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on capitol hill this morning calling attention to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in iraq and afghanistan the veterans are running into roadblocks trying to get the federal government to pay for their health care. the only difference between the first responders at ground zero who were particular and dying from toxic exposure is that that was caused by a terrorist attack on our country. the veterans in iraq and afghanistan are suffering the same illnesses and the same toxic exposure because of the actions of our own government. and joining me now are jon stewart, a longtime advocate for 9/11 victims and veterans, and an army veteran who has fought relentlessly for 9/11 first responders after getting seriously injured himself, and daniel roble robinson whose hus died in the burn pits in iraq. good to see you, jon and john, and to meet you, danielle. jo jon stewart, what is the issue with the health care for these veterans who is blocking it, what are you trying to do
i think within 24 hours you could feel comfortable that the capitol building itself is skired. we have to interrupt. there is a stretcher of it looked like a woman, gravely injured, covered in blood. it is unclear how that happened, what happened inside there. i ve been texting with congressman dan tilldy, i asked if he was okay. he said he is okay now. just trying to get more information about what might have happened in there. but that was a horrifying site. and in the new york times, john that wenathan martin spoke romney and he called in insurrection. i don t know how else to describe what is going on. but the president of the united states, where is he? i know he s tweeted. but these are people who listen to him. i m not sure if he got out there on the capitol steps right now and he had stop this that he would listen. but he has to be doing something. that wouldn t matter. you re probably right. i mean, i am deeply disturbed by this other fact here though. and th
it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, january 7th, and we will start with the very difficult news. one of the saddest days in modern american history, as pro-trump rioters, insurrectionists, really, incited by the president, stormed the united states capitol in a failed attempt to thwart the certification of joe biden s election victory. here was the president addressing his supporters just before the capitol was breached for the first time since the war of 1812. and we re going to have to fight much harder. and mike pence is going to have to come through for us. and if he doesn t, that will be a sad day for our country. and after this, we re going to walk down and i ll be there with you we re going to walk down we re going to walk down, any one you want, but i think right here we re going to walk down to the capitol and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and
being here. but first, this easter egg from saturday night live. by the way, the president s probably going to bomb north korea tonight. okay, spicy has got to hip itty hop and deliver these eggs east as much candy as you want because this is probably our last easter on earth. blug. and good day. i m andrea mitch in washington. vice president pence putting the north korea regime on notice after visiting the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. the vice president said today if north korea does not get rid of its nuclear weapons, the u.s. will protect its interests by whatever means are necessary to bring stability to the region. joining me kristen welker at the white house and janice mackey fryer in seoul, south korea. janice, you re right there in sk which is within artillery range of the north. millions and millions of people, 28,500 u.s. troops in south korea. what does the vice president real mean about them getting rid of their nuclear weapons? they