Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. At least 14 people were injured when an suv drove onto a sidewalk in melbourne, australia, in what Police Believe was a deliberate act. The suv crashed in the center of the city. One witness said people were flying everywhere. Police arrested the driver and a second man. The motive was not clear. 12 people were taken to the hospital including a preschoolaged child with serious head injuries. And back here at home President Trump may wait to sign the tax overhaul bill until next year. That would delay automatic cuts and spending programs until 2019 after next years elections. Hena doba is here in new york. Hena, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. A triumphant donald trump and fellow republicans celebrated trillion tax overhaul as a historic victory for the American People. Its the biggest overhaul of the tax system since 1986. First an animated tweet from President Trump delivering what he calls a Christmas Gift to the American People. Then it was on to the white house to celebrate congresss passage of the republican tax reform bill, the first major legislative victory of the trump administration. Its always a lot of fun when you win. If you work hard and lose, thats not acceptable. Even some of the president s critics in the Republican Party like senator bob corker who voted against the bill the first time around stood behind him on this day. Mr. Trump received nothing but praise from the gop. Youre one heck of a leader. Were all benefiting from it. It could not pass without you. It reduces the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 21 . Doubles the current standard deduction for individuals and families and doubles the Child Tax Credit. Democrats claim the bill overwhelmingly benefits the rich. The suspicions of the American People that the Republican Party is helping the wealthy and the powerful corporations and not the middle class has been confirmed in this bill. The nonpartisan congressional budget offer predicts it will add 1. 4 trillion to National Debt over the next decade. Annemarie. Hena doba here in new york. Thanks so much, hena. Ahead well talk with dan senor about how much the tax overhaul will play in upcoming congressional elections. Gop congressional leaders are struggling to avert a looming government shutdown. The house is expected to vote today. The senate would follow. Key Senate Republicans dropped a demand for a yearend obamacare fix and an 81 billion Disaster Relief bill will get a separate vote. Later today the u. N. Assembly is going to vote on a resolution criticizing President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Earlier they required them to rescind the declaration and not move the embassy there. For all of theseoneynd then vote against us at the security potentially at the assembly, they take hundreds of millions of dollars, even billions of dollar, well, were watching those votes. Let them cast their votes. Well save a lot. Overseas now, there was gunfire this morning along the tense border that separates north and south korea after another north korean soldier defected to the south. South troops fired machine gun warning a north korean. This happened in a remote section of a border. There are no reports of any injuries. Driver negligence caused the crash of a tour bus. Prosecutors say the driver lost control, the bus flipped and hit a tree. Its unclear if the bus driver was taken into custody. The wreckage of that amtrak train has been cleared. Three passengers were killed in mondays crash. The train was going 50 Miles Per Hour faster than the speed limit at the time of the derailment. Washingtons governor says amtrak plans to pay for the cost of the derailment. The city of memphis sold two parks where two statutes were located for greenspace. Greenspace can legally move the statues, something the city was unable to do. These statues no longer represent who we are as a modern diverse city with momentum. The statues will be stored an undisclosed station. In virginia, a District Court declared a race for a seat in the Virginia House a tie. The day before the democratic candidate was declared the winner by one vote. The contest will decide who controls the state house. The chairman of the virginia board of elections says the board will pick a winner by random, likely by pulling a name out of a hat. Olympic gymnast Mikala Maloney said she was sexually abused for years. Now she is searing. Reporter in a lawsuit she accu usa jigymnastics of abuse. She wrote sex abuse started when i was 13 years old and didnt end until i left the sport. John manly represents more than 100 girls and one woman including maloney alleging sexual abuse by larry nassar. Of course, its a coverup. If its not a coverup, why do you keep it quiet. They were willing to sacrifice being and voice to do that and thats just part of the pourhouse womens Gymnastics Team known as the fierce five. Just last month aly raisman told of her abuse. What did they do to manipulate these girls so much that theyre so afraid to speak up. Usa gymnasticses put out a statement saying both sides had agreed to the confidentiality deal and they were initiated by their attorney, not usa gymnastics. Coming up on the morning news, cutting jail time. Well tell you whose prison sentence plp coresident trump commuted. And Meghan Markle joins the queen for lunch. This is the cbs morning news. Stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohns disease. Studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. Stelara® may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. 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Business insider says another chipotles is under investigation after several customers said they became sick. Chipotle has struggled to win back customers after previous food safety issues. Floridas sun sentinel reports police say no one is involved in the crash involving venus williams. Someone tried to cut her off as she tried to cross an intersection setting offer a chain of events. Another car slammed into williams car. A passenger died in that accident 13 days later. Williams was not hurt. Vanity fair says Meghan Markle arrived in a lace dress for lunch with the queen. Theyre set to marry in may. Yesterday was the first time she spent time with harrys extended family. Still to come, backlash. Something iphone users have long suspected. Blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis had both and that turned around my thinking. 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Reaction to the gop tax rewrite had come and gone pretty much. Stocks finished with little change. The dow lost 28 points. The s p 500 ended the day two points lower. The nasdaq also matched that downward trend, finishing two points lower as well. U. S. Home sales hit their highest level in 11 years. More than expected. Thats according to the National Association of realtors. The Strong Demand is the sign of a steady economic expansion but there remains a chronic order of supply. And heres a look at spacexs new superheavy rocket. The photos released yesterday showed the falcon heavy rocket inside its florida hanger. Elon musk said its his own tesla roadster. Keep in mind musk also heads up the tesla electric car company. The falcon x has 27 engines, three times more than spacex uses to launch supplies. Im sure no battery problems unlike my iphone. I know, exactly. The iphone is my favorite because its like duh. We kind of all knew this. 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General assembly is scheduled to vote on a resolution criticizing President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. President trump threatened to cut off countries who support the resolution. And President Trump will probably wait until next year to sign the sweeping gop bill. That way cuts in things like medicare wont kick in until 2019 after the congressional election. Congress approved the deal yesterday. The deal will give tax cuts to millions of americans, but how much will you be saving next year . Kenneth craig has the detailed. Reporter the 1. 5 trillion tax cut makes major changes to current laws. First off most americans will pay a lower tax rate. The variety majority of americans will see a tax cut in the near term. Reporter cbsed by news analyst Jill Schlesinger says the reason why, the new law nearly doubles the standard deduction. As a result most will be able to claim the standard deduction. Reporter but returns can variy widely depending on several factors like where you live and how many children you have. H r say a married couple in san diego with two children making 150,000 a year will save almost 3,600. Theyll also take the 24,000 standard deduction since its more than item icying mortgage interest, charitable contributions, and taxes. Theyll also take advantage of the Child Tax Credit doubling from 1,000 to 2,000. A single homeowner in queens new york will only get 100. Mo more. Thats because the state, property, and local taxes he used to deduct is now capped at 10,000 under the new plan. And while most americans will get money back, many of the tax benefits will expire. Theyll be gone after 2025. Reporter experts say mill n millions of americans will be paying more tax than they are right now. Kenneth craig, cbs news. Certain airlines are refusing certain bags because the lithiumion battery could catch on fire. Wired Nick Thompson has steps to protect your childs safety. And norah talks with kennedy honoree gloria estefes estefan. Thats the cbs morning news for this thursday. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com breaking news this morning a car slams in the crowd of people on the sidewalk in Melbourne Australia more than a dozen are injured in what Police Believed was a deliberate act. Back here at home a hit run crash leaves a eight yearold boy dead what the driver told police after he took off from the scene. Chilly weather and katies watching Holiday Weekend forecast which could bring a messy mixture to the region. It is thursday, december 21st, what is today new years eve . Im jim donovan. Aim he rahel solomon. Lets get a check of the forecast with katie and forecast with with kate i. Yes. Were looking outside we have two crashes out there w