Youre watching the aljazeera news online from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the tax cuts and jobs is passed the u. S. Congress passes the most sweeping tax overhaul bill in more than thirty years along to tout his first legislative victory. Divided catalans prepared to cast the verdict they voted in an election many hope will result. In crisis also maybe out of rock but displaced people are still weary about returning to their homes well explain why. We mark in captivity for al jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein. Good to be with us welcome to the news and of the u. S. Senate has passed a contentious one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. This brings president doll truck bomb step closer to his first significant legislative victory the bill is the first major rewrite of the tax code and more than thirty years now it will be sent back to the house of representatives for a final vote later on wednesday after eight straight years of slow growth and underperformance america is ready to take off coupled with a regulatory reforms that have already been implemented by the administration we now a comprehensive tax reform major middle class tax relief and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world well donald trump has tweeted about the bill saying that the United StatesSenate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill terrible individual mandate in brackets obamacare repealed. He goes on to the house tomorrow morning for a final vote as we said and if approved theyll be a News Conference at the white house at approximately one pm thats eighteen hundred g. M. T. Now Gabriel Alexander has more for us from new york. This tax overhaul bill was extremely contentious and you could see that when the senate was finally voting just a little bit before one am there were protests that broke out in the Senate Gallery protesters saying kill the bill kill the bill in fact Vice President mike pence who is presiding over the session had to call a call the gallery into order several times to have the protesters removed but nevertheless the bill will move forward it did pass by fifty one to forty eight a long strong partisan lines and this is a huge victory for President Donald Trump and also for the republicans its the first legislative victory from donald trump since becoming president and also for the republicans they say that this will spurn Economic Growth in the u. S. For years to come however there were protesters and there are a lot of people in the country that are very much against this bill in fact the latest polls show that fifty five percent of americans were against it primarily because they say it is going to mostly cut taxes on Corporate America and benefit the top one percent of earners in america at the expense of the middle class and the working poor because the tax cuts for the middle class and working poor are just temporary and theyre eventually going to go away thats not the case for the Corporate Tax cuts also this bill will add more than one point four trillion dollars to the National Debt whats next on wednesday the house of representatives will do one final vote on this bill they actually voted on it tuesday night however because of a provisional mistake they have to reboot on wednesday but its expected that once again the house of representatives will also approve this at which point it will then go to donald trump and he will then sign it. Well company for catalonia parliamentary election has closed thursdays vote was called by spain after catalonia declared independence in october now the election is expected to indicate the extent of public support for session from spain a Hung Parliament is likely leaving the political crisis under this awful cold handhold joins us now following events for us from barcelona karl of course the campaigning has stopped and on a real opportunity now for people to do some soul searching before they head to the ballots as they open or the ballot stations as they open on thursday. Well youre right so i mean today is billed as a day of reflection essentially to give voters time to consider their options but my guess is that after months of political turmoil most voters really know where they stand on the issues and as you rightly say the parliamentary election isnt specifically about secession but that is the polarizing issue here essentially what voters will have to do is to choose between parties who are in favor of staying and remaining part of spain and those parties who favor breaking away it is very difficult looking at the most recent opinion polls to see where the vote is going to come down but what i can tell you is that this is not so much about which individual party gone as the most vote but which blog can get the most votes to enable them to eke out a majority in the Parliament One hundred thirty five seats up for grabs sixty eight is the magic number that is what will give either the unionist bloc or the separatist bloc a majority in parliament now if the union is blocked to do when they if they manage to get a majority which doesnt seem likely according to the opinion polls right now but if they get a majority that could to some extent draw a line under this whole secession debate and really stop the move to catalonia to break away from the rest of spain if however the separatist parties manage to get a majority and that is a possibility then this price crisis could go on and on and on because there is no sign that the separatist parties are going to back away from their main goal of setting up a breakaway republics in the lead up to the campaign. Such called how do you assess the campaign certainly by as you say the separatist parties those that are pro catalonia succession is parties where the looks of the leadership is not within the borders of spade others were arrested and placed on bail to campaign its been a very fragmented paps political road to getting to this point for those for those certainly procession ist politicians. You make an absolutely key point that this has been an Extraordinary Campaign remember that these parliamentary elections were called because madrid the central Spanish Government stepped in dissolved the capitol and parliament shut down the capital and government that in response to the october first secession referendum so that is what through catalonia into disarray that is what has made these elections necessary and just imagine where else can you remember in western europe in recent memory where political leaders have been jailed accused of rebellion a charge that could lead to a thirty year sentence in prison where other political leaders have been forced into selfimposed exile because they are under threat of arrest at home and that has made the campaigning very difficult added to that you have had the specter of the unionist camp candidates the ones who favor remaining part of spain carrying out the last days of their campaign putting out their chest almost boasting that they along with the spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy have decapitated the independence the separatist leadership that has made for a very Bitter Campaign so hell they do they will fall over this with you certainly over the vote as well calls religion that i think you know when you heard of south africas ruling a. N. C. Party is calling for unity a better leadership election Cyril Ramaphosa the Deputy President will take over from president jacob zuma. Who was exwife in the leadership vote on monday turn the page has been getting reaction from rather poses hometown its a way to. Several posts from soweto most people here are pleased hes the new president of the governing African National congress oh im so happy im so happy its a good thing really it is that we were weary you know we waved outing were just around each but now i am happy he may have lived its noisy busy streets behind to become one of south africas richest men but some thought hed never get his humble roots i think you take the country to britain every News Business big grown i dont think is that and hes been to school you know and hes you grew up you were born and grew up in soviet so you know news of the people and there are many problems increasing numbers of South Africans no longer vote for the a. N. C. Which they feel has failed to deliver on its promise of a better life for all. And over there is a pink. You know just leave thing to give the new. Option if you wish to be the better. Of it than what is the board but. To many people once a favorite of Nelson Mandela symbolizes the kind of leader they need after a decade of president jacob zuma scandals they think his business acumen will lead to a stronger economy millions on South Africans live below the poverty line many of them and in shacks like they and because Economic Growth is sluggish they simply arent enough decent jobs so people can work their way up so generation after generation and strike this and a seemingly endless cycle several bongani zita makes a living guiding tourists through so were so he thinks his namesake should do something about undocumented immigrants who are willing to work for less money in poor conditions in some South Africans but hes a bit unsure about. Even refer. There was a side to me. And you know that kind of feeling that kind of vibe. Everyone was excited tags you know but. At the end people learn that. The a. N. C. Voted for change and the expectations are high so im a person has a lot to prove turning a page aljazeera where to south africa Zimbabwes President amisom other guy has indicated that he might appoint the countrys military leader was Vice President constantine led a military takeover last month that forced formally the Robert Mugabe out of office in one go is top contender in what is seen as a reward for ending with obvious thirty seven years of rule of the country is preparing for elections early next year with over four Million People registered so far. Its now a year since al jazeera journalist battle to say was detained and imprisoned in egypt he was arrested while visiting Family Security Services say he is under investigation but have not refer to him to court in the us they oppose what. For three hundred sixty five days Mahmoud Hussein has been held in an egyptian prison the crimes he stands accused of range from incitement to broadcasting fake news with the aim of spreading chaos aljazeera strongly denies all allegations against his sane and demands his immediate and unconditional release i think we have to continue our efforts in order to keep the egyptian regime under the position totally is our colleague which percent before working at the networks headquarters in the qatari capital doha the same was based on aljazeera is now closed bureau in cairo his family says his physical and Mental Health had deteriorated considerably over the past year and that hes being denied adequate medical attention for a broken arm my father is emotionally and mentally distressed because he feels that he is there and the dog sitting behind the bars without committing any crime. And hes away from his children his family father his mother and he cant do anything the coverage of husseins case by egyptian media has also had a major impact on his family shortly after being arrested he was paraded on National Television which branded him a terrorist my sisters and ground their face social stigma everything in their schools everyone calls them if they are sons and daughters of protest and they are not worth fighting giving egypt they are not safe each one of us is not safe. Human Rights Groups and press freedom groups have condemned husseins detention is the latest in a string of arrests by gyptian authorities targeting al jazeera staff in the country a year and a half ago ibrahim hello the former editor in chief of aljazeera arabic was sentenced to death in absentia for endangering National Security accusations he denies egypt also in prison aljazeera is by her Mohammed Mohammed and peter greste on charges of spreading fall. News in a case that was widely condemned by International Media outlets and politicians alike they were freed after being held in prison for over a year its unclear when or if Mahmoud Hussein will be released but the message to his egyptian jailers is the same from him his family and his employer. Prevent mood because journalism is not a crime n. P. R. s guy at the aljazeera headquarters in doha put it more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including Tropical Storm or kite tack now heads for vietnam after a killed at least forty three people in the philippines. Findings a new investigation reveals far more civilians were killed in the battle to drive myself from mosul. And in sport a former wimbledon champion set to return to tennis four years after retiring. Has blocked an independent un investigator from entering the country the un special rapporteur on me and bar yankee lee had been due to visit in january to assess human rights including abuses against was liberating the iraqi state he says there must be something terrible happening in kenya and hopes the government will reconsider more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees have fled to neighboring bangladesh since august to scape a military crackdown. A new round of talks aimed at ending the syrian war begins in kazakhstans capital a stand on wednesday the two day meeting will focus on implementing a cease fire deal brokered by russia turkey and iran the kinds that Foreign Ministry says the talks will also address issues including the clearing of land mines and the release of hostages in syria. The french president manuel back ross says Bashar Al Assad is the enemy of millions of his own people after the syrian leader cuse de paris of supporting terrorism the war of words began as french officials blame besides government for failed peace talks ended ending the conflict assad responded saying paris has spearheaded support for terrorists in syria and macro is therefore unfit to discuss peace settlements the french president then hit back describing assad statements as unacceptable because its been the International Coalition thats been at the forefront of the battle against isis meanwhile in syria people displaced from isis former stronghold of rockers say theyre being pressured into returning to their destroyed homes parents there are worried about their Young Children stepping on unexploded bombs a suburb of it reports. Its not be the lords from rebel but the family has little choice. Their home and rocco was hit by an airstrike as i still was driven out theyve been living in displacement camps but life is so tough there they have moved back home with some fears the children could step on a mine on an unexploded munition. Chasms im from the el mission that neighborhood im constantly worried about the Young Children its difficult to live here theres nothing we have no holiday left outside now after the fall of isis the fact the capital the people of the complain no one is helping them i was amr has thirteen children and he says the camp management that i nice told him to go home were going to look at this the house is gone theres nothing left nothing to eat or drink we need something to survive drop that was once home to more than a quarter of a Million People after nearly five months of fighting eighty percent of the citys destroyed. Doctors without borders says during the battle nobody cared about the civilians and the coalition inflicted a deluge your fire on the city reconstruction is estimated to cost billions of dollars but since i suppose defeat in october if you have announced a villainous to foot the bill or even provide basic Infrastructure Health care and education the ancient city was a crown jewel of empires dating back more than two thousand years its never been leveled like this before beyond the liberal euphrates was isis capital iraq which was under their control since two thousand and fourteen now the city has been taken over by kurdish led forces but it remains in ruins and i said elements are still being cleared. By just continue to discover weapons dumps. I said to leave guns and ammunition from the syrian army thats generally the area is safe but there are some i still wear gloves left to protect the people we are doing mining of the city we are here to protect civilians. The displaced arab population finds hes being called to believe people wouldnt comment on camera but many say they are under and that Occupying Force scar tissue i. P. G. Fighters deny accusations that defense arabs from their towns and villages. But unless theres a serious push to rebuild and rehabilitate raptors gaping wounds bear the risk of fostering some of the groups like isis some of injury down to zero on the western bank of the euphrates river. Well its knobby one thousand days since the conflict in yemen began the past drug war between the who thiis a shia rebel group