jeffrey thompson. thompson"of jeffrey -- >> nikita stewart, as a reporter for the washington post, on july piece, wrote a huge frontpage, on a man named jeffrey thompson. why? in the news.n he is a local businessman at the center of a major federal investigation, and no one really knew who he was. so i basically told my editor i want to write the definitive profile of jeffrey thompson. when people want to know about him, i want them to refer back to this article. hopefully icon pushed that -- i accomplished that. >> what we want to know about him? >> right now, he is the center of d.c. politics and some folks say he is at the center of d.c. politics basically falling apart. for years, behind-the-scenes, he had been giving to candidates. he had several contracts coming huge contracts with the city, one worth $322 million a year. no one really knew who he was until things came to light in 2011 over problems with the current mayor vincent c gray's campaign for mayor in 2010. here, and i do, you see we have

businessman jeffrey thompson.hompson"of jeffrey -- >> nikita stewart, as a reporter for the washington post, on july piece, wrote a huge frontpage, on a man named jeffrey thompson. why? in the news.n he is a local businessman at the center of a major federal investigation, and no one really knew who he was. so i basically told my editor i want to write the definitive profile of jeffrey thompson. when people want to know about him, i want them to refer back to this article. hopefully icon pushed that -- i accomplished that. >> what we want to know about him? >> right now, he is the center of d.c. politics and some folks

>> jeffrey thompson had not been in the news. he was a local businessman in the center of a major federal investigation and no one really knew who he was. i basically told my editor, i want to write a definitive profile of jeffrey thompson. i want people to refer back to this article. hopefully i have accomplished that. >> why do we not -- why do we want to know about him? >> right now he is at the center of the c politics. some say he is at the center of bc politics falling apart. for years, he had been given to candidates, he had several contracts for the city, one contract worth $322 million a year. wasne really knew who he until things came to light in 2011 over problems with current mayor vincent gray's campaign for mayor in 2010. see that we, you have, at the moment, one former city councilman in prison, one that cop a plea but had to pay back money, a city councilmember. one former city councilmember, i'm the son of the former head of the democratic national committee, and marion barry. he has been in and out of prison. is

jeffrey thompson, the businessman who funneled money into the 2010 campaign has not talked to prosecutors, doesn't talk to the press. this is a huge cloud, not just a cloud, a huge, wet mattress hanging over the mayor's head. what happened in 2010 and what will you tell us about it as you go forward with the next election. >> that' a question, i'm sure you will ask repeatedly. >>> developments in the deadly train derailment. cell phone video is giving us a look at the train. the train in the bronx. you can see the emergency crews going into the rail cars to help the dozens of injured passengers. just about an hour ago,he ntsb says preliminary data reveals the train was going 82 miles per hour. it's more than double the speed limit. it is faster than the 70-mile-an-hour speed limit. investigators say break pressure dropped completely five seconds before the train derailed. they still say it's too early to determine a cause. >> for a train to be going 82 miles an hour around that curve is just a frightening thought. and the fact it was going at 82 miles an hour even in a 70-mile-an-hour zon

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] we asked her about the political joan at jeffrey thompsone's a look. this. wrote why? >> he had been in the news. he is a local businessman who is at the center of a major situation. no one knew who he was. i am i said i wanted were the profile. hopefully i accomplish that. >> why do we want to know about it? right now he is at the center of d.c. politics. some folk say he is at the center of d.c. politics falling apart. tor years he has been given candidates. he had several contracts. one worth $22 million year. and no one really knew who he was until things came to light in 2011 over problems with the current mayors. -- the current mayors campaign in 2010. >> we have one former city councilmember, the son of ron brown, the former head of the committee, and we have marion barry who was in and out of prison and all of that stuff. is this a more corrupt town than any other? >> i don't think so. i have been covering politics for a long time. i actually covered politics in new jersey before i came to the district of columbia. so i don't think a