And stanford . A more Perfect Union goes to the school to see how it operates on a shoestring budget. But we begin this mornings eye opener with your world in 90 seconds. Weve seen it against innocent bystanders. A car plows through a crowd in australia. Two men were arrested. 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 a feeling that next november they will not be celebrating quite as much. In Mexico Police say driver negligence and speed caused a bus crash that killed eight american tourists. In washington, a highway shutdown after a deadly amtrak crash has reopened again. They condemned the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Let them say a lot. We dont care. The good news, nobody got hurt. All that battery conspiracy. Apple confirms it slows down the iphone to reduce power demands. And all that matters. What kind of grandmother is Gloria Estefan . A fun one. I just enjoy it so much because you can give them back. On cbs this morning. They knock off the fifth ranked North Carolina heals. 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 win welcome to cbs this morning. Theyre saying go heels. What happened . Wohlford, i dont know what school that is. New to me. Thats a big mystery. Im gayle king with Norah Odonnell and anthony mason. President trump brought Congressional Republicans to the white house to celebrate the passing gop measure and flex the partys muscle. Corporations and the wealthy will get the biggest benefit. It slashes the corporate rate from 35 to 21 . Major garrett is at the white house where the white house shared the spotlight yesterday. Major, good morning. Good morning. As this massive tax cut was moving through the legislative process, top advisers to President Trump begged him to give Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell the credit they say he deserves for holding the republicans together all year on the trump agenda save for one failure, a conspicuous one on health care. When the tax bill passed, the president finally relented, creating unity. 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. Earlier he praised Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell with whom hes had a frosty relationship all year. On twitter he said he could not have asked for a better partner. Mitchell returned the praise. Meeting for the ninth time this year, he asked ben carson to say a prayer. Carson called the president and his colleagues a blessing. We thank you for the president and for cabinet members who are courageous. 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. The plan also lowers the tax on the american business. Thats probably the biggest factor in this plan. The bill also doubles the standard deduction for families and cuts the individual rates for the highest earners from 39. 6 to 37 . Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said republicans failed the muddle class. There are only two places where americas popping champagne, the white house and the Corporate Board rooms. This is a big win for the white house, but in the very near future, the president will need democrats, not one of whom voted for this legislation if he hoped to gain votes on children. The business and Corporate Tax cuts are permanent and, anthony, some employees are already seeing benefits either in terms of yearend bonuses or promised higher wages. Yes, they are, major. Some large u. S. Companies are promising their employees bonuses after President Trump signs the tax law. At t will give 1,000 to each employee and comcast plans to give 1,000 and boeing plans to invest 300 million in job training, facility upgrades, and charitable giving. The white house released a new plan to prevent a Government Shutdown. Run will run out tomorrow if congress cannot make the deal. The gop plan would keep the government going for nothanothe four weeks and keep c. H. I. P. Going. House Democratic Leaders say they will not support the plan unless it also gives legal status to socalled d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Theyre people brought to the u. S. Illegally as children. Dan senor is a republican strategist and former house speak speak speaker before paul ryan. Good morning. Good morning. We saw after the president called the tax plan a sort of fantasy, we saw all these Companies Come out and say, well, we are going to give people more money and do more hiring lchl they actually follow through on these promises . New overnight with the Companies Offering the endofyear bonuses, its kind of a gimmick here. I dont think we should overstate it. Its good, its positive. We shouldnt overstate the significant. The big question is will a large portion of the country receive tax benefits and, b, will Companies Really invest in infrastructure and hire more people . Well know that quickly. Everyones making these projections. Too many are going get a tax cut, not enough. You see these things from independent projectors. Well know pretty quickly in early 2018 on withholding. People when they get their paychecks, theyre going to see a tax cut right there, january, february, march, or not. People will be watching. Your old boss told us yesterday that, you know, the poll shows this is a very unpopular bill, but as soon as people start getting the checks theyre talking about, their opinions will change. Which is exactly what happened with the bush tax cuts in 2002. They front loaded the relief and it helped the republicans heading into the upcoming elections. The bill is also unpopular. The president , despite the hoopla, did not make the case for this bill. Its very rare 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. You need the white house out there. That was missing. Does that come back to hurt them . Yeah. I think Congressional Republicans have a lot of work to do over the next year explaining this bill because i dont think people will understand. Its going to take some work explaining it. They sure gave him a lot of credit yesterday on the white house lawn. What do you think republicans got right, do you think . Look. 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 the tax reform bill, particularly the Corporate Tax rate cut. The republicans, there wasnt a lot of fighting over the substance of this one, a, and, i think the republicans got spooked by the fight over obamacare. And they thought, wait a minute, weve got proximity to the midterm elections, and we dont have anything to show for our time governing in the unified government. We need something to show. We didnt have anything to show before. I also think mcconnell and ryan did a good job of getting all the factions on board beforehand. They didnt have it before. All right. Dan, thank you. Thank you. Have a good christmas. Good to see you guys. Up next well talk about it more with Leigh Gallagher from Fortune Magazine. Were following a story where an suv slammed boo a crowd in the second largest city of melbourne. Police are calling it a deliberate act. The driver and another person are in custody. The heart of melbourne was crowded with christmas shoppers. Nick etchells of our affiliate is there. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We now know the driver had a history of Mental Health issues and police are trying to determine exactly what led him on this deadly rampage. Height of rush hour outside the busiest train station packed with christmas shoppers. Emergency personnel rushed to the victims as the suv plowed into the pedestrians at full speed. Witnesses say it was like a bomb going on snoof people were on the floor with blood pouring out of them. The car sped up on purpose. Reporter at least 19 were injured, several are in critical condition. Australian police say it was no accident. At this stage we believe it is a deliberate act. Can we repeat that . We believe its a deliberate act. However, we do not know more. We even in the early stages of the investigation. Reporter a first man was arrested. Hes an afghanistan born in australia. 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 been stepped up around melvin. Gayle . Thank you very much. We now know eight americans are now involved in those killed in the bus crash in mexico. Three americans who died were from the same family. Anna behar, her 7yearold son daniel and also fanya shah miss. Andy and jody fritz were also killed. Manuel bojorquez is in mexico with the details. Good morning. Good morning. Investigators say skid marks show the driver may have been speeding. Behar Family Member tells us his nephew moises has been flown to miami. He is also mourning his wife, son, and motherinlaw. Its a great law. Reporter he was on the 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 nonshow land that his son died in his arms, i knew that he was absolutely in shock. Reporter franco saw video of his nephew Walking Around the crash scene looking for his family. Reporter the last thing you think about when you go on a cruise is your safety, that something such as taking a bus to go somewhere is going to end up leaving you dead or your children orphaned. Reporter the red cross says the crash is the worst theyve ever seen. You saw they were clearly in shock. Reporter they were in a desperate state, he said, crying. Some were screaming because of their injuries and finding their relatives dead. A survivor named jacques said most were not wearing seatbelts. No one told us to put the seatbelts on. Reporter jim walker is a former defense attorney for cruise lines who now represents several passengers against cruise lines. He says they dont do proper background checks. Its pretty much being offered by way of word of mouth. Theyre operating primarily to make as much money as they can. Reporter there is conflicting information about the bus driver. Earlier state tour iism industr said the driver was being held. Later prosecutor said the drivers whereabouts are unknown. Wow. The holiday rush is under way. Aaa predicts more than 107 Million People will travel by plane, train, or car between december 23rd and january 3rd. 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 slowing the devices down on purpose. A Computer Scientist said its happening because the iphones power problem is widespread. 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 Battery Power that the battery sends to its phone. The issue began when its 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. 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. 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