to his attorney bob bennett who said it would be inappropriate to comment. thomas gore's hearing is tomorrow morning in federal court. >>> medical marijuana coming to the district. tonight ward 4 residents came out to talk about the dispensary that will open on blair road, one of four dispensaries given clearance by d.c. ward 4 downwoman muriel bowser met with residents to make sure they were clear how it would work with the neighborhood. >> this is to different than alcohol really in some ways, you know. they regulate alcohol. anything that they're going to go from illegal to legal there's going to be a strong regulate process. >> there are strict rules about how a patient can get medical marijuana and use it. those rules are intended to cut down on potential problems. >>> a quiet funeral for a terrorist today, the only man convicted in the bombing of pan am flight 103 died a free man. abdelbaset al-megrahi was let out of jail in 2009. it doesn't end the anger over the murder of 270 people on the plane and on the ground. >> al-megrahi laid to rest in libya,

the spokesperson declined comment on this and referred us to the mayor's attorney, bob bennett. bob bennett couldn't comment because the investigation is still underway and mean mile -- meanwhile, thomas gear will be in court tomorrow. >> and. >>> traffic is reopened after an empty school bus caught fire this morning. the bus was towed out when it caught fire and the drivers scrambled to safety. >> and that is bad. >> i saw the police officer and did not see fire trucks. when i saw the flames and i made a judgement call. get out and get out of the tunnel and that is what is exploding, the bus, and no telling about the integrity of the tunnel. >> d.c. police say no drivers were hurt and that three capitol hill officers are being treated for smoke inhalation. >>> ranking the best public high schools in america. a virginia school gets the honor for being the best in our area. >>> and why some say the presidential ads are going too far. >>> and we have been on a row with two beautiful weekends in a row and what's soggy morn we have had. and that won't be tomorrow. i know you have go

he did refer us to his attorney, bob bennett, who said it would be inappropriate to comment at this time and suleiman brown himself was also unavailable for comment. that is the latest here. back to you. >> stoi. d.c. councilman marion barry is out of the hospital this morning. he was admitted to a hospital in las vegas sunday after developing a blood clot while flying there. the 76-year-old tweeted this picture of himself and a nurse and another one with his doctor. he is expected to make a full recovery. barry, mayor vincent gray and several other council members are in las vegas identify convention. >>> medical marijuana is coming to the district and ward 4 residents came out last night to talk about the dispensary that will open on blair road. it is fun of four dispensaries given clearance by the district. >> this is no different than alcohol really in some ways. they regulate alcohol. anything that they are going to go from illegal to legal, there is going to be a strong regulated process. >> this strict rules about how a patient can get medical marijuana and how they can use it. th

of course, the reason is, he remembers what happened to his colleague bob bennett, who by his voting record was one of the five most conservative republicans in the senate and wasn't even able to win the ability to run in a primary for his nomination. hatch was able to do that because he had collaborated with democrats and because he voted for the bush-driven t.a.r.p. plan. so hatch now is a different hatch than he has been for the last 15 years, because the ground is shifted beneath his feet. dick lugar is often called a moderate. he's a conservative. when he came to the senate he was one of the most conservative people. he hasn't moved. the republican party has shifted. that's a good part of the focus of the book. >> minneapolis, minnesota, richard, republican line. >> caller: good morning. i'd like to agree with mr. ornstein. did nothing but prop up state, county, and municipal unions that private business cannot compete with the government on wages and benefits, plus the debt went way too high because of that. my solution is let the bush tax cuts expire for everyone, all tax rang

that was the end of bob bennett's career. but when president obama was elected shortly thereafter, it came up as his first legislative initiative to have a stimulus package. suddenly, republican caucus was out for his scalp. jim demint, the senator from south carolina, was heard to say we are going to turn this into obama's waterloo. mcconnell, the senate republican leader, said their republican senate agenda is to defeat obama. this was three years and 11 months before the 2012 election. and nobody in the republican caucus except for olympia snowe, susan collins and arlen specter would talk to the democrats about the bill. i had been the child during the 1930s depression, and i didn't want to see another depression. my father, who was a russian immigrant in 1930, found -- which would was yiddish. we lived in wichita, and my father packed up the family, headed east to philadelphia where he had a sister. in the depression, that is what families did. they moved in with one another to survive, and those were really tough times.

that was the end of bob bennett's career. but when president obama was elected shortly thereafter, it came up as his first legislative initiative to have a stimulus package. suddenly, republican caucus was out for his scalp. jim demint, the senator from south carolina, was heard to say we are going to turn this into obama's waterloo. mcconnell, the senate republican leader, said their republican senate agenda is to defeat obama. this was three years and 11 months before the 2012 election. and nobody in the republican caucus except for olympia snowe, susan collins and arlen specter would talk to the democrats about the bill. i had been the child during the 1930s depression, and i didn't want to see another depression. my father, who was a russian immigrant in 1930, found -- which would was yiddish. we lived in wichita, and my father packed up the family, headed east to philadelphia where he had a sister. in the depression, that is what families did. they moved in with one another to survive, and those were really tough times.

his people are referring questions to his attorney bob bennett. bennett told me it would be inappropriate for him, the mayor or gray's office to comment during an ongoing investigation. the question everyone is asking is gore the first shoe to drop? >> indeed. fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin joins us now. do you think gore acted alone here? >> everybody i talked to and i spent the afternoon talking to people involved in the campaign at the highest level and they told me thomas gore even though he was the treasurer to former candidate gray in ward 7, council member and council chairman gray would not have acted on his own. it just isn't in his makeup. someone directed him to do these acts. >> of course, the question is who would have directed him to write those money orders? >> well, the inner circle at the very beginning was lorraine green who was a chairperson of the campaign, vernon hawkins who was ward 7 resident and a long time political operative and thomas gore. those were the three people. so it could have been those or two people in t

he is referring questions to his attorney, bob bennett and that attorney says that it would be inappropriate to comment at this time. suleiman brown himself also has not been available for any comment at this point but i would not be surprised if we heard from him at some point during this case. back to you guys. >> absolutely. thank you. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry is out of the hospital now. he was admitted to a hospital in las vegas sunday after developing a blood clot while flying to vegas. the 76-year-old tweeted this picture of him gel right -- of himself right here with his nurse and he also tweeted a picture of him and his doctor. >>> additional punishment against the former commander of the mortuary at dover air force base after accusations that remains were mishandled. remains included u.s. service members killed in action. some remains were lost. others were cremated and dumped into a virginia landfill. air force colonel robert edmond son has been reprimanded and fined $7,000 for retaliating against workers who reported the problem. his former civilian deputy was suspended 20

. >> senator like bob bennett in utah, 93% conservative rating makes one bad vote and he can't win thelican primary. and on the democratic side a strong excellent senator like joe lieberman can't win a democratic primary. and i have timed by book to come out right now in the midst of the collection season to inform the people about what is going on behind the scenes in very blunt direct terms, and to offer a suggestion as to how to bring the center back, and it is heartening frankly to hear that the tea party is being weakened a little when governor huntsman said he couldn't be elected, reagan couldn't be elected, perhaps we will have sense in the democratic and republican party for the senate to take back control. >> you wrote in a very candid way, for several years . . . now you say for several years, but really this started -- it has been going on a while, but particularly in earnest since the 2010 elections, right? >> well, it happened in 2010 with bennett in utah, and castle in delaware, and lisa in alaska, and center merkowski's story shows us the way to the future. the tea party

. >> mayor gray said his lawyer, bob bennett, has asked him not to come about any aspect of the investigation. >>> today, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton introduced a resolution in the house of representatives for chuck brown day. the proposal is for august 22nd. that would be chuck brown's birthday. norton also will speak at the memorial service for chuck brown tomorrow. that ceremony will be held at noon at the washington convention center. long time local radio personality donnie simpson will host the ceremony. there will be performances by the chuck brown band. there will be limited parking. you can watch the spire memorial service tomorrow starting at noon on our website. nbcwashington.com. and on nbcwashington nonstop. >>> contestant number 269 is stealing the spotlight at the scripps national spelling bee. she is from virginia. she is 6 years old. the youngest ever to compete at the spelling bee. she had a good start but kind of hit a snag. >> reporter: let me give you the spectacular news. we had two dozen students here from the d.c., maryland, virginia area. two of those, one fro

his spokesperson declined comment and referred us to gray's attorney, bob bennett. bennett told fox 5 he could not comment on the charges while this investigation is ongoing. all right, we should tell you the well-known attorney fred cook is representing gore. we tried to get a hold of cook today and we could not. coke has represented many other city leaders in the past, including former council member harry thomas jr.. laura? >> matt, what is next at this point for gore? >> reporter: we found out this afternoon he will be in federal court tomorrow morning. a plea agreement hearing has been set for 11:00 a.m. and as far as the mayor, we heard back from his spokesperson. he's on a red-eye and should be back wednesday morning. >> thank you for the update, matt ackland. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry hospitalized in las vegas. he tweeted that he developed a blood clot while waiting on a plane on his way to sin city. the 76-year-old posted a picture, this picture of himself with one of the nurses who is taking care of him. the chief of staff is expected to make a full

we called gray's attorney bob bennett, but he can not comment on the matter. >> all right, matt ackland, thank you for bringing us up to date. >> uh-huh. >>> seven illegal night clubs were shut down in prince georges county. state and local officials workd together to investigate the establishments. businesses indicted are puzzles event center and let's chat both in suitland. dulles swan event atrium in hyattsville, crossroads in bladensburg, plaza 23 and black amethyst and the state police believes it lost $700,000 in taxes from four of the businesses. >> and we're really especially excited about the indictments as we believe they signal our intolerance for any individual, be it private or businesses, who avoid paying taxes, especially at these critical times where the state of maryland is in dire need of all of our revenues and resources. >> and state and local official -- officials conducted surveillance. >>> no bond for a man accused of killing a local rapper. dins mcabie is charged with the murder of frank digy. he was in a drug transaction with him and two other men in stewart lan

there are very strong conservatives who are problem solvers but there are people like bob bennett andd those are people on their way out and others rin tim dated, including areas where they have strongly supported in the past. we point out instances where you have co-sponsors of bills voting against their own bills so that they don't give any credit to the president. the ideas don't matter. it's who is espousing them. and that's just different from what we've seen. >> thank you, norm ornsteins, "it's even worse than it looks." thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, it used to be the cars a candidate drove, that's all they had to worry about. now it's everything, including the candidate's wife's clothing. ann romney's $1,000 t-shirt is tonight's item in the politics of price tags. mitt romney says he has no problem with hiring gay people but his party certainly does. why the romney campaign's newly hired openly gay foreign policy adviser had to quit. >>> and a baptist pastor who tells his congregation how to vote also told them and you will hear h

. >> on the other hand, they were able to take out bob bennett in utah during the last cycle.arget this time around. this would be a big win for them. >> steve, is dick lugar losing because he's not conservative enough or will he lose this primary because he didn't know what address was on his -- >> the answer is yes. both. >> i think he survives if it wasn't for this issue. >> the tea party may be less strong than two years ago but it forced orrin hatch into a primary and it looks like it's on the verge of taking out dick lugar. he lost touch with the folks in indiana when his opponent announced most of the county chairmen for the republicans endorsed dick lugar. it's a test tomt the fact that dick lugar seems to have lost touch with indiana voters. >> but nia, the result is going to be, by the way, we'll get -- and you've heard this from murdoch today -- hey, if the president -- if a democratic president is for it, he's going to be against it when it comes to at least judges. and it could be another issue. and we know there's going to be an equally strong reaction on the lef

his attorney, bob bennett, did say that it would not be appropriate to comment at this time., thomas gore is charged with one felony and that is for the destruction of the notebook and it is believed that he did that shortly after suleiman brown went to the mode i can't with his sensational allegations and then there are three misdemeanors and those are the charges represented to those money order payments to mystery candidate b. that is the latest from here. back to you. >> thank you. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry is is out of the hospital this morning of he was admittedy to hospital in las vegas on sunday after developing a blood clot while flying to the city. the 7 of-year-old tweeted this picture of himself and a nurse and another one with a doctor. several council members are in las vegas for a convention. >>> vote enters arkansas and kentucky will head to the polls for presidential primaries today. new numbers how the today continue to show the race between president obama and presumptive republican nominee mitt romney will be a close one. the "washington post" abc n

. >> and bob bennett. >> yes.s and the democratic party and the ben nelsons and the biggest problem of the moderates and the liberals is that you were voting against the democratic bills for the most of the times, but what i don't understand in the metascope of things, what kind of life allows you to run for political office saying i will not compromise. is compromise removed from your life somehow? because it is impossible to live in a world if you are a husband or sister or employed or elected to the member as a congressm mm or to the u.s. senate, and if your can life has been reduced to that, it is a problem. >> you have to compromise and that is part of the political process, but the challenge is the tone of the conversation which is reaching an all-time high for meanness and tone deafness on both sides of the aisle with regards to the other. >> and if we had a historian at the table, and every time we say that and a contemporary pundit says it is the worst it has ever been and they bring up some 1892, you kno

. >> the party didn't go after bob bennett.s the hard right that went after him because he dared to compromise. it wasn't the old line republican party that said we're throwing heez guys out. >> no, absolutely not. >> but you do have -- i agree with what katherine said about the procedural obstructionism we're seeing in congress. but i would disagree about the democratic party. i think the democratic party is what a classic party is. it's a coalition of cats. >> wildcats. >> it's been captured by an extreme right wing. but where this leads this country, because we're a poor country and have only two major political parties, if you don't have vibrant debate within those two parties, i do think you do within the democratic party. i think there are a lot of sent riss in the democratic party. do i love them? i'm not into it. the one thing i do think the republicans have done to the detriment of this country is they have successfully obstructed the work of government. we, the people, so that millions of people -- look at congress. t

lived there for quite some time, as in the case of lugar, and become disconnected, as we saw with bob bennett in utah, for example. and so, the reality is that you have to stay engaged, you have to, you know, do politics 2.0, and really stay in this new environment, connected in this new environment, where you have not just tea party activism, but you know, occupy type of activism and union activism that are shaping and formenting the body of politic at the grassroot level. if you're disconnected of that, you go the way of lugar, bennett and others, who are ousted because the voters ultimately decide you're not connected to me, so i'm not connected to you. therefore, let's look someplace else. >>okay, but what do we make, folks on the panel here, about -- i mean, we're talking, there are state interests, obviously, as you pointed out, maggie, not feeling like your representative is representing you, but then there's also the national concern and i think that's what lugar is giving voice to in terms of where this country is going and where the party's going. and you know, you think about what

orrin hatch had sort of gotten by the first test, unlike his colleague, bob bennett, who had lost evenng the nomination. >> that's right. >> but now it's a runoff. this is the utah system. >> yeah. >> and the tea party is really going after him. >> it's complicated and it is not a great moment for him. as you say, he's certainly in better shape than bennett was, obviously, much better shape today than dick lugar is. but this is not where he would like to be. i think that, you know, you have a series of establishment republicans who are going to be made sort of ineffective, at least for the month that he is having this primary fight going on. i think it is less likely the tea party would be successful there, but they are going to do everything they can to try to take him out. >> with dick lugar, he had such a stellar record, and yet, he was punished for being a friend of president obama. he said in his farewell message that that was overhyped, even though he had accompanied this freshman senator on his first foreign trip to russia and had kind of mentored him in the senate foreign relat

not talk about that anymore because he remembers what happens -- what happened to his colleague bob bennettorrin hatch collaborated -- bob bennett voted for the bush- driven plan tarp and voted with house democrats. dick luger is often called a moderate. he is a conservative. he has not move. the republican party has shifted host: minneapolis, -- shifted. host: minneapolis, minnesota. caller: good morning. private business cannot compete with government on a wages and benefits and the debt went to high because of that. my solution is to let the bush tax cuts expire for everyone. i agreed with the auto bailout. you guys are so partisan we will never get this done, and i think you are full of baloney. guest: i am not sure where to take that, but i will say that if you look at what has happened with job growth over the last two and half years, it has been sluggish, but private-sector job growth has been relatively robust, especially coming out of a recession caused by enormous amounts of debt. the problem which job growth has been in the public sector. while the stimulus provided a lot of mone

his lawyer, bob bennett, has told him to clam up and that is what he is doing. i'm not sure he can get by this clamming up. his hand will be forced in the next few days. host: we are focusing on columnist. one of the questions we are trying to get is where do come up with your ideas, how you write, and what's the best way for you to put your ideas on paper? guest: as a columnist you are always trawling for subjects. you never stop thinking about what it is you want to read about -- to write about. i'm forced by the deadline to come up with something because my riding date is thursday. -- my writing day is thur sday. use friday to deal with my editors and most of my columns get run by lawyers. so it takes another day to get that done. then it is published on saturday. in this town, it is not hard to find a subject. i tend to write on local matters but i will read on national matters as well. this is just a rich storehouse, a place for good, good copy. host: let me ask you about your column about mitt romney. he spoke at liberty university. he said mitt romney fai

if bob bennett in utah andorran hatch by the way who still has a primary.nservative enough. that's right, we said that orrin hatch is not conservative enough in 2012. >> if you can wrap your mind around that, then you understand how bad the situation is. >> stephanie: what does this portend for 2012 between now and what happened in north carolina. >> north carolina is an outlier. what was going on was the kind of demagoguing -- it is 33 out of 34 times when gay marriage has been defeated. didn't matter if bill clinton did robo calls and explained it had nothing to do -- how many times can you say something is illegal? it was already illegal. but that's never the point. this is about what karl rove said in 2004. you put these things on the ballot, they were on 12 ballots in 2004. that tipped the vote in ohio. you had a caller a minute ago who points out the president may say that he's evolving on this and he's struggling with it. but count on the fact that if this does depress african-american turnout, even by a couple of points, if he were to come out befor

about that anymore, and of course from the reason is, he remembers what happened to his colleague, bob bennett, who by his voting record, was one of the fight the most conservative republicans in the senate. and wasn't even able to win the ability for the nomination. hatch was able to do that because he had collaborated with democrats and because he voted for the bush driven t.a.r.p. plan. hatch is a different hatch than he has been for the last 15 years because the ground has shifted beneath his feet. richard lugar is often called a moderate. he is a conservative. when he came to the senate committee was one of the most conservative. he hasn't moved. the republican party has shifted. that is a good part of the book. >> host: we have a caller from minneapolis, minnesota. colormap business cannot compete with this. my solution is to let the bush tax cuts expire for everyone, all tax ranges. and i agree with the auto bailout come and i can sort this guy out. you guys are so partisan, they won't get anything done. i think you are full of baloney. >> guest: i'm not sure where to take back, but, on

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