And what theyre doing to help change the workplace. And the author of why we sleep is in studio 57, looking at new research on how sleep impacts our memory. It sure does. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We want to give you, the American People a giant tax cut for christmas. And when i say giant, i mean giant. Republicans on the verge of tax reform. This is bigger than the reagan tax reform which is the year i got my drivers license. Theres only bit of good news, the longer they take on it, the worse it gets. The battle race is on. In this race, we have not received the final count. Roy moore still has not conceded in the Alabama Senate race. Do the right thing, roy. Its time that we heal. A kentucky man life. Tavis smiley responds to pbs. Snow and frigid conditions from michigan into new york. All that dreams of joy from a 16yearold granted Early Admission to harvard. And all that matters. Your son beau had the same cancer that my father was
Connolly from roll call and thanks for joining us. Glad to be here after a crazy week in politics. You got that right. No surprise. Alabama well, it was a surprise but alabama huge victory but is this victory for the democrats about the party and the democrats or was this about the rejection of an accused pedophile . You know, its its thats an interest, question. Weve talked to a bunch of political operatives on the democratic side and the republican side and they said its a mixture of both. You know, its sort of the democrats its been said needed a perfect storm to pull off this victory in alabama with doug jones. They thought they had a quality candidate, a clean candidate who wanted to present himself as some sort of an alabama man through and through and focus on what he called Kitchen Table issues and then you had doug jones who is sort of an insurgent republican candidate and of course the allegations of Sexual Misconduct against doug jones played a tremendous factor in the the f
Ages wrote cards the inmates, a colorful picture or uplifting word. Thank you for your courage in speaking out. Reporter let them know those on the outside understand, too. Knowing they are someone who is a survivor of Sexual Assault in terms of the work we are doing, makes it that much more urgent for them to know they are not alone and there is hope. The campaign is called awards of hope. It is in the 8th year. Im told a record 18,000 cards were collected this year. In a week theyll all be delivered to 500 prisoners nationwide. When i have a chance to tell my story it is quite a story to tell. As the only africanamerican woman in this white house, as a senior staff and assistant to the president , i have seen things that made me uncomfortable and upset me and affected me deeply and emotionally. It affected my community and my people. When i can tell my story it is a profound story. That i know the world will want to hear. We have not seen the last of Omarosa Manigault newman. The rea