57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A glitch in the gop efforts to push a sweeping tax overhaul bill through congress. Senator marco rubio said he wont support the measure unless the Child Tax Credit is increased, and at least two other republican senators have yet to commit to the bill which will be unveiled today. Good morning, brook. Good morning, annemarie. Theres a lot we already know about this bill. The Corporate Tax rate will drop to 21 . The top personal bracket will fall to 37 . But the number republicans cant be sure of is 50. Thats the number of senate votes theyll need to pass this bill. The slim margin the republicans seem to have in getting their tax bill through may be vanishing. Senator marco rubio has turned out to be a key voice of dissent. He says no care gets a bump. Until they add to the figure, i wont support the bill. President trump insists all is still good as hes delivering what he calls a christmas
Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A glitch in the gop efforts to push a sweeping tax overhaul bill through congress. Senator marco rubio said he wont support the measure unless the Child Tax Credit is increased, and at least two other republican senators have yet to commit to the bill which will be unveiled today. Good morning, brook. Good morning, annemarie. Theres a lot we already know about this bill. The Corporate Tax rate will drop to 21 . The top personal bracket will fall to 37 . But the number republicans cant be sure of is 50. Thats the number of senate votes theyll need to pass this bill. The slim margin the republicans seem to have in getting their tax bill through may be vanishing. Senator marco rubio has turned out to be a key voice of dissent. He says no unless the child tax care gets a bump. Until they add to the figure, i wont support the bill. President trump insists all is still good as hes delivering what he calls a christmas peo
In the context of a jury trial, we move out of this hearing, full steam ahead, very encouraged by what we saw. We are confident we can prevail with a jury. Reporter both men will return to court in january. For now they are being held at santa rita jail. One more note. Attorneys for max harris tried to get his bail reduced from 750,000 to either 40,000 to be released on his own recognizance. That motion was denied. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. Were following developing news out of San Francisco. A sea liian attacked a swimmer near aquatic park this afternoon. Ktvus alyana gomez joins us live from aquatic park in the city where the Police Officers who rescued that swimmer have just spoken. Reporter in the last 15 minutes we heard from San Francisco police at the marine unit. They brought the victim out to the dock after he was actually brought out by a sailboat. A captain on the sailboat is the reason why this mans life has been saved. Now, were learning more about the vicious
More Sexual Misconduct reported on the hill. This time republican representative blake farenthold. He is the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Good morning, mel. Reporter and good morning. The texas congressman says that the allegations brought by a former Communications Director against him are false. Nonetheless he said he will not seek reelection next year. Accusations from former staffers include allegations of sexually graphic jokes and comments farenthold is also suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. Face. Stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged no those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going t
Of this year. Now, some of those accusations include graphic jokes, sexually graphic jokes and comments. Farenthold is suspected of using taxpayer funds some 84,000 to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is also accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. I allowed the personal stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged in those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going to be leaving congress. Reporter the House Ethics Committee will be investigating claims against farenthold. Misconduct accusations in the u. S. House forced out john conyers and trent franks. Texas republican joe barton also wont seek reelection after a nude photo of him surfaced online in november. And in the senate, democrat al frankens replacement has been named. Though the senor set. Also this week three women who went public with accusations of Sexual M