making news in america this morning, an overnight vote in the senate makes history. the. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> clearing the way for the first major rewrite of the tax code in 31 years. how much extra money will be in your paycheck next year? also new overnight amtrak's ceo responds to questions about why speed technology wasn't used on the tracks in washington as new evidence shows someone else was at the controls with the engineer before the deadly derailment. breaking her silence. harvey weinstein's former assistant calls him a repulsive monster. >> he was the most manipulate tiff -- his moods changed very quickly. >> what she claims happened at the venice film festival and why she waited so long to speak out. the college house party that was so crazy even the air tested

positive for alcohol. and lottery fever. the $223 million mega millions jackpot grows even larger overnight and that's not the only megajackpot up for grabs today. oh, we can dream on this wednesday, can't we, about that jackpot? we'll start with breaking news from capitol hill. senate republicans have passed their historic tax bill. >> they voted after midnight 51-48 along party lines. it's a major victory for president trump who immediately tweeted the united states senate just passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill and he announced a white house news conference once the house votes. >> the average american household is expected to see a tax cut of 1600 next year. abc's arlette saenz has more on what the bill means for you. good morning, arlette. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kendis and diane.

it was another late night in the senate but republicans were beaming as they passed their tax plan. president trump is now on the verge of taking a tax victory lap. shortly after midnight a celebration erupted in the senate. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> reporter: republicans cheered as they passed the most sweeping tax overhaul in three decades. their vote was met with protests. [ chanting ] >> reporter: democrats were outraged. >> what a disgrace. that's what this bill is. it's an absolute disgrace. >> reporter: hours earlier a similar scene played out in the house. speaker paul ryan overjoyed as he gaveled in their vote. but shortly after the gop tax plan hit an unexpected proceed surely snag. the house will be forced to vote again today but the outcome is not expected to change. republicans are on the verge of handing president trump his first major legislative win but

gop leaders say they still need to make a sales pitch. >> if we can't sell this to the american people we ought to go into another line of work. >> reporter: it gives the biggest cut to corporations and permanently splashes their rate from 35 to 21% and individual tax cuts will expire after eight years but americans will see their standard deduction and child tax credit doubled. a new study show americans making 75,000 or less will face a tax hike in a decade while wealthy americans will continue to see a tax cut. the white house insists president trump won't benefit personally. >> the president will likely take a big hit. but on the business side he could benefit. priority number one being it helps the american middle class. >> reporter: the president says this will be the biggest tax cut in reform in history but experts say that's not actually true. the president had hoped to sign it into law before christmas but the white house is now saying that may not happen until the new year. so, kendis and diane, keep your

calendars open. >> yeah, they have a government that might shut down come friday. lots to worry about. thank you, arlette. the trump administration is reportedly laying the groundwork for a deem to protect young immigrants known at d.r.e.a.m.ers who came to the u.s. as children. politico reports white house chief of staff john kelly met with a bipartisan group of senators and a compromise could come as early as next month. kelly is vortedly demanding a list of border security changes including a required length for the border wall. now to the other breaking news story from overnight. we've learned five of the 12 people killed in a bus crash in mexico were americans. they were passengers from cruise ships on a trip to see mayan ruins south of cancun and their bus flipped over and passengers on other buses in the convoy describe seeing the crash. >> seeing the windshield was -- you could tell somebody probably had gone -- quite a few had gone through it probably. you could see that.

so that was kind of hard to see. >> no doubt and we still don't know what caused the crash. the weather was clear and witnesses report no other vehicles in the area. the investigation into the deadly train derailment in washington state is now focusing on whether the engineer was distracted. officials confirm at the time of the crash a conductor who was training on the job was in the cab with the engineer. the seattle to portland train was traveling 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. an automated system called positive train control other ptc would have slowed it down but it's not operational on that track yet. amtrak's ceo says starting ptc requires the cooperation of several companies and agencies. >> we are huge supporters of positive train control. we have all of our capital allocated to get it done and we've allocated that capital and put all the resources on it. there's no one that wants positive train control more than amtrak. >> the automated system is

expected to be operational on that stretch of track this spring. budget concerns have delayed system upgrades on other routes across the country as well. meanwhile, two of the three passengers killed have been identified. both were train enthusiasts who bought tickets because it was the first ride on a new route. >> the thomas fire burning in southern california have now grown into the second largest wildfire in the state's recorded history. the fire has burned 272,000 acres north of los angeles and is only 55% contained. crews say it could take another three weeks to bring it under control and the winds are expected to pick up yet again today. and there are new concerns in the meantime, about the 200,000 puerto rican evacuees who fled to florida after hurricane maria. their housing vouchers run out on january 15th. lawmakers are calling on puerto rico's governor to request fema extend programs that pay for hotels and other housing. time now for a look at your weather on this wednesday morning.

we're tracking two storms that could delay your travel plans this week. first a storm is bringing heavy rain from texas into the carolinas today. another storm is bringing snow from the northwest to the plains. it will turn into rain by the time it hits the east coast this weekend. today's temperatures will be more seasonable from washington to boston. it will feel like the day before witness around the great lakes but still mild across the south. 81 in miami. 61 in l.a. 68 in phoenix. not bad. well, coming up the big election that came down to a single vote. also ahead a popular tv host announces she's quitting after finding out what her male co-host was getting paid. the jumbo jackpot up for

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whoa. >> we're back with this wild scene near ft. lauderdale. an officer being dragged. that's what's happening right there. he went to check on a man and woman in a car and police had received a call saying the couple appear to have overdosed. that driver woke up and then started the engine and sped away. the officer finally let go after half a mile. he's now recovering from his injuries to his arms and feet. the driver is now charged with attempted murder. amazing video. prosecutors say the driver of a school bus that crashed and chattanooga, tennessee, last year was talking on his phone when the bus veered off the road. six children were killed in that crash. the driver faces vehicular homicide charges. his trial begins in february. the epa is defending its administer scott pruitt following a report he spent

$9,000 of taxpayer money to sweep his office for listening devices and install sophisticated locks. the agency says pruitt is facing a large number of threats and says president obama's epa chief took similar precautions. the balance of power in virginia has turned on literally one vote. that was the margin after a recount for a seat in the house of delegates. shelly simon's win is expected to be certified beating david yancey. it ended 17 years of republican control. a new record, complaints about robocalls or phone spam have nearly doubled in the last two years. the do not call registry is growing rapidly. but it only blocks legal calls. the latest trick by phone spammers is the neighbor scam which spoofs the first six digits of your number so the call appears to be from someone local that you may know.

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month and still on the right. marta. >> harvey weinstein's former assistant is breaking her silence about the rape allegations against the hollywood producer calling weinstein a repulsive monster. zelda perkins claims weinstein tried to rape her colleague in 1998 at the venice film festival. perkins said she and her colleague left miramax after lawyers made it clear that taking on weinstein would be a challenge. >> the lawyers made it very clear that we didn't have very many options. we hasn't because we hadn't gone to the police when we were in venice. we had no physical evidence and ultimately it would be two under 25-year-old women's words against harvey weinstein. >> perkins says miramax paid her more than $150,000 as part of a n nondisclosure agreement and in return he would agree to go to therapy.

perkins says she doesn't know if he ever went and an attorney says weinstein denies any nonconsensual conduct or threatening behavior. a tv host is walking away if her job to protest a massive disparity in pay with her male co-host jason kennedy. catt sadler of "e! news" said they had the same level but he was paid twice as much. she wrote, how can i operate with integrity and stay on at e! if they're not willing to pay me the same as him or at least come close. in response, e! released a statement saying it pays them fairly based on their roles regardless of gender. in tennessee a baby girl and her mother have something in common like no other mother and child. they were conceived around the same time. tina gave birth after she became implanted with the oldest known frozen embryo to become a baby. tina is 26, the embryo was frozen back in 1992. >> if this embryo was born when

it was supposed to be, we could have been best friends. we could have been friends and he just thought that was so funny. that's been the going joke. >> tina and her husband picked it "after laughter" looking through hundreds of profiles and said no idea it would be a world record birth. just happy to have a healthy baby. new details about the former doctor for the u.s. gymnastics team who pleaded guilty. a published report shows michigan state university where dr. larry nassar worked allowed him to see patients while he was under criminal investigation. more than 140 women accuse him of assault. already sentenced to 60 years for child pornography. police in maryland have busted a college house party that they say was so boozed up even the air tested positive for alcohol. police in bethesda were called to shut down the party at an off-campus home and said the air inside registered at 0.01 on their breathalyzer. six fraternity brothers at

american university are now charged with serving alcohol to minors and just think, they wouldn't have to even pour them a drink. just walking in, open a window serving alcohol. >> that's amazing. okay time now for sports starting with college basketball. >> highlights from espn. >> good morning, it's "sportscenter" from los angeles. stan verrett along with neil everett. neil is up first. >> all right, this kid trey young plays for oklahoma. >> yeah. >> grew up in norman. think he could walk -- he went to high school right down the block from where he's playing now and doing some things. against northwestern state. northwestern state gave us jim croce's last concert. they were no match for oklahoma. nobody has been no match for young. 26 points, 22 assists, that ties the ncaad1 record with three other records and avery johnson is one of 105-68. also had 26 points. this kid is good. r.j. williams says he could be the next steph curry.

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>> ♪ >> good morning and hello, i'm matt o'donnell. 4:27 a.m. it is wednesday. here's what's next on "action news." an 85-year-old man is stabbed 20 times. he's found dead in his own home in west philadelphia. police is searching for his killer. we're live with the latest developments. christmas package thieves didn't go for the box on the front porch, they went for the whole truck. details on the delivery driver who was robbed at gunpoint. the senate approved the gop tax cut plan overnight but there's still another step before it heads to president trump's desk. that's coming up on "action news" plus much more, weather and traffic. you know the drill. we'll be right back ♪ the south

following a texas mother's mishap. >> and posted this on facebook after accidentally leaving the magical scout in the oven. the charred little elf is making rounds on social media. reporter kevin reece has the story. >> reporter: this is the scene of the crime. where brittany meese has been trying reluctantly -- >> everybody hates the damn thing. >> reporter: to keep the idea of the elf on the shelf -- sglefry year they're like where's elfis. >> he reports back to santa and 9-year-old grayson explains. >> to see if we're bad or good. >> reporter: but this year grayson and 5-year-old aislely's mom who knows she will not win elf on the shelf mom of the year was keeping it in hiding until days ago. >> i panicked because they were coming around so i grabbed him and tossed him in here really fast. yesterday i preheated the oven for pasta and didn't think to look. i started to smell something super funky. by then when the kids heard the

word elf they thought that he had magically reappeared. i started to grab him out and the kids were like, don't touch him. he'll lose his magic. we were trying to like wiggle him out with utensils and his head flew off. one screamed. one cried. one asked if santa would fix him and then the other was one was glad that he would no longer tell on her. >> reporter: yes, 5-year-old aislely was glad the snitch was dead and because she put it on facebook, brittany became the hero of tens of thousands of mops worldwide who secretly would like their efs on their shelves to disappear too. even a mom who doesn't much care for elfis is willing to save him for her kids. >> ho, ho, ho. hi, everybody. >> hi. >> reporter: which is why a neighborhood santa showed up from the north pole. >> yay. >> there he is. >> reporter: with a repaired and

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday, december 20th. tam is offer. jeanette reyes joins us. >> here's what we're following for you this morning. a gunman fires into a chinese restaurant critically injured a teen boy. >> a car strikes and kills a man stepping off a dart bus in delaware. >> the senate votes overnight on a rewrite of the tax code with the republicans one step closer to achieving their first major legislative victory under president trump. >> first up, weather and traffic. david is off. matt pelman joins us along with karen rogers. good morning. >> yes, good