mcdonnell: ok. >> have population deviations between 1% and 5% of the statistical mean. these deviations were necessary to keep recognize neighborhoods intact in those districts and surrounding areas. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i can believe -- delete. mr. mcdonnell: ok. mr. alonso: we did miss one thing for section 4. on district 9, we did put it north of the park in district 9. mr. mcdonnell: that is a point of fact. >> you're talking about district considerations. >> it is in the 11 write-up. are we putting them in twice? >> across all of them, we had -- >> my point is there is a bunch of redundancy. everything should show up in five. if it is stated once, the point is captured. are you satisfied -- >> it even says mclaren park south. it would make sense for the reader that mclaren park north would be included in the section. mr. mcdonnell: ok. sure. >> the web would resolve that is to put the text in the district where it ended up. that is just the way i would do it. mr. mcdonnell: thank you.

mcdonnell: what is the first letter? >> p. mr. mcdonnell: ok. it is a p. >> excuse my spelling error. >> that is why we are editing. mr. mcdonnell: ok. again, we have selma, treasure island, mission bay -- >> i combined the list. i hate -- -- i have -- mr. mcdonnell: i thought we agreed, no institutions? >> yes. ok. mr. mcdonnell: south beach, rincon hill. any additions? >> there was a public submission about this was the reason for the line. >> there is no publicly- submitted neighborhood boundaries for yerba buena. there is not a boundary from planned neighborhoods. mr. pilpel: i think this is referring to treasure island and yerba buena island, not yerba buena center. >> they are recommending it as a neighborhood based on public testimony, as i recall. mr. mcdonnell: the proposal is to list yerba buena. >> maybe it was one of the colored maps. mr. mcdonnell: then we will not list it. any objection? mr. pilpel: i would separate them, but i don't care that strongly. mr. mcdonnell: any objection to adding central waterfront? >> i thought it was

chairman mcdonnell: mrs. melara? >> no. chairman mcdonnell: ms. lam. >> i used to live at monterrey and juice, and i have for -- for several years, and i think i did have a closer -- the bordering neighborhood, but i am in in support of moving that border to monterrey. chairman mcdonnell: that was a yes? >> yes. chairman mcdonnell: and mrs. mondejar? >> no, wipet support this. chairman mcdonnell: all right. so we would not make that change. >> did we look at russian hill? can we get the count there? the 2-3 border and see. chairman mcdonnell: let's go for a moment -- i am going to come back to this area in a moment. let's go to another area. >> i am not sure how the legal description works here to go from mansell to bayshore because they don't connect. there is a freeway in between. my intent was to go m mansell, up san brunoo and east on paul. it end up selecting one block with some population, probably a couple of zdeno people and some freeway parcel. i also was interested in going to -- you wanted to do zero population stuff after. so i will ho

mcdonnell: ok. let me suggest this as a weekend fully utilize the break for all the editing we need to do. there is another question that memberpilpel is raising. we will need to visit that. we have two sets of information. we have what is in the draft, and we have what is on the one- page that the consultants provided. member pilel is suggesting -- pilpel is suggesting we go district by district. mr. pilpel: in general, i like the language that was proposed. outer richmond, in a richmond -- inener richmond. >> to preserve? mr. mcdonnell: in addition to or replacing -- mr. pilpel: i am generally not with the language they provided. i think it is less hopeful. i think this language is better. mr. mcdonnell: we will go district by district. the proposal is to utilize -- the district is described on the bottom of page 8. mr. alonso: yes. mr. leigh: yes. ms. melara: yes. ms. mondejar: yes. mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. ms. lam: yes. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. all right. district 2. oh, -- mr. pil

chairman mcdonnell: sure. ms. mcdonald. >> we look at this question early on and determined the task force is not legally prohibited from removing treasure island to district 3. their arguments is water contiguous. it is an option on the table from the contiguity perspective but you want to have some explanation for why you would do it as contiguous, for you to make that change. >> just to -- based on that, not solely based on that but it is helpful to have that. i sort of agree with member melara with for we are in the process given that -- where we are in the process. it is not in do not think it is an issue for us to have considered more seriously but hindsight is 20-20 and i think at this point, it is awkward for us to make a proposal to move treasure island into district 3. i do think that in the future, our successors 10 years from now, this does represent to me an intriguing possibility for a future task force to consider as one possibility for moving population to balance out the imbalance that may exist a

mcdonnell: ok. by that clock, 20 after, thank you. public comment was the proposal that we adopted, and contract with public entities was a member mon dejar's section. member pilpel's was just cut and paste, and then we still have the appendices, which i don't think we have really gotten to. mr. mcdonnell: stay there for just a moment. so we have indicated we will have the final map. the district descriptions, the individual district maps. there was something else. >> the final map, district descriptions, district statistics. mr. mcdonnell: yeah, that word, statistics. >> caskey timing question? mr. mcdonnell: yes. >> some of these pieces will take some time to prepare, but i assume the task force will want to publish immediately. would it be possible to add a note saying, "to be added"? mr. mcdonnell: yes. >> and then we will replace it. mr. pilpel: or along those lines, could we allow the publication of an executive summary when all of these pieces exist, so the map itself is available immediately

mcdonnell: one second? : i'm sang continue what you have done. -- could use which to this map for a second? mr. mcdonnell: i am saying continued as you have done. >> it is a nice way of showing that. >> we actually did a prototype. if one of you would like to look at that later. >> ok, it looks pretty. >> with the old maps/new map comparisons, with this be included in the appendix? >> and pictures? mr. mcdonnell: yes. our photos should be each of our respective districts, as a pop out. >> perfect. [laughter] we will work on that. mr. mcdonnell: okay, in terms of the final report, we are now entering the information, is there anything else that we need to consider? with respect to the final report? we're going to insert our final vote, retroactively, obviously. sorry, let me interrupt for just a second. ms. tidwell: mr. mcdonnell: i mcdonnell: no, i know that you are pulling district 7. what else do you need? >> other than the vote, no. mr. mcdonnell: okay, excellent. ms. leigh? is there, for purposes of app

chairman mcdonnell: sure. let's ask another question. >> we had significant testimony, i think, and i can remember now up on the russian hill. it seems like we go back and forth on this. chairman mcdonnell: you are making a case, but it is being promised, and with all proposals, we consider them. >> if anybody could just refresh my memory on what the testimony was. chairman mcdonnell: your memory is accurate. this is a reversal of where we were. >> and that is where we get in trouble. chairman mcdonnell: yes. >> and i totally agreed. it is easy to remember what my vote was, that we really had difficulty in trying to make decisions. we are on our second to the last meeting. i know we are trying to resolve some things, but i think we should find some options versus reversing what we voted on. >> i think we are allowed to reverse what we voted on. to chair mcdonnell's point, we need to make a decision and move forward. for me personally, that does not require that we are not allowed to consider any past decisions

mcdonnell: ok. thank you. ms. mondejar: included in the body of the report. maybe at the last sentence. -- edit the last sentence. mr. mcdonnell: your response but the break for editing. ok. thank you. on mr. pilpel's? everyone take a moment to read this suggestion. >> the question you're going to call is all or nothing? mr. mcdonnell: that is correct. mr. pilpel: -- mr. schreiber: no. ms. mondejar: the question is to include it all or not? um -- yes. ms. lam: no. ms. melara: no, because most of it is already included in the report and some of the things that were not, i think we did not vote on them. mr. leigh: i am going to say yes. on the whole, i think it is fine. i appreciate member pilpel's attempts to respond to the issues we had. ms. tidwell: no. mr. mcdonnell: ok. it will remain in the individual section. ok. at the break on this section, mrs. mondejar will edit and give to ms. tidwell. the addition will be at tit -- added to lessons learned and recommendations. ms. tidwell: clarification.

chairman mcdonnell: thank you. >> could you repeat district for? >> -4.90. chairman mcdonnell: going back up to russian hill. can you give us the population of that highlighted area and deviation? >> that is a population of 202 people, bringing the deviation for district 3 to -3.70% and the deviation for destitute to - 0.519%. commissioner alonso: no. commissioner melara: come back to me. yes. commissioner melara: could you tell me what the boundaries are? >> lombard, greenwich, and leavenworth. chairman mcdomelara: did we have testimony around us? >> we've received from don -- predominantly on monday. commissioner melara: yes. commissioner pilpel: yes. commissioner schreiber: yes. commissioner tidwell: no. commissioner melara: yes, because of the school. i am concerned about the other things that need to be done. chairman mcdonnell: thank you. please make this change and let's move to the other part of lake. if we could see the population for the block between 25th and 26. lake and california. >> that block? it ha

mcdonnell: nice. we have one proposal on a press conference with less than a quorum, at a conference at event. mr. alonso: no. ms. lamms. leigh: yes. ms. mondejar: yes. mr. pilpel: yes. mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. mr. mcdonnell: thank you so much. we will move forward with planning and event of some sort, less than a quorum, to be determined how and when. any public comment on the press conference item? thank you so much. item number 7, task force budget. ms. lam: there are no additional reporting, just a recap from the last budget. we are anticipating a net balance of " approximately $8800 related to the outreach and consultants. at minimum, we would have that balance if not more. mr. mcdonnell: any questions? mr. pilpel: consistent with the comment a while back, some funds existing, and consistent with the admen codes, could we arrange to. a small number of reports, in addition to having a pdf available on the website for download and printing? mr. mcdonnell: yes, thank you. ok, any other

chairman mcdonnell: thank you. >> hi, i am matt duffy, i am a 12 year district one resident. the current antics of district one will harm both neighborhoods -- antics of district one will harm both neighborhoods. -- annex of district one will harm both neighborhoods. it will take areas -- all these neighborhoods share community of interest with the -- the make up the bulk of the district. throughout this process, the lines of district 1 were acceptable to the general public. it is, that's at the last -- it is odd that the last meeting, this change would have been acceptable. we're asking you to correct the most recent change and i want to thank you very much for your service. chairman mcdonnell: thank you. following, our next speakers. >> i am a resident in the portola district and i wanted to support your changes that you have made to make portola hold and to keep this in district 9. thank you very much. chairman mcdonnell: thank you, sir. hold on one second. it is ms. gamez's turn. ms. gamez followed by our next

chair mcdonnell: ok. member tidwell: i am sensing we may not get agreement on what we think the record -- recommendations are. to the extent task members have suggestions, not responding to public comment, the charter amendment, there is can be included under youru! -- so ano suggest. if you have nine, that is a potential way to move forward. i would propose that. chair mcdonnell: mr. schreiber. member schreiber: ok. member lam: yes. member melara: yes, i am fine wiht that. -- with that. chair mcdonnell: the only thing i would ask is that he would title this section appropriately. that these are the recommendations of individuals. as opposed to minority opinions. there may be some constituents. so it is clear what folks are reviewing. member leigh: i think i am ok with this. i'm trying to imagine what it might look like and what it might contain. chair mcdonnell: in general, a volume and two sentences. member leigh: that is part of what i'm grappling with. if it ends up being completely open to whoever w

mcdonnell: ok. very good. was there anything else that you needed for -- the district considerations? ms. tidwell: just a district 7. mr. mcdonnell: ok. all right. that takes us to section 5. and the -- yes?

mcdonnell: i mcdonnell: no, i know that you are pulling district 7. what else do you need? >> other than the vote, no. mr. mcdonnell: okay, excellent. ms. leigh? is there, for purposes of approving the final report, should we now go back to item 4, approve the map, come back and insert date, then approve the final report? ms. leigh: that would be my recommendation. mr. mcdonnell: thank you very much. >> the park is reminding you that you should take a final comment before we do this.

chairman mcdonnell: please make this change. >> can you go back in for a moment? >> eight? >> yes, please. commissioner leigh: could i also ask and ne -- that needle that goes down, circular, is there population there? >> those are freeway parcels. >> 27 people. >> i take it back. >> we have got 27 people that are on a severe peninsula. >> it is not -- >> that may be 280. >> san jose becomes 280. >> we could do a satellite overly. -- overlay. >> 280. when we click on it, it comes back at i-280. >> the border between 7 and 11 ought to be to 80. and stuff that -- to render aid. stuff that is north of the freeway in that area ought to be in seven. i do not know where there are actual people in that zone, if there's a house there i missed or something. or homeless. the center line there really ought to be 280. [inaudible] in that area. >> i wish we had not made the move we just made but we just did it. i do not know what else to say. >> are you proposing the needle? >> where is it now? >> in eight. >> i would propose to move that to

. >>> governor bob mcdonnell is changing his tone a bit. in the past mcdonnell has said he is not actively seeking to become vice president but he might consider the position if asked. yesterday however while speaking on wtop's "ask the governor" he had a very different answer. >> i'm not discussing the vice presidential vetting process. thank you. >> well, this is a different answer than you've given in the past. in the past you categorically said no. >> well, there was no vetting going on. >> there is apparently a vetting process. you can address those questions to the romney campaign. >> earlier this year mcdonnell said he planned to finish his term as governor. mitt romney is openly vetting florida's senator marco rubio. >>> the ousted president is back on the job this morning. the school board of visitors voted to reinstate teresa sullivan. the decision came after board members forced her to resign. that led to wide spread protests from students and faculty. the board of visitors vote to reinstate sullivan was unanimous. >> the unity o

the november election, governor bob mcdonnell is changing his stone about the veep talk. yesterday on wtop's ask the governor, mcdonnell refused to talk about the veep station and whether he was in the running. just last month, he denied being vetted. president obama will be attending a private campaign event in d.c. today and then things should really heat up tomorrow with the supreme court's ruling on health care reform. whatever the court decides will have a major impact on the presidential race. >>> it hooks like new york congressman charles rangel will keep his house seat. he beat four challengers in yesterday's democratic primary election. it was his first test sin the house of representatives censored him in 2010. he is now expected to win the november general elect democrats greatly outnumber republicans in new york city. e . >>> our other big story this morning, the university of virginia's popular president keeps her job before her resignation even took effect. theresa sullivan has been reen stated. a dramatic period for the charlottesville campus came down to t

previously, mcdonnell that denied he was seeking to be romney's running mate. the change some tone suggests the virginia governor could be vetted for the position and he says, for the nomination comes, he certainly would consider it. and romney again will be in sterling, virginia today campaigning as well. >> thank you. >>> a look at some of our top stories. theresa sullivan is once again the leader at the university of virginia. yesterday, the board of visitors unanimously voted to reinstate her as president. move comes less than three week after sullivan was forced to resign due to what they called philosophical differences. rector helen dragas apologized for how it was handled. the newly appointed president called for unity on campus. >> no time for residual hostility. we can go forward with what is best for the university only if we go forward together. >> originally, theresa sullivan said she would not serve as president for helen dragas was still rector but she has dropped that position. >>> a 28-hour standoff here in falls church. the suspect had been ba

governor bob mcdonnell will be among those at the campaign rally. allen lost the senate seat in 2006 is up against three other gop hopefuls hoping to challenge democratic tim cain in the fall. election official remind voters that the new voter i.d. law does not take effect until july 1st and will not be enforced tomorrow. >>> governor mcdonnell will promote business and job creation when he heads to europe later today. the virginia governor will stop in germany, switzerland and sweden. mcdonnell has led other missions with trips yielding several export agreements and business deals. >>> arizona voters will decide tomorrow who will replace gabrielle giffords in congress. she campaigned for ron barber who is locked in a tight battle with je barber was also injured in the shooting spree. >> another busy week for the former high school football star exonerated in a rape case. brian banks will work out tomorrow for the kansas city chiefs heading to seattle later this week for an extended tryout with the seahawks. redskins are among a number of nfl teams

virginia governor bob mcdonnell now says he would consider being romney's running mate for ask.the past few months, mcdonnell has repeatedly said he wasn't actively seeking the position and he was planning to finance -- finish his term as governor. >>> the montgomery county board of education has banned nonprofits from distributing leaflets to mid and high schoolers. this is a result an incident that took place earlier this year when an organization sent home a flyer that many students and educators thought was anti- gay. >>> big story in sports. college football is finally getting a playoff system. the group of university presidents who oversee college football's bowl championship series met in washington. they approved a four-team seeded playoff that will begin after the 2014 season. the games will rotate between six bowl sites and the championship game will be at a neutral site. this will be a selection committee that will rank the final four teams. wait is over. here is i alocal story we are all talking b the caps have hired adam oates as their new head coach. he will be int

mcdonnell says his threats to fire the school's governing board helped force their decision to ultimatelyring back teresa sullivan. the governor said he wanted a final answer either way but was glad they decided to reinstate sullivan. she was fired in surprising fashion about three weeks ago. there is still no word on why exactly she was fired. >>> gambling organizations spent hundreds of thousands of dollar this year to try to swing the maryland casino controversy their way. penn national, owners of the raceway, spent the most in an attempt to bring a sixth casino to the struggling raceway. they spent nearly $900,000. the second biggest spender was the maryland state education association with around $500,000. the owners of new casino maryland live spent about $86,000 to fight a new prince george's county casino, and lawmakers are still discussing whether to have a special session on gambling. >>> what was tropical storm debby has finally left the state of florida this morning but it's also left behind a soggy, wet mess. the storm dumped anywhere from 10 to 26 inches of rain in just a ma

mcdonnell is considered a potential vice presidential pick for mitt romney.ve no direct answers as to whether he has been asked to be the running mate. >>> a terrible crash in nigeria's largest city. more than 150 people are dead after a plane slammed into apartments in lagos today. and authorities are still trying to figure out how many people were killed on the ground. there's still no official word on why the plane went down, but the pilots radioed the tower just before the crash saying there was engine trouble. >>> the trial of jerry sandusky begins this week. the former penn state assistant football coach is accused of abusing ten boys over a period of 15 years. experts say the prosecution's case relies entirely on the young men who say they were abu abused. all of them have been prepped by prosecutors to take the stand. sandusky's alleged actions led to the firing of the late penn state football coach joe paterno. the school felt paterno didn't do enough after receiving an abuse allegation from a team assistant. >>> ahead, the legendary game show host w

in the past mcdonnell has said that he is not actively seeking to become vice president. might consider the position if asked. yesterday, however, while speaking on wtop's "ask the governor" he had a very different answer. >> i'm not discussing the vice presidential vetting process. thank you. >> well, this is a different answer than you've given in the past. in the past you said no. >> there was no vetting going on. >> now there is vetting gone on? >> there is apparently a vetting process and i'm not going to discuss it. you can address that process to the romney campaign. >> earlier this year he said he planned to finish his term as governor. mitt romney is openly vetting marco rubio. >>> two veterans of washington will likely be serving their states once again after overcoming stiff challenges in the state's primaries. senator orrin hatch of utah and representative charlie rangle of new york both wron their primaries last night. hatch who has served since 1976 ran away with a 40-point victory over a tea party contender. it was closer or rangel. the 21-term congressman

does it help in the long term to cut the unemployment rate, i'd say no. >> mcdonnell also blamed theresident for being weak on energy policies that republicans feel would create thousands of jobs. he did not talk about speculation that he could be mitt romney's running mate. eun? >>> 5:36. 62 degrees. trying to prevent hassles. how metro is trying to get the word out about upcoming changes will to the rush hourdule. >>> a substance at a popular grocery store that made customers sick. >>> the news you'll want to hear before it's time to fill up the gas tank. >>> and a cool start to the morning. at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> good news in a mexican town. they're able to run home for the first time in more than a week after massive wildfires forced them to evacuate. the fire started from two lightning strikes 2 1/2 weeks ago and has already destroyed more than 375 square miles. firefighter say they only have about 17% of that blaze contained, but milder wea

virginia governor bob mcdonnell is giving president obama some credit for helping the commonwealth's economy. the republican governor and mitt romney supporter told cnn yesterday the stimulus programs did some good for virginia. mcdonnell says the country would benefit more from a republican agenda. >>> the only thing i can say is he had a -- nearly $1 trillion in stimulus. that was one-time spending. >> did had t help? >> did it help in the short term, balancing the budget? sure. does it help in the long term to cut the unemployment rate? i'd say no. >> mcdonnell blamed the president for being weak on energy policy that republicans feel would create thousands of jobs. he did not talk about speck authorization he could be mitt romney's running mate. >>> 4:34. nigeria will observe three days of mourning after a passenger jet crashed killing all 153 people on board. that jet crashed in the country's biggest city, lagos, yesterday near the airport. military officials say the pilot contacted the airport tower and reported engine troubles. crews say the jet crashed into two apartments --

mark plotkin will join me to talk about governor bob mcdonnell's ultimatum to make a decision. we are back right after this.  >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is holding a posh retreat in park city, utah this weekend. to get invited you have to raise at least $100,000 for the romney campaign. that buys you the chance to rub elbows with republican leaders like senator john mccain, former florida governor jeb bush, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and strategist karl rove. joining me now for some insight on the event is fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin. so, mark, it seems karl rove's attendance has raised flags for campaign finance watchdogs. why? >> here's the deal, maureen. he is the head of a superpac called american crossroads and the superpacs raise unlimited money. there's no limit to individual contributions and they're supposed to not be coordinated with the official romney campaign or for that matter, any political campaign and there's karl rove's picture being escorted in the front page of the new york ifles and also on the washington po

chairman mcdonnell: thank you. >> good evening. i have sat on the board for four years and have been a resident for 10. i want to encourage you to stick with that decision. there are many reasons, most of the neighbors are in overwhelming favor of keeping the area in the-5. i will resonate the same tackling --comments. please note in doing all

coming up, we'll talk to virginia governor bob mcdonnell. also, former economic adviser to president obama larry summers. plus, regis will be here on set. and hollywood producer jerry weintraub will join us. >>> and why former president bill clinton is having to clarify what sounded a lot like an endorsement of the bush tax cuts. but first, bill karins has the forecast. >>> sunshine state, anything but this morning. severe storms are rolling through even at this hour. alligator alley, from naples all the way across to fot. lauderd e lauderdale, they are seeing the rain. but the worst right now, port st. lucie area, severe thunderstorms right over i-95. stay indoors about another hour and let that storm pass through. wet weather, savannah to charleston. beautiful country there. and central north carolina dealing with heavy rain from greensboro to ashboro. so there is some travel concerns but we are finally clearing out. beautiful morning from d.c. to philly, all the way up to new york. still cloudy and cool weather through new england today,

. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell is becoming more cryptic about the possibility he could become mitt romney's running mate. in the past he said he's not actively speaking to become vice president but might consider the position if asked. however, while speaking on wtop's "ask the governor" he had a very different answer. >> i'm not discussing the vice presidential vetting process. thank you. >> well, this is a different answer than you've given in the past. in the past you've been categorically said no. >> there was no vetting going on. >> now there is vetting gone on? >> there apparently is a vetting process and i'm just not going to discuss it. you can address the questions to the romney campaign. >> earlier this year mcdonald said that he planned to finish his term as governor. mitt romney is openly vetting florida senator marco rubio. >>> 20 year term veteran in congress. representative charlie rangel of new york, he faced not only the challenge of several competitors but also a damaged reputation after getting caught up in an ethics sand scandal. the 82-year-old democrat wo

governor mcdonnell will be in the district for wtop's ask the governor radio program. after some other stops in northern virginia tonight, the governor is scheduled to be at dulles airport to address the dulles corridor rail association. the loudoun county board of supervisors is scheduled to vote in one week on whether to fund their end of metro's silver line. the two final stops past the airport. >>> labor unions in maryland are calling on lawmakers to support additional casinos. the d.c. trades building council represents 15 local unions and some of its members demonstrated yesterday. they support a proposed casino in national harbor in oxon hill saying it would create hundreds of jobs but last week a special committee in annapolis failed to reach a consensus on the issue. for now a special general assembly to address expanding gambling is off. >>> a former bailor -- baylor basketball player is out of jail after allegedly trying toax tort redskins -- to extort redskins rookie robert griffin iii. he threatened to go forward with derogatory information about griffin u

bob mcdonnell has just released a strong statement. jennifer donelan is in the newsroom with the breaking details. >> this just in from bob mcdonnell in which he basically lays down the law. he says, let me be absolutely clear. i want final action by the board on tuesday. if you fail to do so, i will ask for the resignations of the entire board on wednesday. regardless of your decision i expect you to make a clear detailed, and unified statement of the future leadership of the university. alumni say the whole thing has been embarrassing. >> and john poindexter graduated in 1997. he remembers when sullivan became the first female president two years ago. >> this is my school, something i can be proud of. now, this miss. >> that miss, the sudden unexplained removal by the school board of visitors on june 10, a move that call for bob mcdonnell to call for a quick end. >> we need finality. we need to have the president on the campus. it has to be resolved. >> the dean and named -- he would not do anything to take on the role until they mee

. >> still ahead after a rocky few weeks governor mcdonnell makes a decision about the future of the uva board members. >> gail pennybacker in fairfax. the threat that kids could be facing that >> police officers in northern virginia have a new concern. >> they're worried about kids and guns looking like the real thing. gail pennybacker has the dangers behind the replica. >> it was something to see all of these jurisdictions pull together for this cause. something that should be considered a toy, the police did not consider that. this 14-year-old knows that his gun does not look like a toy. what is this a replica of? >> the m-14. >> after dozens of cases across the country where police officers have shot people determined to have been holding replica guns, they say at this time to take action. they want parents to understand the dangers of these toys looking like real weapons. this display shows how difficult it is to determine what shoots bullets and what does not. >> it makes me apprehensive. >> this person's replica sniper rifle has an orange tip on the end, but they say it does n

a new law made it illegal to use state money for labor union agreements and governor mcdonnell said virginia would not hand over its $150 million for the project until the pla was gone. >> it's politics, folks. i'm going to entete -- i'm not going to get into the argument whether it's good or bad. everybody has strong feelings on this. >> reporter: board member tom davis says the vote means the project can now move forward with its funding partners, but loudoun county which is supposed to contribute more than 200 million is still on the fence. the loudoun board has another month to vote on whether to opt out of the project. it does opt out, that could delay the project another year while the finances are restructured. in reston peggy fox, 9 news now. >> loudoun chairman scott york tells 9news he's delighted the mwa board has made the right decision. he want his board to vote yes. york says if metrorail stopped at dulles, there would be no rail option for loudoun commuters. >>> the washington redskins training camp is headed south. the team announced they will prepare for the 2013 season down

in a letter to the board mcdonnell wrote, let me be absolutely clear. i want final action by the board on tuesday. if you fail to do so, i will ask for the resignation of the entire board on wednesday. i expect you to make a clear, detailed and unified statement on the future leadership of the university. >>> a warning for parents this morning about keeping your kids safe on the internet. a charles county teenager was robbed at gunpoint after meeting someone on facebook. it happened last month in waldorf. police say 19-year-old jalen picket wrote a post saying he wanted to trade his pair of nikes for a different pair. the victim, a 14-year-old responded and agreed to meet with picket, but when the boy arrived with another friend, picket and the others robbed him at gunpoint. >>> surf and turf shop lifters. this surveil envideo shows three people stealing steaks and seafood on monday. the trio likely brought their own bags, loaded up the items and headed for the door. if getting caught on camera wasn't enough, one of these crooks drew attention with an i

>chair mcdonnell: we can list them all. we are only required those better over plus or minus 1%. >> can i give more background on how i drafted this? chair mcdonnell: in a moment. to the first question, all or that which is above or below 1%? >> the requirement is you have to explain, identified the neighborhoods that explain the deviations. those might be inside or outside of the district in which there is a deviation. >> does that change whether we list them all or not? >> it could. my impression was based on a feedback we needed to do that. instead of suggesting, because there is a ripple effect, instead of saying district 1 espies - 1, and here are the neighborhoods that we have preserved and we have preserved x. r. cotter was more beneficial to preserve -- if you are in district 1 and you do to -- tan other neighborhoods, that would be the implication as opposed to saying, so it was a more clear picture, recognizing neighborhoods. >> does that satisfy? >> yes. >> her approach is similar to how the san diego commission

. >>> bob mcdonnell is in the hot seat. why the deal to move the redskins training camp was done behind their backs. >>> coming up in sports, the nats fall behind the yankees. tiger woods tumbles while another american steps up. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] it started like this... i speak the language of business. i know how jobs are created. [ male announcer ] but it ended like this. one of the worst economic records in the country. when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs. a rate twice the national average. and fell to forty-seventh in job creation. fourth from the bottom. instead of hiring workers from his own state, romney outsourced call center jobs to india. he cut taxes for millionaires like himself... while raising them on the middle class... and left the state two point six billion deeper in debt. so now, when mitt romney talks about what he'd do as president... i know what it takes to create jobs. [ male announcer ] remember, we've hea

and you had governor mcdonnell on a little earlier. obama care. senator jim demint and i and representative jim jordan have written a letter. we have a number of senators and house of representatives on this letter urging the states to not implement obama care before the election because we are very confident that after the election, we will repeal obama care. >> so stay right there for one second, congresswoman. i want to talk to governor markell who is our guest this morning as well. when these calls to go ahead and not implement something that has now been deemed constitutional by the supreme court, what kind of a legal morass would that put a leader of a state or a representative in? >> it doesn't put us in any morass, and i have not seen the congresswoman's letter. but we're going to move full steam ahead. one, because it is the settled law of the land. whether the opponents like it or not. and number two, the fact is that making sure that people with pre-existing conditions can get care, young adults can stay on their parents' po

students, donors and even governor bob mcdonnell has told the board to resolve the issue on tuesday or resign. president thomas jefferson founded this university and argued knowledge is power. in charlottesville, armando trull, 9news now. >> supporters say they will be back on tuesday ahead of the board's expected decision. >>> fairfax county police have charged the director of the reston zoo with animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance. 26-year-old megan more genson was arrested friday after a five-month investigation by police into the death of a sick wallaby at the zoo. >>> here's a look at some other things making news now. jerry sandusky is said to be on suicide watch. es ea awaiting sentencing -- he's awaiting sentencing after being convicted on 45 counts including sexually abusing children. several penn state university officials are facing criminal charges. there are also a number of pending civil lawsuits. the university released a statement saying it will fairly address the victims' concerns and compensate them. >>> residents in the florida panhandle are prepa

they are moving their training camp and virginia governor bob mcdonnell and redskins general manager bruce allen made the big announcement today that the team will begin holding preseason workouts in richmond beginning next summer. the main headquarters will stay in ashburn, virginia. governor mcdonnell says the redskins' commitment is for about eight years, but even though the team is staying in the commonwealth folks in loudoun county are a business disappointed. >> reporter: i'm shoe ray chin at redskins park in -- surae chinn where at redskins park in ashburn where in a few weeks we'll see this place packed with people lining up to see their favorite teams, but next year die hard fans will have to drive a couple hours to see them practice in richmond. >> i wish they would stay. >> reporter: edith reed loves the redskins but is not a fan of training camp moving to richmond next year. >> it's part of this area in loudoun county and it's an attraction for a lot of families. >> reporter: and for business. training camp brings in nearly a million dollars in revenue during the three-we

. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell is speaking out for first time about the controversial ouster of virginia's president. mcdonnell said the school's board of visitors should have been more open with the community when it forced teresa sullivan from office after less than two years on the job. the board's vice rekter mark kington stepped down yesterday as a result of the controversy. they are refusing to work with the college's interim president ken zeithaml. >>> the group met monday and could decide today whether to advise the governor to call a special session next month to take up the issue. it could include legalized table gl games. new study claims a full service casino near the national harbor could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars eemp year for the state. >>> d.c. council member marion barry is fighting the street car line on h street according to the "washington post." barry says the plan is not well thought out and too expensive for the number of riders it would serve. the pro sect is estimated to cost around $200 million. if approved, the street car line should ope

governor bob mcdonnell appointed the co-founder of web methods. she's already been sworn in for the office but martire wants his seat back. peggy fox, 9news now. >> merrick is expected to be seated at the board meeting on wednesday but some board members say they'd rather wait till the court decides on martire's lawsuit. the only other time a governor tried to remove a board member the courts refused. >>> president obama's top choice to be our new ambassador in iraq has removed himself from consideration. brett mcgruk is involved in a scandal. according to reports when the two were married to others, mcgurk had an affair with gina chong. they are now married. >>> word leaders in mexico appear to have a plan to help europe's economic problems from spreading to the rest of the world. >> susan mcginnis has more on that and growing tensions between the united states and russia about syria. >> reporter: fireworks lit up the skies in mexico where the g20 summit is being held. they were being set off as word spread that the group will announce today a pl

bob mcdonnell, one of his biggest supporters, will not be there. instead he will be headlining a fund-raiser here in washington. romney made two campaign stops in virginia last month and spoke at liberty university's graduation. >>> president obama will be stumping for votes in new england today. he has events planned in boston and new hampshire. new hampshire says this could prove to be a key state this november. the president holds a slight lead over mitt romney in the granite state. >>> we're expecting two key supreme court decisions this week that could heavily impact the race for president. one case involves the tough immigration law. the other involves president obama's health care law. 26 states and national business group urged the court to strike down the law's central requirement that all americans must buy health insurance. >> the supreme court finds itself in the middle of a storm, a political storm in the presidential election b that's coming up because it's the president's signature achievement. this is about health care which touches

virginia governor mcdonnell is also weighed in telling the board of visitors that it has until tuesday to reach a decision. armando trull reports from charlottesville. >> we constitute a community and i want to say it -- a community based on the fundamental jefferson january principle of love. [ applause ] >> reporter: that love drew thousands to the quad. >> the distinction between the population that composed our university. the faculty, the students, the staff. and the alumni. have become insignificant. we've come together for a common cause. >> reporter: they called it a rally for honor. ♪ some carried signs with the phrase attributed to uva's founder president thomas jefferson. it's more honorable to repair a wrong than persist in it. >> this isn't just the faculty speaking, this is all of us speaking as a united voice coming together saying at least these are the principles we believe in and also we want our president back. >> reporter: 20 of the university's most distinguished pronecessary so fares and -- professors and staff called on the board to do the right thing on tuesday.

we talked to governor bob mcdonnell earlier today, and he says the reason there's so many power outages is because ten large transmission lights, the big one, not the little residential one, went down during the storm, and about 2 million people across virginia have lost power at some point today. as a result, this is the largest non-hurricane outage in the state's history. it's a state of emergency in northern virginia. >> a very dangerous and concerning weather event that occurred in virginia last night, but more importantly, the effects of which will likely last for several days. >> reporter: virginia govern bob mcdonnell says falling trees killed six people including a woman in her 90 its who neighbors say was asleep when a tree slammed into her bedroom. on the same block, trees hit at least two other homes including bill's house. >> i looked this way, and just saw these trees just -- a swirling, and -- and it was not just the normal wind blowing, storm. was a different sound. and i thought, uh-oh. >> reporter: everywhere we've looked we've seen huge trees come down. this pine tree

governor bob mcdonnell is out of the country but his chief of staff insists some legislators were told of the deal the governor had authority to bur sue an agreement. a similar deal was rejected earlier this year by house budget officials. >>> walmart will break ground on a controversial new super center in virginia. it comes two years after preservationists went to court to challenge the original plan to build the store near the battle of the wilderness. it will be located several miles away from the battlefield. the super center is expected to create 300 jobs set to open next june. >>> a jury aquitsed roger clemens of perjury. the former pitcher was accused of lying to congress in 2008 about using performance enhancing drugs. clemens choked up after the verdict. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career. and so, again, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. >> this was the second time that federal prosecutors put clemmons on trial for perjury. the first one ended in a mistrial last year. >>> 68 degrees. ahead, security concerns about facebook's

still, mcdonnell says this country would benefit more from a republican agenda.culation that he could be mitt romney's running mate. >>> so there's an 11-year-old boy in minnesota who's gone back to school today with possibly the best excuse ever for skipping class -- the fifth grader was with the president of the united states. tyler sullivan missed school to watch president obama speak. he got to shake hands with the president. when mr. obama realized sullivan skipped school, he got a pen and a card with the presidential letterhead on it. the note he wrote read, "mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler. he was with me, barack obama." sullivan -- >> that's all. >> he framed the note, of course. he plans to show it to his teacher and the rest of his class today. >>> facebook is branching out, and some parents may not like it. we have more on what the social network has in its works. >> reporter: good morning. facebook is developing technology to let kids under 13 join the site. of course with parental supervision. facebook may link kids' accounts to their parents and l

bob mcdonnell told wtop radio that virginia and north carolina have received approval to charge tollse highway. it could be another 18 months the plan gets final approval. >> the youngest person to compete in the national spelling not make it past the preliminary roundl. was close to the semifinals, but the cut.ake >> 8 was an exciting until the it was an exciting the point when i did not spell that word. i was stressed out. all of the other kids were out, too. >> six years old, folks. she is excited to compete again year. unbelievable. up, it is a drug that can breast cancer. the women at risk are saying no thanks. why will you have a hard time finding this bestseller on some shelves? >> a chance for showers later shelves? >> a [ male announcer ] later u.s. olympian gwen jorgensen is going for aluminum. cullen jones is in it for water-resistant thermoplastic. and amanda mcgrory? she's competing for carbon fiber. they're not just going for gold, they're joining with citi to give back to the programs that helped them along the way with bikes, kickboards. and racing chairs. join the mov