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very passionate debate regarding this bill. democrats were reunited in opposing the bill. what is happening tonight is the worst of the united states senate. there is a trail of broken promises. broken promises to working families in a mad dash to pass this bill. this vote will not be forgotten. reporter: under pressure to pass a bill before the end of the year senate republicans made a flurry of last-minute changes. keeping the alternative minimum tax to provide more revenue offset the deficit. allowing property tax deductions up to $10,000. and keeping the medical expense deduction for the next two years. one republican holdout bob corker said he would not support a bill that would add an estimated $1 trillion to the national debt. they know i have fiscal concerns. i m probably a dinosaur. reporter: both the house and senate bill versions of the corporate tax rate to 20%. ring of the u.s. in line with many countries. the u.s. is behind. many corporate tax rates ....
senate leaders were rewriting parts of the 500-page bill late tonight. the senator tweeted this photo of one page from the bill complaining he couldn t read the handwritten changes in it. democrats call it a give away to the wealthy. we will keep an eye on the vote and bring it to you as soon as it happens. let s move on for the moment to developing news in oakland where 300 feet of shoreline and four shipping containers slid into the oakland tonight. it was at a pier set to be demolished. sky 7 caught firefighters placing protective booms in the water to surround the site of that collapse. this shows you with the base is planned. the 64 acre housing development is along the embarcadero. city leaders said it s a major part ore develop the oakland waterfront. the man just acquitted in the shooting death of kate steinle remains in custody tonight and the question is a complicated one. the defendant in the case was acquitted of all murder and manslaughter charges i ....
you are telling me this vision happened sometime shortly after 5:00. that is correct, a little bit after 5:00, we began receiving reports of a major collision that took place here at the toll plaza at the bay bridge, westerly direction. came out on scene, as you can see behind us here, apparently a big box truck transporting a bunch of equipment had somehow come through, struck several vehicles that were at the toll plaza waiting to go through the toll. damaged vehicles. continued on in a northwesterly direction and struck a toll booth, toll boxes. unfortunately the toll booth, the toll taker was killed on impact. the driver of the box truck as well as the passenger that box was both ejected on to the roadway, suffered significant injuries. and right now we are working to determine exactly what the cause of this collision was. all right. and so to have had this kind of impact he must have had quite a bit of speed. any estimate how fast he was going. it seems like he ....
breaking news overseas to north korea where it s believed the country did a nuclear test. a 6.3 quake. earlier today, north korea s state-run news agency said the country has developed an advanced thermonuclear hydrogen bomb. these are the photos of kim jong un inspecting what s said to be the bomb. tonight, south korea s defense ministry said the tremors were man made and believes it was triggered by a nuclear test. good evening. i m eric thomas. now to our other top story, the weather. would you want to throw a hammer in 110 degree weather? probably not. today s triple digit heat had people flocking to the shade in san francisco, swarming to the coast and jumping normally into ice cold water. as the heat wave goes on, you may also have a hard time finding a fan anytime soon. and a live look right now out over san francisco where it s currently 83 degrees. when the sun comes up tomorrow, will we see a third straight day of record heat? and also i would like to in ....
studios, this is kpix5 news. the conditions now are extremely high. extremely hot. but there s good news tonight. the ridiculous temperatures over the last couple of days are on their way down finally, i m juliette goodrich. i m brian hackney. no matter where you went today, it was hot. some areas unbearable. pleasanton, 105. ocean beach, 92. across parts of the rest of the bay area, not a sign of low clouds which would be a sign of cooler weather. it got to 110 in concord. the same for fairfield. santa rosa, 111 degrees, but the high pressure that has been giving us all of this warm weather finally begins to ease up over the next 24 hours. and as a result, things are going to be cooling down. we ll have a complete forecast of what happened next. and i think you will think it is good news in just a few minutes. well, the south bay was sizzling today, kpix5 s sandra osborne is in san jose where the heat is expected to continue. reporter: air-conditioning units ....