jack johnson, former prince george's county executive will continue to get his pension $50,000 a year even though he risen for extortion and bribery. member the wiretap that told him to hide $80,000 in cash in his underwear -- her underwear? >> what do you want me to do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> and former baltimore mayor sheila dixon, who stole gift cards for needy children, gets $83,000 a year. >> it just does not make any sense. >> a republican delegate passed a law stripping officials of their pension if they are committed of a felony while in office, but his colleagues would not go for it. >> i do not know what it is. i do not get it. >> why did it stalling your committee? >> i do not remember the bill. >> the bill he says he does not remember hitting very close to home. at the time, a prince george's county senator was under federal investigation for corruption charges. he was eventually cleared but he was on the committee and let the pension bill died. >> i cannot say on public tv what i feel about those politicians. >> delegate george's pushing t

jack johnson former prince george's county executive, will continue to get his pension. $50,000 per year, even though he is in federal prison for extortion and bribery. remember the wiretap that caught him telling him to tell this life to hide cash in her underwear? and former baltimore mayor sheila dixon who stole give cards its $83,000 per year. >> it does piss me off. >> republican delegate -- decided to pass a law stripping at elected officials of their pension at committed of -- convict it of committing a felony. >> i guess they want to protect each other. i do not get it. >> the bill stalled in committee. >> why did that stall in committee? >> you should have talked to me before we started this because i do not remember the bill. >> that bill hit very close to home. at the time, the prince george's county senator was under federal investigation on corruption charges. though he was cleared, he was on he myers committee. >> cannot say on public tv what i feel about those politicians. >> delegate george is pushing the pension bill again this session but he says the only way to get his

that money was part of a housing and urban development focused on -- jack johnson administration. johnson is now in prison for his part in a corruption and bribery scandal centered in the county's housing department. they have until april 5th to come up with a plan to return the mismanaged funds. >>> a popular whiskey maker splashing cold water on a plan to dilute its product this morning. >>> costly decision. the latest punishment for a man accused of slapping a child during a flight. >>> the united nations is taking -- after a meteor streaked through the skies over russia. >>> no hiding from this winter this morning. we're going to find down right frigid out there as you step out the door. your forecast next with weather and >>> good news if you're a fan of maker's mark. it's restoring the alcohol volume in the popular whiskey. it announced it was lowering the alcohol in the bottles because of a supply shortage. loyal customers were furious about that. thousands told the company they would rather deal with an occasional supply shortage than an inferior whiskey. they tweeted yest

just over a year ago, lesli johnson insisted to the judge that she didn't know anything about jack johnson, the county executive's bribery scheme and this was just a momentary aberration as she tried to protect her husband. the judge sentenced her to that nearly a year in prison. today we wanted to know whether her thoughts had changed at all, but we'll have to wait to find out. lesli. >> she was released the weekend of the inauguration and we haven't seen her for a year t. will be interesting if she talks some time soon. >>> president obama is getting ready for his annual state of the union address. the economy will be the focus of his speech, but he is touching on several other issues, including gun violence. derek mcginty is anchoring our state of the union coverage live from the u.s. capital. derek. >> lesli and anita, this will be the president's fourth message. what is new tonight, this is a president fresh off reelection at the peek of his political power. why there will be plenty of political theater tonight. the president's real agenda is moving his agenda. he wants to get things

week after serving one year for her role in that corruption scheme spearheaded by her husband jack johnson. he's still in jail. when the couple was arrested in 2010, leslie johnson tried to hide thousands of dollars in her undergarments. she also admitted that she flushed a $100,000 bribery check down the toilet. she served her sentence at alderson prison in west virginia. that's where martha stewart served her time. >>> we're talking sports. what's up sm. >> everyone is talking about the caps. used to be the hot ticket in town. now it's the hot button issue. what to do with them coming up in sports. george mcphee hold court after last night's loss. we'll hear from the gm. >>> can the wizards back another big victory and throw down the nets t >>> i'm ron mott in providence rhode island where the snow is driving hard having caused havoc on roadways up and down new england for what promises to be a very long weekend. we've got the latest ahead on nbc nightly news with brian will wrams. >>> that coming up in the next 15, 20 minutes. for us, not getting the storm. as far as the snow is concern

it was spearheaded by her husband who was former county executive jack johnson. he remains in jail. when the couple was arrested in 2010, leslie johnson tried to hide thousands of dollars in her undergarments. she also admitted flushing a $100,000 bribery check down the toilet. johnson served her sentence at alderson prison camp in west virginia where martha stewart served her time. >>> we're following a developing story out west where the hunt continues tonight for christopher dorner. he's the former lapd police officer accused of three recent murders. some reported sightings today have not panned out. authorities said they don't know if he's in that southern california mountain where they've been focusing a teng tension for the past two days. they vow to stay there for now. his burned out pickup truck was found yesterday. dorner is suspected of targeting police officers and their families out of vengeance. >>> tragedy for a prince george's county family. they want to know why a young father died so mysteriously. someone drove the dying man to a volunteer fire department on richie

her husband, the former county exec jack johnson is behind bars for his role in that scheme.was sentenced to more than much is years in prison. >>> former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. is making headlines again over his fall from grace fox news learned that jackson jr. reportedly signs a plea deal in the federal investigation of his alleged misuse of campaign funding. according to the chicago suptimes, the plea deal includes significant jail time and that will be up to a federal j. jackson has been under investigation for using campaign funds to decorate his d.c. home, buy a rolex other and things. >>> it's being called a final jeopardy fail. we're going to tell you about the tournament that has a lot of people talking. >> and earlier this week, we introduced to you the trick shot toddler. find out if he rose to the challenge when he had to shoot it on live tv. back in a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory.

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he was a formidable credit and -- critic adversary of lyndon johnson and jack kennedy on vietnam. >> tip o'neill -- massachusetts, boston college, irish catholic, all of that -- what brought you to admire him? >> he had -- he was a stranger to self-importance. that was important to me. not forgetting where you came from, and he was a stranger to self-importance. ira member -- i remember -- the funniest thing that happened, he said, i am sitting up there, my secretary comes in and said, mr. speaker, anderson is on the phone. -- eddie anderson is on the phone. i said, i will be honest with you -- he is a fellow from the old neighborhood and things have not worked out every well for him. so why take the call. how are you? he says, i am in a bar in somerville. i am with a couple of guys, and they do not believe i know you. they said, eddie, great old pal -- would you just tell these guys? so he puts them on the phone -- eddie is a great pal of mine. forth. he says, eddie, is there anything else i can do? he says, we are just proud of you. we see you on c-span. i have to tell you, you loo

jack kent cooke brought magic johnson here. he took over right as magic was first to play.was visionary. he ran it like a mom-and-pop store. he was accessible but he let the stars shine. he could talk to dr. buss anytime. he covered the man. he wanted others to be in the forefront. he stayed in the background. when i say he ran it like a mom-and-pop store, the last deal he completed, this man grew up in wyoming and had to wait in line for food. he had absolutely nothing and grew this thing. the final deal he closed was a $3 billion television deal with time warner. he put all of his money back into the team. he put all the money back into the team so the team would flourish. bill: jerry west talked about entertainment and he realized entaintment had to be a part of the game in order to sell it. but here is jerry west talking how it was a global sport as well according to buss. roll this. >> the lakers are the franchise in the nba and i'm not sure that people will ever be able so realize just how important his presence was here and more importantly, what he did for the game.

ceo ron johnson says jc penney will start offering sales every week in the hope of luring back customers. >> jack sworn in as treasury secretary today. the senate confirmed him yesterday. lew served as president obama's chief of staff and will replace timothy geithner. he'll take over one day before the automatic spending cuts are expected to take effect. >>> hyundai has agreed to settle many lawsuits that it exaggerated its fuel economy on its cars. it says it will make a lump sum payment to around 600,000 owners of cars and suvs from the 2011 through 2013 model years. kia is also named in the suit and has not decided if it will participate in the settlement. >>> and a new normal for people thinking of retiring. according to a new survey by careerbuilder, 60% of workers age 60 and older say they will look for a new job after retiring from their current company. that's 3% higher than last year, and 12% say they will never be able to retire. now i'm just depressed hearing that. >> i know. start thinking about your career after your career. ashley morrison here in new york. thanks a lot, ashley. >>

jack wbaltv.com. >> our spriggs story tonight, a jury convicted him of second- degree murder in the killing of 16-year-old phylicia barnes of michael johnson is asking for a new trial. >> kai reed has details for us. >> johnson's attorneys lay out their case for a new trial and to a motion. it argued the jury was misled and the verdict was contrary to the evidence presented at trial. michael johnson faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of killing phylicia barnes. his defense team is asking for a new trial. >> almost every single case, because there is nothing to lose, it could be denied we can i gain anything. >> lawyers argue misconduct in the part of the prosecution and the main witness, mcray. he testified johnson called them, admitted to raping and killing phylicia barnes. prosecutors made improper statements they say to the jury and tried to bolster and raise credibility by telling jurors mcray testified to facts that could of only come by firsthand knowledge. according to' s attorney is, it was obvious the jury was misled -- according wasohnson's attorneys, it obvious the jury was misled. >> ne

johnson tells us that d.c. council members, tommy wells and bowser say they will run for d.c. mayor even if gray decides to seek reelection. or jack evans says, he's only going to run if gray stays out of the race or appears as if he can't win. >> what do you think? would you support mayor gray if he ran again knowing what you know now about his original campaign or do his contributions to the city outweigh any of those lingering concerns? your thoughts can outweigh mine. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >> if you're a woman, d.c. is the place to work. that's because according to a new study that came out today, women make more in d.c. than any other town in the whole country. forbes says women who work in the district earn a median income. san jose, bridgeport, connecticut, round out the top five. this list compared more than 500 cities and used the data from the 2011 american computer survey by the u.s. census. so ladies, welcome to town. >> that's right. there you go. unless you don't like cold weather. >> it's going to get colder. especially over the weekend. the rest of the week you'll have no problems. couldn't have had a p

the first head of the mpa was a fellow by the name of hayes and not go to eric johnson and then it was jackfor many years and dan glickman and myself. this was an effort to get away jurisdictions have corroborating stories comest you can imagine him trying to produce a product that had a national audience tailoring to various markets around the country. so the idea was to, but the national rating system to try and provide that guidance for people along the way. obviously it goes back to the haze rules that seem almost comical today for what they were in the 1920s coming along as to what we accept as a 21st century audience. there's nothing concrete about this. you make judgments based on what public mood and attitude and sensibilities i received a forwarded en masse at the rating board do and still does. i am on the appeals board so when producers and directors appeal of reading along the way. so are constantly examining are we doing this as well as we can? are never going to have it perfectly well. forget it the international audience. a domestic audience has very different ideas of what a

signature, i used a little jack knife and carved my name and it's typical that you fill it in with ink after you carve it. so i did that as well and it's not as large as lyndon johnson's but nonethelenonethele ss, it is there. i had another story but i didn't know until my grandchildren were touring the senate a couple of months ago and they were taken to the old senate chamber which is where senate luncheon steak place. the guide very kindly pointed out, you have to look very carefully but my name is engraved on the top of the desk of one of the desks in the and the only senate chamber and it occurred most likely when we were voting for a leader and somebody had a piece of paper and just press down too hard and it actually carved right there on the top. i don't know who that was, so i'm privileged to say i have had my name carved a couple of times >> have you observed any changes of congressional mood following mayor bloomberg's pro-gun control that has charged incumbent members of congress and in general what you think is the current sensing congress on what is going to be done about gun control issues? >> i must say that i only wish that we could be more optimistic

jack diamond. >> good morning. >> i'm coming over to shake hands. >> happy valentine's day. >> genie, the kiddy of the city. >> happy v-day. >> and marcus johnson. >ber this later today. >> before we jump in. any valentine wishes. >> absoly . my 4 year old kitten jordan. don't worry, i'll be there taking to your celebration at school. >> my wife lisa, conor, rachel, ian and jenny. >> who are the others? >> daughters and sons. >> all right. let's move along. >> i want to give a shout out to my daughter chase, happy valentine's day. karina, my mom. all the crew. my sisters. >> all right . that's enough. thank you very much. >> you are supposed to jump in early. >> i tried. >> let's talk about the show last night. and the writing on the hands and the arms, no one could remember lyrics. >> the bottom line, if you are going to do this professionally, you've got to remember the lyrics. the judges will forgive a pitchy dog but not going to forget for getting lyrics. i'm sorry, you are in the wrong business. >> this is not the competition for you baby. ad-lib, be creative. make it happen. i see some problems . but i see some stars too. i do. >> i saw a co

jack kent cook ironically. and a great story of dr. jerry buss. when he was being interviewed to purchase the lakers back in the late 70s, he said look if you guys don't draft this magic johnsonfind yourself another owner. he says i'm going to buy this team and if i do, that's going to be the guy i get. i traded for kobe bryant and drafted kobe you don't just become an owner. it's tough to do it. he won 10 world championships. very impressive. >> who is that woman? >> he had attention for younger women. always liked to go to boxing matches and games with a couple young ladies on his arm. he enjoyed the life with la. >> all right. thank you, dave. appreciate it. coming up, it's 7:21 now. coming up next, coffee in your heart. why the daily pick me up could have beneficial side affects. >> holly is live with some young innovators who are working towards storm water pollution. it's 7:21 now.  ♪ that aroma calls to you ♪ time to jump in to something new ♪ ♪ ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup >>> many of us depend on a morning cup of coffee or two to get them through the day. >> that cup of joe could also have good side affects for your heart. e

jack diamond. he's the morning man mix 107.3. good morning. good to see you. i feel like i have to greet. we did this off camera. this is the kiddy of the city. jeannie johnson together again. what do we think about the new judges? >> love them. keith urban, love you. nicki, love you. i thought i was going to hate her. i didn't think it would work. given great advice. she's honest and i got to tell you. >> barbie is rocking it. what i love about mariah, her music and sassiness. she's not giving it. >> that role's been filled by nicki. >> keith is good. >> i'm right with everybody else. although i wish somebody would please talk to her about what she wears. >> that's what the nicki brand is. >> i get it. help her, please. >> let's talk about keith urban. >> voice of reason. good guy. legitimate advice. he has the sincerity about him i love. and nicki has enough attitude to make up for the silence. >> is there a question about whether or not there's one judge too many? >> oh, mariah yeah, she's on the show too. >> all right. let's stick on the talent. i'm loving ryan seacrest this season. so the talent. it's too big. we don't know these guy's names yet. but we