. >> howard brooks was charged with making false statements to the fbi. it comes one day after thomas gore pleaded guilty to obstructing evidence. >> all this activity took place while the mayor was at a shopping center convention in las vegas. he arrived this morning. when he arrived for his only public event of the day he seemed shaken. mayor break came to a previous schedule the event, but reporters were focused on one issue. charges against his campaign aides and what that means for his future. >> i will not talk about this today because it is a pending investigation. we will let it unfold as it well. i have already answered questions. >> and other great campaign realist howard brooks was charged with making a false statement. it involves the candidate who verbally abused during the debates. brown started telling reporters that howard brooks paid him to be on the attack. this comes one day after thomas gore, in another of his campaign aides, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for destroying a notebook of payments made to brown. mayor gray, it is

a sec worker, howard brooks s charges with lying to the fbi. yesterday, the assistant campaign treasurer since thomas gore plead guilty to obstruction of justice. both are accused of using campaign money to attack another candidate mayor fenty. mayor gray spoke to reporters as he left the wilson building today. matt ackland has more. >> reporter: the mayor doesn't want to on didn't want to talk about this because it's a pending investigation. federal authorities say thomas gore and howard brooks worked together to pay former mayoral candidate brown to verbally attack then-mayor fenty. tonight, many still want ton if mayor gray had knowledge of this. vincent gray's campaign for mayor was a long time ago but questions about what went on behind the scenes won't go away. mayor gray refused to talk about two of his campaign workers charged this week. >> this is an ongoing pending investigation and there is nothing, really, i can comment on and this is obviously continuing to unfold. >> reporter: according to authorities, brown was not lying when he

he said it happened and then she turned him over to howard brooks.n has not been charged, but that is who people are watching for now. she's the chairperson of the campaign and she admitted to a close personal relationship with howard brooks. >> of course, all of this sets up a very tricky hypothetical inside the beltway type scenario here. we have to stress nobody has been charged, but the questions will be asked two people who are under investigation, but have not been charged mayor gray, council chairman kwame brown, what's the line of succession there? >> well, the chairman succeeds the mayor if the mayor would leave. the question could be asked and nobody has been charged, that if the chairman of the council, of this council or any council left, what's the line of succession? what happens is that there are four eligible candidates. those are the four at large council members and the entire 13-member council votes and the likelihood is that they would vote for a democrat. that would be either phil mendelsohn or vincent orange. >> fox 5 political

. >> 56-year-old howard brooks said he was roped into the scheme and wasn't the architect, but for lying to federal investigators he's facing a felony charge as more layers of this campaign fiasco unfold. finance consultant howard brooks leaving federal court thursday av admitting he took thousands of dollars in -- after admitting he took thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and gave it to then mayoral candidate suleman brown. they say the plan was to pay brown to stay in the race and verbally attack then mayor adrian fenty. prosecutors say gore would take out money orders. then brooks would put false names on them and hand them over to sulaimon brown. the money orders had a total value of more than $2,000. brooks said he had been instructed to give the money to brown, but it's unclear who instructed him to do so. his attorney, former prince george's county state's attorney glenn ivey, says brooks regrets what he did. >> he realized it was time to accept responsibility for what he'd done. he realized he'd made a very serious mistake in the way he'd gone about handling this init

we had a chance to talk to howard brooks' lawyer today. we spoke to him a few minutes ago. here's what he had to say about how he's doing. >> it's obviously a cuff day, but i think he handled it extremely well. i think his demeanor in front of the court reflected his regret and there's contrition. you know, i hope that was conveyed accurately to the court today. >> reporter: now for lying to federal agents howard brooks is looking at a potential from zero to six months in jail. the sentence is in some ways contingent on his continued cooperation in the investigation and the big question, of course, is are more people going to be charged? the source in the u.s. attorney's office tells me not to expect any more charges tomorrow, but who knows about next week or next month. the investigators are continuing their work and clearly at this point they are looking at the potential of putting together a case against mayor vincent gray that he knew about this, that he was involved in wrong doing in illegal acts during his campaign in 2010. back to you. >> bruce, the investigation cer

he -- what howard brooks was up to. he has said for months now he didn't know these checks were being passed along to sulaimon brown, this other candidate in the race who was haranging mayor at the time adrian fenty. the allegation, that those checks were passed

, agree to wear a wire and howard brooks recorded conversations with thomas gore. we should also point out we've learned today that the amount of money while not big is bigger than what was reported. there was close to $1,800 we're not talking about five money orders. we're talking about 10 money orders. >> from 600 or so up to $1,800. >> and howard brooks will be in court tomorrow. he entered a plea to plead guilty to making false statements. it's a felony, looking at five years. >>> there are new allegations today of sexual misconduct among those secret service agents during a congressional hearing. senator joe lieberman noted 64 additional allegations of misconduct in the agency have come down over the last five years. >> investigators are looking into the prostitution scandal that erupted after a dozen agents were accused of hiring hookers in colombia. the head of the secret service apologized and said it's not representative of the ethical standards of the agency. >> i am am deeply disappoint -- i am deeply disappointed and i apologize for the misconduct of th

howard brooks is his name.e admitted he lied to the fbi about payments to another candidate brown in exchange for attacks. brown's attacks on then mayor fenty. mayor gray is not commentinging on the case. >>> new nbc news/maris poll suggests the presidential election will be extremely close. right now president obama is holding a slim lead against mitt romney in virginia, florida, and ohio. however, there may be reason for romney to celebrate. the margin is close and his numbers are going up in all three states. >>> police have arrested two juveniles for shooting bibis at a school bus today. it happened about 3:00 this afternoon on piermont drive. no one was injured. the bus suffered minor damage. another bus was sent in to take those kids home. >>> police in prince george's county are looking for the people who schemed a woman in her 70s out of thousands of dollars. they posed as legitimate sweepstakes workers. they asked the woman to withdraw the money and then purchased gift cards for them to cover the taxes

. >>> and another campaign worker, howard brooks, charged with lying to the fbi and yesterday, thomas gore pleaded guilty and both accused of using the campaign to attack another candidate. and mayor gray spoke to reporters as he left the wilson building and matt ackland has more. >> reporter: the mayor didn't want to talk about it. he said it was a pending investigation. thomas gore and brocks worked together to pay the former mayoral candidate brown, prosecutors say they used funds from gray's campaign to pay off brown. yesterday, gore pleaded guilty to four charges, including obstruction of justice and howard brooks was charged with lying to the fbi about giving money to brown. >> i think there is an ongoing pending investigation and there is nothing that i can comment on this stage. it's obviously continuing to unfold. >> reporter: the mayor made that comment three or four times and when we canned him, he didn't want to go any further. we went to howard brocks' home to seek comment and no one came to the door and brookes is expected to go before a federal judge. >>> the roger clem

sources identified howard brooks as that second campaign staffer. he diverted money from the campaign and gave that money to brooks who used it to purchase money orders that he delivered to sulaimon brown. >> vincent gray's campaign gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses, and attack then mayor fenty during the 2010 mayoral race. >> i can't imagine. i know absolutely nothing about any one of my campaign who did that. >> he kept a record of payments until he learned of the fbi investigation he destroyed the notebook. in total, we're talking about five money orders. some bought here. a total of $660 that went to sulaimon brown, all misdemeanors. gore destroyed the notebook, got caught on tape admitting it, and lied to federal authorities. he is facing 12 to 18 months in prison. according to sources, howard brooks has his own deal. no word on when he'll appear in court. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> a year ago today, a tornado half a mile wide and spinning at more than 200 miles an hour destroyed a third of

sources identified howard brooks to 9news now as that second campaign staffer. gore admitted in court that he diverted money from the gray campaign and gave that money to brooks who used it to purchase money orders that he in turn delivered to sulaimon brown. >> vincent gray's campaign, specifically mayor vincent gray gave me cash to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses, and attack then mayor fenty during the 2010 mayoral race. >> i can't imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior. i know absolutely nothing about any one of miscampaign who did that. >> he kept a record of the payments to sulaimon brown until he learned of the fbi investigation he destroyed the notebook. in total, we're talking about five money orders. some bought here at the safeway across from campaign headquarters. a total of $660. all misdemeanors, but then it kicked up to a felony, obstruction of justice when you consider that gore destroyed the notebook, got caught on tape admitting it, and lied to federal authorities. >> he is facing 12 to 18 months in prison. accordi

howard brooks said he did a lot of illegal things. but what he pled guilty to was lying about everything to cover up. mr. brooks, did mayor gray know about this? did he know about the payments? the self admitted felon refused to ask any questions. he jumped into an awaiting suv and rushed away. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to fbi investigators over money he then gave to mayor brown. >> he realized he made a very serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling this initially. >> reporter: the scheme included money order payments in the thousands given to brown by brooks. the money was intended to keep brown in the mayoral race so he could bash on then mayor fenty. that was supposed to create an easy path for vincent gray to become elected. brooks is the second to plead guilty in the scheme. thomas score who was also involved in the plan pl

district court with more on howard brooks. ken? >> reporter: simply put, this is yet another black eye on local government here in the district, specifically on the vincent gray administration. today in court howard brooks admitted to a laundry list of wrongdoings, but what he admitted and pled guilty to was lying to fbi investigators and making false statement to them. under the scream outlined by the u.s. attorney -- the scheme outlined by the u.s. attorney's office this all began back if 2010 when brooks allegedly made payments to sued mon brown to keep brown in the race so -- sulaimon brown to keep brown in the race so he could attack mayor incumbent adrian fenty. brooks is the second gray staffer to plead guilty to federal charges. earlier today here's what his lawyer glenn ivey had to say about all this. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that it was time to accept responsibility for what he'd done. he realized he'd made a very serious mistake in the way he'd gone about handling this initially. he wanted to get it

who directed howard brooks and the mayor is going to be back tomorrow and i'm sure people are going to ask. was it he? if it was not he, who was it? because the people i talked to said that thomas gore and betty brown actually the treasurer and howard brooks wouldn't have done these things on their own. >> the best tweet i saw today, best possible outcome for gray, a highly organized illegal contribution machine worked for his reelection. and he failed to notice. so, we'll see how that plays out. thanks. >>> we are following breaking news right now out of prince georges county. authorities say three harness jockeys are hurt after a collision during a race at rose croft raceway. this happened just after 9:00 tonight. all three have been rushed to the hospital. all three have serious injuries. two of them with head trauma. authorities also say three horses were seriously hurt. we will continue to monitor this story, bring you any new information as we get it. the video has spread like wild fire online. have you seen it? a toddler trapped after its father put him inside a washing many she

howard brooks, who was a finance consultant, pleaded guilty in courts yesterday. he admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. if convicted, he could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. >>> police in new york city say a man has confessed to killing 6-year-old etan patz who disappeared 33 years ago today. police say pedro hernandez admitted luring the boy from a school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement. he says he put the boy's body in some trash. >>> the private spacecraft dragon will attempt to dock with the international space station. yesterday, the dragon capsule, operated by the private firm spacex made a series of tests. the docking is supposed to happen at 11 clock 30 this morning. >>> this friday before memorial day is don't fry day. mary ann rafferty explains. >> this is the big first holiday of the summer so a lot of people are going to have their big sun exposure this coming weekend. >> reporter: the national council on skin care awareness is shedding some light on b

the self-admitted felon howard brooks refused to answer any questions as he walked out of d.c.'s federal courthouse. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that, you know, it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to investigators over money he then gave to mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. >> he realized he made a serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling it initially. >> reporter: the scheme included money orders. the money was intended to keep brown in the race so he could bash on then mayor adrian fenty. it was supposed to create an easy path for gray to get elected. brooks is expected to plead guilty. thomas gore also pled guilty. brooks is expected to become somewhat of an informant as the investigation into vincent gray's 2010 campaign continues. >> he's agreed to cooperate fully with federal investigators and he's certainly going to hold up that end of the bargain. >> reporter: 9news now. >> brooks could receive up to six m

in court howard brooks pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi when first questioned about the activity. the mayor's declining comment on any -- declined to count on any aspect of the case today. >> i remember on several occasions people were saying he must be getting paid for this. >> brown began making accusations that seemed to be proven true. the public is looking at the mayor. >> it is hard to believe that somehow the mayor is not aware of what was going on. >> i have been here for 20 years, and not much has changed. >> according to the hearing gray's people gave them as much as $15,000 at one time. once he forwarded a money order to buy cogeico. we would not be surprised to see somebody else coming down here soon and pleading guilty. sam ford, abc 7 news. >> you can read more about today's hearing and the other parts of the campaign scandal right now on wjla.com. >> another gaffe by city councilman marion barry. he said this during an apology. >> the irish, italian, the jews the polacks caught hell. he was meeting with asian american residents to apologize for an earlier, offensive

howard brooks lied to investigators, the fbi says.terday, gray's assistant campaign treasurer thomas gore pleaded guilty to funneling money to brown and destroying evidence. tom sherwood will have more on this story coming up at the top of the hour. >>> a group of share holders filed a lawsuit today against facebook and morgan stanley. they blame the social media network the bank left important information out of the ipo dolts. >>> on wall street, stocks closed the day on a mixed but flat note. that follows several positive reports today about the euro zone's debt crisis. the dow jones industrial average fell about 70 points. the nasdaq gained 11. the s&p closed two points higher. >>> kids and tanning. it has been a hot topic in the news with the so-called tan mom. >> when you hear about teens and tanning you may not think it is a big deal but doctors say it is a big deal. studies show that kids who go to tanning salons are more likely to get cancer or kids who are tanning are more likely to get cancer. that's why many states have pas

howard brooks was in federal court yesterday. during the hearing, brook admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. brooks' attorney says he regrets what he did. >> i said it was time to accept responsibility for what he'd done. he realized he had made a very serious mistake in the way he had handled this initially. he wanted to get it back on the right track. >> if convicted, brook could get a maximum of six months in prison and pro. >>> how about heading to the movies this holiday weekend. >> the summer blockbuster scene is in full effect now. and box office draw will smith is back on the big korean for men in black iii. kevin mccarthy is here with his take, when we come back. >>> the men in black are back and fighting aliens in your neighborhood. joining us now kevin mccarthy. >> good to see you. >> we're kind of matching. >> a little bit. >> good to be back in the studio. >> welcome back. >> i was at the cannes film festival. it wassen sane. i was freaking out. >> we want to tal

investigators today leveled charges at a second campaign worker for gray, howard brooks.he's do in court tomorrow and he's expected to enter a guilty plea to making a false statement to investigators. those investigators say brooks helped move cash from the gray campaign into the hands of another candidate for mayor. >> reporter: i wouldn't be doing my job if i didn't ask this question. >> again, i'm not going to comment. we'll let the investigation play out. >> thomas gore pleaded guilty to charges connected to his role in the scheme to fum money to suleiman brown. >>> finally positive news for facebook. after three dance in dump they finished at $32, up a dollar, or 3.5%. meantime investigators are investigating morgan stanley. the regulators want to know did morgan stanley share their less than rosy outlook with their clients but not the wider audience, folks like you and me? they increased the size of the offering, they increased the price of the offering. at the same time, apparently they were getting wind that the results of the company, the financial results, were

on wednesday, prosecutors charged a second campaign operative, howard brooks, with false statements to the fbi about the scheme to finance sulaimon's attacks. brooks has been cooperating with authorities and reportedly wore an undercover wire for investigators last year. charges against him now indicate another major step in this investigation. mayor vin send gray, his campaign activities under investigation, turned aside all questions about the corruption cases including the u.s. attorney's statement that gray's campaign activities deceived voters. >> the u.s. attorney has said in yesterday's thomas gore case, in 2010 the voters of the district of columbia were deceived by your campaign. >> i think you know there's an ongoing pepping investigation. so there's nothing really i can come on this. it is continuing to unfold. >> you know mr. gordon, mr. brooks, any personal feelings even though you can be comment on the race -- i mean, the investigation itself? >> i think not. >> the mayor aggressively changed the subject with reporters, even taking microphone to do a mosque interview hims

howard brooks with false statement to the fbi about this. brooks had been cooperating with authorities in charges against him. now indicate another major step in the investigation. mayor vincent gray, his campaign activities under investigation, turned aside all questions about the corruption cases. including the u.s. attorney's statement that gray's campaign activities deceived voters. the u.s. attorney has said in yesterday's thomas gore case, in 2010, the voters were deceived by your campaign. >> well, i think you know there is an ongoing penning investigation so there is nothing really i can comment on this. it is obviously continuing to unfold will. >> reporter: you know mr. gore and mr. brooks, any personal feelings even though you can't comment on the race -- i mean, the investigation itself? >> well, i think not. i think i'll just stay with the, what i said before. there is obviously a continuing investigation. it has been for months and i've said pretty much the same thing. >> reporter: the mayor aggressively change the subject with

howard brooks' lawyer. mr. ivy told me earlier today that his client wants to clean the air and start rebuilding his life by while this investigation goes on. at the federal court, downtown washington, i'm tom sherwood, news4. >>> police are questioning a man who says he killed the 6-year-old boy whose disappearance started a national missing children's movement. etan patz vanished 33 years ago on his way to school in new york city. he was one of the first missing children featured on a milk carton. new jersey police picked up pedro hernandez late last night in connection with his disaperfect answer. hernandez says he suffocated the broy and left the bodly good a box. investigators say they need to confirm his story. friday is the anniversary of patz's's disappearance. >>> a new poll out shows the majority of maryland voters would say yes to same-sex marriage if it makes it on to the ballot this fall. a public policy poll of medical in voters found 57% of people would vote in favor of same-sex marriage. 37% wou

howard brooks pleaded guilty yesterday for lying to the fbi about payments that he made to another mayoral candidate using vincent gray's campaign funds. he paid sulaiman brown to attack adrian fenty. he was a campaign consultant for vincent gray. montgomery county police have tracked down a burglar. detectives say a 14-rolled boys still expensive items from homes in bethesda. he targeted electronics and on may 9 he stolen ipod that had tracking software. police soon discovered that he lived in the neighborhood and was a freshman at bethesda-chevy chase i school. >> it-- high-school. >> it is sad. i hope that he gets some help. >> one-family showed us photographs of a baseball than had been taken. it was signed by hall of fame nationals pitcher. >> discouraging news for college students. senate rejected dueling plans by democrats and republicans to keep interest rates on federal college loans from doubling. democrats want to pay for the plan by boosting payroll taxes on some private companies. gop plan would be paid for by cutting a preventive health care program. if no action is taken, th

howard brooks has a plea deal on the table that he accepted. not sure when he's going to be in court. allows for immunity. we'll explain that. mayor gray in vegas. we haven't gotten word to his. his attorney is refusing word. >> and the question tonight, did the mayor know about it? >> not just the mayor, but green who headed up the campaign. was it just these two? this go all the way to the top? we are talking $660 total. five money orders. they didn't need to win the election. >> as always, cover up. there you go. thank you, bruce. back to you. >>> we are still awaiting a verdict in the corruption trial of john edwards. this is the third day of deliberations for the jury in greensboro, north carolina. edwards is accused of campaign finance violations for allegedly using nearly a million dollars to cover up an extramarital affair during the 2008 presidential campaign. he faces up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted on all counts. >>> a guilty verdict today for man accused in a string of serial stabbings in michigan. convicted of first-deg

howard brooks pled guilty in court yesterday. he admits he paid suleman brown, a minor mayoral candidate, who claims the campaign paid him to attack then-mayor fenty. he funneled at least $2,800 it brown. >>> today george allen will try to solidify his spot as gop front-runner for virginia's open senate seat in the final debate. the former governor will try to beat out three other contenders in the june 12 primary. allen is trying to win back the seat he lost to jim webb six weeks ago. he will face former governor tim kaine, running unopposed. >>> how much of an impact is president obama having on efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in maryland? check out the results of a new public policy poll. according to the poll, 57% of likely voters in maryland say they'll vote in favor of same-sex marriage if the issue makes it on to november's ballot. 37% of likely voter say they're against making the marriages legal. that's 20% -- 20-point margin was just 12 points in march. pollsters say the shift was almost entirely due to a change i

howard brooks pled guilty in court yesterday. he admits he paid suleman brown. brown was a minor mayoral candidate who claims that gray's campaign paid him to attack then-mayor adrian fenty. according to court documents, brooks and two aides funneled at least $2,800 it brown. >>> millions of future college students will have to wait until next month to find out if the rate on student loans will double. the senate rejected legislation yesterday that would keep the interest rate on millions of student loans at 3.4%. if no deal is. >> reporter: rea-- is reached b july 1, it will double. lawmaker are dedicateded to keeping the rate where it is. they can't agree on how to pay for it. >>> they call it a demonstration, not a parade. each memorial day weekend rolling thunder rides through the capital to to see show support for the military family. on sunday, the group will gather at the north pentagon parking lot. at unanimous the group will ride to the vietnam veterans memorial. the ride is followed by a gathering in front of the lincoln memorial. motorists should be p

for example, today, howard brookes, it looks like, many say, could have been charged with other crimes here and that appears he could serve six months only, maybe less if he cooperates with authorities as they continue to pursue this case. >>> a 49-year-old charged with six different burglaries in bethesda. all buildings were broken into and made the connection. the teen suspect was call caught after allegedly stealing an ipad to the house. >>> and you heard of a getaway car. what about a getaway beak? 's suspect rotted off on a bike share bike this week and that victim was talking to a. >> i joy phone and never hit the brakes. the police are still looking for the suspect. >>> and attorney general eric holder attended a graduation ceremony where the honorees were saluted for staying clean and sober, rewarded for completing the strict conditions of drug course. >> reporter: if you have to come to d.c. superior court, chances are it's not for something positive but for a select group of people, today was a different story. >> reporter: quite likely most if not all, once stood here in han

howard brooks admitted to sending money from gray's campaign coiffers to then mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. it is believed that brooks will likely become an informant of sorts for federal investigators looking into what happened during gray's 2010 campaign. and d.c. council member marion barry was nice to the asian community yesterday, but he offended another nationality in the process. the ward eight councilman met with leaders from asian american organizations in order to apology for two offensive comments that he made last month. however, council member barry then said the following while explaining how many different groups of people met hostility when they first came to the united states. >> the irish caught hell, the jews caught hell, the pollocks caught hell. the chinese caught hell. >> that is considered a derog ter name -- derogatory name for polish people. local asian leaders accepted his apology and they say that they want to work with him in order to ease racial tension. barry now has also apologized to the polish community. >>> musician chuck brown brought washingtonians

. >> this is the second key staffer, howard brooks, charged today in federal court with making false statements about payments to sulaimon brown. sources say brooks will enter a guilty plea tomorrow and then look to cooperate in the probe. did you know of this activity, what they were doing? >> again, i'm not going to comment at this stage. >> reporter: thomas gore, assistant treasurer in the gray campaign, pleaded guilty in court yesterday to trying to obstruct the investigation by destroying a notebook where payment to brown were recorded. new information from sources say the payments to sulaimon brown amounted to nearly $1,800 in roughly 20 money orders. >> vincent gray's campaign specifically, mayor vincent gray, gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses and attack then mayor fenty. >> reporter: sulaimon brown says he was also promised a job. he got a position in the administration, but then was fired for alleged in competence. in a statement today brown said mayor gray should resign from office. prosecutors meanwhile are giving both g

howard brooks is scheduled to go before a federal judge tomorrow. he's accused of lying to the fbi about the payments. brooks worked with thomas gore who had to pay sulaimon brown. gore pleaded guilty yesterday to four charges in the case. >>> an honor for a fallen maryland state trooper today. laura evans is everywhere at 11:00. >> new highway signs were unveiled today and put up along the beltway to honor trooper wesley brown who was shot to death in june of 2010 when he worked security at a forestville restaurant. he made a huge impact on the lives of those who knew him. he started a mentoring program called young men enlightening other men. >> key witnesses changing their stories about the night trayvon martin was killed. according to the orlando sentinel, a woman who said she saw two men running now says she only saw one person. another woman who saw the fight initially said she couldn't tell who was on top during the fight now believes it was george zimmerman. zimmerman claims he shot martin in self-defense. >>> the first ever free presidentia

howard brooks was a member of the finance and treasury team. today he pled guilty to lying to the fbi about payments he and another aide thomas gore made to sulaimon brown using gray campaign funds. brown was paid to keep up verbal attacks against then mayor adrian fenty. the prosecutors say gore would take out money orders, then brooks would put false names on them and hand them over to sulaimon brown. the money orders had a total value of over $2,000. >> the underlying charges go to the very heart of our electoral system. we need to have a fair and honest system of elections and obviously mr. brooks along with others violated thiazin of fairness when they engaged in this scheme. >> -- this sense of fairness when they engaged in this scheme. >> brooks said he was instructed to give the money to brown, but it's unclear who instructed him to do so. >>> more fallout from that lavish $800,000 las vegas conference held by the general services administration. the official at the center of the scandal left the agency. jeff neely played a big role in

this time it's a man named howard brooks. is he due in court tomorrow and is expected to -- he is due in court tomorrow and is expected to plead guilty to making false statements to investigators. those investigators say brooks helped move cash in the gray campaign into the hands of another candidate in 2010, sulaimon brown. brown says the gray campaign paid him to verbally attack another candidate, the then incumbent mayor adrian fenty. mayor gray continues to deny wrongdoing. >> wouldn't be doing my job if i didn't ask the question. did you know of this activity, what they were doing? >> again i'm not going to comment at this stage. we'll let the investigation play out as well as it should. >> yesterday former campaign worker thomas gore pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme to funnel money to brown. >>> deeply disappointed and sorry, that's what the head of the secret service had to say to a panel of senators about the agency's colombian prostitution scandal. director mark sullivan testified about the incident before th

howard brooks admitted that he lied to the fbi about payments to suleman brown. brown was a minor candidate who claims he was paid to verbally attack then mayor adrian fennee. court documents reveal brooks and two other aides 23u7b8d at least $2,800 to brown. it is unclear whether mayor gray had any knowledge of the scheme. he is not commenting on the case. >>> on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of one of the nation's most publicized missing child cases new york police have announced an arrest in the disappearance of etan paits. dan cheneman has our report tonight. >> reporter: nearly 33 years to the day since 6-year-old eitan paits disappeared while walking to the school bus an arrest. >> the new york city police department is announcing the arrest of pedro hernandez. >> reporter: according to police hernandez, shown here in a photo obtained by "inside edition," spoke to detective for more than three hours and confessed to killing the child. >> hernandez described to the detectives how he lured young eitan from the school bus stop at west broadway and prince str

howard brooks is charged with lying to federal law investigators. one of the campaign treasurers thomas gore, pleaded guilty yesterday. he called on the mayor to resign in the wake of for's guilty plea. investigators are trying to figure out what led to a that the pedestrian accident in clinton. he was struck and killed late last night near the intersection of branch avenue and it curvy road. the driver stayed at the scene. branch avenue was shut down for several hours. >> the trial for a woman in a deadly hit and run got underway yesterday. natasha pettigrew was struck and killed. brad bell has more with what went on in court today. >> the photographic evidence may be the most important for the jury. the bicycle, the clear-and from her head on the driver's side had it. prosecutors say she had to do she hit pettigrew. >> i cannot imagine anybody would have been driving and thought they hit a big old der riding a bicycle. >> there is no dispute. on december 19 at 5:00, she was driving her escalated, hit pettigrew alogn route 202. she drove 2 miles ho

thomas gore, howard brooks for lying to the fbi. all of this revolving around the minor candidates brown. prosecutors implied a senior campaign person directed payoffs to brown. was it the mayor? was the mayor involved? we have reactions like this. >> do you think the beer do anything about this? >> of course he did. >> i like him. he is a nice man. i hope he did not. >> observers say it appears prosecutors are building toward a laundered -- a larger target. the question is whether that is the mirror or somebody else. >> thank you. an elderly man burned in an apartment fire in a mclean has died at. he was cooking in his apartment last night when his clothes caught fire. a neighbor rushed to put out flames. he was taken to the hospital where he died early this morning. he is the first fairfax county person to die in a fire since 2010. >> thousands of d.c. residents have packed up and hit the road for the memorial day weekend. many are flocking to ocean city for the unofficial start of summer. the forecast calls for warm and sunny wea

howard brooks who was a finance consultant pleaded guilty in court yesterday. brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. if convicted, brooks could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. >>> d.c. council member marion berry continues to make headlines. the latest comments ironically came at a meeting he held to apologize to the asian-american community. as he spoke yesterday regarding a statement he made last month, he made this slipup. >> the jews caught hell, polacks caught hell. >> he was referring to people of polish heritage in that comment. berry and asian community leaders pledged to keep talking. >>> bonuses on the way for county employees for prince george's county. the council yesterday passed a $2.7 billion spending plan that increases money for schools and public safety and does include a one-time bonus for most of the county's 6,000 workers. they have endured pay freezes for several years. >>> holiday weekend our big story again this morning. our sherri ly is live in kent island,

. >> reporter: howard brooks and thomas gore each pleaded guilty to secretly funding brown. >> let's not minimize what occurred here. it was a deception of the public. it's deceiving the public which is a major crime when you're talking about elections and the fundamental bedrock of our democracy is having an open and honest election. >> reporter: light foot says it's possible gray knew or did nothing illegal, but many finity campaign workers would like to hear from mayor gray. >> we don't know if he's instead yesterday. but i do think it's time that the mayor tell us what he knows. >>> fenty has never publicly commented on the campaign's scandal. mayor gray says commentin commenting. >>> a mother had to fight off a baby accused of trying to snap her bus. it happened this morning on board an omni link bus near graham park road. wilder tried to grap her 6 month old son out of his baby seat, but the mom managed to stop her. >>> a mcclain man who seriously burned himself in a kitchen fire has died. police say 91-year-old carol adams was cooking at his home on old meadow road last night

yesterday howard brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral, brown. brooks says he was instructed to give the money to brown. mayor gray has denied the allegations. if convicted, brooks could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. >>> d.c. council member marion berry continues to make headlines for making insensitive remarks. the latest came at a meeting he held to apologize to the asian- american community. as he spoke yesterday regarding a statement he made last month about asian shop owners, he made this slip. [inaudible] >> he was referring to people of polish heritage. berry and community leaders pledged to keep talking. >>> on the campaign trail now, president obama and mitt romney are starting to use the same strategy on the road. doug luzader has more. >> reporter: both of these guys are taking a page from the same play book, tackling their weak spots headon. the president may be addressing very friendly crowds as he hops from one political fundraiser to another. but he's taking on the issue where his popularity is seemin

howard brooks, who was as you finance consultant during the 2010 race, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday. brooks admitted he lied to federal investigators about payments made to another mayoral candidate. brooks' attorney says he regrets what he did. >> he realized that it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. he realized he had made a very serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling this initially. he wanted to get it back on the right track. >> reporter: if convicted, brooks could get a maximum of six months in prison and probation. >>> a big break in the case of a missing child in new york. etan patz disappeared 33 years ago today when he was just six years old. now, police have arrested a man they say confessed to killing that child. police say pedro hernandez admitted to luring the boy from his bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement. hernandez says he put the boy's body in some trash. the body was never found. >> in the years following etan's disappearance, hernandez had told a family member and others that he had, quote, done a

. >> reporter: howard brooks and thomas gore each pleaded guilty to secretly funding brown part of a wider criminal probe of gray's campaign donations and expenses and a possible shadow campaign. >> let's not minimize what occurred here. it was a deception of the public. it's deceiving the public which is a major crime when you're talking about elections. and the fundamental bedrock of our democracy is having an open and honest election. >> reporter: he says it's possible gray knew or did nothing illegal. but many fenty campaign workers with a like to hear from mayor gray. >> our view is let the u.s. attorney do what he's got to do. we don't though if he's innocent yet. but i do think it's time that the mayor tell us what he knows. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood ur, news 4. >>> mayor fenty has never spoken publicly about the gray scandal and mayor gray on vice fradvice counsel has refused to comment. >>> a new type of deit ter geit posing a threat. >> and why an old recording could tie man son as to even more crimes. >>> and an historic catch 200 miles above earth. detail

we made a number of conclusions in that report that money was paid by howard brooks, someone who took the 5th amendment and wouldn't testify before us to suleman brown. we did not have mr. gore in front of us. we couldn't determine who said to pay this money and precisely what the motivation was. we were somewhat stymied we don't have all the tools of a federal prosecutor but we were never able to trace anything to the mayor. >> the more significant parties and every person in this piece is significant, that is not what i am saying but the more significant party who is might they be going after? might it be the mayor? is that the ultimate target? >> well, one doesn't know but if you get some body at the heart of the campaign, and they are co-operating, and there is supposedly some notebook where they kept notes about other payments presumably, some body other than mr. gore knew about this. some body other than mr. gore may have directed him to do this, whether it goes all the way to the candidate or another persons in the campaign. we found in our investigation that mr. brooks played

are other people who are and have been called from the very beginning talked about the role of howard brooks who sulaimon brown said gave him money. there are a lot of players. what mary cheh, the former prosecutor said, is right is they get a small fish and try to trade up and say all right, we'll give you leniency or we'll soften the charges if you can tell us more about people higher up. so this is really about the worst possible thing you can say for the mayor and the mayor is going to have to address these questions and repeated same things which he repeated before. >> fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin, got a feeling we'll see you a lot here in the next couple days and weeks. >>> d.c. councilman marion barry is out of the hospital tonight. he was admitted to a hospital in las vegas yesterday after developing a blood clot while he was flying to vegas. the 76-year-old tweeted this picture of himself and a nurse and another with his doctor. he is expected to make a full rove. barry, mayor vincent gray and -- recovery. bay, mayor vincent gray and several council members are in las vegas

howard brooks is accused of lying to the fbi about payments made to suleman brown. another mayoral candidate. another gray stafford pleaded guilty to charges related to the investigation earlier this week. tom sherwood will have the latest on the hearing on "news4 at 5:00." >>> mayor barry says he's sorry about comments he made about fill pane owe nurses in the last few months. barry apologized during a joint news conference in southeast d.c. asian american advocacy groups stood with barry as he addressed the media. >> i apologize efor any hurt or harm i did to anyone. apologies are not enough if you are going to continue to do it. and so i -- raise myself in leading this community, highest standard in everybody, and that would be very, very careful about my words and about any group of people. >> barry came under intense scrutiny in april after he said the district had to do something about, quote, asians coming in and opening up businesses in dirty shops. later in april, barry also made controversial remarks about the number of filipino nurses in area hospitals. t

howard brooks admitted to sending money to gray's -- excuse me, from gray's campaign coiffeurs. it's believed brooks will likely become an informant for federal investigators looking into what happened to gray's 2010 mayoral campaign. >>> there has been another shake-up in the general services administration. it is tied to the lavish las vegas convention. jeefry neely and four others are now gone from the agency. neely is the gsa commissioner who planned the $800,000 vegas junket with taxpayer money. no word whether he was fired or quit. they are seeking to oust four additional employees linked to the scandal. >>> jessica doyle is watching your money. if you're in the market for a car, she has good advice and news. >> here's the typical scenario. you go to the dealer. you pick out a car and then you head to the finance department where they come up with a loan package for you. but if your credit is not so hot, you're going to pay more through higher interest rates and you may not even know it. that is changing. a federal judge says auto dealers who use consumer's bad credit hist

howard brooks pleaded guilty yesterday to lying to the f.b.i. admitting he tried to conceal some payments that were made to sulaimon brown. both brooks and another aide thomas gore say brown was paid to keep up attacks on the incumbent then mayor adrian fenty. to this point mayor gray has not been implicated in the ongoing federal probe. >>> here we go again with d.c. councilman marion barry. he made nice with the asian community yesterday, but he offended another nationality in the process. he met with leaders of the asian american organization to apologize for some recent offensive comments he made. he did it last month. however, barry then said when he was explaining why many different groups of people met with hostility when they first came to the united states, he offended somebody else. >> the irish came her. the jews came here. pollocks came here. >> which is considered a derogatory name for polish people. >>> it is 5:04. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica, take it away. >> okay, i will do so. so greece, ther

howard brooks pled guilty in court yesterday, he admits he paid suleiman brown a minor mayoral candidate, who claims gray's campaign paid him to attack then-mayor, adrian fenty. according to court documents, brooks and at least two others funneled money to brown. >>> just as marian barry tried to move past one controversy, he might have to address another potential problem. barry met with leaders of the asian-american community to address disparaging comments he made last month. while discussing racial tejss inned u.s., he used a term for polish immigrants that's also considered offensive. the comment comes as barry pledged to be more careful in choosing his words. he says he wants to work with groups from all backgrounds to make ward 8 a model for diversity. >>> well today republican senate hopefuls in virginia will debate for the last time before voters head to the polls, former governor george allen is considered the front-runner to win the june 12th primary but he'll have to get past tea party leader, jamie rapke, minister ew jackson and bob marshall. allen is trying to win back the

howard brooks is charged with lying to the fbi and is expected to plead guilty in court today. second gray campaign staffer admit that they paid off another mayoral candidate to make negative comments about then-mayor adrian fenty. all of this in order to help their candidate, mr. gray, win the election. >>> the oldest two-year college in the state of texas has fallen on really hard economic times. tiny lon morris college, a private faith-based school in texas, with about 1,000 students has furloughed its entire staff and president has now resigned. students and staff were given ten days to vacate. but a spokesman for the school is holding out hope for a fall semester. >> it's simply a down time for the reorganization. efforts to be done. so we can begin to be fruitful and go forward in a positive manner. in the fall. >> summer courses at lon morris college have been canceled. the school has been operating in east texas since 1854. >>> a principal is now apologizing to students who were suspended for taking part in an end of year stunt of good, fun, senior bike ride. you heard