. >> marion berry. >> he has done much for the city. >> reporter: they love council member berry but it's just time for a change. they look at the unemployment rate. >> i really love people, i like what i'm doing, i care about the underdog. >> reporter: they say marion berry predicted a win tomorrow adding just a question of by how much. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> even with the "washington post" endorsements, all of the incumbents are still favored to win because they have the best get out the vote operations and also raised the most money. we have a full voting guide for all the races in maryland and d.c. at wusa9.com. just click on campaign 2012. >>> well, they use taxpayer money for an over the top convention in vegas and now three people are out of a job as general services administration. gsa chief in fact martha johnson resigned. two deputies were fired for spending $820,000. some of the expenses included $75,000 for a training exercise learning how to build a bicycle. $6,300 on a commemorative coin set and $3,200 on a mind reader for the convention. other employees have been

. >>> marion berry rejected calls to apologize for racially insensitive remarks he made about filipino nurses. this comes as he faces another round of criticism over comments about asian business owners. tom sherwood has more on the story, tom? >> reporter: jim, there was a lot of anger here today and some disappointment over berry's remarks. marion berry's remarks about filipino nurses taking too many jobs and weeks ago dirty asian stores, prompted criticism at his budget hearing thursday, none more heart female than david chung. >> my father is a dirty store owner you were speaking about. i worked with him every day in the sum earned weekends. spends 12 do 13 hours a day there. i'm a big fan of marion berry, i watched your story throughout the years, watched the hbo special, great american story, rise, fall and rise again. when you made those statements you broke my heart. >> community worker rosetta lei, leader of a self help group. >> you are teaching them statements demonnize a specific class of people. >> berry repeatedly cited his own civil rights record and blamed the media for

marion berry, remember him? the former d.c.n but it doesn't look like he really likes asians. this week he said, "we got to do something about these asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. they ought to go. we need african-american business people to take their places, too." well, that didn't go over too well. but when asked to clarify, this is what he had to say. >> we are not going to have business people who come in, pool service and dirty facilities taking money out of our community, not contributing to our community at all. that is going to change. >> kimberly: i don't think he will get the press secretary job anytime soon for the white house. >> bob: let me do explaining here. he is a friend of mine and i have been in several rides with marion where he expressed similar views to this. let me say in the black community, in washington particularly, but in any minority community, you are going to find most of the small shops, most people shop, they don't shop at the big shopping centers. they shop at the

i'm a big fan of marion berry, i watched your story throughout the years, i watched the lbo special. you have the great american stories the rise, fall and rise again. when you made the statements you broke my heart. >> community worker rosetta lie, leader of a self help group. >> race hating statements, teaching them statement ts demonnize a specific class of people. >> berry repeatedly cited hisz own civil rights record and blamed the media for exaggerating his remarks. >> i found that there are a group of you reporters who are determined to divide us. but i'm not going to fall for this divisiveness and back and forth, et cetera. >> reporter: on monday, berry told a budget hearing more nurses needed to be trained here. >> if you go to the hospital now you find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly out of the philippines. and no offense, but let's grow our own teachers, let's grow our own nurses. so we don't have to be scrounging around in our community clinics and other places having to hire people from somewhere else. >> thursday dc delegate was u e urging berry to a

peter nichols addressing comments made by marion berry. a news talk this morning. he said the comments were out of line and that the council should have done more. >> where were these self-refuted politicses when this happened? why isn't a councilmember coming out saying to barry, that's bad to insult our asian community and we say it's absolutely outrageous. >> in the past week barry has made racist remarks about the asian community. he has since apologized. >> president obama doesn't officially start his re-election campaign until this weekend, but today he began by reaching out to labor unions. he spoke to them this morning focusing on america's infrastructure and he pointed the finger at republicans saying they repeatedly vote against initiatives to create construction jobs. >> well, today the one world trade center will mark a milestone. it will become the tallest building in new york city. take a look at the time lapse. give you a quick look at the building that replaced the twin towers destroyed in the 9/11 afact. t.j. winic has the story behind this symboli

city council, specifically the paper is calling for incumbents evet alexander, vincent orange and marion berry to lose. >>> one of berry's challengers is responding to a lawsuit. natalie williams says that she has not seen any documents relating to the case. wtop is reporting that williams is is being sued by the parents of a young girl who claims that the girl was sexually assaulted by williams' partner at a modeling business. by the way, natalie williams at one time was a producer here at channel 9. you can learn more about the local races by going to our website, wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012 for your maryland and d.c. voters' guide. >>> well, wisconsin is the only other state with a primary today. with 42 delegates up for grabs, it is being considered the big prize for the republican presidential candidates. danielle nottingham has more. reporter: romney is expected to do well here in washington d.c. and maryland. santorum didn't campaign hard in either contest and his name isn't even on the ballot in d.c. the former senator is trailing in the delegate count and has less money in the b

those were the words of marion berry. earlier this month, at his ward eight democratic primary victory, berry told supporters that asian businesses ought to go. berry later apologized for those remarks. >>> one d.c. councilmember wants to allow liquor sales on sundays in the district. warld one councilmember jim graham tells the "washington post" he's likely to recommend allowing liquor stores to open on sundays. including it as part of his city budget. he expects the sales to generate $710,000 in tax revenue for the district. he's proposing a measure to block a measure by mayor vincent gray to bar hours. >>> coming up, voters are back at the polls this morning, in decision 2012. and who will mitt romney's running mate be? plus -- he's a star and a christian world, pastor joel osteen. we'll ask him why he thinks his message is so popular. >>> right now at fort mead, the lawyers for the army private accused of leaking government secrets are asking a military judge to dismiss all charges. bradley manning is charged with caus

those words from councilman marion berry about asian business owners in ward 8 as he claims victory inis re- election bid tuesday night. >> now the former may yore is apologizing as at least one leader says city council should reprimand barry for those remarks. >> reporter: the words he did use at the primary celebration were these -- >> insensitive. i wouldn't have accused him of being a racist, i don't think he's a racist. >> reporter: susan allen -- >> i was shocked. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: many of the carryouts and small businesses that dot barry's ward have asian owners whom barry says -- >> from the community, don't participate in the community. >> reporter: but he cites the asian owned martins as an example of a business that is community minded. >> an asian down on the avenue give out supplies and et cetera and money. >> reporter: the asians ought to go remarks? >> i apologize to asian community for anything i said that was harmful, hurtful. but my record is impeccable. i have fought all of my life against discrimination. >> reporter: mr. barry, how would you have r

councilman marion berry says the media is xajtding his beliefs about the asian community.lier this week he said there are a number of immigrants who are nurses particularly from the philippines, that there are too many of them. he was speaking of his desire for d.c. to grow and train its own nurses. a few weeks ago he referred to "dirty asian stores." at a budget hearing today the ward 8 councilman drew fire from several asian-american groups. >> and race-baiting statements. we're teaching them that statements that demonize a specific class of people -- >> a group of you reporters who are determined to divide us. but i'm not going to fall for this divisiveness and -- >> barry says he'll meet with some of those he's offended next week. >>> beginning july 1st it is going to cost more to ride metro. the metro board today approved an across-the-board fare increase. rail fares will range from a minimum of $1.70 to a maximum of $5.75 during peak hours. bus fares are going up a dime. you'll pay an additional 20 cents to ride the bus if you pay with cash instead of a smart trip ca

incumbent yvette alexander and next door in ward 8 a number of young candidates are trying to outseat marion berry. >> it's an opportunity the make changes on the council. >> they want to see something fresh and now. actually get down to real business which is improving and protecting the quality of life in ward 7. >> the resident of ward 7 will have the final word. >> they love council member berry but it's time for a change. they look at the economics out here, they look at the unemployment rate. >> reporter: representative donna edwards and senator ben cardin both seeking their seats back in congress for additional terms, polls close here in maryland at 8:00 tonight. mike, back to you. >> all right, thank you delia. delia goncalves live in potomac, maryland this morning. >>> and stay with us throughout the day for complete coverage of today's primaries. and about 25 minutes "cbs this morning" has a look at the national picture. and as the results come in here in our region tonight check them out in realtime by visiting wusa9.com. you can also join derek and anita at 11:00 for the results and re

marion berry is doing the same in ward 8 and bowser in ward 4. the big race that everyone is talking about is the at large race. vincent orange wants to keep the seat but has serious competition from bittle who has been on the council for a short period of time and peter shapiro, who served as a council member in prince georges county. earlier, we spoke to a few folks about what they want to see with this election. >> a lot of people need jobs to stay out of trouble, especially in this neighborhood. >> we need to bring in some new people and see what they can do with the city. >> reporter: if you live in the district, you have plenty of time. the polls don't close until 8:00 tonight. if you're in line at 8:00, they'll let you go ahead and go through and vote. we should be hearing results between 9 and 10:00, and we're going to post those results on www.myfoxdc.com, as well as matt ackland on twitter. we'll try to get those out as soon as possible. we'll have a complete update at 10 tonight. >> all right, nearly three hours left to vote in the dis

councilmember, marion berry said he has requested a formal meeting with the ambassador of the philippines after making controversial comments at a budget hearing earlier this week. here's what he said. >> if you go to the hospital now you find a number of immigrants who are nurses. particularly from the philippines. and no offense, but let's grow our own teachers, let's grow our own nurses. and so that we don't have to be scrounging around in our community clinics and other kind of places having to hire people from somewhere else. >> a few weeks ago he referred to quote dirty asian stores and a budget hearing yesterday. the ward eight councilman faced some tough critics. >> my father is actually one of those dirty store owners that you were speaking about during. i worked with him every day in the summer and on the weekends, he spends probably 12 to 13 hours a day there. i'm a big fan of marion bery, i've watched your story throughout the years, i watched the hbo special, you got the great american story, the rise, fall, and the rise again. when you made those statements, you broke my hea

councilmember marion berry is being criticized for new comments he's made about race. hear about those, all the day's latest stories coming up on news4 starting at 4:00. >> thank you, we'll be watching. >>> time for a final check on our forecast with tom kierein. >> as we approach the noon hour we have just a few sprinkles passing north of washington. right now around the region, it's getting up to around 60 degrees, it's not warmed up much since dawn. to our south it's into the mid 60s, upper 60s in a few locations in west virginia. some of the milder air should make its way in by later this afternoon. and between now and then, look at what's been happening over the last several hours. we've had the one batch of rain pass to the south of washington. now there's another one way farther south. way down in southwestern virginia. they're getting some moderate to heavy downpours with thunder and lightning. closer in, a few sprinkles, not much more rain. maybe another wave of a few sprinkles coming in over the next few hours during the afternoon. by then, we'll be reachin

maryland on -- marion berry to apologize about recent comments about asian people in his district.cized asian business owners saying they should close what he calls "their dirty shops." berry went on to say that his ward needs "african-american business people to take their places." berry now trying to clarify his comments. >> we're not going to have businesspeople who come in ward eight, poor service, dirty businesses, not contributing to our community at all. that's going to be changed. >> ok. marion berry maintains his comments are not racist and that he has a good relationship with the asian community. oh, really? >> interesting story. >> i think i've seen some of the video. >> at the vista hotel. >> yeah. where were you on march 1st, 1969, maybe you weren't even born yet. but one group of marines fighting for our country in vietnam, march 1, 1969, is a day they will never forget. ainsley earhardt is here with that story. what did you go and find out about this? >> such a neat story. we went to huntsville, alabama for "fox & friends" last saturday and we met this wonderful man

that's what marion berry has to do, because quite honestly, he may have to give some of the asian moneyk from the campaigns. >> we live in the social media, and the point here is in the district of columbia, people have been complaining for a long time, in columbia heights people complain all the time about the filthiness of restaurants overall, and it's because the district government has not done the right thing with the inspectors and i think that's what marion barry is talking about. >> whoever owns the places has an obligation to operate a safe place and make it clean. >>> let's move on and stay in the district. we have alarming reports with respect to d.c. taxis and several assaults against women primarily. >> again, here we go with laxity, and not only the government but the taxi commission. you could write a book and fill the shelf in a new york library on stories about the d.c. taxi industry. but we find taxicabs now that are still number one not only assaulting women or people, but taxicabs that won't stop for african-americans in the district of columbia. i am not pointing fi

back to the marion berry controversy. the d.c.ouncil member now apologizing for a comment he made during his victory speech tuesday night. he told supporters and this is a quote, that we've got to do something about these asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. they ought to go. followed up with, we need african-american business people to be able to take their places, too. joining us for more insight is robert mccartney, metro columnist with the "washington post." with your preparing something on this. we wanted to have you in, because of your expertise about what goes on inside the beltway. when you heard these comments what did you think? >> i was very offended, like a lot of people, and i wondered where it was going to lead. i think that you have to start with a reality, and that is that his comments do reflect a history of tension, especially in poorer, predominantly african-american communities in the city with shopkeepers, owners of small grocery stores, small fast food places who are predominantly asian

. >>> controversy before voters weigh in on the dc council primary marion berry confronted vincente grey for holding a town hall meeting before the election, he called it disrespectful because campaign workers would not be able to attend. >> i don't operate like that i used to i did, break up a meeting in a minute >> i am glad you didn't i don't do well with people trying to break up my meetings either i have been around this city all my life i don't back up one inch from anything anybody thinks i do they can step to me. >> interesting. the mayor went on the say there was nothing to apologize for barry is on the ballot for re- election of his ward 8 council seat. >>> let's take a check of the mornings other top stories fairfax county police continue to search for suspects in two sexual assaults last month the community is coming together to raise awareness at a meeting last night residents got to talk with john cook and police about how their community is being protected and got safety advice from the county police captain joe gill. >>> special prosecutor asked for a grand jury to invest

. >>> marion berry now apologizing for taking a shot at asians. the councilman is no stranger to controversy, but just listen to what he had to say at his victory rally this week. >> we've got to do something about these asians coming in, opening up businesses, these little dirty shops. they ought to go. >> berry was saying that the city needs more african-american business owners. the mayor ripped berry over the remarks. berry just won a primary in the city council race. our athena will be talking to him in the next hour. >>> a military board is recommending that this marine, sergeant gary stein, should be dismissed for taking a facebook and bluntly criticizing president obama. his commander in chief. the board handed down its recommendations after a long hearing at camp pendleton yesterday. they say that stein's actions amount to misconduct. stein insists he is just practicing his first amendment rights. the board's decision now goes to a general to decide. >>> just how blatant were saints' coaches had they wanted to hurt the other team? well, n

and then finally number 1, marion berry.emarks, he says his number 1 goal is to get asians out of his neighborhood. >> number 1. >> asians coming in opening up dirty shops. >> kill it. >> you know, running for president is racial prejudice -- racial prejudice, shame on marian berry mayor for life. i will be back here with today's parting shot. bill press show. now, on current tv. it's completely inappropriate for television. ♪ >> the parting shot with bill press, this is the bill press show. >> how about it on this friday april 6th, my parting shot for today, in politics there are real issues and there are phony issues. one of the phoniest ever is republican criticism of president obama for his comment the other day about the supreme court and health care. hey, i was there monday in the rose garden when the president made those comments and all he said in response to a question from bloomberg news was, one, that he was confident the court would uphold obama care and, two, that he hoped the court would follow precedent and re

in washington and elsewhere, bailing people out of trouble like monica lewinsky, michael vick, marion berryinvolved in helping enron, the sars epidemic and stuff like this. you've written a book about how people can bail themselves out of bad situations. it's not just the high and mighty. it's the ordinary person and a family man as well. >> absolutely. what i try to do in the book really is to take the 25 years of crisis experience that i've been giving to sort of the high profile people and really give everyday people tools to help navigate their life in crises and problems that might come up. >> we were talking a little while ago in the green room about john edwards, he's a guy that dug himself in deeper and now he's looking at a jury trial down there. what was his fatal flaw in this? >> his was a combination of it. it was ambition, good thing. certainly got him to be in a position to run for president. but it was a combination of ambition, fear and denial that i think really led to his downfall. and it's the same issues with the book. you know, the things that can propel us to success c