Francisco and went on to be elected statewide is California Attorney general and won her senate seat in 2016. She announced her candidacy for president back in january 2019 in oakland, california. She withdrew from the race in december of last year. Joining us from los angeles is seema mehta, l. A. Times political reporter, and in philadelphia, covering politics for politico, holly otterbein. And i want to begin with you, holly otterbein. It seems the Biting Campaign and did it search where it began. Can you tell us what led to her selection . Holly sure. When the primary was going on, in the debate between joe biden and Bernie Sanders. Biden broke the news that he was going to choose a woman as his Vice President ial nominee. That kind of kicked everything off, and then, a little while later, in april, he announced his Vice President ial search committee, which included four people, including former senator chris dodd, who has been a longtime friend and ally to biden. He took an impor
Filed a 1500 page brief with exhibits asking for a new trial based on what it claims is evidence withheld from petersons defense team. The defense was entitled to those at the time of trial. Mr. Peterson has been waiting 20 years to find some of these Police Reports and audio recordings and video recordings that should have been provided, Court Records show. The la Innocence Project is focusing on this van, found torched a mile away from the peterson home the day after laci disappeared, with a mattress that tested positive for blood. That sample appears not to have been compared to laceys blood. Several witnesses who claim to have spotted laci talking to the occupants of that van, seen near a burglary across the street from her home, and the other witnesses who claimed to have seen laci alive in the hours after scott left for a fishing trip the morning of christmas eve, 2002, the original prosecuting attorneys from the peterson trial are back to handle this appeal, asking for more time
Would see the effects in the february paychecks. It reduces the Corporate Tax rate. It changes tax brackets for most americans. The law doubles the standard deduction but you wont be able to claim personal exemptions. It also removes the penalties for american whos do not purchase insurance. Experts say the tax bill is projected to add to the nations debt but the president hopes the tax break will spur economic growth. President trump spoke just before signing it. I am keeping my promise, im signing it before christmas. I said that the bill would be on my desk before christmas and you are holding me literally to that. So we did a rush job today. Its not fancy but its the oval office. Its the great oval office. And just to conclude, our country is doing very well. President trump ended saying he hopes to work with democrats in the new year, tweeting he believes infrastructure would be a Perfect Place to start. And our other top story, right outside of your window, the cold thats grippin
Tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. Day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states, turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on firefighters and forced the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter the view from the air over washington state. National guard crews navigating smokey skies over scorched ground, helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the gr
First pga championship victory. Day finished 20 under par. The first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on fifrths and forced evacuation of camp grounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Scorched ground. Helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the ground safe, but resources are stretched thin. In some parts of the state, the only way to survey the damage is by boat. Oh, my god. These homes sitting right on a lake now just blackened, smolderi