Home when youre not there. Watch it on your phone but Security Experts say theres something you should see. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Just as it appeared that republicans were on track to deliver a tax bill to president as early as this evening, procedural hiccup in the rush to passage has forced a delay requiring the house of representatives to hold a redo vote tomorrow. Senate republicans, hours from a vote of their own, had hoped to tie a bow on the bill tonight. Either way the plan is expected to be passed, promising tax cuts for many even as brand new nbc news poll finds Many Americans opposed to it. Our kasie hunt has late developments. The yeas reporter republicans in congress declaring victory. Report is adopted laid on the table. Reporter House Speaker paul afternoon. But tonight embarrassing stumbling block. Senate has to change the bill before they can pass it because a handful of obscure provisions dont meet senate rules. With those stripped out, they have to vote again tomorrow before the president can sign it. Still on track to become law. A new nbc news wall strooelt journal poll taken before the vote shows 41 of americans see bill as bad idea. 24 support it. At the end of the day, you think the American People will back you up on this . Very much so, see every two weeks in paycheck theyre bringing more home. I think theyll really like the bill. Reporter give a lower tax rate, increase the Child Tax Credit and slash Corporate Tax rates from 35 to 21 . Because of changes in rates and deductions, may wish to look at withholding amounts because could affect cash flow. Reporter also argue create moob like at marlin steel wire in baltimore. Owner drew greenblatt is making plans. Going to hire a lot of local people here in Baltimore City and create new jobs and new opportunities for people. Reporter business rate cuts are permanent but individual tax rate cuts expire, could leave you paying more in 2025. Critics say this helps wealthy at expense of everybody else. Its allout looting of america, wholesale robbery of the middle class. Reporter despite the last minute drama, the senate is plowing ahead, staying late tonight at capitol. President monitoring developments from the white house. Bill expected to land on his desk sometime tomorrow. Lester. Kasie hunt on capitol hill for us tonight. Thank you. Now to new details in the deadly amtrak Train Derailment in washington state. Ntsb revealing the train traveling 50 miles over the speed limit before it jumped the tracks killing at leas people. While Safety Technology known as positive train control was installed, it wasnt yet operational. Weve got it all covered beginning with gadi schwartz. Good evening. Reporter good evening lester. If there was a stretch of track that explained exactly what happened here, it is this one. Take a look. 30mileperhour curve. Ntsb investigators say theyve recovered black box from the front of the locomotive, shows engineer didnt appear to hit the brakes before the curve. Other side of the berm . Absolute devastation. Through unrelenting rain, crews working nonstop to clear massive passenger cars after a crash that sent hundreds of tons of train and steel through the air. One moment sitting at seat, then everything moving. Grabbed a table to hold on. So many emotions flash through your mind, am i going to make it . Thats the last thing i remember. Reporter 79yearold charlie hebner, a train enthusiast, excited to be aboard inaugural run, now he and wife are trying to keep spirits high. Count your blessings, try to live day to day. I saw the train hanging off. Reporter daniel was driving by, eagle scout, he immediately rushed to help. You pulled more than a dozen people to safety. If it wasnt me, somebody else would have been there to do it. Thankful i got to be there and help. Reporter three People Killed in crash. Including 35yearold Zach Willhoite and james hamre, rail fish nauddos, excited to be on a maiden run. Saving grace, they were doing what they loved and celebrating it. Reporter more questions about safety mechanism positive train control, installed on the tracks on the train but not set to be implemented until next year. Looks like in preliminary analysis, automatically activated when accident was occurring rather than being initiated by the engineer. Reporter ntsb just beginning to investigate what went wrong and how it should have been prevented. Gadi schwartz, dupont, washington. Reporter this is tom costello. Among the questions for federal investigators tonight, did the engineer know the track he was on . Had he done the required test run before monday to familiarize himself with the curves and posted speed limits . Did someone or something distract him at very moment he needed to slow the train from 80 to 30 . Veteran engineers say he would have needed quarter mile to slow amtrak train before the curve. Youve got to slow down slowly, otherwise forces that jackknife your train. Reporter two black boxes should tell investigators if and when engineer hit the brakes. All can do is wait for the train to stop. Reporter Safety Experts say positive train control may crash by automatically applying the brakes when it failed to show down. I have no control at this point, train will come to a stop. Reporter congress ordered railroads to install it ten years ago but 37 of Freight Lines and 23 of passenger lines today have done it. Congress extended deadline as 2018 and now possibly 2020 as railroads complained about the cost of installing the safety upgrade. End of the day, crashes like this one and dozens that happened before cost even more in toll of human lives and dollars. Reporter among the accidents where speed played a role. 25 dead in california, four dead in the bronx, eight in philadelphia and one in hoboken. Immediately after yesterdays crash, President Trump tweeted all the more reason to fix in infrastructure in the country but his budget calls for cutting it. Another deadly crash, a bus packed with tourists overturned in mexico, americans among those on board. Information is just coming in about the dead and injured. Details from kerry sanders. Reporter bus loaded with 27 tourists, some american, headed on day trip to mayan ruins when it suddenly overturned. Authorities in mexico say at least 12 dead, 18 injured, now treated at four different hospitals. Royal caribbean says they were passengers on the celebrity equinox, from port of miami, or serenade of the seas from fort lauderdale. In a statement tonight cruise lines saying were doing all we can to care for our guests, including assisting with medical care and transportation. The private bus contractor says they picked up passengers in port town of mahahual and making inexplicably crashed. Tonight authorities at scene say theyre just beginning to investigate what caused the fatal accident. Kerry sanders, nbc news. The Trump Administration today publicly blamed north korea for a crippling global cyberattack this year. Announcement coming just 50 days before the start of the Winter Olympics in south korea. And south koreas president tells nbc news in exclusive interview what his country is doing to protect the games from cyberthreats and ease tensions in the region. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Richard Engel in seoul. Reporter its not just north Koreas Nuclear Weapons Program the white house is warning about. Today accusing kim jonguns regime of launching a massive cyberattack dubbed wannacry. 300,000 computers in countries, including banks and hospital we do not make this allegation lightly but with evidence and partners. Reporter partners went public before the u. S. , a few weeks ago at Silicon Valley headquarters of symantec, we met the engineer who first uncovered north korea was behind the cyberattack. Is it like a nuclear test . Blow up to show you can . Equivalent of it in cyberworld. Demonstrating your power and ability. Reporter 6,000 miles away in south korea today, president moon jaein told us his nation set up a special unit to protect the upcoming Winter Olympics from hacking. Right now south korea and u. S. Are working very closely in preparing for any attempts, he said. President moon spoke to us as he inaugurated a 3. 4 billion bullet train said the games with athletes from the north invited can be a path to easing tensions. What message are you sending to the world with these games . The Korean People will be able to send a message of peace to the world he said. President moon said joint u. S. And south Korean Military exercises like this one for today may be put off for now. President moon told me he raised possibility of postponing the exercises if north korea stops what he calls its provocations. He said u. S. Is considering it. Lester. Richard engel in seoul, thank you. Important news tonight for millions of americans paying out of pocket for prescription drugs. New report showing huge disparity of what a drug can cost depending where you buy it. Nbcs Anne Thompson on how you can save shopping around. Reporter picked up phone for cash price of her boyfriends prescription this is no no idea she was dialing for dollars. Then i called third place. Whoa how is this possible . 600 to 500 . 200 to 34. 99. Reporter working mom got similar results when we asked her to check again. Price for valtrex, antiviral ranged from nearly 600 at walmart, almost 500 at costco, generic, walgreens at 242, cheapest costco, just under 39. If you dont know you need to shop around, they got you. Reporter Consumer Reports investigation found similar results in six cities for common generic drugs, including treatments for pain, cholesterol and diabetes. Prescription drug editor. For the same drug, dose and quantity, you can see incredible price differences, even within the same zip code. Reporter in dallas, survey found a onemonth supply of generic of antidepressant cymbalta. 220 at walgreens and 23 at independent pharmacy. Youre telling me in the same zip code, you can pay a difference ten times for the same exact drug . Yes. Reporter why . Thats crazy. It is. Reporter pharmacy chains say these are cash prices and most people pay prices negotiated by insurance companies. Say they try to keep competitive point out retail pharmacies have different costs than warehouses like costco and different costs from costco and online shows. To unlock the savings, gail said ask about instore discount programs and Search Online at places like goodrx where you can compare prices and get coupons. Desiree thought she got a good deal. At basically 34. 99 she did. Good price. Reporter but not best deal. Gone online, grab a costco coupon and get it for 26. Reporter bottom line, research pays off. Difference is crazy. Im now well aware i need to shop around. Two more tips. From Consumer Reports. First always ask pharmacist if this is the lowest price. Because it unlocks any gag clause theyre stumped by. Other thing is negotiate. Consumer reports says think about shopping for prescription drugs the way we do about shopping for cars. You saw my jaw dropping. Huge disparities. Feels like a shell game. Going to save a lot of people a lot of money. 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After today, will have to be expedited. On that note, new consumer alert about amazons new Service Called amazon key, allows delivery person to open your door, leave package inside your home when youre not there. Meant to curb package thefts. But now cyberSecurity Experts say theyve discovered a flaw. Correspondent jeff rossen has more in in rossen reports. Did you know now we deliver here . Reporter its the new service from amazon. Free inhome delivery from amazon key. Amazon will authorize the delivery and unlock your doors. Reporter delivery person drops off package inside your home through this special lock and this camera. Letting you watch it on your phone. But almost immediately after the hacked the system. Exposing a flaw, disabling the wifi and freezing the camera feed so it looks like nothing is going on at the front door. So that delivery person could have full access inside your home undetected. This homeowner letting us try it on her house. Youre saying just that fast . Almost instantly. Almost instantly the camera is disabled inside. Can walk into the house and she wont see us . Exactly. Thats incredible. Reporter look at side by side. Nbc camera on the left, amazon on the right. Our camera, clearly see us, but amazon camera, looks like house was secure and no one is there. Amazon made aware of the vulnerability weeks ago and issued software update, saying customers would be notified more quickly if goes offline. For us, it took less than a minute to get the notification that camera was indications someone hacked it or was inside. Amazon telling nbc news safety and security are built into every aspect of the service and poses little risk to customers. And that the issue is with most wifi systems, not amazon software. The company saying receives alert if doors unlock more than several minutes, adding each driver must pass comprehensive background check before they can make inhome deliveries. What needs to happen here . Amazon needs to fix it. 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