Family escape a house fire in the middle of the night. And a dangerous traffic stop caught on body cam. A driver speeding off dragging a Police Officer more than half a mile. Good morning, america. It is a big day in washington. Congress set to pass President Trumps tax cut. One of the largest ever. This will affect everyone. It certainly will. Lawmakers not getting a whole lot of sleep right now. It was a dramatic night on the senate floor just before 1 00 a. M. Eastern. Senate republicans passed that 1. 5 trillion tax bill promising the most sweeping changes in decades. And the president was up late watching it last night and, of course, he was tweeting promising hell hold a News Conference this afternoon after the bill passes. It could come right around 1 00 p. M. Not a single democrat supports the bill. The public is skeptical, but theyre about to score their first big legislative win heading into christmas on a high note. And our senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega join
Dr. Rice is going to be and dr. Rice is going to be interviewing for us by one of the best interviewers to have his own show on bloomberg, our National Book festival cochair and very generous reporter, dr. David rubenstein. Please welcome both of them. [applause] and pain and enjoy. Well, thank you very much for coming. Spinning to make for having me. Welcome to everybody. Thanks for being here. Great event. [applause] hard to believe that youve been out of government for nine years. Before we get into your new book, democracy, which ite highly recommend and law talk about coachella such events since he left government otherng than creating bestsellingk. Books. Other than that youre teaching at stanford and what else . Ive gone back to my real profession, i have had to question washington, but i started there is an assistant professor and so i returned to stanford. I teach both business and undergraduates. N i have been able to do a little bit of work in the private sector, a little co
Than ever for tomorrows new York City Marathon. There will be a substantial number of heavy weapons teams. And highend recall. A million bmws posing a fire risk. The warning from the luxury automaker. Plus, previous reports of cars catching fire. The abc news investigation into the problem. Good morning. Paula is off. Very happy, though, to have diane macedo at the desk. Thanks, good to be here, buddy. Good to see you. Hi, diane. Different seat than usual. If either of those boys brother you, just say something. Got my back. Starting off. Rob is like, im not particularly worried about that. Anyway, lets get right to our top story this morning. President trump is waking up in hawaii this morning. Weve got some pictures from the president s Instagram Account as he greets the locals wearing a lei. In a few hours hell be leaving hawaii for a 13day trip to asia. He starts in japan then south korea, china, vietnam and the philippines all amid serious concerns about the threat of a nuclear no
York city marathon. There will be a substantial number of heavy weapons teams. And highend recall. A million bmws posing a fire risk. The warning from the luxury automaker. Plus, previous reports of cars catching fire. The abc news investigation into the problem. Good morning. Paula is off. Very happy, though, to have diane macedo at the desk. Thanks, good to be here, buddy. Good to see you. Hi, diane. Different seat than usual. If either of those boys bother you, just say something. Hes got my back, all right. I like how things are starting off. Rob is like, im not particularly worried about that. All right. Anyway, lets get right to our top story this morning. President trump is waking up in hawaii this morning. Weve got some pictures from the president s Instagram Account as he greets the locals wearing a lei. In a few hours hell be leaving hawaii for a 13day trip to asia. He starts in japan then south korea, china, vietnam and the philippines all amid serious concerns about the thr
A pledge at fsu dies after a night of partying. They determined the person to be deceased. All attempts to revive the person were unsuccessful. The Phi Kappa Phi pledge. Whoot were learning about the history of allegations. And alec baldwin backlash. The actor taking heat. After commenting about rose mcgowan and her claims against Harvey Weinstein. Was it victim blaming . Why baldwin is taking a twitter break. No. No. Any way, we were talking about something else. Good morning. Paula is off. Very happy to have diane macedo at the desk. You know, youre joining us on the best morning of the year the bah morning news anchor. Because it was fall back overnight. End of daylight savings time. Even Ron Claiborne is in a good mood. Lk at him. He wants another hour. Its all relative. Lets start with the news. And the president overseas. He landed in japan a few hours ago. The first stop of a trip that will take him to five countries. There he is talking to the u. S. Troops stationed in japan. H