according to an affidavit, auditor stephen brack wrote checks to himself and to "cash" ... between october of 2013 and march of last year. brack has admitted to writing the checks for personal use, saying his actions were "irresponsible." in seattle -- a suspect is dead after police say he stormed into a 7- eleven convenience store.. and began wildly swinging a hatchet. witnesses say the suspect came in, and without saying a word, started swinging.. injuring a clerk and a cusotmer who was that customer happens to be a licensed concealed gun carrier. he took out his weapon and shot the suspect. right now, police don't have a motive. down in north carolina, more than 100 vehicles involved in multiple crashes on a highway. about 20 people received non life threatening injuries and drivers were encouraged to avoid the area for hours. a combination of sun and rain on the roads reportedly made for blinding conditions but police are still investigating. well... your day is probably going a lot better than this next guy... yeah - take a look... a water main break caused flooding in

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when they questioned him brack , told them he was irresponsible. sheree: they have released a preliminary plan to update the viaduct. there are no plans to fund it. they released a repair and construction plan. it hopes to start next year. the project would take about 11 years to complete. mike: russia' s president thrown his support behind renewed syrian peace talks. sheree: the big step he took to cut back russia' s involvement in the country today. mike: mother teresa on her way to sainthood. the big announcement taking place tomorrow. kevin: showers on the decrease across the area. i let you know what to expect overnight and as we head into important primary day on tuesday. i will let you know about the threat for storms. the from the crash. now, let's move forward. we need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. new penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. for businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. and let's invest in clean energy with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of we've

how many bracks did out? >> i did two. >> went with her advice for both of this em. >> once it's over, it's over. they don't get a do over. >> best of three. >> i did just shred my script. i don't know where the second bracket was. thanks, brian, for calling me out on that. all right. >> a runner from buffalo has found a unique way to train for an upcoming marathon. >> and jim has decided to run every street in the city. he started january 1st and by the buffalo marathon during memorial day weekend, he'll have run about 700 miles. >> he says it all started by chance when he set out from his house for a run and now it's turned into a challenge. whenever he finds something that interests him, he stops and takes a picture for his instagram account. >> keep on running. i finally found my second bracket. that will go. coming up in "insomniac theater," a movie about faith and hope and a science fiction drama. we have the reviews. >> also ahead it, stop that braking systems in most cars in a few years. how they work

. >> get your bracks in. >>> last night's hoop highlights from our well-dressed friends at espn. >> i'll button my coat because i'm taking this segment seriously. stan, i'm neil. >> sure sign, the buttoned jacket. >>> kobe bryant and lebron james staples center, last go-round for these two head-to-head because bryant's final year in the nba and vintage kobe bryant during the game, he had 26 points. >> what if he changes his mind. >> james, 24. >> what, and comes back? >> yeah. >> then he plays another year. i don't think that will happen. >> i don't either. >> i think he's one of those guys when he says he's done, he's done. lakers won two in a row coming into this game. there you go. look at that. man, he had some moments in this game. but, james and his team had more cavaliers win, it 120-108. nothing but respect there. >> kobe bryant rethinking retirement is now trending. >> no, it's not. >>> iowa state/oklahoma. >> making stuff up. >> i don't know what trending is. heald, i know who he is. hey, buddy. you know, it's going to be interesting to see how he translates to the next level.

it was a significant set brack on tuesday for sanders. who has half the delegates. >> the reason we have done as well as we have, the reason that we have defied all expectations, is that we are doing something very radical in american politics. we're telling the truth. [ cheering ] >> sanders was in arizona last night. that's the state which will hold its primary on march 22. >> john: the search is on for a who t-boned a car and took off. >> amy: it happened yesterday morning. we brought it to you as breaking news. along good holmes road. they beat, pistol whipped and tied up the victims who lived there. the driver of the other car was taken to the hospital but expected to recover. the florida highway patrol said they are reviewing evidence from the suspect's getaway car which they left behind at the scene. >> john: authorities need your help. this man hit another man in the head. the tavern on the creek last wednesday. deputies said that the victim confronted the suspect after the suspect growned the victim's female friend. the victim su

kennedy: do you anything there is any discussion between hillary clinton and brack prac as fabarack obama as far as these go? let's says, and the white house says there has not been. -- he says and the white house says there has not been, it is separate proposal, they however did say that privately, barack obama has been saying to donors, it is time to coalesce around hillary clinton. kennedy: yeah. brett, you are sad that the next debate has been canceled? >> you know there is something about it that is just, great that debates for us, getting ready. i'm not that sad about it. it is -- it was something that fell apart quickly, once trump said no, kasich said, if trump does not go i'm not going, ted cruz did not want to do a town hall in utah. we'll try is again. kennedy: you can always invite the osmonds. >> yeah, already. kennedy: brett thank you for your time, always appreciate it. >> we'll see you. kennedy: coming up in a little bit, seaworld said they will quit breezing ocas. -- or cas. me too. with reacted. but first dos and doan's for 30 sigging yourself as a -- dos and don'ts for

barbara: back to bracking news the senk for clues after two men found dead in a car. this is the scene on glenwood in the parking lot behind the panera bread. there is crime scene tape. gloria rodriguez is there and has the details. we will tell uyou where it stands at 6:30. updates on abc11 mobile news app. >> aim caitlin knute in the breaking news center. hillary clinton preparing for a trip to the triangle. she's expected at an event at hillside high in durham. the doors open at 1:50 and the event begins just before 4:00. kit was supposed to be in raleigh after that but she had to cancel that appearance so she can fly to californiaor nancy reagan's funeral. last night talking tough on isis and courting the military. but after the raleigh some supporters clashed with protesters outside the crown coliseum causing police to get involved. police outside the trump rally tried to keep the piece. some of the protesters had been thrown out of the chronology coliseum earlier for disrupt being the candidate. trump called them professional troublemakers but said they only add

your brack set probably already blown -- bracket is probably already blown. another upset, little rock beat purdue. >>> a team of engineers at ucf, they are winning again, changing the lives of children with missing limbs. >> this is an amazing story. and now they've given a future cheer liter a new arm. students made a 3-d bionic arm for julia. she was born with a rare birth deif he can that forced the doctors to amputate part of her left arm. the cheerleading team helped deliver her new arm on wednesday. the team has brought prosthetics to 15 children in the past year. and the first recipient was 7- year-old alex spring. he was born without a right arm. and the students teamed up with the income city soccer club and in january, nine-year-old alvin flores received an arm with a star wars theme. these are a few of the children that benefit. >> that is unbelievable. >> we're so proud that they're ucf knights. it is a feel good fry story. -- friday story. >>> it is quiet this morning and we were in the 70s. and the winds out of the north at 7 miles an hour. and

with the warm return, the warm flow from the southwest will grab enough moisture and bring brack a rainy -- bring back the rain the side that. -- the rain he said that carried locally heavier, especially this morning in northern kentucky. we dropped off to 33. for sunday, more sunshine, 52 degrees, light and variable wind tomorrow and the wind has south wind for monday and tuesday to help with the temperatures in the mid to upper 60' s. partly cloudy and a dry start to the work week. we start the chance for the rain to set up and it looks a heaviest stays to the west for the second half of next week, but we will have periods of heavy rain as well. looks like that will be on thursday. temperatures all above average next week. jonathan: i like that wind music you had in there. high school basketball teams tournament. the news 5 sports crew has all the details in your morning sports. >> welcome to the blitz on saturday. i am george. george: cooper up against a tough one must met. jessica: in the last two months, it was pretty clear the team would have a deep run. george: the jaguars getting

bracks his wrist as he tries to get the ball. r.b.i. on that. the bottom 5, brad miller. he gets a solo shot to center field. rays win this 5-1. one more game saturday before leaving for cuba on sunday. things to see while there. >> the one place you cannot miss is the bar or restaurant called the hot corner all baseball. there is unknown but there is excitement that you know when they asked about the tour. cuba. we'll cover everything leading up to the game. well. coverage on monday. >>> day one of the ncaa tournament included a couple of upsets a few higher succeeds going down. cal loses to hawaii and michigan state, many thought facing middle tennessee. let's take to you the highlights. and to the spartans leading throughout it went later. we thought michigan would heat up. harris hits the hoop. and the foul. harris again with a huge 3 pointer. and raymond. baseline drive here the reverse. that is good. middle tennessee state shocks michigan state first 15 seed to win since florida gulf coast. 90-81 is the final. how about the women's tournament. florida and albany. go

yes, i had him in the brack -- them in the bracket. there is no better feeling. sorry. i got a little into it there. the rays are in almost the same situation as last year. they lost their closer to begin the season. this year brad boxberger and his abdom nat surgery. so who is the new close summer the new guy has closure experience. with seattle. alex colome has the tools to be a closer. and they even mentioned steve. >> i think it is just going to be a team approach, the bullpen approach, to make sure we get the most out of the guys we have. it adds more competition to the bullpen, which is a good thing, and i think we'll see a couple of guys step up and make their case to make this club. >> and the best in drag racing this weekend in gainesville. and terry mcmillan in the top fuel division is off to a good start this year. nothing like gator national. >> going into a race at gainesville is so big on the east coast and certainly one of the biggest attended races, it mat. you want to leave here in the top deny in points and you want to continue to get that momentum goi

not a single brack a little consolation, tony, thanks for coming in. >> this was nice and neat. >> dan'sour bracket is perfection and you're perfection to all of us. >> thank you. thank you for saying that. not true but anyway, thank you, tony. >>> hulk hogan's huge victory in his sex tape lawsuit against the website gawker. the massive verdict and emotion in the courtroom, plus, the heartthrob hurt, the young injure hurt on the yet while shooting the latest "maze runner" movie. >>> "good morning america" brought to you by panera bread. food as it should be. and clean and real and looking good and sandwich and soup and a new personal best. and a little help and soup and sandwich and study group. good, clean food pairs well with anything. try the clean pairings menu. at panera. food as it should be. lowe's personalized ever slawn care plan, up for trying to get a better view of his grass. it's so beatif - aghh! cramp! cramp! my tiny unicorn legs can't take it. now get 20% off pennington® smart seed, at lowe's. once i left the hospital after a dvt blood clot. what abo

timof y we're talking college hoops.lego everybody has their own way too fill out that bracket.t brackpeople go for veteran f v squads with senior leadership. s other people just go off the best mascots and then someasnd just pick the hometown team.ea now if that's the case people in the dmv are going have aoinge couple local teams to root for r in the next three weeks. nex virginia actually lost the acc c championship but that didn't t d matter because they're a number one seed in the midwestne facing s in state foe andtate fe allison seymour's beloved b hampton pirates. now, hampton they're 21 andy're 10. so they got a shot.hot. they got a shot. a local snub, georgeb, georg washington was left out of theoe field.el they play in the nit on wedne else is in, local team, the tert they draw south dakota state. anybody want to take a guess a were south dakota's mascot is. >> snowflake. >> gold mine. >> no. >> a diamond. >> yes, that's right, jack rabbits allison.llis south dakota state jackteack rabbits. they've going all the way, 2400 miles to spokane,s washington to play this gamehisg f

chir man, that's all i have to say i'll be happy to yield brack to you so you can yield to our otherolleague. >> thank you, oh, my god. we started out all right. i'll yield the rest of the time to mr. butterfield. >> thank you very much, mr. pallone. let it be said our colleague from pennsylvania set a record today. thank you, mike doyle. i thought you were going to eat up all that time. but thank you, mr. pallone. let me begin by sharing with my colleagues and thanking the commissioners for their incredible work and thank you for coming today. i join my many other colleagues for expanding the lifeline program to subsidize broadband services. i'm afraid one of the unintended consequences of the proposal would be the creation of co-pay kriermt on low end participants . i encourage the commission to encourage a no charge option for lifeline participants who may not be able to afford even a modest co-pay and maintain a voice-only option. it is crucial for lifeline beneficiaries in my congressional district and across the country that the expansion of programs to include booed brood band

>> so how smart is your bracking looking today, friday, march 18th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on a friday morn. remember the godfather and the classic line, fraudo, you break my heart. my version is, seton hall, you broke my heart. >> how smart is my bracket? i think it was f-minus. >> you had one bad pick. >> go wildcats. >> we'll talk about the ncaa tournament. our top story this morning, so much for spring. it's not going to feel that way, especially on the east coast. temperature about to plunge and a storm is brewing. and this could bury parts of the region in snow. oh, you broke my heart. >> just when i thought i was out, i pull you back in. >> exactly, what's going on? >> we're watching this low pressure system. it's going to be coming up out of the southeast. some severe weather saturday morning down there by saturday afternoon. by saturday afternoon, it's raining in washington, d.c. cold air starts to filter in as this low press

it bought brack -- back bad moments, and the brussels nightmare brought it back for us. boston marathon bombing and the reason they use brothers for operational security. one brother would have a harder time backing out or snitching out his flesh and blood, so this is part of the isis playbook to use brothers. in terms of their schemes and what they have going for them, these were basically moroccan born or moroccan descended immigrants in belgium and in france. they were criminals prior to isis giving them some ideological underpinning for their criminal ways, so you have the thugs for the expertise to rob and to steal and commit mayhem now becoming politicized. now becoming so infused with this whole jihadi culture they're willing to sacrifice their own lives to kill as many westerners as they can. excellent report from tucker on the daily caller targeting nuclear facilities. that's always been our nightmare. not so much that that i target -- they target the facilities they get some explosive radioactive material, but they can create their open dirty bomb, buy it on th

speaker, h.r. 57 does not actually address merits with the brack and clay mact rules. instead, what this bill does -- with the brick and clay mact rules. instead, what this bill does is it takes this rule and this rulemaking outside of the process in the clean air act that allows the e.p.a. to issue final rules for deadlines for the implementation. the ut waiting for conclusion of all the appeals and all the reviews. mr. speaker, this bill would so delay any subsequent rule issue that is similar in scope, any ar in objections until legal challenge to it were completed as well. in other words, mr. speaker, this bill allows an opportunity for endless lawsuits on this very issue. and i fear, mr. speaker, that f h.r. 4557 were to become law, we will end up in a situation where we will never, ever control air pollutant emissions from these facilities. no matter how cost-effective or how necessary that rule might be. mr. speaker, this is a policy that we must reject. as the statement of administration policy also noted, if rules cannot go orward until all legal actions are c