lawsuit with two men charged in the connection of four murders in bucks counties. and authorities say that eight americans were among those killed in a tour bus crash in mexico. and first news from the capital. congress is expected to get approval for the tax bill before the day is over. president trump is already planning a victory celebration at the white house. but first a procedural hiccup is forcing a revote on the plan. >> reporter: good afternoon, it has been a busy 24 hours here in washington. president trump and republicans are ready to take a victory lap to tout this change in policy. take two for the house -- republicans forced a revote on the sweeping tax overhaul. and excited house speaker paul ryan is making the rounds on morning tv. >> we are certain it would grow the economy the question is the degree. >> early this morning the the senate passed the 1.5 trillion there's rewrite of the tax code along party lines. the biggest change in decades. protests in the chambers. >> what a disgrace. that is what this bill is. an absolute disgrace. >> president trump tweet that the cuts are so large and meaningful and the fake news. >> and if we can't sell this to the morn people we ought to go to another line of work. >> tax cuts for individuals will expire after eight years but americans see their standard deduction and child tax credit double. americans making $75,000 or less will face a tax hike in a decade. and wealthier americans will continue to see a tax cut. >> and president trump is inviting republicans to the white house this afternoon and expected to give remarks but no word on when he signs the bill into law. kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. back here the engineer at the controls during the 2015 deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia was back in court today. he was back in september the judge throughout charges of involuntarily manslaughter against brandon bostian. and now prosecutors are fighting to get the case reinstated. john rawlins joining us live from sensteer. ag's office is trying to do is appeal.ing the appeal of the earlier rulingismiss the charges again the y say there should b trial againstbostian. instead common pleas judge says she would review the evi rule on the matter in february. >> brandon bostian and his family leaving court today they had no common on a judge's decision concerning the appeal. bostian was at the the controls of amtrak 188 in 2015 when the speeding train derailed killing eight passengers and manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges were dropped by the jud ruled that the evidence suggested it was an accident not a crime. >> but prosecutors w overturn that common pleas judge adhe tond discussed the effort by bos the thehich is whether or garrett ruled correctly and we believe he did. come back in february and get the decision on the appeal. we are looking forward to brandon getting on with the rest of his life. and obviously he is mindful of the great loss here. >> again, the appeal effort is now going forward and the judge in the c and place to mee i the 11:30.m. on feb 6th.live inter cilins channel 6 "s." >> and that comes days after the deadly derailment in washington state. the train was going more than e the speed limit when it tpass killing three people.re waiting to question the engineer that remains hospitalized. officials say he may have lost track of his location because there was a conductor i training in the cab with him aime of the collision. >> the two men charged in connection with four bucks county murders are new wrongful death uit. the family of mark sturges is suing cosmo dinardo and sean kratz and they blame the couple forever allowing their son to gain access to a gun despite knowing the history of mental illness. it happens in als bury township in july. eesent the family of a victim of the seep you're home fire. he will talk this afternoon about the family's loss of their in berkeley senior killed when the flames broke out and authorities determined that the fire started outside of the building in the area of a covered patio. accuweather tracking a chilly change today, it feels cooler than yesterday when temperatures were near 60 degrees. as we look live outside right now sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline from the sky 6 hd temple university cam and slightly cooler today than yesterday and more wintry as we countdown to christmas. meteorologist karen rogers in for david murphy with the latest conditions. >> i guess this far in december it may as well feel like winter. wer were stuck in the clouds and also cool although starting off this morning temperatures in the 40s and really haven't budged much over the period of the last few hours. 46 degrees in philadelphia. not bad. normally this time of year you have a high of 43. 46 in cape may and 48 in dover. and 48 in atlantic city. we are dealing with a windchill and some sunny breaks in there. 2:00, 46 degrees and 4:00 holding at 45 and then at 6:00, 41 and we'll dip to the upper 30s at 8:00 and 10:00. 35 at 10:00 and we start to clear things out. we are breezy and cooler this afternoon and staying dry and keeping the clouds. but because of the winds it's cooler than the numbers seen here and windchills in the upper 30s and low 40s for today. and then tomorrow we begin the solstice. winter solstice is tomorrow at exactly 11:28 the direct rays are over the tropic of capricorn. and we are the farthest away from the sun and we see less sun and more cooler temperatures. we are tracking some arctic air and in the seven-day forecast i'll show you a couple of days where we don't make it to freezing. so get ready for the colder air it's coming. details in a few minutes. >> i can hardly wait. thank you. and a water main break caused the mess in rittenhouse square. sending muddy water on the sidewalk and part of 8th street near spruce. it remains closed at this hour. and police are looking for the driver involved this a deadly hit and run in bristol borough. and police say that the victim was hit by a silver mercedes benz emg and they recovered an eagles license from the scene and believed to have come from the striking vehicle. vernon odom will have an update on the investigation coming up in our next half hour. students of eastern academy charter school rallied to spare their school from closure. >> save these academies! >> councilman curtis jones jr. led the call outside of district headquarters in spring garden they want them to reverse the decision not to renew the charter. jones says that eastern has a graduate rate of more than 70%. here is a story that makes us philly proud. police officers in the city of burlington spent the morning delivering dozens of new books to school children. then gave a copy of givin tree to second and third grade students and last month they read the book to some of the same student. this was made possible by a $10,000 grant awarded to the burlington police department. still ahead. the fbi is warning of a shipping scam amid the busy holiday season. what to look out for. and some are calling it a medical miracle. a woman gave birth to a baby born of an embryo frozen for 24 years. and karen rogers has a keyser look at the accuweather forecast. authorities say eight americans were among those killed when a tour bus crashes in mexico. the cruise was carrying passengers to see the mayan ruins when the bus flipped over and passengers belonging to royal caribbean were involved in the crash and members of the state department are going to mexico to help with the investigation. a florida police officer is recovering in the hospital after he was dragged to a suspect's vehicle. the body cam video shows john cues ac approaching the vehicle. and he immediately starts to drive away going 60 miles per hour as the office clings to the driver's side door and he finally lets go and tumbles to the side of the road he is treated for serious but fe-threatening injuries. the suspect is facing a charge of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. improving weather conditions will helping california wild fires make progress against the massive thomas wild fire there. time is running out as they are expected to give today. they expect the largest of the wild fire to -- destroying homes as it broke out two weeks ago. more than 6800 firefighters are battling the fire and it was around 55% contained. >> amid the busy shopping season the fbi is warning about shipping scams and many people wait until christmas to do the bulk of their shopping. and hackers are taking advantage. and scam artists are faking emails and they claim that your package cannot be delivered and you must click a link to pick it up. >> don't fall for it. because what will happen is it will introduce malware or they will bring you to another website where they want your credit card. >> and they do not send unsolicited emails and delete them immediately and do not click the links. if you are expected a package check with the shipping service. and christmas could come for a couple of hopeful lottery players. the jackpots are more than a half billion dollars combined and mega millions is $247 million and tonight's power ball is $269 million. you can check your numbers during "action news" at 11:00. a faulty takata airbag deflateor has killed a person in louisiana. in a honda civic it blew apart killing the driver in july. the unidentified victim marks the 20th death worldwide and the problem led to a recall of 42 million vehicles. health check at noon we are learning about the longest known frozen human embryo to result in a human birth. little emma was delivered on november 25th but actually conceived 24 years ago. they chose a frozen embryo from a donation center after struggling to conceive on their own and did not know at the time it was frozen since 1992. >> i never thought i would have a pregnancy and to have a baby and such a miracle. a sweet, sweet miracle. >> the embryo is preserved all of these years at the national embryo donation center. and parents can close out 2017 with a bang. and stores in pennsylvania can now sell aerial fire works to local residents. an if you law passed in october went into effect allowing store to sell them if they obtain a license. and new storyies today at 4:00. today's what's the deal is for you on shipping deadlines. we help get your shopping done on discounts you can pick up locally in time for the holidays. and a face that launched a million views what turned this melodramatic dad into a viral super star. >> meantime accuweather is coming up next as we look live at the rothman skating rink outside of city hall. karen rogers has your accuweather forecast. meteorologist, karen rogers is back now with a check of the accuweather forecast. yesterday was delightful and today is a little frightful. >> downhill. you sing the next line. lets go quick before he does. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that we are dry through the area. and it could be more frightful right? lets go outside and see what is looks like. sky 6 hd looking live now and looking clear and lots of clouds up above and no precipitation today. and it hasn't been a pretty day and nice and warm and near 60 and temperatures now getting back to average and cooler still. saturday it's mild but we are still tracking periods of rain through the day on saturday. and we continue to watch christmas. christmas eve into christmas morning. we have a potential for a rain or wintry mix. we'll be watch that in the forecast as well. here is the numbers now. 46 degrees and the dew point just 19 and dry atmosphere in place. and the winds are out of the west northwest at 16 miles per hour. they are picking up at times and giving us a windchill and the pressure is currently rising. the windchill is if the upper 30s. the wind gust is the reason for that too. 22 miles per hour in allentown and trenton and a 20 miles per hour gust in philadelphia. toms river 17. that is making it feel like 36 in only town and reading and 39 in the city. and 37 degrees in trenton. a little better as you go farther south, even though we look at temperatures well into the 40s, it feels like the upper 30s when you factor in the breeze. we are really stuck in the clouds and the rain is stuck in the clouds and area low pleasure on the stalled front and we are not getting the rain and spilling the clouds and the farther north and west you go things brighten up more. lets look at the numbers through the day. breezy and cooler than yesterday. high of 47. sitting at 46 degrees at 2:00 with lots of clouds and 4:00 45 and we clear out at night. 6:00 it's 41 and 8:00 it's mostly clear and 38 and 10:0035 degrees and tonight the overnight low a real change from last night. mostly clear and cold 29 degrees even in the city. so this morning when you woke up temperatures were in the upper 40s in spots and tomorrow morning they will be in the 20s. be prepared for the cold start to the day and all eyes watch on the holiday battle zone of the cold air we have in the plains and the midwest and cold air along the coast. and a couple of areas of low pressure that ride along with us over the weekend leading into christmas and the last one of the second one is on christmas morning. the question is where does the second low track and that tells us what kind of precipitation we get. if it hugs the coastline we could get rain mixing with snow and the colder air is pushing in. we have to keep tracking that to see if christmas could be a little bit white. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast just a chilly breeze and dry and a lot of clouds and seeing a bit more sun mixing with clouds and 47 is your high. and tomorrow winter officially arrives and a good am of sunshine and patchy clouds and saturday milder and 50 for your high. early in the morning on friday if you are far up in the poconos you may get drizzle or freezing rain otherwise friday a cloudy day with a spotty shower. 50 is your high. saturday is going to be wet at times a warm high of 62 degrees just rain but a wet one for you as you run around. sunday we are dry during the day 47 for your high that is christmas eve and it looks like late night on sunday into monday is when we track that storm that could bring us some rain or possibility of a with wintry mix. landing on christmas morning, 40 is your high and turns much colder after that. tuesday turning colder 31 degrees and the overnight low just 16 degrees. you get the idea the arctic air we are talking about coming in and watching to see if it comes in time to give us a wintry mix on christmas. >> some folks are hoping for a little bit but not me though. thank you. in camden a number of law enforcement officials are making sure no one is forgotten during the holidays including the homeless. members of the camden county sheriff's department set out for the homeless residents and basic necessities like socks and tooth brushes and deoderant are distributed to anyone that need them as they travel to shelters and a makeshift tent city and many recipients are only too happy to remember the local law enforcement community. and more ahead in our next half hour. a group of local police officers take to the ice to save a dog's life and we'll show you the daring rescue in new jersey coming up. >> and santa paid a visit to a little girl who is hospitalized for the holidays. "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist david murphy. hello again sara is off and here are the stories we are following four on "action news" at 12:30, the search is on after a bicyclist was struck and killed in bucks county. and the engineer in the deadly amtrak crash in washington state distracted? that is the question as the probe into what caused the collision continues. and one more hurdle the house passes the sweeping tax overhaul in a vote and now back to the house for a final vote. and police in bucks county believe they foe what type of vehicle this are serving for after a hit and run driver hit and killed a bicyclist last night. vernon odom is live with more on the investigation. >> good afternoon at this hour bristol borough police are screening surveillance video they picked up from businesses here on route 13 this morning and extending their investigation