thank you for being with us, mr brady. >> thank you. let me introduce you to the reporters asking questions. rachel is with politico observing congress, and richard reuban, tax policy reporter with the "wall street journal", making a return. we'll start with taxes. richard, you are first. >> you were here meeting with house ways and means and republicans after the rest of republicans went home. what did you accomplish, come out of that meeting with that you didn't have going in? >> we had several very good days. look, america voted for change. we have a new president who wants to make america competitive again. tax reform is key to that. we focus the first day on the tax code. focussing on how to treat nor jobs in america. how do you create incentives to remove the job. how do you trade the tax code so competitive that the best place to sell to america and the world is from here at home in the united states, so we had key decision point there. we reached the decisions, and we are going to be ready for the new president on this tax refor

mr. brady: we reserve as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves t balance of his time. mr. neal: it appears as though we are going to close. mr. speaker, -- thoughtful response to the point that i raised and thanks to chairman brady. this is a way how we can do good things in a bipartisan manner. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: i applaud the work of representative rouzer in this area. this is an area that could have easily been swept aside over the years and never really addressed. you continued to raise the issue and bring it to our attention and work it through the legislative process. thank you for your important leadership. i thank the chairman of the armed services and their team for their approval of this measure and willingness to work th the oughtor to bring it forward and i t

thank you for being with us, mr. brady. tolet me introduce you reporters. rachel is on newsmakers and richard ruben of the wall street journal is making a return. we will start with taxes. richard: when you were here this week, meeting with republicans home, on taxes, what did you accomplish? what did you come out with? rep. brady: we had several very good days. america voted for change. we have a new president who wants to make america competitive again at home and around the world. tax reform is key so we focused the whole day on our bill to promote the tax code. focusing on how to create more jobs in america. how can you eliminate any incentive for american companies to move there jobs or headquarters overseas. code soa tax competitive that the best place to sell to america and the best place to sell to the world is right here at home in the united states. so we had key decision points and we reached those decisions. we are going to be ready on the tax reform initiative. richard: what were those key decision points? what did you come out with on taxes? r

mr. brady: i urge my colleagues to vote no. i reserve a little bit of my time because i thought this would be the last time that our chairman mrs. miller would be here. instead we got mr. harper. that's ok, we'll take the second. but mrs. miller is going on to other things. she's on other endeavors. the sweetness is she is leaving here and going home. she has been a great chairman. we have had the pleasure of working together. we agree 99.9% of the time and without question, she was a -- the classiest person in this institution. i wish her well and whatever i could do -- if i'm in michigan, i will stop and see her and if she's in philadelphia, i would love to see her. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. harper: madam speaker, i share that admiration for representative miller who will be living at the end of this term and great to see the working relationship that they have had together on the committee of house adm

. >>> we'll say good-bye to some of the stars of the small screen, mrs. bradyll of our lives and she was a mom to her tv children who shared with us the special memories of this lovely lady. >> i'm hers, she's mine. how lucky. how lucky i am. how lucky we all are. florence's heart was so good. you know? it's so funny because, you know, yeah, she played mother that, you know, many people joke about or say, you know, it's just so sweet and everything, but you know what? she was ttat sweet. she really was. >> she was a lovely lady they sing about in the brady song. >> she was the love liest of ladies. >> shortly after her passing, maureen's brady bunch brothers felt florence's loss. >> it's important to know that many people share this loss. she will be remembered. she'll beloved for a long time. >> barry williams who played greg fought back tears. christopher knight who played peter broke down. >> regret, you know? >> go ahead and take a second. >> she's just one i could have spent more time with. she's the kind of mom you want. she had a very important role in m

>> how mrs. brady kept her bunch together for over 40 years. >> and mimi can't get enough of

secret service guys right away grab the president and pushed and into the limousine they got hinckley mr. brady was shot in the head. >> host: where were you that day? >> i was doing windows. i don't remember what part but i heard it from the escher's that there was the attempted assassination on president reagan. i was told everything that went on because when the secret service grabbed him putting him into the automobile they pushed him too hard he wanted to know where you pushing me so hard? they were trying to hurry of to get him out of their. whenever the president is in danger they rationed out of their so he said want to go back to the white house. one of the secret service knows -- noticed he had blood coming out of the nose we said we're not taking you back we will take you to george washington hospital. so they examine them the best examination you begin as president and there was something in his long and told him he would have to have surgery but by that time the word had gotten back to ms. reagan she came in and she was upset. she was worried and scared and crying and ran over to r

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. brady, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5015 as amended. which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5015 a bill to restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance pay for individuals who retired or separated from service in the armed forces for combat related injuries and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house splules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 384, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are to suspend -- t

the secret service good, they had to get there is one that got shot in the head they had to get mr. brady got shot in the head. >> where were you at the white house that day? >> i was at the white house doing windows. i don't know what part of the white house i was at but i heard it from the office that the president has been attempted assassination on president reagan. so i was really told everything that went on because when the secret service grabbed him and pushed him into the automobile, they push them too hard and he wanted to know why are you pushing me so hard and he looked down and said hurry up get them out of there when a president is in danger right away they get an russian right out of there.ed so what they did was he said i want to go back to the white house and one of the secret service guys notice that he has some blood out of his nose. and they said mr. president were not taking you back to the white house he said we're going to take you to the hospital. so they took him to the hospital and they examined him with examination being president, the best examination you could

who knew flo well know that she has a saucy and spicy sense of humor -- never the shy, retiring mrs. brady tickled her. 'cause she's so mary poppins like at one end, and at the other end, she's -- she's got a lotta puck in her. >> mtv hired "the brady bunch" to re-enact the top scenes from the movies in 1992. one was "a few good men." >> i want the truth! truth! >> did you order marsha's grounding? >> you're [ bleep ] right i did. now, you go to your room! >> and wait a minute. it gets worse. sharon stone in "basic instinct." >> would you us the nature of your relationship you had with sam the butcher? >> i had sex with him for about a year and a half. i liked having sex with him. >> florence henderson said that on television. so god bless her. >> when she did "dancing with the stars." flo was doing a very sexy and provocative tango. >> she was sexy for -- for an older woman. >> and she was really movin' it. >> one of her last public appearances was on "dancing with the stars." she was there to support maureen mccormick, who had played her daughter on "the brady bunch." she really was a ve

but i -- >> when you're mrs. brady you get a grace. >> sure. and she told me another time about working at and she was walking out, going to catch a cab down to her hotel or something, and she hears a voice behind her, a familiar voice, and it's frank sinatra. and he said how you doing kid? she said fine, thanks very much. and he said where you heading? can i give you a lift? and she said i kind of thought well, i'm not sure if i -- >> she should have gotten a ride in the car. >> if i -- she didn't know what her mom would say about catching night. so she rode with him down to the hotel. he dropped her off at her hotel. and she was -- she was a month way from her 80th birthday and you would never know it. >> she was great. >> we're running out of time. jeez -- >> real quick. the lucky dragon hotel. >> i got a tour and they're going to have their grand opening saturday, and there was really they have street food, buffet, and sandwiches, and -- >> yum. >> we got to run. but hey, make sure and check out lucky dragon and keep up with normal norm.veg

when you think about, allen thicke, "growing pains," mrs. brady, such great movies. zsa zsa gabor.nic figures from a generation that some of the young folks may not even remember except for tvland but they had a very impact on many of our lives. >> also in a period of time when pop culture was exploding. you had television and movies and so you became familiar with a whole greater number of people. when they die, people like anne haggerty who you watch on grizzly adams and alan rickman, there's so many folks out there that we are familiar with because of pop culture and when they die you become more aware of it. >> also nischelle turner i mean muhammad ali. >> yes. >> you know, gosh i mean, celebrity just one of his many, many things and titles that he embodies. i mean that is a moment when america came together and -- and remembered and honored what he did for all of us. >> absolutely. and i was at that funeral, and you're right i mean his celebrity was one that crossed every single genre. sports, politics, of, of acting, of -- and -- and i remember at his funeral thinking there a

way to go, mr. brady. >>> all right, now we have to move on to donald trump. up questions about his business ties, delaying a planned press conference until, quote, the near future. he now plans to hand things off to his sons, an apaernlt attempt to avoid conflicts of interest, but guess what? that's just part of the problem. according to newsweek, the president-elect is exposing himself to possible blackmail, even running the risk of impeachment. kirk eichenwald wrote the article. let's go big picture first. he's handing it off to don jr. and eric and says they're not going to do any new deals once he's president. what exactly does that mean? couldn't you make the argument, we were always talking to china, weef wr always talking to argentina. what does it mean, no new deals? it means nothing. you have a company that has openings all over the world, building all over the world. i mean, if you go through my article, one of the things it points out is when you start the dominos of economic interactions, you know, the philippines is going to be extremely effected

brady handgun bill. here is a look. sen. schumer: mr. chairman, today is the day for this chamber to join the american people in saying we have had enough. today is the day to stand up and say, enough to the boundless fever for handguns, enough to the senseless killing in every community. day after day, night after night we see the bloody madness, children killing children, mothers die trying to protect their families. parents bury children. children bury parents. you and i and every one of us in this chamber know that our neighbors, the american people, are sick and tired of this insanity. my neighbors in queens and brooklyn are scared. we are all frightened for our children. we are disgusted by this orgy of handgun slaughter. your neighbors in ohio, california and wisconsin, and all over america, your neighbors are just like my neighbors. they want the killing to end they wanted now to end and they are watching what we do here today. it is said by my opponents, the opponents of this bill, guns do not kill, people do. people have bad in

then house member chuck schumer theting for the in favor of brady handgun bill. look.s a >> mr. chairman, today is the day for this chamber to join the in saying we e have had enough. up ands the day to stand say enough to the boundless handguns, enough to the senseless killing in every community. day after day, night after we see the bloody madness, children kill children, others die trying to protect their families, parents bury children, children bury parents. you and i and every one of us in the chamber know our neighbors, sick erican people, are and tired of this insanity. my neighbor necessary queens and scared. are we are all frightened per our children. we're disgusted by this orgy of handgun slaughter. and neighbor necessary ohio california and wisconsin and all over america, your neighbors are neighbors, they want the killing to end and they end. it now to whatting we doch here today. it is said by my opponents, the guns nts of this bill, don't kill, people do. people have bad instinct but without m, guns, those instincts often don't flult killing. guns, those instinct

brady. if you could take me a minute and point out similarities or differences between your tax plan and mr. trump's tax plan and things we should focus on, that might be helpful. >> i think the tax proposals are 80% the same and the differences are more than manageable. we can find common ground here. we go all in for expensing. it's incredibly pro growth along main street america. that's one change. we are very aggressive on the international tax reform. and n eliminating the incentives to locate overseas, the border provision eliminates it. it reverses that magnet back toward the u.s. we think that's important to growth. we're hopeful the trump team will take a look at proposals like that. we have similar tax brackets as well. i do think in recent days i've heard one thought about the wages and taxes of the top 1%, but here's my thought. no american should be stuck with the obama tax rates. they certainly haven't grown the economy. this is the worst recovery in 50 years. certainly hasn't reduced income inequality, it's grown under this president. and that's sort of old time thinking. high

peter: brady said republicans are waiting for more guidance on how to proceed on tax cuts and tax reform. the two sides are talking now, the tax outlined mraigning suggested every taxpayer including top earners would get a lower tax bill. it also said his plan to income thresholds would be very similar to the house republican tax cut plan which has the same rates as mr. trump. here are the income thresholds. a couple making 175, anything above 33%. top rate is 39.6% starting at 400,000. >> peter barnes, thank you. >> risen to 11, the wild fires also damage hundreds of homes and businesses. >> galintburg is the people. it's not the buildings, it's not the stuff in the buildings, it's not anything else but it's the people and we are the strongest community i've ever seen. >> it is certainly a dye stressing time for all of us. lauren: dye stressing is an understatement, in gatlinburg get their first chance to see if properties withstood flames. nicole: labor department will release labor report this morning. economists expect 175 jobs were added last month. unemployment rate expected to hold steady at 4.9%. fed is widely expected to raise be

. >> reporter: brady said republicans are waiting on more guidance from the trump team how to proceed on tax reform. the two sides are talking now. the tax outline mrtrump released in august when he was campaigning, suggested every taxpayer, including top earners, would get a lower tax bill. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. a sheriff now says kidnappers chained a woman, covered heir head, and branded her skin with a message. really horrifying details now of what a mother in california survived, and what her husband is now saying about her week's long captivity, coming up. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. we catch flo, the progressive girl, at the supermarket buying cheese. scandal alert! flo likes dairy?! woman: busted! [ laughter ] right afterwards we caught her riding shotgun with a mystery man. oh, yeah! [ indistinct shouting ] is this your chauffeur? what?! no, i was just showing him how easy it is to save with snapshot from progressive. you just plug it in and it gives you a rate based on your driving. does s

brady. if you could point out some of the similarities or differences between your tax plan and mr. trump's tax plan, i think we should focus on that and it might be helpful for us. >> i think the tax proposals are 80% the same. i think the differences are more than manageable. i think we can find common ground. it is incredibly pro-growth along main street america. that is one change. we are very aggressive on the international tax reform, and on eliminating the incentives to locate overseas, the border just ability provisions, eliminates it. not only that, it reverses that back towards the u.s.. we think that is important to growth. we are hopeful the track team will take a look at proposals like that. we have similar tax brackets as well. i do think that in recent days i have heard one thought about the wages and the taxes of the top 1%, but here is my thought. no american should be stock with the obama tax rate. it certainly hasn't grown the economy. this is the worst recovery in 50 years. certainly it has an reduced income inequality. it has grown under this president. that sor

peter: but brady said -- brady said republicans here are waiting or more guidance from the trump team on how to proceed on tax reform. the two sides are talking now. the tax outline mreleased in august when campaigning suggest that had every taxpayer including top earners will get a lower tax bill and said plans income thresholds would be similar to the tax reform plan from house republicans which has the same rates as mr. trump. here are the thresholds so you can get some idea what you might pay if all of this passes congress. a couple making $75,000 will pay 12% in taxes, income 75,000 and 230,000 or so would be taxed at 25% and anything above the 31 would be taxed at 33%. as you know, the top right now is 39.6 starting at 400,000. trish: the reality is if he really wants to cut taxes he's going to have to give something for those paying the most in the way of taxes. top 20% paying basically 80% of the load. anyway, peter barnes, thank you very much so much. we are continuing to here to wait for donald trump who is going to be addressing those workers at carrier in indianapolis, indiana. we are going to go as soon as it happens but i want to talk a little bit more

brady campaign. we also want to thank gun by guns and we want to thank all our partners who put this together. so without further ado on a let mr. mayor ed lee, and speak. thank you. >> thank you, rudy. it's always a good occasion to see each other because we know that we have commonalities of what we are trying to do here. i'm also thankful for the mothers here. i know that they wish they did not have to be here because the only reason they are here is to tell the stories of their loss and while it's a sad occasion that we have to come together i think we feel among ourselves some degree of joy that we do see each other because we have a common goal. with supervisor kim with our police chief, our donors but particularly, with united players. this agency was been at the forefront of reducing violence with our community partners, with our elected officials, and we want to make yet another strong effort to get guns off our streets. this is why we have gone buybacks. what we are trying to educate kids we are trying to get them the jobs. we are trying to rebuild a lot of the concentrated poverty housing in the city. we are trying t

brady. if you could take me a minute and point out similarities or differences between your tax plan and mr. trump's tax plan and things we should focus on, that might be helpful. >> i think the tax proposals are 80% the same and the differences are more than manageable. we can find common ground here. we go all in for expensing. it's incredibly pro growth along main street america. that's one change. we are very aggressive on the international tax reform. and on eliminating the incentives to locate overseas, the border provision eliminates it. it reverses that magnet back toward the u.s. we think that's important to growth. we're hopeful the trump team will take a look at proposals like that. we have similar tax brackets as well. i do think in recent days i've heard one thought about the wages and taxes of the top 1%, but here's my thought. no american should be stuck with the obama tax rates. they certainly haven't grown the economy. this is the worst recovery in 50 years. certainly hasn't reduced income inequality, it's grown under this president. and that's sort of old time thinking. hig

brady and the staff for moving this bill quickly. in particular, i want to thank my colleagues. i have mr. hurd over here that has a lot of border and he's got a lot of ports of entry and i want to thank him for his leadership on this bill. also want to thank beto o'rourke, my friend from el paso who knows, just like mr. hurd does, understand the importance of trade so i want to thank them and, of course, our senate sponsor, senator cornyn, that has done a great job on this particular bill. . this act is a bill that builds on the work that chairman john carter and myself added in the appropriation bill back in 2013 and 2014. to ease the delays and improve the infrastructure at our nation's land, sea, and airports of entry. as it's been said, trade and travel to the u.s. has been increasing for the last 10 years. in fiscal year 2015, our nation saw 382 million travelers that process -- that were processed at the nation's 328 land, sea, and airports of entry. in fact, if you look at the -- in particular i want to emphasize the land ports of entry. over 80% of all people coming into the unite

brady here the weigh in on that. >> and changes is in the air as people on both sides of the border prepare for mr. trump in the white house. we're going to look ahead with a.j. delgado. >>> and a news alert to politics in a minute, but we are molearng more about a deadly overnight fire that roared through an oakland, california industrial building. it happeneded late last night. nine are dead. that number could go far. it four hours to douse the blaze and now comes the grim and dangerous task of recovering the bodies. claudia cowen standing by live outside that warehouse oakland. >> a special task force is now being assigned to investigate what happened here this morning. what cause d this deadly fire. and why so many people became trapped inside and died. now, we are in an industrial area of the city of oakland. as you can see, the area behind me has been closed off. as dozens of fire crews begin to comb through the wreckage of this two story warehouse that had last night, been the scene of a party. it's not known what sparked the fire. crew we're hearing stories of people escaping and then we're

brady. my name is jason fickner at the mercada center. could you point out the similarities or differences between your tax plan and mr. trump's tax plan and things we should focus on? that might be helpful for us. >> i think the tax proposals are 80% the same and i think the differences are more than manageable. we can find common ground here. we go all in because it's incredibly pro growth along main street america, that's one change. we're very aggressive on the international tax reform, and on eliminating the incentives to locate overseas, the border adjustability provision of this eliminates it, eliminates it, not only that, it actually reverses that magnet back toward the u.s. we think that's important to growth. we're hopeful the trump team will take a look at proposals like that. we have similar tax brackets as well. i do think in recent days i've heard one thought about the wages and the taxes of the top 1%, but here's my thought. no american should be stuck with the obama tax rates. they certainly haven't grown the economy. this is the worst recovery in 50 years, certainly hasn't reduced income inequality. it

brady. some ofould point out the similarities or differences between your tax plan and mr. trump's tax plan, i think we should focus on that and it might be helpful for us. >> i think the tax proposals are 80% the same. i think the differences are more than manageable. i think we can find common ground. pro-growthdibly along main street america. that is one change. we are very aggressive on the international tax reform, and on eliminating the incentives to locate overseas, the border just ability provisions, eliminates it. not only that, it reverses that back towards the u.s.. we think that is important to growth. we are hopeful the track team will take a look at proposals like that. we have similar tax brackets as well. days iink that in recent have heard one thought about the wages and the taxes of the top 1%, but here is my thought. no american should be stock with the obama tax rate. it certainly hasn't grown the economy. this is the worst recovery in 50 years. certainly it has an reduced income inequality. it has grown under this president. old-time thinking, high tax

mr. president, the legislation passed unanimously, and there was superb work done by chairman brady, speaker, mr. ryan, mr. bf colleagues on the democratic side, sandy levin, lloyd dogget, a whole host of members. leader pelosi, enormous effort. you had the leadership, you had the ways and means committee; they came together and passed the legislation unanimously. and the reason they did, mr. president, is 500 organizations, groups representing children and pediatricians and the catholic bishops, the children's defense fund all came together, and they said that the current policy today with respect to vulnerable children just defies common sense. in effect, you can't get help to the families when it really is most critical, when a family member, a parent, say, for example, is dealing with drug abuse or mental health or a challenge where if they were able to get a modest amount assistance, the family could come together again, be healthy. the youngster would be able to stay in the home. and very often in these kinds of instances a grandparent or an uncle, if we made some modest changes in fed

brady handgun bill. here is a look. sen. schumer: mr. chairman, today is the day for this chamber to join the american people in saying we have had enough. today is the day to stand up and say, enough to the boundless fever for handguns, enough to the senseless killing in every community. day after day, night after night we see the bloody madness, children killing children, mothers die trying to protect their families. parents bury children. children bury parents. you and i and every one of us in this chamber know that our neighbors, the american people, are sick and tired of this insanity. my neighbors in queens and brooklyn are scared.