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of different ailments related to the toxic cleanup it did not cover cancer but word is now the director of that will say today making the finali decision that cancer will in fact be included. a lot is based on the research earlier this year there was a study done of new york city firefighters that said firefighter who worked here after 9-11 were 19 percent more likely to have cancer than those who didn t. with those who deal with getting coverage i would say we don t have an off fish sham count of h how many are suffering. that is the latest from mere in lower manhattan. tack it back to you. tai hernandez, thank you.
they are awaiting arraignment. it was done before there was a tsa. let s take it back to you. tai hernandez reporting. thank you. it is 47 past the top of the hour. it is a last chance to ask the question of the day. should airlines allow in-flight cell phone service or is the idea just plain stupid? get it? we will read your e-mails and tweets next. the government is worried they were conducting too many studies? they commissioned a study to figure out why and how. let s check in with steve doocy to figure out what is next on fox and friends. i am sure there was a cost over run on the study. that s just another story. also coming up kicks off shortly right here on the fox news channel. we will have the occupier who turned capitalist who started
it makes them very nervous this morning. makes you wonder what they look into if they look into anything when they re hiring. that is a right. you know, that s not right. and that needs to be corrected. now, he worked for a private security firm that was contracted by the airport. of course, he did have to go through all those kinds of ve screenings. the t.s.a. said we weren t around 20 years ago. he had to give the birth certificate of the man he was impersonating and the social security card. he happened to get lucky because there was no fingerprint match. the person had never been fingerprinted before and neither had the other man. so they just no red flags had come up all these years. that s the very latest here from newark airport. take it back to you. crazy story, tai hernandez out at newark airport. thanks so much. let s go to brian and the judge. soon, there will be government eyes in the skies. the feds considering drones to
he will save tape an episode of the view that will be herriair tomorrow. then a fundraiser in the chelsea neighborhood of new york city for an lgbt fundraiser and latino fund rarzs ricky martin will be hosting that event as well. he is focusing on same-sex marriage through out his visit. news week will have a cover up coming at the end of may with him on the cover calling him the first gay president. certainly an issue very much on the minds of new yorkers and the rest of the country right now. a big topic for commencement speeches. the subject same-sex marriage. that is the latest from here in the upper manhattan section. thiern dez live in m tai hernandez live in manhattan thanks. we span the globe and see