A Police Officer dragged by a car hanging on for his and a driver refusing to stop. Buyer beware. A surge of porch pirates from the front door. How you can fight back. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and thank you for being here. President trump is savoring his first big legislative win tonight. Hours after congress and a Party Line Vote passed the massive tax overhaul bill, a practically giddy president took a lap at the white house. A back slapping celebration passing sweep tax cut that is a critical win for the president and his party as they approach next years midterm elections. Their hope now that the large number of americans unhappy with the bill will learn to love it. Our chief White House CorrespondentHallie Jackson starts our coverage. Good evening. It certainly feels like a Holiday Celebration at the white house with the republicans bettg plan will end up winning over more americans. Surrounded by his party, it felt like for the president. Triumphant tonight. Its always a lot of fun when you win. She getting a political gift, ready to sign into law the biggest tax overhaul in decadings. For means jobs. Job, jobs, jobs. Promise made, promise kept for him. We will have the biggest tax cuts since ronald reagan. Its prove they can govern. The house had an embarrassing hiccup tuesday. Hours after that, lawmakers praising the president as much as the bill itself. You are one heck of a leader. Exquizid president ial leadership. The gop is making a risky bet that benefits to businesses will trickle down to everyone else, today, pointing to at t which happ t president S Justice Department over a major merger. They are linking the corporate cuts to thousand dollar employee bonuses and a billion dollar investment. Thats whauz of what we had. Thats pretty good. Nbcs Parent Company is choosing to offer 1,000 bonuses to many employees, but the tax plan does not force any company to do anything similar. While most americans will see a tax break, the bill boosts businesses and the wealthy more. Thats partly why not a single democrat backed it. Officially cements the Republican Party as the party of the wealthy, party of big corporations. Right now the plan is not popular with many americans. The white house thinks it will be. They will become more excited when they see the benefits in their paycheck. Christmas cuts not felt until the new year. Nbc news, the white house. Im peter alexander. President trump has been promising it for months. We want to give you, the american people, a for christmas. So what are you getting . Lower taxes for 8 in 10 americans including most middle and working class families. If you are selfemployed, this is much needed tax relief for a small business. The individual expires after years, but the Corporate Tax cut is perm nebt. On health care, the individual mandates erased entirely in 2019. Without the mandate, 13 million more americans will be uninsured in 10 years according to analysts. Ian dixon whose family is insured through obamacare fears premiums will skyrocket. My costs will more than double. Doubling the deduction and increasing the tax credit to 2,000, unwrapping will bring surprises. The mortgage Interest Deduction for new home loans will be 7 75 understand,000. You can still deduct the the bill limits state and local deductions to 10,000 hitting high tax states like california, new jersey and new york. In chicago, some are rushing to prepay next years taxes. They promised the tax code are so simple you can file on a form like a postcard. Many say thats unlikely for this 500 page tax cut bill. The president branded this bill a middle class miracle. More than 80 will go to the top 1 . The white house said americans will begin seeing more money in their paychecks in february. Lester . Peter alexander at the white house. The tax overhaul may be done, but congresss end of the year to do list includes urgent matters like resolving funding for a major Childrens Health chrns program and preventing a government shut down. Money runs out on friday. As casey hunt reports, there is no time with the holidays fast approaching rnlg the Reynolds Family is waiting for congress, not santa. The bill is exactly where we are at. Five of the 10 children rely on the Childrens HealthInsurance Program to cover 100,000 in costs each year. For us, chip is not if little sally happens to break her arm or get sick and its nice to have coverage for little accidents. For us its to keep them alive. Nooib million children are covered by the program which helps kid who is dont qualify for medicate and cant afford private insurance. Funding expired at the end of the september and congress has not passed a fix. Families have been warned they could lose coverage and congress is arguing over a permanent solution. They are also arguing about the future of more than 700,000 undouchlted immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. They have g t are. They can be easily found. They worry that they will be separated from their families. The end of year to do list includes billions in funding for disaster relief. Reauthorizing the law that lets the government wire tap foreigners without a warrant. Funding runs out at midnight on friday. Tonight republicans still are not sure what they are going to do about keeping the government open, making it much more likely they will punt on the hard questions like Childrens Health insurance and dreamers until after the holidays. Lester . Casey hunt at the capitol tonight. The tour bus tragedy in mexico we first told you about last night. We know eight of the 12 dead are americans and three are from one family. The bus driver is facing charges. Nbcs ron motte has our report. It was a holiday cruise that ended tragedy for the family. Mom anna and 11yearold mexico. The 78yearold grandmother also lost. The father and 15yearold davy injured and hospitalized. Eight americans are among the dozen who died and another 18 hurt when a bus taking a tour overturned leaving some lying on the road. Today mexican officials began processing charges against the driver who was injury and detained by authorities. A state prosecutor said preliminary findings indicate excessive speed and the drivers negligence caused the crash. My heart goes out to all the people. The lost loved ones. I could have been on the bus. It was part of a fleet transporting visitors. According to witnesses the crash happened on a clear day on a narrow twolane road with no shoulder or guardrail. They often take excursions, but usually run by independent company about the driver or the reported cause. The representatives along with Royal Caribbean said they are doing all they can to help their guests. Ron motte, nbc news. There are new details in the other deadly crash. The amtrak train that derailed in washington state. Ntsb investigators revealed a conductor was in the cab and say the brakes were eventually engaged automatically and not by the engineer. Crews were finally able to move the 270,000 pound locomotive off the highway, but its so large it became stuck at times. One of the most controversial figures in the Catholic Church has died. Bernard law, forer boston arch bishop who resigned in disgrace over the sex abuse scandal passed away in rome at 66. The plans for his funeral are in death as in life, Cardinal Bernard law challenging the pen et of forgiveness. I hope the gates of hell are open wide to welcome him. Little mercy for the man seen as the face of the sex abuse scandal in the u. S. Dramatized in the movies spotlight. I think you find that boston is a small town too. Victims are furious that law will be given a funeral at st. Peters in roam. The pope is honoring him and saying its okay to abuse children. I would prefer to see him tied to a cross and burned. During his 18 years as arch bishop, he moved priests from parish to parish without warning, giving them the opportunity to abuse again. To all those who suffered from my shortcomings and my mistakes, i once again apologize. Tonight father jim martin of the American Media said the world will be watching the popes actions. I think they are trying to do the standard procedure for cardinal law and in other ways send signals that he is not as respected as other cardinals. Such as the popes unusually short twosentence statement about laws death. A man with a legacy of wound that have yet to heal. Ann thompson, nbc news, new york. There is new controversy over sexual abuse in the world of gymnastics. Mckayla marrone is suing usa gymnastics saying it tried to silence her as part of a settlement over a former team doctor who now pleaded guilty to sexually abusing underage girls. Tonight usa gymnastics is pushing back. Stephanie gosk as more. In the 2012 games, mckayla marrone was one of the brightest stars. On that helped get her to the podium, usa gymnastics paid her to keep from going public with a painful secret. Starting at 13, Team Doctor Larry Nasser sexually abused her. According to a lawsuit filed in california, the gold medal winner signed a nondisclosure agreement. She went to usa gymnastics looking for financial help with psychological treatments. You dont help someone by putting a gag on them. We know you were molested, but you cant talk about it. She went public in october saying i had a dream to go to the olympics and the things i endured to get there were unnecessary and disgusting. At the time usa gymnastics publicly commended marrone and others for their courage, writing in part because of their strength in coming forward, predators can be held accountable for their academieses. They would try to look good by acting like they wanted her to come forward. That hypocrisy. Usa gymnastics said thats not true. Writing the concept of confidentiality was initiated by the previous attorney and not usa gymnastics. Three members of the team say nasser abused them. The former doctor is facing life in prison on separate sex abuse and pornography charges. Aly riesman was also critical. I was told to keep it quiet. The head of the organization said she is eager to speak personally with mckayla to hear her ideas. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. Now to the shocking video we showed you at the top of the broadcast. A Police Officer literally hanging on for dear life as a driver hit the gas, refusing to stop. The officer clinging to the car. Heres nbcs steve patterson. 20 seconds of high speed terror began in a flash. The florida officer r approaches a man and a woman sitting in a parked car. You got id. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Then body cam video captures him clinging to the drivers side door holing on for his life. The suspect stepping on it. 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