Senators have been debating this bill since last night. Passing it would be a legislative victory and a political one. These republican lawmakers are very well aware they have not passed a single law under President Trump and this could cost them eventually at the polls partly why they are so determined to reach a deal. The senate has started debate on a 1. 5 trillion tax reform bill. This is our once in a generation opportunities to take more money out of washingtons pocket and put money into the pockets of hard working families. Reporter Senate Leaders would like a final vote this week, although they are revising the bill. One provision would trigger new taxes if the proposal doesnt grow the economy as planned. Others want to make up the deficit with spending cuts instead. And two senators say they want to reduce the cuts to corporate taxes. If we have to have some kind of trigger to ensure some of our members that arent quite as confident of that, i think it will be a trigger that w
Avoid a Holiday Travel meltdown. A more Perfect Union. How autoworkers use their specialized skills to build a robotic arm for a coworker in need. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Nbc is absolutely reeling. Its like a betrayal. I honestly want answers from nbc. Sexual misconduct allegations mount against matt lauer. According to our sources, there were higher level employees that were aware. British Prime Minister may slamming President Trump for retweeting videos from a far right nationalist group. Whether its a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about. Jared kushner met earlier this month with special counsel Robert Muellers team. Michael flynn was the main topic of conversation. The United Nations Security Council held a emergency meeting. If more comes, the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. American is scrambling to find pilots for thousands of december flights due to a computer sche
Two nice pictures but what youre not seeing, unfortunately, is some trouble in the east bay. A new Traffic Alert . We have dont have a camera at 84 shut down in both directions, in livermore. Isabel avenue. Thats closed between concannon and vineyard due to an earlier accident. So if you typically take this route into livermore, you will need to use an alternate and continue on vallecitos turns into holmes. At theaccident 580 at santa rita road, 36 minutes from 205 to 680. And a new accident starting to cause some real delays along northbound 101 heading through san jose. The crash right near oakland road on the shoulder speeds below 20 Miles Per Hour and slow to 880. Thats a check of your traffic. Lets check in with neda on the forecast. We have had a clear night and a clear start to your morning and look at the golden gate bridge. Nice sparkling lights but also Cool Conditions in many areas because of clear skies. 41 in concord. Oakland 45. We are a few degrees warmer than this time
30,000 people from four different cities are under evacuation orders. 150 homes have burned. 12,000 other buildings are in the path. In Los Angeles County the skirball fire is at 5 containment. This fire started yesterday around this time and is burning near the mansions in bel air. A neighborhood that has not seen a major fire since 1961 one 500 homes burned. This time, four homes have been destroyed. 700 homes and apartment buildings and a school in West Los Angeles have been evacuated. Officials cannot say how many people have been affected. The creek fire in Los Angeles County has burned about 20 square miles. 150,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. Four buildings have been destroyed and 2500 homes and businesses are threatened because the wind has been pushing the flames and carrying the embers into the hills where they set new fires. The problem is worse because of extremely low humidity. It is drying out the grass and brush. Crews have made progress fighting the r
They sort of identified themselves as immigration officials. Reporter sources tell us that when Homeland Security called the Oakland Police department to find out if they had arrested anyone or had recovered the stolen items, they were told the police could not share any information with them. Oakland city councilman noah guyo explained oaklands current policy. The Immigration Department needs to communicate with the police chief and demonstrate that its criminal activity as well as safety emergency, but even at that case the support by the Police Department is very limited. Reporter but in this case police and immigration are on the same side. Both have an interest in making sure criminals are not impersonating immigration agents. You would hope the two could come to some sort of agreement to find out how they can solve this problem and this crime in a reasonable manner. Reporter now, of course, opd and immigration authorities both confirmed that the theft did take place, although the