>> reporter: murder suspect jonathan dawkins knew police were hot on his trail. today he stopped running. today he turned himself in. >> police put out this surveillance video of a suspect. this video led to some information. that information led to more evidence and today an arrest in a high profile case of murder. 30-year-old jonathan dawkins charged in the stabbing death of duane edward brisbon. brisbon was a 33-year-old x-ray technician at the med star washington hospital center. and it appears that he was trying to be a good samaritan when he was killed. >> the information that we have received is that the suspect in the case was involved in a verbal altercation with another individual at which time the victim stopped his automobile and inquired as to the welfare of the other individual. and that prompted an argument which ultimately led to a stabbing of the victim. >> duane edward brisbon had a promising medical career. in fact, he had just received a promotion and was out celebrating with some friends at marvin's on that may day when this happened. they sa

police say this surveillance video helped lead to the arrest of dawkins. neighbors say that sounds like the big hearted brisbon they knew. >> with a warrant for his arrest he turn himself in this morning and they are investigating whether they knew each other or not. >> thank you. coming up, following the breaking weather and is. severe storms tracking once again. >> a local 8-year-old beaten and bruised. you will hear from the man who answered his heartbreaking plea for help. >> george's eminent -- george zimmerman versus barbara walters. the interview that was canceled when we return. >> a new controversy in the trayvon martin case surrounding abc's barbara walters. george zimmerman called barbara walters during today's broadcast, this after walters told viewers she canceled an interview with him because he made what she calls demands. they wanted to be put at -- put in a hotel for a month. jordan zimmerman spoke about the controversy tonight. >> i think he was thinking i do not want money in my pocket but i want my wife to be secure if things do not go

police say they are still domesticating whether brisbon and dawkins knew each other. as for the other person in the argument police say they are not considered a suspect. >> thank you. also tonight d.c. residents are weighing in on the future of mayor vincent gray. a new poll is out on whether they think he should resign. sam ford is live. >> should mayor vincent gray resign? >> i think he should consider it. >> why? >> because of all the things affiliated with his campaign. >> it is looking bad for him but i hope he continues to stay and watch this -- office. >> 54% said yes 37% said no. we asked if that bothered him? >> of course it does. i would ask for people to allow this process to play out. >> he acknowledges a parade of his campaign contributors pleaded guilty in court. >> a lot of their opinions i think have been -- that is not unusual. >> he said today from buildings going up to crime going down the city is heading in the right direction and reporters should talk about that. some residents agree. >> i have no complaints. >> we need to get things done and if

i think i'll just remember the good times that we had. >> jonathan dawkins will be arraigned on murder charges tomorrow. linda cooper wishes she could be there, but she can't. her husband just had triple bypass open heart surgery friday. so she's helping to ease his pain just like the arrest in her son's murder is easing hers just a little bit, though. >>> a taxicab hit a woman in arlington killing her yesterday as mandela inez dewalsh was trying to cross north carlin spring road at north glee road. she fell hitting her head. the driver stayed on the scene. there's no word if the driver will face charges. >>> house republican darrell issa is talking about taxing people that live in d.c. but live outside the city. according to the washington post issa wants to examine challenging an act with a restriction on this. the idea of a commuter tax has people fired up talking about it on our facebook page. caylee wrote i think this is totally not a good idea for others like us who already spend a fortune in gas to get back and forth to work. marcel wrote it's enough just to get to and from work

but when they looked closer, they realized it was a case of murder. >> now, murder suspect jonathan dawkins knew police were hot on his trail and today, today he stopped running. today he turned himself in. live in southwest, pat collins, news 4. >>> let's look at this house fire in potomac in the 11,000 block of stanmore drive. firefighters found flames and smoke from the garage and second floor when they got there. in the petworth neighborhood, another fire did serious damage to the basement of a house on varnum street and northwest. the fire did not spread to the upper levels and everyone did manage to get out safely. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this blaze. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray reacted to a new opinion poll that says more than half of the citizens of the district of columbia want him to resign. the mayor says the "washington post" poll mostly reflects the media focus on a federal probe into his 2010 campaign for mayor, not on the job he's doing. news 4's tom scheherwood joins >> these numbers are not good for gray and reporters pressed him for his reaction.

. >> bill: so what do you say to dawkins. i had him on twice. you never talked him to him face to face? >> oh, yes, he ambushed me. he didn't want to do the interview. it was him. >> bill: kick his butt. >> i would have kicked his butt. but he took minutes out of that and put it in movie and enemies of reason and ambushed others. >> bill: i think he is a dishonest guy. >> he by the way uses scientific credentials to camouflage bigotry. >> bill: he really believes we're idiots. he thinks he is genius, you and me and rest of believers are idiots. he basically says that the suns isn't found on jew day yeo christian philosophy. that absurd. our justice system is based on the ten commandments. what hangs in the supreme court. is the ten commandments. they are there. >> and lincoln was a believer. >> bill: absolutely. you will never get through to a guy like that. there is more emotion with him? >> they get really upset. >> to attack somebody you don't believe in with such vigor and enthusiasm and anger. >> bill: on i'm not angry at dawkins doesn't be

such vigor and enthusiasm and anger it's jus just... >> bill: i'm not angry dawkins doesn't believeeed off. what convinced you that there is a diety? and do you believe in a god that intervenes in human life? >> i have scientific background. the more we understand the nature of the universe through science the more we understand there is more unknown and there is unknowable because scientific discoveries show the laws of fizz yaiks -- physics themselves preclude us from intellectually getting in touch with the source. you have to go beyond interelect. you have to listen to the heart. the heart has reason that's reason doesn't know. you have to, in a sense understand the great prophet, jesus, whoever, they transcended to a level in touch with the mystical. they used the language of the time. >> bill: but that is -- do you believe there is an active diety that intervenes in human nature and in the world? >> i think there is an active source that is omnipresent and that we have a connection to that. >> bill: do you believe in miracles? >> we have free will, too. the fact we live, that

police arrested 30-year-old jonathan dawkins in southeast and charged him in the stabbing death of brain brisman of upper marlboro. he was a ct person and he was voted a superstar because of his exceptional interaction with patients. on may 1st, he was coming home from a party to celebrate his promotion. he got into an argument with a man on the street, he stopped his vehicle, and when he got out of the car, they say he was stabbed in the deck neck. now, brisbane tried to get away. he got back in the car and tried to get away. he ended up crashing his vehicle into a light pole in the 500 block of florida avenue. and after an extensive search and surveillance video and talking to a lot of witnesses, police today came to this conclusion and they have arrested 30-year-old jonathan dawkins of southeast, charged him in the death of dwayne brisbane and is facing second- degree murder charges. shawn? >> audrey appearance reporting live. thank you. >>> there is a new report focusing on prostitutes in d.c. and other major cities, showing the risk between sex workers who used condoms for protectio

surveillance video led to the rest of johnathan dawkins. >> and 8-year-old boy asked for help after his adopted parents physically abused him. but the boy's father is a lieutenant commander with the u.s. navy. this person answered the knock on the door from. >> before 1:00 a.m. on tuesday in this bristow virginia, neighborhood, ron cramer heard the doorbell. i looked outside and opened the door and there was a little boy. he welcomed in a charming albeit confused 8-year-old boy. >> he was adamant in showing me under his shirt the bruises on his body. >> police suspect he fled his home after being abused earlier in the day by both of his adopted parents, matthew and amy sweeney. both have been charged with felony child abuse. authorities believe the aid- year-old boy has been abused for an extensive amount of time. >> that is heartbreaking. he is supposed to be loved. >> how i felt about it, i was very disappointed that a human being could do that to a child. >> three people entering the home declined comment. this was eve alleged victim had a number of siblings and was home schooled. >>

when he checked to see if the other person was okay, investigators say dawkins stabbed him. he had just recently gotten a promotion. >> a virginia couple is facing child abuse charges after their 8-year-old son showed up at a stranger's house covered in bruises. the 8-year-old is adopted. he ran away from the sweeny's home early yesterday morning ant a few blocks away. ron cramer was there to open the door. >> i opened the door and i asked him, i says can i help you, son? he said i'm lost. and i said well where did you come from? and he said i don't know. >> cramer says he called the police to report that the boy is lost. the police interviewed the child, discovered the bruises and found the sweeny's after they called to report the child missing. the boy is in the care of child productive services. >> it was a site that had metro riders doing a double take. tonight, we've learned of a woman who made a dangerous move on the tracks won't be fine. surveillance video shows the woman as she hopped down on to the rails of metro center. metro says the woman is from france and unfam

police arrested 30-year-old jonathan dawkins of southeast and charged him with second damage murder. he is accused of stabbing dwayne brisbon in the next. after being stabbed, he tried driving away but he hit a pole. >>> up next, the parent of trayvon martin react to george zimmerman's first television investigate. >> i don't understand what he is saying about thinking that it was god's plan that he murdered our child and i really don't understand what god he word ships. >> we'll hear more from martin's parents including what they think about zimmerman's apology. stay with us for more.  . >>> trayvon martin's parents making headlines this morning reacting to comments made by george zimmerman on the fox newschannel. >> he spoke about what happened that night back if february. the parents ever trayvon martin are now peeking out about it. >> reporter: the parents of trayvon martin speak out after george zimmerman gives his first tv interview on fox news. zimmerman, who is charged in the shooting death of the teen, apologized to his parents, tracy martin and sabrina fulton. >> i

jonathan dawkins is accused of stabbing dwayne brisbon in the next earlier this year on florida avenue. brisbon was on his way home from valentine braiting a pro- - from celebrating a promotion when he was killed. stay with us. i'm barack obabama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> another gsa spending scandal making headlines this morning. the inspector general at the general services administration found more wasteful spending, spending more than $268,000 on a one-day awards ceremony at two d.c. hotels. they included drum sticks for everyone attending. there you go. the new refuse layings come after the gsa spent lavishly on a vegas conference in 2010. >>> a couple of angry store owners in pennsylvania get revenge on people relieving themselves on a wall behind his store. now, they set up a shower head in the alley and a camera to watch everyone getting wet. now, for thr