. >> these are serious allegations that he paid brown to run a smear campaign against adrian fenty. the councilman called these a circus and said he said he had never seen hearings like this and go -- like this. he ignored the council's request to take them off. >> i will not asking sunglasses with those on. >> they finally got sulaimon brown in the hot seat to testify on his on allegations that vincent gray paid him to run a smear campaign against adrian fenty. >> i was paid, promised a job not an interview and work with vincent gray to defeat adrian fenty. >> he showed money orders and did not show how much he received or when he received them. >> do not interrupt me. i want to finish. >> i went to get this exactly right. details matter. >> he flat out refused to answer anything. >> you are a witness in this case and i think it is inappropriate to be asking. i want this on the record. you are a witness in this case. >> you are delusional. >> you threatened the confirmation hearing. >> sir? >> your fantasies and need to be checked. you undermine her credibility or and usefulness to

he says he was given $600 in cash to attack fenty and says he has phone records of repeated calls to and from the gray campaign. so we'll see if he sticks with that story this afternoon at the wilson building, it should be an interesting one before d.c. city council committee. back to you. >> we've learned that brown wasn't necessarily the most sympathetic character on this. do you think city council members will be amenable to what he has to say? >> reporter: they've been urging, he has been subpoenaed before. they want to hear what suleiman brown has to say. he has been talking to the media but not them. so, you know, he is giving his chance to be on the record to say his thoughts and claims about the campaign trail for mayor. so very interesting of what he has to say and yes, he's not necessarily the most sympathetic character. he does have a history of that we have looked up before that he has been charged with attempted murder. of course he was found not guilty before a trial. he's been charged with assault, no evidence enough to indict him. so he does have a long history, but d

. >> he said vincent gray's campaign paid him to verbally attack and then mayor adrian fenty and that he has the text and "true grit" -- and he has paint checks to prove it. >> sulaiman brown released copies this weekend of money orders given to him last year during the mayoral campaign season. he says the checks totaling $600 were given to him by consultants of vincent gray and by the chairman of vincent gray's campaign. they are made out to sulaiman brown for mayor. brown says that vincent gray promised him a job in the administration if he stayed in the race. he was hired as an auditor. he made the allegations public not long after he was let go from that job. he is supposed to testify if before the council committee around 1:00 this afternoon at the wilson building, that is located behind me. it is supposed to wrap up sometime before 7:00. that is something that he worked out with the council committee because he did not want this to go on all day. we will be here for that hearing and will update you as we get more from asia. reporting from the west, jummy olabanji abc 7. >>> look

. >> e says that he was paid by the vincent gray campaign to verbally attack adrian fenty. he said that he has the text approve it. jummy olabanji is live in northwest and joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. sulaiman brown says that he is ready to testify and he has. this weekend gave copies of money orders to the washington post which show he was paid by members of vincent gray's campaign during last year's campaign season. those money orders total about $600. he says they were made out to sulaiman brown. brown alleges that vincent gray 's campaign paid him and promised him a job in the administration if he stayed in the race. brown was hired and then later fired as the auditor in the d.c. department of health care finance. he made the allegations public not long after he was let go from that position. the testimony today is supposed to be around 1:00 this afternoon. as part of a deal that struck with the d.c. council committee that is supposed to wrap up sometime before 7:00 p.m. we will be here for that story and updates viewers as we get more informa

exchange for running a smear campaign against adrian fenty. budge brown refused to answer questions from council member david katanya. >> you are a witness in this case and it's inappropriate for you to be asking me questions. i will put it on the record, because you are a witness in the case. >> mr. brown, your solutions -- >> brown showed many orders during the hearing that the city received from two mayoral aides. mayor gray has denied the allegations. >>> a d.c. council member denies allegations that he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money. >> having to stand here, i was not going to settle on something i did not do. >> the d.c. attorney general's office has filed a civil lawsuit against council member harry thomason jr.. they claim, is used money that was meant for you to place all programs on travel, golf outings, and a luxury suv. the spifbi is also investigating.

was offered a job and given cash by campaign aides in exchange for attacking then incumbent adrian fenty. mayor vincent gray denies brown was paid anything or promised a job, only he was told he could interview for the position. >> i can't even imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior. and i know absolutely nothing about anyone in my campaign who did that. >> reporter: and brown says he was given $600 to attack fenty and says he has phone records of repeated calls to and from the gray campaign, but d.c. council is trying to get to the bottom of alleged flawed hiring practice by the gray administration and so are other independent agencies. >>> surae chinn reporting live from downtown. it's in front of the wilson building where a lot of action will take place later today. >>> while you slept, investigators have been trying to determine the cause of a late night apartment fire in southeast washington. >> the fire broke out in a three story apartment building in the 5100 block of f street. firefighters scrambled to make sure everyone was out after initial reports people were trapped

claims mayor vincent gray's campaign promise him a job and gave him cash to attack former mayor adrian fenty. a judge ordered brown to testify after he refused to comply with subpoenas from the council. >>> some northeast d.c. streets will stay closed as pepco crews repaired underground cables blamed for last week's massive power outage. parts of first street and-- parts of north capitol street will be shut down until rush hour. >>> eastern arizona residents have been forced to evacuate their homes because of this huge wildfire. this is the third largest in state history. there's no containment. it expanded by several thousand acres yesterday. it is 20787 square miles. another one in the past cover 156 square miles. >>> stubbornly high oil prices continue to cripple the airline industry. a big apple events today as a technology company tries to stay on top. >> no more from bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> good morning. apple ceo steve jobs is going to address developers at an annual conference today, unveiling the new on-line storage service where consumers have a new way to access dig

. >>> a one-time mayoral candidate says he was paid to bad mouth adrian fenty. today, sulaimon brown says he will present proof of a city hall scandal. >>> the morning off to a pretty good start. a little hazy out there right now but it will be a pretty decent day. temperatures in the 60s right now we'll warm up into the 80s. good morning. thank you for being with us this monday morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's check in with tony perkins this morning. you can see haze out there. this is what you've been talking about. >> some haze, fog, more humid this morning. our humidity level over 80%. the last several days, it has been pretty low. that is the difference with this morning and that will be the difference today as well. temperatures will be about the same as what they have been but more humid. let's take a look at the radar and we'll show you what is happening out there. nothing is happening as far as any precipitation goes. there is moisture in the air in the form of humidity and fog and haze but no rain

sulemon brown testified under oath that he was given money to verbally attack former mayor adrian fenty during last year's mayoral contest. coming up in our next half hour tom sherwood will have a report on today's rring that some people described as rather chaotic. >>> five american troops were killed in iraq today when rockets slammed into their compound in eastern baghdad. officials say the service members were working as advisers to iraqi special police. this is the deadliest day for american troops in iraq in more than two years. the 46,000 forces who are still in that country are scheduled to withdraw by the end of this year and the iraqi government is debating to ask whether the u.s. keeps some of the troops in place. >>> dramatic events today in the case of the d.c. police officer accused in the deaths of a woman and young daughter. a relative of the victim lashes out at the suspect and makes a plea to the court. pat collins joins us from upper marlboro with the latest on this case. pat? >> reporter: doreen, wynetta wright's family in court speaking about her accused killer, spe

gray beat fenty last year and brown brought along receipts and copies of money orders he said were given to to him by mayor gray's top campaign aides. >> these were given to us for our campaign by the gray campaign. now, when they purchased them. i don't know. don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> mayor gray's office says that it is awaiting the results of three different investigations into brown's allegations before making any more comments. >>> d. c. council member harry thomas jr. could face criminal charges. the ward 5 council member is accused of spending $300,000 in city funds on trips and an suv. the money was intended for youth baseball program in the district. the city has filed a civil suit against thomas seeking more than $1 million. the accusations came to light after his 2010 republican opponent accused him of running a fake nonprofit organization called team thomas. >>> a d. c. police officer already accused of murder is now facing manslaughter charges. richmond phillips is charged in the death of his 11-month-old daughter jaylin wright. he fathered the chi

that he was given by the gray campaign to pay him off for verbal attacks against the former mayor fenty. suleman brown came armed with evidence. holding copies of money orders he said were given to him by gray campaign workers in exchange for verbal attacks on then-mayor fenty. brown refused to remove his sunglasses as he sat down in front of the committee. remember, a judge ordered brown to be here. vincent gray broke the law, specifically as a promise to the job as i was promised and received. >> reporter: brown told the committee then-chairman vincent gray knew brown was being paid off. brown said he was offered money orders and cash inside envelopes by lorape green and howard brooks who worked on the gray campaign and browned it happened at union station outside of gray's campaign headquarters and outside of the restaurant, the eattonsville restaurant on 49th street. >> gray ended his phone call and said let's talk outside. while we were outside, he thanked me for my help, at the earlier said -- and said i think howard, receiving to howard brooks, has something for you. howard hande

convince -- vincent gray and two campaign workers for verbal a -- for verbally taxing mayor adrian fenty radio he did everything i said he did and then he turned around and disrespected the not only our agreement but the fact that he disrespected me personally. >> mayor gray and his cam pawn staff deny the allegations but gray will not speak publicly about this until the investigation is finished. committee chair mary cheh got into several verbal exchanges with brown during his testimony. we'll talk live with the ward three councilmember coming up in the 7:00 hour. >>> kwame brown scheduled to meet with fellow councilmember to discuss how to move forward in the case of harry thomas. councilman thomas now accused of misspending d.c. fund and could face criminal charges. he is currently being sued by irvin nathan for $1 million. nathan says he who be willing to september a settlement but thomas denies the charges and says he will not settle. >>> a d.c. police officer is facing murder and manslaughter charges. richmond phillips and in court yesterday. he is accused of killing 20- year-old w

council that he was paid off for verbally taxing adrian fenty. the hearing got heated at times though. audrey barnes live at the wilson building with the highlights. >> reporter: good morning t didn't start out as a showdown but it certainly became one. sulaimon brown showed the councilmember money orders that he says were given to him to help then mayoral candidate convincement gray win the election. he says the proof that he was paid off. he specifically blamed lorain grenieri and howard brooks in addition to mayor gray. brown who refused to remove his sunglasses, was agitated and combative especially during questioning by marion barry. >> why did you make those allegations? >> because they're true. >> wait a minute. lets me finish this, before you got hired. you thought it would jeopardize the deal, right. >> you want my answer? >> yes. >> make it short. >> i am going to give you my answer in my time. >> no, you're on my time. come on. talk. >> reporter: now, at one point, barry asked sulaimon brown for he has lost his mind and then he tells h

there's a three-way race between brown, fenty and gray. said the gray campaign paid him to keep up attacks on the incumbent. then, after gray's victory, gave him a six-figure job for his troubles. the point person on hiring saying brown got a job in the health care finance agency because of his qualifications but he was let go after further vetting. it's raised enough of a dust up to get a u.s. attorney involved. so far the city council has been out of that equation as far as brown is concerned that. changed last week when he was called before a judge and agreed to appear today before mary khaeu's committee on government operations. that committee will be looking into executive hiring practices of the gray administration starting at 1:00 p.m. in an interesting aspect of this there has been an agreement brown will not be kept past 7:00 p.m. live at the wilson building. now back to you. >> derrick, thanks very much. >>> also today, the district's attorney general will discuss his office's investigation into harry thomas. tim day, who ran aga

then council chairman vincent gray and two campaign workers for verbally attacking then mayor adrian fenty. he even presented the council with money orders to prove there were payments. the meeting got pretty heated at times when he frequently interrupted council members. mayor gray and his campaign staff deny the allegations. >>> there is a new apple service called icloud. steve jobs made the announcement yesterday. >> reporter: it is that time of year again, apple's annual worldwide developers conference. apple is not revealing a new iphone. apple it is taking a different focus this year and in his first public appearance since taking medical leave, steve jobs focused on what he refers to as the sole of the company's product, software. >> if the hardware is the brain and sinew of our products, the software in them is their soul and today we are going to talk about software. >> reporter: during today's announcement. apple showcased its new service for hosting music, movies and photos, the icloud. what difference it from its competitors. according to some, it's big deal. >> this opens up t

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i would say i think it characterizes the whole period of the ninety's level fenty here in the west i would not think would not invent a new russia and. it's the sort of neutral state it returned to the old ways of treating russia with suspicion we just as usual you know that it was nothing new and i asked for one thousand nine hundred and i can tell your story in one thousand nine hundred one american government delegation came to russia and they came to what do you know who was there their head of the saudi government and they said we stay when you we don't believe these democrats we think you are a serious person a few people remember that i am going to do i think it shows you the level found there's a pattern here i want to go ahead jump in here like a friend is a year but it's very difficult to get this. great sense of this russia want to be treated in the early one nine hundred ninety s. both as a cove victor a victory against communism sort of self imposed victory and therefore be treated as a partner and also to be given this kind of economic aid which would be expected of a d

come forward, because he said one of his claims was that if he stayed in the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: she says she wants to change procedures where someone can get on a fast track to a high paying government job for suspicious inappropriate reasons. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> fox 5 tried to reach brooks and the friends and relatives who allegedly donated to brown's campaign with no success. the hearing is at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow at the wilson building. >>> in maryland, a couple lost nearly $2,000 worth of copper gutters to thieves. they have a surveillance camera on the house, and it caught these guys snatching the gutters. copper is valuable and can be sold for scrap, which is which people strip it from wiring and home detailing. this isn't the first time this couple has been hit by the burglars. >> we put them in specifically because you get tired of people getting away with this. the police have other things to do, more serious ways to spend their time than chasing these petty burglars. so if we can help them catch them by putting in

he claims that money orders were him by the grace and campaign to attack the than fenty, promising --ob if he won at the election. >> seeing where we were last week, this is your chance to really adjust. is a fairly nice day. as you have outside, it is also nice outside. nothing but clear skies. finally, west of washington, d.c., showers and thunderstorms develop. to 82 degrees was the high. 73 ed reagan national. wind coming up from the south, degrees in annapolis. 70 degrees in alexandria. temperaturea high today. temperatures are cool in over past hour or so. 70 out in fredericksburg. this is what it looked like afternoon hours when sun came out. showers and thunderstorms, northern partthe bay, movingpeake self without having impact on the metro area. high temperatures are going to mild for the overnight. 60's with high pressure moving off of the coast. morris humid air, look at these the south ando west of us. well into the '90s earlier today. 70 degrees.els, that is when it starts to feel uncomfortable. waterrees on tuesday, the 65-68ature is just around degrees. over the next 48

brown claimed that he was promised a job and was paid money to run a smear campaign against adrian fenty. a civil action filed against council member harry thomas jr.. thomas is accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. the d.c. attorney general says thomas diverted $300,000 in youth baseball funds for his personal benefit. he says the money went to travel and golf outings and nearly $50,000 for luxury suv. thomas says he is innocent. >> i am confident once we have the information that has been provided to my legal counsel in this civil suit, which has been presented by the government, we will be vindicated. >> attorney general is asking $4 million of reimbursement of punitive damages and the fbi is investigating. >>> new this morning all three underground cables on north capitol street that lost power last tuesday are prepared now. it's go those streets will remain closed through tomorrow morning on north capitol street. the other streets are now open. >>> crews are fighting an uphill battle against a huge wildfire in arizona. the of control blaze has burned 350 squ

campaign aides promised him a job if he agreed to stay in the race and leveled attacks against adrian fenty. brown was hired as an auditor at the department of health and finance. this weekend he released copies of memos that were given to him by top campaign officials. >> i have faith but i am starting to wonder. we will have to wait and see. >> residents who have seen scandals unfold and fold up in other administrations just call this the nature of washington, d.c. politics. >> politics is ugly. it would be unfortunate if it was not true. it would be unfortunate if it is true. >> nearly all of the residence that i spoke with today say that they believe these allegations should be investigated. not all of them believe that they are really true. the hearing continues today at 1:00 this afternoon in just about one hour and should wrap up before 7:00 p.m.. >> thank you so much. coming back to our breaking story in the district, before we do that we are going to update you on a story that is new at noon. investigators are on the scene of a deadly stabbing in northern virginia. neighbors heard

mayor vincent gray of paying him cash and offering him a job in exchange for verbal attacks against fenty. we saw what brown is calling evidence he was paid off and matt ackland has more. >> reporter: he came here holding copies of a number of money orders that he said were given to him by gray campaign workers. he said it happened a number of times and is basically money orders stuffed with cash. i want you to look at this video here. this is as he takes the podium here. brown refused to take off his sunglasses for some reason as he took the oath of office and launchd into mayor gray and said that campaign staff workers green and brooks gave him cash and a job. he knows the mayor was in on it. he said cash and money orders were stuffed into envelopes and handed to him on several occasions. as i said before, one time at union station and he said it happened outside of campaign headquarters and the eattonsville restaurant on 49th street. take a listen to this. >> vincent gray's campaign specifically, mayor sin vent -- vincent gray, who was chairman and former mayoral d.c. candidate, lorene

claims that gray paid him cash and that he was promised a city job to continue attacks against adrian fenty. he says that he got that city job which he did land but then was fired after those allegations were made public. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i hay conversation with mr. brown before of the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> and mary cheh talking there about the fact that sulaimon brown originally said he wasn't going to testify or did everything possible to avoid it and now he is being compelled to do so. brown tells fox 5 that he has other checks other than the ones already made public, that he will have here before the council to prove that his allegations are true. reporting live, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the d.c. attorney general meantime promising to make an announcement today. the investigation of councilmember harry thomas. thomas has been under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. thomas said he used his money to buy the suv through a company he owned before

gray beat fenty in last fall's primary. brown brought along receipts and copies of money orders he claims were given to him by gray's top campaign aides. >> right here. if you would like to see them. and these were given to us for our campaign by the gray campaign. now, when they purchased them, i don't know. don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> mayor gray's office said it is awaiting the results of three different investigations before making anymore comments. >>> more problems for council member -- d.c. council member harry thomas jr. could face criminal charges. the ward five councilman is accused of blowing $330,000 on trips and an suv. the money was intended for a youth baseball program in the district. city filed a civil suit seeking more than a million dollars. the accusations came to light after his 2010 republican opponent accused him of running a fake nonprofit called team thomas. >> secretary of state hillary clinton says the government has not made any specific decisions on getting our troops ou

brown'sion would be to disrupt the.y campaign by criticizing fenty. suleman brown recalled meeting with mayor gray and having him say you are going to get something and a staffer handed him a couple of money orders full of mean. today, the mayor responded to that testimony. >> my reputation, which i have built over the past 40 years, as you might i man i, is exceedingly important to me and there is no merit to the allegations made in yesterday's hearing, and i will leave in this room and those who are watching the opportunity to weigh and judge the credibility of what you heard and the motors of the individuals to draw your own conclusions. >> the mayor reminded reporters his news conference on reporting the city government asked for this investigation when the charges were first announced and he supports the investigation. hope it's done quickly. the other case, the inspector general of d.c., dropped a bomb shell accusing ward 5 councilman harry thomas jr. of corruption. the ig said harry thomas jr. took $300,000, designed money for charities and use

campaign staff of giving him money and promising him a job in exchange for attacks on then mayor adrian fenty. >>> d.c. police are investigating an early morning shooting in northwest washington. it happened around 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of l street and 7th street northwest. a man was shot once in the abdomen. police say it was an attempted robbery. the man's injury is serious and police are looking for two suspects. >>> fire investigators are searching for the cause of a late-night fire that occurred in southeast washington. the two-alarm fire began in a three-story apartment in the 5100 block of f street southeast. one person was transported from the scene with serious burns. they are expected to survive. >>> four people are being treated for injuries that they received in a montgomery county accident that occurred this morning. sky 9 was over the scene where several cars collided near the intersection of east-west highway and glen galen lane in chevy chase. one woman was rushed to the hospital. another woman and two men were also injured. police are trying to determine the cause o

presented "the washington post" with several orders that he says was evidence that he was to attack fentyg the previous campaign. since brown level those charges winter, gray has denied reminded some of a previous marriage. >> we are back where we were with marion barry. shades of the whole the administration. these allegations have not changed everyone's opinion. the mayor has some good ideas to get behind. hopefully this does not detract ability to accomplish things that he wants to accomplish. others will wait to see what happens. >> we also tried to meet -- theh some members of evening.ation this they had not gotten back to was as of news time. they claimed they had further they were going to present to city council members. in the district, brenda freemen. the washington, d.c. attorney makeal said that he would announcement tomorrow regarding councilman tommy thomas's team organization. has been accused of being a slush fund account. peter nichols started that investigation to find out who money and where it went. up, a serious scare for nearly one dozen children as a balancing ride

>> brown claim he was paid and offered a job in exchange for verbally attacking then mayor adrian fenty during the debates. >> sulaimon brown has had no issue talking with the fbi, even investigators on capitol hill, but he did not want to speak with council members. today he brought with him what he calls proof that he was paid off, copies of money orders he claims he was given with cash to help mayor gray win the election. >> reporter: he came with copies of those money orders in hand and sunglasses on his face, but why did he refuse to take them off? sulaimon brown was sworn in. >> the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: and then launched right into then chairman vincent gray and two campaign workers, lorraine green and howard brooks. brown claims they worked together to pay him and give him a job. >> she wanted me to continue my attacks on fenty and i wanted a job for me and my brother after he won and my job stipulated a range of pay from 100,000 to 150. >> reporter: brown says he was first handed money orders and cash inside an envelope here at union sta

he was promised a job and paid by the gray campaign to keep up on his attacks by the other opponent fenty. brown had indeed been given a six-figure job and he was fired earlier this year around february at the time the allegations became known. it did open up a can of worms involving the gray administration's hiring practices. there's been a committee all week on that. gray is a point person on personnel issues denied any quid pro quo on brown's job. they resume their hearing on executive hiring practices today at 1:00. there has been an agreement with brown and the committee that he will not be asked to appear beyond 7:00 p.m. big doings down here at city council today. we're live. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. >> today the former chief of the international monetary fund will be arraigned in new york courtroom. dominic strauss-kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper in new york city. the maid said he came out of the bathroom naked and attacked her entered the room to clean it. he is expected to bleed not guilty to the charges. he is on house arrest right now. if

brown says he got the $600 from vincent grey's campaign to disparage the then mayor adrian fenty. the council hearing slated for tomorrow. >>> this may be the first time an election in peru has snarled traffic in falls church. jamming two schools on leesburg pike voting in their country's presidential run-off election. britany morehouse reports the gridlock is really costing people. >> reporter: directions for thousands of peruvian voters that live in six states. >> dc, virginia, west virginia, delaware, kentucky and maryland. >> reporter: traffic is snarled for 12 hours plus. the government is renting out the two schools to be used as polling sites for the run-off election for two presidential candidates. >> a little nervous today because it is very strong. >> reporter: nerves run high because of driving and parking here. while some wait in their cars for family others decide to park in the same lot behind mcdonald's where cars are disappearing. >> i was looking for my car. they said you better check phone number posted at the front. so there are a whole bunch of tow trucks there

promised him a job and paid him if he agreed to stay in last year's race and wage attacks against adrian fentyay and his aides deny those accusations. >>>

about claims that grays' aides promised him a job and paid them to level a tax against then-mayor fenty. derek ward has the latest from outside the wilson building downtown. >> reporter: the investigation into the gray strugsadministrat hiring practices has been going on for some time. he's been at the center of controversy surrounding the executive hiring practices in the gray administration. former mayoral candidate, suleiman brown talking with federal investigators are about his allegations that he was paid by gray's campaign to sling mud at then-mayor fenty and he was again a job after the elections as a quid pro quo. city council has been trying to get him to testify about those allegations. mary chase has been looking into the investigation's hiring and brown has been the missing piece of the puzzle. later today, he's expected to testify. brown says he has evidence of the payments. he's told "the washington post" that he has $600 in money orders made out to his own campaign coming from the gray campaign and they are part of pay-offs. it took a judge to compel brown to answer a sub

given to him by gray's top campaign aids so he would keep up his verbal attacks of then mayor adrian fenty. >> right here if you would like to see them. and these were given to us for our campaign, by the gray campaign. now when they purchased them, i don't know. don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> brown had testy exchanges with just about every council member on the committee. he suggested david would be a witness at trial. and catanya accused brown of delusions and fantasies. he kept listing anyway. mayor gray's office would say it's awaiting the results of three different investigation of brown's allegations. >> now to congressman anthony weiner who is facing a possible investigation of his own tonight. after coming clean about his twitter photo scandal. in a late afternoon news conference, the democrat admitted to sending lewd pictures to multiple women and he says he is deeply ashamed for his actions. >> i don't know what i was thinking. this was destructive things to do. i'm apologetic for doing it. it was deeply, deeply hurtful to the people i care about the most.

vincent gray paid him to stay in the race in order to run a smear campaign against the mayor adrian fenty. that type that the attorney general filed a civil lawsuit against harry thomas, jr. accused of misusing several hundred thousands of taxpayer dollars. they allege he diverted $300,000 in youth baseball funds for his personal benefit. they say the money went to travel and of outings. thomas says he is innocent. >> i am confident once we have information provided to my legal counsel in this civil suit, which has been provided by the government we will be vindicated. >> of the ag possessive $4 million in reimbursement and punitive damages and the fbi is also investigated. >>> let's take a look at other stories we're following. a vigil for a local football recruiter. 36-year-old ralph thomas was shot and killed in front of mckinley tech high school. one -- crawford tried out for the team and was not picked. thomas's friends will gather outside the school tonight at 8:00. >>> a chevy chase woman accused in a fatal hit and run is accused of vote -- set to go on trial. she is accused of str

. >> fenty. we have heard a lot of great people today in very much want union street to succeed, and i implore you to help us do that, and i'm going to get back into the boringness of ceqa. the wrong legal standard is being applied here. the planning department looked at the noise impact of the project. i have to tell you that is the wrong standard. once you start doing that analysis, measuring the impact, they have jumped ahead of the process. they have done all of the ceqa

of receipts and many orders that say gray's top campaign aids gave him to vote gray, any color but fenty against the forme incumbent mayor. >> had you not been fired, would any of this come to light? >> i don't appreciate your annal analogy that i turned on anyone. i was very loyal for a long time. >> for money. loyal for money. >> no, no, that's your interpretation. >> of course it's my interpretation. because it is consistent. >> you are facing off the wall stuff. >> everyone can think i'm crazy. i have two jobs, mr. brown, and you have none. >> okay then, brown with some testy exchanges. in fact, he had those exchanges. but david at one point called brown delusional and immersed in fantasy. one big question though, even if he is telling the truth, does brown have any credibility left? democratic congressional leaders are calling for an ethics probe into one of their own tonight. new york congressman anthony weiner came clean this afternoon about his exchanges with women through his twitter account. we get the rest of that story from randall pinkstone. >> anthony weiner addressed repor

sulaiman brown said gray's people paid him to stay in the race for mayor and bad mouth fenti. brown said he was promised a city job once gray got into the office. it's a job he got and then lost. brown tells fox 5 when he testifies this afternoon he'll show the committee several money orders from grays people and said the fbi got dna from envelopes used to deliver money from gray's campaign. but even with all of that talking to us, it really took a superior court judge to get him to talk to councilwoman mary cheh. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: campaign records show brown accepted more than $600 in contribution which he said came from gray campaign consultant howard brooks. some of the names were misspelled but he said the donations came from payton michael, who is payton's girlfriend and a relative of howard brooks. today's hearing is set to begin at 1:00 this afternoon. look for coverage on myfoxdc.com and on fox 5 news a

brown testified that he was paid off for verbally attacking then mayor adrian fenty during debates in the mayoral race. brown showed the council money orders he says were given to him to help then candidate vincent gray win the election. he says they are proof that he was paid off and he specifically blamed campaign workers lorraine green and howard brooks in addition to mater gray. >> vincent gray broke -- to mayor gray. >> vincent gray broke the law specifically as it relates to the promise of a job that i was promised and i received. >> today's hearing did get heated at timement council members mary cheh, catania questioning a sometimes combative brown who oddly refused as you saw in the video to take off his sunglasses throughout the testimony. mayor gray and his campaign staff say the allegations are simply not true, but bray is refusing to speak publicly about this -- gray is refusing to speak publicly about this until the investigation is complete. >>> a police officer facing a judge accused in deaths of his mistress and their toddler. up next his dramatic confrontation with th

he said he was paid to verbally attack fenty during last year's primary. brown brought along receipts and copies of moneys orders he said were given to him by gray's top campaign aides. >> here if you would like to see them. these were given to us to our campaign by the gray campaign. when they purchased them, i don't know, don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> brown had some exchanges with about every member of the hearing. as for mayor gray, his office would say it is awaiting the results of three different investigations into brown's allegations. >>> controversy is swirling around yet another d.c. lawmaker. councilman harry thomas jr. is facing a million dollar lawsuit, accusing him of using public funds for personal use. the civil suit filed by d.c.'s attorney general says thomas received hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations through his nonprofit organization. thomas is denying the accusations. his attorney emphasizes the allegations and they are not true findings. >> on monday, five american troops were killed in iraq.

he claims he was promise add lucrative job if he campaign against and publicly bashed adrian fenty during last year's campaign. the one time mayoral candidate himself, brown says he received money from vincent gray's campaign for those actions. the according to the washington post brown has copies of money orders he says he received from the gray campaign. until now brown had refused to testify before the city council. >>> fire investigators are searching for the cause of a light night fire in southeast. the two-alarm fire started in a three-story apartment building in the 5100 block of f street. one person was transported with serious burns but not life threatening injuries. >>> police in prince george's county say speed and alcohol caused crash that killed three people sunday evening. they say an suv slammed into the back of the car, running that car off the road and into a tree near the intersection of indian head highway and wilson bridge rode in oxon hill. >> there were two passengers in that vehicle, two females ejected from the vehicle. they were pronounced dead on scene. the the d

come forward because he said one of his claims was that if he stayed if the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh said she's no prosecutor, she just wanted to change procedures where shun can get on the fast track of a government paying job for suspicious reasons. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> fox 5 did try to reach brooks and the friends and relatives who donated to sulaiman brown's campaign but with no success. cheh's committee hering is at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow in the wilson building. >>> the washington examiner saying that the fire chief and police chief makes more than governors. police chief kanni lanier makes the most. and tomas hanker comes in next and chief bowers 3,000 than d.c. fire chief ellerbe takes home. and ronald mastin earns $175,000. alley makes $150,000 a year. less than all but one major public safety official. bob mcdonnell makes $175,000. >>> and new jobs numbers are out tonight and financial markets are not responding well. republicans and democrats are at odds over whether it's a victory or a failure for president obama. he

promised job and paid him money to stay in last year's mayoral race and level attacks against adrian fentyay and his aides have denied that. the u.s. attorneys office is looking into brown's claims. >>> an icon of television, gun smoke star has died. he died friday of natural causes. candace gibson looks back at his life and career. >> reporter: for generations of television viewers. >> starring james arness. >> reporter: arness was the ultimate lowman, playing on gun smoke for many years. at 6'7" he played the part. he got some of that bravery from serving in the army during world war ii. he was injured during combat, winning a purple heart. the minneapolis native started his acting career in radio and got his first film break opposite loretta young in the farmer's daughter. >> i almost missed the train when i was drafted. >> he appeared in a string of films including the thing. but begunsmoke made him an icon. his buddy john wayne turned it down. i knew there was only one guy to play him, james arness. the series ran from 1959 to 1975, one of the longest running series in history. arness

his claims was that, if he stayed in the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh says she is no prosecutor. she just wants to change procedures where someone can get on a fast track to high- paying government jobs for suspicious, inappropriate reasons. >> fox 5 tried to reach brooks and the friends and relative who allegedly donated to sulaimon brown. >>> there is a promise to look into councilman harry thomas this morning. he is under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. he says he used his own money to buy the suv. there are questions about whether the company where he got the money got a sizable payment from the campaign committee or whether he should have reported the suv as a gift or as income. >>> meanwhile, the trial for the woman accused in a deadly hit and run accident near dupont circle begins today. police say jo rita davidson was driving drunk when she hit kela ryan as ryan tried into a car on connecticut avenue in october. a witness gave officers a license plate number. officers were able to trace the veh

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paid him and promised him a job in exchange for running a smear campaign against former mayor adrian fenty. mayor gray denied the allegations. >>> d.c.'s attorney general has filed a civil action against carey thomas jr.. he's accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. the attorney general says thomas diverted $300,000 for youth baseball funds for his personal benefit. the money went to travel and golf outings and nearly $60,000 for a luxury suv. thomas says he is innocent. >> i am confident once we have information that is being provided through my legal counsel in this civil suits which has been presented by the government, we will be vindicated. >> attorney general is asking $4 million of reimbursement and punitive damages. the fbi is also investigating now. >>> an update on some street or in the district. all three underground cables in the north capitol street area that lost power last tuesday are fixed now. pierce street northeast between north capitol street and first street will remain closed until tomorrow morning. other streets in the area that were closed whi

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