Republican tax reform bill hits problems in US Senate

Republican tax reform legislation has hit problems in the US Senate...with a group led by Senator Bob Corker expressing concerns over its impact on the budget deficit.

Analysis from the US Congress Joint Committee on Taxation says the legislation would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years.

But as our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson reports, the bill isn't dead yet:

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