let's turn to eleanor holmes norton, congresswoman from the district of columbia and another georgetown colleague on the house oversight committee. congresswoman, eleanor holmes norton, thank you for coming on. >> of course. good to be with you. >> the ranking democrat on your committee, elijah cummings, said, "holding someone in contempt of congress is one of the most serious and formal actions our committee can take and it should not be used as a political tool to generate press as part of an election year witch hunt against the obama administration." what are your thoughts about that? do you agree with congressman cummings? >> wholly. moreover, it shouldn't be used as a negotiating tactic. chairman issa virtually admitted that in the clip you just showed. he said, oh, it's not about going to contempt, it's about, quote, getting more cooperation from the attorney general. the documents is a subpoenaed pertain to ongoing criminal investigations or part of a fishing expedition to see if there's anything there. and what's really important i think to know here, the american people must th

my next guess, eleanor holmes norton was in the group of representatives who walked off of the floor. she is a member of the house oversight committee. representative holmes norton joins us from washington. thank you for returning to the war room, ma'am. >> of course governor. >> well, so do you agree with leaderpep leader pelosi that the republicans were targeting attorney general holder because of his efforts on voter suppression? >> it's hard to lay what the most pol arrestized house in our country since the civil war to lay to them what their motives were. they certainly were gunning, if you will forgive me, for the attorney general for some time and refused even when he indicated that he would keep negotiating to do so. they seemed to be driven toward contempt. if you ask yourself why, you will get the fact that it's fair to draw the implication that they didn't like what he was doing, perhaps here, but en more so in other parts of his jurisdiction and hoped to distract him. of course, there has been no sign of that. what there is every sign though, of, governor is that they were

delegate eleanor holmes norton expects groundbreaking sometime in january. >>> tropical storm debby has dumped tons of rain and now in its wake it is leaving behind dangerous conditions in the form of floodwater, dangerous not just for homes and roads, but also for the health of residents, too. as reporter jeremy campbell shows us, there are a lot of people who don't realize the risk. >> reporter: traffic on bayshore these days flows like a lazy river. >> it's pretty fun. you feel the seaweed, kind of creeps you out. >> reporter: bare feet, swimsuits, floats and surf boards, it makes you wonder if anyone really knows what's in the floodwater. >> it's just water. it's not going to hurt. >> reporter: just water and all the things swept up with the surge. for an idea of what's lurking as you splash, look at what's left behind when the water recedes. >> there's so many dangers lurking in that water. you can't tell what is in it. some of the things it might be contaminated with it sewage that could contain bacteria, parasites, viruses. you also worry about runoff from say your lawn. there co

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton tonight released this statement about the shakeup on city council. she said, "i know that my own sadness and disappointment about the charges facing kwame brown are shared by my fellow d.c. residents. he has done the right thing by resigning quickly. now it's up to elected leaders and residents to lose no type moving ahead." >>> speaking of what's the path going forward here? >> mary cheh is acting chair until next wednesday and she will call for a vote by the full council to decide who will replace chairman brown until an election can be called. >> and the criminal charges has d.c. mayor vincent gray speaking out insisting he was unaware of wrongdoing. the charges against brown is the latest chapter of the scandal that began with sulaimon brown accusing the mayor's campaign giving him money to bash adrian fenty at campaign debate. since then two campaign aides have pleaded guilty to campaign violations. today the mayor said he didn't know much about brown's latest charge. >> i think this was an investigation. we knew it was going on. i'm sure they

delegate, eleanor holmes norton. she was part at a group gathered at the circle.s the second annual d.c. flag celebration. supporters want to see the district granted statehood. they want to say in how tax dollars are spent. many of those in attendance were supporting a variety of district themed tattoos. >>> as if cannibalism weren't enough, accused of killing a friend and eating part of his brain and heart. we're talking about alex. a student at baltimore's morgan state university. days before the killing, he used a baseball bat to beat another friend. he was initially charged with assault, now a grand jury upped that charge to attempted murder. >>> you could say prosecutors saved the worst for last. at the child sex abuse case of jerry sandusky. they called a young women known adds victim number six. sandusky began abusing him when he was 12 during sleepovers in sandusky's basement and escalated from oral sex to rape. from that soundproof basement, no one could hear his screamings. >>> still ahead on 9 news. mcdonald's likes to say, i'm loving it in their ad, b

delegate eleanor holmes norton describing her talks with the committee and subcommittee chairman with jurisdiction over the district of columbia. >> they do not make that infamous link between elected officials who misbehave and the 600,000 residents of the district of columbia. we've got a lot of problems. don't make them worse by heaping on us the sense of others. >> beyond the beltway anything like this hurts. i wish i could say this is the first time we had seen any indictment in the district, but sadly it isn't. so any time any news like this hits it obviously does not do anything to make our image better. >> that said d.c.'s republican party stopped just sort of supporting d.c. statehood. >> we do support budget awe to an my for the district as well as a vote in the house of representatives. >> delegate norton pointed out the district is in good financial shape and in the last census d.c.'s population actually grew by 50,000 residents while a lot of american cities are staying the same or losing some residents. >> it is good to see that growth, but you can man all the residents

delegate eleanor holmes norton says king's beating shed light on major civil rights issues. >> it was police brutality in a way we had never seen it before. it stands for police peru dalt and reconciliation. >> earlier this year, rodney king published a memoir renexting on his life. >>> prince george's county police are on the hunt for a robber who broke into an off- campus apartment occupied by university university of maryland students t happened friday morning. ryan miller said he was sheeping in his room when someone kicked in the front door. the next thing he remembered is waking up in the hospital with a huge gash on his head. miller has since been released from the hospital. >>> a hit and run victim in northern virginia has been identified. police need your help in finding his family. they say 33-year-old mohammed jabour was walking on the sidewalk when he was hit just after 10:30 friday night. police are looking for a light colored suv with front end damage. >>> leaders from the world's largest economies are in mexico for the g-20 summit. heads of state started to arrive yeste

delegate eleanor holmes norton wants there to be a national chuck brown day and i think she is naminghat day his birthday if i recall from her speech. and d.c. council chair kwame drown suggested there should be a go-go hall of fame. you know chuck brown will play heavy in that if it ever comes to fruition. >>> tucker, good morning again. i guess the news in the weather department is the possibility of severe weather later today. >> later today, the potential of some pretty good thunderstorms and once they get going, we could get some pretty god downbursts, lots of cloud cover lightning an even potential for some hail and a tornado or two. >> hard to believe because it's been so nice. >> let's get right to. hd radar showing you the morning activity. this is a warm front. it will be a warm front for the first half of your day and a cold front later this afternoon. there is a lot that could factor into whether or not we see severe storms around here. there is your radar. some shower activity now down towards fredericksburg working up 95, dale city getting some height showers. this is al

representative eleanor holmes norton may have another challenger to face in november. a libertarian named bruce major is forming an exploratory committee. he is currently a d.c. realtor. he made headlines in 2010 when he shared a d.c. visitor's guide with tea party activists attending a glenn beck rally in d.c. it is 6:06, 76 degrees. >> coming up, the mother of a natalee holloway file a lawsuit in connection to her disappearance years ago. we will have the latest details. >> what is his name? >> trayvon martin. >> plus, we listen to the 911 call from trayvon martin's father of the day at the teenager was shot and killed. >> lisa baden as another check on your commute. we got past the troubles on the 14th street bridge. now maybe sun delays. >> i'm from annapolis, maryland with the ocean city beach patrol. reminding parents often have their children to check in with a lifeguard while at the beach. good morning, washington. >> it is a big day for steve. he will be turning into a sort of superman. or spider-man. >> give me a break. it's early. >> spider-man does climb up

. >> reporter: eleanor holmes norton is herself a civil rights pioneer from the 60s. she says the king videotaped beating spokessed a major -- exposed a major civil rights issue. >> it exposed police brutality as we had never seen before. >> we always knew it was there, but unfortunately, we never got to a point where we had serious conversations and policy changes that i think would prevent that type of thing from lapping in the future. >> reporter: two of the officers that beat king were convicted and spent two years in a case. king was awarded a $3.8 million civil settlement. earlier this year he published a memoir. >> can't we all just get along, that's how i would like to be remembered after i'm dead and gone. >> that was just this past april. king said at the time he was broke. he has been arrested several times since the riot for alcohol related incidents. last year he appeared on celebrity rehab on vh1. >>> fairfax city poliidentified- and-run crash and they're asking for your help in finding his family. happened after 10:30 friday night. police say 33-year-ol

we have eleanor holmes norton from washington, d.c.. she is a star when it comes to legal right. >> is allen west still a member? >> he is. >> there are a lot of things he said, and that he would share a different point of view. he is a retired military man. he is conservative. has he played any role? >> he definitely has a different perspective. the congressional black caucus is not a monolith. there is not one single way that issues impact people. >> there is a statement by william that is in wikipedia. -- william clay sr. who was a congressman. i want for you to break it down for us. there has been an unofficial white caucus for years. it is our turn to show you can join the club. he cannot meet the criteria unless he can change his skin color. we're concerned about the population. we will not allow all white america to infringe. explain that statement. congressman clay is no longer there. -- explain that statement becauseit looks harsh to somebody who's not involved. >> i have to say that there are differing views on this subject th

congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton is herself a civil rights pioneer. she was an organizer for the student nonviolent coordinating council in the '60s. she says the king videotaped beating exposed a major civil rights issue. >> it exposed police brutality in a way we'd never seen it before so it stands for police brutality and reconciliation. >> reporter: michael faunteroy teaches government. >> we always knew it was there. we never got to the point where we had the serious coveringed and policy changes that i think would prevent that from happening in foot thank you. >> reporter: two of the officers would beat king were convicted and served two years in a federal civil rights case. king was awarded a $3.8 million civil settlement. earlier this year, he published a memoir and reflected on his life. >> can we all just get along? that is how i would like to be remembered after i'm dead and gone. >> reporter: karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> that was back in april. king also said he was broke. he has been arrested several time since the riots for alcohol

. >> reporter: congresswoman eleanor holmes norton was pleased to announce a senate appropriations committee approved two significant victories, the first protects the district during a federal shutdown. >> a provision that says that you can't shut down the district just because the federal government shuts down. >> reporter: the second issue has to do with this statue of frederick douglass. it now sits in one judiciary square next to pierre la font. the senate committee gave the green light for the statue of douglass to be placed in u.s. capitol where statues from other takes are displayed. >> frederick douglass is a national hero and the committee seized upon that and thought we should have an african american in the capitol because we have various leaders '. >> reporter: norton spoke about concerns some have about the federal government cracking down on local affairs after two d.c. council members pleaded guilty to serious crimes. >> elected officials should not be even imagining that the people of the district of columbia would be punished because of what an elected official here or ther

you heard eleanor holmes-norton saying some of those things are under seal. >> that could be a kabukiot is moving through contempt of congress and the committee and raise the stakes. they are raising their bet trying to force the administration's hand. we have seen it play out before. i agree. we haven't seen contempt citation of senior administration officials in the last 30 years. it would be shocked if it came out to that. no reason that the perspective he hasn't tried to move the ball down the field. >> bret: politically does it play? >> i think people who are following this investigation the most closely are not going to support president obama. this is not an issue. the leak investigation is a higher profile situation. it's not serious -- even though it's serious i don't see it as a big political problem. >> bret: let's tourn the leak investigation. national security leaks resulting in a few articles where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have concerns. take a listen. >> we are talking about the president's actual words he said. how decisions were made. what they factored in

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and i showed the all-male panel when they were dealing with the mandate and dealt with the eleanor holmes nortonot able to address a bill designed for her district. i mean, are we seeing not only a real pattern of more restrictive bills being proposed on a state level but even a shutout of women being able to address those bills? women that are elected to deal with these matters. >> you know, reverend, it's unprecedented. so these folks who, by the way, they're anti-reproductive rights agenda is supported by very, very few out there. they're so eager to push this through. i think part of the reason they think they need to push it through right now right away, silence all dissent, silent all speaking out against it is because they know that come this november, many of the people who have voted against women's reproductive rights and women's economic security at the same time are going to be voted out of office. so i think what they're trying to do is take advantage of what happened in the elections in 2010 when as a result of citizens united, tea party extremists frankly flooded into both the sta

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is kicking off the music on the mall series today. >> the first artistm is a vile inist from d.c. the music on the maul brings local music groups to the mall at lunchtime every tuesday this month and every tuesday and thursday in july. >> how nice is that program. today, more than 24 nations including the united states will participate in the guiness world record world largest swim lesson. drowning is the leading cause of injury related death for young children so the lessons are intended to prevent accidents and help save lives. swim and sports clubs in gaithersburg, mclean and brambleton. >>> nothing could stop a california usa from walking on graduation day, not even a car crash. >> instead of heading to the hospital, he ran more than a mile to get his diploma. ashley richey talks to this determined student. >> glass ever. where my leg was trapped. i couldn't get it out. >> this was not the way central high senior mark martinez pictured his graduation day. >> freshman and solve pore years were weren't the greatest years. junior and senior year, i had

i was ashamed as a liberal democrat i was ashamed of congress woman maloney and eleanor holmes nortonsed to even inquire. instead what they did was to say well, you know, we can't disrespect attorney general holder although attorney general holder can disrespect be congress. >> sean: the attorney general had every opportunity. he had 18 months to turn the documents over. he refused. why do you think he waited until the last minute? that is sauce patios t suspici. >> all the administration cares about is their reputation. >> sean: , no, reelection. >> so they can get reelected. instead of providing answers and justice to the family so they can properly grieve. >> they can't possibly be concerned about the reputation because we do have an attorney general bordering on as i always is say incompetent and we have a president who doesn't care about his represent because he is putting up phoney claims of executive privilege and the democrats are ought to know that it as phoney claim of executive privilege but they don't care. it is all partisan on their part. a shame. >> sean: we covered the

russen's -- rustin's letters cover over 40 years of his life, and the correspondents include eleanor holmes norton and martin luther king jr. this is about an hour, 20 minutes. >> thank you for coming. i, as a lifetime human rights activist, i'm especially excited to be talking about bayard rustin because, um, as you can see in his collective letters and as i'd like to ask michael to talk about, he was really the, the in some ways sole vote in the civil rights movement who really saw a complete set of linkages between all forms of injustice. and, you know, there's a very sad story of the split between civil rights and human rights in the united states that, actually, the schomburg center's going to be looking at on march 30th which is certainly the subject of a whole other discussion. but it's one of the things that's very inspiring in his story is that he saw so clearly that indignity and injustice against african-americans was connected to the discrimination and the struggles, the discrimination against so many, so many voices. and so i was wondering if you could start off by talking a little bi

that's a look at ontime traffic >>> eleanor holmes norton is kicking off music on the mall. i love this idea >> i love it. >> next month, the series will be every tuesday and thursday. today, a violinist from the district will perform. congress woman holmes will kick off. >> it's like jazz on the mall. have you been to the sculpture gardens in the sumer? >>> i have not. >> awesome >>> check out this kido. more than 24 countries, including ours, the usa, will participate in the guiness world record for swimming lessons. drowning is the number 1 cause of deaths in the summer for children. the open lessons start at 11:00 this morning. >>> falling rocks are forcing the national park service to close parts of yosemite valley for good. the 3000 food tall glacier point is so unstable that some of yosemite valley's most popular lodging areas will have to be closed permanently. at least 15 people have died and 85 injured by fall rocks since 1857. >>> you might agree this next one is just incredible. a basketball carried hundreds of miles away by the tsunami and back where it belongs.

. >> reporter: eleanor, holmes norton is a civil rights pioneer. she was a student organizer in the 60s. she said the king videotaped beating, exposed a major civil rights issue. >> it stands for police brutality and recon sill. >> we always -- reconciliation. >> we always knew it was there but we never got to a point where we had a serious conversation and policy changes, that i think, would prevent that kind of thing from happening in future. >> reporter: two officers who beat king were eventually convicted and served two years in federal civil rights case. king was awarded a 3 .8 million dollars civil settlement he started an unsuccessful hip hop recording company. earlier this year he published a memoir and reflected on his life. >> can we all just get along. you know, that is how i would like to be remembered. you know after i am dead and gone. >> reporter: karen grey houston, fox 5 news. >>> prosecutors in the jerry sandusky molestation trial could rest their case today. the jury heard 20 prosecution witnesses over four days includingle men w

i want to thank our conferees on the house side, peter defazio, jerry costello, eleanor holmes norton, jerrold nadler, leonard boswell, tim bishop. these individuals stuck with us every part of the way and they were truly -- had their hearts in improving our infrastructure and providing jobs for america. this is a jobs bill, i'm happy to support it and i urge my colleagues to support this conference agreement. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: i yield myself the balance of my too -- my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. mica: good to be at this point in the completion of a long-overdue major transportation reform bill for the congress and for the american people. first, i'll take a moment and thank our staff, jim tieman who is necks to me here, tireless staff director of the highway subcommittee, day and night, helping to sort out things, looking out for the people and making certain this bill had the very best provisions. dan, jeff stroback, joy miller, fred mi

you heard delegate eleanor holmes norton of the washington, d.c. area, why not delay? see if we can work out a deal with the justice department. the republicans would appear to have the votes to pass out a contempt resolution. then it would go to the house floor but first things first. they're still hashing out the details and still trying to analyze what executive privilege means to this matter going forward, jenna. jenna: let's stop right there for a second, mike. as we're seeing on the screen of congressman chaffetz who has been very active in the investigation and some speculation that popped up over the last hour and only speculation at this point is that the president is invoking executive privilege because he somehow connected to this case. congressman chaffetz asked the attorney general directly back in december of 2011, quote, have you spoken to president obama about "fast and furious"? the attorney general answered, i don't think that i have. i see the president and then he interrupted by that. congressman chaffetz asked the attorney general directly about th

the first lawyer was eleanor holmes norton who is now the first congresswoman from the district of colombialawyers to negotiate with us. that was joke alfano who ended up being the terry of atw. we settled in the spring of 73 and they promised again to higher and promote. at this time, we had a golden timetable. we had a third of the writers and reporters to be women and a third of the researchers to be men. >> what was your result? >> in august of 1975, i was promoted to senior editor. i was the first woman senior editor. it is a story about a group of good girls, a group of women who were raised in the 1940s and 1950s, who came of age in the 60s and had these questions, and ultimately challenged all the things that we were raised to believe of what the woman's role is in the world. the impact it would have on us. again, what has changed for young women today. >> when he became a senior editor, he became part of management at that time. was that difficult for you? >> the men who were the writers, they supported the women. the senior editors and management, which often happens in organizati

unfortunately, i could not get eleanor holmes norton to support either one of those bills. she wanted to push for a representative despite what the constitution says. i want to do it legislatively since it didn't look like it was going to happen as a constitutional amendment. >> host: representative louie gohmert joining us this morning. wanted to mention one thing, this is from slate, the weigel blog, it's reported that the florida governor, rick scott, has a relatively low approval rating, it's at 31%. that's not the lowest it's been at this point, and he's entering the 2014 governor's race, still a ways off, the first declared democratic candidate is ahead of him in polling at this early stage. >> guest: it sounds like he's three or four more times popular than congress. [laughter] obviously, if he's at 31%, the caller -- he's not right in saying nobody supports him, but it's certainly a big majority doesn't like what he's doing. >> host: let's get a call in from asheville, north carolina. good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: i'd just

session of congress since 1996, i have introduced the fair pay act along with congresswoman eleanor holmes norton which would require employers to pay equal pie for equivalent gorks equal pay -- equivalent jobs. equal pay for equivalent jobs. this bill will require equal pay for jobs that are the same in skill and work conditions. now, you might say, well, that sounds way out. how can we do that? well, in 1982, the state of minnesota implemented a pay equity plan for its state employees. they found that women were segregated into historically female-dominated jobs, that thee jobs paid 20% less than mail-dominated jobs. so the state of minnesota instituted this law, pay equity wage adjustments were phased in over four years, leading to an average pay increase of $200 per month for women in female-dominated jobs. the wage gap closed by approximately 9%. now, again, my own state of io iowa, in 1984, republican governor, republican legislature passed similar legislation in te state of iowa. pay equity for equivalent jobs. equivalent jobs. so this is not unheard of in ths country. it's unheard of for