senate in 2018? ooh man. steve showed the map. the map is really tough for democrats. if you look at the toss-up races republicans hold right now, democrats have to win two of those three. every indication is there s going to be a wave next year. if that happens, maybe. philip bump, jess o connell, michael steel, thank you. one quick look at what s going to on wall street. this is what the president was talking about today. he s been touting the economy. this is a record number, right? 24,598? we are at record levels. obviously, on word that the tax plan looks like it s going to go through. ali velshi will be back in the chair tomorrow. find me on twitte twitter @chrisjansing. deadline white house starts right now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. doug jones made history last
they need it they have that ability. that s why when people come out with these definitive statements of what the tax plan is going to do, or what the tax plan is not going to do i find it hard to believe because we don t know what the tax plan looks like yet maria: do you think you can get this done by year-end? gary: absolutely. i m very convinced we can. maria: so where is the debate right now? is there an alternative to this state and income tax deduction for example? i know that was supposed to raise $1.25 trillion over 10 years can you find that money somewhere else? if you were to not eliminate that deduction if you got so much pushback from republicans as well? gary: so remember where the house started and the house blueprint was the one that had the deductibility and the non- deductibility of state and local taxes. we took the house blueprint as we tried as a group of six to work together with a plan that would work for everyone. we took the house blueprint and incorpo
theblaze.com. happy friday let s get to our starting point. protests happening right now in afghanistan, protesting the decision of some nato trops to burn korans. hundreds of people to surround the embassy. five people have been hurt. nick paton walsh is live for news kabul. what s the latest? well, what we re hearing is that the west of the country, hurat, one of the main city there s. u.s. consulate in kabul, the u.s. consulate out there have a very angry crowd outside. hundreds of people, i had actually from an eyewitness could hear the sirens, the panic from that particular area. we understand that to the hospital in hurat, one dead body has been brought fr presumably from this protest. one injured and one lost their life. they are apparently close to the u.s. consulate, setting fire to police cars, clashes now breaking out police police and proteste protesters. in kabul, we have heard of shots being fired in the air to try and move the crowd that we re heading towar