They get things back up and running at the atlanta airport. Eric things up and running in washington, and thats the push for tax reform. It is getting close to the finish line. There has been some last minute drama over the weekend and tough negotiations over the final numbers, but republicans in congress are finally ready to seal the deal, they say, on their bill making for their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump Administration. On the verge, they say, of passing the biggest rewrite of the tax code in 30 years. Hello, everyone, and welcome to americas news headquarters, im eric shawn. Arthel and im arthel neville. The house is expected to vote tuesday and the senate should follow suit later in the week. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin making a last minute pitch saying this is a historic moment. This is going to be the largest change in fixing a broken tax system that weve everred had. People said ever had. People said we couldnt do it, we will do it and i couldnt b
For a wall in a longterm immigration bill. We have team fox News Coverage all of this this afternoon for you and live at white house plus speaking with david who has latest reaction from congress. Hi, with david. Good afternoon theres a lot of reaction in the clock. It is ticking even louder because members of Congress Know that february 15th is the deadline if they dont hash out some sort of an agreement President Trump says hell move forward with that wall in a minute but now that government is back open, hundreds of thousands about 800,000 are back to work. But still those paychecks wont come in immediately many of these agencies have been shutdown since december 21st end of 2018 they need a couple of days to press everything. Youll start to see things opening soon, though, when it comes to National Parks and museums. We check with National Park service were told you need to check specifically with park sites youre interested to find out when theyll be open and as people head back t
Uncertainty, the healthcare. Gov web site saying the current open enrollment will not be impacted by the ruling. Meanwhile, President Trump hailed the outcome, tweeting as i predicted all along, obamacare has been struck down as an unconstitutional disaster. Now Congress Must pass a strong law that provides Great Health Care and protects preexisting conditions. Mitch and nancy, get it done. Mitch mcconnell, okay, good. Texas attorney general ken paxton who led the lawsuit against obamacare in total agreement. Obviously, im celebrating with the president. This, we believed from the very beginning, was unconstitutional, and we think the judge did the right thing. Arthel lauren blanchard, ive gotten so used to chuck and nancy that mitch and nancy didnt sound right. [laughter] give us the latest, go ahead. Reporter obamacare will remain in place for now. People can continue to enroll today, which is the deadline, because even the white house has said they know appeals are coming, and it se
Thermostat behind me reads 99 degrees but does not take humidity into account. Heat index or feelslike temperature is right on 110 degrees. There was big concern that the scorching temperatures would put a big strain on the power grid and we are seeing outages in queens and westchester. About 2000 customers without power right now and considering that one customer can represent one building, the number of people who actually have no airconditioning and no power right now can be significantly higher than that. In new york people are flocking to beaches and pools. Some headlines before they even opened and most extended hours late into the evening. City officials are keeping sprinklers on a playground until dark and even tweeting instructions on how to legally open fire hydrants. They also open with a 500 cooling centers and urge people to keep the blinds down and thermostats reasonable to conserve energy and avoid a possible blackout. Our fears people dying a minute is very clear. Heats
Mike pence discussed this when he sat down with Chris Wallace on fox news sunday. Its disappointing to see Speaker Pelosi reject the offer before the president gave his speech. Look, the president is offering a solution. Soundbites in the American People. Now lives in the north lawn of the white house with our reactions from early this morning. Give us some of the details about the president s proposals. The president knows this will include two big immigration the proposal gives temporary legal doubt as to 700,000 dreamers brought to the country illegally as children into 300,000 refugees facing deportation once their temporaries. Us protection expires your oath groups will be protect the for three years giving Congress Time to come up with a more permanent solution. In return the president would give this 517 billion for a portion of his portion of his wall of the southern border. Vice president might pence as the proposal as a compromise that would membership down and allow both sid