i don t want to sound like a broken record, i know what the president is doing today with the veterans is an important goal in getting those enrolled in the v.a. you know, we re still getting people enrolled in the world trade center health program 21 years later. the advocates who helped pass the burn pit bill, getting the bill passed was easy. it s going to be the advocacy for the next 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years that s going to age these men and women. and all of those vsos, i hope they place a protocol where they can reach out to their membership and they can get their members enrolled in the program as well. advocacy is 24/7, andrea, and i m sleeping while i m talking to you right now because it s been a busy week. certainly has been a busy week and a successful week for you, john feal, thank you so very much. i know it s going to be exciting. look out for my trading
received new toxic exposure screenings, about 280,000 of them reported concerns they may have been exposed. and one of the real difference makers here in the pact act is that it expedites claims for terminally ill veterans, about 2500 of those filing claims listed themselves as terminally ill. thank you so much, peter. and john, we all remember your effort, your passion to get this burn pit legislation through congress, onto president biden s desk. is it already helping people? we have just heard that some people have already applied. they got some good numbers. thank you for having me again, andrea. and it makes me happy to see our work come to fruition and men and women who served our country so bravely get the help they deserve. there s a lot more work to do, absolutely. but my analytics are always that there were never 3.5 million people, and that 185,000 is a step in the right direction.
good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where in a few moments the president will be holding a town hall with veterans who will receive expanded health care benefits new a new law he siebed. it s a life line for soldiers exposed to toxic substances from a number of sources including burn pits during their service. joining me, chief white house correspondent and weekend today cohost, peter alexander, and john feel, advocate for veterans and first responders and founder of the feel good foundation. john, be right with you in a moment. peter is at the white house. we want to set the stage. this is really important legislation. jon stewart fought so hard and the other first responders. the president signed it back in august. that didn t get the headlines you would expect because of the midterms. fill us in ahead of the president s remarks. the pact act, you note that president biden signed in august, several months ago, dramatically expands services
it s falling heavy, it s nonstop today. are you used to storms like this? i am. it doesn t mean they re pleasant. and andrea, this snow is all part of the same system that we have been tracking pretty much all week long. ever since tuesday. we were following the blizzard conditions in the great plains, portions of duluth, minnesota, gaupt nearly two feet of snow in a span of 48 hours. they have a lot of digging up to do, and as you mentioned, the tornadoes in the south, tornado outbreak reported across seven states. at least 30 confirmed tornadoes, and that death toll has now climbed to at least three. andrea. terrible news and not a great forecast. kathy, thanks. please get inside, get warm. and for the latest on the storm s path, i want to bring in meteorologist bill karins. bill, we re not done with the storm yet. it s gone all across the country. we re already hearing about another storm next week that could impact holiday travel. yeah, andrea, everyone wants
called into a twitter space event last night and said look, journalists are no different from the general public, and if you put out doxing information, your account will be suspended. and because twitter is a private entity, he gets to decide what is doxing information. and apparently, doxing information under his definition is information about his private jet. andrea. anne thompson, you cleared it all up. thank you. i hope so. russia launched a new wave of missile attacks on kyiv and other ukrainian cities this morning. right now, he s getting up to speak at this veterans event. so let s let s listen in to the president. who are you talking about? i m talking about my buddy, dear friend.