james o'keefe made headlines before and is getting attention for trying to expose holes in voting laws by using eric holder's identity. and this time both o'keefe and his group may have gotten more than they bargained for. >> reporter: as attorney general of the united states, eric calder and the u.s. justice department have opposed laws requiring people to show i.d. before they can vote. but now, holder's own name is being used by conservative active haves to show why those laws may need changing. last tuesday, voters went to this d.c. church to vote on primary day, including one man who was not who he said he was. >> hello, do you have an eric holder? >> reporter: in an effort to demonstrate lack security at voting places, activist james o'keefe and his group had a man say he was eric houlder and asked for his ballot. >> sign there. >> i actually forgot my i.d. i left it in the car. >> as long as you're here and on the list, that is who you say you are, you're okay. >> the representative left without voting. the group's leaders said his point was proved. >> and we decided to go after

james o'keefe and veritas stand by their methods. please forgive me. i'm having some allergy issue this is morning. >>> a powerful earthquake and a tsunami warning. we'll have the details coming up next. >>> plus, new developments in the trayvon martin shooting case. why attorneys for george zimmerman are stepping away from the case. that is next as we check more headlines. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] today is the day you make a change with hellmann's. make parmesan crusted chicken surprisingly crispier, juicier. mmmmmm yummier. hellmann's, make it real, make it different. >>> we are following breaking news right now. a powerful earthquake has just struck off the coast of indonesia. the center of the quake was off the province on the northern tip of the island of sumatra. it has a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 and a tsunami warning has been issued. you will remember a 9.1 quake in the same area back in 2004 create a tsunami so large it killed 240,000 people. >>> new this morning, stock markets in asia are continuing a selloff on wall stree

conservative filmmaker james o'keefe released a new video in which an impostor and tries to vote as attorney general eric holder. >> i forgot my id. i left it in the car. >> as long as you're here and you're on the list and that's who you say you are, it's ok. >> voters are not required to bring ideas to the polls. will states have moved to enact voter id laws eric holder. opposes that. >> walmart will not open on time in the district. the first of six plan stores will not open until the end of 2013. the washington post says the company blames the delay on resistance from neighborhood activists and opponents. a weak jobs report catches up with wall street. uprising news about hybrid owners. and the new king of broadway. rob nelson has these stories. >> good morning. fallout. the dow jones opens below 13,000. it lost 131 points yesterday 1% in the first session since friday's disappointing on employment report. facebook's billion dollar purchase has made millionaires out of a company posted 13 employees. the 28-year-old ceo is the owner of 40% so he is rich this morning. only one-third of hyb

activist james o'keefe and his conservative group, say they made the recording to demonstrate the lackvoting places it showed a man claiming to be eric holder even though he didn't have an id. >> exactly what the extent of the behaviour was and what statutes may have been violated in this case is a matter we are still investigating something i will leave it to prosecutors. >> justice department dismissed the video saying in a statement it is no coincidence the so called examples of rampant voter fraud consistently turn out to be manufactured ones, james o'keefe and his project stand by their methods. >>> prince william county executive announcing he is running for the second highest office in the common wealth of virginia, corey stuart is about to kick off his candidacy for lieutenant governor the first may jar republican candidate to announce he is running stuart is making the announcement in wood bridge later today. >> secretary of state, is laughing out loud, lol she wants people to know it hillary clinton was the subject of an internet joke, timber shows her sending text messages t

james o'keefe of the project thanks for joinings. >> good morning. >> so you targeted eric holders precinct on primary day in the district what led you to do this, under cover investigation? >> we wanted to expose the vulnerabilities of the voting system to potential fraud, weaknesses in the system we have done this in new hampshire, minnesota, vermont in two of those states, state legislature changed the law after our videos, and we decided to go after the belly of the beast so to speak and start going after -- exposing government officials in the district and their ballots being compromised. >> so do you feel, sir there is widespread voter fraud? what is your pro significance on this topic? >> -- position on this topic? >> you can see the system is broken and needs to be reformed some how, the analogy i like to make is a bank, a bank of all the doors just swung wide open and anybody can go in there and take money out take other people's money and i think, any other situation it would be changed in this situation something needs to happen it is not right for someone to just walk in there a

the topics in the repeat controversy involving you and james o'keefe who used your name to attempt toommit voter fraud. it is a video making its way around the web right now and i want to show it to everybody. he used your name as well as other names of well known people to prove a point about voting. >> with he wsd the name the poll worker asked us for id. because they asked us for identification they prevented us from being offered alicia menendez's ballot. >> do you have id. >> it is in the car. i will get it. >> this was a way to prove holes within the system about what's going on in this country, to prove the reason why we need voter id laws. you look from the other angle. what's your response to the video itself and what's your response to being used like that? >> well, no one wants to be used like that. no one wants someone going into their polling place and pretending to be them and fortunately most americans tonight do that. in fact, voter fraud is so rare that james o'keefe had to go out and try to create it himself in order to make this point. what he fails to tell you is t

board of elections is now launching an investigation against activist james o'keefe. this comes after o'keefe released undercover videos showing a man claiming to be u.s. attorney general eric holder at a polling place. he was obviously not holder but he was not asked to show any identification. the election board says any evidence of criminal activity from last week's primary will be referred to law enforcement. that actor did not vote in holder's name either. >>> olga breese is coming up next in the forecast. >> the sun is trying its best but the clouds seem to be winning out. it's been breezy and cool. temperatures struggling to make it through the 50s. when will we see a little more rain in the forecast? yup, we're tracking slightly warmer temperatures into the weekend. i'll give you all that great news when 9news now continues. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduce

board of elections is launching an investigation against activist james o'keefe. it comes after o'keefe released some undercover videos of showing a man claiming to be u.s. attorney general holder and he was not shown to be required identification when it comes to going to the polls. the election board says any evidence of criminal activity because of o'keefe's videos will be refurred to law enforcement. >>> a former d.c. private schoolteacher is now one of the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted fugitives. the f.b.i. released this picture of eric troth. he taught third grade on the grounds of the national cathedral. the f.b.i. accuses toth of producing child important nothing avenue -- pornography on the job. explicit photos of at least one boy were found on his computer. he hasn't been seen since he lost his job in 2008. >>> a 20-year-old man is charged in the accidental shooting death of 56-year-old. the child found a loaded handgun inside a spiderman book bag. raymond allen brown hid the loaded gun in the child's backpack and put it on the floor floor. >>> in two months

. >>> james o'keefe, the man who conducted a hidden camera investigation into the community group acorn, is now tackling voter fraud. last week during the d.c. primary, someone from his group walked into a polling place and claimed to be u.s. attorney general eric holder. he asked if he could vote even though he forgot his i.d. >> do you have an eric holder? [ bleep ]? that's the address. >> okay. please sign your name there. >> actually forgot my i.d. >> you don't need it. >> i left it in the car. >> as long as you're here, you're on the list, that's who you say you are, you're okay. >> the man posing as holder didn't actually vote. o'keefe says his video is proof that voter fraud does happen and more needs to be done to stop it. holder has spoken out against laws or spoken out against voter i.d. laws saying they disfranchise some voters. >>> two middle school students in washington state being called heroes after jumping into action when their bus driver passed out. that bus was on its way to school yesterday morning when the driver's head fell back. you see that in the video here. th

a man working with conservative activist james o'keefe went into a polling place posing as attorney general eric holder. he told the election worker he forgot his i.d. but was allowed to vote. the man never submitted a ballot. any evidence of criminal activity will be forwarded to police. >>> the path to the republican nomination for president is a little clearer this morning for mitt romney. his main competition for the republican nomination, rick santorum, is out of the race. santorum announced yesterday he's suspending his campaign. the former senator won 11 contests despite being outspent by romney. mitt romney issued a statement in which he called santorum "an able and worthy competitor." >>> newt gingrich is vowing to stay in the race until the republican convention, but he's having trouble getting on the ballot for utah's primary. the "salt lake tribune" visiting his $500 check to pay for a filing fee bounced. utah's elections director said the office has tried contacting gingrich's campaign about the check but hasn't received an answer. gingrich has until next friday to pay the fee.

board of elections is launching an investigation against activist james o'keefe. it comes after o'keefe released undercover video showing a man claiming to be u.s. attorney general eric holder at a polling place. he was obviously not the attorney general but was not required to show any identification. the election board says any evidence of criminal activity from last week's primary will be referred to law enforcement. >>> it's 5:35. it's your money time. >> jessica doyle is back and she has tax advice less than a week to go. we get a little extra time in d.c., right? >> a little extra time. it's the 17th this year. a lot of folks don't have the money to pay the tax bill this time of year because the economy has been so rotten. the tax man does come and if you can't pay your tax bill, know that you're not alone and you have options. >> reporter: you have less than a week to file your taxes and send uncle sam what you owe. if you don't pay, expect to get hit with lots of penalties and fees. but tax masters linda says there are some things you can do to mitigate th

an sort of conservative activist james o'keefe went into a polling place posing as attorney general ericder. he told the volunteer he forgot his i.d. but he was still allowed to vote. the man never actually submitted a ballot. the board of elections said any evidence of criminal activity will be forwarded to police. >>> the path to the republican nomination is clearer for mitt romney. his main competition, rick santorum, is out of the race. hea announced he's suspend -- he announced he's suspending his campaign. he says his presidential hopes may be dashed, but his fight for his supporters is far from over. >> we are not done fighting. we are going to continue to fight for voices. we're going to continue to fight for americans who stood up and gave us that air under our wings that allowed us to accomplish things that no political expert would have ever expected. >> mitt romney issued a statement in which he called santorum an able and worthy competitor. >>> newt gingrich is vowing to stay in the race until the republican convention, but he's having trouble getting on the ballot for utah'

. >>> james o'keefe, the man who conducted a hidden camera investigation into the community group acorn, says he now has evidence of voter fraud. last week during the d.c. primary, someone from his group walked into a polling place and claimed to be u.s. attorney general eric holder. he asked if he could vote even though he forgot his i.d. >> do you have an eric holder? [ bleep ] that's the address. >> okay. please sign your name there. >> actually forgot my i.d. >> you don't need it. >> i left it in the car. >> as long as you're here, you're on our list, and that's who you say you are. you're okay. >> the justice department is refuting this video saying that the man posing as holder did not expose any kind of voter fraud because he didn't actually vote. holder has spoken out against voter i.d. laws saying they actually disfranchise some voters. >>> mitt romney is pulling an attack ad his campaign made against his political rival, rick santorum. the decision came as santorum cares for his 3-year-old daughter who was in the hospital this weekend with pneumonia. she is now out and doing b

his name is james o'keefe.uring last tuesday's primary somebody from his group walked into a polling place in the district and claimed to be u.s. attorney general eric holder. the man asked if he would be able to vote even though he said he forgot his identification. >> so do you have an eric holder? actually i forgot my i.d. >> you don't need it. >> i left it in the car. >> as long as you're in here, you're on our list and that's who you say you are, you're okay. >> the man did not cast a ballot. he walked out and didn't return. holder has recently criticized voter identification laws passed by several states and said they were unnecessary and tend to disenfranchise voters. o'keefe says his video is proof of a need to do even more. >>> doug is here with more about our weather. the wind that's causing all these problems, how much longer is it going to hang around? >> throughout the rest of the evening and still windy tomorrow and into the day on wednesday, too. we're not talking about the 30 to 40-mile-per-hour

. >>> james o'keefe, the man who conducted a hidden camera investigation on the community group a.c.o.r.n. claims he now has evidence of voter fraud. last week during the d.c. primary, someone from o'keefe's group walked into a polling place and claimed the u.s. attorney general eric holder. he asked if he could vote. even though he forgot his i.d. >> do you have an eric holder? that's the address? >> please sign the, there. >> i forgot my i.d. >> you don't need it, that's all right. >> as long as you're here and you're on your list and that's who you say you are. >> the justice department is refuting the video saying the man posing as holder didn't expose any kind of voter fraud because he didn't actually vote. holder has spoken out against voter i.d. laws, saying they actually disenfranchise some voters. >> decision 2012 is back in full swing. rick santorum is returning to the campaign trail today. the republican presidential candidate took the holiday weekend off but ended up caring for his 3-year-old daughter, bella. santorum's daughter has a rare genetic condition in chromosomes whic

an associate of conservative activist, james o'keefe went into a polling place last week, posing as attorney general eric holder and told the volunteer he forgot his i.d., but was still allowed to vote. the man never did actually submit a ballot. the board of elections said any evidence of criminal activity will be forwarded to police. >>> well, we could know by this weekend, who has won a hotly contested primary election for an at-large d.c. council seat. d.c. election officials will count more than 2200 absentee ballots of the race between incumbent vincent orange and the challenger biddle on friday. they're challenging how many provisional ballots will be counted. more than 3800 of them were cast on election day. right now, orange leads biddle by just 543 votes. that's a 1.2% lead. there will be an automatic recall if that margin slips below 1%. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley is keeping quiet about whether he will request a special session. the state's general assembly failed to pass a budget package before the end of their 90-day session. because of that, next year's budgets is be

they were going through james o'keefe's costume closet. >> yeah right. >> rush limbaugh -- >> top 1%axes. the bottom 48% pays nothing. and obama talks about fair vens. if we were talking about fairness obama would drag the bottom 48% not paying taxes and say your free ride is over. the country can't survive for w you sitting on your couch waiting in for a check in the mail. >> rush limbaugh should not talk about anybody getting up off of the couch. >> it is hard to spin this math and yet they are. >> ronald reagan said he supported what we have come to know as the buffet rule. the other thing to consider is that people that don't pay a federal income tax pays all kinds of other taxes as well. they pay a higher percentage of their income, by the way. >> that's where all of the money is, by the way. >> you know, i would pay -- you know like pay per view or some kind of service to watch rush limbaugh live on $20,000 a year. [ laughter ] >> there is a reality show. >> there you go. [ laughter ] >> where am i supposed to get my housekeepers vitamins. >> i don't understand the world withou

this morning when james o'keefe joins us life. >>> president obama will today, make another pitch to boost taxes on millionaires and billionaires this is the so called buffett rule. >> this draws sharp contrast with mitt romney and sets up an election year battle. doug luzader takes a closer look. >> reporter: president obama will make his case for the so called buffett rule to raise taxes on high earners. his critics call it class warfare for the president this is merging as a dominant campaign theme he will head to florida to make the case that is now part of just about every pitch on the economy now, the buffett rule named after billion air warren buffet. >>> as i and warren buffet pointed out many times now he is paying a lower tax rate than his secretary that is not fair it is not right,. >> reporter: the rule would create a minimum tax rate of 30% for those who earn at least a million dollar as year even if they are taxed on investment income for some that could double what they pay. the white house acknowledges that it won't do much to change the nations finances, it is estima