delegate eleanor holmes norton said security needs to be reviewed but she cautioned against taking any extreme measures. >> for one thing i want to make sure of is we don't overreact. i think that this man without meaning to has provided us with a practice opportunity. >> now, norad did not know doug hughes was in restricted air space until he had already landed. they say he was able to do that by flying low enough to be undetected by radar. while lawmakers debate security, doug hughes is headed back to his home state of florida. hughes is facing several restrictions while he awaits trial. he is banned from returning to d.c. unless it's for a court appearance. he will be on home detention and has to wear an electronic monitoring device. hughes facing a maximum of four years in prison for operating an unregistered aircraft and flying into protected air space. meanwhile, the reporter who documented it for "tampa bay times" is defending the way his paper handled the story. >> twe did -- we did our due diligence in terms of getting to know him. we were comfortable with the fact that the se

on the hill congresswoman eleanor holmes-norton says she's concerned about overreaction by security officials. >> this is the people's house and senate and it is where they come. we don't want more restrictions to get into the capitol grounds than there are now. >> reporter: michael ohalnan is a homeland security expert with the brookings institution. he has a different point of view. >> this is not something you sort of poopoo away and say, well we didn't enough advance notice, should have listened to guys in tampa more. no this is a gap that needs to be fixed. >> reporter: i'm pat collins, news4. >>> a little boy has his independence back just a week after a thief took it from him. joshua romera is 4 years old and in is surveillance video of someone stealing his wheelchair last weekend. a couple days later, a nice surprise. he got a new wheelchair thanks to another boy in maryland who has touched my joshua's story. 11-year-old emanuel marshall saw what happened and decided to donate a wheelchair he had outgrown. >> how do you feel giving your old wheelchair to joshua? >> well i -- i feel ha

. >>> and both homeland security secretary jake johnson and eleanor holmes norton are responding to the -- responding to the gyrocopter. reporters and responsibility, right? >> it was no secret. hughes was going to fly that copter. in fact he told a lot of news outlets about his plans including us. but he actually started talking to one reporter at the tampa bay times a long time ago. and they knew that the secret service had talked to hughes twice. they called capitol police about 30 minutes before hughes touched down. washington post media critic says that it was not enough. >> and as reporters, we are not suppose to be in the business of hiding from the public, the potential public safety threat. in this case a guy flying a small helicopter in to restricted air space could have gone terribly wrong. >> and now the tampa reporter on the story says that he did worry about how things could have gone terribly wrong, but he believes it is a story that wasn't worth reporting that it ntis uil hughes crossed in to the restricted air space. >> right. >> we'd love to hear your thoughts on this

delegate eleanor holmes norton says tonight any changes need to be measured. >> the one thing i want to make sure of is that we don't overreact. i think that this man without meaning to has provided us with a practice opportunity. >> hughes did not know he was in restricted airspace until he landed. >> tonight he'll return to his home state of florida and is banned to return to the district unless for a court appearance. hughes will be on home detention and will have to wear one those electronic monitoring devices and faces a maximum of four years in prison for operating an unregistered aircraft and flying in protected airspace. the reporter who documented hughes' story for the "tampa bay times" and called the secret service while in the air today defended the way that his paper handled the story. >> we did our due diligence in terms of checking it out and getting to know him. we were comfortable with the fact that the secret service had visited him twice in the past and had interviewed a colleague with whom he showed the plan. >> reporter: so you felt the federal government knew wha

delegate eleanor holmes norton is calling attention to a historic day for d.c. as she advocates for statehood for district of columbia. it's emancipation day when president lincoln freed americans enslaved in the district. today norton took to the house floor to say district residents are denied full rights of citizenship. >> in the district of columbia we commemorate d.c. emancipation day not only to honor our forebearers, but to demand equal treatment from our country for the citizens who live in the nation's capital. >> norton plans to give a second house floor speech tomorrow and a third on thursday which is emancipation day. >>> it was 150 years ago tonight that president ling only was shot at the ford's theater. he died the very next morning. the theater is commemorating the anniversary with special tours, panel discussions and performances and tonight the theater will host a tribute performance followed by a candlelight vigil tomorrow morning at the very moment lincoln died 7:22. the national park service will host a wreath laying ceremony. at 8 a.m. bell

eleanor holmes norton is threatening to go against any funding cuts. >>> some of you living in the bestcities for young families gainesville tops the list at number one. seven of the top ten family friendly locations to live are in northern virginia. now, these rankings are based on the cost of homes, prosperity and growth. quality of education and family friendliness. in gainesville, 40% of the households are families with children. the highest in the state rounding out the top five, best places in virginia burke, centerville, vienna and bonn air. bonn air is outside of richmond. >> good schools, nice neighborhoods. >> that'll do it. there you go. 4:51 is our time right now. tom kierein is here. you say we might get out to explore some neighborhoods. >> don't breathe too deeply, the pollen is -- >> it's insane. my kids are being affected. the car is covered in the green, yucky powder. >> there's the only downside. here's the storm team 4 skycast. bright sunshine through the morning. sunrise is at 6:13. a few high clouds will drift in around noontime. during the rest of the afternoon, a

dell lat eleanor holmes norton is calling on congress to take acts and wants a bill to create local task forces. >>> 4:33. for the first time in decades, a u.s. president is on jamaican soil. president obama landed last night. this visit is a chance to discuss energy security and main taken good will in the 15 member caribbean community at a time when china is investing there. the president kicked off his trip with a surprise visit to the bob marley museum. he heads to panama this evening. while there, he's expected to interact with raul castro. sfwla some tensions stirring in panama city ahead of that summit. they are angry over sanctions the president of venezuela says he wants to hand president obama a petition of protests signed by millions. a little later in the hour we'll have a live report on why this summit could be so pivotal. >>> skroorjurors in the boston marathon bombing trial will return to court next week to decide whether dzhokhar tsarnaev will live or die. he was found guilty of all 30 counts against him. his lawyers want to spare him the death penalty. >> convicting so q

eleanor holmes norton has more. >> i want to make sure we don't overreact. i think this man has provided with us a practice opportunity. >> norad did not know that doug hughes was in restricted air space until he had already landed. he said he was able to do that by flying low enough to be undetected by radar. now, while lawmakers debate security hughes is headed back to florida. he is facing several restrictions. he is banned from returning to d.c. and he is under home detention and he has to wear a device. meanwhile the reporter who documented the store for "the tampa bay times" and called the secret service while hughes was in the air is defending the way his paper handled the story. >> we did our due diligence in terms of checking it out and getting to know him. we were comfortable with the fact that the secret service had visited him twice in the past and had interviewed his colleague with whom he shared the plan. >> you felt the federal government knew what he would do? >> i felt the federal government had a chance to know what he would do. i don't kno

delegate eleanor holmes norton said she is concerned about the height. >> it shouldn't be so massive that people wonder where is the white house. >> reporter: they are expected to improve enhancements. you're looking at sketches, the current image of the check point is on top. an artist's ernlgd are of changes at the bottom. no kolt from the secret service or the national park service. other internal documents show preliminarily other possibilities have been ruled out including the placement of an electric five rail. a barbed wire scenario around the perimeter. and the potential of raising ityond ten feet. >>> we have more details on the breaking news we brought you from the live desk minutes ago. fairfax county police officer william bud walker has been charged with two counts of possessing child pornography. it was a tim from a social media networking site that said images had been uploaded from a local address. he was arrested today and you may recognize him. he served as the public information officer for the last six years. he is being held without bond and we are told additiona

delegate eleanor holmes norton says it basically violates the rights of the 650,000 people who live herend have elected their leaders to speak for them. after this house vote it's not expected to go far beyond that. the senate unlikely to take it up. we are live this morning on capitol hill. at. >> two d.c. council candidates are watching closely as the last votes are counted in a special election. more than 1,000 uncounted provisional ballots will likely decide who wins the ward 8 seat. right now less than 200 votes separate laruby may and trayon white. one of muriel bowser's proteges won the ward 8 seat which was up for grabs in the election. eight of the council members are new or had been on the council less than three years. >>> loudoun county schools did not break the law. a parent took the school district to court yesterday telling a judge the school board didn't respond to more than 50 requests for information under the virginia freedom of information act. that judge sided with the school saying that some requests did not qualify as foia requests. >>> tonight is one of those nigh

eleanor holmes norton said security needs to be reviewed but cautioned against taking extreme measures one thing i want to make sure of is that we don't overreact. i think that this man without meaning to has provided us with a practice opportunity. >> norad says it did not know that doug hughes was in restricted space because he was flying below the radar. and meanwhile, hughes is heading back to florida while he awaits his next court appearance. a judge banned the postal worker from stepping foot into the district except when he comes to court. he'll be under home detention and has to wear an electronic device. he's due back in court on may 8th. >>> new details, just in to the live desk about pope francis possibly making a stop in cuba while on his way to the u.s. here's what we have learned about the vatican's discussions with cuba. the pontiff is trying to work out whether he'll travel to the island nation either before or after his visit to america in september where he'll address congress visit the white house and the u.n. adding a stop there is considered a critical step in prov

celebrate the abolition of slavery in d.c., but today on the house floor district delegate eleanor holmes nortonlaims her constituency is not as people as the rest of the country. norton explained about how the contributions of servicemen and women in d.c. who fought in foreign wars are going unrewarded. >> thousands of have died all without a vote and yet they had secured the vote everywhere they went. to this day 2015 almost 125 years after lincoln freed the first slave in the district of columbia the residents of the district of columbia are still not free. >> norton has long been a proponent of d.c. statehood and is calling for congress to stop meddling in the affairs of local budgets. >>> today marks the 1 year anniversary of the historic kidnapping by boco haram. the islamic militants abducted nearly 300 nigerian school girls. some of the kidnapped girls managed to escape. the fate of the others, though, still not known. >>> 20 people are recovering from minor injuries after an asiana airlines plane skidded off the runway in western japan. officials say the skid caused sparks, no flames an

delegate eleanor holmes norton who has always been outspoken about the rights of the city citizens tolves say this is about a war on women and of course congress trying to trample on the city. now, workers -- this is likely not to go far out of the house vote. the senate not expected to take up this measure. even if it did, president obama would likely veto it. we are live this morning on capitol hill. molette green. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:47. it was a narrow miss for a virgin america pilot who reported seeing a drone flying above his plane. the pilot was headed into dallas love field airport and he saw that drone flying 200 feet over the top of them. s that police are trying to figure out who owns the drone. they asked drone operators to use them responsibly. >> if they end up colliding with an airliner it will be similar to a bird strike or potentially worse. and it could do significant damage to the airplane or an engine. >> it is illegal for drones to fly above 400 feet or within five miles of an airport. according to faa data in october of 2014 a drone crashed near dall

who have co-sponsored this resolution, represent i have chris van hollen, jerry connolly, eleanor holmes norton, donna edwards who brought this to the floor, and barbara come stock. i hope -- barbara comstock. i hope all members of the house will support this legislation and will come to watch the soap box der bee in action on june 20. again i thank my colleague from maryland, ms. edwards, for making sure i got here so i could once again say how proud i am of those who participate in the soap box der bee. good luck to all of them. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back. does the gentleman from pennsylvania have further remarks? mr. barletta: i want to once again thank the gentleman from maryland for his commitment to our youth and for once again introducing this great piece of legislation. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from maryland is recognized. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time having now expired, the question