a judge expected to set a date for michael gardner's retrial. he's accused of molesting the girls at his daughter's sleepover back in 2011. the state supreme court overturned his conviction because character evidence was wrongly excluded from his defense. >>> today montgomery county man is facing involuntary manslaughter charges and he ladies to court. james chandler facing the charges after a fatal crash last week. police say chandler hit a car, drove off at high speed, the suv he was driving hit several things including a wall and then flipped over and rolled several philip snodgrass was crushed by the rolling vehicle. >>> new this morning, fairfax county board everof supervisors will make more money. chairman will make $95,000. support for the raise was luke warm. board member pat heraty says you you shouldn't have to fund board increases. >>> congress will send the president a clean bill to fund the department of homeland security. the vote is a blow to house conservatives who tried to use the department funding as leverage to stop the presi

a yumgjudge is expected to set a date for michael gardner's retrial.tate supreme court overturned his conviction originally because character evidence was wrongly excluded from his defense. gardner is former head of the falls church democratic committee. >>> today a montgomery county man facing involuntary manslaughter charges heads to court. james chandler faces the charges following a fatal crash last week. police say chandler hit a car and trove off at high speeds. the suv he was driving hit several things including a wall wall. philip snodgrass was walking to a night class when he was rushed by the rolling vehicle. court documents say chandler has a history of violations on his driving record. >>> if it you live in rinse william county, your taxes could go up nearly 4% next year. the county board of supervisors voted to advertise the increase will but they can vote for a smaller increase. even with the increase schools will face a shortfall of more than $2 million. the board has another work session on march 10. they will vote in late april. p. >>>

michael gardner is accused now of trying to hire a hit man to kill the alleged victims before they could be witnesses at his trial. he was originally convicted in 2012. his conviction was later overturned. today a judge is expect told set trial dates for both the sex abuse and murder for hire cases. >>> common core homework can be so confusing for parents. i've seen them post it on facebook and ask other parents for help so they can do their child's fifth great homework. today lawmakers in maryland are taking aim at common core and standardized testing. >> confusing to say the least. state senators will begin discussing a number of bill proposals which would reduce the number of tests students are required to take. delia goncalves is live in the wusa9 satellite center with more. good morning to you. i bet a lot of other jurisdictions will be watching what happens in maryland. >> reporter: absolutely. this is the first time we're hearing that lawmakers are proposing bills aimed towards common core. i can tell you it was developed several years ago after a group of educators discovered the

michael nutter wants to raise property taxes in philadelphia next. ♪♪ >>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program. with jim gardner> wednesday night. the big story on "action news" tonight is plain to see on double scan radar. the green over the tri-state area is rain but the white, as in snow, is baring down on us and will be here overnight. the city of philadelphia and the state of new jersey already declared a snow emergency. and we are running the list of school closings at the bottom of our screen. that list will get longer overnight. the philadelphia school district will decide in the morning "action news" reporter walter perez is live and sharrie williams in norristown. the latest facts and figures from cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily, let's begin with you. >> stormtracker live double scan showing we have rain. pockets of heavy rain across the region. i point out some of this parts of berks county we have bright banning and what that is is the radar reflecting its beam off the sleet, and that is an indication that the air is getting colder in the higher levels of the atmosphere. eventually the cold air

michael gardener is accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill the alleged victims before they could be witnesses at his trial. gardner was originally convicted in 2012 but his conviction was overturned. tomorrow a judge is expected to set trial dates for both his sex abuse and murder for hire cases. >>> and a fairfax county attorney unfire for his hanging of the investigation in the deadly police shooting of john gear announced his retirement. he told fair fact supervisors he will reorganize the day-to- day operations of the office before he retires in june of 2016. also today chairman sharon beautifullava won the police practices review commission will make recommendations to improve communication with the public after police involved incidents. >>> opening statements scheduled for tomorrow in the boston marathon bombing trial. after two months of jury selection a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates were seated today. 21-year-old dzhokhar facing 30 charges in the boston marathon bombing. three people killed and more than 260 injured. if convicted he could face the death penalty. >>> tomorrow could be a pif vollal

and then michael rubin on conflicts in the middle east. also matthew gardner. >> senator harry reid has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2016. he says that he does not want to soak up campaign resources when he can focus on putting democrats back in power. he has two more years in his current term. an accident left senator reid struggling to regain sight in his left eye. he says that that has given him time to think. here is his statement. senator reid: these bruises i have on my face are an inconvenience, but they are nothing compared to some of the bruises i got when i was fighting in the ring. when i was a boy, i dreamed of being an athlete. i listened to those games on the radio, baseball games, and i envisioned me as a man out in center field in yankee stadium or fenway park in boston, but the joy i've gotten with the work that i've done to the people of the state of nevada have been just as the filling as if i had played center field at yankee stadium. the job of minority leader, and the united states senate and is just a support as being

and then michael rubin on conflicts in the middle east. also matthew gardner. >> senator harry reid has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2016. he says that he does not want to soak up campaign resources when he can focus on putting democrats back in power. he has two more years in his current term. an accident left senator reid struggling to regain sight in his left eye. he says that that has given him time to think. here is his statement. senator reid: these bruises i have on my face are an inconvenienc

michael ruben of the american enterprise institute with the latest on current conflicts in the most and matthew gardner talks about their report on the fairness of the state and local tax systems in each of the 50 states. and as always we will take your calls and join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. book tv, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on jeff words peter wallison says that the housing policies caused the 2008 financial precrisis and it could happen again. and director of the earth incy tout at coliseum bow university on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty political corrupting and environmental decay. and saturday morning at 10:30 eastern on american history tv, a discussion on last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr. and hen sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america the 165 "meet the press" interview with martin luther king jr. find the complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know when

michael rubin will connect those things going on. later, what is the impact of state and local taxes on the average taxpayer? we'll be joined by matthew gardnerrom institute of taxation and economic policy. all of that as "washington journal" continues. ♪ >> this sunday on q&a erik larson on his new book. erik: the question gets complicated when you talk about what happened with the lusitania? why was it allowed to enter without escort, without the detailed warning that could have been provided to the captain but was not, and this has led to it in speculation about was the ship essentially set up for attack by churchill? it is adjusting. i found no smoking memo and i would have found a smoking memo, if it existed. there was nothing from churchill, or to jackie fisher or someone else, saying let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we wanted to get sunk. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend peter wallison says it could happen again. sunday afternoon, jeffrey sachs on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty political corruption, and environmental decay. today, at