long time. >> pleaded guilty for illegally funneling $650,000 into the campaign. mayor gray made his first public comments about the case. >> i'm concerned about what, you know, may or may not have happened and the appearance of what may have happened. >> siting the on going investigation into his 2010 campaign. an investigation that so far has resulted in guilty pleas from three gray campaign workers. the mayor declined to talk about pacific allegations. >> and there are questions that you may have that i can't answer at this stage. >> without admitting anything, he did express disappointment. the way we all now know his campaign was conducted. >> the mayor went out to point out he was the one who called for the investigation into his own campaign. he was quick to draw a distinction between his campaign and his administration. >> i know who i am. i get up in the morning every day and look in the mirror and i see someone i respect. >> he was not lawfully elected

as mayor. >> chairman of mayor adrian fenty's campaign for reelection in 2010. despite gray's insistence, he's the best man to beat d.c.'s mayor. the evidence suggests otherwise. >> we have to have people who abide by the law. and the highest elected official in the district of columbia is expected to abide by the law. >> i'm joined now live by ward 3 councilman. one of the council members calling for mayor gray to resign. the other one, we have just gotten word that a gray spokesperson has called this call for resignation reckless, that they might expect it, but not from a constitutional scholar like yourself, calling for a resignation before the investigation is complete. >> you know, we are not talking here about a court of law. we aren't talking about evidence. we aren't talking about constitutional law. what we're talking about is the district of columbia and the confidence that the people have lost in the government. and i think that, you know, we

have been wounded severely and the only way to heal ourselves in light of all of these scandals is to have, you know, a clean sweep. and i think it would be a great act of public service for the mayor to step down. >> okay, you called for him to do that. that is his decision. can the council do something? can there be a centure? >> no, it has to be his decision. and you know, i hope he will heed these calls. we need to be able to move forward. we are stuck in this daily depressing, you know, release of information. and the election, the office is called into question. and we can't have that anymore. >> were you stunned by the scope of it? some of the revelations coming out of the u.s. attorney's press conference yesterday. >> absolutely.

that put me over. as i went over and over in my mind, what could explain this? what could exonerate the mayor? and even if he didn't know, my view is that even if he didn't know, it must have been a kind of willful blindness. in any event, it was done in his name. and it has called into question, as i said, his election. you know, i admire vince gray. i endorsed him. i came to know him, we served on the council when he was the chairman. he's a very good man. i found him to be a man of integrity and leadership and i can't tell you how sad i am to come to this position, but as a matter of healing the district, i think it's the step we have to take. >> okay, and you are just saying that again, a close colleague, a friend, this had to be a difficult decision and you had to weigh, up until the last moment, before coming out publicly and doing this. >> the only competing interest was whether i thought there was

adequate disclosure of information that would make it untenable for him to continue and that came yesterday with the revelations about this extraordinary far ranging, unlawful campaign. >> and you think more information is to come? >> i do. i don't have any inside information to say that, but it seems as though this will be on going and what we need to do is move past this. we can't unless the people who are responsible or who should have been responsible should be held responsible, also move off the stage. >> councilwoman shay, thanks for being with us here tonight. >> well, following that wicked storm on june 29, what went wrong and why? the metropolitan washington council of government wants answers. why the widespread destruction to electricity, communication, water supply systems. the council has asked for a review of the storm response and it will be conducted by security agencies as well as emergency management leaders. a followup to a story we

first reported yesterday that is firing up our viewers. the maryland public service commission allows utilities to bill customers to make up for the revenue lost during the power outage. andrea mccarren has more on that in a letter that is making news. >> after the violent weather came a storm of criticism. >> exhausted and frustrated. >> and now, leaders of maryland's big seven jurisdictions, including montgomery and prince georges counties, are demanding change. they want improved disclosure of outage locations. the prevention of future outages, including a study of the locations best suited for underground lines and a look at staffing levels during an emergency. >> a lot of damage to the system. there's a lot of poles and wires to put back up. >> utility executives were grilled on wtop radio today. many customers just learning what we reported yesterday. that maryland utilities can charge customers for revenue lost during the outages because

they couldn't supply electricity. >> that's a shared cost across all customers. >> i thought i was paying for something that i received, not something i did not receive. >> they were getting paid when regular citizens are losing out. >> pepco president was on the phone. >> it does apply for the first 24 hours and then beyond that, it does not apply. >> that fee will depend on the amount of electricity used by each customer. andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> now to break it down for you, one advocacy group estimates the cost to be less than a dollar, but it's the principal of charging for something that customers never got. tell us your thoughts on our wusa9 facebook page or via twitter. now to a case of way too much rain. many families are cleaning up from flash floods triggered by a storm. among the casualties, ryan of northwest d.c. he saw raw sewage coming up from his

pipes. >> in the basement and started coming in and started coming through the toilets and the front drain and the back drain outside. >> outside a downpour. people found themselves in water up to their knees. look at this. and some motorists made the dangerous mistake of trying to navigate flooded streets. hopefully, we don't see anything like that tonight. topper, give us some idea on the rain fall totals. >> those storms moved so slowly. they were a small area, nothing like a couple weeks ago. let me show you how much rain fell. in some areas, over 2 inches fell. over 2 1/3 inches in reston. and over an inch and a half in adams morgan and takoma parke. so, the storms were confined inside the beltway and some of the immediate areas. but those areas that received the heavy rain got hammered with the slow moving storms. different story tonight. 86 downtown. 86 in leesburg.

77 up in hagerstown. a few clouds and showers, but radar is quiet right now. for tonight, we'll keep the slight chance of an early shower or thunderstorm in. but primarily west of i-81 and partly cloudy and mild. lows 64 to 72 downtown. we'll come back and tell you how long we can hold with this seasonal weather and if heat is not lurking in the wing. >> all right, topper. now another update on efforts to overturn maryland's congressional redistricting map. today, the state board of elections says opponents to the plan they have enough signatures now to force it to referendum. that means voters will decide if the map stands when they head to the polls in november. critics say the redistricting plan was jerry mannedderred to favor the democrats and reduces the influence of minority voters. supporters say it reflects changes in maryland's population. still to come tonight, republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, gets booed for his criticism of the president. but first, the maryland attorney general's office weighs in on the controversial

court ruling. details on its opinion next. +

one maryland town is now turning off two of its red light cameras because they are making intersections more dangerous. the common council approved the measure earlier this week. police are saying the cameras were causing too many rear end

crashes because people were slamming on their brake to avoid getting a ticket. two other cameras were already turned off back in 2010. an assistant attorney general for the state of maryland is weighing in on a controversial court ruling. one that labeled pit bulls as inherently dangerous dogs. that ruling means pit bull owners could be held liable for bites, even if there's no previous evidence that a particular dog is dangerous. katherine brown says that ruling is not yet in effect. opponents of that ruling have asked maryland's highest court to give it another look. and law enforcement is waiting for the court's response before they will do anything. another great day for mid july, but will these temperatures stick around for the weekend? topper's full forecast coming up. >> house republicans defend their effort to repeal the president's healthcare reform law. i'm danielle nottingham in washington. i'll have the story coming up.

for the 33rd time in the last year and a half, house republicans have passed a bill to repeal the affordable care act. the gop insists americans want the law overturned. the democrats call today's action a waste of time. danielle nottingham has the blow by blow from capitol hill >> en this vote, the ayes are 144. the bill is passed.

>> this is the 33rd time the republican controlled house has voted to scrap all or part of president oh obama's healthcare reform law. >> this is the american people did not want when it was passed and it remains a law that the american people do not want now. >> republicans promise this repeal vote the same day the supreme court ruled that the affordable care act is constitutional. repealing the affordable care act is wrong. it was wrong the first time. it is wrong the 31st time. welcome to ground hog day in the house of representatives. >> republicans know their repeal effort is doomed in the democratic controlled senate. but the vote forces everyone to go on the record as for or against the law during this campaign season. >> we should repeal it. we should replace it. and here's the good news. the voters get the last word in november. stay tuned. >> democrats called the repeal

effort a political stunt. >> you are wasting your time with the american people. you're wasting the time of the congress. >> most democrats argued in strong support of the law. but a handful in tough reelection fights voted for repeal. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> several house democrats lost their seats in 2010 in part because they voted for the affordable care act. out on the campaign trail for the white house, republican candidate, mitt romney, has less support for the convention. >> that smattering of boos was the crowd's response to romney's criticisms. shows about 90% of black voters are expected to vote for president obama in november. but romney says real world results should make them reconsider that choice. >> the unemployment rate, the duration of unemployment,

average income, median family wealth, are all worse in the black community. >> romney believes staying focused on the economy can help him win in november. meanwhile, the president took the day off from the campaign trail. he is meeting with democratic leaders at the white house on new legislation to help boost the economy. the centers for disease control is out with new tips. not talking about an outbreak or an epidemic. oh no, it's a wedding day. the cbc posted a tongue and cheek blog wedding season survival guide this week. sounds silly, but the agency points out wedding and hurricane seasons coincide. and planning for one isn't that different than the other. tips include keeping a kit stocked with safety pins and sedatives and making an evacuation plan, because if a storm hits, 2 00 guests are not going to crowd into the one windowless bathroom. and that is true. >> that is true. they are both stressful, too. >> can you imagine really bad,

oh no. you don't want to think about it. don't want to bring it into existence. >> june is the most popular month and beginning hurricane season. so the odds are with you not to have one. you get towards september, throwing the dice. 89 today. very nice. temperatures are in the wheel house in terms of average. they will stay that way for a while. let's start with a live look outside. 89 was the high. temperatures in the mid 80s downtown. the dew point still in the 50s. that's fantastic. relative humidity, 38%. pressure has been steady for the past three hours. 30.11 inches of mercury. winds east, southeast at about 10. but a very nice evening. go ahead and walk the dog, eat outside, whatever you want to do. i don't think we'll see any thunderstorms tonight. satellite picture, radar combined, tons of storms from texas across the southeast. up into tennessee and kentucky and as far north as southern sections of virginia. stationary. this is the same front that moves south of us on monday.

that broke our heat wave. going to move back to the north as a warm front. a few storms earlier, up in the mountains. and inbetween hagerstown and cumberland. they have died out completely. 82 bethesda. 82 in arlington. this is fantastic. 87 in rockville. low 80s in fairfax. 87 in college park and 84 up in laurel. so we're looking at really just warm air through friday. maybe an isolated thunderstorm from time to time. but seasonal on thursday. seasonal on friday. the heat will roll in again on saturday. just sort of the beginning of a little bit of a heat wave. early shower or storm tonight. primarily in the mountains. 64 to 72. winds southeast at 10. you might open the windows in the suburbs. we're looking a the temperatures. 68 in rockville. low 70s downtown. uncomfortable downtown, but 68 in reston and 68 tonight in fairfax. now tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and warm. 70s and 80s.

not bad. by afternoon, partly cloudy, it will be seasonal, slight chance of a shower or storm. and winds out of the south at 10. so we'll break it down for you. 64 to 72 to start. 82 to 86 by evening and then mid to upper 80s by late in the evening. maybe a thunderstorm. but not a big deal. now our 9 weather alert codes, we'll keep them green for now. thursday, friday, saturday. near 90 on friday. maybe a storm back in the low 90s on saturday. maybe a storm as well. those low 90s on saturday, more 90s to come. mid 90s on sunday. right now, we're looking at temperatures in the upper 90s monday and tuesday and wednesday of next week. isolated storms are possible each afternoon; but that is about it. although we did keep wednesday dry and the nats are in town tuesday. >> i see that hot inching back on there. >> no triple digits yet. >> let's keep it that way. up next, a stash of baseball cards almost tossed out in the

trash ends up being a record fine. why they are being called card board gold. that story next.

how many times have you heard somebody say, i would be rich if my mom hasn't thrown out all my old baseball cards? one lucky family found out how much that old collection can be

worth. as ben tracy reports, they may be able to trade in bleacher seats for luxury boxes. >> something remarkable happened in this attic. he and his family inherited this turn of the century house in rural ohio. passed down by his aunt after her recent passing. >> the first thing i told the family when i had the family meeting was, how many times have you been asked, what would you do if you found something of great value and nobody knew about it? >> what he found was these baseball cards, about 700 in all. they had been tied in a neat bundle and put in a card board box, sitting untouched for 100 years. he did not know exactly what he had, but the sports collectible experts at heritage auctions did. >> we believe this is the most significant find in the history of the hobby. when they sent in the package and we initially opened it up, our reaction was, oh my god, these are the nicest condition

examples of this series that we have ever seen. >> these cards were given away as a candy promotion around 1910 and include baseball luminaries as ty cobb, and cristie matthewson. he assumes his immigrant grandfather did not know what to do with them, so he put them in the attic and forgot about them. today's value, about $3 million. >> the biggest surprise, when chris ivy called me and said one of the cards was a psa10, i went great, which one? wagner. the mona lisa after baseball cards. >> the grandfather is survived by about 20 family members who will drink vied the win fall when the cards are auctioned off next month. it is safe to say they will be telling a story for generations about how a simple home cleaning turned into a

financial home run. for cbs, ben tracy, los angeles. >> smiles all around, you can see why. that's our report. i'll be back here with topper at 11:00. you can log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll see you later. have a great night. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi

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