To also praise the president for his leadership on this you didnt just hear from mitch mcconnell, paul ryan and the Vice President which you might have expected you heard in senators like oren hatch and lisa merkowski, touting the accomplishments they have to celebrate today with this victory. Other big headlines that are coming out from it that the republicans are pointing to, two banks have already announced they will raise their minimum wage to 15 an hour in light of this bill. At t announced they will be giving 200,000 employees 1,000 bonuses, these are the thing that is republicans are going to highlight, and theyre also going to be able to highlight the fact that this bill comes into effect january 1. So another big talking point today, the idea that you should look at your paycheck come february, and that they believe youll see the effects of this tax overhaul very soon. Democrats vot against the bill. Highlighting the tax cuts and the tax cuts for the very wealthy. Local tax offices have been flooded with people trying to pay their property taxes early. Why . Well, if you prepay your property taxes before the end of the year, many folks think you can avoid losing your property deductions in 2018. Local tax offices say the week before christmas is typically quiet but not this year. On average, we may have two, three taxpayers that like to come and prepay their taxes, but were seeing many more, of course, this year the worse thing that can happen is ive paid it in advance, we only have to pay it next year. Reporter tax experts say there is no guarantee you will save money by prepaying. We have new video from that armored truck robbery in beltville. The robbery happened last friday outside of the bank of america on Baltimore Police hope this video will help them track down the suspects. Take a look. Surveillance video shows two employees depositing money into the atm, when two armed suspects approached them from behind and took off with cash, more than 200,000. So far, there are no arrests. A manpower shortage means hundreds of arrest warrants for fugitives arent being served. Warrant squads dont have the personnel they need because courthouse and prisoner security are the top priority. Paul wagner joins us from northwest with more on this story. Reporter you know, every day here in the district of columbia, Law Enforcement officers are out here looking for fugitives. Its a standard part of police work. In recent days weve learned that the us marshals at the federal courthouse are having a very difficult time getting their warrants squad ge there is a manpower shortage and even on several days that were aware of, they dont have anybody out here looking for fugitives. Now, were able to get a statement from the chief marshall at the federal courthouse, just a little while ago. We want to show you what he said in part. He said. District has approximately 600 active federal parole warrants, and 300 class one warrants, meaning fugitives for which the Us Marshal Service has primary apprehension responsibility. He goes on to say, were working hard to mitigate threats to the public by maximizing office of office of with our various a Law Enforcement partners. We want to show video of the marshalls at work that weve recorded over the years. The us marshals are responsible here in washington for security at ten federal courthouses as well as protecting judges, juries and witnesses. According to jason wood low with the Marshall Service chapter of the federal m association, headquarters staffing here in washington has taken priority over staffing of field offices around the country. At the federal courthouse in the district providing security in the for judges and prisoners taken priority over staffing the warrant squads that look for the fugitives judges want to see inside their courtrooms. He said on any given day, staffing will be so tight at the federal courthouse. That no Deputy Marshalls are outlooking for futures. Some of the unserved warrants include coming from the dea as well as the fbi as well as judges who are serving bench warrants. One thing we were able to confirm you may recall last saturday, there was a shooting of a toddler inside an amendment on pomeroy road. Dc police made an arrest in that case and charged a man with possession of a firearm. But weve been able to learn that that man was a fugitive and had a warrant outlet for a state from the federal courthouse. Now, its uncle warrant is or was. But we do know that that was a warrant out of the federal courthouse. Were live in northwest, paul wagner, fox 5 local news. In fairfax county, more pregnant women were reportedly battling heroin and opioid addiction. An apparently there are not seeking help because theyre afraid. The revelation comes as opioid use continues to increase at alarming rates across the country. Tisha lewis joins us with the story. Tisha . Reporter the fear for many pregnant women fighting stance abuse disorders is being viewed as a bad mother and getting help will are you not in children being removed from their care. The latest numbers from the center city for decedent control said between 1999 and 2015, there was a nearly 500 increase in prescription Overdose Deaths among women compared to a 218 increase among men. Heroin deaths among women reportedly increased twice as quickly compared to men. One group was hoping to change all of that. We absolutely want to offer pregnant women nonjudgmental services to help them have a safe pregnancy and safe birth. Reporter shes the Behavioral Health supervisor at fairfax Fall Community services board. She said theres a no judgment no questions asked policy for pregnant women seeking help with opioid abuse. Theyre considered a priority population and the Community Services board in fairfax will bump them up to the top of the list for assessments, treatment and medication. In fact, were told if a pregnant woman addicted to heroin or opioid contacts the Fairfax Falls church Community Services board, they can get help within 48 hours. Fairfax county also offers opioid overdose reverse sal training. How to administer and free open to the public, opioid overdose is reportedly the leading cause of accidental deaths across the country. Tisha lewis fox 5 local news. Hundreds of dc area airport employees on strike. Where and how it might affect your Holiday Travel plans. Gary mcgrady is live in greenbelt with a big surprise for a local family. Gary . Reporter thats right. Family is eating they know all about it. Thanks to the secret santas its the Maryland NationalCapitol Park Police, they dawned their rain deer, jumped in their sleigh and showed up in a big way and werent just carrying out tickets, they had really wonderful gifts to give this family. Well talk about this, well introduce you to the family, its all coming up. Sue, ive met santa monday night, tuesday and wednesday night, hes very busy tonight. He only stuck around three minutes and that was it. Ive got to tell you here at the studio, some of us think you might be santa claus. Were keeping an eye on you. Spreading a lot of cheer around e looking forward to meeting the family. A beautiful story. Weather is cooperating, not as warm as yesterday but not bitter cold and nice and dry. So tomorrow is thursday. Are you travelling . Well let you know what to expect on the roads and were taking a peak at the christmas weekend forecast, well be right back. Be right back. What if more of the energy we used came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. New details in a deadly crash in southern mexico, a bus full of tourists from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship crashed killing 12 people. Eight americans, the bus had been on the road about 40 minutes when it flipped over. There are reports some victims may be member, of a family from loriton virginia, no word on what caused the crash. Federal officials trying to figure out to what led to mondays deadly amtrak Train Derailment in washington state. Investigators are looking into whether the engineer operating the time of the crash. Officials already know that the train was going more than twice the speed limit. Traveling 80 in a 30 miles an hour zone. Three people were killed and dozens of others were injured. Hundreds of contract airport workers hit the picket lines at dulles airport. Baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants and Customer Service agents contracted through huntly usa corporation. Theyre protesting. And demanding the right to unionize. Be represent sod we can have a voice on the job and improve the working conditions, this company has not been willing to listen to that. Thats why were going on strike today. The airport workers plan to walk off the job again tomorrow. You need to be aware of what were calling porch pilots this holiday season. Right, matt . Reporter the rush is on to get last minute ck will they make it or will they be taken . That story coming up. That story coming up. If you havent sent off your christmas packages you may be running out of time. But with more people receiving deliveries than ever, there also appears to be more people snatching them from door steps its such a problem some fox 5 viewers reached out to us us, matt ackland has more and why some thieves are not getting what theyre after you probably get one of these packages on your doorstep just about every day this time of year with christmas being so close. Some people are really frustrated. The reason why . The special gifts theyre supposed to get are being taken. With little time to spare, last minute to the post office with fingers crossed they will make it on time. Do you usually wait till last minute. No, this is it bad. Christmas came too early were on santas nice list someone not on santas list, this guy, a viewer in Upper Marlboro sense us this package snatch. Theres a lot of expensive things sitting on door steps, ruth from northeast sent us this video to the fox 5 web team asking we help stop what she called holiday thieves. You can see a guy snatch a package but she tells us she wishes she could have seen his face when he discovered her natural detox laxative. And in edgewood dc, the search is on for a stolen poop emoji toy pillow. The toy was for the owners dog. The owner wrote on a neighborhood ap, wish it was real poop. In washington could only hope the gift shes mailing makes it to the and not a thief taking advantage of all the holiday giving. What can you do . Theres nothing you can do. People will be mean and do that, you just hope that it gets there, and people leave your stuff alone. Reporter Authorities Say its better if you can be home to accept a package or maybe have a neighbor take it in for you. By the way, if you recognize the people in that video, its good to call police. Matt ackland fox 5 local news. Thats totally stings. Yes. As i was just telling you guys, this literally just happened to us, i live in a neighborhood where the houses are close and we had two boxes and the thief had to have been so annoyed with us it was a box full of wood. It was hick rewood for smoking meat and they took the package, opened it. It was heavy and abandoned it on the side of the house thats just awful. Who are you im glad you explained what the wood was. I was going to say thats quite a not getting cole, theyre getting wood. Smoking a turkey on a barbecue. Feels very violating. Because its not yours, leave peoples stuff alone and thank you for leaving it around the side of the porch your thieves were weaklings absolutely thank goodness could not cart off the 25 pound box of wood. Tonight its going to chilly, maybe a fire will hit the spot. It is now 46. We hit our high temperatures today. Overnight, and yes, winter does begin tomorrow. It is the solstice at 11 29, and days beyond the solstice will start to grow daylight one minute at a time after sunset. But tomorrow, a short day, and the first day of winter will come in with sunshine and 46 degrees, a little cooler than today, but definitely brighter than today. The clouds are back with us on friday with a temperature of 54 degrees. And just wanted to show you where temperatures are right now, because we had clo well see temperatures dropping quickly. 36 in frederick. Gaithersburg down to 38. Winchester 34. This will be the coldest night weve had in a few nights and likely heading for the upper 20s to about 34 in the district. Its a bundleup thursday morning. Clouds were around today from this weather system passing by to our south if youre going to be driving down through the carolinas youll be on the tail end of that system. It will be moving on out. The clouds will be clearing and were back to sunshine but again, as we clear out, we get chilly tonight. Winds continue on to the north at five to ten, cold make as brief come back again tomorrow, i say brief because well warm up again heading into the weekend. For the first day of water, appropriately chilly as temperatures will only leakly top out around 45 or 46 degrees in most areas, lots of sunshine. I want to talk about friday. Are you traveling friday . There could be a little bit of tricky travel to the north, big area of High Pressure over canada willta colder air, there could be a little bit of snow for new england. Locally partial sunshine, coolish day but warmer than tomorrow. Well get into the 50s. Weekend, showers in the forecast saturday. I think for the most part, they linger early sunday and then that is it. Were turning cooler on sunday. And that gets us into christmas eve. Thats a look at your fox 5 accuweather sevenday forecast. Heading towards christmas, a chance of snow showers early and about 40, still looking chilly and thats just the beginning of the cooldown, tuesday and wednesday of next week, only in the 30s, bundle up weather, that is for sure. Shawn and tony over to you getting to feel a lot like christmas, thank you, sue. Christmas came early for a maryland family who had a very difficult year. The planta family lost their wife and mother to breast cancer. Now, the Maryland NationalCapitol Park Police determined to bring them much needed joy. Gary mcgrady is live in greenbelt maryland with the secret santa surprise. Gary . Reporter yes, it was a surprise. I want to introduce the planta family. And i didnt ask all their names tell me your name . Bow abigale how old are you 14. I have a 14yearold, thats what i could have guessed conrad. Im ten. Im going to say youre eight. How old are you ethan, eight how much of a surprise was this for you guys . We were very shocked. We thought we were going for a dinner with the principal and his family probably. Reporter so there was a lot to keep it secret. We have video of just this massive park Police Presence that came in, how shocking was that when they showed up . What did you think . We thought somebody got hurt. You would think so, because. . Yes. Jess yyork street. Reporter the Capitol Police wanted to put a smile on your face, do Little Something extra. Tell me what you wanted for christmas, i hope you got it i dont know, we got i wasnt expecting anything. Reporter you got something. Yeah. Reporter how about you big guy, what did you want for christmas i wanted 500 or gami paper. Reporter whats your favorite or gami, thing to make a transforming ninja star send me a picture. Ill give you my email address, ok . Come up here, tell everybody what you wanted tumble stick ill bet you got it. Ill let you think about that. Quick. Five seconds. This is what we do because we care Capitol Park Police i had to talk to them, tony and shawn back to you, he set all of this up, big smiles around secret santa. Theyre clapping back in the studio. Wave to fox 5 and everybody. How is that . Thanks guys. Merry christmas they did great job. Back in a moment but first a holiday message from the military Service Members hi. Im Sergeant David smith stationed in afghanistan. I just want to say Merry Christmas and god bless to my friends and family back home. Happy holidays, god bless, love you all. The intensive care unit at beth israel hospital. The ward is filled with infants, many premature and dealing with a lot of of medical issues. Look at a is smile of that babys face. The day can be very trying for families and their children as you can imagine, especially around the holidays. The hospital brought in christmas cheer, dressed up the babies in the Holiday Themed out fits. Even santa claus came in and joined the fun. Certainly, lots of photographs because this i they will want to remember and treasure. Can i just tell you . Nick u nurses rock. My granddaughter spent eight days in the n i c u five months already. As of today. Thats it for us for now 5 630 is coming right up. Z2m7ez z16fz y2m7ey y16fy. On this vote, the yeahs are 224 and the nays are 201the motion is adopted. The motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. With that, it is a victory for the gop for the second day in a row. House law makers voted to packs the tax reform bill. Well break it down what it means for you and your paycheck this is what were talking about at 6 30, lets go. That will be tremendous for people. They will start seeing the results in february. This bill means more