the war on halloween it is underway in one full swing. one school can selling a halloween parade. and ap local county naacp crying racism over a halloween sports display. that and hate speech or free speech. catholic university students under fire for an article she wrote about same-sex marriage. >> they don't like same sex marling in the catholic religion. >> and superstorm sandy. it happened five years ago sunday. we are going to another superstorm in our forecast. i am bill spadea, this is "chasing news "." >> the war on halloween. halloween is around the corner. the wares on. one local school canceling a halloween parade fearing they

would upset folks who were not participating and local county chapter crying racism over a halloween display on somebody's porch. ashley johnson has the full story. ashley, what do you got for us? >> a morris town new jersey elementary school canceled the halloween parade in consideration of students who don't celebrate the holiday. the thomas jefferson elementary school principal notified parents about the decision on letter. the school would not give as you copy of the letter. students reportedly may wear the costumes and they will spend the day solving puzzles and playing bingo the district superintendent did not return the phone calls but said the principal made decisions after conversation with students, parents and other leader. the superintendent was quoted saying it was not based on any parent's complaint ap look at how kids could be included in all celebration. american see you col he guest spoke about the decision. >> so it seems like the old

saying and many outrage. to take that a little further but basically saying it is everyone involved then no one will be involved. >> another example of a we're on halloween the nnacp has called for halloween display in galloway township, new jersey to be taken down. the display apparently shows human remains. meanwhile, morristown would like their kids to par participate in a halloween parade. they are posting the annual poll halloween parade saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the park. i am ashley johnson reporting for "chasing news" bill: thank you, ashley. all right. let's bring in the a plus panel to break this down. i am joined by the prosecutor, bob, good tow sue. a former school board men, great to see you. >> thank you. >> and owner of arguably the most successful comedy club in our area.

god you have here. >> thank you for halving me, bill. bill: let me start with you bob. what i am seeing here, it seems like a celebration of the different cultures but we are getting rid of everything. everything is being whitewashed. somebody might be phoned. >> yeah. bill, i am surprised at this new attack. i aprewith you. the strength of our country is based upon the immigrants that have come over here with barriers they maintain. they become one. we are making shores where they don't need issues in my mind. this is a secularized holiday. we have a rule in this country. the majority rules minorities have rights. and i don't see this in anyway shape or form being issue that disrespects people except for those with want to make it seem. bill: this is dangerous? i think so manies that have changed over the years. you got kill kidd taxing about holidays this only a few are celebrating like kwanzaa around christmas, right?

is kwanzaa an offense and vice versa? it seems to be it is absurd now a we're on halloween. >> now i have to say. it is halloween really a holiday? also we have to think about being more inclusive. i think the principal who did stop the parade, this is the first of many and next year we are going to see more schools doing the same. >> positive things? >> well, aim not sure. think it is positive he has the opportunity we are is including everyone then he has fun activity and it is not just a simple parade but they are learning and growing students that is so fun for the students. >> beyond the prayed ante schools. i won't ask you. there was a house that had halloween decorations, graveyard, skeleton, a witch, a figure with a bloody shirt hanging the porch. naacp in salem county, new jersey, came out and said, this is phoning some people. crying race sim. >> lp, do you want to be offended by this. you are going to be phoned by

this. i don't think that image was offensive in of itself. you can be phoned byever you want to be offended by. are you kidding? he really? come on, people. this is ridiculous already. you can be offended because you want to be phoned. that is the culture we're in now. we're in a culture where people say that is offensive to me. it doesn't matter why. want it down. >> would you agree that? what would you sti the leader of the naacp in salem conni well, i think, today, most people don't want top see the glorified of the dead. glorifying of demons and all of the other sorts of things, so to this person, i would say, um, one of the fights we want to fight. but perhaps we can find other ways. >> le, i want to go back to one thing. first of all, the schools are now having a special day anyway for halloween by doing special activities. i don't understanded how it is anticipate different because you are wearing a costume or not. on the naacp.

i have a different point of view on that. i can understand given the tenor of what is happening in the poll tk today how some people can see a noose metropolitan recently and other venues that it would be offense. there has been history in this country of that kind of a thing s. >> what would you do? i talked about it on the radio this morning. i encouraged him to keep it up. don't be calling victims to the billion lis. >> halloween is the glorification of the dead and the supernatural, that is what it is. and it is always been that. carry movies do it. it is part of the fun of hollow won a. if you want to be phoned be phoned s. if that was clearly personal color? you have different issues. >> a burlap sack. >> it is a burlap sack got leech it there. thank you, guys. the battle who is going to be new jersey's next governor is heating. the polls are getting close. the race is tightening.

it is only ten days and a wake-up away. diana has the full story. >> well, volunteers are working overtime inside of kim gan dag know's cap paim offices this candidate has challenges. they announced the plans to invest even more in the goff near. they are afraid. they are ner nervous. they have been able todry on national funding in order to gedget the campaign messaging out wigs something that murphy said we would not do. dnc will investigate six figures as well as race in the state legislature that come on the heels of high profile visits like former respect barack obama and bill clinton and jim beck could be impacted. >> really, the only way we have been able to combat it through hard work, frankly. >> after the governor's race. hr fis still in the lead but a

new poll shows the race is tightening. >> we did a poll october 13th that showed murphy ahead by 18 points. this poll shows pit is 14 points. kim guadagno is gaining ground. >> the poll filed by quinn pi ago university. that one showed a 20-point lead for murphy and signaled a slightly tightening of the race. the record endorsed murphy and the asbury park press endorsed guadagno. reporting for chasing news. bill: thank you, diana. all right. let's break this down. continue days and a wake-up. we're almost here. what do you think? mean, look. the race clearly is tighter than people want to admit. the consistent thing have seen from all the polls. stockton poll, quinnipiac both republicans and dem democrats in did he decide between one and ten and one in five voters

stills into idea ten days out. >> i don't know how it will turn out. can tell you, i am amazed they were able to suddenly make the election interesting and it is interesting election. everyone not it with a shoo-in and now tight. we'll see how new jersey goes. >> what do you think? >> you would have thought a month ago, that was done deal. murphy was going to win by 2 on it pos. some polls have it as single digit race. you got a democratic candidate really focused on the is about and very concerned and about turnout in mu work and patter somebody and irvington, camden, what do you ni with, it is good see this democrats are coming together from all over this world to help this campaign. this is one out of two governor's races happening in the united states and people are vowing together to make sure we see our next governor as a democrat and a state of new jersey. we have seen enough. we're looking for something new. >> why is it not working? why has the race tightened in the last weeks. if you look at the lopsided amount of money between what the democrats are spending and the

reb republicans are spending. are doing this and shoestring. >> i don't think it is tight. he don't think money has anything to do with it. i think people are disstatsfied. this is the most important elections that this country has seen and needs to be a referendum. democrats heed to get off the tails and vote. >> well, you know where it seems to me that the taxes is front and center and the polls are starting to fleck the fact that people are worried they will not be able to afford four years. they are worried about it. some of the tax plans makes a lot of sense. listen. we got to stop prosecuting marijuana laws and legalize and tax marijuana as a big come nope. we need to took in up corporate tax. >> he is a bright bright guy. we do need to raise tax how we do it is important. if we do it on the backs of the working man. it sounds like if you thrown plan, he will tax and they will find the loop hopehole ap close them and decriminalize marijuana anas. i have been accused by some of

not being great at math. somehow that billion he wants to spend and the tax of $1.3 billion doesn't add up. we'll see. leib it there. thank force for coming. thank you, bill. >> coming up on chasing news. is a big anniversary of superstorm sandhi weekend we will take a look at how far we have come in the past five years and meteorologist dan zarrow well will look at the weather. are we expecting another superstorm this weekend? >> bill, a mild here this weekend but a wild finish. a big storm system heads or way. then big rain, big wind and maybe some flooding in the forecast for sunday then maybe into monday morning as well. i will have details in your forecast, coming

>> welcome backing to chasing news. we have a lot more show for you coming this weekend and what kind of weather are we looking at for sunday. not look good. but first we'll tell you the story that happened in georgetown university. a young student, amelia irvine, wrote an article about being college person. she is under attack for left wing groups and groups that represent the lbgt community saying the article and her position on same-sex marriage is hate speech and it is hurting people. now, meanwhile, she is a student at georgetown university which is a catholic university. i want to introduce to you tyson lang hover who is senior council for the appliance defending

freedom. welcome to chasing news. >> thanks for having. tell me what happened, tyson. you write this article. i am reading about this young woman, 20 years old. er and her boyfriend decided to abstain from sex until they are married. why did they attack her? she writes this article? >> well, you foe, groups on campus that disagree her and have a disagreement not necessarily about their stance on same-sex marriage but also, the stance on marriage and, and amelia's group definitely holds the catholic to marriage which is that marriage is between one man and one woman. and was of that. groups are trying to been aish her from the oldest catholic university for holding traditional catholic views to marriage to one man and one woman. >> did she do it to be provocative? was she doing it to stir up coninvestigators city to take the groups head on? >> absolutley not. in fact, the purpose of the article was simply to state what

her, what the goal of the group and the goal of the group actually focused and what it talks about is pornography, pornography and the harms of the hookup culture so that was the focus of the article and in fact, only one really about traditional marriage and they pulled that out and are using that to derecognize this group and in fact, that is not even the focus of their messaging. >> now you are rep accepting her and the organization behind mer and the group. this is on calm puts. there is a hearing on monday and do you think it is going too for have this hearing why its the university allowing this to be heard give than her article is right in line with the catholics? >> absolutely. just having a hearing in itself is a burden. this is very difficult and stressful time for them. they are going to college. i mean, they are faced with the team recognize simply for hoing to the catholic view of marching.

all right. thank you. appreciate your time. tell her good luck for me. >> thanks. >> all right. let's bring in the a-plus panel to break this down i am joined by a former school board member, good to have you here. always ged. >> see. >> thanks. >> and bob former prosecutor. let me start with you. you know, it just seems like there is so much time wasted on college campuses on outrage. this seems tonight bill. when is it going to stop? >> i think what we need to realize that is georgetown university is a private catholic institution. its private and they done receive any public funds ain't is catholic. most fall under the catholic church and they don't like same-sex marriage in the catholic relig gong. >> do you think georgetown is in some way encouraging this kind i have a take on a thol low sim. they are a campus. why not shut this down this this is absurd. they published. it is done.

>> it should be shut down. it is absurd. we're very conscious of anything that would some sort of discriminatory action against any kind of gay or less be yin community at the private catholic institution them you are going to see certain things. you will see bibles. that is not hate speech. what bothers me from a perspective of how to, we are doing thought control and idea control and speech cell and our constitution not the catholic faith but the constitution protects us believing in the religious values we believe in president? is ludicrous. >> do you give this young woman credit for having the courage to stand up and announce she is a virgin and will stay that way until marriage? >> we have to realize, this is not a hate crime. this is not a hate cripple to have your own beliefs. is not a hate cripple to have your own religion. this is hate on religion or anything like that. >> ok. thanks. always good to he sue. >> thank you. >> thanks for being here. >> ok. bill: five years ago that

sunday, superstorm sandy wrecked our area sweeping through winds, tides, flood water, how have we recovered? we know what it loos like after this storm? how are we doing five years later. people back en their homes. boardwalks recovered. businesses back to normal. fox's rick leventhal has the full story rick: when superstorm sandy slammed ashore in 2012, it ravaged miles of coastline. the ocean swallowed the beach swamming neighborhoods that typically didn'ted from and leaving vehicles under water and boats on dry land cutting some houses right in half. sandy's unlenting winds and storm surge destroyed the pier and sea side heights something the roller coaster in the at lap tick ocean. five years later this board walk and pier have been rebuilt with new thrill rides while somehows of houses have been repaired or replaced. construction continues up and down the coasts with the governor's office reporting roughly one in five home openers are still building and some

condition their struggle with insurance claims. >> this is the exact footprint of the or rim nal house. >> they just moved back to the rebuilt home a month ago. five years after the bay filled with water. >> i didn't think it would take five years. had i know known that, i would rob probably would have left. >> they spent $80,000 fixing up the original structure then found it it could not be ensure sod they raise it and built a house to code in another quarter million out of pocket sandy's sparked fires,, including the massive breeze in breezy point, north carolina. a favorite retirement spot for former new york city cops and firefighters. more than 100 houses burned to the ground and flooding damage or destroyed hundreds more. >> september and october. >> charlie spent summers in breezy point for nearly four decades. he was here the night sandy roared ashore escaping to his

door's house nearby watching hopelessly as the neighborhood burned to the ground. >> this is 38,000. oh, my god. you can site here. >> charlie's two-inch off-duty revolver was the only thing he could ofle salvage from the rubble. he are rebuilt the house because of the nine kid and 27 grandchildren. >> kids col up with a bathing suit on at 7:00 in the morning and went to bed the seam way. the insurance industry says 98 percent of sandy-related claims have been paid out. some are still waiting and far too many never had coverage in the first place. >> one of the big issues from sandy was that this were a lot of people who needed flood end surance who did not have it. even if you are seen as being in a low henrys k area. that doesn't mean no risk. that is a lesson folks learned the hardway that low risk does not mean no risk. while the new improvements the and the new homes are impressive. there is still a staggering number of empty lots and boarded

up buildings serving as rein meres how devastating a storm sandy was. in point pleasant beap, new jersey. rick leventhal, reporting for chasing news. bill: thanks, rick. interesting to see how far we have come in five years but on this of the fifth anniversary of superstorm sandy. let's check win dan zero. the big question is: what kind of storm are we getting on sunday? could it be another sandy? peth meat well, bill. it could have been had the storm formed a couple hundred miles if you are her to east. sandy was powerful hurricane for several days before making the left turn and slamming into the jersey shore october 2 9:00, 2012. the beginning of the weekend looks great. it is cool tonight. not as chilly as last night much?er 40's to around 50 degrees with clear skies and quiet weather. lots of sunshine for saturday. looks like a great day. thermometer running for 70 degrees and clouds and winds ramp up late today and leads us to sunday at the least, we're lack at periods of rain and a

gusty wind throughout the day and night and highs in the lower 60's or so. the big question all week has been how this approach and possible disturbance will stay with approving cold front from the west and the timing is going to be just right. we have to include big rainfall totals in the forecast throughout the day sunday. several inches worth. we could see areas of high purchase water and i don't think it is going to be a truly light threatening situation for all of us. the wind will be concerning, though. 45 to 50 miles-per-hour gusts along the coast. it could cause damage and power outages and the coastal flooding picture will be worse along the south shore of long island and the jersey shore looks ok but there could be a bit of extra water causing minor coastal flooding at the times of high tide. stay safe. stay to date with me on facebook and twitter. i am dan czar rowe. coming up on "chasing news" a sold-out hip-hop contest at the barclays center ended up with a stampede of fans trying to get

in leaving many ticket holders out in the cold. wait until you hear the details.

bill: welcome back to "chasing news "is am bill spadea. here is a look ated that helines we're chasing tonight. hip-hop fans in brooklyn got a little too rowdy thursday night. people without tech does the the power 105.1 powerhouse show tried to, the git. security round up closing the door and turning away even some people who had tech keat statement from the center says that tk can he holder whose tickets were not scand would get a full refund. what did the governor do after he leaves office? well, chris christie was on fox friends and decided to throw his hat ten renning. how do you think he did? >> that has got to be bad stuff. >> i don't know. >> that is a look at some headlines we are chasing today. ♪ bill: first it was the we're on

christmas now the we're on halloween. i am kind of getting sick of it i think the naacp and organizations we heard about earlier in the show talking about racism because of a poor display of bloody figure hanging from the rafters. honst i, it is not racism. the guy who hung it is a horror movie fan. we need to dial back all of this fake phoned outrage over things that are clearly not intended to hurt anyone's feelings or phone or upset anyone. can't halloween just be halloween? demons, candy. let's dial it back. you know what when you get phoned and you purn this false outram, the real issues of racism and bigotry get hidden in the cloud of nonsense. let's stop it. give us halloween back. let's lighten up. all right. you have a great weekend. stay safe on sunday. i will see

♪ right now a new customer is visiting a local coffee shop. he's got two beattie eyes, fur an tail. yup, that's a mouse and customers are disgusted. and a story that's brought families to tears. now a 16-year-old turns himself in three days after a shooting killed two teenaged boys. but police want to know what was he doing with a gun. massive search over three days after a shooting leaves two, 16-year-olds dead, a suspect is now in custody. this is just one piece of the puzzle police have yet to solve. i'm chris o'connell. thanks for joining us tonight. >> i'm dawn