Basically a done deal. Weijia jiang is live. Reporter just a few minutes ago President Trump tweeted that the United States is about to pass a new tax code. Hes ready the take a victory lap after his first legislative win. The republican tax plan is on the verge of becoming the law of the land. The Senate Passed a bill tonight without the support of a single democrat. The house approved the tax bill first largely along party lines. The American People place their trust in us to do this work for them and today were making true on the promise. In a few years a majority of the middle class will see their taxes go up. What kind o of middle class relief is that . Opponents condemned the tax plan as a give away to corporations and the wealthy. It is not tax reform its a heist. A heist that steals from millions of middle class family and gives to the wealthy. Thats not the best america can do. We could work for the next 10 years and not clean up every part of this tax cut. But this is the first step. Congress could bring the bill back by wednesday. Reporter lawmakers have to deal with the next challenge which is already looming because they only have three days to reach the deal to keep the government open and pre prevent a shut down. House Speaker Paul Ryan said it is the result that will make this bill popular so theyre really betting that once people start seeing more money in their wallets theyll be happy the bill. But democrats say that may be the case at first but just you wait. In fact, nancy pelosi is warning this will come back and haunt the gop. Senator feinstein echoed that sentiment saying that the republicans just gave corporations an early Christmas Present at the expense of the middle class. The bill allows the mortgage deductions on new loans up to 750,000. Early versioned capped it. If youre going to take out a mortgage thats more than 750,000 under the new rules you woapt wont be able to deduct 100 of your interest. Reporter according to the l. A. Times about 1 3 of california taxpayers take an average state and local deduction. The main reasons would be is that theres now a cap on the deduction a state Income Property taxes of 10,000. And california is a very high tax state. Reporter in san jose, betty yu, kpix5. Alameda county encouraging lawmakers to prepay their taxes ta way they can get a bigger deduction before new tax bill takes effect. Its not much but at least its something, well take it. We have to start some where. Were getting a little rain. You have to look closely. A couple of showers between hieldsburg and santa rosa folks thats the only part of the front were seeing. Will leave the north bay with widespread drizzle and or light rain and santa clara. By sunrise the roads may be wet. The clouds are gone. The rain is gone. And tomorrow will be a mainly dry day. In the mountains the snow may last a little longer. Notice the snow level pretty low. Thats wonderful news for those leaving tomorrow on vacation. And an airport official said lasers targeted at least four planes. Someone in the crowd at this side show in oakland, you can see it. Pointing a green laser at the pilot. Laser pointers can easily blind anyone. Theres been one too many close calls at sfo and now he wants the feds to get involved. Andrea borba is live at sfo with the details, andrea. Reporter elizabeth in the case of a plane crash the data in the cockpit voice recorder is preserved but in the case of a near miss it is not. One bay area congressman would like to change that. Mark desange wants to see more accountable after a number of near misses and more recently at hartsville. We have interviews with the pilot and copilot. But wouldnt it be better to have the conversation. Reporter that information was deleted shortly after the flight. We have a near miss in most industries, they look at those near misses, what they are. And they try to find out what they could do so it doesnt happen again. Reporter another air canada flight almost took out several airplanes because the pilot mistook it for runway 23r. On this day and age, the information that the cockpit recorder currently has but is recorded over. Desagne wrote a letter to the faa to look into this policy but says he has not yet heard back. Reporter he has introduced an. He says if it doesnt go through he will introduce a separate piece of legislation. Out of San Jose Police say a man was shot while he was riding a bicycle. Right now the suspect is still at large. It happened around 7 00 near scott and lee street. The victim taken to the hospital with at least one gunshot wound. His injuries not considered to be life threatening. Some neighbors are telling kristin ahers not in my back ward. Reporter we just learned that Walnut Creek City Council will approve that plan. That controversial plan to move that homeless shelter to downtown. Every seat in the Walnut Creek City Council filled. The location of a temporary daytime homeless shelter. Right now, the Trinity Center feeds the homeless at its walnut creek campus near st. Paul episcopal church. But it needs to be revamped. During construction they want to move to this downtown building. Theres going to be a bunch of Homeless People congregating where i go get a yogurt and burger. I have no problems providing money for them i just dont want them in my town. The decision that is its making likely to make it worse. Im happy they voice their concerns. Reporter but a board member at the Trinity Center says the day shelter is desperately needed. Without councils approval some of those who depend on the services will lose a year and a half. You lose the advocacy, a place to take a shower, to get a meal. Reporter the official vote has not come yet but could come in the next few minutes. Kristin ahers. Should police be able to use pepper spray to control crowds like this . Tonight a bay area city is having second thoughts. Could this deadly derailment have been prevented. The technology in the bay area to prevent these kind of disasters. Ak and tonight the guy behind dr. Stanley remember this cannot change the laws of god. When he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, thats like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] berkeley gave police the authority to use pepper spray for crowd control. Tonight the city is having second thoughts. About whether thats really a good idea. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on the latenight vote. Joe . The Berkeley City Council revisited the debate on this topic. As some citizens here are uneasy with poice using any type of weapons on a crowd of protesters. The fact is, police have already been carrying pepper spray but for years. But it was against Police Protocol to use it in a large protest situation. Then along came 2017. The streets of berkeley were invaded by right wing demonstrators who who showed u apons. An after several protests like this one, the city of berkeley is allowing police to use pepper spray. Reporter the fact is for years Police Officers have had pepper spray at their disposal. But it was against rules to use it at demonstrations. And then came this year, where demonstrators showed up with handmade weapons and then antifa who showed up to counter protest. They decided again to keep the policy of restrained pepper spray. Moon passes. Policy still in effect. Im very pleased that the council has decided to keep the policy they came to in agreement on october 12th. That will help keep our people safe and our community safe. Reporter the same condition remains in place. Police are only supposed to use pepper spray on a violent protester. Theyre not to use it to undisdiscriminately disperse a crowd. Near by El Toro Elementary School sheltered in place during the investigation. The victim is recovering at san jose regional hospital. Excessive speed and distracted driving two possible factors in yesterdays amtrak derailment in washington state. Tonight veronica de la cruz tells us that the investigation is surrounding the engineer. Tonight crews continue to clean up the train debris. The brake was automatically activated rather than being initiated by the engineer. Reporter technology known as train control may have stopped that train. In fact, the north bays new smart train in the coup country to have the system up and running. Creating a system for a train system as large as amtrak could take millions. The state attorney general argues the practice contributes to harmful air pollution especially in oil fields in the central valley. California has now filed 24 losses against the trump administration. Tonight the mess in the Santa Cruz Mountains caused by last winters storms is almost cleaned up. Were talking about where 200 feet of road was wiped out in february. This is how the stretch near Castle Rock Park looked like. But look at it now. So called super fast tracking allowed caltrans to build this bridge in months not years. Fast tracking is specially designing and building simultaneously. Design a small portion and then build that portion right away. Rainfall on the ray tar pretty hard to find. There was a front moving through. I do expect at least some light rainfall. But right now not much in the bay. Were looking at san helena a couple of showers. It is officially raining at the airport. Thats not terribly impressive. We could use some rain there. Sierra only 26 . In e if in effect in the mountains. Overnight tonight a lot more 40s than weve seen recently. Oakland only dropping to 46. Satellite and radar reveal were calling it 24 hours of normal weather. Today it was cloudy. Its powering in the pacific northwest. Were getting a very, very glancing blow because the jet stream emergency is staying to the north. Yes theres a front moving through. But without support from the jet stream which we got every storm last winter. Pushing all the way south of san jose by 4 00 in the morning. Look how quickly not only the rain clears out the clouds will clear out. By the time you wake up tomorrow morning its likely sunny. Itll be chilly. Itll be breezy with highs only in the mid to upper 50s but any semblance of rainfall is out of here. Couple of hours of like rain tonight, thats it. And freezing temperatures beginning tomorrow night well see some 20s. Milpitas, santa clara, may hit the the mid50s for a while. Were calling for no more rainfall after tonight. Christmas day we may see a spotty shower in the north bay but we go dry once again after the minimal rainfall we get tonight. More time left in the rainy season. But this not the rainmaker. Tonight the deli guy who has become an internet sensation. And heres tonights guests on the colberd show. Carol beasley says her dogs get more presents than anyone else at her house. Santa is not going to argue. We would like to see your holiday photos and videos. Share them with us on our whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the cla250 for 329 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. California academy of sciences. He also answered santa certainly made a splash in San Francisco suiting up if a scuba dive. He also answered questions. Santa will be diving daily until Christmas Day. Tonight meet the grocer with the golden voice. That is 23yearold gili asanto hes the deli guy at russos market. This year, gili offered to help with the sound check. Stepped into the spotlight. Wow. I never thought i could see myself singing in a store would have i think up to now 18,000 views. Bravo. Running in for a stick of butter and you hear that. My gosh. Where am i. Beautiful. Its tough to follow that. But a moment tonight between two nba legends that might right ankle, meaning he will not play in Christmas Day game against cleveland. The warriors announce that se th curry will miss another day. Coach Randy Bennett a little concerned against st. Marys down early. Gails take the lead then its often to the races. Rondeo with the put down. St. Marys wins it. This is not going to move the needle very much for giants fans. But nick henley gets a one year deal with San Francisco. Last season ranked seventh on the team. Hes a pretty good dude. The giants recognized him with the willie mack award since december. Lincicum had been off the grid. And heres a picture of the beast working out. Until a rivalry on the court tore them apart. Tonight a dramatic apology changed all that. But you are my brother. Let me apologize to you if i hurt you, that we havent been together. And god is good to bring us back together. Am i right . I know now. It hurt me too. Come here, man. Pretty emotional moment. And it comes at a time of year that i think maybe a lot of people watching this broadcast can take something from that. Tomorrow morning at 430. Michelle griego and kenny choi will have all the news you need. To start your day. Good night. The late show with stephen