we know the current tax code is not working, income inequality has grown. if you simplify the code, knock out all those special provision provisions, lower the rates for every business and every family, you ve got growth and fairness in a big way. jon: congressman kevin brady, chairman of the house ways and means committee, very involved in setting economic policy in this country. heather: we have life team coverage of hurricane irma as the powerful storm heads to puerto rico on a track that could make a direct hit on south florida. the destruction irma is leaving in its wake and how people are preparing as the storm approaches. to go beyond utility. experience amazing.
and send them someplace else. the notion that we would arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids when they didn t do anything wrong themselves i think would be something that would merit me speaking out. all right. still ahead, the d.o.j. weighs in on president trump s claims that trump tower was wiretapped. plus, we re tracking the path of hurricane irma as the storm heads towards puerto rico. we ll have the latest on where it s head and a full check on the weather coming up next.
for american voters. in a new university poll, 22% rank health care as the most important problem facing the country. 19% say race relations, 15% pick the economy, 12% say terrorism, and 9% said foreign policy. immigration sits at just 6%. by an 11 point margin, voters want change in next year s congressional election. 51% favoring the democrats for control. among independent voters, the choice is 49% for democrats, 36% for republicans. approval of congress is nearing the single digits. just 10% among voters. 83% disapprove. and the latest gallop tracking poll puts president trump s job approval rating at 34%. all right. still ahead, tigers catcher james mccann gets rocked in the head during a chaotic game in detroit. more on the status of hurricane harvey has a storm heads towards the gulf coast. those stories and more when we come back. shawn evans: it s 6 am.
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tennessee for 54-year-old david frazier, a dangerous inmate who escaped the cook county jail on christmas morning. five others escaped with him by ripping the toilet off a jail cell wall. they re back in custody. and there s a major winter storm creating havoc in the northern plains this morning. it s heading eastward. thousands without power after a fierce blizzard dumped heavy snow in the dakotas, making it rough for those who have to get back to work today. officials say power may not be restored for days. nbc s ron mott joins us live from chicago with the latest as storm heads into the upper midwest. how is it looking there, ron? hey, there. looks are deceiving, speaking of looks. it looks warm here in chicago because the sun is out, but it s cold. it s 25 degrees colder than it was 24 hour uz go here. we re in the mid to upper 20s right now. windchills in the teens. yesterday at this time, it was 50-plus degrees where i m standing. today, a different story. the dakotas really