no trickle-down effect here. just the increase to the child tax credit alone will lift millions of children out of poverty and cut the child poverty rate nearly in half. because of this bill, some experts expect the economy to grow by more than 6% this year and add 7 million jobs, a level of growth, quite frankly, we ve not seen since the 1980s and it will boost the income of the poorest americans by an average 206%. given all that, it s important to remember that zero republicans reported this legislation. that s not stopping them from attempted to take credit. senate republicans led the bipartisan cares alkt that got us through the last year. the american people have built a parade marching toward victory. democrats want to sprint in front of the parade and claim credit. it s remarkable legislation. unfortunately republicans, as i say, you know, vote no and take the dough. you see already some of them claiming this is a good thing, this is a good thing, but they couldn
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The United States will continue conducting raids to save americans held hostage by militants in foreign countries, this despite the failed rescue attempt that cost american hostage luke sommers his life in yemen this weekend. Al qaeda fighters killed somers in a South African hostage just as american commandos were attempting to rescue. Danielle nottingham has that story. U. S. Officials say Al Qaeda Linked killed luke somers. The u. S. Says the operation in southern yemen lasted about 30 minutes and during the Mission Special forces lost the element of surprise. This video posted on a jihadi website purports to show the fire fight that broke out once navy s. E. A. L. S were spotted. During the fight the s. E. A. L. S saw a militant run into the building where somers and a South African teacher Pierre Korkie were being held. When they entered, they found both had been shot. It was a very dangerous and complicated mission, but like always in these efforts, theres risk. President obama a
The biggest rain event youve seen since february. A severe storm slams the west coast. Heavy rains caused a mudslide. Theres more rain to come. Today president obama meets with his cabinet and civil rights leaders to discuss the situation in ferguson, missouri. Meanwhile, a pregame salute by some protesters to rams Football Players. Police found the body of missing ohio state Football Player Kosta Karageorge. Big guy, a huge heart. The security line at chicagos Midway International airport was reportedly over a mile long. Meanwhile, new york jfk airport has extra trouble to deal with, a bomb threat. No explosives were found. Shoppers hit the web in search of the best cyber monday deals. The Biggest Online shopping day of the year. Were going to see record dealings through the week, i believe, on a lot of online purchases. Police and protesters have clashed in hong kong in the worst of violence in the more than two months of demonstration. A sinkhole that opened up in the middle of a bu
Protests erupt in violence. Eric garner and michael brown. Crowds moved onto a major highway. In philadelphia, demonstrators staged a diein. Concerns of a top cia torture report. . Are. In laublgszos angeles, two massive fires just blocks from each other, which took out an entire block. This will be used to motivate people. Im genuinely concerned by that. This will be used by our enemies to attack americans, american facilities overseas. Chuck hagel pushed back at suggestions that there may be a problem with the plans of these raids. Royal fever is officially here. Duke and duchess of cambridge in new york. Theyre royalty. A really classy couple. Our 2014 Kennedy Center honorees. This years recipient, tom hanks, lily tomlin sting, al green, and ballerina Patricia Mcbride. Your artists just have to sit there and allow us to love you. Although from sting that could take up to 30 hours. In the philippine, at least 30 people are dead after a powerful typhoon hit the country. A chlorine gas