>> now, "good morning washington," on your side. the >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. your taxes, changing for the first time in decades. the battle is not done yet. what's the league to happen today? home for the holidays, here from the young boy accidentally shot by the neighbor and why forgiveness is at the top of his list. larry: great story there. a strike at dulles airport that could upend your travel plans. fere's a lot going on

trying to ease into the holidays. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] larry: but you are here with us. i'm larry smith. arianna: and i'm a jamal hopkins, in for autria godfrey. this is the busiest month for traveling? julie: but with a strike? it's going to get crazy. weather: at least the is going to be easy, which is ironic, yesterday was the anniversary of a big snowstorm from 2009. look at these temperatures, it was amazing. today, not too bad. it's not going to be that sunny. clouds coming through from time to time. by 11 a.m. and0 temperatures will kind of hold steady and here's the reason why. a weather system to the south with rain running along the front. if you are traveling from atlanta to memphis, t

50 is your high, mid 40's tomorrow with colder conditions coming our way and some wind. the forecast today not starting out in the 20's, but for today, 50, 45 tomorrow, we will talk about the weekend and the wet weather that we are having right around the holidays. 3%ie: traveling by car is up this year. we need the weather to be on our side as we make the plan to head towards grandma's house or wherever you are traveling for the holiday. dry pavement and a crash, 429 in centerville. traffic squeezing bicycle file to the right at this point with a 45 minute commute from manassas towards the capital beltway. ouch. we have some problems, now, close to the charles town pike, due to a wreck involving an overturned vehicle. 295, a minor fender bender near the exit for malcolm x. leaving the beltway headed north headed into southeast washington

that is our traffic watch. i will be back in 10 minutes with a closer eye on 66 and an up eight in silver spring. >> further amendment, the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. the first legislative win for president trump. mike pence announcing just before 1 a.m. that the gop tax plan passed its final hurdle in the senate. that 1.5 chilean dollar rewrite of the american tax code is the first of its kind in decades. adrianna: john gonzalez is live on capitol hill with what comes next. john: good morning. what appears to be a major victory for donald trump and congressional republicans, it's the first overhaul of the u.s. tax code in 30 years. the bill passed along party lines, the final count was 51 to 48. senator jeff flake of arizona,

to vote yes. paul ryan calling this a generation defining moment. the bill full of criticism from the left, as you can imagine, claiming it eases the tax burden on businesses rather than the middle class. here are the numbers you want to pay attention to. the corporate tax rate dropping from 35% to 21%. all taxpayers will essentially see a tax cut within two years. 2020 seven, those earning less than $75,000 per year will see a tax increase of about $180. this bill also digs into the obamacare act of it, getting rid of the mandate, the penalty if you don't have health care. passed the bill earlier in the day, yesterday. there were violations on the amendments. the house will vote again today and it is expected to pass yet again

desk for signature. beforenature expected the christmas break. reporting live on the hill, john gonzalez. larry: president trump, tweeting his approval, promising that if it is approved today there will be a news conference this afternoon at the white house. we will be following that for you on air and following the updates on the free abc 7 news app. bernard law, disgraced haser vatican official, died. he resigned during the church sex abuse scandal in 2002 after it was revealed that he had failed to remove a sexually abusive priests from the ministry. the planned start -- planned strike at dulles airport is happening in less than three hours. it's already one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, with 7.2

travel in the dmz alone. we are monitoring how it could affect your travel plans. we will have a live report coming up at 6:30. adrianna: take a good look at this sketch, here. this is a man who raped a woman in a popular arlington neighborhood. she was attacked back on november 2. police say that he sexually assaulted her and then took off. take another good look at this composite sketch. if you recognize this person, be sure to give police a call. we are learning more this morning about the d.c. a commissioner who used foul language, urinated on the floor, -- barricadedve himself in the bathroom while the police were recording. >> go get your supervisor. >> sir, don't make me come inside there. >>[bleep] adrianna:

abc seven a different version of what happened. he says the details that the police got wrong and why he plans to sue them. that's in our next half hour. larry: stick around for that. an 11-year-old home from the holidays after eating accidentally shot by a neighbor in his home. he spent the last few weeks in the hospital undergoing several surgeries to save his life. even after everything he's been through, he says he forgives his neighbor. >> i know he didn't mean to do it. >> i'm thankful that he's alive in here for christmas. >> what were you looking forward to waking up to? >> a tree and some gifts. to be thankful for. he has to re-learn many things, like eating on his own, but his father says that just being home is the best christmas present he could ask for.

adrianna: take two, down in atlanta. that's the sound of the georgia dome finally being taken down as the first scheduled demolition didn't go as planned. the charges went off but the building didn't know -- didn't budge. call 2017 the year of the stubborn stadium. there you have it. like you said before, stadiums are standing. it's a lot of money. what's the plan? did they budget the money for a second demolition? these things are not cheap to do. they don't want to come down. they were built well, put it that way. adrianna: very good point. larry: breaking news overnight, the connections to northern virginia in that deadly bus crash in mexico. adrianna:

adrianna: check this out, skiers, rejoice. this is new video from flathead valley and montana. they are getting some great snow out there. you can see the lifts running at full capacity. ski season is officially underway. doesn't even look like a lot of snow. we were talking about the anniversary of the 2009 snow yesterday. this snow in montana? mark my words, next thursday we have a better chance of seeing more snow than we saw last friday. adrianna: skiing snow? veronica: not far from here. it's a possibility. adrianna: look at my face, vj. [laughter] veronica:

camper. things will be checked just changing after the holiday after christmas. just rain for the eastern half of the country. louis, coming in at 49. 49 in martinsburg. those temperatures really mild considering the average high is shy of 50 degrees. you will see the temperatures witha dip back to 50 clouds and sunshine in and out for today. as far as the feels-like temperature, that's the important thing. tomorrow they will be starting out in the 20's across the area. i will show you where the afternoon will feel like tomorrow and we will take a look at the rain on the way. right now we are still looking at this accident eastbound on 66 as you approach 29. looks to be an hour and a half commute coming from manassas towards the capital beltway.

guys are getting ready to pull out of fear. right now eastbound 66 is still troubled with a crash year in centerville. start thinking of it using 50 and 29 as your workaround. , ands on kenilworth avenue then for those traveling in montgomery county, southbound lanes blocked off between court and avery due to a crash. that is our traffic watch and i'm back in the next 10 minutes with a workaround. right now,fter luggage in limbo. delays clearing up, but atlanta carrying some extra baggage. how do airlines plan to get the people there stuff after several days of delays. procrastinators beware, the holiday shipping deadline today

>> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. adrianna: breaking overnight, five americans confirmed to be among the victims of a deadly bus crash in mexico. the bus was carrying a group of tourists from to royal caribbean cruise ships. a total of 12 people were killed and 18 others were hurt. knew this morning we know that one of the injured is a local man. from lorton, virginia. his nephew told the paper that they don't know where the two other family

aunt and cousin, this morning still root missing. the wreckage from that deadly amtrak derailment in washington state is still being removed from the campsite as investigators are digging into the cause. federal officials looking into the crash say that the engineer may have been distracted. the train was going 80 in a 30 mile per hour speed zone. the track system was designed with a safety takeover the engineer didn't respond but it hadn't been activated yet. the city of charlottesville now memorializing heather heyer, killed while protesting a white nationalists rally. fourth street will now be renamed honorary heather heyer way. her mother will speak at the dedication ceremony. she says she hopes it will help to keep her daughter's memory and what she was fighting for a live. larry: potentially incriminating information surfacing about the grade fixing cap

the prince george's county school system. they pointed to an audit from may of last year showing that school leaders knew about the record-keeping problem. >> in 2016 this administration received a report showing that we were graduating students that did not meet a sick requirements and that our records were poorly maintained. my question for dr. maxwell is why did you maintain that you didn't know anything about it? >> i'm not the one, internal audit and others are the ones responsible for tracking the response to the audit. i don't respond to every single audit. there are thousands they get done in the district every year. larry: the school ceo staffended limiting member access to grades and more monitoring of great changes. a silver lining for the redskins. theyay

but three of them earned trips and they could wind up going. let's get real, time is running out, you have missed the deadline for first class to reach the destination by christmas. today is the deadline for priority mail and it's only going to cost you more the longer you wait. the absolute last day that you can mail something priority and have it arrive on time is this friday. get on it. larry: postal service employees are racing to make sure that packages get there on time. they are working around the clock using state-of-the-art technology to process 31,000 letters per minute. that's a lot. wow. right now, seven is on your side with some holiday stress relief.

massage, caller number seven wins. 703-528-7334. if you don't win this one, keep it right here because we have another gift card to give away in our next half hour. so good luck. and if you don't want it, give it to me. called it. [laughter] six: 20, veronica johnson is here with a look at the forecast today. not looking shabby. there's one thing i don't like, the fact that we have cloud cover across the area. at least we will see temperatures above average with clouds drifting through, but nothing to show on radar, so it is looking drive. i'm brown is can stay at home, but for the pickup time for the kids, those still going to school, 45 at the bus stop is morning. then 49 to 50 degrees by drop off. just a few degrees above average. morning,

out in fairfax, falls church, manassas. 32 in d.c. and of a change that you will notice with a bit of wind across the area. windchill temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees. pretty cold tomorrow. feeling like we are around freezing around lunchtime. in gaithersburg, germantown, near areas of quantico, and 41 for the feels-like temperature tomorrow as we get into the day ofs for the first winter. there is your change back into the 50's. christmas day, taking a bit of a dip their. drive for christmas day. here's a look at the stormwatch 7 seven-day forecast. rain with a high on tuesday and highs in the lower 30's. the roads right now, eastbound 66, this is where we have the accident activity in

all lanes are open, still an hour and a half drive over manassas headed eastbound towards the capital beltway. we also have some problems here in maryland along south lawn court and avery lane. blocked off by an overturned vehicle north of 28. kenilworth avenue towards burros , this is where we have a expect vehicle and delays towards 50. that's the traffic watch and i'm back in the next 10 minutes to take a look at your ride on northbound 95. first, here is your traffic watch on the go commute for those traveling in maryland.

my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it "the wish house." people visit national parks from all over the world. food tastes better when you don't have to cook it. he was just supposed to be my dog. i don't know why. (vo) we're proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen million dollars in just ten years. get 0% financing for 63 months

plus we'll donate $250 to charity. "what if" more of the came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? "what if" our grid were less vulnerable and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." dominion energy.

>> now, "good morning washington," on your side. adrianna: 12 tourists killed, five of them americans, when a bus went off the road. "gma" firstorning's look, authorities looking into the dozen people killed in a bus crash, including americans, on their way to an adventurous excursion in mexico. >> the whole windshield was gone. >> loaded with tourist from to royal caribbean ships. it was headed to the mayan ruins, one hour from where the ship docked on the yucatan peninsula. royal caribbean saying that their hearts went out t

were doing all they could to care for the guests. the weather was clear and witnesses reported no other vehicles in the area. we will have more on this tragedy, coming up at 7 a.m.

ours. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. you pay what we pay. and not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. it's our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family... the chevy family. use your employee discount for everyone to get forty-five hundred dollars below msrp on this 2018 chevy equinox. find new roads at your local chevy dealer.

>> now, "good morning washington," on your side. the old saying goes that just the two things are for sure in life, death and taxes. what will the new tax overhaul for you? one of the biggest travel weeks of the year disrupted. get there early. adrianna: the good news is that the weather today is cooperating with your travel plans if you leave today. let's get over to veronica johnson for a check on that. for getting out of town, the weather will be nice if you are staying in town, check out meteorologist bill kelly, he will be there

front of the green screen and you can ask him all about the winter forecast that's coming up and how much snow it looks like we will be getting in the area. rain, but look at these temperatures today. 8 a.m., 60 two, dropping to 50 by 10:00 a.m. and then the temperatures will kind of hold steady, so we never get much of a looks ration in the temperature until late. and late overnight, wow, it's going to get cold. we will talk about the cold that we are going to get in the big warm-up for the holiday in just a few minutes. still looking at the remains of this crash off the road to the shoulder and centreville, but a crash with the southbound lane blocked off just north of 28. then the crash here in virginia, southbound, fairfax county parkway at kohl's had road.

prep the car, checked the weather. down what -- download your weather watch app. check the tires and, of course, have a full tank of gas. i'm back in the next 10 minutes to take a look at the right on 270. adrianna: aaa is out with its holiday travel forecast. larry: 7.2 million people from the dmz land to drive or fly to its holiday destination and you can expect the traffic today to be worse than usual. adrianna: but tomorrow will be the big drag. don't even think about being on the roads between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. arianna: a possible -- larry: possible problem for some travelers at dulles. a strike. ryan:

but the crowds will only get worse. this all happening is hundreds of airport workers plan to walk off the job for the holidays. the workers include contracted service workers, baggage and customer service agents. they expect on monday that they will strike and they are demanding that their employer pay them more money and let them join a union. some workers say they are paid as little as $6.50 per hour and they need to work two to three jobs to support their families. this is the third year they are asking for $15 per hour. we spoke to travelers this morning who say they understand the concerns but that the timing is bad. will besonally think it stressful for the people traveling, but i guess i am and where they are coming from. both points of view, as i am a worker, i guess i do understand, but eating a traveler today

, it's going to be pretty hectic. ryan: that strike is expected to start at 9:00 this morning but it's unclear how long it will last. aaa predicting that it will be one of the busiest travel days, expected to be 149,000 people here in the dmz who plan to fly to their destination. this strike will have an impact. live this morning at dulles airport, ryan hughes. larry: meanwhile, flights getting back in the air in atlanta but the problem is that as many as 800 bags are stuck on the ground. they say they plan to deliver bags to anyone who lives in the metro area, stemming from that massive power outage on sunday that canceled thousands of flight. thefbi is joining into investigation and so far officials say there is no evidence of terrorism. adrianna:

we broke it first here yesterday, that fast-moving fire that left thousands homeless, don't assume that someone has called 911. in all, five people were treated for smoke inhalation, but more than one dozen apartment homes were destroyed. unbelievable video out of florida, a man arrested, accused of dragging an officer down the street. >> woe. -- woh. ah. spottedhe suspect, inside the car, unconscious from a possible overdose. when he woke up, he drags the officer for half a mile. he now faces charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. adrianna: h

756 charges. students at american university face 126 counts each after police busted and underage drinking party at a home in bethesda. officers say that the air was so thick with booze, the home registered .01 on the breathalyzer. those six students are members of the sigma off the epsilon fraternity and could each face up to $16,000 in fines. a visit to a connecticut school by ivanka trump has some parents outraged. of discussed the importance education in science, technology, engineering and math . parents who don't support the president pulled their children out of school when they heard about the visit. they said they were not given much information about it. >> this should have been brought to our attention, although i understand for security reasons we might not have been able to be told ah

whether to send her child to school or keep them home. shey: after the visit tweeted "it was an honor to meet with so many bright students and teachers." adrianna: cops on a mission. >> anything we can do? get some cards together? wait until you see the length and they went to and the four-year-old superstar at the center of all of this. here's your storm watch weather on the go.

z2nhzz zi0z y2nhzy yi0y

well, it's another comfortable morning for us. these are the kinds of mornings you want to embrace during the winter, right? here we are in the mid part of december. green light for the travel weather especially, there will be sunshine coming our way. rain down to the carolinas, but as we get into friday there will be a new system coming our way and the rain should stay in areas of west

southwest virginia. at least it's just rain, right? showing you hour-by-hour for today in a few. julie: the big eyesore has been 66 this morning, where we have a crash on the shoulder. drawing your attention for those traveling eastbound out of centreville. a 60 minute commute headed inbound, even with that we have problems on branch avenue north of the beltway. treat the center section as a four-way stop. i'm back in the next 10 minutes to take a look at the ride in silver springs. his a side of the story this morning. >> go get your supervisor, punk. larry: idc official supervisor charged. my does he say they got it wrong? john: the senate tax bill passed

z2momz zi0z y2momy yi0y

morning washington," on your side. >> with further amendment, the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. adrianna: the first legislative win for president trump. vice president mike pence there, announcing just before 1:00 this morning that the gop tax plan passed its final hurdle in the senate. that overhaul of the american tax code is the first of its kind in decades but the battle is not over yet. john gonzalez is live on capitol hill with what comes next. john: they were burning the midnight oil, there is one more vote today but it's a formality. this appears to be a massive victory for donald trump and congressional republicans. for the first time in over 30 years a major recall of the u.s. tax code. the bill, passed along party lines. the final count, 51 to 48.

undeclared republican, voting yes. paul written -- paul ryan calling this a generational defining moment. the bill, full of criticism from the left, as you can imagine, claiming that the bill eases the tax burden on businesses rather than the middle class. numbers you want to pay attention to, the corporate tax 21%.drops from 35% to all taxpayers will see a tax cut in about two years. 8% in 2019. by 2027 those earning less than 75 thousand dollars per year will see a tax increase of $180. the legislation also did eggs into the affordable care act. penalty the obamacare if you don't have health care? it's now gone. the house voted and past this earlier in the day and yesterday there were some violations of the amendments with technical

today, nothing expected to change. then it heads to the president's desk for signature. we are expecting that to come before the christmas break. reporting live this morning, john gonzalez. larry:, saying that if it was approved today, there would be a press conference in the white house. we will be sending updates on the free abc 7 news app. adrianna: one vote is all it took to send newport news to democrats, shifting the balance of power in richmond. the democratsing passing the republicans. a recount in the 94th district after 17 years of gop majo

the disgraced former cardinal, bernard law, has died in rome. he stepped down after it was revealed that he failed to remove sexually abusive priests from the ministry. he was 86 years old. adrianna: take a good look at the sketch on your screen. police say that this man raped a woman in a popular arlington neighborhood. he assaulted her and took off. one another look at the man the right side of your screen. if you recognize him, be sure to give the police a call. larry: we told you about the commissioner charged with dui. he reportedly used foul language, urinating on the floor, barricading himself in the bathroom. but he told a different version of what happened, saying tha

line and he intends to sue them. >> did i use the n-word? i don't know, look how many words they used on me. they tormented me. i think they are homosexuals. what man would come in there and pull another man off the seat. embarrassingmost and humiliating thing any officer can do. said he was only in the bathroom for a couple of minutes and only had a couple of years. police say that he refuse the breathalyzer. well, they finally did it, finally. the georgia dome, demolished after the first attempt didn't go as planned. crews finished the job after 1:00 this morning. adrianna: this view here, much better than the one the weather channel had. remember that? that's when the bus pulled in on

the driver, just looking. then it pulls off. what's the? you missed the shot, buddy. it happens. live tv there for you. in the reagan building a museum set to reopen with new features including interactivity exhibits that teach science, engineering, and math. it first opened in 1974. located2 to 2015 it was in a small space and the national harbor. when it reopens it will be metro accessible via the federal triangle station. larry: one of the best stories of the morning here, all this four-year-old fighting cancer wanted for the holidays was some cards and letters. adrianna: but she got a whole lot more than that. >> it's a blessing to be able to do this. it's why we do that job. adrianna: a pack of police

officers became elves, delivering toys and cheer to rubi malaya. we are so grateful. it is wonderful, the amount of -- the outpouring of love and generosity. it came together when her mother reached out to a childhood friend who happened to be a cop. all of the attention has also prompted strangers to send more than 7500 pieces of mail to rubi at the hospital. quite the christmas for her and the other kids. .arry: not just for her great job, guys. ok, 6:52, we have a check on the forecast, the hump day? easy today. 52 today to about 25, next week at this time. 52 now, that's

temperature. that is your current temperature outside. wow, right? pretty comfortable. cloud cover around with a chance of seeing some sunshine for some of you this afternoon. we hold steady, upper 40's by 3:00. here is where the best sunshine will be. d.c., manassas, warrenton, north break., those areas could their later today. today, up to 50. tomorrow, much colder. with more sunshine across the area. this weekend the only chance of rain coming on saturday. christmas day, looking dry, partly sunny and 46. but i like that it is dry. maybe you are heading to someone's house for this christmas? it is looking drive. as far as the next chance for a at this time?ek check out the cold air next thursday with a little bit of snow that

door. julie? at the delays around the capital beltway, let's start off here on northbound interstate 95. a new look for you in woodbridge headed northbound out of lorton ports the capital beltway. all lanes are open. 66 the trouble spot with a crash in centreville on the shoulder. a 37 minute ride headed back to the beltway and on the top side headed towardsop bethesda and within the hour look for that to be a 31 minute drive. back in 10 and a news channel 8 we will update the right on 270. check us out, we are saying good morning to two adorable pets of the day. they are going to pose with santa. good boys. they are live from alexandria for us. for sending us this great photo. if you want your pet to be the pet of the day, use our abc seven news app and

your puppy could be our pet of the day. adrianna: right now seven is on your side helping you unwind a little bit after the holidays. we have a one hundred dollars gift card to hand and stone massage. caller number seven, you win. call right now, 703-528-7334. best of luck to you. new developments this morning, one of the faces of the news is quitting because of what she says is unfair pay. she called her anchor spot a dream job but says she is learning -- leaving after she learned that her cohost makes double her pay. she claims that when it came to negotiating her contract the network would not come close to matching kennedy's. they pay fairly based only on role and not on gender. larry: ok. a big honor for the woman who launched the me too movement.

burke, along with alyssa milano, viral last go october. it encourages sexual harassment victims to come forward. the new year comes new momentum to fuel the work and that they won't stop anytime soon. adrianna: lady gaga is on the growing list of names heading to las vegas. she kicks off her residency next december. she says it's been her lifelong dream to perform their and she joins a long list of legends like tony bennett, frank sinatra, and elvis presley. larry: i would go. what i.: so maybe see mariah carey and britney spears. larry: exactly. time for your 60 second express. has been passed. >> republicans are on their way to celebrate their first significant victory. >>

america to new heights. a disgrace. >> airport workers planning to walk off the job, licking sure that their message is heard, striking during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. the amtrak train still littering the ground. >> you have been distracting. >> meeting last night, edward burroughs says that school leaders knew about the issues involving the record-keeping and the unqualified students graduating. >> you are disgusting. >> he pushed it. winning it for washington.

good morning, america. on the verge of victory. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> overnight senate republicans passed their massive tax cut amid protests. now the house will vote for final passage this morning so president trump can deliver on that christmas promise. how will this bill affect you? house speaker paul ryan here answering your questions on "gma." holiday double threat. two storm systems moving in affecting most of the country. snow and damaging winds causing accidents from washington to texas and this morning, a flash flood watch across the south. breaking news, authorities now confirm five american tourists among the dozen