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the high-rise apartment building up in flames. the death toll rising tonight. the mother who dropped her baby nearly ten stories to safety. announcer: this is a special edition of world news tonight with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. and good evening on this wednesday night. we re back at the capitol in washington tonight, because of that awful scene that played out this morning. as lawmakers were practicing for an annual tradition, the congressional baseball game, when a gunman opened fire. it was not long before the gunman allegedly asked, are they democrats or republicans? he was told they were republicans. five people were hit, including congressman steve scalise, a member of the house leadership. tonight, he s in critical condition. after trying to crawl across the field to safety. authorities now say james hodgkinson was the attacker, the husband and home inspector from illinois. who had strong political views. tonight, that gunman is now dead, tak ....
fewer people will actually pay tax at that rate. now, let me tell you what else they want to do. they want to nearly double the standard deduction. $12,000 for individuals. $24,000 for married couples. that s the justification for raising the lowest tax rate from 10% to 12% that a whole lot of people aren t actually going to pay for. the plan also calls for the elimination of the so-called marriage penalty. raising the tax credit for a child under 17 by a yet to be specified amount. and look for a new $500 tax credit for non-child dependents. that replaces the idea that you can actually otherwise claim non-child dependents. in addition, the plan calls for repealing the estate tax. what a lot of republicans call the death tax. this benefits generally speaking the wealthy. it also repeals the alternative minimum tax. at lot of you might say i pay the alternative minimum tax. here s the problem. it was actually meant to be something for the wealthy. wasn t indexed to inflation so a< ....
something to do with this increased exposure that s. the green party won slightly more votes than they did in twenty thirteen they re now poised to be potential coalition partners is this success the result of online campaigning political consultant johan is here yet is skeptical. that s mostly about services we have so far about the effect of digital campaigning is that it s very disappointing for political parties to invest a lot of money in it but the impact is dubious minnes and survival after. supporting that opinion a study from the us reports that only one out of two hundred fifty facebook users is influenced by election advertisements direct interaction is much more successful one out of every fourteen voters can apparently be convinced so knocking on doors may still be necessary but for this election it was given a modern day twist the time that is as this year parties. used the old fashioned method of door to door canvassing much more effectively and inevitably. in t ....
assistant to george w. bush. scott, let me start with you, were there echos of the axis of evil speech that president bush spoke about before the war against saddam hussein in 2003? this definitely had shades of that remark and i m glad to see that because during the campaign, donald trump ran as something of an isolationist and if you watched today s speech, he took you on a world tour of american priorities and american engagement. if you were expecting donald trump the isolationist you did not get that today. it was a firm and measured speech today, he spoke in clear terms. i was proud to see him call out the programs on petfar and malaria that the united states has invested in. i think he hit all the right notes for his american audience. i think his base will love it. i think a lot of americans agree with his message on reforming the u.n. and some gallup polling conducted earlier this year, only 37% of americans felt the u.n. was doing a good job and 60% thought it was ....
so also tonight we want to congratulate eric and lara trump on the birth of their first child. eric tweeted out he was excited to announce son luke. grandpa now has 9 grandchildren. good night, everybody. see you tomorrow. tucker: well, good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. you probably thought espn stood for entertainment and sports programming network. now it looks likenedless stupid political nagging. the network has drawn criticism for pulling robert lee off a uva football game because his name bore some resemblance to that of a dead confederate general. now it gets better ge jimmie mel hill white supremacist surrounded himself with white supremacists. more than a dozen follow-up tweets trump has empowered white supremacists see charlottesville. people noticed this and today espn released a statement in response saying quote the comments on quit from her jemele hill do not represent the position of espn. we have addressed this with jemele and she recogn ....