job creating president god has created. today he gets a chance to prove it on tax reform. >> a major blow to donald trump's get tough policy on sanctuary cities hitting overnight. traveling in berlin, the first daughter endures boos as she handles tough qstions about her father's treatment of women. >> wicked conditions from flooding in the south to fires out west and even a spring snowstorm. tornados could be on tap today. >> and the man they call junior announces his last lap. "early today" starts right now. good wednesday morningment i'm frances rivera. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. we start with president donald trump the billionai

white house. set to unveil his long-awaited plan to revamp the tax laws. zeroingen 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. peter alexander has the 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. >> reduction that high is going to cost above $2 trillion. without a plan to pay for it that's go go ago to explode the debt. >> 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 401k retirement

plans. republican leaders not ruling it out arguing the goal to increase the number of americans saving. >> thanks to peter alexander for that. we should note that while the white house says their goal is get americans saving skeptics they caution major changes to 401k plans could discourage changes and put american future retirement in danger. a federal judge in san francisco has now blocked the trump administration's executive order denying federal funds to so called sanctuary cities. those locations like chicago, new york and san francisco limit their cooperation in federal government enforcement. instead electing to provide refuge to undocumented immigrants. the judge says the policy is likely unconstitutional, citing the president's own words when he called his action weapon against those not complying with his strict immigration enforcement. the white house blasted the judge saying-y is a quote unelected judge who

rewrote immigration policy claiming the ruling undermines faith in our legal system, calling it a gift to criminal gangs and cartels. and they made this claim against those sanctuary cities, citing the officials who authored these policies have blood of dead americans on their hands. the white house argues the orders block will imperial citizens, they say they will prevail in the supreme court. >> with the administration eyeing the 100 day mark it's russia and its connections to the president's former national security adviser michael flynn dogging the white house with the republican leader of the house oversight committee revealing flynn failed to reveal in 2015 he received $45,000 and he received more than $500,000 for lobbying on behalf of turkey and may have broken the law. >> as a member of congress and committee the oversight committee, we find no enc

complied with the law. you can't do this. you can't as a former military officer, nothing specifically mr. flynn or general flynn, it has everything to do with former military officers, they can't go and take money from a foreign government. >> now the white house under fire for not turning over the documents to congress on information about flynn's ties to russia. >> white house has refused to provide this committee with single piece of paper in response to our bipartisan requests and that simply unacceptable. >> the issue was brought up repeatedly in the white house press briefing room where sean spicer was on the defensive saying most of the requested documents including flynn's security clearance were handled under the obama administration. >> right now to ask the white house to produce documents that were not in the possession of the white house is ridiculous. >> the revelations coming as flynn is already the focus of two separate cgr

investigations and fbi probe into possible ties between the trump team and russia, flynn's attorney has offered his client's testimony in exchange for immunity and shot down by the republican leading the senate investigation. >> is there any way you give flynn immunity to testify? >> no. >> no way. >> no. today all 100 senators are invited to attend a defense briefing at the white house. this comes as the u.s. military conducts exercises with japan and south korea. and follows north korea's live fire drills involving hundreds of long range artillery. janice is in beijing. good morning. what's the latest on these rising tensions? >> reporter: it was unannounced in darkness that u.s. troops began installing the key components of a controversial anti-missile defense system in south korea. the terminal high altitude aerial defense system is

reiterating its serious concern and urged washington to withdraw the plan. it also isn't widely accepted in south korea, many there believe it makes the country a target for north korea's missiles and candidates in the upcoming presidential election torn whether they want to see it through. the u.s. especially now given the tension that the peninsula has endured over the past several weeks that this is necessary in order to counter the threat from north korea. there's also the question of economic pressure from china and whether it's working. there are mixed signals out of north korea suggesting that maybe beijing has its hand on the economic lever and operating on a risk or punishment-reward basis in order to get kim jong-un to back off. >> and you bring up china. they launched their first domestic aircraft carrier. tells us significance. >> this is their second carrier, but their

the other was purchased from the ukraine self years ago and refurbished, it was soviet built. two points on the launching. it shows increasing sophistication of china's home grown defense industries, also it is a sign of their plans to build out its navy and show its naval power at a time when it's trying to reinforce its territorial claims in the south china sea. now back to you. >> thank you. a former bachelor star is under arrest after a deadly car crash. chris soules was in a courtroom charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. police say he was driving a pickup truck monday when he rear-ended a tractor, both vehicles going into a ditch injuring 66-year-old kenny mosher. he died at a local hospital. police saying soules took off and was later arrested. he was released tuesday after

victim's death his lawyer said and his thoughts and prayers they were with the family, he is best known for starring in 1719 of the bachelor after first appearing on "the bachelorette." he is due back in court next week. to arizona, firefighters are battling the so-called cactus fire in maricopa county. wind gusts make containment difficult. in the east the national weather service extended their flood warnings for central north carolina through the day. and here's rapid city, south dakota, late spring snowstorm, look, nearly 6 inches of accumulation in that area. how ironironic. cherry blossoms and with the snow. >> also a big threat ahead. possibility of tornados in arkansas, louisiana and bill karins tracking it all. what are you seeing? >> we're watching storms dying now, new storms will form this afternoon. right now the storms were over missouri and also arkansas. and these will weaken. a little heavy

we go into the day this is going to be a typical late afternoon, early evening threat. we have 12 million at risk. we could see a strong thunderstorm as far north as chicago but it's this area here from arkansas south to louisiana, northeast texas, shreveport to texarkana, this is the area under a moderate risk and the possibility of a strong tornado or two. that's when things get dangerous. we'll keep an eye on that. that's a look at the wig weather story of the day. now a closer look at your day ahead. dallas, you could see a shower or thunderstorm, most of the severe weather should be to the east of you today. same goes for houston. areas to the north on the cold side of the storm, not a pretty morning in northern great lakes and northern minnesota with a mixture of rain and snow. some people stretch before exercise, but would you stretch before committing a crime? if you are prepared like this man in philadelphia, he was caught on camera stretching his legs out before allegedly robbing a dunkin' donuts. after the brief -u

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fast forwarding into wednesday, today is denim day. when people around the world wear jeans in solidarity with sexual assault victims, the move as a response to a decision that overturned a rape conviction because the teenage victim wore quote very, very tight jeans. >> president trump plans to sign two executive orders one at minimizing the role in education and the other to review all national monuments designated by its predecessor since 1996. and disney announced the dates for movie releases in

theaters may 24, the lion king is due on july 19 and frozen 2 comes out november 27. a lot of kids excited. >> remember, two years older than they are now. they may not be into it. market futures are higher. stocks led by nasdaq, soared in record territory. will the good times roll? >> nancy is watching your money for us. good morning. >> good morning. investors will be watching president trump who is expected to finally unveil his big tax plan today, which is expected to feature a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%, making good on a campaign promise. but it's expected to massively increase the nation's deficit, that could raise a few eyebrows in congress. so continue to watch for reaction on the hill as well as on wall street. the white house's playing down

had quote an amical phone conversation with the canadian prime minister. he said he would fight the lumber industry after president trump moved to put tariffs on lumber imports, so watch reaction here. a big day for earnings, twitter among companies reporting and twitter has also announced it wants to go 24-7 with live streaming video, an aim at traditional tv, the company says eventually wants to feature sports and news, 24/7 a week. >> nancy, thanks. we'll be right back. hey, l'eggo my eggo. uh uh. not c-c-c - cause i have the and i - i. that's a lot. raisins. really? what just happened here? you know the rules. i make the rules.

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empower for women. >> i certainly heard the criticism from the media and that's been perpetuated. as a daughter i can speak on a very personal level knowing that he encouraged me and enabled me to thrive. >> the moment partly overshadowing trump's visit. sharing the stage with global power players like the head of the i f and german chancellor angela merkel. president trump remains unpopular here, his travel ban at odds with germany's embrace of syrian refugees. ivanka trump going further than her father whether they should be let into the u.s. >> that has to be part of the discussion but it's not enough. my father is focused on the top level issue how to counter terrorism. how to stop the issue that continues to happen rather than deal with purely the aftermath. >> for her, intense i want national spotlight with one paper asking whether she

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it's the sick call that could have a wide reach. how your weekend plans could be scrapped if they involve using metro. president trump gets ready to release his tax plan and is this morning we're getting a preview how your wallet to feel the impact. and call it the latest fashion craze, why people are shelling out hundreds for jeans that look dirty. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. 4:26, a live look outside this more than. the clouds and drizzle still hanging around hopefully not too much longer. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. melissa will have a look sat any

slick roads but we begin with sheena parveen and chuck bell. a little drizzly weather. >> it's the kind of weather you can't hide your your hair. >> it looks great no matter what color. >> your hair looks great. >> no frizzle at all. >> that is the beauty. we're dealing with areas of fog, areas of mist out there, no, we're not talking about dense fog, but you may notice patchy fog this morning. here's the radar. we do have the sprinkles around the beltway. i think some of you will probably use the windshield wipers. st. mary's county looking at lighter rain showers. as we zoom out, you'll notice that area of low pressure, we were looking at yesterday, it's still offshore. for a closer look at that let's send it over to chuck. good morning, chuck. >> yes, indeed, our weather is just about ready to make the

around here. it carries a little chance for sprinkles around here through the front part of the morning. most of the light rain chances will be to the east of i-95, later this afternoon, sunshine returns to the shenandoah valley around lunchtime. and everybody is getting back to sunshine by later on today. that will be a nice change. we're in the 50s on our way out the door. mid to upper 50s. later on, with a return or two of a peak of sunshine, i think we get back into the 70s by later today. that will feel nice. we're still talking about 80s as we head towards the weekend. more on that coming up with melissa mollet whose hair also looks lovely. >> it's a lot of hairspray. thank you, chuck. inner loop here at rockville pike. we do have one crash blocks one side. inner looper at the little river turnpike. left lane is getting by that overhead sign work. we're see something delays there. taking a l

problems. westbound shady grove at oak montz, lane blocked there. response on the scene. event mt. olivet, lanes are blocked there. >> 4:29, let's give you a look at news happening this morning. don't about alarmed if you see a lot of police and first responders, conducting an emergency drill at six undisclosed locations throughout the area. prince george's county police say they expect an increased presence around bowie and cheltenham. and police expect more enforcement at george mason university. the drill is expected at 7:30 to 8:30 this morning. fire investigators are expected back at college park. still trying to figure out what sparked a firend

construction. crews were still putting out hot spots. officials believe the fire was an accident. a heated battle between metro could affect your plans. the two are locked in contract negotiations. metro workers are threatening a sick out. they told their supervisors they're not coming in on friday. metro supervisors are being told they will have to staff up and work 12-hour shifts this entire weekend if front line operators like bus and train operators don't show up. >> makes me feel stressed that, stressed with the work commute anyway. >> i hope they do work it out because people rely on that. >> union workers say they do not support a sick out, and they do not believe one will happen, but they're planning a march from the judiciary square to metro board meeting on friday. three people are in the hospital after this bus crash in