consultant, jean clark harris admitted she concealed $653,000, which had secretly been paid by jeffrey thompson. and then in 2013, former aid, vernon hawkins admitted he took money supplied by thompson and gave it to another man. the goal, get him out of town so he couldn't talk to the fbi about that shadow campaign. >> and it is a bit of an under statement if we tell you this could impact the upcoming election. we will note early voting for d.c. drentzs starts next monday. that's march 17. primary day is april 1. stay with us. we have a lot more on this could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.s everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. i need>>that's my geico digital insurance id card - gots all my pertinents on it and such. works for me. turn to the camera. >>ah, actually i think my eyes might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. it's your last chance to get small business ready with verizon fios for just $99.99 a month with a

he says that he did occasionally call jeffrey thompson uncle, but he was the public to believe he does not know what thompson is talking about. >> it is very unfortunate this has occurred. it is very unfortunate. are people who would raise questions about the motivation of someone to have said these things. one could speculate. it is pretty obvious to me what the motivation could be. the campaigns, the shadow campaigns, were set forth in those documents before the court. it was sixnding is months, so it is not much. >> that's right. it is six-month see faces, that jeffrey thompson faces, if he cooperates. he also faces charges on the federal level. he faces 18 months on the federal level. under this field, if he cooperates, the federal time would go away. he would be facing at most six years, plus three probation. reporting live from the u.s. district court, sam ford, abc 7 news. >> thank you for the latest. this leveling of corruption allegations reverberated through the city today. while mayor gray maintains he was not involved, stephen tschida talked with voters today. he is in the

so i knew this jeffrey thompson person. i knew he had city contracts, but i don't think people understood what a behind-the-scenes player he was, starting from years ago, both locally and in the federal government. >> i want to run a 2.5 minute these that we found on the "washington post" website. what is the origin? that is new for the post. >> yes, it is new. the story used a lot of new trying at that we are the washington post. maybe technology is the wrong word, but basically, if you go to our website and you read my story, it is in a different template than what you will see and theyr stories, were like, let's try this video. it is similar to something that frontline has done. i was came and we did it, and i think it turned out very nice. >> is is the first television you have done? >> no. >> how much television have you done in your past? >> oh, just local television. in 2008 why was assigned -- i was assigned to the inauguration of president obama. so at the time president elect obama. i made a few television appeara

he says that he did confirm that he went by the name uncle earl with jeffrey thompson. he said that is because thomson was deathly afraid that mayor adrian fep ti who was in office at the time would find out and destroy thompson is's business with the city, and so he agreed to be called uncle earl. he said it was absolutely false that he knew anything about fraud and the misuse of the money. he said when he met with jeffrey thompson and talked about spending the money, he thought that jeffrey thompson would do it all legally. asked about allegations that the mayor asked for someone's house to be repaired or the money was sent to gray's son, he said that is not true. none of that is true. he says that he, one of the staffers also said that, look, this is a man who faces time in prison and he is saying all he can say to keep his sentence short, and so the mayor was very clear and direct and i must say unemotional by saying it is all fabrication, and i didn't do any of this as alleged in the court today. >> and tom, what are the immediate political and the legal ramificatio

investigators. >> when we went through the records, we counted up more than what are 100 conduits that jeffrey thompson funneled money through. and two other men of the thompson case plead giuilty to being p straw contributors. >> as the story is developing, we are posting new developments online. to read the charges and the court documents and the background on the case, we invite you the nbcwashington.com. >>> and our other big story tonight, the mystery of the disappearance of of that malaysian flight. the fbi is waiting for the malaysian officials to send them the thumbprints of the two men who used stolen passports to board that plane. intelligence officials are telling nbc news that they used an iranian middleman to buy the tickets in thailand. as that part of the inv investigation deepens, there is still no sib of that missing plane. and authorities are rethinking the search perimeter. >> tom costello covers the aviation issues, and he has been on the air covering the story since it broke friday night, and he is with us here now, and i'm curious about the middleman who bought the tickets. tell u

new details coming in from the live desk, and court records today in the jeffrey thompson case. tisha thompson is standing by with the new information. tisha? >> well, jim, we have had reporters in the courthouse all afternoon as the jeff thompson case has been unfolding. scott macfarlane is tweeting from the courtroom, and he learned that the next court date has been set. he is going to have to be back in court on may 15th at 1:00 p.m., and thompson will be released are the giuilty plea, and must surrender his passport and right to vote. and those are reporters waiting for the 6:15 press conference with attorney ron machen who is the lead prosecutor on the case. as we get new details, we will bring them to you. >>> and it is tax time, and for many taxpayers there are many changes when you go the file this year. >> and liz crenshaw is here with what you need to know about the new tax issues. are liz? >> well, the light brings changes, and with that comes new taxes. the government shutdown, and the same-sex marriages and even a home office are all going to change how much you owe

i have never taken a dime from jeffrey thompson. i have never asked for money from jeffrey thompson. >> also missing, the usually garrelous vincent orange, who received money from thompson. that is mentioned in the criminal pleadings, but orange goes unnamed. one nonmayoral candidate was also eager to talk. jim graham says he was a victim of thompson's funding schemes. his opponent for the ward 1 council seat got tens and thousands of dollars from the now convicted felon. >> i remember seeing this at the time and thinking, oh my god, $26,000 from one set of entities? >> it turns out, it was a lot more than that. >> it was $166,000. >> now two polls say a whole lot of d.c. voters are concerned about this investigation. but at least check, mayor gray was far out in front of any of his challengers. still, thompson's allegation that he solicited the mayor solicited him to fund a shadow campaign has to be bad news. we'll have to see how this plays out. how people take it where the mayor remains intensely popular. >> this is not just abou

>>> virginia's governor terry mcauliffe is pointedly refusing to take questions today on the jeffrey thompson scandal, even though mcauliffe's 2009 campaign took cash and he chaired hillary clinton's campaign which benefited from a thompson shadow campaign, but when asked, mcauliffe walked out on our bruce leshan and bruce is here to tell us all about it. >> i was patiently waiting for my turn, but when i started asking about the thompson money, the governor just walked out. >> let's do the right thing. >> reporter: governor, your 2009 campaign took $2,500 from jeffrey thompson. do you have any intention to return that? will you return that money, sir? >> mcauliffe was battling virginia republicans over medicaid funding and clearly had no desire to answer questions about whether he had any connections with jeffrey thompson, the d.c. businessman who has now pleaded guilty to conspiring to corrupt both local and federal campaigns. sir, will you return the $2,500? thompson gave mcauliffe $2,500 for his losing 2009 campaign for virginia governor, but while president obama, maryland governor o'mal

monday, jeffrey thompson pled guilty to fraud and campaign related charges. askedon said that gray him to finance a shadow campaign. gray defended his actions. >> we asked him to raise money for us. he did that. i explained many times how that money came into our campaign. >> you have a situation where this is what you get. these are the consequences. quohere is no quid pro associate at this as mr. wells suggests. jeffrey thompson never asked me for anything. >> the primary election day for democrats in the district is april 1. just days after a fire devastated an apartment complex -- >> new trouble for the families impacted. why they were targeted by criminals. a local firefighter whose job it is to put out fires has been accused by authorities of setting one himself to cash in. >> yes, it has happened again. a new scandal for the d.c. fire department. investigators tell us in the event or an admitted to setting his own car on fire. >> marcus jackson said he did it to collect insurance money. jay korff is in northwest washington with this i-team investigatio

. >> all three up here, my opponents, have taken money from jeffrey thompson. i haven't taken one dime from him or any of his associates. you can see what happens when you have a pay to play system. >> muriel, you have n takea ton of checks from him so you might want to address that. i only took two checks. >> mr. thompson contributed to two of our elonectis. we took no money under the table. we took no money outside of rules. >> he did this with other candidates like muriel bowser. >> no, sir. excuse me. i want to address that because adrienne fenty or jeff thompson never spent money on a shadow campaign for muriel bowser. >> the other candidates in the mayor's race appeared in another debate on the same channel the night before. >>> jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the case of a former u.s. naval academy football player accused of sexually assaulting a classmate. the proceedings against joshua tate are taking place at the u.s. navy yard. prosecutors say tate had sexual contact with a junken female classmate at an off campus party in 20123. the --

. >> yeah, lesli, certainly can't help, but jeffrey thompson allegedly spread a whole lot of money around to a whole lot of candidates and most of them are maintaining terribly low profiles in the wake of thompson's allegations against mayor gray. the poles suggest that bowser is the leading challenger and after initially agreeing to talk to us, staff told me they were reevaluating and we have yet to hear back from her. jack evans said he wanted to listen to the fbi u.s. attorney news conference before he talked and the usually gailous vincent orange was nowhere to be found. the one candidate eager to talk was the one who refused corporate contributions, tommy wells. >> jeffrey thompson, the largest contractor in the city, he didn't guff money because he liked folks. he gave money to protect his contracts. >> $668,000 for a shadow campaign -- in 2010, but money is not everything. jeffrey thompson pumped nearly or about $166,000 into a campaign to unseat ward 1 councilman, gum graham. and graham, he won. derek, lesli, back to you. >> it's telling that good number of these mayoral candidate

jeffrey thompson says he gave around $2 million to various shadow campaigns on the d.c. and federal level. he has now made a deal in which he goes after mayor gray. mayor vincentd.c. gray as a possible co-conspirator. thompson pled guilty to and court papers argue that one of the shadow campaigns was for then candidate mayor vincent gray. he says that he and gray met at harris'on jeanne clarke house. mayor gray today. had two or three face-to-face meetings with mr. thompson. it is untrue ,period. it is lies. >> he admits that the allegations hurt him. >> i was stunned. i've really thought that today it would be over for me. >> it also reveals the financial dispute that d.c. had with one of thompson's companies, which was replete resolved once gray became mayor. thompson faces six months in jail on the d.c. crimes, 18 months for the federal, but the deal is if he cooperates on the the maximum of six months is all he could get. the federal stuff would go away. one of the stranger things today is that thompson said he asked members of the campaign to call him uncle earl. ma

businessman jeffrey thompson. >> mr. mayor, your reaction to a potential plea deal for thompson? >> i actually don't know anything about it, gentlemen. i guess we could speculate but i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: thompson is expected of building an illegal shadow campaign to get mayor gray elected in 2010. now that he is in the final stages of plea negotiations with prosecutors, thompson could be the key to clearing the mayor or linking him to the corruption. i don't know what is known other than the fact that he helped elect vincent gray, and we'll let the u.s. attorney sort it out. >> reporter: you think the politicians gunning for gray's job would jump on the news. but it was obvious tonight they don't know what this potential plea deal will say and the extent to which it will or won't implicate the mayor. so as some of them campaign for an endorsement from the city's gay, lesbian and transgendered community, they played it safe. >> the residents at the district of columbia need to know the truth and they need to have the mayor level with them, or we need to hav

jeffrey thompson is reportedly finalizing a plea deal and telling the prosecutors and d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 shadow campaign investigation. thompson was allegedly the mastermind behind the campaign finance scheme, and if the mayor had any involvement, thompson is the one who can give the u.s. attorney the ammunition to pursue charges and seek an indictment. but last night, mayor gray denied knowing anything about the pending plea deal. >> well, i actually don't know about it, gentlemen. i guess we can speculate about it, but i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: thompson is accused of orchestrating the $650,000 scheme that four years ago led to the mayor's election. he is the latest gray associate to negotiate a deal with prosecutors to avoid trial. meanwhile, gray is locked in another campaign now. he is seeking a second term and polls show he is the front-runner in that race. the council members going up against him say the voters should have the whole story before the primary in a few weeks. >> every resident of district of columbia needs to know the truth

a washington post is reporting federal prosecutors are close to cutting a deal with jeffrey thompson,the prominent businessman suspected of illegally raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in a shadow during hisr gray successful 20 10 mayoral bid. the 2014 opponent jack evans says he will steal -- steer clear of discussing this. circumventing campaign-finance laws could sink or save gray's campaign chances. >> we will find out if he was in it or not. said repeatedly he was not aware of the shadow campaign and did nothing wrong. some of his present opponents say they are eagerly awaiting the results of the investigation. >> with corporate buyers and politics, you get messes like this. timehave known for some and i think most people have there is really something there, as the u.s. attorney says, and it's not over. >> according to a high-ranking official, that person says the scandal so far has not had much impact on the standing in this race or of the present mayor. this person says there have been a number of big endorsements the mayor has received of late and campaign dollars conti

earlier this month, jeffrey thompson played guilty to financing illegal shadow campaign for gray. he admitted funneling more than $650,000 to help in the 2010 election and he said gray conspired with them. gray maintained he knew nothing. 5:18 is the time. waking up in the 40's, almost 50's in some areas. i mean, we have almost doubled the temperature from yesterday. >> gosh, easily. when you think of dulles alone. 15 yesterday. remember that? take a look at the temperatures right now. oh, my goodness. 48 degrees. do the math. 48 compared to 15 yesterday. more than 30 degrees. 49 at reagan national. 50 degrees in winchester. what i rain jacket is would recommend as you head out the door this morning. showers are going to be spotty throughout the day today. not going to be raining all day. on and off. for the most part it will be relatively light. doppler showing most of the showers along i-81 and areas to the west. this will be study into the metro area several hours from now. most likely after 9:00. a few sprinkles possible before that. be aware of those changes. a cold front is

there is concerns following jeffrey thompson's allegations that gray participated in a near $700,000 off the books campaign in 2010, but for the most part the mayor's support appears strong. >> he's a person that's actually done a lot for the city and i think that's being overshadow offed by these fear investigations. >> reporter: do you believe -- overshadowed by these investigations. >> reporter: do you believe mayor gray? >> i do. >> reporter: today the northwest current newspaper took away their endorsement. despite his strong record, the heightened possibility that mayor vincent gray knew about the 2010 shadow campaign has regretfully forced us to withdraw our endorsement for his reelection. you are determined to stay in this race? >> yes. i have no thoughts about doing anything different. >> reporter: the gray campaign has more than $700,000 in its coffers for the final two weeks of the primary, but is it enough to settle nerves of potential supporters who fear the u.s. attorney has not yet finished with his probe into the mayor's 2010 campaign which has already produced about

. >> we said yesterday that jeffrey thompson could strike a deal, but that is not going to happen. we were told that a dely in filing the court papers is possible, but as of this afternoon, no court papers are filed. thompson is suspected to be the mastermind of the shadow campaign that funneled money to mayor gray's campaign. so far, others have pleaded guilty of taking money off of the books or lying about it. our sources confirm what the washington post first reported yesterday that the pros ecutors are in the final stages of the plea deal, but what is not clear is ift will reveal the extent of mayor gray's involvement if there was any. the mayor has denied any wrongdoing. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. >>> you can stay on top of this story and other breaking news by going to the nbcwashington.com app by downloading it in the apple store and on google play to receive updates. >>> and julie carey is live outside of the police headquarters, and we will go to her right now to find out what is going on. julie? >> well, i checked in with police a short while ago and they tell m

last week businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty to financing a shadow campaign and he implicated the mayor. today gray's lawyer told news4's tom sherrwood in his words, "i'm hoping he won't be indicted but if he does get indicted, he will go to trial and not make a plea." mayor gray is running for reelection. early voted started today. >> next, a man hangs out of his suv holding on for his life in a raging river. an incredible rescue caught on video. >> in arlington, a man said a snow plow driver was on the wrong side of the road and nearly hit him. he pulled out his phone and shot video. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >>> coming up -- >> earthquake. w

case that mayor gray knew and participated in the shadow campaign as alleged by businessman jeffrey thompson. >> i think i can go so far as to say that thompson said that he wanted to support the mayor, but he was very fearful of fenty. he was really playing both sides because he was made improper campaign contributions to mr. fenty and that he didn't want peoplenning it. >> businessman jeff -- people knowing it. >> businessman jeff thompson pleaded guilty to two conspiracy charges last week. he said mayor gray knew about the shadow campaign in which thompson spent more than $600,000 of his own money to help gray get elected. gray says thompson is lying. his attorney said as much again today. >> the mayor didn't know the mechanics of what he was -- and there were a half a dozen ways and we're going to show this that jeff thompson could have kept his name out of it and legally and properly made contributions to the mayor. the mayor did not know this shadow campaign thing, i don't know where this thing -- the mayor, i categorically say to you the mayor did not know there was a shadow campaign

there is no question that jeffrey thompson was doing something very wrong. there is a question though, whether minion moore, was doing something wrong in taking money on behalf of hillary clinton. >> well, personally, i know minion very well for years, she has denied any wrongdoing and because of the word "linked" in the headlines, she is being unfairly tarnished, i am 100% certain she is telling the truth. >> this is a person i want to point out that the prosecutors have not accused any wrong doing of, specifically. and yet this guy pled conspiracy, when you conspire, you need conspiracy partners. >> well, it is only the age we live in where you get swept up in the headline and your name is mentioned and the innuendo tends to presume guilt. it is unfortunate we're in that era, where even the name mentioned, a prosecutor holds a press conference and basically declares the mayor guilty even before he is indicted. so the democrats did the same thing to republicans in the reagan era to somebody named raymond donovan. >> let me get to this. is this a powerful pe

. >> after tz jeffrey thompson plea deal, that we know something happened with the mayor and so now this election is anybody's guess. >> no one is counting mayor gray out in the april 1 primary. his 25 to 28% appears to have held despite jeff thompson's allegations. that is according to one source with the poll. the same poll shows about 20% of the voters still undecided. as the democratic primary approaches. bruce johnson, wusa9. >> and this week, the early voting in d.c.'s primary is taking place in business hours and next week, there's going to be 13 locations throughout the city open for early voting. the locations are on our website, wusa9.com. >> a health candidate from virginia is about to get the oprah winfrey treatment. laverne announced this afternoon that the talk show queen will join her for a campaign event on april 5. she called oprah a good friend. chapman is a long time alexandria resident. >>> five minutes with john kerry. i sit down one on one with the secretary of state. hear what he has to say about the potential war over the crisis in ukraine and russia's challenges

last week businessman jeffrey thompson not only admitted funding a shadow campaign for gray in 2010 but claimed gray knew about it. gray's attorney noted washington lawyer robert bennett says if his client is charged, he'll push for an immediate trial. >> in the event and i hope it doesn't come to this that he's charged, i'm going to ask the judge for an immediate trial so we can clear his name before the november election. >> bennett added that thompson also gave illegal campaign donations to then incumbent adrienne fenty. u.s. attorney ron machin is urging others who took illegal money from compson to come forward. >>> -- thompson to come forward. >>> our post-snow yellow alert has been dropped. however, howard is here to tell us more precipitation looming for tomorrow. hopefully not snow. >> no, this looks like it's going to be mainly wet. could be a little frozen precip early. we had moisture this morning. had a trace of freezing drizzle down across areas in the northern neck and southern maryland. lots of rain off shore but look back here. see how the stuff is working its way back

businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty to running a shadow campaign in 2010 for current mayor vincent gray. prosecutors say he illegally pushed more than $600,000 to gray's election bid and gray knew all about the scheme. gray says he's shocked by the allegations and accuses thompson of lying. prosecutors say thompson funneled more than $2 million to various candidates including hillary clinton's presidential campaign in 2008. officials say there is no evidence that clinton was aware of these illegal donations. >>> it's a race being hailed as a test case for democrats and republicans alike in 2014. today a special election in set in clearwater area to replace long time republican congressman bill young who served 43 years before passing away in october. with polls opening at 7:00 a.m., it's still considered a toss-up. slate calls it obamacare's ground zero. the president's controversial health plan is one of the main focuses of the debate in the race. outside money has poured in. $9 million has been spent on tv ads and tv spots that have aired 200 times daily in the market. jolly has

on monday businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty to illegal funding of back door campaign in order current d.c. mayor win the 2010 election. prosecutors now say the first term democrat has detailed knowledge about the plan. the mayor denies any involvement and says he's still focusing on his ongoing re-election campaign. >>> mea culpa. remember the anyone minute lawmaker whose tweet about the nba ignited a firestorm with labels of racism? he's now backtracking. he says, quote, the nba has many examples of players and owners who are role models for our communities and for our country. those individuals did not deserve the criticism and i apologize. >>> it has been two weeks since jan brewer vetoed a religious freedom bill viewed by many as anti-gay, but congresswoman michele bachmann is still up in arms over that decision. >> the gay community decided to make this their measure. and the thing that i think is getting a little tiresome is the gay community, they've so bullied the american people and they so intimidated politicians, politicians fear them. and so they think they get to

. >> after the jeffrey thompson plea deal that we know that something happened with the mayor and so now this election is anybody's guess. >> no one is counting mayor gray out in the april 1 primary. his 25 to 28% appears to have held despite jeff thompson's allegations. that is according to one source with the poll. the same poll shows about 20% of the voters still undecided. as the democratic primary approaches. bruce johnson, wusa9. >> and just this week, early voting in the d.c. primary is taking place during the business hours and next week, there will be 13 locations all over town. they are posted on our web page. wusa9.com. >> one of gray's rivals for reelection has some new ideas on special education. >> i'm bruce leshan in d.c. d.c. councilman proposes sweeping reforms to special education in hopes of getting more help to students who need it. >> he's a good kid. >> teresa had to get a lawyer to force d.c. schools to give her great nephew the help he needed. >> he wasn't talking, he wasn't doing anything. >> the achievement gaps are pretty appalling. >> d.c. councilman is in

i'm so beyond being just a great campaign and jeffrey thompson apparently he has spent eight hundred thousand dollars in support of the seven other candidates on which is incredible to think about silk. this is an ep speak to many this is not just a nation without mincing greatest him speaking to a larger issue at hand though i think if you did the citizens united case the impact that that's happening nationally in terms of our money going into our election process in the typical brothers and in the billions of dollars that they poured into the electorate. that has definitely made it much more difficult for the one man one vote democratic process is supposed to operate in this country. to be effective and not one has to wonder how a supreme court could determine that a corporation as a person and that corporations can because i was out the debt with the water corporation's not suppose to be. and that not being in that deck is allowed unfettered access it into our including our political system is home to watch the bbc is a microcosm has a very small dam another example of that you ag

last monday, businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty in federal court to finance the shadow campaign and directly implicated gray. and saying that gray partially asked for hundreds of thousands of dollar, and mayor gray denounced it as all laws, and the 2010 scandal. and there was more drama added to the political case saying that gray is in a battle with the u.s. attorney ronald ma cwh is out to get the mayor. i hope he is not indicted he said, but if he is indicted, he will go to trial and not make a plea. bennett said that gray has not been personally interviewed by the prosecutors even though gray is innocent. they are out to get the mayor. and if he goes out there to get something they don't like, they can charge him with a false statement, and let me make it clear, i d'thi that mayor gray should be indicted, but if he is, we intend to go to trial. and gray is facing zen challengers, but in the split field gray has led all of the challengers in recent polls. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> coming up tonight in texas, the death toll continues the rise after a driver plo

last week, businessman jeffrey thompson pled guilty to running an illegal shadow campaign that helped gray get elected four years ago. thompson says gray knew about that campaign. the mayor says thompson is lying. gray hasn't been charged with anything but bennett told news 4's tom sherwood, quote, let me make it clear. i don't think he should be indicted, but if he is, we intend to go to trial. >>> the prince george's county council could approve a plan to create a special district, several business districts. the county would offer tax breaks and offer perks to lure businesses there. supporters say that would help prince george's county compete with montgomery county's i-270 technology corridor. >>> and right now, vice president joe biden is in poland, talking about the crisis in the ukraine. what he says the u.s. will do against russia, following the treaty with crimea. plus a plow driver goes a wrong way in arlington and it's caught on video. we hear from the man who is in the video and why he's facing criticism this morning. stay with us. we'll be right >>> have brand new informa

and he admitted in court a couple of weeks ago, jeffrey thompson did, that he said mayor gray knew aboutmayor for the last three years. even as the city's done so well on so many different levels under gray, he's not done well at all in the popular opinion polls. >> and thompson, you correct me if i'm wrong, he's the fourth or fifth gray campaign staffer to be indicted, is that correct? >> he wasn't a staffer. he was the money man. he was the deep pockets from city government contracts for health and other things. he's the one that provided the money. and he provided it to several people and two gray campaign staffers, vernon hawkins and genie clark harris, have also pled guilty saying they participated in this scheme. the mayor keeps saying as he said a moment ago, i didn't do anything, i didn't do anything. but what the mayor hasn't done is he hasn't told the voters of the city what he did do. how could all this $688,000 to the campaign be run out of the room? the mayor won't talk about it. >> this is a new poll out. muriel bowser, she has the support of 28% of likely democratic voters

barry's endorsement comes two weeks after businessman jeffrey thompson made a plea deal in a finance case that included allegations against mayor gray's 2010 campaign. >>> attorneys for georgia's form -- virginia's former governor and wife say prosecutors are interfering with their investigation as they try and defend their clients. bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen were in the courtroom tuesday when their lawyers asked for a delay in their civil case. but the request was denied. the mcdonnells are accused of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from the former head of a supplements company in exchange for promoting his products. >>> we have new information this morning about that snowplow driver who was caught on camera working on the wrong side of the road in arlington. jason barry e-mailed us this video after following that driver on military road monday morning. we checked with arlington county on monday and we were told the driver was removed from duty as soon as he was identified. but however, "the washington post" now reports that just hours after that video was ta

addition to his guilty plea to running an illegal shadow campaign for dnk mayor vinlsant gray, jeffrey thompsonted to giving $678 million for a political candidate for president of the united states in 2008. that candidate was hillary clinton. thompson is now cooperating with prosecutors. >> with the cooperation of mr. thompson and many others who have pled guilty in the inquiry, we'll now enter a new phase of the investigation seeking to hold accountable all those who conspired with him to hide the truth from the public. >> federal prosecutors say a trusted clinton staffer whom the washington post has identified as minion moore first approached thompson in 2008 asking for contributions to fund the urban street teams in texas, indiana, north carolina, pennsylvania, and puerto rico. >> these street teams and canvercanva canvassers bwould put up campain signs in support of the campaign in states. >> there's no indication that the presidential candidate was personally aware of thompson's illicit activities, but they say it raises red flags for a presumpative presidential candidate. >> the fact tha

she has zoomed ahead as jeffrey thompson businessman has pleaded guilty to the shadow campaign that helped. it's not so much that gray says he's innocent, he did nothing wrong. he won't tell us what he did do during 2010. and it's dragging him down. he's static in the polls, and she's moving up. >> colby, talk about the legacy of dysfunction and corruption in washington, d.c. certainly not the only city that has been plagued by corruption. we have obviously seen that just this week. but still, this is something that voters care about. to what extent could this election be about turning a page on the history of corruption? >> well, i don't think it will turn the page completely and just forget about the whole thing. this is a problem that is endemic to government, local governments. you can go around the country, and you will find examples of corruption. >> mm-hmm. >> you do have the mood among the voters that they're sick of it, they're tired of it, and it's reflected in the polls and why the mayor is stuck where he is. the polls suggest people are satisfied with the direction of the city.

businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty yesterday to supporting a shadow campaign when gray was a candidate so what does this all mean for the mayor of the city just weeks before he goes up for re-election in the democratic primary i was joined earlier by reverend grayling hagler senior pastor at plymouth congregational and wilmer leon a professor at howard university and host of inside the issues i started by asking the reverend about what happened to have brought this revelation to the forefront. well i think that what happened was a number of things i mean water was obviously some clandestine missteps that was one thing i think the other thing also had to do with the business power structure in washington d.c. wanted to make sure that the previous mayor stayed in power adrian fenty and when that didn't happen and he lost i think it was a matter of folks turning up the legal guns and trying to examine to see if there was an achilles' heel in this administration and were what do we know at this point about what may or may have known about this money coming in well the answer that

court papers allege a longtime clinton adviser solicited election contributions from jeffrey thompsonthat he funded a shadow operation. a spokesperson says the first lady did not know thompson. >>> no word from a judge whether she will rule with whether chris christie aides will have to comply with the subpoena over the shutdown of lanes on the george washington bridge. lawyers argue turning over documents could violate their fifth amendment rights. only kelly appeared in person at the hearing and had to walk through a group of protesters. >>> at the oscar pistorius murder trial in south africa, more dramatic testimony from a forensic scientist about what happened the night pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend. a police investigator took a swing at the actual door reeva steenkamp was behind. pistorius was seen passing a note to his lawyers with his own sketch of what he said happened. >>> breaking news overnight, an nfl player off the field since he accused a teammate of bullying him, he's been traded to a new team. aens scholes will tell us what happened and where he's going in t

. >> jeffrey thompson is his name and he admitted to handing out over $608,000 to pay for campai campaignport of political candidates for the united states. they are talking about hilary clinton here. he has agreed to cooperate >> we will enter a new phase that seeks to hold those accountable that tried to hide things from the public >> he diverted the money along with troy white. the announcement by the united states said quote there is no indication the presidential candidate was personal aware of thompson's elicit activities. >> and are others associated with this? >> the governor of virginia was involved in this but he hasn't been implemented. other donations went to herald ford junior and many others on the list like harry reid and such. we will continue to follow this story. >> fox news alert. major developments in the deepening mystery surrounding that missing malaysian airline jet. interpole released this picture of the iranian's boarding the plane at the same time. david is live and what can you tell us about these two men? >> well, from what we understand from interpole and they

businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty yesterday to supporting a shadow campaign when great was a candidate so what does this all mean for the mayor of the city just weeks before he goes up for reelection in the democratic primary to discuss this a little more i'm joined by reverend raylan hagler senior pastor at plymouth congregational excuse me and william wilmer leon a professor at howard university and host of inside issues gentlemen thank you for joining me thank you so first of all revelent start with you take me back to two thousand and ten because this story has been sort of slowly creeping in on the mayor for over three years now what what was the moment what happened that really sort of brought this revelation to light well i think that what happened was a number of things i mean one was obviously. missteps that was one thing i think the other thing also had to do with the business power structure in washington d.c. wanted to make sure that the previous mayor stayed in power adrian fenty and when that didn't happen and he lost i think it was a matter of turning up the

. -- $2,500 from jeffrey thompson. do you have any intention to return that? mcauliffe was battling republicans over medicaid funding and clearly had no desire to answer questions about whether he had any connections with jeffrey thompson, the d.c. businessman who has now pleaded guilty to conspiring to corrupt both local and federal campaigns. sir, will you return the $2,500? thompson gave mcauliffe $2,500 for his losing 2009 campaign for virginia governor, but while president obama, maryland governor o'malley and d.c. delegate norton have all returned thompson's money, governor mcauliffe has not. >> thompson is looking to be one of the most dirty funding issues in politics at least for this election cycle and if i were advising terry mcauliffe, i'd say give the money back now because you're going to have to give it back anyway. >> reporter: mcauliffe is a close friend of the clintons. he was hillary clinton's campaign chair in 2008 and thompson admitted in court to running a $608,000 shadow campaign to help hillary c

a lawyer involved in the case confirmed to us that the deal involving businessman jeffrey thompson is in the "final stages." news 4 richard jordan is live outside the wilson building with more. richard. >>> big implications on the future of mayor vincent gray, whether or not he keeps his office here at the wilson building, and whether or not the re-election campaign he is in, jeffrey thompson is a close associate of the mayor. a d.c. businessman. he was said to be the mastermind behind that 2010 shadow campaign that generated $650,000. now, he is also in the final stages of the deal. part of the deal has not been released as far as what it means, what are the specifics of this deal. however, it is believed that whether or not the mayor had anything to do with the shadow campaign is expected to come out. the future of the mayor is in thompson's hands. he could clear him of any wrong doing. what the mayor has said all along, he had nothing to do with this, or he could implicate the mayor. all that remains to be seen. thompson would be the latest in more than half a dozen people to reach

-- insists his client knew nothing about this illegal shadow campaign funded by businessman jeffrey thompson the attorney tells us thompson's claim that the mayor met him and personally asked for an additional $425,000 is simply wrong. >> he's presumed to be innocent. this is the united states of america. and in the event, and i hope it doesn't come to this, that he's charged, i'm going to ask the judge for an immediate trial so that we can clear his name before the november election. >> reporter: you may know attorney robert bennett. he is one of the most successful and prominent attorneys here in the district of columbia. he goes on to tell us that thompson engaged in this illegal shadow campaign with secret donations simply because thompson was interested in helping his own business' future and its $300 million contract. that was an annual contract with the district of columbia. he also goes on to say that thompson feared retribution by then mayor adrienne fenty. back to you. >> all right, delia. thank you. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe still isn't talking about money his campaign