marion.ends and neighbors have their own theories, but years later, the only connection there seems to be between the two women is their killer. >> we just come out and sit down. >> reba and marion were going to come out here the night newman died. they were friends and next door neighbors for more than 30 years. the chairs are still there, but one is noticeably empty. >> i wonder what happened to her and why somebody would kill her like that, you know. >> it was a sunday night in november 2006, newman was beaten to death inside her home. her body not discovered until two days later. >> i think about it every day. >> marion newman's death came three months after another woman was murdered two miles away. her name was marion marshall. >> they looked like sisters. >> the names weren't the only similarities. both were in their 70s, lived alone and had no children. investigators found no sign of forced entry. both women were beaten. at first, it seemed like an erie coincidence, but the evidence l

marion barry talking about the comments he made. >> he posted about dan snyder. >> as marion barry watchedwin the nfl title game -- >> the pot boiled over. >> his thoughts turned to his beloved washington redskins. >> it was frustrating to think we should have been there. >> two wins were against the giants. sunday night, and he poured his tanks into several tweets. he recalled the glory days of the 1980's one the redskins won three super bowls. time to bring some pride back to the city. he also posted in bold letters his feelings about the present owner. >> i could have used a better choice of words. >> he says he expressing the frustrations of fellow fans. >> i think he is right. they need to get back in there. >> that is not right, marion barry. >> he insisted to west that he will always be a fan of the washington redskins regardless of their record. officials were not available for comment. >> we would like to know which you think of marion barry's comments. you can go to our facebook page. if the patriots do not feel bad enough to losing, some comments made by tom brady probably did n

that is not right, marion barry. >> you should not get too excited. it is just football. >> councilman barry stressed to us that he is always going to stick with his washington redskins regardless of their record. as for the redskins, we tried to reach out to officials of the organization. we were unsuccessful to get comments. jay korff, abc 7 news. >> the controversy surrounding marion barry led to a host of comments on our facebook page. britney rights -- i think it is more dan snyder need to sail off on his huge. and sell the redskins. some feel like brandon. i agree with marion barry. there are others who say, per usual, he went too far. go to facebook.com/wjlatv. >> moving on. we are monitoring a developing story from the district where a fire guts a home in northeast. happened in the 4000 block of blane street. 50,000 firefighters responded minutes after. in nebraska tonight, an investigation is under way under what caused the fire on the roof of an elementary school. that fire broke out at yong-il elementary on 26th street. no one was hurt. to

berry's seat on the d.c. -- marion barry's seat on the d.c. city council. >>> 9news now returns in two minutes. >>> good morning. welcome to 9news now. don't forget your umbrella. >> we're going to have some showers, maybe thunderstorms. could be coming down pretty leftly midday. i think a break in the afternoon before another round of showers and storms is what i'm anticipating between now and 8:00, 9:00 preponderance tonight. -- 9:00 p.m. tonight. we had 30s and 40s. you definitely need something to keep you warm this morning and potentially dry. there will be some showers possible toward the tail end this morning. some stuff by 8:00, 9:00 moving in. later this morning the rain will definitely be moving in as we see temperatures slowly climb to 45 by noon. it could be a really soggy, raw, almost stormy midday with the chance for some thunderstorms despite the cool temperatures. the upper level winds are strong. that could be enough to generate the thunderstorms. by 4:00 i think the first batch of rain is over so mostly cloudy, 52. winds out

marion barry played the race card. david has a pattern of attacking black men. he's as vindictive as they come. catania countered with profanity, fu marion. the subject was a united medical center in southeast. catania became outraged when barry suggested that the hospital is losing money. >> mr. catania jumped up screaming yelling and cussing and called me pick pant. >> reporter: catania also charged ole -- despicable. >> reporter: catania also charged elvis has been seen more at the medical center than marion barry. catania wouldn't return phone calls. his staff says he'll have nothing more to say about this controversy. >> this is about every single member of the council conduct themselves properly. >> reporter: d.c. council member kwame brown says there will be no disciplinary action taken following yesterday's dust-up but he will be amending the code of conduct and tossing members out of the meeting if they cross the line during their disagreements. >> this is unacceptable and now that we have open meetings, the council should conduct themselves in a proper

tonight, some challengers are taking aim at marion barry's seat on the d.c. city council. >>> i'm anita brikman with this health alert. whether nicotine gum and patches are worth it. nicotine replacements didn't help them smoking long-term. part of the problem may be the way people tend to use these products. without professionals, stop smoking helps. >>> this health alert is sponsored by cancer centers of america. >>> yarn barry is seeking another term on the d.c. council representing ward 8, home to the district's poorest resident. he has been an icon in the area despite some personal scandals. bruce johnson reports with the democratic primary one month away. five candidates are hoping to unseat barry. >> marion barry can still draw a crowd. often people in need of help. >> i'm trying to get a job. i have kids. >> he held elected office for 31 years. 16 of them as mayor of d.c. a growing number of people say that's long enough. >> he had great responsibility. >> at 75, he's running for a third term and for the first time, a will the of people in position to

at one point he said f-you marion. they were squabbling over the united medical center in the southeast. tonight he says he stands by his comments and feels berry has not done enough for his constituents. >> barry stayed seated during this convention. katanu did get on his feet. there was never a hand laid on anybody. there was never any physical threat our attempt to strike the other. >> marion berry later asked council chair kwame brown to it look into hi behavior. fireworks like these are becoming more common with this council. nbc 4's tom scherrwood who covering d.c. council says it's clear that many of members truly dislike and distrust each other. jim, doreen. >>> a developing story from capitol hill. there is a tentative deal in the payroll tax cut battle. it extends the current tax cut through the end of this year. it translates into about an extra $20 a week for the average worker. it would also renew long-term unemployment benefits. >>> now to a high school rivalry game that led to a near melee at a local mcd

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what one council member reportedly said to marion barry during a heated argument. >>> and a developing story this morning. a close encounter making the situation between the u.s. and iran even more tense. >>> good morning and welcome to "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm joe krebs. let's take a live look outside right now. we have some clouds i guess in the sky right now. tom will tell us. we have 44 degrees, clouds probably helping to keep the temperature mild out there. wonder if we're going to get any rain. >> like a big down comforter. held the warmth in from yesterday. we have sunrise just one hour away now. sun's coming up in an hour at 7:00. an hour away. coming up earlier and earlier now. and temperatures right now predawn are near 40 degrees around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. weather watchers checking in. thank you. and farther west, the upper 30s. closer to washington, near 40. in fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties, reagan national at 43. and it's in the upper 30s to near 40 throughout much of d.c. and around the bay, northern ne

marriage after word that the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that preventing gays and lesbians from marion is unconstitutional. we have team coverage tonight breaking down the ruling, looking at what is next in getting reaction from both sides. dan kerman has more. >>dan: by 82-1 vote off the port of appeals upholds the voters approved ban is unconstitutional and a violation of the equal protection clause. of the judge said that proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no effect other than to lessen the statics and he's in and dig the. ruling. there is no rational basis upon which a state can discriminate against gay couples in the area of marriage. this is true whether you're viewed as taking away a right if previously existed were viewed as denying a great. >> cut one law professor says he still believes the ruling will have broad implications outside the state of california. >> why they struck down this proposition makes this a broad ruling. like all court rulings, their reasoning will be used in other cases. >> same-sex marriage remains on hold so that backers of the bay and can appeal.

waivers, they can return again if that proves cumbersome, so i am wondering, we may want to ask miss marion to come back. possibly others have questions for her as well now, about whether that is, what the pros and cons to letting the library take of the longer with the royals this way and deal with matters case-by-case -- take a little longer with their roles -- with the rules. >> dealing with the matter case- by-case, it was felt if we could just have the rule established or have been -- the sia -- that we can be excused from doing it case-by-case matter, because i believe that there would be numerous case-by-case situations that would be brought forth to the city librarian, and it is my understanding that he wanted to get it established in the sia. >> would be appropriate to ask for examples? -- would it be appropriate? what kind of activities the library once people to be able to do that are covered by this that would be permitted if these were not in place. we are at least hearing from public comment that the example of a book with publishers may not be particularly the one that you ar

marion, you are talking about taking out purchaser and publicists, to get to the areas you are concerned with, i think we should make it as nearly -- narrowly tailored as possible. what would that be? >> i would meet with staff again and come back to the commission with new language. commissioner hur: 50. i am sorry. commissioner hanyon? commissioner>> this is the prop. perhaps we should address this as well. so that we can provide further directions to the staff if necessary. my view, based on the memo, that the other regulations governing this process protect against the kind of abuses that we are against, i invite the comments of my fellow commissioners. >> do they apply to commission members? commission members being considered officers, or is this just for employees? >> this depends on the provision and the department. >> and there is no uniformity? >> there is no uniformity. and if you look at this for the library, it is only three-a that applies to the officers, the officers or the employee may be provided -- and the other is applied to the city librarian who is an employee, and e

that was the question today for marion barry during a radio program. barry revealed the real answer after he first took care of some distractions. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: former mayor and council member marion barry is running for re-election in the april 3rd primary and showed up at wamu's politics hour friday determined to talk about ward 8 issues. >> i have lifted the spirits and aspirations of the people inward 8. >> barry repeatedly dismissed questions about city ethics and criminal probes. the former council member harry thomas, mayor gray, and council chairman kwame brown as distractions. >> i'm not going to get sidetracked and distracted by these kind of things. >> we're not trying to distract -- >> we have such great needs over there. i'm not going to be distracted by you all trying to ask these questions. >> they're not side questions. >> i think they are. >> reporter: after a serious discussion of ward 8 housing, jobs, and economic development issues barry was distracted into talking about whether he really tweets. >> i'd like to

marion? thank you. i would like to take public comment on this matter. >> yes, thank you very much, commissioners, and of course, do not accept money for the friends of the library. this is more complicated as it seems or as it is being represented or kind of masked as a potential author might want to write something, its publisher might be involved. it is also actually a wide spectrum of vendors, not just somebody who might want to publish a book. there are digital vendors, and digitalization projects, all kinds of exhibition projects, copier vendors. there is a wide number of people who do business with the library, and they not only do business with the library, they do business with people who have another level of influence, which is the public-private partnership they have with the private nonprofit. and, in fact, if you looked at what is being proposed here as an exemption that can always be exempted on a case by case basis by seeking a prior determination, so you are actually stepping back from

marion barry and david catania got into a heated argument over united medical center. alan blinder from the washington examiner was the only journalist in the room. he said there were plenty of insults and expletives flying. >> the other members of the council were in the room, a couple staffers and i was the only reporter. it was an atmosphere of embarrassment. some members of the council tried to encourage them to be quiet. one noticed i was in the room and pointed out a journalist was sitting there, but they kept going at it. >> not the first time council members catania and barry have gotten into it. so will this happen again? matt ackland with more on the fallout. llout. >> reporter: marion barry and david catania are both well known and well liked for their aggressive style. . when they don't see eye to eye, it can get ugly. >> at that point david catania jumped on the side of the cushion saying i was despicable. >> reporter: but council member barry has also lashed out at david catania. this was an exchange at a meeting over hiring practices last year. >> i rese

wendy felton, 16 from marion, indiana. michelle duey, 20, from indianapolis, indiana. all of these cases went unsolved. officials believed only one man knew what happened. >> we knew he was responsible for several deaths. >> and to get answers it would take a risky, unusual plan. send a convicted drug dealer undercover into a dangerous prison to befriend and alleged serial killer. >> i'm not a serial killer hunter. i said, how am i going to do this? >> at stake, answers. >> wondering where she is. what happened. >> peace for grieving families. >> you want to find her and bring her home and you can't. >> and one man's freedom. >> you don't just turn around and give out candy and say, you're free to go. i went through hell and back. >> early each day, donna reitler greets her daughter, trisha. >> i say "good morning" every morning. i look at that and i can hear her say -- hi, mom! >> trisha was very kind-hearted and very smart. >> as a child, says father, garry, trisha lit up the room. >> she would just bound into the room, spread her arms apart and say "ta-da!" that typ

it all stems from a profanity laced fight between david cha venezuelan and marion barry at a retreat last week -- catania and marion barry at a retreat last week. >>> amine el khalifi was arrested friday. an agent posing as al-qaeda gave ill khalifi a vest -- el khalifi a vest packed with inoperable explosives and a gun. he took those items to the capitol. >>> metro wants your help to name the new silver line stations. >>> plus is this the future of food, hamburger grown in a test tube, details behind the experiment. check out the rundown. we're back. >> this is fox 5 news at 11:00. [ male announcer ]  technology accelerates at a relentless pace. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs. with the lexus enform app suite, the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile. [ tires screeching ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. >>> a heads up if you're a baby boomer. you might need to be required, at least might be required and need to get tested for

cannon ya said quote, fu, marion, your agenda is so transparent.d barry is full of, you fill in the blank. barry tells the examiner, quote, it's a well known fact that david cantania does not intend for abide by the council's code of conduct. barry added he believes the comments were racially motivated but catania denies the racial allegations but stands by his remarks. >>> the bill to legalize same- sex marriage in maryland is moving forward now. it's now on to the full house of delegates two house committees advanced the bill yesterday. last year the bill to legalize same-sex marriage died in the house. governor martin o'malley who supports the bill admits he's still a few votes short. >>> karen and barb applied for a marriage license yesterday in virginia but as expected they were rejected. they left the courthouse in fairfax and joined a same-sex rally. similar rallies were held in other parts of the commonwealth. right now the virginia constitution defines marriage as only between one man and one woman. >>> the prosecution could wrap up its pr

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kwame brown pushed for the resolution after a shouting match between councilmembers marion barry and another council member that contained indecent language. if a member breaks the rules brown has the authority to warn or remove the member from the meeting. >> 7 on your side with a warning for all women. that is a new groundbreaking study about our number-one killer heart attacks. researchers found symptoms are different in women and are more likely to die than men. jennifer donelan reports on the life-saving details. >> this woman was just 43, and she felt a tingling in her arm. it went away in under two minutes. she still wanted the hospital. >> i don't have high cholesterol or high blood pressure. and the tinkling came back three more times. she was at home every time from the hospital. then it started again. >> this time i was having severe pain in my chest. i said i am not leaving. they started treating me like i was having mental problems. >> she was not losing her mind, it was a warning that something was wrong with her heart. a doctor finally agreed to take her to the cathete

in the woods, halfway between marion and wabash. possible that somewhere out here that trisha reitler is buried. >> so he got lining to and got a shovel and a land earn and drove her out into the woods and buried her in the woods. >> he admitted to you he buried her in the woods? >> several times. i made him feel like it was okay to tell me his secret. >> keen needed the secret to set him free. the exact location of the body. weeks later, he thought he nailed it when he found hall hovered over a map in the workshop. >> it was a map with red dots over indiana, illinois, and wisconsin and he covered it up very fast. >> lined up were a dozen wooden falcons. i said this is cool, did you make these? >> he said yeah and it's cool, they watch over the dead. >> falcons to watch over the dead and a map marked with dots. it was the information keen thought would surely lead to the exact location of trish's body. >> in that moment, did you think this was my ticket to freedom? >> i did. i thought this is it. i got solid confessions and details

councilman marion barry's passion for the redskins got the best of him on sunday. prexy got upset that the redskins were not in the game while he was watching the super bowl, so he got on twitter and growth several notes including one in which he is expressed frustration that owner dan snyder has yet to produce a championship team. >> i could've used a battered choice of words than "sucks," but the feeling is the same. the pot boiling over. it is frustrating, to think that we should of been there. >> if he said he was only expressing the frustration of his fellow fans, but something he went too far. >> still another 30 minutes ahead. >> and other tuesday at the polls for gop voters. we have a preview. >> and a busy night for police in prince george's county as two bodies are found in two separate locations. a jummy olabanji in new carrollton, that story coming up in a live report. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:30, a family lucky to be alive. two gruesome dis

to bar them from using profanity in the meetings after an argument last week between councilmember marion barry and other. they could remove the council member after warning them about language. >> a second round of talks beginning with iranian officials over their nuclear program. it comes amid growing concerns that they're developing nuclear weapons. iran claims they are enriching uranium to fuel power plants. israel is worried about an attack on their possible infrastructure. >> a huge spike in oil prices. oil prices in asia have jumped to $105 per barrel, a nine-month high. the 27 nation european union accounts for 18% of iran's oil exports. >> still to come, see how the struggling economy has affected american plans to add to families. >> to you to be the winner of big bucks because of one simple download from apple but your timing has to be perfect. >> a big anniversary for nasa come in looking back on the 50 years since john glenn's f light. >> clear skies right now. clear and cold tonight. wait until you see how warm it will get later this week. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for our fami

. >>> numerous reports say marion berry and david katanya got into a profanity laced shouting match yesterday. he apparently called berry a despicable human being. in an interest view after -- interview afterwards, barry says, katanye disrespected black man. he said he would be failed because he turn d his back onward 8 constituents. >>> how the budget proposal will impact federal workers, back on the hill with congress woman holmes norton. >> the big picture for the district of columbia, good news. >> not so good for federal workers although the president gives them a slight increase taking them out of the freeze for the district the way you judge it, is on policy terms and on muddied terms let's look at money first we have four top priorities and the president funded them all education priority is a dc tag, a $5 million increase sending our youngsters across the country, to any state supported institution. $100 million to continue development, in ward 8 and new money so that the district can start to develop its part of the st. elizabeth campus on the east campus. >> then there is our healt

. >> i am alison seymour another story captured a whole lot of attention involves dc councilman marionoff during the super bowl tweeting the red skins and dan schneider sucks we will talk to him in our next half hour. >> and i said it right. >> the actual words. >> those are the actual words. >> red skins suck, dan snider sucks. >> like you said during the super bowl we will talk to him about it i think if you are a red skins fan many of us were feeling some frustration because you watch and you go man we could have been there. >> another year. >> i envisioned us there because i just know it will happen. >> get to the bottom of that, that would be great. >> tucker barn s with the weather. >> nice day sunshine in the forecast temperatures right back in the 50s get out enjoy the afternoon good times have to come to an end eventually. >> i know. >> let's see what we got regan national, 43 degrees, and to be honest temperatures all over the place this morning look at dulles 41, 32 frederiksburg and 38 ocean city, so the bott testimony clientele for which you ares -- bottom line temperature

the image of the dc council in the midst of its own ethics reform it comes after council members, marion barry and david catania engaged in a profanity laced argument during a retreat yesterday. a washington reporter said catania called barry a despicable human being along with other explicatives after barry asked about the future of united medical center which catania takes credit for saving from bankruptcy. barry is calling on kwame brown to look into catania's behaviour he will join us live 9:30 a.m. this morning. >>> prosecution is expected to rest today in george hughly's murder trial yesterday medical and forensic experts took the stand. paul wagner has been following the trial he joins us live from charlottesville with the latest good morning paul. >>> good morning tony this jury sat and listened to evidence from 9:00 a.m. yesterday morning until 7:25 p.m. last night, highly unusual that a judge would force a jury to listen to testimony that long and some of it was highly technical medical evidence about what happened to yeardly love the day she died may 3rd, 2010 there were two m

. >> marion barry spent most of super bowl sunday tweeted about his frustration about the redskins not being in the big game. he admits the twetsets are his and they may have gotten out of hand. >> it was just so frustrating to think that we should have been there. i could have used a better choice of words or something but the feeling is the same period >> he said many of the fans felt the same way. the redskins did not say anything about the former mayor is online complaints. coming up on the abc7 news at noon. >> is selfish, cowardly act in my mind. cooks the families grieve after their grandson's are murdered at the hand of their father. -- >> the families are grieving. >> terrified moments grandmother as this baby stroller role on to the tracks of an oncoming train. >> 3 teens suffering from a mystery illness pleading with >> i think you have been following the numbers. >> new at noon, a top executive for the susan g. komen stepping down amid controversy. she is the ones supporting cutting off funding for planned parenthood. >> a chilling message left just before the deadly explos

aspect cursing rules come after profanity-laced fights between council members david catania and marionarry at a retreat last week. matt ackland is live with the news edge on that. matt? >> reporter: council member marion barry accused david catania of breaking the council's code of conduct when he began to shout at him and use profanity at a council retreat last week. someone will say that barry broke the rules as well. until today, the code of conduct omagh, plied to

was not unusual for 10,000 people to gather before the house. >> reporter: hollywood stars came to marionplayed warren harding's porch. 95-year-old had a front row seat. >> when i was four years old i shook hands with harding right over the bannister. >> reporter: when you were four years old, you shook hands with him? >> do you want to shake hands with the hand that shook hands with harding? >> reporter: wow. that is great. that's amazing. >> i was scared, you know. but when i looked up in his face, it was such a kind face so i just stuck my hand out afternoon made history. >> reporter: i'm sorry to get all tabloid with you, but do you think that warren harding.... >> i'm in no position to answer that question. >> reporter: you're talking the fifth? >> yes. >> reporter: there's little doubt that harding was at best negligent in supervising his administration. several of his appointees including a cabinet member went to jail. but students from harding high prefer to accentuate the positive. >> his presidential election was the first election that women voted in. >> he was one of the presi

council members david catania and marion barry. we'll have more on that coming up as fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> 6:00 on this wednesday, february 15th. good morning, everyone. we are take a look outside right now over washington, d.c. it will be a nice day once again. we can get used to this for february. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. thank you for waking up with us. so far, this winter, it has been a model of consistency. a very even keel. >> let's roll out the bus. can you hear that sound. the bus is on its way to pick up the kids. >> jam-packed bus leaping on its side. >> those kids are having a good time to that bus. the forecast is fairly straightforward. partly sunny, cool temperatures to start your morning, bright sunshine later this afternoon with highs in the mid-50s. do bring along a jacket. the breezes are going to pick up today and they will be out of north and west at about 20 miles per hour. it will be a little breezy at times. 42 in washington. 39 in hagerstown. 41 in ocean city. you

. >> marion barry now running for a third term as a ward 8 representative.or the first time, a lot of people in position to know are asking the question, will marion barry lose? i'll have that story coming up. >> some stars including reese witherspoon are here to help fight violence against women. i'm anny hong at the national to show you how thousands are coming together. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> beaten, raped, verbally attacked. hundreds of women are at the gaylord national hotel and conference center to help victims of such terrible crimes. how some high profile women, even stars, are helping empower others. >> more than a thousand women, even some men from 96 countries are here to help fight violence against women. some stars, including reese witherspoon and the princess of den denmark are h

david catania and marion barry got at it.tarted on legislation, on issues about a hospital in southeast washington. catania's been very, i believe, supportive of that issue, and i think he and marion barry have some differences, and it just got worse and worse with "f" words, f-bombs, apparently, and just very, very frank language. and it really didn't sort of add to the idea of having a let's all meet somewhere and have a retreat and learn to like each other and work better. things kind of turned sour. as i understand it, mr. catania said i'm not taking back to what i said to mr. barry, planned barry wasn't happy al at all. >> is there a lack of, not decorum, but a lack of respect for one another in some instances? >> well, you would think so. any time you have a retreat to discuss procedures of ethics, and this has been the question throughout the council the whole year that they've been in office, the whole thing about ethics. now, they were discussing the new ethic rules, most likely the ones that were introduced by ward

a week after council member david catania used the "f" word during an argument with fellow member marionnia is not apologetic for his use of language. >> i've grown just weary of the constant scandals and outrageous conduct of many of the members. the most recent of which has pled guilty to stealing. >> marion barry, the target of catania's rant last week, wasn't at yesterday's council meeting. >>> 6:48. ever so briefly, the dow hit a mark not seen in years. cnbc's jackie deangelis looks at what to expect on wall street today. good morning. >>> good morning, joe. the futures are slightly lower this morning after stocks ended mostly higher yesterday. now the dow, as you mentioned, previously flirted with the 13,000 mark for the first time since may of 2008. that was on relief over the greek bailout deal and positive earnings from home depot. but stocks did pull back a little bit as oil prices crossed above $106 a barrel. crude is at about $105 pspot 70 this morning. analysts are saying the markets and the economy are better able to withstand higher oil prices now than a few years ago. >>>

the proposed rule after an argument last week between marion barry and another named david during a retreat. the rule would allow the council to remove a member after reporting about inappropriate language >> . by delma college will offer a course about the occupy movement in its summer youth program causing controversy. the course description says "young people hold the power to james their communities, their schools, their future -- are you ready to join the movement for justice?" some say that sounds like the movement is recruiting young occupiers. >> the that is recruiting someone. >> there's no recruitment. >> the communications director of the school says montgomery college is not for or against occupiers and that the school will change its wording of the course description. it is 33 degrees on this tuesday morning. >> coming up, it's only been a couple days since the burial of whitney houston, but some of the belongings already up for auction. >> first we will check traffic and weather as we do every 10 minutes. there's >> tuesday morning. we do have mostly clear skies. cold conditio

council members and marion barry. they got into a shouting match during the remember treat at the washington convention center. they were arguing over the united medical center in southeast d.c. one reporter was in the room at the time. >> had a mix of expletives. he used a variety of insults. most of them, frankly, not suitable for television. >> marion barry later asked council chair brown to look into the behavior. >>> let's check in on the weather. tom kierein. >> beautiful sunshine. a blue sky. temperatures are warming up quickly now. here is a live view from the sky watcher camera looking into fairfax county from upper northwest. camera bouncing around a little bit. bit of a breeze now coming in out of the northwest and around 5 to 15 miles per hour. fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties, 50s. throughout southern maryland, through north central, virginia, from near pax river towards fredericksburg, culpeper, warrenton. those areas are in the low to mid 50s now as well as towards charlottesvill

. >>> this comes to us from wcau, in philadelphia, where in nearby lower marion, a high school seniors making an online music deal to her favorite ivy league university. jackie milestone posted a youtube video in which she sings and begs yale to accept her after she was turned down for early admission. the song features jackie, her dog, and a massive collection of yale clothing and got thousands of hits, but no word yet from yale whether her ability to carry a tune will get a second look there. she is prime and innovative. i'm richard lui. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> conjoined turtles are causing some double takes among zookeepers in ukraine. six paws and two heads and one shell the zoo welcomed the newest edition to their family. looks pretty weird. >> they don't know where they're going. >> they have different tastes, evidently. one turtle will only eat greens, and the other will only have colorful foods such as peppers and carrots. at least they are healthy there. >>> cigar fanatics are lining up in cuba. thousands have descended

. >>> some people have been wondering does marion barry really tweet all his own tweets? barry revealed all in a feisty radio interview today. tom sherwood is in our newsroom with that. i could only imagine him being feisty. no other way. >> barry is 76 next month. he did talk about tweets but first we had to take care of some distractions. >>> former mayor and current council member marion barry is running for re-election in the april 3rd primary. he showed up at wamu's politics hour friday determined to talk about issues. >> i have lifted the spirits and lifted the aspirations of the people inward 8. >> reporter: barry repeatedly dismissed questions about city ethics and criminal probes of former council member harry thomas, mayor gray, and council chairman kwame brown as distractions. >> i'm not going to get side tracked and distracted by these kinds of things. we're not going to get distracted. we have such great needs over there that i am not going to be distracted by you trying to ask these questions. >> they're not side questions. >> i think they are. >> as to a se

. >> marion harris, i am in need of a mourning bonnet. i want the crepe to be the finest jet black english lace. exceedingly plain and rich, unless they of the best and most stylish, i do not want them. please send them by wednesday. >> their only solace they find at the soldier's home, a summer's retreat where they are free from critics, from washington's torrid heat and from the memory of willie's death. >> we expect to go out to the soldiers home, a very beautiful place two and a half miles from this. we will ride in the city every day and be as secluded as we please. when we are in sorrow, quiet is very necessary to us. >> here lincoln's thoughts now turn to emancipation and though few contemporaries know it, even mary's she suns writes to him on the subject. >> my dear husband, the immense number of contrabands in washington are suffering intensely, many without bed covering and having to use bits of carpeting to cover themselves. many dying of want. i have promised $200 and in this sum, i'm sure you will not object to be used in thi

it is vindication, but he wants stricter enforcement of marion law. >> spain issued a permit, which said odyssey can search for treasure, but cannot keep its discoveries secret, but that is exactly what it did. a spanish archaeologist should have been on board but was not. >> 200 years ago, countless spanish ships anchored in these waters around the rock of gibraltar. hundreds more were sold in battles with the british navy -- hundreds more were sunk in battles with the british navy. historians say the ruling as a wake-up call for the spanish government, which has shown will interest in its second heritage. with no money for remote- controlled vehicles, there is little known about many d.c. sites. -- many deep sea sites. but academics what the focus away from treasure hunting and back on research. that discovery tells us a story about what happened under water. we want that information. it is about archaeology, not gold and silver. he disagrees and says spain has a duty to recover its lost heritage, even if it means working with outside operators like odyssey. >> coming up in a moment, g