Good afternoon everybody would i want to welcome you all today i am peter russo, director of affairs at the cato institute. I want to thank you for coming. You are an old briefing of major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin if youre watching via cspan for live stream and would like to join the conversation would love to hear from you. Please to comments and questions to us and our panel at cato events. We released a new policy handbook. They were available as you came in. If you like additional copies please contact me after the program. I will be happy to hook you up. Meanwhile you can go to cato. Org and theres a chapter here and federal tax reform and many others also covering the treatment of healthcare and as well as the importance of global tax competition. With that i introduced chris edwards. He is a top expert on federal tax and budget issues. Before joining us he was on the joint Economic Committee and he was a coauthor of global tax revolution. [applause] thank you. Thank y
Well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you all today. I am peter russo, i am the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute and i want to thank you all for coming. You were at a capitol Hill Briefing entitled major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you, so please tweet comments and questions to us and our panel at catoevents. Catoevents. This spring the Mercatus Center released this, if youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program, ill be happy to hook you guys up. Mean while, fully searchable pdfs are available at cato. Org. There is a chapter in here on federal tax reform and the tax treatment of health care and as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies and editor of www. Governmentdownsizing. Org, before joining cato, senior
Trumps visit with the pope at the vatican. I think that pope francis is going to meet President Trump, knowing he has the possibility to influence someone who can change history. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan britain is raising its Terror Threat level to critical, as Prime Minister theresa may warns that another attack may be imminent. She ordered the military to deploy troops tonight, after the bombing in manchester that killed 22 people. Special correspondent Natalie Powell begins our coverage. explosion oh, my god, whats going on . What just happened, whats going on . Reporter the scene in manchester last night, moments after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded concert
Trumps visit with the pope at the vatican. I think that pope francis is going to meet President Trump, knowing he has the possibility to influence someone who can change history. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan britain is raising its Terror Threat level to critical, as Prime Minister theresa may warns that another attack may be imminent. She ordered the military to deploy troops tonight, after the bombing in manchester that killed 22 people. Special correspondent Natalie Powell begins our coverage. explosion oh, my god, whats going on . What just happened, whats going on . Reporter the scene in manchester last night, moments after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded concert
That attack at a Ariana Grande concert a couple nights ago. Connell mcshane with the late of the. Reporter Terror Threat in the uk doesnt get higher than it is right now. The investigation into the Manchester Bombing does continue. About we heard this morning four people in discuss hedy, three of them rounded up earlier today. One reported to be the brother of the bomber. We received a report from reuters a few moments ago, another brother taken into custody in tripoli. These developments are coming in as the hunt still on for a possible bombmaker as well. This is really widening. When we heard from the Prime Minister theresa may, her message was clear the threat is broader than just one man, the now dead suicide bomber. We can not ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack. The threat level should be increased for the timebeing from severe to critical. This means that that their assessment is not only an attack remains highly likely, but a further attack m