what he cared about was inciting the white house against pat gray.now part of -- although my book is about felt, of course it also involves woodward and bernstein and how they depicted felt. now i think they probably believed early on what felt was telling them. that he was on their side, disclosing bad facts about the white house because the only actor who ever portrayed deep throat better than hal holbrook, i think, was mark felt. he fooled everybody. he fooled pat gray. he fooled woodward. but at some point i think bob woodward is not obtuse. he's covered most of the agencies in washington. he's written scores of best-selling books. he had to realize, especially after the fbi documents became available in about 1992, that felt had sold him a bill of goods, that the fbi's investigation hadn't been stymied or thwarted by the nixon white house. that in fact it was the fullest investigation since the assassination of president kennedy. and that felt's refusal to come forward and come out of the shadows and acknowledge the acclaim that was supposedly b

so they try and tell pat gray he's not to be trusted. in fact, when nixon decides against all the odds to appoint pat gray as the permanent director, he says the first thing i want you to do is put mark felt on a lie detector, and if he fails, i want him fired. yes? >> you said about a third of the things mark told bernstein were incorrect? can you give an example, and did that have an effect on the coverage? >> at one point felt alleged that the reason john mitchell had resigned from the committee to reelect the president is because each of the top aides in the nixon white house, haldeman, ehrlichman, john mitchell, were having to contribute their own personal funds to the kitty to pay off the burglars to keep them quiet. this was completely untrue. i mean, they were raising money privately, hush money to keep the burglars private, but it wasn't coming from the personal bank account of haldeman, ehrlichman and mitchell. it's completely without foundation. this is one of the questions i had for woodward, what did he think about this, and

pat lawson muse. >> breaking news at 4:30. david catania says he's called on may user vincent gray to resign.e first elected official to call for him to step down. yesterday jeannie harris pleaded guilty in connection with a $650,000 shadow campaign. gray has said he has no plans to step down. ra. >>> right now residents in northwest washington are cleaning up. the rain flooded many homes and cars, firefighters even had to push some drivers to safety. the storm also toppled treats along massachusetts avenue. that prevented commuters from turning onto waterside drive and reaching the rock creek parkway. >>> two of the cars that derailed overnight in ohio are still burning. 11 cars jumped the track. the train was carry ethanol, and nearby residents had to evacuate. firefighters decided to let the fire burn out. >>> a former fbi director is set to release a report tomorrow on penn state's role in the jerry san cuss did i child sex abuse scansal. sandusky convicted last month. >>> 77 people have lost their lives in water since memorial day. most of those victims were children, 78 other people nea

. >> mayor gray said anyone with evidence of wrongdoing should disclose it to officials. pat? >> tom sherwood, thank you. >>> up next, olympic athletes not just competing for gold medals, the added bonus next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >>> a rather strange site in southern romania. a mother when has no little chickens so she's adopted little kittens. the problem is the kitten's mother is still in the picture, very much so. every time the mother cat leaves her kittens even for a little while, the when jumps in and stakes over. when the mamma cat comes back, the when starts to peck at her. the woman who own it is animals says the when even covers the kittens with her wings at night. she refuses to take sides. she say it is cat and the chicken are both good mothers. so choose. >>> we're just four days away from the start of the 2012 olympics. today the host country announced a special tribute for its athletes to win

pat lawson muse. a d.c. public relations executive is pleading guilty to corruption charges involving mayor vincent gray's 2010ign. eugenia jeanne harris is accused of making campaigns. her business is implicated in a shadow campaign scheme to get gray into office. news 4's tom sherwood will have the latest developments coming up. >>> a man reported missing and endangered in massachusetts died in a hit-and-run in arlington this morning. police have not identified the victim but they did reveal that he was a 62-year-old veteran. a car hit him on route 110 near arlington. investigators are still looking for the driver. >> president obama and mitt romney were both on the road today. the president campaigned in iowa and renewed the call he made yesterday to raise taxes on americans who earned mo are than $250,000 a year. in colorado romney slammed the plan and called the president an extreme liberal. he renewed his vou to repeal the president's health care reform law. >> and wall street another day of losses. the s&p 500 ended with an 11-point loss. >>> denise rich is a renowned sopping writer, a mother, and a pol

pat, thank you. and comcast is a parent company of nbc 4. >>> more trouble today for d.c. mayor vincent gray and the developing scandal over his 2010 election. three council members have called on gray to resign. now another one is calling on gray to at least explain his role in the scandal. although the d.c. council is on official summer break, jim graham visited him. after the meeting he stopped shofrt calling for gray's resignation but he said the public is calling for answers. he said, today i met with the mayor. i restated my firm belief that he should provide a formal statement with an opportunity for questions. graham said he wasn't asking for gray's resignation. he said these difficult time reese choir pay slepts and i have confidence in the u.s. to ferret out the matter. >>> more than half of the country is dealing with extreme drought conditions right now. the national climactic and data center reported that more of the united states is in drought conditions than at any time since 1956. it's so dry more than a thousand counties in 26 states have been declared disaster areas. corn c

pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim rosen field in for jim hanley this afternoon. it was the first appearance for holmes since the deadly rampage. >> jay gray has more from the family members. >> you have a right to be represented by an attorney. >> reporter: these are the first public images since the attack, a picture of evil for so many watching, including the family members of the victims. >> he does look fairly, seems like demonic or something like that. >> reporter: the 24-year-old is accused of plotting for months and then carrying out a rampage wore a maroon jailhouse jumpsuit, haired dyed red and pink. >> i just want to see his face. >> reporter: he was disengaged, head bobbing back and forth, at times wide-eyed and fighting to keep his head up and open. >> mr. holmes, do you have any questions about that initial advisement? >> reporter: the judge setting the rules on what both sides in the case can discuss publicly, allowing the defense with 24 hours' notice to examine the crime scene and suspect's apartment. charges in the case, likely more than 100 counts will come next monday. a decision on the death penalty will take much longer after discussions with

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