lou alvarez, retired nypd detective who spent his dying days fighting for his fellow 9/11 responders,onored with a metal in new york today. lou alvarez testified on capitol hill as he was preparing for his 69th round of chemotherapy and made a final emotional plea on this network when he was in hospice begging lawmakers to help the responders who will get cancer and other diseases in the years to come. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing this afternoon "it's my honor to posthumously present the public service medal to lou alvarez. detective alvarez was a hero who spent his last weeks of life urging congress to make the 9/11 fund permanent. he died before the law was passed. his hair was and will be inspiration forever." aside from cancer and deadly illnesses from breathing in toxic dust, some of the heroes and survivors of 9/11 will be dealing with scars you can't see. post-traumatic stress disorder and depression from witnessing the horrors of that day. the people running the 9/11 victim compensation fund were apparently quite concerned that there was a lack of mental health su

there was a lot of lou alvarezes.r fought for this city, has fought the sicknesses, they're all lou alvarezes, they're all heroes. >> the alvarez family will be at the ground zero events and several others. luis alvarez passed away back in june. the president will attend a memorial observance at the pentagon. vice president pence will attend an event in shanksville, pennsylvania. as you mentioned, it really is, it's crazy that it's been 18 years and that there is an entire generation who at this point wasn't alive when that happened. and still is learning about that day. >> we often say never forget. it is more than a hash tag. people are making sure that generation that was not born then, a whole new generation, that they know about 9/11 and that we never forget men who lost their lives even years after those towers fell in new york city. so the tributes will continue. there will be a tribute and light tonight that we've seen so many times at ground zero. >> and that's part of the important work that luis alvarez was

new york's major presenting the honor to lou alvarez.ter spending his last days fighting for his fellow 9-11 responders. alvarez testified on capitol hill, made a final emotional plea from his hospital bed. he begged congress to help first responders that were sick and dying after breathing in the toxic dust at the world trade center. a month least, congress passed the bill. the likelihood of a global disease outbreak is growing and quoting now "the world is not prepared." that is the report out of a new panel of international health experts including former chief of the world health organization. they cite the influenza pandemic as an example that killed 50 million people when the population here was much smaller. researchers say should a similar health scare strike, it could kill up to 80 million people. wipe out 5% of the global economy. they also outline concrete actions that world leaders can take right now in an effort to prevent a global pandemic. jennifer nuzzo is here from johns hopkins. she's the lead author of one of the backg

helps out families going through traumatic loss but this summer as we heard all the news, guys like lou alvarezt-responders getting sick many years later, feeling terrible from all their heroism and their selfless acts we knew we wanted to give back, we wanted to help out. we're proud to introduce our collaboration with the feel good foundation where 50% from all proceeds in the socks will be directly donated to the feel good foundation. charles: your dad, andrew, 92nd floor, was it the north tower? >> yes. our dad would never lived his life in fear. he was always about enjoying the moment. so when he got this life-changing job on the 92nd floor of the tower, he didn't panic bit. my mom said, what are you doing working on the 92nd floor? that was him. he always made every day mean something. he lived his life to the fullest. we're trying to carry on his legacy with that, also giving back and paying it forward. charles: you feel like this is something he would have wanted you to do. >> absolutely. without a doubt. >> he would have love a fact we have big socks for him. we have big feet. he was s

alvarez family presented with key to the city. he died in june after lost battle with colorectal cancer blamed ill onnen the months spent digging in ground zero. to entire family you shared lou shared him in a way that we will never forget. he made this a better place. >> there were many lou falvare thatght for the men and women and the citizensf this city. >> even though he s very sick you marecall al have rez came to washington dc over the summer to urge congress to pass 9/11 victims compensation fund. in july, congress renewed fund through 2090. >> pioneer in broadcast journalism. remembering the life andee car of abc analyst cokie roberts who died today from complication of breast cancer.he she was fixture re in washington. roberts came from a political family, both parents served in congress. she graduated from stone ridge school ofrt sacred in bethesda and cut her i journali teeth radio. first job cbs radio before switching to televisally cokie roberts was 75 years old when i was diagnosed with ms, the firsthing i thought about wa. i came home and cried. but, as i've seen my disease progress, the medicine has progressed right alongside . trying ao make medications ffor