Torn from the buildings, uprooted trees. Floodwaters turning streets into rivers. President trump approved a disaster declaration. Saying he will fly soon to puerto rico to assess the damage, to meet with local government officials and victims of hurricane maria. Fox news correspondent Steve Harrigan is in san juan and has our report. Reporter they certainly do need help in many different areas. They need immediate help. This is the flooding around some apartment complexes just outside of san juan. None of these people have any electricity. No one on the entire island has electricity. They have been sitting up in apartments with damage from the wind and blackwater on the floors. They hand up stuff or down to get what they need. As far as the situation on the ground, help is on the way. There is coast guardianships bringing in millions of liters of water. The airport isnt open yet but should be open for aid tomorrow. The biggest problem here, across the island is the power grid. It has
That hardwon progress. It is aggravating. Kennedy you know whats aggravating . Trying to convince people they have to maintain his legacy. Its frustrating to have to mobilize every couple months to keep our leaders from inflict real human suffering on our constituents. But typically thats how progress is won. Kennedy do you know what real human suffering is . Forcing Healthy People to pay for sick people with an immoral mandate. And its much worse in places like alaska. Here is their insurance director. On average in alaska in 2013 paying a monthly premium of 3 344 a month and in 2017, that premium is 1,041 per month. Kennedy passing those savings on to hurting families, thats human suffering. I hope to god there is some nongovernmental free market savior in this. Im so sick of being probed by the aggressive tentacles of obamacare. But i fear republicans still have no way to slay the monster. Lets get into it. Im kennedy. Senate majority leader mcwhere says he wants a vote on the repea
Is. Our objective is to get it on the president s desk by december to get him to sign it this year. Well work on this as fast as we can but theres no artificial deadline. As i said all along, this is a pass fail exercise and weve got to get it done to create Economic Growth and create a competitive business system. Maria the optimism hitting 23,000 yesterday for the first time. Indicating another rally at the start of trading this morning. The market will not quit. Update quarter of a percent of the market. Take a look at the indices look like this bird once again come to europe a cue from the u. S. Caci pass a percent. Dax in germany up two thirds of a percent. Asia overnight markets mostly higher as well. China the country kicking off its 19th National Congress of the communist party. A major impact on everything from u. S. Policy to chinas approach to north korea as it shapes the leadership for at least the next five years. Ibm does by reporting its 22nd order of declining revenue.
Now on for Senate Republicans to pass what President Trump calls the largest tax cuts in u. S. History. Welcome to risk reward im elizabeth macdonald. The dow streaking up 160 points the s p and nasdac also hitting fresh new highs as President Trump pitched tax cuts to both democrat and republican members of the Senate Finance Committee Earlier at the white house today making it clear he wants to bipartisan support for tax cuts. The president says tax cuts will help grow jobs to the middle class and put an average 4000 into the pockets of americans. This as five democrats on the committee of the Senate Finance committee face reelection next year and states that President Trump won. Republicans now forecast tax cuts by thanksgiving while the president says it could be christmas. Well have more on that in a minute but first a warning sign. Investors are pulling more money out of stock funds than they are putting into those funds so far this year. Pulling 36 billion thats flowing out of e
Rose welcome to the program, we continue with our series of conversations about President Trumps first 100 days. Joining me are mike murphy a political strategist and matthew dowd, a former political strategist, now a political consultant for abc news. If you look at these hundred days, i think theres a lot of thing the trump folks ought to be worried about. Matthew and i both eluded to earlier, hes got bad numbers. The president has the toolbox. If you are popular you can pressure the congress. He doesnt have that. Hes backed into one part of the Republican Party that loves him, but even that is not enough in a majority where you can see it in health care now between the Freedom Caucus on the right and moderates on the center trying to find a middle ground to change obama care which is a tough Public Policy program am but he is running out of tools. And thats a problem. Rose we continue with Clarissa Ward Senior International correspondent for cnn. Having spent time in iraq an afghani