marion berry had been a three term member of washington, d.c.. when he came back, he did not run immediately. he had a choice of running for city council. he could run for an at-large seat or he could run in his home base, which was the eighth ward where he sort of originally nurtured his political ties back in early 1970s. ward istrict or that also the poorest ward in washington and the most overwhelmingly black. he believed, and apparently wisely, he would find the most sympathetic audience for his return in that ward. he won ended up going on to be elected mayor after that. that probably would not have happened had he chosen to run for mayor in his first time back out. hastings, case, alcee he probably made a mistake his first time back. he ran in the statewide primary for secretary of state in florida. one of the reasons that was very difficult, again, raise i think is premed here. florida state wide has about a 20% african-american state. democratic primary electorate tends to be between 25% and 29% african-american. in his first secretary o

council simmer -- civil member, and we have the son of one and also marion berry who has been in and out of prison and that stuff. is this a more corrupt town than any other? >> no. i personally do not think so. i have been covering politics for a long time. i actually covered politics in new jersey before i came to the district of colombia, and so i do not think it is any more corrupt than other places, but the interesting thing about d.c. is, remember, it is not a state. it is a city, and the council and the mayor still have functions that are very much like both city and state, so i iink there is more room for guess scrutinizing them, and it is very noticeable when you have three out of, you know, 13 council members getting into some serious legal trouble in the span of like two years. withr "q&a" on frustration correspondent nikita stewart and "the washington post," then later, a look at the change in the u.s. senate filibuster rules. we will show you how it happened along with input from republican and democratic leaders. plus, an interview with a man that covered the issue this

berry's son marion a job at one time. contract to the woman who had given marion barry a kidney.barry has had a lot of health problems through the years, but he is still here. he is very much, seems that he will be here much longer. >> further explain how jeffrey thompson did his work, how he contributed to all these campaigns. how did he work? you call him the governor the district. >> yes, the governor of the district of columbia. a name he apparently gave himself. he called himself "the governor." i think you are trying to get me to start earlier with mayor anthony williams. >> two mayors, three mayors ago. >> yes. he ran the city for eight years. he was actually a friend of jeffrey thompson. and jeffrey thompson, through , wasn barry, who was mayor on the search committee for a chief financial officer of the city and he tapped his friend anthony williams for the job. >> we have a picture of anthony williams on the screen. , you know, basically you asked how he worked. he was very hands-on. if he was going to give to you, he wanted to see you, he wanted to shake your hand. he