council will call a special session to punish marion barry. what the future holds for the former mayor. >> another recall this morning this time involving more than a million gm cars. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us for "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> good morning. i'm joe krebs. let's look outside on this 2nd day of march, 2010. 38 degrees out there. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein now to see what kind of a day we'll have. it was buffalo yesterday. >> around 50 degrees. we had that sunshine. it's clouded up overnight and right now as you prepare for work and school, you should not have any trouble on this tuesday morning. in washington temperatures are in the upper 30s. mid-30s in prince george's county, montgomery, fairfax, arlington county in the low 30s and from anacostia to franconia, hyattsville and olney we have quite a bit of cloudiness. these clouds coming from a developing area of low pressure that's now centered over alabama right now and it is sending some precipitation as far north as southern west virgini

council came down hard on marion barry. while the ward 8 council member recused himself from voting on his fate, he did not sit silently by. >> that's not justice. that's not due process. you expect this in russia or iran or someplace. not in america. >> reporter: the former mayor was stripped of his committee chairmanship and censured. an investigation revealed that barry allegedly awarded contracts to a girlfriend and associates, taking kickbacks in return. council members said very little during this special meeting. >> in my opinion, what we're doing now to one of our colleagues -- let me just state that i -- i support the recommendations. >> reporter: barry claimed he was singled out and called the sanctions against him an injustice. >> the report reduced marion barry, 40 years of service, to a petty thief. reduced marion barry, 40 years of service, to a selfish hustle. and i think that's wrong. >> the definition of censure for the d.c. city council is that it's a punitive action which serves as a penalty imposed for w

city council. 12 council members voted one by one to, as you said, censure marion barry and to strip him of his committee chairmanship of the housing and workforce development committee. barry, on the other hand, did not sit by silently, even though he recused himself from the vote. his peers voted one by one, 12 in all, to impose the sanctions on him. this all stems from an investigation that concludes that barry benefits financially from a $15,000 contract that he secured for a girlfriend. barry apologized again today during the special meeting for what he called poor judgment, but he said the investigation in his opinion was against barry's wo and he said that the punishment was heavy-handed. >> it's not justice. that's not due process. that's utalitarianism. you expect that in russia, iran or someplace. not in america. and so i'm being singled out unfairly for something i did not do. i maintain very clearly that i violated no law. >> under the council's resolution, they define censure as a punitive action which serves as a penalty imposed for wrong-doing, but it carries no fine or

council could take action against marion barry. they are meeting to discuss the controversy. e council will likely vote to censure barry, severely cutting his authority and may also refer him to the u.s. attorney's office. >>> a mistrial for the driver accused of illing eight people in a street race in accokeek. over two days the jury deliberated for 15 hours. and then three jurors did not want to convict him on manslaughter. so it was a hung jury. they did find him guilty of wreckless driving. he'll be sentenced on those charges today but they bring no prison time and a maximum fine of $1,000. the ste's attorney said they will retry the case. >>> the death toll expected to rise from the earthquake in chile which killed more than 700 people and caused an estated $30 billion in economic damage. in the meantime they are in need of temporary bridges, field hospitals, electric generators and satellite phones which secretary of state hillary clinton with bringing with her when she visits today. >>> right here it's just a little bit cloudy out there th morning as we're looking down

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will meenan increase in your electric bill. >>> the council could decide whether to reprimand marion barry for submitting a contract to a former girlfriend. they could also decide to refer the accusations against him to the u.s. attorney's office. last week barry apologized for what he called poor judgment but said he did nothing illegal. >>> two drivers were involved in a deay street racing accident and they could get two different sentences today. eight people were killed when police say darren bullock plowed into a different group of people back in 2008. bullock pleaded guilty to eight counts of vehicular manslaughter and could face up to eight years in prison. tavon taylor was also charged with vehicular manslaughter, but his trial ended yesterday in a hung jury. it was found guilty of traffic charges but now faces only a fine and no jail time. >> what we want the world to know is that tavon taylor was not responsible for the deaths of these individuals, and what the jury said was, we're not convinc convinced. >> prosecutors said they will retry the case against taylor sometime in dece

. >>> he's been in trouble before, but now it appears marion barry's fellow council members are readyrecent actions. >>> that story is coming up. >>> in the examiner, an alert reader tips u.s. marshals to the whereabouts of a fugitive. >>> northern virginia homeowners can expect a hike in sewage rates and a lack of money toward plans to build more urban centers in this region. read these stories and more in the we go through them all the time. doors that mark the day's events. new beginnings. endings. routines. revealing the stories and dramas -- the victories and challenges -- that help us go through new doors of our own. be part of the story. colonial williamsburg. but we're also in the showing-kids- new-worlds business. and the startup-capital- for-barbers business. and the this-won't- hurt-a-bit business. because we don't just work here. we live here. these are our families. and our neighbors. and by changing lives we're in more than the energy business we're in the human energy business. chevron. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove

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i'm peggy fox, coming up, we'll tell you at six. >>> it looks like marion barry will face consequences the latest scandal. at six, what people are saying about his possible punishment. >>> we're looking at a lovely picture out there. i can't imagine that more snow could have come this way. >> it is possible. but here's the deal. the temperatures are above freezing. so it won't be a huge deal. >> okay. >> and it won't be, you know, any shoveling. >> they won't stay around. >> yes, there you go. they might come down on the grassy services. that would be it. which my dad loves. all on the streets on the grass. >>> here is your forecast for now. the next three days, 44 tomorrow. maybe a sprinkle by evening. if rs and 41 -- and 41 on wednesday. rain, snow, or a mix. back in the low 40s. now for tonight, increasing high clouds that is breezy and cold. 28 to 34. winds are still northwest at 10 to 15. at least until the midnight hour. and then for tomorrow in the morning, mostly cloudy and cold and dry. and 30s around 40. the winds die down, northwest at 10. by the afternoon, mostly cloudy and

. >>> dc council member, marion barry says school chancellor has gone back on her word.y says reid promised him there would be money in the 2010 budget to make sure closed schools would reopen for the 2011 school year. barry says he recently learned reid changed the time frame for the rebuilding of the schools without consulting the communities involved. >> this community is outraged. another promise made, a promise broken. > according to barry, money for the rebuilding will be addressed in the 2012 budget. >>> alexandria police are investigating an atm theft that cost customers thousands. the wachovia bank in the bradley shopping center and they waited for us suspecting customers to use it. the skimmer records all the personal information embedded on the magnetic strip, february 28 and went inside to report it before he could go back outside with bank security, it was gone. >> anybody who might have used their card that day, we are asking them to go through their statements, see if there's any unauthorized transactions and notify the bank immediately. >> customers repor

. >>> the irs is filed a lien against marion barry. the federal government says the dc council member owes $15,000 in back taxes. those taxes date back to 2005. barry is already on probation for failing to file his taxes. >>> all right. it's time to check the roadways. patranya bhoolsuwan, how is the friday night drive? >> hello, everybody. we have a few to talk about. the outer loop of the capital beltway has been a mess all afternoon. right now we are seeing it is breezy out there but delays are easing up as we see here past river road toward the fairfax county. we still have a crash blocking one right lane at 123. an earlier crash brought down an overhead sign. crews are trying to clear that. it. moving to 95 south from dale city all the way to triangle. still seeing delays, as well. 66, 395 incident free at this hour. good news on public transit, everything is on time. back to you. >>> thank you. >>> a quick reminder for the week and the chain bridge will close today and won't reopen until monday morning. crews are finishing the wo

chair vincent gray is on the defensive today over delaying any council action involving councilman marion barry. the council was expected to censure barry tomorrow and take away his chairmanship because of contract headquarters egave to a girlfriend and other associates. those actions came to light in a superb investigation by attorney robert bennett who discovered the former mayor had violated ethics rules and possibly the law by taking money in turn for the contract he is awarded. gray says the council needs more time before acting. >>'ll we wouldn't have an additional meeting if we weren't planning to take action. this council plans to take action. we just want to make sure we covered all the issues that need to be covered. >> what the council does is clearly the council's prerogative. we don't have a lot of ability to control that. but we would hope the council would keep in mind both the substance of the report by mr. bennett as opposed to some of the more sensationalized excerpts from it. >> cook says barry did nothing illegal. last week, the former mayor apologized for his actions. >> it

councilman marion barry again. washington post reports he owes $15,000 in unpaid taxes for 2005 to 2008 and that the irs issued a lien to try to collect money. 74-year-old barry is already on probation for failure to pay other taxes. and the irs is taking money from the former mayor's salary to pay back that money. barry's attorney tells the post the latest action by the irs is not a new thing. >>> most of us know it is pretty expensive to live in the washington area. and a new study is showing just how much pressure monthly rent is putting on people's paychecks. d.c. has the sixth highest rent in the nation. that's according to a report from the center for housing policy. the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment is about $1500. that puts the district ahead of los angeles and new york. but san francisco is the most expensive place to rent. there the average is about $1760 a month. >>> ahead on news 4 at 4:00 p.m., murder arrest. >> the body of a 7-year-old girl found in a land fill. now police believe t

. >>> more tax trouble for marion barry. the irs filed a lean against him say -- lien against him saying he owes more than $15,000 in back taxes. he's on probation from another tax case in 2007 where prosecutors say he failed to pay back taxes. the lien is a routine move. >>> we're counting down the kickoff to the cherry blossom festival. what do you have? >> the cherry blossoms are starting to put on a she here and it starts tomorrow. the best way to get here. >> a single priest accused of molesting more than 200 boys, the new ties to the individual can being exposed. >>> and facebook is being called out. the so-called dangerous side effect one citizen connected to social media. >> keep it here, fox 5 news at 5 will be right back.  >> still ahead tonight at 5, a dog's nose is being credited with possibly saving a woman's life. we'll explain the emergency equipment there. we're going to tell you how the dog and emergency crews hunted the woman down. that is coming up. >>> you won't have to look hard to find some be

collie members were julian bond, john lewis and marion barry. andrew lewis follows many of the members to their later careers in politics. the university of richmond, in richmond, virginia, hosts the hour and a half talk. >> my name is juliet landfair and i work here at the university of richmond for west hampton college. tonight we are going to be talking about how the sit-ins changed america. and this is a big topic, a very big topic and we're lucky to have two significant scholars here to talk to us about it. 50 years ago this past monday, four college men from north carolina a & t college arrived back in campus for their second semester and it was a few weeks into 1960, a brand-new decade. six years had passed since the supreme court handed down the brown decision ruling that segregated schools were inherently unequal, unconstitutional. five years had passed since the montgomery bus boycott had started. and three years had gone by since the high school students at central high in little rock had desegregated that institution and yet for thes

marion barry talks about the dams. 60 to 90 years old.e probably the worst dam in texas getting money through the stimulus, the state of texas through the water development board, moneys they got from the stimulus so i want to thank you for that. we have other dams. i have one and a falcon dam on did border that were built for four generators and has two and could make some things happen there. so i really believe that there could be a serious anempbt looking at transportation, water projects. not only create jobs, but also, invest in future generations of americans. and so, and this -- through the stimulus we have probably done more of that than any other administration. i thank you for that. i want to also thank you for your investment in our veterans coming back. there's still a lot more to be done. there's over 150-something hospital that is are 40 to 60 years old and at some point we're going to have to do something about that. that's just in the va itself and not to mention the infrastructure. i know that in the area of health care,