but, i think diverse perspectives also means having someone who comes with the background that mr. bruce will has. there is no question that he could also serve another commissions. but he has chosen to focus his energy on this. i think he has demonstrated the ability to do that. i hope that we appoint him. supervisor chiu: supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. president. i did neglect to mention, before, in terms of my motion with respect to todd david, i will not repeat what was said at the rules committee, but he has been extremely active in the community, particularly around public schools and parental advocacy to improve public schools. he has unending energy and will be an extraordinary addition to that task force. supervisor campos: my apologies, my vote against the motion was a vote for bruce wolfe, not against todd david. supervisor chiu: thank you. my clerk just remind me that there were a couple of comments from the fact that there will be almost complete replacement. as our clerk and deputy city attorney has advised me, we still have four seats that would be he

we'd like to wish a very special happy birthday to 9news now reporter and weekend anchor mr. bruceohnson. [ female announcer ] curls are long lasting when they're nourished. ♪ that's why new dove style + care whipped cream mousse nourishes and conditions to help keep curls well defined and touchably soft. new dove style + care whipped cream mousse. better style through better care. bringing a rich, warm tenderness to your peas. ohhh! it's i can't believe it's not butter! fresh butter taste with less saturated fat than butter go ahead. cheat on butter. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:47 on this tuesday morning. what's the weather like? here's the answer man, howard bernstein. >> it's pleasant out there. temperatures in the 50s in most spots. we've had a couple of showers overnight. most is pulling into southern maryland and diminishing. we may see a spotty shower later on this afternoon out west of town but generally it's going to be a pretty nice day for june. when you look at the seven-day, you'll see why we have to relish today. we've got some heat that will build

mr. allison? >> i am bruce allision of "port magazine. " i would like to bring up the e- mail that i got. this may affect a lot of people in the s.r.o. they cannot go to the rent board anymore. this appeals -- they have no teeth so they cannot find or anything. i read about 100 e-mail's. i will try to copy to you immediately. with people with disabilities -- >> i was working for the coalition of homelessness. we give support to the seniors. and at the same time, i really appreciate all the collaborations we created. finding out what is going on in those other hotels. one thing i want to say today is about the seniors. seniors living in s.r.o. hotels, there is no real housing. you have a room -- and a bathroom, like a studio. one housing for one single man or woman, to have a place. there is the real housing. if you live in the s.r.o. hotel without a bathroom or kitchen -- and this is broken and you don't have the seniors, who is handicapped, they can't get up, this is a problem. we have so many hotels. the city

mr. allison? >> i am bruce allision of "port magazine. " i would like to bring up the e- mail that i got. this may affect a lot of people in the

bruce says that's not funny. it is ironic that mr. mcginty, a descendent of slaves should laugh about animals raised for food. there is nothing funny about slavery. sadly, the striking parallels between animal slavery and human slavery are completely lost from mr. mcginty, just as racism is an -- so too is speciism for inhumane treatment. well, bruce, my friend, i'm going to argue that you and i have a fundamental disagreement. you see some sort of moral equivalency between the treatment of pigs and my human ancestors. i think frankly and with all due respect, that is ridiculous. i was joking about pigs being delicious and nobody should unnecessarily be cruel to animals. make no mistakes, i see no contradiction in eating meat and at the sim same time, being steadfast to human beings abusing each other. i respect those who have a different opinion. it's a free country. live however you like, but leave my ancestors out of it. don't leave your thoughts out of mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. don't forget our name and where we're wr

mr. -- >> jimmy: jersey -- >> steve: -- bruce springsteen?an we give a taste or something? a little taste of bruce? a little "whip my hair." number 15. ♪ whip my hair back and forth >> jimmy: that's me as neil young. ♪ whip your hair whip my hair back and forth ♪ ♪ just whip it >> jimmy: all right, enough of that. all right. we have me as bob dylan doing "charles in charge." everyone wants to hear bob dylan do "charles in charge." >> steve: everyone. ♪ charles in charge of our days and our nights charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights ♪ >> jimmy: yeah, that's enough. that's enough of that one. [ cheers ] we have me as the doors singing "reading rainbow" at number five. ♪ butterfly in the sky i can go twice as high take a look it's in a book a reading rainbow ♪ >> jimmy: yeah, that's good. that's that. we got -- [ cheers ] big and rich are on here. we have justin timberlake. we love justin timberlake. >> steve: yep. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: the guy's awesome. we do "the history of rap" together, so we cleared all the songs. they're on the

. >> bruce, in this plea deal, we're assuming that mr. brown is going to have to serve time. how much do you think? >> reporter: well, it might come as a surprise you to. i don't think he's going to serve any time. i've been talking to a lot of people close to this case. with the federal guidelines, he's looking at perhaps zero to six months but my sources say that it might even be part of the plea agreement that chairman kwame brown serves no time. it might be enough. it might have been enough for prosecutors just to get him out of office. we've noun seen they've done -- we've now seen they've done that. >> bruce johnson is continuing to follow the story. we'll have the latest information beginning on 9news now at 5:00 and our website wusa9.com. thank you, bruce. >>> well, d.c. residents have seen a lot of political corruption this year. former council member harry thomas, jr. stepped down from office in january. and then he pleaded guilty to charges that he sold money -- he stole money from the city. earlier this month, 2010 campaign aides to mayor vincent gray pleaded guil

mr. keilly is right here in the front row. the speakers will include the former secretary of the interior, bruce babbitt, and the current administrator of noaa, and it's my great honor to introduce the honorable fred keilly. >> good morning, few very much for all of you being here today, mr. secretary, thank you, sir, for literally gracing us with your presence. it's my honor to introduce to you the 37th commerce secretary of the united states. john bryson has a very, very interesting background that goes both wide and deep. after he graduated from hail law school, he was one of the folks who put together the national resources defense council and took a deep, abiding and lifelong interest in the preservation and enhancement of our national resources throughout the country. he also in california was the chair of the state water resources control board. that's worthying about for a second. california as mark twain once said, whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting over. so when you're the chair of the state water resources control board, and you understand that the water's in the north, the act chur is in the middle, and the peo

mr. keeley is right here in the front row. the former secretary of the interior bruce bab bit will be here, and current administrator of noaa. so it's my great honor to recognize a longtime public servant and long-time lover of the ocean, the honorable fred keeley. [ applause ] >> thank you. good morning. thank you very much for all of you being here today. mr. secretary, thank you, sir, for literally gracing us with your presence. it's my honor this morning to introduce to you the 37th commerce secretary of the united states. john bryson has a very, very interesting background that goes both wide and deep. after he graduated from yale law school, he was one of the folks who put together the natural resources defense council. and took a deep abiding and life-long interest in the preservation and enhancement of our natural resources throughout the country. he also in california was the chair of the state water resources control board. now, that's worth thinking about for a second, because california, as mark twain once said, whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting

mr. keelsy right here in the front row. speakers include dr. earl, with us thursday. bruce babbitt and current administrator of noaa. it's my great honor to recognize a longtime public servant and a lifelong lover of the ocean, the honorable fred keely. [ applause ] >> thank you. good morning. thank you very much for all of you being here today. mr. secretary, thank you, sir, for literally gracing us with your presence. it's my honor this morning to thousand up to the 37th commerce secretary of

bruce leshan today. >> if you look at my record and look at the record of mr. mendelson, you'll see the majority of the time he's part -- on the losing side of a 10-2 vote or 12-1 vote. i'm generally with the majority. >> does it matter in a majority black city that you're white? >> it shouldn't but yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> that council vote is all set for wednesday. the citywide special election for brown's seat will be held november 6th, election day. >>> if you are eager to get your hands on the newest iphone, you'll have to wait a few months. apple's ceo tim cook announced today the iphone no. 5 will be released in september. the company also announced a new macbook with a high resolution display that it says will contain 3 million more pixels than a hi-def tv. as for the much anticipated new operating system, ios6, apple has not said when that will be available. >>> lee greenwood or justin bibb beer, a brooklyn principal -- bieber, a brooklyn principal banned the god bless the usa song from the department of education because she didn't

mr. gill the director with the office of emergency management out here in prince george's county. bruce, back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot for that. >>> the frederick county farmer counting his bless, and thanking his neighbors tonight after high winds destroyed a barn with about 150 cows inside. gary numberburg has that story -- gary nurenberg has that story. >> reporter: it's not official but to robert it seemed clear. >> tornado hit. plain and simple. >> reporter: destroying a barn 183 feet long and 100 feet wide filled with more than 150 cows. >> it started raining so hard and the winds started blowing so much it was shaking my truck when i was sitting in it. and then -- the hail started. >> reporter: pieces of the barn ended up in the road 200 yards away. in fields. hanging from power lines. and throughout the county -- >> we have some roads closed with downed trees and power lines. >> reporter: at the johnsville farms in the family for four generations the concern was immediate. >> we had to get all the cows out in piece. we didn't lose anybody. >> reporter: the cows helped.

with respect to bruce wolfe, i think it would be a mistake for us not to reappoint him. i think that mr. wolf has demonstrated not only a commitment to issues of sunshine, but i think that he has a track record of artwork. someone who is prepared. even if you are not in agreement with everything, every position that he takes, i think that one can still respect the reasoning behind that, and the work that goes into it. so, i do hope that we are able to approve the recommendation and i would urge my colleagues to support his reappointment. i also think it is important, with respect to the four remaining seats in the continue on that i supported, in retrospect it is important for us to those names forward expeditiously and i would hope that we could have a follow-up meeting in the next rules committee, where those names are considered. i want to thank the chair of the rules committee of doing an excellent job for leading that challenging meeting. i think that the thing about these bodies is that they play an important function. i say that, and we have to make sure that we protect that. one

bruce leshan. >> if you look at my record and the record of mr. mendelson you'll see the majority of the time he's on the side of the 10- 2 vote or 12-1 vote. i'm generally with the majority. >> reporter: does it matter that in a majority black city you're white? >> it shouldn't but, yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> there will be a city wide election to permanently fill the chairman's seat that will be held election day november 6. >>> montgomery county asked pepco to trim trees to prevent blackouts after storms. now the county may be cutting back on that trimming plan. the county council will hold a public hearing tonight at 7:30 on a bill that would limit the tree trimming. pepco says it needs to be down so it can stop out alleges after storms this summer. some customers are mad that neighborhood trees are being taken down. >>> protesters held would they dubbed a new orleans style funeral monday outside pepco's headquarters. they came to bury a proposed $42 million rate hike by the power company. the group this is our d.c. says the h

mr. chairman, thank you for that gracious introduction. it is true that i hold degrees at both fine in tri tutistituti. i was a walk on under coach bruce at iowa state. i want to thank you for holding this hearing today. i look forward to discussing the president's executive order. the purpose of the gi bill is to provide service members and their dependants with a quality education. while changes have taken place, we continue to provide oversight of this generous education benefit which i was proud to be part of implementing. we o owe it to veterans to make th sure that the program is being sprent wi spent wisely. veterans should have choices to get the best education that they have certainly easterned under the bill. i have heard of aggressive acts targeting veterans under the program and sunlight is the best disinfectant. i agree and i'm pleased that the administration is trying to address those abuses for veterans and provide them with the information they need to make informed choices and choose the best ininstitutions. we know that this was prompted by a ball for action by 13 different groups when they wrote the bill of rights th

mr. holder would lose. gregg: what we're hearing from the white house, bruce, is, well, there were some discussions among tophouse about how to handle the "fast and furious" political fallout. that is some completely unrelated apparently to the documents being sought over at the department of justice. doesn't there have to be a nexus between the two in order to invoke executive privilege? >> i'm not sure the privilege itself automatically requires that the president be involved or that the white house be involved but certainly the strength of the privilege weakenses more remote it comes from the white house here. and you also have this odd situation where the department of justice has already turned over thousands of documents related to the deliberative process within the department and it seems a little unseemly for them to say oh, we'll with hold the ones we don't want you to see. that enables the department to manipulate the what congress knows and what people know by disclosing what they think is helpful and with holding what they think is incriminating that is something simply not tolerated in the law.

mr. blitzer, thank you very much. now this is really a rare treat on is this music monday. the clip you're about to see is from a brucerare press conference that he did with a group of european journalists earlier this year. one of the archivist edited the movie and his songs are interwoven through the whole thing. this week "wrecking ball" making its exclusive american debut. and for you, a sneak peek. can i ask you about anger? do you feel the anger that we've had so much of in america over the last four or five years? the anger mostly channelled into the tea party? does that anger get to you? does it get into your core as well? is this an album about channelling the anger in another way? ♪ ♪ i think our politics come out of psychology. and psychology, of course, comes out of your formative years. i grew up in a house where my mother was the primary breadwinner. my father struggled to find work i saw that it was deeply painful. created a crisis of masculinity. and that was something. ♪ they wrote death to my hometown ♪ >> the work creates a loss of self. work creates an enormous sense of self. as i saw in my mother.

but i am deeply concerned about bruce thinking that because that has to weigh heavily in my thinking. >> thank you very much. steve. our guests, mr. kassman, mr. golub. we'll call you personal injury injuries. kasman and golub. the law firm for financial injuries. sue? >> they're going to stay with us throughout the hour to talk about these very pressing issues. the question is, what would you do if you had a portfolio hanging in the balance? dan fitzpatrick is with us this week on "power lunch." the president and technical analysis for stockmark stockmarketmentor.com. you've been listening to the conversation. with the uncertainty what are plays investors might look to do. >> there's two ways we can trade this. one would be on sentiment. the other on pure price action. let's fwo to sentiment first. i've got the vxx. it's a volatility index tracking fund. this is related to the sentiment of the market. how much are investors willing to pay for portfolio protection, buy downside puts and things like that. that's not really important for the trade. what we're really looking at is this. as fear goes up, so goes the vxx. and what we'

mr. killy is right here in the front row dr. silvio burro who will be with us on thursday, the former secretary of the interior, bruce babbitt, and the current administrator. so it is my great honor to recognize a long time public servant and a lifelong lover of the ocean, the hon. fred keeley. [applause] >> good morning. thank you very much for all of you being here today. mr. secretary, thank you, sir, for literally grazing is with your presence. it is my honor this morning to introduce to you the 37 commerce secretary of the united states. john bryson has a very, very interesting background that goes both wide and deep. after he graduated from yale law school he was one of the folks who put together the natural resources defense council and took a deep abiding and lifelong interest in the preservation and enhancement of our natural resources throughout the country he also in california was the chair of the state water resources control board. now, that is worth thinking about for a second because california, as mark twain once said, whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over. so when you are the chair of the state wat

bruce will police and company is going to fly up there. just kidding. it's expected to be bright enough to be seen with the telescope or a camera. keep your eyes on the sky. mrhe national security leaks. democrats blocking resolution introduced by their gop colleagues on tuesday. it would call for attorney general eric holder to appoint a special independent counsel to investigate the trio of leaks coming out of the white house. this after the attorney general chose two political appointees within the department of justice to lead the investigation. joining us now is one of those calling for a special counsel who is alarmed by the leaks coming out of somewhere, somehow, but into the newspapers. senator from georgia, chambliss, ranking member of the senate intelligence committee. senator, what progress have you made in terms of getting a different special prosecutor in there and not these u.s. attorneys? >> actually made none. we've been stone called by the administration. obviously the attorney general appointed two who i'm sure are good lawyers to do the investigation, but the fact of the matter is, number one, they're political appointees. they were appoin