Home when youre not there. Watch it on your phone but Security Experts say theres something you should see. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Just as it appeared that republicans were on track to deliver a tax bill to president as early as this evening, procedural hiccup in the rush to passage has forced a delay requiring the house of representatives to hold a redo vote tomorrow. Senate republicans, hours from a vote of their own, had hoped to tie a bow on the bill tonight. Either way the plan is expected to be passed, promising tax cuts for many even as brand new nbc news poll finds Many Americans opposed to it. Our kasie hunt has late developments. The yeas reporter republicans in congress declaring victory. Report is adopted laid on the table. Reporter House Speaker paul afternoon. But tonight embarrassing stumbling block. Senate has to change the bill before they can pass it because a handful of obscure provisions dont meet
Alabama avenue in southeast. Emir is twenty five pounds with a life complexion, black braids and brown eyes. Were also told he was wearing a red shirt, blue pants, along with tan colored boots and jacket. He was also wearing a red hat at the time he went missing. Now Police Believe hes with this man, his father sherrod twitty. Sherrod twitty is 6 feet tall weighs about 300 pounds and he may be driving an older model blue acura with four doors and tinted rear windows. Police do not have information regarding the license plate. If you have any information or have seen emir call d. C. Police. Thats the latest from the news room. Well send it back up to you steve and allison. Annie thanks very much. Now, lets get to california right now. The west coast of the the death toll from those mudslides is rising. At least 17 people confirmed dead 13 others still missing and look at the damage. A lot of people ignored voluntary evacuation orders in the l. A. Times reports emergency cell phone alert
White commander in chief now says theres no reason to sit down with Robert Mueller to talk about any russian influence on his campaign. Plus, a retirement wait coming to capitol hill. Why the house and senate could look a little bit different after the mid terms. And later, paying up. Today metro riders could be a step closer to getting their money back every time the Transit System makes them late. Well have a live report. Good day at 9a starts now. Living like a thousand years. Were always on time. It is thursday, we have our coffee and were ready to go a. What . All right. Good day d. C. Here we go. Thank you. Thanks for playing along. We make you feel like a millionaire. There you go. Also ahead this morning tom versus tom. Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady opening up oh new facebook documentary about his biggest challenge andhy keep playing no matter what happens this weekend. Hmm. Unless his why says you stop playing. Thats right. We know who calls the shots in that house. She let t
iraqi accent oh, these Boston Red Sox are oh, boy. Thats right. But the defeat of Saddam Hussein may be but the appetizer on a banquet of american whoopass. Though the United States military has digested and passed an entire middle eastern country its maw hangs slack and drooling for more. Syria in particular has been the subject of much saber rattling among the hawks and the bush administration, or as theyre collectively known, the bush administration. [laughter] secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld has said he believes syria is harboring low level members of Saddam Husseins regime. When asked recently if syria was next after iraq, the secretary responded, it depends on peoples behavior. Certainly i have nothing to announce, a dark hint from rumsfeld, who is the only high Ranking Member of the United States government ever to speak entirely in dark hints. [laughter] deputy secretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz whose ideology is a wheelchair away from dr. Strangeloves, is also casting an e
Ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] seth good evening. Im seth meyers, this is late night. How is everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause ] thats fantastic. Before we get to the news tonight, i just have to address one thing. President trump yesterday reversed former president obamas policies on Public Schools letting transgender students use the bathroom to correspond with their gender identity, which brings us to a segment we call hey. [ applause ] seth hey, what are you doing . [ laughter ] as i understand it you were elected to bring jobs back to the u. S. , now, you dont want to let transgender kids use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. Do you think thats why the Auto Industry went to mexico, for the bathrooms . [ light laughter ] first, you demonize muslims, then immigrants and now the transgender community. Hey, just because you want to bring back coal mining, doesnt mean you have to bring back everything from the 1800s. [ cheers and a