elton john -- he sang at this event. >> he's no barry manilow!ing. >> it was for the breast cancer foundation. i tried to tape it. >> this should be disastrous. >> what? it's not terrible. ♪ >> wow. that shiny dot is elton john. >> and pan down. anyway, but a thank you to -- >> elton john is amazing. another one of those 30-year careers that's just -- >> your former boyfriend john tesch wanted to say thank you. >> hay. >> john tesch was there, one of the guys from the giants. we also have -- >> he doesn't play for the giants. he half-owns them. >> yeah. that. >> couple of pictures. that's his wife lizzy. victor cruz, the one that does the salsa. he was there. that's victor's just terrific girlfriend. >> look at you. >> i couldn't help it. that's what you do. >> there's john. he's such a sweetie. >> if you were home last night, maybe you watched "the voice." >> i'm still jet lagged a little bit so i was trying desperately just to stay up until 8:30 so i could get back on some sort of a -- what i forgot to tell you yesterday -- you will not believe

councilman marion barry. he met with american-asian leaders to try too diffuse the fallout from racially charged comments he made. he slipped up again while talking about another group. bob barnard explains. >> reporter: they met at a baptist church in southeast. d.c. council member marion barry and members of the asian community still reeling from controversial comments calling some asian american owned businesses in the city, quote, dirty shops. >> i mean plain and simple, it is racism. racism has existed in this country for many, many years. it tends to pit people of color communities against each other and i think that what would be really too bad here is if we continue to per pit wait that. >> reporter: the meeting itself was off limits to reporters. we could hear raised voices from the hallway. this woman left and said she was sympathetic to what mr. barry had said. >> these dirty stores, inside and out, they are filthy. >> reporter: mr. barry said he has asked for more inspects. >> i apologized profuse

x marion barry's apology and his newest remark let us live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. >> up first at 11:00 an apology and a new controversy about polish americans, within seconds it of each other courtesy of marion barry. this all started several weeks ago when he made disparaging remarks about the cleanliness of asian businesses. then he criticized d.c. hospitals for hiring filipino nurses. today, while apologizing to the asian community for those comments, he referred to those of polish descent. >> as marion barry without apologizing today, trying to make amends to those he has offended recent weeks, he started talking about the history of racism in america. during that time he is a slur that many say is racist. it is an apology that has many calling for yet another. attempting to smooth things over the -- over for remarks he made weeks ago, his loose lips offended another nationality. it struck a nerve with many in the polish community, including a first generation pole who says barrie should know better. >> i do believe that marion barry made a slip, but

start here. >>> it was the second stop on councilman marion barry's apology tour. he met with asian leaders today to try and defuse the fallout from racially charged comments he made, but barry slipped up again while talking about another group. fox 5's bob barnard explains. >> reporter: they met at a baptist church in southeast. d.c. councilman marion barry and members of the asian american community still reeling from controversial comments the ward 8 councilman made recently calling some asian american owned businesses in the city "dirty shops." >> plain and simple it's racism. racism has existed in this country for many, many years. it tends to pit people color communities against each other and i think that what would be really too bad here is if we continue to perpetuate that. >> reporter: the meeting itself was off limits to reporters. we could hear raised voices from the hallway. when this woman left, she said she was sympathetic to what mr. barry had said. >> these 30 stores inside and out, they are filthy. >> reporter: mr. barry says he's asked for more i

barry bonds? do you know the timing of this? >> reporter: what's next is barry bonds could be back in a giants uniform if he got his way. as for the why today, who knows. caught the media by surprise when he decided to open up. as you mentioned did include his take on being convicted last spring. >> it's just there. it is what it is. i went through the system. that's what i am. you can never predict those things. you move on. i'll never forget it. i have been able to move on. i didn't see what they gave me. i'm appealing that. >> you'll be on the hall of fame ballot for the first time. are you expecting to be a first ballot guy? >> i have no idea. i'll be at home having a good time with my family. hopefully doing stuff to -- you guys know me. i've never been like that. i don't try to predict the f future. i don't try to analyze what other people are thinking or how it's going to turn out. i have faith in my opponent as they come. it would be very sad if it didn't happen. >> and i know you're wondering, yes, barry says his weight

is barry bonds like you have never seen him before. good evening. i'm jessica aguire. >> i'm raj mathai. electrifying and controversial figures back in the spotlight. barry bonds wants back in the game, but not necessarily on the field. he referred to himself as a convicted felon and gave an interview to us about his future. george kiriyama with the story you will see only on bay area news. >> i have to say barry bonds is sleek and relax and amazing that he stood there and answered questions from reporters for almost 30 minutes. that rarely happened in the playing days. comcast sportsnet bay area was the only camera to capture the interview as he discussed balco to the hall of fame. >> inside again and bonds hits one high! >> he doesn't have regrets over what happened in the steroid case. >> it is what it is. i went through the system and i'm a convicted felon with the department of justice. i live with it. >> a judge gave prosecutors until mid-july to respond to the conviction appeal and could be next year until we hear a decision. >> that's what i

council and marion barry. he held a press conference to apologize for comments that he made about asian business owners only to offend another group. what is prompting some to demand an apology. >> if you are thinking of taking metro on the weekend, plan extra time. there's a lot of track work. >> captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> finally friday morning. but now, about 70 degrees. a warm and a mild start to the day. you'll notice the humidity. 68 in fort washington, montgomery village, 68. 71 in adelphi along with arlington. the hourly forecast. we have a little patchy far to star -- patchy fog to start the day. then we will have sunshine. 76 and sunny by lunchtime,, warm and muggy this afternoon. 85 degrees for the high temperature with the slight chance of a straight thundershower in mainly west of the blue ridge later on today. for the beaches this weekend we will be in the '70s from atlantic city down to hatteras with sunshine especially for the eastern shore and new jers

please welcome dave barry and alan zweibel. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you for the fairly lengthy introduction. those are going to go first. i am dave. first of all, we're thrilled to be here at the commonwealth club. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. i live in miami. i moved there in 1986 from the united states. [laughter] one of the things i always feel like i should do is to defend my city because it had a bad reputation, a bad image. the zogby does this organization -- and does this poll were they asked people about different cities. many respondents thought miami was a dangerous and violent place. that hurts. when we see that, we want to attract those people down and kill them. [laughter] it is a wonderful city, it really is. it is a question of learning to adapt to the local culture. for example, you would never say out loud in miami, i do not know, i think you have to admit that castro has done some good for cuba. [laughter] anyway, what ever you have heard, disregard. it is a great town. we have a new

barry apologized during a joint news conference in southeast d.c. asian american advocacy groups stood with barry as he addressed the media. >> i apologize efor any hurt or harm i did to anyone. apologies are not enough if you are going to continue to do it. and so i -- raise myself in leading this community, highest standard in everybody, and that would be very, very careful about my words and about any group of people. >> barry came under intense scrutiny in april after he said the district had to do something about, quote, asians coming in and opening up businesses in dirty shops. later in april, barry also made controversial remarks about the number of filipino nurses in area hospitals. today barry said he hopes to make ward 8 a model of diversity and inclusiveness. >>> new polls in three pivotal presidential battleground states suggest president obama is holding a slim lead against his presumed challenger, mitt romney. that's good news for the president. but romney also has a reason is on celebrate. his numbers are going up. steve handelsman ha

it had a picture of marion barry and the caption -- crack one open d.c. the ceo of the brewery told abc 7 that the company meant no harm. at this bar in ward 8, his constituents were not laughing. >> this is absolutely outrageous. this is a new low in terms of advertising. d.c. does not deserve this. >> he has done what he has done, it is over. >> it was not popular either in adams morgan. a bar patrons said the company should have known better. >> that may be pushing the line a little bit. crack one open d.c. -- it seems a little more political than most of the beers i have seen in the past. >> i love flying dog beers but that was a low blow. >> after a request from mr. barry's lawyer said they had no right to use his image without permission. a lot of folks said they like the beer, they are disappointed in the company. that launch party is set to go on tomorrow afternoon. >> a couple more details. the company was founded in colorado, but flying dog is well known in this region because they produce most of their beer in frederick county, maryland. >> we

. >>> barry bonds looks different as you will see here. he watched part of the san francisco giants game from the broadcast booth today. he provided comitary. he lost weight because he took up bicycling. >>> caltrans says work on the dumbarton bridge is on track and the bridge should reopen by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow in time for the the morning -- in time for the morning commute. it will allow the bridge to expand and contract by 37 inches in the event of an earthquake. >> drivers on tuesday will driver over a new 100-foot concrete taper because we did raise the bridge 5 inches. we want to slope that gently. >> the bridge should reopen on time by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. san francisco's street car line is shut down. muni expects both lines to reopen a week from today. it says riders will enjoy a smoother and faster trip. >>> people liven in martinez are weighing in on a bridge project there. it could connect downtown with water front park. they scheduled community meeting in july. they have committed $10.2 million to the project. >>> as voti

council member marion barry will be released from a hospital in las vegas. 76-year-old tweeted pictures of himself with nurses yesterday. barry told news4's tom sherwood he developed a blood clot in his leg while waiting on a flight to nevada. he's in vegas to attend a convention with mayor gray and other council members. barry tweeted that he's doing better. this is his second time in the hospital this year. barry had a urinary tract procedure back in january. >>> today the first campaign worker facing charge in connection to d.c. mayor gray's corruption case will be in court. thomas gore had indicated that he will plead guilty to marjs of making illegal complain -- charges of making illegal campaign contributions and destroying evidence. he worked as a treasurer on the 2010 mayoral campaign. there's been an investigation for a year now. >>> 6:47. an american held in cuba has been able to communicate with supporters here in d.c. alan gross serving 15 years in prison for what cuba calls crimes against the state. according to the "baltimore sun," yesterday he

barry says the clot formed while he was traveling to a convention with d.c. mayor vincent gray and other council members. on twitter barry thanked the kind, professional filipino hospital staff and he also said i stand corrected. barry recently mentioned filipino immigrants when discussing concerns about not enough locals becoming nurses and teachers. >>> the leaders of maryland's general assembly have announced a possible date for a special session to consider expanding gambling in the state. that tentative date has been set for july 9. one central topic would be the approval of a new gambling site, the first in prince george's county. county executive rushern baker has announced his support for a casino to be at the national harbor. >>> a judge could rule later today in the case against town square market owner richard kim. he's on trial. he's been charged with selling alcohol to minors. kim's arrest came after a 9news now investigation that began last december. following yesterday's testimony, both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases. kim de

did marion barry make it right today? >> he did make it right. he had a lot of guts. he met with us, didn't want to retract his statement but he wanted to apologize for it. i think there's truth to his words. they weren't just contrived and it takes a lot of guts to face than and the best thing to do is how to move forward and understand those words and how to make positive out of a negative. >> the city is now coordinating and working on health codes and inspections with the business leaders in ward 8 and both sides again say they took a step positive toward mending these racial tensions. >> you had a rather interesting exchange with councilman barry today. tell us a bit more. >> well, i did. after the meeting i wanted to ask how marion barry was feeling pause he just got out of the hospital -- because he just got out of the hospital. he said he was doing great but then the comment he said afterward, he said, you know, you had asked me that yesterday. the problem was it wasn't me who asked. it was my colleague anny hong who said how are you feeling and that's how it

barry called the discussion frank and calmed down somewhat.mong those leaving early was jair all dean hall who agreed with barry's early characterization of asian businesses but has no problems with asian. >> should be clean. don't just give things to anybody because of the color of your skin. >> reporter: after the meeting there were more statements including a pledge to be more careful about what barry said. >> not enough if you are going to continue to do it. >> reporter: more frank and earnest discussion about what is behind the comments and the sentiment they revealed. >> comes down to racism and it comes down to economics and it comes down to us exercising leadership together. >> reporter: also an understanding from both sides with different cultures, traditions and perceptions. >> making mistakes and work from there. >> reporter: that's what the optimistic among the attendees came way with. start and hard work ahead. >> it does require that we actually having respect. >> reporter: derrick ward, news4. >>> a 14-year-old bethesda boy is a

councilman, marion barry is out of a las vegas hospital tonight. he was treated for blood clots that were found after a flight from memphis. barry sent a series of tweets about this whole situation overnight. he says taking blood thinner, i thank god it was caught. i also thank outstanding medical staff, including kind professional phil apino staff. being sick brings religion as much as i need to fight for the need of my community, i certainly don't want to offend or hurt anyone in the process. he was referring to comments about local hospitals hiring nurses instead of d.c. residents. now we just spoke with him about this moments ago. >> it was a -- in my groin area, and he recommend for dna and take some medicine that is in my blood. but i'm fine physically. psychologically, i'm fine. >> would you ever bring any danger? >> no. no immediate danger. >> now that is good. but the condition that put marion barry in the hospital is called deep train thrombosis. it can be deadly if untreated. in a deep vein in the lower leg. if part of that clot breaks f

came at a meeting barry held to apologize for the asian american community. as barry spoke yesterday regard august statement he made last month about asian shop owners, he let this slip. >> italians caught hell. irish caught hell. the jew caught hell. the polacks caught hell. chinese caught hell. >> barry was refusing to people of polish heritage in that comment. as far as his relationship with the asian community be barry and the community leaders pledged to keep talking. >>> a warning for parents about your laundry detergent. those laundry detergent pods can pose a danger to your kids. >> we'll explain, coming up. >>> plus, waive look at your memorial day weekend weather and traffic coming up. stay with us, everyone, as we take a live look at the bay bridge. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation. to the long line of legendary mercedes-benz sl roadsters... ♪ the 2013 sl. >>> it is early but it is already warm outside the perfect weather for a day at the pool. today, mayor

barry bonds doing charity event at the ballpark.alked with the media and revealed would he like to work for the giants perhaps as a coach. he describes himself as convicted felon that he's looking forward to the next chapter of his life. he's appealing the conviction on the one obstruction of justice charge. this was barry first stroyvt at&t park this season and he's still very much at home there. >> love being out here. look at this. look at this stadium. special place. you miss it. >> i love it here. this is where i performed. this is why we all perform. come out and give our fans the greatest show we can put on. you know. every single day day in and day out what you come here for. >> today show. d-backs giants former a on the mound. capped off by this triple. hector sanchez scores. it's the league leading triple of the season for the giants so far. then the second blanco double. 4 nothing. went 6 innings allowed 4 runs. barry zito with fourth win of the year. 7 innings allowed 2 runs. top 9 d-backs threaten roberts. deep drive of

barry bonds doing charity event at the ballpark.ia and revealed would he like to work for the giants perhaps as a coach. he describes himself as convicted felon that he's looking forward to the next chapter of his life. he's appealing the conviction on the one obstruction of justice charge. this was barry first stroyvt at&t park this season and he's still very much at home there. >> love being out here. look at this. look at this stadium. special place. you miss it. >> i love it here. this is where i performed. this is why we all perform. come out and give our fans the greatest show we can put on. you know. every single day day in and day out what you come here for. >> today show. d-backs giants former a on the mound. capped off by this triple. hector sanchez scores. it's the league leading triple of the season for the giants so far. then the second blanco double. 4 nothing. went 6 innings allowed 4 runs. barry zito with fourth win of the year. 7 innings allowed 2 runs. top 9 d-backs threaten roberts. deep drive off santiago castill

councilman marion barry's apology tour. he met with the asian american loaders to diffuse the fallout from racially charged comments he recently made. bob barnard is in the newsroom with more. bob? >> reporter: you can feel the tension in the air as leaders of the district's african- american and asian american communities talked about the culture differences between the peoples that has caused mistrust for years. they met at a baptist church in southeast. d.c. councilman marion barry and members of the asian american community. still reeling from controversial comments the ward 8 councilman made recently, calling some asian american- owned businesses in the city, quote, dirty shops. >> plain and simple, it's racism. racism has existed in this country for many, many years. it tends to pit people, color communities against each other, and i think that what would be really too bad here is if we continue to perpetuate that. >> reporter: the meeting itself was offlimits to reporters. we could hear raised voices from the hallway

barry are councilman is hospitalized in las vegas right now. news4's tom sherwood spoke with barry this morning and joins us on the set with the latest his condition. how is he doing? >> short story is he had a blood clot in his leg when he was going out to las vegas. i talked to him this morning. he wanted us to know -- i want to read this quote from him. the blood clot had no impact on my physical feeling or my mental ability. i thank god for that. >> maybe you can tell us why was he in las vegas to begin with? >> yesterday he was flying to viewing vague for a big -- huge international convention of shopping center operators. it is like 20,000 people. mayor brae is there, council members are there. that's to build business in the city, to prosecuting costcos and walmarts and that type of stuff here. p barry was en route. he went through memphis and got delayed on the flight. sat on the plane and, you know, everyone tells you if you travel get up. he didn't get up. when he got to las vegas, he was at his hotel and said he was eating dinner and

barry bonds. he says he is a convicted felon.ing triple for -- this guy, rbi stand up triple, 3-0. now with it 4-1. barry zito gets roberts. 7 innings, 7 hits, couple of runs. 4-2 for the year. gave it up to him with two on. roberts back, deep, but he make as nice grab and the giants win 4-2. they beat the diamondbacks three straight times. they hook up again tomorrow. the a's, boy, only the braves lost 8 straight. man, minnesota, in front of the star-spangled -- being hoisted up there. 1-0 in the second. a solo job to right. his third of the season. a's led 2-0. now 4-3 in the 8th. justin just gets it to drop fair. joe scores. ties it up 4-4. a's had two nice leads and gave up both. brian, a sac fly. deep enough to allow josh willingham to score from 3rd. to make it 5-4. the a's loading them up. but they come up one run shy. 5-4. 6 straight losses. message from dad in afghanistan in atlanta. but -- but wait a minute. wait a minute. surprise! dad is in atlanta. come on out, kids. come love me. i have come home. but that is great.

barry zito as the g-men take this final 5-4. the a's out on the road in minnesota, josh reddick hits his 14th homer of the year. bottom of the eighth, game tied up, twins score, a's cannot answer, pushing their losing streak to six straight. that hurt. >>> meantime, manny ramirez will not make a debut as planned this week. ramirez was supposed to be on that roster by wednesday. when he comes off that 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. it's unclear why the team decided to keep him off the roster for longer. >>> so that dumbarton bridge back open for business on this tuesday morning. let's check the commute with mike inouye. >> from the dumbo to the dumbo. that has cleared. also to the south bay. we had some issues here, southbound 101 did show slowing southbound of 880. basically what's going on is more cars are hitting the roads. so our averages are kind of moving around. i'll track that but no incidents there. this is the incident. capital expressway, the onramp to 680, there is an accident, but it has bee

barry bonds doing charity event at the ballpark.ia and revealed would he like to work for the giants perhaps as a coach. he describes himself as convicted felon that he's looking forward to the next chapter of his life. he's appealing the conviction on the one obstruction of justice charge. this was barry first stroyvt at&t park this season and he's still very much at home there. >> love being out here. look at this. look at this stadium. special place. you miss it. >> i love it here. this is where i performed. this is why we all perform. come out and give our fans the greatest show we can put on. you know. every single day day in and day out what you come here for. >> today show. d-backs giants former a on theoff off by this triple. hector sanchez scores. it's the league leading triple of the season for the giants so far. then the second blanco double. 4 nothing. went 6 innings allowed 4 runs. barry zito with fourth win of the year. 7 innings allowed 2 ru. . top 9 d-backs threaten roberts. deep drive off santiago castillo. have no

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it's about the rise of the modern conservative movement in the midwest, led by politicians barry goldwater and reagan. this interview was conducted in mr. regnery's home in virginia. >> al regnery, the author of "upstream: the ascendance of american conservatism." when did the modern conservative movement get organized? >> well, it started after world war ii, people ask me that question and don't put modern in, and i like to say that it really started in about 1789 when the constitution was ratified, but the modern movement really started up after world war ii, and the reason it did was because -- and people are -- often don't recognize how liberal a country this was at the end of world war ii. there were no conservatives. the republican party, the democratic party were basically the same, there were a few people in congress who -- people like bob taft, who certainly most of them isolationists from the midwest, others who were anti-communists like joe mccarthy, but they didn't call themselves conservatives or think of themselves as having a cohesive set of principles that they believed in,

lawyers for council member barry say the flying dog brewery had no permission to use barry's photographcommercial way. the flyer also jokingly referred to barry's 1990 drug arrest saying, quote, crack one open, d.c. flying dog is promoting a new underdog beer sold starting tomorrow at the jack rose bar and restaurant in adams morgan. >>> thousands of area commuters took to their bikes for the annual national bike to work day. this event promotes cycling as a regular way of life any day of the week. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: some promoted their commutes on youtube. many others stopped at cycling pit stops for games and prizes. officially signing up for bike day that drew cyclists from all around the metro area. and some like julie patterson of capitol hill had important appointments to make. >> i was diagnosed a couple months ago with kidneys cancer. three months ago i had my kidney removed. i'm three months cancer free. i was having a doctor's appointment this morning. and i decided down here at gw to ride my bike from capitol hill where i lived. >> reporter: organizers say ove

so i was sitting in a bar with barry corbin in santa fe hotel.waddels up and does his whole thing. doesn't look at me, talks to barry, literally for 15 minutes without looking at me. then i said, i'm sorry to interrupt my name's josh brolin, and he was like, he looked at me. okay. and i said i'm here, i'm gonna play -- >> and he goes, you're playing lou? and he looked at me for the longest most awkward tense pause, and he goes, all right. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: have you done imitations for him? >> no. we did a read-through and i refused to do it in front of him. they did two separate. because you know you don't want to get it wrong, man. he hasn't come up to me. i heard he came up to barry and will, said some really nice things about the movie. but i'm not going to go what did you think about me playing you, playing kay as a young guy, like how cool is that, you know? i love acting. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's a great impersonation. what did you do last time you were here? you did an impersonation

. >> in his statement barry was trying to a knowledge that racial tensions have been part of the growing pains of the united states throughout its history. he had made statements referring to the cleanliness of asian on restaurants in the city and the high number of filipino nurses in the community. >> we are done being polite. we will extend respect and work hard to ensure that we are moving forward together in unity. >> he says he will now have an ongoing relationship and dialogue with asian leaders throughout the city. at this point, he hopes to put all of this behind him. >> tell us what you think of marion barry's latest gaffe on our website. >> a member of gray's campaign team has pled guilty to lying to the fbi about payments to suleman brown the campaign treasurer pleaded guilty on tuesday to destroying evidence of payments. we'll have more on the story coming up at 6:00. >> a man and his two teenage sons died in a farming accident in kent county, maryland. they fell into a huge manure plant in kennedyville. >> it all happened on the sprawling farm back here just on the other sid

barry, mayor gray and other d.c. leaders are in vegas for a retail convention. >>> a college student is on the hook tonight for $675,000. his crime? illegally downloading 30 songs. the u.s. supreme court today refused to hear joel tannenbaum's challenge and that leaves in place the original ruling. he says he doesn't have that kind of money and he will continue to fight the ruling. >>> nato rulings tonight are reaffirming their pledge to end the combat mission in afghanistan by 2014. nato troops, however, will remain in the country in a support role. president obama spoke briefly monday with both the afghan and pakistani presidents. the u.s. and nato are trying to get back stan to reopen key supply routes closed after a u.s. air strike. >> we didn't anticipate that the supply line issue was going to be resolved by thissummit. we knew that before we arrived in chicago, but we're actually making diligent progress on it. >> police actually outnumbered the protesters as they followed them through the downtown streets. th

barry spoke to 9 news now this afternoon as he headed back to work.s that clot developed while he was waiting on a -- he says that clot developed while he was waiting on a plane in memphis. he was waiting to attend a shopping conference. the former d.c. mayor says he's human. he's met with other health issues including prostate cancer and he's doing fine. >> god just blessed me with finding it. i was at the hospital the next day. >> barry is 76 and says he's staying on blood thinners and doctors told him to get plenty of exercise. >>> we're getting a sense of the funeral arrangements for the godfather of go go. chuck brown's daughter told the washington post there would be a viewing at howard theater tuesday, but now that's still being firmed up. the funeral may be one week from tomorrow at either the verizon or convention centers. bruce leshan spent the day in petworth where people are waiting for word. ♪funky funky funky >> reporter: at temple hills studio of gogoradio.com they are still jamming to chuck brown's never ending beat. the dee-jays are p

barry now has also apologized to the polish community. >>> musician chuck brown brought washingtonians from all backgrounds together and plans have been finalized to celebrate the life and legacy of the godfather of gogo. a viewing will take place on tuesday at the howard theater from 11:00 a.m. till 10:00 p.m. then there will be a public memorial service on thursday from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the washington convention center. chuck brown died at the age of 75. his unique mix of funk, soul and latin party sounds made gogo a lasting hit in the nation's capital. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, history is made aboard the international space station simply because they have a fresh supply of new supplies, a fresh shipment that is. >> reporter: president owe bam pa and governor rom -- -- owe president obama and governor romney go on attack ahead of the weekend. that story coming up. >>> opposition and pro president deputy got into a fist fight. it kicked off and started during a debate before the ukraine parliament. yesterday's fight was sparked by a proposal to make russian the

councilman and former mayor, marion barry is out of the hospital in las vegas. he was admitted to get treatment for blood clots. barry announced on twitter that a clot formed while he was waiting on a plane in memphis. his chief of staff is expected to make a full recovery. >>> # wants you to know about the problem of teenage drinks and in court today, it was the owner of a local store we had caught on camera selling teenagers alcohol. richard kim owns town square market in northwest and he's on trial charged with selling alcohol to minors. following the court testimony today, the prosecution and the defense rested. the judge is expected to issue a verdict tomorrow. >>> the president of the naacp is magessing a passionate plea to african americans in maryland. he's urging hem to back the group's decision to support same-sex marriage and vote for the cause if it makes november's ballot. that is not sitting well with everyone in the free state. >> i'm scott broom in baltimore where today the nation's leading civil rights organization endorsed gay marriage. benjami

. >>> ward 8 council member marion barry did his best to apologize to the asian american community today. it came after recent offensive comments he made about asian business owners and filipino nurses. barry met with community leaders at matthews memorial baptist church in southeast. >> when i make a mistake about something, i'm the first to say maybe i could have said it different ly, but by saying it differently doesn't negate the problem. >> today marks an effort on the asian community in d.c. to ensure diversity is viewed as an asset rather than a source of conflict among us. >> asian community leaders at today's event say they accept the apology, but during that apology barry used a term some consider offensive to describe people from poland. >>> iowa is shaping up to be a battle ground state in campaign 2012. president obama made his second visit to the state today while mitt romney's campaign has a new ad ready to hit the air waves. danielle nottingham has it all for us from the white house. >> reporter: students gave mitt romney a warm welcome at the philadelphia charter school

now is it true that you write your own peaces barry?he's begun forming with his brother at just 6. the family moved to manchester before settling there australia. they released more than a dozen records before they returned to britain, and hit the big time. >> ♪ you don't know what it's like ♪ >> however, increasingly it was brother barry who was in the spotlight. robin resented being shunted in the background, and despite the denials, he left. >> robin, we heard rumors the group is splitting up. >> if i were to say that were true. >> it didn't last long, the band reformed but soon found itself out of favor. what changed things around was moving to america, and barry moving up a register. ♪ >> when "saturday night fever" was at its peak, it was selling a million albums a week. the conventional backlash meant that bee gee's songs of the 1980's were more often sung by kenny and dolly. diana ross. barbara streisand. >> we see ourselves as composers, and artists second. we can't have the second without the first. and we've also enjoyed writ

barry nolan, i want to get you in here. >> the big problem that mr. romney has is he has it there on his website, where he says what he wants to do is put in place a tax plan that will cut his already historically low taxes and raise taxes on the middle class. he has to sell that to them. >> where does he say he raises taxes? just factually. just factually, barry nolan, where does romney say he's raising middle-class tax pz? what i've heard -- >> romney's tax plan, which has been analyzed by the center -- >> is 20% -- but everybody gets a 20% marginal tax rate reduction. i'm just looking for facts here, barry. you used to work for the joint economic committee. you used to be engaged in facts. >> and the fact is -- >> i don't see where you get a middle-class tax hike from romney's plan. >> the center for tax policy analysis looked at romney's plan and look -- it's hard to do these things because people come in so many different flavors economically. but what they found was typically people that make $40,000, $50,000 a year will have their tax rate go u

barry met with leaders at matthews memorial baptist church in southeast. >> when i make a mistake about something, i'm the first to say maybe i could have said it differently, but by saying it differently doesn't negate the problem. >> today is the day to mark the beginning of an intentional effort on the part of the asian american community in d.c. to be shourd diversity is viewed as an asset -- to ensure diversity is viewed as an asset rather than a source of conflict. >> during that same apology barry used a term some considered offensive to describe people from polands. >>> opponents to the recently passed same sex marriage law in maryland have one week left to get a referendum on the issue. by next thursday petitioner's have to submit more than 18,500 signatures to get a voter referendum. organizers claim they've already collected more than 35,000 signatures. those will have to be certified by the state. that as a new poll shows a surge in the number of marylanders supporting same sex marriage. it was released today by public policy polling and it shows 57% of maryland voters would

councilman marion barry is clarifying his comments about polish people. the former mayor made the comments yesterday as he was publicly apologizing to the asian american community for offensive comments to them. barry was asked about racial tensions in the united states and during his answer he used a term that some consider derogatory when describing people of polish descent. today barry released his brief statement. he said i misspoke. i should have said polish. the executive director of the polish american association has demanded an apology as well. >>> now to the campaign for the u.s. senate seat in virginia, now in falls church the republicans in the race are holding their final debate before next month's primary. tea party favorite jamie radke and bob marshall are challenging george allen for the nomination. >>> a new poll shows former governor and democrat tim kaine beating allen should allen win the republican nod. that was released by marist university. it shows 46% of registered voters would pick cain. just 40% would pick allen. cain is running

. >> the man who runs head bangers gym, trainer extraordinary, barry hunter, good to see you. lamont is ready i know you are ready i want to talk for people who might not know about the fighting style of lamont peterson it is crowding he crowded emir khan in that first fight and made him uncomfortable. >> yeah, we had to win that fight with four different plans if he do this, we do that and vice versa once we got close to him we saw he is fidgety on the inside he can't fight on the inside you do whatever you need to do. >> show me what you mean if i am emir and i am british and here comes lamont at me and you want him on the inside what will he do. >> on average if you look even from amateurs you look at the average fighter from the uk or some of these other places, they have a problem with inside fighting. >> okay so i want to stay on the outside if i am emir >> using your jab use your jab use your jab. >> using that jab >> i am pushing it down and moving forward. >> push my jab down. >> because you going to have to lean forward if i put your down. >> you are crowding myspace

barry's magic shop in montgomery county. after 38 years, the famed local magic shop is closing its doors july 15. with financial help from the county, the shop moved five years ago from a small space on georgia avenue to a store twice as big near the white flint mall. barry's is holding an immediate liquidation sale but the owners aren't giving up the ghost completely. barry's magic shop.com will launch to show of newly created magic tricks. >>> time for a commuter alert. a bad weekend for metro green line riders in northern prince george's county. starting at 10:00 tonight, there will be no service between greenbelt and fort totten and that part of the green line will stay shut down till monday night. there will be free shuttle buses connect be the stations but it could add up to 50 minutes travel time. metro is closing this part of the line to do safety work recommended back in 2007. >>> time now 6:09. coming up in four minutes, a local school system dumps middle school sports. and the reason has some parents fuming. >> ho

first scene, barry says cut.s performance. >> sitting in the seats on sunday, it is believable. you really think he is. you alluded to the fact that you've been taking a little time off. your family has been busy on projects. you helped jada with her series. >> her television show. and jaden with "the karate kid." my oldest son, trey, is producing. so, i think there was a secret family meeting, though, that it's time for daddy to go back to work. i think they're meeting about me. >> and you are going back to work this time. what you got, "hancock 2." >> there's a bunch of things in the works. right now, the only thing that's really going right now, is jada and i are working together with m. knight. really, the first time i worked in my hometown. >> philly does love you. the sixers are kind of hanging in there. >> that's my squad. we all right. we all right. just trying to make it exciting. we got to make it exciting. >> exactly. you bring up also, willow. i shot you heard, the remake of "annie"? >> it's all in th

. >> is it true you write your own pieces, barry?he'd begun performing with his brothers when he was just 6. the family moved to manchester before settling in australia. they'd released more than a dozen records before they returned to britain and hit the big time. >> ♪ you don't know what it's like ♪ >> however, increasingly it was brother barry who was in the spotlight. robin resent being shunted into the background, and despite denials, he left. >> robin, we've heard rumors that the group is breaking up. >> if i was to say it was true, then i would be the premier of russia. >> the band reformed, but soon found itself out of favor. what changed things around was moving to america and barry moving up a register. and "saturday night fever" was at its peak, selling a million album the a week. the eventual backlash meant that bee gee songs in the 1980's were more on which sung by kenny and dolly. diana ross. barbra streisand. >> we see ourselves as composers first and artists second, because you can't have second without the first. and

council member marion barry made another.ry met with leaders of the asian community yesterday to address disparaging comment he made last month while discussing racial tensions in the u.s. he used a term for polish glamts is also considered offensive. the comment comes as barry pledged to be more careful in choosing his words. he said he wants to work with groups from all backgrounds to make ward 8 a model for diversity. >>> a warning now this morning from prince george's county police. if someone calls you claiming that you just won $1 million in a sweepstakes, it may be a scam. they say con artist just schemed a 70-year-old out of thousands of dollars. they told her she'd won $2.5 million and a new mercedes if she gave them $8,000 in gift cards to cover the costs for taxes. fortunately the woman's bank became suspicious when she withdrew $8,000 in cash. they alerted police who then froze payments on 11 of 16 gift cards she had bought. >> we have a good police force. it was pure luck, maybe the good lord was on our side. >>

and their demand else saga thirty five year old guest barry managed to claw out victory climbing first to the finish line with a new record in the race. around here. especially when you're under snow and he can run aged such a hard race. you know there's no this is leap or a end but anyway you know i enjoyed the course it was only foggy until. bt that you can see the landscape from here while his fellow spaniard was second to finish one minute behind. me i enjoyed competing with biggest perry as i always do but he was at his best i was leading read way through the race and even thought i could grab the gold but take a spare was just better today and over to create a. third was a brushless guy running champion aleksandr. to the delight of the home crowd it's l.a. and the guest barry was the quickest in the vertical kilometer at their opening stage of the world serious how it can be called just a warm up ahead of this guy race where the competitors will run up to the mountain summit on may the ninth. r.t. two thousand three hundred meters above sea level they'll bruce mountain. and that

today peterson appeared on fox morning news with his trainer barry hunter. peterson says he is not a cheat. >> saying like, you know, i'm cheating, but at the end of the day this at least allows me time to prove my innocence and i know at the end of the day a lot of these people who are dragging my name through the mud will see that. i didn't attempt to cheat and i didn't cheat. i don't need to cheat to win a fight. >> time will tell. i'm dave feldman, brian back with more of the edge right after this. >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droid does. >>> may be the best week of braden holtby's life. he welcomed a son today. he and his fiancee named him benjamin hunter. the washington post reports baby benjamin was born in a local hospital. congratulations to