delegate eleanor holmes norton is sponsoring a bill that would be in the government's prohibited list making anything containing those molecules illegal. manufacturers frequently change what they put into synthetic drugs and that makes it difficult to prosecute these cases under the current >>> he was 73 years old and enjoying life. he had children and grandchildren, but his life ended when he was run over by a street sweeper. now his family is suing for more than $12 million. they told news 4's mark segraves that their father might still be alive if it had been working properly. >> james gary's family is still coming to terms with their loss. the 73-year-old left behind a large family. >> several of us, five kids, three step kids 22 grandkids. so it was a lot of us. >> reporter: gary was killed while crossing the street in front of the home where he lived for more than three decades. according to the lawsuit, fort meyer construction company was paving the street when one of the company's street sweepers backed over gary sucking him into the machine. >> the family members believe thei

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is having a ticket lottery to see pope francis at congress. almost 25,000 tickets to attend the mass at the national basilica have been given out. >>> pope ancis is asking for prayer force hs >>> pope francis is asking for prayer force h for his trip to d the u.s. pope francis arrives in cuba tomorrow for a four-day visit. >>> as pope francis addresses congress on thursdaya group of musicians and religious leaders will rally for leaders to take action on climate change. moby, sean paul, natasha beningfield are some of the performers raising awareness about climate change. they will sing at the national mall from 7:30 a.m. until noon that day. find out everything about the pope francis visit including road closures and security alerts on the nbcwashington app. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk. just in, the u.s. is making it even easier to do business with cuba as our goverent works to improve relations there. president obama announced the end of several sanctions as you remember months ago. now the treasury department says certain types

next thursday, september 17, the congressional black caucus with the help of congresswoman eleanor holmes-norton will have the first ever health screening clinic. there will be free health screenings, information, and support services by many of the region's leading health care providers and will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. i'm andrea roane. have a great weekend. >>> hypertension is the top risk factor associated with deaths around the world. the risk of deaths from high blood pressure has almost doubled in recent decades. smoking and high body mass index are the next two factors. >>> good news. german researchers found that consuming cocoa flavanoids lessens the effect of aging. it improved blood flow and lowered cholesterol. >>> and new york city will be adding salt warning labels to menus. it's designed to help new yorkers eat healthier. the average person consumes 3400 milligrams of salt a day leading to high blood pressure and heart disease. >>> coming up met next half hour, a teen admits to his role in a tragic shooting of a southeast d.c. girl. and thousands of cuban visitors are

jackson lee: let me thank my good friend, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, for giving these three legend the vitality and vie brans of a personal story. and to just add to his coming to students at howard university, i want you to know that at the university of virginia, where he was, he was the most popular professor with people standing in line because the students sensed his passion and commitment but they sensed his realness. as i introduce and thank you so very much for that very vibrant and informative presentation, as i introduce this next gentleman who has his own history, let m

however, today, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton will have a lottery.hose tickets will be distributed when they address cob. you'll be allowed to watch it on the jumbotron. no word how how many tickets will be strikted but back here at the basilica, crews have been working since 6:00 a.m. monday trying to get the east portico ready and prepared for the pope when he comes to town. we want to show you a little bit of what's been done so far. the roof is in place and almost complete. that's where the pope will be seated and celebrate mass. rierzs for where the medias will be broadcast. the next step is to sets up the 15,000 chairs for those who will be seat. workers are repainting curbs and trimming trees making sure everything is perfect for when the pontiff arrives. basilica officials say preparations are expected to be complete by sunday. they tell us anyone who has a ticket to participate in the mass can arrive here as early as 10:00 on wednesday. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. >> 6:33 your time now. homeland saert jeh johnson will outlied how secu

however, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton of d.c.ll have drawing for standing room only tickets when congress addresses t -- when the pontiff addresses the congress. they'll be able to watch it on the jumbotron on the west lawn of the capitol. traffic in and around the area is going to be a nightmare. it's important for people to plan ahead. back to you. >> megan fitzgerald live there. thank you. >>> you can learn about the roads on our nbc washington app. >>> it's 5:50 and virginia's board of health wants to roll back strict regulations governor terry mcauliffe wants to reverse the rules. regulation supporters argue the rules help protect women's health. >> i should not be here today. i should be dead. >> carolina alculde is very much alive today and she's asking for your help. she was first introduced to you after a nasty derecho in 2012. a tree fell on her and severed her spins. she's run into complications and she recently lost her job. that means she's lot ler benefits as well. >> to be hateful or angry, it's a waste of tine. wh

. >>> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is hoping a new bill will help fight the synthetic drug epidemic around the country. delegates introduced the bill today which adds 200 chemicals to the banned list of chemicals. it's seeing the chemicals about once a week. the synthetic drug control act targets sellers and not just the users. >> i'm wendy rieger and reaction to muriel bouncer to the court's decision to strike down several of d.c.'s gun laws. it was a 2-1 ruling. the court of appeals deciding that four of the city's ten gun laws are unconstitutional. the mayor says she's not surprised by the ruling and would not say if the district plans to appeal this. >> i would like to review it first and talk to police or legal counsel to see what our options are, but we feel very strongly that we have reasonable gun regulations that are needed to keep our city safe and so we will keep every option on the table. >> the appellate court ruled that the district cannot stop gun owners from registering more than one handgun a month or require that they re-register those guns every three years. the j

jackson lee: let me thank my good friend, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, for giving these three legend the vitality and vie brans of a personal story. and to just add to his coming to students at howard university, i want you to know that at the university of virginia, where he was, he was the most popular professor with people standing in line because the students sensed his passion and commitment but they sensed his realness. as i introduce and thank you so very much for that very vibrant and informative presentation, as i introduce this next gentleman who has his own history, let me quote again as i indicated pope francis from last week which captured all of what we're saying tonight, to respond in a way that's always humane, just, and fraternal. we need to avoid a common temptation nowaddais to discard whatever proves troublesome. let us remember the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. the gentleman i'm going to yield to, mr. bobby scott is a former chairman of the subcommittee on criminal justice, now the ranking member on the education committee

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton put up 50 tickets she gets as an elected leader and snagged 35 more in fellow members and house leadership. >> matthew mcgregor. i just can't believe that 450 members and senators all have people who are going to have get here, and that may mean that i am underestimating how attractive this post -- this pope is to catholics and non-catholics alike. look who is actually pushing the winner. >> zachary israel. >> she will show no favoritism so archbishop carroll high school got the call and selected senior patricia gomez out of 400 classmates to pick winners from a jar filled with 150 d.c. resident hopefuls. >> it was pretty surreal to me at first. i didn't know what to expect coming in here, and i was just really excited when i got the opportunity. >> reporter: but this hot ticket. >> yvette peron is the last number. >> standing room only means just that, to watch the pontiff on jumbotrons outside the west lawn of the capitol. >> that means people will have to stand from very early in the morning before they get any sight of the pope. >> reporter: and d

delegate eleanor holmes norton representing the congressional black caucus addressed the crowd. >> police brutality and racial profiling are the oldest unresolved civil rights issue in our nation today. >> church leaders say lawmakers at the national, state and local levels also need to act to remove the barriers that restrict or make it difficult for citizens to vote. >>> this is a huge, significant seizure and it will have a positive impact. >> police are calling town precedepres -- it unprecedented. tonight, two men are facing charges in a case that involved hundreds of pounds of drugs. let's go right to news4's pat comes, downtown with the latest on this case. pat? >> reporter: jim, this is the largest seizure of synthetic drugs in the history of washington crime. it is a boat load of drugs. 19,247 individual packets of a synthetic drug called bizzaro. this particular batch, blueberry flavored. it has a street value of between $2 and 4.5 million dollars. >> a seizure of this size, which is unprecedented, is going to have a significant impact on the amount of the stuff that we have on

joining me from the hearing, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, member of the oversight committee.hat issues do you find disturbing on either side of this question? >> well, what i really find disturbing is that we are having a hearing and, by the way, we are one of four congressional committees investigating planned parenthood, when 2/3 of the american people say that funding should continue for planned parenthood. 3/4 of them said, don't shut down the government because of planned parenthood. we're not focusing on what the fetal tissue was used for. there's not a single individual in the united states today who hasn't benefitted from fetal tissue. you've heard about parkinson's. this is all voluntary donations. perhaps much of the public doesn't know that rubella, measles and other vaccines owe their discovery to fetal tissue, which has been legal since 1992. first approved in the bush administration, investigated and then passed on in the reagan administration. so why are we here? we're here because the republicans, even though the majority of republicans, 56%, say they think pl

eleanor holmes norton. she represents washington, d.c. she is 5'7" of tough as nails.er freakishly impressive upper body strength. and then there's congresswoman anna eschew. 5'4" of fierce. and rounding out the group, congresswoman debbie dingell who responded to our question about her height by sending us something that is so awesome i could hardly stand it. by far, debbie dingell wins the sportsman reward when we rudely called her office and dpland ed to know her height. >> 5'2", eyes of blue, oh, but what these five feet can do. >> congresswoman debbie dingell. 5'2" of linebacker tough pope francis defense. you win, you win. i give up. you win. ♪ 5'2" eyes of blue ♪ oh but what those five foot could do ♪ ♪ has anybody seen my gal ♪ welcome to carmax, the bright side of car buying. carmax makes car buying stress-free, with fair, no haggle-prices for everyone, every... winow wait a minute,-prices can we, can we just hold on for a second? you know, we don't need any of this stuff. look, we're not splashy. we're not gimmicky. we're just a bunch of people like jeff... g

eleanor holmes norton. she represents washington, d.c. she is 5'7" of tough as nails.akishly impressive upper body strength. and then there's congresswoman anna eschew. 5'4" of fierce. and rounding out the group, congresswoman debbie dingell who is officially designated as pope francis's personal protector who responded to our question about her height by sending us something that is so awesome i could hardly stand it. by far, debbie dingell wins the sportsman reward when we rudely called her office and demanded to know her height. she sent us this as her response. >> 5'2", eyes of blue, oh, but what these five feet can do. >> congresswoman debbie dingell. 5'2" of linebacker tough pope francis defense. congressman debby dingell, you win, you win. i give up. you win. ♪ 5'2" eyes of blue ♪ oh but what those five foot could do ♪ ♪ has anybody seen my gal a new test with pluggable febreze. we rented this resort, hid smelly objects all over each villa and plugged in febreze. then real people were asked to stay for a long weekend. would they smell anything? the room itself w

i think that's where eleanor holmes norton will come into play. >> very quickly naltds will tell you oftentimes building stadiums really don't mean that much of an economic boom for the communities. d.c. is a little different. it has happened with nationals stadium and verizon center, but downdon't see it out at the fedex field in landon. >> look what that's done. >> d.c. is a different outlier than most stadiums that go in the united states and sports >>> i think we try to find someone avail snoobl the big issue with body cams converging with the deaths of black men and white policemen involved in a shooting of them, this whole series of things we've gone through over the last year is we need some way to see what really happened. there's disparate accounts of it. body cams seem to be thence. now critics say there's a move to cut that uf. >> all right. we've got to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us. >>> d.c. will have to pay a former inmate. he wins a settlement. he pleaded guilty to simple assault charge stemming from domestic dispute. he was locked up. he had no way t

when efs elected i was chief of staff for eleanor holmes norton. this is a major moment for him. >> let's listen in. >> your holiness, welcome. glad to -- really glad to be here. how are you? good morning. good morning. >> thanks so much for the invitation. >> i appreciate it. [inaudible] >> we're having trouble hearing whether they are saying. but clearly the man in the middle is the interpreter. all of these cardinals with the pope right now. tell us in general who they are. >> it is important because you have the cardinal secretary of state, there just on the pope's left on the screen. cardinal weurl is there. also the foreign minister paul gallagher. so you have a whole contingent from the vatican who at the same time as the pope meets with president obama they are meeting with the secretary kerry and their counterparts at the white house. so also discussion going on with the vatican elements and the white house. >> that is statutory hall where the pope will go after his joint meeting with the congress. and heel have an opportunity to see some

eleanor holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the district of columbia is recognized for two minutes. ms. norton: i thank my good friend for her incredibly excellent work on this bill. look, a threat to shut down the government over funding planned parenthood's contraceptive and preventative care measures looms again in three months. although 73% of the public is against forcing a shutdown over planned parenthood. i am grateful for the high-quality coverage planned parenthood gives women's health across the board, including abortion services not funded by the federal government. the district of columbia is the only jurisdiction congress denies the full reach of roe v. wade to low-income women by denying the local government the right to spend its own local funds on abortion services for women. for the nation to cut government funds for medicaid, family planning and preventative care would cut off our collective noses to spite our faces. every public dollar spent on family planning serv