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ahora necesita el apoyo del comitÉ a cargo de la concejal mary chech para entrar en vigor jim grahamistrito "es mejor tener gente que tenga una licencia apropiada y tambiÉn esto reconoce la contribuciÓn que tiene la comunidad inmigrante en esta ciudad de washington dc" de ser aprobada beneficiaria a cientos de residentes del distrito que por no tener sus documentos migratorios en orden violan la ley al manejar sin licencia de conducir ay que el departamento de vehi Ículos motorizados del distrito pide que los aplicantes a una licencia de conducir demuestren que tienen inseguro social jim graham concejal del distrito "esto elimina el requisito de tener obligatoriamente un numero de seguro social esto nos deja otras oportunidades" es importante considerar que esta es una propuesta de ley que esta tratando de batallar con comunidades seguras que no fue aplicada en el distrito pero que podrÍa ser puesta sobre la mesa nuevamente es por esta razÓn que los concejales necesitan el apoyo de sus bases. los indignados que protestan en washington se oponen a ser desalojados de los dos parques ce

jim graham/concejal de washington no tenemos una explicacion clara de quien obtuvo el dinero ni para que fue utilizado. no h"ay documentos que demuestren los gastos que se hicieron...." dijo graham.. . el presupuesto era para rehabilitar 37 departament os... el departamento de vivienda aprobo que se gastara un aproximado de 300 mil dolares por cada departamento en la zona noreste del la capital.... zona conocida por la delicuencia...por que estam 300,ooo dolares por apartamento en u na zona - que con todo respeto- pero las viviendas no son muy caras... nosotros pudimos ir con 4 millones de dolares a comprar departamentos desocupados y listos para ser usados, no habia necesidad de renobacion..." se pide que se haga una investigacion exhausta de lo que ocurrio.... no se sabe con exactitud cuantos jovenes latinos no tendran rehabilitacion gracias a este mal manejo del dinero pero el problema de las pandillas afecta a muchos hispanos y tambien a jovenes afroamericanos... norma... gracias claudia....los indignados que protestan en washington se oponen a ser desalojados de los dos parques c

pero segÚn nos informaron en la oficina del concejal jim graham ahora los que estÁn bajo la lupa sonorganizaciÓn que emitieron los respectivos fondos para los supuestos programas. jacqueline reyes vocera oficina consejal graham "el concejal graham esta viendo ahorita como esto vino a suceder, habÍa una agencia del gobierno que estaba escribiendo cheques entonces el esta haciendo sus propias investigaciones el tiene ahora esa agencia bajo supervisiÓn entonces esta investigando como una agencia del gobierno estaba escribiendo cheques sin tener un protocolo en lugar para saber a donde estaba dirigie Éndose este dinero" los fondos eran pagados a la organizaciÓn sin fines de lucro, team thomas que el mismo controlaba y que supuestamente estaba destinada a deportes para los menores. jim graham concejal "this checks that are the subject of the theft were issue by a government agency and we know that there was a good chance that four hundred thousand dollars were issue with out proper documentation" "estos cheques que representan el cargo de robo fueron emitidos por una agencia gubernamental

jim graham who initiated the probe said millions of dollars were spent with little or no accountability. that report shows a will the of questionable funding. went to a group of the peace-a- holics. it had never bought or repaired a building before. the head of the agency released a response and said he is asking the inspector general and d.c. attorney general to investigate the matter further. and councilman graham joins us live. basically housing says we're going to look into this. how does that make you feel? >> we have already looked into it and the real loser here are the at risk youth that would have benefited from having this housing. the winners are those who were at the trough, you know, out to make a buck and made a lot of bucks. >> the way the washington post describes this is they get this money and everybody lines up knowing they don't know what they're doing and gets a piece of the action. >> it would appear there's a whole bunch of money. $2million that we're not sure where it went. and then there's about another million dollars, which is poorly spent. and so you know, th

councilmember jim graham says the problem is the deal, which involved land sales and transfers was justor some people to make a buck. >> we figure there is about $2 million which just can't be accounted for. and there are other amounts which can be accounted for but are very questionable. >> reporter: lots of construction money tossed around. graham says no invoices for what construction was dawn. dhdc's current housing director john hall released a statement saying his agency began an internal investigation into the peaceoholics project in the past several months. it says in an abundance of cautionings bun one employee had been terminated and a second employee had been placed on administrative leave. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> the peace holiday ins cofounder admits to being a novice who knew nothing about being a developer. if as jim graham says nobody at dhcd was minding the store, councilmember michael brown says it was probably going on a long time. >>> another big move for facebook and this one could be very appealing to big-time investors. >> it looks like facebook is goin

at-large councilman michael brown and jim graham calling for a criminal investigation into what theyall a brazen abuse of authority. they say they have uncovered serious evidence of housing employees enriching themselves in the sale and renovation of favored contractors. the members specifically cite $4 million. >> we turn now to decision 2012. less than two days to go before the florida primary and mitt romney is widening his lead. gingrich is trailing romney by 15 points. gingrich was on the defensive today. he called romney a liberal and tried to connect himself to ronald reagan. >> i am the legitimate air of the reagan movement. >> they have listened to the speaker and the other candidates and said you know what? midst is the guy we're going support. >> romney has gone back to criticizing obama calling him detached from reality. >> still ahead, a history making coffee shop closing its doors in dc. oi will also tell you about the cruise ship disaster. and that color -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it

jim graham concejal del distrito siempre se dice que dc es una ciudad con dos historias, esta el establecimientoederal y luego esta el resto de la gente nosotros, la gente local yo no se lo que pasa con el establecimiento federal pero si como persona local yo no soy rudo es mas yo somos muy educados los unos con los otros asÍ que esto debe referirse al gobierno federal una mujer fue encontrada sin vida en el estacionamiento de una escuela primaria del condado de prince georges... ella fue arrollada en la escuela samuel chase en temple hills... los bomberos respondieron a la llamada de auxilio alrededor de las 11 y 15 de la manana, pero no pudieron salvarle la vida... los estudiantes no asistieron hoy a clases porque era un dia de trabajo para maestros.. las circumstancias del incidente continuan bajo investigacion... en guatemala, al menos ocho personas murieron y viente resultaron heridas el domingo, en los alrededores de la ciudad de guatemala... un grupo de hombres armados entro a una discoteca y comenzo a disparar indiscriminadamente... el presidente otto perez molina aseguro que nos es el p

que realizo la revista travel and leisure, washington dc es la tercera ciudad mas ruda del paÍs jim grahamejal del distrito "siempre se dice que dc es una ciudad con dos historias, esta el establecimiento federal y luego esta el resto de la gente nosotros, la gente local yo no se lo que pasa con el establecimiento federal pero si como persona local yo no soy rudo es mas yo somos muy educados los unos con los otros así que esto debe referirse al gobierno federal" y asÍ es, porque la rudeza se la atribuyen al comportamie nto hacia lo polÍtico y es que de un tiempo a esta parte la gente del distrito se ha visto invadida por temas de tipo polÍtico buenaventura transeunte "yo no creo que la politica tenga que ver con el humor dela gente mas bien pienso que nosotros vivimos felices aquiporque tenemos trabajo estamos mas preocupados por sacar a delante a nuestras familias" para otras personas la politica no tiene nada que ver thomas transeunte "es el frio el que hace que nos sintamos asi de enojados, mas que todo cuando uno tiene que estar encerrado pero tambien el metro es el culpable ya que nad

petition against council chairman kwame brown and council members harry thomas jr., mary chay, and jim graham. >>> this morning police are trying to figure out between two brothers. a man shot his younger brother in the back and then shot himself. the brother was flown to an area hospital and is expected to recover. a third person in the home was grazed by a bullet but was not seriously injured. the names of all the victims have not yet been released. >>> also this morning, investigators are working to identify the body of a man found in the potomac river. two fishermen discovered the body yesterday morning at the bell haven marina in the 6400 block of george washington memorial parkway in the alexandria section of fairfax county. police say there were no obvious signs of trauma. >>> starting tonight, drivers should expect more delays around tysons corner because of construction. vdot plans to demolish the old lewinsville belt bridge across the beltway. that work should wrap up by 4:00 a.m. each weekday morning and 7:00 a.m. on the weekend. the demolition should take three to four weeks. it's

he plans to seek a recall of kwame brown and council members mary cheh and jim graham. immediately. he says the administration is plagued with scandal. ndal. >>> medical examiners are trying to determine the cause of death of a man was body was found at a marina in alexandria. two boaters found the body around 9:00 yesterday morning. so far, police have not released the man's identity. >>> coming up next, the baste way to stick to a new year's resolution apparently is to try and make it fun. >> makes sense if you enjoy doing it. maybe you will stick with it more. what better way to do that than with a little karaoke. >> tucker? oh, tucker? er? >> this is fantastic. i could watch this all morning. i think we might. tucker hits the gym and shows off his vocal skills next. do not go anywhere.  . welcome to carmax. hi. i was on carmax dot com and i think i found the one. great car. and i think, it's right over there... (sighes)... finding your perfect car is easy at carmax because we carry only the highest quality used vehicles. and at carmax dot com, you can ch

council member jim graham says he's reviewing a thousand audit documents from the corporation. he'll decide if hearings will be held. another big story we're following. a terrifying morning. a masked man forced his way into their home, tied them up, sexually assaulted the housekeeper and robbed them. fox 5 is following this one. bob. >> reporter: brian, montgomery county police believe the man you're about to see is responsible for two very serious crimes in two days. this is the man police would like to talk to. caught on a security camera at a cvs pharmacy in lafonte plaza where police say he used a credit card a home invasion robbery in bethesda hours earlier. >> i can't understand why anyone would want to do it. i'm just telling you these are hard times for many people and i'm very sorry about this. >> in this attack on bardon road just before 7:00 this morning, a masked gunman knocked on the door moments after the housekeeper arrived for the day. she opened the door, he forced his way in. the man sexually assaulted the housekeeper and tied up the woman and son. leaving wit

you know that extra week off was huge for him, patrick willis, all over the field covering for jim graham. >> all right, we have to believe what is in my ear, they tell me that vernon davis is really on the podium right now, let's listen. >> i had confidence in myself and alex. and confidence in the play, pretty much. >> were you really emotional -- describe what was going through your mind. >> history, history going through my mind, it was up against history, that is all i could say. us against -- against no, against can't, and we managed to pull it off, a very emotional game, like a roller coaster, very stressful for me, and if i can imagine, it was stressful for my it seems to mes, especially the defense on the blast play, but -- last play, but i know right away, i had to jump up and be a factor, just help out -- and i did it. >>> big time players make big time plays and games, that is all i could think about, i just kept telling myself over and over. vernon, you have to step up. >> did you talk to the team at half time -- >> i did, it was very emotional, one shot. that was the message

. >> ward 1 council member, jim graham, says the city youth program that funneled money to thomas was out of control. >> and there's example after example of major checks being issued without invoice, without documentation. without backup documents. the question that i have been asking since june of the children of youth investment trust corporation is how did this happen? who was tending the store? >> in one respect, glad that this is behind us. but as you know, we have other investigations and they need to get resolved as soon as possible. >> we asked kwame brown about the investigation about his alleged directing of campaign funds to family members. >> i'll look forward to moving forward and having closure. that's what i think is important. i think the message was very clear that i'm looking forward to closure. >> brown would not discuss -- he would not discuss the particulars of his case, but does say he hopes a special election to fill the ward 5 council seat can be held on d.c. primary day, laura, which is on april 3. >> bob, thank you. >>> the republican presidential campaign m

petition against kwame brown, the council chair, and council members harry thomas jr., mary chay, and jim graham. >>> this morning police say a disturbing kidnapping and assault in chinatown was not a random act. a woman told investigators she was in her car at seventh and "s" streets in chinatown when a man jumped in her vehicle. he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint while her 15-month-old son was in the backseat. the woman just left a child custody meeting, and the man said things that he was familiar with her custody agreement. so far, no arrests have been made. news of the crime has caused some concern in that neighborhood. >> i think residents are concerned, but we're also aware that police are investigating this. i think we're acting very cautiously, and we'll wait and see what happens. >> the police report says the woman was driving a car with ohio license plates. it's not clear if she is from this area. >>> police say a man who set more than 50 fires out in los angeles is now behind bars. police say that 24-year-old harry burkehart set 52 fires causing damage to cars and buildings. the g

michael brown and jim graham say they've uncovered a brazen abuse of authority. they leave housing agency employees are making deals concerning the sale and renovation of city properties that favored certain contractors. the council members specifically cite $4 million given to peaceholics, an anti-gang organization with little housing experience. graham and brown want the d.c. inspector general and attorney general to launch probes. >>> today a coalition of church and elected leaders will be in annapolis to rally against maryland's same-sex marriage bill. the group says it's rejecting an attempt to redefine marriage. governor o'malley proposed an exemption to the legislation that would allow churches to refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. instead, same-sex marriages would be civil ceremonies. rally organizers say the group supports maryland's current definition of marriage which is between one man and one woman. >>> a new poll shows governor o'malley may have challenges pushing his legislative agenda. marylanders gave him a 55% overall approval ratin

ward one councilman jim graham who initiated the probe said millions of dollars were spent with little to no accountability. the report shows a lot of the questionable funding went to the group piece holics. it -- peaceaholics. it had never bought or repaired a building. the head of the agency released a response to this report. he said he is asking the inspector general and the d.c. attorney general to investigate the matter further. >>> we have some new information into metro's investigation of a brake system failure on a metro train last month in december. the washington examiner reports metro has determined premature wear is what caused friction ring to fall off an orange line train near l'enfant plaza. officials are still looking into what caused another friction ring to fall off january 6. that report is expected out next month. >>> the government has approved a new drug to treat an advanced form of skin cancer. the drug will treat people with basil cell carcinoma. it's approved for patients who cannot be treated with surgery or radiation. it can also be used in cases where the d

reporter: we spoke to ward 1 council member jim graham tonight about harry thomas' possible resignation. >> there's a lot of complex emotions at a time like this, you know, but one thing i'm absolutely certain of is council member thomas is now going to do the right thing. he may have done the very wrong thing, but now he will do the right thing by the people of the district of columbia. reporter: despite the agreement to pay back all $300,000 over time, we're told councilman thomas last week failed to meet the deadline for his second $50,000 payment. >> bob barnard tonight. >>> no rest for the weary, after a historically close caucus in iowa, the focus shifts now to new hampshire. mitt romney had eight more votes than rick santorum in the caucus. ron paul came in a close third. michele bachmann dropped out of the race this morning after a poor showing left her ahead of only jon huntsman who didn't compete in iowa. governor rick perry decided to stay in but skip new hampshire. everyone is trying to downplay romney's projected win there. >> if you want to truly change washington d.c., so

jim graham will decide next week if hearings will be held. >>> a possible break in the cases of two armed robberies in maryland. police are looking for a man who useed a credit card at a cvs that was stolen hours before during a terrifying home invasion. a masked man forced his way into a house in bethesda and sexually assaulted the housekeeper and tied up the home owner and her son and robbed them. >> i hope the police get some good tips and if anybody can help out, that would be awesome. this is ridiculous. >> i think montgomery county has a good police force but everybody has to look after themselves and their neighbors. that is the bottom line. >> now, take another look at the man investigators are looking for. if you recognize him, give police a call. >>> a toddler found alone in a freezing cold tent at the occupy camp is now in protective custody this morning. man who says he is her father is facing charges now. an occupy protester heard the 18-month-old girl crying and found her wearing only a onesie and mittens. she gave the girl her hat and called police. a man showed up claiming

michael brown and jim graham say they've uncovered evidence of employees at the housing agency enriching themselves in what they call a brazen abuse of authority. they say it has to do with the sale and renovation of city properties which favor contractors. the councilmen specifically cite $4 million given to peaceaholics. that's an anti-gang organization that has little housing experience. graham and brown want the inspector general and attorney general to launch probes. >>> we turn to decision 2012 tonight. there are just two days before the florida primary. a new poll shows mitt romney widening his lead. newt gingrich, though, insists that no matter what happens on tuesday he's in it for the long haul. brian mooar is following the race. >> reporter: newt gingrich is trailing mitt romney in florida but says he can still seize the gop nomination. >> we have no evidence yet that romney anywhere is coming close to getting a majority. and i think when you take all of the non-romney votes it's very likely that at the convention there will be a non-romney majority and maybe a very spushl one

secret prison or we're just shot in the back of the head and when senators have had this brought up jim graham lieberman former senator santorum they say we will kill citizens and we're already killing citizens and they say it aggressively all right i want to there's a lot to talk about so i just want to make sure we get to all of it because there's a few different things concerning drones in the works here one of them is that next month the federal aviation administration the f.a.a. will be proposing new rules so this isn't something that's just been going on in the past it's going to continue in the future and these new rules will make it easier for what you were talking about for law enforcement agencies to have permission to use these drones now already they've been used in area wildfires to look for hotspots they've been used to cross the border to look for drug traffickers but now it could be a whole new ball game i want to play this clip this was made just a few months ago with a little animation recreating something that actually happened in north dakota. nelson county north dakota sor

council chair kwame brown m- class jim graham, mary cheh, and harry thomas jr. the city law does not allow a recall effort during someone's first or last year in office. >>> 28 degrees outside. >> awful cold start. still ahead, learning more about a park ranger shot to death in washington state. we have the latest on her ties to the d.c. area. >> bounced from the basketball court. the wizards head coach tossed from last night's game against the celtics. >> >>> it is a cold start to this tuesday morning. back to work, back to school. temperatures will be colder by this time tomorrow. 29 in washington right now, 27 in winchester. quantico, 30. 30 in eastern maryland. 32 in annapolis. temperatures will drop a few more degrees as we go through the morning. they will not rise much in the afternoon. when you factor in the wind which is increasing, it feels like 19 in washington. wind chills in the teens and it will feel like the scene throughout the entire day. air temperatures will make it 2- d low 30's this afternoon. we will have a few snow flurries from time to ti

camera she had nothing to say about her husband's possible resignation which ward 1 council member jim graham says saddens him greatly. >> it was all there. he had important committees. he had an important future. he was very much involved in key decisions. all of that is lost as a result of the wrong things that he apparently did. reporter: thomas represents ward 5, a seat on the city council once held by his father. >> what's the latest with the civil case? he owes an awful hot of money. >> indeed. though -- lot of money. >> indeed. though he admitted no wrongdoing council member thomas agreed to pay back that $300 in $50,000 installments. the second one was due -- $300,000 in $50,000 installments. the second one was due last week and has not yet been made. >> are his constituents standing behind him? >> a lot of people i think are confused because he admitted doing nothing wrong but said he'd pay them back. he's not been charged by the federal government. they're working on that deal. some say he should go to jail, but others are saddened because he's a product of d.c. he grew up here. he'

. >> council member jim graham expressed his frustration after harry thomas pleaded guilty to taking $350,000 from the city last week. >> how did this happen? who was tending the store? >> as chairman of the human services committee, graham first demanded audit documents of the children's press last june. finally on wednesday, he received more than 1,000 documents from the dc auditor's office. where was the government oversight to stop thomas from stealing? >> it's clear to me that we had $400,000 paid over to this nonprofit without adequate documentation. >> council member graham says he'll need a few days to review those e-mails and documents that were sent to him and then he'll decide if he plans to hold a hearing. meanwhile, council chairman kwame brown says he expects too hear back from those at his meeting today sometime next week. at the wilson building, matt acklin, fox 5 news. >>> another leader is charged with fraud accused of spending city funds on car payments. the details coming up tonight on the news edge. >>> the district backed out of a contract to buy two new streetc

councilmember jim graham is reviewing a thousand audit documents from the corporation and will decide next week if hearings will be held. >>> apparently some coaching changes at red skins park. tampa bay times reports former buccaneers coach morris has been hired to be secondary coach. two skins coaches may be out of jobs, washington times and espn 9le 0 radio report -- 980 radio report two have been let go. >>> well, coming up helping kids in need. >> ceo of the neediest kids organization is here to tell us how that organization helps low income students, and they will tell us what you can do to lend a hand. >> a man breaks into a home and then tells police he lives there. coming up, hear from the teenager inside who caught the whole incident on camera. 9:08 a.m. we will be right back . guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. sunday morning ideas made easy. here's a better idea... pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits. in just 15 minutes, the light delicate

jim graham says he is reviewing a thousand audit documents. he will denext week if hearings will be held. >>> police in maryland need your help fining a man who may be behind two armed robberies. officers want to talk to a guy who used a credit card at a cvs stolen hours before. a masked man forced his way into a house in bethesda. he sexually assaulted ahousekeeper and tied up the home owner and her teenaged son and robbed them. >>> a toddler found alone in a freezing cold tent at the occupy camp in d.c. is in protective custody this morning. map who says he is her father is facing charges. an occupy protester heard the 18-month-old girl crying. the woman gave the girl her hat and called police. >> she was very cold. she was really good natured. she was easy to cheer up. she was a lot of fun to play with but she had popsicles for hands. >> everybody looks out for each other. too bad america isn't that way. you know what i'm saying? >> reporter: about 30 minutes later, the man showed up claiming he was the girl's father. he is charged with att

reporter: ward 1 council member jim graham says the city youth program that funneled grant moneys to

. >> jim graham, chairman of the council says the safe haven law would have prevented such a tragedy. >> it takes a horrendous tragedy like this to get the job done. i think now you're going to see a lot of broadcasts. a lot of information about this law's intentions and prospects. >> chief lanier says she has taken this personally, as are the men and women investigating this case. i got a couple numbers. you can text unanimously any information you might have. that would be 50411. if you want to call. 727-9099. the chief says all information will be unanimous. want to say one more thing about the safe harbor law. it's good for babies up to 14 days old. >> it wasn't enough to save that baby girl. bruce, thank you for that information. derek. >> a young driver who was legally drunk when he hit and killed a little boy sunday was in court in alexandria today and the judge decided to keep the 22-year-old behind bars with no bond in this case. peggy fox has been following the story and she has brand-new information for us. >> we learned the police officer who arrested victor said he had a

hood but saturday you put out a press release talking about this now your fellow consul member, jim grahams an investigation as well what is alleged here? what went on between the district department of housing and community development and specifically,. >>> that is one of the reasons during our oversight tony a year ago we started asking questions about these trans actions as i am sure you know, the housing and development committee, what we discovered there were irregularities related to some trans actions and the irregularities raised to such a level we thought it was important enough to refer to the attorney general and inspector general as we go through the process of the investigation all the facts will come out and rumour and innuendo are out now that is why it will get referred and then we can see what happened keep in mind tony this has been going on quite some time this was happening during the fente administration and possibly williams administration. >> and attention was being called to this back in 2010 it is not brand new i don't want to deal in rumour or speculation but do

petition against council chair kwame brown and council members harry thomas jr., mary chay, and jim graham. >>> this morning police say a disturbing kidnapping and assault in chinatown was not a random act. a woman told investigators she was in her car at the light at seventh and "f" streets in chinatown last thursday when a man jumped in the vehicle. she says he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint while her 15-month-old son was in the backseat. detectives say the woman just left a child custody meeting, and the man said things that indicated he was familiar with her custody agreement. so far no arrests have been made. news of the crime has caused some concern in that neighborhood. >> i think residents are concerned, but we're also aware that the police are investigating this, and i think we're acting very cautiously, and we'll wait and see what happens. >>> the police report says a woman was driving a car with ohio license plates. it's not clear if she is from that area. >>> william carey, the baltimore entrepreneur who donated millions of dollars to help found business schools at the univ

jim graham says the deal was just a way for some people to make a buck. >> we figure there is about $2ounted for. there are other amounts which can be accounted for but are very questionable. >> reporter: lots of construction money tossed around. graham says no invoices for what construct was done. the current housing director released a statement saying his agency began an internal investigation into the peaceoholics project in the past several months. s. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >>> dose ended fiscal year twifn with a $240 million budget surplus. -- decented fiscal year 2011 with a $240 million budget surplus. >>> today, maryland governor martin o'malley is set to testify in support of a bill to legalize gay marriage. opponents of the measure rallied in front ever the state house last night. several protesters referenced a comment by maryland's first lady katie o'malley saying previous attempts for the legislation failed because of, quote, cowards in the house of delegates. >>> this morning, members of the collegey who do support gay marriage will hold a news conference in ann

ward one council member jim graham who initiated a probe says millions of dollars were spent with littleountability. that report show as lot of the questionable funding went to a group called peaceaholics. it's received $4.6 million from the d.c. department of housing and community development, even though it has never bought or repaired a building. the head of that agency released a response to the report. he said he's asking the inspector general and the d.c. attorney general to investigate the matter further. >>> we have new information into metro's investigation of a brake system failure on a metro train back in december. the washington examiner is reporting metro has determined premature wear is what caused the friction ring to fall off an orange line train near l'enfant plaza. the transit's is replacing part of the brake system on much of the rail car fleet. officials are still looking into what caused another friction ring to fall off this one on january 9. the report on that incident is due out next month. >>> well, another cracked rail led to some delays on metro, this time it w

mayor vince gray, council chair kwame brown and council members harry thomas jr., mary shea and jim grahamy marks one year since gray took office and is legally the first day a recall can actually begin. >>> months after flooding damage from tropical storm lee, the prince george's county administration building is scheduled to reopen january 17th. parts of the ground floor will still be off-limits. nearly two feet of floodwater inundated that level and more repairs are needed there. so far, the bill has surpassed $14 million and insurance only covers $5 million of it. the arlington county board held its first meeting of the year yesterday. at the top of their agenda, electing a new chairperson. when the ballots were tallied, mary hynes was elected for the new year. walter tejada as her vice chair. tejada said one of his objectives is to explore urban agriculture like exploring backyard chickens. he would like a task force to explore that and other options such as rooftop gardens and land exchanges. >>> time for another "your money" report this morning. >> jessica doyle is back and saving u

council members michael brown and jim graham are saying that they've uncovered evidence of corruption by the district's housing agency. they believe housing agency employees are making deals concerning the sale and renovation of city properties that favor certain contractors. the council members specifically cite $4 million given to peacea-holics, an anti-gang housing organization with little or sno no experience. they want the inspector general and attorney general to launch probes into this. >>> right now petco is discussing a potential rate hike in the district. news4's tracee wilkins has more on this electrifying debate. >> reporter: customers are protesting not only outside of the pepco hearing but also inside of the hearing as well. they are saying that there is no way that pepco should be allowed to raise its rates. pepco customers packed the hearing room in protest and interrupted with demonstrations as pepco executives prepare to defend their request for a rate increase to the d.c. public service commission. pepco's evidence was stacked in boxes and organized in notebooks pil

councilman michael brown and jim graham say tonight they've uncovered evidence of corruption by the district'sgency. they believe housing agency employees are making deals concerning the sale and renovation of city properties that favored certain contractors. the councilmen specifically cite $4 million given to peace-a-holics an anti-gang group with little housing experience. graham and brown want the d.c. inspector general and attorney general to launch probes. >> today we are releasing the draft report of the committee on human services on how a very good project, you know, supportive housing for at risk youth, became just simply a way for people to make a buck. and a lot of bucks off the d.c. government. >> councilman graham says there is about $2 million that can't be accounted for. >>> still to come today, a silver spring man arrested for the murder of his wife. coming up what police say he did after her death. >> and pepco customers sounding off as officials discuss a possible rate hike. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. we've warned you about cashing bogus checks you get in the mail but what if the

michael brown and jim graham say they've uncovered evidence of what they call a brazen abuse of authorityieve housing agency employees are making deals concerning the sale and renovation of city properties that favored certain contractors. the council members specifically cite $4 million given to peaceholics, an anti-gang organization with little housing experience. graham and brown want the d.c. inspector general and the attorney general to launch probes. >>> virginians who lost their jobs due to last year's east coast earthquake have just one more week to file for assistance. the aid is intended to help those not covered by state unemployment insurance programs. those in the city of fredericksburg are eligible, along with culpeper, guchland, and spotsylvania counties. applications can be filed with the virginia employment commission offices. the 5.8 quake rocked the region last august. >>> today, interior secretary ken salazar will help make the national mall brighter. he'll flip the switch at 5:30 tonight for the new l.e.d. lights along the mall. officials say the system from 3rd to 15

councilman jim graham and michael brown say they've uncovered serious evidence of housing employees enrichingelves in the sale and renovation of city properties which favored contractors. the council members specifically cite $4 million given to peaceaholics an anti-gang organization with little housing experience. graham and brown are asking the d.c. inspector general and attorney general to launch potential criminal probes of the alleged abuse. >> today we are releasing the draft report of the committee on human services on how a very good project, you know, supportive housing for at risk youth, became simply a way for people to make a buck and a lot of bucks off the d.c. government. >> councilman graham says there are about $2 million that can't be accounted for. >>> a fairfax county lawmaker protesting efforts to make women get an ultra sound before having an abortion. her attempts to stifle the bill have failed. senator janet howell of reston proposed an amendment to the abortion legislation and she says if women are required to get an ultra sound, then should be required to undergo erec

michael brown and jim graham believe house agency employees are making deals concerning the sale andistrict properties that favored certain contractors. the council members specifically cite $4 million given to peaceholics. that's an anti-gang organization with little housing experience. graham and brown with the d.c. inspector general and attorney general, they want them to launch probes. >>> the food and drug administration is being sued for allegedly spying on its own workers. according to the "washington post," a group of scientists and doctors says the fda secretly monitored personal emails after warning congress the agency was approving medical devices that could harm patients. the group says the fda spied on them for two years. the group says their constitutional rights have been violated because although they accept that their work communications are open to inspection, their private ones should not be. the fda says it does not comment on any litigation. >>> we're a little more than 24 hours from the start of voting in florida's primary. today, newt gingrich will get help cam

jim yim grahammy graham the intended receiver. >> cris: a moot point but you do stop the clock here. if there is any chance for the lions to hold him here. pretty good play by tulloch getting his hand in there at the last second. drew brees was telling us we can do whatever we want, whenever we want? i believe it. >> al: second and goal. into the end zone, touchdown. pierre thomas. . 616 yards of offense. and green bay threw 45 up on detroit last week. the saints are a point away. an extra point away from 45. >> cris: give a little credit here to backup tight end michael higgins as he digs out the detroit lions and it's only right that pierre thomas, after the phenomenal runs that he's had tonight, finally gets the cherry on top. >> al: the extra point is good. saints are 3:36 away from breaking into california here we come. well, you figured it would be a shoot-out. it figured to be a track meet. most yards in a postseason game. 616. chargers did it back in 1964. you had a thousand passing yards last week in the game between green bay and detroit. it's the year of the quarterback, i

jim graham said he is reviewing a thousand audit documents from the corporation and will decide nextrings will be held. thomas resigned from council last week after he was charged with embezzling $353,000 through the city's children and youth investment trust corporation. >> dc leaders postponing a trip to new hampshire an expected snow storm caused lawmakers there to cancel all business. vince grey along with several council members were set to testify in favour of a resolution that expresses support to make dc the 51st state. >> coming up on this thursday morning, up next angela, the state's attorney for prince georges county joins us to lay out her lawen forcement priorities. >> international auto show under way in the motor city. we will look at some of the latest models going green now. we will be right back 8:10 a.m.  >> a new report shows building a purple line on metro will effect more than 340 property owners the project will require condemning 31 homes, 43 businesses hundreds of other yards and pieces of land in montgomery and prince georges county. construction is expecte

jim yim grahammy graham the intended receiver. >> cris: a moot point but you do stop the clock here. if there is any chance for the lions to hold him here. pretty good play by tulloch getting his hand in there at the last second. drew brees was telling us we can do whatever we want, whenever we want? i believe it. >> al: second and goal. into the end zone, touchdown. pierre thomas. . 616 yards of offense. and green bay threw 45 up on detroit last week. the saints are a point away. an extra point away from 45. >> cris: give a little credit here to backup tight end michael higgins as he digs out the detroit lions and it's only right that pierre thomas, after the phenomenal runs that he's had tonight, finally gets the cherry on top. >> al: the extra point is good. saints are 3:36 away from breaking into california here we come. well, you figured it would be a shoot-out. it figured to be a track meet. most yards in a postseason game. 616. chargers did it back in 1964. you had a thousand passing yards last week in the game between green bay and detroit. it's the year of the quarterback, i

. >> lindsey graham and jim demint have joined with me time after time to go to the floor of the senateo fight against the earmark pork barrel corruption that goes on in washington, d.c. earmarks are a gateway to corruption and i can tell you that neither mitt romney nor rick santorum share that view. >> apparently, he meant to say newt gingrich there instead of mitt romney. >>> "the situation room" coming up, wolf joins me now with a preview. your speaking with rnc chair today. what did he say? >> you have to watch this show. i'm not going to tell you. why would you watch? but i am going to e tell you who else is in "the situation room." the president's chairman of the council of economic advisers. just reporting on the jobs numbers. 200,000 new jobs. we'll talk about that. jon huntsman is joining us. also in the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour, a live interview, in "the situation room," herman cain. coming back to talk to us about what's going on right now. one other thing you should know, don, ask me the question, what is it. >> what is it, blitz? >> this is the last show we're doing from thi

. >> gregg: big political figures in south carolina are nikki haley and lindsay graham and tea party party jimemint but graham and demint, they are not endorsing anybody and neither are any of the five republican u.s. congressmen. they have opted out. what do you make of that? >> look, conservative primary voters particularly tea party voters are famously independent like in south carolina. i don't think the governor's endorsement of mitt romney is going to be critical as some might make it to be in the absence of endorse himself from the congressional -- endorsements, it suggests to me there is room for consolidation. >> gregg: as long as there is a bunch of them. mitt romney has to be a happy man. good to see you both. >> heather: terrorist king pin and oscar movie winning director making for a ton of controversy. movie about navy seal operations about osama bin laden is scheduled for later this year and one person behind the project, the director of the hurt locker, she and her crew are at the center of a pentagon investigation. our power panel weighs in after this breaks. diarrhea, gas or

in washington, we only have two that represent us in that fight, that is senator lindsey graham and congressman jimburn. f we would have had the ports dredged if it was up to them. >> do you see any political shifting going on, the way people think? how does this affect people that are affected by these facts? >> i think this is very good. i think this is very good and healthy for the state of south carolina. a lot of people are asking questions, and a lot of people are understanding exactly what is wrong. that is why the governor nikki haley called some of them democrats. what she was letting people know, the republicans she called democrats understand what the real problems are that the state of south carolina is facing. >> james sanderson good to have you with us tonight, appreciate your time. >> i will be in wisconsin tomorrow with the petitions to recall governor scott walker are finally handed over. how many signatures do the democrats get and is he the only one being recalled? stay with us we're right back. , cheesy chicken & rice, and other chicken dishes that are oh...so...whoa. campbell's

senator lindsey graham and congressman jim clyburn.hose two, if it had been left up to them, we would have already had our ports dredged in charleston and georgetown. >> do you see any political shifting going on? i mean, the way people think? i mean, how does this affect people who are affected by these facts? >> i think this is very good. i think this is very good and healthy for the state of south carolina. a lot of people are asking questions and a lot of people are understanding exactly what's wrong. that's why the governor, nikki haley, called some of the republicans running for office democrats. well, what she was letting people know, the republicans that he she called democrats understand what the real problems are that the state of south carolina are facing. >> james sanderson, good to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here. >> good to have you with us. i appreciate your time. i'll be in wisconsin tomorrow when the petitions to recall governor scott walker are finally handed over. how many signatures did the democrats ge