Our more Perfect Union series goes to their school to learn how it produces academic success on a shoestring budget. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have seen an horrific act against innocent bystanders. A car plows through a crowd of pedestrians in australia. At least two men, the driver included, have been arested. A very draum matic event based on what weve seen, a deliberate act. Its always a lot of fun when you win. The president takes a victory lap on the tax bill. They may be celebrating today, but i have the feeling that next november they will not be celebrating quite as much. Mexico, Police Say Driver negligence and speed caused a bus crash that killed eight american tourists. In washington, the highway shut down by the deadly amtrak derailment is open again. This is beyond anything in my experience. Countries who vote in favor of a u. N. Resolution condemning the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Let them vote against us, well save a lot, we dont care. A possible gas explosion in los angeles. The good news, nobody got hurt. All that. The battery conspiracy. Apple confirms it slows down the performance of older iphones to reduce power demand. And all that matters. Tell me what kind of gra grandmother is gloria es stefan. I enjoy it so much because you can give them back. On cbs this morning. The College Basketball world stunned as woford knocks off the fifth ranked North Carolina tar heels. They orchestrate one of the biggest upsets of the College Basketball season. Knocking off the defending champs in North Carolina in chapel hill. What a moment. What a win. Welcome to cbs this morning. Theyre saying go heels. What happened in North Carolina woford . I dont even know what school that is. New to me. Im gayle king with Norah Odonnell and anthony mason. President trump says tax reform is a Christmas Gift for america. He brought Congressional Republicans to the white house to celebrate passing the historic gop measure and flex the partys muscle. The bill will cut taxes for most taxpayers next year but corporations and the wealthy will get the biggest benefit. It slashes the corporate rate from 35 to 21 . The president shared the spotlight yesterday. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. As this massive tax cut made its way through the legislative process, top advisers to President Trump begged him to give credit to the Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell for what they said was his ability to hold republicans together all year on the trump agenda. Save for one conspicuous failure, health care. When the tax cut bill passed, the president relented, creating a rare portrait of republican unity. Its always a lot of fun when you win. Reporter President Trump made the most of his first big legislative win so he invited nearly 200 Congressional Republicans to celebrate tax cuts. And him. Mr. President , thank you for getting us over the finish line. Youre one heck of a leader. Reporter earlier, the president praised Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell with whom hes had a frosty relationship all year. Writing on twitter, he could not have asked for a better or more talented partner. Mcconnell returned the praise. But its been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. Reporter meeting for the ninth time this year with his cabinet, mr. Trump asked housing secretary ben carson to say a prayer. Will ask you to say grace. Reporter carson called the president and his colleagues a blessing. We thank you for the president and for cabinet members who are courageous. Reporter for months, the white house has pitched tax cuts as a boon for the middle class. With the bill now passed, mr. Trump admitted corporations are the big winners. Our plan also lowers the tax on american business. Thats probably the biggest factor in this plan. Reporter the bill also doubles the standard deduction for individuals and families and cuts the individual tax rate for the highest earners from 39. 6 to 37 . Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said republicans failed the middle class. There are only two places where americas popping champagne. The white house and the Corporate Board rooms. Reporter this is a big victory for the white house. But the president will need democrats, not one of whom voted for the tax reform bill. Fails to achieve future victories on infrastructure, insurance, immigration or raising military spending. Now, the individual tax rate cuts this bill are set to expire in 2025 but the business and Corporate Tax cuts are permanent. And some employees are already benefiting either through yearend bonuses or higher wages. Yes, they are, major, thanks, major garrett. Some large u. S. Companies are promising their employees bonuses after the president signed the tax bill into law. At t says it will give 200,000 of its employees 1,000 each. Comcast also promises 1,000 to more than 100,000 workers. And boeing plans to allocate an extra 300 million for job training, facility upgrades and charitable giving. A future hows after their white house celebration, Congressional Republicans released a new plan to prevent a government shutdown. Money will run out at midnight tomorrow if congress cannot make this deal. The gop plan would keep the government going for another four weeks through january 19th. It would pay for the Childrens HealthInsurance Program or chip as its called until march 31st and extend authorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act thats known as fir fisa. House Democratic Leaders say they will not support the plan unless it also gives legal status to socalled dreamers. They are people brought to the u. S. Illegally as children. Dan senor is a republican strategist and former adviser to House Speaker paul ryan. He was also Senior Adviser to the romney ryan president ial campaign. Dan, good morning. Good morning. So we saw essentially yesterday after the democrats called the president s tax plan and the republican tax plan sort of a fantasy, we saw all these Companies Come out and say, well, we are going to give people money. Will they actually follow through on those promises . I think that the news you saw overnight with these companies announcing these end of year bonuses, its a little bit of, you know, kind of some gimmicks here. I dont think we should overstate the significance. Its good, its positive. We shouldnt overstate the significance. The real question is will a large chunk of the country receive some kind of tax relief, a, and b, will Companies Really start investing in the growth of their companies, capital infrastructure, hiring more people . We will know that very quickly. Really . So everyones making these projections, you know, the deficits going to blow out of control. Too many people are going to get a tax cut. Youre seeing all these estimates from these different independent, you know, projectors. Well know pretty quickly in early 2018 on withholding, you know, people when they get their paychecks. Theyre either going to get a tax cut theyre going to see right then and there, january, february, march, or not. Were going to see Companies Making the decisions pretty quickly. Your old boss told us yesterday that, you know, the polls show that this is a very unpopular bill. He said as soon as people start getting the checks youre talking about, their gropinions will change. Right. Which is what happened with the bush tax cuts in 2002. They front loaded the relief. That helped the republicans when they were headed into the 2002 elections. The bill is also unpopular, though, i believe because the president of the United States did not in a sustained way, despite all the hoopla yesterday, did not make the case for this bill. It is very rare for a major domestic policy initiative to gain public support if you dont have the president of the United States out there delivering speeches, Holding Town Hall meetings, giving addresses from the oval office. Its what president obama did with obamacare. Its what president reagan did with the 86 tax reform act. You need the white house out there. That was missing from this does that come back to hurt them, midterm . Yes, i think Congressional Republicans have a lot of work to do explaining this bill because i dont think most people understand it. They will see potentially the benefits if the benefits with real but its going to take some work explaining it. They sure gave him a lot of credit yesterday on the white house lawn. What did republicans get right this time . Unlike Health Care Reform where they agreed on repeal but there wasnt a consensus about what to replace obamacare with. In this case, there was real agreement going back years and years and years on many of the provisions in this tax reform bill, particularly the Corporate Tax rate cut. So republicans, there wasnt a lot of infighting over the substance of this one, a, and, b, i think republicans got spooked by the fight over obamacare. And they realized, wait a minute, we got proximity to a midterm now. Were less than a year. About a year before the midterm elections. And we dont have anything to show for our time governing with this republican, unified republican government. We didnt have anything to show before. I also think mcdodconnell and r did a good job of getting all the different factions on board beforehand which is a mistake they made with the obamacare fight. They didnt have them on board beforehand. All right, thank you. Have a good christmas. Four days and counting. Good to see you. In our next hour, well look at the impact to americans across all income brackets with legal ger from fortune magazine. Were following a developing story in australia this morning where an suv slammed into a crowd in the second largest city of melbourne. 19 people are injured including four in critical condition. Police are calling it a deliberate act. The deliver and another person are in custody. The heart of melbourne was crowded with christmas shoppers. Nick etchells of our partner in australia is there. Reporter good morning. We know the driver was known to police and had a history of Mental Health issues. Police are trying to determine what led him on this deadly rampage. The attack happened at the height of rush hour. Outside the citys busiest train station packed with commuters and christmas shoppers. Emergency responders rushed to treat the injured who were thrown in the air when a white suv plowed into positions at full speed. Witnesses say it was like a bomb going off. The air bags were gone. The windshield was cracked. There was people on the floor. The car was just up on purpose, just, like, really shaky. Reporter at least 19 people were injured. Several are in critical condition. Australian police say it was no accident. At this stage, we believe its a deliberate act. Can i repeat that, at this stage, we believe it is a deliberate act. However, we do not know the motivation and it is still early stages of the investigation. Reporter an off Duty Police Officer arrested the driver, a 32yearold Australian Citizen of afghan descent, at the scene. A second man was arrested but its unclear if hes lynlinked incident. A truck attack in new york in october left eight dead. 13 were killed in barcelona before that. And last year a deadly rampage in france claimed the lives of 86 people. Police say the second man arrested was filming the incident and had knives held in his bag. Security has now been stepped upped around melbourne, gayle. All right, nick etchells, thank you. We now know eight americans are among 12 People Killed in a tourist bus crash in mexico. Three americans who died were from the same family. Anna behar and her 11yearold son daniel and 78yearold fanys shamis were killed in this accident. Andy and jody fritz were also killed. Some of the 18 people are recovering in mexico. Manuel bojorquez is there. Reporter good morning. Mexican prosecutors say skid marks at the crash site indicate the driver may have been speeding. A behar Family Member tells us his nephew has been flown to miami where he is being treated for broken ribs and blood between his chest and lungs. He is also mourning his wife, son and motherinlaw. Its a great loss. Reporter dr. Israels nephew was on his bus with his wife, two children and motherinlaw. He and his older son david survived the crash. The others were killed. He clearly was in shock and the way he told me so nonchalant that his son died in his arms, i knew he was absolutely in shock. Reporter franco saw video of his nephew Walking Around the crash scene looking for his family. The last thing you think about when you go on a cruise is your safety, that something as taking a bus to go to somewhere is going to end up leaving you dead or, you know, your children orphaned. Reporter red cross responder says the crash is the worse hes ever seen. You saw they were clearly in shock . They were in a desperate state, he said, crying, some were screaming because of their injuries and finding their relatives dead. Cruise lines have no regulatory oversight. Reporter a former defense attorney for cruise lines who now represented passengers in several cases against cruise lines. He says they dont do proper background checks. Its pretty much being offered as by way of word of mouth. Theyre operating primarily to make as much money reporter there is conflicting information about the bus driver. Earlier state Tourism Industry said the driver was being held. Later prosecutor said the drivers whereabouts are unknown. Wow. The holiday rush is under way. A record nurl of americans will travel this year. Aaa predicts more than 107 Million People will travel by plane, train, or car between december 23rd and january 1st. Thats the highest travel season. The busiest days at airport will be today, friday, and the day after christmas. Good news. Im traveling saturday. The majority of travelers are hitting the roads for the holidays. More expensive gas prices are not deterring driver this year. Who can expect the most congestion today, in the Late Afternoon and early evening. New revelations from apple confirm what many iphone users suspected. Apple slows down older phones. The reason, the lithiumion batteries in aging devices cant keep up with peak demand for power. Apple says the batteries may need to eventually be reserviced or recycled. Anna werner is here with the slowdown thats frustrated users. Good morning, anthony. Just like my iphone, your phone is storing lots of photos and apps. Now apple is being accused of slowing the devices down on purpose. A Computer Scientist said its happening because the iphones power problem is widespread. We have sold over a billion of them. This makes iphone the best selling product of its kind in the history of the world. Your web browser will be slower, instant messaging will be slower, your camera will be slower. Basically it affects all of the functionality of your phone except phone calls. Reporter when john poole set out to see why his wifes iphone was poor, he made a surprising discovery. In order to sustain its life, apple is deliberately limiting the power that the battery sends to its phone. Apple confirms its been slowing phones. The issue began when the iphone 6 experienced sudden shutdowns last year. Older batteries were struggling to deep up with the phone, so the Company Offered a limited Battery Replacement program and software update. They now admit the update slowed the phones down. In a statement to cbs this morning apple said our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers which includes overall performance and prolonged the life of the iphone. Apple could have made a statement and said this is what were doing. But hes frustrated apple was not more transparent. Should the 1,000 smartphone have this issue 12, 18, 24 months after its shipped, its disappointing. You can solve the problem by replacing the battery on your phone. If the device is not under warranty, apple charges 79 for a new battery. This impacts all lithium batteries in the industry. Other phone brands do not seem to be experiencing these issues. To note, i did replace the battery in this phone, 80. Fixed the problem. It seems like a good tradeoff. Compared to spending 999 for another phone. Thats what i figured. Annoying but kind of genius what theyre doing over there. Thank you very much. The parents of a baby girl are sharing their story. If the embryo would have been born when it was supposed to we could have been best friends. Tina explains why she worried that the embryo was only one year younger than she is. Shes very happy now. An olympic Gold Medalist said usa gymnastics tried to cover up sex abuse against her. How one gymnast said they favored secrecy over the athletes. Youre watching cbs this morning. Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In you