than 700 percent. today, those three suspects in a federal indictment, were brought to justice. prosecutors say that charles's main line estate valued at more than two million-dollar is just one example of the big paydays, that he and alleged accomplice wheeler neff enjoyed. the pair, accused of earning 688 million-dollar over five years, freezing hundreds of thousands of victims on illegal payday loans. so-called, because they desperately needed the cash to make it to the next payday. >> he is actually charged were being the owner and operator and financesser of the many of the payday lending companies. mr. neff is a accused of being a lawyer who helped. >> reporter: the prosecutor say that hallnan charged $30 for every hundred borrowed and illegally high rate for loans which are then themselves

prohibited in pennsylvania. >> it translates to an annual percentage rate of interest, in the 700s. >> reporter: indictment also charges neff and hallnan with it ising up shell corporations, paying off native americans who cannot be prosecuted because of sovereign tribe immunity to claim they were running the businesses. >> my client is not guilty, he pled not guilty and we intend to establish his absence of guilt at trial. >> reporter: hallnan also pleaded not guilty. the government now seeking forfeiture of 688 million of the suspect as assets, including, hallnan's main line mansion and a bentley flying spur, a long with a mercedes. if the federal government has its way they won't driving any of those expensive cars, anytime soon. in addition to attempting to seized the property, they also want to take a chunk of the suspect's freedom, hallnannies

at alleged ring leader, if convicted, facing a minimum sentence of 12 years in federal prison. live at u.s. courthouse i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the bernie sanders and hillary clinton campaigns continue to energize their supporters in philadelphia a head of the pennsylvania primary. former president bill clinton stumped for his wife at dorothy east manual center in east mt. airy. his speech was running smoothly until two protesters emerged from the crowd holding up signs. they criticized the passage of the 1994 crime bill, when clinton was president. >> okay, i heard it, can i answer? no, you you see, here's the thing, i like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth, that is a simple fact. >> meanwhile hillary clinton is in new york ahead of the state's april 19th primary. she arrived at yankee stadium filled with reporters and

supporters that hopped on the subway and made a couple stops afterward. bernie sanders wrapped up two days of campaigning in philadelphia. he spoke at afl-cio convention one day after hillary clinton took the same stage and questioned his preparedness to be president. sanders hit back at tough talk about some fiery word of his own. >> it is not the type of politics that i want to get into, but let me also be very clear if secretary clinton thinks that i just come from the small state of vermont we're not used to it. we will get used to it fast. i will not get beaten up, i will not get lied about. >> reporter: both candidates are set for another national debate next thursday at the brooklyn navy yard. ted cruz and jon kasich are working to upstage donald trump in his own state. kasich visited a deli in the bronx while cruz rallied with supporters at the a christian school in upstate new york. new poll find 52 percent of likely republican voters in new york support trump compared to 25 percent for john kasich and 17 percent for ted cruz. stay with "eyewitness

news" for everything that you need to know on the race for the white house. we will have continuing coverage on television and on our web site at cbs philly.com. all right. lets talk weather now, we are tracking showers, it has been a mixed bag today, meteorologist kate bilo is in the weather center, kate, people wondering what comes next tonight. >> well, if you are out and about this evening maybe sun came out, you want to get outside and enjoy it, just keep an eye to the sky. we have another round of mainly scattered showers, pushing toward us right now. you can see the region is dry but take a look at this next little line moving through eastern maryland right now, right throughout the chesapeake bay region and there is rain here, rumbles of thunder south of baltimore. this will impact delaware. you can see scattered showers and thunderstorms off to the north. cannot rule out a stray shower this evening, and it could come up quickly as it may be sunny, clouds roll in quickly and then we have a shower, brief heavy downpours right over where you are. this will continue through about 8:00 o'clock tonight. you can he still around

7:00 couple spotty showers here and there. 8:00 o'clock it wind down. maybe even through 9:00 o'clock but with the heating of the day we will see things moving out. here's good news we have a great viewer photo from, deb thompson in oxford. look at that double rainbow. the sun comes back after these showers, and authentication things could look great. thanks for send ago this over. coming up we will tell but a chance for snow this weekend. for now, back to you. >> kate, thank you. what a week for villanova wildcats who will parade through center city tomorrow afternoon. national champions will be honored for their achievement and "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live in center city with more on the final preparations for tomorrow's parade, justin. >> reporter: jessica, ukee barricade here are already up and crews are preparing for the main event, that big parade, set the for tomorrow afternoon but here at city hall mayor jim kenney and several local businesses are hoping, once the parade pulls out that nova nation doesn't just leave that instead they make a night of it.

some 1500 miles from the final four in houston there was big business at owe shay's pub where crowds came in mass to cheer on nova as they knocked down north carolina for that ncaa championship win on monday. >> when they won in the last second, definitely one of the best games ever you will see in your lifetime. >> reporter: friday oshay's manager davis hoping for another big nova crowd around 3:00 p.m. after wildcats rally a few blocks away. there may already been a taker. >> sure, why not. i'll come around here, there has got to be one close by. >> our parade are few and far between. i'm hoping people have a good time. >> reporter: from city hall to septa a officials are bracing for tens of thousands toss trek along the parade route a super nova nation mostly made of students with canceled friday classes. so septa is stepping up, services. >> we're adding extra capacity to the norristown high speed line, broad street line and the market frankford line to make sure that everybody can get in and out of the city safely. >> reporter: by 1:00 p.m.

friday afternoon nova nation should be out in full force at 20th and market where the parade is set to begin, they will continue to move east, toward city hall. >> our septa police will be on the scene making sure have been is having a good time and celebrating, with respect and also safely. >> reporter: and add oshay's and other nearby bars and restaurants hopes for that nova business bounce. those sports fans are hoping that the pros will watch too after seeing what a big win can do for a city of believers. >> i'm looking forward to the celebration, the nice parades, and becoming champions. we haven't had one in a while. >> reporter: now, mid-morning tomorrow your commute gets a bit tricky here in center city. that is when road closures begin along parade route on market as well as 15th and 23rd streets. if you are commuting by train and get lost or confused do not worry there will be septa ambassadors around to guide you and we are told by your friday evening commute, things should clear up with the extra

capacity on the trains. we are live here at city hall, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". ukee and jessica, back to you. a lot of excitement there, thanks very much. you can see parade of champions live at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow right here on cbs-3 and at cbs philly.com. we will kick off parade with a special one hour show at noon, so, kickback and spend the afternoon with us. phillies home opener is monday, and a ten year-old will be throwing out the first pitch. >> he talk with our greg argos about this dream come true. >> phillies opening day. fans pumped. >> it is great just spirit and comradery of the phillies fans getting together. >> before the players can take the field there has to be ceremonial first pitch. the honor this year is going to a special, ten year-old fan. >> well, i'm just used to pitching and i think i can do it. >> reporter: are you worried or are you practicing. >> i'm not really worried, no.

>> confident. >> reporter: matt collins from glenn olden was diagnosed with leukemia in february. >> i'm doing good. i just try to stay positive. >> reporter: when his child life specialist at ai du pont children's hospital found out he was a big baseball player. >> i played first base. >> reporter: and even bigger phillies fan. >> i love baseball. i play it. i go to the games a lot. >> reporter: she knew she had to make sure he threw the first pitch. >> when we heard we had an opportunity to nominate a patient matt is the perfect kid. i check with the doctor and when i say yesterday he is perfect kid we have to get him to do that. >> and with the pep rally in the lobby on thursday, matt says he is excited. you will throw a strike. >> yes good and his armies ready for monday's fast ball. even though matt is pumped about throwing out the first pitch on opening day, i did find someone who is just a

little bit more excited, reporting live from ai du pont hospital for children i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg gets everybody. >> they always want to put their arms around him. >> he is the man. still to come tonight news that has mayor kenney saying he is excited with more than a thousand local employees. and this military vet isn't trying to stay in combat shape she's trained for a unique competition. stephanie stahl explains the pageant, and about more than just work, kate. tracking another round of scattered showers tonight, and then we will have your villanova parade forecast coming up, and, the chance for some snow, this weekend, another cool down comes in a lot to talk about i'll have it all coming up, don. find out what nb a a team reportedly has nova coach jay wright on their wish list, plus better step up or off, what tonight's match up means for flyers and their playoff hopes, with those stories

coming up later in sports.

well, aramark will continue to serve up food from its world headquarters here in philadelphia a. >> today company announced it is not leaving this city, the mayor says he is excited about it. philadelphia has been aramark's home since 1961 and the company employees more than 1,000 people, at its world headquarters. now tonight on the healthwatch celebrating the beauty and power of women who serve in the military with a special competition, winner gets a crown but this isn't a traditional beauty pageant. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to tell us about a local contestant. >> you will be about to meet somebody very special. this competition is where female veterans are judged on everything from poise, knowledge and strength and leadership and one of the contestant is a veteran who is a trainer with a gym in montgomery county. twenty-nine year-old erika walsh is training to win title

of push up princess. >> i love challenge, and anything that, you know, makes me step outside my comfort zone. >> reporter: erika who is a a trainer and owns a fitness center in king of prussia was in the army for eight years serving at guantanamo bay and in iraq. >> is it scary being there? >> it is scary, at first and then you just get used to it. i wanted to serve my country. >> reporter: she did her time and now a student at west chester. and in her spare time she runs classes at her gym and they are intense. this is the it, just pull it up. >> and bring it back down, okay. >> do you want to try no. >> do it again. >> how many of these can you do. >> i don't know. >> reporter: she doesn't really get tired and she has a big heart. >> you know how people get survivor skills. my life is too good skills so i need to start giving back to the community. >> reporter: enter miss veteran america contest, erika

is a morning 120 service women competing for the title. >> there is, a ball gown part and i guess there is a part that makes you go back and put on your combat boots and that is where push up competition comes in in your dress and combat boots. >> reporter: they will be judged on military knowledge, poise and personality. >> it is not a bikini competition, there is no make up done, looking perfect kind of thing just that we are your average joe. we are your gi jane. >> reporter: proceeds help homeless women veterans and their children. >> when i saw this opportunity and it was raising money and a wearness and bringing, you know, light to females that serve in the military i was all about and all about girl power. >> girl power, righter case involved in a variety of events that competition that she's in october. how could she not win, right. we have more information on that veteran programs and erika at cbs philly.com, click on health.

i will post that on facebook and twitter. >> she's special. >> in doubt bit. >> she's in good shape. >> reporter: i'll say. >> you go right ahead. >> me either, thanks, stephanie. kate bilo joins with us that forecast and tomorrow looks good and weekend is another story. >> weekend is another story. i wish i had better news for weekend because little league for so many kid. i have people on twitter says it is my son's first baseball game. probably not happening, unfortunately, my son either on saturday because it does not look great. sunday is a full day of sunshine, cold but it is dry. saturday is day we have to watch for rain and snow showers, on and off, pretty much all day long. take a look outside we will go out to our live neighborhood network cameras, a cool shot of the center city philadelphia skies line, of course from across the river in new jersey. you can see clouds moving in, refracting the light a little bit making it look yellowish out there on the sky, beautiful shot there but we have another shower moving

through especially south philadelphia a could get hit with a shower or thunderstorm in the next few minutes. couple clouds in poconos at pleasant valley, and kutztown seeing a few scattered cloud as well. look at the difference down the shore, cape may courthouse throwing but blue skies as far as the eye can see. it just depend where you are, some spots will get hit with a few showers this evening, others may make it out unharmed. but you can see on storm scan three this is a large scale upper level storm system really. you can see rotation and what we are looking at the is another little piece of energy, a clipper system dropping down and rotate through the same rotation here as we get in the weekend, it will bring us threat for rain and even some snow showers, because there is a lot of cold air that will be unleashed in time for weekend as well. as farrah as right now you can see showers just starting to push toward delaware, also portions of lancaster and southern chester counties right now but this massive rain here just east of baltimore will impact especially kent and sussex counties in the next half an hour to an hour. future weather shows as we

head through tonight by 10:00 o'clock the showers move on out and we will clear skies in time for tomorrow morning. we will see some sunshine, here's 1:00 o'clock big time in the city, of course, start of the villanova parade and everything looks clear for. that we will get one, nice albeit chilly day wedged in between two not so nice day. not bad. you may want gloves, coat especially outside for hours upon hours. 50 degrees at the start of the parade, 52 at 3:00 p.m. world headquarters would we like it if it was 20 degrees warmer? of course, we month. we have to take what we're given. saturday we will see rain and snow showers saturday morning even into the afternoon. limiting factors with this, most of it falling in the daytime. strong april sun, temperatures in the 40's, warm ground surface any accumulation would be limited to grass surfaces. even fit is snowing really hard to get significant accumulation this time of the year. we are talking about the threat for the at least some accumulating snow on saturday. as farrah as friday is concern not too bad. saturday 43.

coating in the city, inch or two to the north and west. sunday, sunshine, 48 degrees and chilly day, that showers back to 60's monday and tuesday, and then middle of next week nicer. we will be katie mcginty for u.s. senate, calling her "a champion for working families." the 9th of 10 kids, her dad's union pension and social security made all the difference. in pennsylvania, mcginty helped implement obamacare and expand coverage. trump and toomey have attacked obamacare and social security. to fight back, president obama wants mcginty in the senate to protect women, families and seniors. vote in the democratic primary, april 26th. mcginty: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message.

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don bell joins us now and flyers are in a tough situation. >> they have to make some moves. >> the flyers haven't lost three in a row in two months. that would be awful time to do it. their time for final we will card spot with no room for error. less than 35 minutes the host of the lowly toronto mapel leafs. go get them. day days ball, cincinnati, phillies looking for their first win of the season, cedric hunter, first career home run, he is 28 years old, he spent ten years in the minors, big achievement, two-one phillies. to the fourth, jay bruce, three run shot.

yeah, two home runs, phillies get swept in the cincinnati, ten-six. they will will play mets tomorrow in, new york. villanova head coach jay wright is a star in college hoops, and now, phoenix suns reportedly want him, in the valley of the sun. mitch lawrence of the sporting news, is reporting that the suns made wright their top coaching candidate. jay won his first national title on monday as you may have heard and he is national coach of the year. meanwhile, sixers back at practice today, last night, gm sam hinkie resigned n a 13 page letter he was architect of the teams rebuilding project. head coach brett brown talked about the surprise. >> sam hinkie's quitting i applaud because he has been a fraud, in this city for three years. purpose traiting a fraud that i'm going to build you a winner just don't ask me when. he had three years and he ended up with a awful team in his third year and they forced him out.

bravo to the sixers. >> brett brown looks a lot like angelo cataldi. i'm just saying. the eagles preseason opponents had been released. we talking about practice. hose jameis wins exton and tampa bay, then off to pittsburgh and indianapolis and as always they will end the preseason schedule with the match up with the jets, all those dates are subject to change, except that final one you see that at september 1st. now today 80th masters got underway in augusta georgia. each year tournament begins with the first t shot taken by previous champions arnold pal inner, jack nicholas, gary player. palmer did not hit a shot. jordan spieth is the leader after shooting a six under 66. highlight tonight at 11:00: >> first and second round highlights on cbs-3 at 11:35 tonight and tomorrow. >> then saturday and sunday live coverage of the masters. that is on cbs-3. >> i love, i do love the golf

clapping too, there is just, you you know, i love seeing the big three there. they had their hey day and that is the game right there. those are the three. >> yes, now we're all talking. >> yes. >> i'm talking normal level. we will be right back. >> yes sir.

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