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early today starts right now aefr. good morning, i m frances rivera. and i m phillip mena. a 5-alarm fire at a senior living community, the blaze was reported 1:00 a.m. eastern in westchester. the inferno nearly destroyed the building and quickly spread to others. forcing 140 seniors to evacuate into the bitter cold, some in wheelchairs and beds wrapped up in blankets. one woman saw the plumes of smoke from her homeless than a mile away from the assisted living community. i looked out the window. it looked like a sunset and that s how big the blaze was going at that point and i knew something was going on with the helicopters and fire trucks and ambulances. police cars everywhere. more than 20 residents have been rushed to local hospitals. those who were not hurt are being reunited with loved ones at a nearby shelter. the red cross is also responding to help those displaced. so far the cause remains unknown. this morning the u.s. senate is grappling with a ....
here, we are being kept quite aways from the community which is about a half mile away for good reasoning, the massive flames coming, this fire started before 11:00 p.m., franklin street, west chester, fire rose from two to five alarms in a couple of hours, told at least 125 people were saved from the fire. and dozens of concerned family members rushed here to the scene, comforting their relatives, wrapped up in blanket, in buses transported resident out of the cold to different locations in west chester, some taking shelter at henderson high school. authorities are urging anyone with a family member at barclay friends to go to the good will fire station at 552 east union street or to call 61075758623. we did speak to one woman whose mother lives in the community as well as the mayor of west chester. take a listen. people were making calls, sending emails, seeing what they could do to help, a lot of local supporters helped out it seemed the staff was doing a great j ....
for republicans, the house passed gop bill to overcall the nations tax code, mike pence praised the move. america has momentum. people at the tax foundation in order to turn this momentum into sustained economic growth you know there s one more policy more important than anything else. donald trump and i will be fighting every day to pass the largest tax cut in american history and we will do it is your. maria: the senate finance committee voted in favor of its own bill, lawmakers facing an uphill battle, the full senate expected to vote on the bill a week from monday. the house built didn t stop surging, indicating a full back at the opening of trading after triple digit move yesterday, the industrials opening 30 points, fractional bill, nasdaq is up by a fraction. donald trump tweeting on passage saying great numbers on stocks and the economy if we get tax cut and reform, we will see great results in europe major averages look like this, it is a mixed story. the s&p ....
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early today starts right now aefr. good morning, i m frances rivera. and i m phillip mena. a 5-alarm fire at a senior living community, the blaze was reported 1:00 a.m. eastern in westchester. the inferno nearly destroyed the building and quickly spread to others. forcing 140 seniors to evacuate into the bitter cold, some in wheelchairs and beds wrapped up in blankets. one woman saw the plumes of smoke from her homeless than a mile away from the assisted living community. i looked out the window. it looked like a sunset and that s how big the blaze was going at that point and i knew something was going on with the helicopters and fire trucks and ambulances. police cars everywhere. more than 20 residents have been rushed to local hospitals. those who were not hurt are being reunited with loved ones at a nearby shelter. the red cross is also responding to help those displaced. so far the cause remains unknown. this morning the u.s. senate is grappling with a ....