-- to oust uva president teresa sullivan was redly the rector helen drag -- led by the rector helen dragas. >> we were concerned about uva's future last thursday. i want to say once again to the university and directly to my fellow visitors i sincerely apologize for the way this was presented. >> reporter: dragas dropped her fight as the board vote unanimously tourists course and reappoint sullivan -- to reverse course and reappoint sullivan as president. the crowd eye ruptured with joy as the decision was -- erupted with joy as the decision was announced. >> she embodies what uva is all about, truth, honesty, consistency. >> reporter: newly reappointed president teresa sullivan called for unity. >> there is no time for residual hostility toward anyone perceived to have been on the other side of recent disagreements. we can go forward with what is best for the university only if we go forward together. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: originally teresa sullivan said they wouldn't come back as president if helen dragas remained as university rector. that has apparently changed. sulliv

wrote the governor that sullivan's forced resignation honchoed by the board of visitors chair helen dragas was a threat to academic integrity and uva's national reputation. the american association of university professors launched an investigation and many students called for a quick resolution. >> i don't think anyone is really at fault here. i that i that it just has gotten blown out of proportion and it's kind of at this point maybe making the university look a little silly. so i just think either we should all back the new president or they should reinstate such ran and kind of make a decision, i guess -- sullivan and kind of make a decision, i guess. >> reporter: and do it soon. >> soon, yes. >> reporter: board of visitors chair helen dragas' term ends in nine days and the question now is clearly whether she will be the one who is out and frese a sullivan the one who is back -- teresa sullivan the one who is back in, a big rally, another big rally with students and faculty expected here on sunday on the lawn behind the rotunda on sunday in support of sullivan before that critical boa

uva wrote the governor that sullivan's forced resignation honchoed by board of visitors chair helen dragas was a threat to academic integrity and uva's national reputation. the american association of university professors launched an investigation and now students are overjoyed at the idea that they may finally be getting this controversy behind them. >> you can't have division and have new students come in as first year and have this lingering over their education. >> reporter: board of visitors chair helen dragas' term ends july 1st and the big question now is whether she will be the one who is out and teresa sullivan the 1 who is back in. -- the one who is back in. students have called another big rally for right here behind the rotunda on the lawn on sunday to support teresa sullivan. in charlottesville, bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> and the deans of 10 of the uva schools as well as the faculty senate among the groups asking for sullivan to be reinstated. >>> president obama says he has accepted the resignation of his commerce secretary john bryson. bryson has been on medical leave sin

rector helen dragas apologized for how it was handled. the newly appointed president called for unity on campus. >> no time for residual hostility. we can go forward with what is best for the university only if we go forward together. >> originally, theresa sullivan said she would not serve as president for helen dragas was still rector but she has dropped that position. >>> a 28-hour standoff here in falls church. the suspect had been barricaded inside a house since monday afternoon and was arrested last night. police say they were responding to a family dispute when the standoff began. they believe the suspect had a gun and may have ford a shot. they were helping two family members out of the house. charges are pending and the investigation is ongoing. -- they believe the suspect had a gun and may have fired a shot. shot. >>> eighteen people forced from their reston homes and a couple of teenagers are now being called heroes. more than 100 firefighters from fairfax and loudoun counties were called to the sutton ridge condos yesterday. t

. >> reporter: effort to oust uva president theresa sullivan was led by the rector, helen dragas who at the board meeting again apologized for the way the process was handled. >> although i put forward a detailed statement outlining specifics, it came too late and i want to say once again to the university and directly to my fellow visitors, i sincerely apologize for the way this was presented. >> reporter: she dropped her fight as the board voted unanimously to reverse course and reappoint sullivan as president. the crowd of faculty, staff, students and alumnae erupted with joy as the decision was announced. >> she embodies what uva is all about, truth, honesty, consistency, effect that this university is about. >> reporter: newly reappointed president theresa sullivan called for unity. >> there is no time for residual hostility toward anyone perceived to have been on the other side of recent disagreements. we can go forward with what is best for the university only if we go forward together. ard tog . >> reporter: originally, theresa sullivan said she won come back as president for

. >> or resign. >> you said nothing. >> resign. >> shame on you. >> resign. >> they shouted at helen dragasting earlier this morning. it was a meeting that dragged on for more than ten hours. critics want dragas and other board members off the job. >> it's very disappointing after all that has happened that dragas has not stepped down. it's shown the university, the faculty, students do not fully support her and we have been completely ashameded by this whole thing that's happened. having people walk by and people chanting resign, resign, you've brought shame on us is hard to hear. so i hope that we could get a better answer out of this because we've clearly gotten nothing so far. >> thousands of supporters cheered sullivan on yesterday on the charlotteville campus. she had a chance to talk since he was forced from her job. >>> new this morning. a violent crash in laurel involve an ambulance and car. car crashed into a fence on the 17,700 block of bowie road. in the video you can see just how serious the accident was. rescue crews had to remove the roof of the car to get people out. we are

julie carey reports. >> reporter: helen dragas was cast as a villain in the forced ouster of theresa ckled and chased by students after one meeting many blamed her for engineering sullivan's resignation. monday as dragas dt did an about face and voted to reinstate sullivan, she was among those receiving embraces. now governor bob mcdonald is giving her a second chance. dragos was org 1/2ly appointed by tim kaine. while the move surprised some on campus, others say it offers her a chance to redeem herself in the eyes of the uva community that stood so strongly behind president sullivan. >> i'd love to see redemption come out of it for her. to say i'm here for the uva community and not my own agenda. my initial impression when i first heard what was going on. >> we'll see how things work out in the future. it gives her a chance to explain herself and her point of view and work with our community more and we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: in reappointing her, governor mcdonald issued a statement explaining he believed draga was unfairly pointed out. he added her serious critique of the

many also calling for the resignation of the head of the board, helen dragas. john gonzalez reporting from falls church, abc 7 news. >> a marine from arlington has died while serving in afghanistan. the defense department reports the 23-year-old lance corporal was involved in a combat operations in helmand province at the time. no other details about 70's incidents have been released several. families cannot live in their condominiums anymore. it took two hours to put out a fire on gate hill place in rest and this morning. jummy olabanji has more on the damage. >> imagine looking out of your window and seeing this at 1:00 in the morning. >> i saw a blaze and i went flying up the stairs and screaming to my mom to get up, that we have to get out. >> before any of the neighbors saw the fire, they said that they heard voices yelling at them to get out. critics some guys had been skateboarding and they saw the fire and went into tried to rescue people. >> one of those guys is 17-year- old tre brown. they saw the flames shooting into the air. >> i called 911 and then

in a statement today, helen dragas said sullivan wasn't acting quickly enough to address key issues including financial pressures, online learning, changes in health care and a rising stuntd faculty ratio. >> the stunts were at the school for a summer camp program. most started having flu-like symptoms last night. some of them had to go tothd hopt. the fairfax health is disinfekting any areas the students came into contact with. >> this afternoon in prince george's county, it took a village to bring a child into the worl. >> from the top of his precious head to the tips of his tiny toes, 7 pound, 13 ounce richard marvin johnson is simply perfect. he rests peacefully after arriving in a great big hurry this afternoon. >> marvette johnson who has two older daughters says things began happening fast. scary fast. >> both his father and i were very, very shocked at how fast he came. >> reporter: her husband called 9-1-1. >> 36. >> the call came in to veter ran 9-1-1 call taker who now proudly wears this stork pin. >> all of the sudden, he says i see the head. i see the head. so i went back into th

unanimous vote of 15 board members channel 9 shot this exclusive video of teresa sullivan and helen dragas walking into the rotunda together, a sign of reconciliation. dragas was seen as the mastermind for sullivan's removal. in charlottesville, peggy fox, 9news now. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell release add statement about the board's decision. it reads in part, quote, i want to thank the members of the board of visitors of the university of virginia for their conclusive action. the past few weeks have not been easy for the university and all those who love it. there's been too little transparency, too mut vitt roll, too little discussion, too much blame. with today's board action, the time has come for mr. jefferson's university to move forward. >>> some travelers at reagan national airport will soon be given the v.i.p. treatment, at least when it comes to going through security. the tsa announced the expansion of its tsa prechecked screening program. that means certain frequent flyers, the ones who spend the most money will be able to pass through security without a patdown. preche

many are calling for the the head of the board helen dragas.comes to an agreement today, the governor may step in.step >> in northeast d.c. and in bladensburg, maryland, the fromup is still under way the storm on friday. massive damage at condominiums in bladensburg herb, dozens of residents displaced. at noon today the rest of the backents will be allowed into gathered their possessions. tropical storm debby still florida.ain on the storm is expected to make landfall tomorrow. some parts of florida could see rain.han two feet of it's concentrated in the tampa area. bridges are closed. thousands of homes and businesses without power. the storm is blamed on one de at. >> redskins quarterback robert new problem to a tackle. was targeted in an extortion attempt. >> it's another week of metro track work. are affected this time during off-peak hours. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natur

. >> reporter: some at the rally are calling on director helen dragas to resign. >> i think these too because she's violate -- she has to go because she's violated the honor code and ousted the president behind closed doors. i think this was a coupe. >> reporter: the embarrassing controversy at the flagship university of the state angered many alumni, students, donors and even the governor mcdonnell who told the board to resolve the issue on tuesday or resign. almost 200s year ago president thomas jefferson founded this university and he argued that knowledge is power. and on tuesday, the power struggle what he termed an academic village may finally be decided. in charlottesville, armando trull, 9news now. >> supporters are saying they'll be back in front of the quad on tuesday. >>> a firefighter is injured after fighting a blaze in mount rainier. the house fire started around 3:00 this morning in an empty two story dwelling on 32nd street. firefighters battled the flames from the outside and one firefighter suffered minor injuries. he was taken to the washington hospital center wher

many are calling for the resignation of helen dragas. >> a big decision yesterday by the supreme court as justices cast out part of arizona's's immigration law. but they kept the part allowing police to ask for immigration status when you pull over someone for another violation. >> our violent crime in prince william county has come down more than 50% as a result. >> the crime rate in prince william county has gone down every year that immigration was going up. there's no correlation. >> the high court has yet to issue its ruling on the president's health care reform law. that is expected later this week. 6:06, 57 degrees in reston. >> one drug retailer will be testing for hiv. we have details on how you can get tested for free. >> christmas in june. hundreds of families gathered to celebrate the holiday, six months late. >> and another check of your tuesday morning commute. we will get yo >> i'm with the ocean city police. we remind you to be safe and always use a crosswalk when crossing the road. good morning, washington. >> it may be its summer, and hundreds of military families fro

they also want helen dragas to step down.he district's already booming downtown area is getting another new billing. it broke grounds on the association of american medical colleges headquarters. the project is located near the washington convention center. about 600 people will bork in this building when it opens in 2014. aamc represents the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals the the new building is just one of many projects reshaping the skyline. >>> after the break, a d.c. man robbed for his iphone, and then shot after giving it up. >>> a billionaire's big purchase, his spending free is one of today's top trending stories. >>> a great-grandmother proves age is just a [ female announcer ] the son of a single mom. proud father of two daughters. president obama knows that women being paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men isn't just unfair... it hurts families. so the first law he signed was the lilly ledbetter fair pay act to help ensure that women are paid the same as men for doing the exact

still, helen dragas doesn't appear to be backing down. >>> jury deliberations are now under way in the sex abuse trial against jerry sandusky. shortly after the jury got the case yesterday, some shocking evidence was released. matthew sandusky, one of jerry sandusky's adopted sons, came forward saying he was also sexually abused by his father. but because the case had already wrapped up, jurors will probably never hear about the new allegations. >>> the georgetown man charged with killing his elderly wife will remain at st. elizabeth's hospital. a union ruled albreath muth is still mentally incompetent for stand trial. police say muth murdered 91- year-old viola draft last august. -- a judge ruled albrecht muth is still mentally incompetent to stand trial. >>> today mark three years sin the deadliest crash in metro history. none of us will ever forget the gruesome images that you are seeing behind us right now. >> that was the day two red line trains collided killing nine people. lauren demarco is live with details on how the city is trying to honor those victims. >> reporter: a painfu

. >> rector helen dragas apologized for the process, then joined in a unanimous vote reinstating sullivan as president to the jube lent crowd outside theresa sullivan praised the board for reconsidering its previous position. >> this is not a sign of weakness on their part but sign of strength and deliberation. >> reporter: why did so many students rally to support their embattled president. >> she is personally significant to me. i transferred to the university from the community college and theresa sullivan spoke and personally walked me through the university. she has a personal touch in addition to being an amazing administrator. >> reporter: last week she said she would not come back unless rector dragas left the board of visitors at the meeting she did not offer to resign. sullivan will apparently live with that decision. >> how would you describe your relationship with ms. dragas. >> we had a cordial meeting today. >> reporter: not exactly a kum bye ya moment but she did stress unity. in charlottesville, fox 5 news. >>> other top stories, student loan rates set to double this weeke

our camera caught sullivan and board president helen dragas walking together into the uva rotunda. >>> prince george's county police need your help locating a missing teenager with special needs. the family of 17-year-old erica williams is worried about her. you see her picture right there on your screen. she was last seen yesterday leaving her home on murray hill drive in fort washington. at the time she was wearing a light blue shirt, light blue came prepants, blue flip-flops and she was carrying a pink purse. she last spoke to her social worker around 9:00 last night. she's said to have the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. >>> three suspects in custody this morning following a stabbing in front of the howard theatre overnight. medics rushed the juvenile victim to the hospital. his condition is not known. police caught all three suspects around the corner at 17th and s streets northwest. authorities do not believe the attack was connected to last night's concert at the theater. >>> the golf world is focused on montgomery county this week. that's because the at&t national returns to

now what should be pointed out is helen dragas who is the rector or chair of the board of visitors, her term expires as long as do five other appointees on the board of visitors july 1st which is a few days away. so governor mcdonnell is definitely going to put his stamp on uva whether or not before he wanted to sort of go back from this decision making process. >> mark plotkin, i'm being given the wrap. we could talk about this all night, again your insight always valuable. >>> connecting maryland and d.c. for bikers and pedestrians, the u.s. department of transportation awarded the district a huge grant for miles of new pathways. fox 5's bob barnard has the details. >> reporter: the district's department of transportation will be getting $10 million to help pay for an additional 4 miles of bike and pedestrian pathways along the anacostia river walk trail, a proposed 20- mile route connecting the national mall to maryland. >> it is very important because one of the ways that we think that the reason it's going to continue to grow is not by automobile, but by other modes of traps and th

. >> today, governor bob mcdonald declined to say whether he'll reappoint uva's helen dragas. her term is at the end of the month and she was involved in the termination of sullivan. >>> and a new superintendent for manassas city public schools. she began her career as a math and social studies teacher and over the years worked her way up to associate superintendent overseeing 25,000 students in about 33 georgia schools. she replaces gail pope who announced her retirement earlier this year. >>> news4 at 5:00 is just getting started. as we get ready for the start of summer, there are new guidelines for labels on sun screens. why the new rules may make things more confusing. >>> and a local park named after the late chuck brown. >>> and one local woman's mission to remember joe. >>> a park will bear the name of the late chuck brown. mayor grey made the promise last month at brown's memorial service and today he announced he submitted a bill to the d.c. council to rename the western secti section lang don park, chuck brown park. he says it will be a park where chuck's music can b

rector helen dragas whose tenure ends july 1 pushed for the president's resignation and now faculty and students upset at the lack of transparency are calling for her to leave. >> while our actions in this matter were firmly grounded in what we believe to be the very best and long-term interest of the university, we want to express our sincere regret for the pain, anger and confusion. >> i believe the right thing for rector dragas would be to resign. i've heard wonderful things about rector dragas. i believe that this was fundamentally a misguided decision. >> i think she has to go because she's violated the spirit of uva's honor code and ousting a president behind clouds doors. i think this was a coup and it's done lasting damage to the university. >> hector dr -- rector dragas apologized for the pain and suffering as a result of the board's decision. students are planning a silent vigil when the board meets a little later this afternoon. coming up at 6:00, i'll let you know what the interim president has done to support sullivan's return. i'll see you in a half-hour. back to you. >> d

. >> that is helen dragas ridiculed as she left the meeting early this morning. students and faculty had called on her and another board member to resign over their decision to oust sullivan. >> it's very disappointing that after all of this happened that rutger dragas has not stepped down, that it isn't show that the university, if faculty, the students do not fully support her and we have been completely ashamed by this whole thing that happened. having people walk by and people chanting, resign, resign, you brought shame on us, is just hard to hear. so i hope that we could get a better answer out of this because we really got nothing so far. >> the board of visitor has not explained why it fosted sullivan from her job. dragas however has suggested it's because of lack of outside funding. >>> new this morning, getting a look at the person of interest in this suspicious death of a woman found in a dewey beach motel room. the woman's body was found at the atlantic ocean side motel on the highway. take a look at these surveillance photos. police say this man is wa

the board director helen dragas whose term expires on saturday and governor bob mcdonnell can choose to replace the memberes. >> i am watching your money. can we keep the rally going today? we'll have to see later this morning. it was an up day on washington even though we found out consumer confidence is hovering at a five-month low. investors were encouraged by news that home prices rose in most fay m.i.a. major cities in -- major cities in april. the nasdaq was up by almost 18 points. the s&p 500 was better by 6 points and the bough 32 points. senate leadsers from both parties say they have agreed on a plan to keep student loan rates from doubling next week but they did not make a formal announcement because they're not sure house republicans will sign on to the deal. lawmakers would fund the lower rates by raising premiums on federal pension insurance. house g.o.p. leaders expect to discuss the proposal in a meeting later this morning. >>> the d.c. city council has given preliminary approval to millions of dollars in tax credits for technology companies. according to the washingt

fundamental fundamentally, helen dragas did say turns out to be the truth. it's fillphilosophical differences. she is not much of a philosopher but from the best we can gather looking at the e-mails that were flying among the board members but looking at some things some e-mails written by some of the billionair hedge fund alum who were working bind the scenes to make this all happen is clearly they wanted to impose an mba mentality on the university. they wanted the university to be much faster to work in a top-down fashion. they wanted, you know, a corporate ceo figure at the head of the university and not a distinguished academic who has a real talent at bringing a diverse group of stakeholders together for a common mission. >> right. >> it basically came down to the fact that they were in charge of an amcademic institution and they didn't want to be in charge of an academic institution. they wanted someone like them, someone of their class someone who might socialize with them, someone who could close the deal with a hedge fund billionaire on a yacht som

sullivan drew opposition from the board and the school's rector, helen dragas, over her apparent reservations about cutting programs budgets and her addresses on consensus building versus imposing top-down change. but her firing sparked outrage from students and faculty, leading to protests, walkouts, and threats of resignations. the reversal of her ouster has been called an unprecedented development in higher education. the uproar has forced the resignation of the school's vice rector, mark kington, who played a key role in sullivan's ouster. rector vargas is also facing calls to step down, but she insists she will remain in her post. the filmmaker, journalist, and essayist nora ephron has died at the age of 71. the rector of a number of successful romantic comedies including "when harry met sally," a from was seen as a pioneer for women in film. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. and a case billed as citizens united to, the u.s. supreme court has struck down a montana law that limits corporate political spe

condition washington post reports she told supporters on the uva board she would only be reinstated if helen dragas, she led the effort to force her to quit nearly two weeks ago since then there has been a major up roar about the decision. meantime e-mails between her and another board member show they were working to oust sullivan for weeks they had even drafted a news release about herres ignition a week before it actually -- her resignation a week before it actually happened. >>> verizon center may get a make over. >> yep, management is asking them to allow them to expand advertising. at a public hearing yesterday, the owner of the verizon center told council, the new signs would allow his company to sell more advertisements but opponents worry the trend could spread throughout the city. >> big cloth signs, and make them smaller digital signs. but what the digital nature of the signs allows us to do, is have revolving inventory. >> there is nothing to stop owners of other building s with flat walls elsewhere in the district to seek taking advantage of this option. >> if the new signs are allowed

still, the head of the board, helen dragas doesn't appear to be packing down.ent issued thursday she again implied saying the days of incremental decision making and higher education are over or should be. dragas added that we did the right thing just the wrong way. >>> jury delicious will continue this morning in the child -- deliberations will continue this morning in the trial of jerry sandusky. shortly after jurors got the case yesterday, some shocking evidence was released. matthew sandusky one of jerry sandusky's adopted sons came forward saying he was also sexually abused by his father. but because the case had already wrapped jurors are not aware of these new allegations. >>> time now 8:07 and new this morning a man recovers after being shot by a prince george's county police officer. this one happened in the fair mount heights section of the county on colt street around 1:00 a.m. police were first call there had for reports of gunfire and at some point the officer and the suspect got into an altercation and the shooting happened. police say the suspect