Hitting a republican roadblock. Party leaders in the senate forced to delay a vote on the legislation until Congress Returns from its july 4th recess. Nine republican senators are now refusing to back the bill. But President Trump insisted on twitter were getting very close. That tweet came after the president invited all 52 republican senators to the white house to talk about where they go from here. Abcs janai norman has the latest from washington. Janai, good morning. Reporter diane and kendis, good morning to both of you. Senate Republican Leaders are adamant this is only a delay. Promising to make good on their pledge to repeal and replace obamacare but at this point unable to even get all of their own ranks on board. A major reversal from senate republicans. I expect to have the support to get it down and vote this week. Reporter abandoning all hope of passing a Health Care Bill before the july 4th recess. Consequently we will not be on the bill this week. But were still working
What caused this derailment causing passengers to evacuate crawling through the tunnels to safety. And good to be alive. A bus plowing right into this man as he walks down the street. Knocking him to the ground. Debris flying everywhere and the miracle moment he gets up and walks away. And good morning, america. You know, we say miracle moment a lot but that one has to qualify. Simon smith in redding, the united kingdom, look at that. Hit by the bus, gets up, dusts himself off, goes trait to the pub and no one believed he was hit until they saw the footage. Yesterday big surprise in washington. The republicans sevenyear effort to replace and repeal obamacare hit a major roadblock. Voting on the bill is now delayed after republicans could not get enough senators on board. At least nine have said they opposed the plan in its current form. This after President Trump met with republican senators at the white house. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is planning to hold a vote after the
Well start with Severe Weather threatening much of the nations heartland. The radar shows a string of storms moving into the area surrounding chicago and detroit. Theyre bringing damaging winds, scattered hail and possibly a new round of tornados. One twister thats already hit western wisconsin uprooted trees, damaged homes as well and injured one person trying to take cover in a barn when it collapsed. Overnight millions on alert as tornadoes touch down in several states. [ sirens ] reporter these scenes from western iowa, this damaged property and windows shattered to pieces. This woman crawling to a basement with her grandkids. I couldnt shut the door. I looked up and they said, grandmother, there is a tornado above us. You could see it above us and you could see it. Then i went oh, i was just so scared. Reporter another home sitting right in the twisters path this is fury of nature type of stuff. The roof ripped off railings twisted and the gurters mangled. This is a mess and there
Welcome to my house home run hero. Tim tebows big moment at bat. The rising mets star sending a 92mileanhour fastball soaring. Took the bat on the ball and hit it hard and was thankful i could get one out tonight. Getting one step closer to the major leagues. Welcome to my house tim tebow hit it out of the house. Hes a good friend of our program. Lets see that moment once again. He just got promoted, what a great way for timmy to celebrate. Put the bat on the ball, hit it hard. Just like that. And it is crunch time in the capitol right now. There you see a live shot. Republicans trying to craft a new version of Obamacare Repeal by tomorrow but it is going slow. We have some new polls this morning showing the public just isnt buying it. More on that in a moment. But first, we want to get to that tornado threat out of the midwest. More than two dozen reported twisters tearing across four states. Abcs alex perez starts us off in wisconsin. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, r
With explosives. The crime still unsolved. What investigators are now asking the public to do to help them crack that case. All that, plus powerful tornadoes slam the midwest. Lady gaga defense. And the iphone celebrates a big milestone, today, thursday, june 29th, 2017. From nbc news, there is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, well col to today on this thursday morning, its night to have hoda back with us, savannah continues on vacation, like before the iphone, can you remember . I have a tiny vague memory of a flip phone. The little blackberry was going on. We have a good news with lots of headlines tied to travel as we head into the long Holiday Weekend. After months of legal fighting the Trump Administration will begin implementing some of the president s travel ban a little later today. U. S. Officials are also announcing new security measures for all flights headed into this country. But not that proposed