Harassment allegations rocking capitol hill. New charges against al franken that he groped and kissed a radio host without her consent. A picture fills worth a thousand words it was snapped on an air course c17 on the way home from afghanistan. Alleged groper, then comedian tal franken. Im asleep literally on the plane and there is a picture of al franken doing this, grabbing my boobs over my flight vest. Reporter she claims franken tried to rehearse it. He grabbed my face and stuck his tongue in my mouth. I just remember his lips were really wet and he pushed his tongue in my mouth. Reporter Numerous Congress people are asking for an ethics investigation. More members of congress may be outed. Speculation fueled by stories like this of a young female staffer sent to deliver documents to a congressmans home. At that point he decided to expose himself. She left and she quit her job. In the last 20 years there have been 260 settlements at a cost to the taxpayers of this country of 15 mil
Ever to a major legislative victory. The Senate Committee approved the gop thanks reform plan. That sends it to the full senate to take it up after thanksgiving. John roberts is at the white house with our report. In his only public appearance today, President Trump said nothing about any of the big items in the news, but did weigh in on twitter. On tax reform President Trump was over the moon about the pass and of the house bill. He said great nuls on stocks and the economy. If we get tax reform well see great results. He accused democrats of a lost opportunity. He said if democrats werent such obstructionists and understood the power of lower taxes we would be able to get many of their ideas into the bill. The bill was voted out of the finance committee yesterday, but not without serious heat across party lines. I have been here working my whole career for people who dont have a chance. And i resent anybody saying im just doing this for the rich. Give me a break. I get sick and tired
Report is adopted without objection to motion to reconsider and its upon the table. [applause] david is he happy or what . The house just passing historic tax reform this afternoon and now, the fate of the tax bill moves on to the u. S. Senate where debate is underway and a vote is expected tonight if the bill passes the senate we are looking at the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years. We are covering it from d. C. To wall street and beyond. Lets go first to adam shapiro for the very latest from capitol hill. Adam the president s legislative agenda appears finally to be moving forward. Yes, at least on the tax promises and the cuts for tax relief for the middle class but here is where we stand right now the senate has passed the motion to proceed because lets show you the video. They received the bill from the house as you showed video of paul ryan with the fact the house had passed the tax reform bill, so the tax cuts and jobs about was delivered to the senate. They then had a vote on pr
After that. This is week to 10 days worth of subfreezing temps for a lot of big cities in the east. That is very impressive. We havent seen cold like this since the polar vortex from a few years ago. David what about erie, pennsylvania . I have got to focus on one little town. Not so little if you live there. My grandmother is from eerie. Five feet so far. Theyre getting a another major snowstorm by this weekend. They could end up with 10 feet before long. It is amazing. That is what you get arctic air going over relatively warm, unfrozen waters ever the great lakes. That is why the rest of big cities in the east dont have the snow with arctic air mass. The air is too dry. You know moisture to deliver the snowfall totals. That is it what the great lakes do. I will say, david, next week, january 3rd or fourth, middle of next week. We could get gulf and atlantic moisture involved in the arctic up break, big cities on east coast have to watch for a potential big snowstorm. That is a few d
Huma abedin. With classified emails to her yahoo accounts. But first our top story, Trump Administration ramping up pressure on iran as the country is roiled by antigovernment protest, thousands have taken to streets over past 6 days to protest a dismal economy, rising inflation, and unemployment and allegations of widespread corruption. President trump is praising the protesters for finally acting against the what he calls a brutal and corrupt regime. It takes great bravery for iranian people to use the power of their voice against the government. Reporter from u. N. Mission to state department. To the white house. Unified front in support of iran ran people in throws of an uprising. Years of mismanagement, corruption, have eroded the iran iranian people trust in their leader, they spend its peoples wealth on spreading militancy and terror abroad rather than ensuring prosperity at home. Reporter white house is called. Online and on air with President Trump himself firing ad of tweets