Bill. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Tax credit . Im not going to comment on the content of the bill. Reporter Republican Leaders made an 11thhour change to secure the support of two g. O. P. Senators. They boosted the refundable portion of a new supersized Child Tax Credit to 1400, meaning lowincome parents pocket that cash, even if they dont owe taxes. Another holdout, tennessees bob corker, set aside his concerns about want bills cost calling it a onceinageneration opportunity to make u. S. Businesses more product and i have competitive. The bill slashes the Corporate Tax rate permanently from 35 to 21 . Most of the personal tax cuts would expire in 2025. I do predict both the house and senate will approve this tax reform bill. Hey, guys, how are you . Reporter but its still unclear whether two ailing g. O. P. Senators will be able to return for next weeks vote. John mccain . Well, i i dont want to go there because i think john mccain will b
I take my oxygen from them. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Eerie, pennsylvania, shattered the state record with over 50 inches nearly fourandahalffeet of snow fell in just under 36 hours. The snow pack forced trucks to be dug out, along with cars and streets blanketed with snow. In ohio, the visibility and Hazardous Conditions backed up traffic on a portion of interstate 90, forcing authorities to drop the speed limit from 65 Miles Per Hour to 30 Miles Per Hour. And kansas city, missouri, the snow and ice caused many accidents on the highways. In one crash, four people were killed. Not to be outdone, record frigid temperatures sent the midwest into a deep freeze. Parts of wisconsin experienced minus20degree weather, and minneapolis had a low of negative 2, but the sixdegree wind chill in aurora, illinois, didnt stop people from shopping after christmas sales. Were from around here, so we go to School Downtown so ill really used to the wind chill. Reporter now, the snowfal
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Quijano good evening. Jeff is off. Im elaine quijano. Winter has arrived with a vengeance. Arctic air is plunging deep into the lower 48 states. Almost the entire northern half of the country will wake up tomorrow to belowfreezing temperatures. Eerie, pennsylvania, a city of 100,000 people, is buried under a pile of snow. Demarco morgan is there. Demarco. Reporter good evening, elaine. The snow is still falling as we speak, so much so that this area has been declared an emergency because of the heavy snowfall. And some nsome areas, its chest deep. A winter blast dumped foot after foot of snow across the great lakes. A lot of snow, just keeps coming, wont stop. Reporter the city of eerie, pennsylvania, shattered the state record with over 50 inches nearly fourandahalffeet of snow fell in just under 36 hours. The snow pack forced trucks to be dug out, along with cars and streets blanketed with snow. In ohio, the visibility and Hazardous Condit
Kennedy lost everything. Yesterday i had tears. They just come. One of the thing that remains is frustration. Knnobody gives you a surviva guide. When a hurricane comes. And, what you need to do. None of us knew what to do. Harvey made landfall with 150 mile per hour wind. And 13 feet of storm surge. In the aftermath. Nearly 1500 area families sought federal housing assistance. Nearly 300 still dont have permanent housing. And a third of rock port was so damaged, it will be impossible to rebuild. There is still tons of debris. There is so much, the state is having to use this highway median, as a collection point. The mayor of rock port estimates that more than 2 million cubic yard of debris, has been coll t collected so far and that is just on the first pass. The population of rock port is about 10,000. Cj wax is the mayor. He says 70 of the towns businesses are still closed. I have got an attraction problem. A hotel problem. A business problem. A restaurant problem. It sound almost o