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

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

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

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

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

>> 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

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 investigat

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.

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. moe children have seen their

>> 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

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. the deadly wildfires in northern california may have been sparked by some downed power lines. >> and we're getting an idea of what a new border wa

like if it's ever built. . >> i don't want to relive that. >> and this weather going to be a little less traumatic. >> yeah, you're going to have some clouds. every now and thenyou may get some drizzle or a light shower. for the most parta quiet, cloudy and cool day out there. temperatures in theupper 60s once again today. this is noon today lunch hour cloudy out there, showers hit or mission, drizzle hit or miss. as we head into friday evening and night it looks like we'll keep that same pattern sticking around. friday nightfootball you might have some drizzle out there in a few spots, others will get the clouds. so when does the rainfinally push out of here? wehave until saturday morning for a few more left over sprinkles and saturday afternoon things begin to clear up and warm up,

with a morning sprinkle and sunday look at that, heading toward 84 degrees. one last grasp of summer from the atmosphere before we get a strong cold front to make its way in on monday. detailscoming up. i've been so focused on that 84 temperature on sunday i didn't bring a jacket yesterday and i regretted it. all right. if you're heading tothe airport this morning there's long-term construction out here but they have a little closure. if you're picking someone up maybe leave a little early. gwparkway there's construction they have at least one lane shut down. you know that's a tightarea anyways and 270 north and southbound we have construction between 121 and i-370. if you went to bet before the nats game ended

unfortunately we've got bad news their post season is officially over. >> we're going to get to the key place and reaction in a few minutes. we wanted to share a perspective from adam. he wentall wwe on us after the nats had the lead. then that 4-1 lead, yeah. >> after the cubs took the lead, as the game got later there was this plea from space balls we need the power. >> and finally leo helped adam to verify the d.c. sports curse is real. we hope that maybe oneof those helped you smile a little bit this morning. there's nothing we can do about it now. there's always nextyear. >> we've been saying that for a while now.

. >> this is wake up washington on wusa9. . the white house makes a late night move that could send payments skyrocketing for many people who have gotten insurance under the affordable care act. >> good morning. and thanks forjoining us. . >> we're getting your friday started off on the right foot. unfortunately after a loss last night it looks like the post season is over for the nats but the weather should be fairly nice to maybe enjoy the weekend. >> it does improve. goodmorning, everybody. but westill have these winds coming in out of the northeast. until thewinds break we're not going to see any sun and keep that chance for a shower in the forecast. 60 degrees right now outside under cloudy skies. we're notseeing very much rain as of now. but there's a chance that we could see drizzle and maybe a light shower pop up. samepattern as we saw yesterday with high temperatures bet

the next few hoursof your day, this is futurecast at 12 p.m., you see some green, then just clouds. that's thespotty showers and the pattern that you see. others will getsome drizzle or a light shower. that pattern continues all the way until saturday morning. this means for friday night football you could get a stray shower or drizzle. i don'tthink you'll have any type of rain delays. i want you to beaware of that. okay. so the weekend looksa little bit better in terms of rain chances. 79 on saturdayfor the daytime high, a few sprinkles possible in the morning. by the afternoon it'sout of here, the sun returns. 84 degrees sunday. a nicelittle mix mere. and mondayit's going to get cool again. astrong cold front will come through the area. that's goingto send the temperatures back to the 60s. this is the seasonwhere everyone starts to cough and sneeze and get sick. we're