Defense. We believe in a National Parks system. The National Institutes of health and science. We want to make sure our infrastructure is sound and secure all across the nation, but by the same token, since its introduction in 1913 as part of the irs code, as joe pointed out and in, states like ours the northeast and on the west coast, as you can see from that alwayss slide, have taken care of their own as well, by making sure that we are funding education, making sure we are funding our own Transportation System and investing in our hospital and Health Care Systems within the state. Because of that, the irs has always granted what is commonly referred to as the salt deduction or state and local , as theyich, of course said back in 1913, would otherwise result in double taxation. So the burden becomes double in terms of the fact that we are both sending more to the federal government then we are getting the connecticut General Assembly and governor malloy would like to see the 8 billio
The recently passed tax reform bill and new provisions affecting connecticut taxpayers. This is two hours. Is two hours. You ready . To try that again, that afternoon. Always a pleasure and a delight forums,educational particularly with my two favorite congressman, who i will introduce to you. Not that they really need an introduction. Congressman larson represents connecticuts First District, and is in his tent term. He is on the house ways and , and on aittee committee for Social Security is the ranking member. As as proven himself staunch advocate for working andlies, manufacturing Common Sense Solutions for problems that we face every day. And of course, congressman joe courtney, reduced to be our regional on our regional inisory council, was elected 2006 to represent the second district. He serves on the armed forces and education and workforce committees, and cochairs the congressional shipbuilding caucus and is a member of the , serves onommittee the Pensions Committee as well a
Its 8am in singapore and 12am in london. We begin the programme with an update on the shocking Measles Outbreak in indonesia which has killed at least 72 people, mostly children. The indonesia government says the outbreak in the remote and resistive province of papua, is now under control. But hundreds of other children are malnourished. As Rebecca Henschke reports from papua, the Health Crisis has put the spotlight on a region closed off to journalists for decades, and revealed serious government failings. A warming some viewers may find some of the images disturbing. Just two months old, her life has already been brutally hard. The mother died in childbirth, the father rejected her. Translation herfather father rejected her. Translation her father did father rejected her. Translation herfather did not father rejected her. Translation her father did not want her. Father rejected her. Translation herfather did not want her. In a cloud of grief, he wanted to hit her and bury her with he
Where millions of catholics abandoned the church and hosts chile celebrate a copa america triumph, the first major football victory greeks are voting yes or no in a referendum on their financial future and whether, ultimately, they stay in the eurozone. Its been a hectic few days of campaigning. The greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his finance minister are urging a no vote. So far it looks as if the country is split. The votes will decide whether or not greeks choose to accept International Creditors proposals for austerity in change for rescue loans. Greece needs the loans to avoid a banking collapse. Here is about what the finance minister has been saying as they cast their ballots. Translation the grooem sent a message of desizivesness. No one can ignore a nation living with decisiveness. Our peoples decisiveness wince from the propaganda of fear. I am sure tomorrow we open a road of all of europe. Translation the massive failures of the European Group leading to failures. To
We got three reporters covering it all there. Phil lebeau on the cars and the crash tests. Housing, diana olick and the economy, steve leisman. But we do start with phil and these new crash tests on the ford f150. Give us more details, phil. Mandy this is a mixed review from the Insurance Institute for highway safety. Look at the crash test video. The good news for ford and for f150 owners they tested two versions of the truck, the super crew version which is the most popular version, all good ratings across the board. Extended cab, four good ratings but one acceptable citing injuries to the driver. Ford says it is making changes in the extended cab for 2016 to ensure that it passes all of the safety tests. But heres the negative news in this review by the iihs. It has to do with the cost of repairing the aluminum panels on the f150. They say those repair costs could be 26 more than the old repairs against a steel panel version. They say that repairing aluminum is timelier or takes mor