Can you hear me . Can you hear me in the back okay . Good morning, im tom perez. Its an honor to be here. I see a bunch of serial activists in the audience so i know im in the right place. So thank you again to our members of congress who are here. Thank you to our other leaders who are here. This has been a great morning, and you heard from the boss here. And hes all in. And this is a joint venture. We have a great panel here. So i want to keep moving. You know, when i heard the president say there was a lot of focus on what i call the two ps, promoting access in the retirement space, and the president has been taking action on that. Hes directed us to take more action to facilitate that. The Treasury Department has already taken action on that. And the my ra space kl is diana grady here, by the way . Oh, youre in the way back. Wow. You got the uecker seat there. Okay. Diana is a Small Business owner who encouraged her employees to participate to help strengthen their retirement secur
Lost valley road. And evacuation shelter has opened up at the Boulder Creek Elementary School. There are some road closures in the area to know about. Christien kafton is no the scene and we will check in with him in a moment. More people who were forced to evacuate in napa in Sonoma County are allowed to go back to the neighborhood. One of several indications that firefighters are getting a handle on these fires. Many are responding to complete devastation. Evacuation orders were lifted last night for two neighborhoods in santa rosa. People living in geyserville and healdsburg have been told they can return. So far the fires have claimed the lives of 41 across four counties. Sonoma county had more than half of the big rooms. 102 people are listed as unaccounted for in sonoma and napa county. The latest person killed was the driver of a water truck that killed that crashed and napa county. We want to show you the four major fires in the area. The biggest is the nuns fire, 51,512 acres
A low i Maryanne Demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up spains that suspend catalonia is autonomy after the regions leader refuses to back down over declaring independence. Taliban attacks kill one hundred twenty people in just a few days with at least forty three afghan troops the latest casualties. The u. N. Voices concerns that kurds are being driven from their homes in areas retaken by iraqi forces. It was a ten. Donald trump gives his Administration Top marks for its response to the hurricane which devastated puerto rico we look at how the island is getting on. And on. With the latest sports news says norways womens Football Team become the First Female National team to receive the same pay deal as they male counterparts getting more later this hour. Our top story this hour the confrontation of a catalonia is intensifying spains government says it will suspend catalonia as autonomy after the regions president refused to back down on independence Prime Minister Mar
The fight for tax reform is heating up on capitol hill and one of the chief players is standing by with david. David thank you, the constitution says revenue legislation has to start with the house of representatives, making the chairman of the house ways and Means Committee the architect of tax reform. Kevin brady of texas comes with on aday, getting to work bill that has been approved. You said you believe you have the votes to get them as early as thursday for the full house to approve the bill, but that is not the only boat because after this goes to the senate, it has to go to conference, and go back to the house again. Lets talk about this state and local Tax Deduction. If it comes back, where it has no state and local taxes, can you get the votes in the house again . Representative brady it will not come back that way, i made a commitment to our members and the house that he will restore the state and local tax reduction up to twice the national average. I think families across
Did not commit. Its been a struggle, hard struggle. Just cant give up. Reporter a struggle endured from the pennsylvania Innocence Program convincing a young to vacate the conviction in a 1999 killing in north philly. Then a teenaged thomas claimed he was four miles away held at the old youth study site in trouble but only for trying to steal a motorcycle. Not a murder. His attorney said that key discrepancy stood out. First thing caught my eye is shawn said seemed to be basically true. Reporter after years without her son nearby, thomas mom puts the pain behind her. Im glad to see him walk out the gate. Thats all i wanted. Reporter with his fiancee by his side, thomas said the future isnt plans for a permanent return to philadelphia. Philadelphia caused me too many heart aches. Reporter heart aches now healing with Lessons Learned along the way. Always remember the truth. Cant remember a lie. Thats what set me free. Thomas said hed like to move down south and maybe put to use the culi