Good evening. The tax reform plan passed by the republican theres start affecting every american. Well look at some suggestions on actions to take now made by local accountants. First abc reporter kenneth begins our coverage from washington. President trumps first major legislative win, a sweeping tax overhaul. We are making America Great again. You havent heard that, have you . The president surrounded by gop lawmakers who helped with the rewrite of the. At a code. The largest in more than three decades. It means jobs, jobs, jobs. The Senate Passed the bill along party lines in the wee hours of the morning. Speaker paul ryan wednesday on a procedural hiccup. The message to the hard working taxpayers of america is your tax relief is on its way. Democrats focused on the tax cuts for the rich. Tax cuts dont lead to job creation. They lead to big ceo salaries and money for the very, very wealthy. Now the republicans are taking their cool victory lap, toasting it with champagne, with their
Hollywood saw the initial impact from the movement, it went into politics also at the resignation of several members of congress, and calls for capitol hill to improve how claims of Sexual Assault are handled. For your thoughts on the movement and its influence in the next hour, we invite you to call in on two lines. For women, 202 7488000. For men, 202 7488001. You can post at cspanwj on our twitter feed and give your thoughts on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The Chicago Tribune talks about the movement and its founder, miss burke, who coined the phrase. She is a survivor of Sexual Assault and she wanted to do something to help women and girls of color who had survived Sexual Violence as well. It moves on in the timeline to talk about the influence in hollywood with the active kevin spacey becoming the focus of claims against him and timeline also talks about the influence it had in politics, highlighting the Washington Post into their piece that was published about roy moore. Whic
Lieutenant governor lamb, statewide elected officials, speaker mccaul, president pro tem shultz, members of the court, honorable senators, representatives, cabinet members, our tribal leaders, guests, and citizens of the state of oklahoma. I would like to take a brief moment to thank my fellow oklahomans for the great honor and opportunity of a lifetime, to serve as governor of the great state of oklahoma. Family and i have really loved traveling across the state, meeting all kinds of outstanding oklahomans. Words cannot express how much i appreciate the sacrifices of my entire family, their love and support over the many years i have served the state. That includes my loving husband. He deserves a round of applause for that. [applause] and our combined six children. Two of our children have joined us here today. My daughter, christina, who was three years old when i sat in the back of that chamber, second to the last row, as a freshman legislator. And my son, who was four months old.
State legislative boundaries. After the 2010 census the Arizona Redistricting Commission through mounds the republicans allege were stacked against them. The them. The independent number, the tiebreaker an average citizen cited with democrats to pass a map that maximize the number of competitive seats. If you were to draw a map that simply incorporated a regular shape at random you probably end up with a republican leaning map in arizona but a top democrat that had had he have the advantage. Republicans who up to occupy the state legislature they took it all the way to the Supreme Court because they argue that independent redistricting commissions are not constitutional. After all, the election clause of the constitutions is the constitution says the manner and place of elections shall be determined by each state and the legislature thereof. The Supreme Court had to wrestle with whether to interpret this on a a strict basis or lose basis. What the majority decided Justice Ginsburg wrot
Reporter and charges against almena and harris, she said the two men created a fire any rebl person would know was deadly. It was the defendants making to get out of that building. Almeda and harris actions were reckless and created a high incidence of death. Almenas defense attorney released the following statement we believe these charges represent no less than a miscarriage of justice. We are confident that this attempt to make a scapegoat out of our client will fail. The criminal complaint alleged almena and harris not only packed the warehouse with Flammable Materials they rewired the electrical system and deliberately blocked one of the exits the night of the fire. Oakland mayor libby schaaf released this statement, i applaud the charges filed today by District Attorney Nancy Omalley because they send a message you wont get away with making a profit by cramming people into dangerous spaces or failing to maintain safe living conditions. Attorney, Mary Alexander represents 11 of th