Meeting is and the administrations next move. Attacking judges. President trump lashes out after a a blow to his immigration policy. Is he putting members of the bench in danger . And new Health Care Deal . Republicans are taking another shot at repealing and replacing obamacare. Is there any real hope for passage with the president s 100th day in office fast approaching . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youve in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this hour, white house unveils an ambitious tax plan call for deep cuts for individuals and businesses. Just shy of the president s 100th day in office. Mr. Trump seeking to slash the Corporate Tax rate to 15 double the standard deduction and simplify the tax code among many other proposals. The plan is likely to face a very tough fight in congress with a lot of Unanswered Questions about its cost and how it might drive up the deficit. Also breaking, the enti
Winning director of silence of the lambs. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today the Trump Administration rushed out a plan for historic tax cuts high on hyperbole but with only a dollop of detail. The list of aspirations looked more like an attempt to beat the 100day mark in the Trump Presidency rather than a serious proposal to reform the tax code. On paper everyone is in for a break personal income taxes, Corporate Taxes, savings for the rich and the dead, but nothing on how to implement it or pay for it. Far from legislation, the president s bullet points today were loaded into a starting gun that signals the beginning of a race of lobbyists and special interests to rewrite americas 70,000page tax code. Heres Major Garrett on the opening lap. Great plan. Reporter President Trumps plan calls for big corporate and personal tax cuts, but lacks basic details. The president wants
Cautioning the u. S. Would love to solve things diplomatically, but its very difficult. Mr. Trump praising chinas president for putting pressure on pyongyang for stopping the nuclear tests. I established a very good personal relationship with president xi and i really feel that he is doing everything in his power to help us with a big situation. Reporter and offering a bit of praise for north koreas dictator. His father dies. He took over a regime. Say what you want. Thats not easy. Especially at that age. Im not giving him credit or not. Im saying thats a very hard thing to do. As to whether or not he is rational . I have no opinion on it. I hope he is rational. Reporter these remarks come as secretary of state Rex Tillerson indicates a major shift in diplomatic policy. Telling npr the administration is open to direct talks with north korea as long as the agenda is right. All scenarios on the table. It is all up to north korea. Were not looking to pick a fight. Dont give us a reason t
Conflict with north korea. Absolutely. A short time ago secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, echoed the substance if not the tone of the comments during a meeting of the u. N. Security counsel and the secretary said all options are on the table while applying pressure to u. N. Member states to keep up the economic and deposit l diplomatic pressure. And we go to our panel. Jacob rascon and kasie hunt is on capitol hill with the votes in the house that did and did not happen. Lets start with you, and tell us more about the comments about the president and secretary of state . Reporter we saw the secretary of state is in a setting where using the words of diplomacy has a lot of weight, and when the president is in the oval office with reporters, theres a different tone here and so you see that the president is warning that there could be a conflict, and he has in recent weeks been trying to send a message to north korea of u. S. Strength of a willingness to act with allies, preferably with
Up the east coast. D. C. , philadelphia, new york city hit next. Rob marciano standing by. And the uproar onboard. First, it was united, now American Airlines. The Flight Attendant and the family with a stroller. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a monday night. We begin what could be the most important week for the Trump Presidency so far. That other countdown tonight, the government running out of money saturday. His 100th day. He wants the wall along the Mexican Border in the budget. Some democrats say its a nonstarter and our new poll finds President Trump with a 42 approval rating. Thats the lowest of any president since 1945, but a very telling number tonight of those who voted for him 96 say they would absolutely vote for him again. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter forget the 100 days milestone. The top agenda item in washington this week may be keeping the government from shutting down. Funding runs out midnight friday, an