another, scratched from the belmont and will never race again. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson. >> first, to two breaking stories here in the washington area. drama at reagan national airport this afternoon. four people were pulled off a flight for acting suspiciously before takeoff. this happened on a delta regi regional jet headed to detroit. officials took everyone off the plane, rescreened the passengers and rechecked all of the luggage. the four passengers acting suspiciously were taken off the flight and after a long delay, everyone else was allowed back on the plane and it took off for detroit. also, breaking news involving former d.c. chair brown. he admitted that he forged names on a mortgage loan application and overstated his income by tens of thousand of dollars. as part of the plea deal, he resigned from his council seat.

he could be sentenced up to six months in prison. after the heared today, he was remorseful and choked up when addressing reporters. >> i want to apologize from the bottom of my heart. to all those that i have let down. to the people of this great city. my neighbors and friends. the mayor, my council colleagues. government officials and employees. of the government who worked so hard to serve our city. >> a few hours later, brown also pleaded guilty in d.c. superior court to a separate misdemeanor charge related to his 2008 campaign. prosecutors are about to hold a press conference detailing those

charges. we'll have more coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00. the injury to the horse that's captured america's attention couldn't come at a worse time. just a day before the final jewel in the triple crown. this new injury means i'll have another's racing days are over. >> reporter: the news spread almost as quickly as the pace of belmont park. for i'll have another, there will not be another race. >> i'm afraid history''s going to have to wait for another day. >> reporter: and another horse. the last trip came just after sunrise. a light jog and easy gallup with no signs of a problem, but as i'll have another returned to the barn, it became clear something wasn't right. >> immediately, we got dr. hunt over here. he scanned him and said it was the start of tenddonitis. >> reporter: a diagnosis that

meant i'll have another wouldn't run. >> it was unanimous between my brother and i to retire him and it is a bummer, but again, far from tragic, but it is very disappointing. >> reporter: a bummer those in racing understand as part of the gamble that comes with their game. >> it's a would have, could have should have business but now, we'll take a deep breath, just salute the fact that the horse is healthy. >> reporter: but his sore leg is expected to shrink the crowds and merchandise sales, though organizers point out it's still a major race. >> i think people are in town. looking for excitement. weather's supposed to be good, so we're not getting too down on this. >> reporter: when it comes to their shot at history, no one at belmont park will be able to say i'll have another. which means the wait for another triple crown winner will stretch to at least 35 years. jay gray, nbc news, belmont park.

a former culpeper police officer is free on $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty to killing a woman in a church parking lot. daniel harmon entered the plea in court today. a grand jury indicted for for killing patricia cook in february. she was unarmed sitting in her vehicle when he shot her at close range. a fire at a new restaurant in prince george's restaurant could delay the the opening. firefighters put out the fight at jersey mike's. shop was set to open this month. not clear what caused the fire. wall street ended the week ahead, creating a four-day positive streak. the trading was bowed by positive news out of europe. the nasdaq was up 25 and the s&p

500 closed up ten. now to the late es in the race for the white house. six words from president obama caused a shake uptoday. he said quote, the private sector is doing fine, unquote. mitt romney and other republicans caught the ball and ran with it. here's steve handlesman. >> reporter: president obama made his explosive claim to reassure the nation and take credit for creating 4.3 million private sector jobs. >> over 800,000 was this year alone. the private sector's doing fine. >> reporter: republicans gleefully pounced. >> are you kidding? did he see the job numbers that came out last week? the private sector is not doing fine. >> reporter: the auto industry, u.s. manufacturing, was strong in may. but construction jobs were way down. they're prooif sector. the public sector was worse. teachers, firefighters and cops, laid off.

the president's point was to blame congress for rejecting his bill to help states and cities. >> if congress had passed it in full, we'd be on track to have a million more americans working this year. keep in mind that the private sector has been hiring at a solid pace over the last 27 months. >> reporter: mitt romney was in iowa when he heard about his gift from the president. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? these comments he's making just suggest someone who doesn't understand what's happening in the country he has been elected to lead. >> the economy's not doing fine. >> reporter: back at the white house, damage control. >> the economy needs to be strengthened. that's why i had a press conference. >> reporter: republicans, say the president, ought to offer more ideas about how to keget people back to work and stop playing what he called political games. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. it's a gorgeous friday

afternoon here in the washington area, especially for a day in june. >> not a bad assignment. >> a cool assignment. >> she's doing backward barbecue weather in kensington, maryland. having a wonderful time? >> i'm having a wonderful time because i've got all my friends out here. this is the hartman family, the marmor family, they are here for what some might call a block party, but they call this their happy corner hour. there's a reason for that. we've got everything out here from the water -- hit it, timmy. some nice water with strawberries and lemon. pat, i know this is something that you would like. we've got the adult beverage back here. chips, dip. even the nbc 4 cake from jenny's cakes, so we're going to be doing a lot out here over the next hour. everything from basketball, some

games for the kids, but again, kensington, maryland here and as far as the weather goes, it's been absolutely fantastic today. take a look. what's happening across the area. our temperatures in the low and mid-80s. we are going to be cooling off tonight, but as soon as we cool off, the heat will be back on tomorrow. 74 degrees by 11:00 p.m. nice and comfortable today. oh, sure, but by this weekend, some heat, some humidity. are you guys ready for that? >> i am. i love the heat. bring it on. >> bring it on! we'll have more coming up. back to you dpis. >> it is june, so we can take it. >> right. >> enjoy. see you in a bit. of course you may have noticed that there is a new face sitting next to me here at the anchor desk this afternoon. >> where? >> we want to welcome to news 4 jim rosenfield. comes to us from new york city and you have a wonderful name. jim. >> jim. you're going to have to come up

with some kind of nickname. >> joining quite the club here. >> distinguished, i'm so happy to be here. happy to be back in the nbc family. where i was in new york for five years. and with the number one news operation here in d.c. what could be better? >> you can't lose. we're blessed and happy to have you here. >> you can call me jim, j.r. whatever works. hey you. >> i like j.r. news 4 at 4:00 continues. the winner of "the voice" joins us live. we're going to talk to jermaine paul. also, dangerous conditions in a spot where life guards have to pull swimmer at swimmer. plus, facebook opens up about potential plans to allow preteens on the

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nobody but jesus ♪ i believe i can fly ♪ i can believe i can touch the sky ♪ ♪ i think about it every night and day ♪ ♪ spread my wings and fly away ♪ i believe i can soar >> you heard it if you didn't you missed it, years of hard work paid off last month for jermaine paul when he won "the voice." the former backup singer for alicia keys and mary j. blige and he's got a recording contract and $100,000 for that voice and that performance. and he's here with us on news4 this afternoon. welcome. >> welcome, thank you for having me. >> you know, watching that and watching the expression on your face, i remember the night and everybody watched just in amazement as you won. as you broke into tears. your wife came on to the stage and you continued singing the

song. what was that night like for you? >> you know, that moment was a life-changing experience. and i'm still taking it all in. it's still just watching back, it takes me kind of -- takes me out of myself and definitely, was the most important part of everything. >> did you expect to win? honestly? >> honestly? i didn't know what to expect. i was ready to be third, fourth, second. i was hoping and praying to win, but i didn't want to be -- i didn't want to, i guess, count my eggs, you know, before they hatched. i kept believing, you know? >> you were working with team blake shelton. what's that like. >> blake is a fun guy, so down to earth. what you see is what you get. i call him "big country." he's the best decision i made as

a coach. >> what was the most important piece of advice he gave you? >> blake, he really pushed me to just enjoy it and make sure i try to have as much fun as possible. be on the job but try to enjoy it and, he constantly expressed how fast things would be moving and he was 100% right. it hadn't stopped. everything has been moving so fast. >> as a matter of fact, your life has changed a lot. tell us what's been going on? >> well, man, we're getting ready to release a single on father's day called yt butterfly kisses." pick it up i-tunes. and we mentioned that you sang backup hup for alicia keys and mary j. blige. >> alicia, i did background for her for eight years and i got a

chance to speak with her back in new york and we were talking about getting together and doing a duet for the album, so, yeah, she's definitely been that support for me in the past. and in the future to come so i'm excited. >> welcome to washington. we know you're ahear to attend the correspondent's dinner and we wish y all the best and we'll be hearing lots of jermaine paul. what a voice. >> and thank everybody out there that voted, thank you so much. >> thank you for being here. >> all right. ♪ you and me moving at the speed of light ♪ ♪ until eternity ♪ tonight >> that's the next stop for jermaine but that's r&b star chris brown. he's kicking off the summer concert series in new york city. he turned the blap za into a dance party performing a song "forever." fans packed the plaza. some even camped out overnight. a lot of fun.

>> all righty. coming up on news4 at 4:00, the contestant in the middle of the miss usa controversy comes public with the proof that the contest was fixed. and spectacular video as i neat of tall ships arrives in virginia. >> and follow news4 on line. just skerch nbc washington on facebook and twitter. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced.

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strong rip currents along the gulf coast creating dangerous sbiming conditions. lifeguards along the gulf have pulled dozens of people out of the water since yesterday. they say they've had 20 rescues today in gulf shores, alabama, alone. they've called in off-duty lifeguards to help out. an international fleet of tall ships sailed into the port in southeastern virginia. more than 100 ships docked in norfolk and thousands of spectators, many on their own boat, watched the parade of ships. many ships will be available for public tours. next stop? baltimore, that's on tuesday to mark the war of 1812, the buy seven he oh the by centennial.

>> and there's the barbecue going. >> i can smell the food. >> we're live in kensington and they're cooking up some good food for you, veronica? >> they are. behind me back there, there are guys you can see the burgers are going to be going on the grill soon. we've got chips. we've got dip and we've even got the slushy machine here that makes the good drinks where you can add whatever you want to add to it. but we're in kensington, maryland and we're doing it up. what is this? the happy corner party, that happens, gosh, it happens often, right? >> yeah, it happens pretty often, about once a week. >> good. and i'm joined here with jackie hartman who is one of the families that gets together and the reason that this is call the corner party is because you share the corner and all the houses come together. >> we share this big backyard. no fences and trees making barriers. so the kids ride their bikes through it, sled through it, run through it. and we've been here for about

ten years. >> and why is it so important with busy schedules to still get together? you guys get together quite a few times a month? >> definitely, stress relief, definitely. busy schedules and busy lives and we find it important to try to stay as detected as possible because we're always running around in different directions and the kids are best friends and as they're getting older they go to different schools. they're off in middle school. some are still in elementary school so we feel it's important to dweep them together. >> you told me when you guys were a bit younger you would come out here and stay all night? >> during the day we would set up up here because the kids couldn't be out here by themselves. so the moms, we were all sitting here on the corner and that's when we kind of deemed it "the happy corner." >> thanks a lot, jackie. the forecast here for the evening, our temperatures right now, they're in the 80s across the area. 84 degrees in d.c. right now. not a cloud in the sky, right? it's a pretty nice day.

there's a few clouds but that area of high pressure will in, if in for the weekend we'll be pretty much cloud-free. we'll warm up and we're talking about sticky weather around the area. now, the only spots we have to watch is on saturday. just to the north, delaware beach. the possibility of a shower and tonight at 9:00 p.m., we've got the international space station that's makes its from the southwest to the northeast so we're clear, we're mild tonight and then tomorrow morning, 59 to 67. with a high temperature tomorrow, 85 to 90 degrees. your four-day forecast, jackie says, yuk. 91 on sunday. probably around 90 in so many locations coming up on saturday. and, of course, the one thing that we're not used to because it was a cooler than average week is the heat and humidity together. >> we're not crazybility the humidity but we like the heat. >> and we like kensington so we'll have more from the backyard weather come to you throughout the hour.

>> you look comfortable. >> thanks, veronica. >> thanks to both of you. still to come on news4 at 4:00, an american student has to find another way home in overseas after finding himself listed on the no-fly list. plus, some incredible video. we'll hear from the skateboarder who

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news out of california, lindsay lohan is reportedly in the hospital this afternoon after being in a car accident. tmz reporting that lohan's porsche is totalled. she apparently hit the back of an 18-wheeler. tmz reporting that lindsay lohan is hospitalized but not seriously injured. we'll have more information as we get it. the beauty queen who says the miss usa pageant was fixed

is standing by her story. this time last week, she was preparing to represent pennsylvania in the biggest competition of her career. >> now she's battling it out with the miss universe organization which announced a few minutes ago it's filing suit against her. nbc mara has the story. >> she didn't win the miss usa title. she didn't even make the final round. >> the fun, the lights. >> reporter: but it's the now former miss pennsylvania who's taking the spotlight and the heat after claiming that sunday's miss usa pageant was rigged. on her facebook page, she says that another contestant spotted a list of the top five contestants before the show even started. >> congratulations to our top five. >> reporter: and that list, she claims, matched the top five who were later announced live on the air. monday night, she didn't make the top 16, resigned as miss pennsylvania writing on her facebook page, quote, i can no

longer be fill updated in any way with an organization i consider to be fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent and in many ways, trashy. lies, says donald trump. blasting her claims tuesday here on "today." >> the person that supposedly told her, the list, she said she was told by another person. that person now totally denies it. and she said that there is no list and i've never seen a list. >> trump, who coowns the miss universe organization with nbc universal says it's just sour grapes and threatened to sue her for defaming his competition. >> i did see her for about a second. i never felt she had a chance and all this is a byer's remorse. >> trump later said that she had 24 hours to issue a written apology or he would go ahead with a lawsuit. she is a self-described conservative who wants to get a theology degree. pa subsequent officials say her real beef involves their

decision to allow transgend transgenderered contestants. they say she are -- only to change her story by publicly making false accusations claiming the pageant was fixed. the organization added that she's just trying to take the spotlight away from the rightful winner. as for trump's 24-hour ultimatum? time's up and she's sticking to her story. an ugly spat over a beauty contest, with no end in sight. >> again, just a few minutes ago, the miss universe organization said it has filed suit against monnan and she spoke exclusive on "the today show" and stood by her comments that the miss usa contest was rigged. based on what she said she heard from miss florida. >> i think it's too coincidental for someone to be able to call out in order, the top five before the top 16 were even narrowed down. to me, that just doesn't make sense. that's not logical. >> she says that she's pressing her allegations for all

contestants and for the thousands of pa jept girls across the nation who compete believing that the system is honest. and american citizen said he had to find a new way to get home when he was suddenly placed on the no-fly list. he was born and raised in san diego. his parents are from iran. he recently received a master's degree in international peace at a school in costa rica. he was at the airport to come home when he learned he was on the list. he had to fly to tijuana, mexico, windy then he walked over the border. >> i'm happy to be home. you see my bloodshot eyes, i'm still going through it. it's very tiring and it was very depressing. >> ronnie, contacted the fbi but he was not told why he was on the no-fly list. he said he was questioned about a recent visit to iran to see family. first the president and now the first lady is writing a note to a student who missed school to attend an event. this philadelphia first grader missed her reading final to hear

mrs. obama speak on wednesday. she thought she was going to get in trouble so the determined 6-year-old went up to the first lady with a special request, an experience her mom said taught her a very valuable lesson. >> the note says, dear mrs. mcgrill, thank you for allowing deanna to miss her finals to come hear me speak. keep striving, keep doing what you do. if you can get a note from the first lady at 6 years old, the sky's the limit. >> her reading teacher will likely reschedule the final. the family plans to hang the note up on the refrigerator. >> i bet they will. probably frame it, too. more to come here on news4 at 4:00. i'm liz crenshaw. what's the nutritional difference between brown eggs and white eggs? that's the question. the answer is committeeing up on "ask liz." and what parents with expect if facebook goes ahead with plans to

you may have heard that foong is considering whether to allow me teens to use their site

under parental supervision. right now children under 13 can't have social media pages. some kids use the service with their parent's approval but the decision sparked a debate about mom's and dads. many of them don't want their children exposed to inappropriate content and anothers say facebook is a great way for parents to stay connected with their kids but rules have to be put in place. >> i think it's a great way to recreate the village and help parents stay connected with their kids. somebody under the age of 13, the parent has to hold the master account so that the kid, they get to see everything many the kid's feed every time. >> dr. walsh believes 14 would be a better age to grant kids access to the social media website but she says in the end it comes down to knowing your child. facebook hasn't officially commented on the possible policy change. it's going to be a busy and a crowded saturday downtown on the mall. as girl scouts gather with family and friends to rock the mall. some 200,000 people are expected for the concert and events

celebrating the girl scouts 100th anniversary. the preshow and then the convert wraps up at 4:00. everybody is encouraged to take metro to avoid parking and traffic tieups. >> will they have lots of cookies there, maybe? >> i would imagine. wherever girl scouts are there are girl scout cookies. >> when news4 as 4:00 continues this is hard to watch. one skateboarder talking about recovering from this collision. plus, don't mess with this mom. she was so upset about a minor theft, she took down a huge crime operation. what's the matter?

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is it illegal to cover the state information on your license plate with a frame? how to you stop mail from being delivered to relatives who are deceased? and what's the difference between brown eggs and white eggs. liz crenshaw is here with all the answers in this week's edition of "ask liz." >> let's get started. our first question from joyce, in fort washington, maryland. joyce says she knows it's against the law to cover the tag numbers on your license plate but is it illegal to cover the state information with a license plate frame? >> well, maryland, virginia and d.c. all say that it is.

it is illegal to cover or obstruct the name of the state on your license plate. dk d.c. dmv said clear coverings can obstruct a name which is a problem for red-light camera tickets and fines range from $25 in virginia to $55 in maryland for obstructing the statute on your license plate. if you cover up your entire license plate in d.c., get in, a $500 fine. so keep those license plates clear. they like to be able to read them at all times. >> yes, those cameras like to read them. >> and the police do, too. our next question comes via e-mail from a viewer, gwenn. her mother passed away but she keeps on getting her marketing mailings and catalogs in her mother's name. she wants to know how to get the mail stopped. >> the direct marketing association gave us this answer. it temperatures us in 2005, it created a deceased do not contact list. which does help companies and nonprofits remove those names

and addresses from their marketing lists. relatives of those who have died with register the names and addresses of their love oned on the direct marketing website. go to nbcwashington.com and search dma. you should immediately start seeing fewer mailings. it takes about three months. >> our last question comes through e-mail from a viewer, carb. she wants to mo the difference between brown eggs and white eggs? >> i like this question. we went to the american egg board and says it's a common yes they get all the time. it says the color of the egg is simply based on the color of the chicken, believe it or not. so brown feathered chickens lay brown eggs and white fet they ared chickens play white eggs. no nutritional difference between the two and although white eggs are more popular in mostth. that would be the teenagers in the back. and i have little timothy here,

yes? >> yes. >> you have to remember your name. so what is it that you like about coming together to do these parties every so often? >> i like getting together with my friends. >> and i like playing with my friends. >> the one thing that i don't understand is that doug isn't eating any of the food that i give him. >> yeah, he usually eats everything. >> doesn't he? he usually eats so much food but today, guys, he hasn't had anything to eat. so we're going to work on that. of course, doug ask in london and he'll be back next week. let's go ahead and take a look and see what's going on cross our area. our temperatures today have been in the 80s. if you're going to be heading to the beach, you're beach and boating forecast, temperatures in the 70s to low 80s across the area. and know that there few clouds around on saturday. probably not producing any rain that will last any more than just a few minutes. as far as your four-day forecast goes, we're talking about the heat, the humidity for this weekend with temperatures

getting up to around 90 degrees. factor in the humidity on sunday and it's probably going to feel like 95 degrees around here on sunday. we keep a little bit of heat around for the beginning of next week and we bring showers into the area. tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week, guys, say bye-bye. >> bye-bye. >> happy corner. >> happy corner! >> they're saying bye-bye for now but we have more coming up on news4 as 5:00. >> thanks were veronica. coming up, the live puppy cam. it's viral and it's caused quite a bit of distraction in our own newsroom today. be right back. the hidden camera video that helped clear a football player of rape five years after he was sent to prison.

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everyone grows with miracle-gro. this is tough to watch. ity skateboarder getting hit by a truck. but he does live to tell about it. the video taken last year in massachuset massachusetts shows surge murphy skateboarding into the street to be run over by the box truck. he went flying 35 feet and only walking away with some bumps and bruises. it's hard to watch that. >> yes, it is. >> this morning, he and his friend andrew who took the video, described the ordeal on "the today show". >> i don't really. i just stood there in shock. i thought he was dead. everyone asked why i didn't run over to him or anything. i thought he was -- >> nobody could survive that, right? >> that's what i thought. that's why i was standing there in shock and don't do anything.

>> he had some cuts and scrapes and a swollen hip. once he got home from the hospital he got a hug from his girlfriend and a lecture from mom about riding in the street and not wearing a helmet. >> wow, lucky guy. you've heard the stories of people putting something on the roof of their car while they open the door, but then they drive off and leave it there? that's what happened to a worker at a 7-eleven and did it with a bag of cash. he said the bag was lost near route 100 early yesterday morning. it's a light red bag marked 7-eleven. the maryland state police are asking anyone that can up to help. this live puppy cam. thousands of people have discovered the live we be cam. everybody at the same time. awwwwh. native japanese. they are nicknamed the d team.

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a mother of four helped police uncover a million-dollar crime wave because somebody stole her baby stroller. rob stafford has more on how this working mom in chicago took matter into her own hands. >> that's the guy? >> yee. >> the man in this surveillance footage stole her stroller off her front porch. >> did this thief have any idea who he was messing with? >> i don't think so. >> a married mour of four, reported the theft to police. then heard about a craigslist post for a used stroller just like hers.

so she set up a sting and met the seller in a grocery store parking lot. the police arrived and made an arrest after he showed up with the goods. >> what did he say. t to her neighbors to be extra . vigilant. but then strange things began to happen. bills for pornographic magazines arrived, takeout food was delivered late at night. and that wasn't all. >> the male prostitute. >> showed up at your house? >> someone was using the internet to harass her family. later, police involved in the case were maliciously smeared on various internet sites. one post accused an officer of dealing drugs. another of molesting children. and the thefts on chicago's northside continues. >> it was frustrating to see a neighborhood that we loved so much and so invested in fall victim to petty crimes. >> then a lead. security cameras caught this man walking into an apartment building. he appears to be talking on the cell phone as he scans the lobby. grabs delivered pa kamgs and walks right out the front door.

the prosecutors say the trail of evidence, including the internet address used to harass tia led to a townhome in this upscale chicago neighborhood and what police found inside was beyond anything anyone on the force or tia expected. >> when they opened up the garage and the curtains to his kitchen and dining room, i was shocked. >> among the items investigators recovered, some 200 bicycles. 200 strollers. 100 sets of golf clubs. also recovered, 87 garage door openers labeled with the corresponding addresses. it all prosecutors say more than a million dollars in stolen property. >> it was like a scene out of hoarders. they were just all these items, stacked on top of one another. and items, many times, that were still in the original package that was intended to the victim. >> he now faces 24 felony indictments for burglary, cyberstalking and other internet

crimes. he pleaded not guilty. for tia, knowing she helped the authorities end this crime spree brings satisfaction and surprise. >> i kept thinking to myself, that i can't believe you tried to sell my stroller. the one item he tried to sell even though he kept thousands of items he tried to sell my stroller and i felt vindicated that i, for some reason, was in the right place at the right time to help the community. >> that was rob stafford reporting. now to the lightning-fast fall from grace for dcs number two elected leader. >> we have breaking news. quam my brown pleading guilty to felony bank fraud and a misdemeanor campaign violation. >> the former d.c. council shareman faces up to six months in prison. >> and good friday evening. tonight, we have live team coverage. richard jordan at u.s. attorney's office where a news conference just wrapped up. we begin with tom sherwood who's been at the front of the story all along. >> jim and wendy, the bottom

line, quamy brown lied to enrich himself and he got caught. quamy brown hurry to federal court in downtown washington but it took only 20 minutes for him to plead guilty to a felony charge of bank fraud which included falsifying mortgage loan documents to receive tens of thousands of dollars in extra cash. court documents show brown changed a 3 to an 8 to claim income of $85,000 instead of $35,000. forged the name of an employer. and among other things, bought a speedboat named "bullet proof" with the extra money. once a rising star in local d.c. politics and chairman of the council until he resigned on wednesday, brown lost his composure while apologizing to the public after his felony plea. >> i want to apologize. from the bottom