. >> lieutenant tommy roberts. 58 years old. estof jeel cancer. >> lieutenant tommy robertsing with 58 years old. >> reporter: and anger. >> most appalling is we have people dying and we have politics here playing "let's make a deal" with american lives. >> reporter: here to urge congress to pass the 9/11 health and compensation act that would provide $6 billion for medical care and support. 36,000 survivors and workers who spent months at ground zero are currently being treated for illnesses linked to toxins at the site. >> enough, enough, enough with the delays. these are american heroes. this is a matter of life and death. >> reporter: and politics. congress is almost out of time for this year. >> i know that if people of good will could come together for this vote, we can pass this vote and it will be a christmas miracle. >> reporter: some republicans are reluctant to support the 9/11 bill because of questions about funding and how the program would work. but advocates accuse congress of letting its own memory fade. >> i pay

. >> he was laid off, and he gave to people struggling, like tommy and robert egert, whose d.c.distributes thousands of meals per day. >> i think most people felt like, i got to do something now. >> he gave to an iraq war veteran on this bench in arlington. a few days later, he used the cahsh to make cookies for those in need. >> random acts of strangers is something we should share. >> when you posted all the recipients on a blog he inspired acts of philanthropy. >> a little kid who had not found his mother, three months later, an average genealogists found his mother. >> my $10 i gave to my church. >> i gave my $10 away today. >> will you take my $10? >> what is it that you leave on this earth? and that is what came into focus by doing as. >> he now has a job and he is ending the year. he is actively committing people he works with to commit to giving away $10 per day. he will dedicate the next year of his life to volunteer work. >> that is the definition of a great guy. how much do we have to give you to give us some warm weather? >>> we will be about 15 degrees below the rec

lieutenant tommy roberts, who teeter sold, esophageal cancer. prior to 9/11, and history of the fire department, we had only lost one member to esophageal cancer. post 9/11, we have lost eight. world trade center related? i ask you. married with two daughters. captain kevin cassidy, a personal close friend of mine. we studied together. we went up through the ranks. he died as a captain. should bee wearing the uniform of a deputy chief of plan. he died of pancreatic cancer. two daughters. i speak to his wife almost every other day. our conversations almost never end without tears. lieutenant bobby has, 46 years old, also another colleague to work for me. worked for me.the trade center. for weeks as we looked, searching, but wise people and the weeks after during the recovery. he was unyielding in his work of that. he was there for six months. when he let the trade units. i can assure you, he was an extremely competent and incompetent officer. forty-six who sold, the father of four young children, not with us today. lieutenant peter fahrenkopf, br

robert? >> go ahead. tommy passed do you. go ahead. i will come back. i will come back. >> your name is tommy. >> the american legion opposes legislation that would offer up to 2.1 million illegal aliens amnesty by meeting educational or military requirements and my first of two questions, will the president defy the legion on this or try some sort of compromise? >> well, think the president understands the viewpoint of the legion but also is getting advice from military commanders and from those at the department of defense right now that the legislation is important and believes it should be past. >> what is the white house reaction to what both fox and cbs reported as a ralph nader statement, including, and this is a quote, it is not my quote virchow. >> i bet it's not. >> the president has no fixed principles. he is opportunistic. he is a con man. i have no use for him. what is your reaction to that? they both reported it. >> well, we have had that discussion about what people report and what is true. right, lester? >> are you claiming it is not tru