The country is complicated. Health care in miami, florida, is different than it is in rural ansas. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] the secretary good afternoon sarah good afternoon. Id like it start todays briefing by bringing up treasury secretary steven mnuchin. The i. R. S. Is releasing new withholding tables which is great news for American Workers. Were going to be keeping more of their hrd be a earned money as a result of the new tax cut law. And the secretary will get into those details on that and then answer a few of your questions on thatting to in. Then as always, ill be back up here to take questions on other news of the day. Mr. Mnuchin thank you very much. Ts a pleasure to be here. I am pleased that i will be leading the economic delegation for the president in davos. Well have a very good large group of cabinet
Immigration real quick. Yesterday, i guess, a group of House Republicans put out an immigration plan that would deal with daca but also do a whole lot of things that werent under the umbrella of the four things you outlined in the meeting why. Was that helpful . Was that not helpful to getting to a deal ultimately . Does the president wish they take that off the table so that you can focus on what might be happening with senator flake or others in the senate . How does a a complete package. We think its a great starting point, a great place. Reporter even though it went beyond the parameters what the president specifically and later you laid out . He felt it had to be included, not just what could be included. Certainly, we think that this is a good starting point. Part of the negotiation process, if we could get everything done, we think thats much better than getting part of it done, but were okay with getting a deal done as long as it falls into the parameters that the president lai
Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up. When the people of rose up against the crimes of their corrupt to traitor. I did not stay silent donald trump uses a state of the union speech to lash out at iran will bring you the iranian response. Some of these afghan refugees have lived in pakistan for generations but a deadline for them to leave is just hours away. And a military push that made americans question whether the vietnam war could be won a combat photographer remembers the tet offensive fifty years later. The European Union says its increasing its Financial Support to the palestinian territories following the u. S. Decision to withhold funding earlier this month at a u. S. Foreign policy chief fredricka murder any announced an extra fifty three Million Dollars in aid at a session of International Donors to palestine and brussels it follows warnings from the un the gazans economy is on the verge of collapse is live for us and brussels so the dont tell us more
Are meeting in brussels to discuss the Funding Crisis with the un warning garza colony is now on the third of collapse. We know the more we can achieve progress on the ground the more this can help prevent violence and the more this can help also the c. E. O. Of political process so in this context we believe it is important that the Palestinian Authority is committed to unite the west bank and gaza on the one single and legitimate authority no u. S. President donald trump has given his first state of the Union Address urging republicans and democrats to unite behind his immigration policies and a one point five trillion dollars infraStructure Plan truckers promising to strengthen the military and to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open indefinitely he also warned against the Nuclear Threat from north korea. North koreas reckless pursuit of Nuclear Missiles could very soon threaten our homeland we are waging a campaign of maximum pressure to prevent that from ever happening hasta experience
Success and where new optimism. To reexamine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. Multiple promises for the u. S. Military on top of a prison will stay open indefinitely. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up some of these afghan refugees in pakistan for generations but a deadline for them to leave is just hours away. The military push that made americans question whether the vietnam war could be won a combat photographer remembers the tet offensive fifty years later. An appeal for unity at home and a message of strength and power abroad ill tom still up for his first state of the union speech highlighting the successes of his administration outlined a plan per tougher immigration policies a powerful military and a stronger nuclear terence program from washington d. C. Alan fischer reports oh yes oh oh no truck thats got to go for a president who wants to unite the country his journey to the capitol in washingto