Democrats as that candidate doug jones claims victory in alabama a special election a major setback for the Republican Party that could alter the balance of power in the u. S. Senate. And british cycling icon chris froome has failed a drugs test recorded during his win as a race inspector. Im phil gayle welcome to the program more than fifty muslim countries have agreed to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of palestine the emergency summit of the organization of islamic cooperation was convened in istanbul by turkeys president. As the rest of the world to follow suit describing u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital a red line for muslims. The aim to present a united front against the decision thats muslims worldwide here in istanbul Donald Trumps move to recognize jerusalem as israels capital has been condemned by leaders from across the islamic world they endorse the call from turkish president. On. I invite all countries backing Intern
Jerusalem as the palestinian capital well take you live to turkey and israel. A stunning victory for u. S. Democrats as doug jones claims victory in alabama a special election im a just set back for the Republican Party that could alter the balance of power in the us. Also on the program the Central African republic traumatized children goes inside one of the countrys refugee camps to hundreds of thousands of people displaced and one of the worlds most overlooked conflicts. And in the bundesliga cologne face a near impossible challenge stuff on the route and backside is on the box of they havent won a big match this season and they visit the german champions munich tonight. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Germanys chancellor is launching a second attempt to form a new government following septembers elections im glad michaels previous bit collapsed after three democrats pulled out of talks with the conservatives in the green party a social democrat conference recently gave Party
Pointing to a higher open following a double dose of news out of washington. The fed raising rates and upgrading the outlook for the u. S. Economy and congress reaching a major agreement on tax reform lets start with taxes tracie potts is live in washington with the details. The president says it will be a christmas gift, democrats say its a bad deal for the middle class. Five things you need to know and two things to watch about this tax plan first, what you need to know taxes would drop for the wealthiest americans to 37 . The Corporate Tax rate would drop to 21 , more than republicans wanted, but much lower than it is now at 35 some of the popular deductions would stay with limits Home Mortgage interest up to 750. State and local taxes up to 10,000 the key point here, the Affordable Care act mandate to buy Health Insurance that would go away with this plan the two things you need to watch, first, democrats are pushing to delay this vote which is already on a fast track until the 49t
The Affordable Care act, the posture over at the white house, and in congress. Senator murphy is the one who said the president is setting the Healthcare System on fire. Well hear from him. For your calls, republicans call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. We have set up a special fourth line this morning for folks who are enrolled in the affordable re act, your number is 2027488003. And if want by phone, weigh in on social media. Cspanwj is our twitter handle, and also on facebook. Here is one writeup on the healthcare story. Its in the Washington Post today. A. C. A. State tied to budget discussions. The democrats accuse President Trump of trying to sabotage the nations Healthcare System through his decision to halt payments to insurers meant to shore up the system, while republicans countered on sunday that trump is just pushing for a hard bargain. Trumps decision announced friday after months of criticizing the payments as an Insurance Industry bailout wi
Hey, blake. Reporter neil, full Cabinet Meeting at the white house on going. Several members of media were allowed in. President made very brief comments off the top. Let me tick through some of the items. The president says the iran deal, termination of the iran deal is very real possibility. He went on to hit the cost of Prescription Drug prices saying they are quote, out of control. Saying that the Drug Companies, quote, are frankly getting away with murder. He talked about reducing government spending. Of the wants to look into the possibility of tackling welfare reform as well, saying that is something, quote, we are looking very, very strongly there for at welfare reform. You have the meeting going on right now with the president. All of his cabinet, here at the white house. We expect that tape to come out. Im sure you will play it here momentarily. After that, in about half an hour from now, is the big powwow as well, separate one, between the president , and Vice President mike