councilmember muriel bowser.ern each case, the thief tended to be a cable repair man to get access to the house. a the thief pretended to be cable repair man to get access to the house. jennifer donelan has the story. >> we have new video justin from metropolitan police. this is new video of the imposter who targeted at least two homes in north michigan park. >> we started a journey on the doorsteps. >> the parents of city

this is a picture of the muriel. installed in a building in kensington in may.it it looks over the building where lieutenant nery and daniel sweeney lost their lives. officials say the firefighters were trying to make sure flames were out at an adjacent furniture store when a wall collapsed on them. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds are overhead. we're seeing some breaks in the clouds. you can see it especially in the pocono mountains. there's still clouds around but skytop lodge is getting sunshine. skies are clear there overnight. that's why temperatures are running cooler in the mountains. the rest of the area is on the warm side. we're starting to see sunshine in philadelphia. meantime, south and east, already seeing showers pop up in delaware and south jersey. some storms are possible this morning. and storms are likely to affect philadelphia in areas north and west. a line of storms possible once again. sunshine for mount pocono. 57 degrees. clouds in place keeping trenton and dover a bit on the wa

councilmember muriel bowser. pern each case, the thief tended to be a cable repair man to get access to the house. a the thief pretended to be cable repair man to get access to the house. jennifer donelan has the story. >> we have new video justin from metropolitan police. this is new video of the imposter who targeted at least two homes in north michigan park. >> we started a journey on the doorsteps. >> the parents of city wereilwoman muriel bowser the victims of an imposter who -- who stole from them. >> my family was no different than other families who were victimized. >> it appears her 78-year-old father and 75-year-old mother were the first targets yesterday morning in northeast. their home surveillance video shows him walking to the house. he told the family he was with comcast. once inside, he asked them to turn in the next room. he stole their cell phones and a wallet. we spoke exclusively with the next victim, a retired 75-year-old woman who lives three blocks away. >> he said i'm the cable guy from co

. >> we asked comment from the two people trying to replace gray, council members muriel bowser and david catania about the vetoes, but they did not respond. >>> a newly released report into last year's naval yard shootings says when it came to some of our first responders, the right hand did not literally know what the left hand was doing. for example, police didn't know there was a live video of the shooter, aaron alexis' path inside the building, because the privacy guard locked himself in the video room and didn't call the cops. the report says officers never saw the navy yard base commander because he was working out of a separate command center. >>> now environmental health experts are trying to find out if something inside a building in oxon hill is making the workers there sick. this is a 10-story complex in oxon hill. it's on oxon hill road called the constellation center and a whole lot of irs employees work there. the agency confirms that employees raised the alarm about recent illnesses and even deaths. some suspect they might be linked to conditions in the building. the manag

mayoral candidate muriel bowser have been victimized by a burglar. it was a guy dressed like a comcast cable guy. here's the surveillance video released yesterday by the d.c. police. the bowser home on seventh street in northeast, one of two homes hit yesterday morning. the other was on crittendon street in northeast. according to the police report, that crook was able to convince the bowsers to go into other parts of the house. when he was alone, he snatched two cell phones. in a statement released this afternoon bowser said, "having your home, your place of sanctuary, violated is one of the worst things that can happen to you. thankfully both of my parents are safe, although a bit shaken." >>> a newly released report into last year's navy yard shootings highlights significant coordination problems police faced that day. the report says police did not know there was a live video of shooter aaron alexis' path inside the building because a private security guard locked inside in the room inside and did not call police. chief lanier also tells the wash

among the victims, muriel bowser. the man boarded a metro bus. police believe this is the man who posed as a cable guy thursday and stole two cell phones after entering their home. the same thing happened on the same day to a resident on another street. >>> a big milestone for metro is less than two weeks away. contractors have extensive work to do before the silver line is open to passengers. crews need to fix water leaks at some stations and install a special tape that keeps the electrified third rail from freezing. despite that, the line is still on track to open on july 26th. >>> if it feels like you just can't get through part of montgomery county without hitting construction site somewhere, you are right. there's a stretch of bethesda going through road work grow b pains right now. itis between cedar lane and western avenue. we found road projects on every single block. work is starting to repave wisconsin avenue to bradley lane. some people don't know what entrance to use to their building from day-to-day. >> i'd get an e-mail saying this

." >>> this morning, a muriel will be dedicated to two firefighters who died in the line of duty. it was installed in a builting in kensington back in may. it looks over the neighborhood where lieutenant robert neary and firefight daniel sweeney lost their lives in april 2012. the fire was in a hosiery factory. officials say the firefighters were trying to make sure flames were out add an adjacent furniture store when a wall collapsed on them. >> happening today, pennsylvania governor tom corbett will have an announcement on the state budget. today is the deadline for corbett to sign the $29 billion spending plan. he can sign it, veto all or part of it or nothing. and that left to become a law without a signature. the governor wants a change to the pension plans but lawmakers have not gone along with that. >>> atlantic city officials will host a teleconference. it follows the announcement that the showboat casino hotel will be closing august 21st putting more than 2,000 people out of work. caesars entertainment, showboat's owner, said it would be willing to sell if it finds the ri

. >> children are helping to paint the tiles in museum muriel. and they are in is pet for perfect row hill and once it is given the all clear, a struck explodes on the east coast and they have made precautions being taken by some local vendors and there are dozens in san jose, the reason looming closures are not only threatening users. >>> good morning, we are looking at the commute now, it looks good on highway 4 and we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. >>> and it looks like it is backup, and we will tell you what looks to be a warmup forecast. . >>> the freeway is shut down and we will tell you about the important work that is going on. >>> we are leaving in the morning and when we come back it is all gone. >>> devastation in napa county as the fire continues and we will tell you about the conditions facing firefighters today. >>> and they suffered add power loss, we are live in san jose and we will show you how cries pass through it. >> it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> this is ktvu channel

councilmember and mayoral candidate muriel bowser. here today at her offices she said her parents are doing fine, but understandably, upset. >> they're fine. they're shaken up, of course, and they're mad, but they're like me. they're very grateful for the rapid response of npd and the concern of a lot of neighbors. >> police say he stole two expensive cell phones from her parents. one of them from their bedroom. >> it reminds us that there are people out there that will prey on our neighbors and my family is no exception. >> reporter: police say yesterday morning he hit two homes. within about an hour. both in the northeast neighborhoods near michigan park. >> we're just very grateful for what the police responded very quickly and are investigating very vigorously, and we hope that this person is taken off the streets just as soon as possible. >> reporter: police are offering a $1,000 reward for help solving these crimes. >> we want to remind everybody that don't let anybody in your house without proper identification if you're not ex

in a statement released a short time ago, muriel bowser said having your home, your place of sanctuary violated, is one of the worst things that can happen to you. thankfully both my parents are safe, although a bit shaken. if you have any information about this, d.c. police want to hear from you. you could be eligible for a $1,000 reward. >>> a new play in a power struggle between d.c.'s mayor and city council, today mayor vincent gray vetoed three key parts of the city budget approved by the city council including the so-called yoga tax. the mayor says the tax on gym memberships goes against the city's efforts for wellness and would be difficult to collect because many memberships are part of national chains. we'll tell you what else was vetoed at 6:00. >>> investigators are looking for possible environmental contamination inside an office building in oxon hill, this after irs employees working there have sounded the alarm about deaths and illnesses. scott broom is at the constellation center with today's reactions. >> reporter: both the building's managers and the irs said today tha

councilwoman muriel bowser. the man swiped cell phones and a wallet and then left. if you recognize this man, call the d.c. police immediately. >> the man the police are questioning in the unsolved murders of three alexandria residents is set to go before a judge tomorrow on unrelated charges. a lot in county grand jury today indicted charles severance on one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. he was extradited in may. alexandria police have repeatedly said they want to talk to severance about the murders of three people. they have refused to call him a suspect in the case. >> tragedy in arlington as a family was vacationing in the midwest. an eight-year-old was killed near cleveland over the weekend. he and his family were crossing walktreet and they had the signal, but a car struck them, killing eli. his mother and the woman driving the car were slightly injured. the woman has not been charged as the investigation is ongoing. >> friends are coming to the defense of a man accused of setting off explosives at his in-laws' home. he is facing arson and explo

the parents of mayoral candidate muriel bowser. reaction from the councilmember. >> this is the man police want to talk to. they say he hit two homes yesterday morning in northeast d.c. including the home of muriel bowser's parents. >> according to the police report the man knocks on the door, says his name is mr. joe and he is upgrading their cable system and needs to come in and reboot their tv. once inside, the man grabs any valuables he can and then leaves. >> her parents still live in the north michigan park home where the councilmember grew up. it's where she held her mayoral campaign kickoff last year. >> we're just very grateful for that the police responded very and are investigating very vigorously, and we hope that this person is off the street just as soon as possible. >> police are offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. >>> firefighters say smoke was pouring out of this manhole near the intersection of 11th and u in northwest, and crews believe an underground power line failed causing that s

police are looking for a burglar who posed as a cable company employee and stole from mario balser's --muriel bowser's parents' home. they say the man said he was with comcast and needed to reboot their tv because the signal had been upgraded. while inside, he stole a cell phone ana wallop. we spoke with another victim of the man who said the fake cable employee stole her wallet. >> my neighbor next door came over. >> i'm outraged anytime we have somebody who is preying on our citizens, especially senior citizens. >> nobody was hurt in the break-ins. a heads-up if you are driving through the district over the weekend -- ddot is closing the totbound i-695 x it southeast and the navy yard. that will remain closed until sunday night at 10:00. the closure is needed so that crews can continue the demolition of the old 11th street inbound flyover. basketball fans in cleveland are celebrating. jumping, lebron james announcing he has taken his tants back to cleveland. horace holmes has the reaction. ohio,ction in northeast the old stomping grounds, one of jubilation. around the league outside of miam

and somebody in the background, his wife's name was muriel, kind of laughed and said, hey, muriel's goingive you hell for this. and humphrey looked at me and said, ah, the joys of running for president. [laughter] and later when he was leaving, i shook hands with him, and i said, you know, senator, that whole thing you did with those stewardesses, that was really cute. i said if you give me a pinker i'll keep my -- a pin be, i'll keep my mouth shut about it. humphrey looked at me, reached into his pocket, and 42 years old ago that's the pin he gave me -- 42 years ago that's the pin he gave me right there. [laughter] [applause] do i have about ten more minutes? >> yep. >> all right. this is a quick story. this is the seal of the republican national convention from 1972. president nixon's convention. i was 14 years old, and i was on everybody's list because i collected campaign buttons. so i'd just write to every campaign, i support you, please send me a button. and be i got this thing in the mail from republicans saying for $240 we've got this young voters for the president deal going on,

democrat muriel bowser and independent david catania were among those voting to override gray's veto and both are running for mayor. >>> d.c. city council has taken a strong stand on a bill that restricts when an employer can ask an applicant about any criminal history. >> it's called ban the box and it refers to the criminal history box you have to check off on any job application. mola lenghi tells us about a brand-new law the council unanimously passed today. they're hoping it will help reintegrate ex-cons. >> advocates for the bill say with 8,000 citizens going from prison back into society in the district each year the biggest challenge for them to reintegrate is the job market, not that there are not jobs out there for them, but that these ex-cons are not considered because of their criminal past. have you ever been convicted of a crime? that's typically one of the first questions an employer asks of an applicant and if the answer is yes? >> many people are screened out right there. as soon as you see that, they don't even get to the interview. >> reporter: but a new law will p

guest: [laughter] host: let's go to muriel in brookfield, oregon. caller: hello. i would like to know -- when i had alone, the bank would tell me, put it toward your loan, not the interest. putting it toward your loan brings down the interest. you keep paying the interest, it will never go down. -- and first of all, why are we giving other countries money and they are not giving us any money? thesey don't we put immigrants coming down in detroit and chicago. believe me, they will go running home because it's just as bad. i would like an answer to the loan problem, though, thank you. host: ok, foreign aid. guest: i will focus first on your question about interest payments. if you are talking about -- i don't know if you have a mortgage, but my guess is that you do. payments on the loan rather than the interest helps people pay off the mortgage. but with the federal government, most people would say it has a lot of power to borrow. and most people would say that the thing that makes sense is for the u.s. government to borrow money when the economy is debt and to pay

among the victims, the parents of mayoral candidate muriel bowser. >>> it is tough to find a parking space in d.c. starting today, you are going to get a ticket if you don't stay within the lines along the streetcar route. the d.c. streetcar teams are out there right now writing tickets along the h street corridor of northwest. the goal, to get drivers familiar with the streetcars returning later this month for more tests. that means, if you are double parked or parked outside the white line, you are going to be hit with a $100 fine and your car could be towed. >>> more than half our country's roadways are in need of repair and some of the worst conditions are here in our area. according to a new report from the white house, 95% of the district's public roadways are in poor condition. in m.aryland it's 20%. 6% in virginia. president obama is calling on congress to pass a new transportation bill. without it, the white house says in our region alone, more than 35,000 jobs and 8800 projects could be in jeopardy. >>> new at 5:00 tonight. concern that what you are spending on taxes isn't

councilmember and mayoral candidate muriel bowser. this happened on south 7th street near decater. police just released a surveillance video of the suspect. investigators tell us a man walked up to the home of joseph and joan, range the doorbell. he said he was there to upgrade the signal on a pole and reboot the tvs in their house. once inside the man walked around. after he was gone the couple noticed their two cell phones were missing. >> they are shaken up, of course, and they're mad, but they're like me, very grateful for the rapid response of mpd and the concern of a lot of neighbors. >> looks like her parents were not the only victims. police believe the same man posed as a cable worker to enter a house in the northeast the very same day. >>> a hazardous spill near a popular d.c. tourist destination. fire and medic crews rushed to the national mall around 10:30 this morning. hydraulic oil spilled on the ground in front of the smithsonian's national museum of american history. now, we're told it came from equipment used for the folk life festival. that still was quickly clean

. >> i lived with the muriel boat lived from cuba.rt sending people to states, there are political rammicses itches it cost bill clinton the governorship. >> and i was about to say it cost us florida, but the only point i want to make is this. we have a these people are all on political points, this is a crisis, and nobody is trying to be practical about how to solve it. all they care about is making points and this just goes on and on. >> doug? ivities pat couldn't be more right. we have clear policies that we know will work and need to be implement complemented. >> is the white house judd not applying the clear policies? >> the fact that the president won't go the boarder, he's playing politics, no real immigration legislation, and harris, most of all, no bipartisan meetings to stem this crisis. it's a tragedy, an outrage. pat couldn't be more right. >> i'm curious, the president has taken a lot of heat laically to uses and overusers, some would argue, of his executive power. is this within area where the american people would say,

we go to muriel in new haven, connecticut on our line for democrats. i'm more or less trying to keep up with the whole mess. it is a mess. , all of them,ress including the democrats -- they go on continual recess. as i'm watching the congress, who's up for reelection and so forth, how to pickat they are able up a paycheck for work not done? , someehner, the speaker time ago brought up the fact that an immigration bill would not be brought to the floor of the house. bills thate other have not been brought up to have work done. we have a dysfunctional congress. it does not matter who is up for election. re have to get people in the that do a days work for a days pay. another question i would ask about the entire congress is, how do the taxpayers get back their money for paying them for work not done? i know that sounds very harsh, but it's a fact. i'm dealing with facts. they are receiving a salary for work not done. pennsylvania on our line for independents. caller: i feel that polls are notoriously inaccurate. almost useless. the only accurate polls i'

guest: [laughter] host: let's go to muriel in brookfield, oregon. caller: hello.ould like to know -- when i had alone, the bank would tell me, put it toward your loan, not the interest. putting it toward your loan brings down the interest. you keep paying the interest, it will never go down. -- and first of all, why are we giving other countries money and they are not giving us any money? thesey don't we put immigrants coming down in detroit and chicago. believe me, they will go running home because it's just as bad. i would like an answer to the loan problem, though, thank you. host: ok, foreign aid. guest: i will focus first on your question about interest payments. if you are talking about -- i don't know if you have a mortgage, but my guess is that you do. payments on the loan rather than the interest helps people pay off the mortgage. but with the federal government, most people would say it has a lot of power to borrow. and most people would say that the thing that makes sense is for the u.s. government to borrow money when the economy is debt and to pay dow