congress member eleanor holmes norton is called out by name in the video gag which got a big laugh at controversial convention but she is not smiling at the video or the $822,000 price tag. investigative reporter russ explains how it ups the an terkz in the gsa spending scandal. >> the member of congress didn't even want to have to see the video again today. >> our agency's conferences were usually routine. they planned to the go, quote, over the top. >> i'm here to officially make you commissioner for a day. >> he won the nametag of commissioner bob peck who was fired monday over the scandal before the release of this video. [ music ] >> the untouchable gs 15 is agency lingo for senior gsa leadership. >> a top hat award was a government gift. sometimes ipods or digital cameras given to gsa workers. ♪ donate my vacation, love to the nation ♪ a gsa 5 is a very low ranking. the oig, that is exactly who launched the investigation. the office of the inspector general. but it's these words from high- rank gsa official david foley creating fallout today. >> eleanor holmes norton, our chairw

eleanor holmes norton will be joining us. representative from the district of columbia in congress. she doesn't have a vote but she's there fighting the good fight. she'll be with us next hour but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this monday, other headlines making news, in sports a rare wagner baseball card sold at auction on friday for $1.2 million. "the associated press" reports a man from new jersey bought it. the card from 1909. wagner mostly played for the pittsburgh pirates and was one of the first to be inducted into the baseball hall of fame. the card was one of about 200 produced. they were sold inside cigarette packs but wagner likely asked to have those cards pulled because he didn't want to encourage smoke even though he chewed tobacco as he played. there are about 60 honus wagner cards left in the world. >> wow. >> ever collect baseball cards? >> i didn't. >> i did. my dad did as a kid. he had some pretty amazing cards. my grandfather threw them out when he went to college. my father

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton said she got on the phone right away with barry and told him she was stunned by his comments and reminded him of their long fight for racial justice. >> we got a lot of comments on this story on our www.myfoxdc.com facebook fan page. marcus atkinson told us sometimes it's about how you say things. he just doesn't know how to conduct himself. frorina joaquin raised this point, didn't it cross his mind why those carry-outs are passed the health inspections? whose fault is that? obviously councilman barry has a long history of rising eyebrows, fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin here with us tonight. i know you spoke with congressman barry today. i'm not going to ask you to clarify his remarks, but how will he remedy this situation? >> i asked him exactly that, brian. i said if you feel these remarks were misinterpreted that, you weren't trying to do an ethnic slur, what are you going to do about it? he said i'm going to have a breakfast with these people and bring them. in i said when is that? i'll be working on that. this is classic marion barry, h

. >>> el nor holmes norton is holding a round table discussion about the trayvon martin case. it's being hosted by the commission on black men and boys. it's called lessons in the life and death of trayvon martin. >>> and a new addition to the fbi's top ten most wanted . >>> 1300 passengers are setting sail today from england on a memorial cruise marking the 100th anniversary of titanic. they'll be sailing for 12 nights from new york. a special memorial service april 14th and 15th marking the moment titanic hit an ice behring where it finally sac. >>> and one day without shoes is organized by toms shoes. the company asks people to spend part of their day barefoot to draw attention to the plight of impoverished children around the world. >>> new this morning the national cherry blossom festival parade is this weekend and a group of celebrities are joining in on the festivities this week. alex trebeck and katy couric are hosting the . >>> and they will have nice weather for that. now, for today, we're under another red flag warning so we do have some dry condition and some windy

meanwhile here at home, delegate eleanor holmes norton held a community discussion on the case and on racial profiling. >> to focus on eliminating the branding of african-american men and boys on sight as criminals or in other negative ways. i will introduce a bill designed to help local jurisdictions develop local racial profiling laws and programs. >> reporter: delegate eleanor holmes norton says she'll introduce the legislation when congress is back in session on monday. meanwhile, a little more on the case. zimmerman's attorneys say they haven't spoken to him since sunday. all their calls are going to voice mails. he hasn't even responded to any e-mails. we'll tell you what that means for the future of this case coming up at 6:00. back to you. >> delia, thank you for that update. >>> an investigation is under way into the cause of an overnight fire in a vacant building in northeast washington. d.c. police had to shut down both sides of new york avenue at montana and west virginia avenues. the building that caught fire was nearby on bladensburg road. firefighters got to the scene j

. >> eleanor holmes norton says the scandal surrounding the general services administration is not excusable. she spoke out today on news channel 8. >> this is the agency that looks at the rest of the agencies, so they are held to a higher standard on what we can spend. >> the gs-8 spent $835,000 on a conference outside las vegas in 2010. some of the expenditures included a clown, a mind reader, and fancy food. -- the gsa. hearings are expected to follow this missiles. proposed metro fare hikes might not be as high as one spot. it was supposed to increase by 5%. but now due to reduced costs and surplus from last year, it will not be as much. >> with all the maintenance problems and everything that was going on and then coming cope with extra money, i am glad they have and that it has lowered the amount. >> metro has not release details for the new proposal. for one summation, stay tuned. it is expected to be released on thursday. still to come on abc 7 news at noon -- >> it's probably a small piece of the autism puzzle. provocative study that suggests a mother's weight may be linked to autis

eleanor holmes norton will introduce a bill to help states reduce mracial profiling. >> the brandingamerican men with criminality. >> the trayvon martin case rings familiar for one person. charles' 14-year-old son was shot and killed in 2007 by an off-duty police officer who claims he stole his minibike and shot at him. the claims were never proven against the teenager, yet the officer was. was the pain of losing a child continues to haunt this father who says trayvon martin's family is in his parprayers. >> he's not there anymore and it still pains me. nobody locked up. >> george zimmerman's former lawyers say that they are happy to work with him again if he would come to them and agree to have a more traditional attorney-client relationship. jay korff reporting. >> a former middle school teacher in michigan has found herself caught up in the trayvon martin case. she was fired last month after she supported students' efforts to raise money for martin's family. is confused by the dismissal and wants the administration to explain. number of groups including the southern poverty law ce

host: eleanor holmes norton, your reaction?st: the president makes cuts in virtually every agency. these are very important points. at the time when government almost defaulted because some of my colleagues on the other side were reluctant to raise the debt limits for the first time in american history. we did not going to default. do know however -- to know, -- do know, however, that because of this debate, on we lost -- we lost our aaa rating. at the time the budget was released, paul ryan walked away from the budget deal. this was the baseline that both parties agreed to for a federal spending. instead to please what appeared to be the tea party republicans, paul ryan -- on that agreement. watch out for politicians. the president has stayed on that agreement. the reason they reached this particular discretionary spending was because we are in a recovery. after 2013, you will see faster cuts in the federal budget. this line was agreed upon. here is where we are. the senators say we are born to stick with the deal. we are head

. >> eleanor holmes norton called on him to apologize to the phillipeno nurses. i guess these days when the cameras rolling we all have to be aware. >> we do. >>> a surprise in one backyard for a local family. it's all caught on camera. >> up next, who walked up to the door and tried to look into the house. i hope it wasn't you, tucker. >> it wasn't, sarah. >>> clouds are dissipating and cool skies on the way. sunshine for your friday. julie will look at your traffic right after the break. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >>> all right. good morning. a live look at the washington monument on a crisp and windy day. a check of weather in a moment. something you don't expect to see in your backyard. this black bear made itself at home over the weekend. the homeowners say the bear came up on the deck and pressed its nose against the back door and tried to see in the house. >> they were worried the animal co

delegate eleanor holmes norton will be there along with mayor vincent greater and former maryland congressman connie ma ril low. it marks the 150th anniversary of slaves being freed in d.c. >>> 9 news now has uncovered more memos that give the appearance of a ticket writing quota system in arlington county police officer's department. one required officers working the overtime shift to catch people speeding and write five tickets per hour. last month 9news uncovered an internal memo to appeared to detail a quota system for arrests, parking tickets and dui charges. chief douglas scott called the first memo a mistake he said he never saw the other memos but will make sure nothing representing a quota will go out ever again. >>> as we have learned through buddy check 9, the journey through breast cancer can have huge ups and downs. last week our own jc hayward announced she has breast cancer. here's a picture of her taken shortly after checking into the hospital this morning. later today she will undergo a lumpectomy to remove a cancerous tissue. she's decided to go with the less aggressive surg

as you see in the video, eleanor holmes norton is sitting on the panel grilling the agency and joins us live now. thank you for coming in. what new information did you learn about the gsa spending habit? >> i learned it has a ragged -- ragged structure and this issue is centered, it looks like, in one man. commission ear neely, the man who took the 5th in the western region. we don't know for sure that this has not metastasized the gsa and that is centered in the westin region. we won't know until dan, and we're glad the president pre- empted parts of the day's hearings, by taking out parts of the agency and bringing in dan tangalini, well-known in this region and, of course, the fame at metro and we know he knows what he's doing and there were things that had no explaining. for example, why did mr. neely get a bonus after the interim report was out? this is asked of the administrator and her committee said don't give him a bonus and that turns out mr. peck lobbied her for a bonus and after knowing he was subject of the interim report where he's the center of all of this and, indeed,

eleanor holmes norton. thanks for coming in. >> always a pleasure. >> disaster struck in the south. hundreds are killed in a massive tornado outbreak. scientists are preventing it from happening again. gary. >> it's friday, that means we're talking all about the weekend. some rain, but don't worry. there's some sunshine, too. we'll have that coming up for you. i don't think this town can take anymore sports news. >> we're on overdrive. coming up in sports, responds to racist tweets after his game winner in boston, plus, the nats are going big. bryce harper gets the call. those stories and more, rg3 mania coming up in sports. brian. >>> if you have a story idea you think we should look intogi- mail. fox5tips@wttg.com. ♪ [ man ] when i went to get my first new car, my dad said to get a subaru because they last. ♪ he drives a legacy, but i'm nothing like him. i got the new impreza. maybe i should have picked a different color... [ male announcer ] the all-new subaru impreza. experience love that lasts. ♪ >>> one year since a widespread tornado outbreak killed more than 300 people in th

i'm so pleased that congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is continuing to fight the good fight and has made sure that all of us do not forget that we live here, you know, during the week and that ealso have a real commitment to ensure that their full -- there are full voting righters in residents of the district of columbia. they pay tax, they have full responsibilities and duties of the american citizens and they should be able to volt. john payton stood for that throughout his life. thank you. mrs. christensen: before i yield to the congresswoman from the district of columbia, i would like to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlelady from texas, also a very strong voice for justice and equality in this country, not just in her own district but for americans and for people across the world, the congresswoman from houston, texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady again for her leadership, i'd like to -- i like to call her dr. cystensen and as my colleague -- dr. christensen and as my colleague indicated, allowing us to have a voic

dell got eleanor holmes norton cut the ribbon on the newly renovated howard theater.t originally opened as a showcase for black artists back in 1910. >> somebody mo grew up in this city -- as somebody who grow up in this city, it didn't matter what high school you went to. if you went to cardoza, armstrong, you went to dunbar, everybody came to the howard theater in order to be able to see the shows. >> boy, does he sound proud. the restoration project cost $29 million. >>> the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin might be gone but you still have a chance to get a close-up look at some cherry trees. the cultural center on 18th street is holding a special exhibit of significant artwork. visitors can learn about many varieties of the trees. >>> this week marks the 100th anniversary of the titanic's first and last voyage. a memorial cruise is now following the ship's intended route across the north atlantic. it's headed for new york. many of the passengers are direct descendants of passenger and crew who were aboard the titanic like this man's grandfather. >> he was in

foley, many people saw giving the awards and making the jokes about delegate holmes norton is still thereg paid. what we saw is an administrator who admitted her failures and told us that that was why she resigned. we met with the new administrator, acting administrator, and the first thing we did was said that this is somebody that's got to be confirmed wp can't have just an acting in an agency that needs this much cleanup. the other thing that is critical is the white house was informed by one of their political appointees, mr. robertson, was informed back in may or early june, so this is something where the white house knew when they knew early on and 11 months later they're taking quick action. >> can i follow up on that? such a key point. all these videos come out and everybody's running for cover inside the administration. in fact, team obama now tries to blame the bush administration. okay. why do you think they waited 11 months? did they think they could cover this up? >> well, it's one of the amazing questions we never got fully answered by the inspector general. why did it take

dc delegate eleanor holmes norton will host a forum tuesday night that folk uss on the perceptions of men in society. it runs from 6:30 to 8:30 at the d.c. armory. >>> north korea is set to launch what they are calling a communications satellite into orbit. the government says the launch is part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of north korea's founder kim il-sung. the u.s. and other nations believe it is a cover-up for a ballistic missile test. they have urged north korea to cancel the launch. north korea has tested two atomic devices but experts do not believe that they have the technology to mount nuclear weapons and warheads on long-range mispims. >>> still ahead -- a high-profile murder case heads to trial but a judge is wforrie that jennifer hudson's connection to the case could jeopardize proceedings. >>> and the massive collision that set the highway on fire. >>> plus, finding ways to save on gas. the experts weigh in on when it's okay to use regular instead of premium. and when it will cost you more in the long run. >>> coming up in just a few minutes on "spo

holmes-norton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. tangherlini, i must say that i welcome the president's decision to bring you to the gsa, because i'm very familiar with your own record. as -- if you will forgive me, somewhat of a turn-around agent in government, because of the tough post you have had. first the president simply takes out the top of the agency, including the administrator who may not have been conversant, about what was happening below, but he did that. that's the way things are done in parliamentary democracies, in britain and in asia. but in our country, somehow we go beneath the top, and go after someone who had hands-on, as if the top has nothing to do with how the agency is run. i think that your experience running with the operational head with the district of columbia, running the operations of a big city and for that matter, of the metropolitan transit authority more than equips you to take on what needs to be done here. and you heard perhaps the administrator speak about how she felt the agency was in need o

delegate eleanor holmes norton's commission on black men boys will host the event at 6:30 tonight. >>selection resumes of the mane trial killing members of hudson's family. him belfour is accused of 's mother,e actress sister, and nephew in 2008. 12 jurors and two alternates seated later today. statements beginning april 23. the trial is expected to last about a month. two men accused of carrying out a shooting rampage that those opposed by community have confessed. documents say the 19-0 confessed to shooting three people. 32-year-old alvin watts shooting two of the victim's. five victims were black. prosecutors are deciding whether file hate crimes charges in case. >> now to penn state university, the childoverseeing abuse case against former assistant football coach jerry issued a gag order. he is charged with more than 50 d sex abuse.il remains confined to his home of trial. s scheduled to go to trial on june 5. we are thinking actor george will be on his best behavior when he comes back to d.c. press the white house correspondents association dinner this year that takes later thi

. >> save, eleanor holmes norton. the polls opened at seven and a close at 8:00 tonight. there could be some surprises tonight or no surprises. sam ford, abc7 news. >> always interesting. maryland is also holding a primary today. voters are also going to the poll for senate and house nominees. polls are open until 8:00 p.m. in the maryland. >> we will have live coverage on the news channel 8 as well as politico.com. >> prince george's county police are investigating a murder- suicides. when relatives found the body of the these two overnight. they believed the man shot his wife and then killed himself. a motive is not yet clear. a man accused in a series of sexual assaults was indicted today in prince william county. he is indicted with adopting three teenaged trick-or-treater. a trial is kendel for july 31st. >> developing story of the fairfax county. an alert about a series of indecent exposures around that area park that started last summer and it has happened on and off for several months. police may be on the lookout for a number of suspects. jennifer donelan joins u

. >> democrats are troubled, too, with congresswoman eleanor holmes norton saying the gsa is structured so people in washington don't have accountability even though the line runs straight up to them. ainsley? >> time now for "look who's talking." we have been hearing how much money should the taxpayers pay to the government. >> he is proposing raising taxes on wealthy while republicans are wanting to cut taxes. that's what bill o'reilly is talking about specifically problems with entitlement. >> president obama believes the federal government should hand money to the poor in a variety of ways. many of the bopoor will use the money ir responsibly. the high rate of alcohol and drug addictions ensure a massive amount of rate in the entitlement reason faw. americans are the most generous people on earth. income redistribution doesn't work. for what the feds spend now on entitlements every single poor person in america could be handed almost 20,000 a year. mitt romney would be wise to hand out his own anti poverty program. if you are getting entitlement you have to show where the money goes

. >> eleanor holmes norton has also spoking out saying he should apologize to the filipino nurses saying they do not deserve to be insulted. >> a letter was sent to him urging him to choose his words carefully in the future. very contentious, that hearing was. >>> social networking helping one boy's dream come true. >> a young cancer patient skyping with stephen tyler. stay with us. we don't care anymore? we just eat whatever tastes good? excuse me? [ man ] like these sweet honey clusters, they're awesome so no way they're good for you. but i guess that's okay right? actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? ya know? cancel the gym membership. bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton says that she will introduce a bill to help states reduce racial profiling. some argue that was the motive in trayvon's killing. >> what we see is a branding of african-american men with criminality. >> zimmerman pose a former lawyers say they will take him back if he asks. expect to hear from the prosecutor in this case by friday night, given the time line she has laid out. >> the mother of a teenager shot and killed by the d.c. police officer has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city. 18-year-old ralphael briscoe was killed in april of last year in southeast. at the time, he was carrying a bb gun according to police. an attorney for his family told the washington examiner the teenager was not armed and witnesses said they never saw him pull any type of weapon. a d.c. spokeswoman said the officer who shot the teenager remains on paid administrative leave. the internal investigation is ongoing. >> mayor vincent gray and members of his economic development team plan to travel to china in late june. he says one goal of the trip

eleanor holmes norton met to talk about the wasteful spending of the agency and will join us to talkn the meeting. >>> and rumors are flying. is apple working on a new high- tech device?  . >>> a michigan woman who won a million dollar lottery kept collecting food benefit stamps and is charged with fraud. she's accused of collecting $5,400 in public benefits after her lottery win of $700,000 a detroit tv station found out in march about six months after she hit the jackpot that me is told the reporter since she didn't have a job, she feld it was okay to get welfare checks. show faces up to four years in prison if convicted. >>> and thanks for joining us at 5. >> the news edge at 6 starts now. >>> the news edge begins as history is made. thousands looked to the sky watching the space shuttle discovery on the final flight to the new home. the world's most travelled shuttle and that is at cape canaveral, florida, this morning. they will find the new home at the smithsonian national air and space museum and there is a find farewell to the space shuttle program. bob bar

. >> eleanor holmes-norton was urging berry to apologize to filipino nurses and urging him to avoid racially tinged remarks. lori captain says jobs and social needs are not race specific. >> our city is changing, we want young people, all our unemployed people to have jobs and it's important we create the opportunity for everyone, in our community, not some, not a few. >> reporter: berry will meet next week with those who have been offended. tom sherwood, news4. >>> it's almost official, in a few more hours, robert griffin iii will be a washington redskin. erica gonzalez is at the party at fed ex field where the anticipation is building where they know the outcome. >> reporter: we're on the club level at fed ex field, in an hour, doors will open, people will come in and see the nfl draft and in less than three hours we'll find out who the next redskin will be. he's a heisman trophy winner, a baylor bear, and the next washington redskin. >> rg 3, coming to d.c. >> are you sure? >> i'm positive. >> robert griffin iii is the newest sensation to make sports headlines. >> it's just something abou

you need to take care of that and eleanor holmes norton, called.uestions about the proposed pay increases for executives you mentioned outside. this is going against the obama administration's discussion about executive pay and incentive. >> now, we got this video from capitol hill today. i'm told that the house oversight chairman's office got it on a disc from the attorney general. they release it to the public. i want to read a response from the gss. they said this video is another example of the complete lack of judgment exhibited at the conference. i went on to say that the agency continues to be appalled by this indefensible behavior, gloria. >> you are also learning that there could be more videos like this that are going to be released that we will be able to see. >> this could be the beginning of the embarrassment. >> our deer dra walshed learned that the agency had an internal website that had video clips like this and that website isn't up anymore. the house transportation committee, which is investigated. they are demanding more informat

district mayor vincent gray and eleanor holmes norton cut the ribbon on the howard theater. the theater in d.c.'s shaw neighborhood originally opened as a showcase for black artists in 1910. >>> as somebody who grew up in this city, who went to school in this city, it didn't matter what high school you went to, if you went to armstrong, if you went to spinguard or dunbar. everybody came to the howard theater in order to see the shows. >> exciting times. the restoration project cost $29 million. >>> high winds are being blamed for blowing off this traffic signal in old town alexandria today. the signal came down this afternoon in front of the restaurant at the intersection of duke street and danger field road. they are closed between holland lane and dangerfield. nobody was hurt. those high winds continue to stay with us, anny. >> we have seen winds gusting over 30 miles per hour earlier today. it's ban blustery day and we have a red flag warning in effect. the fire danger does remain high. here's a look at our weather camera. the easter egg roll at white house and conditions

. >> congress member eleanor holmes norton is called out by name in the video which got big laughs. but she's not really smiling at the video or that $822,000 price tag. the member of congress didn't even want to have to see the video today. >> conferences are usually routine. they planned to the go, quote, other the top. >> i'm here to officially make you commissioner for a day. >> he won the nametag of commissioner bob. the untouchable gs-15 is agency lingo for senior gsa leadership. >> because i buy everything. >> a top hat award was a government gift. sometimes ipogsa deputy commissioner. so far he still has a job. >> in the a whole lot of people are laughing now. thanks for the report. >>> lawmakers in richmond finally have a deal on a new budget. it's an $85 billion spending plan for the next two years. the issue holding it up was how much the state would contribute to a number of issues, including the dulles metro rail project. the senate proposal wanted $450 million to keep the tolls from skyrocketing, but house negotiators would not budge beyond that $150 million already ap

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton says she got on the phone with him right away and told him she wased by his comments and reminded him of the long fight for racial justice. >>> we'll talk about the crew from the film american pie back for a reunion. kevin mccarthy joins us next with with a review of that movie. >> he is also talking titanic, of course. the it returns in 3-d. we'll be right back.  >>> to mark 1900th anniversary of the saving of the titanic, james cameron's 1997 movie has been re-released, this time in need and the cast of the american pie movies are back together for the american reunion. this guy, you know him, kevin mccarthy from wafn. >> wisdom, how you doing? >> i'm good. -- from 106.7 the fan. >> we'll start off talking about american reunion. your series on this. >> i grew up on these films. the first r-rated movie i ever snuck into was american pie. of a been with these characters for 13 years. i loved the first one. i liked the second one. i really hated the third one, american wedding. it is kind of a reunion for the audience as well bein

the case as i said has prompted congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton to discuss racial profiling with a number of d.c. residents. >> to focus on eliminating the branding of african-american men and boys on sight as criminals or in other negative ways. i will introduce a bill designed to help local jurisdictions develop local racial profiling laws and programs. >> reporter: the delegate will introduce that legislation in congress when the congress reconvenes on monday. now a twist in the case. zimmerman's attorneys have dropped him as a client because they say he's been reaching out to the media and to the special prosecutor without their consent and they haven't spoken to him or seen him since sunday. back to you. >> thank you, delia. delia live in northwest washington this morning. >>> we have a follow-up to a brutal -- excuse me, prince george's county police have a man in custody in connection with monday's accidental shooting which killed a 6-year- old boy in clinton. 20-year-old raymond allen brown is now charged. investigators say he stashed a loaded gun in a child's book b

congressional representative eleanor holmes norton, and others who helped restore the theater will be on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. it's part of a week-long celebration ending with the grand opening gala and benefit concert on thursday. >>> the caps' quest for the cup starts thursday night on the road in boston. the caps will play in the defending stanley cup -- they will play the defending stanley cup champion bruins in the first round of the playoffs. game two set for 3:00 p.m. then the series will shift to d.c. where games three and four will be played on monday, april 16, and thursday, the 19th. all of these games will be broadcast on the nbc family of networks. >> go, caps. >>> the nationals couldn't start the season with a sweep against the chicago cubs. aladam laroche brought them to within a run of winning. the nationals now in new york. tonight they begin a three-game series against the mets. >>> whoa! >> did it hook -- oh! what a shot! look at it -- >> you notice how he started running? he's so far he couldn't see the green from there. >> crazy. >> clearly did not

delegate eleanor holmes norton.ed about her in a very joking way in the video about oversight. the kind of event we have happening right now. so he was apologetic. what is happening is a kind of a different tone here than we see day to day. there is a very strong showing of bipartisanship. darrell issa from california chairs this hearing. elijah cummings, a democrat of maryland, is the number two on the committee. they've been working very closely on this. and speaking in almost one voice saying they don't want immune for jeff neely, the man who was first on the hot seat. and believing there is a lot more to uncover here. not just this one conference but they've already elicited testimony saying this has been going on for years. >> what's behind the bipartisan tone? it is so rare, especially when you have people trying to politicize everything. >> and always looking for a way to jockey for position. we see that so often. i think this is a case of the behavior that has been seen here on video tame and alleged in thes

delegate eleanor holmes norton sits on the house committee whose chairman is vowing to investigate theatter. >> this is a whole lot worse than relaxing and r and r on your time off. in a real sense when secret service goes with the president, there is no time off. >> reporter: the secret service says 11 of its employees uniformed and agents are suspended with pay during the investigation. >> assuming all of this is correct, they have to be very tough in responding to this, very tough. >> reporter: veteran washington insider steven hess worked in the eisenhower and nixon white houses. >> i have a good sense of these people and they're very good and they're very disciplined and they're very tough and they know what their job is and their job is to protect the president of the united states and i can't -- it's hard to believe that they could be distracted this way. >> reporter: bob barnard, fox 5 news. >>> top officials from the gsa today got drilled today on capitol hill during the first of several hearings on the gsa's wasteful spending. the gsa is accused of spending hundreds of thousa

delegate eleanor holmes norton was on hand today when president obama signed a jobs act in the whiteose garden. jobs in this case stands for jump-start our business start-ups. the bipartisan bill makes it easier for small business owners to get funding from a variety of sources and it makes it easier for young, high growth firms to go public. >>> staff and students are scrambling after the abrupt closing of a.c.t. college in northern virginia. >> it provided training in the health field for 30 years but as julie carey reports some missing student loan money may be one reason behind the closing. >> hello. >> reporter: jeff parrot's phone is ringing constantly as a.c.t. college student council president he is fielding inquiries from fellow students whose lives and career paths were jolted yesterday when the health care school abruptly closed. >> we had an instructor they hired for the day classes that turned in notice to her job, started on monday, got a pink slip on tuesday, calls her former employer and they've already replaced her. she is out of work. >> reporter: yesterday angry st

and about 45 minutes, we will be joined by delegate eleanor holmes norton from washington, d.c., to discuss future of the health-care law, and the possibility of statehood for the district of columbia. at 8:30

delegate eleanor holmes norton was on hand today when president obama signed the so-called jobs act this afternoon here at the white house rose garden. jobs in this case stands for jump-start our business start-ups. the bipartisan bill makes it easier for small business owners to get funding from a variety of sources and it makes it easier for young, high growth firms to go public. house majority leader eric canter also attended the bill signing today. >> telling your leaders that you care is critical for the success of the efforts. >>> today invisible children the group that produces the viral kony 2012 video released a followup. part two continues to call for the arrest of ugandan war lord joseph kony but this one also addresses some of the critics who say invisible children distorts facts and doesn't spend enough donations to help people. another big change the narrator for the original film was jason russell and he is noticeably absent. last month he was diagnosed with a brief psychosis after a public outburst. >>> an unusual big house fire in mclean. it didn't start inside the home.

host: "the new york times" has numbers to at to what eleanor holmes norton is saying. let's go to steve >>, a democrat in atlanta, georgia. caller: i am a blue dog democrat. i thought bush and the republicans were babbling idiots. i voted for president obama. however, he has greatly disappointed me. i don't know what world this delicate and the people in congress are living in. spending is up dramatically. i don't care if there are less employees. the spending is up. if you don't understand the people in the rest of the country and the rest of the world are going to cut spending, then you are out. i would like your comment. guest: first, i would like to comment.i welcome this we may not know what a blue dog democrat is, but we are hoping to pick up more blue dog democrats, who have more conservative principles and tend to be concerned with budgets and spending. you ust quoted the difference between the ryan budget and the president's budget, and i am not sure that my friend who is a blue dog democrat would agree with paul ryan that we should raise military spending ins

delegate, eleanor holmes norton wants to regulate what you eat at work.the obama health care bill didn't go far enough to try to combat obesity in this country and wants to take it a step further by trying to regulate and help people at work and in the office place getting up, moving away from your desk and what you eat in the office place. >> alisyn: here is the goal she says as an excerpt from the bill to train health professionals to recognize the signs of obesity earl i educate popular lifestyles such as nutrition and regular exercise conduct public education campaigns about how to recognize and address overweight and obesity. >> should government be the one intervening on its behalf? good goal but is it one weigh need government pushing? >> alisyn: do we need to spend that much money? >> any bill that has zero co-sponsors first time around that's a big swing and a miss. >> clayton: she is bringing it back. >> dave: a lot of momentum on that first time. little engine that could. >> clayton: let us know on foxandfriends.com. also on twitter ff weekend

you need to take care of that and eleanor holmes norton, our chairwoman on the oversight committee called the proposed increases for executives that you mentioned outside. something about going against the obama administration against incentives. >> i'm told that the house oversight chairman darryl isa's office got it from a disk as part of the congressional investigation. all of this excess spending and of course, they then released it to the public. wolf, we just got a statement from the gsa responding and saying this this video is another example of the complete lack of judgment exhibited during the 2010 western regions conference. our agency continues to be appalled by this indefensible behavior and we're taking every step possible to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. >> it's pretty shocking that four years into the obama administration stuff like this is going on, and i understand there are other even more damaging video material potentially out there? >> that's right. our congressional producer learned from a congressional source today who is familiar with this inves

of congress including eric cantor who helped break a log jam at one point in time here and also holmes nortonus from alabama. we also saw steve caves, the founder of aol and also on the president's job council, so the president is hoping as he mentioned this bill will be a game changer in helping open the pool of potential investors so that the smaller businesses, somewhere he pre newers and medium-sized businesses can help gain capital and become public and be successful thus creating jobs and the critics are coming forward and saying hang on a second, this could potentially with government oversight and there you go, the president signing the act into law. coming up next, investigators now getting a look at the scene of a massacre in afghanistan and if there is no evidence, what happens to the american soldier accused of killing the civilians? c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've

and eleanor holmes norton called, she has a couple of questions about the proposed pay increase.ng against obama's administration about executive pay and incentives. >> we got this video. i'm told they got it from a disk from the inspector general. but his office is now accusing the administration of knowing about this since may of last year for 11 months and just sitting on it. the gsa is responding to all this. they are saying it's another example of lack of judgment exhibited during that las vegas conference two years ago and says that the agency is appalled by this quote indefensible behavior. but there really could be more out there. our there may be others out there. house transportation committee which is doing the investigating on capitol hill they are demanding more information about it. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> yes they are. the house subcommittee on public buildings will begin hearings on gsa this month. jeff denham has been critical and called the arrogance of over spending. eem join us live at 10:04. >>> as i mentioned before the president will talk about women

on "washington journal" this morning, we'll be joined by delicate eleanor holmes norton to discuss thecare law, and possibly a statehood for the district of columbia. you could call in with your questions but the corporate and individual tax code to alex brill. and more on the role of the federal reserve thejon hilsenrath. -- with jon hilsenrath. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the american society of news editors holds a meeting today. we will hold -- we will hear about their agenda for the international monetary fund. also on c-span today, we will hear from president obama. his remarks are scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. eastern. >> c-span's 2012 local content vehicle cities to work takes our book tv programming on the word -- on the road. this past weekend featured little rock, arkansas. >> he was particularly interested in the 19th century. a civil war, in particular. these are two friends who knew each other privately before the war into fought against each other. they came out alive and remained friends after the war. here they are, at age 100 sittin

on "washington journal," we will be joined by delegate eleanor holmes norton.an call in with your questions about the corporate and individual tax code to alex brill of the american enterprise institute. and we will look at the role of the federal reserve with jon hilsenrath. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 eastern. now, a harvard university forum on race and the presidential election. voter i.d. laws, the black vote, and the response to the martin shooting by president obama and those republican presidential candidates. this is a little less than 1.5 hours. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody in. i am the director of the institute of politics at the kennedy school. we want to welcome everybody this afternoon, the john f. kennedy jr. forum to kick off the politics conference. i am pleased to introduce one of the organizers, gabrielle wyatt. she is specialize in her studies in k-12 urban education reform. she has chaired the leadership conference and is the code-share of the keynote -- co-chair of the keynote conference. >> thank you

christensen: thank you congresswoman holmes norton and it's wonderful to have you here, a close friend, close colleague of john payton to give us a history not only of his accomplishments but of the man himself and we thank you for joining us. herself a very strong fighter for justice and equality, a legal scholar like john payton. i want to close by saying a few words about john payton and the work we have yet to do. at the retreat of the congressional black caucus foundation as we were coming to terms with the loss of our colleague, don payne that we learned of john's passing. it was distressing to think that when we need strong fighters more than ever that not only donald payne but john payton would be taken away from us, we have their body of work and contributions and that standing on them and their inspiration, we can be strength thepped to continue the fight they led so well. many of my colleagues, i i came to know john in 2003 what was at a law firm in washington, d.c.,. he was the lead counsel for the 2003 university of michigan affirmative action cases. in the end the supreme