A half trillion dollar tax reform bill this brings President Donald Trump closer to his first major legislative win gabrielle is on the following the story and joining us from new york to tell us what just happened gabriel. Right yeah a little after twelve forty five am on wednesday morning when the Senate Passed by a margin of fifty one votes in the affirmative forty eight negative passing this historic tax overhaul bill that was heralded by President Donald Trump a very controversial bill it is now one step closer to becoming law it will go on wednesday back to the house of representatives for one final vote after there was a procedural error in the earlier vote by the house of representatives but its expected that the house will again also vote in favor of this huge victory for President Donald Trump primarily because it is his first legislative victory but beyond that the president and his supporters and the republicans say that this bill bill will cut taxes on Corporate America an
Part of i95 is shut down a huge stretch and one stretch we would not want closed so we will have more details in a little bit. At least weather will cooperate. It will stay that way. Dose of reality as you mentioned we are back to where we should be on the thermometer with daytime highs , were off to, well, i dont want to call it a warm start but milder start but we are not going to rebound too far from the current levels on the thermometer. For now storm scan is quiet, we have a veil have cloud cover in the southern half of the region but this will be a day that features some sun but look at these temperatures were already well above, what is the seasonal high for this day of the year. Fortynine in philadelphia. Fiftys in trenton, atlantic city, dover at 53 degrees. It is just not a harsh start to the day whatsoever in mount pocono 37 degrees, might as well be your high. Again, off to a relatively, comfortable start, at lee from standard of the mid to late december but we are going to
Shut down. It gets busiest the quickest. That is what we are dealing w we will have updates coming up that sounds like rough stuff. Weather should not pose a major issue today, maybe sun glare later this morning but all and all quiet day, hint of the breeze. Let me get you out there and sip through this so meisha can get to that important information. There is not much to take away from the current conditions, that would have any major impact weatherwise but outside palmyra cove nature park there is a quiet view over in center city, deck of cloud cover across the southern half of the area but not a sign of anything yet to come. This is a quiet day with temperatures leveling off. Look at how warm it is. We are currently at 49 degrees at the airport. That is going to end up being our official daytime high for the day. We will sort of level off through rest of the day but still in the 50s in dover, Atlantic City, so still exceeding is what average at this hour of the morning. Looking forw
Multitasking. Meet the mom who finished her final exam are frfrom the deliv room. So what have you accomplished today . On this wednesday, december 20th. From abc news, this is world news now. How are we supposed to compete with that . Were all slackers. In defense, as the curmudgeon i am, maybe she waited until the last minute to complete her she shouldnt have procrastinated . If she wasnt such a procrastinator, labor would not have happened. The baby is not procrastinating. Were going to start this half hour in washington, d. C. Where theyre not procrastinating. No. The most sweeping rewrite of the nations tax laws just a step away from the president s desk. Senate republicans passed the 1. 5 trillion tax bill in a late night vote strictly upon party line. The democrats will benefit the most but republicans insist it will trickle down to the middle class. It is expected to pass. The house speakers going to use his gavel and be all excited again. The house approved the legislation ear
Youre watching the aljazeera news online from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the tax cuts and jobs is passed the u. S. Congress passes the most sweeping tax overhaul bill in more than thirty years along to tout his first legislative victory. Divided catalans prepared to cast the verdict they voted in an election many hope will result. In crisis also maybe out of rock but displaced people are still weary about returning to their homes well explain why. We mark in captivity for al jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein. Good to be with us welcome to the news and of the u. S. Senate has passed a contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. This brings president doll truck bomb step closer to his first significant legislative victory the bill is the first major rewrite of the tax code and more than thirty years now it will be sent back to the house of representatives for a final vote later on wednesday after