To also praise the president for his leadership on this you didnt just hear from mitch mcconnell, paul ryan and the Vice President which you might have expected you heard in senators like oren hatch and lisa merkowski, touting the accomplishments they have to celebrate today with this victory. Other big headlines that are coming out from it that the republicans are pointing to, two banks have already announced they will raise their minimum wage to 15 an hour in light of this bill. At t announced they will be giving 200,000 employees 1,000 bonuses, these are the thing that is republicans are going to highlight, and theyre also going to be able to highlight the fact that this bill comes into effect january 1. So another big talking point today, the idea that you should look at your paycheck come february, and that they believe youll see the effects of this tax overhaul very soon. Democrats vot against the bill. Highlighting the tax cuts and the tax cuts for the very wealthy. Local tax of
This tax cut in there. So its not like obamacare took a few years for that law to take effect 10 change voters minds, i think we might see this swing back and become a little bit more popular as people start to see the tax cuts in their paychecks. Reporter with this legislative victory under the president s belt, wrestle shared his thoughts on what republicans might prioritize going into 2018, immigration likely top with efforts bipartisan to come up with a is solution to daca and the focus on funding the wall, russell suggested republicans might take another stab at repealing and replacing obamacare. Welfare reform on the table and funding infrastructure, a promise that President Trump truly made since day one. Some of these were priorties in 2017 as well. Ronica cleary fox 5 local news. Fox 5 learned hundreds of warrants for wanted you futures are not being served because of a manpower shortage squads are getting the personnel they need because courthouse and prisoner security top pr
Forward. Again shes now nine years old and police are very concerned that there could be more victims out there because flores was still actively coaching. So, there is a phone number special Victims Investigation Division of Montgomery County police, 240 7735400. If your child has been a player of his or you have any concerns, please give them a call. They would like to hear from you. Live in Montgomery Village Lauren Demarco fox5 local news. The week long manhunt for an escaped prisoner in maryland is over. Police caught up to david watson just before 10 oclock last night in jessup. Police got the tip yesterday that watson mall a wooded area near the location where he escaped custody from officers last friday. He had been in jail for attempted murder. He was found hiding inside of a large Drainage Pipe just a few yards away from dorsey run road. We are aware of a Storage Building nearby broken into. That building has white hard hats that was described by the witness, also clothing in
He was arrested at a park in montmontgomery village where police say he was sexually abusing one of his players who what you just seven years old at the time. Fox5s Lauren Demarco is live in gaithersburg with the details. Reporter tony sounds like there was a soccer event going on here at center way park yesterday when the suspect was taken into custody by police. They arrived here to arrest 47yearold Miguel Alfredo flores. If you take a look at his mug shot you can see hes still wearing the shirt that has the emblem on it for academyial de futbol salvadorena. Now, this young girl was seven years old at the time. The summer of 2015. She told Child Protective Services that while on the playing field, flores would touch her inappropriately underneath of her clothing. He would wait until a moment when no one was looking touch her to keep this a secret. Dont tell anyone or something will happen. She took that threat to mean that something may happen to her mother. And she was frightened. I
Liability. I dont know that i am going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope i do. But there is a good chance i wont. Q president elect donald trump didnt mince words when it came to russia, especially with the allegation about russia hacking the 2016 election came up. For the first tame, mr. Trump admitted he believes the reports. As far as hacking, i think it was russia but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. Q for Trumps Campaign dealing with russia as reported tuesday by Digital Media outlet buzz feed and the full unverified dossier of allegation it published, trump trashed the site calling it garbage and called the findings nonsense that was released by maybe the intelligence agencies. Who knows . But maybe the intelligence agencies which would be a tremendous blot on their record if they in fact did that. The goal here of this News Conference was to deal with trump not wanting to release his tax filings. That topic came up once today, brought up by