lamar williams has been charged with three counts of first- degree murder in the shooting death of rochelle jones, nelson and devoir. he is also charged with the shooting death of how well that police think sparked the violence a week later on south capitol street.

but let's bring up center lamar alexander. -- senator lamar alexander. >> distinguished ladies and gentlementhis is a day of celebration for me. i spent the day in memphis celebrating the life of friend, reverend dan hooked, and we come back to celebrate the life work of dorothy gilliam. this is a wonderful memphis date. she began her life in memphis, tennessee and we are proud of that. the speaker made some allusion to the fact that senators have a hard time speaking for one minute. senator john warner said that when he came to the united states senate, he really did not know what to do. he was sitting at his desk by himself wondering what a senator does, and one of the older senators put his arm around his shoulder and said, son, there's really nothing to it. all you have to do to the united states senator is to stand up, start talking, and eventually you will think of something to say. [laughter] so i am going to do something uncharacteristic of the united states senator. on the behalf of the united states senator, i salute the professionalism of the capitol hill press corps and i thank y

two-year-old lamar williams and 22 -- 22-year-old lamar williams and another are charged with first-degreed felony murder while armed and join two other men in connect with the march 30th shooting that left four people dead and six people wounded on south capital industrial street. the shooting stemmed from a missing bracelet. several suspects were arrested and yesterday, it was learned a 14-year-old charged in the case had nothing to do with the crime. the law enforcement forces say when they chased the 49-year- old, what they thought was the 14-year-old, got inside a school, they encountered the boy with his hands in the air and took him into custody waiting for sources to come out and identify him. she did and the type was charged. the sources say he put his hands in the air because he walked away from a division of youth and rehabilitation services and thought police were coming for him. back out here live, this is a complicated story and a lot of arrests in this case. 22-year-old lamar williams and 22-year-old robert going before a judge and being held without bond. the police say all

. >> officials say they arrested 22-road lamar williams and robert ---, facing multiple charges. a search warrant has been issued for third adult suspect. the name of that suspect has not been released for safety reasons. kathy park reporting. >> thank you. >>> as william county police are investigating a violent all invasion and deduction. it happened last night on atwa street in district heights. one or more armed men entered the house and abducted a male resident. the victim is still missing. another person in the house sustained a head injury. >>> a beloved d.c. middle school principal is laid to rest, investigators are uncovered new details about the murder. they're looking for a second vehicle seen around the time he was murdered. much more on those new developments in a few minutes. >> as the senate prepares to vote on a financial reform bill, president obama has a message for wall street. there will be no more bailouts from the federal government. >> a free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever you can get, however you can get it. >> if president ob

senator lamar alexander, republican of tennessee. chairman of this dinner in 2012 and everybody's favorite cameraman, jay mcmichael. chair of the house rules committee, straight from health care debate centro, louise slaughter from new york. dave mcconnell. rtca executive committee outgoing treasurer, linda kenyan of crn news. and of course you know mr. vice president. you can clap. [applause] our association is fortunate to have the house and senate radio tv gallery staff. they help us do our job every day. i want to expand a special thank you. these folks are the heart and soul of making the daily coverage of capitol hill possible. on the house side, olga ramirez, gayle davis, helen debarge, and anthony keller. on the senate side, a crhichris boyd and arlen salazar. >> ladies and gentlemen, awards coordinator jill jackson of cbs news [applause] ] >> good evening. we take a moment to celebrate our colleagues with two awards. the first recognizes outstanding coverage of public policy and politics on capitol hill. this year's judges f

instead, robert bost and lamar williams are under arrest, both 22 years old and facing multiple murder charges. >> there was significant development among the witnesses in terms of the interviews and what they were saying about what happened. >> based on the latest developments, including fingerprint evidence, the district attorney general's office dropped all 41 charges against carter, a surprising decision for the southeast resident who asked us not to give out her name. >> get everything out paper and make sure you have everything before you accuse anybody. >> those who lost loved ones in the shooting say they don't know what to believe now. >> very confused. i was so sure. >> officials said that the suspect being sought by police may be the last person of interest, but the investigation is still ongoing. >> let's turn to the weather now. a gorgeous friday today, with plenty of sunshine across the region. we better enjoy it while we can. adam caskey has more on the weather. >> our weekend will be pretty unsettled. until then, enjoy what we have up there. a great friday. sneak out of

republican lamar alexander of tennessee, and independent joe lieberman of connecticut. gentlemen, let's start with the new opening on the supreme court with the retirement of justice stevens. senator alexander, you issued a statement on friday in which you said this -- "in truly extraordinary cases i preserve the prerogative to vote no on confirmation or even to vote to deny up-and-down vote." what kind of nominee would you filibuster? >> well, it's premature to talk about that before we even have a nominee, but that comes out of the gang of 14 discussion we had a few years ago. basically, i was deeply offended by how the democrats changed the rules on president bush's supreme court nominees. i said at the time that as long as the president nominated well-qualified people who would be impartial, that they should have up-or-down vote and i'd vote to confirm them. i voted for justice sotomayor. if the president picks someone from the fringe, instead of from the middle, or if he picks someone who will apply their feelings instead of applying the law, then that might be an

lamar williams has been charged with three counts of first- degree murder in the shooting death of rochelle jones, nelson and devoir. he is also charged with the shooting death of how well that police think sparked the violence a week later on south capitol street. how well was shot and killed on march 22nd after someone mistakingly said he stole a bracelet. >> i'm scott broom in northwest washington where today there was a memorial for the mother of four who was killed by a driver with no license alleged to to be on pcp. it was a private service for mary wimbush. >> mary was a sister to me. >> my mother adopt her in too our household. >> she was a terrific mother. >> reporter: this is a picture of her holder her youngest daughter who was critically injured along with four brothers and sisters in a head on collision that killed their mom. >> she did what was best for her children. not for her but her children. >> reporter: ajene jones is facing murder when he crossed the yellow line and hit her toyota with her and her kids on alabama avenue in southeast on monday. >> all i can think is he d

more suspects in that mass shooting were in court today. 22-year-old robert boss and 22- year-old lamar williams. williams seen here in the gray is accused of supplying some of the guns, ammunition and gloves used the night of the shooting. two more adults are already in custody. the charges have been dropped against the 14-year-old originally believed to be the getaway driver. those latest two suspects are due back in court next week. >> roz plater tonight. >>> new this evening, metro investigating a train derailment. it happened around 8:00 in a new carrollton train yard. metro is still trying to figure out how it happened but we're told the train was out of service. there were no passengers on board. the operator was not injured. >>> finance ministers of the g20 are in town talking global economy. the g20 is made up of the world's richest countries. timothy geithner and carry chairman -- and chairman ben better fanee are -- bernanke are representing the u.s. >>> heads up if you're driving in the district this weekend. some streets will be closed because of those world bank imf meetin

and lamar alexander, governor of tennessee at the time that they turn out to be too great people for that job. this is one of the best assessments we have formation whether our kids are getting mad. now this issue is i think it's sputnik again. because we now know what it costs us. if we are focus on our fiscal house and economic recovery, we know what it costs us not to have good sound educational. it costs us a a countably. >> host: what you think a president obama's reauthorization of the element and secondary education act, no child left behind law? >> guest: there are things here that i like. spending way too much money on the one hand. i think there strength of the d. hundred b.c. scholarship program. he was working for the kids. but again, if they are talking about real evaluation, and this is what has made the normal laws constituency angry at them, teachers and unions where they are saying when you evaluate teacher performance you have to look at student performance. are their kids learning? and that puts the burden and accountability i think what should be. so i am prepared

lamar graham is here to talk more about their survey. good morning to you.gly enough that the 20 celebrities you profiled made 450 times more than the 106 regular people? >> 3450 times more money in total, yes. that's crazy. we've done this issue for 27 years now. and we always find that in's sort of a massive disconnect between celebrities and ordinary people, but it was huge this year and i think it goes to the issue of how much americans will willing to pay to be entertained versus how much they're willing to pay for someone to take care of their kids, to protect their country. >> important stuff. >> exactly. it this year we feature an army sergeant who is resking her life for 30 grand. meanwhile jay leno is pulling down $32 million to talk on tv at night. >> maybe people need the distraction. i don't know what it is. how did you choose the celeb britt tiss? >> what people earn is not a scientific survey. it's a snapshot of what people are making. so we chaz our celebrities kind of who is in the news. the beg cover celeb this year is tiger. but everybody'

we'll hear first from tennessee senator lamar alexander. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> charismatic leaders and like everyone here and many who are not here, i've lost a good and close friend of nearly 40 years. when i think of ben hooks i think of france sis. -- francis. i don't remember ever getting ben on the phone until i talked to francis. she was his assistant. she was his advisor. she was his sweetheart. she was his ally. and she was his friend. and we love francis. and think so much of her today. [applause] >> ben was a patriot. he served in the war and he saw he had fewer rights in some ways than the prisoners that he guarded. he was a storyteller. a great storyteller. we saw a glimpse of it. he could turn a phrase inside out and turn the audience inside out while he was turning the phrase. inside out. he was a visionary leader. i talked yesterday with sarah moore green of knoxville. she's 100 years old this year. she was on the board when ben was elected leader. and she said he lifted us up. at the naacp. [applause] >> ben hoo

we'll welcome the connecticut independent senator, joe lieberman and lamar alexander and the supreme court nomination will be part of the discussion and michelle bachman is on this sunday. the topic, president obama's agenda as well as the tea party, this sunday on your local fox broadcast station down the dial. this one's probably the lowest numbered fox. you can visit foxnews.com. our producers and correspondents are constantly adding stories. who will the president nominate and what will the court look like? it's all at foxnews.com. >>> this is america's election headquarters. the man at the center of the abortion debate during the healthcare bill is retiring. bart stupak says he's done what he was supposed to, enact healthcare reform. he's calling it quits. >> last night, early this morning, i informed democratic leaders and key supporters i would not seek reelection to congress. i will always serve the people of the first district but i have chosen not to continue to serve as congressman. >> congressman stupak made the announcement in michigan. he's been under pressure there eve

the second suspect charged today, 21-year-old lamar williams, he was not in that minivan that was seen at that drive-by shooting and chased from the drive-by shooting on south capitol street. instead we are told that he provided the shotgun, according to the charging documents, provided the shotgun, in the jordan howe murder march 22 and provided the ak-47 in the drive-by shooting that happened on march 30th on south capitol street. he has been charge with several counts of murder as well. he has representation in the courtroom today. his girlfriend was in the courtroom and would not identify herself but we did catch her as she was leaving the courthouse today. here is what she had to say. >> anything you wouldn't say for him? or to him? >> i love him and he is a good man. he is not guilty of anything. >> reporter: he does stand accused of murder. several counts of murder now. we should also note the numbers are getting a little hard to sort of keep organized here. we look at this case. there are four suspects now in custody charged in this drive-by shooting on march 30th, south capito

he is also one ever the alleged trigger men. 22-year-old lamar williams is wearing a gray top. he supplied guns, ammunition and gloves. the court documents painted a disturbing picture of how it went down. march 23, one day aft murder of jordan howe over a supposed stolen bracelet, orlando carter who allegedly fired the ak-47 in that shooting was himself shot in the head and shoulder. his injuries were minor and he was released from the hospital. within days the affidavit says he and others began planning their revenge and attacked -- [ indiscernible ] they rented a van but missed the actual funeral. carter decided to rob a teen he knew had a gun. the documents allege boss and a fifth suspect shot and killed 17-year-old tevon nelson outside his apartment complex and carter was angry they had not taken the gun out of nelson's hand. from there the four suspects piled back into the minivan, rolled down to south capitol street where they noted a group of people. some were wearing memorial t- shirts with howe's name and picture. the van made a u-turn. they pulled down their ninja ma

just minutes after president obama accepted justice stevens' resignation today, lamar alexander released a statement that reads, quote, i hope president obama will nominate his successor from the middle and not from the fringe. in truly extraordinary cases i reserve the prerogative to vote no on confirmation or even to vote to deny an up or down vote. just saying. i might filibuster, i'm already thinking about it. same goes for his republican colleague jon kyl of arizona. >> are you willing to pledge right now that the gop will not filibuster whoever the president nominates? >> it will all depend on what kind of a person it s i think the president will nominate a qualified person, i hope, however, he does not nominate an overly ideological person. that will be the test. >> the republican party now threatening to filibuster a supreme court nominee who doesn't yet exist. the supreme court nomination battles have brought a little bit of everything with them, but republicans are ratcheting up for a fight for the sake of a fight, one that's basically never been seen before. in the absence of

lamar alexander said, he's a senator said, "while the treaty with russia may be in the right direction and the nuclear summit coming to town may be an impressive group of people, the nuclear posture statement that the president put out is troublesome to me." but the truth is starting with the 1960s, starting with president kennedy, virtually every administration support nuclear arms reduction. in fact, no one had more success making progress on the issue than ronald reagan, the very same president sarah palin said she reveres. now, reagan didn't just talk about reducing nuclear weapons, he wanted to eliminate them altogether. let's play this. >> we seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the earth. i don't know of anyone, in or out of government, that is more determinedly seeking peace than i am. and my goal is that total elimination of nuclear weapons. >> and the whole world would benefit if we could both abandon these weapons altogether and move to nonnuclear defensive systems that threaten no one. >> well, in 1987, after lengthy negotiations, president

good morning, lamar? in somebody else's salary, especially since we is are not taking that money and putting it in our pocket. >> we have doing the perennial reader favorite. salaries are the last tabu. people will tell you about your sex life and their medical history and religious and political belief and they won't tell how much money they make. this is a peek into america's wallet and we're all pretty interested in that. >> let's talk about some of the differences in what people make, because you all looked at celebrities. you all looked at athletes, those types of folks and people who do every day lives? >> he can actually -- he can actually. whaexactly. 119 britties and every day folk. the 19 celebrities made 450 times as the 106 ordinary folks put together. the bottom line good to be a celebrity. >> yeah. good job if you can get it. >> yeah, exactly. >> what were some of the biggest surprises for you as if that is not enough? >> i mean one of the things that is always fun in putting this issue toge

"fox news sunday" will have joseph lieberman, lamar alexander, and michele bock win.n "face the nation" they are speaking with secretaries gates and clinton, they will be talking to guests, including haley barbour. youkilis and all five of them starting at noon here on c-span radio. on the web at c-span -- c- span.org. you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >> ♪ jobs >> what is more ridiculous than american politics this year? >> over the past year the gregory brothers have become hit makers with auto-tun the news. we will be talking to them tonight on "q&a." new york post columnist ralph peters look said u.s. foreign policy on his book, "and liz warren." afterwards, deborah -- endless war." afterwards, follow a son twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guests are stephen dinan, washington times congressional bureau chief, and jennifer bendery, roll call house reporter. talk about the congressional timeline this week and how things will get rolling. host: -- guest: things are shaping up to be a slow week for the house in terms of their business and

we will hear first firms to become tennessee senator lamar alexander. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> superintendent harkins to francis hooks and the hooks family, ladies and gentlemen. tennessee lost one of its most distinguished citizens. america has lost one of our most charismatic leaders and like everyone here and many who are not here i have lost a good and close friend of nearly 40 years. when i think of benjamin hooks i think first of francis. in fact i don't ever remember being able to get on the phone unless i first talked to francis. [laughter] she was his assistant. she was his adviser. she was his sweetheart, she was his ally and his friend and we love francis and think so much of her today. [applause] ben was a patriot. he served in the war and he saw that he had rights in the prisoners that he guarded. he was a storyteller, a great storyteller. we saw a glimpse of it. he could turn a phrase inside out and turn the audience inside out while he was turning a phrase inside out. he was a visionary leader. i talked yesterday with sarah gre

. >> reporter: under arrest, 22-year-old robert boss and 22-year-old lamar william, both of southeast washington, one is said to bear a resemblance to the 14-year-old who had been charged as the getaway driver. jackie bensen, news 4 today. >>> the victims families reacted to the exoneration with anger. some of them are demanding answers. >> we're hearing from the uncle of the young teen who was cleared in the case. he talked exclusively with news 4's darcy spencer. >> reporter: he says he's the uncle of that 14-year-old boy who has been cleared in the drive-by shooting that left four people dead. >> he wasn't out. he wasn't associated with people like that. he wasn't carrying guns or nothing like that, especially those type of guns anyway. >> reporter: a d.c. police sergeant says she saw the teen behind the wheel of a van used in the deadly shooting. but new fingerprint evidence led to his exoneration. the teen had a lengthy arrest record of crimes committed since he was 9 years old . >> he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: you think some jumped to conclusion? >>

[applause] john boehner, mitch mcconnell, jon kyl, lamar alexander -- that we're going to keep focused sure. [applause] the ones in congress who are replace this law with good policy that need to have our support. i hope you will support us governors who are litigating this in the federal -- in the federal courts. [applause] any of you that have the opportunity to study history and the history of our constitution understand that, in our constitution, we have limited government. the constitution, which comes from the people, through the states, gives whatever powers the federal government has and no more -- and no more. it is a matter of limited government. i believe, as do a number of my colleagues, that there is nowhere in the united states constitution, including the commerce clause, that says that the federal government has the power or authority to force every citizen to buy certain products, whether it is health insurance or any other product. [applause] and we are going to litigate and we are going to litigate that in the united states supreme court. i like our chances. we have a

lamar alexander and i did premature birth and infant screening. i can go down a long list without exception. i don't have a republican partner here, and again, i think it's a reflection of the times we're in. and t isn'and people would say t exactly what i would like but then sit down and help manage something through and at that point getting the best of what we k. the circumstances in which we live, the times in which we're in. and so my hope is over these coming weeks, while i don't have a partner yet in all of this, i'm certainly reaching out to the best i can to people say, come along. again, if you're looking for perfection, if one side wants to just totally dominate the other, obviously you don't get that. but my experience with some success over the years, including in our own committee in the last 37 months, we've had 42 measures come out of the banking committee. 37 of those 42 measures are the law of the land today here because richard shelby and i have been able to work together with others on a wide range of issues, by the way, from

appointed, as chair and cochair, hillary clinton, wife of the governor of arkansas at the time, and, lamar alexander, governor of tennessee at the time. they turned out to be two very good people for that job and this is one of the best national assessments we have for measuring whether or kids are good in math and now, this issue is, i think, crunch time and is sputnik again. because, we now know what it costs us, just if we're focused on our fiscal house, and, economic recovery, we know what it costs us, not to have good, sound educational practice and costs us a ton of money. >> what do you think of president obama's reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act no child left behind law. >> they need to see more and again there are things i like, they are spending way too much money on the one hand, i think, they -- the strangling of the d.c. scholarship program, the opportunity scholarship programs are terrible thing to do, and it was working for the kids who need it the most but again if they are talking about real evaluation, and, this is what made their normal loyali

then he said, lamar, i did not want to be in the governor's cabinet. i wanted to be the governor. [laughter] he said i had a plan to be the governor and go he said he was going to be the first african- american republican governor of tennessee. he was going to carry memphis big, get all of the east tennessee republican votes to get me in. i bet he could have done that if he tried. he said he was sad and a little angry at the injustice he still saw in our country. like our late friend, he always confined the good and praise it. he could see the good in this country while he saw the injustice. he could see what we still needed to do -- needed to do. today we celebrate and find the good in the life of our dear friend dr. benjamin hooks. we praise god for his life among us. thank you bring to -- thank you. [applause] >> i would like to identify one of my good friends, i saw him somewhere. where are you? you have a new job. you can still stand up. there is my man. take care. witnessing as fellow clergymen who are presently standing in his shoes, the rev. dr. benjamin hooks, we bring to

and what made it attractive to me as i was coached by lamar alexander and he said we want to do somethingabout academic standards. and i was here. passionately things like english and literature and history and geography so the whole range of liberal arts and sciences. i felt we could really get the conversation going in this country about improving what kids learn. this would be very important. so i was in d.c. on the government for all the years. >> host: now, we don't have a lot of time and there's lots to talk about in the book. so what i'd like you to tell us a little bit is what part did you do start writing the book. when did you set out to do this? >> guest: well, i guess it was about three years ago i realized it was really changing a lot of the views that i have had over the past after the bush administration. i have been advocating for the standards and testing and accountability and for choice and charter schools. and occasionally for vouchers, though i'm not a huge cheerleader for vouchers. but i did sir think it will maybe this a way to improve our schools and show all child

kyl, lamar alexander -- that we're going to keep focused. ron paul, sure.plause] the ones in congress who are replace this law with good policy that need to have our support. i hope you will support us governors who are litigating this in the federal -- in the federal courts. [applause] any of you that have the opportunity to study history and the history of our constitution understand that, in our constitution, we have limited government. the constitution, which comes from the people, through the states, gives whatever powers the federal government has and no more -- and no more. it is a matter of limited government. i believe, as do a number of my colleagues, that there is nowhere in the united states constitution, including the commerce clause, that says that the federal government has the power or authority to force every citizen to buy certain products, whether it is health insurance or any other product. [applause] and we are going to litigate that in the united states supreme court. and no matter what new liberal the president appoints to take justic

>> let me follow up on lamar's question. because it's a good question. as a chancellor of a system-wide program, who should make that decision within your system about which turnaround model they work with? what we decide in a bill here, should that be the decision you make? should the school district make it? should the individual school decide? how do you make -- how does that really work? where do you get down to the point where that school and the people in it know the families, know the whole culture of that community? are they in a better position to make that choice? >> my preference is to make it at the district level, because i think we're accountable to the entire community, and so basically, it's very hard. and i want to be -- i've known you a long time. the closing down schools is like very tough stuff. there's enormous pushback. i can see from the corner of my eye senator bennett smiling because he and i have had this discussion. people have a deep attachment to a school. the people who are there at the time obviously are very emotionally af

i would also like to commend the ranking member of the judiciary committee, lamar smith, for joininge in co-sponsoring this resolution. if i could i'd like to yield some time to chairman towns of new york. as much time as he needs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. towns: thank you very much, mr. speaker. let me thank the gentleman from memphis for yielding to me because i had an opportunity to work very closely with dr. hooks. i recall we moved naacp to brooklyn and he was the president of the naacp at the time we moved him to brooklyn. i was always impressed with his dedication and commitment to people. dr. hooks was really committed to change and -- in a positive way. of course, having the opportunity to work very closely with him, i had to -- i had the opportunity to observe him as he moved with people. he had just a way of bringing about coalitions. when people that disagreed with each other but dr. hooks could pull them together and some way or another get them to begin to talk and to work together. he's going to be truly missed. he was a p