Mistaking that car for a giant carrot. It caused 6,000 in damages. Jon the car was parked next to the donkeys enclosure. The man could have picked a better parking spot. That does it for us today, americas news headquarters starts sandra awaiting the start of the White House Press briefing on this very busy day in washington. Hello, everyone. Im sandra smith. We expect fresh white house reaction on tax reform, healthcare and aid for hurricane ravaged puerto rico. We have live fox News Coverage for you. John roberts standing by at the white house. We begin with mike emanuel who is currently live on capitol hill. Mike, the framework is public now, so where do lawmakers go from here on tax reform . Reporter well, sandra, House Speaker paul ryan is among those out selling this tax proposal, saying it will help those who deserve it. Our plan lowers taxes for small family owned businesses. Middle class. Now were Learning Healthcare may also be back in the mix. John roberts is live on the nor
Puerto rico expected to be a big one, too, right? reporter: it will be a big topic especially since there have been criticisms of the white house s response to what s happening in puerto rico. people saying it s ineffective and unconscionably slow. but the white house is saying, look, we re on an island there, we re getting material in as fast as possible. lot of the roads are blocked. we heard from the acting dhs secretary and homeland security adviser a little while ago outside the white house. they say they re air lifting supplies. they got 10,000 federal workers there. 7200 are troops. they re trying to get as much material as they can into puerto rico as quickly as they can. of course, the president this morning asked for a waiver ten days in length of the jones act, which would allow foreign flying vessels to take supplies from the united states into puerto rico. that s prohibited by the jones act. i asked secretary about that earlier today, if that helps them hro gistically.
Syria. this is going to be something that is a security concern for us as well. it will be at the top of the general when president obama meets with maliki on friday. the iraqis are already buying some fighter jets from the u.s. but maliki is going to be pushing for more offensive weapons like attack helicopters to go after the militants and drones to patrol in syria. on the other hand the u.s. is supportive of that effort but they re going to want some things as well. specifically, they want iraq to stop those overflights by iran that has been air lifting supplies into syria. erin? thanks very much, chris lawrence. so many questions about whether or not maliki is an ally of the united states. a big question. our sixth story outfront. booed off the stage. the commissioner of police in new york, ray kelly, was supposed to speak at brown university. one of the top universities in the united states. instead this happened last night.
And we re back with tonight s outer circle. we go to next company where at least 97 are dead, dozens missing, 40,000 tourists stranded after two major storms hit the west coast. shasta darlington is following the story and i asked her about it. reporter: just take a look around me. here the streets are still flooded, people are literally shoveling mud out of their homes. many of them lost the few belongings that they had. at the same time, the air force is air lifting supplies in toie thousands of tourists are trying to at the time out of what should an tropical paradise. six bodies discovered in a pair of cars after decades under water. forensic investigators coming to the evidence discovered by accident in that lake in western
officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nation s debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is just 12 days away. somalia s president is asking the world for immediate help to feed his country s people. the united nations says more than 3.5 million somalis are threatened by famine. aide workers call the food shortage even worse than the ethiopian famine of the mid- 80s. our children need immediate action. immediate action is action today. almost half of this country s population will be sweltering in a dangerous heat wave today. hot air and high humidity will make big cities along