The Senate Finance committee. We expect we have live coverage for you over on cspan3 of the Senate Finance committee. You can also find that online at cspan. Org. Outside of are also he meeting room in the capitol where House Republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. Making their way to the meeting room. President trump as we mentioned, expecting to leave the white house shortly. And speak to republicans before that vote, which is expected this afternoon sometime shortly after between noon and where House Republicans will be gathering, now that they gaveled out. Making their way to the 1 00. We hope to have any comments from members, possibly from the president if he makes a statement before or after his meeting, well aim to bring that live to you as well. Wed love to hear from you, too, if youre watching the debate. Your thoughts on the tax reform debate. Heres how to be part of that conversation. Democrats use 2027488920. Republicans, 2027488921. And for all others, 2
Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. A special line open for virginia residents, 202 7488003. You can find us on social media. Ur twitter handle is cspanwj we will bring you live to miami and that is where hillary will beand tim kaine appearing for the first time as running mates. Here is some information about for you about tim kaine. He is 58 years old. Since been a senator 2013. Virginiavernor of between 2006 and 2010. He was mayor of richmond before that. Hillary clinton has picked tim kaine as her running mate, ing the democratic ticket he is fluent in spanish and key states. He will be the first Vice President from virginia since john tyler, who held the office for a month in 1841. He has never lost an election. He could help clinton take virginias 13 electoral votes off the board. He could help clinton with hispanic voters in other swing states, such as florida. For more information, we will talk to one of the authors of this story. Mornin
Someone thats holding a curling iron has more education and more training than people who have a gun and are going out on the street to protect us. Reporter the quarterback has actually sat during the National Anthem at all the preseason games. But no one noticed until saturdays game when he did it for the first time in uniform. He says many of his teammates support him. Everyone has the right to stand up for what they believe in so i respect that first and foremost, whether i agree with what he did or not and the way he did it. Reporter kaepernick says he believes what hes doing is right, even if that means his decision has consequences on his career including getting cut from the team. I cant look in the mirror and see other people dying on the street that should have the same opportunities that ive had. Kaepernick was actually asked to speak to his teammates about why he did what he did. He says they had an open conversation about it. Some of the players told us they understand his
Caused by the same condition as the deadly Lenfant Plaza smoke incident. Forced metro to get crews back on the rails immediately. This is the damage from mondays fire. This is the damage after last january smoke incident. Last year, metro Operations Manager who since resigned show problems with the cable also highlight since resigned showed the problems highlighted by the ntsb report and said at the time it would take longterm single tracking to address the issue. We know there were plans in place to replace all 600 of those within the system under ground. Now again, we have learned that we do expect to get an update from metro on todays inspections. That will be live right here on abc7 news at 6 00. Reporting live, brianne carter. Alison thank you. Metro closing prompted the federal government and the d. C. Schools to offer alternatives to employees and all over the city. Sam . Sam well, we are standing over the overpass of Lenfant Plaza. As you can see the traffic coming out of Downt
Independents, 202 7488002. We will get your thoughts in just a minute, good morning everyone. Lets show you more of what the president had to say last night. He outlined the strategy against isis. Our military will continue to hunt down terrorist plotters in any country where it is necessary. Iraq, and syria, airstrikes for taking out isis leaders, heavy weapons, oil tankers, infrastructure. Since the attacks in paris, our closest allies including rants, germany and the u. K. , have ramped up their contributions to our campaign which will help us accelerate our efforts to destroy isis. Will continue to provide training and equipment to tens of thousands of iraqi in. Forces fighting isis on the ground so that we take away their safe havens. In both countries, we are deploying special Operations Forces who can accelerate that offensive. We have set up this effort since that since the attacks in paris and will continue to invest more and approaches that are working on the ground. Third, w