One of the provisions seen to be in violation of the senate rules. One is the title of the bill. Other is to use the College Savings plan for home schooling, and the criteria of whether endowments for universities are subject to the excise tax. The House Speaker nancy pelosi putting a statement out saying the house revote is the latest evidence of how shot how shoddily written the gop tax scam really is. The public is going to catch on. They will see this as a con job and it will catch on it will give the middle class the shaft. Accusing the republicans of hating the poor and loving the rich has nothing to do with reality. But they are getting more desperate and vicious in their attacks. Reporter all that being said, this bill will likely pass in the senate this evening. With arizona senator john mccain home in arizona and the republicans would have their tax bill passed. Then because of those rules violations, tomorrow morning it would likely be passed again, then and only then on to
Close several dozen sams clubs across the country. Steven mnuchin phrased walmarts use of tax benefit. Walmart is the latest company to make such announcement directly result of the tax cuts act and they join over 130 other Companies Across the nation who have already given such relief. We are now up to over 2 million workers that have seen either special bonuses or additional wages. We have been talking with lots of companies for a long time and we are thrilled with how people are responding. Maria secretary mnuchin delivered good news to American Worker saying we can expect to see the windfall in our paychecks next month. The momentum will not quick, the major indices all closed at another alltime high. Dow industrials, s p and nasdaq in unchartered territory yet again with 205 point rally. Futures indicating the market wills open higher again, the momentum continues this morning, dow industrials expected to be up 100 points as we await for Bank Companies to report earnings, nasdaq u
The east coast. The clock is ticking, the house doing its part to avoid a Government Shutdown last night. The house passed shortterm spending bill late last night that will keep the government funded through february 16th, now it is on to the senate where passage remains anything but certain. In the House Republicans did their job. They made sure government stayed open. We are where we are for one reason and one reason only within a day of Government Shutdown and thats insistence of our friends on the other side that we deal with this nonemergency right now. Maria very latest as lawmakers are scrambling with just hours left to avoid a shutdown. Threat coming amid a booming economy, President Trump took the stage last night in pittsburgh where he touted the major accomplishments his administration has seen and overseen in his first year in office, this comes as more Companies Give back to employees, thanks to that historic tax overhaul, the details that some employers say they will now
The u. S. Information agency that was part of our show we say cold war apparatus . [laughter] and surveying postcolonial nations and keeping an eye on things so this is a benign side of the cia published topic magazine and Richard Tsongas was a photographer here taking a picture of james brown and legos nigeria in 1970. He has an expansive body of work and we have the entire collections of the images here are they meet the description of the show which is lesserknown images across the continent starting from pittsburgh to nigeria. Its a pretty the show. There also images of malcolm x for malcolm x for example or Elijah Mohammad as a rarely seen in terms of what people would find on a Google Search for example. Lets see that Elijah Mohammad photo down here. This is Elijah Mohammad at the end, correct . Right here, big as life and there is malcolm x. This is a 1961 shot in washington d. C. With a church of god figure. Debating the merits of islam. Host do you think we could have that deb
When all is said and done, this storm can dump more than 50 inches of rain. And biblical has become a flimsy and tough. Super sized greatness is on display as people kay for their neighbors. Dont get me wrong. People need all the help they can get. But the power of selfreliance and empathy in the face of this store speaks to a decency most of people have not lost touch with. It will be months before the Economic Impact is known. But to the anies pouring into the red cross and social media, the goodness in people overcomes the worst circumstances. Lets get into all of this. Im kennedy. An entire years worth of rain in a single storm and it may not be over for another week. We are told at least five people have died since harvey made landfall over the weekend. 15,000 currently in shelters and many people have lost their homes and cars and any future prosperity in the short term. Helicopters and boats and trucks saving people all over coastal texas. In some places the water is rising an i