authority under fire, a top pennsylvania official says he plans to inn votes gate in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal involving p pa's executive director. good evening i'm jessica dean. aim nicole brewer in for ukee washington. pennsylvania is launching an audit of the parking authority's policies on how it handles sexual harassment and discrimination in the work place. >> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has been following this story every step of the waste and he is live in center city with these details, joe. >> reporter: jessica and nicole, good evening, auditor general wants to know where all of the money is going, money from tickets, parking meters, it also is the parking authority of philadelphia, now a sexual harassment scandal, he says is traction to tig deep into the operations of the ppa. under the microscope the philadelphia parking authority will now be forced to open its books, pennsylvania auditor general pulled no punches in describing why.

>> thalgation of pushing sexual harassment claims under the carpet is completely unacceptable. it is just outrageous. >> reporter: last week vince fenerty the p pa's executive director resigned after an internal investigation revealed he sexually harassed at least two female employees. board was hours away from firing him when he submit aid letter of resignation. it was the answer to this question by cbs-3 that signalled the parking authority was open to a review, by the state's financial watch dog. >> will they invite the auditor general here to look at the books. >> the books are opened. i mean they are audited every year by an outside firm, yes. >> reporter: martin also confirmed to cbs-3 that an attorney for the authority in 2006 did tell the board about a sexual harassment complaint made against fenerty. the authority was preparing then to offer the victim a $150,000 settlement but she declined it.

it is unclear why the authority allowed fenerty to remain in the job and that just last year fenerty was again accused of sexually harassing an employee. >> there is talk on this city that this board is tone deaf, how do you you respond to that. >> they weren't tone deaf. they were going to fire mr. fenerty when they were a maid aware of the second allegation. they are not tone deaf. >> reporter: spokesmen for philadelphia parking authority also tells cw. three that they will fully cooperate with the auditor general, just a reminder, vincent fenerty is collecting his pension that is $150,000 a year. he has not responded to a request for comment from cbs-3. live from center city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". black lives matter protesters interrupt a news conference today demanding accountability in last week's police involved shooting. the mayor and philadelphia police department unveiled the city's first plug in police cars today. each police district is

getting one for use for community relations. now as a question/answer session got underway two protesters one with the mega phone stepped forward to criticize how police handled a stabbing suspect in cobbs creek. police fired more than 100 shots as they took that suspect down. >> the residents who live in that community, children who are put at risk, when police officers decide that they were going to take down a sus peck and shot 109 bullets. >> i recognize concerns as relative to the number of shots taken and we are investigate to go get to the bottom of it. it is a tragedy all the way and. >> protesters promised to follow-up. mayor and protesters shook hand as they parted. philadelphia police have identified a 13 year-old girl who they say posted scary clown threats on social media against several philadelphia schools. police say that girl told them that the posting were a prank

and that she had no intention of harming people. the clown posts forced philadelphia school district and archdiocese to increase police presence. >> it is not something that is laughing matter. it is not a game in terms of the manpower we are using with all of our resources, it is very serious in terms of the time, dedicated to other real activity, in terms of the real crimes that are occurring within our city. >> police are consulting with the district attorney's office to determine if charges are appropriate for that 13 year-old. trial for a south jersey father charged with killing his young son has been delayed until january 9th. david creato junior's trial was to begin today, however, judge delayed it to allow a defense additional time to gather expert testimony. creato, who has pleaded not guilty is charged with killing his three-year old son brand an. that little boy's body was found near his westmont home in october of last year, authorities say the child had become an impediment to creato's relationship with his girl friend.

sentencing of former pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah is on hold this week. lawyers are appealing fattah's bribery conviction in the wake of the pivotal supreme court ruling. fattah's attorney say high court narrowed definition of the bribery and in overturning former virginia governor bob mcdonald's conviction days after fattah's conviction in june. they argued fattah accepted gifts out of friendship and did not perform any political favors in return. a new sentence date has not been set. after pulling trains from the tracks tonight septa says it is back to a normal schedule but you some commuters are still frustrated. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live at jefferson station with what septa is saying tonight, anita? >> reporter: that is right, septa officials say they have lost nearly eight million-dollar in revenue in the past several months, and as they work to get back all of their railcars they are facing roadblocks. >> just get back to normal. i can continue to get to work.

>> reporter: that is plea many septa riders are making. after a long sum other have delays, and overcrowding. >> it is time that people are expanding, in the aisle, you know, trying to get home, jamming in the trains. >> reporter: septa officials were forced to side line a third of the fleet in july after engineer discovered irreparable cracks in the suspension of all ten silver liner five cars. >> it was just crazy late. >> reporter: after months of who had filed operation on monday septa returned to a regular weekday schedule from june but not everyone knew about the changes. >> pretty inconvenient help we get in and out of town once an hour. so if you missed something. so i was not aware it was back on track. >> reporter: or saw difference in weight times. >> it is like five minutes. >> reporter: in response to rider frustration septa spokeswoman carla lee says she understands. she's a daily regional rail rider myself. >> high train was late, i will be honest with you. there are issues, and there are questions, frustrations,

and we want to hear them. >> reporter: septa officials say about 50 of the 120 silver liner five cars are running at this point and they hope to get the rest back in services by mid-november. >> yes, that is still our time line. we said in the beginning of the week it would be rough and as time goes on it will start to smooth out. >> reporter: as you can see there are still some trains that are up to 13 minutes late, here, this is also about the time that septa had planned increase fares about 10 percent. that generally happens every three years but they have decided to push it back at least another year. live from jefferson station anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the count down marches on we are just a little more than 35 days from election day and choosing the next president of the united states. after a recent slide donald trump said he will come back in the polls just like he came back in business this weekend new york times reported trump lost more than 900 million-dollar in 1995 and

thus could avoid paying taxes for years. how does that work? is it legal? our greg argos got some answers. >> reporter: monday g.o.p. presidential nominee donald trump talked his taxes at campaign events. >> when trump had this lost we don't know what year it was. >> reporter: so are we? speaking with temple's fox school of business accounting professor and corporate tax expert david jones. >> i don't think there is anything smoking gun here. it is what is in the law and that is permitted. >> reporter: we want to know how trump did not possibly pay federal taxes for years. after filing a 1995 business net operating loss of more than 900 million-dollar. >> there is nothing illegal about this. congress wrote this specifically in the law to help taxpayers manage business over a business cycle. >> reporter: think of this container as your business and this candy as your businesses total value. one year for whatever reason your business takes a big loss. >> in future tax years if you

are making money once again the irs allows to you off set what you owe them in taxes, as you work to rebuild that original loss. >> it is like digging a hole if you dug a hole in year one you can start filling it in in year, two years back and fill in the rest of it 20 years forward. all is good because that is what a congress intended to have happen in the business cycle. >> reporter: jones say everyone from individuals who own small businesses to massive corporations like ford take advantage of this tax code. >> it is all legitimate. >> reporter: so common he wouldn't even consider it a loop hole. >> i chuckle because it is people use the word loop hole a lot and loop hole is ambiguity. >> reporter: at temple's fox school of business, greg argos. >> this is not ambiguous. >> reporter: cbs-3 "eyewitness news". hillary clinton says voters should not trust donald trum top change tax laws he has benefited from. she was in toledo, ohio today. she suggested a law to require major party presidential nominees to release their

returns, she scheduled to be in the philadelphia area and harrisburg tomorrow with her daughter chelsea. tomorrow all eyes will be on clinton and trump's running mates, vice-presidential candidates will go head to head in their one and only debate. it will be moderated by cws news correspondent and cbs anchor elaine keyano, coverage starts at 9:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have much more on the race for the white house, that is coming up next, right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. it has been a landmark in one new jersey town for decades and now it is getting recognition. >> new at 6:00 this white oak tree has received a special title in the garden state history behind it and why locals hope it will make their town a destination for tourist. plus, soluting u.s. navy's new ship we are at penns landing for that celebration, the role the ship will play in the military and where it will eventually call home, kate. sun finally returns today but we have a couple showers popping up here and there i'll

have latest timing on these showers for tomorrow and also the latest on hurricane matthew could that powerful storm impact our area this weekend? the latest information, from the national hurricane center is next, don. a key member of the philadelphia eagles is arrested, find out who and what makes it a touchdown run so inspirational story about grit, and drive and determination later in sports.

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a huge white oak tree in new jersey is hundreds of years old and now measures as the largest, in the state. as it turns out there is much more to this tree then just the tree located in the city of salem. the old oak has been a sight to see in rural, new jersey. our cleve bryan paid a visit to check it out. >> well, we love it and so does the town. >> reporter: salem new jersey is a tree with the history as rich and old, in fact, much older then our nation. tradition maintains, 1675, quaker john fenwick founded salem when he signed a treat which native americans under this oak tree that tree has never been broken.

>> reporter: mary is a 13th generation of the salem society of friend. they maintain the burial ground under the salem oak which is one of the states oldest trees at more than 600 years old. >> we are very attentive to its need ain't get pruned and wired if it need to. it gets fed regularly. and we have a sprinkle system under it. >> reporter: not only is salem oak an old girl but she's pretty big. if you want to give her a hug you need more than a couple friend. she's more than 35 feet around. in fact with the fall, slightly larker white oak in north jersey last year new jersey forest try service determined that the salem oak is a state's largest oak tree. new point of pride for small town that loves its big tree. >> it is here for so long and have been loves it. >> reporter: the family owns salem oak dine's cross the street where they would welcome, nature lovers who want to sees changing colors this fall. >> it brings people out from all over. so hopefully, like, putting it

out there, for some more people in the diner. >> reporter: as long as visitors respect society's historic burial ground, she says that the shore the merion. >> we would welcome them with opened arms. we love to share what we have. >> reporter: in salem, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right. beautiful tree. also a big solute for america's new navy ship. lets take a look. >> three, two, one. >> fire. >> that loud gun blast was part of the welcome ceremony for the u.s.s. john p murtha, "eyewitness news" at penns landing for battleship new jersey's official solute to the u.s. navy's new ship name for pennsylvania's longest serving members of the united states house of representatives. the ship will be formally commissioned this saturday. kate joins us now man we cross our fingers for good wet they are saturday. you guys have your eyes on matthew. >> yes. >> we do. >> matthew has defied a lot of expectations. it has been very, very strong. strengthened more rapidly, its track turning to the north and

now a big shift, west ward in the models meaning the you had east coast is in play for hurricane hit, mainly off to the south of our air contract but what we have to watch is what that storm does once it moves by to our south. north carolina all the way down to florida these are areas that should start preparing now thanks to the western shift. for us we are still about five days maybe even six days out from potential impacts with this system. you get a high degree of uncertainty into that time frame. it is still just a watch and see scenario. we have a couple different scenarios we are tossing around right now and right now a 50/50 shot at direct impact verse minimal impact. we will get in that more in a moment. luckily it is quiet weather. that allows to us focus more on tracking impacts of hat you. we have scattered showers rotating through the area right now and while they are few and far between they are slow moving. this one right here zooming in on over northern cape may county south near woodbine it has a flood advisory with it.

slow moving shower and it has heavy burst of rainfall and producing, some receipt i heavy rain. flood advisory in cape may county. we have had a few scattered showers berks county, lehigh valley. you can see these showers impacting the north east and that means more cloud, again tomorrow and another chance for showers as back door cold front moves through. if you saw sun today it was beautiful. gonna way again thomas cloud hoff back in. with the sunshine we will warm up to the 70's. seventy-three still here in philadelphia. thirty-seven wilmington. seventy-two in millville. let's head down to the tropics and talk about matthew. this is on everybody's mine. a very long lasting, major hurricane, still a category four. you can see eye starting to move north/north east. this could be catastrophic for haiti where some spots could pick up 40 inches of rain from this system. the category four hurricane is moving north at 7 miles an hour. here's latest track. thread need will and that will keep it strong. we expect this to be a major hurricane over bohamas late

wednesday and thursday. it is helping south east companies, florida and carolinas could headache a land fall, along the coast of north carolina even as a category hurricane or very least hug the coast. what toss it do beyond that. it is all, we all have to watch players on the field. big blocking high off the coast. we have a strong jet stream and trough moving from the west this could pick up the storm and allow to it hug the coast or if this comes through later the storm is slower it could head out to sea and we will get minimal impact. we have equal chances of that. so what to expect. matthew's impact is very early. depend on the timing and interest category action with that front. 50 percent chance heavy rain, win this weekend. i think 50 percent chance that the worst stays off shore but i'm continuing to track this the entire eyewitness team is, on the job and keep you posted as things evolve. the caribbean, florida, carolinas should be on high alert then we will see what happens from there impact would be this weekend so rest of the week looks good, just

sun return wednesday, thursday friday and then threat for rain, win late saturday into sunday. >> keeping an eye out. >> don's up next with sports. >> eagles are back from vacation, guys, a lot to talk about arrested and released one starter in the eagles defense is in hot water. plus a big par of the teams offense is back and ready to ball.

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good news and bad news. let's start with the bad. nigel bradham has been arrested, the 27 year-old bradham was a at miami international airport when x-ray machine detect a loaded handgun in his backpack. bradham told workers he forgot the weapon was this his bag and shed his permit to carry. officials say it was clear there was no criminal intent but he was booked, charged with a second degree misdemeanor and released on bond. this is his second arrest since july, the eagles say they have been in touch with him and the authorities, and they have no further comment, at this time. now it is time for good news, tightened zach ertz practiced today and expect toss play sunday in detroit. ertz is coming back from a displaced rib which he suffered in week one against cleveland. happy to be back on the field. >> it is tough not being out there with your guys, your brothers, you work so hard but at the end of the day it was only two games. i missed same amount last

year. i'm excited about the rest of the season and team played well. >> on to baseball final numbers are in and they are not good. phillies ended their season yesterday and they finished as lowest scoring team in baseball. as a result, hitting coach steve henderson has been fired. phillies were out scored by 186 runs, their worst run differential. it happened on saturday pots tune high school senior marvin pierson has been blind since ten years old but on this kay on home coming against pottsgrove, he scored his first touchdown. >> ouch. >> shout out to marvin. get in there. >> loving it. the friday football frenzy is five days away vote for the game of the week ryan at carroll, collinswood at audubon, true man at pennsbury. vote now at cbs philly.com/frenzy. >> vote for the frenzy. >> how about that marvin.

>> touchdown. >> good stuff. >> 60-yard too by the way. "cbs evening news" is just minutes away, scott pelley joins us now with a look ahead, scott. >> hi jessica and nicole great to be with you in philadelphia. this evening donald trump says he has paid as little tax as possible, after his tax returns showed a loss of nearly $1 billion in one year. we also have the result of our new cbs news poll which shows a change this is direction of the race, plus we will show you the creative way that police, are catching drivers on their cell phones, those stories tonight on the "cbs evening news" just

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>> pelley: the debate breaks the tie. our first post-debate poll shows clinton taking the lead as leaked tax returns give her new ammunition against trump. >> what kind of genius loses $1 billion in a single year? >> i have legally used the tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of my companies. >> pelley: also tonight, hurricane matthew batters the caribbean. we'll tell you where it's headed. police give themselves a strategic advantage to catch distracted drivers. >> you have to pay over $100, so don't look at your phone. >> pelley: and she rose from poverty to the top of her game one move at a time.