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Toxic substances and burn pits while serving in iraq and afghanistan. this could benefit up to 3.5 million veterans if it passes. during a house veterans afairs committee round table, jon stewart tokspoke as an advocate >> there is a great deal of suffering through the veterans community, based on toxins we exposed them to. and they cant go after the contractors who put the burn pits in place when they could have used incinerators because they have sovereign immunity. they have nowhere to turn. ...

Veterans is the equivalent of agent orange to vietnam vets. we had veterans exposed to these open air burn pits where all kinds of material and human waste and everything was burned in open fields and our service members were taking these fumes in. so a co-founder of burn pits in 360 is leading the way in helping service members address their conditions, hes going to be my guest at the state of the union. and the house of representatives this week will pass the honoring our pact act which create...

In our buried lead, thats what we call stories we feel are not getting enough attention, new hope today, new hope for veterans exposed to burn pits. today the house of representatives passed le legislation to expand health care eligibility for service members who were exposed to these toxins during war. throughout the wars in iraq and afghanistan, burn pits were used 24/7 to in sin rate all sorts o waste, food, jet fuel, medical waste, even human feces. this exposure left many veterans with long...

The order that we have lived with for many years has been profoundly shaken by this, there is no question about that. second, if even if you want to look away, this absolutely matters to us at home, whether that will be the price of petrol or even the price of a loaf of bread. boris johnson and the cabinet heard what i am told as ominous warnings from advisers this evening about what the next couple of days might bring and evenif next couple of days might bring and even if it is really important...

Demonstrating to vladimir putin that the world is serious about cracking down on his behavior. >> let me ask you while i have you, congressman, about the state of the union. president biden delivers his first speech on tuesday, as you have probably heard us discussing. i understand you have a special guest for the address. can you tell us anything more about it, any -- and more broadly, what do you want to hear from the president right now on tuesday? >> well, i want to hear, of course, what hes...

Army national guard. combat medic in kosovo and iraq. stationed near baghdad just yards from burn pits the size of football fields. danielle is here with us tonight. they love going to ohio state football games. [applause] and they love building legos with their daughter. with cancer from prolonged exposure to burn pits ravaged the lungs and body. danielle says he was a fighter until the very end. he did not know how to stop fighting. and neither did she. through her pain, she found purpose to d...

Fell ill to exposure to burn pits. we dont know if we will hear him talk about russia. neil? >> neil: thanks, peter doocy at the white house. william la jeunesse is seeing first hand how people are reacting to the oil prices and the gas prices as high as they are. in fact, in dollar terms, the highest theyve ever been. particularly painful in california where they heap a lot of taxes on top of that. william, what is the reaction there? >> well, neil, people are beginning to cut back. 6:09 in wes...

Two women in early 20s, best friends who had just moved out of their parents homes and starting their careers and starting independent lives and say life seems to have completely stopped and now they are in another country with no idea where they will go. like the many others who arrive here, they see all of these tents. this is a medical tent behind me for any of the wounded. of course today its a beautiful, warm day. this is the warmest day i have seen since i have been here in this part of th...

The pitch have gone. the pits are gone, all the pits have gone. margaret thatcher shut �*em all down. i think it were 1970, that were moved onto estate. i went to see union man about a house and he says, "go and look at it, if its all right, you can move straight in." people used to say, "i wont live up there, rent—free" because it had a reputation as being a rough house. but i can tell you this, ive lived up there over 50 years, and, the people that live there were all nice people. and ther...

Build a national brand. high theatrics. >> doug jones serves abba what is called "the sharp" or he escorts ketanji brown jackson to meetings. kelly ayotte did that for gorsu. >> they are trying to trip the nominee up. >> thats why confirming a justice is one of the most excruciating exercises in american government. on capitol hill, chad pergram. fox news. >> shannon: on the docket tonight, i retired army reserve exposed to burn pits in iraq taking his case to the u.s. supreme court next week al...