This is not intended as a departure from the strong commitment to facilitate lasting peace agreement. We want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis. Great deal for the palestinians. Those opposed to the deal says the u. S. Is no longer acting as mediator for two state solution. You have made it difficult for the United States to act as an unbiased broker in any peace negotiations. When everybody warns that this is a bad idea you might want to give credence that this could be a bad idea. The ranking republican senator says it shouldnt matter. If you allow someone to say all right have it my way wher should not be in the position of the country. Benjamin netanyahu praised president trumps move and a dire reaction from the Palestinian Authority president. Mahmoud abbas said that trumps decision will lead us in to wars that will never end. President trump says democrats are to blame if there is a government shutdown. Congress has until friday to pass a spending bill. Developin
Decision and other topics during his Weekly Briefing at the capitol. Speaker officer taxpayers will see more money in their paychecks. The i. R. S. Is taking steps to prepare new withholding tails for 2018 based upon this legislation. This tax cut will mean less of a paycheck going to washington and more to the hard working person who earned it. This is real relief. His is what this accomplishes. This is to rebill our military and this bill helps do that. The house passed a fully funded extension to protect the nine million children. That bill is h. R. 3922, the championing healthy kids act. Unfortunately, an overwhelming majority of House Democrats voted against that extension of chip funding. Care for children in need should go beyond party lines. I hope both parties will come to together to extend the chip funding now. Questions. Reporter congressman blake fearntholet said he will not run for reelection, do you think he should step down now . The speaker he is making the right decis
Of sexual misconduct. Congressman announced he is rooir retiring at the end of the term and speaker ryan said it is the right decision. This is ten minutes. The tax cut and jobs act, it is about making jobs, growing this economy. It is about middle class income going higher. This is about giving the people the ability to make ends meet. Im so excited we are on the cusp of this great accomplish. And if Congress Acts by christmas people will see gains very soon. As the president announced yesterday, if tax reform taxpayers will see more money in their paychecks beginning in february. With holding tables will reflect that. The irs is already taking steps to prepare new with holding tables for 2018 based upon this legislation. This tax cut will mean less of a paycheck going to washington, and more to the hard working person who earned it. Again, that is the whole purpose of this bill. Bigger paychecks for the people working hard to provide for think families. This is real relief. In additi
The san mateo coast. There is cloud cover zipping down from the northwest. A little bit of fog out to the valley. Mostly sunny today. A very dry pattern for us. There are hints of an off shore or northerly breeze. Maybe not that strong. Higher elevations stronger. 30s, 40s 50s. Gilroy at 37. 30s in the santa cruz mountains. Acampbell says 38. If you want rain, go north. There are some up in portland and seattle. Theres none here. There wont be for a while. 60s and 70s, above normal temps. Around pinole you had an issue. Is that taken care of or still causing problems. Well, the accident is cleared but the slow traffic remains on 80 westbound coming away from the carquinez bridge and heading west at richmond. There was a crash at pinole road. You can see the traffic will be slow westbound as you drive through hercules. It is getting a little better. Now there is more slow traffic appearing downstream, if you will. At one point we had a 62minute backup. Now down to 40 minutes. Things are
News in virginia. We will bring in live pictures for you. This is the scene. This is what happened after a specially chartered amtrak train carrying republicans to a gop retreat has crashed into a garbage truck. The train has stopped on the tracks. A number of officials in the area as well. This happened in virginia, not too far from charlottesville. From what we understand, there are some injuries to those on board. We have been tracking a number of lawmakers. Several republicans taking to twitter, letting people know about the accident and saying that theyre okay. But, again, as we push into the truck that was hit, we can see it is pretty mangled up front. Again, were still working to understand exactly what happened. There are reports House Speaker paul ryan was in fact on board that train. He is said to be okay. We understand this group of lawmakers was headed to the green briar resort. The crime scene tape is up. Investigators are processing the scene. Were working to find out who