PBS News Hour

Season 42, Episode 249

Episode Title: December 14, 2017

Air Date: 2017-12-14

Overview:

Thursday on the NewsHour, Republicans scramble to iron out the details of their sweeping tax plan and how to pay for it. Also: What Russians living in Brooklyn think of heightened tensions with the U.S., Disney's plan to buy 21st Century Fox, making sense of how the tax overhaul benefits corporations, a mother's mission to reduce gun violence, fake prescription drugs in Kenya and more.