now chairman mendelson will make $190,000 a year. chairman mendelson says he did speak with mayor gray not only after he became chairman on wednesday. both agreed to work together, to move the city forward. >> that is what people want is to see that government is working and that our elected officials are working together. >> reporter: in the district matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> mendelson took over as chair yesterday one week after former chairman kwame brown resigned and pled guilty to bank fraud and campaign finance violations. >>> the latest on jerry sandusky's child sex abuse trial in pennsylvania, more graphic testimony today as the final accuser took the stand. he told the jury he spent more than 100 nights in sandusky's home and he was forced to have sex with sandusky in a basement that he thought was soundproof. the now 18-year-old says he also screamed out for help at least once when sandusky's wife was in the house but didn't know if she heard him. the former penn state assistant football coach is charged with 52 criminal

mendelson, you'll see the majority of the time he's on the losing side of a 10-2 vote or 12-1 vote. >> reporter: ward 7 council member yvette alexander says some of her constituents are worried about race, but she suspects mendelson already has a majority of seven strong votes wrapped up. >> it's always an issue to be quite frank, but i think in this instance it's who has been in the community. >> reporter: and phil mendelson for you has been in the community? >> he has been. >> reporter: if phil mendelson wins, he would become only the 2nd white chairman in the history of the d.c. -- second white chairman in the history of the d.c. council and there is the potential that he could become the first ever white mayor since the start of home rule in 1973. does it matter in the majority black city that you're white? >> it shouldn't, but yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> reporter: the council chair would become mayor should a long running federal investigation force vincent gray from office. mendelsohn is ambitious, but he says he does not want to climb the ladder with another sc

. >> after kwame brown resigned mendelson, resignedd, mendelson was sworn in. >> john gonzales has been covering this story. he joins us live with the latest. >> it became official. 10 minutes ago mendelson easily became the city council's interim chairman. the biggest debate was who would become his right hand man. he took the gavel in his new seat. d.c. voters will choose a permanent chairman in november but today, the 12-member council voted for the interim share takeover from kwame brown. >> except the nomination. >> marion barry described the state of the city's local government as the worst and compared to the 2011 terrorist attacks. >> this is the greatest governmental crisis. i cannot think of anything except 9/11 that has been more horrific. >> try to start a new chapter after months of scandal, the council has sworn in mendelson. we spoke moments before the vote. >> i have been on the council for 40 years. -- 14 years. i have a sense of how they can move forward. i have offered myself. >> the council's decision did include heated objections from marion barry and then sent oran

mendelson now as chair is precisely the right thing. >> let me ask you this. clearly we know that councilman orange would like to have that seat and he is opposed to councilman mendelson having a seat. you said there's been talk and consensus phil mendelson will become acting chairman. do you know if there's any support for vincent orange other than himself? >> he may have one or two votes. i'm just not sure. i haven't really treated this like the whip of the senate to count votes and set it all up. i was just doing it based on first it's a happy coincidence those would be the two people i would pick myself who are available. there are really only three people available -- only two people available for chair and michael brown was willing to put his name in for pro tem. i think that michael brown as chair pro tem and mr. mendelson as acting chair, i think that's a good combination tore what we need now. that's -- for what we need now. that's what i proposed. >> they will remain in that position until the november election. >> then there will be two elections on

councilman mendelson appears to have report. the -- support.ove comes after kwame brown resigned from office after pleading guilty to bank fraud and campaign violation. the official vote will happen tomorrow and not everyone is behind this and matt ackland is here. this is politics. >> reporter: it is, shawn. so confident that mendelson has the votes tomorrow, the acting council put forward a resolutions, naming mendelson as chairman and michael brown as the next in line and that is to be voted on tomorrow morning. he is voicing concerns about mendelson taking over temporarily. it's time for a new picture that hangs near the entrance of the wilson building. this one is dated two elected officials gone and tomorrow, there will be a new temporary chairman that will take the middle seat. >> and i think most of the members are unhappy. >> reporter: mendelson appears to have the votes to succeed kwame brown. michael brown will be speaker pro-tem. sources say mendelson is favored because he's not likely to shake things up too much. instead, overstabi

mendelson says he plans to run in that race. >>> kwame brown and harry thomas, jr. have both resigned in disgrace if the city city council in the last six months. the entire council got a lecture yesterday from councilman marion barry. >> the majority in the community has lost confidence in this council, has lost trust in this council. we're at the bottom of the barrel in terms of credibility. we were 60. but we'd probably be 10. this is serious. this is no game. >> marion barry went on to say, quote, this is the greatest governmental crisis since home rule. i can't think of anything except 9/11 that's been more horrific. >>> well, d.c. mayor vincent gray officially kicked off the facelift project along u street northwest. the ddot construction project will address blocks from 9th street to 14th street. roads will be repaired and repaved. sidewalks will be widened, and new landscaping will be installed. the $5 million renovation project is scheduled to be completed by next spring. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, more details of what some thought was a uf

the word is that mendelson does have the votes do. you think he's the best man for the job? >> at this time i think he is. phil mendelson has no cloud or suspicion about his integrity. he's known clout the entire city. he's gotten votes -- throughout the entire city. he's gotten votes throughout the wards, is well respected by blacks, whites, latinos. >> kwame brown was on the short list to be the next mayor. that list is really short now, isn't it? who else could there be? >> among the sitting city council members i would say muriel bowser, phil mendelson and jack evans. jack has expressed publicly he would like to become mayor. >> he's run before a couple times. is d.c. now speaking of jack evans perhaps on the verge of its first ever white mayor? >> we came close once before with dave clark. dave clark is very similar to phil mendelson in the sense that i think they're very progressive, known throughout the city and they went everywhere. phil goes everywhere. jack evans has been very successful representing ward 2, but he's not yet reached out into the rest of the city. i

moves. >> vincent orange was the only member to vote against phil mendelson. the says he would have been the best interim chair person a post that was fiwould be filled by michael brown. >> last night virginia ruled that the public will vote on whether the children of illegal immigrants will go to college at a discount. the dream act was passed last year. it says children of tax filing families who are here illegally can pay in-state tuition if they have gone to maryland high school three years. >> following a developing story. lance armstrong is facing doping allegations against. they have filed formal charges threatening to strip him of his victories in the cycling race. federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal probe in february without bringing charges, but anti-doping agency officials continued to pursue their own probe. he called the allegations baseless and motivated by spite. looking at 66 degrees right now. >> first lady michelle obama joint twitter not long ago. now she has signed up for another website. that story coming up. >> [ male announcer

the gavel and to preside and offer congratulations to you. [ applause ] >> reporter: before phil mendelson took his seat as chairman, the discussion among council members was full of insults, interruptions, and ego. >> i'm the best. i am the best. today, vincent dippard orange senior is the best candidate. the best! >> reporter: vincent orange, who originally wanted the chairman spot, knew he didn't have support and went after the number two position. during his fight, he held off a media report criticizing michael brown. >> this is about michael brown, not vincent orange. >> reporter: the council be member and former mayor marion barry said this about the crimes committed by two council members and two of mayor gray's campaign workers recently. >> this has been the most serious governmental crisis and more serious than shutdowns. the only thing i can think of that is more serious than this is 9/11. >> reporter: council member jack evan who was a long tome d.c. leader fired back and alluded to barry's arrest after smoking crack in the 1990s. >> and if anyone was here, you would see a turbu

today, phil mendelson was voted chairman, filling the vacancy left by disgraced council chair, kwame brown. we'll talk to him live in a moment. but first, matt acklin has more on the strong emotions that came with today's decision. >> you are now the acting chair of the council, so i would ask you to come forward and take the chair seat and the gavel and to preside and offer congratulations to you. [ applause ] >> before phil mendelson took his seat as chairperson, the discussion was full of insults, interruptions, and egos. >> i'm the best. i'm the best. today vincent bernard is the best candidate. >> sin et sent orange who wanted the chairman spot knew he didn't have support. so he went after the number two position. during his fight, he held up a media report criticizing michael brown. >> this is about michael brown. not vincent orange. >> former mayor said this about the crimes committed by two council members and two of mayor gray's campaign workers recently. >> this has been the most serious governmental crisis since home room. most serious. the only thing i can think of that i

back to you. >>> thanks, erica. >>> phil mendelson was tapped as the new chairman today. he's a veteran lawmakers, and replaces kwame brown who resigned last week in scandal. he was elected by an 11-1 vote. a special election will be held on november elf. mendelson has been on the council for 14 years and says he plans to restore trust in the legislative body. >>> we know the driver in that fiery crash earlier this month. daria soboleva was a russian citizen spending the summer in ocean city. she crashed her car on dickerson road. police are still trying to find out exactly what happened. >>> the comedian jerry lewis was released today from the hospital. he collapsed during an award ceremony at a hotel in new york city last night. doctors said his blood sugar was low, but that he's okay. jerry lewis is 86 years old now. >>> a new dna test provided a big break in a local cold case that's more than 30 years old. >>> tonight police say they have identified the remains of a tacoma park teenager, but as we report, they aren't closing the door on this case. >> reporter: two pol

council picked phil mendelson as the chairman. he will serve under the special election is held in november. >>> it's a cold case more than three decades old. but a big break. >> a special dna test helped authorities identify her body found more than 45 miles around in prince williams counseled. julie kerry has our story. >> reporter: it was april 3rd when cindy gasteau never came back. >> she was a gift to our family, full of laughter and life. 32 years ago he walked out of our home never to return. >> reporter: two years later skeletal remains were found. these were the clothes and jewelry found at the scene. over the years, prince william county police used forensic specialists to make model and sketches to try to identify the remains. news4 even featured the mystery in a 2006 cold case story. now some 30 years later, a special type of dna test that's only been recently used has made the connection. the remains are those of cindy gastell found 45 miles from home. now police want to find her killer. >> that hope is gone and our

. >>> phil mendelson is the new d.c. council chairman.came within one vote of being the -- well, he was the iew man news choice to replace -- unanimous choice to replace kwame brown. brown is the second council member forced out of office because of corruption charges, and as bruce johnson reports, the stress and strain of yet another scandal is clearly evidence at the wilson building. >> please gore give me -- please forgive me but we have to stay together up here and stop fighting. >> reporter: it should have been one of those let's move on meeting but before that could happen, some of the d.c. council members just had to vent. >> tomorrow we could be in handcuffs. >> reporter: today was the d.c. council's first meeting since former chairman kwame brown was forced to resign because of felony bank fraud and campaign finance violations. before that ward 5 councilman harry thomas forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 from youth baseball programs. four--term councilman phil mendelson was voted the new chairman. what do you sa

right now everything looks like phil mendelson will get the job today. that's the latest here at the wilson building. back to you. >> one thing we can all agree on the d.c. council rarely boying. >>> george allen wins last night's senate primary. he easily beat his closest challenger tea party favorite jamie radtke. two other candidates have last than 5%. allen's victory sets up a clash this november against another former virginia governor democrat tim kaine. >>> kaine joined us earlier this morning and said he knows how to billion a budget. >> i'm the only governor in modern times since they measured budgets who left office with a smaller budget than when i started. i had to cut $5 billion out of the state budget, including cuts to my own salary, both as lieutenant governor and as governor. and i had to make those tough decisions with backbone and brains but also heart trying to balance out the need to make cuts with the important goal of keeping the economy strong and protecting the vulnerable. >> tomorrow on fox 5 morning news, we're expected to spea

. >> the letter is addressed phil mendelson. it is a stern rebuke of the chief judge of the office of administrative hearings in d.c. by almost half of the judges are asking her to come forward. >> its authors say they wrote to protect the integrity of the agency. the letter says the chief makes policy decisions in secret. line judges have no say about the policies. and the key -- the chiefs treatment of support staff is erratic and at times it demeaning. they even gave an example of how she fired a cancer patient the day before her surgery. >> she is not here. >> budget would not come out and answer our questions. instead, the agency said a statement. the suggestion that policies are made in secret is unfounded, it reads. personnel actions are confidential and not subject to comment. meanwhile, chairman mendelson says he will get to the bottom of this. >> i'm very concerned that there are so many unhappy. >> and taxpayers we spoke with said someone needs to clean up d.c. government. >> we are out of control. everyone is getting

new, chairman mendelson will make $190,000 a year.man mendelson said that he spoke with the mayor not long after becoming chairman on wednesday and both agreed to work together to move the city forward. >> and that is what some people want. >> reporter: matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> mendelson took the chairmanship yesterday after the former chairman resigned last week and pleaded guilty to felony bank fraud. >> what do won't? >> jobs. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> and dozens of people rallying outside of the wilson building. the first source law is being challenged in court and that requires that city construction contracts employ a percentage and a group wants to see the law overturned and that had some high unemployment rates. >>> d.c. mayor gray and other leaders kicked off the u street scape project and that is including a nice facelift and they will be reconstructed and widened and including landscaping. >> and the first thing it is to complete the north side of u treat and that is done block-by- block and so there is minimum

council voted unanimously to elect phil mendelson.e for the pro tem, for the second person in command, is under way right now. >>> don't be confused if you see a new metro station. it's not a new station. it's just a name for an old station. from now on, the station that had been known as new york avenue, florida avenue will be called noma-galloduet. >> don't let any of these changes fool you. it's the same location, same station, same red line, same service, just a different name. if you don't know, then you don't know. but for years now the neighborhood surrounding the now former new york avenue/florida avenue is known as noma. metro officials decided last year that the station's name should reflect the community. >> i'm sure some people have been using the station for years, it's going to be a little bit of a change. it's not clear what noma stands for and then you hear it north of massachusetts and you get it. >> reporter: today there was an official ribbon cutting for the new metro station. the noma station was the first station

but if phil mendelson wins, that would make him the second ever white chairman of the council. so how does race play into this position and how does race play into politics here in d.c.? we'll have more on that side of the story coming up at 6:00. andrea? >> delia goncalves with that update outside the wilson building. >>> d.c.'s health department has put four medical marijuana dispensaries one step closer to starting operations. the four businesses can now apply for business licenses, building permits and certificates of occupancy. once those steps and other regulatory requirements are met, they will receive their registrations. however, it's not clear when medical marijuana will be available in the district. "the washington post" reports the six cultivation centers approved haven't even begun growing the plants yet. >>> occupy d.c. is moving out of mcpherson square in washington. the group decided to leave sunday and has been tearing down the remnants of its camp. protesters started camping there in october but in february u.s. park police started strictly enforcing no campin

mendelson said he wanted michael brown. there was a big fight and brown won anyway. >> a council veteran was named chairman and there was debate that brought one council member to tears. >> we can agree to disagree, but i'm sick of it. >> others were brought to anchor. >> if you want to mess around, that's not funny. this is serious business. >> i'm the best. today, vinson bernard warned senior is the best candidate for chairman protest. >> he lost. this came after no less than chairman kwame brown resigned last week. >> we are not looking for any dramatic moves. anything i do, i will talk to colleagues. >> reaction was wide-ranging. >> he seems like a good choice as far as keeping things steady. he has no questions about ethics. >> all the things black folks says in this city just went down. >> he was praised on his ascension to chairman, but with the administration under a cloud, one council member said this -- >> when we are so self righteous talking about how we are tomorrow, we could be in handcuffs. >> mendelson is ch

at large councilmember phil m ands phil mendelsons phil mendelson and vincent orange will be considered. >> maryland congresswoman donna edwards will recognize injured firefighters in bladensburg after they were overcome with a flash fire at riverdale home. one of them is still recovering from burns over much of his body. that is kevin o'toole. the fire was deliberately set. >> but think twice about putting yourself on on a restaurant table while eating. surveillance video caught a man at the shanghai restaurant in college park. he went over to the table where the university of maryland student was eating. the man snatched the phone out of the woman's hand while she was using it and then ran away. >> i trusted this area and thought it was very safe. it's not good. >> patrons don't recognize the man. the owner was so upset that he gave the students a free cell phone. >> many fairfax county residents are angry about the condition of their parks and sports facilities. last 900 people packed a meeting and called for changes. people living along route 1 say that their facilities are in poor

mendels mendelson said he has an immediate goal. >> talking to citizens, the vision they want to hear about is that city hall will clean up its act, there are not going to be this is ethical lapses, and we get the cloud -- get post the cloud. >> reporter: mendelson says he wants tattle past the raucous session wednesday where he won only after a heated assault. >> make me look like an idiot. >> reporter: he says he'll run in the special election in november. mendelson is now in line to succeed vincent gray, could she is ongoing investigation -- >> i hope that does not happen. if it becomes apparent that it's going to happen, i will prepare for that. it's not a position to which i want to rise and hold on to. i would look at that as stepping in to you meet the need. >>> before the repeal of don't ask/don't tell, you faithfully served your country with professionalism and courage. you put your country -- it's an event he has hosted for the last three years. >>> president obama changed the subject this afternoon. david gregory joins us to talk about in new immigration you heard the criti

mendelson is seen at the front runner. voters are going to get to decide it. there could be an opportunity with every -- as i like to think with every opportunity there is -- with every disaster there's an opportunity. hopefully the voters will get a chance to get a real reformer who can help pull the council together, much like inside you had kenyan mcduffie emerge out of ward five as the replacement to harry thomas. mr. mcduffie has a clean slate, comes with -- [indiscernible] hopefully the voters will make a good choice and have a chance to right the ship. that's our hope. >> right now residents aren't feel going about their elected officials. last fast forward to the future. what else can we expect. >> everyone knows the u.s. attorney is all about business. they vo not finished their investigations. -- they vo in the finished their investigations. there's all sort of validations and it's not done. but it seems to be quickening and we need to get to the bottom of it. >> do you think there will be charges filed against the mayor? >> i think obviously i think

council members phil mendelson and vincent orange appeared on fox 5 morning news monday. both are considered in the running to lead the council temporarily. >> now the council needs to pull together, work together and we've got a lot of work to do to rebuilt the trust that citizens should have in the government and that we've managed to destroy. >> other things are going to happen. we're in uncertain times. this storm is here. we're in the eye of the storm and there's going to be other shoes that are going to fall, but in the meantime we have the obligation to move the city forward. >> reporter: orange and mendelson are not under investigation, but both have admitted to taking campaign contributions from well known fundraiser jeffrey thompson. you'll remember thompson's home and use of were raided by the fbi -- office were raided by the fbi a few months ago. >> i'm clean and that's when we need, clean leadership that's ready to get busy and move the city forward. >> i have and i think all of my colleagues have been very forthcoming about providing information to the u.s.

she said phil mendelson does have support from her constituents. how does the council move beyond these controversies? their plan coming up at 6:30. back to you. >> delia goncalves who's reporting live outside the wilson building this morning. >>> now to virginia. the results are in from tuesday's primary elections and the matchup is set in the u.s. senate race. former senator and governor george allen easily won the nomination. eric cantor and jim moran won their primaries. both captured about three- quarters of the vote. in the 11th district retired army colonel chris perkins won the republican nomination for the house race. he'll face democratic incumbent jerry connolly. you can get all the results by visiting wusa9.com. >>> out west democrat ron barber will become the newest congressman from arizona. he won a special election yesterday defeating republican jesse kelly. barber will finish the term of former congresswoman gabriel giffords. he was a former aide to giffords and was also injured in the assassination attempt which killed six other pe

the two leading candidates, council members phil mendelson and vincent orange and both spoke with our bruce leshan today. >> if you look at my record and look at the record of mr. mendelson, you'll see the majority of the time he's part -- on the losing side of a 10-2 vote or 12-1 vote. i'm generally with the majority. >> does it matter in a majority black city that you're white? >> it shouldn't but yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> that council vote is all set for wednesday. the citywide special election for brown's seat will be held november 6th, election day. >>> if you are eager to get your hands on the newest iphone, you'll have to wait a few months. apple's ceo tim cook announced today the iphone no. 5 will be released in september. the company also announced a new macbook with a high resolution display that it says will contain 3 million more pixels than a hi-def tv. as for the much anticipated new operating system, ios6, apple has not said when that will be available. >>> lee greenwood or justin bibb beer, a brooklyn principal -- bieber, a brooklyn principal banned

the newspaper liked at large councilmen phil mendelson. he doesn't have the votes we're told. vincent orange is the main competition, the other at large democrat. there is concern both candidates received campaign contributions from businessman jeff thompson who as you know is under federal investigation. here's what two of their colleagues had to say about all this. >> what are you looking for in chairman? >> someone that can really lift up and understand that we're in an ethical crisis. it's not just the two people that have stepped down from the council, that there really is a whole issue about campaign finance and it's touched every council member. >> reporter: who are you going to support for chairman? >> i'm not going to talk about that now that's not how i operate, i can guarantee you the council will be stronger than ever before and the acting chair will be stronger than ever before. >> they won't talk publicly, but about all of them will talk to you on the telephone if you don't use their names. the vote is wednesday. i'm told right now neither mendelson nor orange ha

mendelson, orange, brown and can tanya. >> any interest in the chairman's position? >> no. >> michael brown doesn't want it. katania doesn't want it either. orange and mendelson will have a week to convince the majority of council members to vote them in during a special meeting next wednesday. >> i'm not going have the district of columbia embarrassed more than it's is. >> reporter: council member tommy wells said those who want the temporary spot should be ready for serious questions about ethics in government and in campaigning. >> we have a crisis here in the city council. and it doesn't end with just one person. >> reporter: the newest member of the council, mc. duffy is undecided on who he will support. >> and i am giving it thought. >> reporter: he replaced harry thomas jr. after he pleaded guilty to two felonies. he said it's time to get the -- past the latest black eye and do the people's business. >> and equal for us to move the process forward. likewise, to show you that every single council member wants to move this forward. >> switching gears, an update

i'm very proud of my legislative record. >> the chairman, michael brown now, phil mendelson will run for this job in november saying for vincent orange. lesli, he is the chairman, not the acting chairman. there will be no major committee assignment changes and he plans to keep most. >> we should remind people that harry thomas will head off to prison next week. this time next week. >> federal prison, june 20, he goes to prison in alabama. >> all right bruce, thank you. anita. >>> well, there is new information on a vicious dog attack in northeast washington. the 74-year-old victim is still in the hospital and neighbors have been telling us the two dogs had been terrorizing that river terrorist neighborhood for months. so nine wants to know, what do you need to do if there's a dangerous dog in your neighborhood to keep everybody safe? kristin fisher got some answers and she's live at the scene of yesterday's attack, kristen? >> it turns out these guard dogs at towing pro were on animal control's radar. infact, they were called out twice last year when the dogs got out. both times, ani

phil mendelson is leading the council and michael brown is next in line. during the meeting, there was shouting, rude interruptions and tears from one member. fox 5s matt ackland there was and has more on the story. it's never a dull moment at city council. >> reporter: it sure isn't. it's been less than a week since kwame brown resigned his seat and pleaded guilty to bank fraud into a campaign violation. still, mendelson had full support from the council and things got ugly when vincent orange, who originally wanted the chairmanship, decided to make a run for the second throughout slot and took aim at michael brown. he boldly told his fellow council members there is no way i should lose instead of himself, i am the best. he attempted to criticize michael brown for media reports pointing out ethics issues and that didn't go well. the majority of the council didn't agree and voted orange down and put michael brown into the second spot. meanwhile, one of the most memorable moments was when yvette willexander spoke about the bickering she was listening to. ta

mendelson will serve as interim chairman through the year. voters will pick an official new chair this november. mendelson says he plans to run in that race. >>> kwame brown and harry thomas, jr. have both resigned in disgrace if the city council in the last six months. the entire council got a lecture on ethics yesterday from none other than marion barry. >> the majority of the community has lost confidence in this council, has lost trust in this council. we are at the bottom of the barrel in terms of -- [indiscernible] this is serious. this is for game. >> this is the greatest governmental crisis since home rule, quote, i can't think of anything except 9/11 that's been more horrific, end quote. >>> it is 6:06. i am watching your money. the presidential campaign will be all about your money today. president obama is traveling to cleveland this morning. there he's going to lay out his plan for fixing the economy. the white house says the president will focus on creating jobs. presumptive republican nominee mitt romney also going to ohio to ta

if he takes over, then phil mendelson, the chair, would move up and be the mayor, the acting mayor, until there's a special election again. so we have sort of a domino effect. the mayor has not been charged, but that's the line and then they'd have to pick somebody who is remaining of the at large members to become the council chair. so it's really a question of domino's. everybody is waiting on something having to do with the mayor. that's the biggest deal and everybody in the city wants some clair fibs. the u.s. attorney is not -- clarification. the u.s. attorney is not going to tell us what he's going to do or when. we just have to wait and see what happens. >> we will be waiting and watching, fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin, thanks so much for coming in tonight. >>> we are following a news alert out of prince george's county where police are asking for the public's help to try to catch three men involved in a carjacking spree over the weekend. one of the crimes was caught on tape. fox 5's audrey barnes joins us now with more. >> all three carjackings and attempts happened within

. >>> this is phil mendelson's first full day as chairman of the d.c. city council. after a lengthy discussion yesterday, mendelson was elected unanimously by his colleagues to replace kwame brown who resigned and pleaded guilty to criminal charges last week. mendelson will serve as the district's second iest local e- - highest local elect official till an election in november. independent at large councilman michael brown was elected as interim pro tem second in command to the chairman. >>> the time right now is 5:05. i am watching your money. red arrows around the world this morning and it's all about the health of european economies again. higher interest rates in spain and italy signaling that investors really don't have much faith that those countries with repay their debt. there are reports greeks are withdrawing a billion dollars a day from banks ahead of this weekend's elections which could force the country on the of the euro currency. as for wall street losing grounds on those concerns again and news that retail sales fell for a second straight month in may

a large councilmember phil mendelson is in his fourth term. he has said in the past that he does want this job. even though he is expected to face some opposition and competition, especially from vincent orange, this no-nonsense type of member appears to be a shoe and today. mendelssohn is expected to take over for kwame brown, who resigned last week after pleading guilty to bank fraud. it is the second recent council member to step down. earlier this year, harry thomas, of ward 5, was sentenced to 38 months in prison after embezzling public funds. at 10:00 this morning in a legislative meeting the city council will try to start a new chapter and end this musical chairs and try to create some stability. reporting live, john gonzalez abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. she is the latest prince george's county official to be convicted of misconduct. maryland delegate tiffany alston found guilty of misdemeanor theft and misconduct in office. a jury concluded the democrat paid an employee in her law office with a hundred dollars in state money. her att

at-large council member, phil mendelson. he is already in his fourth term.stated in the past that he does want this job. even though he will face some opposition and some competition, he has been described as someone who is a no-nonsense person. kwame brown design -- resigned last week after pleading guilty to fraud. the second council member to step down. today, a new chapter for this city council. they will try to turn the page. we understand that during that meeting, the city council will vote for the new interim chair. reporting live, john gonzales, abc 7 news. >> thank you some much. d.c. school officials say they regret any confusion surrounding the rainy weather. some families city could not get inside the building because there's not enough room. the churches overflow room was held as an overflow room for graduates. prince george's county executive is taking new steps to improve a school system there. he plans to formally announce today that he has announced a new commission that he says will advise him on what to do to improve the county's schools.

the new chairman of the dx council phil mendelson points out that compromise agreed to between the white house and senator lieberman gives $20 million to the voucher program. that's d.s.s. 20 million -- that's $20 million the president had earmarked for public and charter schools alone. >> he proposed roughly 50 % of the money goes to d.c. public schools and 40% to the charter schools which is roughly the same as the enrollment. but with this agreement we'll see less to both charters schools and the public schools. >> reporter: one group clearly satisfied with the voucher program, parents. they point out that 94% of the students attending school on vouchers graduate from high school. of that number # 9% go -- of that number 89% go on to college college. >> they're getting nurtured and matured in these schools. >> reporter: the demand for vouchers is also apparent. since 2004 there have been 11,000 applications for the d.c. opportunity scholarship program. roughly 5,000 vouchers have been awarded. president obama had budgeted zero dollars for d.c. vouchers in the current budget. bruce joh

. >> the at large member, phil mendelson, was unanimously elected to fill the seat of kwame brown who resigned last week after pleading guilty to bank fraud. mendelssohn will serve as interim chairman until a special election in november. the winner will serve out the remainder of brown's term which goes through 2014. >> on capitol hill today, the much-anticipated grilling of jamie dimon. congress demanding answers into why $2 billion was lost and things got edgy before the hearing started. we have a look at the developments from the newsroom. >> when the big banks were bailed out, j.p. morgan chase ceo jamie dimon insisted wall street didn't need or want washington's help. he has been a leading critic of new banking regulations. but after the at least $2 billion loss, he has some explaining to do. normally, j.p. morgan chase -- j.p. morgan chase ceo, jamie dimon, is at ease in front of the camera. but today he was pushed by reporters. >> you have talked a lot about being in control. shouldn't that be the person who answers the question. >> only to be greeted by angry protesters insid

. >> there are four eligible people and they are the four at large members, phil mendelson, vincent orange who is really having to explain all the contributions from jeff thompson who is being investigated and they talk about 2.3 million documents and then michael brown and david catania, but the feeling is it will be between mendelsohn and orange and people have told me the -- mendelson and orange and people have told me the vote is already resolved for one candidate and then there's a special election 114 days after that for a real election of the council chair and we still don't know what is happening with the mayor. that hasn't been resolved. so this, as i said before, is a terrible situation. >> it's an awful path we've gone down, doesn't look like we're done yet, fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin tonight. >>> still ahead a teenager claims two local police officers assaulted him. we have the exclusive story ahead. >> and it's opening night for the new casino at anne arundel mills. we'll take you live to the casino floor. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more

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councilman phil mindsleson is -- mendelson isle expected to run. both spoke with our bruce leshan. >> if you look at my record and the record of mr. mendelson you'll see the majority of the time he's on the side of the 10- 2 vote or 12-1 vote. i'm generally with the majority. >> reporter: does it matter that in a majority black city you're white? >> it shouldn't but, yes, it's still an issue for many people. >> there will be a city wide election to permanently fill the chairman's seat that will be held election day november 6. >>> montgomery county asked pepco to trim trees to prevent blackouts after storms. now the county may be cutting back on that trimming plan. the county council will hold a public hearing tonight at 7:30 on a bill that would limit the tree trimming. pepco says it needs to be down so it can stop out alleges after storms this summer. some customers are mad that neighborhood trees are being taken down. >>> protesters held would they dubbed a new orleans style funeral monday outside pepco's headquarters. they came to bury a propos

the dx city council has chosen phil mendelson as chairman. kwame brown stepped down. >>> fairfax county police have charged an elementary schoolteacher with possession of child important nothing gave. they say 26-year-old -- pornography. they say 26-year-old robert fenn is facing ten charges. investigators arrested fenn at poplar elementary school where he taught. authorities will not say now whether students -- any students were involved. >>> the jerry san disurvegy -- sandusky trial continues today. sandusky denies that he sexually abused ten boys over a 15-year period. yesterday the prosecution star witness mike mcqueary testified that he saw sandusky in a compromising position with a boy in a shower in 2001. >>> here's howard with a quick look at the forecast. >> jc, it's really turned nice out there. still kind of windy. we had gusts near 30 miles an hour at times. it's going to be breezy. temps low 80s. winds north 10 to 20 and humidity levels are dropping quickly. so it's feeling much better than it was even when you woke up this morni

mendelson to take his place. when do you think will take over his chair? >> i've heard thus far phil mendelsohn only has three votes and he need seven votes to go against vincent orange. they will vote on wednesday. >> the whole council? >> we'll have more on this at 6:00. >> bruce johnson from the very beginning, thanks. derek? >>> the resignation of kwame brown as d.c. council chair just another blow to a constituency that's already replaced one council member this session. bruce leshan is live from southeast d.c. with reaction to what's just been an ongoing crisis of corruption. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, derek, just a great sense of disappointment here at anacostia. kwame brown, of course, spent much of his childhood actually down in prince william county in virginia with his mother, but he came back to the city in high school with his dad, marshall brown, a long time political organizer here in the city and, of course, kwame brown made his political career here in the city, but mark fisher wrote in the post t

phil mendelson was picked to be the acting chairman. kwame brown resigned after pleading guilty to felony bank fraud. in november there will be an election to replace brown. >>> the family of an 80-year-old woman killed in an accident wants safety improvements on a popular bike trail. she walked on the trail every day for 15 years before the accident on monday. shomari stone spoke with her relatives tonight. >> hard time to believe it's actually happened. it's like in the -- you know, horrible movie. >> reporter: these two have empty hearts. >> there is a big hole. >> reporter: surrounded by photos of their mother in this exclusive interview. the 80-year-old died in a tragic bicycle crash on monday from her assisted living facility to the four-mile bike trail in virginia. >> she never come home from the stroll in the park. >> reporter: a 62-year-old bicyclist was going down a hill at an undetermined rate of speed and saw eda ahead and yelled to your left. >> eda stepped to her left and the bicyclist hid her head on. she fell backwards a

vincent orange, phil mendelson, both democrat at large members are expected to compete for the job to replace kwame brown. >> can you remember a time where this council has had this many distractions? >> there's never been a time in the city's history we've had this many distractions and it's not over. there's still that major investigation hanging over the city like a wet blanket of the mayor, his administration and their campaign. all these start out as investigations of campaigns and end up in all other areas. so we'll see. >> mary cheh serves as interim chairman and then a special election to fill it permanently. >> i think she's chairman pro tem and will just open up meeting for this vote and then the interim chairman will be selected. >>> we spoke with some of the kwame brown's colleagues on the d.c. council about all this. here's council member jim graham followed by tommy wells. >> reporter: are you still chairman? >> i'm distraught. i'm very concerned about the future of this government and the changes that we are facing are profound and i believe, though, optimistically that

. >> reporter: congressman mendelson is proposing the legislation. part of it doesn't allow immigration authorities to hold a non-citizens accused of a non- violent crime for more than 24 hours. >> and what we have seen over and over again as if the people who have not been convicted of a violent crime are being hold and for days. no, for weeks and months and they held on mere suspicion that does not pan out. >> reporter: elizabeth applauds the mayor and other council members for stepping up against a crackdown by immigration authorities. and she said it will put many minds at ease. >> a simple call to the police officer for a time to turn into a nightmare. >> reporter: the district is not the only place taking the stand against immigration enforcement. there are places in the u.s. like arizona that are helping the phil authorities with immigration enforcement. laura? >> thank you. >>> and police have arrested the man they say hit a cyclist in the district last year. take a look. [ bleep ] >> what's that? [ bleep ] >> that video there was captured on

that's vincent orange and phil mendelson. if we had council members name cheech and shawn, shops could be selling medical marijuana in dc in a few weeks. today the district health department approved selling it. one of them right near the metro in northwest. >> it's going to be a very controlled and very well organized distribution that there is no room for abuse. >> three other approved sites for medical marijuana pharmacies are located along north capital street and 8th street southeast down on capitol hill. >>> we still have a few storms moving through our area. this day, after all, remains a code level. chief meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center tracking the cold front. >> we're not done yet. we thought they would be out of here at midnight. let's start with live doppler 9000. this was a yellow code day. they're kind of nuisance day. we're looking at showers and thunderstorms well to the west of us out in the mountains. that prompted a warning earlier in garrett county just to the west of winchester. we're goi

. >>> phil mendelson is the new d.c. council chairman and he became within one vote to replace kwame brown. brown is the second council member forced out of office because of corruption charges and as bruce johnson reports, the stress and strain is clearly evident at the wilson building. >> please forgive me. but we have to stay together up here and stop fighting. >> should have been one of those, let's move on meetings. before that could happen, some of the d.c. council members had to vent. >> tomorrow, we could be in handcuffs. >> today was the d. c. council's first meeting since kwame brown was forced to resign because felony bank fraud in campaign finance violations. six months before that, ward 5 councilman forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 from youth baseball programs. four-term councilman was voted the new chairman. >> what do you say to the residents of the city? >> it's going to take time and work ourselves and collectively to do what we can to restore that trust. >> reporter: not without deba

phil mendelson will be in the race and he picked up petitions yesterday to formally run for the seat. the councilman was selected to serve as chairman following the resignation of kwame brown last week. he'll be running for the permanent job in november. >> the man d.c. mayor gray nominated is leaving a similar job in philly, but leaving it under a cloud. michael kelly resigned from office after staffers complained that he was having an improper affair with another staffer. bruce johnson says mayor gray, however, is sticking with his nominee. >> this is bruce johnson. when michael kelly resigned from his job on friday as head of the philadelphia housing authority, he said at the time he was leaving for personal reasons. turned out that staffers there had accused kelly of having a consensual sexual affair with a female staffer that he had appointed to a senior staff position and then approved her pay raises. >> he was a nationally respected professional. >> d.c. mayor says he nominated michael kelly to head the d.c. housing authority because of kelly's past work in the district. and hu

tomorrow, members are expected to vote phil mendelson into the position and he resigned last week, pleaded guilty to criminal charges and aiding and a betting spending. a special elect to find his permanent replacement is set for november. >>> a 75-year-old man in fair condition with numerous bite marks and a broken arm after being attacked by two dogs this morning in northeast. and they escaped the fenced in place. the neighbors heard the man's cry for help, fought the dogs off with bats and shovels and a bigger dog. paul wagner is live with the story. paul? >> reporter: d.c. police have issued two citing as to the owners of the dogs -- citations to the owners of the dogs for not having them on the leash. the fine is $50. witnesses describe the brutal assault on a helpless man who was walking through his river terrace neighborhood when they began biting him from head to toe. just after 6:00 this morning, the neighbors awoke to the sounds of trouble. a 75-year-old man was being attacked by two cane corsos, dogs looking like this and they were able to escape from this fenced-in lot used by

>> jack mendelson explain away this is the world that developed. i remember his lecture on why we had tactical nuclear weapons in the first place which is going back to it outdated thinking that the europeans were worried that we were going to be couple our defense from their defense and we need to have an addition to long-range strike capability the capability on the ground so that when we had a nuclear exchange to block tanks from the boulder gap that russia would not just launched at a sand wouldn't just be a nuclear war in europe. all of that is out the window and useless in terms of american strategic thought. does anybody believe a tactical nuclear weapons from europe on russian territory would not be seen as a strategic threat to russia? if we think we need to challenge russia in a strategic way we have a lot of submarines and tactical nuclear weapons don't have a military role. [inaudible] >> overall strategic levels are a level at 300. is there some level of u.s. strategic nuclear warheads that begins to make some allies and others nervous