captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, december 20th 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." the senate passes a massive tax reform bill overnight cutting tax rates for businesses and most americans. we'll talk with house speaker paul ryan about the gop plan and how it may affect you. new details on the bus crash. recreational marijuana will be legal in california on new year's day. we'll take you to lab where researchers are takelooking at those who get stoned.

the kennedy honoree spills the secrets how he created ground-breaking series like "all in the family" and "the jeffersons." but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. the tax cuts pass. is this helping people living paycheck to paycheck? hell, no. >> republicans will probably lose the house and senate. >> my view is if we can't sell this to the american people, we ought to go into another line of work. in mexico a deadly bus crash. the investigation continues into that deadly amtrak derailment in washington state. records show the emergency brake was not manually activated. >> bernard law, a key figure in the catholic church scandal has

died. >> a lock and painful and tragic chapter. >> the thomas fire now the second largest in california history. firefighters expect the winds to whip up again. >> all that -- >> a massive volcanic eruption in ecuador. the first major activity in a decade. >> -- and all that matters. >> the marines training. simulating combat situations. >> i'm not sure why they had to have their tops off. i was told simply it's a marine thing. >> -- on "cbs this morning." a kid from new york battled his teacher off and both of these guys have moves. >> oh my gosh. >> yeah. >> i love this. >> reporter: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places.

welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and anthony mason. just five days to christmas. >> uh-oh. i'd better get shopping. >> and i'm going to give that contest to the teacher. >> very nice. >> he did a nice job. >> very well done. big news day today. president trump is getting ready to sign his first major piece of legislation, a sweeping overhaul of the tax system. the senate approved the historic legislation. the house must now take one more step before sending it to the president. >> the bill dramatically reshapes the tax code, cutting taxes for corporations and most individuals. on twitter, the president called it the biggest in history, tax cut and reform bill. he plans a news conference at 1:00 eastern time. >> the bill received zero support from democrats who says it does not provide enough help to the average american. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning.

>> good morning. congressional republicans have been dreaming for this day for more than a decade. a 40% cut to the corporate tax rate across the board cuts to individual rates. and now the bill will have to go back one more time to the house, but this is essentially a formality after both the house and the senate passed it yesterday. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. senate republicans pushed their tax plan through in the wee hours of the morning. >> after eight straight years of slow growth and underperformance, america is ready to take off. >> analysts project the bill will cut taxes at every income level next year. on average taxpayers will see a savings of $1,600. >> you're going to owe less money to uncle sam, so you're going to get a take-home pay raise. it's as simple as that. >> senate democrats argued it's not that simple. >> it's government for sale. >> by 20278 every income bracket under $75,000 will see a tax

increase. >> by the end of the decade this legislation will provide 83% of the benefit to the top 1%. >> house democrats issued the same warning. >> is this bill about helping people who are living paycheck to paycheck? hello hell, no. >> but house republicans also prevailed and accused the minority of fearmongering. >> what you're hearing on the other side is complete false, and absolute lies. >> the american public has to be pretty confused by now. they've got one side saying this is going to be a huge gift to every taxpayer and the other side saying it's a disaster. >> well, they're not confused. look at every poll. 2-1, they don't like the bill. >> republicans insist public sentiment will change. >> when the economy improves and we start increasing becauseemployment americans will realize this is good move for the economy. >> tax cuts are such a big gop

priority that republicans were able to pull this acrosseitho t any democratic support, but now they have to pass a government spending bill by friday to prevent a government shutdown and there they probably will need to compromise norah, with democrats. >> nancy thank you. house speaker paul ryan celebrated the moment when members voted for the bill yesterday. >> the conference report is adopted without objection. the motion's considered it's laid upon the table. >> speaker paul ryan joins us from capitol hill. good morning, mr. speaker. i know this is something you've been working on for your entire career. >> good morning. merry christmas. it is exciting. we're going to give people a big tax cut before christmas, and most importantly, this is going to help people get more jobs and better wages and simplify the tax code and we're very excited about that. >> i think people want to understand. the majority of us does go to corporations for a tax cut. why are you convinced they're

going to use that to increase wages and hire more people. >> first of all, go to fairandsimple.gop. the average family of four in america earning $75,000 is going to get a pay cut. when you double the per child tax cut and lower the rates across the board for every income group, that's real relief for families of individuals. that's republican helpful and something i think that's needed in these difficult economic times where people are literally living paycheck to paycheck. on the business side when you're taxed at such high rates, we're losing in that global competition. more importantly, u.s. businesses are moving abroad and becoming foreignbusinesses

because of our tax laws. we're going to be one of the best tax systems in the world. it's going to bring dollars back into our economy from overseas and give us better wages, more jobs. 's why we're doing this. >> mr. speaker, i think polls show that most people view this bill as kind of of as you points out, as far more generous to corporations than it is to individual taxpayers. are they wrong? >> yeah, they are. i think what it is you've had this big debate on tv where pundits in the media were saying this and that. more importantly, when it gets in place, when people see their paychecks getting bigger in february because withholding tables have adjusted to reflect their tax cuts, when businesses are keeping more of what they earn, when they can write off their spending and hire more people that's going change its popularity i am convinced. so i think there's just tons of confusion out there as to what this does or doesn't do. a lot of people think it's going

to raise their taxes. so the proof is in the puds and i think the results will speak for themselves. >> you're right. it is confusing. yesterday senator schumer on the floor said listen, this is a disgrace. we don't expect him to say that. they point out in 2027 that for the middle class this actually isn't a break, that their taxes will actually go up. how do you address that. >> >> first of all, what they're basically saying is we're cutting them. and then because there's a sun set in those tax cuts at the end of the decade because of senate rules, they'll go up. now, we have no intention of allowing that to happen but it's unfortunate because of these senate rules that we have to comply with that has that sun set. but congress has every intention of making sure that does not happen. this has been done over and over because of senate rules because we don't allow these to ever occur, but i think to acknowledge there's an increase down the road is to acknowledge

we're cutting people's taxes right now. >> many of your republican colleagues who voted no on this bill voted no because there's a tax on local state and tax deduction. what's your message to those constituents? >> first of all, i would take a look at people in every state, but especially for the high tax states, you basically have $10,000 you can write off for property and income taxes to begin with none berry one. number two, lower tax rates. we're doubling the standard deduction. still, they get a tax cut. now, i'm sure there are people especially high income people who will lose a lot of deductions because we're simplifying that code that won't see it that way, but the average taxpayer gets a big tax cut and what you basically have is about 46 states paying higher taxes than their federal taxes. so about four states can raise their taxes on their constituents, so for many who are not from those states they

don't see it as fair that they pay higher federal taxes which are soakeded about big rumors. >> this is d.c. speculation. gayle, i didn't mean to cut you off. >> yes you did. >> i'll stop. go ahead, please. i love and respect you too much to do that. >> i feel the same about you, but there rumors that you were stepping down. you, of course stepped out and said, no that's absolutely not true. where does that come did you say in passing to someone i'm thinking about it? >> no, i never did haaturs12ú3 that's why i thought it was a very irresponsible piece. the idea of passing tax reform that that's the only thing i care about e i'm going to patz and leave, it's ridiculous. i see thi speculation d.c. beltway press, speculating these i think it was fairly irresponsible speculationle it's faulty speculation. i'm not going to get up and leave my conference and our

responsibilities in the middle of this term. we've got so much more work do. gayle, you know i'm working on poverty next year, working on welfare, criminal justice reform and welfare and all of these things. we've got a lot of work do we're excited about it. we're banking a big win. i want to get back to work and get more things done not the least of which is to get the military rebuilt. that's why i'm not going to be leaving soon. >> all right, mr. speaker. did you ever think when you were a waiter at tortilla's coast that you would be? >> probably i think the same as you. did you ever think when you were a cub reporter you would before hosting a cbs morning show? >> i did not, touche. a tourist bus killed a dozen people and hurt 18 others. several americans were injured. the bus was carried several

passengers to mayan ruins when it flipped. it happened in eastern mexico at costa costa costa maya port. >> reporter: good morning. investigators here are trying to figure out what caused the crash which killed a tour guide and 11 tourists including a child and a 78-year-old grandmother. the tour bus crashed and flipped over just after 9:00 a.m. more than halfway into an hour-long trip from the port to the mayan ruins. bodies could be seen strewn along this narrow two-lane highway after the accident. local investigators believe it may have drifted off. as it tried to get back on the road it turned upside. >> we went by it. it was pretty horrible. the bus -- the front windshield

was out like some people had gone through it. >> reporter: carrie was traveling back with her daughter from the ruins when she came upon the crash site. >> it's hard to imagine their lives are gone. >> reporter: the excursion included travelers from two royal caribbean cruzs, the celebrity of the sea and the equinox. >> everybody reboarded the vessel just wondering what was going on. >> reporter: among the dead was a 78-year-old grandmother from miami. she was traveling with four other family members. two were injured. the other two are unaccounted for. royal caribbean released a statement saying our hearts go out to all involved in the bus accident in costa maya. we're doing all we can to care for our guests including assisting with medical care and

transportation transportation. authorities have not yet confirmed the nationalities of those who were killed in the crash. those who were injured are being treated at local hospitals, but because the ships have now left it's unclear when they'll be able to get home if they recover. >> very stad storyad story. investigators on the train crash are focusing on speed. they say he did not apply the emergency brakes as the train approached the curve at 80 miles an hour 50 milesover the speed limit. david begnaud is in washington looking at safety. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. positive train control was being installed on the tracks but it was not yet installed at the time of the derailment. it could have slowed down the locomotive. ptc has al$= beenive, we be talking deat

cranes have been busy lifting the amtrak off of the interstate and onto flatbed trucks. new photos from inside the passenger compartment show the destruction it caused when it derailed. >> the emergency brake was automatically activated rather than being initiated by the engineer. >> that suggests the engineer never slowed the speeding train before it crashed. the event data recorder shows that the train was traveling at 80 miles an hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. anothing other questions they're looking into whether the engineer was distracted or impaired. >> distraction is one of our most wanted lists of priorities at the ntsb. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board said there were actually two people. both were injured in the crash. friends and family members are mourning the deceased including

zack and james, two local rail enthusiasts who were on board to celebrate the inaugural run of this brand-new line. lloyd flem is the executive director of all aboard washington the advocacy group that both men belong to. >> it's a terrible tragedy and terrible irony knowing that they left us doing what they loved and doing what they had worked for is a little bit of a console consoling feature. >> there were cameras on board the train. they were damaged. but they're on their way to d.c. to be analyzed. anthony look. because the train cars actually derailed and fell onto the freeway. it became a traffic nightmare. even if you don't drive here some of people waited in traffic for nine hours. one man went one mile in one hour. some of their best options were a 65-mile detour. >> i-5 is that important. thank you very much. david begnaud.

cardinal bernard law who was at the center of the catholic chur abuse scandal died earlier this morning in rome. he was the head of boston's archdiocese in 2002 after "the boston globe" revealed he failed to remove sexually abusive priests from its ministry. globe investigative reporter was part of the spotlight team that broke the story. >> he was very very influential, not only in the united states but worldwide. he knew a priest had spent 30 years in six parishes molesting more than 150 children and yet he continued to allow john geoghan to continue practicing and molesting more children. >> law was never convicted of any crimes. >> a former assistant to harvey weinstein speaks out about an encounter he had with a colleague. >> you accused him of attempted rape. >> yeah, yeah. >> and he denied it. >> yes.

he said nothing at all had happened and he swore on the life of his wife and his children which was his best "get out of jail" card that he used a lot. >> ahead, why the >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by toyota. let's go places.

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to keep the shooter from entering. gunman fired through glass door striking the teen in the head no one else was injured. lets send it over to kate. it won't be as warm today as yesterday. >> definitely not but we are off to a mild start. our temperatures in the mid to upper 40's through better part of the morning and many of you even in south delaware, new jersey were getting in the 50 's for much of the morning. we have been off to a warm start. now comparatively speaking cooler at kutztown area middle school just 39 degrees. despite included still a pretty start to the day expected to feel brisk too. tomorrow looks like it will be one of the coolest days of the next few but we will rebun quickly and by saturday, travel day too looks like rain moving in but we are in the 60 's by that point. >> yes, in the 60's. thanks for. that we are looking outside we have construction out there 95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hope that right lane is still compromised i it has been all morning long disable tractor trailer here 42 to eastbound pulled off to

the far right shoulder and water main break in center city 18th street is closed rahel back over to you. >> 7:55. up next this morning effort to help police develop a test to determine if someone is too high to drive i'm rahel solomon good

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♪ guys like us we had it made those were the days ♪ >> you really weren't trying to be controversial with "all in the family?" >> i promise we were not trying to be controversial. it turns out because we were serious, we were controversial. >> you don't have to be nervous because a colored cried. >> so inappropriate. >> what may have been uncomfortable territory for some would become a trademark for producer norman lear. >> come on the weather? that's not what's bugging you. it's sex, isn't it. >> iffor a thursday found out i was pregnant at my age, he'd laugh himself sick. >> it changed the landscape of television. >> one, two, three. >> the biggest problem our family faced in the years before

"all in family" was that the roast was ruined and the boss was coming to dinner. >> yeah. >> well, i lived through more serious times. >> leer drew inspiration from his #experiences. one that was the most formative was in 1931. father is going off to jail and furniture and the leather chair you and your comedy, sports and so forth is being sold and the guy shoulder and says you' >> andú(9. >> i was 9. >> leer says his dad inspired family's" archie bunker. >> you are a meathead. >> he was described as a lo bigot. i always hated that term. is a bigotç< loveable? >> the intention was to show love. i never thought of him as a hater. >> dumb pollock.

>> a fearless man. ♪ my home sweet home ♪ >> behind the scenes norman lear and ar carroll o'connor whow playedehw failed to see eye to eye. >> why did you butt heads? >> i don't think i cang; this. >> that was a heavy respon s as unpleasant in the eyes of so manypeople my knew that carroll's face and personaw>lity and >>ittle boy. >> himov,&twnu snoob more, %maude, and i want my chair "maude" as the show was a hit, but there was a lot of turmoil with the goodtimes. >> estelle and who played the first african-americanfamily heavy responsibility. the country had not seen this

before. these were the people rest of the world, so we had to understand that was really difficult for them. >> baking grease in my collard greens. >> reporter: the show faced accusations of promoting stereo times. >> dyn-o-mite. >> even prompting an in-person protest from the black panther party. >> you say they showed up to your office saying that i were looking for the garbage man, and the garbage man was you. they were tired of the portrayal. >> they were very upset. why does the only black man on television who had two jobs took a third to make a living. >> it's a good question. >> it was a greats to go to jeffersons." >> reporter: "the jeffersons"t kn1 ow the jeffersons

's real rich. >> hold on. we are the topics were bigotry, sexism racism abortion. >> everything you listed nothing was unfamiliar to every family in america, not one subject. >> reporter: leer was fearless both inand outside of his career. as a world war ii combatto take a stance on what he believes in. >> it's dangerous because that r] clown hasbu one of the many jikts he discusses in his new weeklys;podcast. x d,i4m. dw >> a iearñú stood behind an audience when they belly laugh, and you will find them. they come a little bit out of their seats, they go forward like this and they come back like this.

i don't know a more spiritual moment than a belly laugh. >> music to your ears right? >> yes. it adds music to my ears and time to my life. ♪ gee our old lasalle ran great those were the days ♪ >> love you, norman lear. you can see the 40th annual kennedy awards right here and check out the "cbs this morning" podcast on itunes and apple's podcast app to hear about him from his son-in-law dr. john la mike. he says he's

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we will rebound all over again in the weekend here with some rain on thesaturday and then it is chilly in time for christmas, meisha. >> little bit of everything, all right thanks very much. we are lookingg an eye on this accident with injuries 95 south past blue route two left lanes compromised and look at the backup forming here both in the southbound side, north bound side as well we will get gaper delay. head up, vehicle fire in delaware 495 southbound at christiana river bridge one left lane is opened here showing green but head up and also construction 95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hope, this is still out there crews have been out there all morning long and still are if you are heading out there to block that right lane give yourself an extra 45 minutes in that area, jim over to you. that is "eyewitness news" for now join us for "eyewitness news" at noon aim jim donovan make it a great

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