craig: yeah, like we didn't have problems before? >> can you get some -- craig: you want me to smash those nuts? [laughter] >> smash -- [applause] see? that's what happens when you drink a bottle of olive oil right there. that's what happens. craig: so look, they are ready. [applause] yeah! [laughter] >> and look how big my balls are. craig: is the baklava finished? >> it's finished. craig: i think we learned how to make a terrific summer meal involving a lot of olive oil and violence. good night, everybody.

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we are following breaking news right now. kwame brown, the chairman of the dc city council, has resigned after being charged with lying about his income on loan applications. we have team coverage for you on this breaking story. >> bruce johnson has more onto nature of the charges against brown and reaction from other council members, including marian berry. >> council woman mary cha is the

temporary chair woman and she'll be joining us live here in the studio. >> and why dc politics are seemingly overrun with corruption. >> and we have new details and brown's resignation letter. >> reporter: we and histated the resignation letter was coming. he admits to making "serious mistakes in judgement." here is the letter in its entirety. the now former chairman kwame brown wrote dear madam secretary, i hereby resign my position as chairman of the council of district of columbia effectively immediately. i made serious mistakes in judgement for which i take full responsibility. because of the great respect i have for the institution i have chosen the only honourable course in submitting my resignation at this time. i will not hold this body and its important work hostage to my person indiscretions. i have behaved in ways i should

not have. i was wrong and i will face the consequences of that conduct. i offer my unconconditional apology to the members of the council for all of the negative attention my conduct has brought about. brown told reporter he would be making a public announcement tomorrow and we'll see if he elaborates on what's in the letter. we have more on the nature of the charges against brown and reaction from the council itself. >> i'll have a comment tomorrow. no comment as of now. >> i'm sad myself, but for my own history with kwame brown. worked with me for 16, 20 years. >> i think individuals find themselves at times in these situations but to say that the whole government is corrupt is a mistake. >> reporter: information documents filed in federal court today charge brown with one count of bank fraud. the three page document says he

provided the document falsified documents that overstated his income to allow him to obtain a home equity loan to purchase a boat. sources say brown falsely claimed in the application to have an outside job that did not exit. the mayor issued a statement late today saying he is shocked and disappointed and saddened by today's news. 11:00 friday morning, we go before leon for arraignment and then on wednesday the rest of the council meets to select his replacement. the dc council conconvenience next wednesday to elect an interim chair to replace brown. your initial reaction to the charges, the resignation. >> i'm numb now, but my initial reaction, which still remains, is that i'm devastated and

deeply saddened. but i do want to assure the public of something. we will carry on with the work of the council. these are body blows, but we will absorb them. we have a process in place. nothing will go undone. we will do all of our work and by next week we'll have an acting chair and an acting chair pro tem. then there will be a special election in november. >> you heard about this behind closed doors. what was the mood in the room? what is there outrage? . like you said, body blows. >> it was extreme sadness, i think. i convened the meeting, then we, you know, we met in closed session and then, you know, kwame came in. he apologized to us because he has a deep institutional concern and connection to all of us, and then we talked amongst ourselves with him and all i can say it

was extraordinarily emotional. i think i had tears in my eyes. >> what about the feeling of trust violated by constituents. >> that's a real problem and all i can do is ask the public to reserve judgement. let us try to get things under control. i think, you know, we will continue to do our work. i do ask, though, that whoever out there has something that they need to come forward on, come forward on it, take your punishment, and go away. if there's no such thing, i expect the u.s. attorney once the investigation is completed, usually they don't do this, but i think under these circumstances we would need a statement our investigation is completed. we have to be able to move on in the district. as i said, our work will be done. we won't skip a beat on that. but the mood and the feeling in the district is quite low. and we have to, we have to do something to revive that.

>> thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> we look forward to seeing what happens next week. okay. >> thank you. what may be most shocking to new washingtonians is that old washingtonians are not that shocked about this. we didn't have time to test the water they're drinking down at city hall so we asked gary neurenberg to look into it instead. >> reporter: what is it about dc government, derek? as one shoe after another keeps shoot falling, prosecutors are still rummaging around looking for shoes yet to drop. another councilman harry thomas, jr. is stented earlier this year for lining his pockets with government money meant for kids. the mayor remains under investigation. >> the mayor's issue continues and as i've said many times i hope the u.s. attorney can move quickly to resolve that as well.

>> what is it with dc government and corruption? >> i'm not going to get into that kind of nonsense because the great overwhelming 99.9% of us who are serving in public office do it honourably. >> i think these are vestiges in the ... >> reporter: they point to a lack at dc outrage at misconduct. >> if you like at berry, there is quite a deep reservoir of allowance for misbehavior. i mean marion is the one who not only spent time in jail, but has not paid his taxes, gave some contracts to his girlfriend. he sets a very, very low bar. the fact that he keeps getting elected does send a certain sense and a certain message. >> are you blaming marion berry. >> i'm saying along berry to persist and not throw him out

allows his culture and the way he conducts business to continue to be somewhat of a standard. >> reporter: the perspective of a veteran journalist who has covered the city for years a prospective not universally shared, but "the government you elect is the government you deserve." people deserve the government they get and they deserve to get it good and hard. in dc, they do. >> thank you, gary. this story certainly has a lot of folks talking tonight and you can join the conversation. head over to our 9news now facebook page. police in maryland is trying to figure out what is behind a stabbing in a park full of people. two men who knew each other got into a fight. one man was stabbed twice to his chest and back. we caught up with a good samaritan who was able to help the victim and flag down an ambulance. >> at first he was saying take

me here and take me there and we said no we're going to take you to the hospital because that's what we wanted to do and then he was saying don't let me die. we wanted to transport him to get help. >> the victim suffered nonlife threatening injuries. the suspect took off on foot and caught in a nearby creek by a k-9. charges are pending. police have made an arrest in last night's deadly shooting at the southern avenue metro station. 32-year-old norman bonds is charged with first degree murder in the death of 43-year-old harold debtor. detectives say debtor was shot in the head. investigators have not determined a motive. a judge has granted a new bond hearing for george zimmerman. he is the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the death of trayvon martin. the judge revoked his earlier

bond after learning he misled the court about how much money he could put up for bail. president obama spent much of his day in cal attending fund raisers that are adding to his campaign war chest. he arrived in l.a. addressing the lgtbgala. the washington red skins are going long. starting next year they'll hold training camps in virginia rather than ashburn. it's to help to keep the key components of the franchise to virginia. some are okay with it, some fans not so much. >> it will help them win, i guess it's okay. >> i'll stay up here and wait for them to come up and play and go watch them then. >> richmond will ante up 400,000 to get the training camp.

louden camp will spend money to keep them in ashburn. the money will expand the facilities there. financial records show having team headquarters in ashburn brings in millions of dollars to the state, the county, and local businesses. good news and some bad news about dc's popular u. street. they're getting an upgrade. however, traffic, never easy, will become even worse. the construction area is on u. street between 9th and 14th street. work starts next monday, traffic could be limited to one lane in each direction and curb side parking will be restricted. much more to come on 9news now. >> after the break, we'll take you to the grand opening of maryland's mega casino. >> thousands of people turned out for the grand opener of maryland line casino. a live report straight ahead. 75 today. you know what? that's our fifth day in a row with below average temperatures. here is your wake-up weather. cool start, dry for the morning

commute. low 50s to low

. wow. marylanders paerm ready to party and gamble. this is live. this is courtesy of sky 9. packed house at the casino the biggest place in the state. >> look that the line. okay, reporter matt live in hanover tonight. the casino didn't open without a little bit of controversy. is that right in. >> reporter: supporters of this casino say at times they thought this day would never come while opponents hoped it never would. but tonight at 10:00, maryland live casino officially opened. . >> ready to come in? >> reporter: after years of debate, controversy, voting, planning, and finally building, maryland live casino finally opened at 10:00 tonight. >> let's go live! [ cheering ].

. >> reporter: thousands of people crowded into maryland's newest and largest casino. >> what do you think of the casino? >> it's been a lot of fun. >> reporter: and thousands more waited outside to may the slot machines and table games. >> couldn't wait for this day and i'm grad it's here report the casino's president says the $500 million project will be good not only for people who like to gamble but for nearly all maryland residents. >> i think the local community is going to learn quickly and adapt to our good corporate stewardship we have with the community and they'll be our big fans. >> reporter: despite the optimism of opening night, no everyone was entirely sold on the casino. >> it has a lot of good points but there's a couple of bad points about it. >> reporter: voicing a concern of many area residents, ar but

-butus area resident about the quality of life. >> i don't think the bar staying open to 4 is a good idea but it's something we'll have to see and work out. >> reporter: the president of maryland live says the casino will employ about 1500 people to start and contribute about $400 million in taxes every year to the state of maryland. >> certainly looks like a robust opening night turnout. thank you. well, as we've been saying, today we learned yet another dc politician has fallen victim to his own decrepit world. >> it's called one party rule. dc government has been in the hands of the democratic party ever since home rule got started here back in 1973. it's a party so dominant the city charter actually sets aside

two charter seats for non-democrat members. the problem is not the democratic party itself. but the lack of any credible opposition. current council members sound sad when they talked about their cheeg n in scandal but i would like to see a viable opposition party reflecting your outrage. remember back in 1994 democrats had been running the house of representatives for four decades, corrupt, out of ideas, they deserved to lose to gingrich. they had to lick their wounds, and they came back even stronger. interestingly, local republican tim day only got 6% of the vote when he challenged now disgraced harry thomas back in 2010 but day is the one who tipped off the authorities to thomas's $350,000 swindle. look, a good opposition party can be partisan and tough to work with but it can also take you down when you slip up. it makes you better. perhaps even helps to keep you

honest. let's be real. dc's a democratic town, i know many of us would never want to see g.o.p. candidates taking down your elected leaders. but you have to admit it's better than seeing a prosecutor do it. if you want to respond to anything derek has to say or watch any commentary one more time, head over to the let's get real web page and tell us what you think. it's part of our home page, wusa9.com. roll over features. another banner day from the weather department. >> it was nice. 75 when our average high is 83. acs will be cranking over the weekend. it will turn toward summer over the weekend. start with a live look outside. temperatures are comfortable. we are down to 63. that's a downtown temp. dewpoint is not quite as low as they were last night but it's going to be cool tonight. any time the dewpoints are in the 50s you can open your

windows. pressure still rising at 30.02 inches of mercury. we're going to zoom in to the east because we still have a little unsettled weather to deal with before things get better. we have showers and thunderstorms in new york state and pennsylvania. everything tonight is dried up. we had a few heavy thunderstorms, more activity tomorrow. right now everything is to the south of us and diminishing. i think with the cooler air in place we'll be okay tonight and have a dry morning commute as well. but then tomorrow afternoon things will fire up a little bit. in fact, futurecast 1:00 in the afternoon, you can walk to lunch. showers will be developing right around lunchtime. then for us, showers roll through 4:30, 5:00. right now it's all shades of green. okay? that's good. that means light activity. so it had interfere with our rush hour but we don't anticipate anything heavy or severe, and by 6:45, more showers pushing through across

the bay. heavier showers north of gaithersburg and it may take a few hours to get the showers out of the area but that will set the stage for a very, very nice friday. dry morning commute, pm thunder storms, nothing heavy, pm commute could be wet for some of us especially north and west of town, and a fabulous finish to the week. friday will be great with temperatures about average for this time of year. so overnight, we've removed the shower chance, okay? just partly cloudy and cool. open the windows. 52 to 62. and the winds will be light. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and pleasant. 50s and 60s to start, 70s by noon. air quality code green. by afternoon, partly cloudy and warmer, showers and thunderstorms. highs around 80 and winds turn westerly at about 10. so here is the deal. in the morning, just cool, 52 to 62. by noon, 75 to 80, evening chance for showers and thunderstorms. upper 70s to low 80s.

next three days, we're going to declare tomorrow a code yellow for our 9 weather alerts because of thunderstorms. code green on friday and saturday. low 80s and friday and mid-80s on saturday. next seven days, we're looking at temperatures generally going back up to near 90 on sunday, low 80s on monday, afternoon storms possible monday and tuesday, a better chance of widespread activity on

. changes are coming to ashburn. over $30 million worth of expansion and renovation at red skins park had happen over the next few years. everything from the weight room to the training room to the cafeteria will be overhauled and after this summer red skins park will be quiet during the preseason. starting in 2013 the red skins

will hold their month-long training camp in richmond. they've been exploring moving training camp away from ashburn and according to mcdonnell, this deal took over a year to negotiate. >> as a 45-year washington red skins fan, i'm delighted to be able to announce that the red skins have decided to make their permanent home in virginia. >> he may be excited. i don't know about a lot of red skins fans. but richmond will become the third offsite location for training camp. they also four years at frostburg state in maryland. this year will mark their tenth straight at ashburn. nationals back in action after their 12th inning thriller in new york. now tonight, they only needed the usual nine. they had things rolling on both sides of the ball. jackson getting the start for

the nats. i'll have more on his big night in a moment. nats get things started early. adam laroche a three run homener homenerer in the bottom of the 1st. getting back in the swing of things, he drives in zimmerman. jackson seven great innings, picked up his first win since april 14th as the nats hand new york their third straight loss, 5-3 the final. game four of the stanley cup finals, kings trying to close out and win their first ever cup. 11 minutes left in the third. doughty with the slap shot, kings and devils tied at 1-1. this wrister finds the net, devils win 3-1 but they trail the series 3-1. western conference finals in the

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