As dana mentioned, we will speak exclusively to a man with a lot of power in washington, West Virginia democratic senator joe manchin. But first we begin in florida where two fbi agents were killed while serving a warrant. Phil keating is on the scene in sunrise, florida. Good evening, phil. Reporter good evening, bret. It all went down just after 6 a. M. This morning. A brutal, brazen and tragic incident inside that apartment complex behind me. Five fbi agents were shot, two of them fatally. Just minutes ago the fbi called this a very dark day. We are saddened by their loss as we struggle to come to terms with what happened. However, as we grieve their loss, we will continue the mission to protect the American People. Reporter the federal agents showed up to the subjects apartment before dawn for what was planned to be a Surprise Serving of a Search Warrant in an on going child pornography case. Instead of answering his door, the subject grabbed a gun and started shooting. The two age
Congress. I want to express my appreciation to the witnesses who have come to share testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can get to hear from the hard working folks who make up our state and local governments. Former mayor of springfield i can tell you my experience as to how important the work all of you do is. It is from that lens that i view the issue of state and local Tax Deductions as s. A. L. T. I view it from the Vantage Point of someone whose Life Experience has been a testament to the impact and investments made and Services Provided by local governments and what those investments can mean in terms of the lives of our citizenry. Over xi be that choeinsuring maintaining roads, bridges and tunnels, so people can get to where they need to be is part of our challenge. Responding emergencies, providing services for low income family, elderly and the others rely on the safety net is our obligation. That is precisely what local government does. Mr. Thompson, thats why the wo
Can virginia voters help her stop a trump Super Tuesday sweep and keep her in this race . Tracking the protest vote. How the president s handling of the war in gaza could affect todays primary in minnesota. And big clues for a battleground. Why the race for governor in North Carolina could offer a preview of the president ial matchup. Our nbc News Reporters are fanned out across the country as millions head to the polls on the largest day of voting outside of the General Election. And we start in california where high stakes swing races could determine the Balance Of Power in congress. What are you hearing there . Reporter weve moved to downtown los angeles. Its a big, big day for california politics, but not so big when it comes to turnout. Something we were expecting on primary day. Its going to get very dark because this is, Black Box Theatre here, but come on in. This is where the Polling Location is. Most of the people weve seen today come in and drop off ballots. California does
Type tax reform. Today is day two of the Senate Committee review live on capitol hill. This is just getting under way. It collects input from amendments that have been filed. Because of a larm number of amendments we have processed the modified mark will be given to members later today as has been discussed with our Ranking Member and everyone can then have time to read over the modifications. After that process we will resume a markup tomorrow morning with the modified mark. Before we proceed today i want to make a few comments. I appreciate members participation during yesterdays session. I was glad to hear everyones initial thoughts. However a number of issues were raised that in my view werent additional responses. First is a massive tax cut for the rich. That particular claim was repeated by almost every minority member of this committee. The problem with that is that its just not true. J. T. C. s analysis shouldnt be ignored all together. Secondly there was the repeated claim tha
Regulations. Yeah, were going to need lots of regs, based on these proposals, correct . Is that correct, mr. Barthold, theres going to be a lot of regulations with these proposals . Presumably some things go away but there would have to be new notices and new regses to effectuate policies in the mark. In the areas you have mentioned, the new passthrough regime and the shift to a territorial regime with the base erosion protections. And what about deductions. Those are pretty complex also. Theres going to be regs there, right . Actually, theres a number of regulations related to interest deductions now. So that might be a net wash. A net wash. So if you and i were having a friendly beer in a bar, and i wanted to lay a bet with you on whether or not there would be a new book or whether or not we would take away a book, im willing to bet theres a new book. Based on this proposal. Would you take that bet against me . Well, if i may be a little light in answer, the publishers tend to like t