someone shot lenny. police believe the motive for murder, robbery. >> you think about someone getting robbed, they just rob him and if they're going to kill them, they leave them there. they don't plan to find this place that no one else really sees off the road and put him in a well. that is thought out. >> reporter: a 49-year-old temple hills mayonnaise suspect. linwood johnson face as a first degree murder charge. investigators think he knew lenny. >> i'm told he was someone that lenny tried to help, of course. but i don't remember seeing him, me personally. i looked at his picture online t doesn't ring a bell for me. >> reporter: lenny often taught other men how to work in his businesses, pest control and a t-shirt company. police say more arrests are coming. these are images of someone using lenny's atm card. the suspect, linwood johnson or someone else. deborah harris is now focused on healing. >> we at least know where he is. we can put him to rest properly. and then we can begin to build on not h

someone shot lenny. police believe the motive for rudd, robbery. >> when you think about -- murder, robbery. >> when you think about someone getting robbed, you don't plan to find this place no one else really sees off the road and put them in a well like that's thought out. reporter: a 49-year-old temple hills man is a suspect. linwood johnson faces a first degree murder charge. investigators say he knew lenny. >> i'm told he was someone that lenny tried to help, of course, and -- but i don't remember seeing him, americanly. i looked at his picture online and he doesn't ring a bell for me of. reporter: lenny often taught other men how to work in his businesses, pest control and a t-shirt company. police say more arrests are coming. these are images of someone using lenny's atm card, the suspect? linwood johnson or someone else. debra harris is now focused on healing. >> we at least know where he. is we can, you know, put him to rest properly and, you know, we can begin to build on not having him here. r

i just pray and what lenny gave us and imparted i just use it. >> lenny harris sponsored the one loveval every summer in alexandria. friends and supporters are vowing to continue that festival in his memory. reporting live from the newsroom darcy spencer, news 4. >> thanks. >>> just hours after lenny harris' friends and family did lay him to rest investigators announced yet another arrest in his murder, a third person. investigators say 26-year-old tyrone lewis has been arrested in connection with harris's death. an anonymous tip about two weeks ago led to the discovery of harris's body and led investigators to the other two suspects. >> this investigation continues and all of the men responsible for the kidnapping, robbery, and murder of lenny harris are now in custody. >> tyrone lewis is currently held in the fairfax county detention center on unrelated charges. the two other men were arrested last week. >>> there is a new push tonight to make english the official language of anne arundel county. republican county council member jerry walker introduced the bill today and says it wil

reporter: lenny harris' funeral will be held monday in northeast washington. police say they still expect several more people to be arrested in connection with the case. matt jablow, 9 news now. >>> in just two days the voters in nevada will caucus and make their pick for the republican presidential nomination and today frontrunner mitt romney picked up a big endorsement. it's donald trump. romney stood side by side with the business and real estate mogul for the big announcement at a hotel that, of course, is bearing donald's name. the donald said the former massachusetts governor is the best choice to run the country. >> mitt is tough. he's smart. he's sharp. he's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen. >> there are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. >> newt gingrich's campaign had expected trump to endorse the former house speaker instead of romney. gingrich's reaction today, "i like hiring people," apparently referring to a remark from romney earlier that he likes firing people when he was talk

will thomas is here with our exclusive. >> lenny harris disappeared last september from an alexandria rec center. he got a call, walked out and was never seen alive again. in the last couple days police confirmed a body discovered in a prince george's county well was lenny harris and they made an arrest. harris' wife of 19 years sat down with us tonight. she's trying to make sense of all this. how could it happen? why? and how to be strong for their 20-year-old daughter. someone shot harris and dumped his body in an abandoned well on a property in ft. washington. 49-year-old linwood johnson of temple hills confessed to his role. investigators don't think he actually shot harris and more arrests are coming. his wife says she wants to see johnson face to face before highs sentenced. >> i would go to court and do a victim impact statement. i'm not saying i don't want him to be punished to the fullest, yeah, they deserve to be punished, but i think that all of us have to at some point forgive. reporter: prince george's county misconducted a search today of an area near the beltway -- misc

you could talk to lenny about everything.way back. >> his smile would get you first and then he was genuine, was very genuine. he cared about a lot of people. he cared about the elderly. he cared about the children. >> ever since i was 18 years old i had a battle with drugs and alcohol and i've been in and out of the jail system and lenny was one of the guys that was there to push me and rec me on. he was pretty much like a dad to a lot of us. he was the guy to tell you whether you like it or not, you have to do what you have to do. >> reporter: it was a tip from an anonymous caller that led police to the scene where lenny harris' body was found in the well. investigators said they still don't know the identity of the caller, though they'd like to find out. the reward money in this case is now up to $38,000. in prince george's county beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> more fallout over this disturbing incident caught on camera, metro police slamming a man in a wheelchair to the ground. this happened last may outside the u street ca

i'm no politics and lenny a community activist.knew how to get things done. >> reporter: a community reception was held here at the charles houston rec center the last place lenny harris was seen alive and also the place where he mentored so many young people. >>> he would give you the last coin in his pocket to help you. and we're just here today saying we love him. >> reporter: debra harris arrived too to say thank you to the community, those who prayed along with her that her husband would be found alive. >> i don't even know how to say, you know, thank you. but maybe some kind of way i can show it back, you know, in what i can help give back to the community. >> darcy spencer, news 4. >>> just hours after lenny harris was laid to rest investigators announced another big development in the case. investigators have arrested 26-year-old tyrone lewis. police say he is the third and final suspect involved in the murder. right now he is held in the fairfax county detention center on unrelated charges. an anonymous tip two weeks ago l

. >> new developments tonight in the investigation into lenny harris's murder. one person is in police custody tonight in connection with the murder, but today police were spotted searching for more evidence. brad bell is live with the latest on the investigation. >> when police yesterday announced they had made one arrest in connection with the murder of lenny harris, they made it clear they were looking for more people. and as you said, what we saw today is the manhunt has intensified. >> armed with new information homicide commanders ordered a massive search as in -- of an area next to the beltway. four hours this morning and early afternoon recruits in crime scene investigators look for evidence connected with the murder of lenny harris. police will not comment officially, but according to sources, they are acting on clues provided by lynwood johnson. he was arrested yesterday after police say he confessed to being involved in his murder and the disposal of his body in a well in fort washington. we've learned detectives do not believe johnson is the actual t

. -- lennie. lennie, who was with us in beijing. because of your extraordinary work, violence against women as part of the beijing platform. because of your work in coalition with other groups around this country, over 15,000 battered and sexually abused in the court woman -- and the. women are here and free of their abusive spouses. thank you very much, lennie. and sarah. is your mom here? she is also related to someone on the school board. sarah, who runs and it works on signature products, coaching boys into men. i encourage you to look at that's not cool.com, which is about stopping dating violence. this is an organizational award, i get to do this. and for rachel, who has been at the organization and who has been my partner as we build in the federal part of global clhu to challenge the notion that violence does not have to be part of the human experience. i thank you, rachel, and i think all of you for this award and for the work that we will do together in this city, and are presidio, to create a future without violence for o

. >>> in prince george's county police announce arrest no. 3 in the murder of an alexandria man lenny harris. that third suspect is tyrone lewis. he was the man photographed using harris' atm card hours after harris disappeared last year. police found tyrone lewis already behind bars in virginia on an unrelated charge of stealing a car. investigators say robbery was the motive for harris' murder. lewis they believe was the mastermind. >> so i'm announcing today a warrant that has been obtained for the arrest of tyrone lewis. while this investigation continues all of the men responsible for the kidnapping, robbery and murder of lenny harris are now in custody. >> police say they are still looking for the person who made an anonymous phone call that led investigators to harris' body at the bottom of a well in ft. washington, maryland. >>> meantime earlier today family and friends gathered to say their final good-byes to lenny harris at mount calvary holy church in northeast. a reception was held in harris' memory at the charles houston recreation center, the last place harris was seen a

his family had suffered since then not knowing where lenny was. lenny was passionate about his count of alexandria fighting in particular for kids and for -- county of alexandria fighting in particular for kids and for housing. >> he would come for the residents to fight for their housing and he was so disappointed that a lot of people didn't show up, you know, and -- but he kept going. my brother was loved and he's going to be missed. not only the family is going to miss him, but the community is going to miss him because i've never seen someone fight as much for the community. reporter: last week following a tip his body was discovered at the bottom of a 20-foot well in ft. washington. police arrested ivan newman of charles county thursday and on tuesday miss charged linwood johnson -- police charged linwood johnson of temple hills with first degree murder saying he confessed to the crime and knew his victim. harris' widow debra tells fox 5 she doesn't recognize the suspect, nor does harold harris and why someone would go after lenny still baffl

using lenny harris' atm card lewis is also the gunman, prince georges county police chief says this is the third and final arrest in the case. >>> all of the men responsible for the kidnapping, robbery and murder, ovulen my harris are now in custody -- of lenny harris are now in custody. >> robbery was the motive he was last seen here at charles houston recreation center old town alexandria. at that same location, friends and family gathered for a reception in his honor. >> just a true friend whenever you need him all you had to do was pick up the phone he was there. and you could talk to lenny about everything we go a long way back. >> his smile would get you first, and then he was genuine, very genuine he cared about a lot of people he cared about the elderly he cared about children. >> every since i was 18 years old i had a battle with drugalcohol i have been in and out of the jail system lenny was one of the guys there to push me egg me on he was like a dad to a lot of us he was the guy to tell you you know whether you like it or not you have to do what you have to do. >> back out

maria cardona, lenny mcallister, thank you so much.reciate the time. >> thank you. >> thank you, susan. god bless. >> be sure to stay with us throughout the day for results from nevada. it starts at 6:00 p.m., don't miss it, with a special edition of "the situation room." then join wolf blitzer, anderson cooper and the rest of us for the results tonight. >>> one patriots player knows it pays to be massive but he knows he has to downsize when the time comes. we will meet him next. [ jody ] four course feast. man it's great. the guests love it. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four courses for only $15. offer ends soon. i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. hold up partner. prilosec can take days to work. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! >>> we're just one day way from the big game, the patriots and the giants in super bo

i had had lenny give him a call and then chris comes in, it's probably the only vernacular i've ever used that i'd probably use again, i said chris, we're in deep shit. i think that sort of expressed it and chris went up to the console there and plugged in. and again, kraft's business -- his experience in the flight control business and as flight director, he got back up to console. he wasn't bothering me, he was letting me try to extricate myself from whatever problems were occurring in here. by this time, a call came down indicating they're venting something and we came to the conclusion we had some type of explosion on-board the spacecraft and our job now is to start an orderly evacuation from the command module into the lunar module. at the same time, i'm faced with a series of decisions that are all irreversible. at the time the explosion occurred, we're about 200,000 miles from earth, about 50,000 miles from the surface of the moon. we're entering the phase of the mission we use the term enter rg the lunar sphere of infleens. this is where the moon's gravity is becoming much st

he has the money, he has the organization, so what's the problem, lenny? problem is he doesn't excite anybody. he is not an inspirational leader. i've said this previously and taken criticism for this. if you look at herman cain's private record and getting into po herman cain did. rick santorum is now coming up as that that people are willing to rally behind. when you're talking about this candidate versus the underdog in these sometimes where the tea party and the occupy wall street movement have been to prevalent in an american imagination, sanatorium is going to be successful. >> maria, lenny says that mitt romney doesn't excite people? >> well, certainly the folks that have listened to him in these past couple of contests that he won, they are excited about him. and i go back to the fact that he is actually speaking to the issues that the conservative base cares about. and he is also somebody who has never really flip-flopped on an issue. and i think this is critical when you are looking at the support from voters. i mean, if you look at mitt romney,

joining me now maria cardona and lenny mcallister who's in chicago.eek's results with rick santorum. a lot of momentum, but is this a blip or a c-change for conservative voters. lenny? >> well, he's no longer rick santorum. this is rocky santorum. he is the underdog that keeps fighting against all odds. i keep saying this. he needs to run down the streets of philadelphia in a sweater vest and sweat pants with his arms up in the air and run up to the rocky statue. he keeps coming from behind to show that a underdog can make it in america. if he takes a part from the playbook and say, listen,ky be the inspirational figure to win back the white house, he can take this momentum and move forward. we've seen his fund-raising numbers come up over the past week. i think he can continue to do well in the debates and the momentum moving into super tuesday, rocky santorum do a number in march. >> but can rocky santorum go all the way to the white house, maria? i would think he would be the candidate that the administration would love to go up against. >> there's

after police found lenny harris' body, mrs. harris is now focusing on healing. >> we at least know where he is. he with can put him to rest properly and we can begin to build on not having him here. >> police have arrested 49-year- old linwood johnson. officers expect more arrests to come in this. >>> lawmakers in the house voted to freeze the wages of federal works. we get more now from stacy cohan who is live on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. this would be the third straight year of a pay freeze for federal workers. that would affect thousands right here in our area. but folks on the hill argue it would save $26 billion. now, the two years without raises has already saved $60 billion. it has not applied to military personnel. republicans also want federal workers to make greater contributions to their pensions. this is all part of an effort on the gop to find a way to fund the pay rail tax cuts. you remember there was a huge debate in december to extend the payroll tax cut. it extended only two months and they must

. >> we have breaking news involving the murder of well known alexandria activist lenny harris. police are expected to make a big announcement later today in the case. authorities have arrested two men in connection with the murder. the 53-year-old disappeared last fall at his body was found at the bottom of a fort washington well two weeks ago police believe a third suspect is involved. stay with wjla.com the latest developments. >> friends and family are saying goodbye to lenny harris played a funeral is under way now at the greater amount calgary holy church in northeast d.c. and the community will gather for a mass tomorrow afternoon. that will be in alexandria. >> following a weekend of angry clashes in the nation's capital police moved in to sweep out mcpherson square and freedom plaza on saturday. the occupy d.c. protesters are vowing that they are not done yet. >> with fewer attendants and protesters in mcpherson square, occupy d.c. has a much different look. this comes after park police scoured both in kamins over the weekend and they were back keeping a watchful eye th

lenny mccallister.k. >> what i think is, rick santorum does a great job when it comes to social commentary but the same things that work in social commentary with the tea party group with hard core conservatives in talking about getting off of the democratic plantation when it kols to black voters is horrible presidential political messaging. and that's the buzz saw that he's running into. this is less about mitt romney and more about rick santorum saying things that are great when talking to conservatives, horrible when talking to conservative voters. and that more than anything else in addition to the debate performance on wednesday, is causing the drop. people understand where he's trying to go with what he's saying. when it comes to messaging, things that get captured in 30-second sound bites it's a horrible thing to say and they're not the type of ideas you're trying to project as a presidential candidate. >> specifically to minority groups. >> yes. it's a horrible situation because you're trying t

reporter: debra harris says she still can't believe that her beloved lenny is gone. >> it was like a piece of your heart was torn. reporter: 53-year-old lenny harris, a popular community activist and small business owner from alexandria, was found shot to death in ft. washington exactly one week ago. >> we are actively working on multiple leads of. reporter: this afternoon prince george's county police announced the arrest of the second suspect in the case, 20- year-old ivan newman of charles county who is now charged with first degree murder and kidnapping. police continue to say that robbery was the motive for the  murder, though they won't give out any details. >> not prepared to get into that yet. reporter: citing the ongoing investigation. >> they wanted something, he would have gave what he had. so it was like why did you have to kill him? reporter: choking back tears several times while talking about the case. debra harris says her pain has been somewhat lessened by finally knowing what happened to lenny. >> i think the not knowing is worse of. reporter: and also by knowing t

cuts officials have made the third arrest in the murder of activist lenny harris. >> his body was recentlycovered in a well in port washington. the news of the third arrest came today as hundreds gathered for his memorial service. stephen tschida is lobber from prince george's police headquarters. >> prince george's county police announced they had made the third arrest in the disappearance and murder of harris. ♪ ♪ hundreds gathered in the northeast d.c. church to gather and remember 53-year-old lenny harris. >> my brother served his community. >> they welcomed the news of a third arrest in connection with harris' murder. >> praise god. >> tyrone lewis is believed to be tattooed man trying to use his atm card. >> they believe tyrone lewis was the shooter in the case. "see also lived near the well where they found his body. they believe he dumped his body there after robbing and shooting him. this arrest follows those of linwood johnson and ivan newman all charged with murder. >> all the men involved in the kidnapping robbery, and murder of lenny harris are all in custody. >> they would no

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lenny davis is back with us. lenny, you are not happy with this.atched it all, four hours of it. i found it gripping television. i didn't get a sense, if i'm honest, it was disproportionate attention. some of them, like the monica lewinsky thing was a big fare. you talk about impeachment, this wasn't a small-time scandal for a president to deal with. why do you feel it was disportional. >> i'm here on my own as an old friend of the clintons. i didn't call them and ask to do this. i did it on my own. the lewinsky story was a big story and president clinton apologized to the american people. the impeachment was a vote needed to be in the story. they forgot to mention out of 55 republicans, they couldn't get 51, a majority to support that very partisan impeachment process. yes, that had to be part of this. what my point is, proportionality, four hours. none of the four hours, three of the four, higher than 75% were devoted to bogus scandals. for example, white water took up four years of the clinton presidency led by an independent council. white wate

to prince george's county police department homicide detectives just a few hours ago. >> police say lenny harris was well known in northern virginia for helping young people, especially at local area centers. >>> police in chantilly, virginia are asking questions after a local mosque became the target of vandalism. the mosque was just weeks away from opening. but over the weekend vandals tossed beer bottles and bricks at the building. they shattered every custom made window. damage is estimated at $80,000. >> there are always going to be people who don't like this, but the majority of the people within this area, you know, are very accepting and are very loving people. >> the project manager says police collected forensic evidence, including what looked like blood perhaps from one of the vandals cut by broken glass. >>> 4:36. the u.s. and its allies are trying to get russia to back a u.n. security council resolution demanding the immediate resignation of syria's president. secretary of state hillary clinton warned tuesday that syria's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is pu

. >> lenny, can he get the magic back?>> he's going to have to get the magic back by way of debates. this is something he's done previously. he does not have the money. he doesn't have the money for the ads therefore. the only way he can close the gap is through the debates. the problem is he fell flat during the two debates going up to the florida primary. because of that people are saying romney's going to gain momentum in these weeks before debates. he's starting to pile up victories. is there a way for newt to catch up. with the debates being spaced out, he's going to have a hard time recapturing that momentum. plus, he's already done this two or three times. people are getting a little exhausted with newt riding this roller coaster of momentum. they want to get behind a candidate sooner than later. this will play for a disadvantage for newt. >> matt, we can say it's all been very exciting, up and down, all of the debates. jamie, next month a lot of races are scheduled. the pace changes. previously late last night deci

. >>> a suspect accused of murdering lenny harris is behind bars. police arrested 49-year-old lynnwood johnson of temple hills. police believe the motive was robbery. >>> former prince george's county executive jack johnson will get two more weeks of freedom. he was supposed to report to prison by friday but they have not decide where had to send them. johnson will serve more than seven years behind bars for extorting thousands of dollars in bribes and for accepting illegal gifts. >>> checking sports now, the washington caps on the road against the tampa bay lightning. the caps without alexander ovechkin who is serving a suspension. d.c. rallied from a deficit to accepted it into overtime. the caps lose a heartbreaker 4- 3 in overtime. >>> if you walk outside, you may forget that it is february 1st. temperatures are expected to get close to 70 degrees this afternoon. >> nothing to complain about at all. but this isn't the first warm day we've had this winter and many people are taking advantage of the spring-like weather. karen gray houston has the

it was 53-year-old glenn wood, lenny harris, who had been missing for four months. sources tell us that same caller also gave police the name of at least one possible suspect in the grizzly murder. now prince georges county police have made an arrest in the case, charging 49-year-old linwood johnson of temple hills, maryland, with one count of first-degree murder. >> mr. linwood johnson gave a full written and verbal confession to prince georges county police department homicide detectives just a few hours ago. >> police are not saying whether murder suspect johnson is the man seen in this surveillance video. using harris' atm card, the night of his disappearance, september 21. but investigators are clearing up some of the remaining mysteries. >> we know that murder occurred on old fort road in fort washington, maryland. the motive in that murder is robbery. we have recovered what we believe to be the murder weapon. the murder weapon is a firearm. >> there was nobody home at suspect johnson's third floor apartment off southern avenue. a surprise neighbor told us joh

let's start with you, lenny. obviously that 2008 concession speech is going to be sort of a bit of a bad memory today. but what do you expect mitt romney is going to be doing as he heads in and tries to sort of grab that base and pull them back on side? >> he's going to have to try to convince the folks at cpac that not only is he a conservative, but he is the conservative to win in a general election. he's going to have to convince the folks there and particularly with his speech today, that he can be an inspirational figure that can drive people to the polls, particularly independents and conservatives. drive them to not only contribute to his campaign, but to work for his campaign, get his messaging out there, and inspire people to get president obama out of the white house. one of the things he's had a gap with, he's had the money, the structure, but the folks at cpac he has not inspired to get behind him. that's why you always see him slipping on the campaign trail. he wins florida and nevada, loses on tuesd

lenny, i want to starts with you.um is ahead in the polls. let's listen to what ari fleischer said last night on "ac 360." >> you really think he could get the nomination? >> i really do. i'm prepared to that say now, for the first time i would say that i always thought this was an open race. anything could happen. it was that kind of wild year. but don't underestimate what has happened now with people going to rick santorum. and he does need to broaden it. the social issues really demote vat him. he speaks from the heart. >> that's former press secretary for george w. bush. that's pretty huge. how do you think the gop feels about that? >> they're not too excited about it. if you look at two states it tells you exactly why mr. fresher is right. you look at michigan where romney grew up and you look at pennsylvania. one of the arguments against rick santorum, always was, look at how he lost in 2006, by a huge double digit loss deficit. now look at pennsylvania. he's actually winning and has been ahead of romney for a w

so we'll see. >> lenny, what about newt gingrich? he's still hanging around. that does sort of split the anti-romney vote. is there any reason, in fact, i think let's play part of what he had to say earlier. >> he had a really good tuesday, and suddenly the very people who told me i was dead in june came back and said, see, i told you so. well, i have a message for them. i'm still here. and we're going to come back again. >> any reason, lenny, why he should pull out? >> well, the reasons why he should pull out is his performance in florida, his performance recently. the fact that the one thing he always had going for him were his debate performances. he fell flat in florida and he's had this big lag in between times whek get back on stage and contrast himself. there are a couple of cnn debates coming up before super tuesday. if he can bounce back, get a little bit more money behind him, and maybe he can contrast himself against both the front-runner, who -- whether that's santorum at this point or it goes back to being romney and president obama, he can get th

so i think she's having a bit of a problem with her acronyms. >> lenny?bama that does nothing but increase the national deficit. he doesn't have to worry about it because senate democrats don't pass budgets any way. >> oh, dean? >> i watch her and i think what could have been. as a comedian i wanted her to win so much. i have an acronym, that plan is better than anything sarah palin could ever think of. >> i miss sarah palin. sarah palin, i miss you. >> goldie, your mouth agape. >> that is hilarious, dean. >> we'll end on that note. thanks. >>> as we head to break, we are remembering whitney houston, just ahead i will talk live with an atlanta radio host about his last interview with the pop icon with that powerful voice. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ]

the body of lenny -- a community activist from alexandria. the body of lenny harris was found in a well last week. >>> a disturbing story out of washington state. an unthinkable act of vile fence a father against his children. the same man labeled as a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife. fox's steve rapoport has more. >> reporter: just days after a washington state judge ruled against him in a child custody hearing, police say josh powell killed himself and his two young sons. >> i'm just in shock. just total shock. >> reporter: the crime happened at powell's home. it has been reported that a social worker brought the boys home for what was supposed to be a supervised visit but powell refused to let the woman in. she called her supervisors to report she smelled gas and moments later the home exploded. >> it was torched. >> the explosion and there was huge, black, dark smoke and there was white stuff all over the place snowing down. >> reporter: officials believe the crime was premeditated. an attorney who represented pow