Its a very important step in our quest to ensure that there is that degree of certainty. This bill ensures that the American People will not have the largest tax increase in the history of our country tomorrow. We have to make sure that the most vulnerable americans do not pay for the rich getting richer. The house will vote on the deal as is there will not be an amendment an idea previously toss around it extends Unemployment Benefits for 2 million americans but it puts off tackling 24 billion in spending cuts for two months when a new congress will be in place dick durbin praised president obama for making the deal happen. He was successful in the senate i hope he will be in the house as well. The senate bill is expected to take place in about an hour or so thanks very much on this first day of the new year three homicides in chicago the latest late this afternoon in the gage park neighborhood of man was shot in the chest in a possible driveby shooting. He just left work at a downtow
U. S. War ships patrolling the waters off yemen. Those on board engaging in a show of force to block iranian vessels suspected of providing weapons to the rebels in yemen. Iranian officials are not backing down. The commander of the regular iranian navy said we dont let anyone give us warnings or threats. Our correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has the latest developments for us. Reporter john more and more fire power ability assisting the Saudiled Coalition around yemen. The latest joining about ten ships already in the region. Uss Theodore Roosevelt and the carrier, uss normandy. There is a practical dimension to this. The u. S. Has eyes on about nine ships thought to be carrying weapons. It is unclear the destination. If they will move to the yemeni coast. Bear in mind john United Nations Security Council resolution accuseing an arms blockade. It will become a point if the iranian ships move toward yemen that the u. S. Is faced if they let them carry on or block them. It may likely not c
Target the u. S. Embassies in baghdad. What i believe as well, he said he believed they could have been targeting the embassies in the region. I believed that as well as other National Security team members. Was there specific intelligence he was planning to attack four u. S. Embassies. Im not going to discuss the intelligence on the show. The president did. The president never said he said he believed it. I believed it, too. Four embassies . I believed there were threats to four embassies and why we enforced additional troops. Still unable to specify the threat to American People and property. Are you hearing anything clear from the white house today . Reporter its been 10 days since the president authorized that strike that killed the iranian general Qassem Soleimani, but the messaging appears to only be more muddled. We saw that with mark esper and ambassador bryan were on the sunday show trying to stick with the facts without contradicting the president , because of the president s
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