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>> the fight for the 9/11 first responders is far from over. with me now, retired fdny lieutenant and 9/11 first responders michael oconnell. mike, it is a pleasure to meet you and just thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for this country and these first responders and firefighters. i want to ask you, i want to get you back to 9/11 -- in just a second but you were in the room yesterday on capitol hill. you were watching him just a second ago, still nod ago long. you had a c...

And somebody called and someone sent me another helmet and a statue and it got out there that i didnt expect to. unfortunately it never came back but i got a lot more out of it. >> michael oconnell, thank you for coming by. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. coming up here on cnn, a big fight over the census. president invokes executive privilege and the house will hold a contempt vote against two top officials in his administration. wednesdays. at outback, theyre for steak and beer. wa...

You have seen every word of what jon stewart had to say when he demanded, as he has done repeatedly before, continued funding for the federal victims compensation fund to support 9/11 first responders who continue to be diagnosed with deadly illnesses because of their work on what they call "the pile," the steaming rubble at ground zero, which we now know was toxic. some of the people who were poisoned by those toxins at ground zero spoke at the hearing today before jon stewart spoke. jon stewar...

Firefighter on 9/11. a 25-year-old probationary firefighter on 9/11 he was not even a graduate of the firefighters academy. he was home when the towers were struck, and he immediately rushed to his fire station in queens. no matter how much you know about 9/11, theres always something new to learn, another haunting detail, and thats what happened for many of us today. when michael oconnell talked about what he heard on 9/11 at ground zero. >> upon arrival, we went to work right away in the war z...

Firefighter goes down that makes a screeching noise so you can find them. thats all we heard in the countless hours that passed. that was our brothers trapped beneath the concrete and steel and we couldnt get to them. >> well be right back with more from todays hearing. i switched to liberty mutual, because they let me customize my insurance. and as a fitness junkie, i customize everything, like my bike, and my calves. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you ne...

Our attention on a subcommittee hearing today in the house judiciary committee. the video of jon stewarts nine minutes of moral outrage has gone viral today, and many of you have seen every word of what jon stewart had to say when he demanded, as he has done repeatedly before, continued funding for the federal victims compensation fund to support 9/11 first responders who continue to be diagnosed with deadly illnesses because of their work on what they call "the pile," the steaming rubble at gro...

Firefighters who were exposed to the toxins at ground zero who have since been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. michael oconnell was a 25-year-old probationary firefighter on 9/11. a 25-year-old probationary firefighter on 9/11 he was not even a graduate of the firefighters academy. he was home when the towers were struck, and he immediately rushed to his fire station in queens. no matter how much you know about 9/11, theres always something new to learn, another haunting detail, and th...

To this day there is only one memory etched to my brain and one that still haunts me to this day and every night. as firefighters we wear packs packed with pass lums that are meant to go off what a firefighter goes down that makes a screeching noise so you can find them. thats all we heard in the countless hours that passed. that was our brothers trapped beneath the concrete and steel and we couldnt get to them. >> well be right back with more from todays hearing. s hearing what would i say to s...

Believe, that probably was true but i dont believe he knew there was weapons in that meat. >> well, michael oconnell, thank you for sharing your memories of what went on. fascinateing to hear about what went on in there. thank you for being on "new day." >> thank you, i appreciate it. clinton strong. thank you very much. over to makayla. >> we have shown you the cnn/orc polls that show donald trump rising in thele polls. however, the hits keep coming on the business side in the wake of the con...