sergeant first class -- sorry, sergeant wesley black, vermont national guard. deployed to afghanistan and iraq. came home and died of cancer as well. again, was fighting and advocating on this issue up until the day he died. left behind a wife and child. there are numerous cases in so many veterans that are fighting to get health care so they do not succumb to injuries. the v.a. needs to give them the health care they deserve. the numbers are growing. many came home immediately from their deployment with burn pit related health conditions. but we are seeing the affects of them really escalate as time goes on and conditions deteriorate and more of these cancers are allowed to spread. in the legislation we are talking about, there is 23 illnesses, cancers, respiratory illnesses, etc., that are covered. if you come down with one of these and you deployed to one of these countries, the v.a. is going to give you health care, disability, and we are also going to continue to identify of the diseases correlated to burn pit exposure to make sure those are covered in the

. >> staff sergeant wesley black died in november at the age of 36. the stories of sergeant black and his fellow national guard members. grateful for your time today. i want you to walk through this. you have spent years through this and this is a testament to good, persistent reporting. documenting the story of the heros an their families and the resistance of the v.a. and pentagon to come to grips with the truth. >> yeah. we began looking into military burn pits about seven years after wcax photographer lance mackenzie and i embedded with the vermont national guard in afghanistan. we joined them in 2010 after the largest callup of the vermont national guard since world war ii. about 1500 soldiers. we saw these burn pits, john, massive. as you said, open air trash fires that burned all day, all night. in them, everything was torched with jet fuel. we're talking about human waste, body parts, trash, metal, tires, everything. it was odd, obviously. that's not allowed in the u.s. but then you were more worried about enemy attacks. bombings, that kind of

. >> purple heart recipient staff sergeant wesley black who spoke to us on "new day" was a tireless advocatem cancer this past november. he left behind his wife and a son in kindergarten. >> i'm kind of like the canary in the coal mine. i'm screaming my head off, trying to raise this issue of awareness. it is too late for me. but it is not too late for the next veteran that walks down the hall of the va. >> this bill championed by senators john tester of montana, a democrat, and jerry moran of ka kansas, a republican, says 23 r respiratory illnesses would be connected and that would pave the way for them to receive medical treatment for their illnesses and also to make a stronger claim for disability benefits. president biden has pledged to sign the bill into law. >>> this morning, a move from target is worrying retailers as the big box store slashes its second quarter outlook because of an excess of unsold goods and they outlined plans to cut inventory. cnn's rahel solomon joins us now. target really sending, i think, you know, the market reeling a little bit. >> this is the second type of

sergeant first class -- sorry, sergeant wesley black, vermont national guard.d to afghanistan and iraq. came home and died of cancer as well. again, was fighting and advocating on this issue up until the day he died. left behind a wife and child. there are numerous cases in so many veterans that are fighting to get health care so they do not succumb to injuries. the v.a. needs to give them the health care they deserve. the numbers are growing. many came home immediately from their deployment with burn pit related health conditions. but we are seeing the affects of them really escalate as time goes on and conditions deteriorate and more of these cancers are allowed to spread. in the legislation we are talking about, there is 23 illnesses, cancers, respiratory illnesses, etc., that are covered. if you come down with one of these and you deployed to one of these countries, the v.a. is going to give you health care, disability, and we are also going to continue to identify of the diseases correlated to burn pit exposure to make sure those are covered in the future.

sergeant first class -- sorry, sergeant wesley black, vermont national guard. afghanistan and iraq. came home and died of cancer as well. again, was fighting and advocating on this issue up until the day he died. left behind a wife and child. there are numerous cases in so many veterans that are fighting to get health care so they do not succumb to injuries. the v.a. needs to give them the health care they deserve. the numbers are growing. many came home immediately from their deployment with burn pit related health conditions. but we are seeing the affects of them really escalate as time goes on and conditions deteriorate and more of these cancers are allowed to spread. in the legislation we are talking about, there is 23 illnesses, cancers, respiratory illnesses, etc., that are covered. if you come down with one of these and you deployed to one of these countries, the v.a. is going to give you health care, disability, and we are also going to continue to identify of the diseases correlated to burn pit exposure to make sure those are covered in the future. hos

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