System that looks a lot like ours. See hour Artificial Intelligence from google gave astronomers a breakthrough. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Senator rubio will be there. Were doing very well on the tax front. We have tremendous support, tremendous spirit. Dissension within the ranks threatens the tax reform. He wont vote unless the child tax reform credit is made more generous. President trump spoke with russian leader vladimir putin. They talked about the crisis over north Koreas Nuclear program. The new York City Police department is investigating allegations of rape against music mogul russell wilson. He denies the accusations. Its like trying to drink battling the thomas fire flames northwest of los angeles. Tragic and devastating day. All that in florida, a man riding a jet ski was worn into the water. An offduty sheriffs deputy was nearby. I got you, bro. Hes in for the touchdown. And all that matters the fcc did something absolutely despicable. They voted to put an end to Net Neutrality. If youre watching this show online right now, i just want to remind you on cbs this morning. On tuesday, very unexpectedly my wife julia gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. My wife will probably kill me, but id love to show you a picture of us with our little girl. There we are. Here we are. I cant believe it. Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by yo james corden has joked. That was brad and angelina. They did have a little baby girl. Theyve been confused sometimes for sure. All the time. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im gayle king along with face the nations John Dickerson whos been with us all week, and, of course, bianna golodryga. Norah odonnell is on assignment. We begin with this. The republicans have promised to finish the tax reform by christmas. The clock is ticking and theyve reached a stumbling block. That means the gop has not nailed down enough votes to pass the overhaul. Rubio has said hell vote no if that credit isnt increased. Lee is officially undecided. President trump and other gop leaders say they can work out the problem. But there are other problems including the hecht of two key republicans. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the latest obstacles to tackle tax reform. Good morning. Good morning. The republicans are planning to unveil the text of their bill actually today so people can read it before they hope what will be a vote as early as monday. But in the meantime, theyve run into several significant problems with no easy solutions. I think that senator rubio will be there. Republican leaders are scrambling after Floridas Marco Rubio and utahs mike lee issued an ultimatum. Theyre demanding that the refundable Child Tax Credit be increased by more than 100. An earlier bill would have doubled it. Unless they can find way to add to the 1,100 figure, i wont support the bill. Tennessees bob corker could also be a no. Hes worried about what the bill will do to the debt. And then there are the two republican senators who are ailing and have missed week. Arizonas john mccain and mississippis mike cochran. Mike pence is skipping a trip to jerusalem in case hes needed to break a tie. There could also be an issue with senate rules. The plan cant cost more than 1. 5 trillion, but this version appears to be even more expensive than the left. Democrats argue that the bill is a giveaway to big businesses that are already thriving. It permanently slashes the Corporate Tax rate and does not close many corporate loopholes as republicans initially promised. Its a monumental con job. The individual cut rates are set for sun set after 2025. Theyre now considering moving that date up to save money. This is being rushed to judgment, and the American People by substantial numbers believe this bill is not good for them. These republican challenges do not get any easier if they buy themselves some time. In a couple of weeks, they are going to lose a senate seat due to that democratic win in the Alabama Senate race. And so, gayle, they are really working to figure out what they can do right now. Yeah. Theyre scrambling. Thank you very much, nancy. John, do you think republican senators can really vote against the bill, or is this all for show . Corker of tennessee already voted against the version, so hes probably where hes going to be. Marco rubio is a little bit hes getting a little bit of negotiation out of this. Im surprised more senators dont do this. Yo get a lot of gift baskets when youre the person. What theyre in the sense doing is focusing on the last mile of legislation on this notion that basically a lot of the benefits of this tax package either goes to the wealthy or the corporations. Why not a little bit for the working poor . It kind of last moment here an argument democrats have been making about the bill. When it actually comes to the bill, what do you think theyll do . I dont predict, gayle, especially in this Political Climate but theres timing as nancy suggest, which means i think well have a little burst of excitement at the end. And the president is putting a lot of pressure on them too. He sure is. Well see if hes a salesman. This weekend on face the nation john will speak with senator James Lankford. Last week the president said the bureaus reputation is, quote, in tatters over its handling of recent investigations. Julianna goldman is at the white house. Julianna, good morning. Reporter good morning. With most president s speaking to the course. This is actually President Trumps first visit to the fbi. His last visit was canceled after he fired former fbi director james comey who was very popular at the bureau. He called comey a liar and a leaker. Todays circumstances perhaps just as fraught considering the Ongoing Investigation thats reached Top White House aides and remember President Trump said the fbis reputation was the worst in history. This is after they found text mojs disparaging candidate trump from a cia agent. It was said there is no finer institution, so, bianna, we will have to see whether President Trump echoes those sentiments later today during his speech. President trump meantime called russias president yesterday to say thank you. They spoke after Vladimir Putins yearend session with the reporters where the white house said he acknowledged americas strong economic performance. Elizabeth palmer attended the conference. Shes outside the kremlin in mom cow with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Not only did he mention the financial markets, he gave credit to President Trump. President putin had nothing good to say about america, but he did praise donald trump. He dismissed the russian allegations of meddling in the American Election as just the work of people opposed to donald trump who wanted to undermine his legitimacy, which is, by the way, exactly the explanation used by the white house. This lining up with President Trump and criticizing america is a very good way for president putin who still sees the u. S. As an enemy of exacerbating the turmoil and divide in american politics. Gayle . Elizabeth palmer reporting from moscow. Thank you. Bianna . Some states are considering lawsuits after the fcc ruled on Net Neutrality. The new chairman said those renovations were blocking innovation. The appeal could hurt content providers like google, facebook, twitter, and netflix. They say the fight isnt over. The federal Communications Commission moved forward in a 32 vote. Outside, protesters and lawmakers gathered, threatened to overthrow the ruling. We are out here in the cold to turn the heat up on the federal Communications Commission it is time for us to restore internet freedom. Reporter the we should have a level playing field. Those against the measure say they will charge consumers for highspeed internet and those who cant afford it will be left with poor connection. On wednesday critics of chairman pai launched attacks. He appeared in this video which many saw as moxing their concerns. He doesnt seem to care. He has refused to cooperate. He sort of laughed that off. New York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman said hell sue the fcc claiming the process of voting was not sound because it was wrought with millions of fake comments. This is not what the American People deserve and this is not something the courts are going to put up with. Listen to public attention. This appeal wont go into effect for a few months, so consumers wont be seeing the changes today. The fcc is trying to ease some concerns saying if they do raise your rates, they have to disclose that. Of course, they can do it in the fine print that nobody actually reads. Nobody reads fine print or very few do. We should start. Youre right. The new york Police Department is investigating sexual allegations against music mogul russell simmons. One woman said he held her down while she kicked and screamed. A spokesman said, quote, russell will fully support and will continue with the police inquiry. He denies the accusation accusations of assault from three women. One says the actor exposed himself in a New York Hotel room when she was 16. Two others in the article said hoffman sexually assaulted them in the 1980s. His attorney calls them defamatory falsehoods. A dallas mother is in jail this morning accused of faking her 8yearold sons multiple illnesses. Christopher bowen had more than 300 doctor visits and endured more than 13 major surgeries. His mother is now charged with injury to a child. Omar sri a frvillafranca has mo doctors at this hospital blew the whistle and Child Protective Services found that the child had a feeding oxygen, was taking seizure medication and he might not have needed any of it. More than 300 doctor visits, 13 surgeries. Yes. Christopher bowens father said he has been trying to get custody of his son for the past three years, but christophers mother Kayleen Bowen Wright claimed her son was on his deathbed each time they were in court. As soon as she would get on the stand each and every time she would basically start crying saying he was in a coma. Reporter a local news story covered a report in which there was a fundraiser to help him. In the past two years at least two other fundraisers were ran online. Did you worry she might kill him . I figured one time that might be the end cause. Reporter child protective bowen wright put her son through medical tests and surgeries. But they began to suspect christopher wasnt really sick last month. They called cps. An affidavit believe bowen wright may suffer from a Mental Illness where a caregiver fakes or creates symptoms for sympathy or attention. Those are certainly elements of cases. These investigations are very rare. They dont come up very often. The 8yearold and siblings are in foster care. His son now appears to be healthy. Im so sorry that i wasnt able to be there to stop the harm thats been done unto you. We have havent heard back. We heard they do go doctor shopping so they can avoid being caugh. As for ryan, hell be in Court Next Week hoping to get custody of his son. Omar, thanks. Nasa is celebrating this morning after a groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence helped to discover a new planet. They used advance learning technology by google to find this thousands of years away called kepler 90i. Good morning. Good morning. Nasa researchers have known about this faraway solar system for some time, but its the discovery of how it was made that has the Scientific Community very optimistic. In the neverending search for scientists have uncovered the only other eight planets they know of that circles the sun. With help from google and their software, scientists analyze thousands of data points from this nasa planting space telescope on kepler. Having all this information coming from kepler for scientists is like trying to drink from a fire hose. Reporter astronomer derrick pitts. The google system has been able to search through that pile of information much faster than humans have been able to dig through it. If you think about the analogy of the number of stars in the galaxy to the number of sands on a beach, its as if weve been asked to search all grains on the earth and search for the red ones. Reporter unlike earth the temperature on the surface of this planet is about 800 degrees fahrenheit, which is far too hot for the possible development of life as we know it. Its about 25 hundred light years away. That means even traveling at the speed of light, it would take us 2,500 years just to get there. Yeah. Current Rocket Technology cant quite, you know, move in that direction. And it would take us millions of years just to reach kepler 90i. The new planet orbits the star about every two years, which i wouldnt have a problem with. What about you . Im staying right here. Youre saying theres a chance. You know, there are other possibilities of hiding planets in that system. Yone 800 degrees. Thats a lot of sunscreen. I didnt know you were a science geek. Thanks very much. One of the largest compa companies, did they get off easy in an opioid case . This is the biggest case in the history of the Drug Enforcement administration. 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