. >> marion barry has been in the hospital for more than two weeks, but positive news for him. we will have the latest coming up next. thisecking our top stories morning, fairfax firefighters on the scene of a townhouse fire. this is on town manor court. we are told that one person was hurt and four dogs were taken to an animal hospital. reopena mall is set to today after this weekend's deadly shooting. doors will open at 1:00 this afternoon. ken allman says there will be to memorial sites at the mall today. what will be at the outside entrance near the fountain at starbucks and the other will be at centre court. >> another deep freeze with dangerous cold gripping parts of the midwest this morning. wind chillill see between 30 and 60 below zero. freezing rain, sleet, and snow are expected as far south as texas. a winter watch has been issued for tomorrow for all of the gulf coast states. >> marion barry remains at howard university hospital this morning. his spokeswoman says he could be released today. she has not said why he was admitted. we are told that he is in good spirits

marion barry does appear in my book as a head in washington d.c. as one of the most vocal critics of the npd during an important time and that is one life he had. and his first term as mayor of and the downtown that we see every day now is really a credit to his leadership and his kind of entrepreneurial political spirit and of course there is the other life of marion barry that we hear about all the time, the ones that are used to deride him and very often he makes comments himself that expose him to that direction. i got the sense from watching the documentary that rank-and-file people were extremely disappointed and almost heartbroken because this is a man who commanded tremendous respect throughout this city and still does and i still have respect for many of the things he has done. that was my own sense of someone else's work. i did not go that way in my own book. >> two questions. one is the time frame that you pick, why you chose 40-73 and why you chose the subject in general, how did you become exposed to and go on the path that you did? >>

an update on marion barry. he has been in the hospital for a week. he will undergo more tests and should be released in the next day or so. he is doing ok and working from his hospital bed. marion barry is 77 years old. another glitch involving the health exchange. state officials confirm hundreds of medicaid enrollment packets were mistakenly sent to the wrong address. the packets contain name, dates of birth, and medicaid id numbers. officials say they are correcting the problem. the health exchange website has had its share of problems. it had a number that directed people to a pottery center instead of the call center. a surgeon and air -- a surge in an airline is giving up -- take over the slots are expected to use them to service bigger cities and will bring in bigger aircraft, thus more people. .t is martin luther king day metrorail opened at 5:00 a.m. and will run until midnight. buses and trains are operating on a saturday schedule. no track work today. off-peak fares are in effect. harking is free at all metro operated facilities. -- parkin

that was marion barry. one got it wrong the first time. but then his second comeback attempt was more successful. that is hastings. made tod, mel reynolds, the big errors in his comeback. -- marion barry has been a three term mayor. when he came back, he did not run for mayor immediately. he ran for city council. he could run for an out large in his home base, the eighth ward where he originally nurtured his political ties in the early 1970's. not coincidently, that ward is also the poorest in washington and the most overwhelmingly black. believed wisely he would find the most sympathetic audience for his return and that ward. he went on to be elected mayor after that. that probably would not have happened if he chose to run for mayor his first time back out. hastings made a mistake his first time back. he ran in a statewide primary for secretary of state in florida. one reason that was difficult is race is preeminent. florida is a 20% african- american state. electorate tends to be 25% african-american. his percentage trended about the pe

marion barry should be out of the hospital soon.the 77-year-old has been hospitalized for a week area he will undergo more tests and should be released in the next day or so. they will not say why he was admitted. he is doing ok and working from his hospital bed. action,ng the agreement we honor martin luther king jr.. for many people is a day off, but a day on. people in our area are honoring his legacy. >> a day to remember and honor the life of dr. king. many are spending their time in service. they will be fixing meals for the second homeless. .> we signed up as a family we need to help people in need. service, they of men's choir began the wreath laying ceremony on the grounds of the memorial. they were warming the hearts of those on this cold day. the mayor went to a high school. hundreds of volunteers have signed up to roll up their sleeves and help some of the areas most needy schools. believe this is a day on and not a day off. >> some of the service projects include going to different schools and helping in classrooms. the

councilman marion barry, who has been in the hospital for more than a week. his spokesperson tells abc 7 news that he could be released as soon as tomorrow. the spokesperson has not said why the councilman has been admitted. we are told that he is in good spirits and working from his bed. several tweets have been posted to his account within the last few days, including condolences to the victims of the columbia mall shooting. we are going to turn to weather right now. this deep freeze continues to be a problem for frederick county public schools in virginia. it is operating on a two-hour delay tomorrow and you can see many more problems in the coming days because the temperatures are about to plunge. steve rudin is joining us now with the frigid forecast. problems will come early tuesday morning. we are looking at windchill factors inside the beltway about 5-10 degrees below zero. take a look at what is going on outside the weather center. 29 degrees at reagan national airport. manassas is colder because they had a little break in the clouds. the wind will b

council member marion barry back home tonight finally. he's been in the hospital the last 16 days being treated for a blood infection. the former mayor was released from the hospital today. he is 77 years old. >>> tomorrow night d.c.'s teacher of the year will be sitting with michelle obama and mrs. biden. hollow well mackel was asked about the call she got last friday. >> someone from the office today me that dr. biden would like to invite me as her guest to the state of the union on tuesday and i was just totally floored. i couldn't believe it. i thought, you know, maybe this was a prank. >> it was no prank, though. she's going to be there tomorrow night. some of the other guests include carlos arredondo, a survivor of the boston marathon bombings, and gary byrd, fire chief of moore, oklahoma, who led the search and rescue effort after a huge tornado hit the town. you can watch the state of the union tomorrow night on wusa9 at 9 p.m. following the address the president will take off wednesday morning for a two day tour to promote his pr

. >> maybe to marion barry. he did do crack. >> he did. he was re-elected too, right?exactly. >> he said he'd rather have people not vote for him than not vote at all. i think he's lying. >> of course he's lying. any politician that says that is full of crap. right now he's america's mayor. i want him to be america's prime minister. i want him to go national and be america's prime minister. >> north american prime minister. >> it's like a typo that works. >> it's better than stop the gravy train because looking at him he didn't stop the gravy train. how about four more beards. >> i'd like to see who else is running. i'd like to see if there's any options. >> a little too thorough for me. i go with what i see. >> you don't need anybody else. >> they're all dancing and partying and buzzed during their meeting. >> can't spend one when you're drunk. actually, you can. i think he is going to win. >> i do too. >>> steve lock is sponsored by super tankers. those very large ships between 100,000 and 400,000 tons used for transporting oil and other liquids. thanks super tanker.

. >> maybe to marion barry. he did do crack. >> he did. he was re-elected too, right?exactly. >> he said he'd rather have people not vote for him than not vote at all. i think he's lying. >> of course he's lying. any politician that says that is full of crap. right now he's america's mayor. i want him to be america's prime minister. i want him to go national and be america's prime minister. >> north american prime minister. >> it's like a typo that works. >> it's better than stop the gravy train because looking at him he didn't stop the gravy train. how about four more beards. >> i'd like to see who else is running. i'd like to see if there's any options. >> a little too thorough for me. i go with what i see. >> you don't need anybody else. >> they're all dancing and partying and buzzed during their meeting. >> can't spend one when you're drunk. actually, you can. i think he is going to win. >> i do too. >>> steve lock is sponsored by super tankers. those very large ships between 100,000 and 400,000 tons used for transporting oil and other liquids. thanks super tanker.

. >> marion barry is out of the hospital tonight. he left howard university hospital this afternoon following a 16 day stay. sayad -- his office had not why he was hospitalized, the washington post says doctors treated him for a blood infection. he underwent a kidney transplant in 2009 and has a history of prostate cancer. >> widespread abuse and discrimination of the -- the d.c. please department -- police department. nowbureau chief joins us with what is behind this. the attorneys filed three lawsuits today against d.c. police on behalf of black men or their families -- men that claimed they suffered abuse at the hands of the police. the attorneys say that at this time they are in the process of collecting plaintiffs who are as many as 20 of them for what they say would be a class action lawsuit. attorneys brought in families of young black men are during the were routinely stop and frisk without cause. >> one officer said, do you mind if i search you? i said, yes sir,. the other one said, too bad. >> he said officers broke his han

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it's funny, but it's kind of like -- >> so much more to him than -- >> true, he took it and went marion barryook it to another level. >> 2013 was such a big year. gave you so much to work off. the government shutdown, miley cyrus twerking. what will you miss the most? >> i'll miss the music of 2013. i believe that's how it works. you have to delete your ipod every new year, right? >> that's my understanding. >> start fresh. >> i don't know -- honestly, i don't know what i'll miss about 2013. like if i were >> here is your cocoa. >> >> well done. thank you. >> thank you. i want one of the fancy cups. >> sorry. my lipstick stained one. you can take one of toure's extras. >> absolutely. >> you really are a guest. >> whatever it takes. >> see? let's make sure it's good. >> green tea. dramatic moment. >> mmm, i taste the hibiscus. >> takes five minutes before you keel over dead. >> just got to -- >> mix it up? >> yeah. >> that's nice. >> what am i going to miss about 2013? being healthy. after whatever i just got. yeah, whatever strain of influenza i just got. i just got some kid flu now. >> it wo

. >> the mayor of this town in 1989 was marion barry. want to run a short video clip of him speaking at the press club. >> nearly half of 372 homicides, communities plagued by high unemployment. poor housing. social ills that have had a negative affect on the poorest among us. look at a map. you will see 50% of the open air drug markets are in two districts. the fourth and seventh districts. these murders are targeted killings. >> what did you hear there and what were you doing then? >> i started in 1990. when i started there right after coming out of the academy, we had a week's worth of rights -- pleasant.ount the area was out of control. they torched police cars. >> what was it like when you started? >> the city was a different place. financially, the city was in shambles. i walked for a few years because we did not have cars and they were in poor shape. the first car had 127,000 miles on it. financially, the city was broken. it made it challenging. i enjoyed walking on the foot beat. that was my favorite assignment in my entire caree

the same is true even of marion barry. he came to work every day, did his job. fact, he did it so well the people of d.c. voted for him even after he was convicted for using crack. that is the majority of crack cocaine users. does like any other drug. most of the people who use these drugs do so without a problem. >> jim carrey to alcohol. -- compare it to alcohol. >> tinted 15% of people use alcohol meet the criteria from collison. crack cocaine, 50% to 20%. same sort of thing only look at the numbers. we have known this in science for at least 60 years. i'm sorry, at least 40 years we have known this sort of thing. >> so someone who has won every night for dinner would not be considered an alcoholic in the same way if you take crack every day? >> exactly. someonewe judge whether is an addict is whether or not they have disruptions in their psychosocial functioning. are they going to work? are they handling their responsibilities? are they overindulging in their activity? when we think about alcohol every day, people can drink alcohol every day and still meet t

marion barry had 20 years of experience in the civil rights movement in nashville, helping organize lunch counterfeited been in washington d.c. after the riot he was one of the leading figures in driving trucks, delivering food throughout southeast washington d.c. he had a turn on this amount of credibility from community and have it work. that really put him in good standing when it was time for his comeback. hastings had come the e-mail, a decent amount of charisma and personal credibility based on his work. mel reynolds clearly had the least and most probably a critical fact or that led to his poor outcome to his comeback. as opposed to a steam and berry, who had been leaders before they ran for office, reynolds was a rose color. he didn't have to community ties yet he was seen as an outsider when he first ran in a primary against an incumbent who had been in the scandal. and so clearly scored lower on the charisma and personal credibility scale than the other two. >> so we can actually may be starting throwback to the last fight and work our way back. so for weiner and it's here spitz

and then marion barry is a former member of congress took it over and made it more into a political typeear. as senator bumpers was talking on the floor of the senate the about the importance and the infamous plane landing that he was talking about. so it's something is if you are running for office in arkansas especially in a high-profile position, you need to be there. >> i'm guessing raccoon not vegan, bill clinton probably wouldn't be eating that. are you like me? i love -- >> the chad clinicing? i love this stuff. the front page of "the times" the story about how national networks are funding all the state races and creating and nationalizing these races so that one party can control the whole thing. these things we're talking about are not criticisms. parties no longer need them in the state. national money is coming in. so the only way they can survive is to become a media event. as far as fund-raisers go, a lot have disappeared. i noticed the article your producer sent around from "the new york times" from 1987. as far as like a catalog of regional dinners go. they can be very im

marion berry with that crack cocaine scandal. this man, absolutely ridiculed with scandal. does he have a shot at reelection and using that backdrop, barryh, mayor ford does have a shot. his approval rating is about 40%, not that much different than president obama's, we know that's not god, but not a deadly approval rating. in the polls, he is not leading in any of the hypothetical races against his potential challengers, but he's not, you know, getting trounced. he is not down and out. it's a 10 month campaign. there's a long way to go and yeah, he could win. >> there was anger that they believe that the prosecutors were trying to force the mayor out of office. is there an agenda that those who do not live in toronto don't know about concerning rob ford and the efforts to get him out of office? >> i would say no, but i think there is a sentiment here that the elites, you know, including possibly the police and downtowners who want to tax and spend, you know, don't like this guy who's trying to cut budgets and so want to get rid of him. that's certainly the narrative that the mayor and his city council brother are promoting. i don't kno

that was marion barry. one kind of got it wrong the first time but then the second comeback attempt was more successful. that's alcee hastings. then the third, mel reynolds, just made too big a there is. let me explain why briefly. marion barry had been a three-term mayor of washington, d.c. we he came back he didn't run for mayor immediately. he ran for city council and had a choice in running for city council the eu a run for out large council said or he could run in his home base which was the eighth ward when he sort of originally nurtured his political ties back in the early 1970s. coincidentally that district is also, but word is also the poorest ward in washington and the most overwhelmingly like. and he believed, and apparently wisely, that he would find the most sympathetic audience for his return in that ward. he won and ended up going to be, going on to be elected mayor after that. but that probably would not have happened if you chose and run from it in his first time back out. second case, alce

marion barry could be released from the hospital as soon as today. he has been at howard university hospital for more than two weeks. they have not said why he was admitted. staffgs will fly at half in toledo, ohio, in honor of two firefighters died on the job. one firefighter was a 16 year veteran and the other had only been on the job for six months. the residence of the building got out safely. an emotional tribute to those killed in a fire at a senior retirement complex in quÉbec. more than 1000 people gathered for a mass to honor the victim. 10 people are confirmed dead. police are believed 22 others also died, but they are searching for remains. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> a moderate earthquake shook iran. it had april them and airy magnitude of 4.9 -- a preliminary magnitude of 4.9. to theant to talk weather. monday will be the peak of this week. i guess saturday as part of this week. we have some warmer temperatures. this temperature blast will not be as long as the last one. we have another blast to deal with. that is fo