Car, hanging on for his life. The driver refusing to stop. And buyer beware. A surge in porch pirates stealing Christmas Gifts from your front door. How you can fight back. Good evening and thank you for being here. President trump is savoring his first big legislative win hours after congress and a Party Line Vote passed the the massive tax overhaul, a practically giddy president took a victory lap at the white house. A back slapping celebration with lawmakers passing the tax cut is a critical win for the approximate the and his party as they approach next years midterm elections. The hope now that the large number of americans unhappy with the bill will learn to love it. Our chief white house corresp d correspondent Hallie Jackson starts our coverage. Good evening and it feels like a Holiday Celebration here at the white house with republicans betting there will be no political hangover. This tax plan will end up winning over more americans. Surrounded by his party, it felt like for the president. Triumphant tonight. Its always a lot of fun when you win. Just in time for christmas, he is getting a political gift, ready to sign in the biggest tax overhaul in decades. What are does it mean . Jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs. A promise made and a promise kept. We will have the biggest tax cuts since ronald reagan. Its proof republicans can govern though the house had to vote after an embarrassing hiccup tuesday. Just hours after that final gavel, lawmakers praising the president as much as the bill itself. You are one heck of a leader. Exquisite president ial leadership. Thank you, mr. President. Making a risky bet that benefits to businesses will trickle down to everyone else. Pointing to at t that happens to be battling with the president S Justice Department over a major merger. The company is linking the cuts to bonuses and a billion dollar investment. Thats because of that. Thats pretty good. Comcast is also choosing to offer 1,000 bonuses to many employees, but the tax plan does not force any company to do anything similar. While most americans will see a tax break, the bill boosts businesses and the wealthy more. Thats partly why not a single democrat backed it. Officially the Republican Party as the party of the wealthy and the party of big corporations. Right now the plan is not popular with many americans. The white house thinks it will be. They will become more excited and begin to see the benefits. Christmas cuts not felt until the new year. Im peter al zandter. President trump has been promising it for months. We want to give you the American People a giant tax cut for christmas. What are you get something lower taxes for 8 in 10 americans including most middle and working class families. This is much needed tax swallow a small business. The individual tax cuts expire after eight years, but the Corporate Tax cut is permanent. On health care, the individual mandate is erased entirely. Without the mandate 13 more million americans will be uninsured in 10 years. Ian dixon whose family is insured through obamacare fears premiums will skyrocket. My costs will more than double from last year. Doubling the standard deduction and increasing the tax credit to 2,000. Unwrapping the bill brings surprises. The mortgage deduction will be capped at 750,000. If you are already a homeowner, you can still deduct all of the interest. Also new, the bill limits state and local Tax Deductions to 10,000. Hitting taxpayers in high tax states like california, new jersey and new york. In chicago, some are rushing to prepay. About that, the tax code will be so simple you can file on a form like a postcard. Many say thats unlikely for this tax cut bill. The president repeatedly branded it a middle class miracle. In 10 years more than 80 will go to the top 1 . The white house said americans will begin seeing more money in their paychecks in february. Lester . Peter al zandter at the white house tonight. The tax overhaul with the to do lead includes urgent matters like funding fir a major Health Insurance program and preventing a government shut down. Money runs out on friday so as nbcs casey hunt reports, there is no time to waste. With the holidays fast approaching, the Reynolds Family is waiting for congress, not santa. The bill is exactly where we are at. Five of the 10 children rely on the childrens Health Insurance program to cover over 100,000 . Costs each year. For us chip is not if sally happens to break her arm or get sick and its nice to have coverage for little accidents. For us its to keep them alive. Nine million children are covered. It helps those who dont qualify for medicate and cant afford insurance. Congress hasnt passed a fix. Families are warned they could lose coverage and congress is arguing over a permanent solution and arguing about the future of more than 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. These kids have given their addresses to the government. They know where they are and they can be easily found. They worry that they will be separated from their families. The end of year to do list includes billions for disaster relief, reauthorizing the surveillance laws that lets the government wire tap foreigners and keeping the government open because funding runs out at midnight on friday. Republicans are still not sure what they are going to do to keep the government open making it more likely they will punt on childrens Health Insurance and dreamers until after the holidays. At the capital tonight. Now to the developments in the tour bus tragedy in mexico. A dozen people were kill and we know eight of the dead are americans. Three are from one family. The bus driver is facing charges. Nbcs ron motte has the report. This cruise ended tragically. Mom, anna and 11yearold daniel killed in a bus crash in mexico. 78yearold grandmother also lost. The father and 15yearold injured and hospitalized. In all, eight americans are among the dozen who died and 18 hurt when a bus taking tours to visit mayan ruins overturned leaving some on the road. Today mexican officials began processing vehicular manslaughter charges against the bus driver who was also injured and detained by authorities. A state prosecutor said findings indicate speed and negligence caused the crash. My heart goes out to all of these people who lost loved ones. I could have been on that bus. The bus was part of a fleet transporting visiting from two cruise ships it. Happened on a clear day on a narrow twolane road with no shoulder or guardrails. They take excursions like this booked through the cruise ship or independent contractors. No new information about the driver or the reported cause. The representatives along with Royal Caribbean said they are doing all they can to help their guests. Ron motte, nbc news. New details in the other deadly crash, the amtrak that derailed in washington state. They revealed a conductor was in the cab when the trains engineer and say the brakes were eventually engaged automatically, but not by the engineer. The crews were finally able to move the 270,000 pound locomotive off the highway, but it became stack at times as they tried to transport it. One of the most controversial figures in the Catholic Church died. The former boston arch bishop who resigned in disgrace over the sex abuse scandal passed away in rome at 66. The plans for his funeral are sparking outrage. Ann thompson explains. In death as in large, bernard law challenging the catholic tenet for forgiveness. I hope the gates of hell are open wide to welcome him. The sex abuse scandal in the u. S. Dramatized in the movie spotlight. I think you will find boston is a small town. They were furious that he will be given a funeral at st. Peters basilica with a blessing by pope francis. She honoring him and saying its okay to abuse children. I would prefer to see him tied to a cross and burned instead. During his 18 years as arch bishop, he knowingly moved abusive priest without warning giving them the opportunity to abuz again. To all those who have suffered from my shortcomings and my mistakes, i once again apologize. Tonight jim martin of the American Media said the world will be watching the popes actions. I think they are trying to do the standard procedure for cardinal law and in other ways send signals that he is not as respected as other cardinals. Such as the unusually short two sentence statement about his death. A man with a legacy of wounds that have yet to heal. Nbc news, new york. New controversy over sexual abuse in the world of gymnastics. Mckayla marrone is suing usa gymnastics saying they tried to silence her as part of a settlement with a team doctor who is pleading guilty to abusing underage girls. Usa gymnastics is pushing back. Stephanie gosk has more. In the 2012 game, mckayla marrone was one of the brightest stars. The organization that helped get her to the podium paid her to keep from going public with a painful secret. Starting at age 13, marrone said team doctor nasser sexually abused her. According to a lawsuit filed in california she signed a nondisclosure agreement in 2016 and went to usa gymnastics looking for financial help with psychological treatments. You dont help them by putting a gag on them saying we know you were molested and you cant talk about it. Writing in part i had a dream to get to the olympics and the things i endured to get there were unnecessary and disgusting. At the time usa gymnastics publicly commended marrone and other accusers for their courage, writing in part, because of their strength in coming forward, predators can be held accountable for their actions. They try to look good by acting like they wanted her to come forward. That is the height of hypocrisy and despicable. Usa gymnastics said thats not true. The concept of confidentiality was initiated by the previous attorney and not usa gymnastics. They said nasser abused them and the doctor is facing in prison on separate sex abuse and porn charges. Aly riesman was also there. I was told to keep it quiet. She eager to speak personally with mckayla to hear her ideas. Nbc news, new york. Now to the shocking video of a Police Officer literally hanging on for dear as a driver hit the gas, refusing to stop. The officer clinging to the car. Heres nbcs steve patterson. 20 seconds of high speed terror began in a flash. Florida officer june cusack responded to a call of a man and a woman in a parked car. Whoa, whoa, whoa. They capture him clinging to the drivers side door, holding on for his life. The suspect accelerating up to 80 miles an hour. After a half mile, he lets go. A Security Camera captures the officer tumbling across a busy road. Hoary suffered road rash and injuries. The driver was not stopping. He led police on a chase at speeds reaching 100 miles per hour. With guns drawn, he is finally captured. Cabrera was charged with attempted murder. He confessed to the whole thing including being high on heroin. The officer is a hero. He tried to save someones life and in the process he almost lost his own. This afternoon a battered cusack walked out, smiling to a cheering crowd. Thank you for all the prayers. A harrowing half mile for one of floridas finest that could have ended much worse. Steve patterson, nbc news. 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