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we have a lot for you this hour, and we re following several major stories. president biden is about to sign a pact act, a major piece of legislation aim at expanding resources and benefits for millions of benefits exposed to those burn pits and other toxic substances. we ll take you live to the white house in just a moment for the signing. and it is just an extraordinary legal week for former president donald trump as he faces several major investigations. right now former president trump is sitting for a deposition with the new york attorney general s office, and this is in connection with a civil investigation into his businesses finances. it does come just two days after the fbi search his florida home known as mar-a-lago. the justice department was concerned trump had not returned sensitive documents. we have former details about how the president may frame his defense. let s begin this morning at the white house where president joe biden is about to sign that ....
Extraordinary legislation,ed pact act. john harwood is there. in the last hour we spoke with ro rosie torres who pushed for this legislation. she s at the white house. what more are we expecting to see? as you said, alex, this is a very important piece of legislation that expands access to va care for large numbers of veterans who were exposed to toxins that are admitted by those burn pits. it changes the presumption for certain medical ailments nah establishes the presumption that it is service-connected if they were exposed to burn pits and it expands research. this ended up having large bipartisan support. of course, veterans are a very celebrated constituency of the united states, but it was a long slog to get the legislation through and the effort to push it over the finish line was not just led by celebrities like jon stewart. it was also led by people who ....