when we last saw our friend bruce leshan he was at the wheel in adele file. we hear he has moved his location and is now near greenbelt somewhere near the beltway. bruce, how's it look there? >> reporter: hey, derek, a sign of how bad traffic is from new hampshire avenue over here to kenilworth avenue, i don't know, it seems like it has taken us about an hour. so the traffic is terrible, and you can see it. topper says we've got more traffic to come -- i mean, more weather to come. we definitely have more traffic to come. you can see some poor guy, who knows if he ran out of goods or what, pulled over there on the side of the road in the construction zone with the emergency vehicles trying to help him out with the state troopers there trying to help him out but how would you like to run out of gas in all of this nightmare. it is not raining right now, but you can tell from the road surface how intense the rain has been off and on here. and let me show you, this is back down towards 95 and so forth, and the traffic has just been nonstop all along through there.

in stafford county, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> thank you for that, bruce. there appears to be a new twist in the race to pick up a d.c. council chairman. vincent orange told colleagues he will not be a candidate afterall. phil mendelson will be in the race and he picked up petitions yesterday to formally run for the seat. the councilman was selected to serve as chairman following the resignation of kwame brown last week. he'll be running for the permanent job in november. >> the man d.c. mayor gray nominated is leaving a similar job in philly, but leaving it under a cloud. michael kelly resigned from office after staffers complained that he was having an improper affair with another staffer. 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 a

. >> bruce leshan in downtown d.c. this location, just a few blocks from the white house, is one of four locations approved by d.c. today for medical marijuana dispensaries. legal pot in the district could now be just weeks away. >> you see the sign outside and the walk in? and they want to buy two or three bottles at a time. >> just like the moon shine, his liquor sales. marijuana is moving from illegal to legal. but sing says the city is enforcing far more restrictions on the marijuana dispensary that is going in in the strip mall he owns. >> health department registration, registration with the wellness center. >> another pot dispensary will go into a still struggling neighborhood on north capital the. within view of the new atf headquarters and blocks from the u.s. capital. a third is approved for 8th street southeast. barracks row on capitol hill. >> d.c. got enough drugs in it. >> bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> a health alert about a threat that could be as serious as second-hand smoke. today, the world health orga

in bethesda, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> thank you, bruce. >>> at least two workers were injured after they were knocked out of a tree by a truck. this happened on new hampshire avenue here brighton dam road in brookeville. scott broom is joining us live from the scene with more information. scott? >> reporter: well, now that we're here at the location, we've learned they weren't actually in the tree. they were down on the ground. despite the signs and the cones and the flagger, a truck blew through the construction area, ran over or hit three workers, two of them were sent to the hospital. let me take you to sky 9. we're at new hampshire avenue. it was just after 10:00 this morning when a box truck went through this work location. and that's when the workers were hit. they were working for mercy a tree contractors, under contract to bge power company. the two injured workers according to co-workers are jose hernando and marvin saravantos. both have been taken to hospitals, one of them to shock trauma. here is how some of the witnesses on the ground saw it as it happened. >> my thought

and bruce leshan, 9news now. >> the tsa says that they have tested the scanners successfully thousands of times, and they said that it is the best available technology for detecting the explosives. >>> his lawyers filed a motion today requesting the change of venue in the wrongful death lawsuit. the defense team for the former university virginia lacrosse team argues that he could not get a fair trial in charlottesville. and that is where the jurors found him guilty of second- degree murder for the death of his ex-girlfriend. the wrongful death suit was filed right here. >>> metro rail is launching a new program called rush plus. peggy fox has some important details to keep you from being left at the platform. the orange line carries more passengers than any other metro railline. and because it will get so crowded during the rush hour where riders have dubbed it orange crush. >> sometimes you cannot get on it. >> reporter: and on monday, help will be on the way in the largest system change since they rolled their first trains out. but it might leave some passengers perplexed. >> have y

advocates are convinced that the supreme court decision will help address both. >> in d.c., bruce leshan, 9news now. >> now the affordable care act pays states to expand medicaid to everyone below 133% of the poverty line. it mandates everyone buy insurance, but it offers help to people without enough money to pay for it. >>> folks are searching for shade and hopefully drinking plenty of water out at congressional country club in bethesda today. mike and derek mcginty are over the 18th green in the shade, but boy, still out in the heat. hey guys. >> we are sweltering just a bit. we have the community towel, but it's a little rough here. topper shutt may not want you to know this, but he's not the only meteorologist here. the responsibility of a guy named stewart william. he has been doing that job for 18 years. >> his primary concern is lightning. he's using all the various computers and forecasting equipment. he brings it. they even put out a lightning detector, which measures the electricity in the area. >> we give them advanced warning when we expect the storm is going to hit and they

bruce leshan has more on the community reeling. >>> there is less than a week left until the end of the school year and school officials say the principal is just trying to keep students focused following allegations that one of her teachers possessed pornographic images of children. federal agents were the first to suspect that robert might be looking at child pornology his home computer. they alerted fairfax county police and authorities say a search of the new teacher's house found ten different pictures of children. >> are you concerned about the safety of the kids at the school? >> we are not. there's no evidence that we have that would indicate that any of the children are in any of the images. we have no reason to believe they are. >> a man who came to the door at ben's house decline ed to talk. but some of his neighbors say they are hoping it is all a mistake. >> i'm hoping he knows something that was unintentional. >> police declined to offer any details about the images or what exactly led them to suspect them. the parents we talked to were confident of the principal's ability

first, bruce leshan reports what happened when he put them to the test. >> and i will need you to also remove your belt. >> reporter: the pentagon forced protection agency would like everyone to know. >> place your feet here in the blue squares. >> reporter: that they are trying out the back scanners at the visitor's center. >> the yellow squares indicate where a threat happened, or where it was located. >> they detected the nano that i had on my tie. >> reporter: but pentagon police say they are well aware about the florida bloggers video that reports show him easily fooling similar scanners at two different airports. >> we're not just relying on this instrument soully. but we're looking at the number of different approaches they would like the transportation secretary to put us all in. >> reporter: the scanners only take images front and back. >> they are drawn with great colors placed on the backside. >> reporter: any threats are black too. so the 27-year-old jonathan corbitt sewed a pocket on his side. >> the heavy metal carrying case. >> reporter: and was able to slip right throug

. >> i'm bruce leshan in downtown d.c. this location, just a few blocks from the white house, is one of four locations approved by d.c. today for medical marijuana dispensaries. legal pot in the district could now be just weeks away. >> you see the sign outside and the walk in? and they want to buy two or three bottles at a time. >> just like the moon shine he sells in his liquor store. marijuana is moving from illegal to legal. but sing says the city is enforcing far more restrictions on the marijuana dispensary that is going in in the strip mall he owns. >> a prescription, health department registration, registration with the wellness center. >> another pot dispensary will go into a still struggling neighborhood on north capital within view of the new atf headquarters and just blocks from the u.s. capital. a third is approved for 8th street southeast. barracks row on capitol hill. >> d.c. got enough drugs in them. >> bruce leshan, 9news now. >> the action comes after the ark of safety christian church sited debts of $1 a

bruce leshan explains why. >> i was -- i don't know how to explain it. >> every adult feels like the supreme court has lifted a huge weight off his shoulders. he is sure now that doctors will treat his diabetes. >> everybody have health insurance. they do in every country but this one. >> for andrea, it is relief for her 16-year-old daughter who has diabetes. >> and she gets older, the health providers won't dediscriminate about her preexisting condition. >> there's the hope she can finally pay for her medications and the hip surgery she needs. >> my doctor told me when i had the last surgery, i needed another surgery. i can't afford another surgery. and he said my legs will be messed up for the rest of my life. >> d.c. spent hundreds and millions of dollars trying to save its only hospital east of the river. the chairman of the board of united medical center says the affordable care act will insure his patients have healthcare coverage and that the insurance companies will pay the hospital to help them. >> the district of columbia, everybody has access to healthcare. but everybody d

in stafford county, bruce leshan, 9news now. >>> i'm standing out here with you on the terrace. and it is a little swampy. >> it is warm now. just wait, my friend. in fact, heat advisory gets into effect tomorrow at noon. noon to 8:00. covers the entire metro area. i don't think we are going to meet the criteria of that. you have to go 105 to 109 with a heat advisory. consequently, it's going to be, we are not used to the heat. that's the criteria. temperature we feel combined with the relative humidity, drink lots of fluids. that's the most important thing. next three days rings we'll go code yellow, code yellow, code yellow. because heat tomorrow, because the heat on thursday. and because of a better chance of thunderstorms on friday. good news, only 91 on friday. that will feel a little better with a better chance of thunderstorms. we also have to worry about code orange. unhealthy air for sensitive folks. so car pool, use public transit. you should always do that when it's over 90 degrees. refill your car in the evening. do not cut the grass and do not use a charcoal grill e

bruce leshan, 9news now. >> the n.t.s.b. is pushing for federal safety oversight of subway systems across the country. and that is in a bill sponsored by maryland senator barbara mikulski which is in a congressional conference committee right now and looks like it might actually make it out. >>> for the first time ever in the u.s., an official in the roman catholic church has been found guilty after crime for covering up allegations of child sex abuse. he's monsignor william lynn of philadelphia, convicted of child endangerment. prosecutors say lynn helped predatory priests stay in the ministry while keeping the public in the dark. the jury acquitted lynn of a second endangerment count and a conspiracy charge. >>> a firefighter on his way home from work rescued a woman from a burning home. captain william moreland saw flames coming from the home in centreville. neighbors told him a woman was still inside. he went in and found the woman, put an iv in her home, sitting in a hospital chair. he and three neighbors picked her up

bruce leshan has the story. >> reporter: sources say that the board of visitors would not have called this extraordinary meeting for next tuesday unless there were the votes on the board to reinstate the ousted president here at uva, teresa sullivan. it takes just three votes to call one of these meetings and those three votes came together around 5:00 this afternoon. it will take eight votes to bring teresa sullivan back. for days now board members with second thoughts on sullivan's ouster have been counting heads and they were close to eight votes during the turbulent all night meeting monday into tuesday when they named sullivan's replacement. today deans and faculty who went to uva wrote the governor that sullivan's forced resignation honchoed by board of visitors chair helen dragas was a threat to academic integrity and uva's national reputation. the american association of university professors launched an investigation and now students are overjoyed at the idea that they may finally be getting this controversy behind them. >> you can't have division and have new students come i

bruce leshan reports vincent orange is still lobbying for the job. >> reporter: what do you think will happen wednesday? >> i think the council will meet. >> reporter: phil mendelson is no showboat, but his mild mannered no frills persona may be what most of his colleagues are looking for do. you have anything you could tell us? >> reporter: after scandals that have driven two other council members from office. >> the council is hurting. we've betrayed the public trust. we need to rebuilt the public trust. >> reporter: vincent orange is still trying to convince his colleagues that he is the stronger leader. >> if you look at my record and look at the record of mr. mendelson, you'll see the majority of the time he's on the losing side of a 10-2 vote or 12-1 vote. >> reporter: ward 7 council member yvette alexander says some of her constituents are worried about race, but she suspects mendelson already has a majority of seven strong votes wrapped up. >> it's always an issue to be quite frank, but i think in this instance it's who has been in the community. >> reporter: and phil mendelson

just really be careful. >> in maryland, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> you know, richardson figured that the truck was a total loss. but at least he and the other families in that nissan, they are all okay. >>> all this friday night flooding and down trees created quite a commuter headache. and one that isn't over for everybody yet. right now, the train is stopped west of the barnville maryland station because of multiple trees down on the tracks. we have no word on when it will start moving again. train 883 runs from union station to martinsburg west virginia on the brunswick line and it was suppose to have arrived at 9:14 p.m. tonight. >>> but over on amtrak, the service is slowly getting back to normal. earlier, all the service north out of union station had to be cut off because of the trees down on the wires. but now, they have one of the two tracks clear and they are working to fix the other set of the lines. the trains are running about 45 minutes behind and between d.c. and new carlton. >>> the severe weather extended far north and far south of the d.c. region. take a look at thi

bruce leshan, thank you. more than two years after morgan harrington was killed, the fbi revised its sketch. this is a new updated sketch. it was released by the help save the next girl campaign. the group was formed last year to help find morgan's killer and bring awareness to the as a ruler vulnerability of young women. her remains were found a few months later on a farm 8 miles from where she was last seen. >>> one woman is in custody following a deadly stabbing in d.c. this happened this morning in the 3400 block of 13th place southeast. the woman was reportedly in her apartment when she was stabbed in the back. her young daughter was home at the time of the attack. the suspect allegedly went to nearby school to pick up her daughter. sharon says she stopped her. >> she wanted to get her daughter. not today. you can step up here, right here in this corner and that's when the officer came over and placed the handcuffs. >> neither the name of the victim nor the suspect has been released. the moti

>>> 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

>> bruce leshan, thank you. 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

bruce leshan reports, we have no idea what the justices have decided. bruce. >> absolutely. you know, the supreme court really may be the one institution in all of washington that simply does not leak. so while the majority of the justices seemed a little skeptical during oral arguments, we simply will not know for certain until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> a wonderful young man. and he lost his mom to illness. >> the president kept a low profile for months on healthcare reform. but with the supreme court ruling now just hours away, he is offering a ringing defense. >> i believe it was right to make sure that everybody in this country gets decent healthcare and does not bankrupt when they get sick. >> and mitt romney is just as strong in his critique. >> if obama care is not deemed constitutional, then the president's term will have been wasted on something that has not helped the american people. >> promise to repeal healthcare reform, even if the supreme court lets it stand. >> the obama care bill was a mistake. the court does not strike down the entire law, the house w

virginia is much too strong an institution to be brought down by this sort of mistake. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9news now. >> he says boards of clearly supposed to hold university presidents accountable, but he says they have to do it in a sound responsible way and he says that didn't happen in this case. >>> we begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. with a heat alert. it is going to be yet another scorcher. a live look at the yards park in southeast washington where it's 78 degrees right now. >> because of the heat advisory, the department of labor is reminding outdoor workers to stay hydrated and spend time in the shade. it's also encouraging employers to go easy on those workers. >>> in the district city pools will be open late. about a dozen will stay open until 8:00 or 8:30 p.m. >> metro is easing its policy about drinking on board trains. you can take a bottle of water with you to stay cool. >> in just a moment, monika is going to tell us if the drivers are going to keep

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 leshan is live at the wilson building. what a day, bruce. >> what a day, there's discussions going on now among council members about what might succeed kwame brown should he be forced to resign. we may now be hours or days away from the climax of a federal investigation that started soon after kwame brown took office and demanded that the city lease him a fully loaded lincoln suv. d.c.'s second highest ranking elected official ignored questions about whether he would resign, ignored questions about whether he has met with federal prosecutors. and said he knew nothing about any possible fraud charges that might be filed against him. >> i have no -- you tell me -- >> you don't know anything about the bank fraud charge? >> 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 fir

bruce leshan with reaction from the station. >> metro exits blocked and locked, screams the washington examiner. after looking back at thousands of inspection reports on metro's emergency exits. the problems could leave riders stuck underground in a crisis and the problems either took too long to fix or were never fixed at all. >> that concerns me. they allowed it to go as long as it's gone. >> inspectors found bushes, a hive of angry bees, and a locked emergency exit door at congress heights. they found an exit sign that would have pointed fleeing passengers in exactly the wrong direction at capital south. and at medical center, the ground around the commit is sinking. >> we are working to improve safety every day on this system. we'll continue to do that. it will be a never ending job, we'll continue to pay attention to it. >> the oversight commission complained repeatedly about the blocked exits. it complained in 2007 and again in 2010. metro promised the inspector's reports would be moved much more quickly up the chain of command. but now the commission says it turns out that promi

bruce leshan, 9news now. >> a presumptive gop presidential nominee, mitt romney, is in sterling, virginia, tonight. he has a plan in place no matter what the court decides. >> so, if the court upholds it, if they say it passes the constitution. it still is bad policy and that will mean if i'm elected, we'll repeal it and replace it. >> and if on the other hand the court strikes it down, they'll be doing some of my work for me. i won't have to repeal it. i won't have to replace it, and i will. >> regardless of what the supreme court decides tomorrow, operators of the district's largest health clinic say they will continue to treat all patients, including those with no insurance. keen is the president of unity health and he is a big-time advocate of universal healthcare and the president's plan to require everyone to have insurance. >> there's been no other serious effort to cover the 32 million people uninsured in the united states. this is a format to include the quality of care and to reduce costs. >> this clinic is already made possible by local and federal dollars from elected leaders

bruce leshan has the latest from the wilson building. >> d.c.'s second highest ranking elected official ignored questions about whether he would resign, ignored questions about whether he has met with federal prosecutors. and said he knew nothing about any possible fraud charges that might be filed against him. >> i have no -- tell me things i have no conversation. >> you don't know anything about bank fraud charges? >> 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 m

this it is dicey to get live shots in when weather is this severe but we have bruce leshan in adelphi, maryland. bruce. >> reporter: hey, anita and derek, we're almost up to the beltway on new hampshire avenue right now. what we're seeing pretty much, and let me get out of the way of these folks. i wanted to give you a better picture of the road. i want to get out of the road of traffic as well. so what we're seeing right now is really pretty much light rain but very, very heavy traffic. i mean, you know, this is rush hour anyway. you can see what it looks like on new hampshire avenue as you approach the beltway. back there towards piney branch, some of the low-lying areas, we did get some significant water buildup, and we did see some vehicles kind of hydro plank through it, but we haven't seen any kind of evidence of any kind of tornado activity. the sky is dark and threatening, but there's actually some significant darkness over here to the left of me, and felix, try and get it, but it's a challenge to shoot from inside the truck as we bring this to you live. i'm not seeing evidenc

leading candidates, council members phil mendelson and vincent orange and both spoke with our bruce leshan today. >> if you look at my record and look at the record of mr. mendelson, you'll see the majority of the time he's part -- on the losing side of a 10-2 vote or 12-1 vote. i'm generally with the majority. >> does it matter in a majority black city that you're white? >> it shouldn't but yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> that council vote is all set for wednesday. the citywide special election for brown's seat will be held november 6th, election day. >>> if you are eager to get your hands on the newest iphone, you'll have to wait a few months. apple's ceo tim cook announced today the iphone no. 5 will be released in september. the company also announced a new macbook with a high resolution display that it says will contain 3 million more pixels than a hi-def tv. as for the much anticipated new operating system, ios6, apple has not said when that will be available. >>> lee greenwood or justin bibb beer, a brooklyn principal -- bieber, a brooklyn principal banned the god bless

bruce leshan is louvre from charlottesville. this could be a -- is live from charlottesville. this could be a huge victory for the students and faculty and alumni who have all been arguing bring her back. >> reporter: that's right, a huge victory. smart money says the board would not be calling this meeting unless it had the votes to bring president teresa sullivan back to the helm here at uva. it takes just three votes to call this extraordinary surprise meeting. it will take eight votes to bring teresa sullivan back. for days now board members with second thoughts on her ouster have been counting heads and they were close to eight votes during the turbulent all night meeting monday and tuesday when they named sullivan's replacement. today deans and faculty who went to uva wrote the governor that sullivan's forced resignation honchoed by the board of visitors chair helen dragas was a threat to academic integrity and uva's national reputation. the american association of university professors launched an investigation and many students called for a quick resolution. >> i don't

. >> bruce leshan, thank you very much. >>> the jurors in the jerry sandusky trial are deliberating for a second day. and more accusers are coming forward. manuel gallegus has the latest now from the courthouse in bellefonte, pennsylvania. >> reporter: jerry sandusky returns to court to await the jury of seven women and five men dlaib rating inside the -- deliberating inside thehouse. they have also asked to review testimony from mike mcqueary as well as a mcqueary family friend that testified for the defense. mcqueary testified i saw sandusky sexually abusing a boy in the shower but a friend gave a conflicting account. he testified mcqueary told him he heard sexual sounds but never actually saw the alleged abuse. the sequestered jury is now deliberating without hearing a startling revelation. one of the adopted sons of jerry and dottie sandusky now says his father abused him. through his lawyer 33-year-old matt sandusky says he told prosecutors just this week that he was abused. he was reportedly prepared to testify as a rebuttal witness if his father took the stand. there were no deta

bruce leshan has more. >> reporter: d.c.'s second highest ranking elected officials ignored questions about whether he would resign, ignored questions about whether he has met with federal prosecutors and said he knew nothing about any possible fraud charges that might be filed against him. >> i have -- you are telling me i had no conversation. >> reporter: you don't know anything about a bank fraud charge? the council chair has met with prosecutors and 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. that's all i'm going to say about the 2008 campaign. >> reporter: brown spent hours presiding over a council meeting to pass next year's budget, but the pressure may be getting to him. in the morning he got physical

. >> bruce leshan joining us live. bruce, what's happening? >> reporter: well, pretty scary. i mean this is by far the most significant damage that we have seen so far. you can see the flooding. look at that, that nissan right there, obviously tipped over by the force of some of the flooding here on eastern avenue at about olive street. we're near 295, not that far from 50. you can see this is actually under the metro line. you can see that the windows on the passenger side of that vehicle have been broken open, the windows on the back side of it have been broken open, and my suspicion is that the firefighters had to come and knock those out and rescue people, but we don't have a lot of details on the scene, but imagine what it would be like to be coming down through here and either having the force of the water tip you over on the side or simply start floating, trying to go through water. topper talks about this all the time. there it is right there, the darning. there's a heavy smell of gas down here on eastern avenue under the csx and the orange line. and i want to show yo

bruce leshan was there in the supreme court chambers when the chief justice announced that the individual constitutional. but bruce, this may not be the end? >> reporter: it may not be the end, andrea. the republicans are vowing to fight on. i'll tell you what though. both parties are out

our bruce leshan and delia have been following the case. delia is at the supreme court with more on today's ruling. delia? >> reporter: j.c., i spoke to a lot of folks who work in the courthouse. they say in my time here i have never seen this many media, this much camera attention and this many protesters. there was a huge, massive crowd that was organized outside of the supreme court here. i have to tell you, when this decision came down, the crowd erupted. we heard cheers from one side, years from the -- crowds were chanting i love obamacare and opponents were saying this is an illegal tax and that the president and congress lied to the american people, claiming this was not a tax. bruce has been covering this. you were inside for the oral arguments back in march. you were inside for this historic decision. pretty dramatic inside as well? >> reporter: it was amazing to be in there and filled with surprises. everybody thought justice anthony kennedy was going to be the swing vote here. one big surprise, the swing volt was chief justice jo

and as bruce leshan reports, we still have no idea what the justices have decided. >> the supreme courttution in all of washington that simply does not leak. so while the majority of justices seems skeptical at oral arguments of this mandate that every american buy some kind of insurance, we will not know for certain until some time after 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> a wonderful young man. he lost his mom to illness. >> the president has kept a low profile for months on

we want to get back to bruce leshan looking at some severe flooding, some cars submerged. we understand, bruce, you have caught up with someone involved in all of this. for viewers just joining us can you please establish your exact location for us? >> reporter: we're on eastern avenue at olive street in the deanwood area, right on the d.c./maryland line, prince george's county line. the metro line runs right on top of us. you can see the picture of the two cars that were trapped in the water. and the guy who belongs that gmc yukon that you can just see about a foot of it stick out of the water is standing right here next to me. tell me what happened, ricardo richardson. >> well, when i was coming around this corner i made a right, and it was -- vision was very limited, but i came around here, about where my truck is, it stopped about like -- it had to be like three feet of water, then it went from three feet to five and a half feet just like that. luckily for me, my car windows was down, so i jumped out of the car. >> you swam to the side. >> yes. >> you had to swim out of

bruce leshan is outside the wilson building with more on the days events. bruce. >> yeah, lesli, just a few minutes ago, up on the 5th floor, d.c. council chair came out and talked to reporters. he ignored a question about whether he has already met with prosecutors from the u.s. attorney's office and he said that he didn't know anything about the possibility that he could face fraud charges. >> i regret the fact we are having this conversation. i regret the fact we are sitting here today talking about a 2008 campaign. i'm very sorry. >> reporter: there has been a whole lot of tension, nervousness, and concern about the future of the d.c. council chair. some council members already discussing who might replace d.c. second highest ranking elected official should he be forced to resign over ethics allegations. my colleague, bruce johnson, reported yesterday that prosecutors have already met with brown and outlined the evidence they have collected. the big question now is how brown will respond should prosecutors file charges in the next hours, days or weeks. o

bruce leshan has the story from 20th and m northwest where one of the marijuana pharmacies is likely to go. >> you see the sign outside and the walk in? and they want to buy two or three bottles at a time. >> just like the moon shine, marijuana is moving from illegal to legal. but sing says the city is enforcing far more restrictions on the marijuana dispensary that is going in in the strip mall he owns. >> doctor prescription, health department registration. registration with the wellness center. >> initially, many neighbors were worried. >> people will buy and get high and a lot of crime. >> the city and the takoma wellness center addressed those fears and the advisory neighborhood commission ended up voting for the dispensary on the busy corner right next to the metro and the maryland state line. >> it is going to be a very controlled and very well organized distribution that is very little room, no room for abuse. >> another pot dispensary will go into a still struggling area. within view of the atf headquarters and just blocks from the u.s. capital. a third is approved for 8th s

bruce leshan is live in stafford county with a dramatic ordeal for this couple. bruce. >> reporter: no kidding, lesli. the husband tells me that he knew he had to do something when these drug addled teenagers threatened to tie the couple up and burn down their house with the two of them inside. i just spoke briefly to the couple. the husband's arm is in a sling. the wife's face bruised and battered and they are both just too shaken to talk on tv. >> all of a sudden, we hear screaming outside and the guy is at our front door and yelling help, help, help. >> 15-year-old kayla is at the front door. >> their faces were bleeding and the guys had his hand wrapped. >> the victims ran two doors down to plea for help from kay la and her friends after escaping the three teens who allegedly broke into their home, beat them, held them at knife point, and ransacked their home for valuables at 2:00 in the morning. >> two 16-year-olds and an 18- year-old. >> oh my gosh. are you kidding me? >> that's what the police say. >> they had to be on some serious drugs. >> the teens physi

both spoke with our bruce leshan. >> if you look at my record and the record of mr. mendelson you'll see the majority of the time he's on the side of the 10- 2 vote or 12-1 vote. i'm generally with the majority. >> reporter: does it matter that in a majority black city you're white? >> it shouldn't but, yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> there will be a city wide election to permanently fill the chairman's seat that will be held election day november 6. >>> montgomery county asked pepco to trim trees to prevent blackouts after storms. now the county may be cutting back on that trimming plan. the county council will hold a public hearing tonight at 7:30 on a bill that would limit the tree trimming. pepco says it needs to be down so it can stop out alleges after storms this summer. some customers are mad that neighborhood trees are being taken down. >>> protesters held would they dubbed a new orleans style funeral monday outside pepco's headquarters. they came to bury a proposed $42 million rate hike by the power company. the group this is our d.c. says the h

. >> all right bruce leshan, thank you. we'll get more details as they come in. thank you. >>> pennsylvania dropped one of the 52 counts against jerry sandusky this morning. the decision came as the prosecution wrapped up its case against the former penn state football assistant coach. manuel has more on the sex abuse trial that continues in bellefonte. >> anita, we heard from a few witnesses today from the defense. they testified that the jerry sandusky they know is a kind and considerate person with a great reputation in the community. lawyers for jerry sandusky are trying to show jurors a different side of the man accused of sexually abusing children. first up on the witness stand for the deference, former penn state assistant. he was around when sandusky brought young boys into the shower at penn state. he testified he didn't consider it inappropriate. a lawyer for one of the accusers says it doesn't seem like a strong defense to him. >> to persuade someone that what mr. sandusky did was right, while people shower all the time, i don't think takes you very fa

>> bruce leshan, live at the supreme court. thank you for that. of course as you said, this has such significant immications for the health care of the nation and for president barack obama's legacy. the challenger, mitt romney, says if he is elected in november, he'll move to quickly repeal the law. >> and what the court did today was to say that he does not violate the constitution. what they did not do was say that obama care's good law or it is good policy. obama care was bad policy yesterday. and it is bad policy for today. obama care was bad law yesterday. and it is bad law today. >> whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country. whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court decision to uphold it. they reaffirmed the fundamental principle that here in america in the wealthiest station on earth, no illness or accident should lead to any families and their financial ruins. >> now with such a controversial decision as you can well imagine, protesters and supporters on both sid

. >> our bruce leshan is live at the u.s. attorney's office in northwest with details on what they had to say. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, anita and derek, kwame brown spoke so softly inside the courtroom that even the judge had haired time hearing him, but here -- a hard time hearing him, but here in the u.s. attorney's office the prosecutor spoke loud and clear and offered no apologies for bringing these charges. kwame brown suggested outside the u.s. district courthouse that somehow maybe he was singled out that, nobody else had ever been charged with this kind of campaign finance violation and that he stole no city or campaign funds, but the u.s. attorney said that these laws are in place so the voters know whether they can trust their politicians. >> 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 i

i'm bruce leshan, a live report from charlottesville coming up. >> but first school may be out for summer, but the big yellow school bus just keeps on rolling. we'll break out the golf clubs and take you to the first tee d.c. when we come back. >>> even though school is all done for just about everybody around here the learning never stops and in this week's cool schools report we are packing up the big yellow bus and bringing out the golf clubs to langley dockagal campus in northeast where mike -- langley educational campus in northeast where mike hydek shows us the skills and education you need to hit the links. >> reporter: you might think learning a golf swing starts like this. in the first tee program at d.c. that's actually one of the last things you learn. >> every girl that he uses he does an introduction where they come and shake each other's hand. >> reporter: for this class at langley educational campus in northeast just connecting with classmates is a challenge. >> what's up, man? you going to shoot basketball? >> reporter: many of these little ones have downs syndrome or auti

our bruce leshan was there for today's ceremony. >> reporter: lots of tears today from the families and also a strong, clear warning that metro needs to pay attention to the safety problems that continue to hit the system. >> this is my baby, my cousin right here. >> reporter: for the extended family of veronica debow, the plaque overlooking the tracks where she died is tangible evidence that people still remember. >> the city cares. that's the main thing. >> reporter: but it is still just a plaque, not a shoulder to lean on. >> i would come over 2:00, 3:00 in the morning because i just need to talk, you know. she would open the door. didn't care what time it was. >> reporter: this woman's stepdad? >> he's doing okay. i'm just here. just to be here, to be honest. >> reporter: seemed unsure if metro has done enough to keep it from happening again. >> i'm pretty sure they're working on t. they're working on t. hopefully it will get better. >> reporter: metro has installed the new general manager. it's replacing the circuits that let one of the trains disappear into a black hole. and it is

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 of this? >> send him to jail. >> well, i really didn't know him. >> reporter: you don't feel a strong connection? >> no. >> reporter: even though he just lives a few blocks from here? >> that