marion barry had been in and out of the hospital a lot lakely, including just this weekend. people that spoke with him in the last few hours said they thought he was okay, that he would bounce back like he had so many times before. news of his death came in the middle of the night as many people were sleeping. his wife, cora masters barry and longtime friend and spiritual counselor reverend willy wilson were here at the hospital when the official announcement was made. he collapsed outside his house after midnight, pronounced dead at the hospital about an hour and a half later. >> this morning at 12:15 council member marion barry was brought here to united medical center, and we are certainly sad to report and announce the passing of the honorable marion s. barry. >> cora masters barry wiped away tears at a pre dawn press conference as details of marion barry's final hours were detailed. >> the last conversations that we all had with mayor barry, he

was very strong, he was upbeat and he was in good spirits. >> reporter: barry had just been released from howard university hospital saturday evening after a two-day stay. he went and visited his son and stopped for a bite to eat. as he made his way from the car to his home barry collapsed. at 12:15 he was taken by ambulance to the united medical center where he later died. friends and supporters gathered at the hospital overnight and prayed while barry has been struggling with his health in recent years, the news still caught many off guard. >> it seemed so unreal because he always bounced back. always depend on barry. he would go through ups and downs and health issues, he would always bounce back. a shock to all of us, a legend has truly left us. >> and a lot of friends and family members and supporters gathered overnight here at the hospital. we'll hear more from some of

them in the next hour. obviously all of this is very new. there is no word at this point on funeral arrangements. megan mcgrath, news 4. >> we do continue our team coverage this morning with news 4's derrick ward. >> live in southeast d.c. at union temple baptist church where they plan to continue a thanksgiving tradition near to bury's heart. >> reporter: good morning. that tradition will be carried on this tuesday. that is the tradition where marion barry hands out turkeys to folks here, thousands of turkeys. it's a community event, but it's just going to be part of a whole week and a long period of remembrance, i would imagine for marion barry. here outside union temple in ward 8, the heart of marion barry's constituency. we spoke to reverend wilson who was with barry when he passed away. take a look at the scene inside the church. they had a traditional ceremony, a pouring of libations, african-themed ceremony at the

beginning of the early morning service. we spoke to parishioners as they came here, and the word started to spread about barry's passing. despite his recent health problems, as you said, everyone thought he would bounce back and that came as a surprise. among the folks we spoke to, everyone had a barry story. >> i can remember back in pride, i got my first summer job. despite what anybody goes through, he was a good person. he helped many a people. >> it's going to be hard to try to find somebody, as they say, fit his shoes, but he was a great man. >> reporter: that is a theme we've heard, people who may have had their first summer job or worked with them at pride incorporated and this theme about filling those shoes. it does create a political vacuum on this side of the river in the ensuing days. we'll see how that plays out. right now a time of remembrance and grieving in ward 8. >> thanks, derrick.

>> we have people telling us on twitter that they plan to be out there volunteering on tuesday, making sure his spirit lives on. we have heard from a number of people this morning. speaking about the full life of marion barry and how he lived it. >> luckily we've been joined by news 4's tom sherwood to give us unique perspective. tom, you've known him for a long time. did you say 1978? >> 1979, '79 when he was running for mayor, i was a desk editor at "the washington post." >> but all through out that period where you knew him, he was this larger-than-life figure in so many ways. >> his son is a couple years younger than my son. we often talked about the difficulties of raising children. marion barry was fully, 100% into city politics. this year he was out supporting mayor gray for re-election in april when he lost to muriel bowser, mayor barry put on the bowser shirt and went out and worked hard for her. he was there on her election

night. he's had decades of time in this city and the impact on the city has been extraordinary. barry first came to washington with the student non-violent coordinating committee, later establishing an running pride. when congress granted limited home rule to d.c., he won the first seat on the d.c. council in 1974. slightly wounded in the 1977 hanofi muslim siege, he used the pub lissly to launch his 1978 campaign for mayor. he was a brash reformer, able to talk in the streets and the business suites. he narrowly won the battle after being heavily and repeatedly endorsed by the wash post editorial page. there were allegations of drug use and his own image as a self professed night owl. through it all, barry is credited with opening the city's local government to black citizens who mostly had been

shut out, for creating a massive summer jobs program that while wasteful in many cases, offered a summer job or paid internship to many city youth that wanted one, for treating senior citizens as a top priority with homes and programs for those in the twilight of life. in he helped fill his campaign war chest, too, completing the city's first convention center on time and on budget. in his last term as mayor, barry landed the deal to get the mci center built downtown. in his final days on the council, barry suffered from several physical ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and infections. on the council he was once again pushing for summer youth jobs, east of the river development and help for senior citizens. still his national reputation remains one of a promising politician, undone or diminished by his personal failings. >> let me say good afternoon everybody. >> reporter: a politician who rose against seemingly hopeless

odds to win and stay in the life of politics often in spite of himself. >> "the washington post" this morning calling marion barry the most powerful local politician of his generation. you agree with that? >> that's true. we have a strong mayoral form of government. whoever is the mayor has a lot of power. barry understood it, he liked to say from the streets to the suites. he understood the power of what the mayor could or couldn't do. >> thanks, tom. >> thank you so much. barry was also ahead of his time, very active on twitter. this actually was his final tweet. when someone heard he was in the hospital, he asked for prayers for the former mayor. he responded thanks for your prayers and warm trouts. >> mayor vincent gray release add statement that reads "marion was not just a colleague, but also was a friend with whom i

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we are remembering marion barry this morning. the former mayor was 78 years old. >> within hours of his passing d.c. leaders shared their thoughts. muriel bowser released a statement that reads ch marion bare gave a voice to those who needed it first. i along with all washingtonians am shocked and deeply saddened

by his passing. he's been a part of my family for decades and will continue to be an example to me and so many others. i want to bring in tom sherwood. on the phone, we'll talk to long-time council member jim graham. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you for your call. >> i think the first thing we've been doing with everyone is calling in and everyone we've been having onset is your initial reaction to the news. i'm. >> i'm overcome by emotion. i feel like i've lost a great friend and ali, and i feel like the city has lost a huge chunk of its soul today with the passing of marion. >> mr. council member, tom sherwood here. >> yes, tom. >> before you were the elected council member from ward 1, you were whitman walker health. marion barry was one of the earliest politicians in the country to embrace and seek the

support of openly gay and lesbian people in the city. he also was active on the aids issue when many people were clamoring that president rag reagan wouldn't even say the word. what can you say for him? >> he was of critical significance. he issued the first municipal age contract for services in the united states in august 1983. there was a lot of pressure on him at that time to perhaps choose another organization. but he decided on the merits. i had conversations with him at the time. it wasn't an easy decision for him, but it was a clear decision for him on the merits. he awarded the contract, $17,500 in august 1983 to whitman walker clinic. we had to spend the money before the 30th of september. it felt like the heavens had opened. >> more recently you've been

trying to get the city to do more about homelessness in the city. the city has been responding slowly to all the hearings you've been holding on homelessness. marion barry was also an ally with you on the homeless issue in the city. >> he was a member of the human services committee which i chair. i can't tell you how important he was. he's an icon in the city, somebody who cared very deeply about people. he was always there for me politically and i was always there for him politically. he voted against that reprimand. i voted against one of his problems. i hope those who hated him will have the decency to be quiet today, but i'm just not ready for the hypocrisy we might all be hearing shortly. the fact of the matter is he cared deeply about people, he was always there to help them, human rights, human welfare was his first agenda. >> mr. council member thank you for joining us this morning. i know it's a personal loss for

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former d.c. mayor marion barry has died. >> it came unexpectedly for many. he had lots of plans for the coming days. today he actually planned a watch party because he was to be on oprah in a recorded interview that's going to air at 9:00 tonight. there's a good chance that in that interview they probably talked about barry's book "mayor for life" which was only release add couple months ago. >> when it came out, news 4's mark sea graves talked to bury about the book and how he was reacting to headlines with his name in them again? >> because some barry haters like to talk about all the negative stuff over here, even with the review of this book. >> reporter: marion barry isn't mincing words as he makes the rounds talking about his auto biography. he knows there will always be people who just don't like him. he says this boom ag laus him to set the record straight. >> pretty -- >> full of honesty. i couldn't write a book that had

lies in it or covered up the truth. that's about marion barry with his integrity, what i'm doing. if you want to find out more about that, read the book. you see it. the book is about over coming great odds. it's about hope, it's about inspiration, it's about vision, it's about tenacity and it's about having a big vision of what needs to be done. >> reporter: the headlines are already focusing on the crack cocaine bust in the vista hotel in 1990, comparing him to toronto mayor rob ford who was also caught smoking crack. he says he's ready to take on the national media. >> i don't have to answer. >> here is the headline in the "new york post." >> that rag? the "new york post"? >> the cracked out life of marion barry. they call you the original rob ford, comparing you to the mayor of toronto. >> i'm not going to fall for that.

that's craziness. i'm going to focus on what i wrote in this book and the life and times of marion barry, giving help, giving hope, giving inspiration, education. >> what does barry have to say to the reporters focusing on his bad times and not the inspirational message of the book. >> i ask people to say to hell with that writing. >> i think you get a really good taste of the former mayor right there. that was marion barry talking with mark segraves for the last time. right now we want to go to the phones. we have a true radio icon joining us right now, mr. donny simpson. are you there? >> yes, i am, angie. how are you. hello adam. >> good morning. >> good to talk with you, my friend. i saw this morning you posted on facebook just how very sad you are when you heard this news. and you also mentioned that you're so sad because, like the rest of us, he wasn't perfect. marion barry wasn't perfect.

that was indeed the one thing that made him so relatable. >> absolutely. i think that endeared him to the people of d.c. in a great way because none of us will perfect. the way he was set up in that sting was just -- you know, people were unhappy about that. i think it's come back to the mayor's office after that was proof of that. well, i think it was proof of the fact that he never gave up on the people of d.c. and they never gave up on him. people love this man. when you travel the country and people make jokes about him, they don't know, they don't see what we see here. this man was always about the people of d.c., from day one, long before he got into that may yr's seat. he was about the people of d.c. people will never forget that. you've talked about the summer jobs program. how many people have you met that have talked about that was their first job.

how impactful was that on their lives? >> donny simpson, this is tom sherwood. good morning to you. >> hey, tom. >> we talked a lot about him this morning, the things he did do in spite of the troubles he had. he was far from perfect, he would tell you that himself. he did have this amazing ability to connect with people just as you've had to do on the radio and other people have done. what was your personal relationship with i him when you talked to him. what did you talk about with him? >> well, we talked about whatever people normally talk about, you know, just some of everything. i've known him since 1978. the first time i met him was at his first inaugural ball. i was the deejay for the party that night. we've been friends ever since. we played tennis and we just -- he was very open in talking about the things that have happened to him, the bad and the good. >> did he ever sing for you? he actually had a pretty good voice for singing?

>> no. he never sang for me. >> you never heard him sing? >> no. i never heard him sing. >> we'll have to play some of that later. pretty good blues stuff. i tried to get him to go to new york and book a club. i said we'd both be rich. he didn't do it. >> i'm not trying to direct your show, but i hope you will share with the people the story you shared early this morning about forgiveness. the young lady you talked to in the mayor's office and what she said. >> she said he doesn't have to go into the kur ch to be forgiven. he's done so much, he just has to stand on the front steps. >> i love it. >> donny, thank you for joining us. we'll turn our eyes to chuck bell. he's standing by, watching decent weather for this sunday. there is a storm system approaching, right, chuck? >> two storms we're watching. one will come in tonight. the next one shows up on wednesday, the big travel day before thanksgiving. for now, a quiet enough morning outside. skies have already gone mostly

cloudy. 44 at reagan national airport with a light breeze out of the south. there should be a good warm up today even with the clouds. southerly winds puts temperatures up into the 50s by later today. skies becoming more and more cloudy. chances for rain start to roll in to our southern areas after about 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. rain in the metro after 5:00, 6:00, warmer air moving back in. moderate rain tonight. warm and windy tomorrow. up into the 70s we will go. get away day on wednesday, cold and wet. rain is quite likely. could mix in with show snow. too early to worry about accumulations of snow in the d.c. metro. we'll be watching it very, very carefully. there is your seven-day. 50s today with rain tonight. 70s and windy tomorrow. there's a chance for rain making with snow wednesday, wednesday night and cold weather for thanksgiving into the holiday weekend that follows. >> thanks, chuck. stay with us on news 4 this

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right now you're sharing your memories of marion barry. at one point this morning, marion barry was trending on twitter worldwide.

>> the former council member died overnight. news 4's tom sherwood is here in the studio and will join us in a few minutes. >> want to get you up to date on other news around the area. to a developing story, montgomery county police are on the scene of a deadly crash in silver spring. this happened around 3:30 this morning on east-west highway and rosemary hills drive. according to police, this van went out of control, flipped and crashed into a ravine. eight people were inside the van during the crash. three of them were killed. two others rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. three other passengers weren't seriously hurt. right now rosemary hills drive is shut down in both directions while police investigate. the stafford county sheriff's office is reporting problems with the 911 system. if you cannot reach 911, you can call this number, 540-658-4400. the outage is mainly affecting the white oak and beret yeah sections of the county.

technicians with working on fixing the problem. former d.c. mayor marion barry has died. >> we have live team coverage all morning long. we have posted videos of classic barry moments on nbcwashington.com including a ♪ [instrumental music] ♪

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barry. he passed away at united medical center in southeast d.c. overnight. >> he was out of the hospital when he collapsed. his friends and loved ones called the news shocking. >> good morning everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. we have live team coverage. news 4's tom sherwood has been covering marion barry's career for a very long time. >> about 11, 12 years ago i was at george mason university. marion barry walked through the johnson center which is the main student union building. he was like a rock star. these kids were so excited to see him, running up. they wanted to meet him. i think he was there for a meeting or something. what made him such a magnet even for the younger generation? >> he was somebody that actually did something. some stars on tv now are famous because they're famous. barry was fam mouz because he was notorious. people know him. he was a larger-than-life figure. when someone sees a

larger-than-life figure, they respond to him. barry, wherever you go, cab drivers particularly would roll the windows down, push the button and shout out. he would say hey! he loved every moment. >> you were talking to us about the mayor for life title. >> he chose it for his book title. what's interesting, he didn't like it. ken cummings was the first loose lips columnist. he tagged him mayor for life and it really stuck. barry didn't like it. barry had such an extraordinary career, mayor for life was just a part of it. >> reporter: barry first came to washington with the student non-violent coordinating committee, later helped establish and run pride, an

inner city health group. when congress established limited home rule to d.c., he won the first seat on the d.c. council. slightly wounded in the siege of city buildings, he used the publicity to launch his 1978 campaign for mayor, a brash reformer, able to talk on the streets and in the business suites, narrowly won a three-way battle after being endorsed by "the washington post" editorial page. his terms in office were marred by investigations into cronyism, allegations of drug use and his own image as a self-professed night owl. through it all and despite his thoughts, bury is credited with opening the city's local government to black citizens who had been mostly shut out, for creating a massive summer jobs program while wasteful in many cases, offered a summer job or paid internship to many city youth who wanted one. for treating senior citizens as a top priority with homes and programs for those in the twilight of life. barry's pro business stance helped fuel the first downtown real estate boom in the 1980s

and helped fill his campaign war chest, too. he completed the city's first convention center on time and on budget. in his last term as mayor, barry landed the deal to get the mci center built downtown. in his final days on the council, barry suffered from several physical ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and infections. on the council he was once again pushing for summer youth jobs, east of the river development and help for senior citizens. still his national reputation remains one of a promising politician, undone or diminished by his personal failing. >> let me say good afternoon everybody. >> reporter: a politician who rose against seemingly hopeless odds to win and stay in the life of politics, often in spite of himself. >> tom, great piece there. >> thank you. a lot of stuff in there. we want to continue our team coverage right now this morning with news 4's derrick ward. >> he's live in southeast d.c. at union temple baptist church where they plan to continue a thanksgiving tradition that was

near to bury's heart. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. indeed it was. we've been speaking to people here. people are coming by and saying this seems to be a sense of tranquility, quiet here in ward 8. a lady said driving the bus this morning was unusually quiet, almost as if the air has gone out just because of the news of this happening. take a look at what's going on in the church and what was going on earlier today. reverent willy wilson at union temple, barry's unofficial and official minister, certainly one of his confidants and advisers. there was a libation ceremony held for marion barry as the news started to reverberate that he had passed away. we spoke to people that said he was working up until the end. there had been the problems with his health, but he seemed to rebound, and some of the things he planned were going to go on. now they plan to go on as well even after his death. >> we'll be right here at union temple baptist church.

he's been doing it for umpteen years, man. it's really going to be a really, really special day. >> always went to bat forward 8 and people all over, ward 8 in particular, but for everybody. >> reporter: he was talking about the annual turkey giveaway. it's become an event in ward 8, one of barry's pet projects and one that will go on as we hear. ironically, today was supposed to be the day, this evening, the airing of that interview with oprah now. you have to see how that has changed now, at least the lead in to that. what oprah adds to that. it's ironic that on the day that was supposed to air, the day he was so excited about, would be the day of his death. we're live in ward 8. >> now we want to turn our attention to someone who we know very well who has covered barry since the 80s. according to tom sherwood, about a week younger than you? >> we don't want to get into that. we used to compete over this

story. >> pat collins is on the phone. >> thanks for joining us this morning, pat. what is your initial reaction to the news? >> well, i think marion barry is the comeback king for the city of washington. over and over he would get knocked down and for most mortals it would be a knock-out punch. marion barry would always come back. i covered him back in the late '80s, early '90s. i covered all the shenaniganses, accusations, allegations. after the trial he did the victory lap around u.s. district court. he was responsible for a lot of sayings that just sort of stick with me. when he was criticized for hanging out at nightclubs and gentlemen's clubs, he would say, after all, i am a night owl. and then after he was arrested he had the famous saying, the b

set me up. after he did his time and came back, he came to the center and it was packed, beyond standing room only. he looked down the camera lens and told everybody on television and in that building that, you know, i'm going to run again, and everybody should just get over it. he always said what was on his mind. every time i'd run into him -- sometimes it was adversarial, he'd never duck a question. he'd always come up and talk to me. he always called me pat collins, not pat, not collins, always pat collins. >> pat, this is tom sherwood. we haven't mentioned effie barry much this morning. you had your own run-ins with his previous wife. >> she stood by him throughout that whole trial and everything

else. i did a story about effie's mother. she got arrested and charged with arson a long time ago. effie came up to me to bail her mother out and had angry words for me. i went down to the district building about two days later, i saw marion barry there. he looked at me and said now you know what happens to me when i get home. he had a great sense of humor. he was a very smart guy. he was flawed, no doubt about it. but he was the city of washington's guy. again, he's a comeback king. i have never seen anybody get knocked down so many times and come back, come back and get some measured success. >> all right, pat. thanks very much. >> for most of you who probably don't know, pat grew up on h street in northeast over by the hopscotch bridge, so certainly in d.c. his entire life. we are following the death of

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we have live team coverage for you on the death of marion barry. >> that includes news 4's derrick ward and megan mcgrath live in southeast d.c. right now we're joined by news 4's tom sherwood who has been with us all morning long, giving us powerful insight, not only the professional side of marion barry but the very personal side. >> the human being side of him. we talked to a lot of people who have been in the city for a long time who had a lot of impact. one was ike fulwood. let's hear what he said. >> when it actually came down and the arrest was made, i

actually personally cried because marion was an important person to me. i knew that he had done great things, but that this would be the judging issue for him. >> chairman linda cropp said barry ignited change in washington. >> when you look at so many things that have happened here, he was the one who ignited it. when you look at the revitalization of that whole 14th street and u street corridor, it was because he had the vision. of course he was controversial, too. but when you look at the young people who he energized, a whole generation of young people. >> joining us on the phone right now is someone who also knew marion barry very, very well.

d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton. thank you for joining us so early. >> good morning. my condolences to the family. >> i know. this is a very personal loss to you. i know that your time with marion barry dates back to the civil rights movement. the time when you guys were true activists and ground breakers with all of this. your initial thoughts on learning of his passing? >> well, my initial thoughts really were that history, that history when he was the first chair of the student non-violent coordinating committee when i first came to know him, really led him to washington. he conquered or he saw himself conquering the young people's part of the south, and so what was the next place that was ripe for a freedom struggle, with his freedom and strategic eye, he understood that the disempowered

district of columbia which had no home rule, no member of congress, was the place to come. and he headed up south to the district of columbia, started pride which i see as the kind of urban version of what he was doing in the south. that is marion barry always looking for where he could carry out his original struggles. >> congresswoman, you know we don't have to recite all the issues he got into trouble over. but you had to explain to him in the halls of congress, to people who didn't know his history, who didn't notice when he did something for senior citizens, didn't pay attention to the summer jobs program but certainly paid attention when he got himself into trouble. how difficult is it to try to explain marion barry to the members of congress? >> that was not easy. in the beginning when newt

gingrich took over the house, i thought the district would be in great trouble with marion barry. but newt wanted to somehow be the speaker that understood the historic role that the speaker had with the capital. i was able, despite marion's presence to negotiate a fairly good control board bill. but i will be blessed if marion didn't just set up a struggle with the first chair of the control board with each succeeding appropriation period, they took back his power which a lot of them didn't want him to have in the first place. >> thank you very much, congresswoman. >> i saw the congress willing to work with him despite who he was, at least the speaker was, and marion, sewing his own demise when he and the first chair of the control board got into continuous battles.

used congressional power against him and took back his power. >> thank you very much for joining us as we talk about marion barry. we appreciate it. >> so interesting to get the take and the perspective from everyone around the area who is calling in and all the people we're talking to this morning. >> eleanor holmes norton who has been in congress since 1991. she would have to explain things to the people, help put the control board together with former congressman tom davis in northern virginia. we haven't mentioned him this morning. he played a vital role in getting the control board to help right the city's finances. some people wanted to get rid of the entire government. but they got this control board which righted the city ship. now the city is one of the most wealthy in the country. we want to shift gears over to the weather. we want to know how to dress for the rest of the day.

chuck, it looks like for most of the daytime we can stay dry. >> no worries at all. the daylight hours today will be dry. there is good news to be had there. clouds are moving in. it's already mostly cloudy outside. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. wheel have a warmup up into the upper 40s. it will be a nice enough day. tomorrow, noticeably warmer and quite windy as well. blustery weather for tomorrow. wed roads possible for the early morning commute. temperatures soaring into the 70s, a strong southwest wind could gust over 30 miles an hour. on tuesday, highs back into the 50s. wednesday the big travel day. i have concerns for rain and could be some wet snowflakes mixing in. bigger travel problems the further north and east you go up the i-95 corridor wednesday afternoon and evening and thanksgiving and the days after that looking chilly once again and on the cloudy side. we'll watch the wednesday storm chance very, very carefully. we have live team coverage of the news of marion barry's

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the breaking news of the morning. right now marion barry's family is asking for privacy as they mourn the former d.c. mayor. >> he died overnight and is survived by his wife and son. >> we'll have more on this story all through out the morning here on news 4. want to switch gears to a

developing story. montgomery kinity police are on the scene of a deadly crash in silver spring. this happened around 3:30 this morning on east-west highway and rosemary hills drive. according to police, the driver of that van lost control, crashed into a tree and flipped over. eight people were inside the van during the crash. three were killed. two others rushed to the hospital where serious injuries. three other passengers weren't seriously hurt. right now rosemary hills drive is shut down in both directions while police investigate. >> we are following the death of former d.c. mayor marion barry. our live team coverage is all morning lon. >> don't forget you can go to nbcwashington.com for t

he was very strong. he was upbeat and he was in good spirits, and is a total shock for all of us. >> former d.c. mayor marion barry's death, a shock. the ward 8 council member is being remembered as a political rock star, legend and mayor for life. >> but along with that huge political success, many personal failures marked his turbulent life. we've been following the breaking news all morning long. we have live team coverage. >> we have news 4's derrick ward at union temp baptist church and tom sherwood in studio. >> we want to begin with megan mcgrath live at united medical