off on tax reform until newly elected alabama senator doug jones is seated. once that happens, the gop majority in the senate be tighter with a 51-49 split. it would be wrong for senate republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. reporter: republicans are scheduling votes for next week trying to meet the president s deadline by christmas. so even without doug jones in washington, dc, how much confidence is there that this bill will pass because there is still a couple of republicans senators who had some issues. reporter: you re right. a senator on the republican side came up with a question, they have met it negotiated, given them something. the wild card might be marco rubio. he wanted that 21% rate. he thought it should bump up to 20 or 21% for corporate taxes. but what s he getting in return? he wanted to help people on the lower income scale with that money. instead it s going to
coast and santa clara valley. 5:01. and sal tells us the traffic is? it s moderate. we have slowing out there. we are going back to the tracy commute to show you slow traffic, steve. good morning to you at home. if you re just about to leave and head out to the altamont pass, it s about normal, which is to say that traffic is going to be slow in some and some areas are getting santa rosa, speeds are down slower, speeds with down, 22 miles per hour. some speeds are lower than that. if you make it through the altamont pass, it looks good into livermore and pleasanton, no major problems driving through. if you re driving on interstate 880 in oakland, traffic in both directions is doing very well. no major problems there. at the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is light. at 5:01, let s go back to the desk. thank you, sal. topping our news right now, the overnight standoff in the south bay appears to be finally over. yeah. san jose police spent more than 15
tahoe. dry afternoon. 60s on the high side today. sal, what do you have? anything good? we have some slow traffic, steve, definitely. we are going to start off with the bay bridge toll plaza and show you the traffic is going to be busy if you re driving through on westbound bay bridge, which is typical, of course, no major issues here, traffic continues to be okay. if you are driving on interstate 880, the traffic is moving along, also going to be okay here. when you get to the toll plaza, you will see the traffic is going to be backed up. golden gate bridge whoops. let s go to the east shore freeway, westbound traffic moving along well. golden gate bridge camera out of commission so frozen on the picture, in case you were wondering. westbound 80 traffic here on the east shore freeway is going to be okay if you are driving through with no major issues, although it is getting a little bit more crowded westbound 80 traffic is also going to be slow as you drive through val
it s the standard arrival time for you, two and a half seconds before the camera goes on. but i need that little glide time in here, which i did not get tonight. just take it in through your okay. it s a breathing thing? all right. well, we are going to see how this hour works then. it will be fine. thank you, rachel. thanks, lawrence. full disclosure, tom melanowski is a friend of mine. i say full disclosure because he is now a member of congress and is going to be joining us later this hour. tom was born in poland when it was in communist control. when he was 6 years old he fled to the united states with his mother, grew up in new jersey. i met tom when we both started working for senator daniel patrick moynihan around the same time in 1988. tom has spent his life concerned with human rights in his work in senator moynihan s office and then in president clinton s national security council where he was a senior director and then as the chief advocate for huma
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