Saturday, something you wont want to miss coming up in my forecast. News4 midday starts now. Good morning everyone im molette green. And im erika gonzalez. We are falling news on ts west bank. Take a look at the clashes. The leader of hamas is falling for anger as President Trump decision. And Richard Engel takes us into the streets. Reporter this is in response to President Trump speech. Palestinian are taken to the streets and using fires as smoke screen to give them some sort of protection. And we are not just seeing this where i am in the west bank, several cities in the west bank that are seeing very similar ramallah and going on for hours and perhaps a great deal longer than that. A new uprising, new way of getting their demands. They say that the Peace Process which theyve been engaged in for decades is no longer working. They say with that speech by President Trump, the u. S. Has proven itself not to it be a fair mediator in the conflict. So now they are trying a different appr
Off on tax reform until newly elected alabama senator doug jones is seated. Once that happens, the gop majority in the senate be tighter with a 5149 split. It would be wrong for Senate Republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. Reporter republicans are scheduling votes for next week trying to meet the president s deadline by christmas. So even without doug jones in washington, dc, how much confidence is there that this bill will pass because there is still a couple of republicans senators who had some issues. Reporter youre right. A senator on the republican side came up with a question, they have met it negotiated, given them something. The wild card might be marco rubio. He wanted that 21 rate. He thought it should bump up to 20 or 21 for Corporate Taxes. But whats he getting in return . He wanted to help people on the lower income scale with that money. Instead its going to folks who make a Million
Legislation has not been released. We do have some key provisions. Reportedly lowers the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 21 . The top individual rate for the wealthiest drops from 39. 6 to 37 . The compromise bill caps deduction for state taxes and property taxes at 10,000. It allows a mortgage Interest Deduction for loans up to 750,000. Live coverage Caroline Shively in washington dc with more. Reporter gop leaders scramble to finish their tax reform bill behind closed doors. Trump was out front promising miraculous results. We stand on the verge of a new economic miracle. Reporter pushing aside claims tax reform claims the the typical family of four earning 75,000 was he an income tax cut of more than 2000. Slashing their tax bill in half. Put mac negotiators are making changes. The Corporate Tax rate expected to be at 21 . Down from the current level of 35 . The top individual tax rate is going down from 39 to about 37 . The mortgage Interest Deduction will fall in the 700,000 range f
4 30. Supercommute time. Yes, sir and right now we are looking at a commute that is going to be a little bit slow, westbound 80 in some areas already getting just a touch slow in vallejo approaching the carquinez bridge but im talking very little slow traffic. For the most part a nice looking drive on highway 37, 80 and 29 as you drive to the area, to the con carquinez bridge. Right now thats what it looks like. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is still light. At 4 31, lets go back to the desk. Thanks, al. Law enforcement agencies are investigating several suspicious incidents at the Alameda County courthouse in oakland. Officials had to put the building on lockdown after a backpack was left outside. When police confronted a man about that backpack, he got into an altercation about sheriffs deputies. The 26yearold man does not appeared to be appear to be connected to two fire bombing incidents at the courthouse. The first happened on october 25th, the secon
Coast and santa clara valley. 5 01. And sal tells us the traffic is . Its moderate. We have slowing out there. We are going back to the tracy commute to show you slow traffic, steve. Good morning to you at home. If youre just about to leave and head out to the altamont pass, its about normal, which is to say that traffic is going to be slow in some and some areas are getting santa rosa, speeds are down slower, speeds with down, 22 miles per hour. Some speeds are lower than that. If you make it through the altamont pass, it looks good into livermore and pleasanton, no major problems driving through. If youre driving on interstate 880 in oakland, traffic in both directions is doing very well. No major problems there. At the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is light. At 5 01, lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Topping our news right now, the overnight standoff in the south bay appears to be finally over. Yeah. San jose police spent more than 15 hours searching for a burgla