Because millions of americans desperately need the health and growth of the economy. The president sat down with a group of bipartisan lawmakers at the white house earlier today and heres what he said. We have four principles for tax reform. Make it simple and fair. Cut taxes substantially. It will be the largest tax decrease for the history of our country for the middle class. Encourage companies to hire and grow in america, and by doing that we will havemi to reduce te taxes for companies. T another bipartisan project that is urgently needed is infrastructure. And Infrastructure Investment its time now to build new roads, new bridges, tunnels, highways, railways all across the great land. We doo not want it to get daca,a week and a half, and people do not talk about it as much pride we want to see if we can do something with regard to immigration and the 800,000 people that are now young people, not children anymore. They were children, now they are young people. We need to see if we
Give a bonus or, you know, hike the wages for their employees. Companies from american airlines, jet blue, to wells fargo, bank of america, and just today Waste Management saying they were going to hand out 2,000 bonuses to 34,000 employees. As you mention, walmart is now joining the party, the countrys largest private employer, more than 1. 5 Million People work for walmart. Theyre going to raise their starting pay from 9 an hour to 11 an hour. Also going to hand out bonuses up to 1,000. All of this after we find out that the Corporate Tax rate is come down from 35 to 21 . Those companies passing on their savings. But, if you think the democrats are impressed, they are not. In fact, they continue to say the big corporations are getting unfair tax advantages, and they say dont be fooled by the peanuts that theyre handing out to their workers. Just listen to House Minority leader nancy pelosi. In terms of the bonus that Corporate America received, versus the crumbs that they are giving
Tamp it done . Im Charles Payne in for neil cavuto. This is your world. Howie kurtz here in a moment but first, peter doocy in the thick of it. Peter . For several hours between the end of the Cabinet Meeting that the president hosted today and the beginning of the press briefing, there was a little confusion about whether or not something the president said sat the cabinet meting contradicted that something his intelligence officials said, that the threat from russia is on going. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Thank you very much. As it turns out, according to Sarah Sanders, that no was addressing something else. We certainly believe that we are taking steps to make sure that they cant do it again unlike previouS Administrations. This president is actually taking bold action and reform to make sure it doesnt happen again. But he does believe that they would target certainly u. S. Elections again. Sarah sanders also said to the president s no that she had a chanc
Disturbing video today by cost toms and border protection. Lets show you the video first. Officials say it was reported on the arizonamexico border saturday night. A group of men, two of whom are armed with automatic or semiautomatic weapons, pull up in a truck and a woman and a young boy with them. They walk up to the border. The armed men stop on the mexican side while another man who appears to be unarmed escorts the mother and child through the fence, points the way to them and hops back through. Cvp moved in quickly to detain her son that are kwaguatamaulan. Its disturbing to see the apparent human smugglers on the border. Several thousand migrants are in mexico heading to the u. S. Border, by train, bus and on foot. They are still around. 1,000 miles from the border itself. Its difficult to get an accurate estimate of the numbers, but those travelling with the migrants put the number at around 3,000. Yesterday Mexican Police detained more than 350 of the migrants in what appeared
Something significant happens in the next few days, he could have the border closed by the time he visits the border in california on friday. The president venting his frustration at democrats earlier today tweeting democrats working with republicans in congress can fix the asylum and other loop holes quickly. We have a Major National emergency at our border. Get it done now. The department of Homeland Security will be reallocating up to 750 Border Patrol personnel to assist the Border Patrol to happen immediately. The number could rise to 2,000 in the coming weeks. Only so many personnel to go around. Why are we talking about close the border . Not for spite and undo what is happening. But we need people in the ports of entry to be where theres no wall. Democrats say theres no emergency. The president is manufacturing a crisis. The increase in the number of Border Apprehensions this year is changing minds. Heres how president obamas Homeland Security secretary jay johnson said on fox