With something extra. We essentially repealed obamacare because we got riffed the individual mandate which was terrible. This is the ultimate bad Christmas Carol story. Reporter democrats like kenning the tax bill to alum of cole in americas stocking. So what were doing here today is basically saying, wealthy americans, big fat Christmas Present for you. Tiny tim, were taking your crutch away from you, and all the other kids in this country. Reporter still republicans say the tax bill is really a gift to the us economy. This gets us better wages, bigger paycheck, a simpler tax system. This gets the American Economy competitive. Reporter lawmakers cant head home for the holidays just yet. Theyve got two days in order to pass a boil avoid a government shut down. Connell mc shane, fox 29 news. As with any tax change law there are winners and there are losers. Our bruce gordon spent the day in moorestown, n, where some big changes could be on the way. Joins us now studio with help tull adv
Say they left four days before christmas, yes, to get ahead of just basically cheaper to leave before the weekend. Either way, we were lucky enough to find people with no travel troubles. Were coming from boston from school and were coming home for the holidays. Reporter twins haley and ryan flores are excited to be home with family for christmas. So happy. Done with final. Just took a final this morning. They say theyre ride on amtrak into 30th street station where their aunt and uncle pick them up tonight was smooth and not too busy. I traveled on the same train for thanksgiving and it wasnt nearly as busy as as it was for thanksgiving. Thirtieth street station wasnt too crowded four nights before christmas and likely the camp before the storm at firm too. The bells welcome home their son and daughterinlaw from texas. It was pretty easy. About five hours to get here. Two different connecting flights not bad at all. I dont mind eiffel been traveling for years now. We do it twice a yea
Holiday travel, holiday weather. A chance of snow for some of us. Did we mention snow . Yeah, we go there. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. Heres live look outside up in the Blue Mountain in the poe know mountains snow covered as you would expect. Not the case outside of our studios here in old city at least not right now. Good news for the millions of people expected to travel over the long christmas weekend. Thanks for joining us tonight at 10 00. Im iain page. Lucy is off tonight. Well get to your holiday forecast in just a moment. Team coverage as kathy tracking the snow but we want to begin with travel. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson joins us live at 30th street station tonight. Shawnette. Reporter iain, some people actually left today which is four days before christmas as you know. Some people say it was truly to get ahead of that holiday rush. Other people say it was simply a way to get a cheaper ticket. You paid less to fly if you left before the weekend. But other people say that the roa
Say they left four days before christmas, yes, to get ahead of just basically cheaper to leave before the weekend. Either way, we were lucky enough to find people with no travel troubles. Were coming from boston from school and were coming home for the holidays. Reporter twins haley and ryan flores are excited to be home with family for christmas. So happy. Done with final. Just took a final this morning. They say theyre ride on amtrak into 30th street station where their aunt and uncle pick them up tonight was smooth and not too busy. I traveled on the same train for thanksgiving and it wasnt nearly as busy as as it was for thanksgiving. Thirtieth street station wasnt too crowded four nights before christmas and likely the camp before the storm at firm too. The bells welcome home their son and daughterinlaw from texas. It was pretty easy. About five hours to get here. Two different connecting flights not bad at all. I dont mind eiffel been traveling for years now. We do it twice a yea
107 million americans hitting 50 miles. 50 miles or more. Locally, its about 1. 2 million philly area residents headley ad to grandmas house are somewhere else about 30 of the local population. So about three out of every ten people will be traveling at least 50 miles much thats an increase of 3 over last year, and its the ninth Consecutive Year of rising travel for this year end holiday. All of this points to a strong economy, growing consumer confidence, according to aaa, said to be the reasons why so many people are hitting the roads. In fact travel for every major Holiday Weekend this year has been up. Here at the airport theyre anticipating about 82,000 philly area residents going to be flying some place thats about 2 . So two out of the 100 of us will be flying. If youre driving, we did some check wig aaa as far as gas prices right now they average 2. 69 a gallon. That is up 24 cents over last year. You want to give yourself extra travel time if youre in a car, according to one s