attorney ron machen released this statement reading in part, "the emergence of dna technology has given us new tools to solve brutal assaults from many years ago and we should take advantage of those tools to hold criminals accountable. we urge once again the d.c. council to act promptly to remove these artificial barriers to prosecution so that rapists do not get away with their crimes." a request ward 3 council member mary cheh says deserves another look. >> i think we should take a look at it. obviously wed have to be careful to what crimes, how much longer shall we have the statute of limitations, but it's certainly something we should look at. >> but for the woman raped in 1999 it looks as if the prosecution is gone forever. >> i was mad because they made me try to remember everything that happened back then and no justice was served. i suffer panic attacks. i have mental mood problems because of what happened from me having to bring this back up. i didn'tunderstand. if nothing was going to be done, why did they bring this back up? >> the woman told us she was prepared to testify i

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it is worth noting that boeing ceo james machen any serves on both president obama's jbs council and as chairman of the president's export council. why are we learning about these matters after the election? and why is this administration, which was want intent on being the most transparent in history, seemingly everything but. he will take that up tonight. the iranian shooting with former u. ambassador john bolton and pulitzer prize-winnin journalist judith miller. also, the racial divide dominating the presidential race in 2008. some say it was no different this yea. what implications does that have for both parties? i will talk with former special counsel to president clinton ronnie davis and wrigley standard writer steven haze. end new signs that big changes are in the offing for presidt obama's cabinet tonight. fox is correspondent channing greenwell breakdown who is leadg do is staying in just moments. first, two days after his reelection of president obama is now faced th an international incidenthat some may perceive as an act of war, an incident that occurred five days befor

attorney for the district of columbia ronald machen said, "kwame brown squandered his bright political future and an opportunity to be a role model for the district's youth. brown was ordered to perform his community service in a visible place during weekdays so people could see that his crimes were not going unpunished." >> bob barnard. fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin was in the courtroom today. mark, it's hard for anybody who is watching this to say he got too much punishment. i guess the question is did he get too little? >> well, people were really shocked. the u.s. attorney asked for six days and judge richard leon, the federal judge, never put him behind bars, just put him in custody till 5:30, did order 480 hours of community service, did order home detention, but many people felt that the u.s. attorney saying this would send a strong message really wasn't a strong message unless he was actually put behind bars for a certain period of time. >> did losing his job ultimately seem like that was the punishment here? >> no. it just seemed to me that they wanted to make a distinc

attorney general ron machen promised to root out public corruption. the federal judge that will pronounce sentence on kwame brown, former city council chairman tuesday, and many people i'm talking to won't be surprised if he doesn't do something unprecedented and doesn't take the recommends of the u.s. attorney. it's considered much toilinet yet and does not send a message to other -- much too lenient and does not send a message to other officials about public corruption and you'll remember that kwame brown came late and didn't report and many people feel that was offensive to the court. so it might not be six days. it might be somewhat longer, much longer. >> i guess we'll find out tuesday. fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin, as always, thank you. >>> just ahead tonight, there was another veterans day service in arlington today to pay tribute to a fallen story. we've got his story and we're highlighting other veterans day services in our area. >> at least two people dead and dozens of homes damaged in indianapolis following a massive overnight expl