Conservationists are celebrating the first baby born in the wild. Hello, good evening, welcome to the bbc news at five, i am jane hill. Our main story tonight the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has accepted that he could have been clearer in his comments about a british woman whos in prison in iran, which raised fears she could have her sentence doubled. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe was visiting family in iran when she was detained in april 2016. But last week, the foreign secretary told mps she was there training journalists. Now his words have been cited in an Iranian Court as evidence against her. Ina in a moment, i will be talking to her husband, but first this report from Political Correspondent chris mason. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe with her young daughter, gabriella. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe was arrested in tehran in april last year and has been injail ever since for allegedly plotting to topple the iranian regime. Her family insist she was there on a family visit, but look what the
I appreciate members participation during yesterdays igs session. I was glad to hear everys initial thoughts. However, a number of issues were raised yesterday that in my view warrant some additional responses. First at characterization of the bill as a massive tax cut for the rich that particular claim was repeated by almost every minority member of this committee. The problem with that claim is that its just not true. The joint committee on taxation a nonpartisan congressional scorekeeper has concluded not only does the bill maintain the current level of progressivity in the tax code but the largest tax cuts in terms of percentage of income will go to middle income earners. I understand that the districtsal analysis is inconvenient for the democrats who are committed to the narrative that republicans intend to give the socalled rich a huge tax cut. But jcts analysis shouldnt be ignored altogether. Secondly, there was the repeated claim supposedly placed on jct analysis that the bill
Type tax reform. Today is day two of the Senate Committee review live on capitol hill. This is just getting under way. It collects input from amendments that have been filed. Because of a larm number of amendments we have processed the modified mark will be given to members later today as has been discussed with our Ranking Member and everyone can then have time to read over the modifications. After that process we will resume a markup tomorrow morning with the modified mark. Before we proceed today i want to make a few comments. I appreciate members participation during yesterdays session. I was glad to hear everyones initial thoughts. However a number of issues were raised that in my view werent additional responses. First is a massive tax cut for the rich. That particular claim was repeated by almost every minority member of this committee. The problem with that is that its just not true. J. T. C. s analysis shouldnt be ignored all together. Secondly there was the repeated claim tha
S department has worked 75 heroin over dose cases that resulted in eight deaths. One official told us the alleged drug dealers clearly have the skills to operate a legitimate business. Michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. Angela an ohio pharrell board has decided to separate a man who is captured 62 years escaping from prison. He had run off from the shawshank prison in ohio 1959. He had been held for running over and killing a man. He was reimprisoned last may. Jim we are learning more information about an i4 worker who was killed while on the job yesterday. Angela it happened just before noon in a construction area near i4 and the maitland boulevard exit. Wesh 2 s amanda ober is live. Amanda, this man had a dump truck back over him . Amanda that is what happened who was killed was a father of three children and that he was only on this job about a month, a job he was very excited to have. Meantime you may have noticed there has been no activity at any of the i4 construction site today. Th
Billion in revenues over the next ten years. How things are sized up overnight. Ive said all along, our most important priority is protecting middle class families. This legislation does this. This shouldnt be the model of how we do things around here. But i think we can sigh weve done some good for the country. If it passes the house, here is what the plan means for you and your family. Bush era tax cuts would stay in place for individuals earning less than 400,000 a year and couples earning less than 450,000. Unemployment benefits for 2 million americans would be extended for a year, and the alternative minimum tax would permanently be adjusted for inflation. But when it comes to spending cuts, lawmakers defer for two more months. Thats a nice way of saying kicking the can down the road. Expect more finger pointing and fighting in 2013. White house correspondent brian Brianna Keilar up all night. Joining us to talk about whats going phone in washington, in the white house. This is a