Guilty. But if convicted of bribery, faces up to 20 years. Wei, if convicted of espionage, coud get life. Norah. Very serious charges. Mark strassmann, thank you. Now to a tragedy on the southern border. Mexican authorities have recovered the bodies of two possible drowning victims in the rio grande. Cbss Omar Villafranca reports one of the bodies was found near a floating barrier that was recently installed by the texas government to deter migrants. Reporter the two bodies were discovered in this remote stretch of the rio grande. The first migrant from honduras was found by Texas Troopers tangled on the controversial floating barrier buoys. Later, mexican authorities found another body three miles upstream. Officials are investigating what led to their deaths. He spoke to his emotional mother, who says he was her oldest son. Before he left, she told reporters he gave her one last hug and said, we cant keep starving here. I have to go. Mexican officials blame the drownings on the barri
candidates are crisscrossing the states. and extreme weather from coast to coast in the u.s., from flooding in georgia to deadly wildfires in california. we will have details from the cnn world weather center. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin in canada where a manhunt is underway for two suspects in connection with a deadly mass stabbing. police in sass katchewan say th attacks killed at least ten people in more than a dozen crime scenes in the province. at least 15 people were taken to hospitals for injuries and leaders of the james smith cree nation have declared a state of emergency. police have identified the two suspects as damien sanderson and myles sanderson. they are considered armed and dangerous. they are in a black nissan rogue with a saskatchewan license plate. we are taking all steps possible to track these individuals and any information that comes in from public or other sources, we are following
The Venice Film Festival and why she waited so long to speak out. The College House party that was so crazy even the air tested positive for alcohol. And lottery fever. The 223 million Mega Millions jackpot grows even larger overnight and thats not the only megajackpot up for grabs today. Oh, we can dream on this wednesday, cant we, about that jackpot . Well start with breaking news from capitol hill. Senate republicans have passed their historic tax bill. They voted after midnight 5148 along party lines. Its a major victory for President Trump who immediately tweeted the United States Senate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill and he announced a white house News Conference once the house votes. The average American Household is expected to see a tax abcs Arlette Saenz has more on what the bill means for you. Good morning, arlette. Reporter hey, good morning, kendis and diane. It was another late night in the senate but republicans were beaming as they passed the
Trying to ease into the holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] larry but you are here with us. Im larry smith. Arianna and im a jamal hopkins, in for autria godfrey. This is the busiest month for traveling . Julie but with a strike . Its going to get crazy. Weather at least the is going to be easy, which is ironic, yesterday was the anniversary of a big snowstorm from 2009. Look at these temperatures, it was amazing. Today, not too bad. Its not going to be that sunny. Clouds coming through from time to time. By 11 a. M. And0 temperatures will kind of hold steady and heres the reason why. A weather system to the south with rain running along the front. If you are traveling from atlanta to memphis, t 50 is your high, mid 40s tomorrow with colder conditions coming our way and some wind. The forecast today not starting out in the 20s, but for today, 50, 45 tomorrow, we will talk abo
Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Early this morning the Senate Passed the first major rewrite of u. S. Tax laws in over 30 years. The senate vote came hours after the bill was passed by the house. The house has to vote again this morning because of some procedure all violations. President trump is expected to sign the measure later today. For mr. Trump and gop lawmakers it is a long awaited victory. Hena doba is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning. The 1. 5 trillion bill will provide deep cuts for the wealthy and modest cuts for middle and low income families, pushing the National Debt even higher. The tax cuts and job act is passed. The senate gave the nod overnight in a v lines. Moments later President Trump tweeted in part, the United States Senate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill. We now add comprehensive tax reform, major middle class tax relief, and making our businesses both large and small more comp