this is my 278th trip to washington, d.c. that s 278 times. that s 600 miles round trip. that s enough to circumnavigate the earth three times. yeah. that s why i m cranky. that s why i m mad. this sucks. this sucks. this country was based and formed on volunteerism, and those who went to 9/11 voluntarily are paying the ultimate price. you re a very punctual jewish man. let me tell you something, man, i want to get done early. how you doing? we ve had to fight, overcome every obstacle, every hurdle, for almost 18 years. i m, like, i ve been vacillating from being incredibly sad to, like, incredibly mad to being nervous to being, you know why are you nervous? i don t want to [ bleep ] this up for everybody. you can call it quits and go get a beer. we re going to testify in front of the house judiciary committee to hopefully give some insight into congress as to why 9/11 survivors and victims are dying. i know you left a business, talk show and stuff,
that s 600 miles round trip. do i have a green right? you have a red one right there. this is my 278th trip to washington, d.c. that s 278 times. that s 600 miles round trip. that s enough to circumnavigate the earth three times. yeah. that s why i m cranky. that s why i m mad. this sucks. this country was based on volunteerism. [john] we ve had to fight, overcome every obstacle, every hurdle for almost 18 years. i m, like, i ve been vacillating from like being incredibly sad to, like, incredibly mad, to being nervous, -to being, you know. -why? why are you nervous? i don t wanna f this up for everybody, you know. could ve called it quits and go get a beer. [jon] it s insane, right? we re gonna testify in front of the house judiciary committee to hopefully give some insight into congress as to why 9/11 survivors and victims are dying. [man] because i know you left your business, your talk show and stuff to come to this -and it s so important now. -yeah. how do you
( laughter ( cheers and applause ) so you can imagine how outraged fox must be to find out that the health care for those who risked their lives to recover that charred money is being held up by a republican filibuster. and i know they have access to 9/11 first responders. joining me now a leading opponent of the mocks and a former new york city firefighter and 9/11 responder tim brown. here is one of the 9/11 first responders reacting to the decision by the landmark commission. a 9/11 responder is taking matters into his own hands by suing the developers for $350 million. jon: yet somehow they ve been able to find even one 9/11 first responder to speak about the zadroga bill. in fact only fox s peter johnson, jr., seemed perturbed by it at all. while he railed against the filibuster, he never mentioned it was the republicans holding up the bill. oh, what party was it? maybe it was the bull moose party or the greens or the whigs or. yes, there was one network that gav
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millions of in another section. the bridge area around the holy area. the grand mosque is a virtual construction site. cranes surround the complex with a multibillion dollars project underway. the sheer number of people converging on mecca every year results in tragedies such as stampedes. the saw district attorney government goes to great length to ensure the safety of visitors but friday s tragedy will force a review of measures surrounding construction work to islam s holiest site moscow is setting up military support for the president of syria. western officials say russia is sending antiaircraft missile systems to syria and they believe it will be operated by russian troops. russia says they re sending experts to train syriaens to use the weapons. now to an emotional and loud debate in washington over the iran nuclear deal. regardless, the republican-led house tried to send the president a strong message using the anniversary of 9/11 as a backdrop. mike is in