Of abby m. Oneill. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. The u. S. Senate has passed one of the most sweeping overhauls to the u. S. Tax code in more than 30 years. The tax cuts and jobs act, as amended, is passed. gavel bangs applause sreenivasan just before 2 00 a. M. This morning, with Vice President mike pence presiding, the u. S. Senate narrowly passed a nearly 1. 5 trillion tax bill by a vote of 5149. After lastminute negotiations on the floor of the senate, the final text of the nearly 500 page bill was released just hours before the vote. The senate
Lying to the fbi. He is now cooperating with Robert Muellers investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. And gop senators remain focused on tax reform. Joining me now to discuss this weeks top political stories are Hoover Institution fellow lon chen and kqed katie orr. Welcome to you both. Katie, lets begin with you. You attended this weeks hearing in sacramento on Sexual Harassment within the state capitol. Currently what are some of the biggest issues about Sexual Harassment complaints and investigations are handled. Well, i think one of the biggest things people have to deal with is we dont really know how theyre handled. Especially this hearing specifically dealt with the assembly, and it was very unclear what happens when someone comes in and makes a complaint, if that complaint is tracked, who decides which complaints get moved up to a level of investigation. Also what happens to people when theyre investigated. Oftentimes the rules committee is deciding the punishm
Dan rather has interviewed numerous president s and reported on watershed moments in u. S. History, from the Civil Rights Movement to the vietnam war and 9 11. Now the 86yearold former cbs anchor has built a new audience online. He has millions of fans on social media. Rather also has a new book out titled what unites us, a collection of essays on patriotism. And dan rather joins us now. Mr. Rather, thank you for being here. Delighted to be with you. Well, this week senator al franken announced he will be resigning in the wake of Sexual Harassment allegations. Whats your response to that . Were at a tidal change in society, and im not sure every man has the message yet. But every man better get the message. I think this is, to use another metaphor, a sea change. Things going forward, not everything is going to change. But with all of this attention to wellknown men and the brave women that did take guts for these women to speak up. But this has happened at the upper tier of the socioec
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Ank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. Its just two days until the special Senate Election between republican roy moore and Democrat Doug Jones in alabama. President trump again supported moore, this time by recording a robocall that will start reaching alabama voters today. In the recording, obtained by abc news, the president tells voters he needs moores vote in the senate. Roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make America Great again agenda. Sreenivasan this follows an unambiguous endorsement from President Trump last week and the reinstatement of support of the National Republi
The cheryl and Philip Milstein family. Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Dr. P. Roy vagelos and diana t. Vagelos. The j. P. B. Foundation. The Anderson Family fund. Rosalind p. Walter, in memory of abby m. Oneill. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. Republicans in congress are on track to pass one of the biggest overhauls to the tax code in more than 30 years this coming week. On the brink of his first major legislative victory, President Trump predicted today the tax bill would benefit the middle class and spur economic growth. Were really going to start to