i am allison gormly reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you, alley don. we're joined by pop culture expert. lisa back with us. good he sue, lisa and former county prosecutor and defense attorney. bob, let's start with you. it is freezing outside. you are know, i think that, it is interesting to me, that 2:00 with this cold weather coming, we have now got police actively removing home interests the streets but don't you have the same problem. look. them toless shelt remembers terrible. at love people avoid them if they can. there is a solution to you know, i don't know, bill. it is unfortunate thing with the wealth of the country has that we can take care of the most vulnerable among us and these people are having a choice between living in a scenario with crime in the shelters and epidemic proportions and drug use, really bad. or living out on the street. we need correct that. >> let's cut through the heart of this. a lot of folks are seeing numbers ranging from 50 to three quarters to 7 a% of drugs and alcohol and a lot of folks that are homeless because

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 t

. >> three new jersey transits full progress reports to visit for "chasing news," i am allison gormly. bill: thank you, allison. all right. let's bring back the a-plus panel. dr. liz henry is here and andre richardson. we start with you. the governor takes a lot of heat for this. one of the big things is positive control. the woman died in hoboken and blamed sleep apnea they have been on schedule for the train control and it could have been avoided. >> yeah. it is unfortunate. this shows how important that the investment in transportation is and what happened when we don't have it here in new jersey. there is no dedicated revenue source for new jersey's transit and the entire state budget which means they hodgepodge things together. bears keep going up. i remember fares went up 9 to 1 on service. yeah. i mean, today, i think fares are up. i think part of the problem is, actually, they do dedicate. >> it needs an agreement. >> it happens. we're here for her. >> also part of the problem, i hate to see it. >> this was national issue when he was running for president. >> well, i think, al

allison gormly reporting for "chasing news." >> thank, allison. ok.el to break down. i will start with you. ok. the video is kind of physician? i president i don't think is racists. why not have a conversation between medical marijuana and recreational use? >> is it together? >> well, it is something that we do need to as a state. we need look at the regulations that allow for suspension of that and we need to really weigh in on recreational use and not something that can help in anyway rather it can cause. as murs, we see problem with legal recreational mr shore we yes shall i do. i is a long term detriment to society when we continue in that matter. >> you have been at the to minorityying that a lot of communities in particular. you are on council in linden. you follow the lead of the mayor. we have done it. we created a committee to look at the social economical and quality of life issues. now, i work through elected officials and then added a state. this is what a lot of people have questions about. >> we are not decided. we're working to see. the

allison gormly has the full story. allison, what do you got for us. reporter: the l tape closure starting in april 2019 has many new yorks concerned as to how they are going to get were a. the l train operates underneath the east river and runs between brooklyn and manhattan. the closure for 15 months and affect manhattan l train stops and we support with new york city department of transportation commissioner about the volume of people affected. >> during the rush hour in the among, the l train lipe carries as many people as all six of new york city's east river bregs and tunnels so it is extraordinarily efficient which to move people so they are making improvements to the existing subway stop culminate a lot of the brooklyn travelers then the next biggest challenges how do we move buses at unprecedented volume. >> with, the l trains down. commuters will have otherps as to how they can get around. some of those include a new direct ferry ap expandeds so much current sunways and exclusive 14th street busway. the repars are necessary because of the wat

. >> in union township, am allison gormly in. thanks sew very. is still a lot more chasing news ahead including george who will join with us sport and wrap a crazy weekend of football. the jets angie ants both lost. >> welcome back to chase newings. from president trump promising job in america to major merges on wall street. here with a look now at the year in review for business is fox business anchor ma rye yea bartiromo. with the ny and the stock market 2017 was the year of the businessman turned president donald trump. president trump: together we'll make america strong again. we will make america wealthy again. we will make america proud again. we will make america safe again. and, he yes, together, we will make america great again. reporter: the speech on inauguration day setting the tone for a year in politic another wooledly successful year for much of the business and investing world. all the major stock indices hitting records seemingly dy after day shattering milestones along the way with about $6 trillion in value add since the elect