Just beginning. Fbn am starts right now. Cheryl 5 01 a. M. In new york, friday december 15th, good morning, im Cheryl Casone. Lauren good morning, thank you for joining us. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl a lot of breaking news to get to. Is tax reform in jeopardy, two republican senators pressing for late changes in the bill, compromise bill, florida senator marco rubio and utah senator mike lee want to expand the child tax credits for lowincome families. I would outline the need for child credit. Its 1,100, a lot of people making 35, 40, 25,000 working are not going to be able toout liez as utilize credit as they need and i asked that the 1100 be raised. 21 without going into effect last year and cap salt at 10,000. Cheryl meanwhile one week to go before the froth runs out of money. Asham shapiro has the latest from washington. Adam good morning, while everybody is paying attention to tax reform, another issue thats starting to play out and thats funding the government past the december
Averages pointing to higher open in premarket, dow looking up by 53 right now, hammering the good news, over in europe taking a look at the markets, ftse again, one bright spot for european markets, up 26, in asia overnight, markets closing mixed, the kospi was closed for holiday, the nikkei the only average slightly in the red. Well, tragedy in new york on a freezing night flames ripped through an Apartment Building killing at least 12 people including four children. This tragedy is without question historic in its magnitude here and our hearts go out to every family that lost a loved one here and everyone thats fighting for their lives. We will have the latest from the investigation into the citys deadliest fire in decades. Well, no fear of the russia probe, President Trump opens up in a new interview saying that special Counsel Robert Mueller will treat him fairly and will be ultimately vindicated, explanation coming up. Investigating the investigators, House Intelligence Committee