we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. more charges have been filed against the former d.c. council chairman kwame brown. it's part of his federal plea deal. thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. prosecutors have filed misdemeanor campaign finance

charges against the former chairman of the d.c. city council. he resigned amid accusations he lied on financial applications for a home equity loan. bruce johnson has been following the story from the very beginning and joins us now from the wilson building with more information. what are you hearing, bruce? >> reporter: jc, yesterday was the big charge, a felony, bank fraud. today it's a misdemeanor, one count, one charge, unlawful cash campaign expenditure aiding and abetting. to summarize what we v they're charging kwame brown allowed his brother to set up and outside account. jay brown had no official standing with the campaign but allowed him to set up an outside account and then to make expenditures from that account. that's illegal. one misdemeanor count kwame brown has agreed to plead guilty to that. that will be decided in d.c. supreme court, not federal court. back in january specifically on

our set i asked kwame brown how the federal investigation into his 2008 campaign would turn out. here's would he said. >> when you say it's going to be a positive outcome, does that mean there's going to be nothing in kwame brown's doing how he handles his campaign that will have you standing before a judge or something like that? you're totally innocent of any wrongdoing, other members of your campaign totally have done nothing wrong? >> i have done absolutely nothing wrong, bruce. >> reporter: so obviously either that wasn't correct, that wasn't true, or he has been made to realize he had done something wrong and is going to plead guilty to that one misdemeanor. our sources also say his brother sls likely to face -- is also likely to face charges from prosecutors. kwame brown resigned yesterday. he's due in court tomorrow for arraignment. leenter the guilty plea. he's expected to be released on

his own recognizance. i might mention that kwame brown's staff is in there right now. they officially were terminated last night when kwame brown's regular nation was accepted by the council secretary. they're looking for new jobs or waiting to find out if the next chairman will keep them on board. back to you. >> bruce, in this plea deal, we're assuming that mr. brown is going to have to serve time. how much do you think? >> reporter: well, it might come as a surprise you to. i don't think he's going to serve any time. i've been talking to a lot of people close to this case. with the federal guidelines, he's looking at perhaps zero to six months but my sources say that it might even be part of the plea agreement that chairman kwame brown serves no time. it might be enough. it might have been enough for prosecutors just to get him out of office. we've noun seen they've done -- we've now seen they've done that.

>> bruce johnson is continuing to follow the story. we'll have the latest information beginning on 9news now at 5:00 and our website wusa9.com. thank you, bruce. well, d.c. residents have seen a lot of political corruption this year. former council member harry thomas, jr. stepped down from office in january. and then he pleaded guilty to charges that he sold money -- he stole money from the city. earlier this month, 2010 campaign aides to mayor vincent gray pleaded guilty to corruption charges. howard brooks and thomas gore were both involved in giving money to former mayoral candidate sulaimon brown and both could spend some time in prison. the kwame brown story has a lot of people talking. you can join in that conversation by going to our facebook timeline. that's at facebook.com/wusa9.

traffic along rockville pike has been reduced to a crawl after a pepco crew knocked out power in that area. a 9news now employee says that he witnessed crews apparently cut the wrong cable along rockville pike at cedar lane. bruce leshan has more information. >> reporter: this could not come at a worst time, right in the middle of morning rush hour. subcontractor for pepco, pike electric was working out here and apparently they were trying to remove some old lines that had been replaced. but the old line fell, hit a live wire according to witnesses and then that live wire fell down on this montgomery county traffic line. the traffic signal came down to within 10 or 15 feet of the ground. some of it fell down actually on the ground. now they're trying to fix it but to make matters even worse, we are right in the middle of a

graduation ceremony over here at stoneridge school. and all the people that are trying to get to the school graduation over there are stuck in this miserable traffic along with all the commuters that were trying to get in. >> in probably two to three hours we'll be back on color. everybody will be able to move as they want. >> reporter: well before rush hour? >> well before rush hour, guaranteed. >> reporter: so there's the good word, the traffic operations folks are telling us that they will have this repaired well above afternoon rush hour. this is a critical intersection. all the folks going up rockville pike trying to get on the beltway, et cetera. all the folks leaving manager center, n.i.h., they're promising you they're going to get this fixed quickly. in bethesda, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> thank you, bruce. at least two workers were injured after they were knocked out of a tree by a truck. this happened on new hampshire avenue here brighton dam road in brookeville. scott broom is joining us live

from the scene with more information. scott? >> reporter: well, now that we're here at the location, we've learned they weren't actually in the tree. they were down on the ground. despite the signs and the cones and the flagger, a truck blew through the construction area, ran over or hit three workers, two of them were sent to the hospital. let me take you to sky 9. we're at new hampshire avenue. it was just after 10:00 this morning when a box truck went through this work location. and that's when the workers were hit. they were working for mercy a tree contractors, under contract to bge power company. the two injured workers according to co-workers are jose hernando and marvin saravantos. both have been taken to hospitals, one of them to shock trauma. here is how some of the witnesses on the ground saw it as it happened. >> my thought is they drive too

fast. even though the workmen are here directing traffic, he just didn't stop. one of the workmen said he thought he was on the cell phone so he probably wasn't paying attention. >> the driver was very apologetic to both of the individuals. >> reporter: what did he say? >> he said he saw the sign but he didn't see the flag and it just came upon him and he -- he wasn't -- didn't seem like he was going that fast. >> reporter: back here at the location, brighton dam road and new hampshire avenue in montgomery county, police are investigating. they did have an extensive conversation with the truck driver. he was cited for some traffic violations and he has been since allowed to leave. the tree crew has packed it up for the day after losing two of their members to injuries off to the hospital. it's just another example of despite the cones and signs and flaggers how dangerous it is to work out here on the roadway. reporting live, scott broom, 9news now. >> thank you, scott. still to come when the news

continues, more debris from last year's deadly earthquake in japan washes ashore in the united states. 9news now continues in just a moment.

i'm one on one with a local woman with jamaican roots and she's leading the charge to help improve the life of babies here in the united states and in jamaica. i spoke to dr. jacqueline

watson about a special tea being held this weekend. if you have not made plans for this sunday, then you want to get to the mayflower hotel, one of my dearest friends, dr. jacqueline watson is here with me. and she's with the jamaican women of washington. i would have been there this sunday with them but unfortunately because of my radiation, i had to cancel but i'm telling you, it is a fabulous, fabulous high tea that they present every year. this is their tenth anniversary and they raise funds for a needy cause. welcome dr. watson. she has a beautiful name, jacqueline. i love that name because it's my name. at any rate, let's talk about where the funds go for this high tea. >> this high tea this year will go -- a percentage of the proceeds go to mary center, bright beginnings ands to the public health centers in jamaica who are in need of infant scales and boards for the babies down there. >> reporter: you've-- >> you've been doing this for ten years.

it's so important for you. >> it is very important. it's my passion. it's important to give back. when i go back to jamaica and visit the places that have been beneficiaries of the support we've gotten here in, it's very, very heart warming to see the hard work that we've put in place here and to see the rewards on that end and the appreciation actually from those there who have never met many of the people here who support us but send much thanks because all the efforts that are done on this end are definitely put to good work. and also here in washington, d.c., many of the organizations we support as well. >> you have two new organizations, bright beginnings and mary center. they actually change children's lives and futds. >> they -- futures. >> they absolutely do. with respect to this year's theme, we're focusing on the importance of tracking developmental milestones. so making sure babies get their

well child checks and making sure those developmental milestones primarily height and weight are looked at very closely because we know that a child is ready to learn if they're healthy and prevention starts early. the link between good health and education is compelling. so we need to make sure our kids are healthy so they're ready to learn. >> all right, jamaican women of washington, high tea at the mayflower hotel sunday at 2:00 p.m. let me tell you, the ladies will have on fabulous hats. anthony gaskins who provides me with all my has, is he great. el-- my hats, he is great. he'll be there. the ladies come out to this and they dress. they are on the nines. it's a fabulous affair. sunday at the mayflower hotel. stop by. support the jamaican women of washington. how wrmd has the forecast when -- howard has the forecast when we come back. we do have a chance of some storms this afternoon. right now still a great lunch

hour. the allergy numbers have come in for today. a little different than yesterday. not bad. grass has gone to the moderate category. everything else is stl low. we'll talk about the storm chance and some heat is on the way. it's all coming up when 9news now returns.

grz. some local middle school students are ditching their textbooks and getting a lesson on world war ii. delia goncalves reports.

>> reporter: you can't do this with a textbook. ask detailed questions and guess a firsthand response. >> i was very interested in participating. >> reporter: seventh graders at rocky run middle school in chantilly are conducting interviews today with world war ii veterans and civilians involved in the war support release. >> we were told we were a field hospital. >> this is our 11th year of doing our world war ii program. it started with one person and now we have more than a hundred people here. >> it's amazing. they tell us how scary it was just running on the beaches of normandy. >> some are from iwo jima. we could ask them -- it was just amazing. we could hear exactly what happened. >> i finally quit school just to go into the service. >> reporter: this is this

veteran's second year. he proudly wore the vest and opinions collected and -- pins collected and earned over the years. more impressive is the children's cure jotty. >> the wonderful -- curiosity. >> the wonderful questions they ask. >> you can learn sacrifice and dedication and you really learn what people have done for you and why you're here today. >> reporter: and some of today's interviews will be forwarded on to the library of congress as part of their veterans history project. in chantilly, delia goncalves, 9news now. this is really interesting, howard. take a look at what was floating on a beach in oregon. it is a dock that comes from the tsunami that ripped through the japanese coast in march of last year. the japanese consulate in portland confirms the finding. the dock has a metal plaque written in japanese and the pier is being checked for radiation since the tsunami severely damaged a nuclear power plant in japan.

>> the sad point probably going to see a lot more of this stuff wash up. this could take years for the stuff to be washing ashore. think about how much got swept out to sea. >> from japan. >> an incredible amount of stuff. >> amazing. we're having great weather today. >> a beautiful morning. it's a great lunch hour but just peeking at radar, looks like the first couple of showers are starting to fire toward hancock and some of the mountains toward cumberland and that way and will be moving toward us later this afternoon. so enjoy it now but we'll have a few showers and storms. here's a look at the day planner as temperatures will be climbing into the #s on here. we're -- 80s here. we're 78 now. i was forecasting a high of 80. we may get to 81, 82. we'll be somewhere in that range with the spotty to scattered showers and a couple of storms as we go throughout the afternoon. more active than yesterday i think. by 9:00 you're still going out this evening, yes, 73 degrees. i can't rule out even a passing shower till about 10:00 or 11:00 but once we get through this, the heat is going to start to build, especially by

the weekend. here's a look at it this morning. you can see everything moving northwest to southeast and it's a little tough to tell but right here, little green specks are starting to fire just north of cumberland. that's just the beginning of what i think the showers and storms this afternoon. we got down to 50 in manassas. the bay temperatures are now well in the 60s. they stayed at 60 with 40s in the mountains and fog toward harrisonburg and stanton as well. right now we've warmed up nicely. it's in the mid- to upper 70s in many areas. only 73 for hagerstown. cumberland. easton is 77 degrees. annapolis is 76. as you look outside on our michael & son weather camera, just a few fair weather clouds. a nice lunch hour over the u.s. capitol with 78 degrees. dew points in the 50s. the air is still relatively dry. bigger picture, we've got the showers here. everything being rotating around. these little pieces of energy.

rotating over a big storm over eastern canada. the future cast will show you the showers and storms are going to pop for the afternoon. there they are. even this evening we'll get a couple of showers isolated before midnight and much quieter for tomorrow. then we get that isolated afternoon storm as the heat builds. got the yellow alert because the afternoon storms may slow you down on the way home or interfere with an afternoon event, if you have a sporting event or something planned. 80 today if not 82. tonight 50s and 60s. tomorrow 84. one more night you can open the windows and enjoy. here comes the heat saturday, 88. could be a stray afternoon thunderstorm. about the same monday and -- sunday and monday. cooler tuesday and better chance of storms wednesday. got fresh food being made in the kitchen for you. we'll explain when 9news now returns.

i'm one on one with our chef from zoe's kitchen. we're doing a mediterranean flare. he's already started. >> today we're going to be cooking our steak kabobs, our newest menu. we take a sirloin in house, butcher is down, marinade it if at least 24 hours. we marinade it with a little olive oil, spices, spicy mustard, a little soy. then we'll skew the kabobs with fresh red onion, red pell pepper -- red bell pepper and partner it up with a greek salad. >> guess who is making the

greek salad? i am. i'm putting cucumbers. green bell peppers, a little feta. i love feta cheese and some red onions. and then olives. i love olives, greek olives. oh, gosh, they're the best. a little bit of tomatoes. these are baby tomatoes. what kind of peppers? >> we have our peppercinis. >> are they hot? >> they could be considered hot. give it a good shake. everything we make fresh from scratch every day. zoe's kitchen is in woodbridge, fairfax, annapolis and also at the ballston metro station. >> i like extra. >> we've got that for you. >> put a little on my finger. >> yes, ma'am, of course. delicious, right? >> that is good.

you brought-- >> we brought you a dinner for four today. we do family dinners. we do takeout, to go, call-ins. we cater. we'll take the plate right there. >> don't you love it when he calls me ma'am? don't you just love that? it makes me feel so young. ma'am. i'm hold enough to be your mom so that's okay. >> we'll partner that with a little bit of our fresh potato salad. it has red poe potatoes. -- red potatoes. no may nays. we use our greek dressing to marinade -- marinate it. some chopped green onions and salt and pepper. we'll wait for the steak kabobs to come off the grill. they look delicious, don't they? >> red onions, red peppers. i think that's done. what is that? >> it's our masarta sauce. it's what makes it. i'll let you be the judge.

we'll take them straight off the grill. make sure you put it on top of the potato salad so you get some of that salt. >> looks fantastic. >> i've seen howard waiting to get in on the steak kabobs. >> zoe's kitchen. >> if you like us on facebook and mention you saw us here, you can enter to win a free meal. come back and advice us at 5:00. -- and visit us at 5:00.