and you know, mayor fenty. that's the consumption. >> yes, they complain about that to get the people off the streets. >> yes, absolutely, no question about that. i'm more outraged by conducts of the police department. i got notified at 10:35 last night that is outrageous. i called the chief this morning. >> you're upset because they did not notify you earlier? >> i'm upset because of what happened. i'm more upset about the fact that the police department has to work with us in this community so that people, no matter what is happening. >> the question tonight, what about retaliation, fears that there will be more shooting. what is your message to the young people? >> any message is that it's not the solution. i am asking angry as anybody here. i know the basis of what this is in terms of what is happening. and we're going to do all that we can. and to try to do all that we can. i mean, i have been on the phone personally, we're going to flood this area with the young people to talk to them. >> right. >> and tr

mayor fenty officially has competition. and could michael steele be out at the rnc after reports of a spending spree and a scandalous fund-raiser. tom is back with the latest on the improving weather conditions here >>> right now, on news4 midday, police still circumstancing for answers after a mass shooting in the district. it all started last night in 4,000 south capital street. nine people were shot with assault rival. four are dead. the investigation extends beyond d.c. police chased three suspects into prince george's county. the chase ened with a crash in oxon hill. four officers are hurt but expected to be okay. >>> sources tell news4 police are looking into with whether the carnage that we see from last night is an act of retaliati retaliation. the latest development in a deadly game of revenge. it may have started with a shooting death of jordan howe last week in southeast washington. he was0 years old and laid to rest yesterday. the shooting happened as mourners gathered after his funeral. >> you think that these

. >> reporter: he passed on a chance to take a shot at mayor fenty. the two have been feuding over everything from city contracts to the firing of school employees tone to the sharing of season baseball tickets. insiders tell me that vincent gray had no choice but to announce at this point because fenty has such a head start when it comes to fund-raising. he has $4 million raised thus far. >> reporter: insiders say he will need $2 million in the war chest. supporters say they will do the rest to get their candidate across the finish line. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: mayor fenty and his leadership style will be the key issues. >> we with vincent gray we have an open-door policy. under employed and under employed. >> he knows how to work with all aspects of the community and is very open. >> someone who has character authenticity and integrity and will unite the city. in a statement mayor fen industry's administration touted its achievements -- primary day is september 14th. >>> our time is just shy of 6:14. here's what is in the news now. >>>

council chair inventory scene gray is leading toward challenging adrian fenty. he said he's leaning in that direction. developer r. donahue peebles is expressing renewed interest. he said family problems might keep him out of the race. now gray is not doing a whole lot of talking but sources close to him say they are putting together a fundraising strategy for him and my question is what kind of challenges do you think vincent gray will face? should he decide to do this? >> the word on the treat this could be very serious, that he's a serious contender, he's been a good council member a lot of people think. if the mayor keeps going, the critics say, rush shod over people, that he might have something going for him. >> that's a challenge to fenty. what kind of challenge for vincent gray? >> here's your problem. peebles, inventory scene gray, they like each other. one is a supporter of the other. so if peebles gets in, this is the third time he changedis mind. if he gets in does that keep vincent gray out, because he would be going against one of his biggest donor

mayor adrian fenty. good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> and i want to talk about the school chancellor appearing before the council. and it's a three-prong question. they talked about the schools that were supposed to be rebuilt, being postponed because of the budget. and also parents showed up still upset about the harding principal being reassigned and also this business about mrs. rhe hiring an image consultant. and the first question is the postponing of the schools and how big of an impact was that and were you satisfied with the counselor's response to that. >> i think you're notes are confusing. there is two different hearings. the chancellor is in charge of the academic performance and she had one hearing and alan lou has a separate hearing talking about school construction. >> but chancellor rhee was taken to task about schools closing and getting a polishing up and rebuilding of some of the parts so she was asked about it. >> so the answer to your question about any school facility is tha

mayor adrian fenty is here. after the break we'll ask the mayor about the tough cuts that could be part of this year's budget proposal. >>> and why lawmakers are flock to california to build their case against toyota. >> and the imposed law that would impact >>> d.c. mayor adrian fenty is with us live this morning in the connecting with the mayor segment. good morning. >> how are you guys? >> great. >> this is your first time doing this show, connecting with the mayor. >> not exactly. >> this morning we reported on the directive to inspector -- trash inspectors to issue more citations. in fact, he said they should be issuing 10 to 12 tickets a day. this sounds like a quotquota, ws the thinking behind that? >> it's the first i heard of it, let me find out more and get back to you. >> is that a way to issue ticket? whether it's the trash department or the police department, a number that officers are expected to issue per day? >> no i can't be more plain. en i was on city council, that wasn't the policy. >> mr. ma

mayor adrian fenty will join us in minutes. >>> and a new game show will urge contestants to electrican until he dies. it is a social expertment and a look behind the show. fox 5 morning news starts right now.

. >>> mayor fenty could face two high-profile challenges. the vincent gray and another are close to declaring their candidacies. his mother-in-law's illness which keeps him from campaigning. gray has not commented on his plans. his supporters have developed a campaign message and a fundraising strategy. >>> 43 degrees. >> a growing gender gap in the schools. you'll find out why. " they cut funding for all the schools. music, sports. but we have to have our viagra. >> an outrage taxpayers when of virginia's plan to pay for viagra for state employees. >> your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >>> join us for spring for alexandria. go to the website for more information. alexander is where we work, play, and give. >> good morning, washington. >>> 5:39. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> adam caskey is live and alexandria this morning. it is 42 degrees now. >> it will be a fantastic and sunny. it is that time of year we need the long sleeves and a jacket in the morning but you want to switch into your short sleev

mayor fenty's aids eat -- aids report showed 1/3 more people living with hiv-aids from 2006 toore than 16,000 in 2008. people like robert anbar purred >> i found out. >> first died nose while a sailor 26 years ago, -- he was first diagnosed 26 years ago. >> people do not get it. >> fewer people are dying of aids and the number of new aids cases are down. the city's aids director says it is having an impact. >> once they know they have aids, they start to take precautions. >> they are calling for more prevention and treatment on the national level. d.c. officials say one reason for the high numbers is a double the number of people tested. more people have shown up, but more people are getting treatment. they touted a decline in the number of deaths and more full- blown cases of aids in the city. that may have to do with better medicine than anything else. sam ford, abc 7 news. >>> for the kids watching, it is official. montgomery county students will not have to make up those days missed because of the winter's blizzard. they will and the school year as planned on june 16. other local c

and this morning during a fenty on fox segment, the mayor said this. >> more people being testeand let people contracting aids, people getting treatment earlier and people living longer in our city. so again, the disease is extremely troubling. we don't want people to catch it but it does show people are starting to heed the warnings. >> despite the improvements the prevalence raid of aids and hiv in the district is still at epidemic levels. >>> the president is expected to sign a massive jobs bill into law today. the hiring incentives to restore employment act seems to address the unployment rate. the $17.06 bipartisan bill will create and save hundreds of thousands of jobs and give relief to small business owners. >>> and meantime the health care battle does continue. the president has publicly backed nancy pelosi's proposal to pass the bill without having a direct vote. we'll talk with a writer from roll call after the break. >>> and then the top 12 winding down. find out which idol want to be said goodbye last night. the latest former contestant coming up later in the hour.  >>>

churchill and fdr went off to nablus dollar and in this used johnson was the man he could do business with fenty gave up for this wonderful piece storer era in dish antennas about envision the united nations and working hard to the vision and never let them get in the way the mission but did say to general stilwell, this guy is not going to be strong enough then there are a lot of rumors about different groups trying to turn him out comedies of let's find another man or group of men that can carry on. meanwhile, still well has been hearing from john service and others from his political the advisers about the chinese communist behind enemy lines and how they organized in the midwest i guess they could call of china and were organizing by the peasants and they were claiming they were effective. in 1937 and 38 there was a coalition between the nationalist and chinese again said japanese and still low was of military attache and went to the front lines of the mets a lot of these guys and unlike the nationalist they were feeding men well and not selling rations on the black market. he said see if yo

mayor fenty says we need it.ormer mayor williams, helped to create the program, strongly for t a july 2009 poll conducted in the district of columbia said 75% of district residents want and need the opportunity scholarship program. i just don't see a reason why a majority of members of this senate -- hopefully an overwhelming bipartisan majority -- would speak against, would frustrate the hopes of all these families, all these students, and all these leaders of education here in the district of columbia. so i am going to yield the floor with the hope that we can have a vote on this soon. and i urge my colleagues, just think about the 1,319 children whose lives will be compromised, whose dreams will be stifled, if this program is not reauthorized. i thank senator rockefeller for your patience while we continue on this amendment. and with that, i yld thefloor. mr. rockefeller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rkefell: got the state right, thank you. mr. president, i rise to

mayor fenty says the snow that melted left a lot of litter and debris.reet sweepers are going to hit the roads again starting today. vehicles parked in restricted areas during sweeping hours can be ticketed and towed starting next monday. >>> now to a commuter alert on this rainy monday night. tell us more. >> this is a house fire blocking all lanes on the 2800 block of georgia avenue. this is georgia and harvard. all lanes blocked at the moment. fire officials are on scene. so we suggest you take 16th street or bening road to get around this mess. moving on to maryland now, 270, a little breezy, wet roads, be careful there, slow from gaithersburg to germantown. and farther north there's an accident blocking the left lane at route 80. finally, virginia drivers, if you're on the inner loop in the adle -- alexandria area, be aware the exits for telegraph road and duke street shifted due to weekend work. otherwise no accidents or incidents both outer loop and inner loop throughout virginia. >>> still storms this monday evening. how much longer do you need t

quote, in effect a majority of the trust fund savings and greater 35 fenty and reconciliation proposal would be used to pay for other spending and therefore would not enhance the of the government to pay for future benefits. here's what that says. if you're taking five and $23 billion out of medicare by lowering payments to providers which is essentially what this does across-the-board in different areas and that money doesn't go towards shoring up the trust fund but it goes towards spending on other programs, then when medicare goes bankrupt which is scheduled to occur in seven years, you are that much money less the need to fix the problem so let's say seven years forward bankruptcy occurs we will have to go in and take more money out of the program to shore up the solvency so all of the cuts occurring now do not add to the medicare or extend solvency and what we have to do to work to make it solvent we will go deeper into the program and these things are right now to actually adjust the solvency. so that's the problem. you're taking money that could otherwise have been used to accel

[applause] w3ç >> fenty, colin -- thank yo, collinok. it is a pleasure to beç here. announcement.hat america's promise means to me, i think about the young people in the world andç what they need o succeed. i think about myç own children. we have raised three young people to adulthood who now are given back to their community. but to whom much is given, much is expected. attention on our efforts turns to young people of america. over the past two years since we announced the dropout prevention summit, we have convened summits in every state and 55 cities. we bring together all sectors of the community to address this urgent problemç. we will issue a report on the progress that was made since our collaborative dropout prevention work began. but now it's time to turn awareness into sustained concerted action. i am excited to announce it to we are undertaking a 10-year campaign to mobilize this nation to reverse the dropout crisis and ensure our children are prepared for college and work force. this campaign will be called red nation. just told % of our high schools account for on

this measure is supported by mayor fenty, chancellor michelle rhee, a majority of the members of the d.c. public schools and it's been judged by an independent evaluator to be the most effective program of its kind in america. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment. the presiding officer: who yields time in opposition? the senate will be in order. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, first of all, this program has never been authorized. it was put into an appropriations bill in 2003. it was extended once. we had the department of education, not this one, previous one, and this one do studies of whether or not this was really successful. after three years, no statistically significant achievement impacts were observed for students who came from the lowest performing schools, which was the target of the program or for students who entered the program academically behind. no achievement impacts were found for male students and there was no statistically impact on math scores. already d.c. parents have a choice. we have over 60 charter schools h

it is supported by the chancellor of the school system here, michelle rhee, by mayor fenty. it is warmly endorsed by the families of the students who have benefited from this program, as it literally changed their lives. and yet, it has run into opposition here in congress, i fear, from people who are committed to defending a status quo that's not working. michelle reye is working so hard to reform our nation's capital school system, public school system, so why would she be supporting this opportunity scholarship program that will allow some children, low-income children in the district of columbia, to get this scholarship and go to a private or faith-based school. she said it in terms that are very compelling as she testified before committees of congress, which is this, that if a parent of a student in a school that literally had determined to be failing turned to her and said, can my child get a good education in the school -- the system -- the public school that the system sends her to, she can't now say yes to students -- parents of students who are in these designated

chancellor rhee, with the backing of mayor fenty, has moved aggressively to turn around failing schools in the district. she is getting results and she has certainly my full backing when it comes to the reforms she is working to implement. but chancellor rhee has said something so honest,, in my in y opinion, so compassionate, so fair, so focused on the well-being of the children in washington, d.c. that, to me, it should end any argument against the amendment that we are proposing. she has said herself, chancellor rhee, that her reform effort in the d.c. schools is making progress, but it is -- it's not going to happen overnight. as one of the students i just quoted said before our committee, the d.c. public schools didn't get to the troubles they're in overnight, and they're not going to get out of the troubles they're in overnight, but chancellor rhee has said this is a multiyear process. in the meantime, many district schools are failing our most challenged, economically challenged children. for this reason, chancellor rhee, michelle rhee, the head of the public schools in the distr