. >> reporter: shawn, d.c. police confirm this arrest happened after midnight here in the block of k street northeast. they say the 27-year-old kevin b.chaves is charged with solis thing a prostitute. according to the arrest report, he offered money to an undercover police officer posing as a prostitute to perform a sex act and that is when he was arrested. he is the son of formery to- term ward councilman who lost in a democratic primary in 2004. the younger who was also a lawyer like his dad s one of several candidates viking to unseat yvette alexand require. in a statement that we received from his campaign manager, he said that this arrest was part of a sting operation. lamont harold said, and i'm quoting here, kevin was clearly targeted and was not solis thing any. d.c. police would in the confirm whether or not this was part of the operation and who, if anybody else, was arrested look with him last night and we will continue with the story and hep it report details later on. >> thank you. >>> a bicycle ri

shawn? >> thank you, gary. >> a fairfax county high school band is about to take the trip of a lifetime. >> how they're getting ready to play in the first-ever pearl harbor remembrance day play. p >> this is -- martin -- [ indiscernible ] in south korea, i want to say i had to all of my friends and family in d.c. have a good holiday. see you when i get back. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >> did you know that more than 640,000 d.c. area residents are at risk to be hungry? 200,000 of them are children. if you have -- call our stuff-a- truck phone bang. call 202-89-5330y is. that is (202)895-3307. and get

>> reporter: good after, shawn. information is preliminary and right now, we have approximately four patients we're evaluating in the earlier statements and range from minor injuries to serious life- threatening injuries. we're currently in the process of extricating the driver from the metro bus. and preliminarily again, we believe there are five vehicles total involved, involving the northbound and southbound lanes of rockville pike and north of cedar lane. >> do you have any idea what me have caused the particular accident? i know we're getting the details in. what caused this? >> we do not -- right now, we're concerned with evaluating, treating and transporting the patients involved in the accident. montgomery county police department will will be taking over the investigation once we have treated and transported everyone from the scene and that is our concern right now. >> we're looking at a live picture from the scene and i believe that we're looking at this as the bus is headed -- and we're looking down, sout

>> no, just get to the weather. >> shawn can king. kinger of the -- singer of the group. >> yes. >> i'm the dancer. what about you? >> i'm just the good look. >> and we all knew that. the rain is moving out and this is what i showed you earlier. from-from-i-95 to the bay in an hour and this is it for us and in the next few hours, we'll have clearing skies and zooming in tighter, this is about to clear through calvert county and into southern maryland and the shore. we're dry. and the temperatures now, this may surprise you, 52 in the city. annapolis, 57 degrees and we have a lot of warm air coming up from the south in just the last few minutes or so. the showers to the east at 7:00 and after that, it's going to be breezy and temperatures in the 40s. through the evening, diminishing clouds and much more sunshine in the forecast tomorrow and what about the last week of 2011? we'll talk about that, shawn. >> i would rather have rain than snow, gary. >> i would rather be able to dance than be good looking. >> we'll talk about that later.

my lifestyle was full of hate and violence. >> so with all of that hype, i was expecting shawn gaines to be a very intimidating character, but when i first met him, he wasn't. he looked a little bit more like a benign pudgy teddy bear and he was nice. >> i've taken up drawing. i can't quite say i'm an artist but i like to draw a lot and three times a year i draw a large stack of cards and donate them to a children's hospital. >> but gaines didn't become a leader in the skinheads by being nice. >> i was power hungry. i got caught up in the hype of telling other grown ass men what to do. all the girls flocked to that scene. it's a nonstop party and it's like you can do no wrong. you talk a bunch of [ bleep ]. beat people up. cause discontent. that's how i made my rise to >> when he took his shirt he had some of the most intense nazi skinhead white power tattoos that i've ever seen on an inmate and what's important to understand about tattoos like the ones that shawn this is that you don't get to just put those on your body. you have to do what the inmates call earn your rank and he had

>> i think i'm most grateful for shawn king's bra.erious moment, russell. >> oh, serious moment. i'm so sorry for undercutting the paradigm. i'm grateful for everything. i'm grateful to be included in this. i'm lucky not to be dead. i was a drug addict for years. i'm very, very lucky to be here with these beautiful, intelligent people. i'm lucky to be alive. pioneers, i don't think i should be here now. >> tyra? >> what am i most grateful for? i'm most grateful that i had a woman that raised me and kept me sane in a world that's insane, full of insane people. >> what are you looking at him for? >> i don't know. >> i'm grateful that i'm still a drug addict. i don't know how i would have gotten through this evening. i think it would have been a disaster. i wouldn't have had a thing to say. no. i think -- i think i got -- i got to be unoriginal and duplicate jack's sentiment that there's a million things i could be doing and i'm -- i couldn't be more delighted to be doing what i'm doing. i think a lot of it has to do with luck and timing

last one is still under low of test. >> shawn has won two in -- is still under protest. >> shawn haso in take row. >> now i know how this whole dave and dave thing goes down. dave ross, where are you when i need you? >>> coming up next. reporter: why are these guys digging through a pile of slimy gunky algae? i'm beth parker. i'll tell you coming up. >>> today's five-day forecast is brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealers. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> now to a real fish tale in northwest d.c., volunteers are getting their hands dirty in the chilly waters of one of the city's parks to save the smallest animals in need. fox 5's beth parker shows us. reporter: no doubt yo

>> i think we're going to see the showers departing the area, shawn and laura. i will take this treadoff any time. >> me, too. -- tradeoff any time. >> me, too. >> the high temperature was 60 degrees, unusually warm for december, should be 43 degrees and more typical of late october, early november. we have had a smattering of showers that have not amounted to much. i will show what you is left on our sentinel radar here. not too much around at the moment. i am not going to completely rule out we may not get a shower later tonight. i would have you look back to western pennsylvania. the front is still way back there through ohio and maybe, just maybe, a couple of showers hole together later tonight coming on across and this is about the extraordinary temperatures. last year on this date, it was 34 degrees. today, 62. we're having some kind of crazien wither and -- winter and it's not winter yet. meanwhile, you can find the colder air and you can look into western ohio to find temperatures into the 30s. this is your planner. a few showers left at 7:00 and 57. by

of all of the photos this is his mom's favorite lena and shawn.his is the one he posted last month and called her in the the middle of the night to see. >> he ended every phone call with i love you mom or i love you son and one of us would say i love you more. so that was my son. >> in a world with no guarantees that memory promises to last a lifetime. at moffet field, karina rusk, abc 7 [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, we're giving you a big thank you this friday & saturday. save an exa 20% off all your holiday gifts when you use your jcpenney rewards credit card. don't have a card, you still get an extra 15% off. no exclusions! doors open extra early saturday. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for a while. [ male

shawn? >> we know that he before came out and said he has a zero tolerance policy and dealt with all of the sleeping on the job for the air traffic controllers. do we know anything about his future employment? any word yet? >> reporter: all we know is that he asked for a leave of absence and he was granted one. we know from a white house spokesperson that president obama learned about this arrest this afternoon, which, i guess, does say a few things. that mr. babbitt didn't call the white house and let them know this took place. >> thank you. >>> and we're following breaking news out of virginia tonight. the commute home could take a little longer than usual. a truck carrying rocks overturned. sky fox is overhead. can you see the backup through the area right now. fortunately, no one was hurt and a major cleanup is underway. the tow trucks are trying to right the truck and traffic is only getting by there on the right shoulder. we'll have more on this for you coming up. >>> today, the d.c. c

shawn. >>> gary giordano strongly denies any involvement of the disappearance of a woman in aruba. he appeared on "good morning america" two days after being released for custody in aruba. robin garden -- gardener travelled with giordano to aruba and later disappeared. he claims to have nothing to do with her presumed death. >> absolutely not n. my mind -- [ indiscernible ] [ overlapping speakers ] >> the person that i cared about, okay, a companion. >> if you're telling -- you know, has this appeared on my watch? it will weigh heavily on me for a long time. >> reporter: he claims she was swept away while snorkeling and claims surveillance video after he got out of the water, he was upset looking from place-to- place to find help but no one was around. >> it's world aids day today and leaders from around the globe are speak out. >> how president obama honored the lives lost to the disease. >>> and taking a look at the white house ellipse right now, we're getting ready for a big night there as the first family, kermit the frog, carson daily are all turning out to light the national

the best chance of rain shawn? >> gary, thank you very much. >>> we're down here in the web center to talk about something very important just the holidays, we have the cookie parties or just the holiday party. important, the office party. let's talk about that. some of the dos and don't of the office party to make sure you have a job come monday morning. >> this is a big one. it's in full swing. we were able to capture bartenders who have worked it all, seen it all and we were able to set down and ask them to tell us about their stories of some holiday fun that went wrong. >> down to 1 and they're crazy. >> how crazy? a boss and employee at an office party started fight at their party? >> it started, you know, like pushing each other, you know, like -- and it got really physical. it probably was a lot for a couple of days afterwards, i would imagine. >> reporter: what would be more embarrassing? a woman whose date got out of hand in front of the boss and coworkers? >> he got belem rent and angry with all of us. --

walsh was killed last month by enemy fire. >> shawn walsh was part of our team. he was a good person. he made me a good person. >> that was my brother. he brought it to you right here because of him. >> tonight walsh's mother was here to greet her late son's fellow soldiers and celebrate their safe return home. >> the soldiers say they'll be spending this week with family ask friends, really just getting used to being back home. this company will likely not be deployed for another two years. live in san jose, kimberly terry, nbc, bay area news. >>> six people are under arrest tonight after a shootout with menlo park police. the shootout happened early this morning after police received a call about a man way gun outside a house. when police arrived, they found a group of armed men who then reportedly opened fire on the officers and took off running. one of the officers fired back. no one was hurt. it took swat officers then ten hours of searching to find all the suspects. police say they also found handguns and rifles and are looking into whether or not the suspe

. >> reporter: you're right, shawn. right from the start, ron paul's campaign focused on iowa from the very beginning in the hopes of scoring an early victory. they were organized and aggressionive in getting out the votes for the congressman. with no clear front runner in the national race, the other candidates decided they couldn't afford to surrender to iowa and they're going all n. ron paul is not -- has in the spent much time in the spotlight in the campaign but that changeed in iowa. the real clear politics average has ron paul with a slight lead over mitt romney. and while newt gingrich has dropped to 14%, rick perry has rizzen to 12% and with some time running out, the texas congressman is finding out the opponents' new ads are aimed at congress. >> the experience of balancing budget is desperately needed in washington and i will take it there. >> if washington's the problem, why trust a congressman to fix it? >> new ads are only part of the battle. rick santorum is haunted -- hunting with iowa conservatives and

he won't have to wait long to catch up with his fellow candidates, shawn. the new hampshire primary is one week after iowa's voting on tuesday. >> tom fitzgerald, thank you very much. >>> >>> it's no secret parking enforcement in the district of columbia is aggressive. a new report shows the district is writing about 5300 tickets a day and that means d.c. brought in more than $80 million last year on parking tickets. the city recently added new speed cameras, which will raise $10 million in revenue every year. >>> and a local group is ready to fight congress over the d.c. war memorial. the structure was recently refurbished and congress is considering making it the national world war 1 memorial. the association of the oldest inhas been hands of -- inhabitants of d.c. say that is not fair. here's more. about mr. brown, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, shape, for inviting me to in to tell the viewers about the history of the war memorial and this memorial. >> explain why you don't want it to be the national world ward i memorial. >> there wer

not 80s, shawn yancy but some 50s and now, will be fairly nice. we're urn the storm track, though, i don't think we're going to have brilliant sunshine or anything like. that 42 and holing in up to. if you slide it back to the -- holding up in town. if you slide it back to the area, st. louis, 54 and there is warm air lurking here. national, 51; since that they, 43 and i promise you, they're loving it in chicago right now, with the temperatures in the lower 40s. they're warmer in chicago than what we are and new year's eve is the, starting off with early cods, 52 degrees for the high and on to new year's day. we'll have late showers and looks like sunday night possible as the cold of the air of the season begins to make its way in. it's 42, again, here in up to. gaithersburg, about the coldest we see at 34 degrees and winchester, 34; martinsburg, 36. everything here is above freezing and we're not talking about any problems from what may be a little bit of the flurry activity that moves on new. the disturbance mainly passing by to the north of us

shawn chow was inside with his mother and aunt when their garage ignited. >> the whole garage was on fire already, burned. so i couldn't do anything. then i tell them to get out of the house. reporter: two cars were destroyed along with the garage and its contents. investigators say they believe the two fires are related and both were deliberately set. >> and then when i woke up this morning, i was like is it a dream and i looked outside. i just still can't like process it that even happened, that someone -- i don't even know how someone could do something like that. >> i just hope the police can find the guy who did this. reporter: detectives found a number of caps from marine flares in the neighborhood, the type used to send distress signals. investigators say they could have started the two fires and are now part of the investigation. the lead detective corporal jason west says they also have surveillance video from a crime at a local store that offers some valuable clues about the fires that put two innocent families at risk. >> we didn't lose anything too valuable and we're okay

shawn yancy has that -- a mini ipad.hawn yancy has that and more on your tucks. >> no. 5, it's a mini -- your fox 5 top five. >> no. five, it's a mini ipad. it could debut late next year as a rival to the kindle fire. it's profited apple will release an ipad 3 first and follow up with a mini version with reportedly a 7.8-inch touchscreen. no. 4, keeping kids healthy, the federal trade commission is taking another look at guidelines how food companies market products to kids. congress delayed the bill. the food industry lobbied against it saying it would limit colorful cartoon characters on packages and websites. no. 3. metro's last weekend of scheduled maintenance work. expect delays on the red, orange, blue and yellow lines. trains will single track through portions of those lines on sunday and no scheduled track work during the christmas pore new year's weekend. no. 2, d.c. leaders are excited construction on the 11 street freeway bridges over the anacostia rivers are complete and under schedule. it has space for futur

shawn yancy again with your fox 5 top five. >> up first, a brand-new ipad could be on the horizon. no. 5, the rumors are swirling about the next generation ipad. two tech blogs claim apple will debut two versions next month, both with a higher video resolution and light bars to make the screen brighter. no. 4, move over apple. amazon kendall sales are through the roof. earlier this month the company sold more than 1 million devices each week in december it revealed. the kindle fire, the new touchscreen color tablet is the best selling kendall device of no. try, what do you -- kindle device. no. 3, what do you think about taxi service in d.c.? mary cheh posted a survey on her website that asked questions like how do you think taxes in d.c. compare to the rest of the nation and what color scheme would you like to see for taxis in the district? go lion on our website to answer those questions, www.myfoxdc.com. no. 2, do not drink and drive this holiday weekend to. keep you safe washington's regional alcohol program will once again offer up the soberride program. you can get a free cab

. >> and i'm shawn yancy. let's take a look at the scene from sky fox. we'll take you to rockville pike in bethesda, maryland, where this accident scene played out north of the nih campus. you can see investigators are still on the scene there tonight. it looks like a wrecking truck has attached the bus to it and getting ready to pull off. we should also let you know that rockville pike is shut down in both directions. fox 5's audrey barnes is live with more details about what happened today. audrey. >> as you said, that accident reconstruction team is still here. they have to determine how a southbound pickup truck wound up in the northbound lanes of rockville pike and collided with a metro bus. and impact so great that bus went off the roadway and slammed into a tree. >> securing some loose items around his home in the wind when the metro bus went on to the property next door. police say at least ten passengers and a driver were on the j9 bus heading north to lake forest mall. when a southbound pickup truck hopped the median and slammed into them. >> a

shawn? >> reporter: the president stopped short of a big declaration to victory and instead focused it on the sacrifice of u.s. troops around the world. he spoke at a base, the home of the 82ndaryborn, which has seen more than 200 service members killed since the iraq war began. jot president of the united states! >> reporter: at fort bragg, north carolina, president obama welcomed home some of the last u.s. troops from iraq. >> we are ending a war in the with a final battle but with a final march toward home. >> reporter: the trip marked a symbolic end to the iraq war, which cost almost 4500 american lives. the president did not declare victory in iraq and instead highlighted successes. >> and we're leaving behind a sofrin stable and self-reliant iraq with a representativive government elected by its people. >> reporter: today, only 5,000 u.s. troops remain in iraq. down from almost 170,000. it's a war that the president himself is opposed since he first stepped foot on the national scene.

i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm laura evans. a winter weather advisory is in effect for some areas and flooding is a major concern tonight. we have team coverage on the winter weather, but we'll begin with sue live in northwest. what are conditions like right now? >> reporter: so much colder, a good 20 to 30-degree temperature drop around the region. it's all now about the whipping wind. just about 15 minutes ago it looked like a winter hurricane was going through. as we like behind us, it's still raining here, but that really intense rain even though it looks intense here, trust me, it is a lot lighter, but this produced a lot of flooding. we've had reports of 1 1/2 to 3 inches of rain across the region. with that dropping temperature we know a lot of you want to know if we've still got some snow coming and yes, we do expect this to change over to a bit of snow. we sent one of our photographers to hagerstown to see what it looked like out there. we're chasing the snow for you. lights look that the picture and guess what? not a

i think shawn is living in a little bit of alternative universe.llion jobs over the past 21 months. there is something there for the american people to look at and it will be he a choice and that is what those -- that is what those h head to head polls, show. >> the reality, shannon, is 1.8 million less people are employed than they were the day president barack obama took office. i think that that is good spin but the reality is more and more people are unemployed. in fact, last week's jobs statistics. >> you should pick aing. >> hold on. last week's job numbers showd that 315,000 people stopped looking for work. that is how this current -- >> shannon: let him answer. >> i think when you look at the economy they try to put all of the best numbers up but have to put a baseline up. when did he start off what is the total record and it is not good. a failure on debt. a failure on the economy. a failure on jobs. >> look, so depending on the month shawn wants to pick the unemployment rate when it is higher and then he wants to pick something else when

shawn? >> wisdom martin, thank you. >>> a blind man from maryland has disappeared between the district and birmingham, alabama. mitchell smith's family left on a train for charlotte december 16th but no one heard from him since. he arrived at the amtrak station in charlotte but never got on the connecting train to birmingham. >>> the search is on in richmond for a man wanted in the murders of two people and the abduction of a toddler. investigators say jamal clemmons shot two people and stole an s.u.v. with a two-year old inside. hours later the s.u.v. was recovered. the boy was in the vehicle and not hurt. police identified the two people shot. they are edward fulmer and robin clap. >>> a connecticut community is still in shock and trying to cope with the death of three children and their grandparents after a christmas day fire. the family was killed after fire swept through the home. mary ann rafferty reports. >> reporter: i have been on this job 38 years. not an easy day. >> reporter: thr

. >>> her final text messages were about shawn and the girls that tormented her.he wrote, "i think shawn condoning this is one of the final nails in my coffin. i can't take much more. and it would be easier if he or any one of them handed me a noose." >> phoebe prince's mother reading phoebe's last prince to two of her bullies in court this past may. incredibly painful for you to have to go through the court case and also very important i would imagine for you that in a very unprecedented step, six of the bullies were arrested. they were treated as adults. they went through the court case. five were convicted. in the end, they didn't go to prison. they were given probation and community service. do you feel that justice was done? >> i'd like to actually clarify because i know that there are some journalist that's think that prison terms were on the cards. we never asked for prison sentence. and it was never on the cards. it really was about accountability, taking responsibility, and we had specifically wanted a community service and probation. and that the communi

shawn? >> was enjoying the warm-up, gary. >> and should have stopped there, right? >> yes, yes, yes. >> i get it wrong every time. i'll work on that. >> see you in a few. thank you. >>> coming up, the video goes viral after a teenager loses his battle with a lifelong heart condition. >>> and also ahead, a local connection revealed after a little girl becomes the victim of a heinous crime. me. >> and it was an automatic. >> and a tremendous show of support after a car crash devastates several local families. their story is at the bottom of the hour. hour.  >> a texas teenager lost his battle against a lifelong heart condition on christmas. not before leaving behind a message on youtube. the videos described growing up with the heart condition and the most inspiring post hinted at the visions during past brushes with death, including one where he'd he found himself looking in a mirror, quote, i was proud of myself and everything i have done, it was the best feeling. >>> a nine-year-old indiana girl brutally murdered lived in hagerstown, maryland, earli

it caught the attention of shawn dakin. founder of the do not contact registry. >> since they call us, why can't we robo call them? >> the two joined forces and found reverserobocall.com. >> with one call, you can send a call to all members of congress. >> let's say you are opposed to house resolution 3035 which would allow businesses to robo call your cell phone. >> we created a robo call so you can call all 41 sponsors, including the lobbyists. >> hi, i'm a u.s. taxpayer opposed and this is a robo call. not much fun, is it? >> in just two minutes and for 99 cents, you can robo call the president. for $1.49, you can retaliate against the republican presidential candidates. >> representative michele bachmann, as a result of your telephone call, i will not be voting for you or considering you as a candidate. >> but shaun's favorite feature is that you can record and share your robo call online. >> it amplifies people's voices. it's not just a phone call. >> please join me in preventing the act from becoming law. otherwise, i

joining us now more is shawn wynn, district operations manning ma he for shred it and bradford seemimanad to have you joining us. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> my first question is there are some people wondering yeah i want to bring all of my stuff there, get rid of it, destroy it, but they might be a little bit leery, wondering where all of this is going to end up. >> what we do, we actually take all of the recycled items after they're shred to our facility and it's recycled and taken to a paper mill. so we actually are responsible for about 7% of the world's recycled paper, so it's going to a good effort in the environmental cause of green environment. >> that's pretty impressive. >> yes, most definitely. >> guys, let me also ask you, we have had people tweeting us pictures, since about 7:00 this morning, of these lines. about how many pounds do you think you would estimate of paper and of documents that are going to be shredded today? what do you think that count is? >> well, generally what we've seen is about 50,000 pounds of paper that we get from these shreds. last year we

winfrey escorted by security guards walked among the tents with shawn penn.y will provide support. winfrey says efforts will be featured in an upcoming program on the network. >>> barack obama and iraq's prime minister laid out a wreath honoring the troops. the two leaders met to talk about what is going to happen when troops come home. emily sh mitt has the details. >> reporter: they are about to become history. he shared the stage with iraqi prime minister to mark the end of the war and a normal relationship between two nations. at one time there were 150,000 u.s. troops in iraq. now nearly all the 6000 who remain will be home by december 31st. reunions are happening across the country. monday, nato announced it will withdraw forces as well but there are questions about what fills the void. protesters outside the white house worried violence could increase when u.s. troops leave. analysts fear iran could increase influence. president president obama expressed faith in iraq's leader. >> the decisions are being made based on what prime minister maliki believe

i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. new details about the deadly shooting that sent shock waves through the virginia tech campus again. police just released this photo of the officer who was killed this afternoon. he's identified as 39-year-old deriek crouse. he was apparently ambushed during a traffic stop. fox 5's bob barnard has been learning more about it, joins us live from the virginia campus down in blacksburg. bob. >> reporter: brian, officer crouse was from the nearby community of christiansburg. he was an army veteran, married, the father of five children and step children, his murder this afternoon touching off another terrifying day here at virginia tech. >> keep your heads up. we'll take care of your, promise. >> our hearts are broken -- you, promise. >> our hearts are broken again and we extend our deepest condolences. >> reporter: the university police officer shot and killed today was a four-year veteran of the department, a patrol officer ambushed during the routine traffic stop in the coliseum parking

shawn. >> paul, are police talking toeo the students that were involved or are they trying to get this contact with them? >>wi reporter: well, what we understand is that they believe that two suspects, they're calling them, are from kennedy high school. and according to thehi month groomery county school spokesperson, unthey know who they are and that they didn't show up at school today. sc it's unclear as to whether or not they're able to make contact from the girls and le question them any further. >> paul wagner, thank you. >>> out of chicago, a federal judge has sentenced former illinois governor rob blagojevich to 14 years in prison and he was covehicled onc 18 charges, including trying to use his power to pry to profit from president obama's vacated seat. he apologized and asked for the judge's mercy. outside of court, he made a brief statement. >> this stis a time to fight through adversity. this is a time for me to be strong for my children, be strong for patty, and this is also a time for patty and me to get home so we can explain to our kids, our babies, amy and annie, what h

i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. president obama found out about the arrest today. has details tonight. >> 65-year-old randy babbitt is on administrative leave from his position as a result of his weekend arrest. a little history, he took over at the faa in june of '09 at a time when the agency was having problems with safety issues, including repeated cases of pilot fatigue and tonight a man who is champion safety initiative throughout his career is being scrutinized for his decision saturday night to get behind the wheel. faa chief randy babbitt pulled over saturday night in virginia stopped on old lee highway around 10:30 p.m. after an officer spotted him driving on the wrong side of the road. >> initiated a traffic stop, identified the driver, went through the contacts and noticed the indicators of alcohol impairment based on his field sobriety test had to place him under arrest for dwi. >> reporter: babbitt was alone when he was pulled over and he cooperated with the officer. >> no other vehicles, no traffic accidents. >> reporter: babbitt himself requested he

our senior correspondent eric shawn is in new york city.ase since the story first broke nationally. hey, eric. >> you are right. one of the political operatives who pleaded guilty said voter fraud is basically quote a normal political tactic. the plea exposing just how easily political insiders can apparently try and throw an election. fox news first broke the story nationally about the allegations that absentee ballots were forged in the 2009 primary in troy, new york. the primary of the working families party. that's the political party that was associated with the community group acorn. voters told us they never signed be a tennessee applications for votes cast in their names. >> so you didn't write that. >> did i not. >> you didn't cast a ballot. >> i did not. >> did you vote? >> no. >> did you fill out an absentee ballot application. >> no. i didn't fill out any of those. >> so your vote was a fraud? >> it was. >> stunning allegations focused on democratic members of the troy city council and political operatives. only one of them that