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darcy spencer is in fairfax with more on the call that cracked this case. darcy? >> reporter: last week a fairfax county woman called police to report a suspicious vehicle in her neighborhood. it turns out that car belongs to the suspected serial burglar and that call eventually led to his arrest. >> he came into our home. we were sleeping and we didn't find out until the next morning, until we actually walked out an saw our stuff all over the yard. >> this fairfax county woman is one of the many victims of the serial burglar, her home entered through an unlock door, cash stolen from her purse. now that the suspect has been arrested, she'll sleep a little easier tonight. >> it felt good knowingt least in the back of my mind, yes, this guy is caught. >> they arrested brad evans of oxenville, maryland this week when undercover officers caught him breaking into cars and homes. 15 charges related to residential burglary, and his currently in the montgomery county detention center on a $425,000 bond. >> edmond is expected in more than 1 00 crimes in fairfax, montgomery

but firs to darcy spencer at the green belt. darcy? >> jack jhnson is maintaining his innocence and says he'll stay on as county executive. prince george's county executive jack johnson emerged from u.s. district court after being released from federal custody. he declared his innocence that he tampered with evidence and with witnesses. >> i am absolutely convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that i am going to be vindicated. >> reporter: johnson skmand his wife leslie are facing charges of a five-year probe of kickbacks for favorable treatment. >> these investigations involve allegations that real estate developers have been regularly paying off government officials in return for official actions. >> federal agents served search warrants at 13 locations friday, including johnson's office in the county administration building in upper marl boro and at their home. he conspired to receive a check from an unnamed developer. >> leslie johnson flushed the check down the toilet. >> federal prosecutors said they had secretly been listening to

>> get back on the horse, absolutely. >> reporter: today darcy's back in the saddle.ng horses? hanging out with the family on their farm, i could tell where she gets her strength. what would you say to darcy now that she's back. >> that she's really brave that she survived cancer. >> reporter: as darcy gets stronger, life is almost back to normal on the cassidy farm. where did you get this one from? >> a rodeo. >> reporter: darcy even won a belt buckle in a recent competition. >> reporter: what do you see in the next 10, 20 years? what's your hope. >> one birthday at a time, not what we want, i just hope she finds a way to tackle what she wants to tackle. >> in the cowboy world, you got to be tough or you're not going to make it and i think that the people that we're around just look at her like she's a professional challenger. >> and now she's fighting to win. >> and darcy's case is so rare that her local hospital had never even seen this type of tumor. remaining cancer free for the next two years is critical. matt? >> it's a great story, marlow thomas joins us this

darcy? >> police are looking for three men in connection with a brutal beating that happened this alley wednesday night. i will have the details coming newspaper a life report. >> sergeant mark foster! >> some football fans at today's redskins game get the surprise of theirife just in tim for thanksgiving. we'll take you there. how's the forecast, buddy? >> everything is looking up. what about the big travel day? how's the weather looking? all the details coming u ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause ] [ ale announcer ] achiement gets points for living life. earn pnc points for your credit and debit card purchases. ♪ find out more at pnc.com/getpoints. pnc. for the achiever in us all. oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay i'll hold. she's holding. wha? (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. you don't

we'll continue to follow this story, darcy. stay in touch with us and bring us what you learn asyou learn it. >> reporter: sure will. >> thank you very much. >>> let's take a look outside right now. we do have some clouds out there today anfog, i guess, still lingering. tom has the weather for today. good morning. >>> well, good morning. most of the fog is gone, and actually the cloud cover beginninto break up a little bit, especially in virginia. there's some sunshine late morning, but around our region, still mostly cloudy in washington and across much of maryland. temperatures right now are near degrees where the cloud cover remains. however, where the sunshine is broken out, culpepper is up to 61, charlottesville, 61, also got some sunshine in southern maryland right now there in the upper 50s. shenandoah valley, as well, has had some sunshine. they're into the mid-50s now. the mountains of western maryland and west virginia never did get below freezing there this morning but it's been in the 40s throughout most of the morn

live from northwest, darcy spencer, news 4. >> darcy, thank you. >>> metro says it's going to take several weeks to repair a broken section of ceiling at the farragut north station downtown. construction work above ground sterday caused a ceiling panel to fall onto the platfm. concrete landed right next to passengers waiting for trains. d.c. transportation officials think faulty diagrams of the construction area are to blame. >> it looks like the drawings that we were provided may have been incomplete. and so it's not really anybody's fault necessarily. >> the ceiling has been pated with plywood in the meantime. d-dot engineers will coordinate repairs tomorrow. >>> constructioavenue, sounds like the title of a crime novel, but police are investigating the real thing just steps from the u.s. capitol and a love triangle may be involved. jackie bensen is on capitol hill with more of a murder that ended with a victim inside a box. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, sources say security camera video shows the suspect lugging a cardboard bathtub box from this ilding. d.c. police have released this pho

darcy spencer is live in prince georges tonight. >> reporter: he isell known in prince georges unty. in 2002, he ran against jack johnson in the primary to become countyexecutive, and he lost in that race, and he says h is not holding a grudge against jack johnson, and he is sad for the family and the circumstances. he hopes the investigation will lead people to feel confident and vest in e county. yesterday johnson and his wife was arrest after they were accused of conspiring to desty a $100,000 eck, and leslie johnson had $80,000 in cash when she was arrested yesterday. the arrest comes at the end of an eight--year-term. we have seen a lot of progress, d there has been numous developments that started under the administration. a lot of people were hoping this will notave a chilling affect on all of the progre that has been made. >> i just feel a sadness for prince georges county and for the johnson family. i think it's a horrible set of ciumstances for all of us. it really presents a lot of challenges for the incoming administration, and the fact that perception is 90% of the game.

darcy spencer has the story. >> reporter: the crash happened at this intersection in gainesvillabout 9:15 friday night. prince wilam county police say the man who caused in firey crash was under the influence of pcp. >> i wish i couldake the clock go back but i can't. e.r.a. debbie lost her 20-year-old daughter, megan, in a fiery double-fatal crash at intersection of lee and james madison highways. the police say the has been who caused the crash, 22-year-old carlos lucas, was speeding and under the influence of drugs. >> i'm him to pay for what he's done. it's not fair that someone as innocent as she was was taken away from us because of his foolishness and -- i don't know, hi stupidity. >> reporter: police sayucas was driving on lee highway when he lost control of his chevy, cross the median and struck a honda acard which burst into flames. megan, the front seat passenger was ejected an died. r boyfriend was pulled from the burning car by witnesses. another man was trapped in the back seat and died. they had just made a run for kerosene. >> reporter: megan was the youngest of three

darcy spencer spoke to the man saying he defended himself from an intruder. >> i was terrified, honestly>> reporter: this man, who doesn't want to be identified, shot and wounded an intruder about 1:00 sunday morning. >> i hear the glass start breaking. so i ran to my room, grabbed my shotgun. >> reporter: you can see the broken window and glass on the ground at the governor's square apartments. the resident says,fearing for his life, he took action. >> i gave a verbal warning not to enter the household. they kept trying to come in. i fired one shot to the bottom right corner of the window, hoping to scare him offut i actually did, in fact, hit the person. >>> police are investigating as a possible burglary. the intruder told them that he lived in the building and may have gotten lost or confused. >> the home owner, ten ant who discharged the shotgun does not know the individual. the individual didn't have permission to be there. he broke the window, suffered lacerations from his hands. >> at this point policeay it does not appear the respect will face charges. >> you can discharge a wea

that's the only thing i can say. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4 today. >>> privatizing liquor stores is being considered in montgomery countyhis morning. county executive ike leggett said he rejected the idea in the past but he is wilng to reconsider it. virginia is exploring a similar money-making plan. earlier this weekeggett announced mopt goalry county liquor stores can sell alcohol on sundays. that could bring in an extra $2 million a year. >>> beginning next year paying to go toollegen maryland could cost more money. governor martin o'malley says after a four-year freeze the tuition rate cannot is stay flat much longer. he is pushing for a 3% increase next year. he hopes to keep the increase at 3% the next four years. >>> underage drinking and hazing at g.w. they are investigating five fraternities and sororities. all five of the chapter being investigated occupy university townhomes on townhouse row at the university. according to the school paper, approximately one quarter of g.w. students are involved in greek letter life. >>> the ballot count in alaska is getting pretty ugl

darcy spencer is live for us with the details of the take-down. darcy?burglar has been prolific, elusive and tonight he is bend bars. and police are crediting the quick actions, the alertness of a regular citizen in the neighborhood with calling police and rporting a sspicious vehicle. and that helped them to narrow in on their suspect. here he is. 34-year-old brad edmonds. he lives in oxon hill and prince orge's county. police say he is a suspect in more than 100 crime in this region. police have had hill under surveillance in recent days. after that woman report his r

darcie spencer live for us in greenbelt maryland with today's big courtroom developments. darcie? >> today detention hearings dealt with a husband and wife. they own more than a dozen liquor stores here in maryland during open court just about an hour ago, a prosecutor made some reference to bribery's being offered in this case. they have some wiretaps and listening to conversations involving this couple and heard some discussions involving bribes of county officials involving favorable acts that happened for this business. but no official was named, no official act was named, but again, references made to bribes being offered to county officials for acts that would favotheir businesses. this all plays into this wide ranging investigation of corruption here in prince georges county. amrick and marinder were ordered held without bond. the judge felt they posed a flight riskn this case. they are accused of paying off prince georges county police officers to protect their illegal operations. one of those officers a sergeant th more than 20 years experience on the force. the couple ha

reporting live from greenbelt, darcy spencer, news 4. jim, back to you. >> thank you, darcy. >>> a bomb threat at ohio state university was sent here to the d.c. fbi headquarters. it ford the evacuation of several buildings. the fbi says the threat was sent to their washington head quarters via e-mail around 8:00 a.m. this morning. no bombs were found in the lab buildings, and they have since been reoped. >>> victor bout is on hisay to the u.s. to face criminal charges. he's a russian arms dealer, arrested two years ago in thailand. arrested by undercover u.s. agents. he allegedly offered to sell them surface to ermis ils. he's suspected ofelli ining weapons to the taliban. wednesday his wife arrived to see him, but he had already been moved. >>> washington archbishop donald worrell is on his way to rome tonight. he arrived at dulles international airpt this afternoon. saturday the archbishop will attend the ceremony at the vatican that will elevate him to cardinal, the highest tight knelt catholic church after pope. i spoke with the arc

darcy spencer reporting from fairfax. >>> the assistant d.c. police chief has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately. police chief said grooms has been aused of compromising a test given to members of the d.c. police command staff. and an internal investigation on all that is already underway. the jury in the chandra levy trial has ended its deliberations for the day. they've been dlib rating for thredays now. still, no verdict. late this afternoon, the panel sent the judge a note. pat colonlins is at the d.c. superior court house with more. >> reporter: the jury has left the superior court building. they got off to a late start this morning but they made up for with it the working lunch. then they asked the judge for the legal definition of assault. this is way it work. you see, you have to prove an assault in order to prove an attempted kidnapping. if you prove an attempted kidnapping, that gets you to the felony or first-degree murder charge in the case. and that is why the definition of assault is so important here. ingma

darcy spencer reports, one phone call cracked this case. >> he came into our home, we were sleeping. we didn't find out until the next morning and saw our stuff all over the yard. >> reporter: this fairfax county woman is one of the victims of the serial burglary, her home entered through an unlocked door. now that the suspect has been arrested she will sleep a little easier tonight. >> kind much relieved. knowing that this guy is cut. >> reporter: pole in montgomery county arrested brad edmonds after yufrd cover officer caught him breaking into homes. >> they charged him with 13 different crimes and currently in the montgomery county detention center. >> reporter: he's suspected in more than 100 crimes in fairfax, prince william and montgomery counties. they say he entered homes in cars in the dead of the night hunting for cash. according to court records he has a history of burglary arrests. the burglar tried to break into this man's home but his door was locked but couldt be pde open. >> i'm glad he got caught. >> reporte police say they identified edmonds after a resident in fair

here's news 4's darcy spencer. >> reporter: the crash happened at this intersection in gainesville about 9:15 friday night. prince william county police say the man who caused this fiery crash was under the influence of pcp. >> i wish i could make the clock go back, but i can't. >> reporter: debbie lost her 20-year-old daughter, meghan jandrositz in a fiery crash at the intersecti of lee and james madison highway. police say the man who caused thcrash, 22-year-old carlos lucas, was speeding and under the influence of drugs. >> i want him to pay for what he done. it's not fair that someone as innocent as she was was taken away from us because of his foolishness. his stupidity. >> reporter: police say lucas was driving on lee highway when he lost control of his chevy impala, struck this honda acco which burst into flame. meghan, a front se passenger in the accord was ejected and died. her boyfriend, danny, was driving. he was pulled from the burning car by witnesses. 50-year-old david richardson of warrentowas trapped in the back seat and died. they had just made run for kerosene. >> i wis

in northwest, darcy spencer, news 4 today. >>> road work on connecticut avenue near the farragut northlresume as early as today. that construction is believed to have caused wednesday's ceiling collapse in the metro station. metro say jack hammering broke through the dome causing huge pieces of concrete to fall on the platform below. it could take weeks to fix the ceiling. plywood is covering the damaged area for now. >>> don't expect new escalators at any meo stations. interim general manager says day-to-day maintenance makes more sense than tually replacing the old escalators which could cost $1 million apiece to replace. metro is inspecting all 588 after last month's doesn't at l'enfant plaza. six people were hurt when the escalator accelerated without warning. >>> ahead at 5:00, an invasion on the g.w. campus that may keep students up at night. >>> plus, why opting for a tsa pat-down could win you a free ipod. >>> breaking news right now, major problems after a deay accident. >>> still ahead the future of learning. students are getting a high-tech upgrade to3q experience the new ai

darcy spencer is live at headquarters tonight. how did this happen? >> reporter: police are saying it appears this itruder was intoxicated. he told police he live nd that apartment building, but so far, they have not been able to verify that information. the man who fired h gun spoke to news 4. he says he should not face charges because he was defending himself. >> i was terrified, honestly. >> repter: this man, who doesn't want to be identified, shot and wounded an intruder who was trying to get into his apartment sunday morning. >> i hear the glass start breaking, i went and grabbed my shotgun. >> reporter: the resident says fearing for his life, took action to defend himself. >> i ve a verbal warning not to enter the household. they kept trying come in. i fired one shot to the bottom right corner of the window, hoping to scare them off, but actually did in fact hit the person. >> repter: police are investigating the case a a possible burglary. they say the intruder told them he lived in the building. >> the homeowners who discharged the gun did not

northwest, darcy spencer, news 4 today. >>> 11:41 on our time.head, stocks rose sharply yesterday. going to take a look at howthe dow and nasdaq are doing this morning. >>> and cosmetic procedures, why they're becoming so mainstream. stay with us. "know the species, kn the stain." lanolin-free coat, i know it's an alpaca. walks in here, looks says "hey look, it's a llama!" cleaning the stainike he would a llama stain. time he's wasting. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >>> president george w. bush is making the rounds, promoting his new book "decision points" and shed off his sense of humor in his latest stop on "the tonight show." >> we have president bush on the program tonight so everybody gets patted down. >> even you? i mean, this is your show. >> mrak makes no sense at all. >> tell me about it. hey, grope master. >> president bush came out to a rousing applause and the crowd gave him a staund standing ovation. he was last on leno's show ten years ago and jay thanked the former president on all the material he gave him to use but president sh was quick

darcy spencer is live in chantilly with that story tonight. >> reporter: a 20-year-old woman from chantilly was one of the two people who died in that fiery crash. prince william county police say the man who caused this tragedy was undethe influence of pcp. megan was a front seat passenger in a honda accord, her boyfriend behind the wheel, according to her mother. their car was hit by an out of control chevy impala that was traveling north on lee highway in gainesville prince william county about 9:15 last night. police say 22-year-old carlos lucas was driving that impala, lost control, struck the mdian and hit the honda. she was ejected from the car and did not survive. the vehicle burst into flames. the boyfriend was able to be pulled out by witnesses but a back seat passenger was trapped and also died. >> he needs to be held accountable. he needs to realize that what he's done is take two innocent lives om the world. you know, people need to think about that wen they're doing whatever they're doing, whether 's alcohol or drugs, whatever, that they can't get into a car or get into a vehi

as news 4 darcy spencer explains, it stunned students and volunteers. >>> a former lightweight champion and d.c. boxing hall of famer. but keely thompson is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a gym he started in 2004 to help keep kids away from gangs and violence. >> i hate to see he's in this type of trouble and hope he can get out of it. these kids love him. >> reporter: as director tomp son, known by many as champ, gambled away more than $5,000 in district deposit grants. >> a lot of people come here. it's important to me. i love doing it, you know? he's a great trainer. >> reporter: court records show he used the organization's debit card to get $150,000 on cash while on a cruise in bali. according to their records, he lost more then $10,000 at the casino last year. he is facing wire fraud charges. >> we would like to see the gym made, open. we have kids, 30 to 70 kids on an averageday. it's cold. they won't have no where else to go. >> technical problems with that story. we alogize for that. road work on connecticut avenue could resume as early as today. that

darcy? >> reporter: this avalanche of publications has stunned prince george's county. county executive electricity rushern baker was bombarded with questions as roreporters asked m to comment on the case of jack johnson and three other reporters. >> i'm looking forward to lking about the type of governmente're having. >> reporter: earlier, johnson, who said he plans to remain in office until baker's swearing in was back on the job in upper marlboro. he was wearing an electronic monitoring device on his ankle, the result of an arrest by the fbi on friday on federal tampering charges. >> i'm going to remain strong. i'm going to finish what i started. >> across the ohhigohio river, charged sergeant richard delabro and chong chung kim of using money for untaxed cigarettes. those are a state of revenue for maryland and the federal government. >> they are collective efforts to enforce the law and ensure public trust. >> reporter: and there's more. a third prince george's county cop in virginia has been indicted on gun and cocaine charges. >> i'm outraged by this code of cond

alan darcy's close umpteen takes you to one of the oldest towns in siberia now taking all the boxes towards becoming one of the most of all missing arms all in the patient. news from russia and around the world this is the with me thanks for joining us as the rest of thirteen people of georgia accused of being russian spies is a political follow was engineered by tbilisi ahead of a nato summit russia denies anything to do with those held and says this is a deliberate provocation by the saakashvili government aussie's re not going to reports from tbilisi for us this story has all the makings of a spider movie and not a quality wanted that let's get the facts out first if. team people four of them russian nationals arrested by georgian ministry of interior affairs for allegedly spying for russia no no evidence has been presented at least publicly they do say that apparently they have concrete evidence and that evidence has been gathered by none other than a mall which also allegedly has been implanted into russia's directorate of military intelligence by georgians this statement was made a we

in hyattsville, darcy spencer.k to you. >> thank you. >>> gary condit's son says the public will soon get to hear his father's side of the story in the chandra levy case. chad said his father is working a book that will disclose details. gary condit was a prime suspect in the intern's disappearance in 2001. saadoran immigrant ingmar guandique is now on trial for e murder. condit has testified in the trial but refused to reveal whether he had an affair with levy. >>> a national muslim civil rights and advocacy group is speaking out after a convenience store allegedly denied service to a woman who was wearing an islamic head scarf. this happened in vginia. chris gordon is live in our newsroom with the latest. >> good evening. she said that she was humiliated and embarrassed. she left the store feeling that she was the victim of religious discrimination. it happened thursday morning. she says that she was refused service when she tried to make a cash purchase. >> the cashier asked me to remove my scarf from my hair. a

i can't give u >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. >> look at that sweet little face. >> that does it news4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> first at 5:00 tonight, a political scandal rocks prince george's county today. county executive jack johnson, taken out of his house in handcuffs. his wife recently elected the county counsel, also in custody tonight. this come after a surprise raid by federal agents this morning. news4 was there first on the scene as investigators hauled away bongsz. >> we've been on top of this breaking story. johnson's home in mitchellville, the county administration building in upper marlboro. >> we have a team of reporters covering the arrest and the fallout. we begin with jhn schriffen outside. we expect a news conference at any time, right? >> that's right. we're right next to the podium. as soon as this news conference stts, we'll bring it to you live from outside the courthouse. i want to bring you up to date on what has been going on inside. ev

darcy spencer, news4. >>> passengers on that carnival cruiseship splendor have quite a story to tell. tugboats pull that disable ship into port 98 san diego four days after it lost power. now they're showing their home video of their experiences. this is home video that was just released on the morning of november 8. you can hear the crew trying to assure passenger. il they know it was just the beginning of an unforgettable voyage. >> reporter: passenger '39 decks, cheer and waiting as the disabled ship pull into san diego harbor. >> as i was boding the ladder to get on the ship, there were a few passenger out there cheering us on. and they're happy to see us. >> reporter: after four daunng days at sea they ft with nightmares instead of memories of a happy vacation. >> it was deplorable conditions. the toilets were overflowing. >> reporter: mock the biggest complains, food. >> it was gross. we waited two to three hours. they were doing the best that they could. >> there was no rerefrigeration. it was basically salad and vegetables. some fruit, warm milk. >> reporter: the ship left lon

darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: police are warning women in the aspen hill area don't walk alone keep your cell phone with you. there may be a serial rapist on the loose. this is a composite sketch of a man responsible for raping a woman early saturday morning as she was walk here along georgia avenue. >> she was attack by an unknown male from behind, drag into the woods and raped. r the 52-year-old woman from silver spring was walk south, approaching the intersection when the attacker raped her. then ran away. there have been two similar sexual assaults in aspen hil since june. >> in each case the women have been out in the late evening or early morning hours by themselves. the suspect descriptiois similar. >> reporter: police stay first attack happened june 13th at 12:30 in the morning. the victim was walking on t road near aspen hill road when she was sexually assaulted by two men. the other attack happened on october 26th. the victim was sexually saulted while walking on connecticut avenue around 11:00 at night. police released this surveillance photo of a possible suspect. >

in gainesville, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> and in another tragedy, grief counselors will be at osbourn high school in manassas after the stabbing death of a student there. policeay 18-year-old mauricio martinez along with a 17-year-old not seen here attacked 15-year-old miguel hernandez. hernandez was simply walking home from school friday on a common path used by students to get to nearby neighborhoods. manassas police say the northern virginia gang task forceelped make the arrests. one recent graduate says gang violence is a growing issue in that community. >> lately a lot of stuff has been happening it in the school. we are having gang problems. it's a really good school. you need somebody who know what is they're doing to control the school better. >> the two teens arrested both face charges of murder and gang participation. >> president obama says he understands travelers frustrations over new airport security mesures. he says he sympathizes with passengers who feel full body scanners and full body patdowns are an invasion of privacy. he has asked officials if there is a less intr

we begin in green belt with darcy spencer. >> reporter: mr. and mrs. johnson appeared in court.a few minutes ago. they outlined what the charges re during that initial appearance here in the u.s district court. they are tampering with a witness, evidence and

reporting le, darcy spencer, news4. >> a lot of relieved residents. thank you. >>> we have a news4 exclusive. this started as a cat rescue but then it spiraled out of control. instigators have found more than 70 cats inside a home in annandale, virginia. julie carey is live in that neighborhood where the cat's owner, she spoke with her tonight and said she was just trying to hp. this is a really sad story. >> reporter: it is a very sad story. there has been an assembly line of sorts for the last few hours. catsave been taken from the home and put in the trailer. code enforcent has deemed this home uninhabitable. the owner says she saw nothing wrong with conditions and was only trying to find homes for the cats. >> that wld be great. >> reporter:age after cage after cage containing cats of every size and color. this annandale home wa the headquarters for the scue and do know group called kitty caregivers. when recently when they saw some of t cats in a foster home ere, they alerted the county to alert to a possible hoarding situation. >> conditions are

darcy mcdonald was hired as an i.t.d engaged and be looking ahead at another contract or extending the one you're on. so it's definitely not a permanent secure feeling. >> reporter: kenneth lee spent two years juggling odd jobs. he's now hoping to extend the year-long contract job he found in information security. >> with all the retrenching that companies have done, they've collapsed a lot of positions into a single position while they're working for it all in one person. >> nicole campbell is still searching for her idea job. he's now teaching french and volunteering at a business association. >> it's very easy to get very depressed and lie in bed and stay in your pajamas and watch tv all day. but by working part time, it made me be engaged. >> reporter: adam brill works now as a political communications director. even so, his wife is about to be laid off. her company moving away to cut costs. >> there's so much pain and i think it's going to change how we spend and save money, and where we go from here. >> reporter:

and finally one night, a growing mound as darcy delay came up to me and said you've got on the greatest outfit around here. there's not a necktie within a hundred yards of any direction. i took it as quite a compliment. and out of that experience came a nonfiction book called the electric kool-aid acid test. now, a lot of the very good writers in the so-called hippie world -- and i would just say i'm going to have a bio of the american great novels. and then it dawned on me could write a novel about that. people fate can make up anything you want. that is a huge advantage that nonfiction has to this day. we're in an age in which you can make this stuff up. i'll give you just one more example. one day i was at harper's magazine. and i was waiting for the art directors to finish work. she was a gorgeous woman. i mean, gorgeous. her name is sheila berger. she agreed -- she has agreed to come with me for drinks. and in those days, i was a serious, serious step forward. it was the custom coffee in them a have some drinks. this was years ago. you know, our eyes met, our lips met, our bodies m

darcy on the line for republicans. caller: i believe it is michigan. host: i am sorry, what did i say? caller: you said maryland. when you call it on c-span, i know it is a 30-day policy. but when the phone rings and rings and you get hung up on, it happens to me all the time, what is up with that? i do not understand how it can -- host: i think it has something to do with the phone company. but you got through today and you have an opportunity. caller: i appreciate that. i will. ok. as far as everybody -- everybody is talking about the wave coming through and get this morning on open phones everybody calls and said i am voting for a democrat. it seems to me there is some kind of bias going on. but as far as mr. morton kondracke is concerned, when you were on fox news, did you feel that you were in a fair and balanced situation where as going to other places did you feel outnumbered in -- the comparison when it concerns juan williams. guest: i have been on since 1998 special report, first with brit hume and brett bair. was that fair and balance? absolu

host: darcy, democrats lied. caller: good morning. my concern with the tea party -- d'arcy, democrats line. caller: good morning. this country will not begin until every american comes together to make it great. my concern with the tea party -- if you have to go on a job and do an interview, they ask a lot of questions. the tea party did that on a lot of candidates that they chose. i understand about -- what you do not research or anything, you did not research on health care where the next year 85% of the money would be returned back to the customer if an insurance company does not use all that money. you keep saying policies. a lot of americans do not understand policy, period. you have to point out policies that you do not like. i feel that you guys were not around when bush -- the tea party needs to stand up for what they really believe or what they actually want, and that is all i have to say. thank you. guest: we were around and we were major critics of spending during the bush years. we did a national ending expressed or. -- ex

host: darcy, democrats lied. caller: good morning. my concern with the tea party -- d'arcy, democrats line. caller: good morning. this country will not begin until every american comes together to make it great. my concern with the tea party -- if you have to go on a job and do an interview, they ask a lot of questions. the tea party did that on a lot of candidates that they chose. i understand about -- what you do not research or anything, you did not research on health care where the next year 85% of the money would be returned back to the customer if an insurance company do not use all that money. you keep saying policies. a lot of americans do not understand policy, period. you have to point out policies that you do not like. i feel that you guys were not around when bush -- the tea party needs to stand up for what they really believe or what they actually want, and that is all i have to say. thank you. guest: we were around and we were major critics of spending duringhe bush years. we did a national ending expressed or. -- expres