good afternoon, i'm j.c. hayward. we begin with breaking news this afternoon. the first shoe has dropped in the federal probe into dc mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. federal charges have just been filed against thomas gore, he was the assistant treasurer in

that campaign. our bruce johnson is following this closely. very big? >> reporter: this is big. so new we didn't even have time for a cryptic. we are talking four counts against thomas gore, the assistant treasurer to the 2010 campaign for mayor. in these documents, they don't name mayor gray, but my sources say we are talking mayor gray. candidate b, is brown who was a candidate for mayor back then. in these charges the assistant treasurer for the gray campaign is charged with using funds from the gray campaign to purchase money orders. count one talked about a $100 money order. count two talked about a $335 money order. count 3 talked about a $100 money order and they say this money was taken from the gray campaign, money orders were purchased and then the money was turned over to candidate b, and we are told that is brown.

the most serious charge carries 20 years in prison, obstruction of justice and what prosecutors are charging in this charge is that the assistant treasurer had the intent to impede, obstruct and influence the investigation, that is the one that gets you serious jail time. just quickly, giving you background, j.c., you call brown, a minor candidate for mayor, claims vincent gray and staffers solicited him to continue criticizing the incumbent mayor at the time. he says it was a quid pro quo situation, that he was promised and given campaign support, and he produced some money orders, at that time. we, in our investigation, found that hundreds of money orders were purchased by the gray campaign at the safeway right across the street from the campaign headquarters. and part of the investigation is the feds looking into where these money orders went. we at least know part of that ever their conclusions the stand treasurer used some of the money orders to funnel money into the campaign of brown.

>> but the question is, did the mayor know about this? did he endorse this? >> reporter: absolutely. regardless of what prosecutors may tell us publicly, we know when they launch these kind of investigations they take it all the way to the top. you start with the assistant campaign treasurer and they get him in. the mayor has said publicly he knows nothing about this. we have no idea what mr. gore is saying. his attorney is fred cook. i suppose they are meeting right now because fred cook isn't returning my phone calls. we are going to look to see if mr. gore is going to trial or will cut a deal. this is the first shoe to drop. there will be other shoes. >> there are going to be more? >> reporter: absolutely. >> you are going to continue to follow the story, we'll have the latest information obviously on our website wusa9.com. bruce johnson, thank you very much. we also have news now of a

possible school bus explosion under the third street tunnels. the incident occurred in the northbound lanes. it left several vehicles trapped and the tunnel was closed. let's get to andrew mccarron, on the phone with more information. what can you tell us? >> reporter: photographer dave satchel and i were just about a block away when we heard a swell of sirens and smelled smoke in the air. on foot we followed about a dozen ambulances, ten fire and ems trucks all ending up at washington and third street at the end of the tunnel where we found about 40 people, all of whom had just been evacuated from their vehicles. here's what happened as far as we know at this point. an empty school bus in the tunnel, suddenly filled with smoke. witnesses say they heard an explosion. the empty school bus became engulfed in flames. of course there are about 20 other vehicles in the tunnel. their cars were quickly

becoming filled with smoke. almost immediately witnesses say police were in the tunnel evacuating people. some tell us they feared it was a terrorist attack. several of us did say police were shouting at them to abandon their vehicle, get out on foot, thankfully, no major injuries were reported. i know one woman i spoke with suffered an asthma attack, another suffered an anxiety attack, one man told me his car was rear-ended in the tunnel. of course, given these circumstances, there was no ability to exchange insurance information. i also spoke to a family who was visited from lima, peru. they were in the vehicle with two very young children directly behind the bus. after the explosion, they said they were terrified, because there was really no place for them to go, but police literally pulled them out of the car, escorted them out of the tunnel. right now, one by one, car

owners are being escorted by police back into the tunnel to retrieve their cars. again, a minor explosion in the third street tunnels around 11:30 this morning. it created quite a scare but thankfully no major injuries. >> thank you. we also have good news about a six-year-old boy. he is back home with his family after an intense 23 hour search. police found jay von brown. >> reporter: it was an emotional day for the family of six-year-old jay von brown, missing since sunday. >> please bring him back, he is an innocent young boy. >> reporter: police scoured the courtyard of the columbia road apartment complex, where the boy was last seen playing sunday morning, his picture quickly broadcast throughout the area in

hopes someone would spot him. police say a break in the case came when they checked the tape. surveillance cameras mound here in the parking lot of the complex captured jay von leaving with an adult female known in the neighborhood only as quail. >> we just thank god that he is in good hands now. >> reporter: just before 8:30 a.m. police found the six-year-old and the woman from that surveillance camera. jay von's aunt says the woman is a stranger who just befriended the mom recently. >> this is a wake up call for any mother to keep an eye on their children. don't trust nobody. >> reporter: in columbia heights, 9news now. >> police say jay von is safe, he was taken to children's hospital just as a precaution. we have not received word on when charges will be filed. and we have just learned that former dc mayor and the current ward 8 council member

marion barry is being treated for a blood clot. it reported happened just before 8:00 last night. he was taken apparently to a hospital, he was on a plane going from memphis to las vegas, and according to tweets, council member barry says that he has been taking blood thinners. right now it is unclear when he is still in the hospital. well, tiger woods is in town for the at&t golf tournament. media is being held and our own topper is competing this a chip shot challenge there. howard joins us now from congressional and he has more on what's going on today and also our forecast. howard? >> reporter: yeah j.c., very exciting day out here. not only the chipping contest you are talking about, with

topper, we had a contest here at wusa9, and the winner got a chance this morning to go golfing with mike haiduk from the morning news with me and topper from the evening news. the three of them went out earlier, they were out golfing and enjoying themselves. some of them making good shots here and there, but it is more than the contest is the benefit here or the tournament that is coming up later in june. this is going to benefit the wounded warriors. this is something the tiger woods foundation is involved in. the tournament happens in late june. later today the chipping contest is going to occur, brad our winner, will be able to chip with top and tiger. mike haiduk is going to be interviewing tiger woods one-on-one. we'll have more on that tonight at 9news. and dave was out with the wounded warriors. the entire month of june we'll be bringing you stories on the wounded warriors, leading up to

the tournament here at congressional. as far as the drizzle, tough to break. more on that later in the week. j.c.? thank you, howard. by the way our coverage of national media day at congressional country club will continue. we'll have more on 9news at 5:00. and we are going to have a live interview with tiger woods. all coming up on 9news now at 5:00 p.m. still to come, we salute an organization that is helping men become better fathers, better husbands, better members of the community, i'll have a hero central. [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder.

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i'm one-on-one with former prosecutor debby heinz, the founder of legal speaks.com. and we are talking about the john he had wards case. the jury is now in the second day of deliberationsing, edwards could get up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted in the campaign finance corruption case. and the question is, do you think the deliberations are going to take a long time? >> it is hard to tell. i mean, as a lawyer, i don't think the government really proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt, but you never know with a jury. >> reporter: are. >> they sent a note to the judge friday, what was in that note? >> there were several. they wanted to see a handwritten note from bonnie melon one of the ben factors who gave

roughly $700,000. they wanted also to see or hear a transcript of a telephone conversation taped between andrew young and john edwards. >> john edwards did not testify, apparently you think that was a good decision. i would think it wasn't a good decision. >> i think it is a good decision because his image is so tarnished. everybody knows he lied. but at the end of the day, the jury still probably always wants to know why didn't he come on to say he didn't do it? >> that is true. you always like to hear the accused speak for themselves. we are following this case very closely. debby heinz founder of legal speaks.com, we are going to take a break, when we come back, we are going to get more details on the forecast. stay with us.

it's media day at the congressional country club. ahead of the at&t national golf tournament, howard is out there and he has today's forecast. hi howard. >> reporter: hi j.c. little bit of drizzle out here. some diehards are out golfing today, it is a beautiful course, it really is. when this tournament happens in late june, we are certainly going to make it a lot better than today. but with onshore flow it is tough to make this moisture break so more showers are expected. i'm happy i'm only here when it is drizzling. annie has the rest of the

forecast for you. annie? >> reporter: all right you don't need a heavy duty umbrella for today. just a little bit of drizzle out there. temperatures topping out in the mid-70s by this afternoon. could see a couple of lightning strikes, maybe hear ium mr. s of thunder. here's a look at the doppler where you can see the onshore flow and most of the moisture coming in from the ocean. right now light stuff, heavier stuff up north around hagerstown and north of winchester. most of the green indicating some of the light rain we have been seeing. a very gray day out there right now temperatures -69d in downtown, 67 in la plata, 64 for leesburg. we are all seeing 60, except for cambridge, temperatures in the lower 70s already. right now -69d in downtown, cloudy conditions and a little bit of mist out there, the winds are east southeast at around 10 miles per hour.

dew point 65. the mugginess is back. the rain is trickling in throughout the day and evening. so the evening commute would also be wet for quite a few folks and you will want to keep your umbrellas land did i the next few days. futurecast, here you go. scattered showers expected for the rest of today. a couple of afternoon evening thunderstorms are possible, only a slight chance, but they are not expected to be severe. overnight also looking at stat scattered showers. tomorrow morning may get a chance to dry out a little bit with areas of drizzle and in the afternoon we'll pick back up with more showers. highs for you today will be close to average, 75 in downtown, 76 in arlington. 74 in gaithersburg, and restston and -- resston -- and fairfax. leesburg, warrenton, manassas around 74. cull per per in the upper 70s.

downtown mid-70s. all right here's a look at your next seven days, so showers and storms still possible for tuesday, 79. wednesday and thursday in the lower 80s, and still unsettled, but friday is our drier day, 86 degrees and it is warming up, the chance for isolated storms and the weekend looks just fan tasteddic for memorial weekend. upper 80s for both saturday and sunday and we should see plenty of sunshine, j.c., back to you. there is a special program in northeast washington that teachs men how to be better fathers, sons and friends. men in motion is parted of a growing network that offers support and therapy. so today, on hero central, i'm saluting that program. >> thank you, lord. take our families, keep the brothers strong. >> every wednesday a group of men come together at the house

on nanny boulevard in north washington. the meeting is support for men who want to escape a troubled past and embrace a brighter future. >> i have been doing the job search, and i'm very patient. don't get me wrong. but patience don't pay the bill. >> larry summers has been coming here for three years. as one of the older participants, summers has a wealth of knowledge and experience, he knows the importance of emotional support. >> i have been through relationships, the unemployment, the trouble at home out in the street, and i just share with them my experience. >> kevin wilson believes men in motion is helping him become a better father to his three-year-old son. >> well i would always want my son to be a better person than

i am. i want him to go i can't understand the things that i have done. > >> the national center for children and families started men in motion thirteen years ago. to give a helping hand to former offenders. >> we try to get direction and guidance so that we can be role models by what we do, and what we say. often people talk about what they are going to do. we actually try to show it. >> today it has grown into a therapeutic center, especially for 29-year-old jason brown. >> i'm going to be straight and make progress and have a role. [ applause ] >> congratulations jason brown. he says that men in motion put

him on a better path in life. he has earned his ged and in september, he isen rolling in college. for more information from the national center for children and families, go to my website j.c. hayward.com. i'll be right back.

today i am one-on-one with carrie kelly. she is the owner of oil and vinegar. we are celebrating everything french, french food, french wine and guess what? french olive oil. i didn't even know the french were known for their olive oil. >> france is actually the fourth largest producer of olive oil in the world, which surprises a lot of people. beautiful soft delicate olive oil that comes primarily from the southern part of the country. at our store this saturday from 4:00 to 6:00 we are going to focus on everything french.

french cuisine, and of course our french olive oil. we will have a guest teaching us everything about french olive oil. >> so give me the location of your store. >> just off 395 in arlington right next door to capital city brewery in the village. >> what are you preparing today? >> what i brought for you today is a typical french bistro meal. they are known for their simplicity and freshness. what we are having today is salad, three main ingredients, we would know this as pork. so it is like bacon. a french bacon. >> what kind of greens? >> these are really nice, delicate greens. and the other primary ingredient of a salad like this is the dressing. and you want really good ingredients, what we have are shallots that have been

sauteed, a little bit of a french truffle mustard, and for vinegar we are using a 20-year-old white balsamic vinegar. we have our olive oil, you whisk this quickly and you put this right on the salad, dress your greens. >> and the recipe is on j.c. hayward.com. >> that's correct. >> it is under stirring the pot. this recipe is there. go ahead. >> and you top it with a poached egg. >> oh. >> and of course we are using an organic egg lightly poached and the yoke mixes with the dressing and makes a great, creamy

dressing. >> are you french? >> a little. >> thanks for being here. thank you for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00. have a great day. bye bye