after dozens of former miss americas published this open letter, calling on the miss america organization leadership to step down, haskell was suspended and resigned along with the organization's president, and chairwoman. >> still have a lot of work to do. we would love your sta part and your encouragement. >> former miss americas like mallory hagan, who haskell called a piece of trash in an e mail are applauding the move. they say more has to be done. >> we have to laser focus on the actual benefits of the miss america organization. >> actor/writer, skate shindell won miss am k was derided by haskell in a leaked e mail. >> where should the organization go from here. >> if we expect the public to believe miss americas are among the brightest, most intelligent, most educate the, most passionate, talented you name it young women in the country then we are to start treating them like every single minute.he cbsl be right back. >>> for last minute shoppers the clock is ticking. christmas its just a few hours away. and some stores will still be open. but this holiday season experts say more than half of

after dozens of fompler miss america's published this open letter, calling on the miss america organization leadership to step down, haskell was suspended and then resigned along with the organization's president and chairwoman. >> still have a lot of work to do so we would love your support and your encouragement. >> former miss america like mallory hagen whom haskell called a piece of trash in one email are applauding the move. but they say more needs to be done. >> we have to laser focus on the actual benefits of the miss america organization. >> reporter: actor and writer kate shindle who won miss america in 1998 was derided by haskell in another leaked email. >> where should the organization go from here? >> if we're going to expect the public to believe that the miss america contestants and miss americas are among the brightest, most intelligent, most educated, most passionate, talented you name it young women in the country, then we have to start treating them like that every single minute. >> the miss america organization says it remains committed to the education and empowerment of young wome

. >>> there is new fallout tonight in a scandal swirling around the miss america organization. top leadership involving the ceo, president and board chair have all resigned. miss america officials made crude and sexist remarks about past winners including comments about their appearance. >>> now to a motive mystery after a shooting spree in pennsylvania's capital city. a gunman taking aim at police officers before officers took him down. now, investigators are trying to figure out what set him off. ron mott has our report. >> reporter: 51-year-old amen amenamine took on state and local officers in harrisburg on a shooting spree. >> no doubt he was directly targeting police officers. >> reporter: investigators say he began his string of shootings, first firing on a capital police officer then again on a pennsylvania state trooper. later at a third location, the gunman engaged in a shootout with harrisburg police, using two nine millimeter handguns. afterward, the bomb squad was called in when a device was found near el mofty's body. >> he was not afraid to fire at different what you enforcemen

now to the scandal at the miss america organization. the top leadership resigned today. a dozen former winners demanded he step down after some scandalous emails written by c.e.o. sam haskell were leaked inspect them he wrote abusive things about previous pageant winners. in the philippines, officials say at least 120 people have died from the severe tropical storm lashing the island. another 58 were missing. flash floods roared through towns sweeping way housing and people and triggered mudslides. now that president trump has signed the massive tax overhaul bill, he has plans to keep the momentum going. next on his agenda: overhauling our nation's failing infrastructure. but democrats say they'll fight him on that, too. chip reid is is with the president in florida. >> reporter: it was an ebullient president trump who arrived in west palm beach friday and the reason was no mystery. his signing earlier in the day of the republican tax cut bill, his first major legislative accomplishment. the signing had been scheduled for early january. >> i watched the news this morning

former miss americas and state directors for the miss america organization may help select its new leadershipst week top pageant officials resigned after the huffington post reported that officials spoke badly about former miss americas through e-mail. now, the group wants former miss americas and state directors to recommend members for a search committee. that committee will determine who will fill the leadership roles. >>> well, you may want to make a stop to buy a lottery ticket. the powerball jackpot has jumped to $384 million. the jackpot surged after no winners came forward in wednesday night's drawing. a ticket worth $2 million was sold in georgia but don't feel too badly if you aren't the lucky one. the odds of winning the powerball drawing are just one in 292.2 million. the next powerball drawing is saturday night. >>> the power is back on at disneyland in anaheim, california but it was an issue for thousands of people on wednesday when sections of the park went dark and rides just stopped moving. jamie lucas talked to some of the guests who had their trip cut short by the outage. >

. >>> we are tracking a developing story now involving the top leadership at the miss america organization, ceo sam haskell, the organization president and chairman all resigned today. this follows a huge outcry after the huffington post ahold of an e-mail exchange between the leaders. they allegedly mock the sex life and weight of 2013 winner mallory hagen. hasket said he made a mistake of words. the outing president apologized to her and nbc news has not vir fied the e-mails. >>> a mult billion dollars digital media and broadcasting company is saying sorry after an explosive report revealed disturbing accusations, three vice media employees as reported by the new york times received settlements harassm allegations. one was against the company president. the company's co-founders released a statement saying, quote, we have failed as a company to create a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone, especially women, can feel respected and thrive. the founders say they are taking steps to address the problems. >>> you only have tonight and tomorrow to get those last minute gives to put und

. >>> the top leadership of the miss america organization has resigned amid an e-mail scandal that couldt out of atlantic city. the organization's ceo, president and chairwoman all stepped down yesterday. the chairwoman said she was unjustly vilified. and that she's confident the full truth eventually will emerge. the scandal broke when e-mails written by pageant officials were linked to the huffington post. the e-mails criticized past miss americas for their appearance, their intellect and even their sex lives. atlantic city's mayor elect wants the city to end its contract with the pageant. a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in revenue. >>> the eagles are taking the christmas holiday off, sort of. and the sixers need to trust the back rub. next, joel embiid hits the court to try to get the team back on the right track. >>> also, counting down to the 2018 winter olympics. next what is happening the next few weeks as south korea readies to welcome the games. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity tha

. >>> the top leadership of the miss america organization has resigned amid an e-mail scandal that could yank the pageant out of atlantic city. the organization's ceo, president and chairwoman all stepped down yesterday. the chairwoman said she was unjustly vilified and she's confident the full truth will eventually emerge. the scandal broke when e-mails written by pageant officials were leaked to the huffington post. the e-mails criticized past miss americas for their appearance, their intellect and even their sex lives. atlantic city's mayor elect wants the city to end its contract with the pageant, a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in revenue. >>> time now 5:37 on this sunday morning. christmas eve. coming up, zero chance of survival. what investigators are saying about a shopping mall fire and the dozens of people inside who are now feared dead. >>> plus, joel embide returns to the court. highlights coming up in sports. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankf

the leadership of the miss america organization has resigned after "the huffington post" published a series of emails in which the organization's ceo and its employees referred to the women contestants as the "c-word" and "malcontents," called former winner gretchen carlson a "snake," and shamed another former winner about her weight gain. in response to the expose, 49 former miss americas called on the organization's ceo, sam haskell, and other leaders to resign. haskell and other members of the leadership then resigned over the weekend. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley is claiming the u.s. helped push the united nations to cut its budget for the upcoming year by $285 million. haley's statement on sunday came only days after president trump threatened to cut off funding to countries if they voted against the united states' decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. despite trump's threats, the u.n. general assembly voted overwhelmingly against the u.s. last week. in yemen, residents say u.s.-backed saudi-led air strikes killed more than 70 civilia

america is miss north dakota! >> in what is far from a crowning moment, the top leadership of the miss america organization stepping down just one day after dozens of former miss americas called for their ouster. ceo sam haskell, president josh randall and chairman lynn widener stepping down after it seemed to show malignment of past winners. in leaked e-mails obtained by "huffington post", haskell and the show's lead writer talked about contestants over their weight, sex lives. her weight is criticized in the leaked e-mails. >> we really need everyone else who was involved and complicit to go as well. >> kate shindle and grechechen carlson say they need to have a thorough cleaning of the board. in a statement before his resignation haskell called the story unkind and untrue. saturday the interim chairman of the board thanked haskell and widener for many years of tireless work and significant support. one of the main recipients, the children's miracle network, is now considering cutting ties. the beauty pageant under an ugly cloud. >> i think it will recover from this scandal. those empowered, educated women just c

america e-mail scandal. >> and we'll tell you who the organization is enlisting to help find new leadership. >>> and our resident party planner is here with tips on how to spend less time preparing and more time partying. first here's a look at today's temps. >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by my pillow. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic. get the digestive advantage. breathe freely fast wmy congestion's gone. i can breathe again! .. breathe on. >>> we're getting some news now about the houston astros world series celebration. one of their coaches nearly died. rich dower suffered bleeding in his brain just after the team's championship parade last month. the 65-year-old slipped and hit his head the night before. he collapsed while riding on a float. he had only a 3% chance of survival but has now recovered. in a case that his doctors are calling miraculous. >>> the miss america organization tarnished by a recent e-mail scan

. >>> the top leadership of the miss america organization has resigned amid an e-mail scandal that could yank the pageant out of atlantic city. the organization's ceo, president and chairwoman all stepped down yesterday. the chairwoman said she was unjustly vilified and that she is confident the full truth eventually will emerge. the scandal broke when e-mails written by the pageant officials were leaked to the huffington post. the e-mails criticized past miss americas for their appearance, their intellect and even their sex lives. atlantic city's mayor elect wants the city to end its contract with the pageant, a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars. >>> your time now 7:07 on sunday morning. new jersey state troopers came to the rescue and prevented a tragedy. next what these two troopers did by the side of the busiest road in the state. >>> christmas, but minus the tree. ahead, what happened to the holiday spirit in one town down south. for mild-to-moderate eczema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand? the knee

america e-mail scanned. the organization's ceo and other top leadership officials resigning today. in the e-mails he, package gentleman show writers and others mocked the appearance, intellect and sex lives of past miss americas. the interim chairman of the board issuing this statement saying, quote, this afternoon the board of directors of the miss america organization accepted the resignation of executive chairman and chief executive officer sam has skill. at the board's request ms. widner agreed to remain on the board up to 90 days to facilitate a smooth transition for the new leadership. mike? mike: america's opioid crisis is causes a spike man in people geg hepatitis c. it's major factor in overall life expectty of americans falling for the second year in a row. dr. radcliffe joins me now. when you talk about dropping the overall life expectancy for americans, this sounds epidemic. >> it's alarming. this is the first time in 50 years we've seen two consecutive years. 2015 we saw a dropped following between. looking at the preliminary data for 2017, we're looking for another dro

. >>> the top leadership of the miss america organization has resigned amid an e-mail scandal that could yank the pageant out of atlantic city. the organization's ceo, president and chairwoman, they all stepped down yesterday. the chairwoman says she was unjustly vilified and that she's confident the full truth will eventually emerge. the scandal broke when e-mails written by pageant officials were leaked to the huffington post. the e-mails criticized past miss americas for their appearance, intellect and even sex lives. atlantic city's mayor-elect wants the city to end the contract with the pageant, a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in revenue. >>> your time now, 6:37 on this christmas eve morning. coming up, tragedy in the philippines. scenes from a mall fire that leaves dozens of people dead. >>> plus, hurricane maria three months later. why leaders say one-third of the island's residents still don't have power. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> all right, good morning. i'm meteorologist krystal klei. if you're traveling this morning, the surrounding areas, we'

america organization involving top officials caught in that e-mail shaming scandal. the ceo is stepping down immediately. the organization's president and chairman will leave after helping with the leadershipnsition. this week somebody leaked e-mails to the huffing ton post in the exchange the leaders allegedly mocked the appearance, intellect, and sex lives of past contestants. nbc news has not verified those e-mails. >>> president trump spent part of the first full day of his holiday vacation hitting the links. the president arrived at trump palm beach this morning. they say this is his 108th day the president has spent at one of his properties since taking office. trump says he's on a working vacation. >>> it's almost christmas eve and time is quickly running out for you to get those gifts wrapped and under the christmas tree. and if you still have some shopping to do, you are not alone. the national retail federation predicts about 126 million people are still checking off gifts on their christmas lists. most national chains will stay open until 6:00 tomorrow, and that includes coal's, macy's, and walmart. you can shop at most target locations until 11:00 at night. >>> snow and ice are

america outrage. new this morning, backlash is growing following the alleged internal emails that show organization leadershipashing past winners. >>> help for the holiday. a family whose handicap van was stolen gets a sweet surprise that doesn't quite fit under the tree. very sweet. >>> good morning, thanks for being with us. welcome to "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm rosemary connors in for via sikahema. meteorologist bill henley has the first alert neighborhood forecast. cold this morning, bill. >> yes. it is some of the temperatures are moving up a little. a breeze blowing in spots. easterly wind at seven miles per hour in the lehigh valley, 35, never got cold in the lehigh valley. new jersey now up to 30. colder in the neighborhoods there. 36 degrees in delaware. most neighborhoods are either at or above freezing. upon not as -- not as chilly as yesterday afternoon. 40s and low 50s, mild for this time of year, and that's in spite of mostly cloudy skies in the suburbs and philadelphia. there will be breaks of

. >> a former miss america is speaking out against the organization following its request to enlist former pageant winners in its search for new leadership. she said the offer is laughable and insulting. this comes after leaked e-mail showed top leadership cruising crude and misleading language about top former winners. haggen and other former miss americas wants the entire board to step down. we'll have more on that as it develops. "action news" continues in a moment. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm. so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of their own research. what do you think about these chairs and that table? working with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young professionals, we're so busy... there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. we love it! there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. rescued from a burning home in new jersey. >>> police body cam video captures the moment an officer finds a kidnapped boy. >>> changes in pennsylvania's f

leadership and to lead this organization with women's empowerment. we are looking to gretchen carlson to be the interim chairman of the board and bring on other miss americas onto the board of directors and start putting together a new leadership. in that we want the people there , to step away. sharanjit: in the current movement with the "me too" movement and a lot of accusations against very high-profile men in hollywood and elsewhere, do you think this is helping your cause? how do you feel about this? >> absolutely, and the thing i think is a little bit different about this is that in those scenarios, we have not seen too many men stand up for women. it is women coming forward and other women contributing to the conversation. what is different about this scenario here is that the person who stood up for us was a man. brent adams was an employee of sam haskell and he realized something was wrong. it took him a while to figure out how to come forward with the information, and he tried to do it behind the scenes initially and was not successful because they refused to walk away from the program, those people in the e-mails were talking negatively about mi

organization we have been hearing from him,. he says trump's actions not exclude the united states from ever taking part in middle east peace talks. , dictating, closing doors for negotiations. americas qualifies [indiscernible] the palestinian leadership will call for an emergency session for the palestine council to steady his speech and review all the options and take the proper decisions. say,is time, i would speaking of moderation, speaking of nonviolence, i think tonight he is strengthening forces in the region like no one has done before. this is an act, a statement totally uncalled for, totally unacceptable. hasountry on earth [indiscernible] tonightresident trump p.m. he is in violation of international law -- tight. he is in violation of international law. that is a very tender situation. studiore joined in the by a middle east analyst. lots of reaction. why don't we take a step back and talk about this decision that trump has made, the announcement he is made. -- he has made. why do you think he has made this decision now? it was something he said on the can trade -- campaign trail, but he said he is committed to the peace process, as he said again. but you can see the kind of reactions we are getting here from the palestini

leadership of the miss america pageant. where does it go from here? a miss america is up in the air as the organizationeels from an email scandal in its upper ranks. that scandal begins when the huffington post published leaked comments about past contestants. york.s new >> she was a little about her love life and way. >> having someone believe you in any way is not ok. 96-year-oldfor the pageant has been fast and furious. coming up, more on who is stepping down. with your gma first look, i am linzie janis. larry: a deadly end to the christmas holiday. shot adrianna: trump takes to twitter over the holiday. issues he is taking on in 2018. a busy shopping season even busier. the rush to return. plus, we are on your side with ways to help you save. before we get you out the door, it is cold out there. just talking about how cold it is going to be around new year's. there is the possibility some could be stuck with highs in the teens and 20's. we are starting off in the upper 20's to low 30's. compared to this time yesterday, the wind is lighter. tracking some clouds, buno it is going to be dry today. our

3e broiled in e-mails that mock former miss americas about their appearance and inn elect and sex lives. they were sent among the organization's top leadership> the eagles are gettinready o face the oakland raiders on christmas day but christ mace come early for the birds. sean brace here to explain what this all means. sean? >> good evening, dawn. yeah eagles will play on christmas night for the second time in franchise history when they welcome the raiders to town first christmas game was played in 2006 when back up quarterback jeff garcia letter the eagles to victory over the dallas cowboys. fast forward present day eagles fans are hopeful to have another backup quarterback lead the way to a win in nick foles. up for grabs, still the overall number one seed in the playoffs. that's pretty important. minnesota vikings take on the green bay packers tonight in green bay. if the packers pull off a christmas miracle, the eagles would lock up the one seed without having to play on monday night. which puts head coach doug pederson in an interesting position with nothing to play for. do you rest your starters? >> within the game. i mean, to play o

leadership reportedly made derogatory comments about some past winners. "the huffington post" published e-mails from the miss america organizations with disparaging comments sam haskell including remarks on the appearance, sex lives, and intelligence of some past winners. dick clark rproductions called the comments appalling. haskell has apologized to the board. >> the accusations are brutal. police are searching for a man who hid inside a goodwill and robbed employees at gunpoint after the store closed. the robbery was report ed they gave the thief cash. an inmate is back under arrest and stockton police posted this on facebook. >> he had a skull tattoo. they found him and arrested him. he was serving time on a weapons charge. a man is under arrest in connection with homemade bombs. it was a story first broke yesterday. s.w.a.t. teams converged on a home in oakland wednesday night. investigators linked evidence left behind. one of the devices was sent to one of the devices was sent to an east palo aalto home. >> when he did so, he held it at a distance. >> a federal criminal complaint charges laverty with, quote, mailing an explosive device the intent to

to thank her for her leadership in organizing this special order and her leadership of the historically black colleges and universities caucus. hbcu's provide a great value to america and i'm honored to represent a congressional district that's home to two hbcu's, hampton university which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year and norfolk state university. since their inception, hbcu's have been the cornerstone of post-secondary education for the african-american community. this was true 150 years ago and remains true today. hbcu's account for no more than 3% of all colleges and universities, yet they enroll almost 10% of all african-american undergraduate students and produce about 15% of all bachelors degrees earned by african-americans. also produce 25% of african-american stem graduates and 33% of african-american science and engineering ph.d.s. approximately half of all african-american teachers graduated from hbcu's, many of them choose to teach in high minority, low-income school districts where they serve as role models for their communities. as ranking member of the committee on education and the work force, i know the prominent role that hbcu's play i

i would like to see america funding these organizations and always maintaining a key leadership positionnot just here in the western hemisphere but around the globe. that is our natural duty to do and that is our natural position to be at. i don't think cutting off funding to the u.n. or cutting off foreign aid to many allies is a right move to make that will only reduce our leverage and will cut our influence. >> patti ann: it's not cutting it off but it is a reduction. >> reduction, reduction, right. >> patti ann: unfortunately we are out of time. we will have to leave it there ara are we have to leave it there. >> ed: bus crash killed 20 people. >> patti ann: in a week pot sales will be legal in california. why people won't see recreational pot right away. >> we have dealt with medical marijuana for a if you years here and the recreational is going to be obviously a different set of rules. >> ed: time for quick check of the headlines, deadly coalition in the philippines this day killing at least 20 catholic pilgrims and hurting nine others when their mini bus hit a larger public bus.

miss america organization, lost its tv partner over vulgar e-mails about contestants, dick clark productions dropping the organization last night, in leak e-mails the pageant seen here leadership was caught ridiculing the appearance and intelligence and sexual lives of pennsylvania winners, sam haskill the ceo apologized and he is expect to respond publicly today. now sylvester stallone declaring his innocence after second would hand has come forward with accusation this is woman filed a police report in santa monica last in claiming that he sexually assaulted her in the 90's. he categorically disputes those allegations, he is 71. he is planning to file a claim begins her for filing a false police report month. man came forward claiming he had sexually assault heard in las vegas in 96 when she was 16. stallone denies that as well. he is due to begin filming the scene well to creed in philadelphia in march. >>> long time chairman of the pennsylvania board of education resigning amid sexual accusations two women come forward saying they have long term relationship with larry wittig when they were 16 and 17. both relationships happend american 35 years ago when he was in his late

stunner miss america organization, just lost its tv partner over vulgar e-mails about konstantinov testtents, dick clark productions dropped it last night n leak e-mails the pageant senior leadership, was caught, ridiculing, the appearance and intelligence and sex lives of past winners, sam haskill the ceo of the pageant, pol guyed to the board for his comments. he is expected to respond, publicly today. >>> also developing right new we are following an investigation in southwest philadelphia where we had four people shot, all of them, in critical condition. lets get right to steve keeley to explain, steve? >> reporter: well, what we have is nine shots fired, here's video of all four shot between 22 and 32 years old, all shot, as we show you the street here on darryl street after a woman family member called them for help when her boyfriend started attacking her police tell us. four men drove over to the street at 9:30 coming in two different cars. >> young lady was arguing in the street with her boyfriend. at some point it turned physical. young lady called a family member, two cars, family member arrived on the scene, one of the maleness one of these two cars gets on it and star

organic leadership is crucial, crucial, crucial to black churches, black american politics, and so on. 1972, this is one of the few books that examines lack politics called "the black preacher in america." it came out in 1970 two. professor hamilton is still alive. he is a political scientist and he is best known for a book he wrote or co-authored with powerhael called "lack and the politics of liberation." you can see it at the top there. hamilton began to study in some ways clergy behavior. and he ended up writing a book on when the people -- on one of the people that we will talk about, the political biography of an american dilemma. studied people have black clergy with the exception of dr. martin luther king junior who gets a lot of ink like abraham lincoln. america. preacher in he wanted to take this wide sweep in the 1970's to look at it. this book comes in the context of a book you have already read by arthur. there are a group of books shortly after the assassination of martin luther king. all of these books were coming out after the assassination of king as a minister, king as a leader. there were a number of books coming out and people were thinking about -- what did black

america organization just who their tv partner over vulgar e-mails about contestants in the pageant. >> dick clark productions dropped the organization and this happened last night. in leaked e-mails pageant senior leadership were caught ridiculing the appearance, intelligence and sex lives of past winners. sam haskill apologized to the board for his comments. he is expect to respond to the public today. >> sam haskill big time television, movie agent out in beverly hills for years. very famous in the entertain the world. >>> long time chairman of the pennsylvania board of education is resigning amid sexual accusations accounts two women came forward this week saying they had long term relationship with larry wittig when they were 16, 17, both relationships happened 35 years ago in his late 20's, early 30's. he denies those accusations. >> every day it is something, isn't it? >>> a four month-old baby is in the hospital after a vicious attack by a racoon, i'm sure you heard about this, we will meet her father today, he will be in our studio. >> this happened inside of her home, we want to warn you pictures are graphic. but family wants you to see them, to show what can happen. we will show what this beauti

america pageant, the producers have cut ties with the organization. overnight the huffington post publishing internal e-mails between sam haskell and senior leadership thatskell commenting about her weight and romantic life and kate shin dell has called for the entire board to resign. the organization says that ceo haskell has apologized but does remain ceo for now so we will find out what happens. >> these weren't just comments but in e-mails written down. >> and some of them really hard to read because you think you're going to work for somebody and they're talking about you behind your back and saying really mean awful things. >> a misogynist dialogue. more to come. >>> let's talk about something nice. we already did naughty. let's do nice. [ applause ] so katy perry -- i can tell the crowd loves this. let's do nice now. katy perry and the make-a-wish foundation making adream come true for a wonderful girl music, the driving force in 9-year-old reyna massie's recovery from a malignant brain tomb he thanks to make-a-wish she got her dream come true and sing with her. take a look. ♪ everything coming down but hey ♪ ♪ hear my voice hear my sound ♪ >> rey

america pageant, dick clark productions cutting ties with the organization. overnight the "huffington post" publishing internal e-mails between sam haskell and senior leaderships, their intelligence level. it's really disturbing. 2013 miss america winner mallory hagan particularly singled out. haskell commenting about her weight and romantic life and kate shin dell has called for the entire board to resign. >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. >>> good morning, for those of you just joining us, i'm tom llamas. president trump has just signed the historic $1.5 trillion tax bill, an important moment not only for the administration but also the country. this likely will affect everyone's taxes. the president's biggest legislative victory to date, and a promise he campaigned on to overhaul our tax system and with his signature, this will be the biggest rewrite in a generation of our tax code. now, republicans feel there will lead to higher wages and more jobs, but democrats, they have slammed this bill, calling this a tax cut for the rich and big business. the vast majority of taxpayers will see a lower tax bill, but those cuts could expire by 2025.

leadership it is limited as to how far it will go. this visual shows the many organizations operate. unfortunately how many public schools in america operate. there is no clear direction. there's a lot of people working really hard, deeply committed to children, but going in different directions. one of the key pieces we did was we initially started with our community and we created the strategic design which gave us the direction, a very clear direction about where we need to go to great a learner centered system. within also found that there is a lot of people know that were in our system that was were stl going in different directions, and that's the inside arrow you see in this visual. so as you develop an focus on leadership, and leadership at every level of the organization from the learners to the teaching staff which really refer to learning facilitators to the secretary jewell staff, to the formal leaders as principals, assistant principals and district staff, because in lindsay this is what we have. we have deep levels of alignment towards the vision, towards our learners and commitment to our learners. and we have every

organization that is non-partisan we have been resolutely nonpartisan over 35 years the founders meet annually in aspen in colorado to discuss and debate big ideas of america's foreign policy and our global leadership in each year we prepare a book for publication and this year's book is available today that we are discussing today maintaining american leadership. we will discuss the book this morning and with that global trade position about the impact of technology on the global military leadership continuing with a conversation i will moderate between former secretary of defense bill:and madeleine albright about these issues to culminate in a panel chaired by the washington post to former national security advisor so we have a full morning. this summer we took on in our conversation the major question that republicans and democrats have about our future will the united states maintain its leadership in the decades ahead? in his populist movements in poland and hungary and that democratic direction of the alternative for deutschland in germany some of these anti-democratic parties financed by the kremlin from the inside it is one day factor we are planting -- contending with like china and russia

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