so i will sit down and i will turn the podium over to bill montgomery who will lead off this discussion. bill? >> well, thank you very much, todd. appreciate the invitation to be here today, and i want to start off with establishing what my role is as i see it within the context of our immigration system within our country, share with you, then, some initial observations both from this morning and overall, and then my view towards what i think we need to be doing within the context of addressing immigration in the united states towards what i propose is a sane approach, s-a-n-e, to dealing with immigration. first, my role within maricopa county i am the chief law enforcement officer representing 4 million people's in what is now the nation's fourth most populist county. i lead an office that has over 300 prosecutors, over 40 civil attorneys over 900 folks working there which makes us the fourth such largest prosecution agency in the country. and we are ground zero for illegal immigration, as long as our southern border remains operationally unsecure, our interstate highway system in ari

bill montgomery. you said with confidence that in your law enforcement in arizona is not racist. you said very emphatically. and my question is, i'm just not sure how you can make that statement with such emphasis given the lack of empirical data on whether it is or it isn't. i haven't found any study in my understanding is that sheriff arpaio is resistant to people coming in and analyzing that very point. >> first i have to comment. there's more than meets the eye of the civil rights division engaged in. election year politics. although there are some very specific incidents that are referenced to with the civil rights division december 15th letter i acknowledged. the individuals involved were criminally prosecuted. with respect to i believe the sb1070 can be implemented. it hasn't been because enjoined by federal courts which was the beginning of its path to the u.s. supreme court last week. i can say emphatically because police officers and law enforcement in maricopa county now are enforcing laws in a non-discriminatory manner positive uphold the constitution and many come fr

we have county attorney bill montgomery. who is the attorney for maricopa county, arizona which is sort of, i guess a lot of people call ground zero of the immigration debate in arizona and certainly in the country. we have reverend robin hoover, who was the founder of humane borders, who was criticized and has been criticized very heavily for just trying to, as he puts it, do gotd's work on the borde and protect people who are just coming trying to better their lives, and we also have dr. doug massey, who's been studying mexican migration across the border for 30 years, at least? at least. if there's anybody that understands the issue of why people come here and how long they plan to stay and what they do while they're here, it's dr. massey. so i will sit down and i will turn the podium over to bill montgomery who will lead off this discussion. bill? >> well, thank you very much, todd. appreciate the invitation to be here today, and i want to start off with establishing what my role is as i see it within the context of our

bill. montgomery county residents voted against this fee in a referendum in 2010. leggett says the county needs the money. some volunteer firefighters have said that they will bring the issue to a public vote again if the council approves it. >>> it is now time to get a first look at our forecast. it was pouring rain early this morning. >> rained hard on me driving across the district from southeast. tom kierein's in storm center 4 to put this in perspective for everybody. tom? >>> an umbrella day and a pack your patience day as we will have a wet morning commute. right now all this area in orange and yellow, it's raining pretty hard now across montgomery county, right now here in northwest and much of the district. light rain. these areas in green. this yellow and orange area from loudoun county, into western fairfax, prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, southern fauquier, all getting moderate to heavy rain. more, too, south and east of fredericksburg where they're getting thunder and lightning in caroline county in virginia. that's moving into the northern nec

. >> this question is also for bill montgomery. a couple people have said that sb1070 even though it hasn't been fully implemented is a way to get people to self-deport. that's a common thing that's been said a lot, and do you think that having laws like sb1070 is a way to solve the issue of having illegal immigrants here in the u.s.? do you think this is a way to have them self-deport? >> as i mentioned in my remarks at the outset, i think it has been an effective strategy for arizona in the short term, but i don't think that -- again, that is-it-is an approach that would work nationally, because of all the other issues that have to be addressed that i mentioned. but 1070 is not the only law that arizona's passed over the last several years and tried to address this issue. and, again i wanted to younter score this. arizona in try to address the impact of illegal immigration been forced in the absence of responsible federal action to take action. but in addition, to 1070, arizona passed an amendment to our conference stugs that den

course, damp, what ground everywhere. 64 in sterling, 65 in reston, 63 in suitland, maryland, montgomery bill, 63. temperatures only very couple of degrees. looking at live super doppler seven, all you see are a few little patches of green on the screen, isolated -- southern maryland prince george's county even fairfax county near dulles airport we have a little spring -- sprinkle and the leesburg area. a few sunny breaks. more thundershowers especially in the afternoon and evening. cloud cover, a bit of sunshine. high temperatures right near 80 and you will feel the humidity. tomorrow, repeat performance. the seven-day forecast with the memorial day forecast coming up. >> a woman under arrest after allegedly leading police on a chase that ended in southeast d.c. mary -- d.c.. the suspect took off on 95 north. police alerted other jurisdictions with the car potty description. the woman was finally arrested at 57 street and southern avenue in southeast washington. this morning arts in new era for outer space. >> for the first time, a privately owned space craft is bringing a payload to the int

montgomery council is alone in this and people didn't understand that before. i think the bills better written this time. it's clear about that fact and we see the conditions that i described two years ago. they happened. we had libraries -- hours cut. we had -- going out salary increases. we have reductions across the board. we stated what in fact happened and you combine what has happened at the state level and you see what happens to our budget over the last couple of years and now we have $18 million on the table that we can collect by way of the insurance companies without increasing the premiums notch bills to the people. -- premiums. no bills to the people. the question is why not montgomery county? >> you're making a good point. we'll see if it's going to go to the voters and what they're going to do this time. thank you county executive for being with me this time. please be with us at 5:00 and go to wusa9.com for more information and go to jchayward.com every day. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]

. >>> for the second time in two years, the montgomery county council passed a bill that would charge a fee for calling an ambulance. county lawmakers say the measure would generate between $16 and $18 million a year and insist that the fee will be paid by insurance companies in most cases. almost identical bill passed the council in 2010, but voters overturned in a referendum. >>> the same busy night life that draws a crowd can draw the crooks. tonight, police in arlington are warning women don't walk alone at night. two women attacked by the same man. both crimes happened friday night an hour apart and in both cases, the attacker wore black gloves. one woman was parked along washington boulevard. another was grabbed along lee highway. >> the suspect in this case did grab her. tried to cover her mouth with the same gloved hand and was sexually assaulting her, touching her. >> the woman fought back, her attacker picked her up, threw her in the bushes and ran away. >> a couple of metro cars are out of service tonight after some of their doors open while the train was still moving. this

bill overturning the controversy. the court of appeals recently classified the pitbulls as a dangerous breed of dog and the montgomery unty delegate is one of two that drafted a bill to reverse that decision. but the special session will only focus on the budget. >>> a prince george's county car dealership has a big cleanup after fire caused extensive damage to the vehicle repair shop. look at the video. the mccullough metro motors dealership spread to the roof you can see. no one was hurt. >> and new at 11:00, the district is lighting up the alleys, all going green. v-dot is wrapping up an effort to replace 1300 incandescent bulbs with brighter, more efficient led bulbs. the district estimates it new lights will save 600,000 kilowatt hours of electricity every year. >>> quite the mother's day for two area women. a group of young professionals showed up atta sha crawford's home to do repair work. they painted, patched up the roof and helped with plumbing. a mother's day double since they share a home. >> an extra outreach today for mother's day. >> great gift. >> the volunteers were a group of young professionals who

. >>> for the second time in two years, the montgomery county council has passed a bill that would charge a fee for calling an ambulance. county lawmakers say that the measure would generate between $16 million and $18 million and they insist that the fee would be paid by insurance companies in most cases. the council passed a similar bill back in 2010 but voters overturned it in a referendum. >>> an investigation is under way into what caused a house fire last night in potomac, maryland. at first firefighters got a report that someone might be trapped inside the home on bell mill road. however, they found no one inside. no one was injured. >>> today is going to be a gorgeous day. the sun is out. temperatures are going up. no rain. >> it's supposed to be into the 80s. i think it will be even nicer tomorrow and friday when we cool off into the 70s and the humidity levels drop off. there's a slight chance we'll see a shower or storm this afternoon but nothing like what we saw yesterday when it was pouring down south and southeast of town. we could have a couple of storms here and there. her

it will be available for one year and will open up the montgomery g.i. bill to these veterans for a point of one year to enable them to get started in training on skills in a work area that is in high demand in the workplace. we're very excited about this. upwards of 99,000 veterans from this age group who are unemployed and they can begin applying right now and about 9000 have so far. host: you mentioned the montgomery g.i. bill. we have some stats from the veterans administration. members in roll and pay $100 per month for 12 months. when did this first get instituted? guest: it is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. it began as the first g.i. bill in the all-voluntary force era. at the time, the late 1970's, there was a huge debate as to whether there was a g.i. bill needed for people that are volunteering. the draft was over. why we do need a g.i. bill? this bill was passed into law and is still in effect and pays about 1407 $5 a month for full- time schooling but it does not have a housing allowance or book allowance. but it is still out there a

bill. the insurance reimbursement would be just from the insurance company. that's it. >> montgomeryounty says anyone who doesn't have insurance will not be billed the $3 hub 00 d to $800 cost per ambulance ride. 17 months ago, voters rejected the fee in a referendum in which the volunteer rescue association campaigned to keep free ambulance service. >> if you wait one minute, if you're having a heart attack to determine if you should call an ambulance, you can die. >> county council member rice says the referendum result rejecting the ambulance fee was due to misinformation and misunderstanding. today rice cast one of the votes in favor of the ambulance fee which passed 6-3. >> my constituents, my residents told me that they were fine with this fee and understanding that it would not negatively impact them, nor their insurance rates. >> 19 volunteer fire departments service montgomery county. their 2,000 members will meet this week to decide if they want to continue their nine-year fight against an ambulance fee. >> you bring this to another referendum, to the voters. >> certainly.

montgomery county has reinstated county toin the overturned by voters. the council passed the bill 6-3 ambulancen emergency feet. the county executives argue the likelyld help cover a withdrawal of state funding later this year. the fee would be covered by health insurance. those who cannot afford it are exempt from paying. >> services are being added at national airport. fly nonstopble to alaska airlines to portland. you can head south to austin, texas, on southwest. there will be one troweled trip day to the cities. ray lahood says the new nonstop flights will increase competition. the sweet sound of success for mark zuckerberg. facebook has gone public. >> schedule is shells out of dollars to customers. arean you believe we arean [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give you real big club card deals each week. right now, deer park water is just $3.33 a case. heinz ketchup is only $1.49. that's for the party size. and hillshire farm sausage is an i

montgomery county. it could make up for a likely loss. a similar bill was struck down in 2010. congressman andrews talked about morning and called it unnecessary. 1/3 of the county's budget would come from this revenue. >> councilman andrus says there to combat the budget. >> letting people raised taken arlington. right now, there is nothing racing livele from poultry. that chickens are great additions to the family. they are not noisy and do not smell. can lay eggs throughout the week. the board is expected to vote on this initiative in june. washington national l is honoring rosa parks. the cathedral will dedicate a carving of the civil rights .ioneer and she will sit in a section of devoted to human rights. the cathedral will hold the ceremony on thursday. >> the 12:14 right now. adam is with us. maybe sunshine at some point, now.ot if we have been stocked in since saturday. i think by thursday, boom. sunshine. until then, get ready to pop umbrella. let's take a look at the totals. that is a surprise, because that ofwhere we had some areas light rain. , 0.3 inches.l not bad.

march drive -- marge drives across to here, the montgomery county teachers federal credit union. she came to pay a bill and immediately the teller here spotted the bogus 100. marge's question, how can one financial institution spot a bill instantly when another one right across the street got fooled and stuck her with counterfeit. wells fargo issued a statement today saying we have processes and controls in place to detect counterfeit currency, however, on rare occasions, bills may not be identified. in these situations we work with the appropriate agencies to resolve the issue. marge is lucky because she's been a customer at wells fargo for 22 years and after some strenuous arguing, they did credit her back the $100. and the bogus bill has been turned over to authorities. lots of companies sell detectors that spot bad bills and there's a long list of tricks you can learn to prevent being the one stuck with the money. >> i wouldn't know what to look for. >> but marge wonders if a bank got fooled, what chance does she have? >> reporter: one system is called bleaching where someone takes a bill like this

. >>> well, for the second time in two years, the montgomery county council has passed a bill that would charge a fee for calling an ambulance. county lawmakers say the measure would generate between $16 million and $18 million a year and they insist that fee would be paid by the insurance companies in most cases, not you for dialing the phone. the council pass add similar bill in 2010 but voters overturned that in a referendum. >>> an investigation is under way into what caused a house fire last night in potomac, maryland. the first firefighters got a report that somebody might be trapped inside the home. however, a search found no one inside. no one was hurt in the fire. >>> there were no bid contracts and take expensive trips overseas. those are some of the findings of a federal audit of the metropolitan washington airport authority. the report was requested by virginia congressman frank wolf and it shows several board members have taken troops using mwaa money, including a three- night getaway to hawaii with a $4800 dinner bill. the board is scheduled to meet this morning and their a

montgomery gentry one of the great duos in country. kevin costner and billlking about their new tv movies. hat fields and mccoys. sharp the pencils the winner of the national spelling bee will take on clayton. fox and friends starts at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. it is now 8 minutes before the hour. summer is now upon us. >> how not to get sued this summer. >> criminal defense attorney arthur aidala. a lot of people host parties what are things we need to be aware of? >> we want to be smart. if i am the host you are called an invite e. if i am inviting you on to my property i the homeowner am responsible for your well-being within the realm of reasonableness. if i am about to light the barbecue i use all of this fuel starter there are little kids running arounded i throw the match in it one of the kids get hurt. >> you have to be aware not to do anything stupid. >> and to be smart about it. swimming pools are the best examples. unfortunately the most amount of deaths. gates are mandatory in almost every jurisdiction. the pool has to be total closed. there are

. >>> for those of you who live in montgomery and prince george's counties, your water bill is going up. the country council has approved the 7.5% rate hike. so that will add $5 a month to the average water and sewer bill. wssc says the new revenue will go toward water and suer reconstruction and inspection. the new rate begins july 1st. >>> taking a look outside now, the sun is shining, it's nice out there. a little cool, though. storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. >> it is a gorgeous morning. i just was out walking around, sniffing the air. a wonderful, wonderful morning under way. it's not warming into the 60s, all of these areas in green are in the 60s it includes a huge area. all of virginia, maryland, the eastern shore, and into the shenandoah valley and the mountains, where this morning, temperatures dipped down to the upper 30s, we've had quite a warmup since then. the strong may sun, we can thank the strong may sun getting higher in the sky for warming things up. there's the view from space, a big area of high pressure pushing in, givin

montgomery county says if you don't have insurance, you won't have to pay the bill. we're live tonight at rockville fire station 3. i'm chris gordon, news 4. >>> scary moments in the morning commute today. metro is trying to figure out why the train doors suddenly opened in the middle of a ride. it happened on the red line between van he is and continually town. both of the cars involved are the 1,000 series models, the oldest in metro's system. no one was hurt. the railcars involved are currently out of service. >>> a memorial service on capitol hill for law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. president obama was among those who attended that service and paid tribute to men and women who make the ultimate sacrifice to save others. >> this willingness to risk everything for a complete stranger is extraordinary. yet, among our nation's law enforcement officers, it is also commonplace. >> president kennedy first proclaimed may 15th as a day to honor fallen police officers. >>> some positive movement today in maryland's budget battle. the state senate appro

. >> reporter: that's dewey police lieutenant bill locker and here he is at walter high school in montgomery county where the largest crowd ever turned out to hear his presentation about drinking hazards at the beach. locker thanks 9news' andrea mccarren for putting a spotlight on the issue. >> it's opened a lot of eyes to what goes on. this is one of our busiest streets. >> reporter: on the streets of dewey beach controlling graduates of so-called beach week costs overtime and headaches. here is some of locker's advice to kids and parents. >> j walking is the biggest thing. they run across the highway, we stop them and they've been drinking. >> reporter: how about those house parties on unlit backstreets. >> all you have to do is play your radio loud enough for a police officer to hear it 50 feet away. that's a violation of the disorderly noise ordinance. we usually find whoever comes to the door has been drinking. they appear to be underage. after speaking with them they're usually place under arrest. >> reporter: later locker told me about the penalties. >> just for having an alcoholic be

montgomery county. today the county council public safety committee voted 2-1 not to recommend this bill.now expected to -- counsel is now expected to vote on it. voters rejected the fee back in 2010. >>> two young girls in tennessee are finally spending their first night home with their dad after a kidnapping or deal that included the murderers of their mother and older sister. their cap ture took his own life when police were focusing in but the suspect's death is not the end of the investigation. 12-year-old alexandria and 8- year-old kylea bain is reunited with what is left of their family. the mother and older sister were killed last month. adam mayes buried the bodies on his properties in mississippi and took the little girls on the run. they were found in the woods not far from his home on thursday. >> i believe they had been three days without food and water and eat up with poison ivy. . >> authorities noticed the girls and then could see a gun in his hand. >> i let my team know there was a weapon involved. >> he shot himself in the head and was pronounced dead. his estranged brot

montgomery county. on friday the county council's public safety commission voted 2-1 not to recommend a bill which calls for the fees. the measure was reintroduced last month by county executive ike leggett even though voters rejected the fee in 2010. >>> scores of law enforcement officers from around the country are in washington for the start of the national law enforcement week. >> they were joined by national and local leaders to remember those who gave their lives in the line of duty. bruce johnson has more. >> reporter: hundreds gathered at the law enforcement officers memorial in washington to remember the fallen police officers. this year the heroes include maryland state trooper shaft sydney hunter. he was killed while chasing a speeding motorcycle in howard county. also derek krause killed by a student from a nearby college during a routine traffic stop. names of the fallen were added to the memorial wall. u.s. attorney eric holder was among those to speak. >> we come together to pay special tribute to the 362 remarkable individuals whose stories are a testament to the endurance and the streng

bill and rockville on 270. alexandria and oxon hill giving you the green light. nothing complicated between dale city and baltimore on 95 in virginia and maryland as well. >> thank you. montgomery county expanding its speed cameras per gram,. >> the plan to add cameras in 18 more locations and will begin to use them within the next two weeks. new approach will be implemented this month. entire roadways will be monitored by speed cameras and will be continuously moved up the roadway. for complete list of locations log on to wjla.com. a heads up for drivers heading into the district this weekend. the ramp from the 12th street expressway to d street southwest will be closed from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on saturday. a detour will be in effect. the closure is necessary so crews can prepare for road work in nearby areas. 4:43, 65 degrees right now. >> trouble for a principal in prince william county. why she was arrested. >> and why the capitals will have to pay metro tens of ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the vertical chair-climb. it's not an olympic sport, but it takes real effort and it takes a diaper that fits their every move. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs

montgomery county. county executive isiah leggett proposed the pavement for an emergency ride last week after a similar billk down by referendum in 2010. he says it could help raise more than $10 million and make up for a likely loss in state funding later this year. joining us now live with more on this controversial topic is democratic councilman andrews. we appreciate the early start good to see you this morning if. >> good morning. nice to see you. you have called the move a disrespect to voters. why so? >> 18 months ago the voters in montgomery county for the first time ever struck down a county law. they did so by more than 20,000 votes. for the county executive to bring it back now just a year- and-a-half after voters made that historic decision is disrespectful to voters' decisions. >> before this even got to referendum last time around, it had to go through council. it was a close vote. but it's different this time. what are you hearing from your colleagues as far as the chance of this passing? >> i think my colleagues are very skeptical of this, because the voters made clear when they elected this

montgomery. today we get a sneak peek at maryland's newest casino as the maryland live casino anne arundel bill smallholding a media preview day today. the $500 million casino will have 4800 slot machines. that's more than any other casino in maryland. it opens to the public on june 6, pending approval from the state lottery agency. it will be the third casino to open in maryland. >> the national spelling bee kicks off tomorrow in the nation's capital. one contestant is getting a lot of attention because she is only 6 years old. lori anne madison of woodbrige, is the youngest person ever to qualify for the national spelling bee. >> honestly, it's not as big and i am not really like i'm going to the national spelling bee in! i ami'm more like, uh, it's fine. >> she will compete against spellers from across the u.s. and u.s. territories. most of the opera disciplines are twice her age and twice her size. >>-- most of the participants are twice her age. if she does not do well this around, she still has nine more years. >> i think she will do fine. it is 74 degrees in bowie. >> still ahead, more changes

montgomery county teacher's federal union. immediately, the teller here spotted the bogus 100. marge's question, how can one financial institution spot a billnstantly when another one across the street got fooled and stuck her with counterfeit? wells fargo issued a statement today saying we have processes and controls in place to detect counterfeit currency. however on rare occasions, bills may not be identified. in these situations, we work with the appropriate agencies to resolve the issue. march is lucky because she's been a customer for 22 years and after arguing, they did credit her back the $100. and the bogus bill has been turned over to authorities. lots of companies sell detech deck dedeck detectors. >> literally washes the ink out of it and reprints it as a $100 bill. that keeps the paper authentic and much harder for anyone without a trained eye, like a bank teller to detect. in germantown, scott broom. >> they have gotten tricky out there. for more information on how to spot those bills, go to our website, wusa9.com. >>> now to a story about certain service dogs not being allowed. a new u.s. army policy being instituted across t

montgomery or prince george's countyies, get ready to pay more for your water. wssc rates will go up 7.5% starting on july 1st. that is about $5 mother a month on your typical bill be use for pay hike for wssc worker as well as rehabbing aging water pipes. >>> the lure of the spotlight proves too much for a not so mart would-be crook. police in michigan say a man tried to sell a machine he was using to make counterfeit moneyy to pawnshop. not just any shop we're talking about here. it is the detroit area store featured on the reality show, hard core pawn. smith was busted after he gave the vote's production crew his name and phone number and they contacted the secret service. >>> the case of a half billion dollars worth of stolen art and a heist from 20 years ago leads investigators to this backyard in connecticut. police are digging up the yard of a reputed boston mobster named robert gentile. they think he was involved in the robbery of the isabella stewart gardner museum back in 1990. investigator are combing the backyard with radar equipment and searching his home and cars with bomb-sniffing dogs. >>> coming up, the latest cover of time magazine is really tu

the bill moves to the house of delegates for taxing high income earners is hitting their constituents too hard. >> from the tax proposal on the table right now, 40% of the new money comes from montgomery county. that doesn't seem quite fair. and it doesn't raise enough money to meet our needs as a state. >> charles barkly says adding another penny to the sales tax is a far better way to go because more people will share the burden of the tax hike. that is not expected to pass. the special session was called to half a billion dollar budget gap and expected to end tomorrow with the final approval of the tax hike on families with more than $150,000 a year in earnings. okay. so those storms are bubbling and boiling out there, top? >> they are, especially southwest of town. we have today, and one more day of the same type of activity. as we said all week, a very nice payoff. let's start with a live look outside. we talked about seeing more sun today and that has been the case. temperatures will have reflected sunshine, 77 downtown. we even have some low 80s in some spots. winds out of the south at 5. pressure falling, 29.91 inches of mercury. live doppler 9,000. we are looking at most of t

. >> bill: i think i heard you say there are two cities that now have drones. >> miami-dade county has them. montgomery a county north of dallas in texas. and they have a drone. and about ten other police departments have applied for a certificate of authorization which is the faa says you have permission to fly the drone. >> bill: again questions about this developing and pretty scary technology. 1-866-55-press. this -- i want to come back to the military use of these. so first of all are all of these c.i.a.-controlled drones or the pentagon have some too? >> there's two entities which run drone strikes. the c.i.a. and the special operations command. the c.i.a. is believed to control the strikes in pakistan. joint operations command controls them in afghanistan. "the washington post" has reported last week that the c.i.a. now has authorization to run the program in yemen. >> bill: okay so let's say the c.i.a., there's somebody there with a joystick, right who's directing this drone and firing the missiles. where is that person? >> that person is probably sitting across the river in langley as best we