Congress. I want to express my appreciation to the witnesses who have come to share testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can get to hear from the hard working folks who make up our state and local governments. Former mayor of springfield i can tell you my experience as to how important the work all of you do is. It is from that lens that i view the issue of state and local Tax Deductions as s. A. L. T. I view it from the Vantage Point of someone whose Life Experience has been a testament to the impact and investments made and Services Provided by local governments and what those investments can mean in terms of the lives of our citizenry. Over xi be that choeinsuring maintaining roads, bridges and tunnels, so people can get to where they need to be is part of our challenge. Responding emergencies, providing services for low income family, elderly and the others rely on the safety net is our obligation. That is precisely what local government does. Mr. Thompson, thats why the wo
Cspans q and a. The house ways and means subcommittee has been examining limits but on the deductions of state and local taxes under the 2017 republican tax bill. Fromearlier today we show you the first part of this hearing while the senate is in recess. Farming communities, schools, First Responders and housing values. Before i begin my Opening Statement id like to yield to the chairman of the full ways and Means Committee for his opening remarks. Thank you chairman thompson and i want to acknowledge you and the other members of the subcommittee for indulging me with time to speak in this important hearing. The leadership of this committee and the working group is invaluable to congress. I want to take a couple minutes of time to express my appreciation to the witnesses who come to share their testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can hear from hardworking folks make up our state and local governments. As former mayor of springfield until your firsthand of my experience as to h
Health of the first lady. Its september 5th, this is today. Covid positive. Dr. Jill biden comes down with the virus after spending the long Holiday Weekend with her husband. The first lady now recovering at their home in delaware. The president back at the white house being tested and monitored. Well have the latest and the potential impact on the major trip just days away. Gridlock. A mass exodus one way at burning man, after severe flooding let to chaos at the popular festival. Making it out. The line of cars and suvs. Stretching for miles as people who made it share their stories. September scorcher. 45 million americans facing a postlabor day heat wave. Recordhigh temperatures. Stretching all the way to new england. Al has your full forecast. New twist. Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh seeking a new trial. Just ahead, what were learning about the mystery evidence that his attorneys say they have just discovered. Close calls. With millions of kids heading back to school this week, a
Boys were responsible for the violence on january 6th. More so than any other group because they say they were instrumental in all of the key breaches. They introduced plenty of evidence that he was orchestrating things from afar, messaging his followers then afterwards, said make no mistake, we did this. So now, he faces justice. Ken, i know youll keep us posted on that. Thank you. Lets go to Garrett Haake with the latest developments in Donald Trumps Election Interference Case in georgia. Garrett, so now all of trumps codefendants have pled not guilty. What more can you tell us . What do we know about what happens next . Thats right. We saw a flurry of filings in morning from others in this case all pleaded not guilty. All waiving their rights to appear in person at an arraignment scheduled for tomorrow. That arraignment will still go forward but it might be a judge just pushing around papers here. We wont see any of the defendants in place. We may see their attorney there is to argu
About the new sighting. We begin with a look at what could be an important day in the georgia interference case against former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants, and all 19 people charged with conspiring to overturn the results of the president ial election there are scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, but only two of them, former white house Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, and former Coffee County director, have entered a plea. The proceedings in Fulton County Superior Court will be conducted now on camera. Garrett haake has been covering the trump investigations, and milea whily, president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. Garrett, most of the defendants wont be there so what can we expect things to look like tomorrow . We could end up in a situation where none of the defendants are present, and theres still time for the last two remaining defendants who have not filed a waiver in the case to do so. If georgia, if you already have surrendered and been