Clear winners while the homebuyers, there is less incentive to become owners. Scarlet i wonder if it is a terrible thing to be become like a germany. Joe we do have this history of encouraging homeownership. We got the housing bubble. It hurts renters instead of homeowners. Why not see if it balances out and not give a preference to one or the other . Lawrence the bubble was clearly a mistake and it arose from the subprime lender. From the societal point of view, it will enlarge the middle class , having a nation of property owners. Rather than having a nation of tenants. The fact that we have a solid majority of americans owning a home, and look at the overall wealth situation. Homeowners can only have a net 200,000, while the renters are stuck at 5,000. That is a dramatic difference. In order to a large the middle class, we need to encourage more Property Ownership rather than encouraging renting. Julia could we look at the 2 different bills we have going, whether it is the house or
Schedule but play it out. This is aggressive time questioned all, it will be tough especially sexual harrassment allegations that keep piling up. As you mentioned there is a thanksgiving break. A number of senators hear from constituents. Democrats are mobilizing on this. A lot of commercials in the washington area, where those are targeted so far, have been kind of bad. If this thing Gains Momentum over the last week you will which see a lot more of that advertising. Democrats will make the case that these tax cuts favor the wealthy and they can point to a number of provisions in this senate bill, that a lot of democratic voters arent going to like and independent voters might not like. Rob obviously ron johnson made the comment how the bill favors corporations over Small Businesses and there are a lot of things they can point to draw out constituents. Im sure a number of senators who might be on the fence will hear from them. Neil she is right, chris, a lot of the attack lines the ri
Information to prove the kind of Economic Growth well get with all our tax revisions. Robert democrats say the g. O. P. Plan is a gift to the rich that will raise taxes on middle income families and scale back Health Insurance coverage. Meanwhile this is an effort by Mitch Mcconnell and his croneis to steal this election if the people of alabama and they will not stand for it. Robert tense fallout sur rounding jouge roy moores past and his potential future if elected to the senate. He will not step down. Robert and democratic senator al franken faces an ethics investigation amid accusations of sexual misconduct. We discuss it all with Jackie Calmes of the laz times, Jeremy Peters of the new york times, nancy cordes of cbs news and ed okeefe of the washington post. Celebrating 50 years, this is Washington Week. Funding is provided by their leadership is instinctive. They understand the challenges of today. And research the technologies of tomorrow. Some call them veterans. We call them
He was also malled. Today we talked to the womans daughter. This is what she had to say. She said my dog is dead and she said i love yall. Thats it. Reporter those were the words 54yearold Nicole Kennedy told her daughter before they wheeled her into surgery at high land hospital. She was coming down to take the dog walking. Reporter that was at about 10 00 this morning here in the 2600 block of 63rd avenue. Two pit bulls apparently escaped from the neighbors yard and killed nicoles dog before malling hmall i mauling her and the man who came to help. Im just waiting on the phone call. The nurse was cleaning her up while the operating people were coming in. I thought my mom was dead. Reporter the pit bulls are in the custody of animal control. Nicoles dog was supposed to be turned over to animal control because of allegations it had bitten someone. Theyve got to do some type of justice for my mom. Shes really bad. Reporter so animal control currently has three pit bulls in custody belon
Rain and severe storms as the winter blast moves east. Up to two feet expected in some areas as we kick off one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Good morning, america. Hope youre well this friday morning. A lot of you getting ready to travel for the holiday this weekend and could face a messy one. It is a busy friday morning. Looking forward to speaking to Leeann Tweeden. She is here live in the studio with us. That is just ahead. First we want to get to that breaking news a fivealarm fire outside philadelphia overnight injuring at least 20 people. Look at this scary scene. And take a live look at it now. Abcs eva pilgrim is there in westchester, pennsylvania with all the details. Good morning, eva. Reporter you can see that smoke still coming from this building. The roof completely gone. Fire ravaging it overnight. A lot of the people inside they couldnt get out on their own and they needed help. Overnight workers scrambling to save elderly residents from a massive fire devour