lisa sullivan is caitlyn's mom., virginia home of her equilibriums home. the two had remained friends. when james agreed to drive caitlyn to reagan national airport for a flight to arizona, lisa dropped her off. he seemed happy to see her, very happy, excitedded. they were talking about her cosmetology school with her high school diploma they were both looking at it. caitlyn's flight was at five, but according to james the steen wanted to be dropped off at springfield mall to quill sometime before taking the subway to the airport. at one:52 p.m. he sent this message to list a. i dropped caitlyn off . okay. thank you. how was traffic? >> not too bad. eight minutes later lisa received a text from caitlyn's phone that said i'm at the airport, battery dying so won't be able to text for a minutes later the text that sent a wave of fear overlies a and her family. i'm staying with a friend. i need sometime alone. text messages investigators say were sent not from the airport, but from caitlyn's phone in stafford county. ca

lisa sullivan is caitlyn's mom. her daughter to the part low, virginia home of her ex ex-husband. they had been divorced by then, but the two had remained friends. when james had arrived to drive caitlyn to the airport for a trip to arizona. he seemed happy to see her. they were talking about her cosmetology school with her high school diploma they were both looking at it. caitlyn's flight was at five, but according to james the teen wanted to be dropped off at springfield mall to kill sometime before taking the subway to the airport. at one. 52 p.m. he sent this message to lisa. i descropped caitlyn off okay, thank you. how was traffic, not too bad. ate minutes lisa received a text from ate line's home, i'm at the airport, battery dying, so w't five hour and 15 a minutes later the text that sent a wave of fear to her family. i'm staying with a friend. i need sometime alone. the text messages were not sent from the airport but from i95 in stafford county. within days investigators knew that caitlyn had never made it

i want to ask lisa murkowski and dan sullivan to come up, from alaska. and don young. senator murkowski: mr. president, i don't know if you recognize this, is a very historic day and this is the beginning of winter solstice. it may not feel it right now, but it is the shortest day, the darkest day. for us in alaska, we had pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill and with passage finally almost 40 years later to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. and we thank you for that. we thank you for that.

i want to ask lisa murkowski and dan sullivan to come up, from alaska. have been really working, and don young is here. the three of them. dan, get over here, dan. lisa? senator murkowski: mr. president, i don't know if you recognize, this is a very historic day and this is the beginning of winter solstice. it may not feel it right now, but winter solstice is the shortest day, the darkest day. for us in alaska, we had pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill and with passage finally almost 40 years later to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. [applause] senator murkowski: so we thank you for that. we thank you for that. think about it, 31 years we have been working on tax reform. 38 years now to open up anwr. this has been a multigenerational fight. and i look to some of our friends from alaska who have come 5000 miles to be here for the vote last night and today. [applause] senator murkowski: to those who live there, to those who raise their families there and to those who are loo

i want to ask lisa murkowski and dan sullivan to come up and don young. >> mr.sident, i don't know if you recognize this, is a very historic day and this is the beginning of winter sols cities. it is the shortest day and darkest day. for us in alaska, we had pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill and with passage finally almost 40 years later to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. and we thank you for that. we thank you for that. think about it, 31 years we have been working on tax reform. 38 years now to open up and war. -- anwar. this has been a multi generational fight. and those who came here to be for the vote here tonight and today. [applause] >> to those who live there, to those who raise their families there and to those who are looking to live for generations know that our promise to you today is a bright future, one where we care for our environment and we care for our people and we also care for our country in providing a resource that is needed not only by the united states,

i want to ask lisa murkowski and dan sullivan to come up from alaska. have been really working. if don young is here. he's around here. the three of them. come here. dan, get over here. >> yes, sir. >> lisa. >> thank you. mr. president, i don't know if you recognize, this is a very historic day. it's also the beginning of winter solstice. doesn't feel like it right now. the winter solstice is the shortest day, the darkest day. for us in alaska, we've had some pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill, with passage finally almost 40 years later to allow us to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for americans. we thank you for that. [applause] we thank you for that. think about it. 31 years we've been working on tax reform. 38 years now to open up anwar. this has been a multi-generational fight. i look to some of our friends from alaska that have come 5,000 miles to be here for the vote last night and today. [applause] to those who live there, to those who raise their families there and to those

i want to ask lisa murkowski and dan sullivan to come up from alaska. they've been really working, and if don young is here and i think he's around here. the three of them. come here. >> dan an don -- >> dan, get over here. >> yes, sir. >> lisa? >> you get right here. >> thank you. >> you'll get my name right. >> i did, actually. >> mr. president -- i don't know if you recognize -- this is is a very historic day, of course, but it's also the beginning of winter solstice. it doesn't feel like it right now, but the winter solstice is the shortest day, darkest day, and for us in alaska we've had pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill, with passage finally almost 40 years later to allow us to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. >> all right! whew! mr [ applause ] >> so we thank you. we thank you for that. think about it. 31 years we've been working on tax reform. 38 years now to open up ammar. this has been a multigenerational fight, and i look to some of our friends from alaska who

i want to ask lisa murkowski and dan sullivan to come up from alaska they've been really working, andyoung is here, and i think he's around here, the three of them. come here. come here. dan, get over here >> yes, sir. >> lisa. >> you get right here. >> thank you >> mr. president, i don't know if you've recognized, this is a very historic day, of course, but it's also the beginning of winter doesn't feel like it right now, but the winter some cities is the shortest day, the darkest day, and for us in alaska, we've had some pretty dark days recently but with passage of this tax bill, with passage finally, almost 40 years later, to allow us to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. [ applause ] so we thank you for that we thank you for that. think about it, 31 years we've been working on tax reform 38 years now to open up anwar. this has been a multigenerational fight, and i look to some of our friends from alaska who have come 5,000 miles to be here for the vote last night and today. [ applause ] to those -- to those who live there, to

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lisa, you've done a very great job. >> neil: well, we found dan. actually, he showed up there. talking about dan sullivanalaska. he was there with all of the key representatives from that beautiful state. and very happy about getting anwar and drilling for oil there tucked into this tax cut package. something that was not envisioned but did get done. dan sullivan is a big reason why i'd did it. senator, thanks for coming. >> great to be on the show, neil. thanks. >> neil: i had no idea to be honest with you that this was tucked into this. how did that happen? >> oh, no, we had been working this from the beginning. several votes, hearings in the energy and natural resources committee. it was a great effort from lisa murkowski, mitch mcconnell and the president. >> neil: and wrapped up in the tax cut package. >> absolutely. we've been working on this over a year. had a number of hearings in the energy and natural resources committee. all part of the budget resolution to do this. this has been out in the open for, gosh, months. >> neil: and i know this has been out there for, gosh, years, right? >> oh, yes.

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lisa murkowski. >> this is good for alaska but more importantly it's good for the country. >> another amendment spared cruise lines from paying higher taxes. alaska senator dan sullivan said it would help communities and businesses that rely on tourism. >> this is slap/sloppy. i've never seen a bill like this. >> it appears a research and development tax credit was accidentally eliminated. norah, you can expect more surprises as the lawmakers finish the bill that they've already passed. >> thank you. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with what this means for families. good morning. this is so important. let's talk about how it affects individual families first. >> we need to understand this is a bill that's very nuanced. it matters not just who you are and how much money you do earn but how do you earn that money? do you have a pass-through organization or do you live in a state where you're losing your state and local tax deduction. do you have a mortgage? it's a very strange bill that in the packet when we've done tax reform and deductions, i remember it was a much clearer this is a winner to take a long time to really uhsñrnderstand who who loses.

thanks also to chairman mike enzi for his assistance and chairman lisa murkowski and senator dan sullivan who worked tirelessly to bring the people of alaska a victory on energy exploration for which they have been waiting for almost 40 years. i'm also grateful to the other senate conferees, senator cornyn, thune, portman, scott and toomey who worked day and night to get this legislation across the finish line. then of course in addition to senator hatch's colleagues on the senate finance committee deserve our gratitude as well. senators burr, cassidy, crapo, grassley, heller, isakson and roberts. this could not have happened without all of them. of course, a great deal of credit goes to president trump and vice president pence and their dedicated white house team. their efforts were absolutely essential to the process. and we're proud to have worked together to deliver on a key part of the president's agenda. and it goes without saying that tax reform would have been impossible without speaker ryan, chairman brady and the members of the house who share our commitment to make taxes lower,