Youre watching the aljazeera news online from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the tax cuts and jobs is passed the u. S. Congress passes the most sweeping tax overhaul bill in more than thirty years along to tout his first legislative victory. Divided catalans prepared to cast the verdict they voted in an election many hope will result. In crisis also maybe out of rock but displaced people are still weary about returning to their homes well explain why. We mark in captivity for al jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein. Good to be with us welcome to the news and of the u. S. Senate has passed a contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. This brings president doll truck bomb step closer to his first significant legislative victory the bill is the first major rewrite of the tax code and more than thirty years now it will be sent back to the house of representatives for a final vote later on wednesday after
Alarms the whole room when youre watching the aljazeera news our lives headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the message from the new president of zimbabwe as he delivers his state of the nation address its time to turn around the countrys struggling economy plus. I where the first person and the last word and now you are. Barred from me and the United Nations investigator told to stay out of the country also in. My view that we can sell this to the American People we ought to go into a lot of work. U. S. Senate republicans pass a Major Overhaul of the tax code that they say will deliver Economic Growth although democrats beg to differ. Good riddance to bad rubbish. The gates of hell are swinging wide to allow him entrance a Sexual Assault victim reacts to the death of an archbishop who helped protect priests accused of abusing children. And we marquis here in captivity for al jazeera journalist ahmed hussein. Welcome to the program zimbabwes a new president and
A deliberate act two people arrested. While watching. Violating aviation. Flight with. Welcome to the news are there are reports in australia that up to nineteen people have been injured after a car drove into pedestrians in melbourne a white s. U. V. Crashed into a cable car stop on flinders street during Late Afternoon rush hour police have arrested the Driver Police arrived at the scene within minutes and arrested i mean at this stage we have fourteen people injured and several i critique on at this stage we believe is that a deliberate act and i repeat that at this stage we believe it is i deliberately act however we do not know the motivation and is still early stages of the investigation. Under thomas joins me now live from sydney and while the Police Investigation continues just bring us up to speed for those that are joining us here on the news our andrew in terms of the timeline leading up to this incident. What happened just over four hours ago now just after fourth four thir
It is very cold out here, this is certainly something that we will all feel as we step outside this morning, temperatures will be around freezing mark today, right now i think its at 28 here in urbana, behind me you do see a couple or few of snowplows. They say theyve been out since 1 00 a. M. In case something happens and were all kind of doing the same, watching the sky, waiting for something to fall. I can tell you we do see sometimes with the flurries coming down and then it stops and started up again, but thats basically what we have been seeing out here, but you know be well just kind of continue to monitor whats happening out here. No treatment has happened in maryland, but in virginia, vdot said they started treatment last night. Laid down sand and salt in case for icy conditions, of course, these crews are treating them, you know, differently, because with snow you have traction but with ice, its a different beast. We dont want people slipping and sliding, they last night. Wel
Dran, the swat takedown in arlington neighborhood. Jonathan at a popular ingredient being linked with e. Coli cases. 11 00, onc 7 news at your side. Jonathan the massive winter storm pummeling the east coast. Nancy from boston to new york and as close as ocean city, people were braving blizzard like conditions. We are now facing dangerous cold. It is already impacting schools. Find a full list of closures along the bottom of your screen. Jonathan we have Team Coverage of the impact, but bill kelly is tracking the cold. These are dangerous cold temperatures. Bill we are talking 10, 15 degr good evening, 16 is the temperature in d. C. , 12 winchester, the wind is still in the 15 to 20 mileperhour range, sustained gusts up to 40 miles per hour. It feels like 4 leesburg, 4 in d. C. We are starting at midnight on the forecast, everybody yet 0 or lower when it comes to the feelslike temperature. Tomorrow morning, out the door 14 a. M. , 6 d. C. , gaithersburg, winchester at 13, and we are no