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good morning, it s wednesday, september 20th. we are following a number of stories. president trump was america first se u.n. and steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on health care reform. some gop governors aren t so sure about that. the russian investigation rolls on with new details on who s paying the president s legal bills but first, two natural disasters unfolding in real time. rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and hurricane maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. we ll go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storm s latest track. bill. power knocked out. roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. overnight, can you see the storm, 124-mile-per-hour winds in st. croix. now the storm is about to make landfall. let s get into the zoomed in radar. you see s ....
money charges against paul manafort but a surprise revelation, george pep adopt lus pleaded guilty earlier this month making a false statements to the fbi. his e-mails related to the arrest came out today, couple of things we did not know until now. they provided key points along a time line that robert mueller could possibly build a case that team trump colluded with russia to win the election. ood suggestion that george may have been wearing a wire. we have correspondents covering all the angels tonight. we begun with manu raju on george. what have you been learning? that s true joining the campaign in march 15, george had a meeting with a london base professor who he promised dirgt on hillary clinton s campaign. he had multiple interactions with this professor. this professor came in around the same time that john pa december that, hillary clinton s former campaign manager, his e-mails were hacked. we do know that george lied to federal prosecutors and admitted to lying a ....
caps mortgage interest rate deductions at $750,000. and caps the state and local tax deductions at $10,000. now, on the tax brackets that we ve been talking so much about, this actually, this proposal, this bill that they are voting on keeps 7 personal incomes tax brackets. lowest stays there with 10%. but lowers top individual rate. down from 39.6% to now 37%. so a lot of details with massive massive tax overhaul. but again at the end of the day today, republicans looking for a win. sunlen, thank you so much. we ll ta in close contact with you and keep your eyes on the screen here on the house floor as the vote is set to get under way. and after the fact a massive victory lap over at the white house. before we get there, i have with at all. and so that s going to be really interesting to watch next year. you know, especially in those districts where you have vulnerable republicans and the hillary clinton won in 2016. maybe this is the message to help some of those republi ....
percent in the last a year later with just fourteen percent. that shows how quickly things can change. yes i can handle it i know approval can t windell rapidly but that you can regain trust with hard work and voting results aren t permanent approval rates. that s what you re working on right now you just came back from the s.p.d. is regional conference where the party s member vote between government or opposition was discussed what was the mood like i think towards the party leadership it was fairly cautious but it was more positive regarding the coalition agreement there was substantive debate on the points we had negotiated with the christian democratic union everybody knows that seventy percent of the agreement has the s.p.d. signature and that is met with a lot of support not for everything apart for about ninety percent and they know we can keep these promises we currently have trust issues with the s.p.d. leadership and that includes me i m aware of it and know it needs to ....
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