Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Early this morning the Senate Passed the first major rewrite of u. S. Tax laws in over 30 years. The senate vote came hours after the bill was passed by the house. The house has to vote again this morning because of some procedure all violations. President trump is expected to sign the measure later today. For mr. Trump and gop lawmakers it is a long awaited victory. Hena doba is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning. The 1. 5 trillion bill will provide deep cuts for the wealthy and modest cuts for middle and low income families, pushing the National Debt even higher. The tax cuts and job act is passed. The senate gave the nod overnight in a v lines. Moments later President Trump tweeted in part, the United StatesSenate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill. We now add comprehensive tax reform, major middle class tax relief, and making our businesses both large and small more competitive around the world. Independent studies find that most taxpayers will save anywhere from 60 to 51,000 next year depending on their income. But by 2027, 23 will pay more than before. Savings for the very wealthy, though, will continue to rise. While republicans insist future congressmen will prevend those tax hikes, democrats spent tuesday on the floor arguing this congress should be the ones making choice. It will intend deliver a hefty windfall to the wealthy. The far right architects of this tax plan are going to coming for your Social Security and medicare before you tame your Christmas Tree down. The house voted to pass the bill yesterday, but afterward three changes had to be made to provisions that violate senate rules. House lawmakers plan to take up the legislation again today before sending it to the president s desk. And President Trump in a tweet overnight applauded the senates passage of the bill and said if the house does the same, there will be a press conference at the white house later today around 1 00 p. M. Annemarie. All right. Hena doba here in new york. Thank you, hena. Ahead on cbs this morning, speaker of the house paul ryan who has worked for years on revamping the tax code. The arch bishop of boston, he was one of the most important leaders of the United States. But reports that he moved priests who had molested children from parisho without letting parents know forced anion rising. Bernard law was 86 years old. A bus crashed on a narrow twolane road. About 20 others were injured including at least seven americans. Adrian bard joins us with the details. Annemarie, the bus was carrying tourists from two Carnival Cruise ships. They were 35 minutes into the drive the accident occurred. About 35 minutes into the drive. Ten people died at the scene and that was according to the local prosecutors office. Some of the injured and dead were scattered along the road. A mexican official said seven americans were among the injured but the u. S. Embassy would not confirm if any u. S. Citizens died. After the crash some were back on the ships while others were being treated in local hospitals. According to a reporter who was vacationing aboard one of those ships, the departure was delayed for hours. Royal caribbean called it heartbreaking and offering medicare care. Adrienne, were looking at video right now. It doesnt look like the bus was entering into a curve or anything like that. Do mexican authorities have any idea why this bus reporter no. At this time nothings confirmed. We dont know what caused the crash. But a local policeman in mexico who was on the scene said it appear it was due to a tire blowout and we also dont know what happened to the driver of the bus, annemarie. Although the tour guide who was hired for the trip was among the dead. Adrienne bard in mexico city. Thank you so much rn, adrienne. Now to the deadly crash of amount traamtrak in saechlt thee trying to determine why the train was travel 50g miles an hour over the speed limit. Chris martinez reports. The event data recorder shows the amtrak train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30mileperhour zone. We were able to obtain the inward a cameras. They were unfortunately significantly damaged. Reporter at least three people were killed and Dozens Injured on the Maiden Voyage of this newly opened train line. Drivers who saw the wreck tried to help the victims. Many were killed or pinned. Reporter in addition to the engineer present in the locomotive cab, there was also a conductor learning the route. All of the crew was hospitalized. We have to keep this as a wakeup call. Its not accept thabl were involved in these kinds of accidents. Reporter ntsb investigators say it appears the emergency brake was kicked on rather than by the engineer. It was not in use on that stretch of track. Congress pushed back the mandatory implementation of ptc until the end of next year. Railroads basically said to operate unless you get relief. You couldnt just stop americas railroads. Congress caved in. Reporter train cars are being taken in for further inspection. The Trump Administration wants to hold north korea accountable for the massive cyber attack the u. S. Says they received back in may. The Wannacry Cyber attack crippled britain and affected thousands of computers around the world. Some experts believe it was an attempt by cash strapped north korea to get money. I think the ransom element may have been some of the guidance to obtain revenue. Theres lots of things north korea is involved in to fund their Nuclear Program and other operations. North korea has denied it was behind the wannacry attack. A Tennessee Woman has birth to a baby girl who grew from an embryo that was 24 years. Its believed to be the longest frozen embryo ever to result in a birth. And coming up on the morning news now, Harvey Weinsteins former assistant speaks out, how she claims she confronted him about an alleged rape. And another first in gene therapy, this time to help a rare form of blindness. This is the cbs morning news. When heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. Fast relief in every bite. Crunchy outside. Chewy inside. Tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. Pain from a headache whcan make this. Ld,. Feel like this. Allinone cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the 1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. Tylenol®. Its a better place, since you came along since you came along your touch is sunlight through the trees your kisses are the ocean breeze everythings alright when youre with me and i hold my favorite thing that you bring but it feels like ive opened my eyes again and the colors are golden and bright again theres a song in my heart, i feel like i belong its a better place since you came along a wildfire that has burned 700 homes in california is now the second largest fire in state history. The thomas fire is 55 contained. Decreasing winds and higher humidity have helped, but brush in the area remains very dry. Officials expect the fire to california history. Theres a breakthrough gene therapy for a type of blindness, and a former assistant to Harvey Weinstein makes a disturbing claim. Those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. A very ietd reports a former assistant to Harvey Weinstein broke her silence to the bbc. She said weinstein attempted to rape a coworker once. She confronted him and he denied it. She later resigned and signed a nondisclosure agreement. Usa today says Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg shot all of the kevin spacey scenes for free. Spaceys scenes were reshot following allegations of misconduct against him. Christopher plummer replaced him playing oil tycoon paul j. Getty. They reshot it over thanksgiving weekend at a cost of 10 million. A recount in a Virginia State house election shows the democrat election winning by one vote. Democrat Shelly Simons beat the republican incumbent 11, 608 to 11,607 that. Throws virginias house of delegates into a 5050 tie. The parties would now be required to share legislative power. The inquirer reports. It could restore sight to a small group of parents with a visiondestroying genetic mutation. It is the first time gene therapy has been approved for an and the idaho statesmen says its reserved. It has such a clear sky interstellar dust can be seen. 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A chinese manufacturer has pledged to build a factory in north carolina. It plans of raleigh, the states capital. Its expected to produce 6 million tires a year. They could get up to 162 million from state and local tax breaks, worker training and other incentives. The ad browser from Google Chrome will go into effect. No popup ads, no ads that prevent web content from being displayed until a timer runs out and no ads that cover a large portion of the website. But the adblocking function wont prevent an ad from tracking you. And, annemarie, this story smacks of burger heresy, but here it is. Mcdonalds plans to sell the vegan burger. It consists of a soy patty, bun, more people wanting to eat plant based people. Thats me. I would be totally into the mcvegan. Ill take one for the team and you can try that coffee beer. Wendy gillette at the New York Stock Exchange. Thank you so much. Still ahead, beating the holidays literally. 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They channeled their their most hated christmas song. Do you feel any better about christmas or not . They pay 25 to vent their frustrations. They get a baseball bat. The songs, the cold weather. Im a summer guy. By this time, im pretty sick of the Christmas Songs and decorations and some want to get out of their stress r they came up with the idea to help people relax. We asked whether they hate christmas or love christmas. Reporter it was a perfect holiday treat. Reporter the event ran for just a day, long enough for people to get that rage against the christmas machine out of their system. Okay. Well, coming up on cbs this Kennedy Center honoree legendary tv producer norman lear. Im mannemarie green. This is the cbs morning news. Its raining men the weather girls hi. Hi. Right. In. Your. Stomach watch this . Yikes, that ice cream was messing with you, wasnt it . Try lactaid, its real ice cream, without that annoying lactose. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. 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All right, we are talking about how things are shaping up midweek. Miri marshall is standing by with the first look at the forecast. Good morning friend. Good morning larry, good morning everyone. We have a cooloff on the way. We are waking up to some of the warmest temperatures that well see today. 53 degrees right now. You see those winds coming out of the northwest. Theyre packing some cold air and thats whats going to move in our direction today. Well see the temperatures right around the 55degree mark today. But theyll fall throughout the day. By noon, 49 and 47 by 3 00 p. M. And 44 degrees by 5 00 this evening. So weve had our cold front pass through the area and notice the showers to our south. Thats where they will stay today but they will help to bring some clouds to the area especially south of d. C. Youll notice the partly to mostly cloudy skies. A futurecast, were trying to nail down whats going to happen on Christmas Morning. Flakes or not. Because one of the models that was so aggressive on the snow flakes has now backed off but were still keeping the chance in the forecast. Before that theres a lot of rain in the forecast starting friday in through saturday. And ill show you more of this. This is just saturday at noon. To give you a sneak peek, were looking at rain throughout the day on saturday. Mikea . All right, good morning miri. Good morning everybody. Filling in for ellen bryan this morning and so far pretty quiet morning on the roads. Typically. What you would see this hour of the morning. Everything moving pretty smoothly. We know that theres some construction work going on on the outer loop of the beltway which is expected at this time of morning. And if we can get the clicker to work here, all right just take you and give you a broader look at whats happening in the area. Not too much right now. If you have to get out there right now pretty good time as far as metro alerts, none at this time because it opens at 5 00. Something you need to know. Dont forget that today and thursday will be the busiest days for Holiday Travelers. More than 97 million americans are going to hit roads. Thats according to aaa. And the d. C. Area, more people are expected to travel for the holidays. Nationally Holiday Travel could break some records. All right. Thank you. Breaking news overnight. A central figure in the Church Sex Abuse scandal the vatican announced Cardinal Bernard law died early today in rome after a long illness. An archbishop of boston law was one of the most important leaders in the u. S. Church but in 2002, the boston globe started reporting on how law spent years transferring priests accused of abuse without letting parents or police know. Months later law stepped down as the head of the archdiocese and cardinal law was 86 years old. Your health news this morning, music actually could be the key to solving some neurological problems. Nih scientists mapped the brains of artists like opera singer renee fleming. Theyre looking at which parts of her brain activate when they sing. Their goal is to lead to better treatments for people with diseases like alzheimers. Thats a quick look at whats going on. The news at 4 30 starts right now. Good wednesday morning. Happy hump thank you for joining us this morning and waking up with us, man a pretty warm start at least outside thus farment Miri Marshall to see what the day holds for us. Hey friend. Hey good morning larry. Good morning everybody. These are actually some of the warmest temperatures well have today. The temperatures gradually dropping throughout the day because we have some colder air filtering in behind a cold front that passed through the area. So 53 degrees right no and you should probably dress for 40s because thats what well experience throughout most of the day. By noon were down to 49 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds and down to 44 degrees by 5 00 this afternoon. So we can see some clouds out there. Most of the rain and the thicker clouds are to our south and thats where they will stay. It to talk i want to talk to you about this weekend. Leading up to christmas. We have some active weather on the way. So 7 30 p. M. Friday night youre looking at some showers and those showers last with us through the night all day saturday. Were looking at rain out there. We could see a decent amount a half inch or across the area. And then sunday, 1 00 in the afternoon, this is game time redskins are playing right here on wusa9. We can go out to fedex field and watch them but im not going to rule out a shower chance during the game. Cooler air is in place, we have temperatures in the 40s during game time. Then Christmas Morning is where were still running into a little bit of a discrepancy. The gfs model now showing that its cold enough with the precip moving out before we get some flakes and flurries. The other model the european model still showing some flakes coming into the area. So were going to keep the slight chance for flurries in early Christmas Morning and the rest of the day should begin to dry out for us. Mikea . All right miri. Thanks so much. We are taking another look at traffic this morning. I know earlier im watching closely on wssc. They had some repair work going on this morning that shut down a northbound lane on old georgetown road between spruce tree avenue and al that vista road. If you take a look now. Everything is pretty much moving pretty smoothly at this hour, 495. 95. 66. As we take you back just a