Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Early this morning the Senate Passed the first major rewrite of u. S. Tax laws in over 30 years. The senate vote came hours after the bill was passed by the house. The house has to vote again this morning because of some procedural violations. President trump is expected to sign the measure later today. For mr. Trump and gop lawmakers it is a long sought legislative victory. Hena doba is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. The 1. 5 trillion bill is a sweeping overhaul for taxes in the United States. It will provide deep cuts for the wealthy and modest cuts for middle and low income families, pushing the National Debt even higher. The tax cuts and job act is passed. The senate gave the nod overnight in a vote along party lines. Moments later President Trump tweeted in part, the United States Senate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill. We now add comprehensive tax ref
Tonight with what is expected to be an historic vote on tax re form. The senate is still debating the gop legislation. Youre looking at a live picture from capital hill. Members began this debate more than six hours ago. A vote is still expected sometime tonight. Earlier today the house of representatives passed a sweeping rewrite of the nations tax code, the first in three decades, but a prosed yurl naf yew basically wiped out that vote. Senate democrats say three provisions in the house bill violate senate rules and therefore have to be removed and so the house will have a redo tomorrow. The legislation is expected to pass again. We will of course keep an eye on this throughout the evening. Also developing tonight a single vote may spell the end of the republican control in vas house of delegates. The Democratic Delegate shell i simmons seems to have won by one vote. Her victory would mean an democrats in the statehouse. It would also mean a rare power sharing agreement may have to b
We will stay on this story and let you know how it turns out. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison we have this new video of the armored truck robbery. Last fridays daring heist, the guard were restocking the shelves when the Thieves Robbed them at gunpoint. They escaped in a van a few blocks away. No one was hurt. Hasnt been done in 34 years. But actually really hasnt been done. We broke every record. Larry the house passed a measure this afternoon. The senate d it will be the president s first legislative victory. Alison there is talk from opponents how the reform will serve the rich. The motion is adopted and laid upon the table. Republican lawmakers call the final tax plan a middle class miracle. The average family will see 1,000 of their own money to keep. The soon to be low touted by president trump. President trump its the largest, i always say the most massive, but the largest tax cut in the history of our country. So january 1, the start of the new year. That means the start of the ne
Obviously she got food and gas, but she said they decided to go for one year without buying the extras. Like a coat that is at discounted price or some lotion at target. It was amazing, she said the mental space that was freed up when she stopped looking for things to buy. She then describe something that probably happens everywhere. You run out of your favorite lotion so you have to get more, look under the sink. You always have extra. There is one problem, if everyone did this the economy would collapse. I dont think everyone is going to do this but i will sort of exercise this. Absolutely. That is very hard to do. I love shopping so i dont know if i could do that but you are right. I always have something extra underneath the cabinet. One extra soap or lotion but that is good for her. Whatever youre doing today we are thankful youre starting with us. Mike has the day off so it is good to have you with us cristina rendon. Sal castaneda is with us as well. We sure had some traffic tro
Morning. A fedex truck collided with one car. Investigators say that when they arrived paramedics were trying to revive the occupants of the car. Those efforts were unsuccessful and that person died at the scene. A fedex driver is on scene as well and has been cooperating with the investigation. Officers have closed down all four lanes of southbound 880 so that they can thoroughly investigate the accident and clear the accident to make sure the roadway is safe. They are asking for drivers to be patient. We want to assure the victims families and the public get the most out of this as possible. We are asking everyone to be patient and all commuters please be patient logic we conduct the investigation. Reporter we have received a statement from fedex that reads our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in this tragic accident. We are cooperating with local officials as they investigate. Coming back to our live shot you can see the result of the investigation and those efforts m