57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A glitch in the gop efforts to push a sweeping tax overhaul bill through congress. Senator marco rubio said he wont support the measure unless the Child Tax Credit is increased, and at least two other republican senators have yet to commit to the bill which will be unveiled today. Good morning, brook. Good morning, annemarie. Theres a lot we already know about this bill. The Corporate Tax rate will drop to 21 . The top personal bracket will fall to 37 . But the number republicans cant be sure of is 50. Thats the number of senate votes theyll need to pass this bill. The slim margin the republicans seem to have in getting their tax bill through may be vanishing. Senator marco rubio has turned out to be a key voice of dissent. He says no care gets a bump. Until they add to the figure, i wont support the bill. President trump insists all is still good as hes delivering what he calls a christmas
It is slow in some parts of Prince Georges County. It is not that bad. We have an accident on route 4. This is the eastbound side at 301. Taking you further north on the parkway. The northbound side near route 32, an accident is blocking the right lane. In the meantime it is slow on the northbound side of 95. Working your way toward baltimore more an accident. Havent gotten the allclear yet. We should get it in 30 minutes. I will let you know when we get that. You can see traffic on the inner and outer loop. Thanks, larry. How can you make sure that youre not getting ripped off. A man got scammed out of tens of thousands in a gift card ro use. If you dont listen to me, your family may be murdered. Donnie says those words were chilling. I had never been so scared in my life. I was shaking. This email phone call. It said his Social Security number had been suspended. What did the con artist tell you to do. I had to max out all of credit cards and go to my account and take out everything
The number of cars on the road. So, again, you want to watch out for those delays that you will see both on the inner and outer loop and on the northbound side of 95 and parts of the bw parkway. I want to show you how things are shaping up on 395 making your way to the 14th street bridge. It looks like there is an accident that was on the right shoulder. It is cleared but you will see residual delays associated with that. Keeping a close eye on an accident in upper marlboro. On route 4 at 301. Just watch out for delays in that section of town. Bruce. Thank you, larry. We have breaking news from capitol hill. Republicans just unveiled details of their tax reform bill hashed out between the house and the senate. Lawmakers and accountants now looking over all of the plan. It appears that republicans now have a tax bill to present to the president. Thats because holdout senators marco rubio and mike lee convinced leaders to increase the to 1,400. It is amazing what they can do when they wa
Good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie greene. The National Transportation safety board says preliminary data says the amtrak train that derailed was going 80 miles an hour in a 30mileperhour zone. At least three people were killed as it hit a new bypass just south of seattle. More than 70 were injured when 12 train cars and a locomotive jumped the rail, some cars falling to the road below. Immediately after the derailment, the conductor called for help. We were coming around the corn eaer and we went on the ground. Is everybody okay . Im still figuring that out. We got cars everywhere and down on to the highway. The ntsb says its not known what caused the train it was going so fast. Kenneth craig is in washington with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, ann marie. Still a massive scene out here and this is where it all happened. Take a look down the interstate here. You can see that cru
Enjoyed a White Christmas yesterday, heavy snow and strong winds have made the trip home hard for many. In areas from portland, oregon, to portland, maine there was snow. Bone chilling cold enveloped much of the midwest with windchills dipping below 40 in some places. And a blizzard warning was issued for maine and new hampshire. The snow and wind created hazardous driving conditions with near zero visibility in massachusetts as well. Yeah, the windows get icy and the windshield wipers dont really arent very effective with the ice. The visibility is quite poor, so its been a rough ride already. At bostons Logan Airport blizzard like conditions caused runways to temporary shut down. That delayed more than 240 flights. And the cold weather is going to stick around for a few taking a look at whats happening across the country on tuesday, we do have much drier conditions as we head toward the west coast. Some snow expected down in the midwest and we could see some snow showers as we head t