How can i benefit the tax plan to my benefit. Stanley pays 16,000 a year in property taxes on his Egg Harbor Township home. The republican tax overhaul caps the deduction for state, local and property taxes at 10,000. Leaves me short about 6,500 in taxes that i can no longer write off. The most Significant Impact is on those with high property taxes and in new jersey we tend to have pretty high property taxes. Reporter this cpa says if you can, take part of next years property taxes before 201 comes to an end. You will have the benefit of this tax year taking the extra duction on your local property taxes. Before the changes go into effect. Reporter hes worried what the changes could mean for Property Values and wonders if it will become tougher to sell a home in new jersey. A real estate expert tells me the concerns are valid. Just the total cost of the taxes in new jersey, that alone just trying to get over that and now you can only write off 10,000. Thats a double whammy. Reporter ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. We did some checking. Not all counties alo u low you to prepay. Check with your tax office. How did new jersey republicans vote today . Representative Tom Macarthur was a yes. If. Philly homeowners have been able to deduct all of the tax money they paid to harrisburg and city hall leaving them a smaller amount to send the fed. Not ushd the new plan. 10,000 will limit on the deduction of state, local and property taxes. Whether theres limitation of the local taxes, its going to put downward pressure on the higher end for property. The change makes renting a more attractive option for some and shift the hot real estate market. Well keep you updated on the tax plan vote in washington and its impact on you. Just tap the free nbc 10 app. Developing right now, the search for a holiday thief is growing tonight. Police in three counties and two states are on the hunt for this man. Say hes targeting people everywhere from office parks to hospitals. Multiple credit card thefts have been reported across lehigh and even in maryland. You can see the areas the thief struck on your screen. Deanna durante joins us with exclusive details about the crimes. Reporter when we told you about the story last week, this bandit was striking in office parks and buildings here. Now we have learned hes been striking across the state from the pocono mountains and even out of state into maryland. He with us in like he belongs here. Always wearing his penn state baseball cap. You see him in the video from upper marion township. The guy police say has an answer to any question hes asked. Recently inside a hospital, he carried a clipboard and left with purses and wallets. Were trying to find the vehicle in question. Reporter his car is always the same. A gold or tan chevy tahoe. The plates are stolen b, but look closely at the bumper, a big dent on the drivers side. He grabs the cash and runs up as much as he can with credit. The headache to clean up a financial mess. Around the holidays, people are depending upon their money and credit cards and personal belongings. Its tough this time of year. The guy play it is cool. Watch as he walks in behind an employee, gets on an elevator and police say in most cases the guy is in question. He tried to play it off he work there is or time it as the employees are leaving or entering the building. Reporter its left to continue his oneman stealing spree. Reporter investigators say this guy is starting to pose a bigger threat. That a z hes trying to escape in that tahoe, you saw in the pictures in the video he came close to hitting someone here in Montgomery County in the last several days. He was trying to e get away as police were closing in. Thats why say they need to find this guy. If you know who he is, call your local police department. Reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. More breaking news in west philadelphia. An 85yearold man was stabbed to death. Aaron is live on the scene. This investigation is just get. Ing started. Reporter still an active situation here on addison in west philadelphia. We arrived on scene 20 minutes ago. If you can look down the block on your right, thats where the action is. Thats where detectives are going inside the house still looking for clues. Heres what we know so far. This happened around 2 30. An 85yearold man was found stabbed to death inside his house. Police are telling us tonight it looks like a relative, a female relative, found him and called 911. They are also telling me they believe theres signs of force, but that doesnt mean forced entry by the suspect or forced exit by the suspect. Mean iing he ran out of the hou after this happened. Had a chance to talk to a few neighbors since we arrived on scene. Everybody is devastated out here. Thats the word that keeps being used. The 85yearold man has lived on the block for 40 or 50 years. So hes well known in this area. Also one more note. According to neighbors, he apparently lives by himself. Well be on the scene for awhile. Well have another update at 6 00. We talked to some neighbors and youll hear their reaction in a little while. Back to you in the studio. To the weather now. A warm december day here in c camden. Nbc 10 on the campus where it was a mix of light and heavy coats. Temperatures were in the 50s today. Warm start to the evening with temperatures still in the mid50s. Beautiful out there. Over in cape may, its a few degrees cooler. A little more cloudy. Chief meteorologist tammie souza joins us now. Big warmup has begun. Today the upper 50s across the area. We should be 43 for a daytime high. This is a gift. This time next week, were probably not going to make it out of the 20s. Lets go to cape may where we showed you this beautiful picture. 53 degrees right now in cape may. Feels like 53 degrees. How about the poconos . People are out skiing. They want it below freezing. Not going to happen today. They are hanging on to all that snow as best they can. Its 55 in philadelphia. It feels like 55. Those winds are going to continue through the evening. It looks like tomorrow will be a bit cooler and swing to the west and to the north. Heres your wakeup weather. Were basically going to be going through the evening in the 40s. Well see 42 tomorrow at 7 00 in philadelphia. 38 in the suburbs. 35 in the lehigh valley. 41 in delaware. 41 in new jersey. 43 on the jersey shore. Look at all these 50s and 60s. More warmth on the way. But were going to talk cri christmas, snow and frigid temperatures when i come back with your full forecast. What started off as a morning filled with yardwork turned into something much more serious for an 83yearold man hit by a car in his front yard. Jim rosenfield is joining us in the breaking news center with the latest. Fortunately right off the bat, the victim is expected to survive. Police say they have a person of interest in custody. Want to show you that scene on Andrews Avenue in north tld. You can see that blue suv in the yard. Neighbors say the suv and white car were speeding down the street around 11 00 this morning. The suv lost control and hit the 83yearold man. I thought he was dead. I freaked out. Saw a guy lying down on the pavement. So far no charges have been filed. But if you have any information about that white car, police want you to give them a a call. Live in our breaking news center, Jim Rosenfield, nbc 10 news. Good news for drivers now. The turnpike, a stretch of highway near ben salem is back open after a Chain Reaction crash during the morning rush. Three tractor trailers and a car collided in the westbound side around 5 45. It sent two people to the hospital. A brewery is hopping into action to support a Pennsylvania State trooper shot in the line of duty. Two rivers brewery in easton released a new beer in honor of ral seth kelly. Its called trooper kelly stays on. A dollar from every beer goes help l the family. Theres still time to support the cause. It runs until 8 00 tonight. James Rhodes Elementary School will be back open tomorrow. A water main break forced students out of the build iing. Students were moved to Parkway West High School where they finished class. Keeping our skeets safe. Local bicyclists are calling for improved Safety Measures after a woman was killed. The changes they are demanding. And Deadly Police chase. All new at 5 00, a Family Member of a person who was killed in this crash is sharing their story with nbc 10. Amtrak derailment. How local red cross volunteers are helping following the tragedy in washington state. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The ntsb is scrambling to collect evidence from a freeway in washington state. The priority now for investigators is to question the crew about the tracks condition and any possible obstructions or distractions. Also to find out why the engineer didnt e slow down. The train was traveling 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 Miles Per Hour zone when it derailed send iing cars crashing on to the busy interstate below. Three people were killed. Dozens more were hurt. Everything was fine. Then suddenly just out of the blue there was no warning of any kind. They are headed to washington to help families dealing with the tragedy. And lawsuits are likely to be filed following yesterdays deadly derailment. While theres no way to know the exact amount, the total will be no more than 200 million for everyone. Thats the limit set by congress in 1997. Airlines in atlanta say they expect the schedule to be back to normal by the end of today after this weekends blackout. It will take days to rebook on the new flight. An underground. Fire knocked out the electricity at the airport on sunday. You may remember that massive computer hack in may that affected hundreds of thousands of Computers Worldwide and crippled Britains National health service. Today the Trump Administration said north korea is to blame for the wan nacry attack. Hackers were directed by the government. The attack struck more than 150 nations locking up digital documents, databases and other files and demanding a ransom for their release. Amazons new service that lets some drivers enter your home is coming under fire. Some people thought the service could be the answer to package theft. Others thought it could open up their homes to privacy issues. Now nbc news has found a flaw in that new service. The computer hacks someone could be inside your home and not even know it. Right now, let me show you. The amazon camera, thats our nbc camera. Thats the amazon camera. It should be seeing, but youre saying she cant see a thing. Shes totally blind to this whole thing. Tonight, jeff explains why x experts say why the updatent isnt working. More on nbc nightly news immediately following nbc 10 news at 6 00. To the weather now. Major changes are happening. A live look at allentown where we are enjoying some warmer temperatures this evening. And over at the blue cross river rink, you dont need to bundle up if youre hitting the ice. Quite a few people hitting the ice right now. Tammie souza joins us now. We need to buckle up. We absolutely need to fasten. Were going to be on a wild ride between now and the middle of next week. So that ice there in the roller rink may thaw and refreeze and then may be coming with a little snow. Not so bad. Lets take a look outside. Right now, we have beautiful clear skies out there. How warm were we today . 58 degrees. Normally we should be at 43. Didnt pick up any rain and the wind gusts at 27 Miles Per Hour. Sunsets at 4 38. Temperatures across the region, 55 in philadelphia. 51 in pittsburgh. 57 in washington, d. C. Roanoke, 65 degrees. It was incredibly mild out there. 50 in allentown. 53 in wildwood. Vineland at 54. Coatesville at 52. And wilmington at 54. Were going to have a mild night. We will into the 30s. But i think thats probably going to happen quickly closer to midnight and maybe 2 00 a. M. Until then, well be very comfortable. Well drop down to 3 in philadelphia. 39 in wilmington. 42 for stone harbor. Coatesville at 36. And allentown at 34 under partly cloudy skies. Were going to be mild and dry all the way through friday. Maybe a little sprinkle on friday. A little later in the day. Were going to have Good Shopping weather. No slip and slide on ice. We get to saturday, going to be pushing 60 degrees. A transition day on sunday. Well see the 40s and then cold air comes in quickly from the arctic. Cold on christmas and were back to saying we have a chance for some light snow. Right now, the radar not picking up anything. Clouds drifting through the area. Theres a little disturbance to the north of us. Lets take you through the next couple days. We drop out of the 50s overtonight. We make it to the 30s overnight. Then 40s. And tomorrow afternoon were in the low to mid40s. On thursday sunshine returns. Its the coldest day of the week. Winter starts and were in the 30s and 40s. Upper 30s and low 40s. Friday we make it again to nearly 50 degrees. Clouds move in ahead of that rain thats going to be pushing into the area. Now lets show you the travel futurecast. So here comes the storm system out of the south. Could bring. Us rain on friday. A couple disturbances across the northern plains. Watch this system through saturday with the heavier rain for us. Snow in chicago if. Youre traveling. We get to sunday and things look good in our area. Problems in the southeast. Denver has a little snow. Here comes the monster system on monday. It is christmas. Do we get snow . Maybe. The european models are back to saying a snow rain mix. 46 tomorrow. 42 on thursday. 50 on friday in philadelphia. Look at the pennsylvania suburbs. 44 tomorrow. 48 by friday. Lehigh valley, 42 tomorrow. 43 by friday. Ill be back with your tenday on 10 in just a little while. Coming up at 5 00, courthouse scuffle. Local Attorney Says he was injured by sheriffs deputies as he entered a courthouse. The damages hes seeking. Right place, right. How an officer stopped a man with a gun. Holiday hugs for three astronauts who arrived at the International Space station today. An american, japanese and russian astronaut docked with the iss this morning. It took them two days to get there. Some kids had dates with important man this morning. You sing as loudly as you can. They are so cute. Most were all smiles. There was a boy who is putting the toys under the tree. The toys were delivered by santas helpers. Members of 20 local construction companies. Too cute. Spreading the holiday cheer. The canine unit got a donation from a local auto business right under the Christmas Tree at city hall. The money will go toward equipment that they need. Philadelphias infamous boat house row is offering its own Holiday Light show. Tomorrow at 6 00, there will be a fiveminute light show at the top of every hour. Families can bundle up and enjoy the show through christmas night. Christmas and new years holidays right around the corner, officials in our region are teaming up to make sure everyone does their part to stay safe on the roads. This season, everyone has a special wish. Indeed its a wish we all saw all year round. With the increased festivities that include alcohol, e we want you to plan ahead. Last year alone, there were 297 People Killed in pennsylvania as a result of drivers who got behind the wheel under the influence. Surveillance video shows the moments an offduty Police Officer tracked a man with a gun inside a kansas city costco. Watch as customers start running in every direction as the armed man walks into the store. He seems to wander aimlessly inside that store. Then you sue the officer jumped into action and starts to track the man down the aisles. He has trained for the situation before. But never alone. When youre on duty, your team is there. You have a partner thats got a second set of eyes and another radio and his weapon. On duty you have all your equipment with you. In this se is ncenarscenario, id dwr eye. He shot and kill ed a man. He said hes just a cop doing his job. Next at 5 00, a woman stabbed for allegedly turning down a mans advancements. How a neighbor helped save that womans life. Supermarket robberies. Police are working to find out if two separate incidents in south jersey could be connected. Police chase ends in a deadly crash. New at 5 00, the Family Member of a passenger who died is sharing her story with nbc 10. Plus curing blindness. How local researchers are making history today. Thats all new on nbc 10 news at 6 00. Heartbroken over their loss. The Family Members of a young man who died in a crash following a police chase share their story with nbc 10. Three people lost their lives in the crash that happened in tabernacle yesterday afternoon. Cydney long joins us live with the latest on the investigation. I spoke to the victims loved ones a at the Police Barracks today also to a cousin of this suspect driver by phone. They didnt want to go on camera, but they tell me they are heartbroken about the circumstances leading up to this crash. They have some questions for police. The driver slammed into a utility pole on monday. They died on exact, with the vehicle bursting into flames. Police confirmed they did pursue the stolen car but didnt make clear if they activated lights or sirens or at what speed or how long the chase lasted.