The senate floor. Lawmakers hours away from this big vote on a tax reform fwhal would completely change the american tax system as we know it. And unexpected serious and dramatic problem, senators rushing to negotiate final details and moments ago the republican senator bob corker there on the floor raising a major issue with the bill. Specifically with the socalled trigger. What the trigger would do is basically raise taxes if the economy doesnt grow as quickly as the bill anticipates. So its an automatic thing. If the numbers dont come in right, guess what the taxes go back up. Corkers republican colleagues including senator pat toomey of pennsylvania have become frustrated with corker. This is all playing out on your screen. All of this undoubtedly reaction to the analysis released hours ago by the bipartisan joint committee on taxation. This study shows that the bill would add a trillion dollars to the american deficit over ten years. Trillion dollars is a huge blow to the republic
President trumps approach to the volatile north korea crisis after a tweet on the golf course in florida. That would be a violation of the United Nations sanctions and its unclear whether mr. Trumps slap at china is based on u. S. Intelligence or unconfirmed media reports of secret Chinese Oil Sales to north korea. Were also following a tough new take on u. S. Policy towards russia in an opinion piece by the secretary of state rex hilla tillerson declaring that russia has a poor relationship with moscow. He says that he has no illusions about Vladimir Putins regime and its aggression. This is in stark contrast to President Trumps rosy comments about russia. An and 11th hour of roy moore has been dismissed by democrats as desperate. Moore attempted to delay certification of the results of the Alabama Senate election offering unsubstantiated claims of possible voter fraud. But tonight Democrat Doug Jones has officially been certified as the winner. Moore remains defiant and refuses to se
Mueller, look, youre messing with the president s work. Literally he said youre screwing with the president of the United States. Troubling new accusations made by President Trumps longtime doctor in an exclusive interview with nbc news. Claiming trump staffers raided his office. I feel raped. Raped, frightened, and sad. As is Standard Operating Procedure for a new president , the white house medical unit took possession of the president s medical records. And about the glowing letter written under bornsteins name in 2015 during the campaign that declared candidate Trumps Health as astonishingly excellent. Concluding hed be the healthiest ever elected to the presidency. He wrote it himself, and being from where i come from, the end of it was just black humor. It wasnt meant to be a serious comment. Rod rosenstein says the department of justice will not be intimidated. Thats after drafted articles of impeachment against him. There were people who have been making threats privately and p
President trump fired james comey as fbi director, Law Enforcement officials became so concerned about the president s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of russia against american interests. Thats according to former Law Enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. The inquiry carried explosive implications. Counterintelligence investigators had to consider whether the president s own actions constituted a possible threat to National Security. Agents also sought to determine whether mr. Trump was knowingly working for russia or had unwittingly fallen under moscows influence. The times story uncorked three days of vitriol from the president , most aimed at the former leadership at the fbi, all of whom had been targeted by harassment by the president or fired. It took until today for the president to address the essential claim of that article, that he works for russia. Mr. President , yes or no, have you or are you now, hav
Said he is not a lawyer, assumed could be illegal. Sondland now admits he knew the bottom line, his testimony indicates his ukrainian counterparts knew it as well and knew the demands were from President Trump. In short no u. S. Military aid until ukraine publicly did the president two political favors. And if that were the sum total of what sondland, the ambassador of the European Union told house investigators that will be plenty but it wasnt his testimony that of kurt volker the preponderate president s former envoy lays out of om of the mechanic he ises of thinly veiled shakedown. Putting one man in the middle, Rudy Giuliani, the president s private attorney. Not elected to anything, not confirmed by anyone, acting on no ones behalf but the president and possibly his own giving given his interest in doing business bigger business in ukraine. Giuliani emerges as the central figure in what was according to the testimony exactly what the president and defend he is have been saying it