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to safety of our campus community members, their guests and the public. in that context we cannot ignore or deny what is a new reality. i asked the university to respond to the cancellation. a spokesman says he has not heard from ann coulter and that they do not want to have communication with her through the media. the berkley college republicans will be holding a press conference later this afternoon. reporting live in berkley, amy hole feed, abc 7 news. thanks for the update. in the south bay a woman is recovering from a brutal attack near the campus of san jose state university. this start as a jack in the box on east san carlos near south 4th street. police say a group of women attacked this victim. she was taken to the hospital with a pretty serious head wound. police say she is going to be okay. so far they haven t released any information on suspects or a possible motive. bart police are not taking chances after a flash mob take-over robbery on a train. ....
speaker series that would include coulter said things are gone sour between his group bridge usa and berkeley college republicans. it was an immediate divide between us and the conservative groups organizing this because while we wanted the facilitation of dialogue, they wanted provocation. i don t believe freedom of speech is a partisan issue. reporter: still both bridge usa and berkeley republicans say they welcome her visit in the future. if ann coulter is willing to come to u.c. berkeley the invitation is open. all eyes are on us. it will be all eyes on us again. reporter: melanie woodrow abc 7 news. they have had their share of violent protests reese lently and there is some concern there to be more trouble tomorrow. abc 7 news report irlaura anthony live on the berkeley campus with that part of the story. laura? reporter: hi, larry. u.c. officials here at the police department wrapped up a press conference. they told us they are preparing for whate ....
president trump, the billionaire businessman who stormed his way into the white house, set to unveil his long-awaited plan to revamp the tax laws. zeroing in on a campaign promise ahead of his 100-day mark. enough to boost wall street sending the markets surging smashing records many there asking for the specifics behind the highly anticipated tax reform. nbc s peter alexander has those details. the nasdaq above 6,000 for the first time in history. with wall street booming the president s preparing to unveil his new tax reform plan slashing the corporate tax rate from 35 to 15%. a rate reduction that high is going to cost above $2 trillion. without a plan to pay for it, that s going to explode the debt. reporter: how to pay for the tax cut a major sticking point. house speaker paul ryan s proposal for a tax on imports getting poor reviews. also being floated, removing the popular tax break for contributions to 401(k) retirement plans. republican leaders not ruli ....
we need to have the opportunity to ask general flynn directly why he concealed these foreign payments. legal troubles mount for president trump s former national security advisor. to shorthand this, would you say after what you reviewed today that general flynn is in a heap of trouble? yes, yes. clearly you can t do this. the president wants to tack a 20% tariff on canadian lumber, which will it start a trade war? it certainly started a back and forth. we can t let canada or anybody else take advantage and do what they did to our workers and to our farmers. president trump has summoned all 100 members of the united states senate to the white house today for a briefing on north korea. the worry is that this rhetoric, overheated rhetoric from donald trump draws the united states into a conflict. wasn t prepared for this. the rain is fading away in north carolina, but there is still the threat of flooding. the biggest issue right now is being able to na ....
worse than that. woodruff: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: a federal judge in san francisco has blocked president trump s order on so-called sanctuary cities. it sought to withhold some federal funds from localities that don t cooperate with u.s. immigration authorities. the district judge said today that the president has no authority to take that step. his ruling is in effect nationwide while a lawsuit against the order is being heard. the bulls had the run of wall street today, and the nasdaq hit a milestone. the rally was fueled by strong earnings at caterpillar, mcdonald s and other companies. the dow jones industrial average gained 232 points to close at 20,9 ....