Hardworking taxpayers all across the state through tax cuts and withholding changes. Once passed, the total tax relief provided since i took office will be roughly 2 billion. [applause] first, we will reduce property taxes by 406 million. [applause] this is more than four times larger than the Property Tax Relief we passed last year, and it is vitally important to protect working families, senior citizens, farmers, and small businesses. The typical homeowner will see an actual reduction of 101 dollars on their next property tax bill. [applause] second, we will reduce income taxes by 98. 6 million. To to ensure we dont leave anyone behind in our economic recovery, we will target this tax relief to the lowest income tax bracket. If youre a family of four making 40,000, your savings will be 58. No one will get a bigger savings than that. Third, earlier today, i directed revenue secretary Rick Chandler to adjust withholding for state income taxes by 322. 6 million, so you can keep more of
Me. Get out while you can. That is the urgent message from city officials in wharton, texas. They are holding a News Conference on the towns west side and it sits along the Colorado River southwest of houston and its likely to surge past flood stage within hours and keep crimelimbing, and its crest could set a new record. Homeowners are facing devastating damage with water as much as three feet deep and the death toll climbing 21 now confirmed dead and nine missing and several more days of rain are on the way. Those grim numbers understandable when you watch this. This is what happens to homes when a river overflows its banks. Watch. Oh, no can you imagine water bursting through the door and filling the room in seconds, and the family frantically tried to figure out what to do. The video from wimberley, as the blanco river surged 40 feet above flood stage and now many are grateful to be alive. My husbands truck is already starting to float down the river, and my car was up higher so we
Morning. Whos in and whos out. Its very difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. Goodness gracious. Temp males are back. Only this time they belong to Jared Kushner. He used private email account for white house business. Say i told you we have a lot to cover this morning beginning with the president going toe to toe with the National Football league after trashing players that protest during the National Anthem and calling for them to be fired. Roughly 200 players went ahead and protested anyway. Their boss did too. The people who would do the firing came out in droves to support their teams. Nearly every nfl owner as well as owners from Major League Baseball and nba issued statements calling for onity saying its the players right. The president said its about respecting the flag and the country. And we havent even mentioned puerto rico. 3. 5 Million People, u. S. Citizens still living without power. Many without water. Ill start with nbcs kri
Either. Our country waking um more divided than ever. More than 200 nfl players took a knee or raised their fist during our National Anthem. The protest in response to President Trump calling for coaches to punish players who refuse to stand for the American Flag. It has nothing to do with race. This has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag. The bombs bursting in air former army ranger alejandroville knave havalejande only on one to stand. Sometimes i get a good feeling get aling tt i never, never, never had before, no, no. Steve hi, everybody. Welcome to studio f on a beautiful monday here in new york city. Thank you for joining us. You are watching the worlds number one cable news show thanks to folks like you. Ainsley i hope had you a good weekend. Brian the president s remarks led to an interesting weekend as far as the nfl. Im amazed at the velocity of stories and intense still of news. We have not had one day when you thought to yourself lets just review. I
President for comments they say are divisive. The president isnt backing down. A short time ago he said sports fan should never condone players that do not stand proud for the National Anthem weather country. Nfl should change policy. Kristin fisher is reporting from somerset new jersey near the president s private golf club. The president spoke with reporters last hour. What is he saying now. In some ways he is digging in and in some ways hes taking a step back. This morning on twitter, he encourage some fans to go to games and he retweeted someone who said they should boycott the nfl. President trump was asked directly, are you calling on your supporters to boycott the nfl. He said no. He is digging in his criticism of the nfl players who continue to take any during the National Anthem. He says this is about respect for our flag and respect for our country and nothing else. This has nothing to do with race. I never said anything about race. This has nothing to do with race or anythin