melanie: we will have more than 40 hours of live coverage between us and our sister newson, new shadow -- channel 8. at night, we are airing a special, "the people's pope in d .c." comedian jon stewart is rallying with september 11 responders on capitol hill in support of the health bill. urging lawmakers to extend the 9/11 health and compensation act. many of the officers say they are coping with serious health problems from that day. jon: i'm embarrassed for our country. 'm embarrassed for new york. i'm and there is that you, -- afterbarrassed that you, serving so selflessly and with such heroism, have to come down here and convince people to do what's right for the illnesses and difficulties you suffered because of your heroism and selflessness. ananie: stewart has been advocate for 9/11 first responders health care for years. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, devastating flooding continues to ravage the southwest. stunning images of the damage and the search happening right now. and an update on a salmonella scare. when a popular restaurant linked to the outbreak will reopen. plus,

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is seniore appleby correspondent for "kaiser health newsone we have gotten to know well both professionally and personally. he is an extra in her individual who has managed to bring together wonderful events such as this one. please join me in welcoming mr. says no. >> thank you for that lovely introduction and for everything that you have done for the george washington university. [applause]. welcome to the jack martin auditorium at george washington university and the most important city of the world. we are going to hear some remarkable conversations about some truly remarkable thing this evening was truly remarkable people. this is our first event of the year and we are kicking it off in style with an absolutely sold-out house which i am delighted to see. how many students are in the writing? i am more delighted to see. and with c-span which i'm even more delighted to see. so i am very delighted here this evening. we are presenting this program this morning in true collaborative spirit, with them college democrats, and gw college republicans. >> okay the school of media and public affai