White house sprekts Sarah Sanders was asked about senator sanders single payer Insurance Plan during todays white house briefing. She was also asked about President Trumps recent law making deals and the future of potential tax reform deals. This is a half hour. Good afternoon. I want to start off by reiterating the messages that fema administrator brock long and the president s Homeland Security and counterer terrorism officer made this morning regarding the ongoing relief efforts in the wakes of hurricanes irma and harvey. Life sustaining operations are still under way and we encourage everyone in the designated areas in florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands to register online at disaster assistance. Gov. Thats the quickest way to register for federal assistance. As i said yesterday, the president was pleased that members on all sides of the aisle came together last week under his leadership to deliver critical relief to those effected by the storms and he has continued t
The nations purse pursestrings for the last four years. Jack lew on low on what might get the democrats on board and whether we will seek tax reform this year and if the dollar is heading for a rally or collapse we have a foxbusiness exclusive. The death toll is rising in the floor to keys as fema arrives on the scene but a source on the ground telling countdown that the human toll and the disturbing news we are getting on the florida keys chaos gasoline shortages are making that return trip back home a major ordeal. A man who represents 10,000 Convenient Store gas stations. Today, we are off to the apple store down on 14th street in new york city to find out what that diehard apple fans really think about dropping a thousand dollars for a new phone. All of this as the markets teeter to and fro around new record closes. Despite technical term here. Lets start the countdown. We are just getting word that the president has just greeted and spoken to a Bipartisan Group of house members in
Outlets all across the country captivating millions. Very disappointed because i thought that the commissioner should have made more of a stance. Reporter he admits he has a lot of work to do. We do not have a clear and consistent policy to allow to us deal with all the different issues arising. Reporter his critics were watching too. I had hoped that he would talk about something new, something very innovative that the nfl was going to do. There is nothing that he said in this presentation that hadnt been said already. Reporter Domestic Violence advocate kathleen krenik says goodell had a poor performance and may have lost more than he gained. His credibility is at the lowest points. Reporter he was criticized on twitter during the conference. I think its too wishywashy on the way that they are punishing guys. I didnt hear the conference, just got off the field. Reporter coach harbaugh said it can still be positive for the league. There will be an opportunity for good to come, you kno
Were watching all of the above for you over the next hour. But first, weve got breaking news today in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, just a heartbreaking situation in hollywood, florida. At least six people have died at a nursing home after the facility lost its air conditioning three days ago. Firefighters are evacuating more than 100 other elderly residents from this particular home. Right now many are being treated for respiratory diseases, dehydration and any kind of heatrelated issues. The mayor of hollywood, florida lamenting how easily this could have been prevented. Im very disappointed that Something Like this could have taken place. I think there were certainly many ways Emergency Services could have been alerted to this circumstance and unfortunately, Emergency Services were called obviously too late. Officials are also saying that theyre conducting a criminal investigation to what exactly happened. Cnns miguel march questions is outside that Rehabilitation Center at Holly
Facilities and we know that we depend on those people and those facilities to care for our most vulnerable elderly population. Its really sad when Something Like this goes on. Wsvn reporter Lorena Estrada has more. What are we learning . It was a total of 115 residents evacuated this morning after police were called to the nursing home, after receiving a call about at least one death. We later learned that three residents died at the nursing home, three others at the hospital. The nursing home is right here. A Rehabilitation Center at hollywood hills. Its right across from the hospital, memorial regional hospital. So when police were called to the scene and they realized what was taking place, more than 50 medical professionals rushed, evacuated the building. Were told at this hour that there are more than a dozen residents in the emergency room when we asked the medical director whether the death toll could rise. According to authorities, the illnesses were heatrelated, dehydration an