This this devastating bus crash on their cruise ship vacation. Saved by the doorbell. How a popular app helped a family escape a house fire in the middle of the night. And a dangerous traffic stop caught on body cam. A driver speeding off dragging a Police Officer more than half a mile. Good morning, america. It is a big day in washington. Congress set to pass President Trumps tax cut. One of the largest ever. This will affect everyone. It certainly will. Lawmakers not getting a whole lot of sleep right now. It was a dramatic night on the floor just before 1 00 a. M. Eastern. Senate republicans passed that 1. 5 trillion tax bill promising the most sweeping changes in decades. And the president was up late watching it last night and, of course, he was tweeting conference this afternoon after the bill passes. Not a single democrat supports it and the public is skeptical but theyre about to score their first big legislative win heading into christmas on a high note and cecilia vega starts
The middle of the night. And a dangerous traffic stop caught on body cam. A driver speeding off dragging a Police Officer more than half a mile. Good morning, america. It is a big day in washington. Congress set to pass President Trumps tax cut. One of the largest ever. This will affect everyone. It certainly will. Lawmakers not getting a whole lot of sleep right now. It was a dramatic night on the floor just before 1 00 a. M. Eastern. Senate republicans passed that 1. 5 trillion tax bill promising the most sweeping changes in decades. And the president was up late watching it last night and, of course, he was tweeting promising hell hold a News Conference this afternoon after the bill passes. Not a single democrat supports it and the public is skeptical but theyre about to score their first big legislative win heading into christmas on a high note and cecilia vega starts us off with the latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning. But first the house has that procedural vote
Family escape a house fire in the middle of the night. And a dangerous traffic stop caught on body cam. A driver speeding off dragging a Police Officer more than half a mile. Good morning, america. It is a big day in washington. Congress set to pass President Trumps tax cut. One of the largest ever. This will affect everyone. It certainly will. Lawmakers not getting a whole lot of sleep right now. It was a dramatic night on the senate floor just before 1 00 a. M. Eastern. Senate republicans passed that 1. 5 trillion tax bill promising the most sweeping changes in decades. And the president was up late watching it last night and, of course, he was tweeting promising hell hold a News Conference this afternoon after the bill passes. It could come right around 1 00 p. M. Not a single democrat supports the bill. The public is skeptical, but theyre about to score their first big legislative win heading into christmas on a high note. And our senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega join
Ayman mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. Republicans in the United Senate narrowly cleared a tax rate and Vice President mike pence announced amidst shouts from the gallery. On this vote, the ayes are 51, the nays are 48. The senate recedes from its amendment and concurs in hr 1 with further amendment, the tax cut and jobs act is passed. Now, this as new polling finds by a margin of almost 2 to 1 americans believe the tax bill actually is a bad idea. 41 told the nbc sluice wall street journal poll that President Trumps tax poll is a bad idea of six points, and 41 say its good, roughly the same from a few months ago. But with comments to reporters. Do you believe theres a need for republicans to go out and sell this bill, even because of that . Absolutely. Were looking forward to it. My view of this, if we cant sell this to the American People, we ought to go into another line of work. And as the Senate Debated into the midnight hour, Chuck Schumer collided his c
Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Its been 30 years since the tax code was overhauled. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Historic day as republicans big tax overhaul is all but a done deal. Just a few hours ago the Senate Approved the final version of the bill scoring republicans for significant legislative win since President Trump took office. The measure, yes, has proven unpopular. It passed along party lines. The approval came over the objection of democrats and protesters in the gallery. Restore order in the gallery. President trump celebrating on twitter. Terrible individual mandate from obamacare repealed. The president inviting republicans to join him at the white house this afternoon to tout passage of this landmark legislation. The only hitch, that will have to wait until the house goes through the motions of passing the bill again. Reporter without any question at all, the biggest hurdle republicans face as they tried to pass their tax overall, something that hasnt been done in