Going to turn his attention to, quote, probably tax reform. Were going to continue to follow developments in washington for the next 90 minutes. On nbc nightly news, with lester hold at 6 30. Now, to south jersey where police are trying to figure out who killed a mother and a young child overnight in maple shade. The father found his family stabbed to death. Cydney long joins us live from the fox meadow apartments just off of route 73. What have you found out . Reporter i can tell you there are no arrests, no one in custody for questioning at this time. And no word from investigators on a possible motive. Its now been 20 hours since the husband came home to this first floor apartment to find his wife and his son murdered. Detectives spent the day going door to door asking a lot of questions and taking notes to solve this mystery. Im horrified. Reporter Dexter Stevenson cant imagine why anyone would want to harm let alone kill an innocent boy and his mom. Police say they were stabbed mu
Ryan about two hours ago telling him to pull the vote. This afternoon ryan said he did everything he could to rally support. Moving from an Opposition Party to a governing party comes with growing pains and, well, were feeling those growing pains today. We came really close today. But we came up short. But ultimately, this all kind of comes down to a choice. Are all of us willing to give a little to get something done . Are we willing to say yes to the good, to the very good even if its not the perfect. Well, this caps off a very rocky week for the speaker is of the house something two former Congress Members know the feeling all too well. John rawlins has more from langhorne tonight. John. Porter hi, rick. We touched base with a couple of former members of congress, one is a d, one is an r to get an idea of the pressures they felt while on capitol hill and the kinds of pressures they think republican lawmakers were probably feeling who were either undecided about the gop measure or we
Push the bill through. How Speaker Paul Ryan meanwhile heading the other direction towards 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The powerful wisconsin congressman the architect of the plan to repeal and replace obama care in a final Oval Office Meeting with President Trump. They are continuing to discuss the way forward on this. Reporter negotiations began crumbling ironically after the powerful House Freedom caucus got their major demand provision in the new bill to eliminate what are known as search hell benefits. Some rank and file republicans already playing the role of peace maker to prevent the blame game. We have open phones both camps as well to blame any single group i think would be a huge mistake. Reporter democrats publicly pulling for failure of the bill since its introduction in the end getting their wish. We believe that health care is a right for all americans, not just privilege for the few. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also telling reporter todays no matter t
Negotiates between gop leaders and both conservative and moderate republicans continued until the 11 many hour and beyond. The white house and house leaders could not come up with a plan that ultimately satisfied both moderates and couldnt zebb tiffs. Heres what House Speaker paul ryan had to say right after the bill was pull. We came really close today, but we came up short. We have opponents in both camps as well so to blame any single group i think would be a huge mistake. President trump said late today this may be the best thing that could have happened. Everybody worked hard. I worked as a team player, and would have loved to have seen it passed but again i think you know i was very clear because it was a speech i made or very few i didnt mention perhap the best thing that could happen is exactly what happened today. Because well end up with a truly Great Health Care bill in the future after this mess known as obama care explodes. It is a huge set back for President Trump after h
The smoke from the fire in croydon could be seen for miles. Good evening everyone, im chris oconnell. Im dawn denise. That building is home to several businesses and many of the employees are wondering whats next . Our Joanne Pileggi is live for us tonight in croydon. Joanne . Reporter dawn, we are live here along britt toll pike and the rail tracks and the road separate us from the scene of that massive fire at a manufacturing plant. Firefighters still on the scene. They were able to bring it all under control about two hours ago, and soon they will begin the task of trying to find out what went wrong. You could see this fire for miles. From the sky the thick black smoke blanketing parts of Bristol Township in lower bucks. As high as a five story building. I mean it was like you could see the flames like shooting in the air and the smoke the smoke was so thick. Reporter the fire at a metal manufacturing plant in an Industrial Area along state road. Quickly elevated to three alarms thi