has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms it calls undemocratic brussels is threatening the so-called nuclear option to invoke article seven and strip poland of its voting rights also coming up. yemen's who the rebels take aim at a saudi royal palace with rocket fire saudi forces say they've intercepted it and point the finger at iran as the source of the rebels increased firepower. and a big boost for president trump as the u.s. senate backs is tax reform but a procedural error means the house of representatives has to vote on it one more time. and life in the shadows of the front line in eastern ukraine we have an exclusive report from a village that's been cut off by the fighting leaving residents with no way out. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us will the european commission today take steps towards a triggering the so-called nuclear option of article seven i'm imposing. sanctions on poland a move brussels has never taken against a member state sanctions would include the un president and step of suspending poland's voting rights and cutting its aid are brussels correspon

commission follows through on its threat to punish poland over judicial reforms that it says are undemocraticbut poland's president is defiant, signing two bills into law, giving the government more control over the country's courts. and europe deals a big blow to the ride-hailing company uber. its top court says uber is a taxi service, not just an app, and that difference is huge. we will tell you why. plus, an exclusive report from the frontline of ukraine's civil war, as fighting there escalates once more. we meet residents cut off from the outside world. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight in the united states, the house of representatives has given its final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the u.s. tax code. it had already been approved by both chambers of congress, but an embarrassing procedural error forced the senate to send it back to the house for a re-vote. now that bill, which includes permanent tax breaks for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individuals, is the biggest shakeup to the tax system in the country in more than 30 years, and it is

it's unfair, its undemocratic. if you're not good friends with the chair, then you're essentially screw. you don't get any committees you may want to serve in your leadership position. so i think that "b" should say nominations process and -- and the rest is the same. because that should be laid out clearly. i have already told mr. roosevelt i plan on coming to the rules and bylaws committee to suggest a clear language gets established for all committee positions including at large. it would just say nominations, process and -- >> but where in there? >> on ba"b." >> can you read the full sentence? >> line 24. it would say nominations, process and notice on deadlines for nomngz should include dnc positions, et cetera. so it's just adding those three words, nomination, process and. >> any discussion? >> i second it. >> okay. so just for the sake of clarity, can you read the full sentence that you want, how you want it to read? >> okay, so it should say the nomination, process and notice for nomination should include

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brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its e.u. voting rights also coming up europe deals a big blow to the right the paling company over the top court says over it is a taxi service not just an odd look at the fallout. and no word from these two journalists since their arrest and me and marvel for a week ago they were investigating alleged abuses against rohingya muslims will get an update on their disappearance from the ngong. i'm sorry so much going to thank you for joining us after months of tension between warsaw and brussels the e.u. has now started a process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the bloc now the move comes after poland's parliament last week adopted new reforms allowing it to effectively choose members of the country's supreme court the e.u. says this puts the course under political control and violates european norms in an unprecedented move the commission has now triggered so-called article seven which paves the way to a punishing poland. or there ha

has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms and calls undemocratic brussels is threatening the nuclear option to invoke article seven and strip poland of its e.u. voting rights but could that backfire also coming out. yemen's who's the rebels take aim at the saudi royal palace with rocket fire saudi forces say they've intercepted that is the yemen conflict now spilling across the border. and a big boost for u.s. president trump as the u.s. senate backs his tax reform but a procedural error means the house of representatives has to vote on it one more talk. also coming up berlin marks a tragic anniversary when terrorists struck in the very heart of the couch. church bells ringing out at the exact moment an islamist attacker rammed his truck into a crowded christmas market last year killing twelve people as germany gone off to help in the aftermath of that attack. and life in the shadows of the front line we have. reports from a village in eastern ukraine that's been cut off leaving residents with no way out . are brian thomas great to have you with us will the european commission today

undemocratic. and each position should be nominated and voted by the greater body. >> you have heard the amendment, all those in favor of the amendment as read, please ndicate by raising your hands. pposed by like sign. ou have the names? >> point of inquiry. vote for total sections? > individual sections. >> are there any other amendments? are there any other amendments. >> on section 2. >> any other amendments on section 2? >> can you put it up there. and then we'll go through the section. >> start with a. now we are voting on the c, d, e.items, a, b, paragraph 2, number a, the parties should encourage to participate in all party affairs and take steps to activate to run for leadership positions through the party infrastructure at all levels. those in favor say aye. of a as read, please indicate by raising your hands. down hands. opposed. i'll slow down. >> b, as amended, state party budgets should be transparent -- >> oh, wait. it's unanimous -- sorry, it's confusing. we are on b. b as amended,

china, you can get this strange jewel passageway of rural capitalist economics but men who are undemocraticsome extent at the moment is the tragic thing. and he is going to win, apparently very easy. a massive majority, no serious opposition. there are the likes of others who have tried to provide some sort of opposition. it will be interesting to see how this all plays out next year in february when the election does begin. as you say, it is not a democracy as we know it. a very different... some would call ita a very different... some would call it a clipped chrissie. —— cleptocracy. as you have mentioned, interesting to see, this strong leadership thought process. president trump, president putin and president xi as well. interestingly played out. let‘s move on to this story that is really interesting. german pilots refusing to carry out deportations. this is something that was new to me this morning and when i saw this story, quite incredible how pilots are taking action where they feel deportations shouldn‘t happen where refugees are being sent to very dangerous situation. refugees are

commission follows through on its threat to punish poland over judicial reforms that it says are undemocratic poland's president is defiant signing two bills into a wall giving the government more control over the country's courts and europe deals a big blow to the right hailing company the top court in europe says that hoover is a taxi service not just that difference is huge we'll tell you why. i'm off it's good to have you with those in the united states the most sweeping tax reform in a generation is now the wall of the land the house of representatives has given its final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the u.s. tax code. it had already been approved by both chambers of congress bud's an embarrassing procedural error force the senate to send it back to the house for a revote the bill which includes permanent tax breaks for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individuals is the biggest shake up to the tax system in the country in more than thirty years and it's the first major legislative victory for the trump white house and for a president who likes to win this is a big deal as w

is following through on its threat to punish warsaw all over judicial reforms that it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its voting rights in the e.u. also coming up u.s. president is poised for a first major legislative victory after almost a year in office that's with lawmakers expected to give their final approval to a sweeping tax reform bill we'll get the latest from washington and new word from these two journalists since they arrested me and bar over a week ago they were investigating alleged abuses against muslims we'll get an update on their disappearance from the capital of me and more also on the show are the wheels coming off for europe deals the right ailing company a big blow its top board says that is a taxi service not just an hour we'll look at the fallout. i'm burnt off it's good to have you. with the european union has launched an unprecedented process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the block the move follows months of tensions between warsaw in brussels over poland's judicial reforms speaking a short while ago the polish presiden

says are undemocratic but poland's president is defined signing into law the reforms giving the government more control over the country's core. and that europe deals a big blow to the right hailing company the top court in europe says it is a taxi service not just an out and that difference is huge and will tell you why. it's good to have you with us in the united states the house of representatives has given its final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the u.s. tax code it had already been approved by both chambers of congress but an embarrassing procedural error force the senate to send it back to the house for a revote the bill which includes permanent tax breaks for corporations and temporary tax cuts for individuals is the biggest. shake up to the system in the country in more than thirty years and it's the first major legislative victory for the trump administration. our let's bring in our washington correspondent now carson phenomena he's on the story for so carson after some complications looks like we've got this bill passed by congress what can we expect next well the bill has b

has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms is calling undemocratic brussels is threatening the so-called nuclear option to invoke article seven and strip poland of its e.u. voting rights also coming up. a life in the shadows of the front line we have an exclusive report from a village in eastern ukraine that has been cut off leaving residents with no way out. and a big boost for u.s. president trump as the u.s. senate taxes tax reform but a procedural error means the house has to vote on it one more time. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us will the european commission today trigger the so-called nuclear option of article seven and impose sanctions on poland a move brussels has never taken against a member state they view says that poland's judicial reforms put courts under political control a violation. european norms but poles saying the moves are necessary to combat corruption now if they even does impose sanctions they could include the unprecedented step of suspending poland's voting rights and cutting off its e.u.'s . europe has mechanisms to deal with cases of delinquency a

commission is expected to next week to launch an unprecedented process against poland its ques of being undemocratic essentially of taking away rights from the judiciary and it's it's alleged putting them into the hands of politicians now ultimately if the commission does initiate this process next week that could take us into some very uncharted waters that in theory could lead to poland losing its voting rights something that we've not seen in the bloc so far so that's certainly something that needs to be watched as the next couple of weeks that could really starts to get incredibly serious charge at chelles in poll in brussels thank you. here in germany the head of the social democrats martin shoulder says his party has agreed to exploratory talks with a view to forming a coalition with chance and i'm going merkel's conservatives he said the talks would likely get in early january ahead of party congress and fourteen for not he told reporters germany needs and a new governance culture and the s.p.d. has been under pressure to reconsider talking and no grand coalition government after chancellor m

is following through on its threat to punish warsaw all over judicial reforms that it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its voting rights in the e.u. also coming up u.s. president trump is poised to.

democrat who was being faced with a parliamentary coup by what he saw or what he portrayed as the undemocratic fujimoristas. people gave him the benefit of the doubt and supported him. many of them now feel he the trade them -- he betrayed them by immediately returning around and pardoning alberto fujimori. sharanjit: a british woman has been sentenced to three years in an egyptian prison after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. laura plummer, who was 33 and from england's north, was arrested in october when she was found carrying 290 tablets of a painkiller in her suitcase. reporter: laura plummer's family and friends say she is naÏve, not a criminal. but today, the 33-year-old shop worker from hull is beginning a three-year sentence in jail in egypt. her mother and her egyptian partner have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. laura plummer had been traveling to the red sea resort to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. in her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain but ba

brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no word from these two journalists since their arrest and d.n.r. over a week ago they were investigating alleged abuses against muslims we'll get an update on their disappearance from now on. and a life in the shadows of the frontline we have an exclusive report from a village in eastern ukraine that's been cut off leaving residents with no way out . also coming up are the wheels coming off for over europe deals the ride hailing company of big blow its top court says it over is a taxi service not just announced we'll look at the fallout. and the german cup shock i hope to keep up their good form against cologne the home side had most of the opportunities stay tuned to see if they found the back of the net. i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us after months of ten. between warsaw and brussels the e.u. has now started a process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the block the move comes af

looks to be very undemocratic you know and elected officials taking decision today in brussels that many citizens oppose and more to read the incapacity of the e.u. to tackle the major issues in europe and certainly one of the major issue for example is migration a lot of european want the borders closed and we know today that the proximately six million people waiting all wrong. to get into europe and europe and want to block that and you see that the e.u. . is to younger for example saying that we need more migration we need to open the borders this kind of ideas are totally rejected so i see that a lot of. european citizen will be concerned and worried by mr schorr plans or declaration. the president of georgia mikheil saakashvili widely known as an active participant to political life in ukraine has been arrested in kiev occasionally regards himself as an anti corruption activist and is calling for the impeachment of the current ukrainian president. previously successfully had been detained by ukrainian authorities for an unsanctioned demonstration and accusing pushing stealing billi

. - it must be admitted that the system has become unwieldy and increasingly undemocratic, or at least this how europeans, normal ordinary europeans perceive it, and i think this has created the alienation. - i think there's more concern just about the fact that they are removed from any kind of democratic political control that nation states don't think that they can control these bureaucrats and that they do silly things like try to regulate little things like, you know, the shape of bananas or things like that. - the skepticism or the frustrations that have emerged in these recent years is because in the end people are not doing so well in many parts of europe. and they're starting to question does european integration help me anymore? is is protecting me against cheap chinese imports? is it keeping unemployment levels low? no, in many cases on both those answers. - [narrator] for the eu to be viable analysts say, leaders must agree to a transfer of sovereignty letting the eu take over certain government roles. many are reluctant. - the european union has been an extremely important

has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms its calling undemocratic brussels is threatening the so-called nuclear option.

looks to be very undemocratic you know and the elected official taking decision today in brussels that many citizens oppose and more to read the incapacity of the e.u. to tackle the major issues in europe and certainly one of the major issue for example is migration of european one the borders because and we know today that the proximately six million people are waiting. to get into europe and europe and want to plug that and you see that the e.u. . is to you could for example saying that we need more migration we need to open the borders this kind of ideas are totally rejected so i think that the lot of. europe incident will be concerned and worried by mr short's plans. to ration. the pakistani air force says it will not allow any drones including those operated by the u.s. to violate the country's airspace that is according to air force achieve so high oh a month we will not allow anyone to violate our airspace i have ordered the pakistan air force to shoot down drones including those of the u.s. if they enter our airspace violating the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity

i feel like this is incredibly undemocratic. >> i think everything is at stake for the whole world, themmunity. >> reporter: this is not over. tonight the attorney generals of d.c., maryland, virginia, they've joined in with 18 other attorney generals from across the united states. they say they will be filing a federal lawsuit, jim and shawn, to block the fcc move tonight and you can fully expect this is going to wind up in the courts and could go quite far. >> the fight is coming. thank you fitz. and fitz by the way, you hit your mark we must tell you. >> you did. >> at three minutes. good job. >> d chunk of 21st century fox. the 52 billion-dollar deal brings together the company's film and television studios cable and national tv businesses. twenty-first century fox will separate the fox news channel fox sports and news affiliates into a newly listed company. >> and we should point out that we are currently part of 21st century fox. >> that is right. >> all right. >> well, it is an annual holiday tradition recognizing the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice by serving our c

brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no word from these two journalists since their arrest and in march.

if it's so threatening to have a sign, that simply asks democratic party or undemocratic party, question mark, this behavior of trying to kick people out and take away the signs underscores perhaps the answer to that question. >> all of the commission members deeply respect the grassroots that are here and i think if you could take your seat and hold your sign, i think we're ok with that. we're all comfortable with that. [inaudible] are all the commission members ok with that? thank you. thank you. [applause] we deeply respect the grassroots that are here. >> yes. please return the signs and then if you both take your see the, -- take your seats, that's totally fine. hank you. >> one of my signs has open public meeting and statements and suggestions as well. another of my recommendation was to get money out of politics and make that number one priority of the democratic party. another of my sugs was that we need to do everything we can to prevent the unseen favoritism. thank you. >> we appreciate your support and your comments. and we take grassroots comments very seriously and appreciat

independence and a free democratic country where they will get up and go raymone think spain is undemocratiche works for me i'm a cultural organization that promotes the catalan language and catalan independence because cells co organized vic solidarity jail citizens let themselves get locked up on vic's market square for two hours to express solidarity with incarcerated separatists. more than five hundred citizens have already participated and there's a long waiting list with the catalan regional elections nearing they want to mobilize pro independence voters. feel it will organize more events to achieve a great election result so that our independence movement can grow even larger than it is now. you see a coffee entrepreneur thinks this is unlikely since opposition to catalan independence is becoming increasingly vocal. some are even speaking out in the pro independence bastion of vic like these farmers they explain how the conflict has divided their family. the oh no no. we had a family party on november first fifteen people sat at this table with after dinner the two of us were the only

i feel like this is incredibly undemocratic. >> i think everything is at stake for the whole world, thehole internet community. >> reporter: this isn't over by a long shot ton maryland and virginia are joining with 18 other states to sue the fcc in federal court to stop this ruling. live in southwest tonight tom fitzgerald fox5 local news. >> well, the pricey tolls on i-66 in northern virginia got even higher. we're going to show you after the break. >> and fox5's kristyn leon live in southeast d.c. tonight. kristen, what are you working on? >> reporter: that's right, the umc board officially shutting down the ob unit. one side saying they're surprised. others not so much. we'll explain both coming up. sue. >> hi there kristen and tonight for those of you who missed out on the snow showers that we had yesterday, we have another chance for you to check out for some snow showers tomorrow late afternoon and into the evening. we'll let you see the timing for the possibility of a few more flakes in your future and we'll talk about a pattern change coming up as well as a look at your weekend

looks to be a very undemocratic you know an elected official taking decision today in brussels that many citizens oppose and more to read the incapacity of the e.u. to tackle the major issues in europe and certainly one of the major issue for example is migration a lot of european want the borders because and we know today that proximately six million people are waiting. to get into europe and europe and want to block that and you see that the e.u. . is to younger for example saying that we need more migration we need to open the borders this kind of ideas are totally rejected so i see that a lot of. european citizen will be concerned and worried by mr shore's plans. aeration. the e.u. has blacklisted seventeen countries as offshore state sit in effort to come but tax avoidance but according to the charity oxfam some countries were left off that list thanks to political pressure the blacklisting process has been surrounded by secrecy putting citizens in the dark and leaving tax havens free to use their political and economic leverage to get themselves the e.u. blacklist. what fun claims

looks to be very undemocratic you know an elected official taking decision today in brussels that many citizens oppose and more to read the incapacity of the e.u. to tackle the major issues in europe and certainly one of the major issue for example is migration a lot of european want the borders be closed and we know today that they are approximately six million people waiting all wrong. to get into europe and europe and want to block that and you see that the e.u. . mr younker for example saying that we need more migration we need to open the borders we need more. african migrants for the future of europe this kind of ideas are totally rejected so i see that a lot of. european citizens will be concerned and worried by mr schorr plans or declaration did you think he's only saying that because he's in germany and the financial powerhouse of the block and that actually some of the smaller less wealthy countries would be very concerned i think that they should be indeed indeed very very concerned by the statement but it's for sure so for the internal situation in germany but. if you if yo

what's happening is undemocratic. it is wrong. and i'm here to say this vote mr. hatch: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. hatch: mr. president, the senate will soon vote on the conference report for h.r. 1, the tax cuts and jobs act. i've waited a long time to give this final statement in support of tax reform -- mr. president, i ask for -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. hatch: i ask for -- the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the

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that was completely undemocratic of you doing except to point blank what i'm proposing could germany you'll get kicked to the european union that really probably would disapprove and. john europe is going through so many problems right now with from bragg's it to the migrant crisis don't you think a bit of unity might help to solve them well it's i mean we talk about germany i think it would be difficult to say that germany's the meltdown to be honest with you they certainly are going to have problems forming a coalition are not comparable e.c. that you know the s.p.d. want to have this coalition the leadership but the members and that we could go to a new election probably march and then the idea that how long merkel would be able to sustain a position and you know success a successor would have to go on within the cd you see c.s.u. that is a real problem germany is out of the game at the moment it's very difficult to see how the german franco can go forward with with much mac wrong i think there is a difficulty with his own popularity and in france at the moment which is starting t

has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms its calling undemocratic brussels is threatening the so-called nuclear option to invoke article seven and strip poland of its e.u. voting rights also coming up a big boost for president trump as the usa backs his tax reform but a procedural error means the house of representatives has to vote on it one more time. and life in the shadows of the front line we have an exclusive report from a village in eastern ukraine that's been cut off leaving residents with no way out . also coming up who's the rebels taking aim at a saudi royal palace saudi forces say they have intercepted the ballistic missile launch from inside yemen and they're pointing the figure at iran as the source of the rebels' increased firepower. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us will the european commission today to. trigger the so-called nuclear option of article seven and impose sanctions on poland a move brussels has never taken against a member state now the e.u. says poland's traditional reforms put cts under political control a violation of european norms but

democrat who is being faced with a parliamentary coup by what he saw or what he portrayed as an undemocratic the doubt and supported him, many of them now feel that he betrayed them by immediately turning around and pardoning fujimori. this is bbc world news. stay with us because still to come, australia rules of the ashes. after winning the series their batsmen make the english visitors were card in the fourth test. —— work hard. we saw this enormous tidal wave approaching the beach, and people started to run, and suddenly it was complete chaos. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said the operation had been 90% successful but it's failed in its principal objective — to capture general noriega and take him to the us to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day breaks slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could

millions of iranians protesting an undemocratic election took to the streets. they wanted to overthrow the iranian regime. president obama said it wasn't our business and we weren't involved at all. president trump understands an important lesson learned, this is an opportunity making sure we are not propping up the wrong regime anymore. it's the iranian regime pledging to wipe us off the map. they test fired intercontinental ballistic missiles in order to wipe us off the map. they have blood on their hands with dead foreign service members. president trump is sounding off on it. he's realizing we can't just say this is none of our business. if there was a free, stable, democratic iran like millions of iranians want, the middle east would be better. our allies would be strong and our military safer. the president realizes american exceptionalism is nothing to apologize for. american greatness is something to be proud of. he's unapologetic about his love for america. our adversaries don't respect weakness, they only respect strintd. lisa: thank you, congressman,

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between poland and the european union e u has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms and calls undemocratic brussels is threatening the nuclear option to.

mills of iranians in 2009 in the green revolution protesting an undemocratic election took to the streetsthey wanted to overthrow the regime. president obama said it wasn't our business. president trump understands this is an opportunity to make sure we won't be propping up the wrong regime. it's the iranian regime calling america the great satan. they test fired a intercontinental ballistic missile in violation of united nations resolutions. they have blood on their hand with daivmentd s. service members overthrowing foreign governments. the iranians are taking to the streets, they are emboldened. he's realizing we can't just say this is none of our business. if there was a free, stable iran. the middle east would be better. national security would be stronger. and the president recognizes that. the president realizes american exceptionalism is nothing to apologize for. american greatness is something for us to be proud of. our enemies, our adversaries don't respect weakness, they only respect strength. >> thank you, refreshate your time tonight. thank you. lisa: we have richard fowler a

janet this bill through committee with no time for debate and discussion is the very definition of undemocratic. it's disrespectful to all americans and to the constitution. i do believe that section 702 authorities are critical to our national security and and in su balance to be struck here. we are all speed if we believe hearing on foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa at this point as you sin is about to gavel in. you can sit here and in its entirety if you go to our website c-span.org. type fires in the search bar. the senate coming in today to work on authorizing and instructing gaucher to meet with house conferees to resolve differences in the tax reform plans. votes are expected during the session today. there may also be updates on the off the floor talks for short-term extension of government funding beyond this coming friday. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black , will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. our father in heaven, we trust you to direct