>> let me ask, congressman hoyer, peggy noonan here -- >> hi, be peggy. >> good morning.ere any sense, congressman privately expressed among democrats in the congress, the house and the senate, that they would have actually quietly preferred it if the president had decided in the past few months to focus solely on the economy, economic bills, economic issues, winning over the public on his economic stand and not introducing a brand-new scheme called health care? is that ever privately expressed? is there any sense of that up there? >> with all due respect, there's no brand-new scheme here on health care. as you know for six decades presidents have been trying to effect health care reform to make sure all americans had access to health care, so this is not new. in fact, peggy, as you know and as i've said, both senator mccain and senator obama throughout last year's campaign talked about the necessity for health care reform so this is nothing new. the overarching objective we have is stabilizing the economy and bringing it back. we inherited the worst economy that we've se

peggy cooper cambridge -- peggy cooper arrived to see the home. firefighters had problems with water pressure that forced them to go five blocks away to get the water. at this point, d.c. mayor adrian fenty is saying very little about what caused the fire. >> the general question is, is this fire department equipped to comment and do the job that they do every day, saving the lives and property in the district of columbia? absolutely. >> peggy cooper -- peggy cooper cafritz actually founded the duke ellington school of the arts. her home was featured in oprah magazine with priceless art collection. >>> a group of students is back on u.s. soil after a harrowin ordeal overseas. they arriveat ul ds lesul eibjilengbjing.ior some of them had the swine flu while they were there. stephen tschida has the story. >> a welcome homecoming for area high-school students after their trip to china took an unexpected turn. after 17 anxious days, the last moments dragged on. >> it has been very difficult. >> finally, what they had been waiting for. children who spe

school board president peggy cooper cafritz.egan mcgrath joins us live from the scene with more. >> reporter: they had a major problem here with fire hydrants and low water pressure in the area. in fact, they had to run hoses more than five blocks away to hydrants in other areas because they just couldn't get enough pressure to get water on this fire. thousand, as they scrambled to do that, what started according to neighbors as a relatively small or controlled fire, it kept growing and growing and it destroyed the entire house. the flames lit up the sky. homes a mile away were impacted by the smoke. the large house on chain bridge road in northwest is a total loss. neighbors say it didn't have to end like this. >> there's no question if the water pressure had been available for the fire department here early, this fire could have been controlled easily. at the beginning, it was isolated to a small corner of the house on the porch and when the fire department arrived, it was fairly small and isolated. but by the time the water p

let's nsider what peggy noonan d to say about sarah palin today.n television interviews s was out of her dep in a shallow pool she was lited er ability to explain and defend her positions. and sometimes in knowing them. she couldn't sayhat she read because she didn't read anything. shwas utterly unconcerned all of this and seemed, in fact, rather proud of it. it was evidence her authenticity perry, with peopleike peggy noonan taking those kind of shots from within the republican tent, how can e find her way back into credible psidel campaigning? >> i think what changed over the last wk is not -- in some ways is not that much. before, a lot ofepublicans like peggy noon who live in washgton, live in new york, didn think sarah palinas qualified t first place. in some sense is is people who alady did not like her very much and a reenforcing that. i do think ihurts her in that u'll need republican strategists, people in washington to help youun for president. she lost credibilityith those people a activists who are more politically invold. she lost cred

this is peggy duncan. welcome to our show, peggy. >> thank you. >> and peggy lives here in atlanta.e '90s. >> yes, in '92. >> in '92. and you had insurance, but then you left your company and you went searching for insurance on your own. >> yes. >> what happened when you went on that search? >> well, initially, i had the c.o.b.r.a., and, of course, that ran out. when i started looking, i had no idea that because i had had breast cancer that i would have a problem. and at some point you apply and you check all the nos down the whole list, no, i don't have blood pressure. no, i'm not overweight. no, no, no. but the one thing that i had to say yes to was the cancer, and i was -- i was always denied. >> even though you -- you were treated for cancer and -- >> yes. >> -- no longer had breast cancer. >> yes. and at that point, the last time i applied for regular insurance, it had been 15 years since i had had breast cancer. >> so, 15 years after having breast cancer insurance companies told you, no, we won't even -- just said no right out. >> right. >> and i tried several different compan

i'm peggy fox, reporting live. back to you. >> thank you, peggy. >>> sonia sotomayor is inching closer to the supreme court. today, the senate judiciary committee cleared the way for a confirmation next week. some republicans are concerned about her move to the nation's highest court. >> i can't vote for her, not because she's a latina woman. and i can't vote not her because she's said all of those things. i can't vote for her because she can't defend those things and say i really believe this and i can still be a judge anyway. >> some moderates plan to back her when the full senate votes next week. >>> the senate is busy working on health care reform. democrats and republicans are trying to hammer out a compromise bill. tonight there's word under a senate bill that a non-profit co-op would sell insurance to compete with private insurance. senate leaders say there's still a lot of work to do on the bill. >> we need to take our time and get it right. i don't think we're there yet. >> meanwhile, president obama led a

our heart goes out to peggy cooper. our coverage of the story will continue on our website, wusa9.com. you can see raw vie of the fire and what may have contributed to it getting out of hand. go to our website at wusa9.com. >>> services will be held today for three victims of the helicopter crash. the helicopter crashed last thursday night near hagerstown, maryland. four people were returning from a charity event where they gave helicopter rides to people in order to raise money for troubled youth. services for kim felix will be held this afternoon at 2:00 in damascus and at 6:00 p.m. family and friends will attend the visitation for instructor george tutor in manchester, maryland. at 7 p.m. tonight, a viewing will be held for the pilot jeff nordaas in columbia, maryland. he will be buried tomorrow. arrangements have not been announced for the fourth victim. >>> president obama hopes that a private round of beers at the white house will put a racially charged controversy to rest. the president is hosting the black harva

peggy fox with that story. >> remember those car registration decals fair fax county used to require? the decals are gone for good but the fee may come back. >> i hate that idea. i moved here from california and i loved the fact that to register a car here was much cheaper. reporter: terry taylor wasn't here in 2006 when they voted to get rid of the fee but times have changed. >> our overall revenue was being tugged down by the four closure issues, job losses. >> reporter: at a fairfax county board they are talking about bringing back to fee to help fill a budget deficit. pat hairty is against it. >> first we need to look at reducing spending. >> reporter: but supervisor jay mckee says he would support the highest fee charged by the state. >> if we could drop the real estate state tax rate by a penny. >> reporter: another, a tax that would affect every restaurant meal. the measure won't be voted on until next spring. in hern don, peggy fox. >>> and jeff mckay says reininstituting that car registration fee may encourage people to get rid of cars they don't really need. an update for yo

. >> and then peggy. i loved peggy -- love peggy.n new york and washington, it is sort of chic to beat up on sarah palin, and it is popular on broadsides of the aisle to be little her -- on both sides of the aisle to be little her -- to belittle her. greta: going after her record as a politician or whatever her platform is, but is is sort of playing to the in crowd? it is weird -- is it sort of playing to the in crowd? hey, nobody is talking about policy. they are talking about her kids. >> she did not ask for this. she did not step out and say, "i want to be vice president of the united states." "i want to be president." john mccain ask terp. -- john mccain asked her. so she was dressed in there and had, what, two days to get ready for a speech -- so she was thrust in there? greta: quitting the office, resigned in the office -- resigning the office, we have had lots of men resigned. but we told her to a higher standard. -- we have had lots of men resign. but we hold her to a higher standard. >> i think that was the wrong decision po

i'm peggy fox reporting live. back to you. >>> former secretary of state robert macnamara has died. his wife said he died in his sleep in his dc home. according to some during the vietnam war, macnamara was among the most hated men in america. he ran vietnam war from the early days until he left the pentagon in ' 68. he was the target of countless protests. later in life he wrote a best- selling meme yarr that reveals he had deep misgivings about the vietnam war starting in ' 67. he is dead at the age of 93. >>> the woman found dead next to steve mcnair hoped to marry the former nfl quarterback. our partners at tennessean.com in nashville report that mcnair and the woman have a six-month relationship. both were found dead over the weekend. police say that b@someone kille mcna theyreyin' sat nge ifsa shwas the shooter or another victim. the four-time pro bowler spent most of his career in tennessee, but he played the final two years in baltimore. a public memorial has been scheduled for thursday in nashville. >>> well, it is the hottest ticket in town. a chance to attend tuesday's mi

we are told that peggy cooper cafritz has been up in nantucket. officials will not know the cause of the fire for several days, but we are told that many residents want the water pressure issue resolved. greta kreuz, abc 7 news. >>> one dozen local teenagers who were quarantined in china are returning home. chinese officials enudhost s atsarrtnely students shortly after ariving in beijing when one of the boys showed symptomsof the swine flu. some of the parents said nine of the students tested positive for h1n1. the students are part of a culture and the language program at the university of maryland. we'll have more at 6:00. >>> investigators are trying to figure out by a truck crashed into a building in southeast d.c. one person suffered minor injury when the truck plowed into the building at martin luther king avenue and good luck road in southeast. there's no word on why the driver lost control. >>> workers are repairing a water main break in nohwest. the eight-inch main ruptured on belmont street nw. belmont street is closed between 13th and

joe scarborough discuss this with peggy noonan, columnist for the "wall street journal." >> host: joe scarborough, anchor of the morning cable news show "morning joe" on msnbc, which you cohost. you are a former congressman. you've represented florida's first district in the house from 1995 to 2001. you were elected in 1994 a member of that famous class that one republic control of the house and i think two generations. speaking very long time. >> host: 40, 50 years. before that you were a practicing attorney and schoolteacher. you were a former host of scarborough country. you have a radio show monday through friday ten to noon on i think w. adc and new york. you have a new book called the last best hope published by crown books. i think it's your second book. all right, joe, how do you enter a cable news show from seven to nine, radio show from ten to noon, do the prep both shows require, make speech appearances, help charities, see your family, be a friend and write a book? [laughter] how did you date the date could do that? do you get up at 3 a.m.? >> guest: actually i tell everyb

still, because of the shortfall the city's charter schools are facing huge delays in funding and as peggy fox reports it will mean doing without when school starts. >> reporter: students from community public charter school in the north east are getting back from a field trap. inside a transformation is going on. >> this will be our media lab. >> reporter: when school starts august 31st the new media lab will be available for children's after school program and for families who don't have computers at home. executive director saying the city will only be spending a portion of its $400,000 payment. >> even though the funding is coming the fact that a poshes of it is being delayed means that there are certain expenses that you have to defer until that new funding comes in september. >> reporter: they were hoping to have brand-new furniture in every classroom. three new computers for the children. a laptop for the teacher and brand-new whiteboard here. none of it will be here for opening day now. >> it is pretty disappointing for everybody. >> reporter: mayor fenty says there is a problem wi

it is like calling someone a racist, you don't want to talk to them. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> former board member colin mills is the write in candidate. and he had decided not to run again until he heard of his views. >>> a lawyer for the man accused of killing a security guard at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum says his client is not well enough to appear in court. he says james von brunn is bedridden in the hospital. but james von brunn is reportedly able to talk after he was shot in the face by one of the guards at the museum. he faces first-degree murder in the death of stephen johns. >>> the district is in the midst of the fourth call for all hands on deck this year. it began this morning at 6:00 a.m. and will continue until sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. police chief kathy lanier is hoping the community will respond. >> take this opportunity over the next two days to come forward, either walk up and speak to your officer about what you may know about what's going on crime wise in your community. pick up the phone and call our anonymous hotline and give

peggy fox, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> principal thomas anderson declined to comment on camera. cook still has to perform service hours at the high school as part of her mediation agreement. >>> football fans rejoice. >> first day of training camp. >> first day is tomorrow. the guys reported today. most players dread the day they have to report to training camp but after an off season filled with intrigued and personnel moves and hurt feelings and general overall drama the redskins are happy to stop talking and start playing. the team reported to ashburn this morning with the absence of arapahoe. he remains unsigned. although we are hearing there could be movement on his deal as soon as tomorrow. we will have the latest on that situation plus jim zorn sitely waffling take on michael vick and demotion of one of the team's high priced stars out of the starting lineup. all that and much more coming up when we join you with 9sports in about 13 minutes. anita? >> thank you, brett. >>> coming up a closer look at some of the safety of the prepackaged foods we eat every day. >> i don't

and peggy cooper, one of d.c.'s best known community activists. she, of course, started duke ellington high school for performing arts. president of d.c. schools, back around 2000, synonymous with philanthropy. collector of art. in fact the collection said to be so impressive it was featured in "o" magazine last month. chief reuben told us a short time ago. it appears at this point as if her home and art collection may all be lost tonight. the investigation will continue tomorrow. but for now, craig melvin, news 4. jim, back to you guys. >> storms rumbling all over the place this afternoon. things are clearing up now. we are told it will be really hot tomorrow, huh, bob? >> matter of fact we have some showers around. and one or two, lightning flashes. no reported sightings. right now we have showers moving through montgomery, and the bigger view of things. the last of the showers for today. and even, with today we had .05. we were still the fourth driest july we have ever had here in washington. tomorrow, back into the 90s. i'll tell you all about

including peggy's art collection. she was a patron ever the arts. she nted to introduce the arts to young people in d.c. she found the ellington school of the arts. water pressure was a huge problem. firefighters stood around helplessly when they couldn't get enough water to put out those flames. residents say they've complained to the city for years about broken hydrants and low water pressure to no avail. they say idoesn't seem right that cafritz who has done so much for the community and education and philanthropy and the arts has lost everything. >> she's lost her home. she's lost her beautiful art but more importantly, it could happen to any one of us on this street. why? our fire hydrants have no pressure. >> that's high and this is actually pretty good now. it's been worse. >> reporter: for the past two years, the fire department and wasa both have been working on finding and repairing broken fire hydrants and upgrading them to a national standard. just a few minutes ago, d.c. council member jim graham who chae that has oversight of wasa went

as digital correspondent peggy fox tells us the girl's mother and sister are now sharing their pain. >> i think of her and she gets me through the day. >> reporter: 24-year-old christy reid hugs attorney paul who won a death penalty conviction against paul powell who was supposed to be executed this day. >> for ten and a half years we've been told this day would arrive. six weeks ago i was told powell exhausted all of his appeals and the final date for execution had been set. >> reporter: on monday the u.s. supreme court halted the execution to consider powell's argument that he was unconstitutionally tried twice. >> we don't have as much rights as we do, and we're sitting there feeding and clothing him, and it's just -- sorry. >> it's -- the justice isn't for the victim. >> reporter: the virginia supreme court threw out the first conviction because there was no evidence he raped stacey before he killed her. but after he wrote a taunting letter to prosecutor ebert describing how he tried to rape her, ebert tried him again with new evidence. >> new indication that he's -- no indicatio

in a 9 news now followup, digital correspondent peggy fox has a look at the controversy. >> reporter:ginia take care of their own roads. they have the money to do it according to fairfax county officials because cities and towns get twice the funding per leg mile than counties do. that's why fairfax is looking in to becoming a city. >> we're not getting our fair share out of richmond and if that is okay what needs to be done i'm okay with it. >> switching to a city could negatively affect other towns. >> we have our own police force. that's one of the big things. >> vienna has a nice small town character to it. there are parades and a small america feel in the middle of this big metropolis. if that changed that would be ashame. >> reporter: to turn the county in to a city would take insurmountable steps. the board would agree on a study, ask the board to do it and ask for a referendum. >> whether or not theres definites would support it, i doubt it. and i doubt even more the legislature in virginia would approve it. >> reporter: he calls it an unfortunate distraction from the immediat

the house belongs to peggy cooper. we will have much more on the story coming up. >>> our other top story could affect a lotof muom. crste re nre aewthere newre findings t month's deadly crash on the red line. courtney robinson has some of the details and what it means for the transit system. >> most of metro's electrical equipment has not been replaced since the 1970's. investigators are quick to point out that this investigation is very much in the fact-finding phase. as investigators continue looking into the deadly crash, they are now focusing on two critical pieces of electrical wouldn't that help keep trains a safe distance apart. >> we should look deeper into what we have ever done before and we should respond faster. that is what we're doing. >> in addition to extensive testing, they are ao looking into maintenance performed by metro crews just five days before the crash, including adjustment to the signal strength. the investigation is far from complete. these are clues as to why the circuit modules d not dete

peggy didn't just collect those pieces. she loved every one of them. it's a terrible loss. my heartbreaks for her and for all of us. >>> another big story we're following tonight. it's happened again. a metro employee busted for breaking the rules. this time it was a bus driver talking on a cell phone while he was driving the bus. that's despite metro's new zero tolerance policy. fox 5's john henrehan has the story tonight. >> reporter: after the june metro train crash which killed nine people, where cell phones or texting were not issue, pictures and video started off aring showing metro fepoo to sleep or reading a book while operating moving trains or bes. the chief of the transit system announce add zero tolerance policy on electronic communications while driving but it's happened again. a contributor to a local blog published this photo taken tuesday of the driver of an inbound number 63 bus using her cell phone while driving the bus. according to the blogger, the metro bus stopped just short of the petworth metro station and the operator stepped off the bus to make a p

. >>> in the mail bag tonight, bernard, apparently of no known address offered condolences to the peggy cooper who lost her home in a fire. a situation he says did not have to happen. the complete loss of the home and everything in it could have been saved if our city had done what it should have, concerning the present fire hydrant situation. if we can spend so much money on things that are not needed why can't the city get behind such needed repairs as our fire hydrants. it is sad it takes such terrible happenings to wake up the city to what is really needed. >> the wakeup happened a couple of years ago with a similar situation in adams morgan when there wasn't enough pressure to fight a fire. mayor fenty promised answers as to what went wrong this time and what needs to be done to fix it and we can only hope. >>> more michael vick blow back. last night i suggested it would be a mistake to let the return of vick to ruin one's enjoyment of it all together. and one viewer said it is i that was mistaken. okay, wait a second. now you are comparing michael vick to a rapist and those that d

let's consider what peggy noonan had to say about sarah palin today. interviews she was ou her depth a shallow pool. e was limited in her ability to explain and defend her positions. and sometimes in knowg them. she uldn't say what she read because sheidn't read anything. she was utterly unncerned by al of this a seemed, in fact, rather pro of . it wasvince of her authenticity. perry, with people lke peggy noonan taking ose kind of shots from within the republican tent, how can she find her y ba into credible presidential campaigning? >> i think what cnged over the last week is not -- in some is not tat much. before, a lot of repuicans liked peggy than noon, live in washington, live i new york, didn't really ink sarah palin was very qlified in the rst ple. in some nse this is people who ready did not like her very much,re we enforcing that? do think it hurt her in that you'll need republican strategists, people in shington to help you run for president. she lost credibility with the people and activists who are more politically involved. e lostredibili

joe scarborough discusses his book with peggy noonan, columnist for "the wall street journal." >> host: joe scarborough, anchor of the morning cable news show "morning joe" on msnbc, which you co-host with mika brzezinski. you are a former congressman. you represented florida's first district in the house from 1995 to 2001. you were effected in 1994 a member of that famous class that one republican control of the house for the first time and i think to generations. >> guest: it was a very long time. >> host: 40, 50 years. before that you were a practicing attorney and schoolteacher. former host of scarborough country. you have a radio show with mika brzezinski monday through friday ten to noon on i think wa d.c. and new york. you have a new book on how -- out called "the last best hope" published by crown books. i think it is your second book. >> guest: it is. >> host: joe, how do you enter a cable show from, all of the prep the required, but speeches, see your family, be a friend and write a book? how did you do that? do you get up at 3 a.m.? >> guest: actually i tell everybody i get

it's huge multimillion dollar mansion that is owned by peggy cooper cafritz, a former d.c. school board member who happened to be out of town when the fire broke out at her home. firefighters got the call around 8:15rom a neighbor. they arrived, saw fire coming from the front of the house and called for backup. eventually, 100 firefighters were on the scene here but they ran into problems with water pressure coming from the hydrants. the low pressure slowed them down initially but neighbors say the fire was already burning strong when firefighters arrived. >> the house want up in flames pretty quickly from the smoke to seeing a three-story ball of flames. it was about 10 to 12 minutes and it was very frightening. >> reporter: we understand wasa has 140 hydrants out of 10,000 that are actually out of service. we ped those were not the hydrants were being used here at the scene but they are continuing to look in that this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, police in alexandria are investigating a suspicious death. police say a woman found a man's body inside a

investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire that destroyed the home of community activist peggy cooper. she took family and insurance adjustors on the property to inspect the damage. the roof and portions of the walls collapsed but dc fire and ems says some items parts of the base could be salvaged. >> there are some areas in the basement that, you know have some water and smoke damage but for the most part no fire damage. >> reporter: the fire also exposed a major problem with water pressure in the neighborhood. council member jim graham has scheduled an oversight hearing to look in to the matter. >>> still to come when 9 news now continues, a superstar and big summer concert, how things are shaping up for paul mccartney this weekend. >>> and talk about music to the ears. how you can get tickets to your favorite team or performer for half price. that's coming up in "living $mart" but you don't need a ticket to check out the redskins training camp, right, bret? >> that's right. good news. the one guy who wasn't here is now here. first round pick brian orakpo. after his one-day h

look at peggy before. this is peggy before. 8 years old. a poodle mix.ook what you found today. tell us what you brought? >> i was looking and found peggy from animal haven, an animal shelter, and who deserves more makeover than someone who is looking for a home. here we have peggy. >> agree. we're trying to find peggy a home. >> let's take one last look at the before picture of peggy. all right. come on out, peggy. let's see the new you. you can take off your blindfold. take a look with a tutu. talk about the accessories. they're great. >> it doesn't get any better. come on. it's from pet hair. the necklace is from pet head. >> look at her. >> it just fell off. >> she had a cute collar on. >> rag to riches. >> she should be the carnival lady. >> hello. sweetie. you look so happy. >> she's up for adoption. she's precious. little dogs have a long life span. she's 8years old. you can have seven great years with this beautiful puppy. >> she's been so mellow. she's calm. >> thank you. thank you. thinking of adopting, there you g. fran [ bottle #1 ] there's t

peggy noonan leading the charge. charles krauthammer. >> krauthammer, right. bill: i understand it. that's a legitimate story to cover. >> that's all i'm saying. let me mention the illegitimate part because it's what you suggested. the illegitimate part and it's what liberals do, how they caricature conservatives. they paint them as a bunch of yahoos. so the other group, not peggy noonan, charles krauthammer group, but the other group, they portray as a bunch of yahoos who are easily led by people like you who, if you told them to go out and commit violence, they would do it. this is the argument, anyway. and this is nothing but a caricature of conservatives and it's, you know, it's what you should expect if a liberal activist is writing the story about it. bill: right. but the liberal activist was not identified as such. it was dishonest because in any journalism course, you tell the reared or the viewer who the person is that you are speaking to. everybody thought that guy was a correspondent. his name was on that article. he is the author of this -- nobody ever heard of. they are

peggy fox 9news now and wusa9.com. >>> the republican candidate for governor bob mcdonald pledges to have the rest stops reopened within 90 days of taking office. the democrat says he'll do it in 60 days. deeds says they should be run by private companies in the commonwealth. >>> how would you like to save 50% or more on groceries. you wilyou have to do is reserve one friday each month and head east. [auctioneer]. >> good deal, good deal! >> six and a quarter. six and a quarter! >> reporter: this is the wishing rock grocery auction in taverna park, maryland. we're talking meat, fish, food, drinks, you name it. among tonight's bidders, number 1248, linda dickerson, a self-described grocery auction jungie. >> i have six kids that live with me and i need all the help that i can get because they eat me out of house and home. >> reporter: she's from florida and travels the country looking for the auctions. >> i save 60, to 70%. te rorepr: case in point, at the grocery store, 24 goors go t it's 8 east $8. ham steaks go for $7, $2.50 a slice at the auction. . >> reporter: kathy allen is the

. >>> the northwest washington mansion owned by peggy cooper cafritz was destroyed in a fire last night. it took firefighters two hours to put out the fire because of low water pressure along that area of chain bridge road. nobody was injured, but hurt expensive art collection was destroyed. it -- but her expensive art collection was destroyed. >>> d.c. council members are considering raising taxes on cigarettes by fifty cents. another proposal would raise the sales tax up to 6%, and attacks on a gallon of gasoline would climb 3.5 cents. council members say it did not generate revenue they will have to cut programs. >> we cannot reduce government spending and programs on the backs of the middle and low- income families. it clearly, there has to be revenue enhancement. >> if approved, the new rights would take effect october 1. they say the increases could raise $50 million per year. >>> a panel of scientific experts has launched a review of the fbi's and rex investigation. -- anthrax investigation. fiveeople died and others became sick from letters mailed shortly after the september 11

peggy didn't just collect those pieces. she loved every one of them. it's a terrible loss.my heartbreaks for her and all of us. >>> new tonight, we are seeing and hearing the recordings of banita jacks as she's questioned by police. jacks is the d.c. mother convicted just yesterday of killing her four daughters and living with their bodies for months. this video is chilling as jacks describes how the girls simply didn't wake up. >> reporter: banita jacks facing d.c. police just hours after her four daughters were found dead in their 6th stet row home. >> what we're here to do is here we here to talk to you to see if we can find out what happened to your kids. >> reporter: throughout the six hours of interrogation, jacks appears and sounds eak, tired and distraught. e aiexshhenspl didn't kill her girls. they jus didn't wake up. >> which one didn't wake up first? >> the little one. >>the little one didn't wake up at first. okay. then-- >> then the next to the youngest. >> how much time passed by before the little one didn't wake up to the one next to the youngest didn't wake

peggy fox has the story. >> reporter: it is 10:30 a.m. on a wednesday and rocknosaurus is playing. music written for kids by three men. they call their songs family music because parents like it too. >> we have been coming pretty regularly for the past couple of months. great way to get out of the house and have some fun. >> they have all the cds and they sing it every single day. ♪[ music ] >> the three men created the band three years ago. their popularity has sored and this past weekend they played the 9:30 club. >> i have only seen my heros and musicians i adore on that stage. so to actually be on that stage with my band mates was a real thrill. >> the crew goes back a long way. two of them have known each other since kindergarten and all three went to school together in fairfax county. >> then i can go home. >> never changed a diaper. >> the three have produced three cds and hopes to go national appealing to that very special peggy fox, th peggfox, 9news now an wusa9.com. >> you can hear more about today's concert on our mom's website. momslikeme.com. we can check that out, le

the home belongs to peggy cooper cafritz, a fompler president of the d.c. school board. more than 500 firefighters rushed to the scene but they ran into problems with the water pressure. the mayor and other city leaders are now launching an investigate. >>> and another fire is also under investigation. flames erupted at a building on rhode island avenue in northeast. that building houses self businesses. the inferno was so strong, it caused part of the roof to collse. nobody was injured. >>> coming up, a mother convicted of killing her four daughters. up next, we'll see and hear the recordings of bonita jacks as she was questioned by police. >>> it has happened again. another metrobus driver is caught on camera doing something that they shouldn't be doing. we'll show you what made one passenger so angry. >>> income, crack open a cold one at the white house. it was the so-called beer summit, but it d. it solve ything? we'll have that and more when we return. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes t

digital correspondent peggy fox has the story. >> reporter: just after noon today in this pool a life guard noticed a child who looked to be drowning in the deep end. police say he did what he was trained to do. >> the child was located in the deep end of the pool. a life guard became aware that he was at the end of the pool and dove down and brought him to the surface and began rescuing him. >> reporter: the life guard pulled him out and started cpr. the emergency response team from the national conference center arrived and assisted. >> he was having difficulty breathing at that time. again, he did have a pulse. but because of his condition again he was transported very quickly to the hospital and he has been sense flown to fairfax. >> reporter: he is a 6-year-old boy who has been attending an 11-weekday camp with dmv sports. it has been held here for seven years. the center's general manager says dmv sports has never had an accidents like this before and he credits the guards for their fast response. >> today's incident in loudoun count is certainly not the first emergency at a poo

peggy fox has details. >> reporter: she fell through a gaping hole when social services made for her. >> the other school buses reported seeing her abuse r he -yd eaolr-add optedaughter, alexis on several occasions, so did others, 11 reports were made to social services and two to police. >> now, we made the reports we saw her being put in the trunk. and as they stated in the courtroom, you know, it was seen the second time, a person saw someone where the trunk was partially open. how many times do you need to see that and report it over and over? the teenager mother sent her to the bus wearing only a diaper. they believe that the mother also starved her. >> and social services, did they ever come speak to you? >> never. they never said anything. >> no questions. a lot of mistakes were made per relationship that has gone horribly wrong in at lot of ways, and they have resulted in, well, one party to that relationship, striking out at mr. barry. >> barry, he's scheduled for the court hearing on the stalking charge on thursday. and now, he declined to speak at today's news conference on

they say that peggy didn't just collect those pieces.oved every one of them. >> she is a wonderful activase and started the school for the arts and so ironic and horrible that something like this would happen to such a wonderful woman. >> reporter: the dc arts commission, the kennedy board of trustees, local television, and then in 2002, she was elected as chair of the dc school board. >> it is sad to see something like this to happen to such a a wonderful woman. >> reporter: lindsey mastis, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> as lindsey mentioned she worked in oakal television. one job as a producer here at channel 9 in the ' 70s. >>> we are buzzing today about what is happening in the movies this weekend. we will kick it off with funny people. funny people stars adam sandler, seth logan. this is a judd -- movie. you may remember him from the movies knocked up and 40-year- old virgin. this movie sounds like it has a similar brand of humor. raunchy guy talk you love is in there but this is a downer because adam sandler has an illness that could

. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox, where this evening, city officials announce the resignation of police chief david baker charged with drunk driving saturday night. the 58-year-old david baker has been on the alexandria police force for 19 years. the last three as chief. at 11:00 p.m. saturday, arlington police say david baker charged a wreck with injuries. he was charged with dui with a blood alcohol limit of .19, more than twice the legal limit and failed a field sobriety test. james hartman says baker's decision to resign is appropriate. >> we're very disappointed about what happened the other night and his resigning. we can't lose site against a stellar career. >>> the victim's family of the virginia tech massacre, they want answers. they believe there's too many inaccuracies. so tonight they issued a statement, urging governor tim kaine to reopen the state commission's review. the families want more information about the discovery of cho's records at the home of dr. miller. last week we learned that miller inadvertently took the files as he left his job more than a year before the shooti

peggy noonan leading the charge. charles krauthammer. >> krauthammer, right. bill: i understand it.that's a legitimate story to cover. >> that's all i'm saying. let me mention the illegitimate part because it's what you suggested. the illegitimate part and it's what liberals do, how they caricature conservatives. they paint them as a bunch of yahoos. so the other group, not peggy noonan, charles krauthammer group, but the other group, they portray as a bunch of yahoos who are easily led by people like you who, if you told them to go out and commit violence, they would do it. this is the argument, anyway. and this is nothing but a caricature of conservatives and it's, you know, it's what you should expect if a liberal activist is writing the story about it. bill: right. but the liberal activist was not identified as such. it was dishonest because in any journalism course, you tell the reared or the viewer who the person is that you are speaking to. everybody thought that guy was a correspondent. his name was on that article. he is the author of this -- nobody ever heard of. they are

the home belonged to peggy cooper cafritz being a former d.c. school board president wod neighbors say was out of town. about 100 firefighters rushed to the scene but they had to go to a neighboring area to find height rants because nearby ones had low water pressure which made fighting the massive blaze an uphill battle. >> i got to say the house went up in flames pretty quickly. from the smoke to seeing a three-sty ball of flames, it was about 10 to 12 minutes and it was very frightening. >> wasa has been notified about the water pressure problem. we want to flash back to 2007 when low water pressure was partly to blame for the severity of the georgetown fire. officials said they would spend more than # million over the next five years to replace 500 fire hydrants. >>> alexandria police are investigating a suspicious death ate man's body was found inside a car yesterday evening in the parking lot of the lloyd apartments on manor road. neighbors say they were told the man had been shot and stabbed. the car was backed into a parking space with i

peggy cooper is speaking out for the first time since the fire. she did not want to appear on camera but spoke to fox 5s karen gray houston. karen? >> she's devastated, visibly shaken and too upset to give a coherent interview. peggy cooper this afternoon stayed -- staying with neighbors now. she was with friends on martha's vineyard in massachusetts when she got word that something horrible happened. she thought at first her son was dead and said she was relieved to know he's alive. aside from that, she's not sure what happens next. the front wall of the house is about all that is left. a look from above gives a more complete picture. pieces of wood and twisted metal. what you can't see, art collected over a lifetime, mostly gone up in smoke. we're seeing the first aerial views of the scene. the fire department brought us up and what they call a coward shock. if you look there, you can see what a tough job they have ahead of them, going to bring in heavy equipment so that they can move all of that debris to try to figure out what caused the fire.

and as digital correspondent, peggy fox reports, people who witnessed and reported the abuse blame the department of social services for not saving alexis glover. >> she was so afraid of her mother that she was going to listen to everything she said because she was afraid she was going to kill her. >> reporter: which is exactly what happened. she pleaded guilty today to felony murder and felony child abuse in the death of her adopted daughter, 13-year-old alexs glover. also pleading guilty to finally -- filing a false report making up the story of the girl running away. they found her body in this creek, died of exposure and drowning. now, it's a death that could have been prevented, says this group of four bus drivers who drove her to and from school and puported seeing the mother inher unthtrofe k hethcae anr he e torcr wear only a diaper. >> the police at one point asked how cold was she? well now ár -- well you know when it ised cold outside, take your clothes outside and tell us how cold it is. >> in court, it began to feel like the department of social services was on trial. a po

said, itor of o ma ganeziga "peggy didn't just collect those pieces, she loved every one of them." >> she's a wonderful activist, starting the school for the arts, and so ironic and horrible that something like this would happen to such a wonderful woman. >> reporter: the love of the arts dominates her resume. the dc arts commission, the kennedy center, board of trustees, local television, and then in 2002, she was elected as chair of the d.c. school board. >> it is just kind of sad to see something like this haen idto such a wonderful woman. >> in northwest washington, nine news now and wusa.com. >> as they just mentioned, she worked in local television as well. one of her jobs was a producer back in the 170 -- 1970s. >>> they are looking for a cause of a large fire in roanoke, west virginia, housing medical sweeps last night. that fire quickly grew to four alarms before it was brought under control. the heavy smoke and humid conditions made it difficult for the firefighters. >>> get ready for any traffic su tt ierpaf nsyotr u ouelt. ed there two t.aye tutwo left turn s nelaomfrrn ro

peggy fox, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> baker is on leave while the city manager waits for the results of an internal investigation. the 58-year-old has been with the alexandria police department for 19 years. the last three as chief. >>> now a followup on the woman suspected of robbing three banks in virginia. cynthia crawford was arraigned in a prince william county courtroom today where she was ordered held without bond. she's accused of holding up a sun trust bank in woodbridge. police believe she is responsible for two robberies in lorton and alexandria. crawford was arrested after a trooper spotted her stuck in rush hour traffic on i-95 following one of the heists. >>> the state of the dc mother accused of killing her four daughters is now in the hands of the judge. prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing argues in the jacks trial. digital correspondent audrey barnes is joining us live from dc superior court with more. >> the judge says he needs until least wednesday to go over the testimony in the trial. 25 different prosecution witness, a handful from the defense. i

peggy fox has this 9 news now followup. >> to think that the last thing you do is find your daughterlifeless on the floor dead is, it's still a nightmare today. >> reporter: greg talks about his daughter's fatal heroin overdose to save other kids from the highly addictive and accessible drug. >> but it is not too late for other parents that have an opportunity to see what this ring has done. see what kind of awareness we are bringing out there. how kids are hiding for. what to test and look for. >> reporter: 19-year-old alicia is one of four people in the area who died from heroin in the last year. 16 people, mostly recent westfield high school graduates have been charged. today, he attend the sentencing of this centreville ring's heroin kingpin antonio harper. >> he was sentenced to 27 years behind bars. he was the main supplier of the centreville heroin ring. four of those departments have been sentenced to 20 years behind bars. >> we are cutting the head off the state for this particular ring this this area. he was the main supplier. >> reporter: alicia's boyfriend, 20-year-old sk

peggy fox, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> a woman maybe responsible for other bank robberies this area. fairfax county police are looking at two robberies in the lorton and alexandria area, both were committed by a woman who appears to look like the suspect in today's robbery. in each case the woman implied she had a gun. >>> the washington nationals teaming up with habitat for humanity. today some of the nats took part in a build day. they were working on one of 53 homes habitat is building. they will host habitat for humanity night on august 8th at nationals stadium. >>> we may have to adjust the thermostat after a day like this. tony pann is in with the forecast first. >> things will get warm as we head to in to the weekend but we have been spoiled most of the summer. hasn't had any summer heat for a while. tomorrow i think the humidity will go up and it will feel a sittle veprsies. noerov you have outdoor 90 u mbe outdoor plans take uanrella just in case but most uofthofactivity is to so anut sodeunwethhors r inthundershowe spotsylvania right honow and stronger stormins stronger st

it is called peggy's island it's any lower river in philadelphia and camden new jersey.he land when i could've made a bundle selling it to learning that has the story. >> off the shore of camden, new jersey, started by the delaware river and right next to the philadelphia skyline, sits a 400-acre island chain history, culture, and ecological significance. peggy's island home to bald eagles and waterfall has been used for a variety of industrial purposes over the years. oh and by citgo has been an oil refinery, a terminal and container storage facility. now cidco, owned by the venezuelan national oil company has transferred the land to the state of new jersey sued activision is for there to be forced in areas and meadows, trails connecting various points on the island as well as a nature center that offers programs to local schoolchildren throughout the company could have made a lot of money selling the island for redevelopment for things like hotels and casinos, but cidco chose to preserve it and released the statement of fox. to mexico still has a lot of work ahead. the

peggy fox, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> so what happens next? well, tomorrow the kids take down all those bags, cans and bottles to recycle them. to find a recycling center near you, go to wusa9.com and click on living green now. >>> the woman who called police to the home of a black harvard scholar is speaking out. hear why she now feels vindicated in the racial profiling controversy coming up. >>> but first a local councilmember says the mayor is unlawfully changing the town's parking rules, so now he's parking his cars and of the t mo yeah, no it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ... yeah, every night is something different. oh, yeah yeah... ... she always keeps them in the house. no, no, no. i've actually lost weight... i just have a high metabolism or something... ...lucky. babe... umm, i gotta go. (announcer) 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. yoplait, it is so good. you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try an