the gentleman will sit. the gentleman is correct in sitting. i will not -- >> this is obviously -- >> the gentleman will suspend. >> i will not stand here -- >> gentleman is recognized. >> if only i had a different procedure that allows us to stall, stall, stall and then vote "no." instead of standing up and defending your colleagues and voting "no" on thi...

Or in the future could be sick from the toxic chemicals. in fact, a hearing happened last friday in federal court in new york regarding the proposed $657 million settlement for all the rescue workers, construction workers, firefighters who worked at ground zero and got sick afterward. the settlement comes with a siplation. 95% of 10,000 or so plaintiffs have to agree with it or the deal is off. at least thats how activist john field feels. >> i have spoken to probably 200 or 300 responders since...

Medicare or overhauling the medicare government at the state level. that boosts the deficit up by a number -- by a lot of money. >> john -- >> yeah. let me interrupt you there. >> i understand you are pessimistic when it comes to the idea of health care reform. let me back up for a second. you where this book "defining conservatism." when you talk about politics and conservatism, how did you get so conservative? did you grow up this way? it is not like you are going on decades of experience here...