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allegations made last year, joins us enough center sit which new details just released from the controller's updated report. good afternoon, joe. >> good afternoon, this is the second installment of the audit of what's known as the mayor's non-profit very specific intentions and goals as to how its money is supposed to be spent controller calling on the michael nutter administration to reimburse more than $200,000. now, many of those charges made to the mayor's fund, according to the report, were accrued by the fund's former executive director bell. bell previously denied anything proper, occurred, with her spending. but her credit card tide to the fund racked up 458 uber rides according to the audit, and that's not all to further breakdown how some of the money was spent, the report shows $70,000 was spent on hotel stays. at least a handful of nutter

administrators, including the former mayor, had two hotel rooms each, during the papal visit here in philadelphia. there is the $8,000 for uber, $11,000 for plane and train tickets, and hundreds of dollars for food. former mayor michael nutter is personally being called onto pay back $22,100 for a farewell party, avenue text into nutter for comment. he previously blasted controller alan but the co-very much and called when the first piece of this audit was announced in august. >> well, the funds is supposed to support environmental initiatives, tourism, youth programs, people in need. we've found hundreds of thousands of dollars of expenses were simply used as a way to purchase things without going through the normal city process, for approval and

reimbursement of expenses. >> so, for example, if it has been used substancially for travel and for meals and for uber rides. >> and there were also some very questionable spending related to some bar bills here in philadelphia. at least the controller's offers has raised some eyebrows, now the question of possible charges, the controller has referred this report to law enforcement, i'm breaking down some of these details, we'll see you at 5:00 " live in center city, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> looking forward to that report, thank you, joe. in other news today two former aides to new jersey governor chris christie are in a new jersey courtroom at this hour, awaiting their sentencing. the hearing for bridget kelly and bill baroni started about 10:30 a.m. convict in the november on conspiracy and other charges. prosecutors say the two closed lanes on the george washington bridge back in 2014 as pay-back for north jersey mayor who refused to endorse

governor christie's re-election campaign. they are facing up to three years in prison. chris christie is in washington, d.c. with president rum today, to, hosting opioid and drug abuse session at the white house today, governor has made fighting drug abuse a priority for his administration, chaos in the capitol. driver is under arrest after police say she hit a patrol car and nearly hit officer on capitol hill. authorities say shots by police were fired during the attempted take the woman into custody but no one was hurt. arrested after short pursuit. the incident is under investigation, but at this point, capitol police say it does not appear to be related to terrorism. >> democrats demanding action, more calls today for the house intelligence committee chairman has stepped down after questions are raised about the handling of the investigation into russian tampering in the presidential election. cbs correspondent craig boswell in washington with what is sparking the outrage.

>> the white house insists it did not try to stop former acting attorney general, sally yates, from testifying to congress about national security advisor, michael flynn's conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. >> we encourage them to go ahead, but to suggest in anyway shape or form that we stood in the way that far is 100% false. >> cbs news obtained this letter from the justice department to the attorney representing, warnings, that there is a limit to what she could reveal in her testimony, and that she needs to consult with the white house, the same day she received this letter, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, chairman devin nunes, canceled yates' testimony. >> raises yes, sir about whether the white house preference had a lot to do with changing where this investigation was headed. >> chairman nunes, who work on the trump transition team, went to the white house last week to view reports he claimed shows intelligence agencies collected incidental information on trump transition team personnel.

>> never should have gone to meet with the president whose campaign is under investigation, and he still keeps telling us that we're going to see this information and no one has seen it. >> senate democrats on the intelligence committee also questioned where chairman nunes got the report. >> he can't taken tell genes over there. so he must have gotten it there. or else he violated a major rule procedure. >> the senate intelligence committee will hold it first hearing into russian interferance tomorrow. craig boswell, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> well, melania trump back in washington dc encouraging the worlds in the midst of petition urging her to either own to the white house security in manhattan. more than 100,000 people h chann because the president's wife and son barren, will remain in new york until the end of the costing the new york city police department an $146,000 per day forrumppoke ate

secretary of state's international women of courage award is her moan think morning calling the women true heroes. a majorusted in chester county. >> police say a hun actually tipped them off after noticing strong odor of turned up mature marijuana plants worth half million dollars. three cubanxico lived in the hod also found inside an exotic>> w, you're never sure what you're going to find. alligators. you know that you're going to find money. you might find guns. you're going to find found a nk >> i that monkey is now with others at an animal sanctuary, three men face felony truck trafficking charges. >> do not want his deposed testimony including in the

cosby trial in june. acknowledged in the deposition that gave women alcohol or pills before sex. a judge has prohibited some of those women from testifying, and cosby's lawyers want his own words barred from his trial, as well. cosby stands accused of drugging and molesting a temple university employee in 2004. >> well, watch your dog when you're out for a walk. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> local vets issue warning about a disease that's killing dogs, where would they be coming from just ahead. >> concern among parents and health officials at a local school. we'll tell but two separate problems affecting students in one

west norritonh sky this morning, since march 8, 5 cases of treated, others being ' vat dollars for the condition. now in addition to this, also three current cases of suspected per it is us, also known as whooping cough. school officials notified parents by letter about the problems. >> health off initials new jersey are warning pet owners about a deadly rat born disease claimed the lives of at least three dogs. vets in the state say they've seen a rise in the number of dogs who have contracted help tow spore owes thinks year, this is disease that's affected bacterial transmitted through rat urine. dogs company exposed after watek likely at dog parks, if your

dog contracts the infection early recognition iatan be give, symptoms of this include fever, loss ofurinatn problems. >> scary. well, following a day of rain, workers have returned to the cemetery in the philadelphia wissinoming section after 25 gravestones were restored yesterday after more than 100 found toppled and feden says more than $2,000 was donate today support the clean up at mou cemntery. $74,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to arrest in the vandalism. well, a big thankou who came together and helped us make our eighth annual telethonaries telethon, a success. >> yes, major success, the 14 hour telethon rared life of course here on cbs but also"cphm 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. along with vieweouonsors, and cy partners, really stepped up.s tt work, provide comfort and care to sick children and their

families. >> all of the families that folks met during the course of the day all of the donations are directly supporting those families. and they're very core age just their stories, they have an opportunity to share their stories, and then the community responds and sports them. and so i'm so grateful that so many people care and are kind and want to support those families. >> and now for our grand total, thanks to our sponsors, community partners and our viewers, we raised, get this, $1,202,377. and we even got a surprise from philadelphia's very own kevin hart, take a look. >> cbs philly, ukee washington, you do amazing thing, and i can't be there in person but i'm in spirit. so i'm donating $10,000 to the cause. >> just true hometown hero special thanks again to kevin hart for his support as well as evee ee who generouslyatchities yesterday.

hit hard in texas, still ahead in "eyewitness >> tornados, and weather still notle in the path of the storms. >> actually storm system guys that will be headed our way, which we'll discuss right after the b.ng to lever behind some showers for saturday morning. however, the ntogressively gets nicer. the 60s by the time we hit forecast.

>> deadly storms devastate parts of texas and oklahoma, bringing tornados, hail, and powerful winds. >> tons of thousands of people still without power as the storm threat moves east, john

champion in dallas with a look at the damage. >> aerial footage shows the damage in rot well, texas, roofs and walls of homes reduced to piles of debris. overnight, severe storms swept across texas, and oklahoma, with damaging high winds, heavy rain, and pounding hail. powerful winds knocked bricks off the walls of the fort worth apartment building, crushing cars, below. >> so like i said, i mean, it happens. >> tornados tore through the western part of the state. >> tornado on the ground. >> more than dozen were reported. >> oh, my gosh. >> near liver i can, one ran a stop sign and there was collision. hail created brutal conditions on the roads. some chunks were large enough to crash through car windows. >> it hit my daughter in the

back of the head ... >> outside, chunks of hail blanketed the grounds, in oklahoma the powerful storm blew over semi trucks on the highways. don champion, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." perhaps -- >> it takes a lot to blow over a tractor trailer. >> and you said the best part of the same system hitting us? >> eventually will, yes. so i don't think it will be the same animal by the time it reaches us. mainly looking at heavy rainout of it, though, but your friday is kind of a wash out. you have to break the umbrellas back out of here, talk about some of the, you know, finer points of this, as we're at least at this point in the middle of a break. we've got high pressure on our side for now, so sunshine, little breeze out there at the moment, too, but still nice afternoon, that's unfolding for us, we start things off by taking you outside to one of our hd cameras, sky three, overlooking central parkway library here, logan square, looks like couple of folks out on the lunch break, quiet conditions, get the afternoon started, nothing but sunshine, and even though there are

handful of flags out there, see lightly waving in the relatively light breeze. but the winds flow out of the northwest, keep in mind, cooler any time that winds does blow. certainly seeing the clouds dissipate, nicely, so that will continue to be the story nice clear sky right into the night, right through tomorrow, but here's that storm we are were talking about, already this morning, across oklahoma, kansas, nebraska, even into texas, heavy thunderstorm many tornado watches and warnings, posted early this morning. >> counter clockwise rotation, the storm itself really getting its act together. it is taking its time too. it is a sluggish storm. so the next day and a half we'll see a lot of severe weather we think breaking out across the deep south into the mississippi valley here. but here, in our area, we actually evening out beautiful day on thursday. so we really just need to bide our time until this get here. now again, i don't think is major severe weather threat. because it is so slow, your friday is looking pretty

soggy, specially in the p.m. hours, look to bring the heaviest rain, rumbles of thunder very likely with this, as well, mainly friday event, i do think you could see wet werth as early as late thursday night, as late as into early saturday morning. so, this is going to be a long event for our area. and as a result, we could even see over inch worth of rain. potentially, not given, but possibility. heaviest like i said, heaviest of the rain coming through the p.m. hours. but i think the morning drive is certainly going to be impacted, it is raw, it is chilly daytime highs at best in the low 50's, but watch for slow travel, road ponding, poor drainage flooding all of the good things that tends to come with these kind of system. meanwhile currently into the mid 50's, doesn't feel raw and chilly with bright sunshine overhead. continue to see the thermometer read bound, should hit low 60s before said and done. now the peak of the cherry blossoms is expected start today through april 4th, about week early, in part due to the very warm february we had. also, the cold and the snowier

by comparison martha we had with the nor'easter mid month. but in philadelphia, the average bloom is technically april 7th through 10th. ahead of schedule but today and tomorrow promising some fine weather to go out, especially mlk drive, drive past there every single day on my way home, beautiful, once blossoms are in full vie bran ansy. cool breed granted, 626 degrees, above the average. later tonight drop down to seasonable 36 degrees low for you under the nice clear sky. you don't get the blanket of cloud cover to track in the heat. moving forward tomorrow, also lovely, wonderful hair day, wind will have eased up by this point, and friday again, well, ya, i wouldn't bother with the intrinsic hairstyle folks, looks like you will need the umbrella most of the day, skies do start to gradually clear throughout our saturday. sunday looking promising as is monday, both days into the low 60s with sunshine and more rain is expected by tuesday, so kind of ups and downs, but no snow. >> i can put my shovel away, can'ty? >> i think you're safety point. >> all right. >> katie, i just love how you

break down the forecast, this is good hair day. this is bad hair day, this is a scrungy day. i like that. >> i am pact, you know? >> breaking it down. >> the way we roll. out of the box, the crayon decision that crayola is making about one of its colors. big stuff coming up

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down is doing things again, just by thinking, the experimental treatment changing his life love story at 5:00. >> then at 6:00 with allergy season just around the corner, our stephanie stahl shows you the new treatment that promises to save your sense of smell, from those pesky sinus issues, tune in tonight, that's "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >> so about to tell you something that you may not know, because i'm an open book. take a few minutes every night, at 5:00 when i'm going to bed, yep, i go at bed at 5:00 to color, seriously, i sit with my coloring books, i use my markers. >> i literally cannot handle you. >> for the first time in its 100 year history crayola is retiring a color from its box of crayons. jim broken up about this all day long. you do, how much, have no say in the matter. the company wants to you use the hashtag share your five. one crawler -- just one color that can you not live without. >> crayola will reveal the color taken out of the box

forever in a live stream on national crayon day. who even new that existed which is this friday. dow not use crayons, though, i use fine markers, pointer markers. >> very important. >> i am not sure if dandy lion is in the box of 24, but i feel like i can't draw a picture without that color. please don't remove. >> they still have flesh colored? remember that goofy color? stupid. >> you say apricot? >> anyway, that's important information for you to know. please keep records of that for friday. well, that's "eyewitness news" today at noon, i'm jim donovan. >> and i'm rahel solomon for katie all of us here thanks for watching. >> it will be okay my friend, "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 always on line at cbsphilly.com. going home to go to sleep now. young and the restless is coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ honey nut cheerios

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>> chelsea: nick, there is no way chloe could do something so horrific. >> nick: chelsea, there are just too many questions about the night that the cabin exploded. >> chelsea: i don't want to go there, okay? i -- i can't. >> nick: you have to. chelsea, you have to. if this is true, if chloe killed adam, then she is not as sane as we thought. she could hurt someone else. >> victor: you honestly believe you're gonna live happily ever after? you're more delusional than i thought. >> chloe: i am not delusion, victor. i have proof. i have everything i've ever wanted. >> victor: well, you enjoy that as long as it lasts, all right? >> chloe: well, it's going to last forever. now, i know that the idea of having a loving, loyal family is a foreign idea to you. r