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trillion tax plan and final passage. a pair of gop holdouts declared their support today. and the first major independent an am s analysis showed the bill would drive up taxes for 5% of taxpayers an improvement. the tax policy center determined taxpayers making between $50,000 and $90,000 a year would save on average $900. or 1.6% of thereafter tax income. the very top earners, would see a larger savings of $3.4%. on average of 00 >> still the case that, over time, the tax cuts will generally get smaller and smaller. >> tax expert, joseph rosenberg says one area where republicans fell short. >> was their promise to make the tax code simpler. >> introducing a lot of additional complexity ttz. >> not going to do our taxes on a postcard?

>> i think the postcard is out. >> controversy simmered over deduction added to the bill at the last minute. analysts say it would primarily benefit wealthy commercial real estate investors. like, president trump. or tennessee republican, bob corker. >> of the benefits are larger, the more income you have. >> if i own an apartment that i rent out, i don't benefit from this. >> you might benefit. but not very much. >> corker insisted to day that he had no knowledge of this provision when he announced his support on friday. and gop leaders backed him up. but democrats say, jeff, this is a needless give away no matter what to an industry that is already thriving. >> nancy cordes, thank you. >> the director of the centers for disease control its defending the agency after a report that its compiled a list of seven dirty word that should not be used when asking congress for money. dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> the seven words that sparked

outrage are, vulnerable, entitlement, diverse team. transgender, feet us, evidence based and science base bd. cbs news learned that budget analysts at cdc were told to kid avoiding those words to get the broadest congressional support for funding. that advice came from the department of health and human services or hhs. while the cdc issued a statement saying there was no explicit order to ban word, some kriltices wekriltic kriltic -- critics worry this censors research. an official told cbs news this was guidance provided to people who write budget proposals and was not out of the ordinary. >> i have to say from my experience this is very much out of the ordinary. >> kathleen sebelias was head of hhs from 2009 to 2014. >> i dent know how you talk about maternal health without the word fetus. >> when people at cdc, hear these are word that could be

trouble when you want to get funded. this could lead to self censorship, i will not do research there? >> of course. i never heard of of a budget document being edited or preedited if you've will. but it is, it certainly is a form of the censorship. >> what message does this send to the cdc? >> hope it doesn't send some of the comb pa tent, talented people out the door. i think it is a very troubling message not just to the cdc, but to the american public about public health. awe all both the cdc and hhs declined our request for an interview. we were not able to learn how high up in the administration, this guidance came from. jeff. >> dr. lapook, thank you very much. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. ♪when you've got...♪

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here is carter evans. >> when the coast guard cutter plows through the ice, cold star, it can feel like an earthquake on board. its missions are vital to keeping shipping lanes open in the north and south poles. >> america is an arctic nation. that's part of our country. part of our land. >> coast guard vice admiral fred miget warns the u.s. is being outspent on the ice by vladamir putin. russia has six new heavy ice breakers. >> if you look at what russia is doing, there is almost a miniarms build-up going on. >> meanwhile the 40-year-old polar star, america's only heavy ice breaker, is near the end of its life. this ship was commissioned in 1976. >> 1976. >> how many heavy ice breakers has the coast guard built since then? >> zero. >> keeping polar star afloat is

job one. weave caug we caught up with the ship undergoing vital repairs. everything from the boiler room to propulsion system. some of the critical maintenance involves replacing the ship's 16-foot-tall propellers. these are not new. they came from the polar star's sister ship. it was damaged beyond repair in 2010. if you didn't do this maintenance before you headed out. what could have happened? >> probably would have lost a rudder, there was a lot of cracks and corrosion. >> the captain showed us around the ship. where the computer its so antiquated the coast guard had to find old parts on line. >> this helps the ship run. >> yes. >> you found it on ebay. >> yes. >> earlier this summer, president trump, told cadets help is on the way. with the new ship seven years away at best. polar star always sails with a year's worth of food in case it breaks down and gets stuck in the ice. carter evans, cbs news, vallejo,

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as christmas presents go it will be hard to top this one. texas rangers pitcher cole hamils and wife heidi said they're donating a 32,000 square foot mansion to camp barnabus, a charity that helps kids with special need and chronic illness. on 104 acres worth nearly $10 million. >> in providence rhode island, the state house christmas tree didn't make it to christmas. the tree was drying up and shedding needles so today it was cut down and turned into wood chips. with just a week until the holiday, a local tree farm donated a new tree stand did save christmas in the capitol. lot of folks use family photo for their christmas card. here is one from a family in england. you might have heard of them. prince william and wife cate,

children, george and charlotte. and, george has the the, christmas holiday shorts, very nice. >> cbs news poll this year found most americans believe there is intelligent life on other planets. but has the that life visited earth. tony dokoupil reports the military has been looking. >> a whole fleet of them. my gosh. >> you are watching just one of the many ufo encounters investigated by the department of defense. >> look at that thing. >> the unidentified flying object about the size of a school bus, attracted the attention of former intelligence officer, luis alazando. >> not a drone. not something that, we can ease say oh that is an airplane. >> for years, elizando ran a $22 million pentagon effort aimed at the physics of sightings like this one. >> russian, chinese, little green men from mars, or neighbor's dog.

i really don't care. my focus is, what is it, and how di does it work. >> he refused to discuss the number of cases he investigated. he did work with robert bigalow, a tycoon who told 60 minutes that alien life is real. >> i am absolutely convinced that's all there its to it. >> do you believe that ufos have come to earth? >> there has been and is an existing presence. et presence. >> from 1947 to 1969, an air force program investigated more than 12,000 ufo sightings. 700 of which are still, unidentified. >> i would say remain skeptical, absolutely. but there comes a point where, where the evidence becomes overwhelming. >> he says, we're not at that point yet. but he believes something its out there and ignoring it. just won't fly. tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. that is theov "overnight ne"

for tuesday. for others the news continue thousands. for others check back for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor. welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. investigators don't know what caused the deadly wreck of an amtrak train outside seattle. the train was making its first run along a new, faster route. when it tumbled off a highway overpass. john black stone is there. >> it is a jumble of derailed train cars. >> people were screaming. an amtrak commuter train on a higher speed line between seattle and portland derailed. >> amtrak 501. >> reporter: this radio call captured that train hurdled off the bridge. >> is everybody okay? >> one car flipped upside down

on to the interstate. another dangling precariously off the overpass. still others piled up, wreckage strewn over a wide area. of the 14 cars, only one lead engine remained on the tracks. no motorists were killed from the crash. >> i was scared. >> a treeian thompson en route to see his mother for the holidays. >> grabbed on to the chair. my laptop went flying. phone went flying. >> within minutes of the derailment, dozens of emergency crews rushed in as did drivers who witnessed the crash like trevor colvey who helped pull survivors to safety. >> i saw smoke. myself and few others are trying to get people medical care when we can. >> this was the first trip for the new seattle to portland line. some local officials ex-pressed

concern these tracks weren't safe enough for a commuter train traveling 80 miles an hour. those passengers who were able to walk away, feel enormously fortunate. >> got to say a prayer multiple times after this. i feel blessed to be alive and okay right now. >> investigators from the national transportation safety board are now on the scene of this accident, looking for an answer to that all important question, what caused this on a newly rebuilt set of tracks meant for higher-speed operation? was it a problem with the train? the tracks? or perhaps operator error? it could take weeks to get an answer. the lights are back on and planes are back in the sky after sunday's massive blackout. it caused flight cancellations from paris to oregon and thousand of air travelers are still trying to got to their destinations. chris van clea kris van cleave is there. [ applause ] even with the light back on

monday, more than 400 flights were canceled and the lines stretched as far as you could see. >> again, apologize for inconvenience. >> yesterday passengers roamed the busiest airport in the dark. others stuck on the tram some slept on baggage belts. more than 1,000 flights canceled. >> this is absurd. people are sleeping on the floor like homeless people. it is just like i have never seen anything like this at all. >> this morning, delta was handing out donuts which came as little comfort to barbara who was supposed to fly home to new jersey yesterday. >> you have no contingency plans? all these people are here. there is no food. there is no water. they told us, absolutely nothing. >> for seven hours. >> for seven hours. >> a fire deep below the airport that caused the power outage that stranded estimated 30,000 passengers sunday. georgia power believes a piece of equipment known as switch

gear failed, sparking the fire. it burned through the cable supplying power to the airport including all backups. leading to questions as to why the backup power was located so close to the main line. >> it impacted flights around the world. >> kalgs -- it cass kated around the world. >> doesn't make you look very good when you say there are redundancies, but they failed too? >> you look at the question about redundancy. and single point of failure like that its absolutely something you kid. but the failure rate of any type of switch gear its so min out in our network that, we didn't design for that. now we have to look at that, to try to isolate it. president trump unveiled a plan for national security. the president wants to push back against china, russia, iran and north korea. but his speech was overshadowed by the latest on the special counsel's russian investigation. major garrett reports.

>> reporter: after president trump returned from camp david reporters asked if he was considering firing robert mueller. >> my people were very upset about it. i can't imagine there is anything on them frankly, because as we said there is no collusion. there is no collusion whatsoever. >> in a letter to congress, a transition attorney called the seizure of e-mails unlawful and accused the government agency to the trump transition of illegally handing over privileged or private communications to mueller's team. a spokesperson from mueller said all e-mails collected from investigators came through the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal proces. >> the acquisition of transition e-mails illegal? >> the no. >> unethical? >> no. >> john wood, former u.s. attorney. >> the individuals don't have any right to privacy in the e-mails they were on a government server.

should have known they have no right to privacy. >> the e mail squabble and skepticism of the investigation. many seized on text messages from former mueller investigator as evidence of bias against mr. trump. republican john cornan of texas. >> i have confidence in director mueller, he would be concerned about appearance of conflicts of interest. >> mueller's team has the had e-mails since august and has used them in interviews with white house and transition officials. the white house could vote today. the vote expected to come down on party lines. a few senate republicans may be having second thoughts. noon see co nancy cordes has the the story from capitol hill. >> most main households will see their taxes go down. >> there are now few obstacles standing between the $1.46 trillion tax plan and final

passage. a pair of gop holdouts declared their support today. and the first major independent analysis showed the bill would drive up taxes for 5% of taxpayers an improvement. the tax policy center determined taxpayers making between $50,000 and $90,000 a year would save on average $900. or 1.6% of thereafter tax income. the very top earners, would see a larger savings of $3.4%. on average of $51,000. >> still the case that, over time, the tax cuts will generally get smaller and smaller. >> tax expert, joseph rosenberg says one area where republicans fell short. >> was their promise to make the tax code simpler. >> introducing a lot of additional complexity ttz. >> not going to do our taxes on a postcard? >> i think the postcard is out. >> controversy simmered over deduction added to the bill at

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the rock band called the fu fighters takes its name from the military pilots taxed to chase down unidentified flying object. it was a real mission called advanced aviation threat identification pre grogram. defunded in 2012, some of the video just released. >> here is tony dokoupil. >> the little known pentagon program had a budget of $22 million according to the officer who used to run it. most sightings looked at by u.s. military personnel reporting ufo sitings for -- sight gings for

decade. >> this is one of the incidents. the secret ufo hunters investigated. >> there is a whole fleet of them. >> this object appeared off the california coast in 2004 and baffled two navy pilots. >> it is not a drone. it's not something that we can easily say, oh that is an airplane. >> luis alizando ran advanced threat identification program at the defense department. he believes the way the school bus sized object moved defied the known laws of physics. >> what we are looking at its truly beyond next generation technologies. harry reid championed the ufo program some funding reportingedly wereportinged , went to bigelow aerospace. the tycoon spoke with 60 minutes. >> do you think in space travel

we will encounter other forms of intelligent life. >> you don't have to go anywhere? >> you can find it here? >> yeah. >> where exactly? >> it is like right under people's the noses. wow. >> unlike in the movies, most ufos don't turn out to be alien spacecra spacecraft. this green fire ball above argentina in 2015 likely a meteor. while this strange light over los angeles, was actually ate missile test. >> i think this is national security imperative. we have clear, things that we do not understand how they work. operating in areas that we can't control. >> there is a team of speed demons in great britain dedicated to getting a car to travel more than 1,000 miles an hour. that would shatter the current land speed record. charlie d'agata took to the sky with the team's driver. a former fighter pilot training

his bed ody to with stand the g forces in an acrobatic plane. >> this is just a hint of what is to come. a test run, crank the beast up to a mere 200 miles an hour. see how she handles. ten years and $40 million in the making. the man behind the wheel, and the project, its andy green. >> oh, my god. >> former rfa fighter pilot held the record since 1997. google l speed record. >> the car doesn't leap into the air and explode. i was delighted to find out. it is possible to drive supersonic. we did it. >> but if that ride had doors, the bloodhound is aiming to blow them off. >> we are not just trying to break the current record. 763 miles an hour. >> shatter it. >> engineering adventure will

push back physics. literally push back human endeavor. awe off the it will also push the boundaries of the human body. >> we are simulated. >> to get a hint of what that feels like, green took me up in a stunt plane where he trains his bed to take the full load of g forces he will experience during the real thing. simulating the exact conditions of the thousand mile an hour run. just hoping i didn't pass out. >> acceleration. that's 20 miles an hour per second. eight second later. 200 miles an hour. now looking for the rocket. 355. the rocket. gift the rocket. firing now. every second i am counting. is 40 miles an hour of speed. 5 a00 miles an hour. >> as the the blood rushed to my head, felt like it was going to explode. >> then came the worst part unfortunata of all. deceleration at three times the force of gravity.

>> and your stomach. legs. three, two, one, now. deceleration. 900. 850. 800 miles an hour. 750. already down below the speed of sound. slowing down. >> feels so slow you can pretty much get out and walk. >> how are you feeling now? >> skpil rakpi exhilarated. feels look you got slammed in the chest. the force on the body. >> exactly so it is fairly unpleasant. and, the body is designed to take. >> all right. didn't know which way was up. literally didn't know which way was up. >> of the gut wrenching, g forces generated from tapping into the lunatic fringe of technology. it took the rolls royce jet engine found in the euro fighter and mounted it on top of a rocket. yes, a rocket.

nils i this is what it looked like. the stats are face meltingly staggering. 25,000 feet, the altitude if pointed straight in the air. 17 times the height of the empire state building. 135,000 horsepower. every indy 500 car on the track, combined, seven times over. at top speed, cover a mile in 3.6 seconds. more than four football field per second. >> oh, baby. oh, baby. >> face stiff competition from the united states. and proven 500 mile an hour north american eagle. from australia, down under, the invader. although still primary in the planning stages. bloodhound lead the hunt for now. which brings us back to the test run.

as fast as this car has ever gone. the plan to reach more than 5,000 -- >> the result, 210 miles per hour. when you got out of there you were as giddy as i have seen you. exciting day for you. we came here to show how good and ready this car is to go faster. the car didn't just do that. it didn't do it. it did it in spade. >> the team is now gearing up to smash their own world record next year. with the competition choking, only thing the bloodhound is chasing is ok, let's try this.

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are children in the white house. teddy roosevelt had six children. all depicted on the reverse of the ornament. >> president of the white house historical association. >> this is the way they're meant to be seen. >> the nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was founded by first lady jacqueline kennedy. >> i just think that everything in the white house should be the best. >> in part. to raise private fund for furnishing and renovations of the white house. but there was nancy reagan who launched the idea of selling white house christmas orrin mna. the first a simple angel. then the association started honoring each president ee kwen seashell, beginning with a dove from the weather vane at george washington mt. vernon estate. >> this is the first one that actually depicts the white house on it. >> that's right. second president of the united states. john am as, the first president to liven the white house. >> over the years, color is

introduced. the ornaments become more elaborate. >> get along to president, president, abraham lincoln. you have this beautiful portrait. done by george healy hangs over the mantle in the state dining room. a little twist here its this opens. christmas trees proved to be the most popular. this one lights up. calvin coolage was the first president to decorate the national christmas tree with electric lights. some times, the most beautiful and interesting ornaments, relate to some of our least known and in some people's view, least distinguished presidents. we don't focus on politics, popularity of a president. it is about the period of time. that that president served. >> thus, the ornament recalls not the great depression, but

christmas eve, 1929, when a fire broke out in the white house. during a children's christmas party. >> the president rushed out. they doused the fire with the help of engine company number one. but the next christmas, the hoofers invited the very same children back, have something very fun up here that goes with this. they gave them a toy. fire engine. >> oh, wow. >> as a memento of christmas 1930. it is the represent li cough the fire engine in this ornament. since the beginning the ornaments have been mostly made, piece by piece. one by one. in providence, rhode island. owned by richard bopray. the first year you made the ornaments. remember how many you produced. >> yes, 1500. >> and, they retail for about, 21 dollars.

this year honors franklin roosevelt. the center piece. american eagle that the designer found in old white house photos. >> first ladies have traditionally hung the ornament of the year on the white house treats. and mrs. trump hung this year's ornament in the library. once more the white house historical association knows, that these ornaments, collected over the years by many families. are going up all over the nation. >> what happens when you run out of presidents all. up awe will either start over or come up with some other theme, we will do the white house christmas ornament. i don't think it will ever end. ♪ ♪

chestnuts roasting on an open fire. the song was originally recorded by nat king cole 70 years ago. but roasting chestnuts a tradition dating back 2000 years in china. here is ben tracy. >> on the streets of beijing, just about the time jack frost starts nipping at your nose. you can smell chestnuts, roasting on an open fire. >> like the temperature gets to a certain degree. sun starts going down. there are chestnuts. >> he grew up in beijing and now gives tours of the city's food scene. she took us to one of the many street corner vendors doing brisk winter business. >> these hot little snacks serve a dual purpose. finger food.

and handy, hand warmer. >> when you have the steamy warm bowl of chestnut. hearing your hand in a beijing winter. one of most comforting things on earth. >> sound look some body had a chestnut or two in your past. >> i am a huge fan, yeah. >> sches nuts the staple of the chinese diet dating back to the dynasty. more than 200 years before christ. >> a fourth generation chestnut roaster. his family started their business, in the late 1800. and claimed they were once the exclusive provider of nuts to china's imperial family, inside the forbidden city. there its now a constant stream of customers at their beijing stand. where they sell more than 77,000 pound of chestnuts each year. >> chestnuted have been the meal ticket for four generations he says. now it has evolved into a brand.

it is not easy. >> it takes about 50 minutes to turn each batch of chestnuts golden brown. just long enough for the kernel inside to soften and sell rate from the shell. while most vendors have fully automated their roasting. wong at 62 years old. still prefers during it the old-fashioned way. after all, his grandfather was known as, one shovel wong. >> that is you and your dad? >> before we left, he wanted to show me this picture. he says it is the only time his father ever took one with him. the photo means he can trust me with the store completely. wong says. >> you were 46 in this picture. took a long time to earn your dad's trust? >> that trust is why this legacy lives on. and is far more than a line from ape christmas song. ♪ chestnuts roasting on an open fire note.

>> that's the "overnight news" for r tuesday. it's tuesday, december 19th. 2017. this is the cbs morning news. an amtrak train goes flying off an overpass at 80-mile-per-hour causing fatalities and injuring dozens in washington state. now investigators are trying to piece together what went wrong. today's the day for the republican tax reform vote and it looks like victory is close at hand. and placing blame. the trump administration says north korea is responsible for the cyber attack that crippled hundreds of thousands of computers around the world.