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mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> thanks so much for the update. wjz will continue to follow this story. we'll update you with more information when it becomes available in this newscast. the first funeral was held for a victim of the moore, oklahoma tornado. edward lawrence with the details. >> reporter: the first of 24 victims was laid to rest. family and friends gathered for the funeral of one of the seven children killed. the cleanup was put on hold this morning when more than six inches of rain flooded streets. the tornado stared dianne meyers' house, wiping out the rest of h...
our discussion today, paul volcker talked about the need for tax reform and said he would like to see his even be older than tackling expenditure and lowering rates, which is kind of the grand bargain and seems what you have been mind. moving toward integrating personal taxes with corporate taxes, or moving toward a consumption tax. very mention of vat. i don't necessarily need you time your detailed plan but how ambitious would you be, how would you look at the revenue raising pursing the incentive trade-offs? you know, can you say a little bit more about the framework you would bri...
effects. these stories really haven't ever been seen in popular media. and we expect it will lead to more than half a million smokers seeking out the resources they need to quit. now, when we look back on just a few decades to the days of smoking on airplanes and elevators, it can be easy to focus on how far we've come since then. it can be easy to be lulled into a sense of complacency and start to think tobacco use is a problem that will go away on its own. but unfortunately we know better. and the numbers actually tell a very different story. tobacco in this country continues to ki...
. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us to day. i'm delighted to have the chance to share this stage with two of our great health leaders at health and human services, dr. regina benjamin, surgeon general and dr. tom freeden who heads the centers for disease control and i also want to personally thank the individuals who are here, some of whom you're going to h former smokers whose real life story inspires this effort and outreach. we're here today to announce the latest step this administration is taking in our fight against the number one cause of preventable death ...