Plus bitcoin week continues here on fast money. That means two things. First, well hear from the app at the center of the bitcoin boom the president of coin base will be here. Well ask him which currency will be added to the platform. Second, its ack thats right the bitcoin bug is here. You see it there at the corner of your screen well be tracking the price via the coin based app throughout the hour first, trouble in tax cut paradise some of the most tax sensitive groups, small caps, banks, retail stocks, all sinking as it looks like the bill may not be a done deal. Ylan mui in d. C. Has all the details. Reporter melissa, senator marco rubio is threatening to vote no on the tax bill unless the Child Tax Credit is expanded hes particularly mad because the proposed corporate rate went from 20 to 21 but that extra revenue went toward lowering the top rate for individuals rather than a measure he said will help middle class families. In a tweet that he put out in just the past hour, he wr
What youre l what youre looking at is wreckage from a midair collision in western slovakia. Two planes carrying dozens of skydivers to an air show that crashed in a heavily Wooded Mountain area. Seven people died and 31 survived. Some survived by deploying parachutes and jumping to safety. Investigators want to know if one or both of the planes were overloaded. A gas explosion during a construction at a new York City High School has seriously injured three workers. Firefighters were still searching the rubble late last night looking for clues. The fifth and sixth floors of the school were the most seriously damaged. Construction crews were working on a gas line in a science lab when the explosion happened. In los angeles, investigators say theyll recommend to prosecutes that they file manslaughter charges against Caitlyn Jenner for her involvement in a deadly Chain Reaction crash last year. As kabcs Carlos Grande explains, a conviction could mean jail time for the former olympian. Repo
Who knew, its join the conversation on facebook, of course, you can also contact the entire team and all of our other reporters. Thats the news for now, im sade bederinwa. And im rob powers. Eyewitness news returns tomorrow at 4 30. Yesterday afternoon again. I think i appreciated that very much, and their wives were on the telephone with them. Reporter obama and biden called, too, and the clintons. Carter in good enough spirits to joke about their famously cool relationship. Bill clinton called, Hillary Clinton called, secretary of state called. First time theyve called me in a long time. Reporter one thing carter plans to continue doing as he starts his treatment is Teaching Sunday School at his hometown church. He also holds out some hope of taking a long planned humanitarian trip to nepal in november and if he cant go, he says hell send the rest of his family. Jonathan carl, abc news at the Carter Center in atlanta georgia. Were all pulling for him here. Powerful storms caused flas
Im reena ninan. We begin this half hour with former president jimmy carter telling reporters that he has started treatment for cancer which has spread to his brain. Mr. Carter had radiation yesterday in georgia. Hes also being treated with a cutting edge drug. Abcs Marcy Gonzales reports now from atlanta. Reporter with humility and even humor, former president jimmy carter openly detailed his melanoma diagnosis sharing his fears when he learned the cancer first discovered on his liver had spread with doctors also finding it on his brain. I just thought i had a few weeks left. But i was surprisingly at ease. You know, ive had a wonderful life. Reporter a life the 90yearold is optimistically fighting for, undergoing radiation treatment on the four small cancer spots on his brain. The goal here is to prevent them from growing so he can continue to live the high quality life he is right now. Reporter some of the focus of his life though now changing. My name is jimmy carter, and im running
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