the city of beaumont formed a joint exercise of power authorities with a redevelopment agency which then promulgated a facilities district which floated bonds, $300 million. it was sitting in the bank accounts that went to the city of beaumont's finance manager and three members of the city council. not once in a quarter of a century did that agency ever report any financial -- ever release financial reports. it was a massive scandal, and under this proposal ordinance, whistle blowing on that would not be protected because it's not city funds. we could continue. let's say the 2005 community college district scandal whereby the real misuse of funds was coming out of an agency in the form of a city college foundation. who was writing the checks? city civil service employees who are also the same civil service as the community college district. so we have defined this very e precisely so it protects the controller who acts as the agent of a special number of districts. finance corporations, does this cover the san francisco finance corporation? that part of the city? what about the county o

highways were flooded, thousands of homes were gutted like beaumont and houston have not returned to normal shops and businesses remain closed houses are renovated or rebuilt but because is one -- of sky mom -- size and scope of renovation it is hard to find paul to rebuild but in rockport harvey made landfall with 150 mile-per-hour wind with a 13-foot storm surge. as of the end of december 284 families still did not have permanent housing summer living in tents. the mayor said 70% of businesses in rockport remain closed. 70% according to fema 130 so badly damaged it will be impossible to rebuild. think of this was your hometown and one third of your hometown is so bad it cannot be rebuilt 70% of the businesses are closed and have not reopened and think of how you would feel. over in oasis county that includes corpus christi officials are frustrated they haven't received temporary housing assistance that they need. and although fema continues to use the full extent of its resources to help some people but for various reasons many are still living in motels or tents. completely unacce

even easier to break out of a federal prison in beaumont, texas, until an inmate was captured wednesdayth a bag containing a barbecue dinner, lose of chewing tobacco, marijuana, and bottles of booze. turns out inmates were constantly sneak out to pick up supplies and then sneak back inside. no more. steve hartman is next. this should whet your whistle. . >> glor: we end this week with steve hartman "on the road" with the mother of all whist lers. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: to many people, there's nothing like a good whistle to pass the time. but for 54-year-old chris ullman, whistling is hardly a distraction. this four-time international whistling champion is partner in the carlyle group, an investment firm. he's been in washington 30 years, working at the highest levels in both the private and public sectors. and along the way, he has earned a reputation as perhaps d.c.'s only universally admired whistle blower. >> george w. bush, john kasich, george h.w. bush. >> reporter: he has performed for them all. >> supreme court justices. >> reporter: to rave reviews. >> people seek it out. like, to me,

is also used to make like your juice jam beaumont's and other sweets the success of this southern italian food owes a lot to a german johann maria farina from cologne who in the eighteenth century created a perfume based on burqa more oil the perfume still exists odeh cologne. she said grew up with a bad amount and swears that this fruit is the secret to how she stays so fit despite her advanced years. i drink the juice and when we harvest the burgman we always peel one or two because they're good for you for your cholesterol level everyone says that even the doctors had not thought to let it go. beck i'm not anti inflammatory fever reducing i'm moving home thing and natural medicine. to play us out today we have some new music from a familiar face french singer meat game has been gracing the stage for hof a century at the age of seventy one many people think of retirement but not sure it's still recording music in the inimitable style and even going on a world tour no need to explain the thinking behind her newest album's title it's called made in false and filled with classic french sha

places like port arthur beaumont in houston have not returned to normal. routines were disrupted. shops and businesses remained closed and houses are being renovated or read else but because of the size of the scope of the devastation is hard to get building supplies and it's hard to get theo workers to rebuild these damaged homes and businesses. in rock port where i visited over thanksgiving harvey made landfall with 150-mile per hour winds and 13 feet storm surge. as the end of december 284 families were reported to laugh permanent housing. some people were living in tents tents. rockport mayor cj waxman said 70% of distances and rockport remain closed. 70%. according to the federal emergency management agency a third ofy, rock pt iso badly damaged it will be impossible to rebuild. think about that. think of this hit your hometown. a third of your hometown so badly damaged by a natural disaster that it will not be rebuilt and 70% of the businesses in your hometown or closed and have not reopened. think of how you would feel. over in a county meanwhile officials have been frustra

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investigators do believe her car collided with a car that was turning at silver creek valley road and beaumont canyon drive just after 6:00 p.m. tonight. the woman's toyota overturned. she was ejected from her suv. police tell us the other driver is cooperating with officers and they don't believe drugs or alcohol were factors in tonight's tragedy. >>> an actor in a netflix series faces charges of stealing from senior citizen during the time he was a home health care aide. >> take a look at your screen. this is a booking photo of 23-year-old brian box. box has appeared on the net 36 series "13 reasons why." marin county prosecutors claim box stole from people in several cities between september and november. police say cell phone records linked box to the crimes. he is free on bail. >>> the golden globes kicked off hollywood's award season. >> the bay area did well with palo alto' james franco scoring big, and act rockwell. >> "lady bird" won for best motion picture comedy." >> dan yeah backes is with the big winners. >> reporter: a sea of black to fight sexual harassment and inequality. many

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beaumont, 60. we have a south when an advance. in the mountains you do not need to worry about snow. these a warm systems. next monday or tuesday could be a different story but until then we are looking for maybe a tenth of an inch or a quarter inch. some places could pick up a half-inch, especially around the russian river and north. >>> the roads are pretty good. we do have some congestion on the bay bridge but so far at the toll plaza we have not seen any big delays. i don't think it will cause a big delay. not enough volume to get traffic slowdown at the toll plaza but you may see some slowing on the bridge itself getting into san francisco. nothing major. this is a look at the san mateo bridge. that traffic was good heading out to the high rise. no problems on the dumbarton bridge on the way to the peninsula. let's go back to the desk. >>> a winter storm of blasting the east coast is bringing lots of snow with hurricane force wind and coastal flooding. >> more than 18 inches of snow has fallen in some areas. parts of the nort

is it beaumont?or short. >> seth: beau, okay great. >> and he's adorable. >> seth: and he's about 6 months? >> 6 months. so that means he's like. you know, he's smiling, he's laughing. >> seth: uh-huh. >> which is important. >> seth: does he find you funny? [ light laughter ] >> yeah -- yeah. [ laughter ] but no -- so you know i'm married to chelsea peretti. >> seth: who is a very funny comedian. >> very funny comedian. and clearly funnier than i, because she gets him to laugh. i can't. >> seth: really? >> yeah. >> seth: well, i can tell you, it's even more heart breaking for me. my wife's a lawyer and my son laughs at her more than me. [ laughter ] >> that's a problem. that's not good. >> seth: what does she do that you can't pull off? >> well, i don't know. it's one of these like -- this, you know, this magic quality. she goes, "muh! muh!" and he's like -- his laugh -- his laugh is like, "ahh!" [ laughter ] like, great. like, my son is a stoner already. it's great. [ laughter ] i tried exact same t

beaumont. port arthur. the golden triangle getting six inches of rainfall. flooding. the most rain they've seen since harvey, thankfully. and baton rouge seeing flooding. the most rain they've seen in over a year. and new orleans getting almost as much as baton rouge. the rain has moved off to the east. mobile through alabama. atlanta getting up toward the northeast. more heavy rain across southeast georgia and northern florida today. with this system. not quite as much as they saw in louisiana. this thing will ride the front. a little bit of a wave developing here. a coastal low. trying to get into the northeast. some winter precip expected monday night into tuesday morning. another weaker system tries to phase up with it. doesn't do it. we'll see nuisance winter rain and snow. maybe freezing rain and sleet. come across the northeast. everyone gets the colder air after the mild air today. temperatures getting more like winter. once again. that's a look at what's happening weather-wise across the nation. >>> hi i'm abc 7 meteorologist fan sis, we have more shun shine

and 60-inches of rain just outside of beaumont...the most rain ever recorded in the u-sstem.sandra bricker/hurricane harvey survivor: "nobody has áeverá seen anything like this of this magnitude. it's total chaos. it's awful."the rising waters inundated homesand prompted thousands of rescues from the u-s coast guardto police officers and firefighters to neighbors rescuing neighbors by boat...more than 72-thousand people were rescued across south texas. then -- just two weeks later... hurricane irma barreled across puerto rico and the caribbean -- and took aim on florida. gov. rick scott/(r) florida: "if you've been ordered to evacuate, you need to leave now."florida officials issued evacuations for 6-point-3 million people...and on september 10-th... hurricane irma ripped across the florida keys as a 130 mile-per-hour category 4..."oh my god, the roof. (cries)"the impact was devastating."what do we do? where do we go from here?" hours later -- irma made its sec

places like port arthur, beaumont, and houston have not returned to normal. routines were disrupted. shops and businesses remained closed. and houses are being renovated or rebuilt. but because of the size and the scope of the devastation, it's hard to get building supplies and it's hard to get the workers to rebuild these damaged homes and businesses. in rockport, where i visited over thanksgiving, harvey made landfall with 150-mile-per-hour winds and 13-foot storm surge. as of the end of december, 284 families were reported to still lack permanent housing. some people were even living in tents. the rock port mayor said that 70% of businesses in rockport remain closed. 70%. according to the federal emergency management agency, a third of rock port is so badly damaged that it will be impossible to rebuild. think about that. think if this hit your hometown. a third of your hometown is so badly damaged by a natural disaster that it will not be rebuilt and that0% of the businesses in your hometown are closed and haven't reopened. think of how you would feel. ove

beaumont, texas. greg on the parents line.actorsyes, several int are contributing to -- this country, concerning our children. i feel hasing that harmed her children severely, is the fact that they no longer see as wrong and rights wrong. this country was based on the pitbulls of god. now we -- principles of god. now we are not training our children in the way that they should go. many people say that if you spare the rod, you spoil the child. snapped the rod hated his son. but he who loveth himmel chastise him. that is a strong word to say that if you do not discipline your children, that you hate them. so the word -- means early. work andrained us to my first job, i was seven years old, as a paperboy. so we have gotten away from the system of the family. buying that people are things for these children, specifically these phones and things that they are buying these kids that costs hundreds or even thousands of dollars, these kids do not have anybody to teach them things. host: mary, an educator. caller: yes i am an educator

i'm thinking of cities like victoria and beaumont. more than 28,000 acres were ruined. people are still piecing together their lives. in addition to hurricane harvey, there was, as i said, hurricane irma and hurricane maria. there were the wildfires that burned across colorado, later resulting in mudslides after the rain fell. i know the federal government is not the only entity charged with ensuring help gets to these places, but it certainly has an important part to play. i met this morning with the u.s. mayor's conference and saw a number of my mayors from texas who were part of the success, or at least the management of this natural disaster, in texas. they've done their part, the state's done its part, it's time for the federal government to step up and it's time for the senate to pass the supplemental that passed the house in december. the second priority that i have personally is lifting the spending caps that impair our national defense, and particularly our men and women in uniform. in my remarks yesterday, i said this is a problem set in motion by the budget c