>> there is a new tax plan headed to president trumps desk. what does it mean for you? i will bring in the guy who brings us the text plan calculator. we will sort out those details. and a pit bull found nine at her owners body. the question is did it kill her? if your last name is trump wherever you go will be filled with controversy. the first daughter ivanka trump headed to high school in connecticut, but not without students and parents crying foul. i'm bill spadea, this is chasing news. a huge day in washington today. how does it impact to? the largest tax cuts in american history passing the house and senate. it will head to the president's desk. when he signs it, how much will

you be impacted? we have team chaser coverage. i will check in with a congressman, one of the guys who led the charge to not only get the bill passed by make sure the deduction stayed in the bill. will check in with a guy who invented the tax plan can later to find out what this tax cut means to your wallet. first, let's start with the details on washington. >> we are making america great again. you haven't heard that. >> in early christmas for the gop. the president inviting congress to the white house.

>> records all over the place. that will continue. >> the president boasted the bill was something extra. >> we essentially repealed obama care because we get rid of the individual mandate. >> this is the ultimate bad christmas carol story. >> democrats likening this to a lump of coal in america stocki stocking. >> what we're doing the same wealthy americans, big fat christmas present for you. tiny tim, we are taking your crotch away from you. >> still, republican say the taxpayeplan is a gift. >> this gives us better wages, bigger paycheck. >> lawmakers can't head home yet. they have two days remaining to pass a bill to avoid a government shutdown. >> i want to introduce you to one of the champions of this huge victory for the republicans.

let me ask you. there's a huge disconnect between the president's approval #what you hear. they're hammering the plan saying it's horrible for working-class americans. >> horrible? i heard is the apocalypse. facts don't lie and soon enough i think those that have been the largest will look the silliest. >> i had a guy today : say make about $70000 a year, about $1100 a week. he asked me what should i see and we went through the math and it turns out based on a simple model he will save money. what you say to those making 80

or 90000 a year. >> most of those people probably don't itemize, right away they will see a doubling of the standard deduction. that alone for a family of two or three people that's worth thousands of dollars. does anybody pay more under the spell? >> there's one that make high salaries they could pay more silly when i see that the taxes could go up. >> let's ask an expert. we have the producer for a magazine and creator of the tax plan calculator. thank you. >> one of the leaders of this fight in the house, firefighter making 1100 bucks a week, living

in new jersey, decease a money or pay more with your calculator? >> is one kid living in new jersey, hillside $2600. anyone can go to tax plan cook later.com. but the information and see how it impacts them. >> i went to the hospital, how does all of that get through the simplicity of a few inputs on the text cook later? >> there's a couple of numbers that are really important. they're changing the standard deduction. getting rid of the personal exemption and a few other things. changing rates. so i zoom in on those important things to use those to see how your plan will change. >> thank you. i'll talk to tomorrow morning at 830. >> let's bring our panel to break this down.

joined by bob biernacki. lauren is here, attorney and columnist and mike, good to see. that's pretty objective,. >> i don't like those calculations because nobody mentioned what is property tax was. about how it will benefit new jersey. this is been president trumps big push. we don't even know what his tax returns look like. so does he have an interest in passing this. >> you're right, the same character make and 70000 a year, with that person did itemize and is paying alimony or student loans, if they're adopting a child, that would seriously impact that. so will help some people but not everybody. >> are we suffering from the elite 1% talking heads.

>> why can we have a hearing on its this man can get there and clear it up. you know politics which is cleared up, there's amount, bill, trump walked on water would make fun of him for not been able to swim. leave it there. governor elect, phil murphy in new jersey made another personal announcement. appointing his head of the department transportation. the question is, what will this mean for new jersey transit? ashley johnson caught up with him today. >> new jersey governor elect opened his news conference wednesday at the caucus junction station by sharing disappointment about the president's tax plan. before he named the executive director as the next department of transportation commissioner.

he said a huge priority is revamping nj transit. >> we need to take a hold of this national disgrace shaken up and make it right again. >> i'm ashley johnson, reporting. >> i want to bring in someone at the center of the controversy. todd is the chief compliance officer at new jersey transit for about six months. during this time he expose things that are called sheer incompetence, safety violations at new jersey transit and he got

fired. not there waning and say he got fired because he misuse the company current computer. todd, welcome to chasing news. >> hello. thank you for having me. >> what did you see when you're the compliance officer? how it risk are commuters? >> within my first week we discovered safety policies on drug and alcohol policies that had not been touched and more than a decade. during this time, regulations governing the policies have been updated three times. in new jersey transit was oblivious to those changes. >> they pushed back say we don't have the money and have to delay. now two instances, one in washington state one of hoboken that could have been prevented if this had been implemented. >> that's correct. from the beginning i was told to stand down on positive train control. he suggested it would be completed on time. in the in vent it was not, he

was confident in his abilities to obtain approvals for delayed implementation. >> you been attacked by the management and the governor saying you got fired for abusing like the use of the company current computer. such were not true? >> on true. a common tactic of the governor new jersey transit to attack and try to discredit the messenger rather than the message. >> thank you. >> let's bring in our panel to break it down. bob, this guy has been vilified by the governor, is any one surprised about the allegations he's made about their incompetence. >> look at the newspaper every day. can also look at the fact that we now know from other articles that people who are writing to

the government are being those letters are being redacted. the powers that be that are doing their job. they will find a way to make sure you are gone. >> does phil murphy come in and fix this? >> i hope so. i think anyone that is not grossly negligent would have to go in to some degree. >> he wants to talk about minimum wage and legalizing pot. lives are at risk. >> this is a complicated problem. hopefully he's taking his time to look to see what the problems are. hopefully the lawsuit will bear lights on a bad situation.

>> stay with us, more show tonight. including a story of the pit bulls and how their found gnawing on their owners body. the question cops are asking, did the dogs killed their

>> welcome back to chasing news. we have a lot more show for you. including a story of a woman who

is killed. her body was found with her pitbull bowls gnawing on her. are the dogs a guilty ones? cops are stumped. when your last name is trump, no matter what you do it comes with controversy. ivanka trump, first daughter and advisor to the president was at a high school speaking about technology, and engineering education. not every parent was happy with her visit. one parent said we should have been informed she was coming because we should have had the choice to keep her kids at home. another student tweeted out talking about diversity i wondered if she would be afraid of the diversity at the school. some tweeted out their support for the first daughter. it really does beg the question, about the name being political. mike, she is the first daughter, coming in not to talk about

politics, why is everything so over-the-top politically charged? >> if someone's go speak at a school is not part of the everyday curriculum. parents should have the choice is to say whether they want their child involved or not. it's their right if it's not part of the regular curriculum what they should be exposed to. >> laura, do you think if this is president obama's daughter so it had the same outreach? >> probably not the same. we haven't seen first family this divisive. i think it's fine that she was they're talking about something neutral like some, technology, as opposed to politics. i would want to know somebody is coming to speak, even if it's for me just of prep my kids of her it was. >> why would they need to be prepped?

just know who she is, why might be controversial? i would not pull my kid out of class machines there to talk about politics. >> that doesn't mean other people don't have the right to do that. >> are we overthinking anything? >> it's too much. she was being an abbasid or in her position. it's an honor to have somebody like that, despite the fact that the president creates a greater degree of vitriol. were taken it too far and politicizing everything in this country. he needs to stop. >> i think they're lucky to get this attention. can only be helpful even if you don't agree. >> the young woman instead two

pitfalls that a woman alone nine on her body. what happened, did the dogs turn on her? allison has the story. >> the two pit bulls who mauled the owner to death had recently been a little neglected. she took her dogs for a walk last week and never return. her body was found today later by her father. >> all he said don't come to the field, it's bad. that's a blessing at her before the cops showed up. >> the update was released and they didn't know if they were taxed by a different animal first. according to detectives, the dogs went from living inside a home and outside in a cage. the only time they interacted with the human was when stevens visited. the sheriff ruled out foul play and described the horrific scene they found. the first he chose not to reveal

the graphic details but did so after doubts of her cause of death. >> i observed the dogs eating the rib cage on the body. >> the sheriff said there is no evidence of any larger animal. the medical examiner ruled out with complete certainty sexual assault say there is no strangulation marks on her body. medical examiner reports indicated stevens was 5-foot 1125 pounds had defensive wounds on her hands and arms. the coworkers describe the docs as passive and friendly. please are investigating. >> thanks allison. let's bring back the penalties very challenging story. a father discovers his daughter like this. >> this is horrific.

if there are any signs of fall play hope the please look into that. at this point it just points to be in a terrible tragedy. >> pit bulls get this terrible reputation. i think they are great dogs, it sometimes comes down to the owner. no indication of whether or not she had a tough relationship with the duxbury there's a facebook post of her cuddling the dogs. are some people just naïve about how vicious these animals can be. >> i don't know why my homicide prosecutor is telling me to slow down. get timelines and computer records. a lot of misinformation. i want to make sure there wasn't a primary attack prior to this. something is wobbly in my mind. >> one thing i look for us signs that people know their animals are vicious.

people do underestimate the damage docs like a pitbull can do. >> physically they are trained to fight. it's the way they are, but they could have also been protecting the body. >> i agree, it seems very unlikely these dogs would attack a living human being. there be so much commotion it will be unbelievable. nobody would hear it, obviously if she thought they were vicious she won't be in this desolate area. good to see you. let's check in with dan with your forecast. >> temperatures return to seasonable levels on wednesday. it felt like december again. on thursday chilly start to the season.

changes ahead for the weekend. here's a picture showing chilly era top of us. with the dome of cold air temperatures will end up below normal on thursday. overnights mostly in the mid- 20s. that is cold. bundle up for thursday morning. colder spots in the teens and the perfect combination of clear skies, light winds, and try air. high temperatures around 40 degrees. dry and wins will be lights. friday temperatures go to upper 40s and 50s. increasing clouds. a chance for showers on friday. on the holiday weekend a few things to know. number one is saturday will be warm but also wet. storm system stretches from the northeast to the deep south.

temperatures in the 60s and christmas eve is quiet although cooler. christmas day potential storm system of the morning to bring ring. this does have northwestern new jersey and the possible range. by next week we are turning cold.

>> will go back to chasing news. we are going to take a look at headlines chasing tonight. including, is your password password, if so you might want to rethink it. what will have a list of the most commonly used password. if yours is on the you could be at risk.

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>> there is any tax plan that passed the house and senate. it's headed to president trumps desk. people are saying it could mean a big windfall for the middle and working class. some reports they could be as high as $2100 per family back into packet. will be joined tomorrow at 830 with the tax guy and we will plug-in incomes. you have to take the politics out of the opposition to the tax plan. this is about math. i've been saying this, if you make less than $1 million you will save money. it will start in february when the withholding rules change. look ahead, whether you love the president or not, doesn't matter. about simple ♪ you need to survive much more than the cold to be a polar bear plunger. it takes courage, bravery and heart. each year these winter warriors jump to frozen glory

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>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11:00. family, a community devastated an eight-year-old boy has died in a car crash in northeast philadelphia and the driver took off. but the story does not epidemic there. thank you for joining us at 11:00. i'm lucy noland. police say witnesses followed that drive and so tonight police have him in custody. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at philadelphia police headquarters with how others dave stepped in to help, too. >> reporter: no doubt stepping up here tonight. heart-bring story five days before christmas. police tell us tonight the driver is in custody. he was speeding and weaving through traffic at the time of this fatal crash. a high ranking police source tells me he had a suspended license and more than 50 prior tickets. >> i was trying to talk to the little boy. i was telling him to hold on. >> reporter: jeanette was upset as she described her efforts to comfort an eight-year-old boy after a