Bold and sharp edged economic agenda. Weve already announced our infrastructure bill. This is a great bill, family leave. Senator trained to have had an outstanding piece of legislation, which many of us have cosponsored for a long time and we are proud to make that part of our agenda. We are here also to challenge President Trump in his administration to support this bill. They talked about it in the campaign. No better way to do it than the bill cursed him and my are supporting. I will turn it over to run the press conference and thanks kirsten and tammy and patty and bernie and amy and heidi were expect day. You rang. Has anyone heard Maynard G Krebs . He said the rain. What was called a beatnik. Theyve done a great job. Im proud its going to be part of our hardedged bold economic agenda. Thank you, senator schumer for your leadership. Very grateful. Im also grateful for my colleagues who have been championing this for several years now on the National Stage which really makes a dif
Millions are gathering for the weeklong spiritual event. Pope francis also slated to attend. Those will some of the top stories for this monday, july 25th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a Massive Wildfire burning outside of los angeles. A fire official now says its raging through the Santa Clarita valley like a freight train. Absolutely frightening. New video shows one of the 18 homes already destroyed. Among the homeowners who have lost everything is a firefighter for the u. S. Forest service who was battling another blaze. He learned his home was burned to the ground. We have more from the fire lines. Reporter the wildfire raging ten miles north of los angeles turning deadly. Officials discovering a body inside the charred vehicle of this driveway. That fire came through and blasted the back side of some of those homes. Reporter 1500 homes evacuated. 18 now destroyed. Fire sweeping down into the valleys. Flames 40 feet high. Theres a lot of devas
Controversy over todd akins legitimate rape remark. This time it was during a u. S. Senate debate in indiana last night. Richard murdock and his opponents were asked about abortion when murdock said this. I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception i have for to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. I just i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. And after the debate murdock told a News Conference he was only trying to explain his view that god creates life. Does that are you trying to suggest that somehow i think god ordained or preordained rape . No, i dont believe that. Anyone who would suggest that, thats a sick and twisted no. No. Thats not even close to what i said. All right. This all matters to the romney team because those comments come just one day after the murdock Ca
Three dozen governors offices around the country. That means all eyes are on the u. S. Senate. Republicans need to net six seats. Red states are already in the bag, that means republicans need to flip just three more states out of at least ten currently up for grabs. Last night candidates on both sides made their final pitches. With your help and gods will, were not going to give harry reid one more vote in the senate from the state of georgia. Were here to fight for the middle class, make sure it has an opportunity to get a great education for its children. Dont sit on the sidelines on this. The president himself said this is a referendum on his policies, his programs, his legacy. My answer to that is no, not on my watch. We can choose the iowa way and get on that path and send a new senator to washington, d. C. Whether its south georgia or north georgia, across race and geography, we know people want a clab ra tiff spirit in washington. Im not going there to represent the Democrat Pa