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 republican tax reform bill that would cut business and personal taxes by 1. 5 trillion over the next decade is heading for a u. S. Senate showdown. Like the house of representatives bill that passed three days ago, the senate plan would also lower the top Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 20 , lower income taxes for roughly half of u. S. Households, end deductions for state and local taxes and student loan interest, double the estate Tax Exemption from 5. 5 million to 11 million. Republicans have only a twoseat majority in the senate, and at lea
Its also the virtual capital of the european union. A union of half a billion people. But its also the city from where hundreds of fighters have left to fight for isis in syria, o they have good reason here to be back to you. Police thanked the public and the media for not talking about the raids on social media. New detaiis in a double Homicide Investigation out of des moines. Police say a man is in custody, and the two vicdims are a woman andder dadaghter. Police went to a home alonggull avenue around seven last night. They found the two victims inside. The suspect is recovering in a hospital. This makes the 15th and 16th moines. Thankfully it didnt take long to restore power to thousands of people this morning after a car crashed into a powerrpole. A viewer sent us this picture from the area of hillcrest and ridgeway. Waterloo police tell us it happened around 11last night Midamerican Energy had the power restored aaut two hours later. At this point, police dont know what caused the
23rd, 2015. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning, the start of a holiday week and i have to say a lot f of jitters in this country and around the world. Thats a part of these holidays these times. Especially in light of whats happened overseas. A new round of raids overnight in belgium as police hunt for the alleged paris attacker abdelslam but so far he has managed to evade them. Were going to talk to secretary kerry in a moment but first our global cocoespondent, bill, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Brussels hasnt seen so many Armored Vehicles and troops on the Terror Threat level here couldnt be higher. 22 raids overnight in this city. But the isis militant, the man theyre looking for is still free. The heart of brussels normally packed with tourists and commuters now filled with armed police and troops. Warning that an attack might be imminent, they moved in overnight to half a dozen districts. Police here have been told to prepare for
A power pole, causing thousands to lose power. A viewer sent us this picture from the area of hillcrest and ridgeway. Waterloo police tell us it happened around 11 last night Midamerican Energy had the power restored after about two hours. At this point, police dont know what caused the driver to hit a viewer shared that picture with us on facebook. Or have weather pictures to share you can do that on our facebook page. Des Moines Police are investigating the citys 15th and 16th homicides of the year after two bodies are found in a home. Police responding to a home along hull avenue around seven last night. As this point, police have not said what may have happened leading up to the shooting. The victims names have not been released. 16 people are hurt in a shooting at a playground. It happened in new orleans last night. Police say several hundred people were there to shoot a music video when two oups pulled o o guns and started shooting at each other. Its been a year since a 12yearold
Theres this security concerns were especially high at a wwe event in atlanta after a hacker group claimed it uncovered an isis hit list that named the arena as a target. Dozens of police were spotted outside the facility during the event. The fbi said it was taking the alleged threats seriously, but there is no credible threat. President obama is back home in washington this morning after his trip to meet with Southeast Asian leaders. Before heading back to the states the president warned against overreacting to the paris attacks. He also defended his strategy to combat isis and said the us and its allies would not stop the fight against extremists. We do not succumb to fear. Thats the primary power that or against a country like malaysia, but they can make people fearful. He said the world will not accept attacks in places like paris as new normal. The attacks have spiraled into a conversation over whether to accept Syrian Refugees into the us. Iowa Governor Terry branstad is one of m