. >> my name is gary brown. i am a long time resident of bayview-hunters point. i am the owner and operator of my own business. i have been dealing with st. luke's hospital since i came back from vietnam in 1971. i was 19 years old. my daughter was born there 40 years ago. gary brown, jr., was born there in 1978. my baby daughter is in college. she was born at st. luke's. it would help my family. it was convenient for me to go there at the time because they would not let me in san francisco general 40 years ago because i was working and trying to have a family. i enjoyed going there. they help my family. it was convenient because of where i live that. if they tear down st. luke's, my wife is passed this february with pancreatic cancer. i noticed the change when we went to st. luke's. they transferred her to ralph davis and in california pacific. what i see now is there is a lot of money being exchanged. they could not help her because she was in the last stages. it was critical. but anyway, i would like to see everyone support and try to keep this hospital open.

my name is gary brown. i am from district 10. i lived in the area since 1969. gooit was overcrowded, so they t me to st. luke's where these nuns were ouat. it was strange, but it was nice. i have a daughter born in 1987 during you. i have seen a change were my wife has gone on with pancreatic cancer. we went back to st. luke's, and they could not do the job in february, but they sent her to ralph k. davis. she stayed there zero weeks. they charged us money and transferred her to california pacific. they charge more money for transferring her your yo. what i am trying to say is i think we should keep st. luke's open because of the time it takes to get to the other hospital could be time to savor life, -- to save a life, and i would like to support of workers because they do not have a contract to close it down. good >> i am going to call a few more names. [list of names] next speaker. >> my name is emily. i am a nurse, and i am in support of rebuilding. i am here on behalf of the patients who have complained how small it is and lack of privacy, and for all the p

>>gary: chris brown and drake got into it beef in a club with their entourages.ottle that in his night and has a scratch to read and could miss the olympics.

hist that before >>gary: when we return, would you like deceit chris brown and drake fighting? ing you they have been offered a million dollars to fight. the story is next. psst pensions >>gary: chris brown and drake got into a fight and now a promoter has offered >> $1 million to take their frustrations to the rain. the fight led be held at the l.a. states will center on august 25th. aside from just watching, the match would be for a good cause. all proceeds would be donated to charity. >>pam: we will see you at 8:00 p.m.. >>> new "today" show fallout after the reports that regis is in and ann curry is out. >>> plus, did john edwards dump rielle hunter over her new tell-all book? her surprising confessions today. i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm brooke anderson. >>> "the insider" is on. >>> truth be told, you were a mistress. >> you trashed a dead lady. whose husband you had an affair and a baby with. >> john edwards' now ex-lover comes under attack as she admits that she's still in love with the ex-senator. >> it's very painful. >>> news on regis' rumored move to the "today" show

our gary nurenberg asked marion barry with harry thomas, jr., the mayor's investigation and now kwame brown, is there a corruption problem in d.c.? >> 99.9% of us who serve in public office do it honorably. we're -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the council members say they need to move forward so how are they going to do that with all of this happening over them like a wet blanket, a dark cloud over the city. i'll let you know coming up at 6:30. back to you. >> we'll be looking forward to that report. she's live outside the wilson building this morning in downtown d.c. >>> the story has a lot of people talking as you can imagine. you can also join the conversation by going to our facebook timeline. it's facebook.com/wusa9. >>> metro has come up with a new way to track safety issues when it comes to its emergency exits. the washington examiner uncovered many of the problems with those exits. in fact, many of them were impassable. the paper also reports that metro's congress heights station, the emergency exit was locked for at least 15 months. the fran sit authority says it was locked because

gary, thank you. >>> d.c. council chair, kwame brown, denied reports that federal prosecutors are closing in on him in a late afternoon news conference. but his denial came after he canceled an earlier appearance, shoved a reporter, and declined to answer questions. bruce leshan is live at the wilson building. what a day, bruce. >> what a day, there's discussions going on now among council members about what might succeed kwame brown should he be forced to resign. we may now be hours or days away from the climax of a federal investigation that started soon after kwame brown took office and demanded that the city lease him a fully loaded lincoln suv. d.c.'s second highest ranking elected official ignored questions about whether he would resign, ignored questions about whether he has met with federal prosecutors. and said he knew nothing about any possible fraud charges that might be filed against him. >> i have no -- you tell me -- >> you don't know anything about the bank fraud charge? >> 9news now bruce johnson quotes source as saying

gary. ladies and gentlemen, this is the pride of san francisco. [applause] mr. brown, they all want a picture with you, too. we do not want you sitting down. if >> thank you so much. this is everyone. for our celebration, we will have a performance by our stand, and i would invite everyone to stay and enjoy the reception i hope to see all of you and now throughout the week as we celebrate san francisco cried. -- san francisco pride. one moment. i am sorry. a brief moment. >> it ain't over. it just started. we would love to hear frown some of our city officials. supervisors got wiener, please come up. and whac>> happy pride. they we are not done yet. we have some more program. and i just want to acknowledge our amazing imperial court. i just want to say our community is very diverse, and a lot of times we have disagreements, and it can be raucous at times, but there is one time of year when we all come together in june, because we are one who community, and we have to be there for each other, so we will always do that. happy pride, everyone. >> i would like to welcome

why " >>gary: so many people in our audience are fans of chris brown and jury.ht over auriana. the tore apart a nightclub in new york if now, a promoter is offering them $1 million of box against each other if. felt the fight would be held august 25th at the stable center. all of the proceeds would be donated to charity. 57 have already time been predicting chris brown would win. the kid on the left is chris brown. he is the one and got out of line, ruffing her up a little bit. he served time and all that. phosphine ferry them months these are young people. >>pam: we will see at 11:00 p.m.. paul

drake and chris brown, after all that with chris kron, love will make you crazy things! >>garydavis will be the number-one draft choice in the nba on thursday. he is not wasting any time getting into the professional life. he has trademarked fear the brow. everyone joke on his youth abroad. he has trademarked fear the brow. congratulations. when we return, one of the great players in the united states is here to from are the earthquake data with back of and the l.a. galaxy carry 50,000 fans are expected to attend at stanford stadium. there are 100 tickets remaining. >>gary: we will be right back after this break. >>gary: from a danville, and chico state, fresh off of a stint with the u.s. national team. he leads major league soccer this season in goals scored. 50,000 fans expected for saturday night at stanford stadium. there are 100 tickets left. >> it has been great. we have a lot of fans that have been dedicated. as costs its >>gary: you are a star of the records, you are playing back on saturday night. >> i think it's rain plays the biggest game of a thing germany is going

. >> the brown plea is just the latest chapter in the long book of d.c. officials who have acted improperly. >> gary nurenberg has more on corruption within city government. >> reporter: another councilman harry thomas, jr. is sentenced earlier this year for lining his pockets with government money meant for kids. the mayor remains under investigation. >> the mayor's issue continues and as i've said many times, i hope the u.s. attorney can move quickly to resolve that as well. >> reporter: what is it with d.c. government and corruption? >> i'm not going to get into that kind of nonsense because the great -- over 99.9% of us who served in public office do it honorably. >> i think these are vestiges of the marian barry era. >> reporter: the national editor of washingtonian magazine points to a lack of d.c. outrage to misconduct. >> if you look at marion barry, there is quite a deep reservoir of allowance for misbehavior. marion is the one who not only spent time in jail but has not paid his taxes, gave some contracts to his girlfriend so he sets a very, very low bar. the fact that he keeps getting ele

superintendent dick brown who runs wabash and started as a corrections officer here 19 years earlier has seen a big change in the population. >> traditionally they were from the inner cities, cities like gary and indianapolis and south bend and now we are seeing more from the rural communities in part to the methamphetamine problem. the ingredients for methamphetamine come from farms. so that's why we have a large amount of offenders being incarcerated from local small communities. they get involved with the meth ring and caught up and end up in the indiana department of correction. >> i got to be honest, most of the police knew me by a first-name basis. >> it's the same thing over and over. day in, day out. >> methamphetamine is the worst thing i have ever come in contact with. my only regret, i wish i never, ever in my life seen it for the hundred good stories i could tell you i can tell you three times the bad stories. it made me feel the greatest at times and made me hate myself most of the time. >> chas harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totalled six years for theft and burglary but when he was caught with 114 grams of meth the judge threw the book at