our more perfect union series goes to their school to learn how it produces academic success on a shoestring budget. but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> we have seen an horrific act against innocent bystanders. >> a car plows through a crowd of pedestrians in australia. >> at least two men, the driver included, have been arested. >> a very draum matic event based on what we've seen, a deliberate act. >> it's always a lot of fun when you win. >> the president takes a victory lap on the tax bill. >> they may be celebrating today, but i have the feeling that next november they will not be celebrating quite as much. >> mexico, police say driver negligence and speed caused a bus crash that killed eight american tourists. >> in washington, the highway shut down by the deadly amtrak derailment is open again. >> this is beyond anything in my experience. >> countries who vote in favor of a u.n. resolution condemning the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> let them vote against us, we'll save a lot, we don't care. >> a possible gas explosion in los angeles. the good news, nobody got hurt. >> all that. >> the battery conspiracy. apple confirms it slows down the performance of older iphones to reduce power demand. >> and all that matters. >> tell me what kind of gra grandmother is gloria es stefan. >> i enjoy it so much because you can give them back. >> on cbs this morning. >> the college basketball world stunned as woford knocks off the fifth ranked north carolina tar heels. >> they orchestrate one of the biggest upsets of the college basketball season. knocking off the defending champs in north carolina in chapel hill. >> what a moment. what a win. >> welcome to cbs this morning. they're saying go heels. what happened in north carolina/woford? i don't even know what school that is. >> new to me. >> i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and anthony mason. president trump says tax reform is a christmas gift for america. he brought congressional republicans to the white house to celebrate passing the historic gop measure and flex the party's muscle. >> the bill will cut taxes for most taxpayers next year but corporations and the wealthy will get the biggest benefit. it slashes the corporate rate from 35% to 21%. the president shared the spotlight yesterday. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as this massive tax cut made its way through the legislative process, top advisers to president trump begged him to give credit to the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell for what they said was his ability to hold republicans together all year on the trump agenda. save for one conspicuous failure, health care. when the tax cut bill passed, the president relented, creating a rare portrait of republican unity. >> it's always a lot of fun when you win. >> reporter: president trump made the most of his first big legislative win so he invited nearly 200 congressional republicans to celebrate tax cuts. and him. >> mr. president, thank you for getting us over the finish line. >> you're one heck of a leader. >> reporter: earlier, the president praised senate majority leader mitch mcconnell with whom he's had a frosty relationship all year. writing on twitter, he could not have asked for a better or more talented partner. mcconnell returned the praise. >> but it's been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. >> reporter: meeting for the ninth time this year with his cabinet, mr. trump asked housing secretary ben carson to say a prayer. >> -- will ask you to say grace. >> reporter: carson called the president and his colleagues a blessing. >> we thank you for the president and for cabinet members who are courageous. >> reporter: for months, the white house has pitched tax cuts as a boon for the middle class. with the bill now passed, mr. trump admitted corporations are the big winners. >> our plan also lowers the tax on american business. that's probably the biggest factor in this plan. >> reporter: the bill also doubles the standard deduction for individuals and families and cuts the individual tax rate for the highest earners from 39.6% to 37%. senate minority leader chuck schumer said republicans failed the middle class. >> there are only two places where america's popping champagne. the white house and the corporate board rooms. >> reporter: this is a big victory for the white house. but the president will need democrats, not one of whom voted for the tax reform bill. fails to achieve future victories on infrastructure, insurance, immigration or raising military spending. now, the individual tax rate cuts this bill are set to expire in 2025 but the business and corporate tax cuts are permanent. and some employees are already benefiting either through year-end bonuses or higher wages. >> yes, they are, major, thanks, major garrett. some large u.s. companies are promising their employees bonuses after the president signed the tax bill into law. at&t says it will give 200,000 of its employees $1,000 each. comcast also promises $1,000 to more than 100,000 workers. and boeing plans to allocate an extra $300 million for job training, facility upgrades and charitable giving. >> a future hows after their white house celebration, congressional republicans released a new plan to prevent a government shutdown. money will run out at midnight tomorrow if congress cannot make this deal. the gop plan would keep the government going for another four weeks through january 19th. it would pay for the children's health insurance program or chip as it's called until march 31st and extend authorization of the foreign intelligence surveillance act that's known as fir fisa. house democratic leaders say they will not support the plan unless it also gives legal status to so-called dreamers. they are people brought to the u.s. illegally as children. >> dan senor is a republican strategist and former adviser to house speaker paul ryan. he was also senior adviser to the romney/ryan presidential campaign. dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> so we saw essentially yesterday after the democrats called the president's tax plan and the republican tax plan sort of a fantasy, we saw all these companies come out and say, well, we are going to give people money. will they actually follow through on those promises? >> i think that the news you saw overnight with these companies announcing these end of year bonuses, it's a little bit of, you know, kind of some gimmicks here. i don't think we should overstate the significance. it's good, it's positive. we shouldn't overstate the significance. the real question is will a large chunk of the country receive some kind of tax relief, a, and b, will companies really start investing in the growth of their companies, capital infrastructure, hiring more people? we will know that very quickly. >> really? >> so everyone's making these projections, you know, the deficit's going to blow out of control. too many people are going to get a tax cut. you're seeing all these estimates from these different independent, you know, projectors. we'll know pretty quickly in early 2018 on withholding, you know, people when they get their paychecks. they're either going to get a tax cut they're going to see right then and there, january, february, march, or not. we're going to see companies making the decisions pretty quickly. >> your old boss told us yesterday that, you know, the polls show that this is a very unpopular bill. he said as soon as people start getting the checks you're talking about, their gropinions will change. >> right. >> which is what happened with the bush tax cuts in 2002. they front loaded the relief. that helped the republicans when they were headed into the 2002 elections. the bill is also unpopular, though, i believe because the president of the united states did not in a sustained way, despite all the hoopla yesterday, did not make the case for this bill. it is very rare for a major domestic policy initiative to gain public support if you don't have the president of the united states out there delivering speeches, holding town hall meetings, giving addresses from the oval office. it's what president obama did with obamacare. it's what president reagan did with the '86 tax reform act. you need the white house out there. that was missing from this -- >> does that come back to hurt them, midterm? >> yes, i think congressional republicans have a lot of work to do explaining this bill because i don't think most people understand it. they will see potentially the benefits if the benefits with real but it's going to take some work explaining it. >> they sure gave him a lot of credit yesterday on the white house lawn. what did republicans get right this time? >> unlike health care reform where they agreed on repeal but there wasn't a consensus about what to replace obamacare with. in this case, there was real agreement going back years and years and years on many of the provisions in this tax reform bill, particularly the corporate tax rate cut. so republicans, there wasn't a lot of infighting over the substance of this one, a, and, b, i think republicans got spooked by the fight over obamacare. and they realized, wait a minute, we got proximity to a midterm now. we're less than a year. about a year before the midterm elections. and we don't have anything to show for our time governing with this republican, unified republican government. we didn't have anything to show before. i also think mcdodconnell and r did a good job of getting all the different factions on board beforehand which is a mistake they made with the obamacare fight. they didn't have them on board beforehand. >> all right, thank you. have a good christmas. four days and counting. good to see you. in our next hour, we'll look at the impact to americans across all income brackets with legal ger from fortune magazine. we're following a developing story in australia this morning where an suv slammed into a crowd in the second largest city of melbourne. 19 people are injured including four in critical condition. police are calling it a deliberate act. the deliver and another person are in custody. the heart of melbourne was crowded with christmas shoppers. nick etchells of our partner in australia is there. >> reporter: good morning. we know the driver was known to police and had a history of mental health issues. police are trying to determine what led him on this deadly rampage. the attack happened at the height of rush hour. outside the city's busiest train station packed with commuters and christmas shoppers. emergency responders rushed to treat the injured who were thrown in the air when a white suv plowed into positions at full speed. witnesses say it was like a bomb going off. >> the air bags were gone. the windshield was cracked. there was people on the floor. >> the car was just up on purpose, just, like, really shaky. >> reporter: at least 19 people were injured. several are in critical condition. australian police say it was no accident. at this stage, we believe it's a deliberate act. can i repeat that, at this stage, we believe it is a deliberate act. however, we do not know the motivation and it is still early stages of the investigation. >> reporter: an off duty police officer arrested the driver, a 32-year-old australian citizen of afghan descent, at the scene. a second man was arrested but it's unclear if he's lynlinked incident. a truck attack in new york in october left eight dead. 13 were killed in barcelona before that. and last year a deadly rampage in france claimed the lives of 86 people. police say the second man arrested was filming the incident and had knives held in his bag. security has now been stepped upped around melbourne, gayle. >> all right, nick etchells, thank you. we now know eight americans are among 12 people killed in a tourist bus crash in mexico. three americans who died were from the same family. anna behar and her 11-year-old son daniel and 78-year-old fanys shamis were killed in this accident. andy and jody fritz were also killed. some of the 18 people are recovering in mexico. manuel bojorquez is there. >> reporter: good morning. mexican prosecutors say skid marks at the crash site indicate the driver may have been speeding. a behar family member tells us his nephew has been flown to miami where he is being treated for broken ribs and blood between his chest and lungs. he is also mourning his wife, son and mother-in-law. >> it's a great loss. >> reporter: dr. israel's nephew was on his bus with his wife, two children and mother-in-law. he and his older son david survived the crash. the others were killed. >> he clearly was in shock and the way he told me so nonchalant that his son died in his arms, i knew he was absolutely in shock. >> reporter: franco saw video of his nephew walking around the crash scene looking for his family. >> the last thing you think about when you go on a cruise is your safety, that something as taking a bus to go to somewhere is going to end up leaving you dead or, you know, your children orphaned. >> reporter: red cross responder says the crash is the worse he's ever seen. >> you saw they were clearly in shock? they were in a desperate state, he said, crying, some were screaming because of their injuries and finding their relatives dead. >> cruise lines have no regulatory oversight. >> reporter: a former defense attorney for cruise lines who now represented passengers in several cases against cruise lines. he says they don't do proper background checks. >> it's pretty much being offered as by way of word of mouth. they're operating primarily to make as much money >> reporter: there is conflicting information about the bus driver. earlier state tourism industry said the driver was being held. later prosecutor said the driver's whereabouts are unknown. >> wow. the holiday rush is under way. a record nurl of americans will travel this year. aaa predicts more than 107 million people will travel by plane, train, or car between december 23rd and january 1st. that's the highest travel season. the busiest days at airport will be today, friday, and the day after christmas. good news. i'm traveling saturday. the majority of travelers are hitting the roads for the holidays. more expensive gas prices are not deterring driver this year. who can expect the most congestion today, in the late afternoon and early evening. new revelations from apple confirm what many iphone users suspected. apple slows down older phones. the reason, the lithium-ion batteries in aging devices can't keep up with peak demand for power. apple says the batteries may need to eventually be reserviced or recycled. anna werner is here with the slowdown that's frustrated users. >> good morning, anthony. just like my iphone, your phone is storing lots of photos and apps. now apple is being accused of slowing the devices down on purpose. a computer scientist said it's happening because the iphone's power problem is widespread. >> we have sold over a billion of them. this makes iphone the best selling product of its kind in the history of the world. >> your web browser will be slower, instant messaging will be slower, your camera will be slower. basically it affects all of the functionality of your phone except phone calls. >> reporter: when john poole set out to see why his wife's iphone was poor, he made a surprising discovery. in order to sustain its life, apple is deliberately limiting the power that the battery sends to its phone. apple confirms it's been slowing phones. the issue began when the iphone 6 experienced sudden shutdowns last year. older batteries were struggling to deep up with the phone, so the company offered a limited battery replacement program and software update. they now admit the update slowed the phones down. in a statement to "cbs this morning" apple said our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers which includes overall performance and prolonged the life of the iphone. >> apple could have made a statement and said this is what we're doing. >> but he's frustrated apple was not more transparent. >> should the $1,000 smartphone have this issue 12, 18, 24 months after it's shipped, it's disappointing. >> you can solve the problem by replacing the battery on your phone. if the device is not under warranty, apple charges $79 for a new battery. this impacts all lithium batteries in the industry. other phone brands do not seem to be experiencing these issues. to note, i did replace the battery in this phone, $80. fixed the problem. >> it seems like a good trade-off. compared to spending $999 for another phone. >> that's what i figured. >> annoying but kind of genius what they're doing over there. thank you very much. the parents of a baby girl are sharing their story. >> if the embryo would have been born when it was supposed to -- we could have been best friends. >> tina explains why she worried that the embryo was only one year younger than she is. she's very happy now. an olympic gold medalist said usa gymnastics tried to cover up sex abuse against her. >> how one gymnast said they favored secrecy over the athletes. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ you'll see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate...♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart. 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sliding scale that we have had that time pushed back throughout the morning, so right now we are going into midway of the four hours that this freeway has been shut down in that southbound direction along 880 right at 66th. the backup stretching beyond 23rd at this point, all traffic diverted off at 66, but many drivers definitely avoiding 880 at this time. northbound direction is slow and backed up to about looks like marina at this point trying to go northbound. here's the scene of the crash and you can see that fedex truck still on its side. stay with us. weather coming up. today will range from the low 80s cool clear start to your thursday morning. without the cloud cover temperatures were chilly. but our high temperatures are going to rebound. we'll be lucky though if we hit 60 in napa. rain on monday, sunny later on next week. the sun's coming up. beautiful. welcome back to "cbs this morning." senator mark warner strongly warned president trump not to fire special counsel robert mueller. he also warned the president against targeting a probe. >> congress must make clear to the president that firing the special counsel or interfering with his investigation by issuing pardons of essential witnesses is unacceptable and would have immediate and significant consequences. >> the white house lawyer has repeatedly said president trump is not considering any pardon. delta airlines are pushing for compensation after the massive blackout at atlanta's airport. the airline may have lost $25 million to $50 million in revenue. the airline will have conversations with both the airport and georgia power. delta canceled around 1,400 flights because of sunday's nearly 11-hour power outage. and today is the winter solstice. we'll see the shortest day and the longest night. it happens when the northern hemisphere is tilted the farthest from the sun. in britain crowds gathered to watch the sunrise at stonehenge. the first day of winter. a new lawsuit casts a harsh light on how usa gymnastics handled allegations of sexual abuse. nassar faces to what amounts to life in prison after pleading guilty to separate sex abuse and pornography charges. he faces life in prison after pleading guilty to separate sex abuse and pornography charges. jericka duncan is here with new questions about a confidentiality agreement. good morning. >> good morning. he agreed to receive $1.2 million to pay for psychological treatment after he abused her 50 to 100 times. in return, maroney agreed to keep quiet about the abuse, something she now argues was an attempted coverup. four years after rising to fame by winning gold at the 2012 summer olympics, mckayla maroney says usa gymnastics tried to silence her at the expense of other female athletes. in a lawsuit filed on wednesday, maroney said the confidentiality agreement she chose to sign allowed usa gymnastics to conceal the true nature of dr. larry nassar's abuse of minors. michigan state university is also named as defendants in the suit. >> they wanted to keep their dirty secret quiet and they wanted to silence mckayla maroney. >> john manly is her attorney. >> her mom said in the last few years, she wasn't sure if she was going to walk in the room and find her little girl dead. >> she said she was molested for years by nassar. usa gymnastics responded it admired maroney's courage. >> knowing she can't talk and putting out a statement indicating that they appreciate her coming forward is hypocritical and repugnant. >> her attorney at the time who initiated the settlement's confidentiality agreement. alfred declined our request toen comment. her former teammate ali raisman was critical of how usa gymnastics handled complaints against nassar. >> what did usa gymnastics do and larry nassar do to manipulate these girls so much they're afraid to speak up. >> gymnastics gymnastic says she hopes speaking out will help others. >> i know we can do what we need do to make sure this never happens again so not one person has to come up and say, you know, me too. >> now, a victim of child sexual abuse cannot be forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement in california as a condition of the settlement. usa gymnastics said the settlement was in accordance with state law in 2016. they said they first learned of it in the summer of 2015 after being contacted by usa gymnastics. michigan state says it does not comment on ongoing litigation. >> raising a lot of questions about those confidentiality agreements. >> absolutely. >> also in these cases of abuse, when you realize they're systematic and pervasive and people cover it up and so it continues. >> it's time to readdress if they should exist when you're talking about sexual harassment. >> another good conversation to be having at this time. thank you, jericka. the parents of a baby girl who grew from an embryo frozen more than 24 years ago are calling the birth a miracle, a christmas miracle. she was born last month to tina and benjamin in knoxville, tennessee. researchers say this is the longest frozen embryo to come to birth. adriana diaz is in knoxville outside the clinic where tina received the embryo. adriana, this is exciting. good morning. >> it is indeed. last month when she was 25 years old, tina received an embryo at this clinic that was just a year younger than her. according to the director, about 15% happen here. >> i'd do it again for her. >> reporter: 24 might be little emma wren's lucky number. they were struggling to have kids of her own and her father suggested she look into so-called embryo adoption. couples struggling to have a child can create embryos. sometimes they're frozen and donated to other couples like tina and her husband. they applied at the donation center and were accepted. >> we were going through the profiles. it doesn't tell how long they were frozen. we have no idea. so the day of the transfer, dr. keenan said, hey, this is going to be a world record, and i was like, what, are you kidding. >> reporter: dr. jeffrey keenan performed the procedure. >> when the couple found out how old the embryos were, was there hesitation? did they have the option to not go forward? >> they would have had the option. there was no hesitation. they said, that's great. let's go. >> reporter: tina remembers it differently. >> i thought, that's not going to work. i want a baby. this is not going to work. >> reporter: emma's birth was 24 years in the making, but her paints say it was worth the wait. >> i'm 25 years old. if this embryo would have been born when it was supposed to have been, we could have been best friends. >> reporter: emma is a healthy bay bay. one told us the development is a mix of both luck and science since methods of freezing embryos weren't as good in the past. >> always good to have a little luck on her side. >> i love her joy, the enthusiasm about the baby. it's interesting. i wonder if she would have been as excited if she knew the embryo was 24 years old. >> that's great. >> christmas 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breed. a fatal collision has created a traffic mess all morning on southbound interstate 880 at 66th in oakland near the coliseum. jaclyn has more on how traffic is being affected. >> all lanes are closed along southbound 880 right at 66th. chp was hoping to have the lanes reopened at least by 7:45. but it looks like we are passed that time. so they are continuing to clear that accident. this is a live look and you can see the sweeper crews cleaning the roadway there. northbound traffic dealing with the slowdowns from this crash, as well. but the southbound lanes remain closed at 66th. you will need to use an alternate. use 580 and big rigs can use 580, as well. >> stay with us. we'll be right back. weather is coming up. well, good thursday morning. it was a chillily start today. looking at our temperatures right now -- it was a little start today. looking at our temperatures right now, warming up but santa rosa still at 32 degrees. a little warmer in the east bay. 44 degrees in 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were injured. four are in critical condition. the victims arange in age from to 58 the attack targeted peak hour outside of the bus station in melbourne. police say the driver, of afghan descent, was known to authorities and had a history of mental health issues. another man who was recording the incident was arrested. investigators are trying to determine if there's a terror connection here congressional republicans are working on a plan to prevent a government should down at midnight tomorrow. gop lawmakers joined president trump yesterday after the final vote to pass the tax reform bill. the president praised the teamwork of house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he also overstated the bill's achievements. >> when you think of it, we haven't even been a year and we did the largest tax cut in our history. we -- i hate to say this, but we essentially repealed obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate which was terrible. >> obamacare is actually still in place, but critics predict it will be undermined when people are no longer required to have health insurance. >> we'll see. independent analysts say other tax cuts in the past have been bigger than this one, but the bill, which is hundreds of pages long, will affect the daily lives of americans at every income level. big issues include whether cutting corporate taxes will give bigger paychecks, how the new law will affect home buyers and sellers and the tax deductions going away. leigh gal guy, senior editor at large is here with some of the answers to those questions. good morning. >> good morning. >> leigh, much to discuss. listen, the democrats are jeering, republicans cheering. the president called it -- what did he say? an incredible gift for christmas. >> right, and a big, beautiful tax cut. >> a big, beautiful tax cut. democra democrats called it a disgrace. who is telling the truth? >> think it tells you how polarizing the debate has been. this legislative win for the president has been a big game of political football. the last time we passed major tax reform, you know, it was not a single democrat we know voted for this one and it was not the case last time. it has been an incredible political battle. >> let's break it down and go through it. some companies have made commitments essentially to give back. boeing announcing $300 million for things like gift matching, workplace development, at&t, comcast talking about bonuses. how does that work out, that reinvestment in employees? >> it is interesting. i think it speaks to -- you know, there's been an enormous amount of public disaffection for the bill, an incredible feeling that it favors businesses and the wealthy, which it does. but at&t is an example. it is locked in a fight with the administration over whether it will be allowed to acquire time warner. this is a big deal. at&t also says it is going to invest a billion dollars here in the u.s. in addition to the bonuses next year. >> in fairness to randall stevenson the ceo of at&t, i was with him before he tried to block that deal and he was talking about reinvesting in workers before that. >> exactly. but you can almost see that the companies who are writing the tweets for the president because it is a line straight to his heart. they're showing right away that, look, this is for, you know, the tax cut is passed on one day, day two it rains money for american workers. >> but they're under no obligation to do that though. >> no, no, they're not. >> what is the likelihood once you get past the initial pr phase -- >> they will shift. >> -- this will be a pattern of behavior? >> there's a lot of scepticism around that. i will say the companies, it is not just bonuses, some are raising the minimum wage. >> wells fargo. >> yes. the big criticism is companies will use the money to reinvest by buying back their stock and by paying dividends. we are sort of in an era of financial engineering, and capital finds the way that it -- you know, flows to the way it is most useful. >> the speaker of the house talked about inversions, companies are taking their money overseas and keeping it there. what in the tax bill means they will bring it back home? >> there is is what is called a deeded repatriation, which is a way of saying the tax bill office a low rate, 15.5% for cash, for companies to bring it back to the u.s. now, it is switching to a territorial system of global taxation which, you know, means -- it is not likely that that's going to be as huge as i think everyone is saying it will be. we did a tax holiday in 2004 and actually didn't result in so much reinvestment in the american economy because people think why don't we keep it over there. >> here is a question. what stands out to you that's in the bill that we might not have heard about? we know it is hundreds of pages long. >> there's so much in there. there are little things that people don't know about. >> mortgage interest deduction? >> that's a huge one. that's the one thing i think is most surprising because the mortgage interest deduction is something most economists agree is not a good tax policy. it is regressive, favors the wealthy, pushes us into single family homes. >> but it is still there but reduced. >> it is still there but reduced. >> how does it affect -- look, home is the biggest investment people make in their life, how does it affect that market? >> it affects the affordability math. when you look at what your house is going to cost you every month, you factor in the interest deduction which is a big part, as is deducting property taxes and that's going to change. this is going to affect the real estate market. >> one teacher's union estimates the cap on the state and local taxes could lead to an estimated $250 billion in cuts to public education. >> yes. >> why would that funding -- >> because it is harder for schools to raise taxes because people will be looking at what they can deduct with the local taxes. >> what about alimony? >> divorce alimony payments are deductible now. no longer will they be, but it was going to take place next year which might have meant we would see a rush of divorces in the next seven days because -- now they've pushed it off for another year so don't worry about that. >> okay. >> but other things, you can no longer deduct your tax preparation expenses. i mean that seems like such a given to me. i don't know. you can't deduct taxes if you -- the cost of your move, if you move for work you're no longer able to deduct those costs. i just moved. those will not be -- that's expensive and not a deduction. there are other things i think people don't know about. the irs by the way will be so overwhelmed dealing with all of this. this was pushed through incredibly fast and we all have whiplash. >> so is your accountant if you have one. >> mine said he was getting 50 calls a day about this. it is a big day. >> thank you for taking us through the changes. >> thank you for having me. >> get your employer to pay for your move. >> yes. i don't know about that. >> all right. tomorrow on "cbs this morning" we will look at some specific scenarios, attacks expert will estimate how three different families will make out under the new tax law. hopefully it will help us all understand the bill better president trump is threatening to cut funding to countries that oppose his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the warning comes ahead of today's expected vote on a resolution at the u.n. general assembly. it criticizes recent decisions regarding the status of jerusalem and urges other countries not to move their embassies there. mr. trump says he will be watching. the vote is expected to receive widespread support. tennis star venus williams will not face charges stemming from a deadly car crash in june. surveillance video shows her car being hit when she crossed an intersection in palm beach gardens, florida. the woman driving the other car will also not face charges. the woman's husband in the passenger seat later died of his injuries. police say williams legally entered the intersection, but an unidentified third car cut her off and that led to the crash. williams still faces a wrongful death suit. an attorney for the family of the man who died confirmed that to the associated press. williams' attorney has not commented. are some of your children listening to them while they're playing with them? wired's nicholas thompson in our toyota green room. ahead, what parents immediate to know about privacy before buying a louisiana school with no textbooks and homework is sending students to top tier schools. these celebration videos capture the moment two brothers learn they got into harvard and stanford. ahead, how their no-frills school is using teamwork to get 100% of its graduates into college. this one might be any favorite story of the day. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ favorite story of the day. you're watching 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"wired's" new article is called "don't get your kid an internet-connected toy." in that article, one privacy group says companies selling internet-connected toys are "profiting by collecting and monetizing a lot of sensitive information from your kids." the fbi issued a safety alert in july about how smart toys can present privacy concerns for children. cbs news contributor nicholas thompson is editor in chief of "wired." nick, good morning. >> good morning. >> your website calls internet-connected toys hacker heaven, and you started to get freaked out about privacy, you say. >> yeah. so, there's a real discrepancy between the privacy protections built into most internet-connected toys and the privacy protections you want for your children, and that's because these toys aren't sort of set up in general with the best standards. it's hard to update them to patch things. they're easily packed. they're starting to have microphones and cameras, which are a nightmare. and kids don't have defenses against privacy invasions because they haven't learned these things. so we're saying, you've got to be wary. >> i was stunned to see the fbi sent out a warning about this. >> i know. >> how is this information being used? >> it's an intense warning that came out in july. it's a 17-point warning saying, hey, we've had a bunch of problems. we've had internet-connected toys that store information on the cloud, like your child's voice, that can then be hacked. we have lots of these toys that have been sort of appropriated for botnet, so be wary. that was an intense statement by them. >> can we switch to apple, about them admitting that they had misled us about the battery? in a way, i said earlier that it's genius, but it's annoying. what do you say about this? >> okay, so, what we learned yesterday is that sort of the conspiracy theories about apple are true, that as your battery and phone get older, they deliberately degrade it. so a lot of people said they're doing that because they want you to upgrade your phone, they make your phones worse! and apple came back with a totally legitimate statement saying, no, lithium-ion batteries over time degrade. if your battery has degraded, we have to slow down the processing speed so that your processing doesn't spike and shut down your phone. they're saying -- >> so, how easy is it to replace a battery? >> right, so this is counter, right, okay, apple, i believe your statement, but if you're going to degrade the performance of the phone, shouldn't it be easy to swap out the battery? >> no. >> it's not. and the reason it's not, particularly on iphones, because beautiful, they don't have a screw in the back. you can't just take a phillips head screwdriver and put in a new battery. the battery is glued inside. they do that for design reasons, they do that for waterproofing reasons, but you would think with this they would make it easier to swap your batteries, and they should. if you're going to slow down the phone because of an old battery in it -- >> why are they telling us about it now? >> well, they're telling us about it because they got busted on reddit, right? because, like -- [ laughter ] >> i was like, why are they telling us? they should have just admitted up front, but they got busted on reddit, okay. >> well, there are all these forums that tested it and proved it, and apple said, yes, but we do it for you. and again, apple's statement is legitimate. they're not making it up, right? they are doing it to prevent spikes so your phone doesn't shut down. that is a perfectly good reason. it does have perhaps the benefit to apple that it makes you want to upgrade your phone. >> quickly, if you want to buy an internet-connected toy this year, what do you do to make it safe? >> read the privacy settings, make sure it's from a responsible manufacturer and there is a list of approved companies that will certify toys saying they follow best practices. once you set it up, make sure to update it and be wary of things with cameras and microphones. >> i barely have time to wrap the present. the fcc website, dang! >> and read the privacy, norah. >> don't buy anything with a camera or a microphone. >> we will put something on the website. >> we'll put 1347k on twitter with the fcc link. >> thank you, appreciate it. gloria estefan's newest honor was a huge surprise. >> we were driving to the airport in new york and he was in the front seat talking to somebody and he turns around and says to me, are you ready for this? 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(vo) get zero percent financing for 63 months on select models, plus we'll donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. kensington palace released brand-new engagement pictures of prince harry and meghan markle. the photos show the couple holding hands and embracing. it's called canoodling. the duke and duchess also attended. markel and prince harry will break tradition and join the queen at the royal countryside estate for christmas. it's a big deal because unmarried couples have not been invited before. they'll tie the knot. it's clear the queen really likes meghan. she likes kate too. it's a sign that the times have changed. >> it's nice they're breaking tradition. all right. teamwork is the key to success at a school in an old fabrication shop with an impressive shop. ahead, how classmates from kindergarten to high school help each other and move on to top tier schools. your local news is next. good morning, it's 8:25. i'm kenny choi. it appears that san francisco supervisor jane kim intends to run for mayor. she has requested nomination documents from san francisco's department of elections. you may remember she ran for state senate last year losing the election to former supervisor scott weiner. authorities are trying to crack down on people who aim lasers at airplanes. the most recent incident happening near oakland international airport. at least 7 planes there have encountered laser strikes while landing this week. stick around, we'll have traffic and weather after this quick break. time now 8:27. an update on the deadly accident that had all lanes shut down southbound 880. all lanes have reopened. traffic is moving in both directions. we're still dealing with some residual delays in the backup. you can see it's out of the red into the yellow so we are starting to see some improvement. it's a little under 30 minutes northbound. we are dealing with another traffic alert though. this is along highway 1 at devil's slide. shutdown in both directions due to an overturned vehicle right at that tunnel. chp on the scene and they are diverting traffic, turning it around in both directions. so please avoid highway 1 at this time. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. thank you very much. it was a clear morning and cool start to your morning. temperatures are still a little bit chilly right now. taking a live look out to our temperatures. 44 degrees in fairfield. still freezing temperatures in santa rosa, 32. san jose is a little warmer at 39. 44 degrees in pacifica. your highs are going to still be cooler than they were yesterday. 50s in the area. seven-day forecast shows beautiful weather through sunday, rain on monday. sunny following that the rest of the week. ♪ some animals like the cold, like this girl here. she just loves the snow. she's nine years old. a giant panda at the toronto zoo. she could barely contain her excitement. i know. sometimes corny works. she played in the snow earlier this month. the panda's natural habitat is high in the mountains. there are currently four pandas at the toronto zoo. anything about a panda is cute! welcome back to "cbs to morning." time for the morning's headlines. usa today reports on a population boom in idaho. the fastest growing state. the population increased 2.2% over the last year. idaho has about 1.7 million residents and great skiing and fly fishing. rounding out the top five nevada, utah, washington state, and florida. facebook ads said employers target younger workers are the focus of an age discrimination lawsuit. it claims that companies like t-mobile imposed age limits on who can see ads. they limited some to younger than 38. amazon said it corrected some ads t-mobile declined to comment on the story. news week looks at a study that shows eating a salad every day keeps brains younger and prevents dementia. researchers found people who eight one two servings of leafy greens each day had fewer memory problems and cognitive decline than people who rarely ate those veggies. people who ate an average of 3.1 leafy greens were about 11 years younger in brain age than those who didn't. >> gayle, i actually read this. i was going to send it to you. we like to have our sweet green. >> we do. sweet greens. >> does it say the blue cheese dressing hurts or helps. >> it doesn't hurt. our continuing series "a more perfect union" what units us as americans is stronger than what divides us. so we showed you video last week of this 16-year-old. he learned he was accepted to harvard. his brother alex got into stanford a week earlier. celebrations like these are common in their school. 100% of graduates get into college at their year. >> wow. >> that's right. omar travelled to louisiana to see how the school works with students to land coveted college placements. >> reporter: the holiday celebrations started early. [ cheers and applause ] one student learned he was accepted to stanford. [ cheers and applause ] another to harvard. [ cheers and applause ] then dartmouth and brown. >> it gives me the chills. >> reporter: james dennis is going to yale. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: describe that moment when your classmates are just going nuts. [ laughter ] >> it's just completely indescribable. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: kayla cried when she got accepted to columbia. the future business major said she shares her success. >> the whole team puts in the work throughout the year to get the one person to the school. it's the whole team. >> the students are not cookie cutter where everybody has to do the same thing at the same time. >> reporter: it's a family under the guidance of michael and tracy landry. they founded the school 12 years ago. >> when my wife and i started the school, people laughed at us. >> reporter: the skepticism is because tia landry is a no-frills school located in an old fabrication shop in a low income area. >> people think of a college prep school and think rich kids. are these rich kids? >> not by far. their parents have made sacrifices to send them here. we make sacrifices to make sure that they can stay. the average income is $32,000. >> tuition costs up to $675 a month. there are teachers but no textbooks. no home work, and no specific class schedule. students from kindergarten to high school help tutor and encourage each other to learn. >> because you're with all the other people that are striving toward greatness, it's like you are, it's almost like you have no choice but to conform to it. >> go big or go home. if you don't go big, with regards to being the best you can be, one day you can end up being that kid who goes to jail or who dies early because you went out the wrong way and into the streets. >> it's not about being smart. it's about working very hard. he works very hard. >> reporter: this is the mother of james dennis. she works i'm at tpart time at school to pay for the school. she was there when james learned he was accepted to yale. >> i was thankful and i was proud. >> reporter: why are you crying? >> i never thought it was possible. >> reporter: there is disappointment. this senior received news he's on a waiting list. the landrys also sometimes struggle to make payroll. all that makes the payoff even more rewarding. when a student is accepted into college. >> we don't have sports. for me that's like seeing your child just win the game. >> that's my life. that tells me that we're changing people. we're changing society. we're giving hope. >> reporter: with more admissions decisions coming in the spring, school expects more celebrations for education. >> i love seeing how the kids celebrate each other's success. >> i love it, too. it's tough to watch, though, when they don't get in. nobody is laughing at the landrys now. interesting no textbooks, no homework. i like what she said it's not about being smart. it's. >> it's about working hard. >> being smart is good but it pays off in spades, as you see, if you really hard. >> they figured out the secret sauce. >> they have. nicely done. ♪ zblm the life and career of singer gloria estefan in a musical. the kennedy singer honoree reflects on the struggles and successes with her husband. whether she recommends working with your significant ♪ whoa! the mercedes-benz winter event is back and you won't want to stop for anything else. 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>> not much. i do remember, though, when my father right after the revolution that he was jailed, i remember going to the jail with my mom and my grandmother to visit her. >> reporter: a police officer under dictate or was jailed jos fajardo after castro regained power. after moving to the united states, is the fan's father went to work for the cia. >> i found out this last year he was in the black ops and that's why he never talked about anything. he had a mysterious briefcase he took to his trip in the vietnam. >> he came back and was not well. >> he was not well. a lot of the men on his base came out the same. he was on the agent orange poison list. >> how did his illness change your childhood. >> it was the center of our lives. my mom had to work because she realized my dad was going to get more ill and i cared for my dad and my younger sister from the age of 12 to 18, 19. it was him. >> you said that music was your escape. >> it was. my catharsis. my everything. >> and before long, music would change her life. >> talk about the day you met emilio. >> oh, my gosh. i'll never forget that day. one of the guys from my brother's school wanted to put a band together. in comes this man carrying an accordion wearing short shorts. >> emilioing care an accordion. >> he looked naked. i walked in and saw a guy playing "the hustle" on the accordion. i thought, i know that guy. we bumped into each other in the hallway and he said, you're that girl. >> she joined his band and married him in 19 80. >> you changed your name to miami sound machine and success comes pretty fast, right? >> depends what you call fast. >> reporter: success came quickly in the latin world but not at home. >> all of a sudden we're going to south america and we're doing a stadium in san selva do with 50,000 and come home and doing a wedding with 200 in miami because we didn't have fans there yet. >> reporter: cbs records wants the spanish hits to keep coming while the band was looking to broaden its appeal. >> we kept the contract eye rights to record in english whenever we wanted although they never thought we i'd do it. we snuck a b track on the b side of a single. and that was "doctor beat." >> reporter: the hits written and performed in her second language kept coming. ♪ bad, bad, bad, bad boy you make me feel so good ♪ >> reporter: whether dance numbers or heartfelt ballads as estevan stepped into the pop zeitgeist in1980s. gloria, i think of your songs and it's songs we sang every word to or danced every beat to, and then 1990. >> not a fun year. >> no. that bus crash. >> i was taking a nap on the couch in the front of the bus. my son was in the back with his tutor and emilio was on the phone with his tutor who was reading him the caption of the picture on the cover of the "miami herald." gloria and estefan has the world in their hands. right when he reads 4i78 that line, we got rear-ended by a fully loaded 18-wheeler. >> gloria injured with back injury. her children also injured. >> i was paralyzed. when they told emilio, he fainted. they said, you probably won't be able to have another child. that was my plan after that tour. he said, i'm hoping you'll be able to at least walk gingerly, but i don't think you'll ever be back on stage. and then he said to me, i can tell you that it's up to you. >> reporter: less than a year after the crash, estefan walked onto the stage of the american music awards. >> what was that moment like when you were back on stage? >> it's luke if i climbed mt. everest and won, you know, the pulitzer prize. everything fantastic that could happen to a human being in one moment. >> reporter: as her career continued to climb, she and emilio welcomed their second child. daughter emily was born in 1994. >> what's the heart of a relationship like that with your husband? you not only love each other and adore each other as husband and wife because you work together. >> i don't recommend it to everyone. for us it's very magical. we're very different, so we're a good balance. if we were both like him, we would be dead of heart attacks, if we were both like me, we'd be both sitting on the couch playing guitar still. >> reporter: their story became a broadway music. now "on your feet" is touring the world. and coming to the kennedy center. >> yes. >> reporter: next month the show opens at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. gloria estefan was recently celebrated at the first cuban american honoree. >> imagine. my father brought us here to be raised in freedom. it means a lot to us and very especially to my parents' generation, i think. they really feel that. >> she deserves to be there. they're wonderful together. >> i know her music so well, but to know her story. so much i learned. it's just incredible. >> reporter:. >> it's remarkable the journeys all the honorees have had. >> i was surprised she was the first cuban american. >> but as our senior music correspondent, you may know this better than us. at the heart of her becoming a music was her father's illness. that was herr catharsis. you learn that people find so much joy in music at an early age. >> for so many artistsing that's -- it's an escape. >> yeah. >> you can see the 40th annual kennedy center honors on tuesday, december 26th, 9:00 at 8:00 central on what station, gayle? >> cbs. >> and today on "cbs this morning," the podcast, you can hear more of gloria's interview. she shares the significance of receiving the medal of freedom in 2015 and whether she'll ever travel back to cue ball. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 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 month's payment. but this guy is in a hurry. this van is going, uh, i was in a hurry this morning. barely had time for breakfast. growl. grumpy! jack's gonna crash your crave hey guys. try my country scrambler plate, with jimmy dean sausage, homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham and cheese. careful out there, jack, i heard there's some crazy driver in a van. (laughing) it's him! i'm talking about him! try my brunchfast country scrambler plate with jimmy dean sausage. crave van! hillsborough is expected to decide today whether a controversial plan to build new cell phone towers should move forward. critics say the towers are u property values.. i'm kenny choi. the city manager of hillsboro is going to decide whether cell phone tower buildings are going forward. critics say it will decrease property values and has health hazards. today sacred heart community service? san jose will brighten christmas for some families in need. the organization will start distributing new books and toys to thousands of children. each family will get a chance to pick out some gifts among 18,000 donated items. google has revealed plans to build a major new campus in sunnyvale. the project is called the caribbean. it would be built in the moffett park area of the city. it will accommodate 4500 employees. we'll have weather and traffic and weather in just a moment. traffic alert in effect for highway 1 in pacifica due to an accident involving an overturned vehicle right at devil's slide near the tunnel. so one-way traffic controls in effect likely until 10:30 a.m. do expect delays. we are seeing a backup all the way down towards 92 along highway 1. also, across the san mateo bridge, looking much better. we are out of the yellow and red back in the green. 880 all lanes open after a deadly crash had the southbound direction closed throughout much of the morning commute. but you can see traffic moving right at the limit again the eastshore freeway, in the green, should we call this "holiday light"? the bay bridge toll plaza a ghost town! go now if you have to go! emily has the forecast. i have good news for your forecast. it's clear and beautiful outside. although that does make for a chilly start to the morning. take a look at our temperatures now. we just got out of freezing temperatures up in the north bay. santa rosa now up to 38 degrees. warmer in the east bay, 48 degrees in fairfield. san jose slightly cooler 46. and cooler even still along the coast, pacifica 44 degrees. your high temperatures you'll be lucky if we hit 60. everywhere else in the high 50s to the mid-50s. cooler at the coast, warmer inland. sunny and beautiful into the weekend. rain monday, sunny later in the week. wayne (high-pitched): oh-oh! jonathan: it's a trip to australia! tiffany (australian accent): it's a diamond ring! wayne (in french accent): you said that before. say it again. - going for the big deal, baby. wayne: you got the big deal! jonathan: ha, ha. tiffany: hello? open the box! wayne: you won a car! you did it! - (screaming) jonathan: i'm vanilla pudding. wayne: dreams do come true! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady! wayne: hey, america. welcome to "let's make a deal." it is christmas time. we got bells ringing, sleigh bells, and turtle doves and santa claus and little kids waiting for santa to come down the chimney. who wants to make a deal? (cheers and applause) tracy, come on over here, tracy, everybody have a seat for me. tracy, have a seat, happy holidays, tracy. now where are you from and what do you do? - i'm from orange county, california, i just moved to newport beach from san francisco .

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