Senators return from thanksgiving break next week. Former texas senator phil graham, visiting scholar in American Enterprise institute. Senator, great to see you. Thanks for coming in. Great to see you, paul. Paul you have seen a lot of tax legislation in your day, helped pass good legislation, how do you see the two bills now just as policy, as tax and Economic Policy good or bad . I think they are both good represent good policy. I think the debate is that a lower level than i have before seen, people forget that 56 democrats in the house voted for the reagan tax cut. The tax reform in 1986 got huge bipartisan votes. Its ashame that things are as partisan as they are. Paul yeah, thats where we are right now. I think they will get no democratic votes in the Senate Unless republicans show they can pass it. But do you think theres enough progrowth policy in these bills to energize the economy over next two or three years, get up to 3 growth annually plateau . Well, first of all, the eco
At the Japanese Corporate giant toshiba forces its Top Executive to step down. And womens Rights Groups in india want a ban on instant divorces. One more hour before polls close in burundi in a controversial president ial election that has seen months of unrest in parts of the country. The incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza seen here earlier at this polling both. The opposition say they wont recognize the results of the vote. One person was killed in overnight shooting in the capitol. Haru mutasa has this report. Reporter after a night of gunfire and explosions, the dead are being counted on voting day. This man was an opposition member. No one here knows who killed him or why, but its frightening them. We dont sleep all night. We dont sleep. We are here. We see or hear the guns again neighborhoods. We dont know. We have fear. Reporter people say he was killed somewhere else and then dumped here. It is causing a lot of anger here. People are really concerned there could be lines have after t
Outright racism. Australians debate why this indigenous sportsman is booed at every match the leader of iraqs kurdish region is calling on kurdish p. K. K. Fighters to leave the bases. The president says separatist fighters Must Withdraw to protect civilians. A number of people have been killed since turkey launched air raids against the p. K. K. In turkey and iraq. Meanwhile theres no let up in the fighting in syria as rebel groups continue to splinter there. Two groups that have been fighting on the same side against i. S. I. L. Are battling each other. Zeina khodr reports. Reporter this is thought to be an air strike carried out by the u. S. To support allies in syria, targetting positions of the Al Qaedalinked al nusra front in northern aleppo. It came too late. Nusra fighters attacked the base of division 30 and abducted the commander and several of his fen. It was a message to the us, and syrians that cooperate with it. The 30 infantry subdivision is a Group Trained by u. S. In t
Wilmington, particularly heavy downpours in wilmington, northern New Castle County. Lets time this out as it moves into south jersey. In philadelphia, its moving through right now. Cherry hill by around 6 20 this morning, almost there. Washington township on the tail end of the 6 00 a. M. Hour. Lakewood by around 7 30. This should be moving your way. This is going to continue moving along, cutting through south jersey and then moving to the shore. As for temperatures, it is going to stay cool out there for our morning hours. Only the low to possibly mid 60s by lunchtime. We will continue to have inandout showers not just with the line of heavier rain but scattered storms throughout the rest of the day. Coming up, well time it out hour by hour so you can plan the rest of the day. Well talk better news, the temperatures warm up by your weekend. Well look at that coming up. Right now well go to traffic with jessica boyington. Yeah, already problems on the roads this morning. Watching the
Tillerson hosts a Foreign Ministers meeting at the state department. He is joined by the iraqi Prime Minister talking about global efforts to combat isis. This is 40 minutes. Good morning, and thank you all for traveling to washington, d. C. , to participate in this counter isisinsterrial conference. It is encouraging to see the attendance when the forces of isis and daesh tune into their tvs and their computer monitors they will see the strength of a combined 68 nations and organizations. Together, we share a resolve to deal isis or daesh a lasting defeat. Our coalition is united in stopping an isis resurgence, halting its global ambitions and discrediting its ideological narrative and were ready to grow stronger and stay aggressive in this battle. President trump in his recent address to his joint session of congress made clear that it is the policy of the United States to demolish and destroy this barbaric terrorist organization and that is what we are going to do. Many of us here t