. >> senior councilman, jack evans, says $50 million must be cut from dc schools. that would be a serious if not crippling blow to mayor adrian fenty and michele reed's reform with evans supported. >> it will certainly slow down hiring of teachers at higher levels. it is going to slow down possibly the renovations of the schools. we cannot afford to do what we are doing right now in education. >> they must keep the lights on, trash picked up, awrong with other basic services. but evans says police and fire departments can expect significant cuts along with human services. >> if the city's elected leaders do nothing by the end of fiscal 2011 the city's deficit will have climbed to $615 million. the fear is because more than half of the council and the mayor are up for re-election next year. whatever they do, it won't be enough. while it is bad here it is a lot worse in some other big cities. philadelphia has stopped paying its bills until the end of the year. new york city has seen a 34% reduction in its tax revenues. bruce johnson, 9news now and wusa9.com. >>> evan

jack evans' staff. identified as 30-year-old desi deshaine. they were drinking all day sound and filed a missing persons report when he went missing. it took police until today to find his body. he is councilman evans' communication director. at a meeting they paused for a moment of silence to remember him. >> sally, thank you. reporting live from the newsroom. deschaine's parents are in the area and from their home state of connecticut. we will have more today at 4, 5 and 6:00. >>> the other big story at noon. southwest airline inspects hundreds of planes after a foot-long hole ripped in a flight to bwi thurgood marshall from nashville. it had to make an emergency landing in west virginia. a major investigation unfolding. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and everybody. a real scare for passengers but we are told they remained calm as flight 69 made that emergency landing. the airline has in h no major cancellations today. the ntsb and southwest and also the plane's manufacturer bo

. >> reporter: jack evans says $50 million must be cut from d.c. schools. that would be a serious if not kriblg blow to the mayor's reforms. >> it certainly will slow down hiring of teachers a at higher levels. it will slow down possibly the renovations at the schools. we cannot afford to do what we are doing now in education. >> reporter: the city must keep the lights on, the trash picked up along with other basic services. evans says police and fire departments can expect significant cuts along with human services. if the city's elected leaders do nothing by the end of fiscal 2011, the city's deficit will have climbed. half the council and the mayor are up for re-election next year, whatever they do, it won't be enough. while it's bad here, it's worse in other big cities. philadelphia has stopped paying its bills until the end of the year. new york city has seen a 34% reduction in its tax revenues. bruce johnson, 9news now and wusa.com. >>> councilman evan will oppose tax increases to balance the budget. they have to vote this coming week. >>> one billion

councilman evans released this statement.id desi was a bright, bubbly, enthusiastic, wonderful person who you could just not help but love. my staff and i share the grief of and extend our condolences to desi's family and friends and deeply mourn his untimely loss. he was 30 years old. >>> a new recording is raising more ethical questions about marion barry and taxpayer money. a woman who received money claims barry forged her signature on fraudulent documents but barry claims another councilman is actually behind the allegations. fox 5's paul wagner reports. >> reporter: the recording was made back in march when sharon wise a long-time friend of barry's attended a meeting with the city council's budget director. wise wanted to know why her contract for a program called clean and sober was terminated without notice, her pay withheld. sources familiar with the meeting say the purpose was to discuss the grant agreement in hopes of getting the process back on track. the voices you will hear are sharon wise, brenda richardson who

carol is the taxi driver that has been taking evans to her treatments.omewhere along the way the two became very good friends. she went from cab driver to lifesaver. >> she told me you don't have to worry about picking me up tomorrow for dialysis. why? she goes, i quit. i said, excuse me? she goes, i'm not going to be able to make it. i'm not going to be able to do it. i can't get the kids. you can have one of mine. we never figured it out. >> opposites attract good that's what it is. >> how about that? the two will go through more tes to make sure that they are a match before they have the surgery. still ahead, what you need to know about back-to-school buying in this economy. with wifi on airlines one carrier is taking steps to make sure it does not bring trouble with it. >>> i'm julie carey at bwi. southwest airlines found no explanation yet for the hole in the fuselage that forced the 737 to an emergency landing last night. you will hear from the passgers coming up in myiv e report. oqñer >>> bob ryan, storm center 4. this is over at tillman islan

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he was the aide to councilman evans. >> second teenager admits to having role in the fire bombing of a town house. according to those involved the arson was in retaliation for the killing of crofton boy. front door charred but nobody was hurt. teen made equivalent of guilty plea to conspiracy to commit arson and will testify now against 2 others involved. >>> day after causing a neighborhood lock down, investigators are still searching for a killer in baltimore. it started with a shooting around 3:30 yesterday afternoon in the 2900 block of alameda a.police cordone the area and surrounded a house in the 1500 block of east 29 street where they thought the shooter was barricaded inside. after more than 5 hour stand off officers stormed the house and didn't find anybody inside. >> the man shot monday night on a basketball court in north baltimore has died. that happened around 7:15. old york road and dunn bar. >> city says much better way to collect trash that will save the city millions with one week pick up. the homeowner says it only complexes the trash problem already existing in th

. >>> and laura evans starting tonight. >> house arrest for michael vick for the past two months after serving nearly two years in a prison. and today he completed his prison for bank rolling a dog fighting ring. this picture here shows vick with the probation officers as he left his hampton, virginia home. >>> and bernard madoff may want to check his back. the report shows that inmates are talking about beating him up just to boost their jail house reputation. meanwhile, others say they don't have a problem with him, saying he handled himself well since arriving at the north carolina prison. >>> and bidding opens tomorrow on a d.c. landmark. the developers who bought the hotel went into foreclosure, now it is on the auction block. the winning bidder will have to put down a million. the hotel was closed since 2004. >>> and tonight the heat is on south carolina governor mark sanford once again. new calls for a new investigation. wait until you hear how much taxpayer money he spent on airline tickets. >>> plus, the news edge investigation, debt collectors using illegal means to get your

city councilman jack evans. but the math involved in the case leaves many unanswered questions. >> there were four other friends on the boat that reported him missing. >> five people go out. four come back. >> i don't know the specifics of what they were doing but there is no foul play involved. >> he was last seen by his friend at 10:00 p.m. sunday but they didn't report him missing until 10:00 a.m. monday. >> mr. deschaine was reported missing yesterday morning, last seen sunday night at 10:00 p.m. we immediately executed a citywide canvas. our aviation and marine division. >> this morning, sonar led police to the body. >> just be careful drinking and boating. that's the bottom line. drinking and anything impairs your judgment. accidents can happen. we encourage people to come down, enjoy the harbor. just be safe doing it >> it is still unclear why it took his friends 12 hours to report him missing. jack evans issued a statement saying desi deschaine was a bright, bubbly, enthusiastic and wonderful person who

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indiana senator evan bayh now joins me. to be with you, carlos. >> i know that tomorrow on one of your committees, you're going to offer up a fairly substantive bill about dramatically increasing the sanctions on iran. is now the right time to wade into this battle? yesterday, we heard former secretary of state colin powell who almost seemed to say, let's hold back and not get too involved in the iranian situation for fear that they may manipulate our involvement. >> i think now is exactly the right time. the reason for that is the window of opportunity to actually deal with this problem is rapidly shrinking. the iranians are moving forward as fast as they can to achieve a nuclear xant capability that would destabilize from that region as well as the rest of the world and present us with a dilemma of accepting that or use force to prevent that and that is not a great alternative either. right now, for the next, you know, 9 to 12 months they are vulnerable of imports to refine petroleum. they have a lot of oil but not enough

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laura evans is live in the satellite center with the latest. >> reporter: the dea was first petitioned two years ago to make propofol a federally controlled substance because because it's not a commonly abused drug, it wasn't a priority. now in the wake of jackson's death, the effort is resurfacing again. propofol, the most widely used drug to induce general anesthesia before surgery and other procedures. dr. andy companieser, a an -- andy koser says the drug known by its brand name diprivan slows breathing and lowers blood pressure, risks that need constant monitoring. >> those who do not know how to ventilate or int bait a patient, administer oxygen when needed, this drug can be lethal. >> reporter: police believe the drug propofol is what killed jackson. they have seen an increase in deaths linked to propofol. vials of the drug were found in jackson's home following his death. it's been widely reported the singer had abused pain medication over the years and it's believed the pyrotechic accident during the filming of this pepsi commercial in 1948 was the catalyst for his -- 1984 was

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evans? this is janice from onstar. i have received an automatic signal you've been in a front-end crash. do you need help? yeah. i'll contact emergency services and stay with you. you okay? yeah. onstar. standard for one year on 14 chevy models. >>> before the break we told about a polygamist community a breakaway sect from the mormon church which calls mexico home. hundreds of americans belong to this group, and this week two of its members were killed by a drug cartel. they were described as crime fighters who stood up to the cartels and who died defending what they believe in. fred burton is a counterterrorism expert joining us from austin, texas. also with us is gary tuchman in el paso tonight. fred, americans, as we learn from gary, beaten, dragged out of their homes, murdered in cold blood. it seems pretty brazen. but in some respects is this just another day, sadly, in mexico? >> erica, i'm afraid you're right. the area where this took place is a disputed territory. you have the juarez and the loras cartel fight

evans drank or had access to the alcohol. under the ruling, they are barred from coaching for three years. young is appealing the decision. >>> on this tuesday afternoon, let's talk one more time about this beautiful weather. it really has been an unbelievable stretch. you expect something like this for one day or so in july, but it has been like a week. >> now the humidity only creeps in for a day or two, it is really a flip-flop. i am really beside myself. it feels like september or october in terms of the humidity. it is just so backcourts. it h llyalad to walk ode earlier just to feel it to li.be ite >> i don't hear anyone complaining. >> we will see the increase once the wind shifts out of the south. d.at is expecte it is aboutime to see t that inease inin humidy. sunrise, 5:55 a.m. just a few scattered clouds deloping. 79 right now. in the 70's and most locations. some spots at 80 degrees. the coldest low temperatures i could find clear this morning, oakland, 45 degrees. winchester, 46. locally, we should have low tempe

councilman jack evans. police say he was in baltimore boating on sunday when he disappeared.old he had been drinking alcohol and police say there is no sign of foul play. it's day two of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge sonia sotomayor. today the senate judiciary committee questioned sotomayor about her beliefs on abortion, equal rights, and it seems she agrees with a woman's right to choose. she also says she would bring no preconceived notions to the high court on gun rights. despite previous comments, she says no ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judgment. >> hubert simmons, the last of the negro league players, died yesterday after cancer surgery. he was a world war ii veteran, a baltimore city schoolteacher, baseball coach, and ran a small retail store. in 2008, he was the orioles' choice for major league baseball's commemorative draft. he was 85 years old. >> in florida tonight, more arrests in connection with the murder of a wealthy couple near pensacola. a total of seven people are now in custody in the deaths of byrd and me

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and desi deschaine was press secretary to ward 2 council member jack evans.sherwood reports. >> reporter: at the d.c. council tuesday, it was a routine bussion in the chamber. nyt ma staffers were membering desi deschaine. like co-workers sherry kimball. >> he was just a super person to work and bounce ideas off of and always enthusiastic and we kind f had each other's ck s. >> reporter: desi deschaine shown here with mayor fenty most recently worked as press secretary to ward 2 council member jack evans. >> joined our staff a little over a year is ago and dawn terrific job representing me in the ward and as my communication director. he was just an upbeat alonrsity. haan t wdont'sthat wile wlemem w .hifom >> reporter: balance more police tell news4 deschaine apparently slipped off of a baltimore harbor boat dock and drowned late sunday night after daylong group outing on a privatebo . at nerl mbme rseported deschaine miss when he failed to show up for work monday morning. deschaine's body was recovered his parents d by and baltimore police today said there i

we just found out in the past few hours that an aide to jack evans was found dead in baltimore's inner harbor. his name is desi deshane and disappeared during a boating party. his body was found later in the water and there's no word on how he died. he is described as being 30 years old. we're getting more on the story moment by moment and we will bring you the latest on our website at wusa9.com. of course, we will have more information coming up on 9 news now at 5:00. >>> all right. now let's go to captiol hill where president obama's selection for the supreme court is answering critics. judge sonia sotomayor is tackling questions about her experience and how she would rule from the high court's bench during day two of her confirmation hearings. >> reporter: supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor wants the record to be clear. if she's confirmed to serve on the high court her personal feelings won't decide cases. >> the process of judging is a process of keeping an open mind. >> reporter: it is day two of sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearings. she will field questions from lawmakers o

laura evans tonight everywhere at 11:00 starting with today's developments in the jackson death. >> drug enforcement agentser ised the houston -- agents searched the houston clinic of dr. conrad murray looking for any evidence of manslaughter. they're not calling him a suspect and still don't know the exact cause of death but cops do want to know if he gave the pop star pop pfohl, a -- propofol, a powerful anesthetic . no apology for renowned professor henry lewis gates. he was arrested last week at his massachusetts home after showing his i.d. to police who were responding to report of a burglary. the arrestg sergeant is refusing to apologize. tonight president obama said police acted stupidly in that case. >>> drivers all over our area are be taken for a ride. free parking spaces anything but. scammers charging for that sought after spot. next, we're going to go under cover to catch them in the act. >>> the new chrysler offering up a new incentive. cold hard cash to get you behind the wheel. >>> armed while tweeting. what's california governor arnold schwarzenegger doing with that knif

evan bayh, erstwhile democratic candidate for president, voted with the gun folks in the n, and richard lugar, former chair of the foreign relations committee, was one of two republicans who opposed it. michaelloomberg, the mayor of new york, put his finger on it. if you really what a gun and you believe in this vote, and let them carry one in the dirksen senate office building and see how our courageous ones. to that when all the shows up with a pistol in his knapsack. >> after hearing all that, i ought to be on the other side. >> the nra will come up with something else and they will get the votes they won. this is a test vote. just like the air, they are with us. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. >> i

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first inning buehrle strikes out evan longoria, first of six strikeouts on the day for the perfect pitcher. a good run support, too. second inning, josh fields. it is gone. grand slam home run. 4-0 white sox. play of the year came in the ninth. chicago put dwayne wise in center as a defensive replacement. talk about timing. gabe kaplan to the wall. wise leaps, takes away the home run! and he saves the perfect game. buehrle eternally grateful for that play. two plays later the ground ball from jason bartlett. it's all over. no hits no walks, no errors, no runs. perfect game. buehrle retired all 27 batters in the 5-0 win. and he may not remember the score of the game but he will remember that magic two-word phrase, perfect game. >> anytime your name gets up there with some of the greats in the game, it obviously means a lot. think it's another thing when you retire and sit back and you see how many perfect games have been thrown in the history and your name's in there. i think that's going to sit back and kind of be surprised. >> for the orioles last night, they're back on the road tonight a

i read the article, the editorial written by evan abraham in "the globe."biased. it did not show the roles and duties of the police officers and how dangerous it already is without having a debate about people getting in a police officer's face which should never happen at any call. police officers have a dangerous job, and i just felt that the article was one sided and really didn't show justice to what police officers face on a daily basis, when they have a tough job to do and then they have to go home to provide to their families and they work a lot of hours per week to provide for their families. >> larry: what made you come up with that language, though? >> larry, i don't even know. i couldn't tell you. i have no idea. i can say there was no intentional racial bigotry on prejudice by my words. i did not intend that. i treat people with dignity and respect. i was in iraq. i work on the streets of deuchester. i work with people in positions that they're stressed out and need help. i have treated people with dignity and respect, on the job, off the job, i

berry has spoken truthfully and has been accurate in his description of the evans that took place. we are thankful to the u.s. attorney's office for seeing through it and making the right decision. >> berry still has to deal with the controversy over award ago city contract to watts. also, audiotapes vehicles splice it conversations between the two have surfaced. they detail their relationship including fights and threats between them. >>> global warming was the topic of leaders at the g-8 summit in italy. president obama pledged to make dramatic cuts in greenhouse emissions. the president also toured earthquake ravaged parts of laquilla. protesters played off the president's campaign slogan of "yes we camp" the leaders of 25 to 30 nations will be invited to washington. >>> last night we told you about an emergency landing at bwi thurgood marshall airport after a bird strike. right now the numbers in this area are very high. alex demetrick looks at what's being done to keep birds and planes on separate flight paths. >> reporter: jeremy smith is a wildlife biologist with the u.s. de

councilman jack evans. the foundation for excellence and government is named for 30- year-old desi deshane. he drawned this week in baltimore at the inner harbor. craig max is a friend of deshane and founded the organization. the foundation's gonna focus on research and public policy initiatives promoting best practices in government and public service. >>> u.s. customs officials say agents at dwi thurgood marshall have seized a soap encrusted severed bird's head from the luggage of a person coming from nigeria. a few months ago, another soapy bird's head was brought into this country from a nigerian traveler. so this week's traveler a u.s. citizen of nigerian descent was given a $300 fine and the soap was destroyed. >>> everybody's hoping we have great weather for artscape. it's one of the biggest events of its kind on the east coast. you'll find interactive family fun and tonight's headliner dionne warwick. for a complete rundown of the performances, go right now to abc2news.com. >>> baltimore mayor sheil

laura evans has the details on that. >> reporter: education secretary arne duncan and agriculture secretary taking time out of their very busy schedules to encourage kids to read over the summer. a group of children gathered outside of the education department in southwest today to listen to the men read. it's part of the department's weekly reading campaign called read to the top. the secretary vilsack remined the kids to -- reminded the kids to keep reading even when school's out. >> it's important to read during the summer. when you read during the summer, you're ready to go to school in the fall and in better shape. so i decided im -- . it's a great program. different cabinet members and other top administration officials read to the kids each week. >>> thank you, receson. thoughts and i from one local restaurant. you heard of it? open in d.c. 23 months ago, despite the economic downturn. it's growing and growing. fox 5s john henrehan has the profile of the salad and yogurt chain. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: nicholas and two classmates spent their senior year at georgetown university

evans? this is janice from onstar. i have received an automatic signal you've been in a front-end crash. do you need help? yeah. i'll contact emergency services and stay with you. you okay? yeah. onstar. standard for one year on 14 chevy models. >>> the housing market is going to get worse before it gets better. that's the news from mortgage insurer, pmi group. pmi reports more than half of the nation east largest cities are likely to see home prices drop in the next two years. many are in hard-hit states, california and florida. pmi points to unemployment and rising foreclosure. i will say they do say that 98% of the homes -- home areas now are higher in affordability and so that's good if you're looking at low interest rates and you've managed to save up money for a down payment. there is some chance of getting that first-time home now for the first time in a long time. >> you know, we use california often as the example of that where back at the height, you know, a house was maybe $600,000, now it's under $200,000.

form of government, or whether it just means to run the northwest, which is a sizable goal in sit evans. a bare majority of 51% thinks the taliban is focused on the northwest, but 36% disagrees and thinks its ambitions are national. some feel that the government was still right to attempt to compromise. we reminded them that government forces agreed to withdraw and agreed to let them establish a system in swat while the taliban agreed to withdraw and put down weapons. a plural a lot said they made the right greem. just before the agreement in march, a poll by the international represent institute found 72% then supporting a peace deal. further, the public has judged that the pakistani taliban definitely broke the agreement by its actions. when they were asked do you think that sending their forces into more areas beyond swat violated or didn't violate the agreement, 2/3 said yes, this was a violation. a large majority does not even think the pakistani taliban would submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the saria courts they were demanding. 71% think the pakistani taliban will not acc

laura evans with the edge on that. >> reporter: this is a warning. sunglasses don't keep you from getting crow's feet om squinting, but they protect your eyes from harmful rays in the sun causing cancer. the problem is unless the tumor grows in your iris, the colored part of your eye, you may never know that you have a tumor. also, everybody is susceptible to eye cancer as though people with fair 69 and blue sighs -- eyes have the most risk. cancers growing inside the eye have no warning signs, no vision problems or pain. the good news is that most people can be treated fairly usually if it's caught fast enough. again, most eye cancers grow without any vision. it's necessary to get your eyes checked and remember to wear your sunglasses when you're outside. brian. >> we'll be right back. >> updating you on our top story. as capitol hill was emptying for the night tonight, the wild scene up there, a car out of control shots fired, a crash. beth parker on the scene just steps from the capitol with the latest. beth? >> reporter: brian, we have new inform