Good morning, youre right, late night in senate and Early Morning in the ho house. After the senate made changes to the bill that republicans had already passed. So, celebration in the house was dammingpened a little bit. And this as much confidence theyll be able to celebrate once again later this afternoon. And the senate took up that massive tax cut bill last night a plan that is said to touch every corner of of the american economy. It comes with a 1. 5 twril xwron price tag added to u. S. Debt. Not a single democrats in the house and senate voted yes they warn it will ruin the countrys financial fought tour. Heres how the two sides spun it. What this achievement marks is a promise that this majority made that is promise this majority is keeping. Republicans will be running away from this shame for voting yes this evening. And now President Trump was in celebratory mood sweeting u. S. Senate passed biggest tax cut in the tax cut and reform bill. Also adding that the individual mand
Get to Holiday Weekend. Straight up traveling to centerville and 66 eastbound dealing with crash thats out by 9 causing slow downs. 395 still looks pretty good and maryland delays in college park a full look at travel next. Thanks, erin, tucker, lets get to big story wednesday morning gop tax reform push is almost complete. Overnight the Senate Passed massive tax reform bill. But theres still another hurd toll clear before it goats President Trump. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with the latest details. Mel. Good morning, yes, it was a late night in the senate and it will be app Early Morning in the house as theyre trying to reconcile the two bills a little language had to be changed in the senate. Thats what one final hurdle was. Reps are confident theyll timely get this over the goal line. Its cuts and jobs act passed. With heckling from the dalry in the wee hours of the morning vicepresident mike pence provided massage of republican tax plan right along party lines. We
Effects. Well have Team Coverage of the holiday rush all morning. More details emerge after a bus overturned on tuesday killing 12 people. We now know that a group of family members from lorton, virginia, are among the dozen that lost their lives there. Anna behar and her son died. Daniels grandmother was also killed. Moises behar was killed. Friends are now mourning the loss of daniel. He was always the life of the party. Very energetic and happy. He always has a joke and makes everyone laugh. Just like energetic and loved the world. The family was on its way to see the mayan ruins when the bus flipped over. A preliminary finding shows excessive speed and the drivers neig that driver is now facing vehicular manslaughter charges. Police have reopened some of the lanes on the interstate highway in Washington State where a train derailed and sent railcars tumbling down to the road. Last night, work crews cleared the southbound side of i5. The right lanes remain closed as they clean up th
America is going to start growing again. Corporate america gets out the checkbook for employees. How long will the good times roll . All that, plus new bombshell. Mckayla maroney claiming usa gymnastics tried to buy her silence on abuse. The new ad that could scare you out of ever texting and driving again. What made Prince William get on his high horse . Today, thursday, december 21st, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on the thursday before christmas. Just when you thought you couldnt love the royals any more, he gets on a horse for that little girl. Why do we love it when they do dorky things . Because theyre just in australia, a driver rammed his car into a group of pedestrians. It happened in melbourne. There is a suspect in custody this morning. Police say he did it deliberately. Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. This ha
By car or plane as we are just days away from christmas. Times to be on the road today are between 3 006 00. Ryan is at Dulles Airport breaking down the numbers. Ryan good afternoon. We have been making our way through departure terminals all morning long. We saw a long, heavy lines early this morning. This afternoon, things have really died down and slowed over here at Dulles Airport, but the airlines say they are still bracing for the crowds later on this afternoon. The numbers are staggering at the airport. Aaa says 6. 4 million americans will be hitting the skies over the next few days. Today, workers are dealing with the busiest travel day of the season. Tsa expects to see an additional 400,000 people on top of a regular thursday. Pass through its checkpoints. Lines will be long. Pack your patience. Anyone who has flown knows it can be extremely stressful. 44 therapy dogs will help alleviate that stress. We caught up with them this morning. We found cory from denver. His flight wa