the d.c. council member's ex-girlfriend. but according to barry's representatives it was all a big misunderstanding. we have more now from news 4's jackie bensen. >> the arrest of mr. barry should have never taken place. the false allegations against mr. barry should have never been made. >> reporter: spokesperson natalie williams confirmed council member barry did award an employment contract to donna watts-brighthaupt, the woman at the center of the arrest controversy while the two were romantically involved. >> miss watts, at the time, was qualified for the position and went through the proper channels in order to be awarded for that contract. >> reporter: dofor donna watts-brighthaupt it was a public, painful end to a relationship with the most controversial, charismatic politician in d.c. history. she claims he was intensely jealous of her ex-husband who she says remains a friend and helped her through cancer treatment. here's how she describes what happened after barry left her home the

according to a new traffic study, d.c. is second only to los angeles for worst traffic in the nation. >> gail pennybacker joins us with the details. glad you are not in a car? >> i will be soon enough. i will be in the middle of this. i am near the capital beltway near mclean, and rush-hour runs in both directions. that is a big problem with traffic in the washington, d.c., area. it is not our imagination that drivers are sitting in traffic longer than ever. according to a recent comprehensive study, d.c. commuters are languishing in extra three hours than the year before. it takes this person an hour to drive from his home in springfield to his job in tysons corner. >> it has to be either close to home or on my way to work. >> one reason the have ranked second and the country is the economic downturn did not hit as hard as the population cadiz to grow. major arteries like interstate 95 are causing problems on the secondary roads. it stalls productivity for this man and everyone. >> went for 95 is backed up, everyone jumps

how bad is d.c. traffic? we'll show you the results of the study and why your commute could get worse. good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs on this wednesday, the eighth day of july, 2009. let's first check on the traffic and weather. >> tom keirein is here with us, as always. >>> a beautiful summer morning underway. there's the gorgeous full moon nowhe and t sky ed in owblhos swing .upup ira ot nng swiho atecarip aion ou gihend.on wen ure ihe tpper 60s for prince george's hecounty. her to nhefathor inthhe t 50r ups. around the bay, we are in the low 70s. the mid-60s on the midshore. onshower has moved out to sea and is dissipating. by 9:00, the mid-70s. by noon, near 80. during the afternoon, the mid-80s with low humidity. a wonderful summer day. enjoy. i'll have the forecast for tomorrow in ten minutes. >> okay. we'll enjoy it, i'm sure. >>> we'll check the early traffic with jerry edwards in the news4 traffic network. >> good morning. all is well so far around

. >>> fans here in the d.c.paused to remember the king of pop. >> i have every album he has. just a big loss. >> a lot of fans took the day off to watch jackson's memorial service with others. outside the white house, fans signed a book of condolences that will be send to the jackson family. fans can also view a window display of jackson memorabilia, at the emma mae gallery, d.c.>>> breaking news out of waldorf, on the scene of a possible drning, a 2-year-old at a drivate pool. child was left with the teenager. th the child apparently woke up wandered outside falling into the family pool. the toddler has been taken to the hospital in grave condition. >>> a second jailbreak in just over a month. it has neighbors of a new juvenile detention center frightened. and also has a maryland county executive furious with the district. jackie benson is live in laurel where she uncovered new details about the most recent escape. jackie? >> wendy, news 4 has learned that the six who escaped were among the facility's most seri

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d.c.he city council taking a big step in investigating the former mayor's government deal and the contract given to barry's then girl friend. fox 5's roz plater following that down in the newsroom. >> the d.c. city council is asking for outside help on this one just as it becomes increasingly clear some of the council members are simply fed up and tonight one is even calling on barry to apologize. >> mr. barry -- >> reporter: the end of a closed door session the d.c. city council chairman announced an independent investigator will look into a contract that council member marion barry awarded to his former girl friend donna watts-brighthaupt. >> we want the public to be as satisfied as they possibly can that this situation has been thoroughly investigated and we've gotten at what the facts are. >> reporter: barry took to the podium defending himself. >> nowhere has this been pointed out. >> reporter: listen carefully and you'll here a council member say i just can't take this. >> i just can

denver differentiate . >>> updating the breaking news, d.c.arry releasing a statement tonight through his spokesperson. a press conference wrapping up just moments ago. fox 5 news wisdom martin was there at the building. wisdom, this is quite a scene. >> reporter: right it was a bit of fireworks here, starting out as a press conference here, natalie williams coming out here to talk about the allegations leveled against marion barry by donna watts, talking about the contract she was given by him. but then as soon as se started to talk about the allegations as being unstable, and that ms. watts was under care, a woman claiming to be here showed up, saying this is not true. >> it looks like they're scared of something, aren't they? i haven't said anything, they still got to do this. i must be bad. >> reporter: all right, now later she did leave the scene and just for the record, natalie williams, the spokesperson for marion barry did

d.c. city council members have no code of conduct, no ethical standards to guide them through their daily public lives. it's something vincent gray plans to change, perhaps as soon as september. he ordered a study on best practice which he hopes to receive as soon as tomorrow. >> paul wagner, thank you. >>> a graphic headline about the barry case as a local paper fielding complaints today. it's not the sort of language you typically see at a newspaper stand. coming up at 6:00, reaction to that head line and what marion barry has to say about it. >>> our other big story, asleep at the controls. a teenager catches a metro train operator dozing off as the train barrels down the tracks. it's video you first saw on fox 5 last night. less than 12 hours after it aired, metro announced a crackdown. the video comes on the heels of another one that shows the train operator texting on the job. john henrehan joins us with the new details. >> reporter: there are two different videos of two different tr

he fled to d.c. and committed suicide. >> for now, police are labeling this case domestic and an isolated incident. but it's the sixth double homicide in prince george's county this year, something county leaders say is very troubling. >> for any murders in general, it's concerning and troubling. when you get these many and we still have half the year left, we have to figure out what we will do about it. >> police have not released the names of the victims. they are in their 20s. we don't know their relationship to the suspect and what led up to the tragedy. matt? >> thank you. >>> we're following a developing story in montgomery county tonight. firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire in this silver spring apartment building. the flames broke out at 7:30 on this road. one woman went to the hospital with a minor injury. about 12 families are displace snood a disturbing discovery in anne arundel county. police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in the freezer. police

d.c. public school enrollment continues to fall. mayor adrian fenty and school's chancellor michele rhee are implementing a new initiative which mimics one of the main attractions to private and charter schools. educational themes. six d.c. schools will stress science, technology, engineering and math. four dc. schools will integrate the arts into their instructional programs. and three schools will concentrate on world cultures, including instruction if foreign languages. -- in foreign languages. chancellor rhee left no doubt she wants specialty programs to attract students back into the regular public school system. >> this is what is compelling about a lot of the private schools and charter schools at are in existence in the city and there's no reason why we can't provide those kinds of programs within dcps. >> reporter: principal darwin bobbitt informally began a program last year. >> we have retired engineer, scientists that came in and taught science lessons to our children. we pretty much try to give them a broader experience

d.c. tax dollars wasted, the money spent on empty buildings. fox 5 news looked into the obpom rf the buildings that nobody is using. fox 5 news wisdom martin has more. >> reporter: that is a 25 square foot house in the area, the district leasing it for more than 500,000 per month. and they don't even use it. >> it is just a complete sinkhole for public dollars. >> reporter: in fact that is not the only money spent. the city is spending 13 million a year on empty buildings. >> to the extent that they say fenty, you're not excused from the blame, i agree. >>obeporter: his budget calls for represent, security and fixed costs tied up in the buildings. >> whatever the reason we have to own more of our property, and to the extent we have leases, we need to be much tougher in negotiating, making sure we're paying a fair price with the taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: we asked one councilman why the city doesn't just sell the properties. >> the empty properties, we need to either do something with t

today, at large, d.c. council member kwcalled for texting violators to be fired. >> there is no excuse. it's disappointing. given the fact that our train operators and operation personnel and for that matter every single person at the transit agency knows what the rules are. >> video taken on june 5 on the blue line. metro officials emphasize there is no evidence that the operator killed in last year's crash was texting. >>> two families in mourning after a hilt and run crash on the beltway. both victims were fathers working hard to support their families. now both families are outraged that the woman accused of hitting the vehicle drove trunk. michael flynn has the report tonigh tonight. [ inaudible ] >> fighting back tears, the brother of talks about the three kids and wife mendoza leaves behind. the 39-year-old was one of two men killed late last night in a hit and rush crane on the beltway. his suv hit from behind on the maryland side of the potomac. the impact sent the nissan over a guardrail over a 6

d.c. councilman marion barry's recent arrest continues, though the stalking charges have been dropped. city officials want to investigate a contract he awarded to his then girlfriend. tracee wilkins joins us from the wilson building in northwest washington this morning on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there seems to be so much to this story. just keeps unfolding. now that charges have been dropped, the city is focusing on that $60,000 contract that marion barry awarded to the woman who was at the center of this controversy, but marion barry is still focused on that arrest. d.c. council members plan to meet today to discuss donna watts-brighthaupt being hired by barry. brighthaupt tells the post she was awarded the contract two months after she and barry started dating. the paper says a d.c. council member will hire a law firm to look into the contract. brighthaupt is a 40-year-old woman who was at the center of the stalking allegations that led to barry's arrest by u.s. pa

d.c.'s tax free holidays are no more. city council voted to repeal the august and november tax free weeks which helps consumers buy certain items under $100 tax free. the chain is to help the city's -- the city balance next year's budget. we've posted tonight's top five on our website. just go to myfoxdc.com and click on web links. >> thank you. >>> your top five is not the only h xdhlight on our itkfomamycoe c. anurnemake myfoxdc.com your one stop 'n' shop for your next dream job. starting next weeyou k nca us we r oubsite to loor orfa new or gig. empler u yoaln also search those listings. click on money and search for the fox 5 job shop. your next dream job could be just a click away. >>> 911 dispatchers caught on tape getting flip with officers. tonight it's all about the fallout. we're taking the news edge on this investigation straight to the tom. >>> plus, did you see it? far from ordinary. a seven-year-old behind the wheel in this high speed chase. it's what he did after the car was stopped that will have you doing

d.c. 83 as well. that's a look at the weather. now let's get a look at traffic with julie wright. >>> tony, no accidents to report right now traveling southbound along 270 leaving germantown for the lane divide. light traffic volume and at speed southbound on 95 and 295 out of laurel to the beltway. and speaking of the beltway, a little bit below speed. about 45 mile-per-hour from college park into silver spring. eastbound 66 into thsunshine below speed as you merge on to 50 fair oaks. accident free all the way into the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> a metro rail operator allegedly nodding off on the job. this exclusive fox 5 video prompting even more concerns over drivers distracted behind the controls. metro is already implementing a zero tolerance policy when it comes to texting or talking on cell phones. >> and now the riders are acting as watch dogs. sherry ly joins us live from metro headquarters this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning steve

a spokesperson for d.c. police denies that any officer is involve. >>> another boy has died after an apartment fire in riverdale, maryland. 7-year-old jai ferrell died at the hospital. the fire was spark bid food left on the stove. investigators say appears the children were in the home along when the fire started but their father did try to rescue them before firefighters got there. >>> major developments overnight in japan that could change that country's entire political structure. up next, we are checking world headlines. >>> a frightening scene on one neighborhood road. >> there is a baby in there! >> an suv bursts into flames with thcenecchildren and their mother still inside the vehicle. we'll let you know would came to an amazing rescue. >>> a key vote set for today for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor but it might not happen. more details coming up. moms know that kids need calcium for healthy growth. but did you know that to help absorb calcium, they need vitamin d? more moms choose yoplait...

d.c. city council appointed to investigate marion barry is getting down to work. take a look. that was attorney robert bennett. we caught up with him between council meetings with council members. he's investigating barry's hiring of his ex-girlfriend as well as contracts that awarded grant money to nonprofit groups that barry is associated with. >> i'm glad to see that he is doing this investigation. and i think the public given all the controversy, the public needs to understand what is happening with the council procedures where mistakes are be paid and what we can do to improve them. i would like to know that as well. >> councilman barry denies any wrongdoing. >>> now to a developing story at the white house tonight. president obama playing host to having beers with harvard professor henry gates and esamjle owcrjames crowley, the - caed beer summit follows the arrest and the remarks that sparked a firestorm. >> reporter: the white house is already trying to downplay expectations of wha

at d.c. superior court, matt brock, abc 7 news. >>> the bomb squad had to be called in to her post to use in chicago this morning. a security far -- had to be called into oprah winfrey's harpo studios. the studio was not evacuated. there is no word yet if oprah was there at the time. >>> there is new hope for the 30 million people suffer from migraine headaches, and it is taking place at plastic surger ries. doctors believe some migraine's may be caused by nerve branches in the forehead that may be irritated. if the muscles around those nerves are paralyzed like in this surgery, the headaches in some cases stop. >> what we do is remove the muscles that are compressing the nerves and releasing the tension that is causing the pa for the migraine patients. >> it also explains why botox has worked for some patients already as part of the study. surgeons and neurologists performed a forehead lift on 49 patients. 57% repo their migraines one away. >>> a big welcome home today for the crew of the sp

d.c . city counsel man, his fight with u.s. police is over. they can called to investigate his decision to hire his former girlfriend and pay her with taxpayer money. we have more on it all. >> reporter: d.c . counsel man says his arrest july 4th has caused him great pain. >> i was taken to the police station in handcuffs and there for four hours. >> reporter: a u.s. park police officer arrested him saturday after his former girlfriend accused him of following her after an argument. >> she could have decided not to do anything. >> reporter: fred cook says it shouldn't effect his client's probation on tax evasion. >> we love you. >> we love you also. >> and the first to release graphic voice mail messages. >> this is ugly and a disgrace. >> reporter: he may have support but he is not out of the woods yet. >> reporter: do you think he has done anything wrong at this point? >> i am very concerned. >> it is an investigation into the $60,000 contract. allegations he refused to answer today. >> w

later on this morning i'm going to the d.c.emy summer school visit this day coming up. >> lots of fun. thank you. >> let's go to jerry edwards now. he's looking at the roads. problems? >> a couple problems, but the good news is 270 road work was cleared out on time this morning. although it's moderate to heavy headed through rockville, all through lanes are open. no huge backups like yesterday at this hour. did ve a couple of problems in the district, broken down vehicle, 295 southbound, southbound at bowling. word of a broken down vehicle there. outer loop is slow past van dorn street where the lanes split. and 66 heavy at the beltway but there travel lanes do remain open for you. back to you. >> jerry, thanks very much. >> breaking news this morning. more than 20 students from montgomery county are now under quarantine in beijing, china. nbc news has learned there are concerns the teenagers might have swine flu. at least two of them are from walter johnson high school in bethesda. that's where news 4's tracee wilkins joins us

d.c. a couple of clouds but lok at blue skies at -- at the blue skies on the top of the screen. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. to the delight of tween and teen girls, the jonas brothers will hit the verizon center tonight. but fans aren't just getting a good dose of the jo bros, also coming up, some upcoming acts. >> and that includes honor society. you'll be hearing about them. they're going to play live for us later this morning. are you going with the girls tonight? >> i am not. i don't think they knew they were here. >> that would have saved you money. and i know somebody who is going tonight. >> because it's not just teen girls. >> my son, who is -- he'll be 6 in september, loves the jonas brothers. we're going out there tonight and this should be rather crazy. >> we expect a full review. i took him to see them last year. >> i remember. >> i have never heard that much screaming at a concert. it was insane. >> i found typically you need the ear plugs for the band and a sho

. >> reporter: d.c. city councilman phil mendelson chairs the d.c.'s public safety commit-- >> safety committee. >> reporter: if you had your way, would she be director of ouc? >> no. the agency director has not been turning the agency around, has not been making the improvements. the flaw is one in 10,000 calls, that's too many. if the flaw is a minute late, that's too late. >> reporter: despite mendelson's belief she ought to be replaced he says the decision is ultimately up to the mayor. and the mayor says janice has his full support. at the wilson building, tisha thompson, fox 5 news. >> she's written a blog on myfoxdc.com. there you can hear the complete tape recording, watch the original investigation and tell us whether you think the district should investigate what's really going on inside the city's 911 call center. >>> a pair of wrong turns sent a box truck crashing through a wall in southeast today. it happened at the corner of mlk and good hope road. the truck stopped on some beams with the cab tipping downward. firefighters had to help th

the d.c. council voted to raise taxes to help close a $666 million shortfall over the next three years. the d.c. council unanimously approved the changes, including a quarter of a percent hike in sales tax making it an even 6%. the budget has a 3.5% gas tax increase and a jump in the cigarette tax. for $2.50 a pack. that is the sixth highest in the country. the budget goes to mayor fenty for approval. >>> much more to come here at 5, including a morning run in the buff. where local police said they found this guy jogging naked this morning. >>> also coming up, new developments in one of d.c.'s most notorious murders. a new witness comes forward in the chandra levy case. >>> and what has police worried about this popular virginia trail? we'll have the details. next. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormo pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tinyrice m

and that the murderer fled to d.c. and committed suicide. >> d.c. councilman marion barry is caught up in a new controversy, the paper reports in june, 2008, barry got the county critical to give $450,000 to five non-profit groups reporting those groups weren't registered with the city at the time. >> i'm not ready to debate. i tell you what, everything i have done has been legal. >> the d.c. county critical is hold a council is holding a meeting about this and debating whether he did anything wrong when he gave his girlfriend a $60,000 contract to work 4 in his office. d.c. is receiving nearly $7.5 million to help homeless families and people facing eviction. fairfax county is receiving $2 million. prince william and arlington county wil each get $17,000 and a soldout crowd filled nationals park tonight for the stadium's first concert. thousands of fans filled the seats to see elton john and billy joel. is this a sign of things to come? live outside the stadium, john. >> hi, well, this is definitely the place to be in d.c. 39,000 fans inside. many

today, a rare appearance in d.c. as the crew remembers their historic step. >>> and, that was a much hotter july back in 1969. we're still cooler than normal for the temperatures. some of you saw rain, but here is what i have to say about the weather. if you love today, you'll love the rest of the week. we'll have more as fox 5 news continues.  there are moments in time when the paths we take do determine our future. today we are communicating with each other as never before - and that requires a seamless network that is constantly growing better, smarter, and more secure. that's why our scientists and engineers in our labs, are taking the fastest technology in the world and making it mobile, better and faster - to keep pushing the internet further than anyone dreamed. last year alone we invested more in building america's future than any other company - improving and expanding our network, to keep you in control. and behind the scenes, that takes work by our employees, who pride themselves knowin

john henrehan is looking at why d.c. is losing this landmark. >> reporter: for 40 years nathan's has been one of washington's main watering holes. >> nathans is a part of georgetown and washington and it has a personality all of its own. >> reporter: part of the personality is the location. the intersection of wisconsin and m street in the heart of georgetown and part of the personality is the fact that this neighborhood bar and eatery stayed open 365 days a year. >> somebody sent me an e-mail and said you were always there on thanksgiving day. nathans, not me. and you were always there on christmas day. that's what a corner pub does. >> reporter: 20 and 30 years ago nathans was popular. >> and it was a late-night place. it ran after hours plenty of times. >> reporter: robert novell has been going to nathans for years. >> there were days i walked out and it was daylight. >> reporter: carol joint has run nathans since her husband died in 1997. >> what was the best? >> the customers, absolutely. >> what is the worst? >> oh

lle d.c. today a tnd d.c.ome thunderstorms embedded in the frontal system that moves through as well. e th the satellite radar. look at the mess out to the west and you can se es itn progressing to the easthere. and it looks like we could see la todtewers and thunderstorms c coe ncern is de unrmthtoulrsco os bed n s thunderstorms could be on the strong side as there is a lot atmosphere. the we have a very high poedinw t temperature right now, running in low70s. so there is low pressure and some will get squeezed out. tempeghrarinos tut w in s hen wo re70 hes iwheashington. 77 now downtowinshwagton. 75 in new york. can you see 70s up and down. cape hatteras if the 70s. boston, mid up to upper 70s. good chance of showers today. so plan accordingly. tomorrow high temperature of 90 with isolated shower or thunderstorm late in the day. better chance on sunday. i think better chance there. and monday and tuesday, showers stick around in the afternoon. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. and now to julie wright who is p

last call for a d.c. landmark. nathan's closing its doors for good when fox 5 news at 10:00 rolls on.  >>> a developing story causing even more outrage from a grave digging scheme. more disturbing discoveries today at a chicago area cemetery. investigators say more empty graves and the discarded casket of a civil rights icon were found. tonight we learned a class action lawsuit has been filed against the historically black cemetery in illinois whose employees are accused of exhuming bodies and reselling the plots. >> i want to know where dr. joseph hall is. want to know where my family is. >> reporter: kim hall is one of hundreds of family members making the trip to burr oaks cemetery in alsip illinois only to find out her lod ones are not resting in peace. instead these four cemetery workers have been digging up the bodies over the past four years, dumping the remains in the cemetery and reselling plots to take in more than $300,000 in profit. >> disbelief, how could anybody allow this to hap

a d.c.he followed up and did not see brittany jacks at the home. >>> a provision would have given people with concealed weapons permits the right to carry those wentens in other states with similar gun laws. it fell two votes short. >>> police an the the feds wanted to take a closer look at michael jackson's doctor so he raided his office in houston. they are not saying a crime hurry but dr. conrad murray's lawyer saysed feds searched for evidence of manslaughter. losangeles launched a criminal investigation into the public memorial questioning the million spent on that event. >>> hundred of people attended a vigil for an american soldier who was captured in afghanistan by the taliban. it took place in idaho in the hometown of bowe bergdahl. he vanished earlier this month. he later and in a video made by the taliban. defense secretary rob are the gates says the military is doing everything it can to bring him back home. >>> peta says it has prove that circus animals arrest bruceed. it is und

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the d.c. council has yet to act on mayor fenty's request. bruce johnson has more. >> the program gives the mayor's program high marks. this would help spruce up playgrounds. >> mayor fenty is asking the d.c. council for more $24 million to complete the nine- week, three-day summer jobs program for the nearly 19,000 young people. the director of the summer jobs says there's been no repeat of the debachable last year. >> we built a new things. >> the d.c. council has get to formally agree to give the mayor the $24 million to finish the. rah. legislators have been meeting in closed door sessions all week long trying to figure out how to close the $660 million shortfall. they say legislators will ask the chief financial officer to verify the $24 million needed to complete the program. that amount will likely be approved, say sources, who add that next year's summer jobs program will be reduced to six weeks because of the budget constraints. >> any time you cut back on the budget you are cutting back the number of -- the number of youth that can

serena williams on her home court in d.c. dave ross is up next with sports. >>> this is what you call a team player, houston rocket gard tracy mcgrady changing his number from 1-3 on hisiersy to make a point. three points is the title of the documentary set to day bah later this year and follows mcgrady's trip to african camp housing darfur refugees. the three-point stand for peace and protection for the people of darfur and punishment for those perpetuating the violence ere he put his money where his mouth is, donating $75,000 to a school for refugees. >> good evening, everybody. dave ross here. d.c. is the place to be if you like good tennis. the washington capitals are on fire. the winners of four straight team tennis matches and tonight, making her castles home debut, none other than thretime wimbledon champ serena why else -- williams. like her older sister veep s last week, serena arrived a few hours ago and before tonight's match, put on a kid's clinic. had big-time competition. check out the hands there from serena in

d.c. building after a fire. they were called just before 11:00 this morning. the victim was found dead in his 10th floor apartment. that man apparently tried to fight a kitchen fire but overcome but heat and smoke. his name hasn't been released. we're told the building has smoke alarms and sprinkler system. >>> engine company 4 in northwest washington honored one of its own today. johnson was the district's first african-american fire chief. he was appointed to the post back in 1973. he was credited with the recruitment of more minorities and women firefighters. he died in 2007 at the age of 89. >>> a construction worker injured while working on the supreme court building. it happened around 7:30 tonight at east capital and 7th street. the female worker was on the roof of the building when she tripped and fell. rescue workers managed to get her down a short time later. she was taken to the hospital with what we're told are serious but nonlife threatening injuries. >>> 18 virginia rest stop

. >>> d.c.ncil member and former mayor marion barry is scheduled to be in court on thursday but his lawyers say he expects the charges against him to be dropped. news 4 was first to report the arrest of the d.c. council member in anacostia park on saturday. police say a woman named donna watt brihoff flagged down an officer an accused barry of stalking her. barry said he's been dating her for more than a year. he said on saturday they ate lunch together in annapolis and were on their way to row hoebage wh when she decided she wanted to return to washington. >> councilman barry denies stalking anybody in the district of columbia or at any time. we believe that the charge stems from a personal relationship that has gone horribly wrong in a lot of ways. >> police went stott womto the home in the southeast to get a complete statement on the matter. she told news 4 she did not intend for this incident to go as far as it has gone. >>> police investigating a frightening incident in fairfax county. a li

d.c. councilman marion barry has been cleared. prosecutors decided not to pursue stalking charges against the former mayor. however, there are a lot of questions surrounding the city contract that barry gave for his accuser and former girlfriend donna white. records show the payments and cancellation of contracts go hand in hand with barry's and watts' break-up and make-up. peter nichols has said he is going to look into it. both sides are speaking out about the arrest in anacostia park. >> from the very beginning, mr. barry has spoken truthfully and has been consistent in his account of the events that took place an we are thankful to the u.s. attorney's office for seeing through it and making the right decision. >> barry wasn't in court but a spokesperson says the former mayor will take the issue of his arrest up with park police. the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia has decided not to pursue stalking charges in this matter. that is a quote from the u.s. attorney's off

if not, d.c.'s attorney general has said he is on it, brian. >> roby chavez live tonight in northwest. we'll follow that story. >>> a vicious attack in a montgomery county neighborhood, a man chased, beaten and stabbed in the head. police say a group of gang ties is behind the violence. it's shaken a wheaton community. tonight five people are under arrest and the victim is fighting for his life. fox 5's roz plater is on this one. >> reporter: at 9:30 the 21- year-old man apparently called out to women sitting on a porch on maydee road and that's when the trouble began. neighbors started calling 911 when he was being violently attacked. >> they picked up a trash can and threw it at him almost hitting him in the back. he took off running down the road. >> reporter: this witness said the group pursuing the victim kept growing. >> there's three of them, now there's six, wait, no nine, there's 12 and they were saying how many, how many and i told them and i said no, now it's up to 15. >> reporter: polic

for us as far as the d.c.etro area is concerned, we're still going to see light showers off and on. still could see a thunderstorm or two popping up in the overnight hours from the patch we saw well to the west of us. so definitely still have to keep an eye to the sky. let's go to our weather maps then. today was a hot, humid, stiky day. temperatures very close to seasonal. 91 degrees officially at national. the same at baltimore. 930 degrees at dulles today. so temperatures were up there where they should be. we did have a day last week where temperatures were a bit cooler but not so for today. look at the humidity. 87%. the winds had picked up a little earlier. they've now subsided. temperatures are still very warm. 71 degrees in the district. 72 at frederick. the atmosphere very unstable. we're dealing with a trough that's across the area as well as an approaching cold front so the hot, humid air mass as i mentioned caused a lot of instability. the storms firing up ahead of it. what's going to happen is the

fox 5 has obtained recording of d.c.'ispatchers behaving badly. >> we have abeen investigating complaints about the office of unified communication which ones the 911 call center in d.c. now, police and firefighters saying their lives are in danger because of what some dispatchers are doing. tisha thompson obtained inside calls that they say prove their case. >> reporter: she is in charge ofthe agency men to protect you. he want to talk to you about the problem with ou. c. she does not want to talk to us about what is really going on behind these gates. >> can you found out what is the deal with the officer. >> reporter: you are listening to a recording obtained by fox 5 of a 911 dispatcher on the job. interrupting an officer in the middle of a traffic stop. >> before you complete the traffic stop, need to call you. that vehicle belongs to a worker here at this time. >> that is irrelevant at this time. >> he is nasty. >> yes he is. gentleman i always can ount on you. >> reporter: determined the dispatcher now calls the se

d.c. cops. today, prince george's county confirms that some of the officers are under investigation. so far nobody has been fired or charged but department officials are deeply concerned about the allegations. >> we wear the same badge as officers that -- commit misconduct. one bad cop hurts the badge that we all wear. i want to tell all the residents that no officers -- that may be part of this investigation are assigned to patrol duties. >> according to the washington post, the illegal activity included officers taking money to protect high stakes gambling rings, frequented by drug dealers. the office wouldn't confirm or deny the allegations. a spokesperson for the d.c. police denies that any officer is involved. >>> and the man who kidnapped a person and her family will spend the next 18 years in prison. williams johnson kidnapped the manager, her two kids and robbed the bank where she works. he and a partner got away with more than 170,000, gambling it away before they were caught. >>>

this time, d.c. fire, they are not pointing fingers. >> i think that it is good to make sure that we're on the same page. >> an earth to test that and the water that they promise to deliver to fight house fires. even though that they have complained of the long water pressure, they say that this is not one of their real problem areas. >> first off, we need to find out what happened here. >> but that is little comfort for the neighbors. >> it is terrifying to think that you might stand out there to watch it burn for two hours or the sustained pressure. >> again, the homeowner, they recently came to the house to feature in oprah's o piesurct e the fr the features. they say s athi thome is like m hi t thmuseum. they also dominated their resume, on the commission. and the kennedy center, board of trustees. even founded the duke elington school -f ot arts. well, the council member, they are joining us now and weed would like to also notice that, well, to note that we have the council member here canceled

nely 24 house in d.c. nats could deliver some fireworks of their own on this fourth of july. fans coming out. look at uncle sam's hats. here's fireworks from big adam dunn. he gets it done again. that's dunn's 300th career homer. rally on. ryan zimmerman from virginia beach the base hit there is going to get one run home. two runs score. we are all tied up at 3. the next batter is that big man who wants to get adam done and he can get that job done. the base hit not the big fight but that's all that was necessary. jibbing johnson comes in with the go ahead run and the nats break them upbeat the braves 5-3. man i acta spoke about big adam dunn. >> he had a big game and we need those guys in the middle of the line up to step up and zimmermas at-bat great too. a lot of credit goes to belliard and barred. they had who professional area's transportation system at bats and started that whole rally. >> i like the jerseys with the stars and stripes. >>> on this fourth of july we celebrate our independence from eng

the d.c.mother convicted just yesterday of killing her four daughters and living with their bodies for months. this video is chilling as jacks describes how the girls simply didn't wake up. >> reporter: banita jacks facing d.c. police just hours after her four daughters were found dead in their 6th stet row home. >> what we're here to do is here we here to talk to you to see if we can find out what happened to your kids. >> reporter: throughout the six hours of interrogation, jacks appears and sounds eak, tired and distraught. e aiexshhenspl didn't kill her girls. they jus didn't wake up. >> which one didn't wake up first? >> the little one. >>the little one didn't wake up at first. okay. then-- >> then the next to the youngest. >> how much time passed by before the little one didn't wake up to the one next to the youngest didn't wake up? >> okay, wait a minute. what are you saying? >> when you're saying they didn't wake up. >> there was one night and then the next night. two days later and th

. -- 70 degrees in d.c. noontime, 80 degrees. daytime highs in the upper 80's. we will look at the extended outlook coming up. another cool down is on the way. we will also talk about what happened to yesterday. >> i am looking forward to hearing more about your weather. this seems to happen every night, overnight road work. this is going south on the beltway from college park to angers. overnight construction still in the way. in the loop, only one lane to the left getting by. >> thank you. >>> we begin with a story that develops while you were sleeping. >> many actor has been fired. that word comes from acta himself. he said he had been let go by the baseball team. the nationalists have the worst record in the major leagues. they have just 21 wins. they lost again yesterday to the houston astros. he said it is normal for the manager to pay the price when the team is not doing well. weave some more details. he has been the manager for three seasons. he was the youngest manager in the majors. he replaced fra

later, police in d.c. found a man who had apparently jumped to his death at a construction site on 1st street northeast. >> the male subject that committed suicide in d.c. actually was the lease owner here of this apartment. so, he committed the murders and fled to d.c. and actually committed suicide. >> police say the apartment where the bodies were discovered was being rented by the man who committed suicide. he has not yet been identified. police will only say he's in his 50s. >>> an elderly woman is in the hospital this morning after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a house. the accident happened in the 11,500 block of daffodil lane. the homeowner was not hurt but his home was so badly damaged he needs to find another place to stay. darcy spencer has our report. >> big boom, you know. big booming like a bombing, something like that. >> reporter: jay was jogging when he heard the crash. a woman in her 80s driving this chevy malibu drove into his home on daffodil lane in wheaton. the dama

. >>> hundreds of protesters took to the streets of d.c. tonight, calling for the release of activists in iran, part of a global demonstration. john gonzalez has the details from the national mall. >> hundreds have gathered. this is one of dozens of rallies around the world. about 110 in cities like berlin, amsterdam, and new york city. hundreds of protesters are here in d.c., condemning what they call human rights abuses by the iranian government. this is in light of last month's disputed presidential election and the turmoil that has continued in that nation. it dozens of protesters have been killed and more than 100 arrested and detained. today, the protesters, many of whom are wearing green and solidarity, are demanding those protesters be freed. we spoke with an organizer and i asked how this affects the rest of the world. >> iran has led the islamic world and many different ways, the islamic revolution in 1979. now this movement will itself, 10 years from now you'll see other countries following the example. >> while hundreds of thous

. >> as d.c. leaders try to figure out how to close a multimillion-dollar budget gap, questions are being raised about millions earmarked for interesting projects. kris van cleave talked with taxpayers about how their money is being spent. >> here is the latest draft of the budget. mayor fenty gave this to the council late friday. if you go through here, there are 141 earmarks. some people call that pork spending. that's a lot lest dollar-wise than it has been in years past. but there are some in here that may surprise you. >> hell, no! no! >> 40 grand of your tax dollars going to the greater washington fashion chamber of commerce? that's just one of about $8.3 million worth of proposed earmarks in the d.c. budget currently being considered by the council. >> that's $40,000 that doesn't need to be spent. >> what do they even do? >> exactly. fashion police maybe. >> reached by phone, the group's president says the money will go to fund a business incubator to encourage growing the fashion industry

president obama is in russia, and he thanked the russian people for d.c.'s favorite hockey player, alexander ovechkin. >> i continued to benefit from the contributions of russians, sicily, from alexander ovechkin. we're very pleased to have him in washington, d.c. >> we are indeed. >> that is the warmest reception he has had. >>> republicans are getting ireasingly vocal in their opposition to the president's health care plan. >> republicans have to be cal

d.c. gets high marks for the numbers of those that volunteer but we want to make those better. >> if you want to find a group to volunteer for, call the number that you see on your screen. 202-895-3307. again that number is 202-895- 3307. we also have a lot of volunteer information on our website, myfoxdc.com. >>> let's check in with tony perkins and look at this forecast for this steamy tuesday morning. >> good morning. allison, i hope you make it through the show. >> -- i appreciate that. >> i know how that is. we have steamy conditions and we're going to see more today as well. we'll start with our satellite radar. there are some clouds out there. not the thickest clouds we've seen but stills me cloud cover across most of the region. mostly cloudy skies reporting at reagan national at last report. and it's going to be a mixed bag today of clouds and sun. right now the current temperature is 72 degrees, relative midity 87%. winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour. barometic pressure i

he works for the d.c. government. he did go back to work. he also says he has seven plays in his face. he is glad to be alive. the church is planning to make changes and install lights in the parking lot to make it safer. >> thank you. now checking news around the region now, there will be no vote tonight on a controversial plan to build a wal-akmart neara histor civil war battlefield. ma l-anwa werrtiv ptsmission to build she h t pretoalf a mile ay from the civil war battlefield in orange county, virginia. orange county leaders were expected to hear from the public and take a vote tonight, but late this afternoon, but was rescheduled. wal-mart says the store will bring hundreds of jobs, millions and counter revenues, but critics say the store and traffic it will bring desecrate the civilar wl battlefield. meanwhile, w the county's planng commission in frederick, md., wants to build a three-story were should center west of interst eat, 70but critics say it is not in line with the region's character. >> gas prices are ading down as we head in

jurisdiction of the d.c. police. police were initially told the victim was stabbed in the area of rock creek park. i'm told they are trying to figure out the exact crime scene location. police sources are saying that the male victim was cut in the face and ran to the u.s. park police area and asked for help was taken to the hospital. the initial indications arehat this man was also robbed and, again, taken to the hospital. his injuries are not considered to be life threatening and police are at this time searching a pre-ride area here that includes a local park and also at some point the search went into the zoo property but still there has been no sight of the stabbing suspect. reporting live from northwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks, darcy. a capital police officer is out of the hospital after a triple shooting in prince george's county this happened last night outside at an apartment complex in the 8500 block of greenbelt road in greenbelt. and off-duty officer and a 12-year-old girl were injured