And tonight, meryl streep defending herself against any notion she could have done more when it came to harvey weinstein. what she s now saying. good evening as we come on the air here in the west. and we begin with the breaking headline involving your money youshgs taxes. president trump one step closer to his first major legislative victory since being elected. but tonight, a last-minute holdup. the house voting today to approve the republican tax cuts by a strict party line vote, but late today, word coming in they will have to vote all over again. so, why the temporary halt? and look at the new poll numbers coming in tonight. when americans were asked, who will benefit most from this tax bill, four separate polls showing more than 60% of americans say it will be the wealthy who benefit most. so, tonight here, will the president still sign this into law before christmas? and who wins, who loses? and will there be any voting tonight? abc s mary bruce, leading us off
we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there s not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i m talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he ll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. monetary policy is not a panacea, it s not going to solve our economic problems. the fed fed s drugs didn t come cheap either. there have been three rounds of fed stimulus with a total price tag of $2.7 trillion. and that doesn t include the $267 billion extension to operation twist that was announced today. so the question is, were the highs we got worth the price of $2.7 trillion? check this out. when the financial crisis hit, the fed stepped in with an unprecedented plan to lower interest rates. it was called q.e. 1 or quantitativ
we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there s not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i m talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he ll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. monetary policy is not a panacea, it s not going to solve our economic problems. the fed fed s drugs didn t come cheap either. there have been three rounds of fed stimulus with a total price tag of $2.7 trillion. and that doesn t include the $267 billion extension to operation twist that was announced today. so the question is, were the highs we got worth the price of $2.7 trillion? check this out. when the financial crisis hit, the fed stepped in with an unprecedented plan to lower interest rates. it was called q.e. 1 or quantitativ
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, america s drug addiction. it s not cocaine. it s not heroin. it s not even bath salts. we re addicted to ben. we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there s not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i m talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he ll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. monetary policy is not a panacea, it s not going to solve our economic problems. the fed fed s drugs didn t come cheap either. tlfen three rounds of fed stimulus with a total price tag of $2.7 trillion. and that doesn t include the $267 billion extension to operation twist that was announced today. so the question is, were the highs we got worth the price of $2.7 trillion? c