i'm bruce johnson. today rick santorum is insisting he'll remain in the presidential race, despite mounting pressure from party leaders who want to rally

bruce johnson joins us on the phone with details of a break in at the d.c. inspector general. bruce, what is going on? >> we just got this information a short time ago. late monday afternoon, between 5:30 and 5:45, emancipation day, a local holiday for the d.c. government and d.c. residents. somebody broke into the offices of the d.c. auditor. the d.c. auditor conducts inspections and anything and everything that the auditor deems fit to be looked at. somebody broke into the offices, which are in suite 900. that's 717, 14th street northwest. also point out this is the same building that houses the offices of the d.c. inspector general who has been investigating alleged corruption. now, according to my high ranking sources, this person was to the 9th floor. went into the offices of the auditor and took at least one, possibly two computers. i'm told there may be video tape of this. metropolitan police have a report on file that may have video tape of a suspect. at this point, my source identify the suspect as somebody wearing a mask. d.c. police are investigating. lesli. >> bruce

here's bruce johnson. >> d.c. school chancellor says only 43% of the public school students are proficient in reading and math. under a five-year plan unveiled today with mayor gray, they want town crease math and reading proficiency to 70% city wide. in the 40 lowest performing schools, the goal is to increase proficiency by 40 points. longer school hours and a longer school year will be tried in some schools where principals are asking for it. >> i think we could do a lot more if we had an extended day and extended school year. >> i think it would be chaotic to go out and say 123 schools will go to school until 5:00 every day. i think that's not responsible. so, what we're going to focus on is working with a few schools initially. >> the school chancellor and mayor admitted that some schools are going to have to be closed. it wasn't on the official agenda, but some 220 school buildings, many of them under utilized. >> we will be closing some schools, yes. there will be some pain, but i think we'll open some new

bruce johnson has been working the story. >> my daughter -- >> 36-year-old vanessa was shot and fatally wounded in march of 2011 in her home on b street in southeast. >> is my daughter gone? i had peace of mind. >> gerald ronald pinkett was arrested in their home and charged with second-degree murder. since 2007, pinkett had been a train operator for metro in good standing. he was placed on leave with pay, that was until last week when metro allowed him to return to work despite the murder charge. >> metro's spokesman wouldn't do an on camera interview, but pinkett was released by the court. he says his case was reviewed. he was evaluated by metro officials and decided that pinkett could return to work, but couldn't come in any contact with the public. he worked at one of the rail yards. >> vanessa mcgee's stepfather, he is livid with metro. >> i want metro to back down. do not support. you are supporting a murder. >> the victim's mother, cheryl clark, wants picket off the job. >> he needs to be locked up. >> metro says picket is considered innocent pending outcome of trial and the wash

as bruce johnson tells us, that decision has the victim's family up in arms. >> reporter: metro tells 9news now that ronald pinkett, a train operator is innocent until proven guilty and therefore allowed to return to work even if the charge is murder. >> he is going back to routine of living. my daughter is buried in the ground. >> vanessa was shot and fatally wounded in march of 2011 in her home on b. street in southeast. >> is my daughter gone? i have had peace of mind. >> her live in boyfriend, gerald ronald pinkett was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. since 2007, pinkett had been a train operator for metro in good standing. he was placed on leave with pay. that was until last week when metro allowed him to return to work despite the murder charge. >> metro spokesman wouldn't do an on camera interview, but points out that pinkett was released by the court. he says his case was reviewed. he was evaluated and decided that picket could return to work, but he couldn't come in any contact with the public. he worked with one of the rail yards. >> vanessa mcgee's stepfather

bruce johnson has been there all afternoon and joins us now with more. >>> this is connecticut avenue outside the main entrance of the national zoo. they are arriving here by the hundreds and zoo officials are determined this year not to have a repeat of last year's violence. last year, an estimated 30,000 people were at the national zoo for easter monday when violence broke out. a teenager was stabbed multiple times inside the zoo. >> this year, it's like, no arguments. it seems much better. >> this year, zoo officials are being proactive while everyone, especially the children on the inside are having a good time. metropolitan police and metro have surrounded the zoo on the outside. even the guardian angels have been brought in to assist with security. >> some people just come out to look for trouble. so that's why we are here. >> did you have a lot of young people out here snatching phones and things like that? >> some of the people with children at today's events remember the violence from last year. >> i started not to come, because we were thinking something like that might happ

bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> nathan rogers is charged with first degree murder. his next court appearance is may 24th. >>> the state's attorney also addressed last week's ruling by the maryland court of appeals' decision to stop some dna collections. angela also brook says prince george's county has had nine cases including five arrests and one conviction just last week. >> it's the way that we have been able to solve many cold cases, especially homicides and rape and as indicated this past friday, we had a wonderful conviction after 10 years a cold case and using dna evidence. >> alsobrooks plans to join with the governor and other state's attorneys from across the state in asking maryland's attorney general to appeal that ruling. >>> trial is getting underway for a second defendant in that maryland robocall case. this time it's julius henson, a campaign strategist who worked with former republican governor bob ehrlich. hen son admitting he was behind automated calls on election take 2010 that told democrats to relax because president obama and governor martin o

bruce johnson is in northwest tracking voting in d.c. but we begin with andrea mccarren in montgomery county where redistricting has some voters confused about the ballot. what's going on, andrea? >> in fact, anita, in some montgomery county precincts today, there was confusion on the ballot. because of redistricting, as you mentioned, 65,000 voters had to move to new polling places. >> i guess it can be confusing, but we do what we have to do. >> makes me very angry when people complain about politics and they don't come and vote. >> they wouldn't miss the opportunity to vote. on this beautiful spring day, they didn't have much company. >> usually there's a line here in the morning, prework, but there wasn't any line. >> i think they should be ashamed of themselves. they should go out of their way to vote when they are asked to or when it's presented to them. >> redistricting affected 99,000 montgomery county voters. including more than 65,000 who have to get accustomed to a new place to vote. >> a lot of people are unhappy with it, but

our bruce johnson talked with some of the incumbents and their challengers today. >> people feel like they constantly hear about things that are inappropriate, illegal. >> reporter: that's sekou biddle. he has the washington post endorsement but has already lost one at large race against vincent orange. >> an opportunity to make change on the council. >> reporter: the laws came before the incumbent d.c. councilman had to explain irregular campaign contributions in the form of money orders from businessman jeff thompson whose home was raided by the fbi. >> you've done everything correctly? >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> reporter: councilman vincent orange wasn't returning our phone calls today. his counsel and campaign offices said they could not reach him. the federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government has everybody down here on edge these days, even those city officials not up for reelection including the council chairman kwame brown, mayor vincent gray. they'll be watching for signals from voters tomorrow as well. >> they just want to see something fresh and new. >

this is bruce johnson.ve the story coming up. >> i look better than when i office that gurney in the hospital. >> up next our jc hayward returns to work and talks about her recovery from breast cancer surgery. >>> if you saw today's noon show, then you know our colleague and friend jc hayward is back at work after having a lumpectomy last week. andrea roane has more on jc's first day on the job as a breast cancer survivor. >> hello and thank you for joining us. >> jc hayward back where she belongs at the anchor desk for fox 5 news at noon. >> so good to see you. >> reporter: her on set return followed a rousing welcome back to work from her broadcast family. jc looked and sounded the same just as if nothing new had happened in her life, but we know that is not the case. on april 11th, one week after she learned she had invasive ductocarcinoma breast cancer jc had a lumpectomy at sibley hospital. >> i'm a breast cancer survivor. >> you think you're going through something by yourself and then you find out wo

i'm andrea mccarren in for bruce johnson. we have major developments to report. in the series of violent attacks. 19-year-old michael davis is charged with two counts of assaulting people with a hammer. the teenager appeared in court today, along with other family members. his two older brothers play in the nfl but they were not in the courtroom. surae chinn has the latest on this unusual case tonight. >> reporter: michael davis appeared before the judge wearing a white jumpsuit. his family crying as the judge said he would be held without bond. this man who would not give his name says he's the father of the davis brothers. >> my son is innocent, and my heart goes to the family. i know in my heart my son didn't do it. >> reporter: the teen is charged with attacking random people in the pet worth neighborhood earlier this week. he's suspected but not charged in one attack that killed a denver tourist. the defense attorney argued the victims could not credibly identify davis of the attacker because one of the victims whose skull was fractured was hit from behind.

>>> hello, i'm bruce johnson. a massive clean up is underway in western oklahoma and iowa after overnight tornadoes swept through the country's mid- section. five people have been killed, dozens more injured. a hospital and nursing home in iowa were in the path of the storm. more than 100 tornadoes have been reported across the midwest. strong thunderstorms are still expected as far east as michigan. the latest reports though, the storm system is weakening. we'll report from oklahoma this evening where homes and buildings have been destroyed. >> some massive twisters tore through are, ripping through homes and buildings. there are reports of more than 120 tornadoes across the midwest. storm chasers even caught this rare site. >> two tornadoes. >> reporter: several people were killed including five inside this mobile home park. the storm ripped through this area in the middle of the night with little warning. >> it just hit so fast and quick that nobody had any time to react to it. >> reporter: there isn't much lef

i'm matt jablow in for bruce johnson. the much needed rain is still falling across the washington area. there are no reports of flooding at this hour. the ground is so dry and soaking up all the moisture. it's one of the biggest storms we've had this year. anny, how much more rain are you expecting? >> not a whole lot more. most of this storm has gone up to the north of us, and we're seeing now just some chilly temperatures right now, and still a little bit of light rain falling here on the weather terrace. let's get right to doppler to show you where we still have some rain falling in the area. most of it is still fairly light but if you go farther out to the west you see some of the white-out there. we've even got some snow in the potomac highlands. we'll talk about that but first, let's zoom in. the green is rain, the yellow moderate to heavy. look closer to the mason dixon line, up to pennsylvania. you can see some pretty big storm system is impacting much of the area. we call this a nor'easter. closer to us we're tal

this is bruce johnson reporting for 9news now. >> in maryland, an update on three young candidates running for the school board. 18-year-old rahila, 19-year-old edward burros. and 20-year-old david murray, all won their primary elections in the prince georges county school board race. burrows is already the incumbent in the district 8 race. >>> and you can see the results from all of our local races at wusa9.com. that's where we also have voter guides for the general election for november. >>> new information tonight on a deadly pedestrian accident. police have released the name of the man who was killed by a trash truck. he is 31-year-old stanley jr. and he's from washington, d.c. now the truck hit and killed huff monday afternoon as it was backing out of an alley along the 2900 block of harvard court northwest. the case remains under investigation. >>> the taliban are claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in afghanistan that killed at least ten people, including three u.s. soldiers. afghan officials say at least four afghan police officers are also among the dead. today's attack

bruce john sofn reports on the -- johnson reports on the plan that's aimed at getting more students to graduate. >> i'm not satisfied with where we are on test scores. >> reporter: that's d.c. schools chancellor. >> we really had to get dcps just functioning. >> reporter: she says only 43% of public school students are proficient in reading and math. under a five-year plan unveiled with mayor gray, they want to increase math and read proceeding efficiency to 70% city wide. in the 40 lowest performing schools, the goal is to increase proficiency by 40 points. longer school hours and longer school year will be tried in some schools where principals are asking for it. >> i think we could do a lot more if we had an extended day and extended school year. in order to move kids who are behind, we need more time with them. >> i think it would be chaotic to just go out and say well, 123 schools will now go to school till 5:00 every day. i think that's not responsible. what we're going to focus on is working with a few schools initially. >> reporter: the mayor and school chancellor say many scho

i'm matt jablow in tonight for bruce johnson. >>> the caps just lost a dramatic game 6 in overtime. let's go right now to ken molestina live outside the verizon center with reactions from very disappointed caps fans. ken? >> reporter: matt, they lost that game just a couple minutes ago. you can see some of the fans right now coming out of the verizon center, what a difference some five, 10 minutes makes down here as far as the vibe. the energy that was electrifying at verizon center in downtown washington d.c., of course, the caps did lose now. that means game 7 will take place in boston. a lot of the fans here are upset and a little sad, but they are excited about the possibility of winning this in a game 7 in boston. of course, they won't have home advantage like they did today. they were really hoping to finish this off and beat the bruin here at home, but, of course, that isn't happening. take another look as some of these fans right now walking outside of the verizon center in this sort of wet soggy cold sunday afternoon out here, but the good thing is the caps will have one mo

our bruce johnson live at barry's headquarter. e, there was a lot of talk of ousting some of the old, in with the new. what are your thoughts? >> reporter: well, only a 7% turnout against registered democrats in the city. that could be a record low. and if it closes, that becomes less than 1%. we're looking for a recount. barry wins out here despite all of the contrary reports and he winds by a land slide. this is his last campaign says his associates. >> barry, barry. >> reporter: the 75-year-old former mayor had captured about 55% of the vote following the early morning return. marion barry was ready to say i told you so to those who tell us he was vulnerable. >> all the haters banded together. all of the negative people banded together. all of them said we're tired of marion barry banded together. and we kicked their behinds. >> reporter: a majority of voters stayed away. shepherd elementary school where 14,000 people are registered, most of them democrats, only a thousand people or so turned out to vote. throughout the district

i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. we start off in southeast washington. one firefighter is recovering from injury after battling a brush fire. the flames broke out about 6:45 this evening in a wooded area near the corner of pennsylvania and branch avenues. that blaze is contained tonight. the firefighter expected to be okay. >>> a brush fire near a popular marina damages a boat and a building. 100 firefighters responded to the four alarm fire near holidaypoint marina near edgewater, maryland. nobody hurt. >>> could be days before we see rain. surae chinn explains that could mean even more problems. >> it's beautiful out. all the boaters. the water. great day. >> reporter: on a beautiful, summer-like day, folks enjoy the refreshing water. something greg wishes there was more of. >> when we come to water the garden, we do worry. i think we're almost four or five inches under now. if we keep going this way, what we have to worry about is all the farmers out there. >> reporter: farmers are not only feeling the heat, but if we don't get a lot of this stuff and

i'm bruce johnson. warnings are out for residents across the nation's mid-section to brace for life-threatening storms. at least three possible tornadoes have already been reported in central oklahoma. dozens more have been spotted across midwest states tonight. from minnesota to texas, a large part of the country could be at risk. here's our coverage. >> we still have a large tornado. >> reporter: the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, says it could be a high-end life-threatening event, potentially affecting 5 1/2 million americans this weekend from texas to minnesota. >> this is a multi day event, now underway and potentially a very serious situation. >> it's coming straight for us. >> look at the debris right there. >> reporter: a twister touched down friday near the university of oklahoma. the damage was fairly minimal, and only minor injuries were reported. forecasters are urging people to be vigilant. >> make sure you have your plan, you've talked it over with your family. monitor the fo

>>> good evening, i'm andrea mccarren in for bruce johnson. >>> up close and personal, redskins fans got what they've been waiting for, a chance to meet robert griffin, iii today. dave owens is live at fed ex field where it is all taking place. dave, quite a welcome for the new quarterback. reporter: hey, what's ghg on, andrea? just a moment ago there were kids running around out here at fan fest. they sort of shooed everybody away because it started to rain here. i'm under the umbrella now. you've been in this community for so long and you know how important football and hence quarterbacking is. on this wet and dreary day, fans come out to let rgiii know we want you to succeed really bad. take a look. [ cheering ] reporter: this wasn't a day for practical celebrations. >> you walk into d.c. reporter: you get it, this was rg iii, defcon 5. >> it's great to be a part of the redskins. you know, i take pride in the fact i'll be able to chance to wear the burgundy and gold. reporter: burgundy and gold nation is happy to have you. >> he's coming for dallas and so are we. we want dallas! >

polls from usa today and the washington post found similar divides and today my colleague bruce johnson found a wide range of views here in the d.c. region. >> i think the issue was the police didn't do what you would expect the police to do if somebody shot -- i mean they didn't even do what they would do if they shot somebody. >> i think they would have came to fruition a little quicker had he been white. >> i think he's already been convicted by the press. i think already blew it out of proportion. >> a usa today gallup poll found nearly 3/4 of african americans believe racial bias played a major factor in the killing and zimmerman would have been arrested earlier for shooting a white person. only 1/3 of whites agreed with that assessment. >>> prince george's county police say this morning's shooting involving an officer happened inside the building. this happened at 3 a.m. when officers were called to the 3100 block of good hope avenue in temple hills, maryland. the call was for breaking and entering but on the scene officers were confronted by a man fleeing from the building. >> th

>>> headlineo, i'm bruce johnson, thanks thanks. a secret service scandal overshadowing president barack obama's visit to colombia. nearly a dozen agents have been relieved of their duties at the diplomatic mission. they've been sent home to the u.s. amid allegations they brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms. ray chin has the top story. >> the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. reporter: ronald kessler, a secret service insider and the author of books on the topic says the scandal was exposed after one allegedly stiffed a prostitute. >> she complained to police and prostitution is legal in colombia, so there wasn't any problem to complain. they told the state department, the state department told the secret service. reporter: soon after he said secret service removed about a dozen agents before the president arrived in colombia. >> hour tax dollars are hard at work, i guess. >> people not making good decisions. hopefully this is a decision, not common culture. reporter: kessler believes this is not an isolated

bruce johnson was there to ask about potholes and a few other sticky issues. >> reporter: some of the past three campaigns the city has filled 19,000 potholes, but we didn't get a lot of snow this year so you might be asking what is the big deal. the repairing army gathered at wisconsin avenue and lowell street today to kick off the april to may pothole palooza. find a pothole or drive into one, then complain to the city and it should be fixed within 48 hours. last year 1300 complaints came in during the campaign, but with no snow, they're now getting maybe 10 complaints a day. >> virtually no snow and, of course, the snow is one of the factors that accounts for the number of potholes we have. >> reporter: the major's arrival at the pothole op aloud for a press conference -- allowed for a press conference. virginia governor mcdonald and others supporting it. >> we begin to have momentum behind this makes it a bipartisan issue. that's what it should be. >> reporter: what about the future tickets to the nets games that the mayor and council are forced to share and maybe sometimes fight

. >> bruce johnson has been talking to the incumbents and their challengers.s the story. >> people just feel like they constantly hear about things that are either inappropriate or illegal. >> reporter: he has the "washington post" endorsements an

i'm matt jablow in tonight for bruce johnson. we begin with a story you'll see only on 9 news now. a 16-year-old is being called a hero for helping save the life of a neighbor whose house was on fire. our ken molestina was live in forestville. >> reporter: this is a classic case of being at the right place at the right time. this 16-year-old teenager was coming down this street when he noticed street coming from his neighbor's house. he jumped into action, was able to knock on the door and get that couple out of the house before it was too late. >> i thank you so much. >> reporter: hugs of gratitude were plentiful tonight between 16-year-old justin beauman and his 69-year-old neighbor. the teen is credited with saving her and her husband's life. >> he was knocking on the door, he was pounding on the door. >> i was banging the door. i thought i was banging on it hard, as a matter of fact. then i was like, yeah, there's a fire in the house. they was like, ths ere'a fire? they went upstairs and looked. there was a fire. >> reporter: the fair began on the second floor of this house. se

i'm bruce johnson. easter weekend has taken a tragic turn for one new carrollton, maryland family, this after a 2-year-old boy was suddenly struck and killed while chasing a ball into the street in front of his very own house. we have the story including an interview with the driver of the minivan that struck the child. >> reporter: three children were playing in the front yard of that house you see right there behind me when all of a sudden the three children took off running into the street. that's when the 2-year-old boy was hit. >> i had no choice. i couldn't stop. he ran into the truck. >> reporter: wallace najiy said he was driving down the block when the 2-year-old ran out into the street. police say the young boy identified as ethan guzman ran into the side of the truck. what was it that you saw? according to this passer boy who saw it all, the 2-year-old was running after a ball that had rolled into the street. [foreign language] how did you feel when you saw that? she says she's never seen any

this is bruce johnson reporting from southeast washington for 9news. >> for a look at more election results, just go to wusa9.com right at the top of our home page. >>> 4:32 now. a man linked to rapes up and down the east coast has been indicted in prince william county. a grand jury indicted aaron thomas on charges of raping two teenage girls who were trick or treating back on halloween 2009. thomas' trial in this case is set for july 31. he was also arrested last year in connecticut facing rape charges there, too. connecticut agreed to extradite him to virginia to face the charges here first. >>> hands off or you will get reported. that's the message from metro when it comes to groping or inappropriate contact on trains or buses. they're starting a new campaign to stop sexual harassment. riders can report problems by filing an online form. you can stay anonymous if you want to or put your name in. there will also be posters like this one here seen throughout the system to bring awareness to the program. >>> former vice president dick cheney waited nearly two years for a donor and now his

i'm bruce johnson.he'll remain in the presidential race, despite mounting pressure from party leaders who want to rally behind mitt romney and focus on defeating president obama. >> reporter: mitt romney took aim at president obama in suburban milwaukee on sunday. >> he doesn't know what's going on in this country. doesn't also understand what the future looks like. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor says the president is too comfortable with trillion dollar deficits that could sink the u.s. economy. but romney must first win his party nomination before taking on the president. he leads rival rick santorum in the polls and overall delegate count. santorum is vowing to stay in the race even if he loses tuesday's primary. >> less than half the delegates have been selected. we have a long way to go and we're going to fight the fight to make sure we can win. >> reporter: there is a growing call for santorum to end his campaign within the party. mitch mcconnell says the time has come to focus on

bruce johnson, 9news now. >> even with the "washington post" endorsements, all of the incumbents are still favored to win because they have the best get out the vote operations and also raised the most money. we have a full voting guide for all the races in maryland and d.c. at wusa9.com. just click on campaign 2012. >>> well, they use taxpayer money for an over the top convention in vegas and now three people are out of a job as general services administration. gsa chief in fact martha johnson resigned. two deputies were fired for spending $820,000. some of the expenses included $75,000 for a training exercise learning how to build a bicycle. $6,300 on a commemorative coin set and $3,200 on a mind reader for the convention. other employees have been suspended because of this trip. dan is going to take over the top job at gsa. >>> president obama's defending his health care overhaul saying he's confident it's constitutional. the president argued it would be unprecedented if the supreme court overturned the law. justices are reviewing the so- called individual mandate and whether cong

our bruce johnson broke the news of the burglary last night and bruce leshan follows that today. what do we know about it, bruce? >> reporter: well, just behind me, the auditors office and the question as richard's press secretary might say, is this just a third rate burglary or something more? well, d.c. police, they are releasing what may be their best lead yet. it is a surveillance video of what they call a person of interest. a chubby white male lurking around the hallway of the d.c. auditor's office on monday. emancipation day when d.c. offices were closed. police are trying to figure out his identity and whether he is the guy that stole two dell laptops from the auditor's office. >> i'm hopeful that they will quickly get to the bottom. and you know, what has occurred, what motivated them, what precipitated that. and i hope that it had nothing to do with the ongoing investigations. >> reporter: the auditor looks into the efficiency and control. they are running about two dozen investigations right now, including one into how theformer council member was able tosifen off more

our own bruce johnson was there as this plan was unveiled. so, what do we know about it? >> you know what i think? five years of school reform, a long way to go. >> i'm not satisfied with where we are on test scores. >> after nearly five years of school reform efforts that began with michelle reid, our former boss and mentor. >> we really have to get dcps functioning. >> only 43% of public school students are proficient in reading and math. under a five-year plan unveiled today with mayor gray, they want to increase math and reading proficiency. in the 40 lowest performing schools, the goal is to increase proficiency by 40 points. longer school hours and the longer school year will be tried in some schools. principals are asking for it. >> we could do a lot more if we had an extended day and school year. we know for sure that in order to move kids who are behind, we need more time with them. >> it would be chaotic to go out and say, well, 123 schools will now go to school until 5:00 every day. i think that's not responsible. so what we're going to focus on is working with

bruce johnson was there to ask about potholes and some other hot issues. >> the city sold almost 19,000 potholes, but we didn't get a lot of snow this year, so you might be asking, what's the big deal? a ddot pothole repairing avenue gathered today to kick off the april to may pothole palooza. spot a pothole, then complain to the city and it should be fixed within 48 hours. last year, 1300 complaints came in during the campaign, but with no snow, they are now getting maybe ten complaints a day. >> virtually no snow and of course the snow is one of the factors that accounts for the number of potholes we have. >> the mayor's arrival allowed for an impromptu press conference. on the district chances of getting budget from the congress with virginia governor mcdonnell and others supporting it. >> to begin to have republican momentum behind this makes it a bipartisan issue. that's what it should be. >> and what about the fewer free tickets to nats games, the mayor and council are forced to share and sometimes fight over. >> you don't have problems sharing? >> absolutely not. >> mayor gray's

. >>> this is bruce johnson, he's facing a murder charge, but back on the job with metro.tory coming up at 6:00. >>> meet the newest crime fighter. i'm anny hong with the story on how lila helped nab three suspects involved in a burglary. >>> i'm manuel in new york. hundreds of passengers are boarding a special cruise ship to remember the voice voyage of the titanic. we'll have that story coming up. >>> 100 years ago tonight, the titanic left southern england bound for new york city. but the luxury liner never reached that destination after colliding with an iceberg in the north atlantic. tonight, commemorations are in full swing on both sides of the pond. >> manuel introduces us to one woman whose grandmother survived that watery disaster. >> kathy was never allowed to ask her grandmother about the titanic, but the stories trickled down through the generations. >> bridget was in third class, but coming from a poor irish village, it was luxury. she was asleep after a night of dancing. mcdermott climbed to the deck in her pajamas. >> her mother's words rang in her head, you

. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson, prosecutors in prince george's county say they have their man inurder of a 23- year-old pregnant woman but did he have help? >> first you might think a daycare with a two-year waiting list has a steep price tag to go with it. find out how that's not the case coming up in hero central. >>> we're heading to falls church for this week's hero central and this is where the mclean's children center has an average waiting list of two years. >> may sound like a place for those who can only pay full tuition, but it's actually much more than that. >> reporter: the kids have fun following the teacher on bikes. they're also practicing their motor skills. >> my daughter, she learned how to may with friends, how to help friend -- play with friends, how to help friends. so she is learning academic things, too. >> reporter: suzanne a coro says the falls church mclean children's center gives her daughter the ideal environment to get ready for school, especially when her family could not pay the full tuition, $1,400 a month. >> they're working. they cannot afford th

bruce johnson was there. calm, collected, what kind of mood was it?> tony chang, he owns the famous restaurant in the mid of chinatown. he of hoping to -- middle of twine chinatown. he was hoping to build -- chinatown. he was hoping to build some bridges today. ward 8, there are only 197 food establishments here including liquor stores, gas stations and school cafeterias. across the river in affluent ward 2 there are 1,960 places that sell or serve food. d.c. councilman marion barry created a firestorm last week when he singled out asian carry- outs calling them dirty places and declaring they had to go. what were they saying in the beginning after his words? >> we say why mayor barry say that? >> reporter: tony chang, one of the the best known asian business leaders, has had numerous cell phone conversations with barry since those remarks. >> he always liked asian people. >> reporter: the two have been friends over 40 years. chang credits barry with the thriving chinatown that we know today, for the arts, to the apartments to the thriving gallery pla

. >> for three years bruce johnson has struggled daily with the trauma of dealing with the police department failed his family. >> it's across the street now. there's a guy beating up a man on the grass. >> this is the 911 tape from the witness on the night of may 23rd, 2005, when bruce went to rescue his eighth grade daughter from the house where she had been kidnapped and prostituted for ten days by a vicious pimp named derek willowby. >> the guy's sitting on him and the other people are beating him. >> okay. >> they're hitting him with a rock and a tire iron right now. >> the man being beaten is bruce just moments after he freed his daughter. bruce who still struggles from the aftereffects of the severe beating remains outraged. >> the police aren't trained to believe that forced prostitution of kids happens here. >> for ten days after his daughter laura and her cousin were abducted while walking to their neighborhood wendy's, bruce said the toledo police did nothing. >> they believe it's just a runaway, just a runaway, just a runaway. >> in fact, the eighth and ninth graders had been kid

bruce johnson has been talking to the incumbents and the folks who would like to have their jobs.t are they saying out there? >> the first thing the three are saying we won without endorsement in the past. the washington post doesn't scare a lot of people like it used to, but with all the talk of alleged corruption in d.c. government a lot of people are going to talk about what voters have to say tomorrow. >> people feel like they constantly hear about things inappropriate, illegal of. >> reporter: that's sekou biddle. he has the washington post endorsement but has lost one at large race to vincent orange. >> it's an opportunity to make change on the council. >> reporter: the laws came before the incumbent d.c. councilman had to explain irregular campaign contributions in the form of money orders from businessman jeff thompson whose home was raided by the fbi. you've done everything correctly? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: councilman vincent orange was not returning our phone calls today. his counsel and campaign offices said they can't reach him. his federal investigation

met the band, wilson, love, jardine, and david mark who is played on the first four albums, and bruce johnsonmy museum in los angeles. the beach boys still remember the grammy nomination nay got for good vibrations in 1966. and what happened? u >> reporter: widely considered one of the greatest rock records everybody made, it was beaten out by the mama and the papas. ♪good vibrations. >> the grammy went to monday, monday. >> oh, god. i didn't know that. >> to be honest, i wasn't pleased. >> i didn't know that. ♪round, round ♪get around. >> reporter: the estranged band members have had to work to restore their own good vey brasions. but their own vocal harmonys have come together naturally. this was their warm-up before an appearance opening day at dodger stadium, another los angeles institution celebrating its 50th anniversary. >> this is the icing on the cake. you probably didn't know you'd sing her 50 years later. >> we didn't think of 50 years later. >> reporter: the band formed in the boys home town of hawthorne, an l.a. suburb. when brian wilson brought together his brothers, carl and de

bruce springsteen will be playing nationals park on september 14th or the fact the nationals starters haven't given up a run in 19 innings. i'm going with springsteen on this one. >> i know. >> davie johnsond take a good curveball over bruce's wrecking ball. any day. yesterday geo gonzalez was the most recent nats pitcher to show up born in the e.r.a. seven innings of scoreless ball. no more. washington starters now have a 1.57 e.r.a. through seven games. that's amazing. also nats pitchers lead the league with 69 strikeouts. skipper davie johnson likes what he sees. >> i like the rotation and how it's stacking up. i like what i'm seeing as there's a little bit of competition in the rotation. it comes with the start of the season. geo yesterday certainly held up his end after the first start so i think, you know, the bar is set pretty high. >> so the nats taking on the reds tonight. jordan zimmerman on the mound. the wizards begin april with five straight losses but on a two-game winning streak tonight in new york to take on the knicks, looking to do something they haven't done since april of last year. that's win three games in a row. needless to say, winning always makes for a happier sq