Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Its been 30 years since the tax code was overhauled. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Historic day as republicans big tax overhaul is all but a done deal. Just a few hours ago the Senate Approved the final version of the bill scoring republicans for significant legislative win since President Trump took office. The measure, yes, has proven unpopular. It passed along party lines. The approval came over the objection of democrats and protesters in the gallery. Restore order in the gallery. President trump celebrating on twitter. Terrible individual mandate from obamacare repealed. The president inviting republicans to join him at the white house this afternoon to tout passage of this landmark legislation. The only hitch, that will have to wait until the house goes through the motions of passing the bill again. Reporter without any question at all, the biggest hurdle republicans face as they tried to pass their tax overall, something that hasnt been done in 31 years, getting it through the u. S. Senate and thats what they did. Every republican that was in attendance voted for the tax plan. Republicans say this is something that will benefit the middle class. On the corporate side it will completely overhaul how the Corporate Tax will stand. The individual cuts they expire at a certain point arent nearly robust enough. Republicans say even though current polling shows that americans dont trust this bill, arent sure what it will actually do, theyre willing to sell it. Take a listen to how Mitch Mcconnell responded. Do you believe theres a need for republicans to go out and sell this bill given how americans are currently viewing it . Absolutely. Were looking forward to it. My view of this, if we cant sell this to the American People we ought to go into another line of work. In an interesting wrinkle this vote wasnt the final vote. The house still has to vote again. The house voted on tuesday to pass the bill, 227 to 203. Another big vote. The expectation was the senate vote would be it. Well, not anymore, because of the Senate Budget rules three small provisions technical corrections were pull out of the senate bill. That means it has to go back to the house. This isnt any type of big problem. The bill is in no danger at all. Hou House Republicans will pass it wednesday afternoon. Democratic restoration boiling over that vote. Nearly 145 million middle class families under 200,000 will either get tax hikes can we have order, mr. President . The senate will be in order. This is serious stuff. We believe youre messing up america. You could Pay Attention for a couple of minutes. Scolding indeed. No shortage of reaction after the vote including this tweet from virginias tim kaine, the former Vice President ial candidate. This tax bill in no way truly reforms the system. What we need to reform is congress and thats what well do in the midterms. So whats in it . Whats in it and what does it mean for you . The gop tax bill promises big Corporate Tax cuts with the hope those tax savings will create more jobs, but in the bill passes just 14 of american ceos plan to boost investment spending on things like new equipment in factories that can lead to hiring. Thats according to a survey of top business leaders. The bill slashes the corporate rate. It offers incentives to bring foreign cash back home. Unemployment is at a 17year low so business tax cuts dont guarantee a hiring boom. In fact, a recent survey found fewer than half of ceos plan to ramp hiring in the next six months overall. Instead investors expect wall street not main street to help with buybacks. And one businessman calls it pure fancy. Bloomberg calls it a trillion dollar blunder writing that ceos arent waiting on a tax cut to jump start the economy. Republican senator jeff flake voted yes on the bill then tweeted early this morning this. A bipartisan bill will be on the senate floor in january. Hes referring to the so called dreamer program. Flakes vote on taxes has been linked to dreamer discussions and dreamers are just one element lawmakers are grappling with as they try to keep the lights on in washington. A government funding bill is due friday. All sides agree on one thing, they dont want a shutdown, but avoiding one is an entirely different story. The main battle is over obama subsidy payments. But democrats in the senate tell us they are unlikely to vote for a stop gap measure that does not have enough aid for puerto rico and they dont want to vote for obamacare subsidies who repealed the mandate in their tax bill. President trumps eldest son suggesting a high level conspiracy is at work trying to block his fathers agenda. Don jr. Lashed out at special counsel Robert Muellers probe and the medias coverage of the russia investigation and he said government higher ups were backing a scheme to undermine the trump agenda. My father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign and people are like oh, what are you talking about . But it is. And youre seeing it. There is, and there are people at the highest levels of government that dont want to let america be america. Don jr. s comments drew serious concern from former cia director general michael hadden. When i first heard that earlier this evening that was a little scary. That is that is an appeal to the heart of hypocrisy. Don jr. s remarks come as some on the right are ramping up attacks on the special counsels probe claiming it is politically compromised. Earlier mueller removed an official from his team after an investigation turned up some anti trump texts he sent during the campaign. President trumps Approval Rating hitting an alltime low. The president has the approval of 35 of americans less than a year into his first term. 59 of americans say they disapprove of how President Trump is handling the job. The numbers, not much better for trumps 2016 opponent. Hillary clinton, only 36 of americans rate her favorably with 61 rating her unfavorably. A bipartisan bill making lawmakers personally liable for Sexual Harassment claims is president elected to be filed by tonight. Greg harper is chairman of the administration committee. He says it would require members to reimburse the treasury. We have now learned that Congress Paid out 174,000 in settlements for eight Sexual Harassment claims between 2008 and 2012. Money that came from a u. S. Treasury fund. The information released by the office of compliance does not include the names of victims and does not identify the Congress Members involved. A single vote, one vote, shifting the balance of power in the virginia legislature. A recount, flipping the seat from republican to democrats, leaving the Lower Chamber evenly split. Shelly simons emerging from the recount as the apparent winner by just one amazing vote. Take the seat from republican david yaycey. The outcome ending republican control of the house forcing the gop into a rare power sharing with democrats. 50 50, one vote. Dont ever let people tell you that your vote doesnt matter, that you should just stay home. It matters. Investigators now say available Safety Measures likely would not have prevented this weeks deadly amtrak derailment in Washington State. Weve got a report from the scene next. Ncestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions. Save 20 for the holidays at ancestrydna. Com. 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Jim hamre and Zack Willhoite were members of the rail passengers association. Still no explanation for why the train was going 80 miles an hour in a 30mileperhour zone. The ntsb says it is waiting to interview crew members who are hospitalized. More from dupont, washington. Reporter dave and christine, were learning new information from the ntsb about the moments before this devastating train derailment. Recovery here at the scene continues. What youre looking at over there is what is left of a passenger car, it just shows the force of the deadly force of a train derailment. The ntsb in their News Conference saying the lead conductor at the time of the derailment was not in control of the train. He was in the passenger section, not in the cab and an engineer and a conductor trainee was in the cab. The engineer is still allowed to operate the train. The engineer though, did not hit the emergency brake. Investigators have recovered both of the black boxes in the front and the rear of the train. They also are very curious about looking at the cameras, especially the one inside the cab to see what the engineer and the conductor trainee were doing right before the derailment. All right. Thank you. Caught on body cam in south florida. Pembroke pines Police Officer dragged for half a mile through the Century VillageRetirement Community after reaching into a car to stop a suspected drunk driver. The officer observed a man and a woman asleep in a car along with a clear baggy with an unknown substance. The driver gunned the engine, sped off with the officer holding on to avoid being run over. He eventually let go suffering serious road rash injuries to his rm as and legs. Hes awaiting surgery last night. Cabrera caught by police after a high speed 20 mile chase charged with attempted murder of a Law Enforcement officer. Astounding, isnt it . The thomas fire now the second largest fire in california history burning just over 272,000 acres. At this hour just over half contained but there are concerns about the forecast. Starting tonight into friday, wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour are predicted. Fire officials fear that could lead to rapid spreading again. Fire weather watch is now in effect for Santa Barbara county. The parents of a baby that grew from a human embryo frozen for nearly 25 years are ecstatic. She was delivered last month after originally being frozen in october of 1992. Shes the longest known frozen human embryo to ever be born. Her parents tried for seven years to have a baby. I tear up thinking about it because its just such a blessing. They were like well, tina, this is a world record and i just looked at them and i was like, what . And theyre like, yeah, its been frozen for 24 and a half years and i was like, are you kidding . 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Could talk to north korea without preconditions and we talked to hr mcmaster and he was talking about whether or not the u. S. Could tolerate a nuclear north korea. He said they could not. And the reason for that is because he said if you give north korea the ability to have Nuclear Weapons, who are you going to say no to to having a nuclear weapon, especially when you consider the threats that north korea and its regime have levelled against many countries around the world and you also had comments when talking about the cyber attack that happened back in may. The Homeland Security advisor tom bossert saying the u. S. Doesnt have many more options short of starving the north korean people. So were seeing strong actions, strong words from the trump administration. With containment not on option the world wonders what is the red line that the administration wont allow north korea to cross. All right. Disgraced former boston Cardinal Bernard law has died in rome after a long illness. Law resigned in 2002 during the Church Sex Abuse scandal. He never faced criminal sanctions in his role in allowing abusive priests to remain in jobs. Since his forced resignation cardinal law has served as an arch priest. He was 86 years old. A major rewrite of the tax law will be finalized today. Theyre ready to sell this unpopular plan. Democrats are ready to pounce in the midterms. Republicans will rue the day they passed this tax bill and the American People will never let them forget it. The ayes are 51. The nays are 48. The tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaking this morning a major rewrite of the tax code is on the way. The Senate Passed the bill early this morning just hours ago. It gives the republicans their first big win of the year. What does it mean for you and what does it mean in the midterms . A Government Shutdown could be days away. Whats holding up lawmakers and whats most likely to happen by friday . The friday before christmas. Dont we love the way Government Works today. Welcome back to early start. Im dave Senate Approved the final version of the bill. We dont sleep much. The bill scoring republicans first significant legislative win since President Trump took office. The measure has prooun vastly unpopular in most polls. It passed along Straight Party lines. The approval came over the objections of democrats on the senate floor and protesters in the gallery. President trump celebrating on twitter moments after the vote. The Senate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill. Terrible individual mandate from obamacare repealed. The president inviting republicans to join him at the white house this afternoon to tout passage of the legislation. The only hitch, that will have to wait until the house goes through the motions of passing the bill yet again. Phil doesnt sleep much either. He has the latest from capitol hill. Reporter well, christine and dave, without any question at all, the biggest hurdle republicans face as they tried to pass their tax overhaul, something that hasnt happened in 31 years, getting it through the u. S. Senate and early on wednesday morning thats what they did. Along partisan lines every republican that was in attendance voted for the 1. 5 trillion tax plan. Republicans say this is something that will benefit the middle class. On the corporate side will completely overhaul how the code stands. The corporate cuts are skewed heavily in the favor of business. Republicans say even though current polling shows that americans dont trust this bill, arent sure what it will do, theyre willing to sell it. Take a listen to how Mitch Mcconnell responded to my question after the vote. Do you believe theres a need for republicans to go out and sell this bill given kind of how americans are currently viewing it . Absolutely. Were looking forward to it. My view of this, if we cant sell this to the American People we ought to go into another line of work. Reporter in an interesting wrinkle this vote wasnt the final vote. The house still has to vote again. Thats right. The house voted on tuesday to pass the bill. 227203. The next expectation was the senate would be it. Because of the Senate Budget rules three small provisions, technical corr