yesterday jeannie harris pleaded guilty in connection with a $650,000 shadow campaign.s said he has no plans to step down. ra. >>> right now residents in northwest washington are cleaning up. the rain flooded many homes and cars, firefighters even had to push some drivers to safety. the storm also toppled treats along massachusetts avenue. that prevented commuters from turning onto waterside drive and reaching the rock creek parkway. >>> two of the cars that derailed overnight in ohio are still burning. 11 cars jumped the track. the train was carry ethanol, and nearby residents had to evacuate. firefighters decided to let the fire burn out. >>> a former fbi director is set to release a report tomorrow on penn state's role in the jerry san cuss did i child sex abuse scansal. sandusky convicted last month. >>> 77 people have lost their lives in water since memorial day. most of those victims were children, 78 other people nearly drowned. >> nbc's tom costillo reports from bethesda. >> reporter: watch closely the surveillance video from a pool in washington state. see if y

interested in what we do with alleys. [ laughter ] >> reporter: on tuesday gray's longtime friend jeannie harris pled guilty to felony counts of helping to run a $650,000 shadow campaign to help elect gray, adding legal and political pressure to say what he did or knew about his corruption-marred campaign. >> reporter: your reputation. >> i perfectly understand that. >> reporter: do you expect to finish your term. >> i have no plans to do otherwise. >> reporter: angry or upset? surprised? shocked or worried that that happened? >> this is not the campaign we intended to run, tom. i have said to many, many people that i got into this for the right reasons. >> reporter: as the controversy swirls, even aides to the mayor noted his. >> i got 1r06d because i love the district of columbia. >> the u.s. attorney with flee felony convictions and more prosecutions to come, on tuesday repeated his own stern warning. >> the truth is going to come out in the end, and you're far better off if you come to us on. >> again, council member david catania, the mayor says he's not resigning. jim and wendy? >> thank y

he's also worked with jeannie clark harris and jeff thompson on many get-out-the-vote efforts. hawkins has been very ill. >>> elsewhere, an arlington man is hospitalized after being attacked by two pit bulls while his son looked on. it happened this afternoon near walter reed drive in south oakland streets. the 40-year-old man was getting out of his truck when the dogs pounced on him. a neighbor called 911. police found the dogs at a nearby town house. one of the dogs charged the police officer and the officer shot the animal. the other dog was captured and taken to the animal welfare league in arlington. we're told the victim suffered bites to both arms. >>> an attempted armed robbery this morning turned into a terrible car accident. as matt jablo tells us the search is on for the masked gunman what started the tragic series of events. >> reporter: the call came in to prince george's county police just after midnight. 12:19, to be exact. a combination armed robbery/fatal pedestrian accident. here's tub usual story, according to cops. it all began when several people in this ca

the federal authorities charged jeannie clark harris with donating money in other people's names. she is a pr executive who paid a consultant for the great campaign and is closely linked to contractor and fundraiser jeffrey thompson who has been under investigation by the feds for months. his home and office were raided the same day as harris' office. thompson has not been charged with a crime. night is the national park service is accepting bids for the $15 million project to repair the washington monument. they hope work will start in september. it's going require massive scaffolding to be built and will take 12 to 18 months to finish. the monument has been closed to the public since the 5.8 magnitude earthquake last august. >>> president obama proposed extending the bush era tax cuts for the middle class and raising for anyone making more than $250,000. >> republicans were quick to chime in on this. fox's craig bosswell has more. >> reporter: president obama said that congress should temporarily extend bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year but not for tho

. >> reporter: 75-year-old jeannie harris admitted in federal court her role in what prosecutors calledaign to elect vincent gray mayor in 2010. >> today's pleas confirms the sad truth that pane of us have long feared. the 2010 mayoral election was corrupted by massive infusion of cash that was illegally concealed from the voters of the district. >> reporter: prosecutors say harris, a long time employee of d.c. businessman jeffrey thompson who has not been charged arranged to have contributions to the gray campaign illegally reimbursed by a d.c. businessman. and with the illegal money? >> she also purchased more than $100,000 worth of campaign materials that were identical to the official

. >> reporter: the call for the resignation came after jeannie clark harris, a close friend of mayor gray's admitted in court this week to helping run a shadow campaign. over a half million to help gray beat fenty. meanwhile, gray spent wednesday evening trying to shore up support on the council. >> and these are people i worked w. >> reporter: first calling chairman mendelson to the office and others on the phone. >> he called me to discuss the situation. >> reporter: council member jim graham told the mayor that the situation is urgent and urged him to answer questions of illegal activity. >> and what type of timeframe are you giving him in. >> has to be within a couple of days. >> and you will ask for -- . >> i will then have to evaluate how i feel about this. >> reporter: will the mayor do what many people have been asking? explain what he knows about illegal activity carried out by thomas gore, howard brookes and jeannie harris. at this point, it doesn't look like this. >> and my attorney told me that is the best course of action. >> reporter: mayor gray refused to comment about

donations cover-ups, plans to flee the country, part of an off the books campaign. 75-year-old jeannie harris worked as an aide to gray's 2010 campaign. the plea agreement says an unnamed co-conspirator funneled $653,000 through her public relations firm that she then spent on campaign materials, consultants supplies and other expenses. she admitted to shredding documents, and also that her co-conspirator offered to pay for her to leave the country for five years to avoid the investigation. she also pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy for concealing the source of other donations about $44,000, to gray's 2010 campaign, and also federal campaigns in 2008. harris is the third person to work on the campaign to plead guilty to some kind of illegal payments. gray has refused to address it so far. >> $653,000, that's the minimum from recorded mexico that were not recorded. that is there was a campaign that spent $643,000, they never reported the contributions of that magnitude. how could the mayor not know? and the u.s. attorney all but said there was coordination, so his denial of cull pa pi

tuesday, long-time friend and campaign consultant jeannie clark harris pleaded guilty. >> this is not the campaign we intended to run. we started from nothing. i thought we had raiseed a sub assistantial sum of money during that campaign. >> reporter: we also heard yesterday this from sound sill chairman phil mendelsohn. we asked that mayor gray asked meant ellison to heat him in his office late wednesday night and soon after that, mendelsohn issue ad statement basically asking for people in the city to take a deep breath. >> i do think that the calls for resignation are premature. we do not have any allegations from the u.s. attorney. there have been no charges brought. i'm concerned that calls for the resignation of an elected official or the mayor at this point are destabilizing to the government. >> reporter: chairman mendelsohn would be the person who would take over as mayor should vincent gray step down but again, he said yesterday, he has no plans to resign. >> thank you very much. >>> also making headlines this morning, police have several persons of interest in connection to

this week jeannie harris admitted in court her part in the $60,000 off the books shadow campaign to elect gray in 2010 and gray has been rebuffing reporters who want to know what he know, but gray says his lawyer won't let him talk. friday on the approximately tic politics hour, wayne nathan weighed in on the scandal impact saying it does affect the running of the government. >> i can't say this is not a distraction and not the subject of water cooler discussions. >> and nathan who played no role in the great campaign said the mayor is doing a good job. >> i have seen him up close and personal in dealing with governmental affairs and in my judgment, this is an honest man who is doing a very good job as the mayor. >> now with three felony guilty pleas and they're raising questions that are hanging over the mayor. did the mayor in any way approve in the off the books campaign, did the mayor orchestrate it in any way or did the mayor learn of the shadow campaign and take no action to stop it. >> we have to go forward. after wednesday's felony guilty plea, three council members, mariel bounce

talking three charges, two federal, conspiracy charge and fraud and false statement charge against jeannie harrisose are felonies. she apparently has agreed to some kind of deal with prosecutors. that's why they filed an information and not an indictment. it's the third charge that we're looking at here because that involves what goes on locally. it's a misdemeanor charge, but apparently what prosecutors are saying is jean harris got money from family, friends and co- workers who in their names made donations to the mayor's campaign. we're talking $38,000 worth. she was reimbursed for that money. jeff thompson who is identified as co-conspirator no. 1 in these documents, he then paid her back that money. so in other words, it was an illegal contribution from jeffrey thompson if you follow this. he reimbursed her to the tune of $44,000. that's money that went into the mayor's campaign. so jean harris due in court tomorrow for a plea hearing. >> what's next? will this point towards the mayor or thompson? >> obviously jeff thompson is the next step in this ladder here. he's co-conspirator no. 1. jea

three people who worked on his campaign pleaded guilty so far, including jeanny harris. quarter of the city council, including council member, mary, are calling for his resignation. >> i was surprised that as a constitutional law scholar, as an attorney, as a teacher, that she wouldn't take the position and let the process play out. >>

. >> this week, jeannie harris admitted her part in the $50,000 off the book shadow campaign to elect gray in 2010. and the lawyer won't let him talk opinion friday on the politics hour on wamu radio, d.c. attorney general weighed in on the scandal impact saying it does affect the running of the government. >> i can't say that this is not a distraction and is not the subject of water cooler discussions. he said the mayor is doing a good job. i have seen him up close and personal in dealing with governmental affairs and my judgment, this is an honest man who is doing a very good job as the mayor. >> reporter: now with three felony guilty pleas and more expected, the campaign scandal is raising questions that are hanging over the mayor. did the mayor in any way approve of the off the books campaign? did the mayor orchestrate it in any way or did the mayor learn of the shadow campaign and take no action to stop it? >> we have to go forward. >> after wednesday's felony guilty plea, three council members, david catannia all called for gray's resignation saying he needs to be held accountab

jeannie harris who funneled the $650,000 in secret cash, she has now admitted and told reporters very outwardly that she had a meeting with the mayor back in january. we'll have much more detail on exactly what the poll says in regards to his support of women -- by women in the city coming up at 5:30. back to you. >> tough situation for mayor gray moving forward. thanks, delia live outside the wilson building intlz maryland police can once again collect d.n.a. samples from people arrested for serious crimes, at least for now. that's because the supreme court justice john roberts has temporarily blocked a maryland court of appeals ruling that had barred the practice. this case centers on the conviction of alonzo king, jr. he was found guilty of a 2003 rape after his d.n.a. was collected following his arrest for assault in 2009. roberts' order will remain in effect till king responds to the state's appeal. he must do that by july 25. >>> the daily cost to drive on the dulles toll road is going up next year. yesterday the metropolitan airports authority released some possible tolerate in

jeffrey thompson contributed $38,000 has ties to jeannie clark harris, a woman who was charged in the shadow campaign. the mean was donated to a veteran's charity. >>> following the news alert following a general services administration already embarrassed by a major spending scandal. the administration is dealing with a second incident. the inspector general found more than a quarter million was spent on an awards ceremony in november of 20 twin. and that one day event took place in crystal city. members of congress are outraged about the wasteful spending. >> and what is incredible is this quarter of a million dollar one-day conference spent a total of $20,578 for 4,000 drum sticks. >> the award ceremony took place after the agency had spent nearly $1 million on a conference for employees in las vegas. the revelation about the vegas conference led to a major shakeup at the agency. >>> the news edge on maryland now. pepco's performance during last month's derecchio was under a microscope. the company was blasted from state lawmakers, customers in the audience who were angry and many

to buy campaign materials for mayoral campaign. >> a source tells cnn mayor gray learned from jeannie harrisear that some of the money spent for his 2010 campaign was not properly reported. the source says gray told harris then to report it immediately. prosecutors' documents don't indicate whether gray knew of the spending at the time it was happening. >> i never saw any evidence during the campaign that he knew anything about it at the time. >> for the ds council who went against her constituents to endorse gray, that's not good enough. >> people were acting in his name, for his benefit, they committed probably the biggest election fraud in the history of the district. i asked him to resign. >> she's joined by two our council members. the swirl of scandal is nothing new. others have been accused of corruption. marion barry was in a sting operation. he spent time in jail. barry's successor, sharon pratt kelly built up huge budget budget deficits. more recently, a mayor investigated for steering contracts to a friend. he was cleared. i asked this analyst what tainted the d.c. mayor's office.

harris basically confirmed there was ae out the books campaign to get gray elected. 75-year-old jeannie harris wiped her eyes as she admitted to theo scheme tuesday.me the plea agreement says an unnamed co-speed tore funneled $653,000 through her public relations firm. had she pled guilty to twoto counts of conspiracy conspiracy longer be his contract. >> jeffrey have i thompson has none been -- jeffrey thompson has not been charged.e harris is expected to get two and a half to three years in prison under searchingpr guidelines.is >>> another big story we're watching on, playing out onon capitol hill,. >> there is a vote in congress for try to overfurnish presiden- overturn president obama's healthcare plane. doug luzader has more. >> reporter: republicans in the house are just a few hours away from making this happen, own even -- even if democrats say it's an exercise in fertility.il >> reporter: republicans will d: what they have done many times e before, knock down dthe president's healthcare plan and henot surprisingly, democrats don't like it. >> we're not trying to make lawr we are makin

after entering a guilty plea tuesday, campaign pr consultantant jeannie harris told the washington postss the unreported spending. gray said since rumors of a shadow campaign surfaced, he's been trying to find out what happened and he was the first to call for an investigation. some council members say the scandal raises doubts about the validity of his election. >> his legitimacy of his -- >> i can't how the business of government can go forward in the way it should. >> reporter: gray said he is very concerned about the revolutions, but he says that they do not reflect on his work as mayor and he is not corrupt nor is his administration. he did have a meeting late yesterday evening with new council chairman, and mendleson made a statement saying he believes the calls for the resignation are premature at this time. allison? >>> thanks, melanie. turning to national politics, a day after mitt romney's address to the nation's largest civil rights organization, the white house gets to offer a rebuttal of sorts. today the vice president will speak to the naacp. >>> yesterday, mitt romney rec

jeannie clark harris, 75 years old, had to be wheeled into the courtroom and she was holding a cane. she told the judge she worked with two other people on this stand. one actually planned it, one funded it, and then she moved the mean around. she said what she did was wrong. she made a mistake. she wouldn't say today in court, the prosecution wouldn't either, who her coconspirator was funding the plan. we know that jeffrey thompson's office and home were searched the same day harris' property was searched in march and harris made it clear that she would take money from one co- conspirator, funnel it through her company and that money was used to pay for gray campaign services and material. harris admitted to trying to hide the fraud once the fbi started to investigation and -- investigate. she altered tax returns and said her co-conspirator asked her to leave the country but show refused. >> reporter: we tried to get a hold of mayor gray and went to the wilson building, stopped by his office. we were told that he had a very busy schedule and he was in meetings and that he am -- he w

on tuesday, jeanny clark harris admitted to working with others to fund a half million dollar plus shadow campaign. all of it illegal. >> as mayor is finished. >> the service is now deeply in question. i can't see how the business of government can go forward in the way that it should. >> council member david catanya was the first to call for gray's resignation. >> i would have handled today differently. regardless of whether or not i knew anything and i didn't, such a cloud has been placed over my government that i believe it's in the best interest to end this distraction and i will resign it effective tomorrow noon. that's what he should have done. but it appears as if he's going to dig in. >> mary who supported vincent gray was next. she says it was a heartbreaking process. finally coming to the conclusion that gray should leave office. >> i cannot tell you how painful this is. i think it's best for the district and that's what i have to think about. and that's what i want him to think about. >> and council member who chaired ethics reform legislation and was a strong fenty supporter c

yesterday 75-year-old jeannie clark harris, a veteran pr executive pleaded guilty to two felonies. she is accused of funneling to a shadow campaign from someone identified as co-conspirator number one. news 4 sources say that's businessman jeffy thompson. he's not been charged. harris says neither she nor the adviser overshadows the campaign and up until now mayor gray has been mum on the issue. you know, i would like to comment on all of this. as i've indicated along the way, this investigation is continuing. i said before that this investigation is continuing. obviously, it is. obviously, there is additional information that is unfolding. i think many of you will remember that more than a year ago i was the one that called for an investigation of my own campaign. and, you know, we will continue to work with this investigation. this is not the campaign that we intended to run, tom. i have said to many, many people that i got into this for the right reasons. i probably could have stayed on as council chair or done nothing further. and i got out there to be involved in this because

harris to return with the invoices so that the mayor can turn them over to bennett. the fbi retrieved those invoices later. only after and that's this year, only after they rated jeanny'se and the offices of jeffrey thompson. her boss who funded that shadow campaign. anita. >> it sounds like in such large amounts that the campaign had to chris cross with the vehicles in all of that. >> in one case, we found out today that the mayor's driver and suv that was transporting the mayor around was paid for not from official campaign dollars, but from invoices and checks from jeff thompson. >> when are we going to know who knew with what and at what point? >> absolutely. the fbi is the only one that can sort this out. the mayor says he didn't do anything wrong. others aren't so sure. the mayor isn't going to resign because three council members are asking him to. the mayor will step down if and when the u.s. attorney calls the man and tells him he is about to be indicted and they present a case. we're not at this point. >> and your sources say he's not going to change his mind. >> the name we have been hesitant. our sources confirmed the fbi and federal prosecutors want to tal