. >>> also new this morning, four dc police officers now indited in connection to a fight at a dc night club. this happened june of last year outside of lotus night club, k street northwest. the incident was caught on camera, one man was beaten so badly it caused him to lose an eye. the officers charged were off duty at the time. five other people were also indited. >>> alert for people living in northeast dc police are on the lookout for a suspect pretending to be a repairman and preying on seniors. a woman living in an apartment on g street was targeted on tuesday, the other incident happened june 19th, florida avenue. in that case the suspect was captured on surveillance video, police believe it is the same man responsible for tuesday's attack. >> once inside, stealing property and money from the victims, the fact that we've had two of these, obviously gives us extreme concern, the fact that our victims are elderly, another extreme concern. >> you don't know what to do. you don't know who it is you know knocking on your door. >> both victims were assaulted but not seriously hurt. pol

it meant to his supporters challenge to big business and that's what red would have indited he 1908 election. it was a good way to unify peoph le wituse of t red special. >> nextel phone call from los vary knows, california, a caller named randy. hi, randy. welcome. >> caller: thank you. yes. i just wanted to give a little bit of background. my grandfather actually voted for eugene v. debs in the election. the other thing that i have, as i went through school, through the primary grades through high school, we never heard of eugene v. debs. it seems like one of the things that is really lacking in our education system is labor history. the fact that when people talk about social security, unemployment insurance and many people, even older people are surprised that people died for those benefits. they were not gifts. they were fought for. people literally were killed and beaten and jailed for the right. with the neofascists that are now running one republican party trying to push it farther tolt, it seems that eugene v. ds, historically, to reestablish that message. we are in c history. if we

. >> he is pleading guilty, it is a charging document, not an inditement, he knew a couple days ago this was the course he was going to follow. the guilty plea bank fraud is 0 to 30 years in prison. guidelines that address this, i did a calculation, probably looking at 12 to 16 months. >> reporter: one thing that could be in play here by not pleading guilty to public corruption charges, it is a way for kwame brown to sort of have an out in all of this, he could says the all in my past and i was only guilty of something that was a personal failing it didn't have anything to do with my service in office. as far as the office of council chairman goes, mary che is the acting chair some time next week she will call a special council meeting, they will choose one of the four at large members to be interim chairman. >>> new this morning a tragic development involving the owner of the dc improve comedy club. the body of 60-year-old mark anderson was found yesterday at a hotel in arizona. in addition to the dc location ander son owned an improve in tempe arizona that had just closed june 1st ariz

he wasn't indited for more than a year and a half. >> you see some correlation between what you learnedoakland and sanford florida >> i thought there was a little bit of dismisle, in oakland we saw the dismissal of okay, a guy got killed we got the trigger man in sanford florida, there was a response that clearly whatever happened, between trayvon martin and mr. zimmerman, when zimmerman confronted him there was racial profiling of zimmerman to follow trayvon, to call police to say this guy looks suspicious when he is just a kid walking home with candy and iced tea. we are quick some times to dismiss when african american, people of color are murdered. that is what happened with chauncey in oakland >> i know you will talk more about this today, in your museum appearance. we will give you information, 2:30 p.m., knight tv studio, you will be speaking and signing books. nice thing for a journalist to do, to speak to an audience. >> it is i am looking forward to it. >> thank you very much for coming in the book is called killing the messenger we appreciate your work. >> thank you very much

. >> >> four dc police officers, are among the nine people indited in connection with a fight at a dc fight night club june of last year, outside lotus night club. k street northwest. the incident was caught on camera one man beaten so badly it caused him to lose an eye. officers charged were off duty at the time. >>> we continue to see heart breaking pictures out of colorado as massive wild fires rage onment more than 30,000 people have been forced out of their homes as a result of the monster flames and thick smoke. waldo canyon fire engulfed more than 15,000-acres and threatening major landmarks like the u.s. airforce academy and the famed mountain top of pike's peak. officials say that fire is only 5% contained. president obama is expected in colorado tomorrow he will tour damaged areas and thank crews battling those fires. >>> to florida where people are trying to clean up damage caused by tropical storm debbie. debbie left behind a handful of sinkholes in backyards and streets roads are closed as crews work to make sure areas around them are safe. debbie was down graded to a tro

son's murder case. 17-year-old christopher brown died this month with a struggle with laboard who was indited this week, but they do not feel that is enough. >>> a recent supreme court decision could lead a sentence prediction for -- reduction for one of the men convicted in the washington, d.c. sniper shooting. even if he is granted a nuisancing, he was sentenced to life without parole in maryland, sibs that was not a mandatory sentence, he will stay behind bars. >>> firefighters in colorado are going door-to-door looking for bodies in the hundreds of homes destroyed by a massive wildfire. president barack obama toured the state yesterday and declared colorado a disaster area. that clears the way for federal aid. it is the most destructive fire in colorado history. firefighters found two people dead so far. the blaze is only 15% contained. >>> many of us prepare for the holiday weekend. it appears that high gas prices are taking holiday themselves. maryland's average price dropped to $3.32. that is lower than the national average. that is good news for the 725,000 marylanders expected to hit

. >> he is pleading guilty, the charging document is information not inditement he knew a couple daysgo this was the course this was going to follow. a guilty plea he is under the statute, bank fraud a felony is 0 to 30 years in prison potential $30 million fine. the guidelines that address -- suggest, he is probably looking at 12 to 16 months but the fact is, this is serious, when you are talking about charging a public official and the charge is not public corruption, people often say is this really a big deal. the fact is this is bank fraud a federal criminal offence and often, where there is a negotiated plea, as you have here, what you do is pick the charge that the person is willing to plead guilty to. in essence is co-operating, accepting responsibility and moving on but this is very serious. >> on a personal note as far as what we have seen from some of our politicians who fall in this way he stood there and said i have no plans on retoring now, -- retiring now. i am paraphrasing that you would have thought the day before this was all bunk turns out it wasn't. and charge by cr

china gave the red carpet treatment to the head of sudan yet he is an indited war criminal.ica fails to speak out, i think it becomes dangerous. president regan said words in the constitution, declaration of independence were a covenant not only with the people of the united states but the with entire world i think what is failure is this administration and frankly the last has not advocated enough,. >> still it is a tricky relationship because china holds a lot of our debt, or should we be concerned at all, we are talking national security issues and the like, how close to home does all this hit? >> well, one i think that is a whole other -- we should get rid or -- frankly this country is in trouble the only way to deal with it is simpson bowls commission, put everything on the table and deal with i. both parties have to come together. but we cannot allow that to keep us from speaking out. china, catholic bishops, house arrest. hundreds of protestant pastors in jail. they have mondayered tibet literally change -- plundered tibet. literally changed lhasa what that i have don