no trickle-down effect here. just the increase to the child tax credit alone will lift millions of children out of poverty and cut the child poverty rate nearly in half. because of this bill, some experts expect the economy to grow by more than 6% this year and add 7 million jobs, a level of growth, quite frankly, we ve not seen since the 1980s and it will boost the income of the poorest americans by an average 206%. given all that, it s important to remember that zero republicans reported this legislation. that s not stopping them from attempted to take credit. senate republicans led the bipartisan cares alkt that got us through the last year. the american people have built a parade marching toward victory. democrats want to sprint in front of the parade and claim credit. it s remarkable legislation. unfortunately republicans, as i say, you know, vote no and take the dough. you see already some of them claiming this is a good thing, this is a good thing, but they couldn
He is trying to con people into giving them their vote just like he conned these people into giving them their money. The real con artist is senator marco rubio, who was elected in florida, and who has the worst voting record with less than two weeks to go before the contest that could make donald trump the republican president ial nominee, bad blood flowed freely in last nights debate. This is Al Jazeera Al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im roxana saberi. In the end trumps rivals said they would support him if he were to become the nominee. Diane eastabrook has more. He referred to my hands, if they are small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you there is no problem. Reporter donald trump was on defense thursday night, standing up for his manhood, his policies, and his business decisions. He has spent a career of convincing americans that he is something they where not, now he is trying to do the same in exchange for their country. He talking about these great busi
Question before the court was whether or not a steak and regulate abortion rights out of existence and still have roe have any meaning at all. What is the point if you have no fundamental way to access it . Amy then to the libyan gamble. The New York Times publishes a major twopart expose on how Hillary Clinton as secretary of state pushed president obama to begin bombing libya five years ago this month. We did not put a single boot on the ground and gaddafi was deposed. The libyans turned out for one of the most successful, fairest elections that any arab country has had. They elected moderate leaders. Amy today libya is a failed state and a terrorist haven. How much should Hillary Clinton be blamed for the crisis . We will speak scott shane of the New York Times. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Republican estao derail Donald Trumps president ial run, former Massachusetts Governor and Onetime Republi
Reaction this morning. And good morning, america. How good is it to be taylor crozier, that little 11yearold boy right there . First shot and a brandnew tiger woods golf course. You saw it was a par 3. You can guess what happened. Hole in one like that you could not have scripted it any better. Another person having a great day is astronaut scott kelly. Back here in the gold old u. S. Of a touching down in houston reuniting with family and friends. Well have the latest on that just ahead. We do begin with that breaking news in the race for the white house. Mitt romney set to lufrn a major new attack in the gop establishments battle with donald trump as the candidates get ready for another crucial debate tonight. Abcs tom llamas is on the scene in detroit where that debate will take place, good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. And i have a copy of mitt romneys speech right here. It is a blistering attack on donald trump. Hes going to deliver it in a few hours. In this
System create a rain snow mix tonight. Temps will be near or above freezing. So little to no accumulations are expected. By tomorrow morning the low will move just to our south. The rain snow mix will continue. We could see some light accumulations north and west of Hampton Roads as the temperatures there will be colder, but the higher amounts of accumulations will be up towards richmond with 24 expected there. Heavy rain will be possible friday morning as well. We good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check later this morning, the old norfolk courthouse will be history. Demolition crews will begin chomping away at the building that served the city for decades. City leaders says theyre making room for a new civic plaza and Justice System. Rico bush is live in norfolk with more on whats happening today with the project. Rico. Don, katie, city leaders say demolishing the 50yearold building marks a new beginning of the construction on civic plaza improvements that have been in the making city