stewart said passing the bill in the senate will be a chance to exhale, but it doesn't fix the grief for these responders, quote, to continue to experience going forward. the news continues. i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you, anderson. i'm chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." special information for you, we have new video inside detention facilities at the border. what you see is going to border you and it should, and you must not look away. our vice president, mike pence, saw it as well. heartbreaking scenes, but he had a different spin. you need to hear that as well. members of congress have been down there recently. they're treating this like this is all new information. they testified about it today but they left out the most important point, we'll take that on together. and we have to check in on new orleans. it's too late to leave, i'm sorry to say. the command is shelter in place. we have the latest information on what to expect and when. we have a check on the

preparations and concerns. and you probably heard, labor secretary acosta is out, and the serial predator now stands accused of even more troubling crimes that will now be a window for us into where this case is going. jeffrey epstein could be a crime and a prosecution we will never forget. what do you say? let's get after it. ♪ we now have video from journalists inside the border facilities. specific this one in tk exas. i've been there. close to 400 men sleeping inside. there are fences around it in these pens where they sleep. concrete floors, no pillows, no mats, you'll see these things that look like aluminum foil. they're foil blankets. that's what they have. they can keep you warm, but they're not comforting. the men are packed in. pam brown from cnn spoke with

some of them. listen. >> reporter: no mat? >> no mat. >> reporter: do you mind being on camera? [ speaking foreign language ] >> how long? >> no shower. >> that's hard to hear. what is the conversation is how are the conditions where you sleep, the men are saying we don't have any mats. we can't brush our teeth, we can't take showers. it's been a month that we haven't taken showers. now officials deny that claim. they say that these complaints

are being exaggeraterated, but let me tell you what's not exaggerate rated, the conditions suck. okay, you wouldn't want to spend five minutes in one of these places. you're going to hear a lot of reporters saying the smell, listen, it's what hits you first when you go into the facilities. we've been there. it's accurate. there is a stench from the humanity that has been stuffed in these places, in the same clothes for weeks in some cases they've had them on. let me read to you from the pool reporter on the trip, the stench was horrendous, the cages were so crowded that it would have been impossible for all of the men to lie on the concrete. there were 384 men who alleged crossed the border illegally. there were no matts or pillows. some of the people were lying on concrete. when the men saw the press arrive, they began shouting and want us to tell us they've been in there 40 days or longer, they said they were hungry, wanted to brush their teeth, agents were guarding the cages wearing face masks.

most of the men didn't speak english, looked dirty. they said they has been there for 40 days or more upon questioning from the pool. now, cbp, they say the men are regularly fed, they get hot meals, juice, crackers, they can brush their teeth daily and have access to showers, but some might not have showered for 10 to 20 days since their shower facility had only recently arrived. now cbp says it's air-conditioners. reporters say it was sweltering in the facility. it is 99 degrows today. this is a losing battle any way you look about it. we've been telling you about this for months. these conditions are not new. they're being treated like they're new by these media who got to go there, that's understandable. but by politicians too, these members of congress, it's their job to go down there and they should do that. but to pretend that they never

heard of this until now, and that, boy, they upset at cbp and dhs, they have been told about the conditions for six months. the vice president went there as well. he had a different spin on the situation. listen. >> remember, it was just a few short weeks ago that congress finally acknowledged the crisis and gave us an additional 4. $6 billion in humanitarian aid. we're going to continue to improve. we're going to continue to provide care at the standard the american people expect. but remember for the last six months, democrats in congress said it was a manufactured crisis. and it was all we could do to finally get the democrats in congress to agree to give us additional funding to deal with this crisis. >> listen, i got to be honest about something with you, okay? i have respect for mike pence. i've dealt with him in the past. i believe he takes his faith very seriously.

i cannot believe as someone who holds themselves out to a christian, that he would say that, knowing you're going to hear it. that this is the first time this has been recognized and everybody was saying was a manufactured crisis. he knows damn well that this president sold people on a brown menace. some, i assume are good people, that's the quote. he never talked to you about kids and families. look at what we're allowing the in our country and everybody is lying to you. this president was told this is what was going to happen. only now do we hear ken cuccinelli, who's now in charge of the conditions of these people, saying over 50% of them are kids and women. you knew that. he's learning it for the first time. he just got in the job. the president knew it, the white house knew it, mike pence knew it. it was a manufactured crisis

because you were trying to sell it to people to get your fence. when you knew your fence was a force. you knew it wouldn't protect. you were not in any rush to get ready for these conditions and you declared a national emergency for a fence which isn't just unconstitutional, but it's insignificant in dealing with this. why don't you extend that emergency through this situation? well, you can't. why? i'll tell you why. you're not going to hear this president talking about these conditions with compassion, have you? you're not going to see him come down there, have you? you're not going to see him with the kids, have you? why? because these kids' faces don't sell fear. these faces do. that's why they got to show cameras with the men. harshness of these conditions work for this administration because they send a message of deterrence. you don't want to be like this, do you?

now, what's the reality? everybody in this situation has waited too long. the men and women who work on the border have been saying this was a problem for months. look, we have to investigate how they're doing their job. there are too many allegations of wrongdoing by them. you have to expose that adds well. the new head of dhs has been on the hill six times starting since march saying exactly what you're seeing. begging for resources. so this is not new to congress even though they are now pretending that it is new and at least they're seeming to care. listen to congress today. >> mr. chairman, it needs to be noted into record, i spoke to cpb agents, even though they told us not to speak to them too. remember that? and i said, what do you think we need to do because you guys are overwhelmed. they said one of them, stop sending money, it's not working. another one said, i wasn't

trained for this. i am not a social worker. i'm a -- i'm not a medical care worker. he said i want to be at the border, that's what i was trained to be at. the one other one, the last one, the separation policy isn't working, he said. >> i believe these women, i believed the canker sores that i saw in their mouths because they were only allowed to be fed unnutritious foods. i believed them when they said they were sleeping on concrete floors for two months. i believed them. what was worst about this was the fact that there were american flags hanging all over these facilities, that children being separated from their parents in front of an american flag, that women were being called these names under an american flag. we cannot allow for this. >> this is not an american way of dealing with a stranger who

comes and seeks safety. you can talk all you want about whether the poor border control is overwhelmed. that makes no excuse for how we are treating children. if there's one basic value that ought to unite as, as americans, is how we treat children. their children, our children, it doesn't matter. that's a fundamental value. >> look, i'm happy they care and i know that it's emotional. and i respect the emotion. i know how they feel. a lot of journalists who have to go down there know how they feel. a lot of the people who were working for us, the men and women keeping us safe on the border, they have those feelings too. here's my problem, okay? you want to match passion for passion, i can do that all day

long because i feel for these people too. i feel that frustration. but i can't do a damn thing about it expect tell you and test the people in power about why they haven't done a damn thing for six months. if you're feeling this way now, where were you six months ago when you knew this. if you want to say we couldn't get the assurances for the conditions, we didn't want to give a blank check for more of these policies, this wasn't about i.c.e. this wasn't about giving money for how they're going to do these roundups. i'm not saying you shouldn't take this on as a fight. you play politics with this, and if you're going to cry for these kids now, that's good. but do something about it. we don't need testimony about how bad the conditions are. everybody knows. it's not a situation where you have to expose what the government wants to hide. they're only too happy to show you it to you. you waited six months. i don't like that i don't see any republicans bearing witness to this reality. are they buying into this new harshness? are they afraid that this president will step on their neck, that they don't want to

say that we shouldn't treat people like this. because, you know, the boss says treating them like this will keep them from coming. is that where we are? look, i'm fine with the emotion. i love the passion. harness it. make some plans to fix it. that's american. that's american. if you want to use symbolism, use it. flags shouldn't be waving over places that treat people like this. you've known it for six months. you've come on this show, we've talked about it. a lot of those people on the screen hide from this show, go on social media and talk about, but you don't want to be tested about it. now is your chance. do something about the conditions. change the rules. think about it. debate it openly. give them resources. demand it. fight for it. push this administration to do more. now is your chance.

everybody knows how you feel. how will you act? i'm glad you saw those pictures for yourself because they've been keeping so many of us, you know, awake at night for months and imagine what it would be like to be living in there, imagine to be one of those kids. do you think they're ever going to forget this experience? how will they remember us? it's a shame. it is shameful. but at least we're all on the same page now. let's see what happens next. i will not look away. i hope you won't either. another big story tonight, more people in crisis, a life-threatening storm bearing down on new orleans. got to check the path, got to check the timing. tropical storm barry is going to be the real deal. it doesn't have to be a hurricane. they say it will be. where is it going to hit? how bad will it be? let's bring in metrologist tom sater with the latest, next. fus. america's most reliable network. the nation's largest and most reliable network. the best network is even better? best, fastest, best.

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hurricane by the time it makes landfall. we never really know. you got to prepare for the worst and we all hope we're wrong. let's bring in tom sater. we talked about this before. it's the only time as a journalist i'm happy to be wrong. >> right. >> i have no qualms saying this is the worst it can be, prepare for it. >> what do you see? >> this is unprecedented. this doesn't have to become a hurricane. it's not about the category. let me remind you, three years ago, we had a storm that was unnamed and it caused $10 billion in damage here. we had 2.5 billion in insurance claims alone. this is not a major hurricane, but it's a big rainmaker. it's 85 miles from morgan city, it's about the surge even though it's only going to be three to five feet, what we're watching here is that the river and is the mississippi are trying to make their way into the gulf, as

this moves through, everything to the east, this is the problem spot. even if this makes landfall, the surge alone, the southeast winds into the mouth of the mississippi have already started and most likely will continue until noon tomorrow. that's the battle. as it pushes that water against the mississippi, it rises in new orleans. yesterday, the forecast was for 20 feet. they've dropped it to 19 and that is huge because the levees are at 20 feet. that one foot is critical. you can see the circulation. when the eyes move inland, it chokes that fuel line. this one is different. as it makes itself inland, it's still going to be able to tap into this moisture, we're looking at 90 degree temperatures here. this is unusual, thank you, climate change. a three day excessive rain alert has been issued. so this entire region, i'm

getting more concerned now about mississippi, just being inundated. 10, 20 inches, 25, there's no place in the country that can -- >> let alone a place that is set up like a basin. that's the whole problem, you look up and see barges going buy and they've already gotten soaked. there's no saturation point there are them. you get any new information during my watch, let me know. i'll come back to you. thank you for keeping people aware. >> sure. we're going to talk to somebody who's a local official, what the parameters are, what you may have to do, because now you got to hunker down. in new orleans that's the order from the mayor. others are following orders to get down. please do. play it safe. we'll give you the intelligence,

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right now barry is just hours from landfall. the order from new orleans at this hour is shelter in place. it's too late to leave. now, look, you don't have to be -- feel like, oh, my goodness, you know if you're living down there, you know this reality. just be smart about it. a different story a few miles away. the president of the parish is with us tonight. it's good to have you on "prime time." what do you want people to know,

sir? >> thank you, chris. thank you for having us. a little background of plaquemines parish, we're 65 miles long. we have levees that border the mississippi river. we have levees that border the marsh. when this storm or anything occurs, we're always frightened about the back levees. they're smaller than river levees. but because of this high, unprecedented river that's been here nine months and are predicted three to five-foot storm surge, we're very concerned about some of the overtoppings of our river levees. that's got us a little -- sitting on pins and needles right now.

>> that water has nowhere to go. i understand your situation. it's almost incorrectable without something extreme. what is the message to the locals? if you're where, do you need to get out, what do you suggest? >> thursday morning at 6:00 a.m., we issued a mandatory evacuation for what we call the east bank part of our parish because our parish is separated by the mississippi river, and from the west bank part of the river which we considered oakville, the area because bell chase and oakville, we feel confident of that area. but the other areas, we ask them to have a mandatory evacuation. and we have shelter and asked people to leave. >> what can i do to help people if they're looking for somewhere to stay. is there a website they should go to? is there a number they should

call? >> well, we did it for a day and a half, and the sheriff and i have been vigilant about trying to make people understand the severity. some people get complacent sometimes not looking at the strength of storm. anything can happen and that's why we want to be proactive and anything you could do, chris, we have a local shelter here in plaquemines and we have asked all of our residents to believe evacuate. >> is there a number i can give people, or do you think people know what to do? >> i do have a number, 504-934-6476. >> give it to them again. >> 504-934-6000. i'm sorry. 6000. >> what's why. i heard that lady in the background. we'll put it on the screen and i'll make sure we tweet it out.

sometimes a little bit of information goes a long way. we'll be paying attention. whatever you need afterwards, we'll put out the word for people to come together. god bless. i hope it's not needed. i hope we're worrying more than they have to. but we know you're ready and we'll do what we can to support you. >> and come down to us and get the best fishing in the world. >> that's what i hear. that's what i hear. i'm always working. kirk, the best to you, be safe, and good luck going forward. >> thank you. appreciate that, chris, thank you. >> absolutely. i'll get that number. we'll put it out. but we'll make sure that we have it right. if you want it, look me up on twitter. we're going to continue monitoring the storm. you know we're going to cover it all the way through. ahead, prosecutors have offered another reason why jeffrey epstein should stay behind bars. he's got a bail hearing coming up, but what they say that he

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multimillionaire jeffrey epstein stands accused of dropping $350,000 arguably to ensure that those close to him keep quiet. that's what prosecutors are saying that the accused child sex predator did by starting to make payments just two days after the miami herald published its investigation back in november. that's on top of a police report saying that epstein hired investigators to intimidate accusers. one person who knows the ins and outs of this situation, and what mr. epstein would do to silence people, vicky ward. it's good to see you, my friend. >> thanks, chris. >> i saw your face moving as i was reading that because, yes, prosecutors believe the payments were made around the time the herald came out, but you say

those payments were not tied to the herald, they were something else. >> yes. so the miami herald piece came out a week before a very important trial was scheduled in jeffrey epstein's life. that trial was basically a suit for malicious prosecution that was brought by a lawyer down in florida who's kind of the unsung hero of this entire narrative, who represented many of the victims mentioned in the miami herald's piece. >> he fought for the -- >> and bradley edwards is the guy, exactly who went to court right after alexander acosta outrageous plea deal, and he's the one that got it declared, basically, illegal. he then had a malicious prosecution case against jeffrey epstein. it was coming to court.

his team was getting every witness they could and that was i think my sources said jeffrey epstein, most likely, these witnesses were probably on his staff and jeffrey epstein was arguing that he was giving them bonuses. >> but the money becomes relevant on here. and we've talked a lot about all of these dark theories about was there any hedge fund, he never really traded, how did he get this money? southern district is interested in it as well, why? >> and the fcc. and, again, what i've heard today is that they are talking to outside consultants because if it can be proved, if they can prove that jeffrey epstein's entire fortune is basically fraudulent and, for example, one person claiming that is this guy who says that jeffrey epstein never mentioned when he went out to raise money that he had ever

worked with him. that's a fraud. if the fcc and the southern district can say his entire fortune is a fraud, they have a right to seize it. bye-bye his defense team. >> if you can't pay for it, you don't have it. >> that's exactly right. >> the third aspect of this that's evolved recently, women that you had talked to back then have now come forward and they're telling their stories. and we should be shining the light, it's got to be about the women. >> they are -- you'll be reading about it shortly. the women i spoke to back in 2002, you know, remember very well all of our conversations and they're coming back to talk back on record about what

happened and about the fact, chris, that one of them went to the police in 1996 and i followed up with this back in 2002, and the police wouldn't really respond to me and they wouldn't really respond to her. so this -- you know, just think about how long this story has played out. >> and it's got a long way to go. one of the big points of intrigue now, people have different feelings about it, why is the public corruption unit in the southern district doing this. you talk to some investigators, i know you're doing this full time, they'll say, you don't want to draw any specific conclusions from that. it could be an administrative move. but you say no. >> i've had meetings again today, preliminary meetings, the big question about why alexander

acosta really gave that sweetheart deal has still not really been answered and there is a lot -- you know, i've had meetings that suggest that maybe there was bribery of public official and is this would be back 2008 under the obama era, right? and i think -- >> no proof at this point. >> no proof. >> but that is something you think may be fueling the prosecution. >> and we know that acosta stepped down, but that could be simple politics. he's become a liability for this president. and as much as they talk about loyalty in this white house, it only moves one way. you cannot point to anybody who's been under fire in the white house and they're still around. >> jared and ivanka. >> the government hasn't been chasing them. acosta is a liability. you believe we're going to hear a further story about people who knew and helped at the time. >> yes. unquestionably. i have -- there are too many

sources. and what acosta said this week really doesn't hold up. and if you compare it to what he said in 2011, the letter he wrote in 2011 was all about how his own team couldn't sort of with stand the heat. >> which i've never heard a prosecutor say. >> it was completely at odds with what he said yesterday. there's still a huge question mark. who is jeffrey epstein? >> absolutely. and i think that's something that's going to have to come out. we'll all be following this. behind it all, are all these girls who are faced with one of the biggest problems in this country that nobody talks about. thank you so much. got a treat for you on a friday night, david crosby, the real one. i don't have some guy with that name. this is the legend. his music part of a remarkable journey. we're going to talk about a new documentary and what it's like to be david crosby, next.

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crosby, stills & nash, david crosby has a legacy that few can match. ♪ ♪ our house is a very, very, very fine house ♪ >> crosby has one of the voices that is very high on the list of the people i wish i could sound like. "david crosby: remember my name" is what is coming out in theaters. >> thank, man. i've wanted to sit here for a long time. >> the idea of your life and the message of your life for people, you got a long way to go, a lot of gas in the tank. what do you want people to take away from the story? >> oh, boy. so many things. that you're not done.

that you can change. that you can grow. and that it's worth it. that long-term love is a major benefit in your life. all kinds of stuff. it's a love story amongst all of the other stories. i'm very happy. it's a very gritty film. you'll see that. it's not easy on me and it's not easy to watch, really. >> so, let me use your life for a second for the benefit of the now. you lived through revolutionary times, and times of great tumult, so much of your music early on with the groups that you played with and what you created yourself were, if not anthems, they were relevant narratives of the time. and one of the things i was reading, you were saying we need a song now for our times. and i've been thinking that for

so long. compare now to then. >> it's darker now, i think, because the guy in charge is doing the wrong thing. he's doing it on purpose. the -- >> darker than nixon? >> darker than nixon. that's really saying some stuff. i thought about it before i said it. >> nixon organized a felony. we don't have any of those elements here. >> no. i think this is a worse guy. nixon was somewhat constrained by the norm, by the way politics were done then. this is a brand-new level of low. our current president doesn't have anything restraining him at all. he has no morals, no restraint, no intelligence. he's like -- the way i see him, like a spoiled kid who's gotten loose in his dad's office and

he's running around and peeing on all of the papers and saying, i'll fix you guys. i think he's doing us great harm. >> here's what's interesting to hear this coming from you, your music and you personally, you're loved in so many places that are trump country. the byrds, you on your own, that is music that appeals to the heartland of this country. what do you do when you're playing there and how do you reconcile your connection to the trump base which is very real? >> it's very tough. i don't want to exclude anybody, but at the same time i don't put up with any nonsense. if i get somebody in an audience saying, hey, shut up and sing, i tell them, hey, look, i got the microphone, you can't win. we're going to extract you like a bad tooth if you keep mouthing off. everybody around you paid to hear these songs. so we're going to do the songs and you're going to shut up. i can usually take them down.

>> it's interesting because you're reaching out to these people at the same time that it's such a time of fundamental tension. if there were songs about today, what would be the themes that need to be hit on and the ideas that you would want to resonate? >> the ideal of america. america is an idea. it's not really a patch of turf. it's an idea. and if there was a thing that we could celebrate that would help pull us together, it's the ideals that we founded this country on. the equality of human beings. you know, we're -- we built this system in reaction to monarchy that they were trying to get away from in europe. and the idea of democracy is correct. it's right. it's just been bent by how much money the corporations have got. that's what bent it. they bought our congress and that's what's bent.

that's what's wrong. >> what i hope becomes a metaphor issue in this election, i believe it's an assemblage of a lot of things we have to deal with right now, the one thing that this president never hammers in his harshness of how to stop this, stop these people, are the hirers. it's not because he's one of them. good forbid, anybody judge him for all of the illegal workers that he has. those are the money interests. those are the power interests. and he has chosen to go at the little guy, even though he's supposed to be the champion of the little guy. and it's interesting to watch, i was watching your face tonight when we were showing those images and listening to the lawmakers, what do you make of what's happening in there? >> i think it's -- he's deliberately doing something really awful. he's trying to stop a thing -- he doesn't want little brown people coming into the country. he doesn't like little black people, he doesn't like little brown people. he doesn't want them in the

country. he's a racist. he's trying to scare them off by making it be horrific and he's pretty horrific. taking your kids away from you. that's pretty horrible. >> when someone says to you out there on the record, law and order, brother. come the right way and you don't have to worry about that. >> i want them to come the right way. i want them to apply for citizenship at a regular place, you know, an embassy and try to get into a regular program to get into the united states of america because that's how it's done all over the world. that's how you do it. that's what i want. but i think people who come, the reason we offered asylum to people is because they were fleeing something truly awful. okay. if somebody shows up at our gate and says, you know, they're shooting my kind of people where i live, can i please have a chance at asylum here? what kind of country are we going to be?

what does it say on the statue of liberty? >> this administration says that's just a poem, not a policy. >> i'm siding with the statue of liberty. >> you're with the lady with the lamp. david crosby, you have given people so much pleasure and you will continue to do so. you speak your mind and you follow your heart. i look forward to people seeing the story of your life, but more importantly i look forward to the next five chapters. >> i will be out there listening to you. i promise. >> i apologize in advance. thank you and best of luck to you going forward. >> you too. an important victory today for the heros of 9/11. fight's not over. in fact, the most important part of the battle remains. there is one man who holds the key to improving the lives of all those we swore to never forget and then we forgot. closing argument, next. thanks for the ride-along, captain! i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been-

ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say? mhmmm. i have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. you ok back there, buddy?

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the 9/11 funding bill on the floor and that he doesn't mess with it. now, remember this, the emotional plea from detective luis alvarez. >> i'm going to make sure you never forget to take care of the 9/11 responders. >> when luis got too sick to travel, he sent his team back to capitol hill with a gift for senator mcconnell. in exchange, they got a promise. >> mitch mcconnell made a commitment to the 9/11 community and my team leaders that he's going to get a piece of legislation that's going to be passed in the house in july for an august vote in the senate. we're satisfied. are we happy? no. we're going -- we're going to

leave here and luis alvarez is going to die. and in that meeting we gave senate majority leader mitch mcconnell luis alvarez's badge. >> that's right. luis alvarez gifted his badge to senator mcconnell. it's a big deal. mcconnell is the same man who in 2015 stripped money from the victims fund from a transportation bill at the last minute. the badge came with a note, which read in part "i want you to know that my time to leave this world is fast approaching, my goal and legacy in this world was to see the vcf bill passed. you have the power to do that. please look deep into your conscience and realize it's the right thing to do. and if you pass it, i will die a happy man." if you hadn't heard luis alvarez died two weeks ago from cancer, but he does have a chance for

his legacy to be fulfilled with this funding. i just want to remind you this is the same guy in these two pictures. this is the kind of illness that is eating our heros. he's a 20-year vet of the nypd, spent months at ground zero before he was sick. there are too many who are sharing that type of illness that luis had. as of december 2014, more than 8,000 comp claims had been submitted. by june of this year, that number was over 47,000. it's on your screen. why? there were so many toxins in the dust and debris on that day, it was all over us. it never went away. it leads to lung problems, cancer. doctors say symptoms can take years to manifest. and let's be honest, a lot of this stuff was hidden from these

men and women down there. we're not sure, we're not sure. to this point, congress has appropriated $7.3 billion for the fund. that was supposed to last ten years. from the 2011 through the end of 2020. more than 5 billion, though, has already been spent. and 21,000 claims are still outstanding. so there's just not enough money. these people that we have called heros have had to beg for help every few years. it's not right. the new bill is so important because it takes the worry away. there is no limit on funding. it says simply, "such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter through year 2090." so they don't have to keep coming back and begging for the same relief. imagine dealing with coughing blood, suffering, struggling with family issues because of these illnesses and then having to worry about when you could pay the medical bills when you got sick looking after people on

9/11 and you heard this entire country say it would never forget and then you watched as you and so many like you faded from the rest of our memories and you wound up in another death match trying to get what you were promised. that we're even waiting on this, that we're even here, you know it's a national disgrace. we all do. senator mcconnell, the house passed this bill today with only a dozen dissenters. please don't break your promise to this man and countless others like him. there can be no delay. there can be no alteration to your promise. not here. there's no advantage in shortchanging these men and women. you've done it before. please do not do it again. mr. president, you're going to have to sign it, right? that's the way the legislative process works. this is a chance for you to do something easy and good. own this priority. call mcconnell, tell him this matters, no games, get it done. show these men and women and