the ig said harry thomas jr. took $300,000, designed money for charities and used it for personal use and the council gathered in executive session this afternoon to talk about the matter. you can see him on the right and he participated. couple hab mary chay from ward 3 -- council member mary chay came in with glasses on and this is a closed-door meeting and the question that the council members were asking themselves, should harry thomas jr. be removed as the chairman of the powerful economic development committee in after the meeting, couple chairman kwame brown called the press in and said only tomorrow afternoon, we're going to make a statement as a body this was baffling. we asked the chairman a direct question here it is. >> does this mean that no decision was made? it means tomorrow. and has a decision to be made in. >> no. >> reporter: afterward, councilman harry thomas jr. told reporters as he left the room he didn't do anything wrong and he wants to retape his chairmanship of the powerful economics com

fact is fact. >> reporter: with that, harry thomas jr.ecame the latest council member to declare his innocence. according to the suit, thomas secretly diverted about $300,000 meant for youth baseball programs and spent much of the case playing golf at pebble beach and in vegas. they claim thomas also bought this $60,000 vehicle using the money. d.c. council chair kwame brown wasted no time issuing this statement -- brown himself has been the target of two investigations. he had two luxury suvs at $2,000 a month each. then he was accused of failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. yvette alexander is under investigation. the commission is looking into whether she's been misusing her constitue constituents fund. the council stripped this member of his assignments. and mayor vincent greg has spent much of time in his office answering questions about suleman brown. >> between the mayor, the chairman and a number of my colleagues who are under some kind of investigation, it really doesn't make the city look

council member harry thomas, jr., arrived at the press conference today inside the luxury suv in question. according to this twefsh-page complaint, the d.c. attorney general's office said council member thomas secretly diverted more than $300,000 in city funds meant for baseball programs into companies he controlled. the documents allege he spent nearly $60,000 on this audi suv, but that's not all. he also allegedly racked up more than $20,000 in personal expenses including lavish golf trips to las vegas and pebble beach in california as well as another $10,000 in political material that went out to award five constituents. >> we will seek a judgement in the superior court if we do not settle and let me make clear that settlements often in trouble damage matters are for the actual compensatory damages. >> reporter: investigation dates back to january 2007, that's when thomas took office at the city council and became the president of a non-profit company called team thomas. according to the complaint from 2007 to 2008 he allegedly received more than $80,000 in private donations although h

harry thomas jr. was given 24 hours to consider resigning the chairmanship on his owner the couple and/or the chairman will take action. we'll find out tomorrow. brian? >> john henrehan tonight. >> to another man being wered to resign in this up to. there is one day after sending half-nake photos to women, congressman weaner's friends appear to be distancing himself from them. and let's go to tom fit gerald now. >> reporter: this got more serious for him today. congresswoman nancy pelosi, the house democratic minority leader officially support the letter requesting that the house ethics committee launch an investigation into weaner's behavior and the question for congress is did weeper's actions violate house rules and did hous any government property? toepgain in the online communications with the six women that he said he shared inappropriate messages with. several former ethics committee officials told us that the key here is whether or not wiener survived the politically and will be how far this c

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 square miles. it is arizona's third biggest wildfire ever. strong

accusations of corruption and now the council chairman says he'll decide what to do with council member harry thomas jr. tomorrow. thomas is accused of spending more than $300,000 in city money, and he heads a powerful economic development committee. >>> the state dinner in honor of german chancellor angela america cell under way right now in the white house rose garden. it is the fourth state dinner hosted by president obama and the first lady. >>> howard county police have now released video of a beating and a robbery. they are hoping to find the woman responsible for this memorial weekend attack. >> she was seen punching another woman and then snatching the victim's purse. all of this while a security guard appeared to just sit there and watch the whole thing and walk away. jane watrel has our report. >> reporter: now might call it a strong-armed robbery without a gun. the victim smacked so violently in the face by an unidentified woman she, falls to the ground. bar owner deck lan wood says it was unprovoked. >> that's ridiculous. never had anything like that happen in this area before. >> reporter:

. >>> an announcement is expected in the corruption case involving harry thomas, jr. who is accused of misusing $300,000 of city money for personal purposes. the met and the private to discuss whether he should cheap -- keep his chairmanship of the economic development committee. they have it filed a civil lawsuit and he maintains innocence. >>> for those who use the 14th street bridge, they closed part of the northbound stand to shift lanes. starting tomorrow, traffic will be split the freelance to the left, want it to the right. -- one to the right. that will be used to travel to 14th or the freeway. this is the last of the tour of the project. -- detour. >>> when make after the deadly crash, the new changes. >> your places to find work with one big exception. the latest numbers on job openings. >> staying defiant despite the punishing air strikes. statements from gaddafi. >> and die and doug hill. this is the heat advisory posted for tomorrow. we are heading for the upper 90's the >>> secretary of defense robert gates is coming home after four days spent in the afg

attorney generalish innathan filed a $1 million lawsuit against council member harry thomas, jr. homas used more than $300,000 in city money to pay lavish golf outings to las vegas and pebble beach and an audi suv. thomas denies all allegations. >> only one lane of traffic getting by on i-270 south in germantown because of an accident involving a cement truck and two cars. that happened at 2:30 this afternoon. four people were taken to the hospital who are expected to be okay. >>> a stunning admission today from new york congressman anthony wiener. within the hour he confessed that he lied last week when he denied sending a racy picture of himself to a young woman in seattle. at a tearful news conference, wiener acknowledged having inappropriate conversations with six women online. he said he is not going to resign. let's fast forward to the weather and the latest. doug? >> that weather right there out now absolutely gorgeous outside. bright, blue skies. plenty of sunshine and the current temperature right now 85 degrees and the humidity only 32%, but boy, are things going to be c

. >> reporter: but harry thomas jr. did agree to talk.give up his chair of the committee on economic development, but he seemed to clear the way for chairman brown to remove him. >> the chairman is going to make a decision, the members met, and we're going to do that tomorrow. i think it's prpt we do that and i think it's important that the institution of this city and the institution we represent is protected. >> reporter: thomas drove that expensive suv to work tuesday. for months, he has said it was purchased with his own money but the attorney general says it believes it was public funds used to purchase the vehicle and thomas says he'll fight to prove the attorney general wrong. >> no one can understand how important my children are to me, and secondly, my family and the people and constituents i serve. that's where the public trust comes from. >> we're told chairman brown will have an announcement about harry thomas jr. tomorrow. we extended the offer for the chairman to come on and talk in our studios tonight but he declined. altho

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 striking 24- year-old kiela ryan in columbia, maryland. she was getting out of her car i

they met behind closed doors to talk about harry thomas jr.'s situation. he's accused of spending more than $300,000 in district money on lavish trips and an expensive suv. that chairmanship could be stripped from him. they filed a lawsuit to try to get the money back. >>> montgomery county police are investigating the stabbing of a 12-year-old honor student. she was found dead last week inside her family's townhome. they're not sure if the girl was killed by someone she knew or a stranger. wen was a sixth grader and was a straight a student. >>> florida prosecutors are using a novel forensics technique in the casey anthony trial. she is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. he smelled a can containing an air sample of the car and described it as an overwhelmingly strong small of human decomposition. this is the first time smell has been introduced in a u.s. criminal case. this method is too experimental to be used in court. >>> a safe self-proclaimed psychic has some explaining to do. the person called about dismembered bodies in texas. inve

council member harry thomas jr. in the midst of a corruption investigation. >>> and there are apparently more pictures connected to a congressman's sexting scandal. >> i could have put that out there and his career would have been over today. >> we begin tonight with more on the story of anthony weiner and the conservative blogger who uncovered the x-rated scandal tied to him. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm wendy rieger. doreen gentzler is on assi assignment. >>> virginia congressman eric cantor a

councilman harry thomas jr. is accused of stealing $300,000 from his own foundation, now his chairmanship of the committee is at risk. >> we talk to my colleagues and do what is best for the institution. >> one can't help but look at the council and count down the scandal. councilman at large. councilman brown and his former chief of staff today is in court in a corruption trial. councilman marion barry's car troubles for giving a city contract to an exgirlfriend. the chairman who misused taxpayer's money for his own luxury ride. and now thomas. his lawyer says dc residents don't need to worry. >> one of the things that people often confuse is whether the behavior, the personal behavior of a council member or an elected official really affects their ability to deliver their public responsibility. >> and speaking of jobs, will councilman thomas keep his job? >> so no decision today by the council chairman who himself has been a subject of some controversy after using taxpayer dollars to purchase two luxury suv's.

this type, it's ward 5 councilman harry thomas jr. and the questions surround the funds he used to buy that vehicle. fox 5s roz plater is live in northwest to fill us in on that. what do you know? >> reporter: there are calls for council member harry thomas to step down. as you told us, he has no intensions of doing so and the promise of a foundation, earmarked for youth baseball. instead, thomas spent more than $300,000 for his personal and political use and to buy a luxury suv and to pebble beach. the ag would talk settlements and thomas is denying the allegations. >> not going to settle on something i can't do and that is for the public out there. if you asked me who i was, i think about my children first, and i think about my family's legacy first. i think about what made me who he am and that is what i'm fighting today and what i will continue to feet for. i have always done what i was supposed to do on behalf of those i served. and the. >> reporter: the a go, said he will turn over the finings and it's unclear, what, if any acti

councilman harry thomas jr. is accused of stealing $300,000 from his own foundation, now as chairmanship of the committee is at risk. >> we talk to my colleagues and do what is best for the institution. >> new allegations tonight involving disgraced congress member, anthony weiner. according to tmz, the congressman and former porn star, ginger lee exchanged numerous sexually explicit e- mails. when lee was getting calls from the media, the congressman suggested to her that she lie. he also allegedly wrote an e- mail telling her to respond with, and we quote, this is silly. like so many others, i follow representative weiner on twitter. i don't know him and have never met him. >> this is almost like a sexual russian roulette. okay? are you doing something that is so stupid it's almost crazy. and so what is going on with him quite obviously seems to be a man who has impulse control issues. >> the congressman also offered public relations help to the former porn star and if that help came from his congressional sta

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 child with 20- year-old wynetta wright and she was found murdered in oxen run stream valley park last week. the child was left in a nearby car during last week's hot spell where she later died. phillips has a wife and 12-year- old daughter. >>> runners and bikers may notice a stronger police presence along the metropolitan branch trail. police have stepped up patrols following the fact they arrested a group of youngsters a string

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. >> that's the most american deaths in one day since 2009. joel brown has more. >> reporter: five american service members were killed in eastern baghdad this morning. security officials say rockets slammed into a joint u.s. iraqi base where americans were working advisers. it is the single largest loss of life for the u.s. military in iraq in the past two years. monday's blast was one of seven across iraq. west of baghdad in ramadi, the home of a police officer was destroyed by a bomb. at least four people were killed. and in tikrit, saddam hussein's hometown, a suicide bomber deto

council chairman kwame brown says he'll announce his plans for fellow council member harry thomas jr.>> the d.c. attorney general is filing a lawsuit against thomas, accusing him of misusing more than $300,000 in city money. well, it is believed to be the first written record of adolf hitler's hatred for jewish people. >> a letter he wrote in 1919 was revealed at the simon viesenthal center. >> it is a four page letter adolf hitler wrote when he was still just a young soldier in the german army. in, it he labels jews as an inbred race, a tuberculosis on a nation. he calls on his government to have the courage to remove all jews from his midst. jewish scholars say those words are proof hitler's desire to exterminate jews originated with him. >> before he even heard of the nazi party, whether there was a kimer will, hitler had a plan for the jews. he had a deep-seated hatred and anti-semitism that burned within him. >> the original document was revealed for the first time in public at new york simon viesenthal center. the center purchased the letter for $150,000. the letter was reported

councilman harry thomas jr.a million dollar lawsuit accusing him of using public money for personal gain. it was fired by the d.c. attorney generals office and the civil suit says he got hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations through his non-profit organization. thomas says it's not so. he denies these accusations and as the journey emphasizes, they are just allegations, not findings. >>> police say a haggerstown man killed his roommate last week and stuffed the body in a bedroom closet for four days. 53 year old darryl hicks is charged with second degree murder being held on $750,000 bond. investigators say hicks admits he stabbed darren pressman last monday in their apartment but he claims he did it because pressman came at him with a knife. pressman's girlfriend found his body after she smelled an odor coming out of his room. >>> police arrested and charged a man in this mornings triple stabbing around 5:30 this morning. a 49 year old woman was killed. two others including the suspect were seri

general is said to make an announcement today regarding a nonprofit organization run by councilman harry thomas jrt offers sports to kids but it is accused of being a slush fund. the attorney general's office have -- has been investigating who gave money to the organization and where that money went. >> the time is 6:33. the former head of the international monetary fund is scheduled to appear in new york city's courtroom. dominique strauss, is expected to plead not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a made last month. he is under house arrest. he says he is innocent. >>> local dive teams will resume their search today for a missing swimmer who is now presumed dead. she went swimming with two friends on friday in the reservoir in brookfield, maryland. he was pulled under the water. they were searching for his body yesterday but there were unsuccessful. >>> we are hearing from family members of a football recruiter who was murdered friday night. ralph thomas of temple hills was shot and killed outside mckinley tech high school in north west d.c.. he was the manager of a d.c. football team. the

attorney general took legal action against councilman harry thomas, jr. it was intended for his charity youth baseball program. he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on cars, trips come and campaign fliers. >> the man accused of killing a baby and its mother was in court today. and they left the couple's infant to die in the top car. today would have been the child's first birthday. >>> new tonight one church makes a ground breaking transportation. >> is the first episcopal church to go forward with converting to the roman catholic church. the congregation at st. luke's episcopal says that it was time. the crucifix, the holy water the stations of the cross catholic elements are already present. now they are seeking entry into the roman catholic church. >> we are converting to catholicism. >> pope benedict xvi issued an invitation to become catholic. the move came in response to anglican requests. >> we need to stay true with what we're were raised with. i felt that we were going to stay with the episcopal church that we would not stay there. he says t

council member harry thomas jr. owes taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, money the attorney said thomas used for his person >> we're interested in getting back every penny of the district's money, the taxpayer money that was wrongfully taken, put it back into the general treasury for the use of the district. >> reporter: court documents claim in 2007, the city council had earmarked $400,000 for youth baseball. a thomas persuaded the truck seized and given the money to the langston 21st century foundation which in turn diverted $316,000 to thomas' two corporations. one for-profit and the other not-for-profit called team thomas. the ag said thomas used the money for golf vacations to las vegas and pebble beach, wrote checks to cash for which there are no receipts, put out a brochure for his constituents outlining the public service and bought a luxury suv. it's in his name and cost more than $58,000. >> the cashier's check was made out to fisher audi. mr. thomas delivered that check personally to fisher audi, w

s attorney general has filed a million dollar lawsuit against councilman harry thomas jr. the civil suit accuses thomas of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations through his nonprofit organization. thomas denies the accusations. his attorney emphasizes these are just allegations and not true findings. >>> a school's athletic fields are at the center of a lawsuit in arlington county. the county rejected a request by the washington archdiocese to install lights in bishop o'connell high school. now, the archdiocese is suing since the county allowed lights at other high schools closer to residential areas, denying o'connell's request for lights was discriminatory. >> it is time for the latest your money report this morning. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. it seems as if wall street can't figure out which way is up. >> not so good. we have the losing streak continuing, the markets have been down for five weeks in a row. four sessions in a row and today, investors will look to washington for solutions for the slowing economic recovery. ch

and now councilman harry thomas, jr., under investigation, accused of misusing d.c. funds. and mary cheh is here, thank you for coming in today. and let's talk about sulaiman brown first. you are the chair of the committee looking into the hiring practices. and when we watched it was hard not to just shake your head and say what is going on. so let me ask you, what is going on? >> well as the chairperson of the committee for government allegations there were allegations beyond sulaiman brown that there were improper and irregular hiring practices in the early day of the gray administration. that people were put into so- called accepted service positions that you don't have to go through a competitive process without proper vetting, that salary is too high, issues about possible nepotism, cronyism. and as head of the government operations committee i felt it was my obligation for the council to look into these things which started the hearing. they were sort of expanded by the more explosive charges of mr. brown. mr. brown has said that he was paid money and promised a job.

. >>> dc council member, harry thomas jr. facing allegations of misusing public funds for personal use. thomas quote, willingly and knowingly received hundreds and thousands of dollars in illegal illegal donations. thomas' attorney emphasizes these are just allegations, they are not findings. we will have more coming up on 9 justice 9 news now at 6:00. >> former imf head was jeered outside a new york city courtroom today. he was there to plead not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid there. danielle joins us live outside that courthouse with more on the day's events. manuel >> reporter: this was his first court appearance. and outside the courthouse today, a good crowd of media and also demonstrators. domonique strows cann and his wife walked out to shouts of shame on you. the chanting came from dozens of hotel maids that were there to show their disapproval and support for the hotel maid he's accused of sexually assaulting. >> we are not going to stay quiet. we are going to speak up. >> 62-year-old pleaded no

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 out of afghanistan. a drawdown is scheduled for next month. clinton says no final plans have been made so far. secretary of defense robert gates believes american forces are indeed on track to deliver a decisive blow to the taliban. he's meeting with troops in afghanistan before nato meetings in brussels. gates is going to leave his office by the end of the month. >>> jessica doyle is here with a special your money report. >> she's talking about the dos and don'ts of fashion during the summer months as we get up to 90 -- closer to triple digit h

council member harry thomas jr.ies allegations he used money meant for children to finance a lavish lifestyle. according to the suit, thomas secretly diverted $300,000 in city money meant for youth baseball programs. he's used of spending cash on golf outings at pebble beach and los angeles and an audi suv. >>> former d.c. candidate suleman brown has a week to provide documents against current mayor vincent gray. brown testified under oath for the first time now gray paid him to attack mayor fenty during the 2010 election. despite the seriousness the hearing was somewhat chaotic. he was combative while answering questions. >> you're an attorney. this is june of 2010. this is june 2011. and i started the race in may or june of 2009. >> that's correct. >> you're asking me to remember something like it was yesterday is disingenuous on your part. >> however, a week ago, a week ago from that date you remember that conversation apparently very vividly. >> i remember when i was born as well. >> some council members broke o