Waching daily Apr 27 2017

NBC'S TOM COSTELLO EXPLAINS HOW IT AFFECTS YOU.

>> Reporter: THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND NET NEUTRALITY IS TO THINK

OF THE INTERNET AS A SORT OF CONGESTED SUPERHIGHWAY, WITH

MOST OF THE FAST LANES TAKEN UP BY BIG, FAT TRUCKS CARRYING

CONTENT, LIKE AMAZON, NETFLIX AND HULU. IN 2015, THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION RULED THOSE BIG COMPANIES CANNOT PAY TO DOMINATE

THE FAST LANES. EVERYONE FROM E-COMMERCE GIANTS TO

MOM AND POP WEBSITES MUST BE TREATED EQUALLY.

>> WITHOUT THESE REGULATIONS, ONE WEBSITE COULD MAKE

SURE THAT THEIR CONTENT IS REACHING CONSUMERS FASTER THAN

OTHERS, WHICH AGAIN ULTIMATELY WOULD RESULT IN LESS CHOICE

FOR THE CONSUMER. >> Reporter: BUT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE

NATION'S INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS OR ISPs, LIKE NBC PARENT

COMPANY COMCAST, AT&T, VERIZON, COX, AND OTHERS ARGUE THE RULE

STIFLES COMPETITION AND CREATIVITY. NOW THE FCC IS

PLANNING TO ROLL BACK THE RULE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS

WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ON THE TABLE IS THE FCC MICROMANAGING THE

BUSINESS PRACTICES OF PRIVATE COMPANIES. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS

OBJECT. AND THE INTERNET ASSOCIATION WHICH

REPRESENTS MANY OF THE GIANTS SAYS SCRAPPING NET NEUTRALITY WILL

ONLY HURT CONSUMERS BY ALLOWING ISPs TO THROTTLE SPEED SAYING

IN A STATEMENT, "ROBUST NET NEUTRALITY RULES BENEFIT ALL

PLAYERS IN THE ECOSYSTEM BY ATTRACTING MORE PEOPLE

TO THE WEB AND INCREASING DEMAND FOR INTERNET CONNECTIONS."

TONIGHT, THE NATION'S INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS SAY THEY

WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH BLOCK OR THROTTLE INTERNET TRAFFIC, BUT

MANY CONSUMER ADVOCATES WORRY THE BIGGEST PLAYERS COULD

SOON PAY TO SPEED THROUGH THE FAST LANE, WHILE MANY SMALLER

PLAYERS ARE STUCK IN THE SLOW LANE.

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Free Speech And Berkeley: Threats Of Violence Cancel Another Speech | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 1:40.

FOR COULTER TONIGHT. NBC'S KATIE BECK EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: IT'S SCENES LIKE THIS, VIOLENCE, CHAOS AND

BLOODSHED AT A PRO-TRUMP RALLY JUST TEN DAYS AGO THAT UC

BERKELEY SAYS MADE THEM CANCEL A SPEECH BY CONSERVATIVE

FIREBRAND ANN COULTER. THE UNIVERSITY FORCED TO SACRIFICE ITS

REPUTATION AS THE CRADLE OF THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT FOR

SAFETY, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS. COULTER INSISTED SHE

WOULD GO REGARDLESS, UNTIL SHE LOST THE SUPPORT OF THE

CONSERVATIVE GROUPS WHO INVITED HER TODAY. "IT'S SICKENING," SHE

SAID ON TWITTER, "WHEN A RADICAL THUGGISH INSTITUTION LIKE

BERKELEY CAN SO EASILY SNUFF OUT THE CHERISHED AMERICAN

RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH." GROUPS FROM THE FAR LEFT AND RIGHT HAVE

CLASHED IN THE CITY SEVERAL TIMES IN RECENT MONTHS.

IN FEBRUARY, BERKELEY CANCELED A SPEECH OF ALT RIGHT PROVOCATEUR

MILO YIANNOPOULOS, WHEN VIOLENT PROTESTS BROKE OUT.

IN A STATEMENT DEFENDING THE CANCELLATIONS

BERKELEY'S CHANCELLOR SAID "THIS IS A UNIVERSITY, NOT A

BATHLEFIELD." FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, THE

SCENARIO RAISES REAL CONCERN. >> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT

THE GOVERNMENT NOT BUCKLE DOWN AND NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO

SILENCE SPEAKERS OF ANY POINT OF VIEW. >> Reporter: THE

CANCELLATION HAS ALSO MADE SOME WHO NORMALLY CRITICIZE COULTER COME

TO HER DEFENSE, INCLUDING SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WHO

CALLED THE MOVE "INTELLECTUAL WEAKNESS."

GROWING QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR BERKELEY, ABOUT BETRAYING ITS

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Entire US Senate Goes To White House For North Korea Briefing | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 2:02.

RRESPONDENT KRISTEN WELKER. >> Reporter: THE

ENTIRE U.S. SENATE HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN BUSES FOR AN

URGENT AND UNPRECEDENTED BRIEFING ON THE NORTH KOREA

THREAT. >> IT WAS A SOBERING BRIEFING.

>> Reporter: INSIDE THE ROOM, THE DEFENSE SECRETARY, SECRETARY

OF STATE, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE

JOINT CHIEFS, SAYING THEY TOLD SENATORS NORTH KOREA'S PURSUIT

OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS AN URGENT NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, THAT

THEY ARE PURSUING DIPLOMATIC MEASURES, BUT ARE PREPARED TO

DEFEND OURSELVES AND OUR ALLIES. ONE SENIOR

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAYING THAT INCLUDES MILITARY

PREPARATIONS. >> NORTH KOREA IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SPOT ON

THE PLANET RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS THE TOP COMMANDER

IN THE PACIFIC UNVEILS A NEW WARNING TONIGHT, THAT PART OF THE U.S.

IS ALREADY WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF NORTH KOREA'S ARSENAL.

>> KIM JONG-UN IS CLEARLY IN A POSITION TO THREATEN HAWAII

TODAY, IN MY OPINION. >> Reporter: THE FEAR, THAT NORTH KOREA MAY

DEVELOP NUCLEAR MISSILES THAT CAN REACH THE WEST COAST,

AND TONIGHT, DUELING SHOWS OF FORCE, NEW PHOTOS CAPTURE KIM

JONG-UN SMILING AND WATCHING LIVE FIRE EXERCISES, WHILE ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DMZ, U.S. FIGHTER JETS AND TANKS HELD

JOINT DRILLS WITH SOUTH KOREA, WHERE KEY PARTS OF A U.S.

MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM WILL BE OPERATIONAL WITHIN DAYS.

>> ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. WE WANT TO BRING KIM

JONG-UN TO HIS SENSES, NOT TO HIS KNEES. >> Reporter: SINCE

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO ADVISE WIT THE CHINESE PRESIDENT,

THE U.S. HAS STEADILY RAMPED UP ITS PRESSURE ON CHINA TO HELP

RESOLVE THE CRISIS, BUT NORTH KOREA IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF

BACKING DOWN. >> THE RHETORIC WE'RE HEARING TODAY IS

ROUGHLY WHAT WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST. WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS

THAT IT IS MATCHED BY AN INCREASING CAPABILITY.

THAT IS DEEPLY DISTURBING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS STILL FOCUSING ON

DIPLOMACY OVER MILITARY ACTION.

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Housing Market Heats Up NationWide | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 1:55.

GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: FOR CHRISTOPHER HENDRICKS

AND HIS WIFE NELEMA, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.

>> IT'S QUITE OVERWHELMING. >> Reporter: THEY'RE

HOPING TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOME IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT ARE

FACING FIERCE COMPETITION. THIS OPEN HOUSE DREW

MORE THAN 100 POTENTIAL BUYERS. THREE YEARS AGO, IT

SOLD FOR $600,000. NOW IT COULD GO FOR MORE THAN $800,000.

>> I THINK IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE USED TO GROWING UP, AND THE

REALITY OF WHAT THINGS COST HERE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: IN DALLAS, HOME PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED 35%

ABOVE THEIR HIGH BEFORE THE RECESSION. DENVER 36%.

SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, ALSO SEEING HUGE SPIKES SINCE LAST

YEAR. SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS HOUSE.

REALTORS SAY ENTRY LEVEL HOMES ARE IN HIGHEST DEMAND.

>> IT'S BEEN CRAZY. EVERY HOUSE GOES FOR OVER LIST PRICE.

THERE'S USUALLY TEN OFFERS. I TELL MY BUYERS WE

HAVE TO GO IN AT LEAST AT LIST PRICE, IF NOT MORE AGGRESSIVE.

>> Reporter: NATIONWIDE SALES OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY

HOUSES HAVE JUMPED 15% OVER THE PAST YEAR AND HALF OF HOMES SOLD IN

MARCH WERE ON THE MARKET FOR LESS THAN A MONTH.

WHY? NOT ENOUGH HOMES FOR SALE AND NOT ENOUGH

NEW CONSTRUCTION. THE ADVICE FOR BUYERS? BE READY WITH A

SIZEABLE DOWNPAYMENT. 10% WILL NO LONGER CUT IT.

AND DON'T WAIT EVEN 24 HOURS TO PUT IN THAT FIRST OFFER.

>> THIS SPRING BUYING SEASON IS A SELLER'S MARKET.

IN FACT, FOR HOME BUYERS, IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE THE WORST

SPRING BUYING SEASON IN DECADES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

THE HENDRICKS FAMILY IS RE-THINKING THEIR DREAM HOME.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AT LEAST ONE

LARGE COMPROMISE ON ANY HOUSE THAT WE CHOOSE.

>> Reporter: AND IT'S

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Donald Trump Tax Plan Outline Unveiled By White House | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 3:13.

ALEXANDER TELLS US MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

FROM THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM ON TAXES, AN AMBITIOUS OPENING BID.

>> WE HAVE A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING REALLY

BIG. >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE OUTLINING A

SWEEPING ACROSS THE BOARD TAX OVERHAUL. >> UNDER THE TRUMP

PLAN, WE WILL HAVE A MASSIVE TAX CUT FOR BUSINESSES AND MASSIVE

TAX REFORM. >> Reporter: THE HEADLINER, REDUCING

THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX BRACKETS FROM SEVEN TO

THREE, 10%, 25%, AND 35%. THE ADMINISTRATION

DOUBLING THE STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND

MARRIED COUPLES, THAT WOULD LEAVE MORE MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS

AND MAKE FILING TAXES EASIER. >> WE ARE GOING TO

ELIMINATE ON THE PERSONAL SIDE ALL TAX DEDUCTIONS OTHER THAN

MORTGAGE INTEREST AND CHARITABLE DEDUCTIONS. >> Reporter: A BOON

FOR BUSINESSES, TOO, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. SLASHING THE CORPORATE

TAX RATE TO 15%, A CUT THAT WOULD ALSO EXTEND TO PERSONAL REAL

ESTATE EMPIRES, LIKE MR. TRUMP'S. A SPECIAL ONE-TIME TAX

TO LURE COMPANIES TO REINVEST MONEY KEPT OVERSEAS BACK HERE AT

HOME, AND THE ELIMINATION OF TAX BREAKS FOR SPECIAL

INTERESTS. THE GOAL, STIMULATING THE ECONOMY.

THE SPECIFICS, STILL A MYSTERY. >> WE WILL BE BACKING

IT WITH VERY FIRM DETAILS. >> WE'RE WORKING ON

LOTS OF DETAILS. >> WILL LET YOU KNOW THE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

>> Reporter: A YEAR AGO CANDIDATE TRUMP SAID HE BELIEVES

RAISING TAXES ON THE WEALTHY. >> I DO.

INCLUDING MYSELF. I DO. >> WILL THE PRESIDENT

END UP PAYING MORE OR LESS TAXES AS A RESULT OF THIS PLAN?

>> LET ME JUST COMMENT. I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE

PRESIDENT'S TAX SITUATION, SINCE I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO

THAT. >> Reporter: IN 2005 THE ALTERNATIVE

MINIMUM TAX THAT THE PRESIDENT NOW WANTS TO KILL, COST HIM

$31 MILLION, JUST ONE EXAMPLE HOW HE COULD BENEFIT.

>> IT'S A GREAT PLAN. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT

DEFLECTING QUESTIONS ABOUT WARNINGS HIS PLAN WOULD BLOW A HOLE

IN THE DEFICIT. >> IF YOU JUST SAY I CAN CUT TAXES WITHOUT

CONSEQUENCE, THAT'S VOODOO ECONOMICS. THIS IS A PROPOSAL

THAT'S INCOMPLETE AT BEST. >> Reporter: SO HOW

MUCH WOULD THE PRESIDENT'S TAX PLAN COST?

ONE LEADING NONPARTISAN FISCAL WATCH DOG GROUP

ESTIMATES THE PRICE TAG COULD APPROACH NEARLY $6 TRILLION

OVER THE NEXT DECADE. EXPERTS SAY THERE IS NO WAY THIS TAX REFORM

WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ITSELF OR EVEN COME CLOSE.

LESTER? >> PETER ALEXANDER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK

YOU. >>> OUR BUSINESS CORRESPONDETTE ALI

VELSHI JOINS US. ALI, BREAK THIS DOWN. IF THESE TAX PROPOSALS

BECOME REALITY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER?

>> LESTER, IT MEANS YOU'LL HAVE MORE MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

THE PRESIDENT WANTS AMERICANS TO SPEND THEIR TAX SAVINGS

BY GOING SHOPPING. IT INCREASES DEMAND, JOBS AND STIMULATES

ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT SINCE THE RECESSION, LESTER, AMERICANS HAVE

USED ANY TAX SAVINGS TO PAY DOWN DEBT, INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT

ON GOODS AND SERVICES. SO UNDER THIS PLAN, WORKING FAMILIES WILL

SAVE ON TAXES, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WILL THEY SPEND THE EXTRA CASH

IN A WAY THAT BOOSTS THE ECONOMY OR WILL THEY CHOOSE TO PAY

DOWN DEBT? ONE OF THOSE THINGS

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Drugged Driving A Growing And Deadly Problem On America's Roads | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 1:57.

NBC NATIONAL CORRESPONDETTE MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS DETAILS.

>> Reporter: IT'S CALLED DRUGGED DRIVING.

AND NOW MORE AMERICANS KILLED BEHIND THE WHEEL ARE TESTING

POSITIVE FOR DRUGS THAN ALCOHOL. ACCORDING TO A REPORT

RELEASED TODAY, DRUGS WERE PRESENT IN 43% OF DRIVERS KILLED IN

2015. FOR THE FIRST TIME OUTPACING ALCOHOL

RELATED DEATHS AT 37%. CAROL AIKER SAYS HER SON, JACOB, WAS KILLED

BY A DRIVER HIGH ON OPIOIDS. >> THE PHYSICAL PAIN

YOU EVENTUALLY HEAL FROM, BUT THE EMOTIONAL PAIN, JUST

NEVER. >> Reporter: THE STUDY BY THE GOVERNOR'S

HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION INCLUDES ALL CATEGORIES OF

DRUGS, ILLEGAL AND PRESCRIPTION. THE NUMBERS ARE A

DRAMATIC RISE, AS 29 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C., LEGALIZE SOME

FORM OF MARIJUANA. >> WERE YOU SMOKING IN THE CAR?

>> Reporter: UNLIKE A BREATHALYZER, TESTS FOR DRUNK DRIVERS,

POLICE HAVE NO STANDARD ROADSIDE TEST TO DETECT MOST DRUGS.

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO KNOW IF SOMEBODY'S ON A DRUG?

>> IT COULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. >> Reporter: WITH POLICE ACROSS THE

COUNTRY IN NEED OF TRAINING, THE STUDY SAYS MANY DRUGGED

DRIVERS ARE COMBINING MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES. >> I CAN STILL HEAR

THE IMPACT. >> Reporter: MARY GASTON SAYS HER SON,

BLAKE, WAS KILLED BY A DRIVER HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

>> THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT MARIJUANA DOES NOT

IMPAIR YOU LIKE ALCOHOL DOES, THAT YOU CAN SMOKE A COUPLE

JOINTS, EAT A COUPLE BROWNIES AND GO OUT AND DRIVE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU ARE IMPAIRED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

THE LIVES BEHIND THE NUMBERS, THE SOBERING TRUTH ABOUT DRUGGED

DRIVING.

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GOP Health Care Plan Back On Track As Freedom Caucus Approves | NBC Nightly News - Duration: 2:01.

NBC'S KASIE HUNT HAS DETAILS. >> HOUSE WILL BE IN

ORDER. >> Reporter: THE REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE

BILL MAKING A SUDDEN RECOVERY TODAY. MEMBERS OF THE

CONSERVATIVE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS WHO BLOCKED PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S FIRST ATTEMPT ANNOUNCING THEY'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT

TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT.

THE MOVE POTENTIALLY GIVING HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN A LIFELINE,

ENOUGH VOTES TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE

THE FINAL, FINAL VOTE TALLY IS, BUT WE SHOULD BE DOWN

HOPEFULLY IN SINGLE DIGITS OF GETTING THE VOTES TO PASS IT.

>> Reporter: IS THIS REPUBLICANS' BEST CHANCE TO REPEAL

OBAMACARE? >> I THINK IT MAY BE OUR ONLY CHANCE.

>> Reporter: CONSERVATIVES ARE RALLYING AROUND AN

AMENDMENT TO ALLOW STATES TO OPT OUT OF A KEY TENET OF

OBAMACARE, COVERING ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS LIKE

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND MATERNITY CARE AND ALSO LETTING INSURERS

CHARGE PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS MUCH MORE FOR THEIR

INSURANCE. THE GOAL IS LOWERING PREMIUMS.

>> WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET THOSE PREMIUMS DOWN BUT ALSO MAKE

SURE THAT THE GUARANTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING

CONDITIONS IS MET. >> Reporter: AND THAT'S THE RISK.

WINNING OVER CONSERVATIVES COULD COST MODERATE

REPUBLICAN VOTES. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SPIKING COSTS

FOR PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.

AND YOU'VE GONE FROM YES TO MAYBE? >> YES TO UNDECIDED.

>> Reporter: SO THE QUESTION? WHEN WILL THE HOUSE

VOTE TO REPEAL OBAMACARE? >> WE'LL VOTE ON IT

WHEN WE GET THE VOTES. >> Reporter: BUT BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP

CAN CLAIM VICTORY, THERE'S A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD IN THE SENATE.

>> GETTING A HEALTH CARE BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE IS A BIG

POLITICAL WIN FOR THE PRESIDENT IN THE END OF HIS FIRST 100

DAYS BUT HE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO GET SOMETHING THROUGH TO

THE SENATE AND THEN TO GET A BILL TO HIS DESK.

THAT WOULD BE A REAL POLITICAL VICTORY.

>> Reporter: HOUSE LEADERS ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT JUST HOW

MANY MODERATES CAN'T ACCEPT THIS COMPROMISE.

THEY WANT TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM, BUT THERE'S THAT MUST PASS

SPENDING BILL THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS