. >>> 93-year-old rose michael cherishes visits from her daughter rosslyn. rose has dementia and lives in a residential senior home. four years ago she was being cared for by a convicted felon. she was hired by the family but they were unaware of her criminal past. now, rose's family wants greater oversight of the home care industry. >> i don't want to be a victim of something like this happening to me. i don't want to see any of the elders be a victim and they are the most susceptible group. >> reporter: the state senate offense of oversight now comes conducted an investigation into home care using our 7 on your side investigation as evidence. >> number one, we found that there were people currently advertising their services on craigslist who do have criminal backgrounds. we found that many people who have been convicted of care sheets, about 25% of them. rap >> the investigation found many in home care agencies claim to do background checks but it could range from a thorough screening to a $19.95 instant internet check that experts say yields almost nothi

at her funeral service this past week, she had rosslyn carter speak. the wife of the man who defeated her husband, and cokie roberts, whose father served in the house when gerry ford was the republican leader and cokie's father was the democratic leader. just to remind us there was a time when people from the two parties not only got along, they did business together and they were friends. it's important message for today, and she planned her funeral five years ago. >> i think -- >> she saved a lot of lives with mastectomy because millions of women's now get breast exams. >> well, lots of people rushed to get ma'am grams right after that became public. >> she is very interesting figure. on one hand very progressive, other hand very retro. the progressive part very forward-looking change views about alcoholism and breast cancer, extremely important in wonderful work. on the other hand, she was the first lady from the rockefeller wing, the established wing of the republican party, that was slowly going extinct is now a -- >> in the point -- [everyone tal

roads with a last shot of drivers comes in from rosslyn to georgetown, still obviously very nice and quiet. still ahead we're taking a look at 50 in maryland. andrea and surae, that's coming up. back to you. >>> maryland residents mike get to decide the fate of the state's new controversial tuition law for illegal immigrants. >> the dream act allows the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates for universities. it's supposed to go into law today. but some think the legislation rewards criminal behavior. >> if you're not from this country legally, you should not get benefits that the taxpayers support. it's simple. >> i'm telling kids they should strong to achieve -- strive to achieve in school and then for select minorities, that doesn't apply to you? >> the referendum would take place in november 2012, also a presidential election. that typically means that big voter turnout. >>> today is july 1st. it's the beginning of a new fiscal year and that means a number of new laws will take effect today. >> an income tax credit of 20% off electric vehicle recharging equipment i

here's what district commuters have in store for them, especially if you were coming out of rosslyn traveling via the key bridge. live shot reveals still very nice and quiet. drivers making their way into georgetown on to m street. northeast d.c., a much different situation. inbound and outbound new york avenue looking pretty clear from the times building to bladensburg road following early morning police activity. we're also checking on your rails and the train report reveals that metro, vre, marc, all lanes running on time. still ahead, we're taking a look across the region. that's coming up in a complete report at 6:46. now back to you. >>> right now, part of u street northwest is closed because of a two alarm fire. >> surae chinn is there live. what do we know so far about this? >> a passerby noticed flames shooting from this building. it strikes down there. you can see the fire trucks and the fire personnel also dealing with this fire here at this business. there were actually several businesses inside this one structure. we had d.c. fire, spokesperson here to tell us what happened. >> w

if you're making the right out of rosslyn crossing the key bridge via m street, everything obviously still very nice and quiet. also in northwest, move the shot over to georgia avenue and irving street. everything out here remains incident free. in southeast, same situation on maryland avenue near h street and benning road. as far as your rails are concerned, trains, all of them, appear to be on time. great news there. still ahead, we're taking a look at the gw parkway in virginia. that's in my next traffic report at 5:39. now back to andrea and mike. >> from the gw parkway to the bw parkway, police are looking for the man who caused a shutdown on that span. >> this was scary. police say the man tapped on the back of a speed camera vehicle with a gun. the contractor inside started honking his horn. he was nervous. the man walked to the front of the jeep, struck the windshield with a hammer. started yelling incoherently then walked into the woods. police shut down the parkway trying to find the suspect. they couldn't. >> engineers will be examining the damage to a bakery after a car s

the trail is a popular link to the rosslyn area. >>> prince george's county council moved swiftly to strip leslie johnson's privileges after she tendered her resignation. >> the council has agreed to restrict all other funding to the district 6 office included but not limited to the use of a county car, county council parking, cell phone usage, grant expenditures and discretionary funding. >> her last day on the job is july 31st. last thursday, she pled guilty to obstruction of justice charges. she will be sentenced in october. now, county executive baker had this comment... >>> in other news, metro is stepping up to help relieve the traffic nightmare predicted by the pentagon shifting workers around. it will increase bus service to three key spots beginning this summer. the spots are fort belvoir in fairfax county, the marc center in alexandria and joint base an drews in prince george's county. metro is hoping to have its buses in place by august 8th. the military moves are scheduled september 15th. >>> at 6:05, jessica and i are watching your money. we're here in the kitchen. you a