ashley johnson will have the local impact and reaction from local politicians. let's start with peter doocy for the details of what happened in washington. >> on this well, the esses are 227 and the nose are to 23. >> the war drowned out a line of protesters gathered throughout the gallery. >> today, or giving to people of this country, their money back. this is their money? as chairman, speaker of the house. >> just minutes after it sailed to the house it was carried across the capital to the senate. >> a message from the house of representatives. >> cost democrats did not have the votes to derail the tax bill but they tried to discourage republicans from supporting. >> shame. >> the heart of the argument on the floor is that the tax code would only benefit the rich. >> is this bill about helping people living paycheck to paycheck? no. so going to bring back jobs and lift up the middle class. >> no. >> the majority had just as much volume i say yes they're going to be helped. >> republicans could be hurting when reelection time comes. >> this bill will be an an

i want to start with ashley johnson. ashley, what do you got for us? >> what caused the deadliest fire in new york city's history in more than 25 years. heartbreaking. >> do you think this is such a tragedy. how could it happen so close to new year's? it breaks your heart. then, those poor kids died. >> the racing fire in the bronx apartment complex near 180th and prospect avenue took the lives of four men, four women, four children as young as one years old. friday, investigators say the fire started from a three-year-old boy the snow. official say the boy alerted his mom with both of her children and made the fatal mistake of keeping the door open. a man who lives in the building describes frantly getting the children out one by one. >> they put their lives, you know? one after the other. the fire in the bottom floor and quickly escalated to the top telling people on all four floors. >> we were told the boy had a history of playing with the burners and turning them on, then, before, before the mother knew it, this fire had gotten a good hold in the k

ashley johnson has reaction from some of our local politicians. what you have for us? >> reporter: chris christie says the guy that did not deserve to get elected, did not get elected. speaking about tuesday night historic alabama senate race. in which, longshot democrat, doug jones, defeated roy moore. roy moore continued campaigning despite accusations of sexual abuse and child molestation. >> his remarks are incredibly selfish. he was 11,000 goes down with not many left to come in. but he still would not be gracious to continue. the american people are very fortunate to have the people of alabama do the right thing. i do not think roy moore would have been held for no matter what party he was with. >> chris christie spoke about this at cooper university hospital. after he spoke at a conference on the opioid epidemic. he said this is not a bad reflection on the president although an argument could hurt donald trump the rally for roy moore. >> i think races, i think endorsements are relatively useless.for the most part. and i think in the end people looked at roy d hi

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. durin

in trenton, ashley johnson reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you, we're joined for first time. >> thank you. bill: you are the national spokesperson for muslim community. >> correct. bill: welcome. >> and political strategist jannette. and bill caruso. so we start with you, you are a democrat. you have a new governor coming in it is interesting to me, looks to me leak governor krist is flailing a little bit as he exists, trying to put that stamp on it, say you know if president had just hired me there would be no issue. >> i think that governor going through transition issue. was not the guy in spotlight. clamoring for relevancey. i think it was self serving, in meandering press conference to throw this one against the wall, all of a sudden today. >> to that point, you can at face value attack when he said, have you bill baroni, headed to prison, bridget ankley, he now the -- bridge elan inn kelly, and shamp son, the list goes on, i don't think that governor christie has a lot of credibility when it come to appointment. >> some hole

where were these solutions sneap ashley johnson has all the details. ashley, what do you got for us? >> new jersey governor chris christie at news conference wednesday issued a warning to the sk sores democrat phil murphy about the dire state of the state pension fund system. new jersey is more than 100 million in the hole to pay for current and future retirement benefits. >> let's get rid of the myth which started was public employees underpaid. you know? we have the highest paid police officers in america. we have think highest paid firefighters in america. we have a month of features in america. where are they suffering exactly? and most of those public make more than all of you? >> special commission on public pensions and health benefits will reach the findings tef final report which suggest reforms including shifting active employees to a high drid retirement program that includes a 401(k). this year state pensions and health benefits made up 16% of the state budget. that numb bex expected to rise to 20% by 2023. while christie gave the administra

we caught up with the stafford county native today. >> reporter: at just 24 years old, ashley johnson is a busy woman. she is the ceo of her own public relations agency. johnson grew up in stafford, virginia. before she even finished high school, she started her company. >> i graduated from high school in 2011, went to the university and i started my company, branded it everywhere and provided freelancing services. >> reporter: now it is her >> to be an entrepreneur at 24 years old is scary. the way it worked out, i'm able to financially pay my bills and do anything that anyone with a full-time job can do. >> reporter: she is on top of her game. the huffington post named her one of the top millennials to watch. >> i was honored to be selected. i know that people who have been grinding, doing pr for a long time. some people have just started. i'm like, wow, even to be considered is an honor. >> reporter: but things were not always easy. >> you know, when i graduated college, it was very hard to find a job. and so in saying that, i was very discouraged. i had applied to a lot of pr agen

ashley johnson has the full story. into well, the problems keep piling up for thousands of computers around bayonne, new jersey. since wednesday, the extension bridge for the new jersey turnpike athis toy shut down the side. it is a popular route for those getting into the lynn condition and holland tunnels and connecting this bridge set to caution the eastbound bridge deck to drop. several inches. >> from what i understand, it is very important piece and that is why those engineers immediately shutdown all traffic but everybody that computes. >> new jersey turnpike you a hor t did not respond to see if they were expect other parts of the extension bridge or checkering bridges that have the same pieces that gave way. the new jersey turnpike authority tweeted thursday, the timeline for completion has not changed and this evening, probably not until after the. >> there were many, many, many people all over social media we were talking about commutes that were normally 20 minutes lasting up to three to four hours to get h

let's bring in ashley johnson who has reaction from incoming governor bill murphy. ashley, what do you got for us? >> new jersey governor-elect murphy has been vocal all week about the thought on those overall gop tax plan which passed wednesday. murphy announced the cabinet appointment long-time federal environmental protection agency administrator cath ridge as the next mission of the new jersey department of environmentle protection he said he plans to be creative and making sure the bill doesn't take a drastic fold on new jersey a high tax state. >> we got to have egg on the table. we're being adaulted by washington and the tax bill. so if we cannot sit on our hands. we cannot sit by report. >> democrats have rallied against the bill which mortgaged individuals and some financial analysts have said, well, they are more beneficial for the rich and big businesses. new jersey state senator posted a tweet saying will be sponsoring a full property taxes for income tax. this legislature session. >> murphy's response, i would like to think we can have a review of this.

ashley johnson has the full story. actually what you have for us? >> the new jersey governor elect murphy says the president tax plan depressing and awful at a news conference monday at trenton. when announced his secretary of state -- >> is benefiting homeowners of the state bad for students and alums, better for anyone participating in the affordable care act. >> the house is supposed to vote today with the senate voting soon after. republicans are hoping to have the bill on the presidents desk by wednesday. they want to do left local estate taxes which disproportionately affects taxpayers in new jersey and other high tax states. >> we have to keep pressing all five repupublican members o the house delegation vote the right way. we have had for up until now. we hope that we have five. we have to hope that that is the case in other states that look like us, new york, california. >> meanwhile freeholder and judge tahitia ray talked about this. >> i look forward to working with the governor to make democracy real! for all residents of new jersey. >>

here is our ashley johnson. reporter: all over this news, one huge bubble of mixed mess ago ins. headlines stating trump tax plans speak for itself and it is lig. trump reportedly telling friends you all just got a lot of reporter. friday president donald trump signed the republican tax cut bill before leaning for christmas break in florida. the white house and republicans are calling it a boom for the middle class. but many people wanted to know how exactly the tax plan affect our pockets new york governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order to make sure they complete pay fex year's taxes. in new jersey, the city of tax collector's office has been accepting prepayment payment of property tax. will filing early help. matt roonen in the attorney and founder references the study by the institute of taxation and economic policy. >> and the taxation and policy because they are certainly not president trump and put out study and a she that nin and ten are either going to get a tax cut or not going to have any taxes at all. it is someone around% and the tax cut. >> several businesse

ashley johnson, reporting for "chasing news." bill: thank you. >> okay, bring in someone who has been a guest on the show. with muslim community, welcome back to "chasing news." >> thank you. bill: so you wrote an article, talking about how muslim community has actually many imams have said, we're responsible and able to root out some of the radicals within the community, they are doing a job of that. in the mainstream media not giving them credit. how did this terrorist slip through the cracks. >> this is a lone wolf in our opinion, like all lone wolves they act on their own. and how he slipped through, my understanding 3 was watching videos on his own at his home, his family was unaware. over last year he moved toward. bill: your organization is more religious based. different from political, they point finger and right away say this will create a antimuslim since am but have you a different take. >> in islam, there is no room for terrorism. that is first and foremost. that needs to be be well understood. leaders like his holin

. >> i want to check in with ashley johnson in new york city. it looks like a relatively normal evening commute. >> new york city commute said three people were injured after rookie suicide bomber set off an explosive device underground the port authority bus terminal during rush hour monday morning. the bus terminal was evacuated. buses were turned away and many trying to get to work said the morning commute was a nightmare. >> and our commute turned into a to our commute because of everything. >> it was calm as i made my way from penn station to newark city penn station. once i got off eighth avenue -- i spoke with the commuter who is in port authority at the time of the explosion. >> i was upset. why would people do this to themselves? and is fun for you to do something like that, that suicide. it's a major sin. please continue just around the bus terminal until monday afternoon. >> thank you. i want to bring in counterterrorism expert, former dea and fbi, bob strain, welcome back. how are you? >> good, thank you. >> in your estimation it was

ashley johnson has the whole story. what you got?> a day after nbc announced the firing of matt lauer, he issued an apology and broke the silence of allegations of sexual misconduct. he is accused of multiple women of sexual harassment. three women have filed complaints with nbc. his statement starts, there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for pains i have caused others. some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized. there is not truth in the stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. i regret that my shame is shared by the people i cherish dearly. >> i've had to look at my own troubling flaws. it's been humbling. >> people had a lot to say on how it will affect the way men and women work together professionally. >> i think it will be an awareness that wasn't there before. i've done things in the past, nothing like what he did, but like you know putting my arm around someone, or touching the shoulder, and it's affection. there's no malcontent, but it might be upsetting to them and they wouldn't s

in new brunswick, i am ashley johnson, reporting for "chasing news." >> thank you, ashley. all right. let's bring in the a plus panel. am joined by lisa. top culture columnist and come nen at this timor. always good have you on the show. >> good to be here. bill: bob, former morris county prosecutor and defense attorney. bob, let's start with you. a lot of problems here. are talking about sa ror ty sister going to a mexer at fraternity house now the allegation that is they drugged them? what did doe into well, will say that. the opinion has been for money yers and goes back to the providence college days and catholic and conservative group and fra telephone tyes are commitment to sororities snitch am sorry. can give me all the pechs you want about how they do good. there is so much happening there sexual assault, skual abuse and abuse and drugging the people. this is going on all the time. >> my concern is are they setting up a as date rape drug and then i want to know where aren't more women empower sod we won't have these? >> well, you are talking about bar terns, bars ca

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from the office of general counsel, ashley, jim, christine, tom johnson, doug kline, marcus, scott, linda oliver, and bill richardson. from the wireless telecommunications bureau, stacy ferraro, garnet, betsy mcintyre, jennifer salas, jimmy chang, john stockdale, and peter. from the office of strategic planning and policy analysis, eric berger, mark, and jerry. from the affairs bureau, jarusha, and from the media bureau, tracy walden. with that, we will call the vote. commissioner clyburn. >> i dissent. >> commissioner. >> aye. >> aye. >> i dissent. >> the chair votes aye. the item is adopted with editorial privileges granted as requested. thanks to the stamp for your terrific work on this item. madam secretary, please announce the next item on today's agenda. >> mr. chairman, commissioners, the fifth time on your agenda will be presented by the wireless telecommunications bureau and is entitled amendment to harmonize and streamline part 20 of 2 the commission's rules concerning requirements for licensees to overcome acrs presumption. john stockdale, cheech ief of t bureau, will give pres

johnson. >> merry christmas, stuart. stuart: merry christmas indeed. >> more people could face ahere, tax bill under the senate tax plan. we'll tell you who is effected and how much money we're talking about here. ashleyw this. a provision in the new gop tax bill could actually hurt small business investors. how could that be? gerri willis is here to explain. >> hi, there, ash. that's right. this would hurt small investors, mom-and-pop investors, not the professional ones. here is first-in, first out means. it would mean investors selling partial stakes in their stocks would unload their own shares first. this would allow the government to bring forward revenues. they believe they can get some $2.4 billion over 10 years. this sort of removes the flexibility of small investors to sell the shares they want. say you bought a big load of microsoft around kept buying it every year. would you have to sell the oldest shares of microsoft first. that no doubt would have appreciated the most t would be worth the most. so tax bill would be highest. now, let me tell you a lot of folks complaining about this, including td ameritrade wrote a letter to congress saying this, the proposal quote, inexplicably and unfai