york city, i'm demarco morris. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, october 13th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." unraveling obamacare. president trump announced his plan to end cost-cutting subsidies to insurers which could cost premiums on exchanges to skyrocket. california wildfires rage on. and an american woman and her husband held hostage by a talib taliban-linked group for five years are now free. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news

headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. in his most aggressive move yet to dismantle the affordable care act, president trump is following through on a threat to cut off subsidy payments to insurance carriers selling obamacare. brook silva-braga is here. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. so now the president has started chipping away at the law himself. for months mr. trump has called these cost-sharing subsidies a bailout. well, now, this key part of obamacare could end almost immediately. about 6 million americans qualify for the subsidies which defray out-of-pocket costs for people with modest incomes. the cost to the government, about $7 billion a year. the white house said in a statement last night the government cannot lawfully make the cost-sharing reduction payments because they lack a formal authorization from

congress. noords, congress hasn't appropriated funding. democratic leaders were swift to denounce the plan. it is a spiteless act pointed at sabotage leveled at working-class and every corner of america. some warning that cutting off the subsidies will lead to a double-digit spike in health care policies. this news came the same day the president also signed an executive order he calls the first step in repealing obamacare. >> insurance companies will be fighting to get every single person signed up. >> reporter: the order allows small businesses to buy cheap health insurance plans across state lines and offer lower premiums without obamacare. >> this would open up additional options for employers to purchase the health plans their workers want. >> last night the attorney general of new york said he would suler to stop the

president from cutting the subsidies. i will not allow president trump once again to use new york families as political pawns in his dangerous campaign to eavis yat the affordable health care act. as we said the changes could happen fast. the next installment, anne-marie, is due a month from today. later the president is expected to offer a harsh critique of the iran nuclear deal. he's expected to say the deal not in the interest of the united states. he's not calling for sanctions to be reimposed. and ask congress to do away or change the requirement that he certify iranian compliance every 90 days. the wildfires in northern california continue to grow. firefighters report modest progress, but this morning the emergency is far from over.

here's the latest. at least 31 people have been killed, making this the deadliest week of wildfires in california history. some 25,000 have been forced to evacuate, tlanld are hundreds of reports of missing people. greg mills is in santa rosa this morning. greg, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, an ma reechlt that number, 31 people dead, is expected to increase with hundreds of people missing. it could increase by a whole lot. what do you blame? you blame the wind, deadly, devastating wind that started with the fire sunday night. as flames in northern california continue to spread out of control, authorities have begun the grim task of trying to find and identify those who couldn't escape their burning home. searches in some areas are being helped by cadaver dogs. authorities say some remains are beyond recognition that they'll use serial numbers on medical implants to i.d. victims. >> some are ashes and bones, and

we may never really get truly affirmative i.d. on ashes. >> reporter: fires have grown and now cover more than 300 square miles. an area as large as new york city. officials say in addition to dry windy weather making it hard for fires to be contained, firefighters are exhausted. >> they've been up for days, working their tails off. they're doing unbelievable work. >> reporter: an estimated 25,000 people have been forced to evacuat evacuate. ali maye put a sprinkler on her roof. >> reporter: the forecast calls for more windy dry air which threatens to feed the fires even further. and more than 20 fires going on here in northern california. that modest progress, not too bad. actually it's 10% contained, one

is 13% contained. are making progress. what that means, there's a line where they stop the fire. 90% is moving forward. the good thing is, anne-marie, they'll have an update on all that. and usually the information improves as the day goes on, but they'll have a morning assessment. sadly we could hear higher numbers, too, on the death toll. >> a little bit of good news but a whole lot of bad news. thank you so much, greg. two prison employees were killed in north carolina during an unsuccessful escape attempt. the prison in elizabeth city is secured. an inmate started a fire inside a sewing plant where inmates work. at least ten people were hospitalized. it's unclear how many were inmates or employees. and police in london are investigating assault

again against harvey weinstein. a publisher has terminated its deal with weinstein books. ahead on "cbs this morning" the impact that it's having on hollywood. a $36.5 billion assistance package is headed to the senate after it was approved by the house. it was approved for emergency relief in puerto rico and other areas hit by disaster. the president is expected to seen the measure, but earlier mr. trump tweet thad the u.s. cannot keep fema, the military, and first responders in puerto rico forever. three weeks after the hurricane was hit, most of the island remains without electricity and is short on basic supplies. and it's unclear when an american woman and her canadian husband held by a taliban-linked group can return to the u.s. the couple and their children were freed by pakistani

commandos and are reportedly at the u.s. embassy in pakistan this morning. >> reporter: american indicate lan coleman and her husband joshua boyle had three children, raising them while in captivity, described by john kelly as nightmarish conditions. >> they've essentially been living in a hole for five years. that's what we're dealing with there. >> reporter: in a video last december, caitlan described what was going on. >> we can only ask and pray that somebody will recognize the atrocities these men carry out against us as so-called retaliation and their ingratitude. the children have seen their mother defiled.

>> reporter: boyle's parents got the news at their home outside ottawa. >> we were allowed to actually talk with josh. that's the first time in five years we got to hear his voice. >> reporter: boyle's son said they were in the back of a kwar when they opened fire. u.s. military had a plane standing by to fly the family home but joshua boyle turned down the offer, the refusal by the fact that the brother of his first wife had been held by official guantanamo bay for ten years. u.s. parades pakistan for acting quickly on the intelligence tip. president trump said's a sign pakistan is starting to respect the united states. david martin, cbs news, the pent governor. coming up on the "morning news" now, timeline questions.

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our top stories this morning, the northern california wildfires have now kill third degree 1 people. firefighters report modest progress, but 21 fires continue to burn out of control. search teams are using cadaver dogs to look for victims. hundreds are reported missing. and president trump plans to stop cost-sharing payments to insurers under the affordable care act. it's his boldest move yet to appeal obamacare. democratic leaders say it's an act of vast pointless sabotage. the white house says it cannot continue it because they lack formal authorization from

congress. white house chief of staff john kelly made his first appearance before reporters yesterday. he tried to put to rest rather some of the rumors. >> unless things change, i'm not quitting, i'm not getting fired, and i don't think i'll fire anyone tomorrow. >> reporter: chief of staff john kelly came to the briefing room to assert there is no chaos in the trump white house. despite weeks of controversies including reports that secretary of state rex tillerson referred to the president as a moron and bob corker, a key republican senator says the white house was an adult day care center and that the president may be leading the country toward world war iii. corker's comments were made publicly, but trump still blames the media for its troubles. >> one of the problems is you. not all of you, but you. a job he took over in the white

house. >> you guys, the cameras always catch me when i'm thinking hard and it looks like i'm frustrated and mad. >> reporter: don't believe your eyes hrk e said. these intense moments of him listening to president trump and the remarks about the charlottesville violence do not tell the whole story. kel dwr said he's focused instilling order at the white house and not control the president. >> i was not brought to this job to control anything but the flow of information to our president so he can make the best decisions. >> reporter: but it was clear kelly does not always agree with those decision. of the president's fiery rhetoric on north korea, kelly said he hoped to avoid military conflict. >> if it gross beyond where it is today -- let's hope diplomacy works. >> kelly's marches orders were to put a positive spin on the white house. we know he's fatigued by the president's twitter habit and his temper.

kelly, a retired marine general called this the toughest job he's ever had. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. coming up on "cbs this morning," a groundbreaking treatment offers new home to people with an inherited form of blindness. dr. david agus shows us how gene therapy can transform lives. and our series "a more perfect union" introduces us to a california teenager who's breathing new life into old clothes all in the name of charity. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. (cheers). >> well eagles fans who made the trip down to charlotte are reward wad very big win, the birds beat the panthers in a fierce battle for the first place in nfc. today is friday, october 13th, i'm wearing the suit, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> oh, boy. i'm rahel solomon. we have the key moments from the game and all of the reaction from the players, first, a check on the day's forecast with katie and the roads with meisha. >> so this is how you make glean look really classy, this is how you make it look -- >> oh, twitter, facebook, i think we the fans will agree. >> i'm sure they will. >> because that