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jeff glor. captioning sponsored by cbs [bell tolls] >> glor: wall street celebrate tax cuts. >> a giant presenthe implications of a late, last-minute deal and how where you live could determine how much you pay. also tonight, both sides weigh in after protection for acres of millions of acres of land is removed. >> this place is sacred to native americans. >> they have lost opportunities to create economic development. >> glor: ben tracy with more on how u.s. forces stay prepared near north korea. >> >> reporter: we shot up into the air at nearly 500mph. >> glor: also up in the sky, first and only supermoon of 2017. and... >> scared me. >> glor: the very

jeff glor. captioning sponsored by cbs [bell tolls] >> glor: wall street celebrate tax cuts. >> a giant present for christmas. >> glor: the implications of a late, last-minute deal and how where you live could determine how much you pay. also tonight, both sides weigh in after protection for acres of millions of acres of land is removed. >> this place is sacred to native americans. >> they have lost opportunities to create economic development. >> glor: ben tracy with more on how u.s. forces stay prepared near north korea. >> >> reporter: we shot up into the air at nearly 500mph. >> glor: also up in the sky, first and only supermoon of 2017. and... >> scared me. >> glor: the very delicate dentalwork taking place on big cats. >> currently we're doing four root canals. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: and good evening. wall street today signaled its approval of a tax cut passed by the republican-controlled congress. the dow closed at a record high with financial stocks leading the way. the president called the overhaul a christmas gift. so what's in it? chief congressional

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[laughter] stuart: very quiet with one minute to go to the opening bell, jeff sica.'t think this is a second leg up? >> i just hate -- there's so much optimism here. i hate to say, the reality for me, yes, i think the economy will do better, i'm so happy, i could do a back flip right now, but the reality is, is that this price despite what gary cohn said, i believe the tax cut has been priced in, 5 great tech stocks but too narrow, 50% of the gain in the five tech stocks, i'm not comfortable with this -- with the higher-level predictions. complacency is overwhelming to me right now. [laughter] stuart: okay. lizzie. liz: what do you make of the fact that ubs and jpmorgan are saying that tax cuts are not fully priced in. stuart: gary cohn is saying that. >> there's no surprise that wall street is saying that. i believe that you have to separate the economy. stuart: quiet on the set. we are about to make history. 9:30 eastern time and this is wednesday december the 20th, that's right. we are up 85, we are up 90, 86 points. you're listening on the radio, i will read it o

. >> roy moore, doug jones battling it out for jeff sessions vacated senate seat. bell mel is live on capitol hill this morning to break on the highly contested senate race, mel. >> good morning, steve, allison. when senator jeff sessions long time senator from alabama was chosen as trump's pick for attorney general political analysts physical urd that was safe move because there was no way in their opinion that alabama voters would ever fill that seat with dem caxt now race is toss up. and that could mean a shakeup in the senate. >> and. >> jm roy moore wouldn't say much about politics or sports or anything else last night outside final election eave cap pain question validity of recent polls and talk need to challenge establishment. >> it's difficult to drain the swamp. >> when you're up to your neck in alligators. >> what moore has going for him it deep red alabama and state that generally does not elect democrats and has faced one sexual misconduct allegation after another involving some instances teenagers and all made perhaps more awkward by interview he did with

see people like mitt romney being so strongly against roy moore, people like jeff flake who have sort of been raising alarm bellsut the future of the party. >> you mentioned romney. wholly ironic to hear steve bannon hit romney and his kids for lack of military service, failing to mention that grizzled war veteran donald trump and his kids who used their weapons to shoot big game in africa. people cannot let that crap pass, but that's small stuff. let's talk about the larger feud in the party that the president says is unity. like a lot of people have said they've never seen before. you've covered the republican party for an awful long time. excluding this tax debate which looks like it's on track, is there unity in the republican party? >> absolutely not. witness romney will admit and jeff flake, we've been talking about it. there was that strange photo op yesterday of jeff flake sitting next to trump shortly before flake sent that check essentially thumbing truck in the eye. yeah, that's -- that's a strange photo op and you've got to think that trump wanted flake there and not the other way around. >> and sena

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of those allies, jeff flake was one of them, have largely caved. i think you can soundly bells the end of the deficit hawks in the republic and party because that is not what this bill is about. there are no more deficit hawks in the report can party. that is a huge story. but i want to turn to the other major story of the day, the flynn news. right now, what teens to be the white house's approach to responding to this in -- to this development? house,ar, in the white they are suggesting themselves from plan, saying, look, this to bes fired for lighting vice president about this meeting. it's not surprising he pleaded guilty to a charge related to that. the most damaging thing with the -- it's what else he is telling mueller. we know he has been talking about conversations with various , regardingofficials the conversation with the russian ambassador during the transition. so, i think you will see the administration tried to say, hey, these were wide open. there is nothing to be seen here. but they were very strong questions about exactly what was known -- what exactly was kno

jeff flake. late this afternoon, utah senator mike lee and maine senator susan collins both jumped behind the bell. >> this legislation will provide tax relief to working families. >> senator bob corker is a "yes" but democrats allege that's because he got with a call the corker kickback. some on the left are accusing the writers of air dropping a sweetheart deduction for people who own certain kinds of real estate, including the senator himself, in the text. nancy pelosi complains "the g.o.p. tax cam is not tax form. it's a frankenstein monster of giveaways to the wealthy and powerful that will explode the deficit and pillage middle-class america." corker insists he was never briefed about the benefit and senate finance committee chair orrin hatch is backing him up, saying the last minute addition is six weeks old and that "it takes a great deal of imagination and likely no small amount of partisanship to argue that a provision that's been public for over a month, debated on the floor of the house of representatives, included in the house passed bill, and identified by the joint committee on taxa

jeff glor. we leave you with holiday lights from sonoma. allen and elizabeth will be back in 30 minutes. we'll see you at 6:00. captioning sponsored by cbs [bellglor: wall street celebrates tax cuts. >> a giant present for christmas. >> glor: the imlimtion implication of a late deal and how much you pay. >>> both sides weigh in after protection from millions of acres of federal land is removed. >>> ben tracy how forces stay prepared near north korea. >> we shot up in the air at nearly 500 miles an hour. >> billy bush on president trump. >> i was there you were there that's your voice on the tape. >> then a very

jeff flake who then now supports the bill. so here we are, 57 minutes left until we hear that closing bell ring. the dow down 93 points but well off the lows. if you had to point to what's kept the markets from hitting the bottom of the pole and staying there, it is the developments occurring at the same time as general flynn's drama played out. to get to the 50 votes, the senate really needed to dig through the sofa cushions to find the spare change needed to get this bill passed. horse trading galore, they're taking a look at decades old perks like deducting living spences for members of congress and turning to taxing gift cards. wait until you hear that one. one thing they haven't said anything about yet is carried interest. the so-called welfare for the rich that allows billionaires to pay a 20% tax bracket. what really has come out of negotiations today? adam shapiro live from capitol hill. you got get to the gift cards, but also congress is taking a look at itself inwardly and saying maybe we shouldn't deduct certain things? >> the manager's amendment is going to include a smaller amendmen

bell, abc7 news. kimberly: democrat won a senate race in alabama for the first time in 25 years. doug jones defeated roy moore to fill jeff sessions' seat. today, mitch mcconnell was asked if he blamed breitbart's stephen bannon who stumped for moore. >> the political genius on display throwing away a seat on a red state in america is hard to ignore. didn't blame him exactly. but there was with a write-in campaign. we thought we'd share the best names. bugs bunny. according to a.l..com and he was a popular candidate. kimberly: chuck norris. or any other republican. larry: the ghost of stonewall jackson got a vote. sense of humor. kimberly: that is right. the "7 on your side" consumer alert. apple faces two class action lawsuits. one in california and one in illinois. this is related to the admission they are slowing down phones. it does it after the 500 battery cycles. you can get the battery replacement for the iphones that cost $80 for a pro to install. larry: a roller coaster week for the bitcoin ends with a selloff. the crypto currency worth $11,000 today before heading back to $14,000. kimberly: this is video of an e

jeff thank you. drive carefully. they say half the world is laugh ing and half the world is crying, with the closing bell about 30 minutesway. folks from california to the new york islands, wiping a few years here raising a stink over what president trump and republicans celebrated 24 hours ago, right during this show, but our blue state residents do they have a real beef about what d & d not make it into the gop's tax plan? up next, a new yorker caught between two world's. new york city citizens he answers to and the business he needs to pay their pension. new york city controller, scott stringer walking into our studio s right now, wait until you hear all the ways he says the cons out weigh the pros in the big apple, got to hear that. countdown coming right back. trish: i'm nicole petallides on the new york stock exchange with this fox business brief. stocks trying to break a two day losing streak here they are higher in the final hour trading here, apple confirming long-time conspiracy theory admitting its purposely closed down the performance of its older iphones after the new models are released the company claiming

jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> ♪ >>> the eagles taking on their division rivals the new york giants on sunday but the birds playing for much more than bragging rights. sean bellere to tell us what's at stake sunday, sean. >> chris, eagles are playing for two thing. a first round bye and home field advantage and all that might depend on nick foles. now that carson wentz is out, foles is the guy that everyone is depending on and no one knows what to really expect. foles played well against the rams but then again he really didn't have to do much eagles are hoping foles can return to his form back in the day when he had 27 touchdowns and two interceptions when he played for chip kelly. whether or not they go to the super bowl really isn't on foles. it's on everybody. >> i don't want guys to go above and beyond what they've been doing to help us win games. they don't have to do anything more than just their job and just their responsibility and whatever their role is in the game plan and that goes for nick, it's been awhile since he's been out there playing you don't want him to press. you want to let the game unfold in front of you, and i think -- i think as tea

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pennsylvania and senator jeff flake of arizona are both retiring in 2018 and both are on record as outspoken critics of the president. but over the weekend they sounded huge alarm bells about their party's future under the leadership of president trump. >> clearly, you know, republican -- my party, the republican party, is going to experience losses. it remains to be seen whether or not we'll lose the majority. i tell my colleagues, look, we're going to be running into a headwind. you'd better be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. but let's be prepared for the worst because this could be a tough year. >> what's the risk if the party continues in that direction, the bannon direction, the trump direction? that you could lose -- could you lose the senate? >> most definitely. most definitely. when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the spasms of a dying party. when you look at the lack of diversity sometimes. it depends on where you are obviously. but by and large, we're appealing to older white men. and there are just a limited number of them. >> on sunday the president tweeted, "the

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