Nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, with great buildup the white house announced a massive tax cut plan today, one its calling the largest tax cut in history and one that could offer significant relief for a lot of americans, not only families and individuals, but businesses, too. The proposed cut of the Corporate Tax rate, the focus of a lot of attention tonight, because among the prime beneficia beneficiari beneficiaries, businesses like President Trumps, but as they say the devil is in the details which appear to be fairly sparse at this point. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander tells us more. Reporter tonight from the president and his team on taxes an ambitious opening bid. We have a once in a Generation Opportunity to do something really big. Reporter the white house outlining a sweeping across the board tax overhaul. Under the trump plan, we will have a massive tax cut for businesses and massive tax reform. Reporter the headliner reducing the number of indi
Off for school. K9 officers walking through the park. Police finished their search of the area just before the school day ended. Investigators say nothing was found but theyre on a heightened sense of awareness. It was just last month that the officers found the remains of two people less than a mile away. Now the principal did send home a letter to parents letting them know that police were searching the area but she ensured them that it had nothing to do with the middle school. Back to you. Thanks so much. A quick look now at some of the days other top stories. The Trump Administration revealed the president s plans to simplify your taxes. There would be a three tax bracket instead of the current seven brackets with the highest of 35 . Now the standard deduction would double for married couples to 24,000. Charitable giving and mortgage interest would still be deductible. The business tax rate would drop to 15 and the debt tax, thats going to end. Fox news channel kelly wright has joi
Lester holt. Good evening. With great buildup, the white house announced a massive tax cut plan today, one its calling the largest tax cut in history, and one that could offer significant relief for a lot of americans, not only families and individuals, but businesses, too. The proposed cut of the Corporate Tax rate, the focus of a lot of attention tonight, because among the prime beneficiaries, businesses like President Trumps, but as they say, the devil is in the details, which appear to be fairly sparse at this point. Nbc News National correspondent Peter Alexander tells us more. Reporter tonight, from the president and his team on taxes, an ambitious opening bid. We have a once in a Generation Opportunity to do something really big. Reporter the white house outlining a sweeping across the board tax overhaul. Under the trump plan, we will have a massive tax cut for businesses and massive tax reform. Reporter the headliner, reducing the number of vi three, 10 , 25 , and 35 . The admi
Feed. This morning, how facebook is responding. Sight to behold. That is a ninehour flight sunrise right there. Every minute of it. Matt and al take in the Natural Beauty of new mexicos stunning white sands. The next stop on our celebration of 100 years of National Parks. Today, tuesday, may 10th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Matt and al are at the breathtaking White Sands National monument. Natalie and i are camping out at studio 1a. Thank you for bringing us the star wars set. Yeah, it is. Its like something from another planet. It really is. Its going to be one of the most beautiful sights on this planet in about 30 minutes, when the sun comes up and hopefully warms things up around here. Thats right. And this is actually the star of this show. Its called gypsum, and its whats covering 275 square mi
There will be plenty of vote tires make the determination. Trump whose views buck gop ideology can only find luke warm republican support on capitol hill. Thursday, trump will meet with paul ryan who withheld his endorsement and mitch mcconnell. Do you share some of your colleagues anxiety about what donald trump means to your party as presumptive nominee . Hes won the nomination. The oldfashioned way. He got more votes than anybody else. And we respect the voices of the republican primary vote ears cross the country. New york House Republican and ally Chris Collins is trying to change minds. Holding weekly meetings that from its the tick tight victory. We are bringing people along. Ulgts do you have people who are curious and want to be persuaded and curious and reluctant . We have some of everything. Interviews with nearly a dozen Congressional Republicans showed gradual begrudging Movement Toward trump, scott. That evolution driven more than anything else by surveys today showing tr