jim webb not seeking reelection. congressman jim moran held off a challenge by businessman bruce shuttlesworth. in the race for alexandria's city council, justin wilson, timothy lovain and more will be on the ballot in november. eric cantor beat floyd bayne with 40% ever the vote. >>> acting chairman mary cheh circulated a resolution to members. phil mendelson has the support necessary to take over the position vacationed by kwame brown. the 11en member council -- 11- member council will vote on the resolution today. a special election will be held in november to appoint a permanent replacement. >>> dispensaries could be selling medical marijuana in d.c. within a matter of weeks. yesterday the district health department approved four applications for medical marijuana pharmacies. one of them is right near the tacoma metro station in northwest. >> it's going to be a very controlled and very well organized distribution that there is very little room or no room for -- [ inaudible ] >> three other approved sites for medi

senate seat vacated by democrat jim webb >> . this has brought a lot of headlines. george allen won the republican nomination. he will face tim kaine in a battle to reclaim his old seat. other winners last night included eric cantor as house majority leader and democratic challenger jim moran. president obama back on the campaign trail. today it will not involve [unintelligible] >> he will award shimon peres the presidential medal of freedom at a ceremony at the white house. >> the former aide of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords won the election to take place in washington. tahman bradley has more on emotional victory. >> a bittersweet victory for democrats in an arizona special election to replace gabrielle giffords. democrat ron barber, her former aide defeated jesse kelly. >> life takes unexpected turns and here we are. >> it was a milestone in gabrielle giffords' journey after she resigned to focus on recover from an assassination attempt. >> thank you for everything you've done for us, gabby. >> she stayed out of a campaign for the most part. barber also

the ract toe to replace jim webb will get attention. tim kaine will win the democratic nomination. he is expecting to face the man who lost six years ago, george allen. we will monitor the returns of this race on wjla.com. virginia is a key battleground state and obama is using his star power . kal penn took part in two campaign events, including this one with young professionals in cafe asia. as for mitt romney. he spent the evening in atlanta saying he hopes the supreme court strikes down the health care package. he says he hopes they "do the right thing and strike this thing down." leon? >> robin roberts is battling for her life. the rare illness she contracted. >> a smartphone theft not in the metro or the street. a >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. >> "godod morning america"'s" robin roberts is battling a bone marrow disease. doctors say she is likely to beat this. she will be on the air until she gets a bone marrow replacement from her sister. >> a man captured on camera at the university of maryland stole a cell phone from a student out of her hand. we have word on wh

the grid -- bridge in a governors hoping to succeed jim webb will share their views on technology. george allen and tim kane will for debate in a town hall forum at microsoft office is interesting. it is their first joint appearance since allen won the gop nomination. >> checking news around the nation, information about last month's face-chewing attack. the medical examiner says marijuana was the only drug found in the suspect's bloodstream. no traces of are already so- called basalt. the victim has undergone several surgeries and is still in the hospital. the bond has been revoked for a texas man accused of killing his roommate stock and eating it. waco police said a caller reported a man going crazy. they found a man on the porch covered in blood and holding the dead dog. he told he had -- police he had taken them synthetic marijuana and then started biting the dog. >> firefighters are struggling to contain a wildfire near colorado springs, colorado. there are being hampered by hot and windy conditions. more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. 10 acres -- that includes 10 ac

allen lost to jim webb in 2006. >> important information tonight on to on-line security breaches.st one affects student at the university of virginia. the university says human error cost 300 students transfers and social security numbers to appear online. the problem affects students to apply it to the summer language institute. >> a business social networks site appears to be the latest target of hackers. officials are looking into reports that more than 6 million passwords have been stolen. security experts say the encrypted passwords were posted online and and were working to correct them. users should change their passwords as soon as possible. >> a spectacular moving day for the space shuttle enterprise. it was taken up the hudson river on a barge this morning, passing the statue of liberty and the world trade center site as hundreds of spectators lined the waterfront. enterprise will be hoisted by crane onto the flight deck of the intrepid sea air and space museum, it's permanent new home. >> in good weather up there and lovely weather here. >> an interesting day with the c

both allen and kaine are fighting to preplace democratic senator jim webb. the outcome will lineally steer the balance of power in the u.s. senate. there is also u.s. house primaries in districts eight and 11 covering arlington, alexandria and fairfax county. there is also a democratic primary for alexandria city council. >>> also making headline being a popular pastor arrested. now, the megachurch heeder is speaking out about the allegations. >>> but first, the search for a suspect continues following a weekend shooting near the campus of auburn university that left three people dead. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> nato will no lo

senator jim webb. tim kaine is expected to win that democratic nomination. you will likely face former republican senator george allen. open from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. we will have results tonight at 11:00. >> a special election is being held in arizona for the house seat that was held by gabrielle giffords. >> the democratic congresswoman gave up her seat in january so she could concentrate on her recovery. republican jesse kelly is facing off against former giffords aide democrat ron barber. >> president obama will attend a couple campaign fund-raisers in baltimore today. he will attend an event at a home in owings mills and then a fund-raiser with maryland governor martin o'malley at a hotel in downtown baltimore. then he will travel to philadelphia for a campaign fund-raiser tonight. his presumptive republican rival mitt romney attended a fund- raiser in atlanta last night where he told supporters that he hopes the supreme court will do the right thing and strike down president obama's healthcare reform law. the supreme court is expected to rule this

primary voters will favor the former governor who lost that 2007 election race to the current senator, jim webb. >> and that is a biggy here. what other races are on displace? >> it's true and easy that there is a busy day throughout virginia, with six u.s. house nominations decided and some of the most well-known include some primary challengers to the likes of northern virginia and jim moran and the majority house leader eric cant, r and his district is in richmond. clearly moran and canter are expected to retain their seats and the strongest, not overwhelming favorites for re- election next november. >>> and we will have some results from today's virginia primary at 10 and go to our website, www.myfoxdc.com. >>> and president obama on the campaign trail and making stops in major east coast cities and is in philly. earlier he was -- and pointed out the 4.3 million jobs created in the private sector over the last 27 months. >> and does this make us satisfyd? no, not when we have so many folks looking for work and when so many homes are under water and states are laying off teachers and first r

george allen is trying to win back the seat he lost to jim webb in 2006. he has three charges. political experts say tomorrow will likely mean low turnout numbers at the polls. >> it's not surprising that not a lot of people are paying close attention to this race. many consider that george allen is going to win and we have this interesting presidential race going on. >> republican leaders say despite the expected low turnout they believe the nominee will unite the party in the coming months. >>> a devastating loss for autism research because of a malfunction in a hospital freezer. >>> we know the cause of a wildfire that is eating up houses and land out west. >>> the salon owned by the tanning mom is facing a fine tonight. >>> woodward >>> researchers are dealing with what they call a devastating setback in the field of autism research. a freezer at the harvard brain tissue research center malfunctioned last month. that freezer contained the world's largest collection of autistic brain samples. scientists discovered 54 of the samples were damaged. some can be used in genetic r

he lost his senate seat to jim webb back in 2006 and has previously served as virginia's governor. he's facing former governor tim kaine in the election this fall. >>> another gorgeous day on tap. >> and doug is out there in montgomery village, in someone's backyard, and he's probably eating already. hi, doug. >> reporter: i've had a little bit. i've been sneaking food here and there. the owners probably don't know, but that's what i've been doing. a great day out here of course, today is thursday, that means it's backyard weather day. we'll sho you just how things are facing up around the region. current temperature right now at 81 degrees at the airport, with winds out of the southeast at 9 miles an hour. take a look at the number all across the region. 9 in fred ricks better, right now cull pupper coming in. weed a few clouds today, but also some sunshine. a little storm system off the coast has meandered down to the south. that's allowed the cloud cover to make its way in from the ocean. that's why temperatures have stayed a little below average today. but we're still seeing qu

. >>> today the two men hoping to replace jim webb in the u.s. senate will be at the same event in reston, virginia. george allen and jim cain will appear accept prattly at a town hall forum. it is hosted by the town council and microsoft. local business leaders will ask questions about the candidate related to technology and business policy. >>> i am watching your money. wall street has been in rally mode. investors don't have any high lopez for today's summit in brussels. german chancellor angela americaal has already signaled she doesn't want all countries to share the debt burden. >>> stocks rallied on upbeat news about housing and manufacturing. the dow starts today at 12627, jumped 92 points in trading. the s & p 500 was better by almost 12 points. >>> he is the brother of ponzi scheme king pin bernie madoff. peter madoff will plead guilty tomorrow for his role in the multi-billion dollars fraud. thousands of investors lost their savings in this scam. peter is a former chief compliance officer at the private investment arm of bernie madoff's

allen easily won his -- both vying for senator jim webb's seat. news4 and the fairfax county chamber of commerce will be hughesing one of those debates? september. >>> in fair tax county, a special-education teacher is facing child pornography charges. police officers took the teacher into custody at poplar treat elementary in chanel actually. chris gordon is live tonight with more on this. >> reporter: good evening. federal agents from i.c.e., immigration and customs enforcement, got information that disturbing digital images of children were received by robert finn. he just happened to be a teacher of special-needs students here at this school in chanel actually, virginia. the principal of poplar tree elementary school sent out an e-mail this morning notifying a teacher had been arrested yesterday for child pornography, but that no students were involved or directly effected. salim share is the parent of a 6-year-old student. >> my wife told me she saw him twice playing with him, but he wasn't my primarily teacher. when she called in this mornin

allen will now try to reclaim the senate seat he lost to jim webb six years ago. webb is not seeking reelection. allen will face tim kaine who ran unopposed for the democratic nomination. >>> incumbent jim moran set off a primary challenge. he'll have a rematch with jay patrick murray this november. eric cantor cruised to an easy victory in the republican primary. cantor beat the same man he defeated two years ago, floyd bayne. in alexandria, democrats timothy lovain, justin wilson, allison silberberg, redella pepper, paul smedberg and john chapman will be on the ballot this november. >>> witnesses describe two dogs as pit bull-rottweiler mix who attacked a 75-year-old man. one neighbor used a pole to beat the dogs but they didn't stop biting the 74-year-old victim. then another neighbor set his own pit bull on the two other dogs. that worked. however the victim is suffering from life threatening injuries. the dogs are in custody of animal control. >>> he's been away from his office and his co-workers for almost four months but kevin o'toole returned to his bladen

in 2006, allen lost his senate seat to jim webb who is not running for re-election. coming up in the next hour, we'll be speaking with former giver tim kaine live from richmond. >>> over in the district, councilmember will be taking a vote today on an interim new chairperson. >> the new leader will replace kwame brown would resigned after facing charges of bank fraud. there is a favorite to take over the seat and sherry ly has more on who is in the running. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that vote is scheduled to take place during a special meeting at 10:00 this morning t must be filled by an at-large councilmember until a special election is held in november. right now, the person who seems to be favored to get that interim council chairman seat is phil mendelsohn. he seems to have the votes. the upheaval in the d.c. council comes on the heels of two resignations. first think harry thomas resigned, convicted on corruption charges in recent months. kwame brown stepped down and pleaded guilty to criminal charges next week. councilmember is expected to succee

george allen is in a bid to reclaim the seat he lost to jim webb in 2006. the better funded, better known allen faces three gop challenges. prince william delegate bob marshall, chester field tea party leader, jamie radke and ew jackson. the winner will face tim kaine and most voters say the well-known allen provides the best chance of winning you in november. >> he proves in the past and so i went with him. >> one of them campaigned more than george allen, i think, but i just went with allen because of his name recognition. >> i went with george allen for years. my parents have season tickets. you have an affinity. >> reporter: after he stumbled in 2006 with several well publicized campaign gaffes, they want to give him a second chance. >> i think the main thing was to see george allen have a chance to redeem himself in a way, too, that was probably the third reason, because i think his campaign against senator webb wasn't a good campaign. and i think we are expecting more from him. >> reporter: this woman wanted to send a different message and voted for l

he and allen are hoping to win the senate seat now held by jim webb. >>> a metro station on the red line will get a new name today. the new york avenue/florida avenue gallaudetu station is no more. new york avenue will still be shown on signs around the system for a year until riders get used to the change. the station opened in november of 2004 and serves about 7,400 riders a day. >>> this morning a 17-year-old high school valedictorian is trying to stay in the united states to go to college, but without a green card, she can't apply for basic financial aid. she graduated from wise high school in upper marlboro. her mom brought her and her sister as dependents under her work visa. but the school system is barred from hiring teachers like her any more, putting their family's legal status in question. now, her daughter doesn't have money to pay for college. >> well, i'm really sad because i mean, the reason i went here in the first place, of course, to be with my family and i wanted to study in the u.s. because there's so much more opportunities here and i figure that if i could finish co

jim webb, ben nelson. these guys, taxing, like no way we are not going to do it. megyn, in your reviewing this case. what is the limiting prince principle, if there is any, withholding this penalty to be a tax? because it's basically taxing people not buying something. we're going to tax you. they haven't purchased anything. >> i don't think there is a legal limiting principle. >> laura: it expands the power of the federal government, does it not. >> leading principle for them doing it now the government saying we are going to raise your taxes as follows. now you have to look at how else are they phrasing it? they may be taxing me without telling me they are taxing me. then they could go in court and argue it is a tax which i knew it was all along. i do want to say this though. there is -- having read the majority opinion which is written by justice roberts, chief justice roberts and two liberals. kagan and breyer. they hammered the government on its expansive notions about this commerce clause and all we heard from nancy pelosi and everybody else about how this h

he will faceoff against tim kaine, the former governor and they will vie for jim webb's spot.other results, voters have elected to let the university of north character oat carolina drop the fighting sioux. yesterday, north dakotans upheld an appeal to the law and the higher board of education will likely retire the name and the american indian head logo. the ncaa had banned the university from hosting tournaments and using the name in post-season play. join us in chat right now, current.com/billpress. see you after the break. news block. >>we're hogging all the sexy on our side. hello! the new slogan should be "we own wall street." that's my view. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleasant your hearts. >> the big one. >> stephanie: all i know, the little flower is there and it means go to meeting. i love go to meeting. tuesday, june 12th. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this

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webb simpson is, you will now. started the day four shots back. birdies four out of five to get in the hunt. jim furyk doing his best to hold the lead rolls in a miracle 30-footer for par on 12 but crumbles down the stretch with bogeys on 16 and 18. webb finishing the day 1 over. all the 26-year-old american could do was sit and see if his

webb simpson is, you will now. birdies four out of five to get in the hunt. jimoing his best, rolls in a miracle 30-footer for par, but crumbles down the stretch with bogeys on 16 and 18. webb finishing the day with one over. all he could do was sit and see if his lead would stick. graeme mcdowell needing this putt on 18 to stay alive. it's left. webb simpson wins the u.s. open. >>> to nascar, the big crash wasn't on the crash, but on the infield. watch out for the fence. he was okay. dale earnhardt junior picking up his first win in 143 races, back in the winners circle. baseball, l.a. ties in the ninth and wins it in the tenth. dodgers walk off with a 2-1 win. twins and brewers tied at four in the 11th. great opportunity for the brewers to get something good. ben revere puts an end to that. to the 15th inning, two outs for denard span. he sends everyone home. a walk-off single. twinkies win this one 5-4 in 15. that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> for another look at the hero here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. >> a lot of

webb simpson is, you will now. started the day four shots back. birdies four out of five to get in the hunt. jim furyk doing his best to hold the lead rolls in a miracle 30-footer for par on 12 but crumbles down the stretch with bogeys on 16 and 18. webb finishing the day 1 over. all the 26-year-old american could do was sit and see if his lead would stick. mcdowell pushes it left. webb simpson comes out of nowhere to win the u.s. open. >>> no nascar, the big crash wasn't on the track but on the infield. he was okay. dale ern earnhardt jr. picking up his first race in four years and back in the winners circle. >>> baseball, dodgers at white sox, l.a. ties it in the ninth and wins it in the tenth. gordon with a single to left. dodgers walk off with a 2-1 win. >>> twins and brewers. tied 4-4 in the 11th. great opportunity for the brewers to get something going but ben revere puts an end to that, diving grab in right. two outs for denard span, sending everyone home with a walkoff single. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought

jim furyk and graheme mcdowell. the 112th u.s. open coming down to the wire. webbing to get to the clubhouse at 1 over par, a chip on 18 and a great touch looefds him at a 3 foot putt and he's got it. simpson with a par putt and he finished 1 over pier for the tournament and was the leader in the clubhouse. graeme mcdowell, he needed a birdie to force a playoff and his approach on 18 well done. he would have a chance. jim furyk, his approach on 18, he also needed a birdie to force a playoff and his shot, lands left and then it gets buried. furyk would bogey and be eliminated and graeme mcdowell for the tie on 18. 20 feet down the hill and he aims left and webb simpson is your 2012 u.s. open champion. other golfers had their chances at the open but they missed close calls. en. >> henry smith has more. >> no one was talking about webb simpson coming into the final round of the u.s. open but he made a miraculous comeback from four shots back and put himself into position to win but he had to sweat out that final home where jim furyk and graeme mcdowell had a chance to

webb simpson, 26 years old, went to wake forest. birdies 6, 7, 8, and 10. finished one over and was the leader in the club house. jimuryk lead almost the entire day. bogeyed 16. final round of 74. fin finished 4 over. graeme mcdowell. that would have tied it and sent it to a playoff, instead webb simpson with his wife in the club house. he and his wife have a baby boy and one on the way. how about that? >> and happy birthday and how are you today? >> you don't want to know how old i am. a little older than webb simpson. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> turning 30. >> i can't even remember 30. >> coming up in the next hour of 11 news, after four days of testimony, the prosecution rested today in the trial of former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. >> the supreme court could hand down rulings on several monumental pieces. what's at stake at 6:15. >> and who doesn't love taking a dip in the pool? if you are afraid of heights, you might want to take a look at this one. >> and after a beautiful weekend we have rain in the forecast >> scompeff debris -- outside traffic moving on major roadways coming up.

webb simpson is waking up the new u.s. open champ. everybody focused on tiger woods or jimyk holding on to the lead, somebody saw simpson coming. mcdowell had a chance to force a playoff with this 24 footer but did not go in missed to the left and simpson wins the title. >>> 6:24. ahead, the opening bell on wall street as investors get ready to react to important election news in greece. >> upgrade to a south bay road that could mean easier morning commute. >>> new testimony in the ross mirkarimi domestic abuse case contradicting what the suspended sheriff says happened. >> reporter: oakland police find themselves processing an unlikely crime scene. i'm amy hollyfield i'll tell you about it, coming up, next. >>> good morning. here's a look at our cooling trend, yesterday 80s and 90s inland valleys, today numbers continue to tumble from two to 15 degrees cooler and you are waking up to grey skies and mist and drizzle. if you need more information trailing out of town check out our -- traveling out of town check out abc7news.com. >>> traffic delay hot spot out of central vall

jim furyk was in contention until the end of the day. he had two bogeys on the last three holes. webb simpson is your u.s. open winner. >>> game three of the nba finals last night miami hosting oklahoma city. lebron james scored 2 points and had 14 rebounds. miami topped oklahoma city. the heat now leads the series two games to one. >>> there is a little good news that came out of the weekend for nationals. fans reliever brad lidge is done with the team. this is good news because he allowed three runs friday and gave up another two on saturday. things weren't much prettier as they wrapped up their series with the yankees. granderson had home runs, the nationals lose 4-1. they begin a series with the rays tomorrow. >>> the winning drought is over for dale earnhardt jr. finally he won yesterday's sprint cup race at the michigan 400. tony stewart finished second. matt kenseth was third. >>> ahead the impact of this weekend's big election in greece. >> and maryland's governor gives a blunt history lesson about the war of 1812. >> why is it that washington just can't seem to get into this?

jim webb described as the best and born fighting when he said fight, sing, drink pray.. that's our culture. and -- >> bill: fight sing, drink pray. >> kind of like our show. not necessarily in that order however. [ laughter ] >> bill: peter you usually leave the last one off. we've got lots to talk about. mudcat, you're back in politics to take on eric kantor. there is a righteous cause. i want to hear about the race and your candidate. we'll be joined by frank rich from the "new yorker" magazine. great friend and very powerful piece in this month's "new york" magazine about negative campaigning and why it works. why it's important. we'll get right into that and with mudcat and the politics of the day but first -- dan's got the big stories. >> on this tuesday other headlines making news, don't say the president never gave you anything. that's what president obama said when he treated several people to ice cream at a dairy barn on the university of new hampshire's campus yesterday in a surprise stop, he ate a hot fudge sundae himself bought his press secretary a banana s

i agree with senator jim webb who was quoted as saying -- and i quote -- "we shouldn't raise taxes on ordinary income." i agree with senator ben nelson who was quoted as saying "my druthers is to extend tax cuts for everybody." and i agree with former senator pete domenici and former o.m.b. director alice rivlin who appeared before the finance committee earlier this week and who both agreed we need a short-term extension of current tax law in order to get us to a place where we can consider fundamental reforms to our tax code and our entitlement programs. madam president, even former president bill clinton, a major surrogate for the obama campaign, admitted the obvious when he said resently that a short term extension of the tax cuts might be necessary. former president clinton and other democratic members that i mentioned have not suddenly become supply-side tax cutters, but they realize that it is simply common sense that with the economy slowing, the last thing that congress should do is slam on the brakes by allowing massive tax increases. we were reminded earlier this week just h