roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. the u.s. senate has passed one of the most sweeping overhauls to the u.s. tax code in more than 30 years. >> the tax cuts and jobs act, as amended, is passed. ( gavel bangs ) ( applause ) >> sreenivasan: just before 2:00 a.m. this morning, with vice president mike pence presiding, the u.s. senate narrowly passed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill by a vote of 51-49. after last-minute negotiations on the floor of the senate, the final text of the nearly 500- page bill was rele

roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. babbel's 10-15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. >> additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president trump is expected to approve a plan to provide ukrainian forces with lethal weapons in their battle with russian-backed separatists. the state department confirmed the deal, saying the assistance is "entirely defensive in nature,"

roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. republicans in congress are on track to pass one of the biggest overhauls to the tax code in more than 30 years this coming week. on the brink of his first major legislative victory, president trump predicted today the tax bill would benefit the middle class and spur economic growth. >> we're really going to start to rock. we need this as our final push, and you're going to see some numbers that are great. but most importantly, you're going to see great job numbers. >> sre

roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. in california, firefighters are racing to gain control of the six wildfires burning through the southern part of the state before high winds return to the region later today. since thursday, more than 8,500 firefighters have used a break in the high-powered gusts that can spread and intensify the flames, to increase containment of all six fires. some residents began to return to their homes in areas where evacuation orders were recently lifted. >> everything's gone. there'

roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. it's just two days until the special senate election between republican roy moore and democrat doug jones in alabama. president trump again supported moore, this time by recording a robocall that will start reaching alabama voters today. in the recording, obtained by abc news, the president tells voters he needs moore's vote in the senate. >> roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make america great again agenda. >> sreenivasan: this follows an unambiguous endorsement from

roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. friday former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and today in a series of early morning statements on twitter, the president attacked both the f.b.i. and its former director james comey. the president reiterated his claim: "i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn," adding, "just more fake news covering another comey lie!" comey was fired by president trump in may. that's in direct contradiction to comey's sworn testimony to

roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. the anderson family fund. rosalind p.alter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided