senator john thune: it is a hub. about techi talked and financial services and agriculture but we have a tremendous health care footprint here. it is a huge driver of jobs in our command -- economy. we have two major health-care systems that are very regional. we have become a hub in terms of shopping. when i was a kid, i came down here for basket tournaments. i think at that time, sioux falls was 75,000 people. and therelly growing is a great workforce. or corporate income tax, a great place to do business and a quality of life that is second to none. that sometimes in the winter, there is 40 below wind chills. you have to get through that but if you want to raise a family and you want to have access to a lot of things, you don't want to do with the headaches and traffic and things that come with a big city and have all the opportunities to do the things that you do in a big city, this is a wonderful place. we are proud of it. i am proud of my entire state. we have a number of cities in the state that are doing well

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senator thune: this is a tough time on the farm. farm economy has been rough now for several years in a row. we had a significant drought event this summer in south dakota which will affect and knock down some of our yields this year. the next farm on bill, trying to identify those areas where we think we can start shaping a bill that reflect the economic times we are in. there are 13 titles of the farm bill. i have ideas i think for every title. have rolled out five different bills so far, one dealing with commodity title, one dealing with conservation, one dealing with disaster, health, so we're looking at a range of issues that impact agriculture. for the most part people want to have a good strong crop insurance program. that has become the benchmark safety net for agriculture. it is the opportunity for people to ensure them selves against the risks involved with farming and ranching. there is the conservation title of the farm bill, something that we want to give farmers who want intot more of their lands conservation programs,

>> senator thune: i believe it will pass, chris. end -- we have members who are expressing what are legitimate concerns, who have ideas about how to make the bill stronger and better we are certainly open to those, and we will have an open process on the floor of the united states and or people could offer amendments. they can get debated and voted upon. plenty of opportunities to change the bill and the direction cut some of our senators want to see, but on the other hand, we need to get this accomplishment. this is a goal that we have had for a long time. the tax code in this country needs to be changed if we are going to be competitive in the global marketplace. our businesses are not competitive today. if we want to get the economy going at a faster rate, better paying jobs, raising wages in this country, we need to get this tax bill across the finish line. and also are important goal in this is to deliver tax relief to middle income families. a bill that we were reported out of the senate finance committee last week and that wi

thune, no. mr. burr. mr. burr, no. mr. isakson. no. mr. portman. no. mr. toomey. in. mr. heller, no. mr. cassidy. no. mr. wyden. aye. ms. stabenow. aye. ms. cantwell. aye. mr. nelson. aye. mr. carter. aye. mr. cardin. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner. i'm going to vote aye but i want the record to reflect i would have vote against. >> aye on process, no on the underlying. >> mr. chairman. o. >> the clerk will tell the tally. what's the outcome of the vote? >> 11 ayes, 11 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. senator cantwell number 9 if you want to go forward. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to clarify for my colleagues, this is not the previous amendment we were talking about. we'll come back to that later. i call up my modify cage to cantwell number 9, committee amendment 188. it has been offset. mr. chairman, this amendment fixes another unintended consequence we just heard about in the interactions between the low income housing tax credit and the marks international provision. the marks international provision erosion provisions, the base e

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thune: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i a lot of our colleagues on the other side have come to the floor today and talked about why they don't like our tax reform bill. many of those arguments have been focused on who benefits from it. of course, as is usually the case when you start talking about any kind of an attempt to reduce taxes on the american people so they can keep more of what they earn, keep more of the dollars in their pockets so they can decide how to spend it rather than send it to washington, d.c., democrats complained that it is tax cuts for the rich. well, again, i want to point out -- and this of course is based upon the joint committee on taxation, which was just alluded to and where they find the benefits of the tax relief going. as you can see from this chart, these represent different income groups and the highest percentage tax cuts actually go to those in the lower and midd middle-income groups. if you look at who benefits from this, every income group gets a significant tax cut. but mi

thune. no. mr. burr. no. mr. isakson. no. mr. portman. no. mr. toome. no. mr. heller, no. mr. cassidy. no. mr. wyden. aye. ms. stabenow. aye. ms. cantwell. aye. mr. nelson. aye. mr. menendez. aye by probblingsy. mr. carper. aye. mr. car kin. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye by proxy. mr. casey. aye. r. warner. r. warner. aye by proxy. ms. mccaskill. aye. mr. chairman. the chairman votes no mr. bennett. aye. mr. hatch: clerk will report the result. the clerk: the final tally is 12 aye, 14 nays. mr. hatch: amendment is defeated. we go to senator cantwell number 2. senator cantwell, it's your amendment. ms. cantwell: i hope we have enough time to discuss this amendment because this is one of my fundamental concerns about this bill. when we started saying we were going to talk about tax reform and changing making our corporations more competitive, as somebody who represents a state with a lot of international companies, i wanted to talk about that. i wanted to talk about the innovation economy of the future. and what we could do to stir and innovate more given our tax code. b

thune. >> no. >> mr. burr. >> no by proxy. >> mr. isaacson. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> no. >> mr. heller. >> no. >> mr. scott. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> no by proxy. >> mr. wyden. >> aye. >> miss stabenow. >> aye. >> miss cantwell. >> aye. >> mr. nelson. >> aye. >> mr. menendez. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. carper. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. carden. >> aye. >> mr. brown. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. bennett. >> aye. >> mr. casey. >> aye. >> mr. warner. >> aye. >> mrs. mccaskill. >> aye. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> the chairman votes no. mr. carper. mr. carper aye. >> the clerk will tell us the tally. >> mr. chairman, the final tally is 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. >> senator casey, you have number 12? you want to bring that up? senator casey? >> mr. chairman, i want to bring up casey number 12. >> okay. >> this amendment simply states that the legislation would not go into effect if taxes go up for americans earning under $50,000 a year. we've heard a lot about that dollar -- that income amount this week. that there's a concern tha

thune: under the chairman's modified mark. so, they can say it and say it and say it, but it just doesn't comport with reality. if you're in the lowest income category, if you're an individual and let's say you're married filing jointly, with the change in the standard deduction, doubling the standard deduction, and if you have any kid, add the per child tax credit on top of that, you would have zero tax liability. in the lower income category. , so you can keep saying it and i know it's a great throw-away line that democrats like to use. but it just doesn't fit with the facts it. doesn't fit with reality. this proposal delivers tax relief across all different income categories and if you look at the percentages, it's particularly good in terms of percentage tax cuts in some of the lower income categories. >> mr. chairman, may i close? i didn't use my five minutes completely. if i could have a minute to respond. this is not some off the cuff thing, senator thune. this is the math. and the math is that -- you can't even see thi

senator thune has pointed this out. senator toomey has reinforced it, that the individual mandate, without any question, is a tax. so the question is, who is paying that tax? the reality of it is, a very simple answer. very simple answer. households under $25,000 of household income, one-third are paying that tax. out of the entire folks who are paying the tax, 80% of the folks who are paying the tax today live in a household under $50,000. if we are seriously concerned about hard-working americans, let's look no further than the current debate over the individual mandate and its impact on low-income americans. $25,000 household is half -- less than half of the average income in south carolina. and yet a third of the folks who are paying the penalty, who are essentially having a higher tax rate, live in households under $25,000. why? because they're paying a tax. $50,000 threshold, 80% of the folks, that is slightly around the -- slightly less than the average income in south carolina -- 80% of the folks who are paying

. >> will break down tax plans with senator john thune.se michael flynn is lawyers have cut ties with the trump legal team in the russia program. will asked our panel what that means for the special counsel investigation. paul, right now on "fox news sunday". >> hello again and happy holiday weekend from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. the death toll continues to rise after militants attacked a mosque in egypt during the friday prayers. 305 people including 27 children, are dead. after militants set off an explosion in the mosque then gunned down worshipers as they fled. no group has claimed responsibility. meanwhile here in washington, the president meets with congressional leaders tuesday to push for tax reform and try to avoid a government shutdown in less than two weeks. but the big story is the series of sexual harassment claims rocking capitol hill and beyond. she congressional correspondence mike emmanuel starts us off. >> after four women came forward accusing minnesota senator, al franken of sexual misconduct

thune, no. mr. isaacson, no. by proxy., no proxy.ler, no by proxy.tt, no by mr. wyden, aye. out --van out -- stevan aye by proxy. mr. cardin, aye. is there bennett, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. chairman, no. sen. hatch: clerk will report. nays.ayes, 14 sen. hatch: the amendment is defeated. who is next? senator nelson. >> mr. chairman, i call up a moment 194, nelson amendment number 6. mr. chairman, you have tried to reform the tax code and make it simpler. that what yous are offering today, many small businesses are going to find a lot of intricacies in this bill, , and myriad of regulations a lot of small businesses have a lot of their pet -- a lot on their plate, and they do not have the time for the inns and outs of the tax code. despite your efforts, mr. is going tois bill be in legal jargon that few people will understand. what this amendment does is to try to put into the code, a simple way to ensure taxpayers can file their taxes without having to learn the tax law or to incur the cost of the tax professional. it directs the irs to work with the private

joining me is john thune. good to have you here today. >> hi, dana. >> dana: i feel like when i look at it, there's serious momentum on the republican side with democrats thinking that they have the upper hand when it comes to public opinion. where do you think things stand for the senate being able to pass this next week? >> i think there's a lot of momentum for it. the house has already passed it. we will have it on the floor next week after the thanksgiving holiday in the senate. and although there are reports dana about individual members who have concerns about one aspect of the bill or another, i think there is a real commitment among republican senators to get to question. and i think we absolutely have to deliver on this for the american people. and i think we're gonna get there. i'm excited about the work that's been done already. i'm looking forward to a debate next week. >> dana: one of those people you mentioned is susan collins, senator from maine. let's get your reaction. >> if you do pull this p

thune. no. mr. burr. no. mr. isaacson. no. mr. portman. no. mr. toomey. no. mr. heller. no. mr. scott. no. mr. cassidy. no. mr. widen. aye. ms. stab na. aye. s in cantwell. aye. mr. menendez. >> aye by proxy. mr. carper. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye by proxy. mr. warner. aye by proxy. >> mrs. mccaskill. aye. mr. chairman. no. >> chairman votes no. >> clerk will report. >> 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> defeated. turn to casey, number 26. >> we heard earlier about the process that will likely unfold if this bill moves out of committee. that there will be a bill out of the finance committee and then of course the house is working on their bill. should the bill go to conference, this amendment requires an open hearing on any measure with the revenue budget impact -- revenue or budget impact of greater than $1 billion. i don't think that's asking too much for openness and transparency so that taxpayers know in this rushed process leading up to a vote on the finance committee, which i have argued and we've all on this side argued as moving too fast, this kind of drive by tax bill, ins

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as you just heard senator thune talking about. the senate's plan would delay the big tax cut for corporations by a year, eliminate all deductions for state and local taxes. i just asked him about that. including property taxes or salt for short. the senate plan would repeal the unpopular obamacare care mandate. democrats are going after that plan. this from house democratic leader nancy pelosi. >> we cannot let them do this. and, by the way, say this is a tax cut for the middle class. not true. not true. not true. not true. they throw a scrap to the middle class, provide a banquet for the wealthy and corporate america. transform america in doing so. we will not let that happen. kill the bill. kill the bill. >> harris: let's bring in the house chief tax writer kevin brady of texas who chairs the house ways and means committee. i am also going to add this because i watch it on two facebook, between two chamber, how you'll get the two sides to come together. you hear nancy pelosi going after, first of all the tax brackets and who pay

senator thune has pointed this out. senator toomey has reinforced it, that the individual mandate, without any question, is a tax. so the question is, who is paying that tax? the reality of it is, a very simple answer. very simple answer. households under $25,000 of household income, one-third are paying that tax. out of the entire folks who are paying the tax, 80% of the folks who are paying the tax today live in a household under $50,000. if we are seriously concerned about hard-working americans, let's look no further than the current debate over the individual mandate and its impact on low-income americans. $25,000 household is half -- less than half of the average income in south carolina. and yet a third of the folks who are paying the penalty, who are essentially having a higher tax rate, live in households under $25,000. why? because they're paying a tax. $50,000 threshold, 80% of the folks, that is slightly around the -- slightly less than the average income in south carolina -- 80% of the folks who are paying

thune. he and i were -- for close to five years now, have led a bipartisan effort. basic problem with the position is, the charitable deduction is a -- it is not a loophole. a report on taxation, and they found that the charitable deduction would be cut by 30% next year under the house plan. know, marking appear today -- this looks much different. we are shared -- charitable people. .e will always help this makes a big difference, both from the size of the gift and number of the gift. when the joint committee on taxation says the house plan will cut terror -- charitable donations, said of trampling on a bipartisan effort that they let in this committee now -- senator thune has been great. talk?they else want to clerk will call the roll. [voting] >> thought someone was going to make the point that we are keeping the charitable deduction. >> we are. >> it's in the bill. >> that's right. >> those people who are taking advantage of that -- which is an interest interest rate for a lot of families

thune. no. mr. burr. no. mr. isaacson. no. mr. portman. no. mr. toomey. no. mr. heller. no. mr. scott. no. mr. cassidy. no. mr. widen. aye. ms. cantwell. aye. >> mr. nelson. aye. mr. carper. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. casey. aye. chairman? no. >> chairman votes no. >> the amendment is defeated. next amendment? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would ask scent to call card on amendment number 13 and asked -- thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment would step back the corporate rate reductions if the secretary of the treasury cannot sert fight thcertify thae for mental health substance and mental health coverage has not been diminished. the concern here to my colleagues is that we have the resources to deal with the opioid crisis that's affecting every community in our country. my concern is that if you look at the underlining bill, the cbo has scored it at and joint tax committee at 1.5 trillion addition to our national debt. my concern is we know the casualties from the opioid crisis. we know we need to have the resources in order to deal with it. we know that there's been an abuse of

. >>> and in our next hour the number three senate republican john thune will join us to talk about tax reform and how it works. that's right here on "cbs this morning." >>> an undercover operation reveals screening at airports fails most of the time. they missed test weapons and bombs at baggage checkpoints than not. kris van cleave with how the tsa is responding. good morning. >> good morning. it following similar results or it's worse than a couple of years ago. that prompted tsa to try to improve performance. that appears to not have really worked out. homeland security decided to open yesterday's hearing to the public because the findings are are so urgent. >> we find the briefing disturbing. >> reporter: that's how chairman mike mccall opened the meeting. they found 70% of the time undercover officers were able to get through tsa checkpoints with mock knives, guns, and explosives. just two years ago they found a 95% failure rate. they made eight classified observations. they say they take the measures seriously. both members of congress and tsa want to replace old scanners with ne

. >>> and in our next hour, the number three senate republican john thune will join us to talk about tax reform and how the senate plan would work. that's ahead right here on cbs this morning. >>> an undercover operation revealed tsa screening at airports fails most of the time. investigators found the screeners missed test weapons and bombs at baggage checkpoints more often than not. chris van cleave is at reagan national airport right outside washington, d.c. with how the tsa is responding. chris, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. this latest round of checkpoint failures follows similar results or actually a little bit worse a couple of years ago and that prompted a systemwide retraining of tsa officers to try to improve performance. that appears to not have really worked out. now, the house healland security committee decided to open yesterday's hearing to the public because these findings are so urgent. >> we found that briefing disturbing. >> reporter: that's how republican mike mccaul, the chair, opened the hearing. in that classified briefing, members learned inve

. >> john thune. >> when he comes into the senate in january there's going to be immediately an ethics investigation which will be a cloud he'll be operating in which will be a distraction for us and our agenda. >> reporter: also, the department of justice says it backs the authority to name nick mulvaney. despite the cfpb's outgoing director naming his own replacement on friday. democratic senator elizabeth warren supports the position. be elaine. >> quijano: errol barnett thank you. >>> still no claims of responsibility for friday's massacre at a mosque, friday prayers at a mosque in northern sinai, most of the victims were sufi muslims considered by i.s.i.s. to be heretics. >>> aaa estimates more than 51 million americans traveled this holiday weekend, mostly by car. now most of those travelers are making their way home. >> mireya frarl reports. reporter: it's time to come home. and airports were not much better. john perdomo got to oakland international at about 2:00 in the morning. >> my flight was at 4 in the morning, i expected it to be nobody but there were a lot of people. >>

immediately an ethics investigation which will be a cloud that he will be operating in. >> senator thunewas a presence use his influence to get roy moore to step aside to alabama voters could write and another candidate. eric? >> thank you molly. >> as mentioned a few minutes ago, general michael flynn's lawyers today are no longer sharing information with the white house on the russia investigation. many see that as a sign of the former national security advisor has cut a deal with special counsel, robert mueller people all the wins says not so fast. to break it all down for us is the media reporter for the washington examiner, good to see you nep request thank you. >> does his corporation with special counsel robert mueller say more about him wanting to protect himself or his son? or could michael flynn flip and implicate other players? classic could very well mean that but people have reason to speculate. but people should remember that this is not much different from what michael flynn did back in late march when he and his lawyer basically said that they were willing to testify in f

. >> reporter: the senate's number three republican, john thune. >> if roy moore wins and comes into the senate in january, there's going to immediately be an ethics investigation which is going to be a cloud he'll be operating in, it will be a distraction for us and our agenda. >> reporter: the department of justice announced it backs president trump's authority in naming budget director nick mulvaney as acting head of a government's consumer finance watchdog agency. this despite the cfpb's outgoing director naming his own replacement on friday. democratic senator elizabeth warren said the president is creating chaos and supports this dispute being settled in the courts. >> erroll barnett, thank you. >>> still no claim of responsibility for friday's massacre at an egyptian mosque but isis is suspected. militants attacked worshippers during friday prayers at a mosque in northern sinai, killing 305 people and wounding more than 100. most of the victims were sufi muslims, considera s considerede heretics. >>> aaa estimates 51 million americans travelled this thanksgiving weekend, most

but senator thune thinks the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms already has the authorityban the sale of bumpstocks.sen. thunewhat would other wise be a semi automatic weapon and turning them into an automatic weapon. which is banned.but the las vegas district attorney believes congress must take aciton to make bumpstocks illegal. steve wolfson / clark county daimagine 58 people died in a matter of just a few minutes because of a bump stock. it should be banned, it should be disallowed, it should be wiped off the face of the earth.senator feinsteins has introduced a bill to ban bump stocksthe senate judiciary committee has scheduled a hearing on the bill next week. in washington alexandra limon. high pressure will bring dry and mild weather through the end of the work week. a weak trough will pass north of the bay area on saturday keeping the best rain chances closer to the oregon border. longer range trends suggest above normal temperatures and continued dry weather for next week. (grant) coming up... the oakland school district is dealing with a financial crisis... we'll

thune. [voting] 12 i's 14 nay's. the amendment is defeated. >> if this bill moves out of committee, there will be a bill out of the finance committee, the house bill. should the bill code to to conference,o this next amendment requires a hearing on any measure with a revenue war budget impact of greater than $1 billion. i don't think that's asking too much for openness and transparency so that taxpayers this rushed process leading up to a vote on the finance committee, which i have argued -- this site has argued that this was driven by a tax bill, instead of being subjected to the number of hearings that ranking members referred to earlier in the mid 80's, where president reagan's something on the order of a 490 page proposal got 27 hearings. the house bill got six hearings at the time. more review, scrutiny: this amendment is appropriate to read as an old inspection -- there is an old expression, free from every expression, -- there will be a lot of suspicion and mistakes made. i'm hoping we can get a yes vote on th

with december 8th deadline to pass a spending bill, south dakota senator john thune says there's no reasony can't get it done. >> we need to pass a long-term spending bill. obviously, in the legislative process negotiation that will go on between the white house and democrats in congress and our leadership in congress, sometimes you need to do a short-term extension. but ultimately, we need to do a bill that funds the government through the end of the next fiscal year and that addresses the important priorities that we need to address. there shouldn't be any discussion about shutting down the government. we can make this thing work. rick: caroline shively has more on this from washington. >> reporter: rick, sometimes congress just creeks along at a slow pace, and sometimes they ram things through at lightning speed. judging by their agenda, republican leaders are planning on some lightning. in the next few weeks, they may vote on health care for kids, taxes, sexual harassment and, oh, yeah, the entire federal government will shut down if they don't pass a spending resolution. the senate vo

what you heard from john thune in that clip you just played is a wish. if roy moore does the right thing he'll step down and it won't be a problem. maybe he will. but remember roy moore owes zero all endorsed against him in the race with strange. it is not as if he could dial up roy moore and for the good of the party you need to get out. roy may do this on his own. but this is not the situation where the establishment republican party is going to have its way because it's the establishment republican party. >> it is 11 page report. and detailed reporting. and tour point post talked to 30 plus people, including women involved. so just to reiterate, "the washington post" obviously standing by the reporting. gloria borger, what's happening behind closed doors? to have senator mccain, these are allegations, right, to have senator mccain say, excuse yourself, like step aside, do you think that is harbinger of things to come? >> yeah, i do. as chris points out none of these people like him. the leadership didn't endorse him. and their candidate lost. but let'

senator john thune of south dakota, the third ranking republican in the senate, said today the president should ask moore to step aside in favor of a write-in candidate. >> if roy moore wins and comes into the senate in january, there's immediately going to be an ethics investigation, which is going to be a cloud that he'll be operating in, and it's going to be a distraction for us and for our agenda. >> thompson: an investigation published today by the associated press reveals the f.b.i. did not alert hundreds of american officials that russian hackers had targeted them and tried to break into their personal gmail accounts in 2015. the same kremlin-connected hacking operation, known as" fancy bear," stole thousands of emails from the democratic party during last year's presidential campaign. to explain more about what the ap found, i'm joined via skype by reporter raphael satter, who's in london. >> so first, rafael, can you just help us understand what is fancy bear and who were they targeting grm fancy bear is the name that was commonly assigned to a group of hackers that the u.s. mil

but going into what senator thune -- going back to what senator thune was talking about, how they are looking at the process of where to go from here, what the laws in alabama allow, and now cnn's team has been looking into this, according to to the alabama secretary of state's office, they say it's up to either roy moore or the alabama republican party, either one of them can withdraw his name from the nomination. now, if that happens, whether it's moore himself or the ask republican party of alabama, there's no process in place to replace his name on the ballot with another candidate. which susceptibly means that roy moore's name is going to stay on the ballot. overseas ballots are already out. absentee ballots are already out. his name, if he withdraws, and he votes for him would not be certified, so people who want to vote for him are not going to see that come into fruition, if he withdraws. it's all boils down to say if republicans want a republican to win this race, they are going to have to win it on a write-in vote, jake. >> all right. thank you so much. we have lots to talk

hatch, thune and cassidy sent a letter to uber's ceo, want to know the steps the company has taken totigate what occurred and restore and maintain integrity of its systems. come a week after uber reported that hackers reached accounts of 57 million riders and waited more than a year to report it. >>> having trouble keeping smartphone charged today? could be a sign you're searching for best cyber monday deals. we discovered they're offering some better deals in the stores. david louis with changes in cyber monday strategies. >> reporter: frenzy is expected to be biggest online shopping day ever, reaching record $6 billion. midafternoon, past the halfway point at $3.38 billion, up from last year. retailers changed tactics and consumers. shoppers tell her grabbing every deal they can find. >> snapping up all possibilities now and intend to return what they don't end up using later on because there's a perception that retailers might run out of some of their favorite things. >> reporter: spending it up too. average of $137 today, increase of 3% from last year. reflection of consumer confi

thune. >> mr. thune no. mr. burr. >> mr. burr no. mr. isaac son no. mr. portman, mr. portman no.r. tuney. >> tomby no by proxy. >> okay. mr. haller no no. mr. scott no. mr. cassidy? >> no by proxy. >> mr. cassidy no buy pry yoo. mr. widen eye. >> mr. cantwell eye. >> mr. nelson aye by proxy. mr. men dense? >> men a by proxy. mr. car ten die. mr. carbon eye. mr. brown? no instruction. >> mr. bennett? a. >> mr. bennett aye. mr. kaycy aye. >> mr. warner? a. >> mrs. mccastle a mr. care man no. >> the chairman votes no. >> clerical report. >> hold up mr. chairman. >> br brown, aye. >> mr. chairman the final tally is 12 aye, 14 nays. >> okay. next amendment. >> mr. chairman, this amendment would require a certification by the nonpartisan score keepers at the joint committee on taxation and the congressional budget office. they are the people that are doing independent work, calling balls and strikes, and no proposal in this legislation would kick americans off their health care, increase their health insurance premiums and hike taxes on middle class americans. and after several days of

we'll ask john thune what's in it later this hour. plus this. >> i've been out on the stump in virginia over the last few days. put about 700 miles on my car. haven't gotten one question about donna brazile. >> sandra: democrats trying to keep their distance from former dnc chair woman donna brazile making new claims about her predecessor, debbie wasserman-schultz. >> bill: the president in china with tough talk on north korea. a message beijing has been waiting to hear. how will it be received? ed royce is next here. >> president trump: we'll offer a path to a much better future. it begins with an end to the aggression of your regime and complete verifiable and total denuclearization. [applause] >> president trump: the world cannot tolerate the menace of a roe regime that threatens with nuclear devastation. all responsible nations must join forces to isolate the brutal regime of north korea, to deny it and any form of it, you cannot support, you cannot supply, you cannot accept. >> bill: strong tone there president trump blunt words

john thune.o you. thank you for your time. tell our viewers where we are. how close are you right now? >> we're getting close. as it is with any major legislative undertaking like this, it has been a bumpy ride but we have until the end of the week, until friday to stick the landing. i think we will. we're getting close. our members who had concerns we're doing our best to address and resolve those. the president i thought was very good yesterday in terms of sounding upbeat and encouraging members to get to yes and work out whatever issues we main. i think we're headed in that direction. >> bill: a couple of questions. i have a lot of them as you know. >> you do. >> bill: yesterday newt gingrich said to two to watch are susan collins and john mccain. >> we met with senator collins. she had issues we wanted to see addressed and we were able to help with some of those. i hope we're getting her closer to where she will be a yes. senator mccain, i don't know at this point. i think his big issue has b

. >> senator thune wants the president to get more to step aside so that alabama voters could write in another clach candidate. >>> online retailers are banking on monday cyber sales. how to make sure hackers don't get your personal information >> giving dog as second chance, meet the man . >>> northeast philadelphia, volunteers are spending their sunday cleaning up and restoring 70 or so volunteers from the international we love you foundation cleaned and painted the park on somerdale avenue in levick, the foundation is determined to restore the eight acre park that's a big part of the community. >> just to do it amazing thing in the community revitalize this community so that the children can have somewhere to play and a safe haven. they're so excited to be out here right now and we're thankful to be part of this event >> the recreation facility has a batting cage, an ice rink, tennis and basketball courts and more. >>> locals in media getting into the christmas spirit celebrating the town's santa's parade. the town's fourth annual parade kicked off with a block party. a run walk thi

senator john thune at a sports complex in the city where his father is

senator thune points out that the individual is a tax but i am getting from you you want to open up all of your healthcare you like to bring up medicaid, medicare part d., i mean that's the jurisdiction over health care. we are discussing something that has been declared in the tax that we are now going to bring in medicaid? that seems like a stretch and as loud as the volume can be as forceful delivery, this is a tax and it's not 340 or medicaid. i don't get the connection between the scope this committee has and that which is specifically -- >> if i can respond to my colleague, this is related to a host of other health care issues. this is partial repeal in the affordable care act and live the congressional budget office scored it with such ominous consequences with people losing coverage, millions of people having their premiums go up. my colleague has been involved in healthcare and we will have far fewer healthy people go in to the risk pool, which means the premiums are going to go up in this country. this is turning a tax bill into a health-care bill with colleagues getting an ho

but senator thune thinks the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms already has the authority ban the sale of bumpstocks.sen. thunewhat would other wise be a semi automatic weapon and turning them into an automatic weapon. which is banned.but the las vegas district attorney believes congress must take aciton to make bumpstocks illegal. steve wolfson / clark county daimagine 58 people died in a matter of just a few minutes because of a bump stock. it should be banned, it should be disallowed, it should be wiped off the face of the earth.senator feinsteins has introduced a bill to ban bump stocksthe senate judiciary committee has scheduled a hearing on the bill next week. in washington alexandra limon. (vicki) new tonight at five... an online for-profit college is facing a lawsuit. state attorney general xavier becerra says officials with ashford university made false promises to entice students and illegally tried to collect their overdue debt. the lawsuit was filed against the college in alameda county today. it says school representatives lied to prospective students about ho

senator john thune says it will go to the senate this week. we have members who are expressing legitimate concerns who have ideas about how to make the bill stronger and better. gop senator ron johnson has already come out against the bill. republicans can only afford to lose just two voites in the senate. >>> pope francis arrived overnight in burma also known as myanmar. he's first pope to visit the papal advisers have warned francis of even saying the word over concerns it would set off a diplomatic incident. he'll also visit bangladesh where there over 600,000 rohingya refugees have fled. >>> there are reports on the deadly and addictive effects of smoking. a federal judge said that the tobacco industry lied, misrepresented, and deceived the american public about the impact of smoking for more than 50 years. >>> some local spas in a popular massage chain are facing allegations of sexual assault and that they have mishandled those claims. an investigation by "buzzfeed" report that over 100 women have accused workers at massage envy of gropin