Lying to the fbi, prepared to testify against President Trump, nbc something nice has yet to verify at any rate, down sharply. Now weve come back. There was a lot of talk about tax reform, stocks recovering the early losses, tax reform appears to gain no men tucmomenm the latest from washington on where this bill stands coming up in fact, lets get straight to the big news in d. C. Hitting the markets today. It is the fall yout from the guilty plea of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn eamon javers joins us with the latest at this hour. Reporter kelly, we got news in the past couple minutes here reported by nbc news that two officials tell them that Jared Kushner is the official who is listed in the criminal information surrounding Michael Flynn guilty plea today as being a very senior transition official who advised mike flynn to get on the phone with officials from various countries around the world to talk about a u. N. Sanctions problem that they had back during the pres
Big focus of the administration, the things that we continue to fight for as we go through this tax policy. Maria we will go through latest stumbling block as they push forward for possible vote today beginning at 11 00 a. M. Stock surge initially in hope of deal yesterday, the dow closed 24,000 First Time Ever with better than 300point rally, look at what is happening right now. Same with s p 500. Nasdaq down almost 1 right now. In europe the major averages are lower across the board, similar upset here. Cac quarante in paris, down better than 1 , dax index down better than a half percent as europe takes a cue from wall street. Take a look, japan was up half a percent. Shanghai composite flat on the session. Hang seng and kospi were lower. A verdict shock outrage this morning after san San Franciscoy finds illegal immigrant that shot kate steinle not guilty of murder. He will now be deported for a sixth time. President trump taking to twitter to express anger at judgment. No wonder th
Making. Republican Senate Leaders say they have the votes now to pass their massive tax cut bill. The day was spent deal making to convince uncommitment lawmakers to support the measure. It appears enough have fallen into line to pass historic legislation that will affect virtually every household and business in america. That prospect, and the likelihood of sharply lower tax rates especially on businesses, pleased investors, and they watched as stocks mostly recovered from sharp intraday losses. Ylan mui covers the story for us tonight from capitol hill. Ylan, whats the latest . Reporter tyler, it looks like republicans have the votes to pass their tax bill through the senate 5149. The only republican holdout appears to be senator bob corker of tennessee. He said that hes disappointed, this is a very tough vote for him, but at the end of the day, he could not cast aside his fiscal concerns over how this bill might impact the national debt. Now, gop leadership has had to make several c
Truck cross a few lanes of traffic and nearly collide with another vehicle in the process. You dont see the vehicle crash into the toll plaza but you can see the aftermath, the cab smashed, the toll booth worker, sisi hahn, a cal trans vehicle, killed. She leaves behind a daughter and a husband. Passengers and drivers at the plaza were injured. The driver of the truck was ejected but survived the crash. The ones that suffered injuries were nonlife threatening. The driver we understand suffered fairly major injuries. Unfortunately the toll booth taker was killed. Reporter here is video as it approached the toll plaza. The california Highway Patrol has identified the driver of that truck as 32yearold daniel burke of foster city. He is expected to be booked once hes released from Highland Hospital in oakland. Burke is facing charges of suspicion of dui and vehicular manslaughter. The california Highway Patrol is saying this evening, they expect that most of the lanes that had been shut do
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