council members david catania, muriel bowser and mary cheh publicly called on him to step down saying it would be best for the city. the mayor still isn't speaking freely citing the ongoing investigation. he did say he governor knew about the illegal fundraising or that shadow campaign taking place behind the scenes. tuesday, long-time friend and campaign consultant jeannie clarke harris pleaded guilty to helping fund el more than $650,000 in secret don't is as, the money used for campaign staffer and yard signs arc all all it was off the books. scandal races doubts whether b. whether vincent gray should have ever taken office. >> his ledge its massey as mayor is finished. >> the ledge its massive his service is now deeply -- the legitimacy as mayor is finished. >> the legitimacy of his service is now deeply compromised. >> reporter: the mayor says he nor his administration are corrupt. we do understand that mayor gray had a conversation in his office with council chairman phil mendelsohn and shortly after that, mendelsohn issued a statement saying that calls for the mayor's resignati

. >> muriel bowser, david catania and mary cheh are all calling on mayor vincent gray to step down. this is after the revelation that more than $650,000 in e legal funds top elected and. >> when you have a $1.2 million reported campaign, you cannot miss the infusion of $600,000. >> i get up in the morning every day and i see somebody i respect. >> at a news conference, gray said he has no plans to resign. he said he could not answer all questions, but he did say this. >> this is not the campaign we intended to run. >> regardless of whether or not he knew, his campaign it -- did it. for him to say this is not the campaign we wanted to run, that does not cut it. >> some say the city has had the of scandal, and gray should save the city more. >> if you love this city, you'll do the right thing for the city. >> as of now most council members are not calling on him to quit, including former mayor marion barry. >> this matter is under federal investigation. it would be improper for me to say anything about any aspect. >> the council chairman phil mendelson is not calling on gray to resign

she along with muriel bowser and david cantania are the council members now calling on the mayor to step down from officer. we'll have his reaction coming up at 6:30. andrea, back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live outside the wilson building this morning. of course 9news now will be covering every new development in this story. during the day get updates by visiting wusa9.com on your computer or mobile device. you can also follow us on twitter. our handle is wusa9. join the fofertion by visiting -- join the conversation by visiting our facebook page. >>> the latest effort to repeal president obama's health care law is now on its way to the senate where it's expected to die very quickly there. wednesday the republican-led house approved the measure to repeal the affordable care act. this is the 33rd time they've taken this vote. the white house is still shaking their head on the whole thing. republican congressman eric cantor of virginia says it needs to be done. >> we want to through and get it right. again, the american people have rejected obama care. they don't want washington

muriel bowser makes three. >> do you think he knew about the money? >> it's hard to miss $650,000. >> reporter: that's one side of the coin and jack evans says he is not calling for the resignation. and marion barry says i'm not going to comment because it is inappropriate in the midst of a federal investigation and you have the chairman who tells us i did speak with gray earlier today but didn't say in regards to what but says that the fact that three council members have asked for his resignation is quote, unquote, premature. erika gonzalez, news4. >>> tonight, nbc news learned jesse jackson jr. is receiving intensive medical treatment at a facility in arizona. what exactly that treatment is for is a mystery. the congressman's office said is it a mood disorder but a family friend says that the congressman's problems are more complicated that he has severe depression and a problem with alcohol. jackson took a medical leave of absence in june. >>> dangerous discovery as police find a suspected meth lab in culpepper. it started as a domestic violence c

no such recent from muriel bowser. >> if the mayor concentrates on his legal concerns so that we can get on with the business of government. >> reporter: you want to be the mayor? >> what i want is a city that works. i want a government that our residents can be proud of. thank you. >> reporter: he wants to be the mayor. you expect to finish your term? >> i have no plans to do otherwise. >> reporter: in an interesting exchange with reporters yesterday, the mayor tried to draw a distinction between his campaign and his administration which he insists is not corrupt. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> the latest revelations of political corruption in the d.c. government are only hurting the city's push for statehood. that's according to many involved in the statehood fight. >> we have more on what this could mean for the future of washington, d.c. >> reporter: remember these images from last year? the now embattled mayor vincent gray supported the statehood push in the district during a demonstration. he even allowed himself to get arrested for the cause and send a message to washingtonians

. >> reporter: and councilmember muriel bowser would has chaired ethics reform legislation called on gray to step down now. >> i think it is in the best interest of our city if the mayor concentrates on his legal concerns so we can get on with the business of government. >> reporter: the mayor did his best to accept wait what happened in his campaign and his service as mayor. >> there are lots of people who have that question. i know who i am. i get up every morning and look in the mirror and i see somebody i respect. >> reporter: council chairman phil mendelsohn, the new council chairman after kwame brown was forced to resign, he has a different take on the matter. you will her from him coming up at 5:00 a.m. >> thank you. >>> police have several persons of interest in connection with the murder of a reporter in northern virginia's horse current are you. sarah greenhalgh worked for the winchester star and was found dead on monday inside her burned home that the killer set to conceal a crime. police are questioning a man she dated. she referenced him as crazy in her facebook posting

on news channel 8 gray said one in particular muriel bowser did it because she wants to be mayor.ser was asked about her mayoral aspirations at a press conference tuesday. >> reporter: you want to be the mayor? >> what i want is a city that work. >> reporter: but the mayor says the city is running just fine. he plans to keep up his busy schedule working long days, weekends. he doesn't plan to cut back at all. in the newsroom matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> doctors say a d.c. man charged in a series of hammer attacks earlier this year is still incompetent to stand trial. michael davis is accused of using a clawhammer to attack people walking through his pet worth neighborhood back in april. a 66-year-old tourist from denver was killed. police believe davis also attacked four other people. so far he's charged with the murder and two of the nonfatal attacks. >>> a d.c. man's fight for justice is finally over tonight. kirk odom was issued a certificate of actual innocence. odom was falsely convicted of raping a woman in the 1980s, but his conviction was not overturned until earlier this

council member david catania, muriel bowser, but it was mary cheh, a long time supporter whose commented appeared to bother gray the most. >> i am going to join council member catania in asking the mayor to resign. >> yeah, i was very surprised at that. >> reporter: these calls for resignation came after jeanne clarke harris, a close friend of mayor gray's, admitted in court this week to helping run a shadow campaign, over a half million dollars to help gray beat former mayor adrian fenty. meanwhile gray spent wednesday evening trying to shore up support on the council. >> these are people i've worked with. >> reporter: first calling chairman mendelson to his office and then other council members on the phone. >> he called me to discuss the situation. >> reporter: council member jim graham told the mayor the situation is urgent and urged him to answer questions about illegal activity within his campaign immediately. >> what type of time frame are you giving him? >> it's got to be within a matter of a couple days. then i'm going to have to evaluate how i feel about this. >> reporter: but

>> if gray falls, i think the leading politician would be muriel bowser, possible someone from the outside could come in. >> nikita, what names are you hearing? >> we've reported before that council members wells, evans and bowser have made, you know, some moves where people have encouraged they to get in the race. >> do not all of the council members have some problems now? they took money from jeffrey thompson, also. kwame brown, tommy wells. >> everybody has problems, but the paradigm has not changed. one of the things we need to talk about is really the election rules and laws and whether they can be altered to create a level transparent playing field. >> to be continued, thanks a lot, really appreciate it, good discussion. back to you. >>> come up the cost of getting the kids ready to go back to school. >> but up next a wrong-way driver causing terror on a busy highway. >> don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. >>> some really scary moments for drivers in mississippi. this was video shot last week by a drive going north on the school -- a driver going north on the collins hig

they include david catania as well as mary cheh and muriel bowser.he other side of things, several council members, however, also caution against jumping to conclusions. they include jack evans, marion barry and chairman phil mendelson. mendelson said that they would not call for the mayor to step down. >> i'm concerned that calls for the resignation of an elected official or the mayor at this point are destabilizing to the government. we're going through a lot of turmoil, and i understand and i respect that citizens want their government to be honest and a government that they can rely on. >> that leaves six members who have not taken sides. and no doubt, a lot of questions still left, eun, to be answered. >>> two senior advisers for gray's campaign are coming to his defense this morning. in an op ed in "the washington post," mo elapi and steven mcmahon are democratic strategists who say they knew nothing about the shadow campaign and neither did most of the campaign's senior leadership. they write in part, "gray's message and our campaign were abou

they include david catania as well as mary cheh and muriel bowser.side of things, several council members, however, caution against jumping to conclusions. they include jack evans, marion barry and chairman phil mendelson. mendelson said that they would not call for the mayor to step down. >> i'm concerned that calls for the resignation of an elected official or the mayor at this point are destabilizing to the government. we're going through a lot of turmoil and i understand and i respect that citizens want their government to be honest and a government that they can rely on. >> that leaves six members who have not taken sides, and no doubt, a lot of questions still left to be answered. >> angie, thank you. and this is not what we signed up for. that's what two senior advisers for gray's campaign are saying this morning in an op ed in "the washington post." mo elafi and steve mcmahon are democratic strategists who say they knew nothing about the shadow campaign and neither did most of the campaign's senior leadership. they write in part "gray's messa

council member and ramada board member muriel bowser suggested adding more buses to some routes.es including along 16th street-get more crowded later at night, forcing some riders to wait a long time because some buses are too full to pick up anyone else. metra officials say while buses are scheduled to come every ten minutes or so, delays are often unpredictable because of traffic and accidents. >>> today, all eyes will once again be on facebook's financial records. the social media site releasing its first earnings report as a publicly traded company today. wall street analysts expect facebook will post 12 cents of revenue per share, totaling about $1.2 billion. the site took a financial hit when it made its public debut in may. it opened at $38 a share and has since fallen to about $29. >>> well, looking for marriage advice, are you maybe? well, you may want to ask a friend who is divorced. a new study found that the divorcees can tell us what they learned about marriage the hard way and what they would do differently. people are saying we're also healthier and more likely to