bruce johnson will be continuing to follow this developing story and well very much more for you throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you very much, delia and bruce. by the way, members of kwame brown's staff have been offered their jobs back. they were out of work after brown resigned but mary cheh, the council's acting chair made that offer to them yesterday. it is not clear how many people are taking her up on that offer. >>> again we'll have more details coming up tonight. >>> a culpeper police officer charged with murder was in court today, a special grand jury indicted daniel harmon- wright last month. in february harmon-wright shot and killed 54-year-old patricia cook while she was in her jeep. the officer claims cook drove off with his arm in her window. investigators say that they have evidence contradicting that story. we'll have more on that story coming up on this evening's newscast. >>> a bicyclist is recovering after being hit by a montgomery county police cruiser. sky 9 was over the scene of the accident this morning on the ramp from briggs cheney road to columbia pike i

bruce johnson looks back. >> reporter: in the beginning, a lot of us just couldn't imagine this was going to be something that amounted to anything. >> the watergate break in remains the biggest political scandal with the biggest consequences in u.s. history. >> i shall resign the presidency at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: these were people that were willing to do anything to get elected. they were bugging offices, they were intimidating people. i think the very foundation of our country was shaken by this. but you know, in the end, the constitution prevailed. >> a couple of reporters stayed with it i can't the clues that in the first week one of the burglars was connected to howard hunt, who was a former cia man, who was a consultant in the nixon white house. >> reporter: all week long they have been offering reflections while attending events in town marking the 40th anniversary of watergate. >> you realized that the spying and sabotage and hostility toward all of the perceived enemies of nixon was a perceived way of life in the white house. >> reporter: woodward and bernstein found the

. >> this is bruce johnson in the district. before council members today could vote on a new chairman. some members had to vent. >> but we have to stay together up here and stop fighting. >> today was the d.c. council's first meeting since kwame brown was forced to resign because of felony bank fraud and campaign finance violations. six months before that, ward 5 councilman, harry thomas, forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 from youth baseball programs. four-term councilman was voted the new chairman. >> what do you say to the residents of the city? >> it's going to take time and we're going to work ourselves and collectively to do what we can to restore that trust. >> not without debate. vincent orange, one of the second in command spots arguing that the council's ten democrats should not promote brown an independent. others sited brown's past controversies. other internet gambling, unpaid taxes, and federal campaign finance violations. >> the voters on all those particular issues that you just mentioned. i'm

bruce johnson has been following the story from the very beginning and joins us now from the wilson building with more information. what are you hearing, bruce? >> reporter: jc, yesterday was the big charge, a felony, bank fraud. today it's a misdemeanor, one count, one charge, unlawful cash campaign expenditure aiding and abetting. to summarize what we v they're charging kwame brown allowed his brother to set up and outside account. jay brown had no official standing with the campaign but allowed him to set up an outside account and then to make expenditures from that account. that's illegal. one misdemeanor count kwame brown has agreed to plead guilty to that. that will be decided in d.c. supreme court, not federal court. back in january specifically on our set i asked kwame brown how the federal investigation into his 2008 campaign would turn out. here's would he said. >> when you say it's going to be a positive outcome, does that mean there's going to be nothing in kwame brown's doing how he handles his campaign that will have you standing before a judge or something like that? you're to

bruce johnson with the latest answers. >> nearly 900d.c. students are using public vouchers to pay tuition at city catholic schools alone. >> we are just delighted that it provides families that power to make that choice for their kids. >> we have a will the of opportunity and choice for students and we don't need vouchers in addition. >> opportunities, scholarships divided local elected leaders. the new chairman points out, that compromise agreed to between the white house and house speaker boehner and senator jon lieber man, gives $20 million to the voucher program. that's $20 million if the president had earmarked for public and public charter schools alone. >> he proposed roughly 50% of the $60 million go to d.c. public schools and 40% go to the charter schools. which is the same as enrollment. we'll see less to charter schools and the public schools. >> one group clearly satisfied with the voucher program, parent, they point out that 94% of the students attending school on vouchers graduate from a high school. that number, 89% go on to

bruce johnson takes a look. >> reporter: nearly 900 d.c. students are using public vouchers to pay tuition at city catholic schools alone. >> we are just delighted that it provides families that power to make that choice for their kids. >> we have a lot of opportunity and choice for students. and we don't need vouchers in addition. >> reporter: so-called opportunity scholarships have divided local elected leaders. the new chairman of the d.c. council phil mendleson points out a compromise agreed to it the white house and senator boehner gives $20 million to the voucher program, that's $20 million that the president had earmarked for public and public charter schools alone. >> he proposed roughly 60% of the $60 million go to d.c. public schools and 40% go to the charter schools which is roughly the same as the enrollment. but with this agreement, we're going to see less to both charter schools and the public schools. >> reporter: one group clearly satisfied with the 1r0u67er program -- with the voucher program? parents. they point out 94% of

bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> in maryland, it was sentencing day for the man behind, designed to keep black voters from going to the polls in 2010. joule i julius, whose former republican governor was ordered to spend the next 60 days in prison. prince georges county and baltimore. they told voters don't bother casting your votes because governor martin o'malley and president barack obama won this election. mr. obama wasn't even on the ballot that year. >>> a bomb threat closed a fairfax county courthouse for several hours. hearings that were scheduled had to be rescheduled and all the cases were moved to a later date. a sweep of the courthouse by bomb sniffing dogs failed to find anything significant. the all clear sign was given and the court was reopened around 2:30 this afternoon. >>> let's go outside to topper shut on a gorgeous night. top. >> it really is nice. as humid as yesterday was, today is dry and comfortable. let's start with temperatures. temperature wise, it's about the same as yesterday. we're in the 70s now after a high of 72. mid 70s, gaithersburg and manassas, uppe

bruce johnson says mayor gray, however, is sticking with his nominee. >> this is bruce johnson. when michael kelly resigned from his job on friday as head of the philadelphia housing authority, he said at the time he was leaving for personal reasons. turned out that staffers there had accused kelly of having a consensual sexual affair with a female staffer that he had appointed to a senior staff position and then approved her pay raises. >> he was a nationally respected professional. >> d.c. mayor says he nominated michael kelly to head the d.c. housing authority because of kelly's past work in the district. and hud investigation, which gray says says cleared kelly of any wrong doing. >> well, you know, the issue that is in question here was investigated by hud. they indicated it was consensual relationship. michael had a successful career. >> kelly's nomination must be approved by the d.c. council. 9news now. >> we should note that michael kelly is 58 years old. no date yet has been set for his confirmation hearing. the 38-year-old woman in question left her job in philadelphia

. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson in southeast washington where earlier today some shots rang out, two of the victims 7 and 8 years old here for a free lunch program. >> the intended target was another individual running past, apparently may have been chased by other individuals. certainly we don't think the children were the intended victims. >> reporter: the shooting victims had been standing on the sidewalk on savannah at 9 tonight streets when several shots rang out from -- 19th streets when several shots rang out from nearby woods. a 7-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder, an 8-year-old boy shot in the ankle and an adult hit in the ankle. >> it's pitiful. the little kids can't even play outside. >> reporter: the adult who was shot has been identified a vance page who is also a minister. the three victims were part of the free breakfast and lunch program moving from one feeding station to another because the meals had been late. >> for whatever reason innocent people get shot, but babies, like babies. >> reporter: they get shot, too. >> they get shot, too. >> reporter: all the

. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson in southeast washington where earlier today some shots rang out, two of the victims 7 and 8 years old here for a free lunch program. >> the intended target believe was another individual running past about apparently being chased by other individuals. >> reporter: the shooting victims have been standing on the sidewalk on savannah at 19th streets when several shots rang out from nearby woods. the 7-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder. an 8-year-old boy was shot in the ankle. undealt male was also hit in the ankle. -- an adult male was also hit in the ankle. >> it's pitiful. the little kid can't even play outside -- kids can't even play outside. >> reporter: the adult is vance pain, page, a -- vance pain, a minister. -- vance page, a minister. >> for whatever reason innocent people get shot were babies like babies. >> reporter: they get shot, too. >> reporter: all of the wounded are expected to survive. bruce johnson, 9 news now. >>> an update on the two attacks and slashing of animals at frying pan farm park in herndon. fairfax county police arres

. >> bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> now sources on boat sides also told bruce john -- on both sides also told bruce johnson they expect the charges to be brought against kwame brown's brother cheh as well. as well as the staffers, there's some good news. interim council chair mary cheh has offered them their jobs back at least for now. >>> 9 wants you to know about a major development in a 9news investigation we've worked on now more than six months. richard kim, owner of town square market now facing two years probation for selling alcohol to minor, part of the sentence handed down by a superior court judge today. received a 30 day suspended jail sentence, a $550 fine and 20 hours of community service. kim was arrested in february after police caught him selling beer and vodka to a 17-year-old high school student. after today's hearing kim said he wants to get rid of that store. >> reporter: i regret i even opened the store. i don't want the business anymore. i want to go back to construction. >> kim wants to sell the store as soon as he, can but his legal troubles aren't done yet. on j

bruce johnson captured the moments of family and friends saying their final good-byes to the godfather of go-go. ♪ >> reporter: the nation's capital had never seen this kind of memorial service. ♪ >> reporter: chuck was so down to earth. he was just d.c. through and through. >> there's so many stories i've heard over the years of peoples' lives have been turned around by just three minutes of his time. it's just a tribute to an incredible man. ♪ >> reporter: it was the combination of gospel, revival, jazz happy hour, and go-go concerts seem to never end. ♪ >> this is amazing. this brought the city together, people are loving -- people are smiling, people are happy. >> we kept him going for so long. he really loves d.c.. he loved d.c.. >> reporter: thousands came to pay their final respects to chuck brown at the washington convention center. he's the 75-year-old father of d.c.'s original genre, go-go music. >> he made us all feel like he knew us and loved us and every time he saw us he would hug you and hey baby and that makes people feel good. >> reporter: they were determine today arr

bruce johnson has more from some of the journalists who cover the case. >> in the beginning a lot ofs just couldn't imagine this was going to be something that amounted to anything. >> reporter: the watergate break-in remains the biggest political scandal. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> these are people willing to do anything to get elected. they were bugging offices, intimidating people. >> i think the foundations of our country were shaken by this. in the end the constitution prevailed. >> reporter: a couple of washington post reporters broke the story. bob word ward and richard bernstein are famous. >> in the first week, one of the burglars was connected to howard hunt, who was a former cia man, who was a consult tan in the nixon white house. >> reporter: all week long they have been offering reflections while attending events in town marking the 40th anniversary of watergate. >> you realize the hostility toward all the perceived enemies by nixon was a way of live in the nixon white house. >> woodward and bernstein found the break-in was only part

bruce johnson takes a look. >> reporter: nearly 900 d.c. students are using public vouchers to pay tuition at city catholic schools alone. >> we're just delighted that it provides families that power to make that choice for their kids. >> we have a lot of opportunity in choice for students. and we don't need vouchers in addition. >> reporter: so-called opportunity scholarships have divided local elected leaders. the new chairman of the dx council phil mendelson points out that compromise agreed to between the white house and senator lieberman gives $20 million to the voucher program. that's d.s.s. 20 million -- that's $20 million the president had earmarked for public and charter schools alone. >> he proposed roughly 50 % of the money goes to d.c. public schools and 40% to the charter schools which is roughly the same as the enrollment. but with this agreement we'll see less to both charters schools and the public schools. >> reporter: one group clearly satisfied with the voucher program, parents. they point out that 94% of the students att

to talk more about all this is bruce johnson who is back now to give us perspective. first, though, chairman brown says he's going to speak tomorrow. should we assume that tomorrow he will resign and then go into that place? >> i think that's exactly what our councilman harry thomas did is resigned from office before entering the guilty plea to leave open the door to open public office again. >> at the end of the piece bruce talked about the fact the mayor's investigation is still out there and you know there has been a wide ranging corruption investigation going on netting all kinds of folks. >> it's interesting the council members now talking about heal and mending fences. we still got a ways to go. the mayor issued a statement about the plea deal saying, "i'm shocked, disappointed, saddened by today's news. i served alongside mr. brown on the council and never would have imagined something like this," as a lot of people i would imagine couldn't imagine something like this, a felony. >> you're saying okay, so you got him on a home equity loan and a boat, but wasn't

i asked him about bruce johnson's report. i wasn't even able to finish my question before he turned to me and put his arm up and pushed me against my chest and pushed me against the wall and told me i was in a room. >> show me about how much he is? >> it was more than a glance. he was in front of me. he turned and he pushed me again and he started to talk to staff to ask them to remove me from the room. >> minutes later, brown was back up winking and smiling at mark segraves. we'll have an update coming up at 6:00 and we may have more to report in the coming days. lesli, back to you. >> we'll see you then. >>> well, a day after saying that he would -- george zimmerman's defense attorney is changing course. mark omara announced on his legal team's website that he is delaying that motion, but didn't explain why. the only thing else he said that a new bond hearing won't take place for several weeks and zimmerman will stay in jail until then. the neighborhood watch captain is accused of murdering trayvon martin. he returned to ja

good evening, i'm in for bruce johnson. temperatures have hit the 90s across the washington region, making it uncomfortable to spend any length of time outdoors. but what should we expect tonight? we'll go right outside to the weather terrace. >> reporter: today is the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures making it well into the 90s for today. the hottest day today, getting up to 92 degrees. the average high at reagan national is 82 degrees. we have had at least four days of 90 degree temperatures so far today including two in june yesterday and in may. temperatures, yup, it's hot out there. 88 for gaithersburg, even cumberland, you're making. now, fredericksburg, you're at 89 degrees. annapolis, you're also at 90 des. now, the satellite radar picture is showing you the high pressure in control. you'll notice tonight will be the humidities are going up tonight and through tomorrow. it'll be a little muggier and it will feel a little more uncomfortable for tomorrow. expecting leer skies, pleasant -- clear skies, plea

i'm joined again by bruce johnson. he's been in this game so long he knows all the players. bruce, we heard about person one, chay brown, never named in the documents. we've named him. why wasn't he charged? >> who says he won't be charged? i think on both side i've got sources saying he probably will be charged and there will be multiple charges against him and there are others, though, relatives of kwame brown involved in this. i'm told there probably won't be a charge against another close relative to kwame brown. >> let's talk about other people who might be charged and i mean d.c. council members. this thing is ongoing and basically they've said everything is on the table here, the prosecution. >> also being a politician you don't have to be charged to be tainted in this. other people are going to be charged in this case accord case a -- case according to sources it. continues and everybody now knows who the targets are. they're still looking at lore gain green and at mayor -- at lorraine green and at mayor gray and his campaign and whether or not something will happen t

i'm bruce johnson. on the heels of president obama announcing the u.s. will stop deporting thousands of young, illegal immigrants, people gathered at a hispanic hum sit some montgomery county today. >> reporter: bruce, it is what people were talking about at the hispanic summit held at montgomery blair high school. it is where we found 19-year- old george akuhn na. 19-year-old jorge akuhn na has lived in fear all his life. when he lived in columbia, he wore -- when he lived in colombia, he worried about his safety. since his parents brought him to maryland at the age of eight, he has been scared of being deported. >> i slept so peacefully, knowing my friends were going to wake up and all of them would be with me the next day. >> reporter: this past march, akuhn na and his family spent six days in a maximum security detention, capturing widespread support, even from lawmakers, he has been granted a year tension. but some believe the policy means amnesty and jobs being taken away. >> if they have safety from being deported because they have young children,

bruce johnson is off tonight, good evening, i'm matt jab blow. the nasty conditions cleared just in time for a parade in northeast dc. ken was where the sun and mild weather were plentiful. >> reporter: what a difference a day makes. yesterday this neighborhood got smacked by storms, streets were flooded out and today, picture perfect for a prayed. they revved their engines and sounded off, the smiles on these faces have a double meaning today, excitement for the parade, but mostly joy that yesterday's weather left just before the route hit the streets. >> i'm so much happier about the day. >> reporter: the first baptist church is celebrating more than 100 years of existence. today the parade was given the green light. here's what it looked like yesterday, just down the block from the parade at olive and eastern street, the road turned into a lake, literally, flooding out cars and forcing water rescues. >> it is amazing though. all i can tell you is we do thank god for it. only he could have done this. after yesterday, of course with the weather,

i'm bruce johnson. happy father's day. a key fig newer one of the country's -- figure in one of the country's worst riots is dead, rodney king, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by police ignited a race riot that left some 55 people dead, more than 2,000 injured. bigad shaban report. >> reporter: rodney king's sons and daughters hugged out his southern california home. king was poolside early sunday morning with his fiancee when she stepped inside. >> she heard a splash, came out to see what happened and found mr. king at the bottom of the pool. >> reporter: 911 was called. when police arrived, they pulled him out of the pool and performed cpr. king was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. >> it appears to be accidental. >> reporter: in 1991 home video captured police beating king. he'd been drinking that night and led police on a chase. when the officers were acquitted of wrongdoing a year later, thousands took to l.a. streets setting off one of the worst race riots in american history. king famously

bruce johnson has been at unity healthcare clinic in southeast today and they say this will not fund mentally change what they do. >> first off, they savor the president's position throughout. they are big advocates. but they are seeing 81,000 patients and a lot of patient visits. >> i can do dry wall. >> that's ricardo robinson, an unemployed construction worker. he's one of many uninsured people who count on a clinic for primary medical services. >> i'm not afraid to get sick, but i would like to be able to get checked on. >> with 490,000 visits a year, the team operates the largest primary healthcare agency in the area. >> is there any pain when i press back here? >> they go from treating the homeless to treating an entire class of underserved, and working poor. >> this is one of 30 clinics operated by unity health. it may come as a surprise, but the district has impressive numbers when it comes to insuring this population. 6 to 8% of the people don't have health insurance. only the state of massachusetts has better numbers. >> i want the supreme court to say, leave everything alo

i'm bruce johnson. get ready for the monday morning rush hour. big changes in store for metro riders. in but hours a new service will affect about 110,000 riders on the green, yellow, blue, and orange lines. matt jablow has all the information you are going to need. >> reporter: this man has spent a lot of time standing in crowded metro trains. >> whether you have a long commute from virginia to here in largo, you're standing up for almost an hour. >> reporter: so has bridget barnes. >> do you find yourself standing during train rides? >> most definitely. >> reporter: so has marie davenport, which is why, like a lot of metro commuters, they're all looking forward to rush plus -- metro's new plan to make commuting faster and more comfortable. >> this new plan sounds good to you. >> absolutely. >> reporter: according to metro the plan will improve service on the green, yellow, and orange line by adding six trains to each of 21 stations during the morning and evening commutes. for example, metro says the orange line between vienna and largo town cen

>>> hello everybody, i'm bruce johnson. we begin in queen anne's county where firefighters have been battling a massive brush fire that has been raging. it is on kent island. matt jablo has the latest. >> reporter: the fire started at about 8:00 this morning in a very heavily area. joining me right now is the department of emergency services. thank you for joining us on a very busy day. tell me, how is the fire? is it contained at this point? >> yes. a pretty large fire. we believe we have it about 90% contained at this point and all the companies from the queen anne's company from at least seven different counties. and they will be here assisting us. lots of agencies are working together in a unified area to get it under control. we also have the resources here. we're making progress. it is slow progress, but we're making progress. >> reporter: what happened as far as you know? >> there is a call around 6:00 for the smoke investigation. they got here, taking them a long time. this is so heavily watered here. it is probably

. >> bruce johnson from the very beginning, thanks. derek? >>> the resignation of kwame brown as d.c. council chair just another blow to a constituency that's already replaced one council member this session. bruce leshan is live from southeast d.c. with reaction to what's just been an ongoing crisis of corruption. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, derek, just a great sense of disappointment here at anacostia. kwame brown, of course, spent much of his childhood actually down in prince william county in virginia with his mother, but he came back to the city in high school with his dad, marshall brown, a long time political organizer here in the city and, of course, kwame brown made his political career here in the city, but mark fisher wrote in the post today that brown presented himself as a young african american who was equally comfortable in living rooms in anacostia and in chevy chase, a politician with street distribution ranks ekes d.c. and boardroom savvy -- with street -- with street smarts and politician savvy. >> reporter: what do you think

bruce johnson takes us there. ♪ music playing >> reporter: who can take his place?> i love chuck brown. he has been an idol of mine since i was 10 years of age. >> reporter: in fact, the washington convention center put the memorial service which from the beginning seemed more like a revival or go-go concert than funeral. >> what would he say about this crowd? about the show of support? >> he would be -- he is so humble, he would be smiling and saying i love you all. >> he gave dc their own identity. >> i have been playing with chuck for 12 years. since about the year 2000. >> reporter: in '75, chuck brown had been the founder of go-go music. it's biggest star. >> to me it's not a bad event. it's a blessing. because you get to realize how strong and powerful go-go is. >> reporter: where does go-go go from here? >> he's inside of all of us now. he's inside all of us. >> all of the groups that are coming behind him, i think they're very well prepared for this spotlighting moment. and it's a beautiful thing to see chuck, his music and legacy being celebrated in this wa

>> 9news now's bruce johnson quotes sources as saying the council chair has met with prosecutors and that they outlined their case against him. the federal investigation started with questions about whether brown benefited from some $239,000 in campaign funds that were steered to his brother's consulting firm during brown's 2008 ran for council chair. but the investigation has expanded well beyond that. >> i don't think i broke any laws in the 2008 campaign. that's all i'm going to say about the 2008 campaign. >> brown spent hours residing over a council meeting to pass next year's budget. the pressure may be getting to him. in the morning, he got physical with the long time wilson building reporter for wtop radio. >> he was in front of me. he turned. he pushed me and he started to talk to staff to ask them to remove me from the room. >>> the jury selection is underway and the child sex abuse trial of former penn state assistant coach, jerry sandusky. nine jurors have been chosing so far out of the 220 brought in. it appears finding a fair and impartial jury in the tight knit communi

bruce johnson reports there is a federal investigation into brown's 2008 campaign. here's how brown responded. >> i don't think i broke any laws in the 2008 campaign. that's all i'm going to say about the 2008 campaign. >> prosecutors are looking into whether brown benefited from campaign funds that were steered to his brother's firm and that investigation is growing. brown also raised eyebrows yesterday for allegedly shoving wtop radio reporter mark seagraves. brown did not respond to questions about that. >>> in the last month maryland's two casinos brought in more than $14.5 million. most of that money was made at the slots parlor in perryville. well, tonight the state's newest casino will be opening its doors. we're talking about the maryland live casino which is near anne arundel mills mall in hanover. it will have 3200 slot machines and another 1500 machines will be installed this summer. gambling begins at 10:00 p.m. >>> also ray bradberry died at the age of 91. he was the author of such classic books as "fairnts height 451" and "the martian chronicles." he i

. >> bruce johnson has more onto nature of the charges against brown and reaction from other council members, including marian berry. >> council woman mary cha is the temporary chair woman and she'll be joining us live here in the studio. >> and why dc politics are seemingly overrun with corruption. >> and we have new details and brown's resignation letter. >> reporter: we and histated the resignation letter was coming. he admits to making "serious mistakes in judgement." here is the letter in its entirety. the now former chairman kwame brown wrote dear madam secretary, i hereby resign my position as chairman of the council of district of columbia effectively immediately. i made serious mistakes in judgement for which i take full responsibility. because of the great respect i have for the institution i have chosen the only honourable course in submitting my resignation at this time. i will not hold this body and its important work hostage to my person indiscretions. i have behaved in ways i should not have. i was wrong and i will face the consequences of that conduct. i offer my unco

i'm matt jablow, bruce johnson has the night off. killing her own daughter and injuring four other children, only on 9 tonight, suray chin speaks to the woman who was there that night. >> reporter: they were playing a game of tag in the driveway when this tragedy happened. all the children who were injured are out of the hospital except ten-year-old isaac gonzalez. she heard the screams and couldn't find her son. >> i think he had died. i called him and no answer. >> i feel terrible, scared. i feel like, where's my son. >> her son warned the other kids before the suv came barreling towards them. >> he tried to tell the other kids to go away. >> marion was behind the wheel when she mistakenly hit the gas pedal in a driveway of children. the impact killed her eight- year-old daughter, natalie. >> we miss him. >> 14-year-old kevin lifted the garage door to the adults could pull the children out. >> the rest were in there, so one by one, we had to take the kids out. and isaac was the last one. >> isaac is also the last one still in the h

>> 9news now bruce johnson quotes source as saying that the council chair has met with prosecutors and that they outlined their case against him. the federal investigation started with questions about whether brown benefited from some $239,000 in campaign funds that were steered to his brother's consulting firm during brown's 2008 run for council chair. but the investigation has reportedly expanded well beyond that. >> i don't think i broke any laws in the 2008 campaign. and that's all i'm going to say about the 2008 campaign. >> brown spent hours residing over a council meeting to pass next year's budget. in the morning he got physical with a lang time wilson building reporter for wtop radio. >> he was in front of me. he turned and he pushed me and he started to talk to staff to ask them to remove me from the room. >> the attorney's office had no official response today to questions about the status of its investigation of brown. that may change before the end of the week. derek. >> all right, thank you, bruce. a teenager convicted of killing her own mom is headed off to jail for the

. >> bruce johnson has more on the nature of the charges and what we should expect to happen in the nextew days. >> bruce also spoke with members of the council. >> reporter: kwame brown left his office perhaps at the last time as chairman. >> i have no comment. i appreciate your waiting in the hallway all this time. >> reporter: the 41-year-old did meet behind closed doors with his council staff who immediately began backing and met privately with members of the council and told them he would be resigning as chairman. >> i'm sad myself. [indiscernible] >> i think individuals do find themselves at times

>>> hello, everybody, i'm bruce leshan in for bruce johnson. >>> scary, scary situation on the national mall tonight, serious heat and thousands of fired up young people out in the sun. more than 200,000 people are down there for the 100th anniversary of the girl scouts. and emergency crews have been rushing to help dozens of them with heat stress and heat exhaustion. ken is down there too. ken, how are those young people doing? >>reporter: they're doing all right. 250,000, you said 200,000 plus. we just spoke to the girl scouts, they said 250,000 of them were down here at the national mall. you can imagine just how hot it is out here. get this. d.c. fire officials say 70 people had to be treated for heat-related emergencies, 15 of them had to be taken to the hospital 250,000 people from across the country converged on the national mall to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the girl scouts. all of them were greeted by smoldering temperatures and extreme heat. >> treated about 70. >> it was about 70. >>reporter: hee-related emergencies? >> hee related. we had to use gators and bikes to s

hello, everybody, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. crews in maryland and d.c. working to remove downed trees and branches and debris at this hour. pepco says about 10,000 customers in the area still without power. most of those customers are in prince george's county and the district. we've got team coverage for you this evening. the storm aftermath, beginning with armando truell. he's in blaitensburg, maryland outside a heavily damaged apartment complex. >>reporter: right behind me you can see some of the havoc that was wreaked by yesterday's microburst. you've got a roof that weighs several tons and it flew about 500 feet from on top of an apartment building to land over here. on its way it sheered through a power line. now you can see pepco crews. they're working on restoring the power. this is just part of the army that's been deployed to make sure this neighborhood gets back to working condition. a massive cleanup effort is under way in blatensburg and this is what 60 mile per hour wind gusts can do to a brick apartment building. a hail storm brought even

. >> hello, i'm bruce johnson. we have tragedy at a concert tonight. in toronto, one person is dead, several others injured after a stage collapse just before the start of a rock concert. some 40,000 fans were expected to pack the sold out concert by the british band, radio head. during the preconcert sound check, something went horribly wrong. the stage collapsed. killing one person, seriously injuring three others. investigators trying to determine exactly what caused that mishap. >> when we arrived, reports of someone trap under the structure. crews went into the structure, assisted with extricating that victim. once it was realized there were no more victims, we needed to remove ourselves from the area. that is the whole stage area itself and secure that scene. >> and of course, concert has been canceled. we have breaking news at this hour. d.c. and arlington county police searching for a teenage girl who may have been forced at gunpoint into the trunk of a car. authorities say they received a text message around 8:45 tonight. telling them the girl

i'm matt jablow in for bruce johnson. major developments in our ongoing investigation into bonuses at the general services administration. right now new evidence is surfacing of hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses going to gsa officials suspected of misconduct. investigator reporter russ is here. to be clear, all this is in addition to the bonuses that you covered last week. >> matt, you're right on. here's the issue. did the government pay bonuses as much as tens of thousands of dollars each to individual gsa workers accused of bad performance, or even worse, possibly crime? the latest report indicates the five we identified in our investigation may be symptomatic of a much larger trend year after year paying out performance bonuses to gsa workers while they were suspected of wrong doing. the gsa scandal falled by those music videos lampooning easy government cash gained new traction last week when our investigation uncovered bonus money. documents we obtained under the freedom of information act indicated the gs

bruce johnson report gray says he remains focused on the job. >> reporter: mayor, are you planning to resign? >> ask me a question like that. i have no -- no. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray angrily responding to a question late yesterday which appeared to be based on a rumor that his health was failing. >> my health is fine. >> reporter: fact is this week the mayor has had a busy schedule that included the dedication of a new library in his ward 7 home base. >> our library buildings were in great disrepair. >> reporter: beginning this weekend he leads a delegation of private and public leaders on a 10-day trip to china. >> we hope to talk with them further about the possible financing of our streetcar system here in the city. they're interested in other investments. >> reporter: privately staffers say the mayor has heard all the rumors sin two of his former campaign -- since two of his former campaign aides took guilty beliefs in the federal probe of the gray campaign. those aide staffers say gray has made clear he wants his administration focused on city business, business comp

brown is the second council member forced out of office because of corruption charges, and as bruce johnsonorts, the stress and strain of yet another scandal is clearly evidence at the wilson building. >> please gore give me -- please forgive me but we have to stay together up here and stop fighting. >> reporter: it should have been one of those let's move on meeting but before that could happen, some of the d.c. council members just had to vent. >> tomorrow we could be in handcuffs. >> reporter: today was the d.c. council's first meeting since former chairman kwame brown was forced to resign because of felony bank fraud and campaign finance violations. before that ward 5 councilman harry thomas forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 from youth baseball programs. four--term councilman phil mendelson was voted the new chairman. what do you say to the residents of the city? >> it's going to take time. we're going to work what we can do restore that trust. >> we're devastated as a body. >> reporter: vincent orange wanted the second in command spot arguing that the council's ten d

bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> a showdown over the d.c. budget could be looming in the halls of congress. a senate version of a d.c. spending bill does not include a controversial ban on city funded abortions. the version passed by the senate appropriations subcommittee would also give the city a budget of $676 million. that's roughly $10 million more than the bill in the house. the version passed by the g.o.p. controlled house includes the abortion ban. >>> syrian troops have regained control of the town of hafa near the coast. the obama administration says russia is supplying helicopters to syrian forces. russia has accused the white house of providing military support to rebel forces. >>> at 4:30, taking another look at the road to the white house, president obama heads to ohio today to lay out his vision for how to fix the economy. the president will say that he's focused on creating jobs for the middle class. mitt romney has also picked ohio to talk about the president the's economic plan. romney claims the president's policies are an

i am bruce leshan in for bruce johnson. a celebration of 100 years of girl scouting ran up against searing heat and sweltering humidity on the national mall today, and scores of scouts and scout leaders suffered heat exhaustion and heat stroke. a quarter of a million girl scouts and their supporters were on the mall to celebrate the big anniversary, but d.c. fire and ems crews had to treat 70 of them for heat-related problems, and they had to rush 15 people to the hospital. crews sprayed down the crowd from fire trucks to cool things off. they urged everyone to drink plenty of liquids to stay hydrated in the heat. maybe there ought to be a special badge for surviving this steamy saturday. >> we had to use gators and bike teams to go through it and grab patients and snatch them up to the ambulance. >> we didn't get to be sprayed a lot but actually got to chase the ball, and it was really fun. >> we've been drinking plenty and staying in the shade. >> we're going underneath the fire hoses. >> good news tonight. we are told al

. >> bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> in a late afternoon news conference the u.s. attorney called this a dark day for d.c. and he says the city's residents deserve better from our elected officials. >> do you think those voters would have elected mr. brown if they had known he had submitted fraudulent bank documents in 2005 and 2007 before the election? this is a man that controlled millions of dollars in the city budget. i think the way to answer that is how would you feel if we left him in office and then a greater fraud was perpetrated upon the public down the road? >> the sense of entitlement by these individuals has to stop. they are the entitled to that which does not belong to them. they are not entitled to break the law without repercussion. >> and the fbi says it is not done looking into cases of corruption here in the nation's capital. >>> culpeper police officer daniel harmon-wright pleaded not guilty today to murder and three other related counts. he's can also granted a $1,000 bond and newly -- he's also granted a $1,000 bond and newly released court r

>>> hello everybody, i'm bruce johnson. thank you for joining us. the president of pepco tells news news that 99% of the homes lost power during and after the recent storms. they have their electricity back on tonight. earlier this evening we spoke with tom graham in our studios. he says that downed trees were the root cause of this weekend's power outages. that saw some 45,000 homes in the dark at the height of friday's storms. and while the utility company spent millions of dollars and made progress, they're cutting branches away from the power lines, the job is not finished. sounds like more outages during future storms can be expected. >> well, we have five year plan. we're making an investment in our infrastructure at about $910 million. tree trimming is part of that. right now, we're replacing several hundred miles of cable and we're doing a lot of other infrastructure improvements. >> how many more trees do you have to cut? how many more years? >> there's no goal to cut a certain number of trees but we're going to be working for five years. >

i'm andrea mccarren in for bruce johnson tonight. what a warm sunday it's been. area. but what can we expect tomorrow morning? anny hong is on the weather terrace to let us know what's in store. anny? >> we're expecting the humidity to stick around the next 24 hours or so as we've felt it tonight and are also expecting another hot day. today was the hottest day so far. today's high getting to 92 degrees. average high is 83. and we've had four days of at least 90-degree weather this year. we had two in june actually today and yesterday. we had two in may. so it is the hottest day of the year so far. now, so right now, temperatures are still pretty warm out here. 80 in downtown. in the suburbs, a little cooler. 72 in leesburg. culpeper, 68. this is the reason why it feels a little heavier and muggier. the dew points are in the 60s, pretty much everywhere you look. what does that mean? here's a look at our dew point comfort index. in the 60s, it's anywhere from sticky to uncomfortable. so definitely we are feeling it a little more so tonight, and we will will also t

hello everybody, i'm bruce johnson. thank you for joining us. the clean-up from those storms still underway tonight in local communities and many homes still in the dark tonight. pepco says about 10,500 customers have no power. most of the outages in prince george's county and the district. that's down from about 50,000 there's night. now one of -- last night. now one of the hardest hit areas is bladensburg. our ken molestina is outside a badly damaged apartment building. ken? >> reporter: we've been following the damage caused from the microburst since yesterday when it hit. it's by far the worst conditions in the entire washington metro area. crews have been out here round the clock to get the power restored and cleaned up and some neighbors in the area are finally getting the power back on. take a look over my shoulder here. what you're looking at is a large piece of roof. it came off of a building about three blocks away. we're being told that when the burst hit the winds were so strong it brought it flying across the area and landed on top

our bruce johnson brings us more. >> reporter: kwame brown leaving office for the last time yesterday as d.c. council chairman after his attorneys had worked out a deal with prosecutors whereby brown would admit to a felony bank fraud charge. brown knew then the deal would also require him to plead guilty eventually to a misdemeanor charge filed today

bruce johnson reports on kwame brown's political future. >> i sincerely regret the pain that this hasyou. >> outside u.s. district

here to tell us about what that deal entails is our own bruce johnson. >> you have a deal, but the controversy continues. low income students to help them pay tuition at private and parochial schools. nearly 900 d.c. students are using public vouchers to pay tuition at city catholic schools alone. >> we are delighted it provides families that power to make that choice for their kids. >> we have a lot of opportunity and choice for students and we don't need vouchers in addition. >> so-called opportunities, scholarships divided local elected leaders. the new chairman of the d.c. council points out that compromise agreed to between the white house and house speaker boehner and senator jon lieber man gets $20 million to the voucher program. that's $20 million that the president earmarked for public charter schools alone. >> he proposed 50% of the $60 million and 40% go to the charter schools, which roughly is the same as the enroll. but with this agreement, we'll see less charter schools and public schools. >> one group clearly satisfied with the program, parents point out that 94% of the students

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