that one of the highlights of the documentary is the interview with barry's former wife, the late effie barry. >>> you're back! >> back. >> and sick. so i'm moving over a little bit. i don't want what you have. >> do i look better than i sound? >> okay. [ laughter ] >> that was pulling teeth. all right. >>> 97, a record at dulles but not at national. the next three days, temperatures go down. we're in the right direction. low 90s tomorrow. elbow bump here. >> i think you will be fine. >> 86 tomorrow. 86 op wednesday, rather. a couple of storms and then 87. we'll keep it dry on thursday with no storms. temperaturewise we're going in the right direction after the 97 today. no doubt about that. the heat advisory, goes until 8:00. the heat index will be between 100 and 105. don't exercise when it's this hot. if you are a sensitive group, the elderly, or those with asthma, you need to stay indoors with the doors closed. if you are a jogger, don't jog at night. winds northwest at about 10 miles an hour. there are some storms out to the west. we'll keep you posted on that. right now, nothing east of

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some poignant looking back at effie barry questioning you and she questions not knowing who you were and some of the things you have done. you talked about the federal government coming after you. they are looking in to the contracts you have awarded to donna -- 50,000 and just before that money given to sharon bowen to bring a plan to the council. isn't it right for people who are taxpayers to question your awarding contracts to people who are also in a personal relationship with? >> no. who are these people? in the media, political opponents, they are city paper, which had the audacity to disgrace this community by printing and disrespecting a private conversation publicly. who are the people raising questions about that? 15,000 -- $50,000 contract. i have maintained all of my life accountability and i have maintained that everything i have done has been legal, by any stretch of the imagination so when it is said and done this -- all the smoke is cleared i'm going to be looked as a person who has done so much for this city and helped so many people including bob johnson. if he hadn

. >> well, you bring that up, and you use the word -- when you talked about effi barry about -- you used the phrase embarrassment. why do you think so many people focus on what some say are character flaws? why do you think that is? >> well, we have to question who's doing that. a lot of instances -- unfortunately people in the media -- i'm not blaming abody but they come with an attitude. say take mark fisher or other people who do these things. once it gets cast, it stays this way. 19 years old, there was no conviction. the fbi spent 20, $40 million. people don't remember that part of it. the fbi brought their pipe, their substance and everything, sort of stays with you. >> in living that down, how difficult has that been over the years when other lesser things will pop up along the way? and to hear this joked about constantly. do you just kind of brush it off? >> what happened, you have to understand what the goal is in some izs. sometimes the goal is to distract me from my work. it's an indiana tended consequences. to disorient me. when these things come at me, when i -- i don't take