House. And the mu team of the bible opens today in washington, d. C. The private 800 Million Museum features artifacts collected by the family that controls the hobby lobby retail chain. Its located near the national mall. Those are some of our top stories on this friday, november 17. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this morning this half hour with a win for republicans. The house has passed its version of a massive tax reform measure. Gop lawmakers cheered once the vote count was announced. But now its on to the senate where its expected to get more difficult. Some republicans in that chamber have expressed reservations about the plan. President trump is putting on the pressure to win them over. Heres cecelia vega. Reporter President Trump brought his art of the deal to capitol hill making a pitch for a tax reform bill he so desperately needs. At the end of his closeddoor meeting with House Republicans he told them, i love you, now go vote. And they did, giving him tha
Disappointment. Congressman tray gowdy creating consternation saying he doesnt see sufficient evidence to call for a special council to investigate clinton corruption. Well take that up with Christopher El with Judicial Watch and roy moores attorney today firing back at allegations of sexual misconduct. Well have. Full report on how the campaign is do is to fight the allegations. Turning back to the d. C. Swamp tray gowdy saying the case has not been made for a Second Special council despite overwhelming evidence of clinton corruption with attorney general Jeff Sessions. I dont think the threshold has been metaphor the appointment of special council. You can investigate something without special council. In fact 99. 9 of all investigations in the country are done by the men and women at the department of justice and none of them is called special council. So there is a threshold that has to be met and i dont think it has been met. Trey gowdy and our first guest said congress is uncapab
Im kendis gibson. Aim Adrienne Bankert in for diane macedo. That special election in georgia, the republican candidate celebrating after the most expensive congressional race ever. Take a look. There she is, karen handel defeating democrat jon ossoff. The 30yearold for a seat held by her party for decades. Fending off what would have been a political upset that would have rattled congress and, of course, the white house. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington where the president was actually already offering congratulations overnight. Good morning, janai. Reporter kendis and adrienne, good morning to you. It was definitely a hard fought victory for karen handel. She managed to beat out the young democrat and held on tight to that seat held by republicans for nearly four decades. 30yearold jon ossoff had supporters across the country and hoped to be a breath of fresh air for georgias 6th district. We are going to show those cynics in washington, d. C. Who have been peddling ha
It biden continuing to slam the president for his handling of the pandemic while the president tried to scare suburban voters with false claims of the risk of a democratic win as Franklin Roosevelt said, things get worse before they get better, but you have to level with the american people, shoot from the shoulder. Theres never been a time when the president people havent stepped up the president should step down if biden wins, anarchists, flag burners, they win and were not into flag burners. This as a new the New York Times poll shows the coronavirus is damaging the president s Approval Rating and jeopardizing some gop senators up for reelection. Biden leads in arizona by nine points and in maine by 17 points and the two are effectively tied in North Carolina, a critical state. Joining had he now, nbc news mike memoli with the Biden Campaign, and nbc news garrett haake. Mike, joe biden is beginning to move outward more, and youre breaking news about his intelligence briefing. Report