my name is sarah wolf. i am 31 years old. rom pennsylvania and happen to have down syndrome. >> reporter: now sarah is on a mission. >> i'm excited to share my story today. >> reporter: testifying before a senate committee hearing in washington, d.c. in july, sarah is close to doing what others could not. >> this is the fair and right thing to do. >> reporter: persuading congress to address this long standing disparity for people with disabilities. >> what did you want those senators to know, the message you wanted to tell them? >> i wanted them to know that people with disabilities, and different kinds of disabilities, and those with down syndrome have the right to live on their own. >> the bill noble as the able act, short for achieving a better life experience, would allow people with disabilities and their families to create tax exempt savings accounts up to $100,000. sarah wier is at the forefront of the lobbying effort. >> it sends a message to people in congress that people with disabilities in 2014 can work. specifical

action news" team, i'm skversky, walter perez, and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist, we'll see you tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor. he served in the peace corps in india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees. when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead. can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight extreme weather from coast to coast. drenching rains, flash floods. lightning sparking fires. even striking swimmers. >> they had no heartbeat. the heart had stopped. >> plus bringing pounding surf out west. who is in the threat zone tonight and the forecast for the week ahead. is winter already on the way? >>> star studded sendoff. join rivers gets the grand celebration she asked for. a song from hugh jackman. a eulogy from howard stern and the a list says goodbye. >>> mystery virus. thousands