oscar-winning director of silence of the lambs. i ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. this is the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: today the trump administration rushed out a plan for historic tax cuts high on hyperbole with only a dal almost of detail. the list of aspirations looked more like an attempt to beat the 100-day mark in the trump presidency rather than a serious proposal to reform the tax code. on paper everyone is in for a break, personal income taxes, corporate taxes, savings for the rich and the dead, but nothing on how to implement it or pay for it. far from legislation, the president s bullet points today were loaded into a starting gun that signals the beginning of a race of lobbyists and special interests to rewrite america s 70,000-page tax code. here s major garrett on the opening lap. great plan. reporter: president trump s plan calls for big corporate and pe
oscar-winning director of silence of the lambs. i ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. this is the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. 70,000-page tax code. here s major garrett on the opening lap. great plan. reporter: president trump s plan calls for big corporate and personal tax cuts, but lacks basic details. the president wants to replace the current seven personal tax brackets with three, with rates of 10%, 25% and 35%. his proposal, however, did not give income levels for those brackets. white house economic adviser gary cohn. do you have income brackets established that you re going to propose to congress? we re holding a bunch of listening groups right now. we have outlines. we have a entered brush view of where they re going to be. reporter: there were some details: eliminate the estate tax and alternative minimum tax. preserve personal deductions for mortgage interest and charita
off a flight. and destructive storms hit several states leaving debris in the heartland with millions still under sthreat of severe weather today. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. well, a temporary about-face by president trump on a key campaign promise. the president agreed not to pull out of the north american free trade agreement at this time. he calls on the leaders of america s nafta partners canada and mexico. earlier administration officials said the president was considering an executive order to withdraw from the agreement. mr. trump railed against nafta during the campaign and bashed it again last week. the fact is nafta, whether it s mexico or canada, is a disaster for our country. it s a disaster. it s a trading disaster. earlier this week the president imposed new tariffs on lumber imported from canada. and this morning there are mixed reviews for president trump
. mr. trump summoned all 100 u.s. senators to the white house to hear the latest on the threat posed by north korea s nuclear program. the president has not ruled out force, and david marten is following this. reporter: senators were bussed to the white house for a closed-door briefing by the president s top national security advisers with a cameo appearance by the commander in chief himself. senator chris koons is a democrat from delaware. and just how much thought has gone into military actions if called for and a diplomatic strategy that strikes me as a clear eye. reporter: admiral harry harris laid out the stakes involved in north korea s nuclear with every test kim jong un moves closer to his stated goal of a preemptive nuclear strike capability against american cities. reporter: north korea s 30-something dictator has already threatened to streike nw york, washington and colorado. when he threatens the united states, that s one level, but when he threatens
crisis averted. congress reaches a late night deal to avoid a shutdown. but is the biggest battle to come? and chaos in the cabin. an airliner hits extreme turbulence. passengers, luggage and food sent flying. at least 25 people, some seriously. why the pilots never saw it coming. today, monday, may 1st, 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today. it s a monday morning. we have craig in for matt. looking at that video is incredible. if you re one of those that ignores when the pilot says fasten your seat belt, turbulence coming. not when you see that. scary moments in the sky. two dozen folks injured. more on this story in a bit. our top story is this terrible shooting, it happened in california. a man opening fire on guests at a large pool party that was being held at an apartment complex where that man lived. catie beck is there. she has the ope