>> people are still reeling from the massacre in las vegas. we talked to one hero from our area who was there in the front row getting shot at and saving lives. that, and puerto rico still recovering from the devastation caused by a category five hurricane maria that swept through the island. they are in desperate need of help. help is arriving including the president of the united states. that, and another story about a leader in the black lives matter movement has decided he will sue the nypd. all of your headlines and local weather. i'm bill spadea, and this is

chasing news. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> as more details are coming out of las vegas, word learning more about the shooter and what took place that night. for the full story, will check in with caroline. >> police in multiple states are searching homes and questioning acquaintances of 64-year-old stephen paddock. dozens are dead and hundreds wounded. officials don't know what prompted the deadliest mass shooting in history. people are coming forward explaining the chaos. >> there crying, panicking, people are screaming. >> several hundred victims are in area hospitals. the injuries are more severe

than most gunshots. due to the type of guns used in the attack. >> these were large winds that we saw. the fractured shrapnel created a different pattern. >> the police and investigators are continuing to look into the lone gunman. we have learned that he spent tens of thousands of dollars overseas. it's not clear if the payments were linked it to the attack. they are still looking for a motive. >> we are using the best practice technology. that's why it's taking a longer time. >> president trump will visit the city tomorrow. he will talk with first responders, local officials, victims. >> thank you. i want to introduce you to a man that was there is the shots rang out, he was a true hero.

meet sean, guy from jersey. at what point did you realize the sounds you are gary were in fact gunshots? >> probably four or five songs and i heard a firecracker go off. i looked down and didn't think anything of it. i thought it was a firecracker. then i saw two cops that were in between the barricade and the stage. i saw the look on their face and it was like horror. and they drew their guns. at that time i knew that was not a firework. it was shots fired. >> what did you do as the gunfire was healing down on the crowd? people are panicking around you, what steps did you take and how did you help people get out of harm's way? >> from there, everybody was laying down and ducking. we didn't know where the bullets were coming from. i realize that we're sitting targets. i took the initiative to stand up and start bringing people

over that barricade. they keep that clear so nobody gets to the stage. at that time we heard more shots on it sounded like people are coming after us. people were panicking, there's a shooter, run. at that time i felt like i should do something to calm the situation down. i raised my voice so they knew i was serious. i told them calm down. we all can get through this together. everybody took a breath and realized we have to slow down and get everybody through so nobody gets trampled. >> thank you. what an incredible story. what an experience. you are one of the heroes and good stories that have come out of this horrific massacre. i want to bring in our a+ panel. i'm joined by jeanette hoffman.

and wayne smith, former mayor and head of wayne smith enterprise. wayne, you are hearing some of these, it's hard to even say good new stories, but some of the unbelievable heroism that has come out of what was a horrific scene in las vegas. what you say about the politics behind this? before they even knew how many people have been killed there were democratic strategist and elected officials tweeting about gun control. what are your thoughts? >> folks look at these tragic circumstances that are running through a community for the last few years. every so often we get this horrific story. the question is, where do you stand politically is, is there something that can be done about it? the democratic stories that we need to do -- why do you need?

you knock it out with an automatic weapon. >> are they already illegal? >> we don't know. it is too soon. there such a knee-jerk response on twitter. suddenly thousands of gun control policy experts on my twitter feed. we need to listen to law-enforcement, we need to listen to people on the scene. to see what happened. to see if any laws could have change this. >> to think hillary clinton and her tweet about silencers, and the unbelievable job of officers getting to the sky. >> unfortunately what hillary clinton and other political opportunist in only served to write our country more instead of bringing them together. that's what we should be doing during a tragedy like this. >> what people are looking for in this horrific situation, is there a policy shift that may be helpful in the circumstances. >> i think it's demonizing republicans. i read something about an executive saying i don't feel bad about. >> the cbs director had no

sympathy,. >> this is not thoughtful policy. >> but that wasn't official democratic apparatus. >> i see democrats do it too. >> we could debate this for an hour true but i wanted to my attention to puerto rico. they're still trying to recover from the devastating hurricane. the president was there. ashley has the story. >> president donald trump and first lady melania arrived in puerto rico on tuesday for meetings with local officials. he told them in a joking manner. >> i hate to tell you, but you thrown our budget out of whack. we spent a lot of money on puerto rico. that's fine, we saved a lot of lives. >> this comes days after he talked about the mayor about her lack of response. trump praised her roug efforts d

invited officials to weigh in. >> i think it's a very important day that the president finally acknowledged for puerto rico. the people puerto rico they have been pushed. >> the governor told trump that 16 people have been reported dead as a result of the hurricane. trumps visit comes days after bob menendez toured the island and attacked the president saying he dragged the feet on helping them millions at their most vulnerable time. >> thanks ashley. let's bring the panel back in. this seems to be more politics and facts coming out of puerto rico. >> i think there's a lot of name-calling and finger-pointing, a lot of partisan politics of all.

i listen to the press conference something that struck me when the congresswomen had said fema has been on the ground since before the storm even hit. that struck me. you have the mayor of san juan sander not doing enough, fema has been there, they have 4000 people in puerto rico before the storm hit. i would say there's another side of the story that hasn't come out. >> some people say 795% of the island without power and they want to point the finger president trump. they had huge financial difficulties leading into this, going back years. >> what makes us more difficult for puerto rico, they have to self infrastructure financially to do anything. we note that. i have every mayors gonna say someone should do more. is a governments responsibility, but, we have people here, do more. >> she's very partisan. >> so stall trump.

he is the mayor's upset but he's in attack mode and not acting presidential. >> i think he is acting presidential. he's there on the ground. they're talking about their -- >> to think it's the opposite of what some of the pundits have been saying, say that puerto rico has been ignored and were second-class citizens. some suggested a racial component. could you argue that they had more attention than any other storm ravaged area that i can think of in recent memory. i don't hear anything about irma and harvey question. >> because it was so devastating that's why they're making a big production about it. it's a lot harder to get help the there was to taxes and other places. >> coming up, not a lawsuit. this time a black lives matter local leader ready to sue the nypd. dan will have your local weather

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your local weather. first, there's an election coming up in a little over a month. jersey voters will decide who will be the successor to chris christie. i'm joined by one of the candidates, republican, kim ladonna who's also the lieutenant governor. so the battle lines have been drawn. one of the driving issues is the cost of pensions in the state specifically public worker pensions. one thing that might separate you but were not sure is whether or not cops and firefighters should have control of their pensions. this cap their ability when there negotiating a union contract. they can quote with a 2%. bill murphy hasn't taken a position. >> right, he's can whittle the study comes out. funny it's not coming out until after the november election. he says that he's going to fully from the pension and healthcare, plus about $75 billion with the promises he can't keep. you don't know where he stands

because everyday changes. now i think he's coming off of it. we should demand an answer. >> there's been a cap since 2011 they've gone up a little more, but it's lower growth and it's been before 2011. >> i think we saved about $2.9 billion in property taxes were the most taxed people in the country. i think it's about property taxes. i think people have a right to know where he stands on it. >> he said he's gonna raise taxes, what are you hearing from people, what's their driving issue? >> the number one issue for me and i bet for your listeners is a pay too much in property taxes. think people need to know i think we should sign the arbitration, think we should do it now.

i think phil murphy should be compelled to answer the questions before hand because it's the number one issue on your mind. >> separate the cops and firefighters from the rest. >> take their pension so long as the taxpayers are not risk they should have it manage it. >> i want to bring in our a+ panel to break it down and talk about the election. jeanette, good to see. and wayne smith. wayne, your former mayor of irvington. we talk about the arbitration cap. it's confusing to people at home. there are two caps, one on real estate taxes at 2% and the other on arbitration. and contracts are negotiated if they can't figure it out between the two parties it goes to a third-party arbitrator and they cannot raise the salaries within 2%. the unions are saying, no good. the polls on both sides are saying taxes will go crazy if you lift it.

>> technically does help the mayor manage but they're all calling for that stay the same, it technically does help you in the budget. but they are the comments you want to balance the budget on police and fire but it keeps that cost in check. so it's a good thing, a lot of people who are prolabor have a challenge with that particularly if you're in a political dynamic. >> to skim have a shot given the fact that she's talking about something both unions want, that's their pension to be separate from the rest of the state workers. they've done it successfully in arizona and wisconsin. >> i think it's a start move.

the benefit system is in trouble. a huge portion of our budget. it makes perfect sense to separate the two. don't forget, kim is a former sheriff, a former law-enforcement officer. who will have the backs of law-enforcement nfl sheriff. >> yes and don't forget, she's talking about property taxes. the number one issue in the state of new jersey and affordability. her opponent, we have no idea what he'll do. >> are either view surprise the democrats outnumber republicans by a huge margin. yet, a lot of folks are saying with the internal polls that this is a single-digit race. >> the polls still say it's double digits, pgh so, surprise. kim's talking about affordability and taxes, her opponent nobody knows who it is and he'll raise your taxes. >> the leader of black lives matter in new york is getting set to sue the nypd for what he says was excessive force when he

was arrested in february at a black lives matter protest protesting the immigration policy in washington square park. for the full story will bring in diana. what's going on? >> the president a black lives matter of greater new york. for six years he spent his days protesting what he sees as police brutality and black america. now he's fighting for his own justice. he plans to sue the nypd over an incident on february 11 when he was falsely arrested and assaulted by officers while protesting against president trumps immigration band. he said officers through him to the ground, arrested and charged him with resisting arrest and two counts of disorderly conduct. prosecutors announced those charges will be dismissed as long as he stays out of jail for the next six months.

>> i was in handcuffs in february. i was screaming the cops are too tight. and they said i was fine. >> he said he wants justice for the injuries he sustained during the arrest. to his back, and that, and hands. in his notice of claim he has for $5 million. the nypd did not respond for request. >> thanks diana, let's bring in our panel. jeanette, and wayne, wayne, your mayor part of being a mayors keeping the peace. it seems to me if have protest over the past year so. many have gotten violent. doesn't sound like the cops or anything wrong. >> we don't know. the issue is this young man will have his day in court based on allegations and will find that out, there's videos all over.

certainly it's a free judicial system. we have no other information to say who's right or wrong. i do know they declare black lives matter a civil rights organization. they recently were sued. it's a movement not an organization. >> aren't they their own worst enemy? the started on the complete law of hands up, don't shoot. everywhere they go someone's getting arrested, they're not help in their costs. >> let's talk about a peaceful protest. was a peaceful? i don't know. when you show up and write your you're not there to peacefully protest. is this a publicity stunt, or was the law-enforcement officer overstepped. >> how far away from social justice have these organization going. a black lives matter and it's

got neighbors on edge. >> i don't think they've teamed up. they do their own thing, they show up for other people are doing things. but it's a movement for social change in the country. stem from what people viewed as police overreacting to certain situations. another addressing social inequality that exists. one of the most exciting movements since the silver rights movement with doctor king put to the work that change this country. >> i think some of them have gotten out of hand. >> doctor king -- >> thanks wayne. it's good to have you. let's bring in dan with your weather. >> on meteorologist and, let's have a look at your weather

forecast for the next few days. the dome of sinking air responsible for this weather will shift to the south and ea east. this will open the door to some warmer air and humidity in the atmosphere. mornings will be warmer as well. here's your forecast. lower 50s will do it for most low temperatures. the past few nights we've seen isolated storms and areas that recorded a freeze. wednesday looks like a winner with sun and clouds, high temperatures warmer in mid to upper 70s. i won't rule out 80 degrees. thursday is upper 70s to lower '80s. next chance for rain will be sunday afternoon into monday of next week. >> think stand. stick around, more show coming up.

>> welcome back to chasing news. i'm bill spadea. here's a look at headlines were chasing tonight. >> springsteen on broadway opened tuesday. the missed solution solo show runs through february. the runner sold out but it's possible to get a ticket at select shows at a bargain of $75 plus service fees. the deadline to sign up for the lottery closes it wednesday 10:00 a.m. sign up at lucky seat.com. senator bob menendez was in court on tuesday and taking the stand was kathleen. they say he pressured kathleen to intervene in the $9 million medicare scheme which involved doctor solomon, the other defendant in the trial. they say menendez was just clarifying a bill on a policy dispute for frank, nothing more. leaving court they were asked about. >> do you agree with her characterization of that meeting? >> i'm not going to speak about

this trial. >> the trial resumes wednesday. that's a look at headlines were chasing today. >> if you live in new york and new jersey, you know one of the big issues is affordability. how do you afford to pay your bills? howdy afford to stay in this area? in new jersey, one particular concern is property taxes. if you own a house in jersey it gets more expensive every year. a few years back they pastor cap that was supposed to limit the growth of taxes. it did, sorta, but they still go up. no politician has addressed the fact that property taxes have been out of control for a long time. it's what's making the race in new jersey, despite an overwhelming advantage, democrats over republicans

live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. an absolutely tragic crash. a two-year-old killed in that crash in tullytown. the person who police say is behind it stepped over the toddler who ended up ejected on to the street. unimaginable. thank you for joining us tonight. i'm lucy noland. police say that man had just shoplifted from a wal*mart. our chris o'connell joins us live from where it all unfolded. chris. >> reporter: good evening, lucy. just a few minutes ago, police have charged a 27-year-old new jersey man with third degree murder in connection with the death of his own son. tullytown police say that man left