True. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Lastminute wheeling and dealing is under way on the republican tax cut bill. House and Senate Leaders reached an agreement yesterday on a deal that will likely be voted on next week, but today some senators were holding out for a sweetener. Chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes now on whats in the package and the impact. Its not perfect, but it is damn good. Reporter republicans say the hardest part is behind them now that theyve crafted a compromise between the house and senate tax bills. The final plan preserves deductions for Student Loans and medical expenses, which were targeted in previous bills, and it doubles the standard deduction, which republicans say will enable millions of taxpayers to stop itemizing. This relief gives people a simpler system and a fairer tax code. Reporter but residents of hightax states could still get squeezed. The plan caps the deduction for state and local income tax plus p
The sound of two dreams coming true. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Hightax states could still get squeezed. The plan caps the deduction for state and local income tax plus property tax at 10,000 a year, and it lowers the mortgage deduction cap from new loans worth 1 million to 750,000. Its a monumental con job. Reporter republicans say they make up for those changes but lowering the marginal tax rate at every income level and by preventing the dreaded alternative minimum tax from hitting everyone but the highest earners. Im glad it didnt get worse. Reporter but today a pair of g. O. P. Senators balked because the bill only hikes the Child Tax Credit by 100, a big backtrack from the senates previous bill. Unless they can figure out a way to add to the 1,100 figure, i wont vote for it. I think senator rubio will be there. Reporter President Trump has called the plan a christmas present, but democrats argue its mostly a gift to big business, permanently slashing the concern
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Russian president vladamir putin held a record breaking fourhour and 20 minute News Conference today. His annual address included 1600 journalists vying for the chance to ask a question. Elizabeth palmer was one of them. And she joins us from moscow tonight. Liz, president putin seemed to have warm word for just one man. Thats right, jeff it may surprise you to know it was president donald trump. President putin spoke almost nonstop with his usual kind of swaggering confidence. He actually had praise for President Trump. He said, that he should be credited for significant achievements. He pointed to the booming financial markets. That he restored the confidence of investors. As for the allegations of, russian meddling in the american election, those were said president putin to be blamed on people who oppose donald trump and trying to undermine his legitimacy which as you know is an argument we have heard in the past from President Trump himself. And liz, besides President Trump. Presi
Women abut the me too movement. Alex wagner talks to men who are also speaking up. You watch these stories unfold, every day, there is a new story. Where are you guys as this all unfolds . It certainly is a tidal wave that its happening. But i look at it like isnt it amazing that, that, so many people have felt the need to be silent for so long. How tear brrible must the environment be, that right now, as a result of the internet and as a result of just, confluence of Events People feel safe speaking up. Men are kind of grouped together from a very young age. There becomes a vernacular that its negative towards women. And there becomes an expectation of other men to place ideology on conquering women. Leland, that brings to the fore, the question of masculinity and how young men are indoctrinated at an early age . You have written about this. I was 5 years old. And, you know, i talk about this in my book because it is like how can i help other kids get over this. Because so many kids t