jon stewart and john seal. first to jon stewart, what is your message today?i think the message today and each time has been let's get this done. let's get it done with some urgency and let's not make any of these families grieving from losing a firefighter or a first responder or trade unionist or just a survivor, let's get them the proper funding that is coming to them and let's do it in a way that doesn't bring more stress and more damage to difficult road that they've already gone through. >> jon stewart, when you created this foundation and started this advocacy, did you think that all these years later you would still be fighting for funds? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> no, but -- no offense to carolyn and jerry who i love dearly and senator gillibrand and schumer and everybody else has been supportive of our champions. we have dealt with two chambers that are dysfunctional for a decade and a half. i've been doing this for 15 years. i've had more time on the hill than some members of congress. this is my 269th trip to d.c., and it's an insult that they keep co

first are founder and our namesake jon stewart. i just want to say thank you to john for the opportunity to work if you had to carry your vision forward of high quality double bottom line mixed income communities to our tireless staff margaret's already been mentioned well done margaret. you came on. again with us 15 years first thing i said was there's this hunters view thing. could you take care of it. call me for the ribbon cutting. who knew so but catherine its soldiers are project manager who's been doing face to really in the face of jon stewart company up here you know development is great but at last. even as long as this seemed to take. it's a 5 or 10 year process and then you turn it over to property management for the rest of forever and that's where the real work begins in many ways when you're building and then supporting that community and so i just want to shout out to our property management staff to knees and romina and the others that are up here every day and a chinese sort of hiding outside my partner dan who ma

i want to thank all our partners at jon stewart and company. i want to thank. john stewart. i didn't really work with but i know you're the patriarch there and jack gardner margaret i always once they margaret mitchell but you didn't write that book margaret miller. and and catherine that's all. dividing going i want to thank rick divine and andrew berman and generally and i want to thank everybody in the room for being a supporter of affordable housing and i want to thank everyone for allowing us to partner with you and be part of this about. thank you as i'm taking a lot of notes ok no repayment of wells fargo. okay good well we'll let the federal government give you a tax credits and stuff too. i'm okay. that works for me. so anyway and it's too limited partnerships building three buildings. of the five blocks that are part of phase 2 but we'll geek out on that later. we're just going to keep it on track here. the last but not least of our financing came from another major community development lender city community capital. which provided over 100 million nobody's adding

. >>> jon stewart on capitol hill slamming lawmakers over potential benefit cuts for 9/11 victims. their fund running out of money. >> this has to stop. they're not pawns. they're not people to be played with. >>> new fallout tonight after the oscars. historic wins but controversy clouds best picture. >>> the moment you didn't see on tv that has so many people cheering. a beloved actress delivering a powerful message simply by standing strong. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. >>> tonight, the billionaire owner of the new england patriots is officially charged in connection with two visits to a massage parlor in florida where authorities say he paid women for sex acts. prosecutors are revealing lurid new details about the case, including the timing of one of the alleged incidents, on the very morning of the patriots' afc championship game. and beyond robert kraft's high-profile case, florida investigators made clear today they are trying to crack down on a larger, disturbingly widespread problem of human

. ♪ >>> comedian jon stewart is known for his years of hosting his show, but he's up there to push al that has been introduced by kirsten gillibrand which will give more to the first responders fund. anyone with a new claim is facing a 70% reduction in payouts. this is money that goes to first responders, their family and survivors who got sick from all the toxins at ground zero. it is a fight that stewart has been backing for years, and he's joining us now along with john feel, who is a 9/11 first responder. john feel, to you first, tell us what this fund does. tell us what it's done for you, what it does for other 9/11 responders and their families and just how bad health concerns are for this group. >> well, one, thank you for having me. two, the struggle and the pain is real. back in october when this announcement was made, the post-traumatic syndrome was on a rise in the community. there are men and women in uniform and non-uniform, responders and survivors that are panicking, and for many this is a lifeline. the conversations are real. should i put gas in the car or should i pa

five years after jon stewart took up the cause, empty chairs as the losses mounted. whereout of curiosit is everybody? >> it's you and i. >> reporter: now compensation for victims is running out. so the government plans to cute pa by 50 to 70%. john feel, a demolition worker on the pile. >> everybody knows these cancers and these respiratory illnesses have different latency periods. i mean, come, it's just insulting. we're sick and dying, but we're not stupid. >> you've gon to 181 funerals of responders? >> yes, ma'am. and i paid for nine of them, acause they couldnord to bury their loved ones.ay >> reporter: pfeifer, a firefighter who helped lead the fight, diedn 17, one of more than 200 firefighters who have died of cancers from 9/11. andrea mitchell, nbc ws, washington. >>> right now, we're also following another developing m story, hearing fe vatican after a top financial adviser to pope francis was found guilty of sexual abuse of a chil the vatican says cardinal george powell has the right to defendh elf and the last level of justice in australia but the news is

comedian and former "daily show" host jon stewart will be in washington, d.c.ongside senator kirsten gillibrand to rally for a bill extending compensation funds for 9/11 first responders and survivors. thousands are expected to attend. this comes after the september 11th victims compensation fund cu the fund was created in 2011 with $7.3 billion and is set to. 19,000 claims that remain unpaid. >>> wall street kicks off the week getting a bit of a breather on the u.s./china trade talks. what does it mean for your money? resident business guru steve sedgwick, good morning. >> good morning. really big week, the fed chair speaking in congress as well. the key at the start of the week is the fact that the president has said there's going to be a delay on extra tariffs on chinese goods which were going to happen march 1st because he thinks they're making good progress. looks like president xi of china will be coming to mar-a-lago in florida to have some signing ceremony at some stage if they finalize a deal. interesting for u.s. consumers on gasoline at the moment as

i'm jack gardner on president and ceo of the jon stewart company and on behalf of j.s.o on our development partners rich point nonprofit housing corporation and divining gong inc we are absolutely thrilled to welcome you to the grand opening of hunters view phase two. so yes. as to whether he would seem to be cooperating for the moment and so make sure you check out the downtown skyline views on your way out. or maybe you saw i'm already on the way in east bay is out over there. i used to say million dollar views but in san francisco julie more like 10 million dollar bill. so which we have reserved for some deserving low income residents of our community here at hunters view hunters view is the city's first host hope s.f. project to move forward and involves the revitalization of the old 267 unit hunters view housing complex. into an all new mixed income san francisco neighborhood with new infrastructure 1 4 1 replacement of the old housing units no displacement of residents new affordable and market rate units side by side multiple new parks and play areas. an extensiv

. >> that was jon stewart's message on behalf of first responders. that was four years ago. today, now 18 years after the attacks on september 11th, he's making the same argument. john's been fighting alongside members of congress and first responders for almost a decade trying to make sure our government funds medical monitoring and treatment for tens of thousands of people who risked their lives in new york city, many of them unknowingly. today jon stewart was back on the hill to push for this bipartisan never forget the heroes act, which would set aside money for the victims compensation fund until 2090. this used to be known as the zadroga act for nypd detective james zadroga, the first public servant whose death was attributed to post-9/11 exposure. until now the program's been funded five years at a time, which means, once again, it's set to expire in 2020. >> it's an insult that they keep continuing to put a date, an arbitrary date on legislation. five years here, five years there. everybody knows these cancers and respiratory illnesses have different latency periods.

looking forward to jon stewart. >> me, too. right now on andrea mitchell reports. this hour for vietnam and his second summit for kim jong-un. is the president too eager to claim success? his own intelligence officials worry he might give away the store. >> i think we'll have a very tremendous summit. we want peace, nuclearization, and i think we'll have a country that will set a lot of records for speed in terms of an economy. >> the point card, robert mueller will not release his report while the president is at that summit in vietnam, but democrats are already getting ready, planning their strategy if the attorney general tries to keep the mueller report secret. >> we will obviously subpoena the report. we will bring bob mueller in

what was it about that environment that has produced so many stars out of the jon stewart big bang?the real -- this is the secret sauce. the real secret sauce is this. for the longest time as a comedian, i just thought you've just got to do jokes. that's it. it's a volume game. you've got to be the allen iverson of jokes. the thing that separated jon and made that show so revolutionary was take. what's your take? what is the way you can condense the information and slice it in a comedic take? that's why people tune in to these show. >> you're not going to do a lot on candidates, but there's at least one candidate i got to get your take on. kamala harris. everybody talks about her as being possibly the first black woman, but she's also half indian. >> yeah. >> since people are trying to put people in these different boxes, this is the female candidate, this is the gay candidate, this is whatever. >> right. >> does the indian community feel about kamala harris any particular way, or is she kind of like a neither/nor? >> no, no. the minter net. it's the muslim internet. it's like black

jon stewart asked for a permanent soluti. >> no it's congress' job to fund it properly. >> a bipartisan groupf lawmakers in the house and senate introduced a measure calling for permanent funding. >>> still ahead, traveling from d.c. to new york, by train, usually takes a couple of hour >> just under three to be exact. now, amtrak has alan to get you there even faster. > plus, shocking video. we're seeing the moments a man was arrested for firing ansa t rifle inside comic ping-pong pizza. how police swarmed the area and took him down minutes after the trouble started. >>> good morning, everybody. a little breeze out there nothing lhe wind we had yesterday. but even a little breeze has windchills down in the 20s to arou 30 degrees. you'll need your winter coat this morning. another chance of snow before the week is out. more abo that coming up. still fresh... ♪ unstopables in-wash scent booster ♪ downy unstopables ♪ she's doing it again. no cover up spray here... burying them in a flowery fog. odors, switch to febreze air effects! febreze eliminatdo even the toughest from the air. freshe

. >> and jon stewart goes in to help 9/11 first responders. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. breaking news in the northwest. stranded for 30 hours, a winter storm that snarled roadways in western oregon has also trapped over 180 passengers aboard a train. starlight 11 was traveling near oak ridge when it struck a tree causing it to stop dead in its tracks. nobody was hurt but due to worsening conditions, the train has been trapped there since sunday evening. passengers were headed to klammath falls. they were working to clear the roads and get passengers off the train, but the situation is growing tire with resources running low for the dozens of people on board. joining me now on the phone is one of those passengers, carley bigby.hours. i can't imagine what that's been like. so tell us of has been the lack of communication that has happened with amtrak to the p who are on the train. a lot of the information we've been finding out has been through news articles that w

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so you know you're kind of you know taking a shot at dark year and maybe it was you know jon stewart the daily show when you started seeing a lot of that shift or similar efforts but that was it seemed to be a big one but it seemed at that time than it was better than nothing it was better to get some content even if it wasn't fact checked and everything i'm not saying it wasn't but that some people if that's the only way they were informed that's not the best way but if the alternative is nothing so be at least they're getting the information what we're looking like could be a glass half full guy ok so let's be glass half full guys you and i and think that in the future there will be enough independent minded people who are honest and principled and transparent who will go after stories that need to be told and they will tell them using delivery systems that won't be compromised by giant corporations because if we can achieve that we will create a better world in terms of journalism and communication super place to live it why it could be more excited to have you on the program the

demanding funding for 9/11 victims.comedian jon stewart teaming up with lawmakers and first responders send a serious message to capitol hill.jon stewart, comedian// "it has already shown itself to be effective, it has already relieved some of the stress these grieving families are going through."funding for the victim compensation fund is running out.on monday, the former "daily show" host and lawmakers urged congress to provide additional funding and make the program permanent. sen. kirsten gillibrand, (d) new york// "the 9/11 death toll is still growing. 9/11 responders are still suffering."the victims fund is set to expire in 2020.the special master who runs it recently announced plans to cut payouts up to 70-percent. saying 5-billion dollars of the more than 7.3-billion dollar budget has been used to pay 21-thousand claims.the number of claims jumped last year, and some 20-thousand claims are pending.karen gaines, wife of fallen firefighter scott gaines// "i only stand here as one person, but representing a much larger community that desperately needs congress' help."the fund comp

jon stewart asked for a permanent solution. >> now, it's congress' job to fund iproperly. >> a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the house and senate introduced a measure calling for permanent funding. >>> still ahead, traveling from d.c. to new york, by train, usually takes a coupleusf hours. >> junder three to be exact. now, amtrak has a plan to get you there even faster. > plus, shocking video. we're seeing the moments a man was arrested for firing an assault rifle inside com ping-pong pizza. how police swarmed the area and took him down minutes after the trouble started. >>>n a tuesday, we're back to sunshine today. temperatures around 50 degree we have quiweather. we earned it after the crazy windstorm yesterday.er quiet wea before we have a chance for some snow on your friday. i'll show you that on weather. we'll let y know how much ou today. >> welcome back at 5:13. a n report is giving us an idea of what teens do behind the wheel that increases their risk of crashing. it's no surprise that cell phones we a bigdistraction. texting doubled the crash sk. >>> the volkswagen-owned spani

. >> jon stewart goes to capitol hill to fight for survivors and first responders of 9/11.teps he's calling for to keep their financial support up and running. >> bill karins is back with us. he's tracking another severe winter storm. rm as the number one choice of hospitals pampers swaddlers is two times softer and wraps your baby in our most premium protection. because everything that touches your baby should be this comforting. pampers. the #1 choice of hospitals, nurses & parents. >>> comedian and former daly show host jon start your was on capitol hill demanding congress provide additional funding for survivors and first responders of the september 11th terrorist attacks. congress relaunched the 9/11 victims compensation fund back in 2015 with $7.4 billion to cover claims through december of 2020. 5 billion has been given to more than 20,000 survivors with cancer and respiratory diseases. earlier this month the special master who oversees the fund said money was running out and that pay outs would be cut. stewart is now urging lawmakers to pass permanent funding. >> it

you and cory gardner, you had jon stewart here today.ome of the first responders, some of the survivors of 9/11. i guess what surprises me that it's such a hard push. >> it shouldn't be hard to push. >> chris: is there any opposition to this? >> hopefully there will be none. that's where we are inviting president trump to survive this bill. that's why we are hoping that senator mcconnell will put the bill on the floor. every time, it's been unanimous. >> chris: why are you worried it won't happen again? >> because we cannot ask them to come back again. every time they've done this, we'll do it for five years, we'll do it short-term. this needs to be the final ask of these first responders, these committee members. today, we had a woman who's 17 years old, a student in 9/11, not only did the government tell her the air was clean, she was back right away breathing the same air that -- her classmates are being diagnosed with horrible cancers. it should be a national call for action. something that should bring us together. we believe in our

demanding funding for 9/11 victims.comedian jon stewart teaming up with lawmakers and first responders serious message to capitol hill.jon stewart, comedian// "it has already shown itself to be effective, it has already relieved some of the stress these grieving families are going through."funding for the victim compensation fund is running out.on monday, the former "daily show" host and lawmakers urged congress to provide additional funding and make the program permanent. sen. kirsten gillibrand, (d) new york// "the 9/11 death toll is still growing. 9/11 responders are still suffering."the victims fund is set to expire in 2020.the special master who runs it recently announced plans to cut payouts up to 70-percent. saying 5-billion dollars of the more than 7.3-billion dollar budget has been used to pay 21-thousand claims.the number of claims jumped last year, and some 20-thousand claims are pending.karen gaines, wife of fallen firefighter scott gaines// "i only stand here as one person, but representing a much larger community that desperately needs congress' help."the fund compensates

of the september 11th attacks are converging on washington today, joining former daily show host jon stewartof a new senate bill that would ensure the 9/11 victims fun never runs out of money. the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. it's hard to believe they are at the point now where they need this much help, but they do. >> harris, good afternoon too. the 9/11 victim compensation fund is running low on cash. here's part of the pitch to replenish and make it permanent. >> these are men and women who have suffered great illnesses because of their heroic rift, down on ground zero. during. during the annual event during the months that passed. and they deserve our attention. they have also if the call for us and we need to answer the call for them. >> the bill provides competition for people who were injured, sicken, or killed as a result of the attacks of recovery efforts. legislation at mike extent the fund expire next year to 2090. also fully pays multiple claims that may been previously reduced due to insufficient funding. a first responder told fox toda

. >>> former "daily show" most jon stewart was on capitol hill demanding funding for the 9/11 victim billion has been given to more than 20,000 survivors with cancer and other respiratory diseases. earlier this month the special master who oversees the fund said money is running out and payouts would have to be cut. stewart is urging lawmakers again to pass permanent funding. >> it's ironic. first responders pride themselves on response time. it's the thing that they work on day in and day out so that the people and the communities that they serve are well served by their actions. and yet each and every time when they have a need, our response is inadequate, slow and and t y apathet apathetic. >> god bless john stewart on this, jane. how are we here again? i understand there are many more claims because many more people are geing sick from what they inhaled, those toxics from the aftermath of 9/11. don't make them show up on capitol hill every four years with their hats in their hands. >> i saw them in the early days. i was the senior democrat on the house intelligence committee afte

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jon stewart was contacted by the post and said the picture is apparently from the sons of confederateerans event from 30 years ago. 2015 statement where he called a confederate flag "a painful reminder of racial oppression and argued the time for a state to fly it has long since past. stuart did not provide more information about why macconnell was at the event in the picture. rich in ohio, republican. good morning. it seems that 30 years comments that were not right. even last week we had comments about the racial slurs to the high school kids that hit everywhere. on blackface, it seems like will be goldberg had a blackface incident and she is still working. it depends on who does it and when. i will hang up and listen to your answers. host: matthew is in alabama next, good morning. caller: yes, thank you, c-span. is dangerous.ing i see it more as an economic issue. during world war ii, the slaves fought against the north. even in the 1960's, the black community did not want their children going into a hostile environment with white, racist kids or teachers. these are things they pus

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dagen: jon stewart is a vocal advocate for replenishing this fund.s measure. how important is it to have more voices outside the first responders community and the union to talk about this issue in front of tv cameras that would alternately force constituents, these politicians, to act? >> john has been a huge force, great comic but common sense guy. he brought great light to our situation. when someone like me is asking money for members, some people might turn that off and not realize how important it is but we are not just asking for firefighters or police or the port authority police but all the victims, the people that live downtown, the construction workers that were there the next day and so forth. the volunteers which were great. they made new york a small town for that short time as you came up or down west street going into ground 0, the signs, the waving, the food they brought to us was tremendous. we need those folks who are sick also so this is for them. all of us. maria: people coming in with claims, what percentage roughly speaking our

that sets up for quite a morning and a visit from jon stewart, host of "the daily show."e weekend. a lot of people hurt. aid not allowed to get n what will change now? >> there is a lot of pressure put on. as you mentioned, four people dead, 300 injured. tear gas, unleashing it on women, on nuns. on civilians. they're not just blocking the aid, literally burning the trucks with aid and medicine and food, that the venezuelans so desperately need this is truly the face of an evil dictator. meanwhile you have aoc, bernie sanders, representative omar, from minnesota, all standing with president maduro, dictator maduro and not with the, with the venezuelan people who are fighting for their freedom, for the ability to survive, really. pete: rachel, why are they standing with him at this point? his country failed, he is clinging to power. what is the reason? >> what people don't talk about, bernie sanders was a very early, very public supporter of the socialist revolution in venezuela. he actually had on his website at one point, he said, you're more likely to find the american

. >> jon stewart pushing correct me if i am wrong to stop the 9/11 victims compensation fund. >> the trump justifiable department is doing an excellent job so now it's congress' job to fund it properly. >> coming to your city. play our guitars and sing you a country song. brian: if we could get a house band they would probably be my first choice. ainsley: really big and rich. brian: show up every day and be in a good mod. every song is upbeat and optimistic. pete: hard workers. ainsley: they have a bar in nashville. brian: john rich does. and it is the redneck rivera. it's right by the water. it's unbelievable. it only opened a few months ago. pete: ainsley i are in your city every day. you will. brian: usual. pete is in for steve. makeup note he needs more time than steve. my schedule now to your schedule. right to a fox news alert. president trump is set to land in hanoi for a matter of hours for his big summit with kim jong un. ainsley: the president gearing up for summit 2.0 with the north korean leader. pete: our own ed henry is live in hanoi with what we can expect. ed, good mo

jon. he was forecasting to stewart varney 3% growth for 2019. will be ups and downs but believes there will be steady growth. markets this morning starting off on a down note. >> jon: he has been good with his projections so far? >> he hit the mark on the jobs number. he was on a week before it came out and it was robust as predicted. >> jon: this fox news alert on a big announcement. the pentagon sending 4,000 more u.s. troops to the southern border to ramp up security as thousands of central american migrants are less than 300 miles from the texas border. griff jenkins is traveling with the group and joins us from mexico. what are you seeing on the ground? who is helping these migrants get to the border? >> you know, jon, it is the mexican state governments in this case helping them. behind me is the gate where the more than 2,000 migrants that began their journey january 15th are making the final last leg. these officials, these police officers and community workers putting them on dozens of buses. we were told there were 50 buses to the city

. >> can't wait to hear a lot more from jon from barcelona on "squawk alley" in 20 minutes when we come back pulitzer prize winning columnist jim stewart talk about buffet's call today. dow up 135 now >>> i think it's been quite weak after what you would expect after ten years of recovery and the stock market quadrupling from the lows and unemployment at 3.7%. people are just making different choices. >> that's buffet on "squawk box" this morning despite disappointment on housing, does remain relatively optimistic on u.s. economic growth with us to talk all about this, pulitzer prize winning columnist jim stewart is here with us at post 9 god to have you back, jim. >> thank you. >> what did you make he has a great window into what housing will do perhaps. what did you make of his comments >> he does the numbers have been very weak lately which surprise me a little bit in january because suddenly the stars seem to align. you know, we had a nice stock market recovery through the month. simultaneously interest rates going down that's a prescription for a boost in new home construction and residential sales that we just haven't seen yet, s

jon. >> sara, speaking of billionaires, jeff bezos and amazon will continue the conversation in "squawk alley. hq2, talk to jim stewartcontinuing scandal around bezos himself with raka swisher. that's coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." stocks off highs of the day with the s&p 500 barely holding gains ahead of more china trade talks this week. as we drill to one of the underperforming sectors, it is in energy. this as u.s. crude oil prices tumble to lowest level since mid january. up tick in drilling activity along with refinery fire in illinois, weighing on the index. among the names to the down side, noble energy and occidental petroleum, chevron. worth noting, despite that rally, it is down 50% from recent highs last july i will send it back downtown to you at the new york stock exchange, david. back to you. >> thank you, dom chu at hq. >>> "closing bell" approaches, but not for a little while still, i'm very excited. >> most important hour of the day. laugh on friday, it made the week in terms of gains we were lower for the week heading into the final hour, things turned a