no word yet on when or if the meal will make it state side. dave briggs can't wait to eat the eggless bun and meatless sauce. he can't stop laughing about this. >> if you seen dumb and dumber when jim carey says, i'll have that. >> you are wagner going to eat th th -- never going to eat that burger mplts. >>. >> i'm sure it's better than it sounds. >> "new day" starts right now. we'll try and see you tomorrow and be better tomorrow. >> we'll be better tomorrow. i promise. this is cnn breaking news. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day". it is wednesday, december 20th, 6:00 here in new york. chris is off. bill we're joins me.

busy day. >> good to be with you, my friend. >> good to have you. an overhaul of the nation's code code. the senate passing the gop bill overnight. the last undeclared republican, jeff flake, voting yes. the house expected to follow suit in a revote approving this bill that polls show is deeply unpopular with the american people. president trump already spiking the football praising what he calls the biggest tax cut in history. he plans to hold a news conference at the white house this afternoon. a looming government shutdown is flying under the radar somewhat. unless a spending bill is passed before midnight friday, funds for federal agencies run dry. a short-term stopgap measure may be their best hope. and donald trump jr. trying to discredit the russia investigation tells a group of young conservative activists that the probe surrounding dad's campaign is being fueled by

government higher-ups trying to block his political agenda. a lot going on. joe johns live at the white house to start us off. joe? >> reporter: good morning, bill. the white house is pushing toward a media event here later today to celebrate passage of the tax bill. the white house early reaction to congressional movement will start counting things and counting successes in president trump's first year. make no mistake, this is the first legislative victory during the trump administration coming just 11 days from the end of the year. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> reporter: senate republicans celebrating after passing the first overhaul tax code in 30

years. >> the american people will remember this night. i hope they do. >> this country will be moving forward again. >> reporter: the early morning vote, interrupted by protesters -- >> kill the bill! >> reporter: coming amid fierce objections from democrats who attacked the $1.5 trillion bill for disproportionately helping wealthy americans and corporations. chuck schumer chastising republicans for talking in the chamber during its closing argument. >> can we have order, mr. president? we believe you're messing up america. you can pay attention for a couple of minutes >> reporter: and decorum during the senate debate. >> this tax cut raises and causes a huge deficit to money to the wealthiest people in the country, creates a huge hole in the budget.

who will fill the hole? not the lobbyist walking out of senator mcconnell's office 100 feet down the hall. >> reporter: republicans remain convinced that once the legislation is enacted, public perception will approve. >> if we can't sell this to the american people, we ought to go into another line of work. >> reporter: the house passed the tax bill with 12 republicans voting no. >> the report is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> reporter: the senate parliamentarian found three small provisions that violated budge the rules, meaning the house will have to revote later today. >> to me it is is emblematic when you take major legislation, conceive of it in the dark and rush it through. >> reporter: after likely passing again in the house, the

it will be sent to the desk of president trump. the president is likely to benefit greatly despite insisting otherwise. >> this is going to cost me a fortune, this thing. believe me. this is not good for me. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders repeating tuesday before conceding mr. trump could benefit. >> in some ways, particularly on the personal side, the president will likely take a big hit. on the business side, he could benefit. >> reporter: there is one more issue for the congress to deal with before they leave town for the christmas holiday. that would be a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. several sources tell cnn the only scenario at this stage is yet another continuing resolution, short-term of course, to keep the government up and running. bill and alisyn, back to you. >> thank you all for that reporting. we have john avlon and alex burns. let's tell our viewers what made

the final cut. what's actually in this thing. let's start by telling you what's in it for individuals. let's take you through it. so it lowers most individual rates. it nearly doubles the standard deduction. if you take that deduction, it eliminates the personal exemptions. the rate is lower. >> 10 grand. >> for people in california, new york, new jersey, connecticut, that doesn't fly with them. it eliminates the health insurance mandate for businesses. it slashes the corporate tax rate. that's the cherry on top that everybody has been, you know, bali hooing. it lowers the tax burden on pass-through businesses. this will come up. that is how president trump and people like jared kushner, who have the pass-through real estate businesses can become

rich. john is, where are we and what do you see in the final product? >> look, this is republicans. they have gotten the win they desperately wanted and needed. president trump does as well. it is less bad than some of the original provisions. it will finally raise wages on main street, which it's lacking. it may not do that. it is sold as a middleclass tax cut and tax simplification and it isn't either of those things. those are significant problems. it could bring in a broad new era of corporate profit that trickles down to main street america. let's hope that will be the case. >> what's interesting, alex, as you talked about, the individual tax cuts, which people will see in the near term. it expires in eight years. corporate tax cuts are forever.

cynics would say some were looking at their career longevity and doing the math on on whether they would pay the price on this. a lot of people thought this would be a christmas miracle. talk us through what happened to get to this point. >> behind the scenes on the hill this has been an absolute must-pass piece of legislation. the sense that failure was not an option, they had to negotiate their way to 51 votes to 218. it's a little less since so many people have resigned. but you have had -- you did have a number of, you know, off-site negotiations of a kind that you don't typically have in a major legislation. >> that was to keep people from going rogue and killing the bill in the cradle, right, to the press. >> right. and that, frankly for this republican conference especially in the house is an enormous accomplishment that we have not

seen this majority pass anything of scale that had a chance of actually becoming law ever, right? every major piece of legislation they have passed since taking power in 2011. they have known that president obama would veto it or it would not clear the senate. it has given a lot of leeway to vote for things they wouldn't have to answer for in voters. we heard brian shot talking about ill conceived in the dark negotiate indeed private. you take away those procedural choices and i don't know that this thing ever gets this far. >> one lawmaker said not everything you hear in the dark is santa claus. >> what is that? >> it is not always good, at least the democrats say that. i think behind the scenes ma

machinations worked. this is a blueprint for how to do it. get everybody off campus. keep them away from the press. talk it through amongst yourselves until you understand how you're going to sell it, which is what they did. when they emerged from fort mcnair they got it done. >> credit for simply the legislative lift it took to get it past by christmas. this is not a pwhraouplt they can replicate. here's why. president trump conservant about taxes, as opposed to health care. you don't vote against tax cuts if you want an "r" after your name in congress. i think this was something unique. they needed the win. they had the deadline. this is not transferrable to say

entitlement reform. >> i think they pay a price for the privacy of the process. we saw them use to great effect against democrats in obamacare. it was negotiated away from the american people, who wasn't entirely true. when you see the opinion polling on this bill, people don't believe he they will get a tax cut. the basic sales job around a major piece of legislation simply hasn't happened yet. that all needs to help now. republicans are playing catchup in a way there would not be if there had been a public process. >> let's talk about a potential government shutdown. >> i'm not falling for it. they do this at the 11th hour invariably at 11:59 p.m. they pass some sort of stopgap measure. they kick the can down the road for weeks or months. should i see it differently? >> mitch mcconnell guaranteed

everybody no shutdown. boehnered the same thing. the difference is president obama is not in the white house. the incentive is pretty minimal. this is playing chicken try sickling toward the cliff. sometimes you can slip over unintentionally. >> there had to be a daca fix or you wouldn't get democratic votes. they're no longer saying that. that is a very significant cave. i think they are looking at this guam of chucken and say we don't want to hold the bag for a shutdown. >> people who care the most about this live in the florida keys, the texas coast, puerto rico. there is an $80 billion aid package in there that is absolutely needed. >> you have done phenomenal reporting out of there. that is a key provision.

why hold that up? forget it's on the eve of christmas just on principle. children's health insurance is set to ex pure. congress has kicked the can. they need to step up and do their basic job that transcends politics. ? john and alex, thank you. >> stick around. let's shift to the investigation into that deadly amtrak derailment focusing on driver distraction and lack of experience. the ntsb reveals that two people, engineer and conductor, unfamiliar with the territory, were in the cab when that disaster opened. stephanie elam live in dupont, washington the latest. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. just a little bit more about those two people inside the cab at the time of this derailment. one was the engineer. the other was a conductor who was getting more familiar with this terrain, which the ntsb is part of the duties of a conductor. the other conductor, there is always one on each train, was in

the section with the passengers at the time. we also learned that all the crew members on this train have been hospitalized. so the ntsb is hoping to interview crew members the next couple of days or so. they are trying to respect their injuries but make sure they get their information. the emergency brake was not activated by the engineer. it was activated automatically on the train. and because this was the maiden voyage of this new route, for two weeks they have been running nonrevenue trains on this line. it was not the first run ever they had done with this train. of course, though, with two people being in the cab, they are looking at distractions that could have played a part in what happened. they said there are two cameras, one faces inside the train cab and one that faces out. both severely damaged. they are sending them back to the ntsb to extricate the video

and see what may have happened. two people have been identified. james hamry and zach wilhoot. they were on that train and lost their lives. >> that's terrible, stephanie. what a tragedy. thank you very much for the reporting from there. now to this next accident. mexican authorities are leading the investigation into a deadly bus crash that killed at least 12 people on the yucatan peninsula. eighteen others, including eight americans. they were from two royal caribbean crews ships. is donald trump jr. trying to delegitimize the tpegz with a new conspiracy theory? he was called a little scary. that's next. t in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence.

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let's bring in john avlon, alex burns. gentlemen, we were talking about this before the show. >> i want to know who it is. >> who is the deep state he's talking about? >> he seems to be referring to the mueller or investigation, the fbi, and elements of the department of justice. this is a gut check of what trump family conversation is talking about. this is the president's son speaking to a young conservative group alleging there is a conspiracy inside the government, folks who don't want to let america be america again. that language, that frame is by any objective measure troubling. >> michael hayden, former head of the cia who took an issue with these ideas. take a listen. >> people at the highest levels of government who don't want to let america be america. does it sound to you like donald trump jr. is pushing awe conspiracy theory about america's government? >> well, i have to confess to

you when i first heard that earlier this evening, that was a little scary. that is an appeal to the heart of hi toc increase and challenges the patriotism of those folks who work in the united states government. >> yeah, alex, what is america than an inspect judiciary and checks and balances on power. this goes back to the campaign when the trump campaign works best with an other. they need a hillary clinton or the media or something. >> going back to the campaign, this is also the role that don jr. has pretty regularly played. of the members of the trump family, he is the one who is most out there with the sort of deep state conspiracy theories, the media, anti-trump media conspiracy theories. he made the comments comparing refugees to poisoned candy.

so he is the guy in the family who says this stuff. often the stuff that his father thinks or says to people quietly but not out loud. you need to see this as part of that pattern or behavior. in fairness to don jr., he is not wrong that there's plenty of people on the civil service side of government who absolutely didn't want his dad to succeed and who represent a real roadblock early in the administration. at this stage when you are talking about things like an independent investigation, independent judiciary, it is much more provocative to say. >> it is striking. appeal to the heart of hi toc increase. that is not subtle language. this is about what don jr. is saying that he believes. what the trump family talks about, they're counterpunching. there's a conspiracy to get him.

that's what gets these folks up in the morning. working in the federal government, civil service, that is troubling. it echoes old talks in the 1950s, people in the state department trying to undermine american independence secretly siding with the soviet. there are ugly overtones. it may just be a dog whistle, but it is troubleng. >> i think what alex is saying is an interesting road to go down. it is an interesting exercise to try to get into the mind of don jr. and the base to figure out what they're saying. so play this exercise with me. there are people in the department of justice, this is how you interpret it. maybe the cia, maybe the fbi, who could spot the president's agenda somehow. >> i think he is saying something much more than that. he is saying there are people who don't want america to succeed working in the federal government. who don't want america to be america again. whatever that means, some glory

restoration, for whatever partisan or party politics reason, they feel is blocked. >> it is is working against them. >> he is alleging a conspiracy to stop his father. look, the rigged system begins during the campaign. there are elements like the rigged system redistricting. that is not this. when president trump won, he is head of the federal government. it is a neat judo government saying the head of the federal government is the victim of a conspiracy theory by the federal government. >> chris christie gave an interesting comment. he's winding down his last days in the new york -- >> jersey. >> do we have that on tape. let's listen to what he said when asked about whether jared kushner should be a reasonable target of this investigation. >> he deserves scrutiny. you know why? he was involved in the

transition and meetings that called to question his role. >> now, he did qualify it a little bit and said if he's guilty or whatever. this goes back. this is an intriguing family story. he helped put jared's dad in prison. >> he was largely responsible for putting jared's dad in jail. and to repay the favor, jared was in no small part for ousting chris christie from the transition and taking over that process. there is a personal grudge side of this, make no mistake about it. but chris christie has a point. if jared and the trump kids had not shunted him aside and taken command of the transition themselves, i don't know that jared would be facing the kind of legal scrutiny that he is right now. i don't know that he would be in a position to have the meetings that we know special counsel mueller is now looking into. >> chris christie thinks as a prosecutor as opposed to a real estate scion. >> that is why children of

presidents don't normally run transitions. it is not just that christie had the transition. he was to be the vp. that was kabashed. >> it is notable because chris christie has never been that ham strung to say what he truly feels. now he is truly free if he is stepping out of the politics. >> he speaks his mind and takes shot at the president. this is not a john kasich whacking the white house every day. >> he really grabbed the opioid on epidemic as the cause of the day. interesting what his second act might be. >> stay tuned for all of that. thank you very much. all right. we do have breaking news out of italy. former cardinal from boston who

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were given. as you mentioned, he has been in rome since 2004. after he resigned in 2002 in a state of disgrace, the vatican didn't quite know what to do with him because he resigned as archbishop of boston but he was still a cardinal. no criminal charges were ever brought against him. john paul ii brought him over here and gave a position at one of the main basilicas which was viewed as honorary but it was meant to keep him away from the limelight. he did continue to serve on vatican committees and participated in the concave in 2005 but elected ben ticket xvi. after he turned 80 years old, he resigned from all of those positions and led a quiet life in the vatican. of course he will be remembered most for his pivotal role in the scandal which rocked boston, the catholic church and the rest of

the world for the coverup, for the fact that he knew about pedophile priests and failed to act. so he became the lightning rod for outrage about what they call accountability, a question for bishops that is still continuing today in the catholic church. bill. three of president trump's judicial nominees have withdrawn in recent days, raising questions about the vetting process. but what about all the ones getting in? how are the president and his team picking their choices. surprising revelations coming up. this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it? next thing you know, i'm telling strangers defense wins championships. -well, it does. -right? why is the door open? are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood? at least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. i mean, why would i replace this? it's not broken.

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how donald trump packs america's courts will create a legacy that outlives him by a generation at least. three of his judicial nominees have been forced to withdraw their names from consideration in less than two weeks. a new washington post report

highlights how the president is rush to go fill court positions therefore altering the judiciary. he reportedly told advisers he has three main criteria. they must be young, under 50. conservative, very. and strict constitutionalists. let's bring in the supreme court analyst to discuss joining us from washington. good morning, joan. >> good morning, bill. the headlines this week were dominated by those who didn't get in. let's show this clip. this is a guy named matthew peterson being grilled on capitol hill by republican congressman from louisiana. just trying to sess out his legal acumen. >> have you ever tried a jury trial? >> i have not. >> civil? >> no. >> criminal? >> no. >> bench? >> no. >> state or federal court? >> i have not. >> do you know what a motion in limine is? >> i would not be able to give a

good definition is. >> how about the pullman abstention doctrine? you will see that a lot in federal court. >> joan, that was effectively the end of his nomination? >> it was. it was painful. you have seen it in a million times. every time i see it i feel the same pain watching it. >> how did he get in this seat? who is this guy and what is his connection to the white house? >> he was up for a district court seat, which is bottom level of judiciary. usually they don't get a lot of on scrutiny by the senate. i think senator kennedy there noticed it is time to start giving some of these individuals scrutiny. this man, matthew peterson, is a former colleague of don mcgann, white house counsel and judge picker for president trump.

he was chosen in part because of his relationship with, you know, mcgann. he's on the federal election commission. he obviously has no trial experience. he really should have nephew been nominated. they really set him up. he might have slipped through, bill. usually these district court nominees don't get much attention. but we are now seeing why they should. >> that is a lifetime appointment. that's worth pointing out. jeff matier said transgender children are part of satan's plan. and talley was with the first kkk comment. and his wife works for mcgann. it is mcgann think tanks picking this list and trump is relegating that responsibility to him? or do you think the president knows judges around the country

that he would like to tap? >> i don't think he knows many judges. a couple of things here. i think he has definite views about whoepts on the courts. and he has delegated it to don mcgann, which it's traditional that the white house counsel would have responsibility. they're also heavily relying on the federal society for names. but that has mostly come in at the appeals court level and the supreme court level. the judges who are setting the law of the land. for these ones who have been outed, so to speak, in terms of their views and their problems -- the problems they could create if they had gotten through, that has been a little bit of cronyism because of their connections to don mcgann and others. and i bet donald trump knew nothing about these srudindivid. now, the ones who are getting through in record numbers. >> 19 have been confirmed. >> also, bill, here is another

statistic for you to know. 12 have already been appointed to appeals courts. those are a very powerful set of judges there. donald trump has managed to get on a dozen individuals which is an all time record throughout american history of getting so many judges in place on the appeals courts. what's important here, to let viewers now, most of the law is set at the appellate court level because the supreme court takes you to less than 1% of appeals that comes its way. >> how will it will affect my daily life? this is a big way. neil gorsuch. they have 11 people saying that the president actually talked about rescinding his nomination because he didn't think he was sufficient is lisly loyal. does this ring true? >> it so rings true.

let's all remember what was going on last february when this conversation first took place. president trump was very critical of federal judges who are ruling on his travel ban. he was very dismissive of them. as neil gorsuch had just been nominated to fill the seat of justice antonin scalia, as he was going around to courtesy visits to senators, senators or were naturally asking him about president trump's criticism of the judiciary. he apparently said to senator blumenthal, it is very demoralizing. now, remember how president trump reacted just to the report from senator blumenthal. he immediately attacked the senator and complained, saying you didn't have it right. then it emerged through neil gorsuch's testimony in march. he felt it was dishearten to go hear president trump's comments. so it rings very true. we know how much loyalty means

to him in many other facets of his appointments and administration. the thing is understand is these individuals are supposed to be independent of a president even though we know politics comes into it. so it is a very sharp signal to his current nominees, future appointe appointees. he's watching their remarks, their rulings. he might have his own litmus test. you mentioned three criteria at the start of this report, bill, in terms of age and conservatism. we might add a fourth and that might be fidelity to the president. >> joan, thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. >> thank you, bill. a feel-good story developing in the nfl. the houston texans adding a cancer survivor to their 53-man roster. andy scholes as all the details next.

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sarah palin's oldest child track has been arrested accused of beating up his father. she tells police her son was freaking out and on some type of medication. joining us for insight into the family is co author of" sarah from alabama" shoshanw sha alas. you went to wasilla to work on the book. you knew the family. what was her family like then? >> i think that they seem like a close family. it seems the struggles they are going through ared same struggles a lot of military

families are going through in this country. >> you think what we saw with track, the attempted burglary, the assault charges, that that is ptsd. >> it seems like it. she did talk about it in 2016 when she was endorsing donald trump. she said her son is suffers from ptsd. it seems like that's what they're going through. >> let's remind people of that moment about what sarah palin said track was going through a year ago. >> our wounded warriors sometimes in body and in mind coming back different than when they left for the war zone. i can talk personally about this. i guess it is kind of the elephant in the room because my own family going through what we're going through today with my son, a combat vet, having served in the stryker brigade, fighting for all, mesh, in the war zone. >> that is sad. it is sad. when you were covering her, track was in iraq.

>> during most of that campaign he was in iraq. >> listen, when i read the details of this police report that i combed through, let me just tell everybody about it. there was a threatening phone call that came from track into the family, to sarah and todd. he wanted to borrow a truck. todd was so worried after this phone call that track was coming over, he grabbed a gun. he had a gun in his house to protect himself against his son. track did show up. he was pounding on the door. he broke in through a window. todd still had the gun. they wrestled around. todd, the dad, ended up bleeding from the head. he and sarah palin fled the house because track was so out of control. first, sarah palin called the police. when police came they saw todd and sarah leaving. and sarah palin said to police, he's freaking out. my son is freaking out and i believe he's on medication of some kind. the police then tried to make contact with track. track went up onto a roof and

was pacing around erratically on the roof of the home and called the police peasants, told them to drop their guns. when i read this, i thought drugs. i didn't know the ptsd background. by the way, is alaska is struggling with the opioid crisis. and she said i believe he's on medication of some kind of do you know anything about the family's history with alcohol or drug abuse? >> well, what we do know in 2014 they were involved in that drunken brawl in that party. so we don't know exactly his background with drugs, track. a lot of the country is dealing with this opioid crisis. our veterans are struggling with the same opioid crisis. we don't know what exactly he may have been on. it's a horrible story. when you read the details, it is almost surprising that it didn't escalate into something even worse.

>> absolutely. it could have been so much worse. when i read todd had a gun trying to protect himself from his own gun, it's terrible, heartbreaking.

track's struggles have been all over the news. his last were incident -- >> the domestic violence stpwhreut was right before that sound bite when she was endorsing donald trump, that was the incident she was talking about. that incident last year with track. there's this one and the 2014 we just spoke about. >> thank you. obviously we'll follow what's happening with the palin family. thank our international viewers for watching. cnn "newsroom" is next. for u.s. viewers, "new day" continues right now. what a disgrace.

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