>> eventually when it starts to simmer. >> great week. >> merry christmas. i'm grateful you are here with us. happy new year. >> thank you, so gracious. thanks to all of you for being here as well. >> indeed. >> jon: fox news alert and a live update on that deadly amtrak train derailment of two days ago. this in dupont, washington we're getting ready to hear from the state secretary of transportation, a news conference to begin momentarily. that's what the empty microphone is there. they have done a spectacular job of getting ready to reopen i-5. right now the southbound lanes remain closed. they are getting ready to remove a locomotive. the heavy lifting portion of this. once they get that done, they will bring in some highway people to fix the guardrails and patch whatever asphalt they need to patch and then they will reopen the southbound

lanes of i-5. that locomotive scheduled to be loaded up today and driven off. they found the bridge itself from which the train cars fell is structurally sound. they hope to have interstate 5 opened later today. and fox news alert as president trump is on the verge of his biggest legislative victory to date with the house set to take a final vote on the gop tax bill. it should happen any minute now. >> i'm heather childress. anything could happen as was proven yesterday. we're live on capitol hill awaiting action on the house floor after the senate narrowly passed the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades. they voted along party lines as expected but it was -- the version passed in the house was tweaked to satisfy procedural rules and house will take a

final vote on the bill with a tax cut. house speaker paul ryan says it will help hard working families. >> all tax rates go down. the top rate and every rate in between are lowered. we double the standard deduction. you can see our postcard. i like to bring this thing up. still nearly 9 out of 10 people in america will be able to do their taxes on the size of a postcard. >> jon: we have live team fox coverage with john roberts. we start with peter doocy who is on capitol hill. peter. >> jon, there was very loud applause on the right side of the room very early this morning when the vice president mike pence was presiding over the senate announced the upper chamber had passed this tax reform package without any democratic support. just in case any constituents were sleeping while this happened, republicans are trying to remind constituents what happened. >> we did come to washington to

grow the economy, to give people more freedom. and nancy pelosi and folks like her come to washington to grow the government. that is fundamentally the difference. >> democrats are still smarting that the gop never tried to collaborate with them on the tax package. they're trying to shine the spotlight on parliamentary problems that slowed the majority down. the whole reason the house has to vote again today is because senators bernie sanders and ron wyden complained that certain education provisions broke budget rules and the name of the bill didn't comply, either. so once those things were stripped out the senate voted on a different bill than the house and house minority leader nancy pelosi says quote, the house revote is the latest evidence of just how shodly written the gop tax scam really is. the wealthy and well-connected will be exploiting the hidden loopholes and giveaways in the

gop tax scam for years to come. we think we're about an hour away from thousand -- the house revote. they can start the funding fight how to avoid a government shutdown this weekend. senator jeff flake tweeted early this morning daca will be addressed in january. back to you. >> jon: peter doocy keeping an eye on all the drama on capitol hill. >> the white house is reacting to the big developments on tax reform as we await, as we told you, the house revote on the final bill which cleared the senate overnight. it is expected to pass easily sending it to president trump's desk to be signed into law as early as next week. a chief white house correspondent john roberts is here live with more on that. the timing of all this, of course, is coinciding with christmas and vacations. >> you have at least a 10-day period where not much will get done. though they will be working hard at the white house to

review that tax reform bill. the president meantime, heather, getting ready for a big celebration later on today at the white house after the vote in the house. the president planning to have a lot of members of congress over to the white house, likely a rose garden event to celebrate the passage of the bill. the signing will come later and get into the timetable of that in a second. the president tweeting out a little while ago this morning quote the tax cuts are so large and meaningful and yet fake news is working overtime to follow the lead of their friends the defeated dems and only demean. this is truly a case where the results will speak for themselves. starting very soon jobs, jobs, jobs. so what is in the final bill? it reduces the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35% in terms of tax cuts. families earning between 49,000 and 86,000 will get an average tax cut of $930. those earning between 86,000 and 149,000 will see an average tax cut of $1800. many of these tax cuts, by the

way, will sunset by 2026. it is the intention for the corporate tax to remain permanent. and the salt rightoffs, the state and local tax deduction writeoffs decrease. people will only be able to deduct $10,000 of the taxes going forward. what is not in this bill is closing the carried interest loophole. the president promised again and again on the campaign trail and as president going through tax reform he would close this loophole which allows millionaire hedge fund managers to pay a tax rate of 24% instead of near 41%. the president's chief economic advisor gary cohn says they tried to close that loophole but couldn't. listen here. >> we've been trying to cut carried interest. we probably tried 25 times. you hit opposition in that big white building with the dome at the other end of pennsylvania avenue every time we tried. >> hit opposition in the

building with the big white dome. republican leadership who would not allow that measure on the table because those folks in congress get a lot of contributions from private equity firms and they were getting heavy lobbying from equity firms not to close that carried interest loophole. where do we go from here? what's the timetable. after it passes the revote in the house, there will be that post vote celebration at the white house. the bill would then be enrolled and sent to the president. that could take a couple of days. he may not get it until friday. maybe even the weekend. then there is a white house review which may take until the middle to end of next week. i'm told the president really wants to sign this before the new year so he may have the bill sent down to mar-a-lago and an event to sign it and a big post signing event the first week in january here in washington, d.c. when everybody comes back. with tax reform behind him, the president will get started on his 2018 agenda which includes

rebuilding america's infrastructure and thorny issues like immigration reform and welfare reform. you heard peter doocy mention jeff flake says they'll tackle daca reform in january. he has a commitment from leader mcconnell to start taking it up in january. it has to be fixed by march. that's the president's timetable. i'm being told by sources that the white house expects that there will be a four-week continuing resolution to fund government agreed on before the christmas break. they also fully expect that will include what are called so-called pay-go waivers which would waive any cuts to

entitlements like medicare to pay for tax reform. there is some resistance from democrats in congress to do that and if they don't get those waivers all that would do would be delay the signing of the tax reform bill until early 2018. it's an arcane process to delay the cuts until 2019. if they can't get the pay-go cuts. see the president sign it

before the end of the year. they want this to be a winner, no question about that. >> thank you, john. have a great day. >> jon: if congress gets tax reform cleared there is another hurdle facing lawmakers, funding the government. time is running out with the deadline at 11:00:59 friday night or the government begins to shut down. but the tax bill is priority one. >> after eight straight years of slow growth and under performance, america is ready to take off. stock market is up, optimism is high, coupled with this tax reform, america is readyforming have. >> what a disgrace. that's what this bill is. it's an absolute disgrace. >> jon: what are the odds of a shutdown? james sherman is a senior writer for politico and he joins me now. congress just managed to roll a big boulder up hill in getting the tax reform approved. a mere formality when the house votes in an hour or so. now we have the shutdown looming. what are the chances it happens? >> very low at this point but think about it. yes, tax reform is done and a huge accomplishment for the republicans who control congress and the president. we'll see what happens in the mid-term elections a year if now. we'll see if people feel they have more money in their pocket. very advantageous for republicans who face head winds in a mid-term election. the republicans want to fund the government from friday until the end of january. they want to punt big issues that they planned to address this month, removing budget

caps for military spending and fixing daca and immigration reform. all these things are pushed into next year under this plan that is currently right behind me that house republican leadership is meeting and discussing all these things. i put the odds as low but there is going to be some turbulence over the next two days before it gets done. >> jon: a lot of animosity between the parties now. the budget deal has been passed completely along party lines. would democrats want to lend a hand at all to get the government up and running to prevent a shutdown or does it depend on what kind of goodies get hung on the tree? >> i don't think democrats will be participants in this. i think it depends on how many republicans come out and vote for the government funding measure. if a bunch do and it's clear it can pass democrats will pile on to help get it across the finish line. if not democrats will make republicans sweat. it is not the best example of great government and people

singing kumbaya. they try to make things difficult for the majority. typical washington fare but i would assume at this point, these are famous last words, but i do think that they avoid a shutdown. >> jon: you have been covering congress for quite a while and seen a lot of the big battles. give us a sense of what has been all but accomplished in the passing of this tax legislation. >> paul ryan and the president and mitch mcconnell and kevin brady the ways and means chairman deserve an enormous amount of credit here. this is a process that usually takes several years. it has taken several years in the past. they put the pedal to the metal. they don't have any big legislative accomplishments. the president has stacked the judiciary but the house doesn't have anything to do with that. i think they felt like they

needed to get something done and in this one bill they've done a lot. cut taxes for corporations and individuals, they have opened parts of alaska for drilling for the first time in a long time. they have gutted a main part of the healthcare law. so this is -- if you're a republican and you look at this package, it's a big deal. a huge accomplishment. one person we can't forget is vice president mike pence who drew on relationships that he had for more than a decade as a member of congress and helped get this across the finish line. >> jon: did arm twisting for sure. jake sherman, thanks. >> gentle arm twisting, of course. the massive wildfire in southern california is getting closer to full containment. that's good news. when crews think they'll get this very dangerous fire under control. plus the deputy f.b.i. director grilled for hours on capitol hill over claims of anti-trump bias in the russia investigation. what lawmakers learned from

andrew mccabe. plus we're waiting for the house to hold its final vote on the tax bill. the countdown is on and we'll bring you that live when it happens. >> i think seeing is believing. when workers in the united states see their paycheck, their take home money go up in february, i think there will be a huge change in sentiment.

>> the average tax cuts for family, they'll get a $2059 tax cut >> heather: that is paul ryan talking about how the tax plan benefits americans. the senate approving the bill early this morning. the final house vote will be today again. if passed it heads to the white house giving president trump the christmas gift that he was hoping for so let's dig in a little bit deeper about what

all this means. joining me now is georgia congressman doug collins. thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> glad to be with you. a great day. >> heather: very busy over there. let's get right to what people care about the most. who will see more money in their pocket and when? >> the majority of americans will see money in their pockets. just like you had a second ago the speaker actually talking about the median income a $70,000 couple. when they see $2,000 more in their pocket. when come february and see it in their paycheck they'll know what we're talking about here matters to the american public and what we've been doing all along. >> heather: why the difference in opinions? listen to what hoyer had to say on special report. >> the main issue is it's a bad bill for our country, it will create great debt, and it is perverse in the sense that it gives some 83% of the tax cuts to the wealthiest in america. >> heather: he is not alone.

benefits going to the top 10% of earners. nancy pelosi saying it is shoddy written and chuck schumer says it threatens social security and medicare and medicaid. are they lying? who is telling the truth? >> look, nancy pelosi talking about any bill being shoddy written that's a large leap there when you consider healthcare and everything she has been a part of. let's look at it. the problem here is a focus on difference. we have a progressive tax system. we know that and had that system for years. tax you at the rate of income in which you succeeded at. the problem is not the tax code. they want to politicize the tax code because they believe that government is a much better way to spend people's money. they believe the money taken out of people's wallets and sent to washington, d.c. to fund programs that they like is a much better use in doing that. so what they're trying to do is play off programs they don't want to talk about the ideology. they don't want to talk about the fact they believe it to be better. they're simply saying we didn't

do it and we don't like it. number two we aren't being honest with the american people to say how they get the benefits and how they don't. i will say this come february let them look their constituents in the eye and say i didn't want you to get that money back in your paycheck. we can spend it better. >> heather: chuck schumer said republicans will rue the day they voted for this. you talked about spending money. this bill does add to the deficit what, $1 trillion to the deficit. how do you plan to pay for it? >> if you look at it now everything stays the same. i don't want to see this economy stay the same. i don't want to receive the 1% growth the obama administration seemed to be in love with because they never did anything about it and looked forward to a growth economy. this tax reform provides growth and provides our businesses and job opportunities to have growth which fuels income and fuels growth in reducing our debt. you have to look at the total picture and not a static view if everything stayed the same right now. >> heather: i have to ask you

this. your wife was a life long educator in georgia. my sister is a teacher in georgia. i was reading from one of your local papers an op-ed. tell me if this was true. when teachers can deduct school supplies and when they cannot deduct school supplies but corporations can it is shameful. is that true? >> we left that in. teachers can still detect. for that letter writer do they take into account a single taxpayer will have their standard deduction raised from $6,000 to $12,000. a married couple who has been teaching for 24 years. my wife says we're get from $12,000 for $24,000. it's fear mongering from the democratic leadership on down. >> heather: republicans need to work on getting the other message out. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. have a great day. >> jon: the deputy director of the f.b.i. grilled for eight hours behind closed doors about charges of anti-trump bias in

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>> heather: welcome back. the thomas fire in southern california is now the second largest wildfire in the history of that state. the massive blaze has caused the deaths of at least two people. one of them was a firefighter and destroyed more than 1,000 homes and other structures since it started more than two weeks ago. it is 55% contained. officials think the fire, burning near some seaside communities in santa barbara county will not be fully contained for another two weeks. >> jon: now action linked to the russia investigation with

the senate intelligence committee getting ready to interview bruce ohr tomorrow. he is the senior department of justice official who was demoted after it was revealed he had a meeting with fusion gps. that's the firm behind the anti-trump dossier you've heard so much about. this comes on the heels of andrew mccabe's testimony behind closed doors. the f.b.i. deputy director was grilled over anti-trump bias allegations. >> we need to get rid of the bad apples in there and need them to testify how they were trying to influence whether it's the hillary investigation and that goes back years, as well as the election itself. >> jon: joining us now congressman matt gaetz, a republican from florida. you aren't very happy with the f.b.i.'s behavior in the lead-up to the announcement of bob mueller's investigation and so forth. >> the senior levels of the f.b.i. have been infected with

a bias that seemed to favor hillary clinton and work against president donald trump. andrew mccabe gave testimony behind closed doors. we're calling for open, sworn testimony under oath so the american people can see the draougt about what is going on. he was present when the f.b.i.'s senior leadership hatched a scheme to deprive donald trump the presidency both before and after his election. totally unacceptable and poses a clear and present danger to our democracy and we need to expose the truth. >> jon: are you referring to the meeting in andy's office that is contained in those peter strzok texts to his -- >> absolutely. that's right. peter strzok was texting his mistress he praised her for the plan she hatched in andy's office. the current director of the f.b.i. is a potential witness in a scheme to deprive president trump to the ascension he was elected to. this is the same ab drew mccabe who wrote the emails

designating the hillary clinton emails as special. time and again we see this pro-hillary bias and anti-trump bias. the american people will only have confidence restored if we have open sworn testimony under oath before god and everyone to find out what happened and what we need to do to make sure it never happens again. >> jon: you want to take some of the wraps off the information being given to the senate committee behind closed doors and you want to bring it in the open to the judiciary committee in front of the television cameras. >> absolutely. chairman bob goodlatte has made a commitment that subpoenas will go out for peter strzok, his mistress, bruce and nelly ohr and andrew mccabe. i think we'll have a very busy schedule and credit kol to the preservation of the country. we can't live in a world where

-- >> jon: can they say the investigation is underway and we can't talk to you about some of these matters until mueller completes his investigation? >> that's where we need the attorney general to do his job. the mueller investigation is biased. even harvard university released a poll showed that 54% of americans deem it to be an investigation riddled with conflicts of interest. it is time for bob mueller to put up or shut up. if there is evidence of collusion let's see it. if not, let's move on as a country and institute reforms at the f.b.i. so an ego maniac f.b.i. director like james comey can't depart from the normal standard procedures that guarantee all americans equal treatment under the law. that's the organizing principle of our effort. equal treatment, not special bias or special treatment for anyone. >> jon: people put their money where their heart is and a lot of the people on the mueller team put their money with hillary clinton. >> absolutely. over half of the members of

mueller's team contributed to hillary clinton, barack obama or both. mueller's number two, andrew wiseman attended hillary clinton's election night party. we can't call it a victory party. she lost. he was at the party. you have to imagine how disturbing that is. we have thousands of qualified federal prosecutors and bob mueller picks his number twosome one at the clinton election night party? it is outrageous and shows there is a bias that is infectious and can't be cured. we need to find out what evidence might be tainted and move on and get past it. it will only happen if attorney general sessions steps up and leads the department of justice and shuts down that biased investigation. >> jon: matt gaetz. republican of florida. >> heather: he is very fired up. a lot to say. was the engineer in the washington train derailment distracted? people asking that question

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>> jon: fox news alert now. federal investigators in the deadly amtrak wreck wanted to know whether the engineer might have been distracted by a second person in his cab as the train hit the curve as more than twice the speed limit. we have details on this from dupont, washington another concern for investigators. >> the big question is here why amtrak launched the high speed service before activating speed control technology that might have prevented a derailment like we saw here monday. this technology is known as positive train control. it is able to stop or slow down a speeding train and amtrak's president says it is critical for rail safety. >> we are huge supporters of positive train control.

we have all our capital allocated to get it done. >> he said the system should be in place on this stretch of track by next spring. congress has ordered the nation's railroads to install this technology but under pressure from the railroad industry, a 2015 deadline was pushed to the end of next year. >> national transportation safety board has been begging the railroad industry to implement positive train control. every time it gets close our congress pushes it back. it pushes it back and keeps doing that and realistically thousands of lives we've lost because we don't have this positive train control. >> another possible factor human error. federal investigators say at the time of the accident the engineer operating the train was helping a conductor become more familiar with the new route. remember, this was this train's maiden run between seattle and portland.

given it was traveling 50 miles over the speed limit there is concern the engineer may have been distracted. investigators want to interview him and the rest of the crew in the next few days. still lots of activity at the scene of the derailment. it looks more like a construction site than freeway as crews work to remove a locomotive and make sure the pavement and overpasses and guardrails are safe. they hope to open one, maybe two lanes later today, john. they say they have their fingers crossed. >> jon: what a job to get that back up and running. thanks very much. >> heather: fox news alert for you as the house prepares for a final vote on the tax bill. some political analysts warn that democrats their resistance to the process could backfire on them next year. fox news political editor chris stirewalt saying this is an op-ed. in order to effectively challenge republicans in 2018,

democrats will first have to admit the low condition to which the party has fallen and if the republicans ability to pass this tax legislation does not convince democrats of their current station, nothing will. so let's bring in our panel. we have an executive in residence at american university school of engineers and ohio democrat senator minority leader and an editorial director and host of mornings on the mall. got all that out. thank you for joining us. so capri, ladies first here. good news for republicans if they pass it. >> well, they are fulfilling a promise that speaker ryan said. here is my word of caution, if we recall back in 2010 when the democrats who controlled both the white house and congress passed through obamacare, the affordable care act along party line votes, you had to pass it to know what was in it. you had to implement it so the people of the united states

would decide they liked it and guess what happened? obamacare become a lightning rod in the 2010 election and democrats lost. it could be a similar scenario for republicans in 2018. let's face it. the process that the controlled republican controlled white house and congress looks exactly like what happened with the democrats in 2010. >> heather: is it about process or results? and what do americans care about? if they start to see more money in their pocket that's good news. >> in the case of obamacare, you were forcing people to spend money rather than letting them keep more of their own. it's the complete opposite of what obamacare was. in the case of this tax cut what you are going to see is democrats will have an impossible time of explaining why it's a bad thing that 80% of americans just received a tax cut and seeing that real money in their paychecks. it will be very compelling. the media campaign against this tax cut joined by the democratic party has been very aggressive and effective so far.

75% of americans think they will get no changes or a tax increase. that's not true. 80% will see a tax cut and see it quickly come february. >> heather: we talked about that briefly with congressman collins and the messaging that republicans need to get out there. only about 20% think the tax plan is good so far. >> again i think that part of the issue with the affordable care act was a disastrous message coming out of the white house. ultimately the proof will be in the pudding as my mom would say. if americans do end up with more money in their pockets and if corporations really do invest their tax breaks into hiring new people, investing in capital and that actually occurs, then it's fantastic. but we really have to wait and see how it really goes into effect. >> heather: one thing we don't have to wait on. we know the economy is booming overall right now. 2.2 million jobs were created,

the gdp has not grown at this level since 2004. >> wages are still stagnant. >> heather: what does that means in terms of latching onto that. republicans can use that moving forward. >> it means the democrats don't have a case against trump as being a poor effect on the economy at all. the economy -- they believe that obama deserves credit for getting us in this direction. they can make that argument. but the fact is trump is sitting in the white house right now. the strength of this tax bill and the anticipation of it has really risen the market to record levels and i think everyone is undervaluing how horrific the democratic stake is in this election. they have 26 senate seats to defend this year. republicans have just 8. 10 of those democratic seats are states that trump won last time. >> heather: we're out of time. thank you both for joining us and ohio i believe it was portman who said the proof was in the pudding. we'll see what happens. >> jon: never heard that before.

>> heather: proof in the pudding. >> jon: trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital sparking protests in the west bank. now the u.n. is planning to vote on a resolution criticizing the president's move. the strong words nikki haley has for countries that don't support the united states on this one. deadly bus crash in mexico. what we now know about the americans on board. >> somehow it was on the right side of the road and then the driver pushed it over and started flipping over and the bus tipped on its side. i love you, couch.

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u.s. embassy moved from tel aviv to jerusalem. now the upcoming vote has our u.n. ambassador nikki haley issuing a warning to nations which do not support our choice. she tweeted we're always asked to do more and give more. so when we make a decision at the will of the american people about where to locate our embassy, we don't expect those we've helped to target us. on thursday there will be a vote criticizing our choice. the u.s. will be taking names. former deputy national security advisor to vice president dick cheney joins me now. steven. this is a different kind of president and his u.n. ambassador is taking a different approach to some of our allies as well as adversaries. >> it is a different approach and frankly i think to most americans it is welcome. for a very, very long time we have contributed an awful lot to the united nations and after all, what the united states is

doing is recognizing some centuries old principles that every other member of the u.n. follows. that they're a sovereign state, they choose the location of their capital and when we establish diplomatic relations with them in almost every case we have our embassy in their capital city. so really this is catching up with reality on the ground in diplomacy. it is hypocritical of all the other u.n. members to suggest it's a real problem. >> jon: it's catching up with the will of congress. they voted 22 years ago to designate jerusalem as the israeli capital. >> right. we have had multiple presidential campaigns where candidates have promised to do this for over a couple of decades. so this is actually an historic move to kind of catch up with promises made but also the realities of international affairs. >> jon: so much of diplomacy is making nice and not ruffling feathers. when nikki haley tweets out we will take names of those who

support or oppose the move by the united states, who is she talking to? >> she is talking especially to members of the u.n. security council that have been ones who have asked things of us. talking to the members of the general assembly where the united states has given generously in assistance programs from peacekeeping to food aid to a whole host of areas. and so this is not actually out of the norm for what russia, china and other new permanent members of the security council do when saying there is something that matters to them and to their people and it is good for the united states to have accountability and allies and friends at the united nations and among some of those that aren't our friends. >> jon: there are some allies like the british, the germans who have publicly criticized the president's designation of his intention to move the embassy to jerusalem and call jerusalem the capital. would you expect those countries to vote against the u.s. >> well, my wish is that those

allies that have been living in a postmodern dream of europe and have had their voters tell them to exit the postmodern dream and come back to nation states and recognize this reality. that's a hope. i expect that these representatives are in the mainstream of establishment thinking on international affairs, they go where they go. the u.s. may have to veto. i think it's very good to put on public record that we're watching and very good that we emphasize we're fulfilling the will of american voters and this is consistent with international affairs and it doesn't really have any substantive impact on the outcome of israeli or palestinians negotiations. >> jon: the vote is tomorrow and we'll all be watching. steven, thank you for helping to explain some of it to us. >> heather: he became one of the most controversial figures

inside the united states catholic church. former boston cardinal bernard law, a symbol of the church abuse scandal. he has died. we will go live to italy where he spent his final years up next.

>> jon: new information on a deadly tour bus crash in mexico. the a.p. reporting eight americans are among the 12 people killed in that accident. it happened as royal caribbean cruise ship passengers visiting the country were on their way to the mayan ruins when their two bus tipped over. >> my wife's sister saw it and

she -- >> i broke my shoulder. minor bruises. >> jon: no word on what caused the accident. a tourist on another bus said he saw swerve marks. he think the driver somehow lost control of that bus. >> heather: tough news. a central figure in the catholic church sex abuse scandal has tied. former cardinal bernard law resigned if 2002 after it was revealed he helped cover up abuse by boston area priests by moving them from parish to parish. amy kellogg is live for us in milan, italy with details. >> cardinal law was never accused of abusing parishioners himself but rather looking the other way and doing a lot more to protect priests than the victims. what went on in boston when he was the archbishop was the subject of the oscar-winning film spotlight about the

journalist's dogged reporting of the widespread abuse and cover up. it blew a lid off the problem of sex abuse at the hands of catholic priests. pope francis issued a statement asking god to welcome law in his eternal piece a woman who is a survivor of abuse in boston has another reaction to law's death at the age of 86 after an illness. >> i hope the gates of hell are swinging wide to allow him entrance. that's what i think. i won't shed a tear for him. i might shed a tear for everyone who has been a victim under him. >> his legacy is so mixed. one of the top power brokers in the catholic church in the day. met with fidel castro. close to several u.s. presidents and a very vocal civil rights activist in alabama and mississippi and a great champion of inter-religious dialogue.

an outcry when he was forced to resign he got a plum position as a high priest, one of the four basilicas in rome. his funeral will take place tomorrow at st. peter's basilica in the vatican. pope francis will give a final blessing likely to provoke anger of survivors of abuse in boston. they don't think he should have such an elaborate funeral. this is very common practice to do a funeral this way at st. peters any time a cardinal passes away. >> heather: you can see the impact of all this is still very real for those victims listening to that woman. thank you very much. >> jon: the house expected to vote on the republican tax bill in our next hour. we will cover it live. . .

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