so jean harris due in court tomorrow for a plea hearing. >> what's next?l this point towards the mayor or thompson? >> obviously jeff thompson is the next step in this ladder here. he's co-conspirator no. 1. jean harris probably as part of her plea deal agreed to cooperate with authorities and will probably give them testimony against jeff thompson. jeff thompson would put them that much closer to the mayor and others in his campaign. >> what has the mayor said up to this point about his relationship with thompson? >> the mayor quite some time ago said he was going to stop commenting on this due to the advice of his attorney. >> thanks, bruce. >>> new was in tonight about the virginia department of transportation -- new was in tonight about the virginia department of transportation's plan to start oozing ez pass users -- charging ez pass users a fee. this was for new customers only, people who already have the transponders will face a 50 cents a month charge for any new transponder that they order. >>> here's a law that's overdue, lighting up to smoke on t

this time, jean harris, a d.c. public relations executive linked to fund raising for the mayor. named in the criminal information released by the district attorney's office. >> the federal documents said that jean harris worked for conspirator number one to illegally fund numerous federal and d.c. campaigns, including the 2010 campaign of vincent gray. already, campaign workers of grey have pled guilty to corruption charges. today's charging document said harris funneled $2,000 per person, the maximum allowed by the law that time, in the names of her family and friends. the charges against schuring lafalce contributions, but also evidence -- the charges against her include false contributions but also fraud. >> there was $9,000 of expenditures in your tax filing that she knew was improper. she will be before a judge tomorrow afternoon. >> fairfax county police continue to search for a man connected with an officer- involved shooting sunday night in alexandria. police said that two officers in separate cars along fry road stop to dr. two men. one of them ran away and it was stopp

one more thing, tried to get jean harris to leave town, if not the country. back to you. >> some staggering facts. thank you so much for your report. matt. >> today was the last day that d.c. council was scheduled to work. as of half an hour ago, the council had no taken up bills about installing screens outside the verison center or incentives. mayor gray is willing to authorize a special session if the council doesn't get everything on its agenda. the council did table an amendment on regulations for the company. but passed an amendment making the company legal with no new fees imposed. and they discussed two bills that would force pepco to bury lines in the district. >> would establish them for utility districts. >> in light of the cost, a working group would be established consistenting a representatives of the mayor of the council and pepco to determine how to fund the project. >> put the price tag for burying lines. critics say that is just too expensive and won't necessarily keep the lights from going out in the next big storm. >>> meantime, more surpr

. >> one day after jean clark harris, a long time gray associate. >> i've known jean for a long time. >> pled guilty for illegally funneling $650,000 into the campaign. mayor gray made his first public comments about the case. >> i'm concerned about what, you know, may or may not have happened in this campaign and certainly the appearance of what may have happened. >> siting the on going investigation into his 2010 campaign, an investigation that so far resulted in guilty pleas from three gray campaign workers. the mayor declined to talk about specific allegations. >> and there are questions that you may have that i can't answer at this stage. >> without admitting anything, he did express disappointment. the way we know his campaign was conducted. >> this is not the campaign we intended to run. >> the mayor went on to say a year and a half ago, called the investigation into his own campaign. he was quick to draw distinction between his campaign and his administration. >> i know who i am. i get up in the morning every day and look in the mirror and i see somebody i respect. >> he was n

. >> reporter: her name is jean harris, she owns two pr companies, dell international, and details international, asera she did work for mayor gray's 2010 campaign. according to the court documents, harris is facingis charges of conspiracy, taxcons fraud, and violations of federae and local election laws. prosecutors say that harris gotr friends, family and employees to make political contributions and then an unnamed co-conspirator would reimburse the contributions through harris's company. according to the charging document, there were contributions totaling $21,550 in 2008 to federal political campaigns and committees, and $44,000 in 2010 to the campaign of what they called candidate "a," who we're told is gray. all of these were directed by and reimbursed by co-conspirator one, according to the prosecutors. the documents describe this co-conspirator one as somebody who has a close friendship andd professional relationship with harris. harris is known to have close ties with jeffrey thompson, he's a businessman and prominentsm government contractor, and he c has been under investigation for m

the case against jean harris reveals details of a shadow campaign that raise ed more than half a millions to support the bid to become the district's mayor. bruce johnson was in court today and joins us live with what unfolded. wow bruce. >> you know, one of the questions we were asked, could the mayor have won the election if not for this illegal activity? we have three fairly significant people to the vincent gray campaign who have taken pleas. it's obvious prosecutors are moving in on the wealthy businessman and very few people doubt they are also looking at mayor vincent gray. >> tell us why you did it? >> no comment. >> harris admitted in court today that she helped run an illegal shadow campaign for vincent gray in

employee, jean clark harris, taken a plea in this case, should have plenty to say in court today. >> why you did it? >> in comments, thanks. >> admitted in court today that she helped run an illegal shadow campaign for vincent gray in 2010. the funding, a staggering $653,800 came from wealthy businessman, jeffrey thompson. there was no evidence or testimony for today that mayor gray knew about the illegal shadow campaign. he wasn't talking to rorlters, his press person had this to say. >> is his position the same as it has always been? he's not going to comment on this or is his position as it was earlier, that he didn't know anything about this? >> he had no comment. >> again, it's no comment, even with these new developments? >> harris is part of a plea agreement also admitted in court today that she collected contributions for gray from 16 people who really didn't have the maximum $2,000 to give. she said jeffrey thompson kicked back the sums to those people. that money came to more than $40,000. >> tonight, jeany harris is free. she is looking at two felony charges. according to

. >> reporter: the charges are against harris, known as jean clark harris, the local pr executive who did consulting work for mayor gray's 2010 campaign and has close ties with jeffrey thompson, who has been under investigation by federal authorities for several months now and according to court documents, she's accused of being involved with crime having to do with donating money in the name of people. this is when way have heard in the past. harris has been charged with making those illegal contributions that tocandidates in federal and local offices, including to mayor vincent gray's campaign. meanwhile, you will remember that thompson's home and office were raided in march by the fbi. harris' office was raided on the same day. >> everyone's waiting to see what jeffrey thompson is already retained some counsel and who is the largest contractor in the city and that is over $300 million. it might go to the practices of government. >> and harris did communications and charging documents say in one instance, she was reimbursed $44,000 in contributions to gray, who was identified as can

on tuesday, jean clarke harris, a friend of the mayor's admitted to working on a shadow campaign, all of it illegal. >> his lemignot its massey as mayor is finished. >> the legitimacy of his service is now deeply in question. >> i can't see how the business of government can go forward in the way it should. >> reporter: councilmember david catania was the first to call for gray to resign. >> if i were vince gray, i would have handled today differently. i would have said regardless of whether i knew anything and i didn't, such a cloud has been placed over my term as mayor this, has been such a distraction, i will resign tomorrow. but it appears he is going to dig in. >> reporter: mary cheh was next. she says it was a heart- breaking process, finally coming to the conclusion that gray should leave office. >> i cannot tell you how painful this is. i do think it is best for the district and that is what i have to think about. and that is what i want him to think about. >> reporter: and councilmember muriel bowser would has chaired ethics reform legislation called on gray to step down now.

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. >> certainly the news this week with jean harris saying, yeah, $650,000 that was being used in this. this morning the post is reporting gray met with her back in january, so he at least knew about this in january. and now reports from the associated press that the campaign, gray campaign was paying day laborers who worked at polling places in $2,010,100 2010 $100 in cash, twice the legal limit. doesn't look good for the mayor. >> it doesn't. the classic question is, what did he know and when did he know it? if in fact, he knew about this secret campaign back in january, then he may be facing some criminal exposure. he probably would have had to have filed campaign reports, or correct wrong campaign reports. he may have said things to investigators. so again, it's the classic d.c. story, it's the coverup. he's not alleged to at this point have masterminded the campaign. we don't know who did it. when asked that question, when did you know, he said that's part of the investigation. that's not a good answer. he needs to have said, i learned about it tuesday when ms. harris pled guilty.

contributions. 9news confirmed the mayor knew about a shadow campaign back in january after meeting with jean clark harris, who is now since pleaded guilty. surae chin followed the mayor today. is he shedding anymore light on what happened? >> the mayor said he is not resigning. he is trying to carry on the business of the district of columbia, but one of his first orders of business today was going on a talk show to answer questions about his 2010 campaign. that is now netted three convictions so far. >> did you know before the primary, during the primary in 2010, that there was a well funded shadow campaign? >> we ran a campaign that was based on the laws and principles of the district of columbia. that is the kind of campaign that i was running. that's the kind of campaign that i supported. >> mayor gray on news channel 8 this morning not able to go into detail about what he knew and when surrounding a shadow campaign of illegal contributions that helped him get elected. >> i talked about those things that i can, those that i can't related to this investigation. >> mayor gray traveled to ward 8 this af

according to "the post" a source close to the investigation says that gray met with jean clark harris, the public relations consultant she had an illegal campaign on gray's behalf. now, the associated press is reporting that campaign workers who worked for gray's 2010 campaign that day laborers were routinely paid $100 in cash, twice the legal limit. now, three people associated with gray's campaign have pleaded guilty to federal charges associated with illegal campaigning practices. three of gray's fellow council members are calling for his resignation, that includes david katania and bouser of ward 4. all of them are saying that the mayor is responsible for the corruption already uncovered since it was his campaign. after months of silence, the mayor spoke for the first time about the investigation during a press conference yesterday. >> i think many of you will remember that more than a year ago, i was the one who called for an investigation of my own campaign and, you know, we will continue to work with this investigation, but, you know, again, there are questions that you may hav

jean clark harris is charged with conspiracy and making false statements. the public relations executive made illegal contributions to a number of candidates including ray. harris would be the third to plead guilty to charges stemming from his 2010 campaign. she will face eight years in prison, but likely get a lighter sentence. >>> a busy day for the d.c. council as members try to work through a full plate of votes. a plan to modernize d.c. cabs leads the concern for the council along with weather to put breathalyzers back on the street and to limit how much city money can be used on immigration enforcement. it would require new readers, gps trackers in all cabs. live look as protesters out there at the wilson building and also mean that customers would have to pay a 50 cent surcharge per trip that would help pay for those upgrades. some drivers are not happy. hundreds protesting the gps devices and they are back out there today, as you can see. the taxi drivers say they invade the drivers' privacy and the customer's privacy, as well. much more on that sto

jean clark harris is a local prr executive who worked for mayorma gray's campaign.g to court documents isu that were released latel yesterday, harris is charged with conspiracy, with tax fraud, and violence of federal and dca election laws. prosecutors say harris low pressure solicited donations from friends, family and employees and then an unnamed co-conspirator reimbursed them i for the money. according to those charging documents, there werehere contributions totaling $21,550$ in 2008, to federal campaigns and committee, and $44,000 in,0 2010 to t00he campaign of what they call candidate a, who we're told is dc mayor gray. awful the contributions districted by and reimbursed by this co-conspirator one, the document described could conspirator one as somebody who has a close friends him and professional friendship andl profession -- a close friendship and professional friend ship. the office were raided by the fbi on the same day in march. >> i don't see how the mayor can be happy about this.bout press conference on wednesday, it will be interesting to see if he

princes harry and william looking casual in white shirts and black jeans. the duchess of cambridge stole the show. a real incentive for the women's u.s. olympic beach volleyball team to go for a medal. they've been imploring prince harry to show up. he'll be at the final gold medal game on august 8th as the countdown to the opening continues. ♪ the games don't officially open until tomorrow night. but the play has already begun. and what a beginning for the u.s. women's soccer team. after a wobbly start that saw france up, 2-0 carli lloyd, who helped them clinch a gold four years ago. >> absolutely magnificent! >> reporter: secured victory in the first match. u.s., 4, france, 2. at the same stadium, an embarrassing boo-boo led to a brief political crisis. >> the wrong flag was put up on the jumbotron. >> reporter: as the north korean team was warming up, the south korean flag was on the screen. the indignant women in protest. after an appropriate amount of groveling, they were persuaded to return with the correct flag up in lights. bankrupt greece struggled

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