will hear from robert mcdonald who gave the commencement address at the university of utah. before that, republican senator tim scott will speak to the graduates of south carolina state university. later, the commencement address at american university from noaa administrator catherine sullivan. -- kathryn sullivan. tim scott was the commencement speaker at south carolina state university in orangeburg. the senators saying a few lines from the 10, "hold on to your dreams." this is 10 minutes. [applause] tim scott: thank you. good evening to everyone. thank you, president evans, for such a kind introduction. let me say first and foremost that without any questions, my prayers are with south carolina state university, for financial

[applause] announcer: secretary robert mcdonald gave the commencement address at the university of utahary mcdonald served as president and ceo of procter & gamble. this took place at the jon huntsman center in salt lake city. it is 10 minutes long. >> thank you. and thank you for president dave for getting that kind introduction, and thank you for your service to our country. members of the board of trustees and president pershing, thank you for inviting me to share this important evening. let me begin first and foremost by congratulating the graduates. you have labored long and hard and have done excellent work. we are all here today and tonight to honor you and wish you the best as you continue your life's journey. [applause] secretary mcdonald: but equally important are your family and friends here this evening. they have supported you and current shoe, and they are a large part of the reason that you are here now. they have often sacrificed in ways that you never knew, and to give you the opportunities that you would not have otherwise to have. -- that he would not have otherwise h

. >> he was on capitol hill to talk about the scathing 35-page memo written to robert mcdonald in match. reported by "the washington post." fry says da has been illegally spending $6 billion a year buying services and supplies from outside vendors without proper contracts, competition or oversight. violating the agencies own rules and federal laws. in the memo he describes a culture of lawlessness and chaos. cross ms management a mockery that he says could lead to harm or death to veterans. doors are wide open to waste, fraud and abuse at a sprawling health care system ta tends to 9 million veterans much and he places the blame on the top brass, accusing officials of ignoring his concerns: you can't do veterans like this. you can't treat veterans like this. fries member marks the latest scandal for an agency rocked by a series of scandals. revelations of a cover up led to congressional hearings. >> working together and really meaning it. working together for the good of our veterans. that is what the public expects, and that is what i'm committed to. >> the public and 40 veterans died.

now robert mcdonald says there's been a huge change in personnel. >> since i've been secretary, we haveminated over 1,000 employees. we have 80 employees right now or over 80 around 80 that we're seeking disfully nation action against. >> yesterday gloria steinem and other women attempted to march across the demilitarized zone in south north korea. >> and from bitten's the mirror bono hails ireland gay marriage vote as triumph for love. they played a song for the ruling. bono told the crowd millions turned out to vote yesterday to say love is the highest law in the land. they celebrated after the concert posting this picture with the hash tag vote yes. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. let's go to washington now and bring in jonathan. a good morning to you. on this memorial day, a day when we honor those who lost their lives in fighting for our country, ash carter called out iraqi forces before not having the will to fight. what does this mean for american congress to put american boots on the ground there? >> still murky, i'd say. this is an issue where we haven't see

now robert mcdonald says there's been a huge change in personnel. >> since i've been secretary, we haveerminated over 1,000 employees. we have 80 employees right now or over 80 that we're seeking disciplinary action against. >> yesterday gloria steinem and other women activists attempted to walk across the demilitarized zone in north korea ya but they allowed them to walk up to the first check point. they continued in south korea. and from u2 star bono hails ireland gay major vote as triumph for love. bono told the crowd millions turned up to vote yesterday to say love with the highest law in the land. u2 celebrated after the concert posting this picture with the hash tag vote yes. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. let's go to washington now and. a very good morning to you. on this memorial day, a day when america honors those who fought so bravely for our country and lost their lives in doing so ash carter called out iraqi forces for not having the will to fight. what does this mean for the will of congress to put boots on the ground there? >> very murky. this is an issue

followed by commencement remarks from republican senator tim scott and veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald at the university of utah. at 8:00, a look at satire and journalism with editorial cartoonists. announcer: c-span. created by america's cable companies 30 years ago. peter slen: and our guest this week on the communicators is tj kennedy, acting executive director of firstnet. mr. kennedy, welcome, and what exactly is firstnet? t.j. kennedy: it is the first six -- the first responder network authority. it is similar to what people use today with smartphones and having the ability to share voice and data, but doing it in a critical way that will support paramedics every day to do their job. peter: is there an issue with first responders where they need their own network echo -- own network? t.j. kennedy: one thing that happens in big emergencies is that networks can often get caught, and those who need it most, public safety, don't always have the ability to get a signal when they need it. it has also relied for a long time on radio systems, and they serve a great focus -- great purpose

that was revealed in a 35 page memo addressed is better in secretary robert mcdonald.ary j far has served as the acting chief since mid-march. that was when douglas scott retired. he is been with the department for 25 years. leon: let's check on the traffic situation. robert altman is standing by. robert: that accident still revving up in these down side of the icc maryland 200, the county connector before georgia avenue. it is still off on the right hand side. an investigation continues along eastbound at the. -- eastbound 503 -- eastbound 503 cell phone 395 -- southbound 395 heading from the pentagon it is stop and go. it is continuing on 95 in a long line of traffic leading springfield. angela beltway from 66 into virginia, passing 270 at the american legion bridge out towards route 50, still a solid stop and go. northbound lanes of 270. heavy traffic from rockville. towards clarksburg, expect heavy traffic up towards route 80 and urbana. south capitol street right towards chesapeake at the d.c.-maryland line. that is the latest from our traffic center. back to you.

host: what you like about robert mcdonald? guest: his business acumen. his experience in the private sector. that really brings something new to the agency that it has not felt for some time. he has brought in a new range of folks. we have seen people from private, public, the government really engaging and making a difference. los angeles, there was a huge lawsuit over the massive complex that was of the the v.a. facility. it had been going for years. she came in with his team and resolve about. now a good portion of that campus will house homeless veterans. it is that type of problem solving and can-do attitude that we think is helpful. host: members of congress not really agreeing with that can-do attitude and your appreciation for robert mcdonald. john boehner took to the house floor last week to denounce the lack of progress at the v.a. in the years since since a key -- shinseki resigned. [video clip] >> instead of a new day of the v.a., the american people are still seeing more of the same. congress gave the v.a. secretary new authority to fire emp

i know you have called secretary robert mcdonald a change agent but you also talked about the need tohange the culture. what do you expect terry mcdonnell to do to change the culture and where do we go from here? senator isakson: i have personally told secretary mcdonnell that we have his back. if he needs to take action to fire people and correct things he needs to go ahead and do it and not feel lawsuits or retribution. there has been a culture in the v.a. that was a pushback culture. they really didn't want change, they didn't really want oversight, but that has got to take place. the v.a. health care is the second-largest agency of the federal government. 314,000 employees. you have heard of too big to fail? it's almost too big to succeed. and it is really time we gave him the tools to do the hiring and firing necessary to bring about accountability in the v.a. i think he has the man for the job. i hope you will take the initiative. rebecca adams: do you expect any additional legislation along these lines? there is a bill that is pending in congress that would expand some changes

the new secretary robert mcdonald said 60 people were fired because of that. says three were fired. is that what you are saying? three not 60? >> yeah. and what's interesting is the "new york times" says based on the documents it has seen. they think you could say even just one person has. >> just one? what does mcdonald say about that? >> well, it's interesting because the department has put out some clarification after his statement. >> clarification? >> we want to clarify that, yes, dozens of people did get in some kind of trouble. but we are talking about. >> some kind of trouble? >> they might have gotten a letter in their file. >> maybe they tied their shoe laces together? >> they might have but that doesn't count as getting fired. >> all right. so once again the federal government not giving the folks, we the people who pay their salaries, the correct information in the va and in baltimore we can't get any information. >> country. thank you guys. when we come right back, it will be miller time. tom brady robots and the decline of christianity. miller is

then, commencement remarks from tim scott at south carolina state university, and robert mcdonald at the university of utah. host: you might member the scene when doug hughes who want to the capitol grounds. there he is in his gyrocopter. there he is landing on the capitol grounds. flying over by the washington monument -- here he comes. he gets arrested by the capitol police. yesterday, the florida man was back in washington. he was back in washington getting arraigned -- there he is as at the courthouse. mr. hughes, what was yesterday like for you? guest: it has been nonstop for the last month. the charges were pretty serious to read, but i am confident that i will come out ok in court. host: you were charged with two felonies and for misdemeanors? guest: that is correct. host: what happens next? guest: this morning, i will go back down to florida. they will work out my next court date and appearance. if we can hammer out a plea bargain, sometime soon after they will set the trial date. host: we will put the numbers up. if you want to talk to doug hughes, we want to make sure you g

private committee the always of this mcdonald's needs to step up and make some changes. >>: the activity is quite obvious when it comes to drugs selling >> stanley robertswhich is about football still live from the restaurant the city attorney send a completed mcdonald's corporate office calling this location a public nuisance and that it threatens the safety and health and safety of the surrounding neighborhood in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 francisco >> grant lodes: were seen as more and more across the bay area is happened and tell out of the smashing grabs burglary is blue means bet cheap cherokee back his way through the door smashing through the door glass multiple suspects run again side loading up you concede this year this bashing the display cases this is the el camino real out in palo alto just after 4:00 a.m. today the crooks took pricey merchandise the alarm did go off police were dispatched to the store in less than two minutes of the suspects were gone leaving just before the police got there the red jeep was stopped when it turned out was stolen police are investigating in processing the jeep and officials did not know the value

the first person to recognize that robert mcdonald had just gotten there. the secretary had just left a year earlier. another secretary was gone as well. there was a transition. in my way of thinking, there is no excuse for the plethora of problems the v.a. was having and the transition should have been much better but it wasn't. the v.a. demonstrated to me in the last hearing we had on veterans choice is they were finally listening. all i was hearing on the 40 mile rule in terms of how far the car drives was nothing but stone walls until sloan walked into the hearing, reached in and pulled out a new rule in the 40 mile rule to make the number of miles driven be the governing factor. everybody on this committee appreciated with and agreed with and was happy. i believe we were satisfactorily working toward the definition being defined statutoryilystatutorily. i want to commend sloan and the others on the work for that. the vsos in the room i know some don't like the veterans choice bill because they fear it will be a replacement for the veterans administrati

[applause] >> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald deliver the commencement address at the universityah. secretary mcdonald is a graduate of the university. he earned his mba in 1978 or before leaving the veterans affairs department he served as president and ceo of procter & gamble. this ceremony was held at the jon m. huntsman center in salt lake city. his speech is about 10 minutes. >> thank you, president pershing, dave for that kind introduction. of course thank you for your service to our country. members of boards of trustees and president pershing, thank you for inviting me to share this important evening. let me begin, first and foremost by congratulating the graduates. you've labored long and hard, done excellent work. and we're here to honor you and wish you the very best as you continue life's journey. [applause] but equally as important are your faculty, family, and friends here this evening. they've supported you. encouraged you. they are a large part of the reason you're here now. they often sacrificed in ways you never knew about to give you opportunities you would not

this weekend join c span for some of this year's commencement speeches including va secretary robert mcdonald. >>> and back in 1983 when i was graduating from high school, the song that has stuck with me for the last 32 years is a song called hold onto your dreams. y'all too young to know that. anyways, i'll go back to y'all. all right. would you go ahead and start the music, president? oh, he said he forgot the music. never mind. i'm going to sing it. will y'all just help me out here? thank you very much. ♪ hold onto your dreams ♪ y'all don't know good music. i'm going to just tell you the words. the song simply says, hold onto your dreams. believe in love and let love be the light to show you the way. >> saturday commencement speeches from around the country at noon eastern on cspan. >>> this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first lady, influence and image. we'll look into the personal lives of three first ladies. her husband william henry harrison dies after a month in office. leticia tyler becomes first lady but she passes away just year and a half later. the president remarries julia tyle

i'm the first person to recognize that robert mcdonald had just gotten there. i'm the first person to recognize that secretary pettisle left a year earlier and secretary shinseki was gone as well, so there was a transition. in my way of thinking there is no excuse for the plethora of problems the va was having in the transition should have been much better but wasn't. we -- the va demonstrated to me in the last hearing we had on veterans choice that they were finally listening. all i was hearing on the 40 mile rule in terms of where the crow flies or how far the car drives was nothing but stone wall until sloan walked into that hearing and pulled out a new rule to make the number of miles driven be the governing factor which i think everybody on this committee appreciated and agreed with and was happy that they found a way to do it. i believe we are satisfactorily working toward the care you need definition being defined in such a way to make that change which won't happen today, but will happen in the very near future. i want to commend sloan and mcdonald and

you'll hear from veterans affairs secretary, robert mcdonald, catherine sullivan head of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration and from south carolina state university, republican senator tim scott. here's a preview. >> back in 1983, when i was graduating from high school, the song that's stuck with me for the last 32 years is called "hold on to your dreams" by a group called ouija. you're all too young to know ouija. maybe somebody out there don't know ouija either. anyway. all right. will you go ahead and start the music, president? oh, he said he forgot the music. never mind i'm going to sick a cappella. will you -- sing a cappella. will you help me out? thank you very much. ♪ hold on to your dream believe ♪ y'all don't know good music. i'm going to tell you the words. i'm just going to tell you the words. the song simply says hold on to your dreams. believe in love and let love be the light to show you the way. >> you can see that and a number of commencement speeches on saturday starting at noon eastern on our companion network, c-span. later that night editorial ca

. >>> this weekend on c-span, commencement speeches from around the country, va secretary robert mcdonald head of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration catherine sullivan, and. republican senator tim scott. in the evening a conversation with editorial cartoonist including gary trudeax held months after the "charlie hebdo" attack in paris. here's a preview. >> you see the same thing throughout syria and lebanon right now where these activists are having their lives threatened by isis and instead of giving into despair, they have reacted with vicious mockery, vicious hilarious momry.mom ry mommockery. there's a syrian produced series, people dressed up as al baghdadi making fun of them. and a song where they want to put bras on cows. there's this incredible tradition of parody in the middle east that's really been turned to great effect toward isis right now. the thing is authoritarian people throughout the world of every stripe religious, secular authoritarian, authoritarians of every kind they hate humor, hate cartooning. it gets under their skin. there's just something visc

robert mcdonald spoke at the university of utah. the head of noaa and tim scott at south carolina state. tomorrow at noon eastern on c-span. saturday each, a conversation with political cartoonists including gary trudeaux. >>> i think it's a form -- it's a full quality control. you are being affected. good they run everything you do you must be doing something wrong. >> it shows you are still dangerous, a little bit, yes. >> or that you have touched a sore point for that particular community. >> not all my smoking mr. butt strips made it in. when i wrote about frank sinatra, i went dark in las vegas. jerry brown same thing in california. there are regional -- the most recently, did i something about jeb bush. the dallas paper threw it out because it was too political. too political? the man is running for president. >> some of the remarks on political cartoonists. watch the event tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern on on companion network c-span. >>> for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. be he so vile, this day sh

mcdonald's in waldorf. that is where they say caroline conway killed robert mange and seriously injured his wife. mcdonald's is where the family would meet to change custody of two young children. conway is still -- now charged with murder. a man charged with three murders had another outburst in court today. charles severance use a wheelchair to enter court this morning. he told the judge he suffered an ankle injury at the hands of alexandria deputies while being transported between jail. his trial is set to start on october 5 in fairfax county. next at 6:00, a family says goodbye to a military hero. he inspired his own son to fight and save lives. plus, doug hill tells us when this jury whether will clear out and what to expect for memorial day weekend. tim: unit will not believe how john wall was just by the league today. the main topic of conversation at baseball is bryce harper against the yankees. the big ejection. we will hear about leon:maureen: this man did landed a gyro copter on the u.s. capitol and is now leading not guilty. doug hughes faces almost 10 years in prison. he says he will

police say conway's mother caroline shot the woman and her new husband robert mange outside a waldorf mcdonald's last week. mange was killed, his wife, officer conway's ex-girlfriend was injured. her name has not been released. police say officer conway let his mother use his service weapon and picked her up after the shooting to craft an alibi. both are charged with first-degree murder. the city of cleveland agreed to overhaul the police department in an investigation with department of justice. this comes days after a white police officer was equited in the -- acquitted. it led to a investigation that found pattern of force and abuse by officers. now to a developing story in texas. state of disaster has been declared as the floodwaters continue to rise. close to a foot of rain fell overnight in the area of houston. at this moment, more than 40 people are missing. many of them were in a vacation home that was swept down the blanco river. 16 people have been confirmed dead since the flooding began last weekend. 700 homes have been damaged in the houston area alone. we will have a live report on

i know you have called secretary robert mcdonald a change agent but you also talked about the need to change the culture. what you expected secretary mcdonnell to do to change the culture and where do we go from here? senator isakson: i have personally told secretary mcdonnell that we have his back. if he needs to take action to fire people and correct things he needs to go ahead and do it and not feel lawsuits or retribution. there has been a culture in the v.a. that was a pushback culture. they really didn't want change, they didn't really want oversight, but that has got to take place. the v.a. health care is the second-largest agency of the federal government. 314,000 employees. you have heard of too big to fail? it's almost too big to succeed. and it is really time we gave him the tools to do the hiring and firing necessary to bring about accountability in the v.a. i think that he is the man for the job. i hope you will take the initiative. rebecca adams: do you expect any additional legislation along these lines? there is a bill that is pending in congress that would expand some

now, this is mcdonald leaving the jail about an hour ago. michelle robertsoins us outside that jail in san jose with more. >> reporter: ray mcdonald spent the afternoon here he was here for several hours. bailed out about an hour and a half ago. investigators say he's cooperating with police. now, police are just trying to figure out exactly what happened early this morning inside the santa clara home. >> how y'all doing. >> ray mcdonald has been cut from the chicago bears, six months after the 49ers took him off the roster due to what team officials called a pattern of poor decision-making. today he ran from reporters outside the santa clara county jail after making bail. >> ray mcdonald was arrested for a misdemeanor domestic violence. >> police lieutenant kurt clark says police were called to his home just before 4:00 a.m.

robert mange, who served active duty in the u.s. navy until last settlement, drove to the mcdonald's to pick up the children last wednesday. instead of delivering her grandchildren to the couple caroline conway allegedly shot them both, killing robert mange. now it appears her son helped her prior to and after the shootings. >> we have some information that there was some text messages that were sent back and forth between mr. conway and mrs. mange during the investigation, which would lead us to believe that it was a planned event. >> reporter: the charging document against officer ric

surprisingly, only mcdonald's name came up today in southern california. roberter bob hays of our sister station in los angeles has more on that. >> the woman accusing mcdonald of raping her faced cameras but didn't say a word or reveal her name. her attorney, gloria alred explaining why. >> she wants mr. mcdonald to show she's not going to just live in fear of him. him. >> she accused the former 49er of sexual assaulting her in his home after a night of drinking. mcdonald says sex was consensual and that he has surveillance video that proves it he filed his suit against the woman in march. she says california's antislap laws ban lawsuits. >> lawsuits from reports to the police must be stricken or dismissed under california's antislap statute. if no charges are filed. >> no charges have been filed against mcdonald in this case. the rape accusation ended his playing days in san francisco. he's been picked up by the chicago bears. last summer he was arrested for suspicion of domestic abuse but charges were never filed. alred says this is about powerful people from >>

krystal and her new husband navy reservist robert mange drove to the mcdonald's inrom norfolk virginia, to pick up the children. instead of delivering her grandchildren to the couple caroline conway allegedly shot them, killing robert maky. her son brought her there but stay nd the car with his two children. >> the evidence in this case -- and i reviewed this matter with the sheriff's office -- clearly indicates that mr. conway was involved in this crime to the xpent that he helped make it helped try to cover it autopsy after the fact. >> reporter: conway lived with his parents at their home in gilford drive in waldorf. >> it's really unbelievable because they were such -- i want to say people of integrity a really good family, like a neighborhood watch. they were out observing. see thing that's were going on. i just couldn't believe this situation that happened. it was just unbelievable. >> reporter: police officer richard conway and his mother caroline have both been to court. they've been denied bail and will remain in custody waiting for their trial. that's the latest live in waldo

surprisingly, only mcdonald's name came up today in southern california. roberter bob hays of our sister station in los angeles has more on that. >> the woman accusing mcdonald of raping her faced cameras but didn't say a word or reveal her name. her attorney, gloria alred explaining why. >> she wants mr. mcdonald to show she's not going to just live in fear of him. him. >> she accused the former 49er of sexual assaulting her in his home after a night of drinking. mcdonald says sex was consensual and that he has surveillance video that proves it he filed his suit against the woman in march. she says california's antislap laws ban lawsuits. >> lawsuits from reports to the police must be stricken or dismissed under california's antislap statute. if no charges are filed. >> no charges have been filed against mcdonald in this case. the rape accusation ended his playing days in san francisco. he's been picked up by the chicago bears. last summer he was arrested for suspicion of domestic abuse but charges were never filed. alred says this is about powerful people from >>

former army veteran patrick murphy sat down with the secretary of president's affair robert mcdonald.t how important the cemeteries are to the origins of the va system take a listen. >> it was the cemeteries that actually were the origin of the early va. we talk about president lincoln's second address. he said to care for him who's born into battle his widow and orphan. the importance of women in the military and female veterans but we still use that second address, it was during that time, during the civil war, that 750,000 americans lost their lives. so think of 514 americans dying, every single day, for four years. and the country wasn't ready for that carnage, so they buried the soldiers on the battlefield. and it was president lincoln when he created the sanitation commission, they dug up the bodies, and they identified them. and we still have those records today. and then he worked with congress to create 14 cemeteries around the country to rebury those bodies identified with grave markers. so it really is the nucleus, it is the catalyst of what created the va. >>> now to the s

she fired the shot that killed robert main of smithfield, virginia last night outside a mcdonald's in waldorf. a woman was also wounded. she's expected to survive. police believe the shooting stems from a child custody dispute. conway is due in court later this afternoon. >>> we have dramatic video of a man being tasered at the l.a. airport. we're told this happened yesterday after the man you see there blew past tsa security agents. part of that ?eents was cap -- incident was captured by the actor verne troyer known as mini me in the austin powers films. the man refused officers's commands several times. >> airport police officer walked up to the man and the man pushed the officer, tried to go around him. the officer stopped him again. the man pushed him again, went past him, and made his way to gate 66. >> heinz was booked for transportation and resisting arrest. no passengers in the airport were injured. >>> the ceo of embattled flooring company lumber liquidators is calling it quits. he abruptly announced his resignation after a 60 minutes report. lumber liquidators plunged after

now, this is mcdonald leaving the jail about an hour ago. michelle roberts joins us outside that jail in san jose with more. >> reporter: ray mcdonald spent the afternoon here he was here for several hours. bailed out about an hour and a half ago. investigators say he's cooperating with police. now, police are just trying to figure out exactly what happened early this morning inside the santa clara home. >> how y'all doing. >> ray mcdonald has been cut from the chicago bears, six months after the 49ers took him off the roster due to what team officials called a pattern of poor decision-making. today he ran from reporters outside the santa clara county jail after making bail. >> ray mcdonald was arrested for a misdemeanor domestic violence. >> police lieutenant kurt clark says police were called to his home just before 4:00 a.m. investigators believe he assaulted a woman who had a baby in her arms. >> tried to locate mr. mcdonald. but he wasn't there. he had fled after the incident. >> officers later found him in san jose with his former teammate justin smith

mcdonald's parking lot. killed was 25-year-old robert mange of smithfield, virginia. crystal mange who was pregnant was wounded, conway apparently supplying the gun to his mother to carry out the crime according to the charles county sheriff troy berry. >> ballistic evidence recovered from the scene was consistent with the type of ammunition used by the prince george's county police department. >> the officer is suspended without pay. >> reporter: prince george's county police chief mark magaw stunned at the charges against a three year veteran of his department. >> the charges this officer faces are zeppoli troubling to me. >> reporter: at -- are deeply troubling to me. >> reporter: at the center of the case, the two children age 2 and 4, custody dispute, the victims ambushed as they expected the children to be dropped off for visitation, grandmother caroline conway accused of pulling the trigger, her son, the young police officer, suspected of supplying the weapon and trying to cover up for his mother. the family is highly regarded in their waldorf neighborhood acco

roberts, nbc bay area news. >> thanks michelle. we have more details now when mcdonald signed with the bears in march he was given a short leash with the team. they spoke about getting a second chance and doing the right thing. >> first, i learned a lot from my previous situations to keep my circle tight. you can't trust everybody. they don't all have your best interest at heart. >> i'm confident that he will do what needs to be done. he will do what is expected and it is up to him now. >> and as with the reporting he has been let go. he was given a one-year contract worth just over $1 million. >> new at 5:00 memorial day is the unofficial kick off of summer and that means fire danger. this weekend we saw two fires in san jose. fire officials say do your part to keep homes safe. a lot of people are taking this message to heart. >> that's right, a fire threatening your home can really get you thinking. as you can see behind me here this weekend hillside fire got within feet of devouring homes. >> i was really scared. >> they battled three big fires in the last week all c

mcdonald's parking lot. the victim's husband, 25-year- old robert mange died in the shooting. it stemmed from an ongoing custody dispute. the ammunition used in the shooting is consist went richard conway's service revolver. he was off duty at the time of the shooting. >>> to texas and the deadly flash flooding. let's go to allyson for what's going on in the midwest. >> we do have that frontal boundary out into the west. that is just staying there. that's why they have all the flooding problems and another round of severe weather possible later on today. now, for us, we are stuck in a different pattern. we're stuck in a summer like pattern all connected. we'll have the satellite and radar for you coming up. first t is sunny out there. 82 degrees. it is warm and humid. it feels 84. the dew substantially higher than it was yesterday all because of the southerly winds that keep fueling out of the south. they will continue to do so until this setup changes, until the front that's in the midwest heads our way. it's not going to come here till the weekend. in the meantime heat and h

prices in the nation relief may be on the way willis' play after the break >> stanley roberts: coming up while most mcdonald'sns and billions of burgers this mcdonnell and severances goes know the cause of something else i will explain in the next edition of people behaving badly tonight at 8:00 p.m. >> pam moore: a spring surge is driving up gas prices across the nation especially here in the bay area but there is a glimmer of hope experts say summer gas prices will be below is an 60 years supplies of crude oil remained extremely high and drillers to have been weighing on the sidelines fire prices are ready to start producing more oil again however california still has the highest prices in the nation's experts say it is due in part to the explosion at the southern california refinery back in february and our state special gasoline requirements that make it difficult to replenish the stockpile >> pam moore: here's what the cost of the look in the bay area tonight according to aaa san francisco drivers are paying $3.82 on average for a gallon of regular unleaded oakland drivers are paying $3.67 on an average

robert. the shootings took place last week in the parking lot of a mcdonald's in waldorf. can only way's mother caroline was arrested shortly after -- conway's mother caroline was arrested shortly after the crime. investigators are still searching for the murder weapon, but they suspect it is richard conway's service weapon. >> ballistic evidence recovered from the scene was consistent with the type of ammunition used by the prince george's county police department. >> crystal mange is recovering from her wounds. she is pregnant. we're told her unborn child is okay. the two children at the center of the custody dispute are now with mange's family in virginia. >>> caught on camera a man is knocked out and robbed in southeast d.c. look at the surveillance video from the 2900 block of martin luther king, juvenile avenue from -- king, jr. avenue from two sundays again. the fellow in the redshirt turns around, punches a guy, starts to walk around but comes back and empties the man's pockets. if you can identify or help locate the man in the redshirt, d.c. police would love to h

center mall mcdonald's parking lot before 6:00 last night which had been used as a spot to exchange custody between two grand children. killed was the mother's new husband 25-year-old robert michael mange of smithfield, virginia. seriously wounded was the children's 24-year-old mother. no children were present when conway allegedly opened fire at the mcdonald's. >> this has been a longstanding and very nasty custody dispute between the female victim and the biological dad. ms. conway is the mother of the biological dad of these children. >> reporter: in waldorf scott broom, wusa9. >> police arrested conway near her waldorf home after she ran away. >>> the florida mailman who landed his gyrocopter near the u.s. capitol last month pleaded not guilty to six federal charges. 61-year-old doug hughes is accused of operating that gyrocopter with no certificate or proper registration and violating airspace and using the postal service logo without permission. >> if my flight exposed flaws in the safety nets, the security, they were procedural and they've been plugged. >> after today's plea a small group of demonstrator gave hughes a large stamp featuring his portrait and a pictur

(male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> stanley:while most mcdonalds are known for selling billions and billions of burgers, this mcdonalds on the corner of haight and stanyan street in san francisco >> stanley:is known for something else no not for service and not the lack of food. in fact beef patties special sauce lettece cheese pickles on a >> stanley:but according to the city lsd to mushrooms andthousands of complaints in fact since 2012 according the city attorneys office there have been a whopping. 11 hundred calls >> stanley: to see if i could notice anything first hand i was >> stanley:a while back the mcdonalds use to have a security guard patrolling the parking lot and according to some people it was much safer but now there are new owners and they apparently opted out of using securit y so all they have now to patrol the grounds are regular employees and he has been spending most of his time asking people to not block the walkways and entrances to the store >> stanley:there are signs asking that people not give money to panhandlers and no t

you last night, two people were shot outside a waldorf mcdonald's and what appeared to be a child custody-related dispute. is facing charges. robert mange was killed, and the mother of the child was seriously injured. sources say police have not found the murder weapon. the officers service weapon is also missing. turning to the letter. some good news out there. today's chilly temperatures and rain are all gone. things are looking better for the holiday weekend. brian van de graaff is here tonight with a look at the outlook. brian: it was kind of a dreary day. temperatures did get in the 60's , but your most of the afternoon, it was cool and amp. a live picture across the city. 54 degrees in the city. a light northwesterly breeze. we did pick up about one third of the niche of rain today. already down to 48 in gaithersburg. 52, dulles. as we go through the evening skies will clear out. for the kiddos tomorrow morning, there will be some 40's. tomorrow afternoon back in the mid to upper 70's. leon: flying rocks and debris damaged homes and businesses in sterling. one person was injured. a scheduled blast from a nearby quarry didn't

robert mange. >> this was planned. she went there with the handgun. richard: conway often met the mother at the mcdonald's to exchange custody. >> it was a routine thing. richard: caroline conway appeared with a 40 caliber handgun, her son service weapon, and jumped in the back seat of this jeep. an argument ensued, then gunshots. robert mange was shot dead, crystal was shot in the back when she tried to flee. >> the children were small. my prayers go out to her. richard: now the children's father and grandmother face criminal charges. >> those kids are losing family members left and right. it's sad. richard: the police say that conway tried to build a false alibi by calling and texting his ex-wife's phone, even though he knew the shooting had already happened. the ex-wife, crystal, is out of the hospital. the investigation continues, both the mother and the police officer are both tonight behind bars. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: a maryland father charged with neglect and endangerment after the police say a 13-year-old son took the wheel of the car because he was too drunk to drive. michael mclaughli

robert mange, who served active duty in the u.s. navy until last settlement, drove to the mcdonald's to pick up the children last wednesday. instead of delivering her grandchildren to the couple caroline conway allegedly shot them both, killing robert mange. now it appears her son helped her prior to and after the shootings. >> we have some information that there was some text messages that were sent back and forth between mr. conway and mrs. mange during the investigation, which would lead us to believe that it was a planned event. >> reporter: the charging document against officer richard conway said his mother told the witness she shot the mother of richard's children with richard's work gun and he sent text messages attempting to call krystal as if nothing had happened knowing she was shot. state's attorney anthony covington is prosecuting officer kuhn conway. >> well, in any case, if an individual assists to make a crime occur they become a principal. >> reporter: conway lived with his parents on gilford drive in waldorf. >> what can you tell me about them? >> pretty much to themselves. never seen her around except for

mcdonald's. according to the charles county sheriff's office, caroline conway shot her daughter-in-law and her new husband. 25-year-old robert mange died. her daughter is in serious condition but expected to survive. >>> a not guilty plea from the florida mailman who landed that gyrocopter on the grounds of the federal capitol. doug hughes could be charged with two felonies. >> reporter: he could face up to 9 1/2 years in prison. >> nobody else could do what i did and get away without at best being forced down, at worst shot down and i highly recommend nobody try it. >> reporter: who could forget the florida mailman's unusual flight last month? doug hughes soared through restricted airspace landing on the capitol lawn. he carried letters for each member of congress to push for campaign finance reform. >> if my flight exposed flaws in the safety nets, the security, they were procedure recall and they've already been plugged. >> reporter: hughes faces felony charges of operating the gyrocopter without certificate or proper registration. he's charged with violating airspace and using the postal service logo without authorizatio

roberts nbc bay area news. >>> michelle, thank you. we've obtained the 911 call that sent officers to investigate and then arrest former 49er ray mcdonald. the call came from the mother of mcdonald's former fiancee. >> stay online with me, okay? >> okay, okay. i'm freaking out. it's my daughter. >> i understand. >> this is in the 3:00 a.m. hour yesterday. police say mcdonald broke down the door to the woman's santa clara apartment and assaulted her while she was holding their child. this is video of him leaving jail yesterday afternoon. today, mcdonald's lawyer released this statement reading in part, "according to at least one witness, there was no physical contact between the two. thus it's hard to understand why charges are being pursued." soon after we broke the story yesterday, the chicago bears cut ties with mcdonald. the 49ers also released him several months ago. >>> the high price of home ownership keeps getting higher. a new report out today shows the cost escalating. it's getting to the point where the amount of money you need for a downpayment here or buy a house outright in other parts of the country. experts say you can bl

robert michael mange was killed, his wife seriously wounded. the charles county sheriff says the motive was a longstanding child custody dispute. the couple drove this jeep to the mcdonald's in waldorf from virginia to pick up her two small children. the youngsters had been staying with their grandmother, 51-year-old caroline conway. but instead of handing over the youngsters to the children's mother, conway got into the jeep. >> ms. conway produced a handgun, subsequently shot the male victim, mr. mange. the female victim tried to flee the vehicle. as a result ms. conway, the shooter, shot the female victim in the back. >> reporter: heavily armed sheriff's deputies converged on gilford drive where conway lives but they didn't find her at home. they had to search for her, figuring she was armed and dangerous. conway was arrested, but the handgun has not been recovered. >> this is kind of an older neighborhood. for me to hear this is unheard of. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: caroline conway is being held in the local joil jail tonight. she will make her first appearance in court tomorrow. jim, back to you. >> thanks, chris. >>> next on news4 at 6, security video showing the

robert michael maing was killed, his wife seriously wounded. the charles county sheriff says the motive was a longstanding child custody dispute. the couple drove this jeep to the mcdonald's in waldorf from virginia to pick up her two small children. the youngsters had been staying with their grandmother, 51-year-old caroline conway. but instead of handing over the youngsters to the children's mother conway got into the jeep. >> ms. conway produced a handgun, subsequently shot the male victim, mr. maing. the female victim tried to flee the vehicle. as a result, ms. conway the shooter, shot the female victim in the back. >> reporter: heavily armed sheriff's deputies converged on gilford drive where conway lives but she wasn't home. they had to search for her, figuring she was still armed. >> had the s.w.a.t. team. they had everybody out here dressing in armor and everything. >> reporter: caroline conway was apprehended and tonight is being held in jail without bond. now, conway faces charges of first degree murder in the shooting of robert maing and attempted murder for shooting his wife. comeing up we'll talk to a neighbor who recently saw conway with her young grandchild

mcdonald's on wednesday, got into this jeep armed with a gun. >> there were two people in the vehicle at the time. shots were fired. reporter: investigators say she shot and killed robertge and a 24-year-old field trying to run away. this is where the families met for a custody exchange involving two young children here. authorities say the suspect is the childrens'paternal grandmother. authorities believe the motive stems from an ongoing custody dispute. we went to conway's waldorf home but the two people that showed up and went inside did not want to talk to us. authorities say the children were not in the vehicle when the shooting took place. they have not identified the childrens' mother at this time but she is excited to recover. they located the suspect near her home but have not recovered the weapon. reporting live, diane cho, abc 7 news. leon: a new jersey judge this -- dismissed domestic violence charges against ray rice after completing an intervention program. he is charged with knocking his then fiance unconscious last year. he was suspended by the nfl but did win on appeal. 2 ♪alison: more problems for aaron hernandez. he was arraigned in a case from flori

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