Day makes. What a difference a day makes. Just hours after celebrating a huge victory on tax reform the president and congress now back in the middle of a budget battle. And now a Government Shutdown is looming. Abcs Arlette Saenz has more from northwest. The new tax reform bill is especially they are about to get a holiday bonus. The phone company says it will give more than 200thousand us workers a onethousand dollar bonus. It was actually announced a week ago. The republican tax plan slashes the tax rate on corporations. At ts ceo says the savings will create more goodpaying jobs. In virginia a tightly contested delegate race ends in a tie it looks like a name drawn out of a glass bowl will determine the winner of virginias 94th district delegate race. One vote victory. But republicans challenged it, and won. Its not clear when the candidates names will be drawn. Developing now. An unexpected move the d. C. School board delaying a vote on a resolution calling for an independent investigation into city schools. Seven on your side found at least 26 Ballou High School students graduated with more than 100 unexcused absences. That finding led some School Board Members to call for an independent probe into data and accountability practices. Board member Laura Wilson Phelan requested that the vote be delayed. The office of the state superintendent of education is conducting its own investigation. That probe is completed next month. A new date for a vote on an independent investigation has not been announced. Seven on your side wants to hear from you. Email us about issues in dc schools at tips at wjladotcom. Or call 7033403170. Four days from christmas and police are still trying to track down a reallife grinch stealing christmas decorations. She was caught on camera taking items from tina carters porch and yard, in southeast d. C. After realizing some decorations were missing, tina and her husband checked their surveillance video. And they were stunned at what they saw. The camera captured the woman taking items on three different occasions. Taking items on three different occasions. On her third attempt, a neighbor caught her. Police released the surveillance video, but they havent made an arrest. Tina did get her decorations back she found them piled in a heap, with some other peoples. She believes the woman just wants to ruin christmas coming up a tour bus crash in mexico creating a holiday tragedy in virginia. What we are learning about the people onboard. Plus, the roads are empty now but we are hours away from one of the busiest Holiday Travel days of the year. What you need to know to avoid the rush, coming up. Hey, guys. Where are the cookies for the. Bake sale . Bake. Bake sale . Need to bake in a hurry . Use new country crock buttery sticks with sunflower oil. Theres no softening required. 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Hes expected to make a full recovery on tuesday, officer cusack reached into a car to stop a suspected drugged driver from fleeing. The driver accelerated, dragging the officer. He was rushed to the hospital with serious road rash. The driver is now in jail, charged with attempted murder. The tsa is rolling out new automated screening lanes at 12 airports across the country. Including bostons logan airport. The bins are 25percent larger, and are dispensed automatically. The tsa says the new lanes can improve efficiency multiple passengers can also load their items into bins simultaneously. Passengers who were interviewed confirm, the new system is quicker. They say it was a nice surprise, during the height of the busy Holiday Travel season. The new lanes are also available in atlanta and la as well as chicagos ohare, newark and jfk in new york. This next story went viral on social media wendesday. Biscuit the dog, missing from a home in southeast. Dc police, and even mayor Muriel Bowser using the hashtag find biscuit. And last night our cameras were there when this story came to a happy ending. Jay korff has more on the reunion youll see only on 7. At xx time for weather. Today coldest in more than a week fog showers for saturday christmas chance Morning Light rain to flurries today lots of sun, but cool winter solstice 11 28 am highs mid 40s winds variable 5 mph overnight partly cloudy, cold lows 2532 winds northwest 510 mph friday mostly cloudy, mild highs lower 50s shocking new video of a traffic stop in now the driver is speaking out. Z2momz zi0z y2momy yi0y it all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. Caught on camera being beaten by now hes suing the city. It was november when officers pulled up behind 21year old Christopher Ballew at a gas station. They questioned him about a missing front license plate. Then you see officers wrestle bellew to the ground, and try restraining him using batons. Ballew says the footage shows he was beaten. The city, says he resisted arrest. Ballew ended up with a broken leg. He was eventually arrested charged with assaulting a Police Officer with a arrested charged with assaulting a Police Officer with a deadly weapon. The officers involved are still on active duty during the investigation. Right now the search is on for the gunmen who stormed an armored truck last friday in beltsville. Take a look at the incredible video the cash couriers restocking an atm on baltimore avenue. The workers forced to the ground. The thieves escaped with nearly a quartermillion dollars the gunmen ditched their getaway car a few blocks away from the crime scene and vanished. No one was hurt. Fan recption for star wars the last jedi may not be as positive as the studio would have liked. But that doesnt appear to be hurting it at the box office. Variety reports star wars the last jedi earned more than 536million dollars in less than a week. The movie already ranks as the 164th highest grossing of all time. But the film itself has been a little divisive for fans. Although it has a 92 percent fresh rating with critics on rotten tomatoes, its audience score is only 54percent. There is much more coming up on good morning washington. Australia a car plowing through a crowd of christmas shoppers. The Incident Police are calling a deliberate act. Spreading the wealth. Republicans passing a major tax reform bill and overnight companines are promising to share some of the savings. When thousands of workers are getting bonuses