At the Kennedy Center honors. With fears the eventual would get too political, so did it . And who else got a fancy necklace . Well tell you, coming up in the skinny on monday. December 4th. From abc news, this is world news now. Rhythm is going to get you rhythm is going to get you every time im at a party and i have a couple too many drink and i start breaking out my dance moves, thats when im like, Gloria Estefan, you were right. The rhythm is going to get you. Thats what happens. And then everyone looks at you strangely. Absolutely. Glorias role in my life. But were going to start this hour with the republican drive to push a tax cut through congress. Now that the senate has approved its version it has to be combined with the version passed in the house. The house plans to vote today to formally set up a Conference Committee to hammer out the differences. Republicans are trying to act quickly in order to get it to the president s desk by christmas. Heres stephanie ramos. Reporter the Senate Passing the sweeping tax bill in the dead of the night. The tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. Reporter leaving democrats fuming. About the handwritten changes. Can you tell me what that word is . If you can, you have better eyes than me. Reporter now the republicans racing to get the bill on the president s desk before christmas. Now we go on to conference, and something beautiful is going to come out of that picture. Reporter there are some major differences between the house and senate bills. Both bills would reduce the Corporate Tax rate to 20 , but the timing of when the cut kicks in is different. Jim owns a small restaurant in chattanooga, tennessee and is excited about the prospect of a kwut in the future. Thats what i need so i can give my employees a muchneeded increase in pay. Reporter the other difference, the mortgage deduction bill, capped 500,000 in the house bill, the senate bill keeps it at 1 million. The medical expense deduction, the house bill repeals it. The senate bill expands it. And the house bill makes the individual tax cuts permanent. The senate bill would allow the tax cuts to expire in seven years. Why not make it so you can say everybody in the middle class will get a tax cut thats permanent . Its impossible to do that. You cant craft any bill that would gaurn guarantee no one was in a special category that might get a tax increase. Reporter graduate students marching this week over the house bills provision to repeal deductions for student Loan Interest rates. It will make graduate accessibility inaccessibility to those other than in the upper class. Reporter how much will it cost . Many republicans are arguing it will pay for itself by promoting economic growth. But some say the senate bill would add 1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Stephanie ramos, abc news, capitol hill. President trump makes a quick trip to utah today. Hes expected to sign an executive order shrinking two national monuments. Its a move requested by state lead he is leaders, recommended by the interior secretary and opposed by environmental leaders. More protests are expected today. So as the president heads to the chopper, im sure he will face plenty of questions today about his latest tweets slamming the fbi. They came two days after his former National Security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. Michael flynn struck a deal with Robert Mueller whos investigating russian influence on the president ial election, but the president himself is saying that the fbis reputation is in tatters, the worst in history. This as a top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee thinks this is only the start. I do believe he will incriminate others in the administration, otherwise there was no reason for bob mueller to give mike flynn this kind of a deal. That plea agreement does not indicate that theres very much else there. The president s tweets about the fbi included one that may cause him some bit of trouble. He said he had to fire flynn because he had lied to the fbi. That right there may raise questions about obstruction of justice. New this morning, President Trump is catching heat from former tv host billy bush. In todays New York Times, bush is accusing the president of quote, indulging in revisionist history for reportedly denying it was his voice on the access hollywood tape. The New York Times has reported that the president has privately told aides that the voice making lewd remarks about women was not his. Bush says of course he said it, we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical. Hot air from americas toprated bloviater. Along with me, there were several other guys on the bus. Every one of us assumed that we were listened to a crass standup act. He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real. Well, now we know better. The u. S. And south Korean Air Forces are now conducting a massive fiveday drill. The exercises are said to be the largest ever conducted by the two countries. They include hundreds of aircraft, including two dozen u. S. Stealth fighters. Lindsey graham said now is the time for u. S. Military families in south korea to leave. Graham also said he believes conflict with the north is getting close. Its crazy to send spouses and children to south korea given the provocation of north korea, so i want them to stop sending dependents, and its time to start moving american dependents out of south korea. The air force drills come a week after north korea fired its most powerful missile ever. Kim jong uns regime claim the exercises push the peninsula to the brink of war. Neighbors searched the wards near a missing girls home. Chelsea noel walked out of her house in port st. Lucie wearing just her nightgown. The little girl is autistic and doesnt speak. Divers have searched a nearby canal and bloodhounds have also been used. And a man will be in court today in connection with the missing f missing frisina. Rodriguez is in custody. Frisinas parents say theyre seeking counseling. A blockbuster deal could reshape the Nations Health care industry. Cvs is hoping to purchase aetna for 69 billion. Now cvs runs nearly 10,000 drugstores and 1100 walkin clinics. Wall street analysts say if the acquisition is successful, it would fuel an expansion of Health Care Services at cvs. Big day today, not only is it National Cookie day, but its also a big anniversary. You might want to put your phone down if youre texting. All right, cool. We just passed a historic milestone in the history of texting. It was exactly 25 years ago that the worlds first ever sms, Short Message Service was sent. The british engineer sent the text from a computer to the mobile phone of the director of vodafone. There were two words merry christmas. Those two words were the beginning of a seismic change in how we communicate with each other. Heres how we reported on the growing phenomenon in 2001. The latest edition of the concise oxford dictionary came out today with an interesting new section on abbreviations, such as bblr, call back later, and hnd, have a nice day. It sounds to some people like a whole new language, and it is. Heres abcs ned potter. Hello and an exclamation point is a capitalized a. And now youre thinking why not just give me a phone call. Reporter but look around, and instead of calling you will see more people texting. Its cheap, its cool, its just like email but with you all the time. It will never catch on. It will never catch on. Be one of those trendy, faddy things. Send a text right now. Remember when you had to dial each individual letter for each number . Then there it was t9 next. Mindblowing. It was easy. You could just say, you up . Coming up, the worst get away driver ever. Left behind an apparent package thief, caught by a very angry nanny. So what happened. And d. J. Callan celebrating another one. His birthday bash brought out an elite group of partygoers. Hes celebrating another one. Were going to run through it in the skinny. Youre watching world news now. Ching world news now. My daughter is. Studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. She said. Dadgo pro with crest prohealth. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm. These crest prohealth. Products help maintain a. Professional clean. Go pro with Crest Pro Health crest prohealth. Really brought my mouth. To the next level. Heres some video released sunday of a frightening moment a truck started a Chain Reaction crash on a british highway. The driver reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel. Last night he was sentenced to 16 months behind bars for that crash. No one was seriously hurt. A driver in the meantime in china probably wishes his new car was stuck in mud. Thats a pickup truck trying to pull him out of the cement there. Ooh, cement. Eventually, he got hooked onto the cement truck and it gets him out of the mess. Ooh, thats going to be a rough repair. Oops. And here at home, a wouldbe package thief is in trouble after being caught by the family nanny. And by be being caught, we literally mean being caught. Reporter it was a sight captured all too often on Home Security cameras this time of year. Those holiday deliveries, disappearing in the hands of thieves, but a warning to wouldbe grinches. Someone like kate anderson, a nanny in Washington State may be watching. It was very intense. Reporter here you see the getaway driver take off. Apparently scared by anderson sprinting outside. She tackles the accused thief, brings her back to the house and holds her there until police arrive. She literally was like i was just checking your address. No, girl, i have cameras. Reporter cameras in michigan helping stop this wouldbe thief. The homeowner seeing the video of him approaching and quickly chasing him away. The cameras not only deal with the case and the investigation after the fact. But now its able to alert the homeowners when someone comes close to their home. Reporter some advice for experts, install a system with live monitoring on your smartphone that includes alarm and voice features so you can react when youre not home. Track packages so you know when theyre arriving, then make arrangements for someone to be home or ship to a secure address. And dont put yourself in danger to catch a crook in the act. Though anderson says she has no regrets. Someones doing something wrong, i am not afraid. Maybe well just have to keep kate as our house forever. Reporter instead of approaching someone stealing from outside your home, focus on being a good witness. Identify the type of vehicle, license plate number and take extra videos and photos on your phone if can you. That will help police on their investigation. I think that get away driver missed the memo. Youre not the only one whos supposed to get away. That was a baby driver. He watched the movie, like, no, i got this, i got this. No, you dont got it. When we come back, ladies love cool j and beyond, i would say. So does the rest of the country. Plus a go ahead. Yeah, all about cool j and the big birthday bash. The skinnys next. The skinnys next oh, what a feelin when were dancin on the ceiling Lionel Richie tops off the skinny for us, because he is one of the newest Kennedy Center honorees. He joins Gloria Estefan at a ceremony in washington, d. C. Last nights event was the first rapper, the youngest honoree at 49 years old. And a performance of mama says knock you out. Listen to glorias. Shake your body shake your body is that like the cast from the show . Do you think . Gloria estefan, the first cuban american to receive the award. You are bffs with gloria. We are bffs. No big deal. By the way, the president was not at the event. He said he didnt want to create a political distraction. But there was plenty of partying going on and a big bash that took place in Beverly Hills that really drew a crowd. Is he diddy again . What is he . Diddy gathered some of his closest friends for dj callans 42nd birthday. Some of the notable names, fergie, chris brown, Pharrell Williams with very red hair apparently. Snoop dogg, jamie foxx, the arabian nights theme on a private estate. That is Kelly Rowland from destinys child who sang happy birthday. To the guest of honor. And callans son made an entrance in his aston martin stroller. You know youve made it when you have an aston martin stroller. And the caterer. So the party then ended with a danceoff with love. Thats sean pdiddys son there. All going at it there. That is the party event. Jesse williams as well. Yeah. I didnt get invited, but whatever, whatever. Hell have another one. And prince harry and Meghan Markle have made their first public appearance. Everybody was very excited. Yeah. So the crowd was psyched. Perhaps no one was as pumped at british tv reporter, alison hamped. This is their first royal event together. There she is. Can you see them . Harry harry is right here. So exciting Harry Harry Harry come and get warmed up by me go on, go on. Dont give up. Wheres meghan, alison . Right, im looking for meghan, shes on the other side shout at her she looks amazing. Harry. I think she scared him a little bit. Shes like harry, come and get warmed up here. The anchors in the studio seemed a little less excited about it. They played it straight. Meghan spoke on camera. Harrys like, im not going to go over to that microphone. Well be right back. Going to go over to that microphone. Well be right back. Its never much, just whats left after i break a dollar. And i never thought i could get quality Life Insurance with my spare change. Neither did i. Until i saw a commercial for the Colonial Penn program. 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