brooks, did mr. gray know about the payments? the self-admitted felon howard brooks refused to answer any questions as he walked out of d.c.'s federal courthouse. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that, you know, it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to investigators over money he then gave to mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. >> he realized he made a serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling it initially. >> reporter: the scheme included money orders. the money was intended to keep brown in the race so he could bash on then mayor adrian fenty. it was supposed to create an easy path for gray to get elected. brooks is expected to plead guilty. thomas gore also pled guilty. brooks is expected to become somewhat of an informant as the investigation into vincent gray's 2010 campaign continues. >> he's agreed to cooperate fully with federal investigators and he's certainly going

. >> all right, mr. gray. everything's in order. you flash the lights that many times, we're going to think you're calling for help. >>> a pennsylvania man was caught on camera stealing. and what he was stealing really suction. we got the story from wpxi. see the guy walking out the automatic doors of this department store? he's carrying a vacuum cleaner. >> wow. it suction. i get it. >> this doesn't make any sense at all. it is a giant box, he can't hide it. why do you need to steal a vacuum cleaner? >> that's a good question and great point that you have raised. nowhis guy hit this kohl's department store in rock township according to reports five times in the last month. each time stealing high-dollar vacuum cleaners, along with two accomplices. a man and a woman act as a look-out as he stands in the back of the store, picks up the vacuum cleaner, and you're right, nick. he walks right out with the box on his shoulder and nobody seems to notice. this is a dyson vacuum cleaner. it is worth are around $700. and apparently there is

i now yield to mr. gray. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. let me ask both witnesses. currently, the unemployment rate, according to the labor department, is 8.1%. what can the federal reserve and congress do to put americans back to work? mr. brady, you have any thoughts, views on that? >> i do. one, i think the fed is trying to do too much. they're trying to make up for, i think, some failed economic policies, in my view, from the white house. i also believe -- they're sort of like the doctor who gives you a pill every five minutes and says, how are you feeling? take another one. how are you feeling? take another one. as a result of creating uncertainty, i believe the more the fed does, the less responsibility congress and the white house is taking for getting the right fiscal decisions, getting the right tax policy, getting balanced regulations, ensuring the right spending levels, and reforms that create that uncertainty. i believe as the fed does more, congress is doing less. in the long term, that slows our recovery. >> don't you think that congress could be doing

. >> mr. gray ran on a platform of in-ttegrity and it's hypocritic when they were not. >> reporter: howard brooks and thomas gore each pleaded guilty to secretly funding brown part of a wider criminal probe of gray's campaign donations and expenses and a possible shadow campaign. >> let's not minimize what occurred here. it was a deception of the public. it's deceiving the public which is a major crime when you're talking about elections. and the fundamental bedrock of our democracy is having an open and honest election. >> reporter: he says it's possible gray knew or did nothing illegal. but many fenty campaign workers with a like to hear from mayor gray. >> our view is let the u.s. attorney do what he's got to do. we don't though if he's innocent yet. but i do think it's time that the mayor tell us what he knows. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood ur, news 4. >>> mayor fenty has never spoken publicly about the gray scandal and mayor gray on vice fradvice counsel has refused to comment. >>

>> well, first of all, mr. gray nell who i don't know nor the circumstances of his hiring but my understanding is that he has left the campaign on his own volition and it was his decision to leave the campaign. >> chris: he set up a conference call and then said by the campaign we don't want you to talk because there was so much concern from social conservatives about the fact they had hired -- he had been the u.s. am bass tor ambassadoe united nations for years. >> i don't know the circumstances behind the hiring and i think the campaign has responded to that and i'm sure they would respond to you if you asked them on it. what i have seen in the public statements is that governor romney said that they hire people based on merit and their qualifications and ability to do the job and leaving the campaign was a decision he made. he was nod asked to do that. >> chris: on the bigger issue, senator and this is one of the points that president obama made in his speech yesterday. he said the republicans and romney will tak

mr. gray is a longtime proponent of marijuana drugs. he is the only announced libertarian candidate for vice president. here is gary johnson's speech prior to receiving the nomination. >> i want to be a libertarian nominee for president. [applause] >> the presidential candidate has to recognize the problems, give the solutions, and only the libertarian candidate will offer up the solutions to the problems we have, and then you have to have a resume to go along with that, and i think i have the resin. item that an entrepreneur my entire life. i have been an athlete my entire life. s. i was the governor of -- i was the governor of new mexico for two terms. how did that work in a state that was two-to-one democrat? they did a poll, and there was only one presidential candidate that was viewed favorably in his or her own state, and i'm telling you people in new mexico waived any with all five fingers, not just one. [applause] >> good governor -- good government was easy. it was not hard. it was easy to look at issues, first, second, third,

and there had been so many issues with mr. gray being in office. on and on and on.maybe this is to hard, being in the office of mayor of d.c. guest: the problem this year is more serious than the one we faced when marion barry was arrested at the vista hotel using crack cocaine. it's more difficult because when barry went to trial he was of office. the city had a functioning mayor. in this case, he is confronted with something else. a politically damaged mayor. we do not know whether it will get worse. and we have a chairman of the city council, kwame brown, under investigation for several activities including campaign finance, but also some other things in his personal life. so we face the prospect of having our top two elected officials, executive and legislative branch, in serious trouble. i do not know where we will end up by the end of the summer. host: this from our viewers. there were fake candidates running for governor and wisconsin during the recall election. guest: i don't know the law there. i do not know enough about that situation to comment. host: ava

mr. bill gray and i, directing the fcc to coordinate with canadian and mexican authorities so that consumers and particularly those in border regions won't lose access to television signals when the incentive auction is over. now, mr. ambassador, would you please bring the subcommittee up to speed on where things stand with canada and mexico with respect to this very important matter, particularly so to my constituents? particularly, is there no additional frequencies available for displaced stations in my hometown of detroit if the television band is repatched? i have to ask you to be brief on this and perhaps maybe you'd want to submit some additional comments to the record. mr. ambassador. >> well, there are -- mr. dipg l, there are treaty obligations that we have with canada that are designed to protect the broadcasters on both sides of the border. this is a problem not just in the area of detroit but also in new york state. in addition -- >> also in washington and montana and along the borders of minnesota and oregon and other places, too. >> and likewise on the mexican border, this is

all of this in order to help their candidate, mr. grayction. >>> the oldest two-year college in the state of texas has fallen on really hard economic times. tiny lon morris college, a private faith-based school in texas, with about 1,000 students has furloughed its entire staff and president has now resigned. students and staff were given ten days to vacate. but a spokesman for the school is holding out hope for a fall semester. >> it's simply a down time for the reorganization. efforts to be done. so we can begin to be fruitful and go forward in a positive manner. in the fall. >> summer courses at lon morris college have been canceled. the school has been operating in east texas since 1854. >>> a principal is now apologizing to students who were suspended for taking part in an end of year stunt of good, fun, senior bike ride. you heard from two of the kids and one of their moms yesterday right here on our program. they had their parents' permission to do the bike ride, they had a police escort. they were with the mayor. the mayor brought

mr. brooks, did mayor gray know about this? did he know about the payments? the self admitted felon refused to ask any questions. he jumped into an awaiting suv and rushed away. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to fbi investigators over money he then gave to mayor brown. >> he realized he made a very serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling this initially. >> reporter: the scheme included money order payments in the thousands given to brown by brooks. the money was intended to keep brown in the mayoral race so he could bash on then mayor fenty. that was supposed to create an easy path for vincent gray to become elected. brooks is the second to plead guilty in the scheme. thomas score who was also involved in the plan pled guilty to destroying evidence. brooks is expected to become an informant as an investigation into vincent gray's 2010 campaign continues. >

so many issues with the gray -- mr. gray being in office and he talked to them.t just seems like on and on and on, there's one thing after another and in a way, maybe it's too hard to spring the office of the mayor of d.c.? guest: the problem in the district of columbia this year i think is more serious than the one we faced when marion berry as mayor was arrested at the vista hotel using crack cocaine. it's more difficult because when berry went to trial, he was a private citizen and he was out of office. d.c. had a functioning government and a functioning mayor. in this case, we're confronted with something else. a politically damaged mayor at this point. we don't know whether it will get worse for him. he's politically damaged and we have the chairman of the city council who is under investigation as well for several activities including campaign finance but also, perhaps, some other things on his own personal life. so we face the prospect of having our top two elected officials executive branch and the legislative branch in serious trouble. i don't know where

mr. gray's comment, last panel that the dc circuit is woefully underworked. [laughter] so good morning. for those of us who are familiar with gatherings of the federalist society, this is the obligatory panel on the part of the constitution that seems to be of the greatest interest to federalist society event organizers everywhere, at least when a conservative administration is in power. those three enigmatic and inviting words in the constitution, quote: the executive power, closed quote. as the moderator of this distinguished panel, i plan on being seen more than heard, but i do feel obliged to answer a question i know that my colleague and friend judge silverman would want me to answer before going further. what are you doing on a panel about the executive power? you see, my colleagues on the d.c. circuit for whom i have boundless admiration make two assumptions about me, neither of which is correct. first, that my time as senate legal counsel predisposes me to side with the congress in disputes between the political branches. and second, that my association with byu and its fosterin

mr. levy a gray 2010 lexus. this still looking for the suspects in the vehicle. a black man about 5 ft. 5 with the black woody. a black coffee. blacks hoodie the bombing was okay but no one else was the round to see it. i ask that there were any cameras in the parking lot. she said that she was not -- she would not say whether there was a was the weather there was none. we do not know if there were other witnesses on the scene. we didn't have a lot of that information at the time. have we covered some of its is the there this morning as police led and we covered it live. this is at turks' street the protesters moved into a vacant building last night. the police waited till this morning to go in and remove the people from the vacant building. they removed 26 people peacefully from the building. all but two were charged with trespassing. in oakland, there was plenty of violence yesterday offered by forces fired hand grenades into the crowds. you can see some of the armrests. about 20 people were rested in oakland. businesses had to board up some big glass walls tha

mr. brown proud. mayor vincent grayed a statement saying it is a very sad day for music lovers the world over but especially in the district of columbia. he says without chuck brown, the world and our city will be a different place. what i aloss. and again, as we've been talking about all morning, as much as he is remembered for his music, he is also remembered very much as being a family man and for his commitment to his community. i think that is one of the nicest things that anyone can ever say about a person. back to you. >> thank you. certainly. >>> a look at this morning's other top stories now. fairfax county police investigating a homicide. a man found shot in his car about 11:30 last night at san lee and row and mendocino place just off route one in the mount vernon area. no word yet on a suspect. >>> maryland lawmakers wrap up their special session with new taxes. tax increases affect individuals who make more than $100,000 a year and couples earning more than $150,000. also, part of the deal, county governmen

mr. hall and i have the same problem. maybe it's our gray hair. madam chairman and chairman mike karks thank you and thank you for this conference. 30 mine is going to be very shomplt i really hope the senate will look at the reforms to try to expedite this process. the last time we wrote this bill we put in a provision to try to expedite it. we're still faced with about 15 years delay from when a road is to be built by the time it's started and finished. and that's a tremendous waste of money. look at these reforms that i'll send over to you. senator derbin, thank you for recognizing me. i was chairman last time with mr. backus. and we passed a good bill and you're right about the 500 -- it does work. this is very hard to go up that hill and i complement the chairman on this, not understanding, unless you got your fingers involved in making the soup, not many people will drink it. and this is very important. because what we have done is try to pass a bill that no one has any interest in. and transportation is a subject that everyone should have a

mayor vince gray tweeted "the public may still pay their respects to mr. brown at his memorial service thursday beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the d.c. convention center, reporting live from the howard theater northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> breaking news in culpeper, virginia, where a police officer was indicted on a murder charge tonight, stemming from the shooting of a woman in a church parking lot and we've just learned tois that mother was also arrested tonight. shamari stone joins us live. >> reporter: doreen this case has rocked a small town of culpeper. they have 42 police officers tonight, one is charged with murder. the grand jury came down with the four count indictment against officer daniel harmon wright, this is the moment gary cook waited for months for. >> i found out maybe a few months ago. >> reporter: gary cook speaks about the late breaking news regarding his wife, patricia cook. police officer wright is facing four charges, including murder. >> on one hand it feels relief, and on the other hand, it's showing me that progre

gray campaign. that same person helped nab gore. >> mr. gore, what about you? any comment? >> thomas gore left the federal courthouse in d.c. a convicted felon, now facing at least 12 to 18 months in prison. this after the man with a master's degree in social work management helped divert money from the vincent gray campaign to sulaimon brown when gray was trying to unseat incumbent mayor, adrian fenty. >> mayor gray gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses, and attack then mayor fenty. >> the gray administration hired, then fired sulaimon brown after fenty was defeated in 2010. since then, the new mayor denied brown's allegations. >> can't even imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior. i know absolutely nothing about any one of my campaign who did that. >> today in federal court, thomas gore for mayor gray confessed he and a second campaign staffer were involved in a scheme to get money to sulaimon brown. sources identified howard brooks to 9news now as that second campaign staffer. here's what we now know. in 2010, thom

mr. cameron. a quick good morning for those waiting -- don't really blame him, it's been a rather gray drizzly day so far at westminster. we have seen some sunshine in other parts of the u.k., if you're in the sunny part of the u.k. today, we envy you. >> in a way, the queen's speech -- it's a problem of communication according to the prime minister. to others, it's not just communication. there's specific concerns about the substance of the budget. more concerns about the coalition's priorities in this new program. let's here from norman smith again what he thinks is at stake. >> reporter: in government, helps to have a grand vision, a big picture. why? because it gives you a sense of perspective, direction, momentum. and in the early days of the coalition, there was a real buzz about it. >> reporter: emergency budgets. radical welfare reform, sweeping changes to schools. >> the pace was relentless. we could hardly keep up. but then the pace dropped off. the nhs report got bogged down, hacking claimed time and high profile victims. the unions went on strike. the eurozone and the economy ground to

gray. i'm the chairman of the world war ii foundation which is a 50c 3 organization. correct, mr. den? b-17 pilot in world war ii. 33 missions. [ applause ] you do have to behave. this is not conan o'brien, so we have to keep everything pretty quiet. >>> the 501(c)(3) foundation is dedicated to preserving the stories of the veterans of world war ii. we've traveled all over the world. some of you have seen the wroe sure we had -- brochure we had out front. we go to guadalcanal, berlin, normandy, holland, belgium, take veterans back to the places where they fought. many of you may not know that we're losing a thousand world war ii veterans a day, 30,000 a month. of the 16 million americans who served in world war ii, there are only about 2.3 million left. we're losing these guys rapidly and we're losing the stories and the lessons of freedom and preserving our freedom that they fought so hard for. so we welcome you tonight to this occasion. we have some thank yous, little things we have to get out of the way first before we bring out the eyes. the guys. they're back there telling dirty j

mr. murdoch. but then none of us are -- we all have different shades of gray. >> the same color, though. is that right? >> not necessarily. >> july 2011, were you embarrassed when mr. murdoch indicated you were his priority? >> are you referring to the -- in the street? >> north dakota. >> i was not at the time because i did not think that's what's -- >> indeed. >> i was not at the time because i did not think that what he was referring to. i took that to mean he meant as in this issue. it was only the next day when i saw how it could have been interpreted in the papers. i was not embarrassed at the fact at first. >> relationships with politicians. chemical back to mr. blair -- can we go back to mr. blair. paragraph 53 of your statement. you say you met him on numerous political and social occasions. these meetings increased in frequency throughout the decade as prime minister. many formal and informal and social meetings, some of which we have been able to detail. you also spoke to him on the phone on a number of issues. so you have very frequent contact or contact which became frequent?

gray markets and the underworld of crime. he told me something i'll never forget. he said, mr. john, don't you understand that criminals and terrorists are moving money and transferring value right under your noses? but the west doesn't see it. your enemies are laughing at you. his words infuriated me because i knew he was right. i worked overseas for years with frequent travels to the arabian peninsula, africa, south asia. i became intrigued with the opaque indigenous but very effective ways of transferring money and value, so different from our own. for example, the pakistani businessman was referring to various forms of what we loosely call trade-based money laundering. it involves the transfer of valley ya commodities and trade goods. in addition to simple but effective customs fraud, trade-based value transfer is often used to provide countervaluation or a way of balancing the books in many global underground financial systems, including some that are used to finance terror. without going into detail, some of these trade-based value schemes are found in networks. most othe

mr. murdoch, we all have different shades of gray. >> the same color though. >> not necessarily. lamic july, 2011, were you embarrassed when mr. murdoch indicated that you were his priority? >> you are referring to the -- in the st.? >> indeed. >> i wasn't at that time because i didn't think that's what he was saying. he was being asked by many reporters lots of different questions, and if someone said what is your priority and he looked towards me and he said this one. i took that to mean this issue. was the next day when i saw how it could have also been interpreted in the papers i realized that was the interpretation that they put on it so i wasn't embarrassed at the time. >> relationships with politicians, can we go back to mr. blair and do this chronologically. paragraph 53 of your statement. you say you met him on the numerous occasions and these meetings increased in frequency throughout the decade at as prime minister. have many social meetings with him some of which have been able to detail we've also spoken on the telephone on a number of issues so you are getting a pict

mr. chairman. my name is jay mills. i'll a delegate from the state of washington. washington people don't hate with a passion. i move to nominate jim grayas vice president of the united states. >> jim gray has been nominated. [applause] >> i'm scotty bowman from michigan. i nominate lee wrights for vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> josh capps from connecticut, i nominate jim burns as vice president of the united states. >> jim burns has been nominated. further nomination from the floor? seeing none, i will close--no, sorry. i see one more. >> i'm mary o'connor from minnesota. i nominate sam sloane for vice president. >> sam sloane. [applause] >> i'm sorry, i've been informed by the secretary that he is not eligible. further nominations? shawn fox, california, i nominate jim gray for vice president. >> sorry? >> i nominate jim gray for vice president. >> he's already nominated. >> i take that as a second since he was already nominated. >> if you would like to nominate, please someone come to the microphone, please. >> all right, i've been informed that nominations are supposed to be in writing, so those who ha

mr. murdoch, but then none of us, you know, we all have different shades of gray. >> the same color though, is that right? >> not necessarily. >> okay. july 2011, were you embarrassed when mr. murdoch indicated that you were his priority? >> you're referring to the, um, when we -- in the street? >> indeed. >> um, i wasn't at the time because i didn't think that's what he was saying. he was being asked by many reporters lots of different questions, and and i think someone said what's your priority. he looked towards me and said, "this one." i took that to me as this issue. it was only the next day how it could have also been interpret inside the papers that i realized that was the interpretation that they'd put on -- so i wasn't embarrassed at the time. >> oh. >> your relationships with poll the decisions, can we go back to mr. blair and can do this chronologically, paragraph 53 of your statement. you say you met him on numerous occasions, and these meetings increased with frequency throughout his decade as prime minister. had many informal -- sorry, formal, informal and social meetings wit

mr. chairman, i am a delegate from the state of washington. that is the washington people do not hate with a passion. i move to nominate jim gray for rice president of the united states. [applause] >> jim gray has been nominated. >> and scotty bowman from michigan and i nominate lee wrights or vice-president of the united states libertarian nomination. [applause] >> i nominate jim burns for vice-president of the united states. >> jim burns has been nominated. further nominations from the floor? seeing none, i will close -- sorry, i see one more. >> i am mary o'connor from minnesota. i nominate sam sloan for vice- president. >> i am sorry, i have been informed by his secretary that he is not eligible. further nominations? >> i nominate jim gray for vice- president. >> he was already nominated. if you like to nominate someone please come to the microphone. >> i have been informed that nominations are supposed to be in writing, so those who have done the nominating, there are three names that the secretary is already in possession of. the go-ahead and state your nomination, but submitted to the secretary. >> i am from the great st

mr. brooks along with others violated that sense of fairness when they engaged in this scheme. >> sulaimon brown said mayor gray knew about the payments. so far gray said he knows nothing about the scandal. >> i've already indicated that i have nothing to say about this investigation. it's ongoing and it's pending. >> brooks has been cooperating with federal officials. he faces up to six months in prison but could get far less time. >> fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin joins us now. thanks so much for being here. we know mayor gray has not been charged with any crime, but people are speculating he had to know what was going on. this is his campaign. what are your sources telling you? >> it really seems almost unbelievable to think that the mayor then candidate gray wouldn't know about this. i thought what was interesting is that the person, howard brooks, was directed, instructed, was actually the word used and only two people could have instructed him. >> let's talk about who do you think those two people would be? >> that would be lorraine green who was the chairperson of the campaign. she has not been cha

mr. gore did his part. >> gore's attorney tells us his client is working with federal authorities as they continue their probe into gray's campaign. >> whatever they asked. >> cook believes federal authorities are not done yet. >> i believe that the government will charge additional fee. >> one of those people might be who prosecutors refer to as person a. gore says person a would actually deliver the payments to suleiman brown and played a part in putting names on those money orders. names of people who had no idea this illegal activity was going on. meanwhile, cook said this when asked if mayor gray knew what was going on. >> nothing in the statement of defense mentions any participation by mayor gray. >> thomas gore could face time in prison for these charges, but a judge said that prosecutors could recommend a lighter sentence if gore continues to cooperate with federal authorities as they continue their investigation into the gray campaign. in the newsroom, fox 5 news. >> fox 5 political analyst is here with more on the fallout from today. a will the of new information today, including the fact that thomas said he w

mrs. reagan is 90 years old. her doctors recommend she not take too many appointments until she recovers. >>> another hit to d.c. mayor vincent gray'sf, a worker charged with lying to the fbi just one day after another campaign worker pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. both are accused of using campaign money to pay another candidate to attack gray's main opponent then mayor adrian fenty. fox 5's matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: vincent gray's campaign for mayor was a long time ago, but questions about what went on behind the scenes won't go away. mayor gray refused to talk about two of his campaign workers charged this week. >> there's an ongoing pending investigation. so there's nothing really i can comment on this day because it is obviously continuing to unfold. >> reporter: according to federal authorities, sulaimon brown was not lying when he said members of gray's campaign paid him to stay in the race. brown has always said the mayor knew about it. the mayor has always denied it. >> i think i'll just stay with what i said before. there's obviously a continuing investigation and has been for months. i've said pr

mr. gore did his part. >> reporter: gore's attorney tells us his client is working with federal authorities as they continue the probe into gray's campaign. >> and asking questions and -- >> reporter: federal authorities are not done yet. >> i believe the government will charge additional impeachment. >> reporter: one might be who prosecutors referred to as person a. gore said that person a would actually deliver the payments to brown and also played a part in putting the names on the money orders, names of people who had no idea this illegal activity was going on and meanwhile, cook said this when asked if mayor gray knew what was going on. >> and no participation of mayor gray or anything. >> remember, brown told us here that he received pay offs from several people and that person a was never identified in court today. meanwhile, thomas gore could face time in prison and the judge did mention prosecutors could recommend a reduction and sentence if gore was to assist situation, laura. >> what is the mayor saying of this? >> reporter: the mayor is still in las vegas on city business and should be back some time tomorrow morning

mr. speaker. the euro is dead -- it's no more, it ceased to be, it has expired. why did the euro continue to claim it is alive and well? isn't it essential that europe implements an oddly gray cup of the eurozone, before the markets force an economic tsunami? >> what i would say to my honorable friend, i've always been a genuine euro skeptic. that's why i didn't want to join p it we have to recognize what is in this country's interests. i believe that will involve a greater fiscal transfer, i think it must involve overtime euro bonds. it involves more active monetary policy in europe. and we should be encouraging european partners to go down this road to ensure the system works properly. we have to be clear that although there are real dangers in terms of disorganize d exits it's not just the country that is would devalue. you have to think about the impact on financial institutions and banks around europe, including british banks. it's very important that the eurozone takes those zeps to put in place the contingency plans to keep them safe. >> now that he's lecturing greece about the need for growth, and we need a little bit in spain, and also in the eurozone, for the sake

gray for those that are in the thin blue line. i would like to know what action the commission intends on making in order to repeal mr.y's pension. i believe that he has already forfeited his pension by his illegal cover up and corruption in what happened in his department. >> that's some pretty harsh criticism, but that police chief wound up stepping down because of that controversy, and we got a new one in bill lee. and it turns out that bill lee was teaching at the same community college that george zimmerman was taking classes. he said he had no contact with george zimmerman, but now we have an email where zimmerman actually wrote into them. i have high hopes for and restored faith in your administration and the sanford police department in his entirety. there his relationship seems to be much much better and bill lee is the one that made the decision not to arrest zimmerman in the first place. was race involved in we're not sure, but there is another story in florida today where it appears that race is most certainly involved. there is this event called urban beach week where about 300 to 350,000 african american

gray. the president didn't know the name of the book but would ask mrs. obama. jenna: i will get you both a copy of that book. >> reporter: apparently jenna knows about it. enlighten us. jon: ed, i didn't know that that was in the purview of the white house correspondence to have to keep up with that kind of reading material. >> reporter: you have to mix things up. you can't come out here and say the same stuff. you have to keep everybody on guard and be a little unexpected. jon: ed henry from the white house. we'll let you go back to your reading. >> reporter: thanks. jenna: right now john edwards' oldest daughter is expected to take the witness stand in her father's defense. 30-year-old cate edwards stood by her father's side since before the trial began. you see her arriving every single day before the trial. john edwards may testify in his own defense. jonathan serrie in his spot at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina, with nor. more. any indication whether or not john edwards is likely to testify? >> reporter: he is on the defense witness list for

mr. brooks for one count of having lied to the fbi during the interview. and that's all i can say about that matter. >> again interesting u.s. attorney says the gray campaign in 2010 deceived the voters. the investigation continues. wendy? >> all right, thanks. >>> maryland state police gathered with family and friends to honor a fallen trooper today. new signs will hang along the bell way for trooper wesley brown. a man shot and killed him in 2010 while brown was working security at the applebees in forestville. brown had tossed him out for being disorderly. he is now serving a life sentence without parole. the new signs will hang near the forestville barracks where brown had been stationed. >>> a college student kill while riding her bike and the woman who ran her over dragged that bike all way home. tonight the driver is on trial. her lawyer is explaining why she kept on going. darcy spencer is live with the new details in this high profile case. >> reporter: in our opening state, the assistant state attorney did not say why prosecutors believe the driver left the scene of this fatal incident. the defense attorney told the jury, she thought she

mr. obama and his family well. his victory in the texas primary last night carried him well past the number of delegates required to win the republican nomination. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is keeping quiet amid a campaign scandal that is swirling around his administration. this comes as the d.c. council today got a new member to replace convicted felon harry thomas jr. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: mayor gray was sar serenaded with pounding drums. he announced a new high school sports alliance. reporters pressed the mayor who has not commented publicly on the felony convictions of two of his former campaign aides, nor the ongoing probe into the campaign that prosecutors say deceived the voters. >> people are saying you need to say more about what happened as the leader of the city. >> i think what i've said is what i'll continue to say. things a penning ongoing investigation. >>> he said he does expect to speak with the scandal lapping at his administration. >> i don't think it is appropriate to say anything else at this stage. >> reporter: are you anxious for the moment when you can speak? >> i don't know if anybody is anxious to be in a situation like this or anx

mr. chen have been guided by his choices and our values. >> a fresh faced kid who can relate to the youthful now he is old grandpa gray hair. >> there is ald and crazy man inside here. >> static electricity. but still electricity. >> let's get right to our panel. political commentator abby huntsman joins us, along with jonathan capehart and politico's ken vogel. good afternoon to everyone. abby, let's start with you. you were a resident in the ambassador's residence in china. what do you think has happened with regard to the dissident this week? >> let me say watching the top line. you're going to miss the circus so don't get too excited about this. >> i am. we love it. >> i did live in beijing this past year and it is inconceivable that they would have let mr. chen go. i can't figure it out i imagine that hillary and geithner probably put a lot of pressure on ambassador locke and the embassy to make a quick fix as the strategic and economic dialogue was about to go on. but this really was a quick fix. and i don't think that it was the right thing to do. i spent a year living there and i can tell from you my experience, there was no way