Attacks. And part of the heartland bracing for more rain after historic and deadly flooding. It is all happening now. We begin with a fox news alert on the Trump Administration going all in on a new plan to repeal and replace obamacare after reaching a bipartisan deal on a spending bill. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jenna lee. Jon im jon scott. We are awaiting the Daily White House press briefing set to begin at about half an hour from now. There will certainly be questions about the republicans revised Health Care Plan as they tried to come up with enough votes in the house after that white house fact officer and budget demands like funding for a border wall. Live fox team coverage, mike emanuel watching the vote count on capitol hill where Vice President pence made an appearance but we begin with cheaper white House White House correspondent john roberts. Good afternoon. Looks like the target date for a vote in the house this thursday, white house hoped it happen
Trump arriving back in washington d. C. After a few days in florida meeting with president of china. They talked about north korea. And recent provocations including banned missile testing by north korea, president is sending a strong message by delaying a u. S. Carrier strike group. Uss carl vinson and its supporting chip, that massive fighting force is being diverted to waters off of the Korean Peninsula. When i was ambassador in kuwait in 1990s, i referred to Carrier Battle Group as a 100,000 tons of diplomacy. I worked closely with Central Command then to make sure we have carrier present in northern gulf when we needed it. I think that president has made the right move both in syria and in korea. But, this is just the beginning. Harris 100,000 pounds of diplomacy,r we bring in David Le Miller to start coverage with latest from middle east bombings. Reporter harris, egypts president declaring a 3month state of emergency, following two terror attacks on coptic orthodox churches, doz
Also for mortgage. Theyre lowering the dividend and Capital Gains tax to encourage people to invest, to create jobs. Lowering the Corporate Tax rate to 15 . Also putting in a one time tax to encourage companies to repatriate their profits back here. They doubled the standard deduction. Thats a big tax cut for everyone. So this is a lot for tax cuts, for growth in the economy. Incredibly important. Job creation. Lets bring in chief White House Correspondent john roberts who joins us now with more. Boy, who was thering for everyone there. Reporter there appears to be, particularly with the tax rates, 10 , 25 , 35 , and then the fact that you wont pay tax if youre a married couple on the first 24,000 of income. That will effectively increase the number of people who are at a zero tax rate. Im told the Decision Making process was that twhaeupbted to maximize the bang that this plan would have for middle income people, which is why the proposed rate for higher income people went from 25 to
It is very, very bad and bad for our allies, south korea and japan and the statements are very inflammatory. Theyre horrible. Well have to see. I dont like drawing red lines but i act if i have to act. Bill President Trump will speak by telephone to russian president Vladimir Putin. The focus will largely be on the topic of syria. Shannon we have fox team coverage. Former u. N. Ambassador john bolton is standing by but we begin the roberts. 12 30 today the president will pick up the phone to talk to Vladimir Putin. The first time they spoke by telephone since the deadly train bombing on april 3. It will mark the first time the two leaders have spoken since the missile strike against syria. Theyre expected to discuss the civil war in syria. Russias continued backing of bashar alassad. North korea likely on the agenda today. Publicly the relations between the United States and russia have been very strained. Behind the scenes through diplomatic channels the tone has been different. Well
Called state police. Starting the final stage of a threeday man hunt. It all began when Steve Stephens recorded himself killing a 74yearold innocent man named Robert Goodwin sr. In the streets on easter sunday. Once troopers got the tip, they spotted the suspects car and picked up the chase. They say for two miles they drove after him and eventually knowledged the back of his car, sending him into a spin, a pit maneuver. Before the spin ended, the facebook killer pulled a gun and shot himself in the head according to authorities. This afternoon, police say they would have preferred a different ending. This started with one tragedy and ended with another person taking their own life. You know, loss of life is a loss of life. We would like to have brought steve in peaceful and see why this happened. A lot of people wanted answers. Now questions remain. Somehow while the killer was on the run, his victims son made an extraordinary gesture of compassion. Steve, i forgive you. Im not happy