Certain. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan headinger, kim strassel. So you saw it pass the house. I was the thing that surprised me is how relatively little drama there was in the sense that they didnt have to break peoples arms. They got only 13 republican defections. Thats right. And they had votes to spare. Were see an entirely different story than we did on healthcare reform. Why do you think that is . Because healthcare reform failed, so republicans understand their very political lives depend on tax reform. So i think were picking up the pace here and the senate really wants to get this done before the alabama special election, when they might lose another republican seat and have a thinner majority. But the defections, 13 detectors, 12 were from hightax states california, new jersey, new york, in particular. And thats because of the state and local Tax Deduction, right . Right. So basically the house did a carveout for property taxes up to a certain
Certain. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan headinger, kim strassel. So you saw it pass the house. I was the thing that surprised me is how relatively little drama there was in the sense that they didnt have to break peoples arms. They got only 13 republican defections. Thats right. And they had votes to spare. Were see an entirely different story than we did on healthcare reform. Why do you think that is . Because healthcare reform failed, so republicans understand their very political lives depend on tax reform. So i think were picking up the pace here and the senate really wants to get this done before the alabama special election, when they might lose another republican seat and have a thinner majority. But the defections, 13 detectors, 12 were from hightax states california, new jersey, new york, in particular. And thats because of the state and local Tax Deduction, right . Right. So basically the house did a carveout for property taxes up to a certain
Nicole strong talks about President Trumps decision to shrink the size host good morning. It is washington journal. The Supreme Court and folks today as it hears arguments concerning that colorado bigger that refused to bake a cake for a gay couples wedding. Many are lined up outside of the court hopeful to become spectators of the argument. You can hear the arguments on cspan. Org. A new survey which looks at the media. Take a look at how republicans and democrats and Media Coverage of President Trump. We will present some of those results. We are interested in hearing from you. Heres how you can let us know. You can post thoughts on Media Coverage of President Trump and you can go to our facebook page. That isfind the survey done for republicans and democrats just to present you a little bit of the survey. It says this he is a coauthor of the study. Another author join us on the phone to talk about the results and the findings is from princeton university. Good morning. Guest good to
Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] oh, wow. My goodness, looking good. I see you up there. Hey welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome to this is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] youre at the right show, this is great. Thank you for being here. Well, the big story here, the internal National Olympic Committee Just announced that it has banned russia from competing in the 2 2018 Winter Olympics because of doping violations. [ audience ohs ] or as putin put it, hello, donald, its time to return favor. [ laughter and applause ] yes, lets get going. Thats right. Russia was banned from the olympics. But russia doesnt mind, they said theyll just invade some other teams. [ laughter ] they dont care [ applause ] its very interesting. Athletes from russia can still participate, but they wont get credit for winning any medals. Yeah, olympic events that dont matter, or as most people call it, curling. [ laughter ] hey stewhat . Jimmy wait a second. Steve curling . Jimmy i
Sleigh. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. Right now a series of wildfires whipped by powerful winds is blazing across the southern california. The state of teenage has been declared in ventura county. The sight of the first and largest blaze now charring almost 60,000 acres and growing. The fastmoving inferno has forced tens of thousands to evacuate the area while hundreds of animals are caught in the fires path. Nbcs jay gray has more from the ground. Reporter the fire fight continues overnight. The smoke an orange glow in the california hills, a clear indication Mother Nature is still winning the battle here. It continues to challenge us. Our fire is over 50,000 acres and still growing. We have a mandatory evacuation in the areas around the entire fire. Reporter tens of thousands of rushed to safety including john and letha who were able to save their pets, but little else. Our whole lives were wrapped up in that house. Everything its all