joshua wheeler was carrying an unloaded handgun when he tried to get into the office building. capitol police charged him with carrying a pistol without a license and unregistered firearm. several of the nsa domestic surveillance programs stopped at midnight. the senate had been away on recess since the memorial day holiday, but returned last night to debate the issue. rand paul blocked the extension to the program after talking on use floor until the laws expired. senator paul: are we going to give up our freedom? i am not going to take it anymore. i do not think the american people are going to take it anymore. jummy: it is likely the senate will pass a reform version of the freedom act. it will allow phone companies to keep their bulk phone records instead of the government. this comes as the tsa investigates major security lapses at airports. undercover officers were able to get mock explosives and weapons past tsa checkpoints with no problem. sam is live with the failures that were discovered. sam: good afternoon. 70 undercover test were completed nationwide. in 67 of thos

joshua wheeler was carrying an unloaded smith and wesson, discovered during a search required to enter capital office buildings. wheeler, an intern for lynn jenkins of kansas will be arraigned tomorrow. >>> obvious the next month the supreme court will rule on hot-button topics - same-sex marriage and the obama care. they handed down a judgment concerning religious bias in the workplace, and the other on free speech on the internet. lisa stark stakes a closer look >>> pennsylvania resident n anthony went to prison after posting violent language on facebook about shooting up a kindergarten class, attacking an fbi agent and harming his estranged wife writing: his words were they area put ib nothing more than wrap lyrics protected by free speech that he did not intend harm. he was convicted after a jury found that a reasonable person would consider what he wrote to be a threat. the supreme court threw out his conviction on a 7-2 vote. chief justice john roberts writing for the majority avoided addressing the free speech aspect of the case saying: - a criminal conviction requires an intent

police say the delay was intentional so the bag could be connected with the owner. 25-year-old joshua wheeler, who works for lynn jenkins, cooperated with police and is now charged with carrying a pistol without a license. less than a month ago, reports surfaced that multiple guns had been left in bathrooms by capitol police officers so far this year including one found by an 8 or 9-year-old child. >>> a west virginia teacher was threatened with a fine for trying to encourage her students to do well. the teacher rewarded achievement with pieces of candy. federal school nutrition rules prohibit such motivational tactics. a violation could result in loss of federal money for the school and the county. the williamson daily news reports defiant parents passed the hat around to help pay any subsequent fine. in the end, it was decided the teacher was not attempting to deliberately violate state policy so no fine was issued. the school is required to create what is called a corrective action plan. >>> finally, god is now legal. has a decent credit rating and can get a loan. a new york man named god

joshua wheeler was carrying unloaded, .9-millimeter handgun when he tried to enter the longworth building. he is charmed with carrying a pistol without a license and an unregistered firearm. leon: the washington monument is closed again after another power failure. the monument was closed this morning after the elevator lost power last night again. no one was on board when it happened. they used the stairs to escort a visitor down from the observation level to the ground. it was closed last thursday and friday for the same issue. traffic troubles this an continue in alex sand dryia. an eight -- continue orn alexandria. this caused fishes for drivers trying to exit off of southbound 395. the crews have been working to repair the stretch of road but the work is not complete. alison: now we turn to the story that has been trending all afternoon. the introduction of caitlyn jenner to the world. leon: this started with a single tweet. you can see it here, cover of shepard fairey -- cover of "vanity fair." showing caitlyn that was formerly bruce. joce sterman has more. joce: today this may be t

police say the delay was intentional so the bag could be connected with the owner. 25-year-old joshua wheeler, who works for lynn jenkins, cooperated with police and is now charged with carrying a pistol without a license. less than a month ago, reports surfaced that multiple guns had been left in bathrooms by capitol police officers so far this year including one found by an 8 or 9-year-old child. >>> a west virginia teacher was threatened with a fine for trying to encourage her students to do well. the teacher rewarded achievement with pieces of candy. federal school nutrition rules prohibit such motivational tactics. a violation could result in loss of federal money for the school and the county. the williamson daily news reports defiant parents passed the hat around to help pay any subsequent fine. in the end, it was decided the teacher was not attempting to deliberately violate state policy so no fine was issued. the school is required to create what is called a corrective action plan. >>> finally, god is now legal. has a decent credit rating and can get a loan. a new york man named god

joshua wheeler was stopped at the entrance of the office building this morning. they say he had an unloaded 9-millimeter gun. he just started the internship with the house republican conference. vice chair two weeks ago. a statement from the office says this appears to be an accident. wheeler is on temporary leave. >>> and dennis hastert in court later this week to face federal charges. accused of living to the feds about bank withdrawals. but he allegedly planned to use as hush money. a source tells nbc news the case involves alleged sexual misconduct that a student at the school where hastert once coached and taught. court papers say he agreed to pay that individual more than $3 million. >>> seeing a rare look inside the weakening arlington memorial bridge steel beams and now eroded through in some places. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss has a look at what's being done to fix it. >> reporter: from the surface, the memorial bridge is indeed a thing of beauty. but step inside and you can see what's really going on. >> the level of kroegs at the base he

he's 25-year-old joshua wheeler. he's been charged with carrying a pistol without a license and having an unprej sistered firearm. barbara? >>> thank you, aaron. an off duty police officer was shot during an early morning carjacking in michigan. this happened around 2:00 a.m. in dearborn. the officer was a passenger in an suv when someone tried to carjack the suv. the officer and another man were both shot. you can see the suv was riddled with bullet holes. both men were rushed to the hospital and are expected to be okay. >>> metro says it has fixed two separate track problems on the red line today that may have made you late for work. metro's blaming arcing insulators for delays this morning. four about an hour trains were single-tracking in both directions at the friendship heights metro station after crews fixed that problem they had another problem to fix, arcing insulators near the bethesda metro station. even though both problems were fixed relatively quickly, the delays lasted about two hours. >>> today member

he tried to enter the long worth house office building with a .9-millimeter gun. 25-year-old joshua wheeler faces felony charges of carrying a pistol without a license and having an unregistered firearm. wheeler is an intern for kansasrepublican congress woman lynn jenkins and since placed on leave. >>> the washington monument is closed again today after the elevator lost power last night. the national park service says nobody was in that elevator when the power went out around 9:30. a power problem with the elevator forced the monument to be closed last week as well and technicians are on the scene trying to fix the problem. >>> i thought you had something? >> no i was going to talk about the elevator. >> okay, so pretty busy out there. i mean some big time thunderstorms and not going to go away when the sunsets. it's going to be a case lasting until 10, 11, 12:00 and the flood watch goes until 6:00 a.m. let's start with a live look, our michael & son weather cam and this is why we issued a yellow alert. howard did that over the weekend and it slows the evening commute. not everybody runs

joshua wheeler was carrying on unloaded smith and wesson. it was discovered during a routine search required to enter buildings in the capitol. wheeler is an intern for can't date lynn jenkins. >> the senate could vote to reinstate and reform the n.s.a.'s surveillance powers. patriot act expired monday morning and senators are debating a compromise bill that already passed the house. some republicans including mitch mcconnell want to further amend the bill, called the freedom act. proposed changes include declassifying opinions by a special surveillance court when they're considered novel or significant, allowing spy agencies to keep bulk data for 12 months instead of six requiring telecom companies to notify the government before deleting call records less than 18 months old. high ranking members of the house say the proposed changes are unlikely to pass. the white house is also urging the senate to approve the house's version of the bill without amendments. >> the head of the i.r.s. could face tough questions this morning on capitol hill.