Thank you. Tonight, your money, your taxes. President trumps new plan. What it means for you. After several efforts to repeal obamacare fail, the president now turns to a major tax overhaul. Proposed cuts for middle class families, also major cuts for corporations and wealthy americans. Also tonight, the crisis in puerto rico. A full week after the hurricane hit, more than a Million People without power or drinking water. The mayor of san juan tonight saying people are starting to die. The deadly showdown. The police video just released. The suspect jumping from his pickup, firing at police. Officers responding. Tonight, abc news obtaining some of the russian ads bought on facebook. You will see them for yourself. Posing as an american group, the ads say, we need trump. The massive explosion,
30,000 forced to evacuate. Authorities now asking, was this an accident or not . And the First Airline to offer free Text Messaging while youre flying. Are phone calls next . Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we begin with the president s sweeping new tax plan, and what it could mean for middle class americans, Corporate America and the wealthiest americans, too. Late today in indianapolis, the president promising a revolutionary change for middle class families. But still unanswered tonight, how will he pay for it . And even some republicans this evening saying this will be even more challenging than their efforts to kill obamacare. Abcs chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl, leading us off. Reporter after failing yet again to get a Republican Health care plan through congress, President Trump is now promising to deliver on something even more ambitious a massive new tax cut. Theres never been tax cuts
like what were talking about. Reporter details are still sketchy, but the plan calls for slashing the tax on corporations, now 35 to 20 . For individuals and families, reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to just three. Doubling the standard deduction for families. That would mean no income tax whatsoever on the first 24,000 of income. The president insists his plan will benefit the working class, and not the wealthy. They can call me all they want. Its not going to help. Im doing the right thing, and its not good for me. Believe me. Reporter of course, its impossible to know how any plan will affect the president because he still has not released his tax returns. But theres one big provision that would clearly benefit the wealthy. He wants to eliminate the estate tax. Something that is only paid on estates valued at more than 5. 5 million for individuals, 11 million for couples. While congress will surely make changes in the plan, the president insists theres one
the target, claims the taliban, the Aircraft Defense secretary jim mattis had flown in on hours before. At the time of the attack, mattis was meeting afghanistans president. But not only did the taliban take credit, but so did isis, releasing a video they claim shows the attack in progress. Afghan Special Forces raided a nearby house. They were backed up by a u. S. Air strike. A missile from an Apache Helicopter malfunctioned, killing one woman and wounding several others. This was mattiss first visit since the u. S. Announced it would be adding 3,000 american troops to the 11,000 already there. This attack is a stark reminder that even after 16 years of trying to defeat the taliban, and the loss of thousands of lives, they still remain a formidable threat. David . Martha raddatz from washington. Martha, thank you. Next tonight here, abc news obtaining some of those ads bought on facebook by russian agents. Facebook admitting they were paid more than 100,000 by Russian Companies during the election. Tonight, youre going to see the ads for yourself. And were the russians at it again, just within the last week, during the debate over the nfl . Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross with what those ads said. Reporter tonight, abc news has obtained some of the posts and ads congressional investigators say the russians planted on facebook as part of the kremlin effort to help get donald trump elected. Americans would have no idea what they were reading was written by the russians. They rail against illegal immigrants. This one warns against socalled refugees jeopardizing our national security. This ad uses a popular cartoon. Dora the explorer knows how easy it is to cross the u. S. Border. Its like a childrens game. With this line we need to stop this madness. We need trump. The ads supposedly come from a group called secured borders, but congressional investigators
say there is no such group, that they were, in fact, created by Russian Companies which paid more than 100,000 to facebook to post them during and after the election. Their goal was to spread dissension, was to split our country apart, and they did a pretty good job. Reporter many of the ads, investigators say, came from an operation in st. Petersburg, russia, in this building where Young Russians are hired to send out fake news. A former employee says she took this undercover video inside when she worked there in 2015, hoping to expose the operation, where the socalled trolls worked 12hour shifts. The former employee, lyudmila savchuk, told abc news, facebook was one of their main platforms. According to investigators, the ads show their slant, protrump, anticlinton. Their targets . Voters in specific areas of key swing states. Of specificity . Thats one of the questions we need answered. That is the question tonight. Brian with us. Who helped the russians target those ads to particular swing states, swing voters that were so important in this election . And today, there was one republic senator who even said theres a possibility the russians are still at this, even weighing in during the nfl debate. Reporter yes, david. On capitol hill today, senator james lankford, member of the Senate Intelligence committee, says russian trolls have been tweeting on both sides of the issue, trying to raise the noise level, he said, and push divisiveness in the country. By the way, this morning, President Trump tweeted that he considers facebook to be antitrump. Brian ross with us tonight. Brian ross, thank you. Next tonight, to a major new fallout from the Scandal Rocking college basketball. Famed louisville head coach rick pitino placed on unpaid leave. The highest paid coach in the ncaa. His attorney saying pitino has yote, in effect been fired. Abcs linsey dis tonight on why. National championship, the Louisville Cardinals reporter tonight, legendary coach rick pitino, out at the university of louisville. Effective immediately, coach pitino has been placed on an unpaid administrative leave. Reporter it comes just one dar ryteafegllco and corruption case, announced by the fbi. These defendants conspired to secretly funnel sixfigure payments to the families of three high school players. Reporter an adidas executive charged with funneling money to a Top High School recruit to make sure he committed to louisville, a School Adidas sponsors. Three years ago, pitino himself complained about the influence of Shoe Companies in recruiting. I never thought that shoes would be the reason you recruit players. Reporter louisville is already on probation after another scandal involving escorts for recruits. While this may be a dark day for the university of louisville, better days are ahead. Reporter tonight, coach pitino says hes effectively been fired, and the matter will now follow its legal course. But he also says that he has
done nothing wrong, and that the facts will exonerate him. David . Linsey davis, our thanks to you again tonight. Next, this evening, to new images just released of a deadly showdown with police in sacramento. The encounter with a murder suspect, showing what happened in the moments after they pulled him over. Heres abcs Senior National correspondent matt gutman tonight. Reporter police began following eric arnold, because he was wanted in connection with a double murder. The seconds after the stop, it became clear what he seemed capable of. [ gunshots ] tonight, Sacramento Police releasing 15 dash and body camera angles of the September 7th shooting. After the stop, you can hear the officers give arnold explicit instructions. Drop the keys out the window. Reporter and then, from multiple angles, you see Arnold Burst Out of his truck, spin and fire. Getting off six shots from his semiautomatic. Police respond with over 30 bullets. Arnold is hit over 14 times. But some of his six shots
hitting their mark. Two officers wounded. This officer, badly limping. David, both of those officers were released from the hospital and are recuperating. That suspect was pronounced dead on the scene. David . All right, matt gutman, thank you. And we do have one more note from overseas tonight. A massive explosion that officials now say may be sabotage. A huge blast in ukraine tearing through an Ammunition Depot at a military base. 30,000 people evacuated from the nearby town. Ukraine has been fighting russiabacked separatists for three years now. There is still much more ahead on World News Tonight this wednesday. The Highway Standoff at rush hour. Traffic backed up for miles. Shootout on a major highway. News coming in now about the suspect. Also, the Murder Mystery unsolved for nearly three decades in this country. Now, there is a major break, in what had been called the case of the killer clown. And the first u. S. Global airline to offer free Text Messaging while youre flying. So many asking today, will phone calls on planes be next . Well be right back. [radio alarm] julie is living with metastatic Breast Cancer, which is Breast Cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. Shes also taking Prescription Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with Hormone Receptor positive her2 metastatic Breast Cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. And Ibrance Plus Letrozole shrunk tumors in over half of these patients. Patients Taking Ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. Before Taking Ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of Infection Liver or kidney problems,
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