The first major tax bill over haul in 30 years. The president beaming with a double fist pump. Its always a lot of fun when win. Lawmakers leaped on the praise one after the next after the next. Something this profound couldnt have been done without exquisite president ial 4r leadership. You listened to voices no one else was listening to. You are one heck of a leader were all going to benefit from it. President said it is designed to benefit all American Families but Corporate America get a much bigger tax cut. We are making America Great again. And earlier the president flaunted those for big business. The plan lowers the tax for big business from 35 to 21 its biggest factor in the plan. That cut for Corporate America is permanent but income tax cuts for individuals expire in eight years and lower income plenaries making 75,000 or less will see their taxes go up and ultra rich will see their taxes go down. The bill also repeals the Obamacare Mandate that every american buy Health Insurance meaning 13 million more americans could be uninsured over the next decade and if they dont buy Health Care Premiums sky rocketd for others still the president touted the replacement of obama carey even though much of it is in place. Obamacare was repeal in this bill we didnt want to bring it up i said be quiet with the Fake News Media because i dont want them talk toog much about it. Abc 7 the white house. At t employees are getting an immediate boost from the tax reform bill, 200,000 workers each will get a 1,000 bonus, nearly all of the companys 256,000 employees. San francisco based Bank Wells Fargo will boost the minimum wage for their employees to 15 and will donate 400 million to charities. Boeing will invest 300,000 in are employee training and philanthropic ventures. No democrats voted in either cham bir House Republicans voted in favor of the tax over haul. Two against it. One representing part of San Diego County and of huntington bea beach. Most americans are still process eing process egg what processing what this means for them. Ing what processing what this means for them. One of the big eftd tax cuts in American History are, delivering early christmas present. Motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Others are concerned by the timing of todays vote. Thinking of my family how it will impact us is not a great feeling. As g. O. P. Celebrate the bill Tax Professionals are working over time. Now were getting big late breaking information really, breaeally late time. Really, Jeffrey Lawrence and team of Certified Public Accountants advised hundreds in santa clara county. Most of them today are desperately trying to pay property tax and any estimated state taxes for the year 2017. Thats because under the new plan taxpayers who itemize will only deduct state individual, income sales and property taxes up to 10,000 a year. Cpa has been swam ed with questions from clients. Tax professionals are planning and i would insist that everybody should review their tax returns and start planning for 2018. For those who prepare their taxes using software such as turbo tax updates are under way. Well make sure we have the tax law changes in place and they get every tax break they deserve and the maximum allowable. The experts doing their best to stay informed with the information thats a available. I will spend christmas studying continuing education so were ready to go at the beginning of the year. In san jose abc 7. Now for more on how the g. O. P. Tax plan will affect you check our website abc 7news. Com we have a wealth of information for you often the tax bill. A man injured after Home Invasion this morning bsuspects were tracked down in modesto. An ambulance taking away an injured man was the first sign that alerted residents of this upscale neighborhood that a crime occurred. A resident in his 50s home alone had had been hit in the head by four men and a woman all in their late teens or early 20s. He woke up and reported five individuals in his home. They demanfrded valuables and physically assaulted him. He was taken to the hospital where he received medical care. Residents were asked to check their security video to help identify the suspects and their vehicle. There was disbelief this could happen in their neighborhood. It is a safe neighborhood never heard of anything like this before. The homeowners suv was stolen and Sheriffs Office tracked it down in modesto hours later that led to several of the suspects described as hispanic and two guns were also confiscat confiscated. This is definitely surprising to anyone in the community. Its important for people to lock their doors and windows and neighbors to keep an eye out for each other. Investigators are not saying what else was taken from the house. The victim is in stable treatment. The sheriffs said others may still be at large but once in custody will be transferred to san jose for questioning. Abc 7 news. Five men arrested after a highspeed chase ended when their car crashed through a gate at Travis Air Force base. The Officials Say men ran into a field but found by bay Security Forces and turned over to police. The main gate to travis was shut down for an hour. Santa clara police say the men are suspected stealing lottery tickets from gas stations and Liquor Stores in the soujs bay. Contra costa county officials with the fbi announced the arrest of eight suspected violent gang members today, just the latest success for this local task force. Guns, drugs and gang fennelia is what was seized in late october after 11 search warrants and they arrested 8 gang members. These arrests mark a successful and significant d disruption of a violent gang who have committed serious acts including burglaries, shootings in certain areas, pimping across the state of california and murder including the shooting death of an innocent bystander. Part of operation clap it out named after the game operation targeted. Its exactly what safe Streets Program is all about. It is dismand mantling, disrupting and putting dark these groups determined to do violence in these communities. This past august the task force also announced street team called swerve team and in may announced cameras in the bay area following multiple highway shootings. The individuals that have been arrested have not been charged with any of the shooting thats occurred on the freeway. Officials here say 2018 will be an even bigger year. These gangs need to start looking over their shoulders. A preliminary hear something under way for the eight men who were arrested. Abc 7 news. A lot more to come here peninsula couple is hoping for answers a year after their daughter was killed in a hit and run. Police are lacking witnesses and surveillance video. The message the parents have for the driver tonight. Good news if you are planning to ski or snow board over christmas. What the can conditions are like in tahoe right now. Well let you know if theres any more snow coming. When you see temperatures in the 30s and 40s in the bay area you know its going t its been one year since a san bruno woman was killed by a hit and run driver. Her parents are hoping witnesses or even the driver perhaps will step up and do the right thing. We pulled out all of the stops and no stone has been unturned. 29yearold carly flynn was struck by a car and killed as she was walking home from the Bay Hills Shopping Center in san bruno. The driver fled the scene. Er that was december 19th last year. It has been a long, difficult time for her parents. We think about carly every day, we think about what happened to her every day. They also think of the driver who killed their daughter. We would have hoped their conscious would have gotten the better of them and they would have taken ownership for what they did. The private investigator puts it another way. This is an opportunity to come forward and really to save your soul. She was crossing the avenue as i am doing, at about 5 30 p. M. The driver of the car was on Cherry Avenue and turned left on to san bruno hitting carly in the crosswalk just step as way from the curb. Police have done everything they can. But theres one big problem with the case. If theres only one witness, one person who saw this accident. Only one witness who came forward and only one security video which shows a white s sur uv speeding across the crosswalk not much to go on the the drivedrivethey hope he will come forward and do the right thing. Abc 7 news. New developments, San Franciscos aquatic park is back over to swim ires, it was closed after two swimmers were attack bid sea lions in two days. Sea lions are wild animals in their are natural habit and do not get too close. San francisco supervisor jane kim officially filed papers in the hope of becoming the citys next mayor. I love what i do, i love my job, i love serving the city, running for mayor is a fantastic opportunity for me to pass Bold Initiative to make San Francisco a better place for all of us. Still unchair if acting mayor will throw her hat into the race. Another possible candidate state assemblyman david chu. And former state senators have also filed papers to run. The special election will take place on june 5th. Well, good timing, a winter storm has dropped several inches of snow on parts of the sierra if you are heading up there for christmas. Heres video from heavenly this afternoon ten lifts and 20 trails are open. The california side set to open on saturday, pretty good timing as many ever us like to head up there this time of year. Heres a look at the forecast. In the sierra in case youre heading up there theres a slight chance of rain and snow mixing in on tuesday. Keep that in mind. Until then youre good to go. Showing clear skies in the bay area. There were snow showers as mentioned in the mouchbt mountains that amounts to one to four inches with that snow its long gone now. Look at this beautiful picture of the white stuff at north star tweeted to me by Stephanie Myers who said there was couple inches of snow in time for the hols. We did say rain in the bay area. Most areas under tenth of an inch. We did get third of inch in redwood city. Going to switch up the weather. You remember its sun at 4 54 east bay hills camera went from rain to sun just like that. Was a quickmoving system. We enjoyed a beautiful day. As you noticed Crystal Clear when the sunset. You know what thats going to mean, its going to be a very cold night. Only thing to prevent it from getting too cold is the wind. Gusting right now at 24 miles an hour in mount tampa and 15 miles an hour in oakland hills. 11 00 tonight 20 miles an hour. Tomorrow morning right before the sun comes up wind gusting to 32 miles an hour a northerly breez, could play a role in keeping the temperatures up but winds relax tomorrow afternoon land be the first day of and will be the first day of winder tomorrow. Winter tomorrow. 47 in oakland. Yes you can feel the chill. Stunning view, the camera is shaky as the wichnd is blowing around. Fairfield two degrees away from freezing but the wind will help you to flukt u a little bit. You to fluctuate. Showers possible on christmas. How cold tomorrow, how about upper 20s, yes frosty to start the morning, many areas just out of below freezing inland valley. Pretty cold. You will need heavy winter gear. Temperatures in the bay low to mid 40s. Afternoon 58 in san jose. 57 in los gatos. Certainly nice and cool. Redwood city menlo park. Same for san mateo. Downtown San Francisco 54 and in the north 50s and 60s. 59 santa rosa. 58 hayward where you slould be this time of year. Inland 59. Storm impact scale coming back in at least a chance of showers on christmas. A level one system. Less than quarter inch. Breezy at times. Is not definitive. Showing showers on Christmas Morning scattered in nature continuing to the afternoon and evening and then winding down. The other model is not so wet. So stay tuned. Accu Weather Forecast we welcome tomorrow morning 8 28 you will feel the cold nature of the seasons changing. Temperatures in the afternoon will remain in the low 50s to mid 60s and then clouds increase and temperatures will moderate daytime and nighttime milder weather. Chance santa might encounter rain drops level one system is a i chance and tuesday and wednesday we dry out. So download the accu weather app and check out temperature trends but tonight flannel pajamas and electric blankets. Santa will have to make sure the lights are working on the sleigh. If you are looking out for package thieves also look for scams online. And hes heading east for the rest of his College Career and education. A great story, back in a moment. New chief operating officer, barney hareford confifrmed on twitter hes taking over as coo for San Francisco company. Hes been an advisor for uber since october is the former ceo of orbitz on the board of United Airlines he looks to rebound from tumultuous year for ceo and founder. The holiday packages, be aware of what arrives in your email inbox. Hackers looking to take advantage of the lastminute rush. Look out for phishing scams for email that says package cant be delivered you will need to click a link to pick it up. Thats when the trouble starts. What will happen is it will either introduce malware to your computer or will lead you to another site where they will ask for your credit card. You are advised to report any fraud attempts to the fbi Crime Complaint Center or to the shipping service directly and they can take it from there. Big lottery jackpots are up for grabs this week. Winning power ball numbers, drawn just an hour ago. And latest in the rungsz Russian Investigation meddling. It will help us feel more like a family working together again. Surprise for a family who lost their home in the north bay wild fire ms. , the live where you live, this is abc 7 news. And good evening once again. Well start this half hour with a top democrat who is concerned that donald trump will try to fire bob mueller as special counsel in the russia investigation, and delivered strong words on the senate floor today. Our reporter now with the story. The top democrat with the senate against committee with a warning to republicans and president trump. Any attempt by this president to remove special counsel mueller from his position or shut down the investigation would be a gross abuse of power. Concerned about recent news reports democrats call a attempt to under mine bob muellers investigation. Just this weekend one news organition suggested special counsel mueller could be involved in a coo against the president. Conway respond to developments that fbi agent and attorney once on muellers team war trading antitrump Text Messages while trump was running for president. He was asked if he what planning to fire mueller. No im not. But warner not convinced. Firing mr. Mueller or any of the other tops involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administrations commitment to the truth but also our most basic concept rule of law. President trump is not ready to talk pardons after Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi interstate 5 near the site of the deadly amtrak derailment is back open tonight after killing three. The rail company will pay the cost associated. Federal investigators looking into the cause of the wreck want the to know why the train was going 80 in a 30 miles an hour when it went off the rails. Cal fires says firefighters have been making progress on the thomas fire in Southern California todays but could change tomorrow. Red flag warnings continue to be in place zrechi stretching from Santa Barbara raw to Los Angeles County it is 60 contained burning 272,000 acre making it second wildest fire in Southern California history and officials fear wichnds could spark it eve more. Big surprise for a north bay family who lost their home up here today won a contest for a brand new tiny house. The new pad is the familys dream come true. This door knock is about to change the life of one family displaced by the october wild fires. She and her husband and two kids are getting some amazing news. Your family has been selected as the official winner of freeforms 25 days of christmas tiny louse contest. Wow. Congratulations, you guys. Disneys free form channel announced the contest earlier and she never dreamed she would win. Im trying not to cry. It will be secure and safe and comfortable and it will help us to feel more like a family working together again. Their home in santa rosa was lost on october 9th when the fire storm destroyed everything. Since then the family has been living in a friends rv. Believe it or not she is entered the contest without telling her husband or kids but she needed his help to make this clip. Tiny house would change our lives. Their submission was chosen among thousands of entries. People have been very generous and gracious so putding faith back into humanity. Guess what were going to live in that house. They will live in the house next month. Weve been in tiny spaces before so will be natural for us. A Christmas Wish come true. Very exciting. Im overwhelmed. Abc 7 news. Now the family hopes to put their tiny house somewhere in sewn omaha county. Fire storm channel is owned by disney the Parent Company of abc 7. Well no one matched all of the power ball numbers tonight so you are still in the game if youre playing. These winning numbers were drawn. 1, 20, 61, 64, 69, the power ball is 20. The next drawing is saturday with estimated jackpot of 300 million. Speaking of big jackpots fridays Mega Millions is up to 247 million are. That is Mega Millions. Tonight a highly recruited bay area Football Player decided where hes going to go to college. For the next few years i will be playing football and continuing my education at the university of tennessee. [ cheers and applause ] hes a good player and good showman too, hes been a stand out defensive end at city college in San Francisco but his road to tonights happy moment really has not been easy. 65, 230 pound defensive end jordan allen is a converted wide receiver. In one season gone from making quarterbacks look good to making them run for their lives. Hes better at touchdown than me. He red shirted his freshman year at uc davis and switched when recruit was let go and became highly recruited players with his size and speed. I can bend really well its good because the tackle cant really touch you. As proud as he is about todays announcement he said today is dedicated to his mom lisa whose kidneys started to fail during child birth despite that was perseverance are for her kids. She never stopped working. How could i stop working. No matter if you are a single mom or Health Issues the best revenge is success. She had a transplant eight years ago but has been stricken with add igszal problems making Michael Jordan an work harder and says his message is aimed at other young people. Really i want people to believe in themselves. Theres going to be a lot of people tell you you cant do something and youre not good enough but i think my story is proof there may be a lot obstacles you face but you can still make it. Abc 7 news. Good luck to that young man. Adjective. Marriage could be good for your heart health. Researchers found people with cardiovascular disease who were not married had 24 higher rates of death compared to those married including more than 6,000 patients, showing social support and other benefits provided by marriage are important for people with Heart Disease specifically. A Tennessee Woman is a new mothers d mother thanks to an embryo almost as old as she is. 26yearold gave birth to baby embryo she didnt know the embryo was 24 years old. I said do you realize i was 25 years old we could have been best friends. This is the longest known frozen human embryo to result in a successful birth nk. Coming up next you will meet the woman who helped to bring characters of a a young boys dream of becoming a firefighter has become true in the south bay. Is there anyway that you can do me a huge favor and bring us to the fire today. Yeah all right. Eightyearold answered the call of the santa clara firefighters earlier this month. He has a muscular disease that rapidly weakens the muscles. Pixars new movie cocoa is being praised for its accurate betrayal of family life in mexico. It went to Great Lengths to stay true to the culture. Every last detail in pixars cocoa from the music to language to clothing was carefully studied, took trips to mexico and for the first time hired cultural consultants to stare the movie away from stereotypes and instead celebrate and lhonor mexican heritage. It is important to understand what the community is about culturally and portraying that in a way that is accurate. In a way that understands where the heritage is coming from. Shes first generation mexican and parents from mexico and now lives in are ala mo. Lives in a shelter like the one to honor the dead. In this picture being scolded wih the scandal but originally had her wielding a wooden spoon. And we said no, no, no a mexican w. American would use her. [ shoe ]. Its culturally thing where she threatens to throw her shoe at you. Shes proud of the movie and hopes hollywood catches on to the films success and uses consultants on future films. Abc 7 news. Dozens of students in San Francisco got early christmas gifts. Santa visits more than 120 kids at the school and for most it is a refuge from the struggles of life in a neighborhood dealing with drugs and crime. The owner of lefty os started this program five years ago. Even know their home life might be rough we could make one special day they can feel good. He started the program because he was moved by the childrens stories discussing their personal challenges. Good job nick and all of the kids had such a great time. One last time an update on the Weather Forecast. Its really going to be freezing tomorrow morning in inland valleys. Showing you why. We have clear skies in the bay area. Freeze warning from southern end of salina 1 00 a. M. To k9d a. M. , 30,000 people affected is there. 346 saturday morning will be pretty cold as well. Yes tomorrow morning scarves and gloves and heavy coats will come in handy. Upper 20s for low 30s. 40s at the bay and coast. Afternoon sunshine. Going to feel like winter. Mid 50s to low 60s average temperature in term of the highs. Winter starts at 8 28 tomorrow morning and going to be very cold morning ahead appropriately so. As we head towards sunday and monday clouds increase chance of showers on christmas day. Level one right now but computer models are not in agreement. Its the holiday. Try to figure it all out. Well keep you posted. Overall its a typical pattern in terms of the cold conditions were expecting. But you have time to get the shopping done for the holidays. Thanks very much. You know we talk a lot about the bench strength that the warriors have. It is really evident. Its remarkable and necessary right now because they have so many guys injured. Warriors missing five guys, three starters, steph curry is not playing, so can they keep their winning streak alive . Their winning streak alive . If Klay Thompson has it all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. 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Rockets down seven. Chris paul for three. Cant connect. Has to limp off with what they think is a leg injury and the lakers take charge. Kyle k its rookie at 38. 122116, the lakers zmap the rockets winning streak. On to baseball, the giants finally made a significant move this off season acquired third baseman Evan Longoria from tampa bay and had to give up best coming off a down cess, evan season still hit 86 rbis and won third gold glove. Giants taking a risk because he has five years and 80 million left on his contract going to send centerfield denard span. Ideally giants didnt want to give up on a rroyo cant wait for him to develop as for longoria. I think of our memories first playoff berth, world series appearance, so many incredible home runs, he means so much to our franchise, hes a corner stone player its a difficult day as we say goodbye to them. They may sign jay bruce as well. So far everything Jimmy Garoppolo touches turns to gold, three starts three wins. Toughest test comes sunday niners host jacksonville one of the stingiest defenses in the entire nhl. Leading the afc south with 104 record. Their dline has pro bowlers across it, as back ups too, one of the top corners in free agency last year and top corner in the draft two years ago. It will be a great challenge for us sunday but every week, we just went against a great defense in tennessee. Every week is a different type of challenge. We have to change your thinking how we attack this defense. Today was early signing day in College Football high school recruit costs sign, stanford locked down three fourstar recruits. Headliner jack west. Look how young he is, looks like hes 12 years old hes from alabama. Michael wilson from west hills, california. Thovm booker considered one of the nations elite defensive lineman and familiar name in the final linebacker tight end and happy the recruiting process is over for now. Theres a lot of parents today throwing more of a party then their young men to sign enough to answer the phone any more and dodge calls to coaches and open their homes to the parade, the golf shirt parade as we call it. And cal they lock down two fourstar recruits. Will craig 65, 265 pound offensive tackle from granite bay and a wide receiver from matre dei in so cal. The San Jose Earthquakes sign a player from the top swedish team that led in scoring with 14 goals. That looks nice id like to see that whether i come to channel 7 every day its not hammi happening. Hes excited. Feels like mls is growing more and more even in europe talking more about the quality and about the league in general so for me it was, when i first got the contact from san jose i felt real pleased and i was real excited about coming over here. Welcome magnus to the bay area. Abc 7 sports brought to you by toyota. Warriors 9784 beat memphis ten straight wins and half of the team is in play. Really unbelievable. They have another game they got weekend games and the christmas game is monday. Thanks very much. Coming up at 11 00 not what anyone wants to hear certainly with christmas around the corner local mail trucks cleaned out by thieves not the first time join us for that story for abc 7 news at 11 00 hope to see you again in one hour over on the big 7. gentle dramatic music [narrator] today, the stories of two murder cases, one in flint, michigan, the other in killaloe, canada. In our first case, an excop is so obsessed with his new lover that hes prepared to do literally anything for her