between pirelli and hirsch, the political side is covered. per refusally is an old obama buddy back in his days in the harvard law review back at harvard. and he is the top obama guy in terms of helping him with the transition at the time. between the bush presidency and the obama presidency and obviously was appointed number three at the department of justice. in fact, emails show that pirelli was very active talking about these, this case in the days before it was dropped. i don't know -- perez came in after the fact. pretended none of these political people were involved and perez himself is another democratic activist. he ran for public office in maryland. >> bill: but perez is in trouble now i don't think under this justice department he would be but he could be charged with perjury because he testified under oath in front of the civil rights commission and said no, none of that. >> this -- his false testimony it. i think it's false testimony. it's been out there for some time. the justice department has refused to act on it. and this la

a pirelli will take place at the newseum -- a pep rally. >> the nationals wednesday night did not sweep the braves./ >> tim brant has a recap of what happened last night. >> hello again. it was another great scene. the braves did not want to go quietly. let's pick it up in the top of the fifth. the braves have two on and two out. the center field. of trouble from the get go. all the way from first. he comes home and scores. 2-0, atlanta. single to left field with harper on third, scoring easily. 2-1. crowd was back in it. then the braves put a lock on the game. the nationals had a rough ninth inning and the braves went on to win, 5-1. >> we played hard. we have the right people up at the right time and did not get it done. >> there's a look at sports. have a great day. >> thanks so much. >> the news continues at 5:30. >> marking one year since the earthquake rocked the d.c. region. we are live with a look [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twe