>> he signed historic tax bill, but what will it mean for our zr a story that has had impact locally and and across the country. a child asleep in a bed when attacked bay raccoon. i thought it was nightmare when i heard about it. my heart dropped. a major accident in the area had entire area backed up. from ran to snow, dan zarrow has details. still weather this christmas holiday weekend far from ideal for traveler and last minute shopper is a like. we have a few rounds of rain come through the area during the day on saturday. that should slicken this reeds a little both. not only wet but wintry weather stam few snowflakes cooing into

play buy early monday morning. that is christmas morning. now day by daybreakdown of the forecast coming up later in the show. but bottom line for right now. no major storms you will want to pack your patience whether you are trav along by road roar rail or air this holiday south carolina more. i am bill anderson and this is chasing news. friday morning president trump signed historic tax bill and responses are already coming in nationally and locally. president trump leads to celebrate the holidays but not before a busy morning at the white house. setting two major pieces of legislation into law and the stop gap spending bill and the gop's tax bill. we'll wait and do a big formal ceremony but everyone of the networks is saying will he keep the prom is? will he sign it before christmas. so i immediately called and i said let's get it ready.

>> big and very popular tax cut and reform bill has taken on an unexpected new source of love that is big companies showering the workers with poe us ins. this is a phenomenon that nobody thought of and note its the rage. merry christmas. the president referencing companies announcing of the tax impacts them. at&t investing $1 billion in u.s. networks while giving plom yaos $1,000 bonuses. bow boeing announcing $300 million to new investments. cvs pharmacy hiring 3,000 woe, plus fedex and wells fargo making plans to spend more, too. this bill will help us in the world and grow. but democrats called the tax bill an extravagant gift for the wealthy. >> president trump and he predicts republicans will start

working with democrats in a bipartisan fashion and addedded infrastructure will be a perfect place. in washington, bruce jenkins, fox news. >> thanks so much. that is impact that it is having nationally. locally people are telling a different story. some say there are loopholes and changes that need to be addressed that have a major im pk on new jersey our own allison gormly spoke to the elect official. a new jersey state senator says he plans to fix a tax loophole that president trump takes advantage of. on thursday, ray tweeted is donald trump getting a tax break for the new jersey golf courses. if true, the party is over. i am on it. in 2016 "the wall street journal" released an article describing how president trump pays lower taxes in the garden state and the trick includes the bedminster course includes 113 acres of production and woo

while the force has 40 acres of hay. that allows them to qualify for the farmland tax break in could save him tens of thousands a year in property taxes. >> the proposed legislation. i won't be able to get it through before i leave but i will stay on top of it to make sure the property to get assessment. he may pay less than $1,000 that would carry annual taxes of $80,000. the article adds that former new jersey governor todd crest ty and musician have both reportedly takenned advantage of the same tax break. she was selling and getting a huge tax break on her. it he is mean to deep the state from becoming overdeveloped.

am allison gormly reporting for chasing news. >> thanks, alleyson. let's talk taxes. let's break it down. we got the a team here starting with attorney bill caruso, welcome to the show. peter brown, thank force spending time with us. let's start with consultant. locally the response is how do you see this impacting new jersey. well this is a bad deal for new jersey. there is no question of the property taxes today. the companies make their decision where to locate. new jersey has the highest property tax in the country. halving the property tax deductible and cap at $10,000 a year is not enough. it will hurt the ability to attract the types we want to track. >> they had to get them here economic development is about

industry attraction and retention. we'll lose industry because of the property taxes. they left for suburban atlanta a couple of years ago the ceo created property taxes as major reason why the major property tax bill of bauer bound county decreased from over $20,000 a year to less than 5,000. this is a problem we have. >> it is a great thing. nationally they are talking about giving. with can we do to make it bet sneer as far as location how it would hurt industry. they experienced it firsthand. if you remember, he had grown motors. one of the biggest defense in the companies in the world and less winded because of the high property tax in a couple of years. before that, we had payback and the taxes so to your point, i totally agree that this will impact locals as far as locals and national business as far as

staying in new jersey and, and investment as well. >> kite be this negative? >> i mean, people are all talking about this. this is going to do positive things nationally. you have businesses keep more money. will it spark job development. i think frankly they had longer time work on it than they got better beyond this. this is a problem for new jersey. we already have treatment nationally because jersey. right. we receive 46 cents on every dollar we send in washington. we are subsidizing mississippi anal. we wilton do this be a do it increasing rate now and you are right. we're going to drive good businesses high earners out of the state now because it is to be here. that is problem we will seer the course of not only the next year but the next decade. >> you heard the senator trying to close some of the loopholes. will things like that. it may not have a huge impact and closing loopholes to create jobs. governor christie wants to make property taxes fully deductible

so you can pass it. there appears to be some. he und kateed he would support outside of legislation. that will move the need toll some degree but not nearly enough ang account for mostly half of what the federal tax obligations are. leave it there. >> a story coming up that has so many people talking. a child asleep the bed and attacked by ran cook but people are wondering what can do you to hold accountable or make sure young people are safe. will warn you the pictures are hard to look at. fox 2 in ifle philadelphia has dials. the pictures of the four-month-old are hard to look at. deep wounds what looked like craw mark. a gash near the eye. i thought waits a nightmare. i didn't know what to say or think. it was between 10 and 11:00 wednesday night when the chaldea mother ashley rogers took her six year told the bathroom in her north 22nd street

one-room apartment. she says she returned to horror. >> she is laying the floor across the room. blood all over the face. screaming on crying. the rack coom pulled your daughter out of a bed. >> what did you think? >> i didn't think. like i didn't know. >> rushed to for's for surgery. the child's face needed 65 stitches bt back at 2149 north 2nd. neighbors complained of a raccoon infestation t. the property is owned baiji had simpson. tax documents showed $23,000 in backed tax that's the city says in a payment program and up-to-date and the city licenses says its into license to rent and said he doesn't but ashley rogers tells fox 29 moved in on tuesday and paid $365 in rent. >> what do you talk about this picture, man? >> is terrible. it is terrible.

that is horrible. look that baby. mid afternoon animal control searched the area for raccoons, residents say they blow they are. >> all of these and in these roofance stuff they make them hole ap getting in the back of the house up in the roof. thank you from philadelphia. gentlemen, obviously, that is a harg story to look at and seeing a child dealing with that type of attack. now they are wondering who ultimately is held account. what can you do? how do we stop these things from happening. >> you know, our heart guess hit to family seeing pictures like that. very disturbing. you are like who should be held accountle. of course the landlord in the case should be held accountable nor. what can people do when they are in the situation like this? s the first thing i recommend to people to contact the tons. no others. the mayor's office or the clark's office and find out what this r the option. it is bawl protecting resident. do you have some landlords out

there that are not responsible ap do not properly upkeep their property. >> legally and politically, these are issues it sounds like it shouldn't have been in the house in the first police and shouldn't have been rented to so new policy going to do something tim? don't know, bill. the problem is access to safe and affordable housing. that is a problem. particularly in the area. you know, the ability to as a family or as a young person to be able to finned a there is live and live and safe flies live. being able to avoil yourself of the town and the town officials and that may have been another gap was missed here, too but there is a question about question of whether the people did call what the rights are. >> quickly. you had in some se,s houses and there are raccoons next door and you don't know who to hold accountable. you had that poll. >> i yeah. besides having houses that are

rented. you have houses that are acin donned. things of this nature. what we have done is take ownership of maintaining that property and the way we have been able to do it. we charge banks a fee. they have to register that these thousands are foreclosures be a if these houses at a reasonable time. they say they would take ownership of it through the money we co legged then fix it and put a listen ob the property and go back after the things and repairs have been made. then the councilman, the attorney, thank you for spending time. >> thank you,. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> coming up on "chasing news." take a look at the shocking photos. accident that impacted our entire area. we got the information and dandar czar trolls us we have a wild and possibly wet weather weekend coming up. >> hi, bill. a busy weather forecast hadding to the christmas holiday weekend. we felt warm and wet then the chance for white christmas. it is still alive. will break down the forecast for you, coming up.

bill: welcome back to days news. i am bill anderson. bill spaed deyeahs off. we have a chasing alert for you. friday morning, a major accident hit one of the busiest intersections outside of edison. it is area where the turn pike route 1, the parkway, all within a mile come together right there at route 40 and route 287 system of now tragically we know at

least two people are killed. the investigation continues on. as more information becomes available we will provide that information to you and we just want to make sure, as you traveling during the holiday, the weather continues to be bad. it looks like it could get bad so we want you to be careful when you are throughout and speaking of the weather coming in. some strange weather from snow to rain and then dan zarrow will give us the update. dan: are you dreaming of a white christmas. maybe not ideal situation for anyone who has to travel at all this weekend but snowflakes have become more likely as temperatures have trended downward and looks like the storm system will impact our area afterall. i have been showing this you graphic all week and look at that. most of the area now colored in blue as snowflakes will be pos be. now accumulations will be light and limited but still may be for early christmas morning. let's step through the forecast day by day starting with tonight. a few showers will be possible. as temperatures stay well above

freezing in this lower to mid 40's a few raindrops. more raindrop expected on saturday. probably two rounds of steady rain. one in the morning then another one later in the evening. so it is not going to pour all day and but periods of heavy rain may make for some slick roads and took few rumble of thunder and meanwhile come close to 60 degrees on saturday. christmas eve is the qiiest day of the forecast. sunday turns cooler and highs come do in the mid 46 he and we'll stay dry for the day. chance of a shower early and then late. then late christmas eve into early christmas morning. that is within the storm system rolls in probably starting as rain then changing over to snow to sunrise on christmas. could be upwards of an in or two in northwest new jersey and the catskills. one more thing worth mentioning it is going to get cold next week. highs on christmas day in the 30's. have yourself a wonderful holiday weekend. i am meteorologist dan zarrow. so ok, dan, thanks so much. now you may know, in philadelphia i do a daily segment called for goodness

sake's we focus on the people who are doing things to empower and change communities including a university that came together to help homeless college students to get into that in a little bit later. but that is back. they have great stories like that going on all over including in new york. of course, our new york correspondent joins. can you call us the good news correspondent tonight. >> well, certainly for tonight. >> well, i would like to do that every single night but nature of the news cycle is, there is a loft bad things happening but there is good news throughout for many years i hosted a segment called the new yorker of the week. every friday night. we would profile somebody who is going before and beyond to help their fellow neighbor. well, there is a homeless crisis in new york city. we would dozens of stories on every day people whole do grass roots peg,s to help people who are homeless. one that comes to mind right away. it is from the sole. this group started back in 2012 bay name by andre mcdonald

playing basketball in a new york city school year and finished a man homeless with no schools. he stopped took the shoes off. he said the feeling was indescribable and the new mission in life, today, five years later. he estimates he has give and way some 17,000 pairs of sneakers and not just in new york city, he does sometimes visit new jersey, philadelphia, your neck of the road and taking the effort down in alabama as well. >> i want to give au pair of sneakers. it is that cool? >> that is cool. >> yeah. will give you a pair of sneak. yeah. can i ask you a question. >> sole.com. >> we always focus on these things during the holidays. but they do it all year around and it nice get the opportunity to tell people you ho they cap get more envelope involved.

>> you are rooting. they are rescuing leftover cuisine. the food doesn't always get end. people who are homeless pick through the gr binge and incredibly sad to watch. this group sends volunteers and take the in used food and bring it to a homeless shelter norgren great group party. this is a group that focus on breakfast. they have a website. people donate money and take it. and go to the local deli and buy a sandwich and give it to somebody on the street. here's the catch with this one, bill. the people who are delivering the food are formerly homeless. there is a sense of approach

to life that is being delivered. >> the wait is supposed to be. continue with that concept. if people have them. we are happy to come out and cover them har those stories. ! thanks for spending time with us. >> floor is a look at headlines we're chasing today. it is something many iphone end knowns have suspected in a class-action suit. others are suing apple for not admitting sooner that software updates deliver rayly slowed phones. the suit accuse apple of trying to fraudulently induce consometimes purchase new phones. it killed at least three people. the train barreled into a curve at more than 90 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour gone. the ntsb says crew members were not using cell phones or other

electron k device. the emergency brake had been activated automatically not by engineering suggesting he may have been distractioned. >> this is beyond anything en my experience as far as the scale, the enormity and of the eventth call crews have been peering away the wreckage on i-5. police firefighter and prosecutor mends showed up in colorado after someone called 911. what they soon realized was the dude dangling from the eve was just a dummy. the brains behind the clark griswold creation made the mannequin out of maddens mom my wife didn't want know do it this year. and those are some headlines we're chasing today. >> coming up, the death of a broadcasting length gend. the mets make a controversial higher be a the giants trying to avoid a record that honestly nobody wants.

>> welcome back to chase news. am bill anderson in for bill spadea. there is a lot going in the words world. we're learning of a higher they are right there about to achef a record. honestly nobody wants. gorming is here with details. >> we got a sad start. sports broadcasting legend dick enberg has passed away at the age of 2 and died early thursday morning. enberg went through gen ration of sports fans for his work in all types of sport and national football league, the olympics even major league baseball. he was member of the baseball hall of fame. locally, the mets made a signing and it is gnat ply year it is omar. the former gm is back as assist opportunity the gm and the current gm and sandy who ironically took the place back in 2010 and he had been with the mets in 2005 through 2010.

football the giants are in arizona on sunday trying to avoid becoming the first team in franchise history to lose 13 games in one season. wow. the jets are home to face the l.a. chargers and the philadelphia eagleles get the national tv audience game on christmas night against the raiders and the city of philadelphia is trying to erase nar lay half century bad press with santa claus. nd during christmas paraden? and social media and santa claus and the rest of the country buy it who knows. it is philadelphia. merry christmas, everybody. enjoy the weekend. i am george for chasing news. back to the studio. bill: some of you may know, in ill phil i do a daily segment called "the goodness' sakes" that focus on people trying to improve live. we talked about the same people in this area who are also

improving people on a daily basis. it got me thinking, during the holiday somebody, they are probably some of you watching right now who are stressed, who are upset, who are concerned because you have not got the perfect gift or you troareing to figure out how to pay for it. the goodness' sakes segment the people we heard about it earlier honst he remind us what is important. i like to shop. like to gifts but yet to fund the gift that my mother liked or my family liked more than spending time with me. you heard this on several different occasion. i will say it again. relax. let's not lose track wave the holiday since really supposed to be about. get gifts? gifts? that is a wonderful thing. faultly it is about the people that you get to spend time with. that is a point. thank for watching with chasing news. merry christmas.