the american payroll association says it's already too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from january paychecks. workers will immediately feel the squeeze of a 2% social security payroll tax. >>> well, coming up on 9news now this saturday, gut- wrenching farewells for newtown. more of the young shooting victims are laid to rest. >> and the pope gives the butler a pardon this holiday season. >> the worst of the winds have subsided but it's still pretty breezy out here on the weather terrace, take a look at the peak wind gusts we had out is there today. 43-mile an hour at reagan national and 49 in hagerstown. 51 was your highest wind gust in martinsburg. it's going to be cold tonight but not as windy. i'll tell you when the winds subside coming up in that full forecast. >>> funeral services for three of the young newtown, connecticut shooting victims end a week of gut-wrenching farewells. 7-year-old josephine gray and 6- year-old anna marquez green were laid to rest in newtown. emily parker's family role move today newtown -- recently moved to newtown. 20 children and

the american payroll association says it's already too late for employers to accurately with hold income taxes from january paychecks. however, workers will immediately feel the squeeze of a 2% social security payroll tax. >>> 9news is tracking the discussions on capitol hill concerning the fiscal cliff. we've broken our newsroom into four groups. one to monitor the potential impact on the local economy. a second to prepare you for what could happen to you and your family. a third will help you take action and the fourth will hold lawmakers accountable. you can get alerts sent straight to your phone about all our fiscal cliff notes by texting the cliff to 25543. >>> senator michael crapo of ied low has been arrested -- idaho has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence. he was pulled over sunday morning for running a red light in virginia. he failed a field sobriety test. the senator issued a statement saying he was deeply sorry and would deal with whatever penalty comes his way. he's due in court january 4. >>> former president george h.w. bush may not be home in time

the american payroll association says it's already too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from january paychecks. workers will immediately feel the squeeze of a 2% social security payroll tax. >>> 2.6 million dollars. that's how much money has been raised for the newtown memorial funds. the donations will go toward funerals, memorials, even a new school to replace sandy hook elementary where the shootings took place. earlier today, all of the children of newtown were invited to choose among hundreds of donated toys. the local united way is asking people all over to stop sending toys and do charitable work or make a donation in the victims names. meantime, funeral services for two more young shooting victims ended a week of gut-wrenching farewells. 7-year-old and 6-year-old were laid to rest today in newtown. yesterday family and friends attended a funeral service for a 6-year-old emily parker in utah. her family had just recently moved to newtown. police have not yet established a motive for adam lanza who killed 20 students and 6 female staffers on december 14th. he

way they're cutting your check for the beginning of the year, this is what the processors association basically says. they say, the american payrollon, a delay in legislature beyond december 14th doesn't give all businesses enough time to update for early january paychecks. they say it's worse if you delay a decision a few months because they can't figure out how to go back and change your withholdings. it's all kind of a software nightmare. >> it's going to be up to us then? our deductions won't be what they should be and therefore when we face the tax man? >> and there's multiple layers here. an amt fix we have to talk about. the payroll tax holiday. you get about 20 bucks extra a week. that's separate from the bush era tax rates that could change. all of this just to tell you that the markets have held in very, very well, the markets are telling us they think something's going to get done so it behooves washington not to give it up. >> are you free for the rest of the week? >> how about the rest of the ye year? >> i just signed you up for a little job. because the fiscal cliff is so confusing on a personal level, we're asking,

the year is starting to get a little more nervous about where we're headed here. now fiscal cliffs and payroll, fiscal cliff has a lot to do with this. the american payroll associationor all of the small business who's are doing payrolls, you know, paying you. they say the fiscal cliff really isn't january 1st. their fiscal cliff is december 14th. that's the time they need to have the software changed to make sure the tax changes go into the paycheck. >> that's not going to happen by the 14th. >> it's not going to happen about it 14th. that's why small businesses are concerned. let me tell you what they say. a delay in legislation beyond december 14th doesn't give all businesses enough time to update their payroll systems for early january paychecks. and they go on. it's even worse. the two worst case scenarios according to the payroll folks, congress comes to an agreement after january 1 and applies new rules retro actively. the software can't handle it, or last minute agreement keeps rates as they are for a few months. this would even confuse the payroll software programs because some only calculate a year at a time. so pulling their hair out is what is going on.

the american payroll association urging congress to make a deal on the cliff saying, quote, a delay indecember 14th doesn't give all businesses enough time to update and test their payroll systems for early january paychecks. >>> and in today's smart is the new rich, should you pay tuition based on which major you choose? the governor of florida rick scott considering it. a task force appointed by governor scott wants students to per sue so called s.t.e.m. majors against less in demand majors like history, philosophy, or english. the idea is to steer students to where there's the most need. liberal arts professionors claimed that could take money from programs already undergoing budget cuts. frankly, your college major does greatly affect how much money you're going to make. according to census data, engineering majors earn $3.5 million over a 40-year career, more than the median earnings for all majors, $2.4 million. those education majors are in the list, $1.8 million. >> so they should pay less in tuition. >> they want a freeze. so the proposal is to freeze tuition for the in demand