just 1,700 -- sekou biddle by just 1,700 votes. orange now faces icil member mi republican mary brooks beatty and independent david grosso on the november ballot. >>> we're getting our first look at the witness list for john edwards' trial. it includes the woman at the heart of the sex scandal is that destroyed his career. shawn yancy is everywhere at 11. >> edwards' hunter rielle hunter is expected to testify with his oldest daughter kate. edwards is facing six counts in the federal court related to nearly $1 million in campaign money used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 presidential bid. >>> the fbi and officials from the department of education raided three a.c.t. colleges following claims of faking student records and failing to hand out student aid, no word on charges or arrests. >>> a teenager recovers after train hit him in gaithersburg. the 17-year-old had his earbuds in listening to music while walking on the tracks. the engineer blew the horn to alert the teen, but the boy didn't hear it. the train hit the b

he holds a slight edge now, although sekou biddle threatening to dethrone him, a tight race going into the late hours. in ward 4 democratic incumbent muriel bowser up against five challengers total. she appears to be in the lead and taking it handily. on to ward 7 now, yvette alexander holding the lead in this crowded field of challengers and in ward 7 the gop race ron moten the former peaceoholics organizers beating don wholly here. let's go live to fox 5's matt ackland in northwest following these races and more. >> reporter: hey, laura, yeah, the incumbents are doing really well tonight. in fact, i was just looking on twitter and marion barry is already thanking his supporters. i'm standing outside the board of elections here now as some of the ballots and some of the results arrive here. most of the precincts have sent their information here. we're in the process of waiting for the ballots. basically what takes place is all these ballots and results are brought here from the precincts under police escort and then they're taken inside. i want to introduce you to alex mclaughlin who

sekou biddle says those who cast ballots want to clean house in a council that's been suffering through scandal after scandal it seems. incumbent vincent orange in fact has been linked to campaign contributions from jeff thompson who is under federal investigation. >> the powers that be really want to deal with ethics, then they should join me in pushing and promoting my bill to ban corporate contributions and outside employment by council members that work for entities doing business with the city. >> i think a lot of people just want to believe they can have the leaders that aren't going to constantly be caught up in this kind of mess and these sort of embarrassing situations. >> reporter: incumbent council member marion barry from ward 8 won reelection despite a large field of young candidates running a change in the council. coming up at 6:30, we head to maryland and take a look at the new sixth district in maryland. back to you, mike. >> thank you, delia, delia goncalves live in northwest washington this morning. >>> just a few more election headlines for you. in the 5 t congressio

at least check he leads his closest challenger sekou biddle by 1.2%. d.c.'s board of elections hat not yet counted absentee or provisional ballots. >>> the new martin luther king memorial on the national mall this time last year was not open yet. today will be the first time a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination is happening since the monument opened. the civil rights leader was shot and killed april 4, 1968. the public is invited to a candlelight vigil and wreect laying ceremony starting at 6:30 tonight. >>> the megamillions lottery drama may calm itself today. a prominent lawyer says he's been in contact with mirlande wilson and may make an announcement later today. wilson says she has one of the three winning tickets from last year's $656 million jackpot. wilson's co-workers at a mcdonald's are on record saying that winning ticket is part of a pool of winning tickets wilson purchased. wilson disputes that claim. so far no one has actually stepped forward holding a winning ticket. >> the story changes yet again. >>> 5:34. time for another

incumbent vincent a narrow lead over challenger sekou biddle. the final decision may come down to the 3,800 absentee ballots.a friday, april 13. >>> other d.c. incumbents won back their council seats. it was a landslide victory for marion barry in his fight to serve a third consecutive term in ward 8. he got 73% of the vote there. barry has served four terms as mayor in nearly four decades in politics. also incumbent democrats muriel bowser of ward 4 and yvette alexander of ward 7 won their primaries. >>> maryland primary results have set up a hotly contested house race in district 6. republican congressman ross co-bartlett survived a primary challenge. the incumbent defeated seven challengers. bartlett will now face john delaney, who won the democratic primary. in the senate, former secret service agent daniel bungino won the nomination and will face republican senator ben cardin in the general election, who won the democratic primary. >>> and stay with news4 for all your decision 2012 results. you can find a full list of the winners from every

columbia continua fuertemente renida entre el actual concejal vincent orange y su contrincante sekou biddle.. orange lleva una ventaja de poco mas de quinientos votos, en las elecciones primarias de ayer, pero aun deben contarse los votos adelantados en las boletas de ausentes y eso podria extenderse hasta el 13 de abril.. la junta electoral debe esperar a que llegen todas las boletas que califican y que debieron ser enviadas hasta el tres del corriente.. un brote de salmonela se ha registrado en los ultimos meses en el pais... el gobierno federal esta investigando estos casos... maria rosaucchini nos tiene mas informac"gracias, autoridad federales de salud estan investigando un brote de salmonela que ha afectado a decenas de personas en varios estados del pais... y se desconoce la fuente de la enfermedad.." 90- personas fueron reportadas con sintomas de salmonela en 19-estados y el distrito de columbia... siete de ellas han sido hospitalizadas... "los centros de control y prevencion de enfermedades y la administracion dementos y medicamentos estan investigando que esta pasando, ahorita no

andt e democratic nominees in d.c., vincent orange has a slight lead over sekou biddle. absentee ballots still need to be counted. begin on aprilll 13. marion barry in ward 8 it beats several challengers easily, getting more than 72% of the vote. >> i want to thank the people 8 for theirward confidence and trust in me. the naysayers that think i am were banding together, not break this army that we have. he will be elected for a .hird term 76-year-old has lost only one election. you can find all the results yesterday's races by going wjla.com. stay with abc 7, election station, as the countdown to november. >> the war between facebook and really heating up. >> and burger king is ready to come back to wall street. linda bell at bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> good morning. burger king coming back to wall street. after revamping its menu this week and hiring celebrities such as david beckham to push its foods, it is expecting to realist on the new york stock exchange within the next few months. company went private in 2010 bought.ing a possible strike is looming and

orange as nearly beaton sekou biddle. has 23,000 votes and biddle has 21,000.lection board released the results this afternoon. >> martin o'malley had not yet decided to call a special session. he wants to meet with the senate president first to discuss the budget. that could happen in the next few days. the general assembly will meet without a budget compromise. a decision on a special session could come as early as next week. >> still to come, the john edwards trial and a list of potential witnesses released today. some of them may surprise you. >> getting into a confrontation over his newborn son? why kennedy cited his late father in court. >> what you can see at the cherry blossom parade tomorrow is next. >> i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. the weather forecast for the cherry blossom parade and the week coming up will feel like ring ring hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic!ti [ woman 2] ring ring progresso. they fit! awesome thank you ring, ring [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? you don't understand. i've been eating prog

sekou biddle said those who cast ballots were sending a message. >> i think a lot of people want to believe they can have elected leaders that aren't constantly going to be caught up in this mess. >> reporter: councilman vincent orange has been at the center of a campaign controversy. >> the powers of beale that really want to deal with ethics, then they should join me in promoting my bill to ban corporate contributions. >> reporter: the scandals that embroiled the council did nothing to oust most of the incumbents. mayor barry soared to victory. in another hotly contested race, john delaney won the democratic primary in the redrawn sixth congressional district in maryland. he faces roscoe bartlet. >> we told voters the truth. the voters in the sixth district of maryland got it. >> reporter: officials expect just as many provisional ballots. the count will likely take ten days. at judiciary square, delia goncalves, 9news now. >>> let's turn our attention to the republican presidential race. mitt romney won yesterday's contest in maryland, the district of columbia, and wisconsin. but out of

he was facing sekou biddle. here's the final tally. he beat biddle by 1,700 votes and there will be no recall since the difference is greater than 1%. orange will face two challengers in the election. >>> back with the 9 news now update, according to the washington post a susan g. komen foundation for the cure is issuing grant money to planned parenthood. the two organizations are seeking to rebuild their relationship after a controversy in february over the komen foundation's unsuccessful attempt to defund planned parenthood grants. the washington post says at least 17 manned parenthood affiliates will be -- planned parenthood affiliates will be funded this year, about the same as last year. >>> next monday marks five years since a gunman shot and killed 32 student at virginia tech before turning the gun on himself. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox. monday, april 16th, is the fifth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. six of the 32 victims were from northern virginia and they all leave behind legacies. the worst mass shooting in u.s.

vincent orange has beat out sekou biddle for the democratic nomination for the at large seat on the d.c. council. the incumbent council member was officially renominated today after the d.c. board of elections counted nearly 5,000 absentee and provisional ballots. vincent orange received 40.4% of the vote beating biddle by 1,700 votes. there will be no recount since the difference is greater than 1%. orange will face two challengers in the general election, mary brooks beebee, a republican and ann wilcox running as the green party candidate. >>> the one remaining undecided race in maryland has a winner, john la furla conceded the nomination to wendy rosen who led by just 58 votes after the state election officials counted most of the ab 10 see and providingal ballots. -- absentee and provisional ballots. rosen will face incumbent andy harris. >>> firefighters across the country are in virginia helping to battle wildfires that have burned over 20,000 acres in the schenn dough, what page, craig and allegheny -- shenandoah, page and craig and allegheny county. the national forest service h

just about 500 votes separate vincent orange and sekou biddle.seems to think that the numbers are in his favor. >> i don't think in a realistic scenario i can be overtaken. i'm confident i will be victorious. >> i think there are already returned 1700 ballots. >> all the ballots had to be postmarked by tuesday in order to be counted. the final count will happen on friday the 13th. >>> the race for the white house is increasingly turning into a one-on-one between president barack obama and republican frontrunner mitt romney. after winning all of tuesday's primaries, romney is now focusing on the president. rick santorum is still trying to remain relevant but the president is even criticizing romney by name. >> one of my potential opponents, governor romney, has said that he hopes a similar version of this plan from last year would be introduced as a bill on day one. his presidency. >> liberals like barack obama say they want a strong economy. i would be willing to consider the president's plan but he doesn't have one. >> trying to make sure we hav

the top of the hour which is this race between see cow big and vincent orange could even go -- sekou biddle and vincent orange could even go to a recount. you can find all the results of the races at www.myfoxdc.com overnight. >>> another big story this evening, those tornadoes. you hear about them? tore through texas. more than a dozen hit the north texas area today collapsing roofs, ripping down power lines, tossing trailers literally in the air like toys. fox's richard ray has the latest from lancaster texas. >> reporter: early this afternoon the local weather service termed this a tornado emergency. multiple tornadoes on the ground. it may take a couple days before we know just how, but the worst of it seems to be here in south dallas county in the city of lancaster. let me show you what we've got behind here. two cars parked in the street, one across the street from the other after the tornado had gone through, both cars thrown into this house. there was a 19-year-old girl inside that house huddled in a closet on the phone to her folks when the phone went dead. the good news is she got

. >> reporter: that's sekou biddle. he has the washington post endorsement but has already lost one at large race against vincent orange. >> an opportunity to make change on the council. >> reporter: the laws came before the incumbent d.c. councilman had to explain irregular campaign contributions in the form of money orders from businessman jeff thompson whose home was raided by the fbi. >> you've done everything correctly? >> oh, yes, absolutely. >> reporter: councilman vincent orange wasn't returning our phone calls today. his counsel and campaign offices said they could not reach him. the federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government has everybody down here on edge these days, even those city officials not up for reelection including the council chairman kwame brown, mayor vincent gray. they'll be watching for signals from voters tomorrow as well. >> they just want to see something fresh and new. >> reporter: the washington post likes tom brown and the ward 7 democratic primary. >> we actually get

a slight lead has over sekou biddle. officials will begin counting 3800 absentee ballots next week >> . president obama will host an r breakfast at the white house this morning. this is from across the country will be there. will sign the stop trading on act essional knowledge today, making it clear of congress are subject trading lawsinsider- as everyone else. michelle obama today is focusing on the military. she will unveil an effort by a s to deliverinesse portable and flexible for military spouses. 5:05 is the time, 53 degrees. >> it has been 44 years since dr. king was assassinated. he is being remembered today at his memorial on the national mall. >> it could cost a lot more to grab a taxi and in d.c., when the fare hike takes effect. first, what's happening back.come we want to look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. let's check out the weather with adam caskey. will be cloudy and warmer, in the 70's this afternoon. could have been isolated briefle and a in virginia. west and southwest of the metro area. ad

. >> the council incumbent is vincent or engine may be facing a tough challenge of sekou biddle. yvette alexander has many opponents, one not claiming he was going to beat her. >> we did all that we could to get our message out. i see the voters responding. >> save, eleanor holmes norton. the polls opened at seven and a close at 8:00 tonight. there could be some surprises tonight or no surprises. sam ford, abc7 news. >> always interesting. maryland is also holding a primary today. voters are also going to the poll for senate and house nominees. polls are open until 8:00 p.m. in the maryland. >> we will have live coverage on the news channel 8 as well as politico.com. >> prince george's county police are investigating a murder- suicides. when relatives found the body of the these two overnight. they believed the man shot his wife and then killed himself. a motive is not yet clear. a man accused in a series of sexual assaults was indicted today in prince william county. he is indicted with adopting three teenaged trick-or-treater. a trial is kendel for july 31st. >> developing stor

council member vincent orange wins sekou biddle. the race came down to the absentee and provisional balance hots. fox 5 spoke to orange after -- ballots. fox 5 spoke to orange after hearing the news. >> we're back with a great agenda, an agenda that no one can deny. it's good and sound and that's what i'll be working on moving forward, but still not over yet because we still have the general election to compete with as well. >> orange says biddle did congratulate him via text. orange's 3% lead means there will be no recount unless requested. >>> tonight we're getting an early general election preview. in separate appearances today by president obama and former governor mitt romney laid the groundwork for what could be hot button issues. in the wake of the trayvon martin killing today governor romney was talking guns. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: at the national rifle association meeting in st. louis friday governor mitt romney aimed for the votes of the gun lobby. >> i will protect the second amendment rights o

vincent orange won that race by about 1700 votes over sekou biddle. there will not be an automatic recount. >>> pepco customers may not love their power company but these days they at least hate them less. the american customer satisfaction index is out. last year you can remember pepco was the most hated company in america. this year it's not even the worst power company. it's second to last on the list. pepco's ranking tied with comcast. >>> 6:06. jessica doyle is watching your money and the region's economy. >> apparently the competition is getting fierce to recruit big companies and their workers. >> willing and retaining big -- would youing and retaining -- wooing and retaining big companies is big business. you have to factor in economic drivers such as commercial real estate deals and all those workers need a place to live and spend their money and their free time. so it's not surprising when law makers make attractive deals with companies. that's what the district wants to do to keep living social's headquarters right here in d.c. living socia

incumbent vincent orange leads challenger sekou biddle by just 543 votes in the democratic at-large councilhe board of elections and ethics will be counting more than 2,000 absentee ballots. election officials plan to announce their totals sometime after 5:00 this evening. a win of less than 1% would trigger an automatic recount. >>> coming up on 6:36. the "today" show is ahead at 7:00. let's check in with ann curry to see what they're working on. >> that's right. hello. coming up on a friday morning here on "today," we've got breaking news. a suspect opens fire on police during a drug raid in new hampshire, killing a police chief and wounding four other officers. it led to a tense standoff overnight. we're live at the scene. >>> also ahead, mel gibson accused of making new anti-semitic comments while working on his latest project. we're going to talk with the screenwriter who is making the claims and also tell you how gibson is reacting. >>> an eye-opening look at kids and stranger danger. we'll show you what happened when our natalie morales put her own son to the test using an actor and

orange beat sekou biddle about a year ago in a special election and i'll be watching to see whether orange can hold on. yvette alexander is being challenged by tom brown who has been endorsed by both business and labor and by the washington post. kevin chavous jr. had great name recognition but ran into some problems. in ward 8 marion barry has never lost a democratic primary. he's only lost once at large in 1990. jacque patterson. if one of the three loses and they're all heavily favored it, would seem to me that ethical questions about d.c. and about the council and a distance from council that seeped through and the voters retaliated by knocking orphean couple bent. >> if not this time around, will -- knocking off an incumbent. >> if not this time around, will we even see that backlash in the candidates themselves and the makeup of the city council? >> very good point. evans is unopposed. bowser is supposed to win in ward 4. there's going to be a whole different patina or climate where everybody is going to strive to say look, we're going to be different than we were before. obviously w

incumbent vincent orange leads challenger sekou biddle with 500 votes. absentee ballots still need to be counted and the results may not be in until next friday april 13th. in maryland the big one a hotly contested race for the house is now set for this fall. businessman john delaney won the democratic primary for district 6. he'll face long-time incumbent roscoe bartlett. the republican is fighting to keep his seat for an 11th term in the house. redistricting changed district 6. it could favor a large portion of montgomery county, which traditionally votes democratic. and for complete coverage of the winners in last night's local races head to our website nbc washington.com. >>> coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 we're mopping up the mess. what is to blame for this scene outside the white house? >> caught off guard a man hides in a woman's car waiting for his time to strike. tonight a carjacking victim relives the terrifying moments as the suspect learns his fate. >>> bad sushi may be the source of a salmonella outbreak in 19 states including maryland and

only 543 votes separate incumbent vincent orange and challenger sekou biddle for the democratic at-larget. today the d.c. board of elections and ethics will factor in more than 2,-200 absentee ballots for the race. there will be an automatic recount if the winner leads by less than 1% after absentee ballots are counted. >>> today we're getting a look at new technology that may help protect you the next time you fly. the transportation security administration will show off their new machine at dulles national airport that can electronically verify those passengers' boarding passes. tsa agents check your ticket to make sure it's valid, a process that is open to human error. the tsa says the boarding pass and identification system should make it easier for them to spot fake document. >>> everything's bigger in texas, including a hailstorm there that dumped four to five feet of hail, in some cases higher almost as -- as tall as a full-grown man. all the hail forced state troopers to shut down a highway -- state troops to shut down a highway near amarillo. there were flooding problems all ove

just 543 votes separate vincent orange and his challenger, sekou biddle. near 4,000 absentee ballots will decide the winner, expected next week friday. >>> in maryland a man with a business background will now go on to face long-time congressman ross co-bartlett this fall. john delaney won the five-way democratic primary for district 6. delaney founded commercial lender capital source, inc., and spent more than $1 million of his own money in this campaign. bartlett survived a republican primary challenge, redistricting has made this a competitive district for the first time since bartlett won the western maryland seat in 1992. >>> and stay with news4 for all your decision 2012 results. you can find a full has of winners from every primary race on nbcwashington.com. >>> coming up on 5 minutes after the hour now. maryland lawmakers are now questioning a bill that could bring a new casino to prince george's county. some house members say the current gaming expansion bill may not generate enough money for state education programs. that bill would grant a sixth

. >> reporter: that's sekou biddle.has the washington post endorsement but has lost one at large race to vincent orange. >> it's an opportunity to make change on the council. >> reporter: the laws came before the incumbent d.c. councilman had to explain irregular campaign contributions in the form of money orders from businessman jeff thompson whose home was raided by the fbi. you've done everything correctly? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: councilman vincent orange was not returning our phone calls today. his counsel and campaign offices said they can't reach him. his federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government has already down here on edge these days, even those city officials not up for reelection including the council chairman kwame brown and mayor vincent gray. they'll be watching for signals from voters tomorrow as well. >> they just want to see something fresh and new. >> reporter: the washington post also likes tom brown in the ward 7 democratic primary. >> we can actually get down to

incumbent vincent orange leads challenger sekou biddle by just 543 votes. about 3,800 absentee ballots still have to be counted. those results may not be in until next friday, april 13th. >>> in maryland, a hotly contested house race is now set for this fall. businessman john delaney won the democratic primary for district 6. he'll face longtime congressman roscoe bartlett. the republican is fighting to keep his seat for an 11th term in the house. redistricting changed district 6, which could favor a large portion of montgomery county which traditionally votes democratic. >>> and you can see a detailed list from every primary race in "decision 2012" on nbcwashington.com. >>> tom is here now to tell us about our weather for today and look ahead to the rest of this week. a lot of folks have the week off, i guess, before spring break. >> yeah, a lot of school systems as well as next week, too, and we've got spring break weather for you. it certainly is mild. there's a live view from our skywatcher camera, which is about 300 feet above the terrain here in north