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bruce johnson, 9news now. >> the d.c. council will revisit the issue in 90 days after he submits a report with what he is trying to accomplish. >>> the biggest risk to police officers not necessarily bullets or flames. it's getting hit by a car while they are stopped on the side of the road. tonight, authorities are out with a big campaign to tell us about a law that says you have to move over and slow down. >> i'm bruce leshan in college park. in maryland and in virginia, but so far, not in d.c. if an emergency vehicle is pulled over to the shoulder, with its lights flashing, you are required to move over one lane. if you can do that safely, or to slow down to a safe and prudent speed. search move over on youtube and the carnage is stomach churning. the latest estimate suggests nearly 400 police officers, firefighters, highway crews, tow truck drivers, and other workers are struck and killed every year. nearly 10% of all the occupational fatalities in america. >> move over, i mean, it's not that hard. >> police and fire
bruce johnson, 9news now. >> the d.c. council will revisit the issue in 90 days after he submits a report with what he is trying to accomplish. >>> the biggest risk to police officers not necessarily bullets or flames. it's getting hit by a car while they are stopped on the side of the road. tonight, authorities are out with a big campaign to tell us about a law that says you have to move over and slow down. >> i'm bruce leshan in college park. in maryland and in virginia,...
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bruce johnson first broke the story and follows it up now. >> d.c. mayor, vincent gray, denied any knowledge of wrong doing in the successful campaign last year, which he soundly defeated incumbent, adrian fenty. >> nobody would want to campaign by these kinds of issues. >> the probe that grown much larger than the original allegations from sulaimon brown, chough says he was paid with money orders and promised a job during the campaign. sources say prosecutors have identified two to 300 money orders with forged signatures that were bought with illegal cash payments to the gray campaign. >> you didn't know anything about it? >> i did not. >> okay, when you hear about this, what does that say? >> i think it goes back to the question object whether rules were broken or not and i would never, you know, condone anybody breaking the rules. the rules should have been followed. >> the fbi and irs raided the home as part of their probe. >> i was very surprised. >> thompson donated $90,000 to the mayor's campaign in the city paper. prosecutors want to know if
bruce johnson first broke the story and follows it up now. >> d.c. mayor, vincent gray, denied any knowledge of wrong doing in the successful campaign last year, which he soundly defeated incumbent, adrian fenty. >> nobody would want to campaign by these kinds of issues. >> the probe that grown much larger than the original allegations from sulaimon brown, chough says he was paid with money orders and promised a job during the campaign. sources say prosecutors have identified...
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bruce johnson has been on the story from the very beginning and tonight he has that new information. >> we're going in another direction. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray addressed a gathering of city athletes competing in tomorrow's basketball title game, but our camera our mayor said his attorney advised him not to say anything more of the campaign. this is all that's left of the 2010 campaign headquarters. at the center of the investigation is businessman jeff thompson who contributed thousands of dollars to score the d.c. campaigns including vincent gray's successful effort to defeat adrian fenty in 2010. 9news confirmed an earlier report in june of 2010 with the filing deadline approaching mayor vincent gray and his campaign entourage arrived at headquarters late at night with a large amount of checks and money orders raised by jeff thompson. the date is important because the campaign chair lorraine green had been summoned back to headquarters in case her signature was needed for an extension from election officials. turns out it wasn't needed because jeff thompson had ra
bruce johnson has been on the story from the very beginning and tonight he has that new information. >> we're going in another direction. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray addressed a gathering of city athletes competing in tomorrow's basketball title game, but our camera our mayor said his attorney advised him not to say anything more of the campaign. this is all that's left of the 2010 campaign headquarters. at the center of the investigation is businessman jeff thompson who...
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bruce johnson has been on this story from the beginning. here's his followup. >> sources say ward 7 council member has gotten a subpoena. ward 2 councilman, jack evans, has been issued a subpoena say sources. and others may be on the way as federal prosecutors seek information on all business dealings and campaign contributions from businessman, jeff thompson, dating back to 2003. thompson's home and offices were raided by the fbi and irs on march 2. >> the money orders were dated march 9 and march 10 of 2011. >> ward 5 councilman says he has not gotten a subpoena yet. but orange was forced to do a lot of explaning today. about his long time relationship with jeff thompson. orange was responding to published reports when he produced records of 26 money orders that went to his campaigns from thompson contacts. >> what is it about these money orders that arouse suspicion? >> there may be ten in the serial numbers are all running the same sequence. >> meaning they were bought at the same time? >> bought at the same time. however, the name may
bruce johnson has been on this story from the beginning. here's his followup. >> sources say ward 7 council member has gotten a subpoena. ward 2 councilman, jack evans, has been issued a subpoena say sources. and others may be on the way as federal prosecutors seek information on all business dealings and campaign contributions from businessman, jeff thompson, dating back to 2003. thompson's home and offices were raided by the fbi and irs on march 2. >> the money orders were dated...
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bruce johnson, 9news now. >> as you heard, chairman brown says he does support udc. however, he would not endorse udc's president. >>> d.c. police are looking for a suspect after a deadly stabbing at a bar in northeast right near catholic university. this was early sunday morning. the investigation started at library bar and grill nightclub on 12th street. police say the victim was 35 years old and in cardiac arrest when they arrived. he was taken to med star where he was pronounced dead. his name is not being released at this point. >>> police are searching for the man they say tried to kill the mother of his three children. this happened more than a month ago. >> we spoke to the victim's sister who is still trying to make sense of it. >> reporter: alone know stone had shown up here in northeast d.c. to pick up her 1-year-old son and that's when things took a turn for the worse. >> just shot twice in the head, once in the ear, and i want to say like four times in the back and twice in the arm. >> reporter: that was back on february 15. desiree ross says her younger
bruce johnson, 9news now. >> as you heard, chairman brown says he does support udc. however, he would not endorse udc's president. >>> d.c. police are looking for a suspect after a deadly stabbing at a bar in northeast right near catholic university. this was early sunday morning. the investigation started at library bar and grill nightclub on 12th street. police say the victim was 35 years old and in cardiac arrest when they arrived. he was taken to med star where he was...
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bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> as bruce mentioned, five men currently on trial in superior court for their alleged roles in the south capital street drive by, sixth defendant took the plea deal. he's the key witness against the others. >>> arlington county police chief was on damage control today after our exclusive report showing evidence of a possible quota system. he said the memo detailing the information could damage the department's reputation. as peggy fox reports, today he rescinded that memo and issued a new one. >> there is no day-to-day numeric quota system. >> arlington county police chief rescinded this march 1 memo 9news obtained from a police officer. it lists the number of arrests, traffic summons, parking citations, and du is. officers could be disciplined if they don't meet those goals. it looks like a a quota system. >> i don't want there to be any confusion with our officers, with the public that we have knewer inic expectations. because we simply do not. >> memo was issued by two commanders were trying to put out guidelines for performance expectations. but he says it
bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> as bruce mentioned, five men currently on trial in superior court for their alleged roles in the south capital street drive by, sixth defendant took the plea deal. he's the key witness against the others. >>> arlington county police chief was on damage control today after our exclusive report showing evidence of a possible quota system. he said the memo detailing the information could damage the department's reputation. as peggy fox reports, today...
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. >> this is bruce johnson. almost two years ago, four young people were killed on the steps.e wounded, and the mother of one of the dead got a major victory. not in the courtroom, but in d.c. council chambers. >> queen elizabeth reflects on her 60 year reign at a rare event here in london. i'm tina. i'll have the story coming up. >>> tonight, the president's reelection campaign is distancing itself from robert deniro. the actor, jokingly suggested that america is not ready for a white first lady. the republican candidate, newt gingrich, called the comment inexcusable. the first lady's called the comment inappropriate. >>> queen elizabeth made a rare address to the members of parliament today. it's part of the on going celebrations marking her 60 years on the thrown. tina with more on this diamond jubilee. >> queen elizabeth made a grand entrance to westminster hall to deliver a landmark speech. lawmakers from both side of the aisle came together to market queen's 60 years on the thrown. >> with the support of my family, i dedicate myself to the service of our great country an
. >> this is bruce johnson. almost two years ago, four young people were killed on the steps.e wounded, and the mother of one of the dead got a major victory. not in the courtroom, but in d.c. council chambers. >> queen elizabeth reflects on her 60 year reign at a rare event here in london. i'm tina. i'll have the story coming up. >>> tonight, the president's reelection campaign is distancing itself from robert deniro. the actor, jokingly suggested that america is not ready...
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bruce johnson has been following this new information all day. he joins us live from rockville with reaction with this breaking news. >> reporter: we have very, very late breaking news. we're outside of richard montgomery high and i just got off the phone with scott speier, the 47-year-old part- time basketball cross country coach here. he tells me, quote, i have never done anything inappropriate with any student or athlete that i have coached. now, the xu
bruce johnson has been following this new information all day. he joins us live from rockville with reaction with this breaking news. >> reporter: we have very, very late breaking news. we're outside of richard montgomery high and i just got off the phone with scott speier, the 47-year-old part- time basketball cross country coach here. he tells me, quote, i have never done anything inappropriate with any student or athlete that i have coached. now, the xu
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bruce johnson said he talked to some of them who have gotten out of prison. he says they are now sorry, feel that they were brainwashed, but as for the leader. the ring leader, hamas calise died in prison a decade ago. >> that is an incredible story about an incredible time in this city and the nation's history, bruce. >> yeah. and you know, some of this happened live on the air. the ring leader called in the middle of this thing. >> yeah. hard to imagine that, you know, all these years later. thanks, bruce. derek. >> thank you, lesli. now to the latest on the amazing story of coney 2012. the online viral video exposing an african war lord and viewed more than 60 million times and that's just since monday. ben tracy with more on how this eye opening video spread so far, so fast. >> thank you for believing in the story. >> film maker jason russell posted a thank you video on thursday. >> your response, your forward abilities has been huge. >> he seemed surprise his 30 minute film has become the most successful viral video ever. >> its only purpose is to stop t
bruce johnson said he talked to some of them who have gotten out of prison. he says they are now sorry, feel that they were brainwashed, but as for the leader. the ring leader, hamas calise died in prison a decade ago. >> that is an incredible story about an incredible time in this city and the nation's history, bruce. >> yeah. and you know, some of this happened live on the air. the ring leader called in the middle of this thing. >> yeah. hard to imagine that, you know, all...
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bruce johnson, 9news now. >> the added cameras are meant to close a gap in the budget.ray wants to allow bars to stay open until 4:00 in the morning. that would generate 5.4 million. >>> a california woman protesting after she received a speeding ticket. hat trick. lynn cahill gomez pulled over three times within one hour as she tried to reach her injured 79-year-old mother. the california highway patrol says cahill gomez was clocked going 100 miles an hour before the two of those stops. she was arrested and charged with reckless driving and on the third time, resisting arrest. >> are you not looking down to see how fast you're going? >> honestly, no, i was looking at the road watching where i was going. it's a dark road. >> this is my first time that i have heard someone three separate circumstances within a very short time frame. >> cahill gomez paid $400 just to get her car back. she's not sure how much the fines will cost her. people facing an emergency should call 911 for an ambulance rather than trying to drive themselves and put everybody else's life at risk. >>>
bruce johnson, 9news now. >> the added cameras are meant to close a gap in the budget.ray wants to allow bars to stay open until 4:00 in the morning. that would generate 5.4 million. >>> a california woman protesting after she received a speeding ticket. hat trick. lynn cahill gomez pulled over three times within one hour as she tried to reach her injured 79-year-old mother. the california highway patrol says cahill gomez was clocked going 100 miles an hour before the two of...
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bruce johnson has the followup report. >> citing misconduct by the prosecutor and police, a culpeperounty judge orders the release of a man behind bars for a dozen years, more on that story. >> plus the rock and roll marathon is days away. we'll introduce you to a cancer survivor who is hitting pavement so others can beat the disease. >>> we are now just three days away from 2012 suntrust rock and roll usa marathon. while many people are running to beat their best time, others are running to raise awareness and money for a particular cause. mike hydek introduces us to a cancer survivor who is running so that others can do the same. >> reporter: it's one of the greatest sensations in the world, feeling healthy and alive. brian lee once feared he may never feel this good again, the day he learned he had leukemia. >> i was miserable every day. some days i didn't feel like even getting up to go for a walk and i'll be running the rock and roll half marathon one year before my four year diagnosis day. i'll be kicking cancer's butt one more time, can't hold me down. >> go team! >> reporter:
bruce johnson has the followup report. >> citing misconduct by the prosecutor and police, a culpeperounty judge orders the release of a man behind bars for a dozen years, more on that story. >> plus the rock and roll marathon is days away. we'll introduce you to a cancer survivor who is hitting pavement so others can beat the disease. >>> we are now just three days away from 2012 suntrust rock and roll usa marathon. while many people are running to beat their best time,...
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. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson, a federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c.t has been expanded and now centers on a local businessman who has given big bucks to just about every elected city official. i'll have that story coming up at 6:00. >>> next a state of the art medical van is stepping in to provide some critical services to those in need. >>> each week mobile health vans service patients in low income areas of washington d.c. stacy hayward takes us to the medical location in ward 8 in today's hero central. >> good, good. take a listen to your tummy. >> reporter: this mobile medical unit has offered physicals and checkups, dental care and the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses for almost 20 years. southeast residents like michelle holds say they can't imagine being without the van. >> my middle daughter, she had asthma real bad. i came to the mobile and they prescribed medicine for her and voila, she's doing wonderful now. >> reporter: the van visits 11 sites weekly. most are near public housing. the staff also provides care and referrals for children
. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson, a federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c.t has been expanded and now centers on a local businessman who has given big bucks to just about every elected city official. i'll have that story coming up at 6:00. >>> next a state of the art medical van is stepping in to provide some critical services to those in need. >>> each week mobile health vans service patients in low income areas of washington d.c. stacy hayward takes...
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i'm bruce johnson and thanks for joining us this saturday night.never a dull offseason for the redskins, but tonight is not somebody else's star player who is coming here. fans, former players, skins management, they are all reacting to news that the team traded up to draft its first franchise quarterback since who? who was the last franchise quarterback? >> you have to go way back into the archives. everybody knew the number two position was key to this year's draft. the rams had it. many teams wanted it in order for the redskins to leap up to get it, they had to make a bold move. they made one. today, general manager, bruce allen, confirming what we already knew. washington mortgaged a lot to get that number two pick. and one would assume they are going to use it to obtain the services of that guy right there. robert griffin iii. heisman trophy winner. tonight, during a charity event downtown, allen and other former redskins chiming in on the move. why did they do it? did they give up too much? all of those subjects were on the table. >> i want t
i'm bruce johnson and thanks for joining us this saturday night.never a dull offseason for the redskins, but tonight is not somebody else's star player who is coming here. fans, former players, skins management, they are all reacting to news that the team traded up to draft its first franchise quarterback since who? who was the last franchise quarterback? >> you have to go way back into the archives. everybody knew the number two position was key to this year's draft. the rams had it....
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i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. riddled with bullets allegedly fired by her ex- boyfriend, and tonight police still looking for the man who tried to kill the mother of his three children. it happened more than a month ago. ken molestina spoke with the victim's sister who is still trying to make sense of all this. >> reporter: the victim's sister says yolando stonehead showed up here in northeast d.c. to pick up her 1-year-old son, and that's when things took a turn for the worst. >> just shot twice in the head, once in the ear and i want to say four times in the back and twice in the arm. >> reporter: that was back on february 15th. ross says her younger sister, yolando son was gunned down by cook, her ex-boyfriend and the father of stone's three children. the three children were witnesses to it all. >> they were the ones, she knows a lot. she always say, you know, my mommy got shot. my mommy got shot. >> reporter: ross says because the suspect and her sister's attempted killing is still on the loose, the family is
i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. riddled with bullets allegedly fired by her ex- boyfriend, and tonight police still looking for the man who tried to kill the mother of his three children. it happened more than a month ago. ken molestina spoke with the victim's sister who is still trying to make sense of all this. >> reporter: the victim's sister says yolando stonehead showed up here in northeast d.c. to pick up her 1-year-old son, and that's when things took a turn for the...
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hello everybody, i'm bruce johnson. we'll have the very latest on the storms in just a moment. first, we've got breaking news for the washington area. a police chase ended in a crash along pennsylvania avenue and southern avenue. there are reports of multiple injuries and a metro bus that may have been involved in this accident. matt jablo is live on the scene. >> it was quite the scene here just a few minutes ago when several cars as you said and a metro bus were involved in a pretty serious accident. it's all parentally started a little more than two hours ago when d.c. police say that prince george's county police were pursuing a car for some reason. this is where i am right now in southeast washington. prince george's county police, apparently called off the pursuit. and that did not stop the multi- vehicle accident from the car industry. >> there was a collision that involved the metro bus and at least four other people. >> reporter: how many people were hurt? >> at this time there are no life-threatening injuries. >> reporter: on the bus? >> i am not sure exactly where ac
hello everybody, i'm bruce johnson. we'll have the very latest on the storms in just a moment. first, we've got breaking news for the washington area. a police chase ended in a crash along pennsylvania avenue and southern avenue. there are reports of multiple injuries and a metro bus that may have been involved in this accident. matt jablo is live on the scene. >> it was quite the scene here just a few minutes ago when several cars as you said and a metro bus were involved in a pretty...
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bruce johnson investigates a story only seen on 9. >> it's not just a program about my child, but it's city's children. >> reporter: that's michelle seabrook at the district's tuition assistance office because she and her husband are about to send their second child off to college out of state. >> whereas many of them otherwise would not be able to attend. >> reporter: it's not just a program for the low income. any d.c. family earning $1 million or less is eligible. the u.s. congress put more than $300 million into the tag effort. let's talk about the graduation rate. >> the national average is 58% and remember that's all income levels in every state. we're at 48% of. >> reporter: just under half of the more than 18,000 students that graduated in four to six years. >> 10% below the national average. >> reporter: how do you view that? >> you have to remember, it's not an excuse, but we have a large low income population. >> reporter: the grant money ranges from a few thousand dollars up to $10,000 you can use that money at any private university in the city including here at george was
bruce johnson investigates a story only seen on 9. >> it's not just a program about my child, but it's city's children. >> reporter: that's michelle seabrook at the district's tuition assistance office because she and her husband are about to send their second child off to college out of state. >> whereas many of them otherwise would not be able to attend. >> reporter: it's not just a program for the low income. any d.c. family earning $1 million or less is eligible. the...
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he spoke with our bruce johnson yesterday. >> what you would look at, there may be ten and the serial numbers are all running the same sequence. >> reporter: meaning they were probably bought at the same time? >> bought at the same time. however, the name may have been from georgia. so that would raise a suspicion. >> reporter: you're talking about possible fraud here? >> i'm not going to make that determination. >> council members who received campaign contributions from jeff thompson say they are now starting to re-examine their records. >>> we have new information we are hearing from radio shack about a rude incident at a store in montgomery county. we told you about shanea lewis recently. she returned something at that store and when she got her receipt back, it read, ugly itch, ghetto u.s.a., tattooville, maryland. the clerk called the whole thing a joke. lewis was not laughing. radio shack said, radio shack responded immediately after seeing reports in the media taking strongest possible disciplinary actions. they have tried to contact the customer involved and offer an apology
he spoke with our bruce johnson yesterday. >> what you would look at, there may be ten and the serial numbers are all running the same sequence. >> reporter: meaning they were probably bought at the same time? >> bought at the same time. however, the name may have been from georgia. so that would raise a suspicion. >> reporter: you're talking about possible fraud here? >> i'm not going to make that determination. >> council members who received campaign...
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. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> d.c. council member muriel bowser tells 9 news now her office is cooperating with that federal probe and the subpoena. her campaign has received contributions from geoff thompson. she's checked and found no questionable contributions or money orders. >>> jurors in blacksburg ruled in favor of two families who lost their children in the massacre back in 2007 at virginia tech. matt jablow is working this story. we imagine it was a pretty emotional day when they found out the decision there. >> it sure was emotional and stressful for two families who have waited several years for this day. there were hugs and tears from the victims' families when the verdict was read. the case was brought by the families of two virginia tech students killed in the 2007 shootings, erin peterson, a freshman from northern virginia, and julie pryde, a 23- year-old graduate student from new jersey. most of the families of the other victims agreed to an $11 million settlement reached in 2008. lawyers in this case a
. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> d.c. council member muriel bowser tells 9 news now her office is cooperating with that federal probe and the subpoena. her campaign has received contributions from geoff thompson. she's checked and found no questionable contributions or money orders. >>> jurors in blacksburg ruled in favor of two families who lost their children in the massacre back in 2007 at virginia tech. matt jablow is working this story. we imagine it was a...
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here's bruce johnson. >> it's not just a program about my child, but it's for the city's children. >> reporter: that's michelle seabrook and she's at the district's tuition assistance office because she and her husband are about to send off their second child to college out of state. >> whereas many otherwise would not be able to attend. >> reporter: it's not just a low income program. any d.c. family earning $1 million or less is eligible. the u.s. congress has put more than $300 million into the tag effort. let's talk about the graduation rate. >> the national average is 58% and remember that's all income levels in every state. we're at 48% of. >> reporter: just half of the more than 18,000 student have graduated in four to six years. >> 10% below the national average. >> reporter: how do you view that? >> you have to remember, it's not an excuse, but we have a large low income population. >> reporter: the grant money ranges from a few thousand dollars up to $10,000 you can use that money at any private university in the city including here at george washington university. you can a
here's bruce johnson. >> it's not just a program about my child, but it's for the city's children. >> reporter: that's michelle seabrook and she's at the district's tuition assistance office because she and her husband are about to send off their second child to college out of state. >> whereas many otherwise would not be able to attend. >> reporter: it's not just a low income program. any d.c. family earning $1 million or less is eligible. the u.s. congress has put more...
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le hello, everyone, i'm bruce johnson.ergency crews are combing through devastated homes and neighborhoods, searching for tornado survivors and bodies tonight. at least 38 people are dead, hundreds more are injured, including a baby girl found alone in a field 10 miles from her home. susan mcguiness begins our coverage in the small town of henryville, indiana where residents are trying to recover. reporter: wayne jones is sifting through what's left of his henryville, indiana home. >> up here in the tree is the brains of the mobile home. reporter: a tornado demolished this town, sending a school bus into a building, dropping a tractor-trailer on a gas station and sheering the walls off of homes. terry kirk went to inspect the convenience store where she used to work. >> i don't see any possible way anybody could have survived in this. reporter: the tornado that came through henryville moved with such force it blew the back wall off of the high school gym here. devastation like this stretches across the midwest and south. a
le hello, everyone, i'm bruce johnson.ergency crews are combing through devastated homes and neighborhoods, searching for tornado survivors and bodies tonight. at least 38 people are dead, hundreds more are injured, including a baby girl found alone in a field 10 miles from her home. susan mcguiness begins our coverage in the small town of henryville, indiana where residents are trying to recover. reporter: wayne jones is sifting through what's left of his henryville, indiana home. >> up...
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he hello, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. that american soldier turned himself in. he's under arrest tonight and the anger at his actions is coming from every front. the attacks reportedly took place in a village near a u.s. base in kandahar. a u.s. spokesperson says the suspect is an army staff sergeant who apparently acted alone. he returned to his base in kandahar after the it shooting. tonight president barack obama is calling the attack tragic and shocking. he's also vowing to get the facts as quickly as possible and to hold accountable anyone responsible. afghan president hamid karzai calls the incident an assassination of innocent civilians that cannot be forgiven. susan mcginnis reports tonight the shooting is almost certain to spark a new round of anti- american protests. >> reporter: victims were covered with blankets in the back of a truck as villagers examined one of three homes attacked. witnesses say an american soldier opened fire in two villages killing 16 people including nine children and three women. several others were wounded not far from a u.s.
he hello, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. that american soldier turned himself in. he's under arrest tonight and the anger at his actions is coming from every front. the attacks reportedly took place in a village near a u.s. base in kandahar. a u.s. spokesperson says the suspect is an army staff sergeant who apparently acted alone. he returned to his base in kandahar after the it shooting. tonight president barack obama is calling the attack tragic and shocking. he's also vowing to...
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>>> hello, i'm bruce johnson and we begin tonight with a father's loss. a prince george's county man is talking to 9news now about his 16-year-old son. one of the victims of last week's shooting inside that ohio high school. matt jablow tells us tonight timothy hewlin describes his son as a fun loving man who was taken far too soon. >> it was touching. >> reporter: hyattsville resident timothy hewlin says the last time he saw his son demetrius was last year in ohio. >> hung out, had some lunch. >> reporter: that would be the last time he would ever see demetrius. >> he was a really outgoing, well-mannered kid. >> reporter: he was one of three students from chardon high school in ohio who were shot to death last monday allegedly by 17-year-old t. j. lane. a student at a school for at risk kids who prosecutors say randomly chose his victims. >> when i got that phone call last monday, it was -- devastating. >> reporter: according to timothy, demetrius has lived in ohio with his mother since he was a little boy. despite that they had a great relationship he s
>>> hello, i'm bruce johnson and we begin tonight with a father's loss. a prince george's county man is talking to 9news now about his 16-year-old son. one of the victims of last week's shooting inside that ohio high school. matt jablow tells us tonight timothy hewlin describes his son as a fun loving man who was taken far too soon. >> it was touching. >> reporter: hyattsville resident timothy hewlin says the last time he saw his son demetrius was last year in ohio....
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climb in tonight stands at 38 people killed by tornadoes and storms across five states, hello, i'm bruce johnson and thank you for joining us. a massive search tonight for the survivors of the storms and tornadoes in the midwest and south and in the gulf coast can the great lakes -- and the great lakes, emergency responders are combing through homed in neighborhoods. president barack obama he's promised federal assistance where needed. along with the 38 people are hundreds of people with injuries tonight and in one remarkable story a 2-year-old girl was found alive in a field ten miles from her home. susan mcginnis begins the coverage tonight from henryville, indiana. >> reporter: first responders combed through the rubble searching for tornado survivors. >> we just hope that we've not left any stone unturned at this point. >> reporter: the crew in henryville, indiana picked up a photo album they hope to get to it owner. >> after the fact they'll say that's the only picture we found of the family we have left. >> reporter: the tornado demolished the townsending a school bus into a building, drop
climb in tonight stands at 38 people killed by tornadoes and storms across five states, hello, i'm bruce johnson and thank you for joining us. a massive search tonight for the survivors of the storms and tornadoes in the midwest and south and in the gulf coast can the great lakes -- and the great lakes, emergency responders are combing through homed in neighborhoods. president barack obama he's promised federal assistance where needed. along with the 38 people are hundreds of people with...
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. >>> hello, i'm bruce johnson. >>> the fight over president 0 ban ma's health insurance act goes before. supreme court. more than 30 million americans could be affected. opponents say the law oversteps the federal government's authority. matt jablow reports outside the supreme court building to hear both sides beginning monday morning. >> reporter: line was long, the music melodious, and the passion was palpable tonight outside the supreme court. >> the outcome of this case affects my children's future. >> reporter: where dozens of people are camping out in hopes of beg in the courtroom when the court's nine judges hear arguments for and against president obama's landmark universal healthcare law. some d.c. residents were being paid to hold spots for others but many people said they were here simply because they had to be. >> i have two kids who are chronically ill. >> reporter: people like kathy mcclure who came all the way from atlanta. >> i've been camping here since friday. i'm here to get in. >> reporter: and monica from pasadena, california. >> healthcare after folks every single
. >>> hello, i'm bruce johnson. >>> the fight over president 0 ban ma's health insurance act goes before. supreme court. more than 30 million americans could be affected. opponents say the law oversteps the federal government's authority. matt jablow reports outside the supreme court building to hear both sides beginning monday morning. >> reporter: line was long, the music melodious, and the passion was palpable tonight outside the supreme court. >> the outcome of...
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that's where bruce johnson joins us live with more. bruce. >> reporter: we are at 14th and new york avenue outside the justice department offices. while trayvon martin's slain may have brought this crowd to this corner, these issues have been simmering for quite some time in this country and of course we're talking about racial profiling. we're talking about status, perhaps bad laws. this crowd welcomes the justice department investigation into the trayvon martin killing, but they want more. they want george zimmerman arrested. >> his killer is still free and it's time for answers. >> maryland is here with her two sons and husband. >> i have in my hand a thousand signed names asking for the justice department to step in >> reporter: this protest didn't start with the trayvon martin slain. it is called the castle doctrine. two families say their loved ones were killed by assailants. >> when we arrived, bobby was shot in the back of the head. he was unarmed. the castle doctrine is allowing the authorities to cover up murders. >> what happ
that's where bruce johnson joins us live with more. bruce. >> reporter: we are at 14th and new york avenue outside the justice department offices. while trayvon martin's slain may have brought this crowd to this corner, these issues have been simmering for quite some time in this country and of course we're talking about racial profiling. we're talking about status, perhaps bad laws. this crowd welcomes the justice department investigation into the trayvon martin killing, but they want...
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mayor, vince gray, and bruce johnson is here to tell us more. >> i think it's fair to say a lot of legislators are feeling the heat on this. prohibit jeffrey thomas and people like him from giving money to these council members. anybody who has a city contract would be banned from contributing money. >> now it's all in the press and certainly the fbi paid attention. >> d.c. councilman is the only elected official who has not received a campaign contribution from businessman, jeffrey thompson. >> what i'm hearing in light of the raid is the same thing i was hearing before. is that the city council had really lost the ethical ground. >> dave wells and mary introduced a bill that will ban future corporate contributions and prohibit anyone with a city contract from contributing to political campaigns. >> oh yeah, i think everything should be on the table. >> you play by whatever rules you are given. if you change the rules, you play by those rules. >> late last year, are going to have to vote on the measure again because last friday, the fbi and irs as part of their probe into illegal campaign con
mayor, vince gray, and bruce johnson is here to tell us more. >> i think it's fair to say a lot of legislators are feeling the heat on this. prohibit jeffrey thomas and people like him from giving money to these council members. anybody who has a city contract would be banned from contributing money. >> now it's all in the press and certainly the fbi paid attention. >> d.c. councilman is the only elected official who has not received a campaign contribution from businessman,...
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we also talked to our bruce johnson who was down there reporting on this as kind of a cub reporter. we're dog hear from both of them tomorrow at 5:00. >> thank you, bruce. we appreciate it. back to you. >> all right. and the winner is, virginia lottery officials presented a $1 million powerball prize to the winner just a short time ago. he bought the ticket in falls church, and for the winner it was beginner's luck. >> only the second time i played. >> now the store gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. >>> all right, if you win a million dollars, forget about getting food stamps. that's the message from michigan officials to a detroit area woman. she won a million dollar lottery but then kept getting $200 in monthly food stamps. that 24-year-old woman has now been removed from the benefits program, and she and her mother insist they didn't break any laws. >>> today is world kidney day. and a familiar d.c. face was on capitol hill and at the white house talking about his own battle and his second chance. former georgetown hoya basketball star alonzo morning met with ke
we also talked to our bruce johnson who was down there reporting on this as kind of a cub reporter. we're dog hear from both of them tomorrow at 5:00. >> thank you, bruce. we appreciate it. back to you. >> all right. and the winner is, virginia lottery officials presented a $1 million powerball prize to the winner just a short time ago. he bought the ticket in falls church, and for the winner it was beginner's luck. >> only the second time i played. >> now the store gets...
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bruce johnson reports on why udc is not on the lits of stops. -- list of stops. >> reporter: last weekend four busloads of d.c. high school students went on a college scouting trip. most returned with applications to attend college in the fall out of state. >> some students needs to get out of the district of columbia. they actually do we should do everything we can to help them. >> reporter: d.c. council chairman kwame brown is chief sponsor of the out of town college recruitment trips. he's been doing this for the past several years. officials at the university of the district of columbia, they're not impressed. their school is not on the list of stops. >> we've been trying for a couple of years now to really sort of adjust the attitude of how the city views its state university. we've made some tremendous progress over the last couple of years. >> reporter: udc officials are further miffed by the fact that every one of these students given up to $10,000 to attend any state school elsewhere as part of a tuition assistance program approved every year by the congress only for d.c. public
bruce johnson reports on why udc is not on the lits of stops. -- list of stops. >> reporter: last weekend four busloads of d.c. high school students went on a college scouting trip. most returned with applications to attend college in the fall out of state. >> some students needs to get out of the district of columbia. they actually do we should do everything we can to help them. >> reporter: d.c. council chairman kwame brown is chief sponsor of the out of town college...
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. >> this is bruce johnson.up, the latest on the federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government. there have been plea deal offers. i'll have the latest. >>> then later on, this solar storm grabbed headlines back in january, but now there's another one brewing and this one puts that one to shame. >> but first, jeep decides to recall thousands of vehicles. we'll tell you what you need to know about the liberty up next. >>> consumer alert as jeep recalls more than 200,000 of its liberty models and the rear wheels could fall off. the recall covers liberty's made for the 2004 and 2005 model years. the traffic safety administration says there's some registered in maryland and the district, but none registered currently in virginia. >>> all right, let's talk about prices at the pump. they are down for the second day in a row. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is hovering at $3.76 a gallon. but that is still up 3 cents from last week and 28 cents from last month. t
. >> this is bruce johnson.up, the latest on the federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government. there have been plea deal offers. i'll have the latest. >>> then later on, this solar storm grabbed headlines back in january, but now there's another one brewing and this one puts that one to shame. >> but first, jeep decides to recall thousands of vehicles. we'll tell you what you need to know about the liberty up next. >>> consumer alert as jeep...
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. >>> coming up at 6:00 we're talking campaign corruption, bruce johnson with a followup report only're learning more about the accused shooter in the afghanistan massacre. his lawyer is reporting a very emotional first meeting between the two. >> plus hero central, victims of domestic violence find a safe haven. we'll talk about bethany house next. >>> issue of domestic violence is in sharp focus again after a man shot and killed his estranged wife in kensing son, maryland last week. today's hero central features jc hayward's visit to bethany house, a place where endangered women and their children can go for help. >> reporter: every day in the united states three women are killed by an intimate partner. every 12 days a child dies from abuse. and every three hours a family enters a domestic violence shelter. >> i had stitches in my head, stitches in my eye. my fingers were broken. my ankles had been sprained. my ribs were broken. i was internally -- i had a lot of internal damage that i didn't know about. >> reporter: we'll call her jane. after repeated beatings she came here, recei
. >>> coming up at 6:00 we're talking campaign corruption, bruce johnson with a followup report only're learning more about the accused shooter in the afghanistan massacre. his lawyer is reporting a very emotional first meeting between the two. >> plus hero central, victims of domestic violence find a safe haven. we'll talk about bethany house next. >>> issue of domestic violence is in sharp focus again after a man shot and killed his estranged wife in kensing son,...
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. >> for three years bruce johnson has struggled daily with the trauma of dealing with the police departmently. >> it's across the street now. there's a guy beating up a man on the grass. >> this is the 911 tape from a witness on the night of may 23rd, 2005, when bruce went to rescue his eighth grade daughter from the house where she had been kidnapped and prostituted for ten days by a vicious pimp named derek wiloughby. >> the guy's sitting on him and the other people are beating him. >> okay. >> they're hitting him with a rock and a tire iron right now. >> the man being beaten is bruce just moments after he freed his daughter. bruce who still struggles from the aftereffects of the severe beating remains outraged. >> the police aren't trained to believe that forced prostitution of kids happens here. >> for ten days after his daughter laura and her cousin were abducted while walking to their neighborhood wendy's, bruce said the toledo police did nothing. >> they believe it's just a runaway, just a runaway, just a runaway. >> in fact, the eighth and ninth graders had been kidnapped by a notor
. >> for three years bruce johnson has struggled daily with the trauma of dealing with the police departmently. >> it's across the street now. there's a guy beating up a man on the grass. >> this is the 911 tape from a witness on the night of may 23rd, 2005, when bruce went to rescue his eighth grade daughter from the house where she had been kidnapped and prostituted for ten days by a vicious pimp named derek wiloughby. >> the guy's sitting on him and the other people...
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it started in the basement of johnson middle school on bruce place. about 12:30 the school quickly evacuated. no students were hurt. the staff member is supposed to be okay. the cause is under investigation. >>> prince george's county workers will get a bonus next year if the proposed budget goes through. county executive baker presented his $3.19 million plan this afternoon. it includes money to add 150 new police officers. 50 new firefighters, an extra $21 million for the public school system, and one-time bonuss to all county employees. the budget is also balanced and should avoid any furloughs or layoffs. >>> montgomery county council executive isaac leggett unveiled his plans for the 2013 budget today. more than $4.5 billion including 50 million more for the public schools. leggett also wants to add more police and firefighters. money set aside for expanding library hours and raises for county workers. the budget also includes funds for bike sharing, more ride on bus routes. it will be paid for in part by water and sewer increases. the montgomery
it started in the basement of johnson middle school on bruce place. about 12:30 the school quickly evacuated. no students were hurt. the staff member is supposed to be okay. the cause is under investigation. >>> prince george's county workers will get a bonus next year if the proposed budget goes through. county executive baker presented his $3.19 million plan this afternoon. it includes money to add 150 new police officers. 50 new firefighters, an extra $21 million for the public...
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performing at the apollo theater in new york as part of the robert johnson at 100 centennial celebration. tonight, he's here as part of brucerom the roots, please welcome back to our show, elvis costello! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i hold you in my arms there's a band playin what are those words whispered baby ♪ ♪ just as you turn away well i saw you last night out on the edge of town ♪ ♪ i wanna read your mind and know just what i've got in this new thing i've found ♪ ♪ so tell me what i see when i look in your eyes is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise ♪ ♪ i heard somebody call your name underneath our willow ♪ ♪ i saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow ♪ ♪ well i tried so hard baby but i just can't see what a woman like you is doing with me ♪ ♪ so tell me who i see when i look into your eyes is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise ♪ ♪ now look at me baby struggling to do everything right ♪ ♪ and then it all falls apart when out go the lights ♪ ♪ i'm just a lonely pilgrim i walk this world in wealth i want to know if it's you i don't trust ♪ ♪ cause i damn sure don't trust myself ♪ ♪ now you p
performing at the apollo theater in new york as part of the robert johnson at 100 centennial celebration. tonight, he's here as part of brucerom the roots, please welcome back to our show, elvis costello! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i hold you in my arms there's a band playin what are those words whispered baby ♪ ♪ just as you turn away well i saw you last night out on the edge of town ♪ ♪ i wanna read your mind and know just what i've got in this new thing i've found ♪ ♪ so...
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johnson, a family company. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody! i'm hanging out with bruce break, it got rough. >> it was bad. i got stuck in my jacket. [ light laughter ] this jacket is a new jacket. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and -- as you can see, it's pretty fancy. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> now, the way -- now, of course, patti always -- always says i never get dressed up enough, you know? and -- but it's like -- the thing is, it's like -- can bruce springsteen dress too down? that's the -- it's like -- that's impossible. >> jimmy: yeah, impossible. >> it's like elton john getting too dressed up. you can't -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it can't happen. it can't happen. >> i can't get too dressed down. >> jimmy: exactly, yeah. >> when i get -- >> jimmy: i wanna show everyone a clip of what just went down. >> when i get dressed up, as in a few of those pictures, you can see, it's -- i have problems. [ laughter ] i have a problem. >> jimmy: look what -- look at what happened over the break. ♪ >> he needs to breathe! >> jimmy: there you go there. >> he's the one and only! >
johnson, a family company. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody! i'm hanging out with bruce break, it got rough. >> it was bad. i got stuck in my jacket. [ light laughter ] this jacket is a new jacket. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and -- as you can see, it's pretty fancy. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> now, the way -- now, of course, patti always -- always says i never get dressed up enough, you know? and -- but it's like -- the thing...
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bruce springsteen reference, thank you. the thing about tim tebow coming to the jets is woody johnson, the owner just upon a circus.ranked quarterback in the nfl who for some reason has a massive fan base that will be pressuring the team to start him every step of the way. the jets are doing this right after they gave a huge extension to the incumbent quarterback mark sanchez and signed drew stanton from the detroit lions. i don't begin to understand the thought process except they maybe were looking at rex ryan and saying, you know what, this guy is not quite a bafoonish entertaining clown, we immediate to make this more bafoonish and more clownish and bring in tim tebow and have a full pledged reality program. >> how can you say they brought the circus to town? this is new york city. every day is a sirk us. the king of the new york is donald trump for pete's sake. this is new york. how can he bring the sirk us here? >> exactly, because of who tim tebow is. it would be a circus if you let rick santorum loose in las vegas for a week and kept a camera on him the whole time. donald trump in new york is ho-hum, practi
bruce springsteen reference, thank you. the thing about tim tebow coming to the jets is woody johnson, the owner just upon a circus.ranked quarterback in the nfl who for some reason has a massive fan base that will be pressuring the team to start him every step of the way. the jets are doing this right after they gave a huge extension to the incumbent quarterback mark sanchez and signed drew stanton from the detroit lions. i don't begin to understand the thought process except they maybe were...
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johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. -- bruce stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. -- anna wintour. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman. >> i have not seen her yet. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] i am very excited. >> [inaudible] >> too humble in his accomplishments. people will learn. >> i am very excited. >> [inaudible] that was a surprise. >> ready. forward. >> very pretty. they look better. >> they do. >> present arms. ♪ ladies and gentleman, the president of the united states barack obama and mrs. obama accompanied by the prime minister of britain, david cameron and his wife, samantha. >> good evening, everyone. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. i was just telling the prime minister that so far, the evening has been successful because i have not stepped on michelle's train. my main goal this evening. michelle and i could not be more honored that you could join us as we host our great friends, the prime minister of the united kingdom, david cameron, and his r
johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. -- bruce stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. -- anna wintour. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman. >> i have not seen her yet. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] i am very excited. >> [inaudible] >> too humble in his accomplishments. people will learn. >> i am very excited. >> [inaudible] that...