rand paul is said that jon stewart is making things up. >> i know jon stewart. jon stewart is sometimes funny, sometimes informed. in this case he's not funny nor informed. i put forward pay for the border funding, a pay for the disaster funding. i do this on every bit of funding. his name calling exposes him as a left winger, part of the left wing mob that is not using his brain. it's really disgusting. he pretended for years when he was on his comedy show to be somebody that could be both sides and see through the b.s. now he is the b.s. the b.s. meter is through the roof when you see him calling people names and calling people an abomination when i'm asking somebody reasonable. now we should take money from somewhere else, not reducing the deficit but keeping it from getting bigger. i've done it dozens and dozens of times including on the tax bill. they say you're nor tax cuts but not for doing anything offer setting the tax cuts. there's something called pay go. i was the leader in keeping that in the tax bill. it was there when we passed it and later taken

. >>> and jon stewart blasting the one senator holding up additional money for health care for 9/11 first responders. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. president trump's attempt to distance himself from the go back controversy is ringing hollow tonight the fall out from his racist attack on four congresswomen who the trump rally began yelling "send her back" after the president took another swipe at somali-born congresswoman ilhan omar the president saying he tried to stop the chant, except the video shows he didn't. hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: the chant easy to hear but for some hard to listen to "send her back." >> reporter: democrats and a few republicans appalled at the words incentive erupting from the crowd at the president's north carolina rally, referencing congresswoman ilhan omar who escaped somalia as a child. >> i'm worried for our country. >> it's violent rhetoric. >> the chant was offensive. it's just wrong. >> reporter: omar herself quoting maya angelou, like air i'll rise, defending her right to make at times controver

you know, we're not surrogates for jon stewart. jon stewart is a surrogate for us. and jon has served the 9/11 community and i like to think his passionate plea to help those who suffer restores humanity not only across our country but in d.c. where it needs it the most. >> so when you were hugging, that embrace was you telling him he's okay. >> yeah. again, it was like watching -- it was watching a -- it was just graceful to watch him do what he does and nobody does it better. and i'm blessed to be able to work with him in the 9/11 community and now in the veteran community and i've never been so humbled and blessed to have that in my toolbox. i have jon stewart, such a great natural resource and the most humble "a" list celebrity i've ever met where there's no yes men. there's no entourage. he just cares. every time he comes back to d.c., he knows everybody's name. everybody who has a nickname, jon wanted a nickname. jon wanted to get embedded with the teams and learn the issue. and he just wows me. i'm awed by his compassion. >> you're talking about service and t

thanks to jon stewart for serving your countrymen. we the people, the flag, god bless those who are ill and fallen and around janice dean chimed in with a viral tweet, god bless jon stewart, he shame and those who needed shaming and spoke for those who are no longer with us. never forget our first responders. speaking of those people mitch mcconnell honored luis alvarez on the senate floor, he spent is fighting days fighting for this bill. shannon: let's talk about this next thing, the trump campaign said they would sell plastic straws and it was successful, they raked in $200,000. >> we learned friday how donald trump feels about paper straws. >> interesting about plastic straws. you have a little straw. what about the plates, wrappers and everything else that are much bigger and made of the same material? straws are interesting. >> like you said his campaign started selling trump themed plastic straws and people but $200,000 worth of them in one weekend alone. they are also recyclable in the online description you see in the top rig

anderson cooper's watching. >> all right. >> we got the best of jon stewart.ted a landscape for america to see our pain and suffering in about eight minutes. he not only chastised congress, he embarrassed them. then he lectured them. he scolded them. he was like their parents putting his foot in their you know what. >> when alvarez was talking and i'm watching him speak and there's only six people out of the 14 that were there on the -- that were supposed to be in the house judiciary subcommittee that were listening to them. and that's what really got me angry and set me off. and so i complained about this being a metaphor that here they are speaking and they're talking to no one. and the head of it congressman said you don't understand. this is a subcommittee, not a committee. i was like, no, i understand it's a subcommittee. i knew that -- i wasn't angry about the chairs that weren't supposed to be filled not being filled. i was angry about the chairs that were supposed to be filled that weren't. he said, you know, we're very busy. and i was sitting next to

jon stewart speaking out again as one senator is holding up the money. peter alexander. >> reporter: jon stewart unleashing a stinging rebuke on fox news. >> it's an abomination. >> reporte after republican senator rand paul helped delay a bipartisan bill to extend compensationnd victims. >> so if jon stewart could read, he would he read t bill and think who would vote for a bill without a dollar amount? >> reporter: pauargues he is n blocking the legislation but was asking for a vote on an amendment to offset the cost. >> some things they have nouble putting on the credit card. when it comes to the 9/11 first responders community the cops, tthe firefighters, construction workers, the volunteers, the survivors all of a sudden, man, we got to go through this. >> reporter: the bitter back and forth weeks after stewart, an outspoken advocate for 9/11irst responders, blasted lawmakers. >> your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity.ti . >> reporter: days later, retired nypd detective luis alvarez died, and today news that firefig

jon stewart has a point. so, everybody walked out and the weren't listening. this was the great unifier. 9/11, everyone should be supportive of that. and i think that his point, that the government spends so much money funding other things like planned rand paul should vote for this bill. it shouldn't take jon stewart to deliver a passionate plea of both houses of congress to say you should take care of first responders of 9/11. frankly, i think that's ridiculous, we should be doing this without the pressure and i know it's emotional for a lot of people, and we should get this done. >> the back and forth on it, and rand paul says ultimately we pay for this i'm all for this, it's a good cause and a good purpose, but you've got to keep track of that sort of stuff. >> that's my problem, rand paul won't have the gumption or fortitude to say he's opposed to this. i heard him dismiss jon stewart as a liberal. come where i live. my neighbor was diagnosed with cancer in the middle of her pregnancy and she knew her so

jon stewart smiling there as much mcconnell walks by. stewart's voice put pressure on lawmakers to act, and abc's mary bruce on the hill tonight. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, applause. and a huge sigh of relief for the heroes of 9/11. the senate passing legislation to permanently fund care for first responders and survivors. >> there have been too many funerals, too many hospices. these families deserve better. >> reporter: comedian jon stewart has been fighting for them for years, shaming lawmakers for their inaction. >> they did theirjobs. 18 years later, do yours. >> reporter: at his side last month, detective luis alvarez. >> you all said you would never forget, well, i'll here to make sure that you don't. >> reporter: he did not live to see today. today, for first responder john feel, an emotional farewell to this fight. >> yes, i cried with jon, but that was to exhale, that was to get 18 years of pain and suffering out and i believe it's out. >> it's been a long fight. mary bruce live with us tonight. and a clear sigh of reli

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efforts by tox ground 0 shanksville and the pentagon and the high profile testimony of comedian jon stewart. >>this is the semi-finals the finals are. 2 weeks from now in the senate stewart changed lawmakers at a hearing. >>the official fdny response time the 9.11 was 5 seconds and one of the first responders victims. louis alvarez died shortly after urging lawmakers. >>to pass the certainly a shame to see it come to this where we had to push this vote. >>thankfully common sense prevailed new york democrat anthony brindisi says he wants the senate to act quickly as 9.11 victims payments have been cut because the fun was running out of money.

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the comedienne jon stewart was in the crowd of mourners saluting alvarez weeks after they both testified before congress about such serious health problem related to the 9/11 attacks. alvarez was clearly gaunt. he was very, very sick at that hearing. but he made a truly powerful appeal to congress to replenish the september 11th victim compensation kprengs compensation fund due to conspire by the way next year. family and friends remembered alvarez as a man who served, defended and protected throughout his life until his last dying day. luis alvarez was only 53 years old. our deepest condolences to his family and his friends. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news. a major reversal. the justice department ordered by the president to re-examine putting the controversial citizenship question back in the 2020 census. all because of a tweet. plus the president defending his july 4th extravaganza as the backlash and the price tag grow. one laurm suggesting the payment plan is illegal. he i

we are going to get reaction now from jon stewart, comedian, activist, is been the leading activist forf the first responders, john field. thanks for being here. thanks for your service. just want to get your reaction first to this news today and kind of what you're thinking. >> well, thank you for having us, and you guys have been generous with your time at fox, telling our story, so thank you. listen, where lots of forest by senator lee and paul. this is their m.o. we kind of had an idea that this would happen but if you watch yesterday one south dakota majority whip, unanimous -- senator kirsten gillibrand did her unanimous consent and mitch mcconnell, he gave us his word and he's been sincere about that and were confident when the build was on the floor for a straight up-and-down vote, senator lee and senator paul are going to lose and any amendment they try to make -- we have 73 cosponsors. we have a two-thirds majority and i don't think anything may have to offer cold water. but let's get to -- rand paul got $580,000 for a broken ribs. if we get $250,000 for cancer. tom wilson, ha

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i want to thank jon stewart for elevating the profile of this bill. it was incredibly important for its success. and i urge all my colleagues, democrat and republican alike, come together and support our nation's heroes, never forget must mean never forget. these are people that did the opposite of what we are all born with as far as our instincts go. every single one of us base the on our again nellic d.n.a. is to run away from danger. these are men and women who do the opposite. they run towards the danger. great psychological and emotional sacrifice all in the name of serving a cause bigger than themselves. i urge my colleagues to support this and make it unanimous. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from new york, the chairman of the democratic caucus, mr. jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for a minute. mr. jeffries: i thank the chai

i want to thank jon stewart for elevating the profile of this bill. it was incredibly important for its success. and i urge all my colleagues, democrat and republican alike, come together and support our nation's heroes, never forget must mean never forget. these are people that did the opposite of what we are all born with as far as our instincts go. every single one of us base the on our again nellic d.n.a. is to run away from danger. these are men and women who do the opposite. they run towards the danger. great psychological and emotional sacrifice all in the name of serving a cause bigger than themselves. i urge my colleagues to support this and make it unanimous. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from new york, the chairman of the democratic caucus, mr. jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for a minute. mr. jeffries: i thank the chai

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nationwide attention following passionate pleas for support from first responders and comedian jon stewart. >> your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity, time >> reporter: stewart back on capitol hill today >> we'll spend some time today thinking about the friends that we've lost they gave their last moments, really, coming down to washington and fighting for their brothers and sisters >> reporter: louis alvarez was one of them. the new york police detective spent months searching through the rubble at ground zero. >> you made me come down here the day before my 69th round of chemo. >> reporter: weeks later alvarez died of 9/11 related cancer. today his son david in washington >> i want to thank you for not forgetting him >> reporter: making sure lawmakers followed through on their promise to his father. >> better sooner than now, but better late than never >> reporter: much needed relief for responder dennis murphy now battling cancer that spread to seven parts of his body. tomorrow he'll have his 57th round of chemotherapy. >> this bill means a lot financia

here is what jon stewart had to say. >> it's absolutely outrage.ll pardon me if i'm not impressed in any way with rand paul fiscal responsibility virtual signaling. rand paul presented tissue paper avoidance of $1.5 electrical tax cut that added hups of billions of dollars to our deficit. at some point we have to stand up for the people who have always stood up for us. >> that passion is something that many on capitol hill support and the expectation is it will pass overwhelmingly. this is one of those sort of sausage making moments where some of the predictable resistance and sort of procedural steps that come into play appear from the outside as under cutting the bill. it's more about lawmakers trying to exert their influence which reflects well for them in their own political home state and their own sort of budget concern ideology. it's several things at play here. there's no sign it won't pass overwhelmingly but speed bumps along the way. hallie. >> important context on that one. kelly on the hill. kelly, thank you. we're waiting release of do

the legislation was championed by gravely ill first responders and celebrity jon stewart.nators voted against the bill. the president is expected to sign it. >>> death rates are rising for young and middle-aged americans. that's according to new research from the cdc. rates for black and white people between the ages of 25 to 44 increased 21%. that was from 2012 to 2017. hispanic people in that same age range over the same period of time saw a 13% increase. researchers say the opioid economic and suicide have reduced life expectancy. >>> how about we lighten it up for a moment here. relief is on the way for middle seat sufferers on airplanes. >> a wider seat with more elbow room has been approved by the faa. the middle seat is slightly lower and behind the aisle and window seats, allowing it to be about three inches wider. sounds good. the extra elbow room comes because passengers use different parts of the armrest. the ceo of the colorado company behind the design says, we were just trying to make it a bit less miserable. >> thanks for that. >> yeah. >> how about we work

delay a bipartisan bill to extend compensation funding for 9/11 first responders and victims >> so jon stewart could read, maybe he'd say, my god, who would vote for a bill that doesn't have a dollar amount in it >> reporter: paul argues he's not blocking the legislation, but was simply asking for a vote on an amendment to offset the cost >> there are some things they have no trouble putting on the credit card, but somehow when it comes to the 9/11 first responder community, the cops, the firefighters, the construction workers, the vowel volunteers, the survivors, all of a sudden we have to go through -- >> reporter: the bitter comes back and forth after stewart speaker for 9/11 blasted lawmakers. >> you cost men and women the most valuable commodity, time. >> reporter: days later, retired n.y.p.d. detective louis alvarez who testified alongside stewart died and news i firefighter richard driscoll bectoth die from a 9/11 illness. los angeleses only reemphasizing the urgency. >> at some point we have to stand up for the people who have always stood up for us >> reporter: despite the temporary r

fund never runs out of money to care for victims and survivors, after emotional pleas by comedian jon stewart and first responders. >> we can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country, but we can stop penalizing them. >> tonight, the measure on its way to president trump's desk. >>> bracing for impact, robert mueller just hours away from his highlyip anted testimony, answering questions for the first time about the russia ob pre. what will congress ask, and what will he say? the shocking twist in the murders of an american woman and her boyfriend. police revealing two missing teens feared to be victims, too, are now suspects on the >>> inside jeffrey epstein's privateland, the secluded compound where at least one accuser says she witnessed sexual abuse, and the warning signs oneor >>> a terrifying plane scare. th passenger jet liner blowing out its tiresdfter a har landing. the nose gear collapsing. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> and also tonight, the new tornado strike and millions under a severe storm threat. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt.

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a couple of years ago i met with jon stewart and talked about this when we went through this before. look, these folks stepped in during a moment of national crisis. we ought to be there for them and we ought not put them in any -- have any uncertainty about whether we're going to have their back and provide the support they deserve. i'm obviously going to vote yes, but it's something that we ought to settle once and for all. >> if viewers missed that testimony, you can find it on our website at c-span.org and search in the video library at the top. when are you expecting this vote to take place today? and will there be any sort of special recognition on the floor? what's the plan? >> this is one of those votes that i think is going to have such broad support that it's coming to us with a lot of cosponsorships. democrats and republicans support it. it will happen before noon today. i'm not quite sure what the leadership has in mind in terms of how the debate will ensue. it's coming under the so-called suspension calendar so it won't be a protracted debate. i expect a really big vote

certainly a big factor in this, of course, was the comedian and activist jon stewart who got involvede on capitol hill a few months ago. that really gave a boost of momentum, a boost of public sentiment and attention to the fact that this fund needed to be replenished, and it now authorizes the program for 72 years, in essence, they will not have to, in the lifetime of these first responders go through this again in the year 2092. the end result, months long, many of these first responders have been lobbying up here on a weekly basis for the last few months, they along with jon stewart were watching from the gallery, i spoke with a few of them earlier today, said what an important and emotional moment this is for all of them. >> absolutely. thank you for the latest from capitol hill. finally for many of those folks that is what it is, finally. >>> the man who is about to become britain's next prime minister said let the love bombing start now. this means within hours he will take over the top job from outgoing prime minister theresa may. he is promising to yank britain out of the euro

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reporter: comedian jon stewart on capitol hill, with surviving 9/11 first-responders to see the billcross the finish line. they across with stewart have been lobbying congress tirelessly, courageously over the last several months, to get an extension, to pay for a lot of health issues that arose from these, from the time that was spent on ground zero. it was set to expire in 2020. first responder john thiel on capitol hill today hugged stewart and very tearfully shared an embrace, once that bill was announced it had passed. >> everybody from every state came to ground zero, pentagon, shanksville. that is what america is about, the spirit of american people. humanity of the american people. we all came together. now today the senate is going to come together and take our worst day, worst weeks, worst month, certainly our worst 18 years. reporter: this bill finances the fund through 2090. now all the president has to do is sign it. melissa: hillary, thank you. connell: a big test on the world stage, iran's warning for britain's prime minister amid escalating tensions. how should boris

jon stewart, you're my best friend and i love you. >> oh, there's that amazing picture of you and jonhe day that -- i think this is it, actually, the day this passed the senate just recently. you talked about the fight not being over. i imagine this is an emotional day for you. >> i cried. i'm on the verge of crying now. i'm relieved. it is like popping a big political pimple. to watch the president sign this into law, i know tens of thousands of people will get help. the president when he signed the bill and gave me the pen he said i'm more famous than him. i said i don't think so. but i'm not done. so maybe i will be. >> this was all building up over the last couple of weeks. you have more work to do? >> yeah. i want to thank mitch mcconnell. he kept to his word after that meeting. he was straightforward and honest. you know, listen, we got a bill passed 97-2 somebody in d.c. owes some he a thank you. there is a pay for waiting to be used on another bill. the fact that this bill passed in the house and the senate without a pay for, 402-12, 9 7-2, says a lot about the american people

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. >> reporter: the mourners include alexandria ocasio-cortez and jon stewart, who saluted his cask casket. he died saturday, after a three-year battle with colorectal cancer. >> louis asked that we remember everyone who died on 9/11. >> reporter: alvarez spent months working on the pile at toxins that were released after the towers collapsed. last month, he joined stewart in washington to plead with lawmakers to permanently fund the september 11th compensation fund. >> lou just wanted to do what's right. and he wanted others, particularly those in positions of great power to follow suit. >> reporter: alvarez's last days were spent fighting for first responders and their families from his hospice room. but the father who livid and died by this message wanted his sons to remember it. >> he said, be a good man. finish what you start. don't quit. and never quit on yourself. >> you know, the bill is expected to have a full vote in late july. mitch mcconnell was guiiven alvarez's nypd badge after he met with first responders. mcconnell has promised a senate ture as e army says e a women's natur

just to reiterate what jon stewart said, do your job. pass this bill. it's an easy one. >> thank you. >> hey, it ain't hard. >>> president trump is the first sitting commander in chief to cross into north korea. the optics, yes, are historic, but can the moment be met with fruitful nuclear talks? coming up. >>> nba free agency tips off with a shocker heard around the basketball world. kevin durant announcing plans to sign with the brooklyn nets. a deal for four years, $164 million. durant played the last three seasons with the golden state warriors winning two titles. he is expected to miss most or all of next season after rupturing his achilles in the nba finals. he will join kyrie irving and dean gray irving. k.d. and kyrie reportedly took less money so the mets could sign deandre jordan. the knicks sought to assure their fans saying they continue to be up beat and confident in their plans to rebuild. "early start" continues right now. >>> stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. >> a lot of progress. that's the pr

senate passing 911 compensation bill after lobbying from jon stewart and first responders.e was 97-2. the money will help first responders suffering from working at ground zero. it authorizes money for 70 years permanently ensuring a fund to compensate victims of the 911 attack. >> you can never repay all that they've done for our country. but we can stop penalizing them and today is that day. >> the bill passed the house earlier this month. president trump is expected to sign. >>> it is heating up out there inland valleys have gotten into the low and mid 90s. the fire danger is coming up. >>> alex drenches now in the newsroom with a look at some of the stories we're working on over on ktvu plus. >>> a family dispute with a tragic ending. the arrest announced today in the beating death of a san jose elementary school teacher. >>> troubling videos of people dousing police officers with water as they are making arrests. we will have those stories and more coming up tonight live at 7 pm on ktvu plus. >>> firefighters getting a break against catastrophic wildfires. we show you