q. the final five, house republicans turns out the final vote wasn't so final. another threat of a government shutdown the north from causing trouble during the olympics, a safety system delayed by congress may prehave prevented the deadly amtrak case. the attorney general's new crack down on violent crime. this is the final five. let's do this. here we are # one:30 on a tuesday night and a tax reform bill is getting close to heading to the president's desk. the president has been debating the bill for hours. chris

holland showing everybody's favorite charts and graphs. the house got its final vote on the bill was over. but now it has to do a do over. before republican members of the house reiced that they were happy. on this vote the yeas are 227 and the anyways are 203. the report is adopted without adopting the motion. i want to start off by thanking the american people for sebding us here to do this work for them. this is one of the most important pieces of legislation that congress has passed in decades to help the american worker, to help grow the american economy. this is profound change and this is change that is going to put our country on the right path for all those mills of men and women in america who are living paycheck to paycheck who are struggling to get ahead, help is on the way. >> even the paul ryan pounded that huge gravel when republican

have to did it again. why. >> democrats noted three provisions viemented senate rules and they have to remove them. the gop doing this tax bill under reconciliation. there are budget rules. and one of the rules means the house has to make a change as simple as the title of the bill. they can't call it the tax cuts. they have to come up with this catchy name. pursuant to titles two and five the current resolution for fiscal year 2018 i wish i thatted a gravel and while the gop is cheering this bill on, democrats have been blasting the measure painting it as a tax cut for the wealthy and somebody went to kinkos before the debate in the senate because they brought along more charts and graphs. this looks like the monopoly one. 83 percent of the total federal tax change over the gol gop bill goes to the top 1 percent. the bill would add to t

addition to calling this tax bill for the wealthy democrats warned about repealing the individual mandate. that is something the bill does. the corporate tax cuts are permanent . they last forever. the tax cuts for individual, inadequate, and modest as they are, expire after a few years. i wonder why they did that? through a new way of calculating inflation called change cpi which would hurt middle class families. that doesn't take into account the millions of americans and my colleague from pennsylvania who was part of that in that night brought in the middle of the street and put a new provision, will cost 13 million americans. >> the tax bill will also help make president trump richer while he's claimed the exact opposite. there is no way to prove that because the president never releases tax returns. in some ways particularly on the personal side

likely take a big hit, but on the business side he could benefit, but the biggest focus for this white has has been to make sure all americans are better off today after this tax passes than they were beforehand . we really focused on invigorating the middle class and making sure they got more of their hard-earned money. sanders also said the reason the president hasn't release the tax returns is because they're under audit. >> the gop may not have much time to celebrate the tax bill because congress has to hammer out a spending bill by friday. sound familiar? two weeks ago congress stopped a temporary tax quut to keep the government up and running. that runs out on midnight on friday. congress is facing another deadline to avoid a democratic shutdown. they are backing away over daca. that should help negotiations run more smoothly. dozens of disems if the

measure on a vote nen as the dream act. under of president trump said he was ending daca but congress gave six months to come up with a solution. the six months are up in march. q. let's talk about north korea, american and south korean marines conducted more military drills today and they did it in sub freezing temperatures. more than 400 marines from both countries took part in the train ing simulating combat on ski slopes as well as doing jump ing jacks, battle games. they did this in temperatures negative four degrees. south korea's leader said he would be willing to cutback on the frequent military exercises with the us if it could ease tensions with the north ahead of the 2018 olympics. thisser ' set to start in february which is 50 miles away from the dmz with the north. south korean president moon jay in said visitors

concerns. he doesn't think north korea will try to disrupt the games. north korea south korea is sending a full set. tensions between the us and north korea continue to rise over blame for a cyber attack. this was a careless and reckless attack. it affected industry and the government. the consequences were beyond economic. the commuters computers effected badly in the uk and their healthcare system put lives at risk, not just money. after careful investigation, the united states is investigating the cyber attacks in north korea. we do not make this allegation lightly . we do so with evidence and we do with partners. the uk , australia and new disee land all share the same conclusion that north korea was around the cyber attack. computers running windows were targeted and demand ing ransom in the f

150 nations and was stopped after a 22 year old user allow ing him to disable mal \wear\ware good big questions about the big news from yesterday, the train crash, the questions are surrounding whether or not a sif ticketed event system that congressman dated could have prevented that amtrak cash crash in washington state. congress moved to install a system, years after that system is still not in place. when installed it can automatically slow down a train that is going too t fast and reduce the risk of derailment. a lot of people asked yesterday, that simple, why nt it running in congress green lighted the system back in 2008. it still has not been rolled out. the vice chair of the ntsb said they want it in place by now, but congress keeps delaying it. we recommended to the fdr and different train companies such as amtra

it was required to have implementation. congress did delay the deadline. they pushed the deadline forward. but the rule really was that it had you have been implemented already. >> so what's the hold up here, money and lots of it. in 2008 when congressman dated positive train control on all major rail lines all these changes were supposed to be done by the end of 2015 but the railroads complained congress delayed it for three more years because of the price tag. we're talking about 22 bill over 20 years and part of the problem is coordinating trains and switches and signals. a transportation system warnings that that delay is putting lives at risk. it's a slow moving target at least to implement but it's an immediate need. as more accidents in particular happen. we saw in philly two years ago, 2015, right now, 2017 these are becoming a continued need in many different regions, but the

dictate into getting the project done. >> right now railroad companies have until the end of 2018 to implement ptc. this comes as the railroad administration has considered the most safety ticketed event in more than a. in this climate these days, there's a lot of move against de regulation, against moving away from some sort of a regulatory polys here. this is one that, as you see, congress called for it. it hasn't been put into place yet and that doesn't do a lot for the famil ies of those who were killed or injured, not just there, but philadelphia and other accidents on the rails over the last couple of years. today the justice department rolling out two violent task forces. shar lolt, north carolina, one of two areas where the task forces will be working, they will work on

, kidnappings, extortion they'll work with the fbi and local law enforcement. the fact is some people just have to be prosecuted. i wish it weren't so. i wish we had better solutions for the problem than jail you but we don't. my experience tells me and so i appreciate your work. >> now the justice department also announced 40 new assistant us attorney positions to prosecute violent crime. one position here in d.c. three are in maryland. up next on the final five, the president honing on his first big legislative accomplishment. we're talking about that coming up here next on the final five.

let's talk a little bit more about the tax vote before congress. the paul is in the national's court right now. they are on the clock. aside from the maneuvering today that is forcing the house to vote

like republicans will score a significant victory to wrap up their year. how big. we have two guests up lauren dealt, form er press secretary for senator form. i will let everybody at home figure out who is lauren and who is garret? a. but either one of you chime in right now. is a big deal. a little bit of a setback today. but it looks like this is full steam ahead. >> this is a big win for the people that voted for president trump in 2016. you know, look, people voted for the ability to bring their jobs back to the united states. they voted for the ability to have companies bring jobs back home and also to have more money in their pockets . once we see this tax reform signed into law we're looking as early as february for people to see money back in their paycheck. it's been amus

republican, to see kind of the democrats spin machine in full swing because the reality of the situation is that people are about to get more money back in their paychecks april that's good thing from the american people. when you mentioned about the democrats, we saw chris van holland up there. we saw some senators from these other high tax states, new york and california. in can pennsylvania, those are the 12 republicans who roated no in the house from states like that. they're saying that's their concern. they think that people in maryland and the high tax states. that doesn't seem like that's going to be the case, at least back ers of the bill are saying this. the reality of this, this bill cuts taxes for about 80 percent of americans. people will see a tax cut of anywhere between 1600 and $2,000 . that's a big difference . h this is about fairer taxes and bringing relief to small business owners, middle class families and working families, too. it does things

and individuals will pay no taxes on. expanding the child tax credit so working families can take care of their children this is an important bill and the reality is democrats are spewing out the regular talking points here, but the reality is that this is going to cut taxes you're going to see bigger paychecks and you're going to see more jobs here in america. when the idea came out it looked like the president was calling for 15 percent corporate tax. they settled on 21 percent. you're going from 35 to 21 percent. but that seemed to be a big sticking point in the negotiations. is the business community, are they happy with -- i'm sure they would be happier with 15 percent, but two # percent, that's still pretty significant. i think the business community is happy with this tax break. i mean you saw the stock market today doing extremely well and i think something that's important to point out is the fact that when president obama was in office he proposed cutting the corporate tax rate as

anywhere because he didn't have the support on capital hill, but i think that cutting the corporate tax rate is something that unfortunately although democrats didn't decide to vote for this today is something that in reality has bipartisan approval. our country has the highest corporate tax rate in the western world. we have not reformed our tax code in 30 years plus. and so the important thing to remember today and i know that a lot of democrats have wanted to paint this as something that is for the wealthy and that is, you know, the # percent. the reality is this tax plan is going to be something that helps bring jobs back to the united states, which is something that people have been waiting for for a really long long time. let's say that senate passes this tonight, the house votes thraw tomorrow which they're going to do. what do you want to see the republicans tackle l next when we go into next year

great question. that's why i asked it. that's a good question. so i think that one thing that you're going to see is the president obviously wants to focus on his infrastructure plan. they're eventually going to have to come back and fix healthcare. h this tax plan it does repeal the individual mandate, but premiums are out of control under obamacare. you have people throughout the country that have maybe one option. they need to come back together on healthcare and fix this. this will not only be a big win for republicans but for the american people. i think the infrastructure bill, it puts a lot of people back to work. it helps democrats, republicans. >> garret, don't get come if i in that chair. that's my chair see you after this on the final five. bass bass

>> next time somebody tells you i'm not going to vote it doesn't count so them this story. a single vote likely decided race in virginia's house of delegates and that vote in turn may also spell the end of republican control in virginia's house. a recount put shell i simon ahead of her republican in the nine district which is around newport news. officials don't expect any balance to be challenged. it would split virginia's house at 50/50. there are till other recounts that remain set for tomorrow and thursday. we'll keep an eye on a race for sure. one guy on facebook lived in that district or moved out of that district and said i changed my voter rej station and he says it's all his fault now. if you're find that guy on facebook . it's all his fault. q. the centers for disease control says there are no words that are off limits whe

comes to public health:the trump administration was banning seven words including sign based. after uproar the cdc is now trying to assure the public there are no words banned, science is and remains a function or our work. >> the words and phrases used in casual conversation that americans find oh anothing. the number two on the list is a favor of president trump so we'll let him do the honors. it's all fake news. it's phony stuff. but i am only against the fake news media or press. fake. fake. i also want to speak to you -- hold on without the filter here it comes of the fake news. you are fake news. yeah, we know it's fake news. here's the entire top four words and noises. whatever takes the top spot. number three, no offense and number

something that nobody can ever use properly to save their life literally. i am literally so tired i can sleep for 13 years. no offense, but i think this hole is fake news, whatever. i have to say -- it's literally fake news. these are not great words that i want to hear a lot but the word that i find most annoying from the past year that i think is over used is probably snowflake. oh, yeah. that gets thrown around a lot. it gets thrown around a lieutenant and it's used incorrectly because i find that many people who throw out the word snowflake when you engage with them on social media and throughout certain words and phrases you say one thing and that sets them off. and they're a snowflake. >> yeah. >> if you're upset and calling someone a snowflake you might be a snowflake. you should team up with jeff fox and write a whole new book. >> let me can you,

losing my voice a little bit. do i sound like my aunt grace. you don't sound like aunt grace you sound like maybe you're getting a little sick. >> it's just my throat. take your vitamin c, drink a lft orange juice. the boost i have over here. take some of the zinc cuff drops. >> thank you christie. the white house is temporarily re moving the petition. the we the people launched in 2011 under the obama add manufacturings. too many critics are using it. they'll relaunch it and they claim the change will save you $1.3 million in a year. the 100,000 signatures will begin receiving responses. the trump administration has not yet responded to any of the 17 signatures that cleared the signature threshold. >> mean meantime, if you work in intelligence i can understand

epa had the office professionally examined. the hill says the agency paid $3,000 for a sweep of scott prosecute it's office checking for covert and illegal surveillance video devices. the sweep did not uncover any bugs. it happened weeks after prosecute it's arrival. and told the agency it received an unprecedented amount of threats. who is sleeping soundly and who is tossing and turning tonight? i'm glad you asked. we'll answer that when you come back on the final five.

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well quom back to the final five . let's give you a live look inside the us senate. chuck schumer is speaking. where is the woman that is usually behind him, the woman with the blank expression who works for him. of course we know they're continuing the debate in the senate right now. when we talk about the day in washington, how could republican s and democrats have the best and worse day. it gave some ambition incision to gop votes of passing \tax\tacks re form by christmas. the senate will pass this tonight. the house will do it again tomorrow who will remember the second time paul ryan wheeledded the enormous gavel. it's always about the first try. if you believe the polls, the polys the most unpopular. how many people will feel that way. expect to see the sene

through the 2018 midterms. in the mean time that is the final five tonight. same bat time, say the bat channel.

announcer: today on "tmz" -- charles: ok, selena gomez and justin bieber getting back together is not going well for her mother, who literally had to be taken to the hospital over this. >> she had a fight with selena earlier that day about justin. selena told her, we're in couples therapy. >> which means they're going to get married. >> they've both sown their royal oats. he's gone out and dated models. she went out and dated celebrities. >> i think it's a myth you get this out of your system banging models. >> new england patriots owner bob kraft, we asked what do you think about diddy owning the carolina panthers? >> he's a very good businessman. charles: there's a chance diddy can do this. >> ciroc all around in carolina. >> can you serve ciroc in the stadium?