to be any in freddie -- and at&t have to worry about interest rates could change but the city and freddie guarantee that. that is what buyers around the world can invested because they don't have to go through to analyze to make sure you will all pay your mortgage. added means it is a the purchase the home with america and how motorship with the global financial issue. so what does have the system in place? >> is part of the debate if you got rid of fannie and freddie there is no impact they would continue exactly as it is with private capital. but i want to pause on that point for a second. the fact finney and freddie our government sponsored it is like the empress -- implicit thing that fannie and freddie could not pay so obviously at is what happened as they went into conservatorship but that system has given americans access to the fixed-rate mortgage which is something people around the world don't have that is the total picture of american life that 80 percent of buyers who buy a homer in the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. >> host: or shorter-term with interest rates. >> with a 10 yea

what were fannie and freddie doing during this period? >> guest: definitely contributed to the problem. i just don't think it's the full cause of -- of financial crisis. by the mid-2000's the share had been cut in half as prime lending instead of mortgage selling to fannie and freddie were selling to wall street firms. that's what all the haters wanted to see happen, fannie and freddie cut out of the market. so around 2005 both fannie and freddie did two things. they started buying securities for own portfolios and they decided we need to get into this business too. and you can trace that through market share numbers, interviews with executives, executive presentations, they were terrified that they were losing their profits, losing their hold on the market, so they began to guaranty riskyier loans. they were never as risky, but to help bring down the system the default rate on loans like a fraction of -- of the default rate. but nonetheless, it totally contributed to the crisis and it was enough to create the perception that fannie and f

as well as fannie and freddie. but it is hard to see that the government didn't understand the two companies were about to become profitable. they had investors and they were tallying them and and there have been interesting stuff that had come out in the court cases testimony from the former financial person saying they knew we were about to become profitable. if the government had a good reason for doing this i would like to know what it was but the reason doesn't appear to make sense and that make me very nervous because i don't like feeling that we the taxpayers and citizens are being lied to and that there was something else going down and we didn't know what it was because of the reason it doesn't seem to make sense. you should never underestimate the amount of incompetence in the world and its possible everyone on wall street understood the companies first started making these amounts of money into the government actually just couldn't. i guess that is always possible. it's just somewhat hard to believe. >>

and he was dark skinned, so. >> brandon ross is freddie's god-brother. >> on april 12, reports say freddie was walking down the street when he made eye contact with officers -- and then ran. >> police chased gray and arrested him on the sidewalk here at the gilmor homes. >> where were you when he was arrested? >> right there with him. if you look at the original video that they shown, and you see the guy pointing, walking up, that's me. yeah, so, i was there throughout the whole thing, seen the whole process. >> freddie was conscious when he was loaded into a paddy wagon. when it arrived at the police station 45 minutes later -- he was not. >> the question is why? he didn't do it to himself, he didn't have those injuries before he came in contact. i mean why? >> a week later, freddie gray died of a severed spine. baltimore erupted in protest -- and then flames. the national guard rolled in while the mayor imposed a curfew. freddie gray's death sparked an anger that captured national attention. but that anger was rooted in a fractured relationship with police that goes back decades. >> wher

government would stand behind fannie and freddie but it wasn't explicit. it was kind of this free money they could then turn around and exploit in order to pay their executives really well and to have huge lobbying muscle. >> host: how do we know that implicit guarantee was going to homeowners as opposed to the profits of fannie and freddie? >> guest: there was a big argument done in the 1990s but said most of the benefits were flowing through to executives and shareholders -- most they use to argue it was a small amount like 25 basis points which is a quarter of a person so if you say the monthly mortgage market payments are $100 it would reduce it a little bit if the math was right. i think that is a good interesting debate but i think it is irrelevant in the context of 2008 because the value of fannie and freddie is that they are there when the private market isn't. we may not be dependent dependent at times but we need them in bad times, so to say in this giant decade in the 1990s tammy and freddie were not providing much value into them to ignore what

the black lines are the requirements on fannie mae and freddie mac. red and green lines are fannie and -- freddie exceeding those goals each year. but what happens when you are required to by more than 50% of all your loans from people who are at or below the median income where they live or, in some cases, 80% or 60% of the median income where they live? fannie and freddie were famous in 1992 before this law went into effect for buying only prime mortgages. what was a prime mortgage? you had to have a good credit score, you had to have a 10% to 20% down payment, and after the loan was closed you had to have no more than 38% of your income going for things like your mortgage or your credit card obligations, and so forth. no more than 38% of your income was used for those contracted obligations. those other three standards. now, they were particularly cap standards. apecially the requirement for 660 five go score -- fico score. requirementse the before 1992. but once you are told that there is a government quota that says you have to buy mortgages that

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and freddie in meeting those goals each year. what happens when you are required to by more than 50% of all of your loans from people who are at or below the median income where they live or in some cases 80% or 60% of the median income where they live? fannie and freddie were famous in 1992 before this law went into effect for buying only prime mortgages. what was a prime mortgage? you have to have a good credit score. you had to have a 10%-20% down payment. after the loan was closed, you have to have no more than 30 is percent of your income going for things like your mortgage or credit card -- 38% of your income or for things like your mortgage or credit card. no more was used for those contracted obligations. those are the three standards. were not particularly tough standards especially the ficairement for a 660 score. the average is about 17. those were the requirements before 1982. -- in the average is about 710. once you are told there is a government quota that says you have to buy mortgages that are made to people at or

in april an unarmed black man, freddie gray, died in police custody. this set off a series of urban disturbances in baltimore. at least 34 people were arrested, six police officers were injured, and maryland governor larry hogan called out the national guard. the small business administration estimated that about 285 businesses were damaged at a cost of $9 million. mayor rawlings-blake was forced to cope not only with the riots and their aftermath but the underlying problems that led to the disruption. elected at age 25 to the baltimore city council, she was the youngest person ever to ascend to that position. she later was council president before being sworn in as baltimore's 49th mayor in 2010. she announced in september that she will not run for reelection. she said "it was a very difficult decision but i knew i needed to spend time focused on the city's future, not my own." mayor rawlings-blake is here today in her other capacity -- as president of the u.s. conference of mayors. she will talk about the mayors' urban agenda, the issues they want th

. >> brown: in the world of fanny and freddie strange is actually normal, that's freddie may and fannie mac. and the line about how strange they are comes from a new book titled, "shaky ground," that explores their role during and since the 2008 financial meltdown. author beth 18 mclean joins me now. welcome to you. i think we have to start by reminding these people what these dismiewgz because they play very important roles. >> they're part of the hidden machinery of our world, part of the important stuff of the background that makes up part of our existence, the lives of almost every american but we don't realize it until there's a problem. fannie mae was created in the wake of the great depression. the idea was that if lenders could sell their loans, if banks and other primary lenders could make a mortgage and still to another institution, they'd be more inclined to make that alone. and that would help even out the flow of mortgage credit and thus increase the available of home ownership in this great disparate, diverse nation of ours. and that happened. >> brown: so the old mystery

as a reporter that covered the death of freddy gray, the rioting that broke out afterwards and the bloodshed and murder it struck me that too many stories are going untold. stories of people trying to solve root problems, problems like poverty, joblessness and drug addiction. tonight we highlight the inspiring stories, the innovative ideas of those who are trying to save baltimore. >> i love it, it was challenging, something i had never done. >> bernadette buxon celebrated her first anniversary working in deconstruction. tearing down some of baltimore's vast stretches of abandoned row houses. >> just the drill, it is not as easy as some people think. to drill a door is sway ask a some ways a door, to take out a drill, it looks easy but it's not. a lot of other tools now. >> the 52-year-old woman from east baltimore didn't plan on working in deconstruction. she was a teacher's smint until thteacher's assistantuntil the s evils to make quick cash ruined her life. >> how did you become unemployable? >> i had worked in the school system and had left to take care of somebody and i got into sellin

for five of the six officers charged in the freddie gray case work to suppress their clients' statements. >>> the family of a missing 80- year-old man are still searching for answers in the case of their loved one. >>> we're just a few hours away now from the first democratic presidential debate. we've got a preview. >>> good morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm nick giovanni. welcome into the rush hour edition of 9news this tuesday. >> we get you started with larry millioner who has your timesaver traffic and we begin with allyson rae who has the forecast. >>> we're going to see an okay day. mid-70s and a little bit of sunshine this afternoon. we're going to start off with some clouds and a few light showers. the showers are going to be very spotty. we do have some showers moving through cumberland right now through hagerstown down 81 through winchester and front royal that will be your best chance for some of these showers. they'll continue to break apart as they come closer to our area. we're warmer this morning into the 50s. near 60 for the district. we're headed mid-70s. enjoy it whil

all six have been charged in the freddie gray case. this is the first time all six officers have been together for one of the pretrial hearings. while in court, the prosecutors did show part of the officers' reported statements in an effort to prove their point that the statements again are admissible in court. >> it got very emotional. ultimately judge williams yelled at all the attorneys to be quiet. the fact that the state wants them admitted to evidence would allow people to conclude certainly that the statements will be beneficial to use against sergeant white. joy: th is the case in sargent alicia white's statement. as far as officer porter, his statement is key to this case. he is the only officer who allegedly said that freddie gray did ask for medical help. so this is a big win for the state. there were proceedings scheduled tomorrow. the judge caceled those. he has put in effect a gag order. reporting live, back to you. leon: thank you. a top story, cell phone video shows officers forcibly handcuffed a teenager. while he was

. >>> a mother at freddie gray is recovering from an apparent suicide attempt. -- the mother of freddieom an apparent suicide attempt. she was treated for wounds. her son died after being critically injured while being in police custody. the family of freddie gray was awarded $6.5 million, just a few weeks ago to settle civil claims surrounding his death. >>> two of the six officers charged in his death want assault charges dropped. they say they committed no crime when they failed to buckle freddie gray in. because the failure does not amount to what they call, gross criminal negligence. rice and two other officers are using the same argument hoping to get their reckless endangerment charges dropped. the first trial is next month. >>> hillary clinton's marathon hearing on capitol hill ended after 11 hours of answering questions. she testified under oath before a house select committee investigating the 2012 attack in benghazi, libya that left four americans dead including u.s. ambassador chris stephens. republicans accused clinton of ignoring requests from stevens for more security bef

in april an unarmed black man, freddie gray, died in police custody. this set off a series of urban disturbances in baltimore. at least 34 people were arrested, six police officers were injured, and maryland governor larry hogan called out the national guard. the small business administration estimated that about 285 businesses were damaged at a cost of $9 million. mayor rawlings-blake was forced to cope not woman the riots and their aftermath but the underlying problems that led to the disruption. elected at age 25 to the baltimore city council, she was the youngest person ever to ascend to that position. she later was council president before being sworn in as baltimore's 49th mayor in 2010. she announced in september that she will not run for reelection. she said "it was a very difficult decision but i knew i needed to spend time focused on the city's future, not my own. mayor rawlings-blake is here today in her other capacity -- as president of the u.s. conference of mayors. she will talk about the mayors' urban agenda, the issues they want the 201

never been taken from them. >> especially after shelling out $190,000 in legal fee. >> reporter: freddie mac said it would not be fair to sell it back for anything less. if redisuses the risk of blithe. what happened to this family should remind everyone about the devastating impact mortgage fraud can have on our families. >> reporter: chris napanela sound enticing, you must have have an attorney review the offer before signing on the dotted line. >> freddie mac encourages them to make a competitive offer on the house. the family will continue to fight. >> so easy to get caught up in something like that. >> devastating. >> lonnie quinn has the forecast. >> will the weather will weather cooperate? is it's chilly this is from eva in east brunswick, and it seems 41 here, and who else? right next door as well. let me show you what i can see in new york city. a sky that is nice and clear, and it's 50 degrees outside. northwest winds at 15 miles an hour. they are still breezy, and you know what? for this weekend. i think you will still have an element of a breeze out there. 59 should be the hi

why would freddie gray run from the police? all of these questions were important questions and ones i answered day in and day out. i regarded part of my obligation during those very fevered days when so much attention was on baltimore city. to press a different set of questions, the questions that i thought were being neglected, is and questions that really preoccupied my thinking. questions about the west baltimore neighborhood where freddie gray grew up. i wondered why the cvs was the only recognizable chain store we saw on the street. no starbucks and chick-fil-a. of course, all businesses are important and valuable, but it was hard for me to imagine that all the hand wringing from city leaders was really about their concern for the easy tobacco mart and some of the other businesses that characterized north avenue where the unrest took place. why would the streets of west baltimore in such delipidated condition that baltimore city police could take arrestees on a quote unquote, rough ride to punish them in the back of a pol

>> there was a -- the bubble got focused in housing because of the subprime lending, freddie mac and fannie mae. the federal reserve created the money to create a massive bubble that was way beyond the housing market. people forget there was a bubble in car loans. there was a bubble in markets, and that simply is mathematically impossible without the fed creating the money to make it happen. >> now, mr. allison, i'm sure some defenders of the fed are going to say we don't know where the crisis may have come from, perhaps the fed was responsible, surely the fed did a good job in handling that situation, would you agree with that? >> no, i wouldn't. i went through the financial correction of the early '80s and early '90s. definitely in the early '80s we had a worse economic environment, and yet we didn't have a crisis. the reason we had a crisis this time and, unfortunately, this was under the a republican administration, was that the rule of law was suspended. the fed, for reasons that were absolutely unclear to anybody in the market chose to save bear stearns. later on they let lehma

. >>> several baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray have lost a battle to tryo prevent their words from being used against them. john terrett has more. >> reporter: good morning, in pretrial hearings on tuesday the judge ruled that statements made by two of the six officers charged in connection with freddie gray's arrest on april 12th and his death on april 19th are admissible as evidence and may be used in their own trials and possibly those of their peers as well. on tuesday attorneys for the sergeant and officer has tried to supply the statements they gave to police in the early stages of the investigation, saying they were obtained improperly, but the judge rejected those motions. in white's case attorneys argue that she was tricked into thinking she was just a witness and not a suspect, who was told that signing away her miranda or silent rights, and the rights she has a maryland, baltimore, police officer, was not tantamount to giving up her rights, which was. prosecutors have ruled that the statements have been obtained quite legally, and the suggestion

the blue happens to be fannie mae and freddie mac. they were government-backed mortgage companies, they are still in existence. they are insolvent. the government is controlling them and supporting them. just above that, the red is the federal housing administration and above that, other agencies. the point is, it was the government that called for and caused these mortgages to be produced. i'm not trying to say the private sector had nothing to do with this. we can see about 25% of these bad mortgages were on the books of the private sector. the principally if you were looking for the cause of the financial crisis, you would have to say that the government was holding 76% of all of these mortgages would suggest something about who is really responsible.

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. >> freddy. >> freddy's here with us today, and these are up for adoption. they're mets fans and how can people get ahold of them? >> we're all here for the mets. we're very excited about tonight, and if you want to adopt, you go to rescuedogsrocknyc.org. >> they are fantastic, and they're a little cold. it's okay. put on a another layer of mets jerseys. likes channel 7, how about that. now. >> they're super cute and they match you lee. >> we're all in the blue and orange, and i'm 6 and 0 in the mets colors. >> you are the lucky charm. i was going to say that. thank you lee. >> you've got it. >> we want to tell you about unclaimed money, millions of it, locals cashing in, so how do you know if you are owed cash. we'll tell you. >> one store taking a stand not only on thanksgiving but the day after as well. we've got the details coming up. >> and channel 7 is your home for the tcs new york city marathon. we're taking you mile by mile introducing you to some of the new yorkers you'll find on the course. >> this is mile 17 here on the upper east side. this area

freddie harvey became a world war i pilot.when the first planes were being used for war, freddie harvey was the one who came with his thedron and buzz bombed country club to prove that it can be done. he was a daredevil pilot. theas heir apparent to company. -- theyed the were star-studded couple in the city for many years. this is kitty harvey, quite a character. one of the most -- first openly gay women in the city. it is part of the reason she ultimately was not allowed to take over the fred harvey company. she was a fascinating woman involved in the cultural aspects of kansas city. she started buying are in santa fe. byron harvey, who for kansas city is the one you should boo, the youngest brother of the five children of fred harvey, who took the company away from kansas city. most people assume the fred harvey company went down over time because of the depression, the railroads. in reality family businesses are mostly done in by the family. in this case after four harvey died after a flu , many people died. basically his

this is where freddie gray grew up -- known to friends as pepper. >> why was his nickname pepper?i never heard of pepper being bad for nobody, salt is bad for you, salt will kill you. i never heard nobody dying from pepper, everybody loves pepper. and he was dark skinned, so.

-- the death of freddie gray, this is something that is not new to me. people are acting brand new. some people feel they're jumping on the bandwagon now. like i said, when i was in annapolis fighting for reform of the law enforcement officers bill of rights, it's great. but it would have been lovely if they would have done that in january when we could have shown the public that we were willing to confront the police union and fight for progress and reform to hold officers accountable. so nationally, i think in many places, whether it's freddie gray or eric gardner, michael brown, these issues are creating opportunities for dialogue in many places nationally that to might not have had those conversations, but this has been an ongoing work that we have been doing in baltimore and it didn't start with the death of freddie gray. >> you mentioned the police union. there are a couple questions specifically about the police union. considering the reaction of the police union based upon the charges into the freddie gray case, how does the city government work

so what is it that differentiates those moments from this moment or this pre-freddie gray moment? i'd actually argue that what differentiates are those moments where we have more equality from this moment is the presence of a unity, right? we have got a presence. up until freddie gray, it was pretty unified amongst black elites, white elites, among every elite you can articulate. they're saying that poor people are poor people because of their own actions. that's unify, right? -- that's unity, right? the solution to the city's problem was downtown development. it didn't matter whether you talked about this mayor, the last mayor or the mayor before that. that is a black one, a black one and a white one. they gave the same answer. that's unity. the question is -- that's unity now. who wants that, right? who wants that? so the way forward is actually unpacking what that looks like, what that false unity looks like and then how to we deconstruct that through political organizing and through storytelling. [applause] >> and all i'm going to add is that right there, exactly that, and i'm

protesters demanded police reforms as six officers go on trial for the death of freddy gray. >> a greatity of america lost control of its streets. ed was a decorated police officer, who went on to lead the baltimore police democrat from 2000 to 2002. he was convicted of misusing city funds. he's a local radio host. >> three days after the bleesh was let off, how long did it take to quell the riot. >> one night. >> reporter: you watched this on television. >> yes. >> reporter: what went through your mind? >> my role would be the first rock thrown would be the last one, you don't let it by. you don't let the police officers be pelted with concrete and allow teenagers to loot stores, burning livelihoods. >> reporter: after the riots the dangerous streets of baltimore was worse. 275 murders in 2015, more than new york, with 13 times the population of baltimore. >> i see horrible murders, and you wonder how people can do this. retired police lieutenant stephen tabling was a top investigator. and we spoke to him after the riots, when the spike was starting to break records. >> what do you thi

attorneys for six officers charged in freddie gray possible death -- freddie gray's death are back in the courtroom. statements those officers made to investigators following gray's death. same sweetie -- same sweeney has new developments. reporter: much different than what we've seen in the past. you can see the roads are open. there is little to no police presence and there are no barricades in the streets. inside this courthouse defense attorneys are asking a judge to suppress statements given to investigators by five of the six officers following gray's death. officers say they spoke to go they feared losing their jobs at the did not cooperate. they say there were not properly briefed on their rights. prosecutors want the statements to be used as they will be a major portion of the evidence used against the officers and their upcoming trials. this hearing is set to last through the day tomorrow and the first trial for that officer is set for november 30. killeraccused serial charles severance is back in a courtroom today. our northern virginia bureau chief is in the courtroom righ

freddy and his family were very thankful for the extra help. now everybody can sleep in the house again. the teddy bear is a family heirloom. steve: teddy bears are a great big deal to little kids. the san francisco 49ers take on the seattle seahawks tonight in an nfl west battle on thursday night football. that means our regular 10:00 newscast will be delayed. p.m. you can switch over to metv des moines, channel 8.2, to see the news right at 10:00. we'll also have late news following the game right here on stacey: the republicans finally admit it. >>"republican kevin mccarthy saying ...the committee investigating benghazi and clinton's emails was created to destroy her candidacy..." "everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee... what are her numbers today?" republicans have spent millions attacking hillary... ...because she's fighting for everything they oppose... ...from affordable health care. ...to equal pay... she'll never stop fighting for you. and the republicans know it. >>i

time, it was no rush to judgment like it was in the freddie grey case.re were threats. you are allowed to use words, once it crosses that line into menacing, someone said they heard something about guns, i'm going to shoot you. that's where a grand jury has ruled across the line. >> the n-word, too. mark, terrorism charges, how, why, how'd they get there? >> ultimately that's what they call it in that state when you move from protected speech to fighting words. and it wasn't just saying the n-word. because that's unfortunately constitutionally protected. it wasn't just the flag. it was everything plus fighting words that the encouragement of committing crimes. violence. >> true fighting words are those inciting somebody to act immediately in a violent way. it's not angry rhetoric. there they were there in front of the house. >> at a birthday party. they were there. >> someone heard them say, we got a gun, go shoot the blank. that's different than just expressing your opinion under the first amendment. >> absolutely. here's the last. the most ridiculous.

the evidence they will be able to use against the police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. still ahead. leon: and driving in d.c. can be difficult. parking even harder. coming up, te confusing amount of parking and the payment options. and how the city is addressing that issue. "abc7 news at 6:00" continues right after this. leon: we've got breaking news coming in now about a shooting near elizabeth seaton high school in bladensburg. police sources are telling abc7 news that one person is dead and another is injured. the shooting happened on 57th avenue. that is near the school but we're told the incident is not school-related. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we'll have more right here as soon as we learn it. cell phone video shows a d.c. police officer forcibly handcuffing a teenager. police say the teen ran away from officers who were investigating a possible a.t.m. robbery. while he was handcuffed the teen was not arrested. officers also briefly detained the person who was shooting the video citing police interference. dozens marched down pennsylvania avenue

but there was an argument that the bill bill sort of re-created cme and freddie in a different structure but you still have a government backstop in the housing market so if you are still going to have a government backstop it better why don't reform feeney and freddie and give them better regulation and make sure that their incentives are not to produce extraordinary profits for the shareholders and executives but rather to run the business safely come a structure them differently and maybe even toss them some countercyclical measures of the mortgage markets going insane, freddie and fannie will back from the mortgage market but why wouldn't you try to fix what you have instead of starting from scratch with a totally untested system that is going to support the most separate the most important asset and most americans live? .. hypothetical. why does mortgage credit enable them both equally? i'm not sure how were going to do that. so rather than seeing a reform with much tighter regulations, limits on what their executives can make, with an acceptable rate of return and this make whateve

. >>> developing out of baltimore, the pre-trial hearing for the officers in the freddie gray case is underway. just short time ago prosecutors played a tape recording from one of the officers and says she was not threatened or ordered to give a statement. it is those statements that are the focus point of today's hearing. statements that the officers want thrown out because they say they were improperly obtained. officers charged in the death of gray include caesar nero, alici. the first of six trials is set to begin at the end of next month. look for more on this story on our nbc washington app. chuck? >> thanks. your storm team 4 forecast has been carrying a chance for rain showers throughout the morning but the rain is coming to an end. not completely done but most of the rain has fallen. breeze will start to increase later this afternoon behind a cold front. another cold front promises a big drop in temperatures. for now, the first batch of rain is moving into northern maryland and eastern pennsylvania. the cold front itself is back out to the west. until that front goes by we ha

. >>> some of the statements made by the baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will be used in court. those officers made the statements to investigators looking into gray's death. five of the six claimed they were improperly obtained. this afternoon, a judge ruled that the statements from two of the five officers were admissib admissible. the other three withdrew their challenges. gray died, you'll recall, after suffering a spinal cord injury in the back of a police van this past april. >>> and there's now an internal police investigation into another incident in baltimore that involves allegations of an officer spitting on a suspect during an arrest yesterday. this incident was recorded and shared on twitter. it is dark outside, but you can hear the onlookers screaming "he spit on him." police are aware of this video and are investigating. >>> a bike bandit in the district. police tell us this man swiped a bike from the 1200 block of massachusetts avenue here last month. he made sure the coast was clear then rolled out. the news 4 i-team looked into this probl

government has the right to own almost 80% of fannie and freddie.they to take them public it would be a huge win for taxpayers. >> there are probably viewers saying hedge funds and taxpayers will never be aligned. >> the hedge funds that the investors own part of the company, observe part of the companies, they own some of the preferred shares, some of the common shares. the u.s. government as a result of this conservatorship structure emanating from the 2008 financial crisis has a warrant that allows it to own almost 80% of the two companies. so were they taken public again, yes, investors would benefit, but that warrant, 80% of these two companies could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. whether that's the right structure for housing finance is the question, but the question isn't who is pitting investors and taxpayers against each other. >> as somebody who talks for a living, i have been on the record as telling the fed officials they need to stop talking. like every day we have another fed official talking about something up, down, rates,

freddie gray died after he was put in to the back of a police van in baltimore. all six officers charged with his death appeared in court today. the judge ruled statements made by two of the officers after gray's death could be used at trial. >>> an aunt sues her nephew after he hugged her at his 8th birthday party and she broke her wrist. her nephew jumped to greet her. she claims she fell and broke her wrist. connell who lives on the upper east side of manhattan claims she has huge medical bills and still has pain, so she sued her nephew for $127,000, saying her 8-year-old relative should have known he could have hurt her when he hugged her. jury took less than 30 minutes to disagree. >>> grammy award singer alicia keys will be among the tens of thousands of athletes running in the new york city marathon. keys is running to raise money for her charity, keep a child alive, offering care and support to children affected by hiv. the new york city marathon sunday, november 1st, and will air live right here on channel 7. >> maybe she'll be singing as you're running

we have a presence up until freddy gray. it was pretty unified amongst black elites, white elites, every delete you can articulate saying that poor people are poor people because of there own actions. that is unity. the solution to the city's problem was downtown development. it did not matter whether you talked about this mayor, the last mayor, or the mayor before that. they gave the same answer. that is unity. the question is not about unity now. the way forward is unpacking what that looks like what that false unity looks like and how we deconstruct after political organizing and then through storytelling. [applause] >> all i am going to add is that right there, exactly that and i am done. >> let's remember that just two years ago the city approved a hundred million dollar tax break. you can walk out on the sidewalk and see harper. which is not just a hundred million dollar tax break but is really dedicating 250 million to a corporate giant. and this was done without much the liberation. everyone seemed to think it was a

and coming up, details in the freddie gray case, one of the officers charged in his death allowed in court. and also, moving up, a mega merger, the world's largest beer company could get a lot bigger. >> so a major blow, in the case of freddie gray. gray died being arrested in baltimore, and three police officers are facing separate trials in his death. john is in baltimore, and what happened today? >> reporter: hey, tony, in washington, this will happen in baltimore next, as you know, and we're in the pretrial it stage at this time, and today, judge barry williams ruled that statements made by two of the six officers charged in connection with freddie gray's arrest on april 12th, and his death on april 19th, they are allowed to have their evidence given to police officers in the early stage of this investigation, used as evidence against them. they may be used in their own trials, and possibly in the trials of their peers as well. more so that in a second. but today the trials for alicia white and william porter tried to suppress from the police, saying that they were retained impro

that is good news but the westbound lanes of alvarado boulevard will remain closed between freddie street and fair oaks. take a look at this sinkhole, you can see it is just completely crushed in there with a lot of heavy asphalt. a lot more repairs are going to be done. they are bringing in an escalator -- an excavator to make those repairs. last night the sinkhole put pressure on the water lines below and caused a leak so the sinkhole started filling with water which cause more erosion. possibly 12 feet. it is now dry but the road started buckling yesterday at around noon but it caved in and the whole kept growing. no one has been hurt and no cars have been damaged. >> normally what happens with sinkholes is you have some sort of the fluid, water, sewer, something that erodes the soil and all of a sudden you will have the soil leave that space void and then it collapses. we are still trying to figure out what exactly happened. we do know we didn't have water when it collapsed, it wasn't a water main break at the time. >> reporter: about 10 homes have low or no water pressure this mornin