after a week of running in those shows and had terrible, terrible blisters, mary ward, charlie's wife, i stayed with them for the first couple of weeks and i would come home with these horrible feet. one day she showed up with shoes and i kissed her. we were just miserably, horribly tired. we were physically walking all over the place. it was a thick, paper domt and then after that, the day began. one of the nice things about that was going into all of the members of congress off and meeting their people and knowing oh, this office was going to look like this and it was decorated to their state's things. it was a great experience. >> i would say, too, you mentioned the level of mischief in congress. in the 1800s and certainly into the 1900s, '30s, '40s and' 50s, pages conspired to play practical jokes on eemp other. you know, finding members around the capital sleeping and they spread glue on their faces. it aes not the pages, it's the other members enlisting the pages. the bill stretcher, i've heard them over and over and over. long standing traditions carried on and on and on throug

after a week of running in those shoes and having terrible, terrible blisters, mary ward, who is charlie's wife, charlie ward was mr. albert's administrative assistant and i stayed with them for the first couple weeks while i was here. i would come home with these horrible feet. one day she showed up with shoes that were ugly crepe and i kissed her. thank you. literally, we were walking everywhere. our feet were miserably, horribly tired. and it was. we were physically walking all over the place. in the mornings, we would put the congressional record into the folder, a thick document, put it under the seat, and after that, the day began. we didn't know where we would be, but one of the nice things was going into all of the members of congress's offices and meeting people and knowing this office is going to look like this. and it was decorated to their state's themes. it was a good experience to get to know the people who worked in those offices. it was a great experience. yeah, we did a lot of running. >> i would say, too, you mentioned the level of mischief in congress. in the 1800s and c

what will happen is mary, the ward 3 councilwoman number two charge of the council will call a meeting of the council at early as tonight or tomorrow and ask then the council elect one of the at-large member, one of the four at-large meshes will become the acting temporary chairman until a special election can be held. >> speak to me of the timing of all this. an incident involving a radio reporter yesterday. any idea if that had anything to do with what happened today and why it happened today? writer was technically on vacation and came down to the council yesterday because of this and the mayor announcing an ethics panel and saw the chairman. i've known him many years. he clearly was working too hard at trying to be normal, and he was joshing around with people and acting nervous. he did push a wtov radio reporter and apologized noor but would not answer questions, said he was not resigning had nothing do with his 2008 campaign and that was a sleight of hand. he was not guilty of anything with his 2008 campaign in fact the federal charges were about this private life, inflating his

will have 114 days to hold a special election to fill brown's seat and in the meantime, ward 3 representative, mary cha, is the acting chairman. it's her responsibility to call and preside over a special meeting to select a interim chair. that meeting will take place next wednesday. >>> brown's resignation the latest in the series of he gal woes. mayor vincent grey under investigation for his 2010 campaign. two staffers pled guilty to felonies and earlier, harry thomas jr. was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars in district money that was supposed to go to youth programs. it cost him his seat and he's expected to report to prison later this month. >>> stay with us for the continuing coverage. and visit nbcwashington.com to read his full apology. >>> three crooks attempted three carjackings and three times they came up empty handed in prince georges county. this was as drive-through in clinton. this is prince george's county police headquarters, pat? >> jim, three guys, three carjackings in less than 23 minutes. in baseball, three strikes you're out. in the world of

ward 3 council member mary cheh will take over temporarily. at some point after that there will be an election among council members and they will choose among the at large members to finish out the chairman's term. vincent orange, phil mendelson, the democrats at large are expected to vie for that position. >>> for now our other bruce leshan joins us live from the wilson building where kwame brown just came out and spoke behalf with reporters. what did he say? >> reporter: he came out after huddling behind closed door for most of the day with his staffers and he said he would have more to say tomorrow. he refused to say whether he is still chairman and to say if he has already submitted his resignation. now before he came out we heard shouting and we peered through a shaded glass door and saw his staff holding hands and chanting kwame. then he came out and waded into a crazy media scrum, his staff scream and yelling at photographers who were furiously back pedaling and trying to get out of the way. his colleagues on the council say they are d

. >>> ward 3, mary che would like dc council to get on with the business of running the city instead of dealing with distraction after distraction, you may remember there were two other federal investigations into the dealings of dc politicians both of those resulted in the suspects -- subjects of those investigations, cutting deals and pleading guilty in federal court. you know i have to say all eyes are here on the wilson building this week wondering, whether we are going to hear something about the case into kwame brown's campaign finances back to you. >> melanie alnwick for us. live thank you. >>> developments in the brown investigation come as mayor vince grey makes a move to clean up city government. he announced his pick for a new ethics board. meantime dc council gave final approval to a new budget. the spending plan will pay back city workers for a four day furlough last year. >>> soon police in prince georges county will have an easier way to keep track of anyone convicted of a gun crime. county council unanimously approved a bill that h require offenders to register their

mary shea's job. at-large members elected by the entire city and not just one ward can take over as interim chairman. experts predict it probably won't be david catania there to the far right or michael brown over here because they would have to give up outside jobs if they became chairman. that leaves phil mendelsohnn and vincent orange. whoever it ends up being, that person will not only run the council in the the city holds a special election for brown's seat. he also is next in line if something should happen to the current mayor. in other words, if the mayor ever has to leave office for any reason, whether it's health or legal issues, the new interim chairman could become the next mayor. we'll find out who that person is next week. >>> stay here with news4 for continuing coverage of the case. we'll be live all day before and after brown's court appearances and get instant updates on line at nbcwashington.com. >>> new, quick work by d.c. police. they made an arrest quickly in a stabbing in northeast. they arrested a suspect on the scene in the 600 block of i street. the victim is in the hospital

mary's county is the biggest threat for damage. >> you said the storm is through bowie right? >> yes. but the strongest winds are out of there. >> derick ward is on the phone with us now. are you seeing any relief? what's the status there? >> well the winds have definitely died down. when the incident first started there was lightning. then winds but no rain. it was erie. strong, strong winds. a lot of leaves and branches blowing around. and then came the rain. be the wind was obviously the biggest part of this. and on the leading edge of this. we lost power i'd say less than two or three minutes into the wind event and now it's just a matter of rain. but we are without power. i did hear from someone on the beltway who said there were trees down in this area here near 214 and the beltway in that general area. so obviously, you know, once the light of day shines on us again we'll be able to assess completely the damage. but high winds first then the rain then the lightning and then darkness. >> derek, when it was hitting you and i assume you are in the live trucks or in a car what was that like? >> i was at home. i was going to run out to my

temp mary cheh will preside over a council meeting to select a temporary chairman now that brown has resigned. under council rules only at-large members elected by the entire city and not just one wardan take over as interim chairman. experts predict it probably will not be david or michael because they have outside jobs and they would have to give them up if they became chairman. that leaves phil mendelson and vincen orange. whoever it does end up being, that person will not only run the d.c. council until the city holds a special election for kwame brown's seat, he is also next in line if something should happen to the current mayor. in other words, if the mayor ever has to leave office for any reason, whether it's health or legal issues, the new interim chairman could become the next mayor. we will find out who that person is next week. >> stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the d.c. corruption scandal tonight on news4 at 6:00. you can also go to our website nbcwashington.com and leave your comments about kwame brown's troubles. >>> a fight over money leads to a deadly stabbing at a psychiatric facility in mclean. the attack happened off old meadow road. pat collins joins

it's mary cheh's responsibility as pro tempore to preside over a special meeting and select an interim chairman. under current rules, at-large members elected by the entire city and not just one ward take over as interim chairman. experts predict it probably won't be david catania over there to the far right or michael brown over here. they have outside jobs and would have to give them up if they became chairman. that leaves phil mendelsohnn and vincent orange. there will be a special election for the seat. he sauls next in line if something should happen to the current mayor. in other words, if the mayor ever has to leave office for any reason, whether it's health or legal issues, the new interim chairman could become the next mayor. we'll find out who that person is next week. >> we'll have continuing coverage of the kwame brown case throughout the day. we'll be live if the former d.c. council chairman makes any public statement. you can also follow the latest developments on nbcwashington.com. we'll have a complete wrap-up today on "news4 today" at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. >>> today in culpeper, virginia, a police officer will be formally charged in the shooting death of an