Passed the tax bill and President Trump held a celebration at the white house. Sharrie williams is joining us tonight. And we are following the developing detailed out of washington on what is the largest change to tax policy in more than three decades. The 1. 5 trillion dollars overhaul was made official after a procedural hiccup after forcing the vote this afternoon. It has President Trump and local leaders promising jobs and the president called the plan a historic victory for americans and democrats are looking at this bill as something that only benefits the rich. 3. 2 trillion dollars think of it in tax cuts for American Families including doubling the standard deduction and doubling the child tax credit. 83 per of the tax advantage goes to the top 1 . 13 million americans may Lose Health Insurance as their premiums go up under elimination of the individual mandate. Action News Reporter john rawlins talking with people today about the change to our taxes. And john most people you
Balloons and a lawn chair to soar into the sky. So high he says he was looking down on passenger planes. Why his stunt is capturing the attention of the public and the police today, tuesday, july 7th 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Savannah having some holiday time this week. Were joined by hoda kotb. That guy with the helium balloons was up in canada it was a 10 lawn chair. What on earth was he thinking . You can watch this video a thousand times. I know hes trying to promote his cleaning products but hello. Well have more on that story in a little while. We want to start on a Tuesday Morning with breaking news out of washington state. A deadly ice cave collapse at a National Forest thats really popular with hikers. Nbcs jacob rascon is at a local hospital. What can you tell us . Reporter matt good morning. The three most critically injured patient
Philadelphia, northeast philadelphia in the lower 70s to start with. Well warm into the 80s this afternoon. Not quite as hot as yesterday. Flag is at rest. Virtually no wind around. Most areas calm and most areas see sunshine too. 72 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00 77 and 84 degrees at lunch time with the winds staying light during the day. Just a 5 mileanhour breeze blowing around lunch time today. Ill show you how warm it gets in your neighborhood. Ill go neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. Thats true bill. We are doing okay especially on most of the majors, right around cottman avenue. First, for most of our rush hour morning, we can see about a 12minute trip headed southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. Average speeds of 70 miles an hour. Thats a little bit fast. Out in West Norriton the road is blocked, Whitehall Road and williams way. Police activity on the scene as well as an accident o
The wind stays light today. With clouds breaking for some sunshine well go from the low 70s at 7 00 to 80 degrees at 10 00. By 1 00 this afternoon were in the middle 80s. The temperatures will still be climbing though i dont expect to shall as hot as it was yesterday. Yes, theres a chance of storms in the future. I have the future weather when i come back in ten minutes. Lets check in with jessica boyington. Were working our way through an active work zone on 95 around state road. This has been there for quite some time. Its something were used to. What i wanted to Pay Attention to, theres actually no shoulder if youre headed southbound on pretty much either side. There are road blockages out here as well. Still about a 12minute trip. Something to watch out for with all leans still open but no shoulders throughout that little stretch. You want to be careful. Still a 12min tripute trip. Overturned tractortrailer blocking out the lefthand lane. Police activity on the scene as well. Compa
Yesterday, gorgeous sunshine temperatures so comfortable in the low 80s. Well see a really nice day again today. Getting a cool start, 50s and 60s, 59 right now in reading. Its 68 degrees in philadelphia. And dover is 64 degrees. Your neighborhoodby neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast coming up. Well see sunshine, calm conditions 73 degrees, up to 80 by lunch time. A look at that neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten minutes. Its a friday. Lets take a look at the traffic that may be accumulating during the morning hours. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Happy friday, everyone. If youre heading out the door in the next couple minutes or so you wont face difficulty in terms of volume. This is route 202. A disabled vehicle on the righthand shoulder no crew helping that passenger yet. But headed eastbound into the Center City Area no real problems. As for the pa turnpike 23 minutes, you can see the cars are green and word of the construction project pick