Recognizes that sound. Well, thats correct, brian. If you remember Defense Secretary mattis was the first led the first marines on the ground shortly after 9 11. Lets get with the breaking news, moments ago fox news has learned the taliban claimed responsibility for a massive Rocket Attack at kabuls International Airport. 40 to 45 rockets and rocket propelled grenades landed near the Passenger Terminal just less than two hours after Defense Secretary jim mattis arrived with his entourage which included the press. Now, im told that mattis was in no danger. He had already left the area aboard helicopter and Rocket Attack was not near the location where he landed. But, still, brian, its the same airport and certainly raises a lot of questions about security in afghanistan 16 years after the 9 11 attacks. Now, mattis a day ago was traveling in india, which might have put the taliban on some kind of alert. It was not public that Defense Secretary mattis would be arriving in kabul today. He
union address. that s always a great opportunity for the president to amplify his policy goals for the coming year. of course that clearly is not top of mind for him at the end of this year, even though he just had a huge victory and republicans did with their tax reform push. he s not really taking that victory lap, at least not at this moment. but the president has plans for the next year, big policy pushes he wants to make on infrastructure and returning to health care. there s not an appetite for that in congress but the president will be making those pushes. looking at the tweet here selena, he s claiming this was the basis for the trump campaign investigation which is simply not true. it was one piece of evidence early on, and since then there has been a lot of developments and we are told by our sources that there s other evidence they are looking at but this is in the main piece. do you think it s to the president s advantage, selena,
people. key congressional sources here are some of the key points. 37% is the top individual rate. 21% corporate tax in 2018 dropped from 35% now. state and local tax deduction known as salt capped at $10,000. repeal the obamacare individual mandate and maintain deduction for high out-of-pocket medical expenses. some other items of note in this tax reform push vice president mike pence is likely to slightly delay his trip to the middle east with aides noting pence has been very involved in tax reform and senator john mccain is receiving treatment at walter reed for side effects of his cancer treatment. meanwhile democrats have been pressing the gop to wait until a new alabama senator is seated. the election of doug jones will not change which party controls the senate. the election of doug jones will not give him or democrats the power to block the tax bill or any other piece of legislation.
state the salt states where the local governments just hammer families, we know, we want to do more. there is a great sense of urgency. republicans hope to vote on that tax reform package next week ahead of their self-imposed christmas deadline. dana? dana: what is the play from democrats after last night s senate race in alabama? well, dana, they did not waste any time in calling for a pause on this tax reform push until the new alabama senator can be seated to his position. it would be wrong for senate republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. moments ago the house democratic leader called this tax reform conference committee a total charade. this is really a disgrace. and so you can find out more about what s in the tax bill by listening to their
better hurry in, it ends soon. dana: not an easy end of the year in congress. never is. a dog fight over a new spending bill could come to a head just after christmas as republican lawmakers try to pass tax reform by next week. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. what is the latest on the tax reform push? reporter: dana, good afternoon. differences between the house and senate tax reform bills are being hashed out in the conference committee. gop leaders are hoping for a fine agreement in the coming days. they re warning about attacks coming from democrats. i suspect over the next few days we ll continue to hear the scare tactics, the his tearical rhetoric from the defenders of the status quo. outlandish statements like, tax reform is armageddon, bad for women, and people will die. it s really getting ridiculous. it s misleading the american