after two years, president teresa sullivan, the first female president of the school, was abruptly firedprecedented turmoil. carl zeithami has been named interim president even though major donors are planning to withdraw pledges if sullivan is not reinstated. they asked her to resign due to a looming financial problems and her unwillingness to accept program cuts/ while sullivan addressed the massive crowd of students, faculty, and alumni outside yesterday, the head of the board apologized for not being more open with their decision. but they stand by their decision. the new interim president was most recently in his fourth term as dean and professor of the mcintire school of commerce at the university. governor bob mcdonnell does have the authority to reinstate teresa sullivan. no word on if he will step in ag. >> police are awaiting autopsy results in a woman apparently murdered in dewey beach delaware. it could be the town's first ever murder. a housekeeper found the woman's body yesterday at the atlantic oceanside motel. it appears she had been stabbed. police are looking for a man

the board of directors reinstated teresa sullivan. the move comes less than three weeks after her dismissal that infuriated students and faculty. fox 5's john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: the effort toast uva president teresa sullivan -- to oust uva president teresa sullivan was redly the rector helen drag -- led by the rector helen dragas. >> we were concerned about uva's future last thursday. i want to say once again to the university and directly to my fellow visitors i sincerely apologize for the way this was presented. >> reporter: dragas dropped her fight as the board vote unanimously tourists course and reappoint sullivan -- to reverse course and reappoint sullivan as president. the crowd eye ruptured with joy as the decision was -- erupted with joy as the decision was announced. >> she embodies what uva is all about, truth, honesty, consistency. >> reporter: newly reappointed president teresa sullivan called for unity. >> there is no time for residual hostility toward anyone perceived to have been on the other side of

. >> uva board members meet this whether todecide reinstate ousted president teresa sullivan. her resignation sparked a series of protests. john gonzalez has more in northern virginia/ >> teresa sullivan is not to attend this public meeting today at 3:00, a meeting get her job back after a tumultuous two weeks include an ultimatum by the governor. >> reinstate teresa sullivan. >> hundreds if not thousands of students, faculty, and alumni descend on campus again as ousted president decided by the 15-member board of visitors. has don't know anyone who anything negative sullivan.sa >> putting good school's first in poweresident back majority. a she was asked to resign after unwillingness to agree to budget cuts. she has received an enormous amount of support. >> the action by the board of conceived,as ill- executed, and thus far poorly explained. the drama escalated last week when the newly appointed interim ,resident suspended his duties pending. >> it has been a time.ifficult the interim president , pending his duties vote.s many are calling for the of thetion of the head draga

it will take eight votes to bring teresa sullivan back. for days now board members with second thoughts on sullivan's ouster have been counting heads and they were close to eight votes during the turbulent all night meeting monday into tuesday when they named sullivan's replacement. today deans and faculty who went to uva wrote the governor that sullivan's forced resignation honchoed by board of visitors chair helen dragas was a threat to academic integrity and uva's national reputation. the american association of university professors launched an investigation and now students are overjoyed at the idea that they may finally be getting this controversy behind them. >> you can't have division and have new students come in as first year and have this lingering over their education. >> reporter: board of visitors chair helen dragas' term ends july 1st and the big question now is whether she will be the one who is out and teresa sullivan the 1 who is back in. -- the one who is back in. students have called another big rally for right here beh

>> the controversy at the university of virginia ends with teresa sullivan back on the j >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 breaking news. >> our breaking news tonight is from falls church, where a standoff between a man and police lasting more than 24 hours has ended. this unusual yet dangerous situation took part in a local -- put a neighborhood on lockdown. a man barricaded himself in a home in falls church. we're live in the neighborhood with late breaking details. >> alison, authorities say this standoff ended 28 hours after it began. they were able to get close enough to the suspect used a taser. he then surrendered. the area was on lockdown for more than one day because police believe the suspect doused himself and his house in gas. >> we understand the frustration of residence stock in their homes or cannot go home yet. >> for more than 24 hours -- >> i hope nobody gets hurt. >> this neighborhood was in lockdown. >> it was an inconvenience. >> the issue they lived near a volatile standoff unfold and industry. police say it started monday afternoon when an armed man roof -- invo

on the campus as the fate of teresa sullivan is decided this afternoon by the board a. >> i don't know that anyone has ever said denny being negative about sullivan. >> putting the school's first female president back in power would take a majority vote. she was asked to resign after an apparent unwillingness to agree to budget cuts. she has received an enormous amount of support. >> this action by the board was ill-conceived, poorly executed, and thus far poorly explained. >> the drama escalated last week when the newly appointed interim president carl zeithami suspended his duties pending today's vote. >> it has been a difficult time. >> my goal is to have finality, but i trust these excellent people on the board to make the right. right >> the board will meet this afternoon and possibly vote without one of its members after the resignation of vice rector mark kington. many also calling for the resignation of the head of the board, helen dragas. john gonzalez reporting from falls church, abc 7 news. >> a marine from arlington has died while serving in afghanistan. the defense departm

. >> a new twist to the resignation of teresa sullivan. why some things they are close to the votes needed to reinstate her. >> of first you have another check of your traffic and weather -- ♪ ♪ ♪ pop goerlthe world ♪ ♪ it goes something like this ♪ ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... alpowerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens and fights stains. pop in. stand out. >> thursday morning. it'll be another hot day. let's start looking at yesterday's high tech ventures. this is going to be a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. at reagan national we made it to 98. dulles 93. today i think we will make it up to 100 degrees in the district. if you factor in the humidity, it will be about 105 degrees. leesburg is 71. warrenton, 73. on our way to 100 degrees but it will feel more like 105 degrees. a small chance of a late day thunderstorm west of the blue ridge. tomorro

is clearly whether she will be the one who is out and frese a sullivan the one who is back -- teresa sullivan the one who is back in, a big rally, another big rally with students and faculty expected here on sunday on the lawn behind the rotunda on sunday in support of sullivan before that critical board of visitors meeting, surprise announcement on tuesday. >> yet another twist in a fascinating story. thank you. >>> a pennsylvania jury is now deciding the fate of former penn state coach jerry sandusky. jurors started deliberating in the sex abuse trial this afternoon after closing arguments. he told them it is not a crime for a man to take a shower with a boy and that poor judgment is not criminality and then a lawyer for jerry sandusky's 33 adoptive son said jerry sandusky molested him, too and that he was prepared to testify about it. usa today's kevin johnson joins us now from bellefont, pennsylvania, and i mean talk about a bombshell development today. this is stunning. >> reporter: yes, it is. i mean it occurred only a few hours after the jury was dismissed to begin their deliberations

. >> there are demands to reinstate university of virginia president teresa sullivan. sullivan's sudden ouster has caused a rift between students, faculty, staff members. roz plater joins us live from the campus in charlottesville. >> the closed door meeting of the board of visitors has been going on for more than three hours now. the crowds are standing by to see a pair demand will be met. u.va. students faculty, and alumni want their voices heard. it came to protest the ouster of president teresa sullivan. >> this has been tumultuous for everyone here. everyone wants to cry everyone is confused, many are angry. >> many of us are hoping that the board of visitors will reverse its position, especially seeing the overwhelming support for teresa sullivan and the total disapproval and shot at the way this took place. >> the head of the board of visitors apologized for not being more open but that they had worked with sullivan to meet fund-raising goals. >> i want to make it clear that we followed a regular communications process with the president involved in ongoing disc

. >> its expected to take up the possible reinstatement of ousted president teresa sullivan. john gonzalez is following the story from falls church. >> she is not expected to attend a public meeting at 3:00 this afternoon on campus, a meeting that could get her job back after the most was two weeks that included of an ultimatum by the governor. >> reinstate teresa sullivan. >> hundreds, if not thousands of students, faculty, and alumni will descend on campus again afts -- as the fate of teresa sullivan is decided. >> i have never heard anyone say anything negative about teresa sullivan. >> putting the first female president back in power would take a majority vote. she was asked to resign after her unwillingness to agree to budget cuts. the 62-year-old has received an enormous amount of support. >> this action by the board was ill-conceived, poorly executed and thus far poorly explained. >> the drama escalated last week when the newly appointed interim president carl zeithami suspended his duties pending today's vote. >> it has been a difficult time. >> the board will vote th

we are waiting to find out what their next step will be after the forced resignation of teresa sullivan, the former president about ten days ago. she went before the board earlier today and made a brief statement to them, left the rotunda to an enormous show of support by about 2,000 faculty, students and alumni. she did not make a public statement at that time but defended her time in a written statement and rebutting some of the criticisms of the board of trustees director who has been the chief force in having teresa sullivan removed as president. we are waiting to decide what this board does next whether they will appoint an interim president or whether they will take the advice of the faculty senate which asked that the rector and vice rector step down and they reinstate teresa sullivan. >>> for the first time in 37 years, microsoft is launching a computer designed and manufactured by the company. it's called the surface. it's a tablet device meant to take on the apple ipad. at 10.6 inches it will have a bigger screen than the ipad. and it will have a kick stand build in on the bac

the board of trustees needs eight votes in fact to reinstate president teresa sullivan. the president was forced out after just 18 months on the job but the board never explained why they made their decision. rector helen dragas whose tenure ends july 1 pushed for the president's resignation and now faculty and students upset at the lack of transparency are calling for her to leave. >> while our actions in this matter were firmly grounded in what we believe to be the very best and long-term interest of the university, we want to express our sincere regret for the pain, anger and confusion. >> i believe the right thing for rector dragas would be to resign. i've heard wonderful things about rector dragas. i believe that this was fundamentally a misguided decision. >> i think she has to go because she's violated the spirit of uva's honor code and ousting a president behind clouds doors. i think this was a coup and it's done lasting damage to the university. >> hector dr -- rector dragas apologized for the pain and suffering as a result of the board's decision. students are

minutes before the unanimous vote of 15 board members channel 9 shot this exclusive video of teresa sullivan and helen dragas walking into the rotunda together, a sign of reconciliation. dragas was seen as the mastermind for sullivan's removal. in charlottesville, peggy fox, 9news now. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell release add statement about the board's decision. it reads in part, quote, i want to thank the members of the board of visitors of the university of virginia for their conclusive action. the past few weeks have not been easy for the university and all those who love it. there's been too little transparency, too mut vitt roll, too little discussion, too much blame. with today's board action, the time has come for mr. jefferson's university to move forward. >>> some travelers at reagan national airport will soon be given the v.i.p. treatment, at least when it comes to going through security. the tsa announced the expansion of its tsa prechecked screening program. that means certain frequent flyers, the ones who spend the most money will be able to pass through security without

has reaction. >> on university avenue, students gave a big thumbs up to the decision to keep teresa sullivan. >> we were upset when she was let go. >> i think it's great. >> this students from fairfax county says that sullivan is very popular with students. >> she has a great focus on academics. the main reason i chose to come here. >> even the leader of the movement to ditch the sullivan changed your mind. >> only if we go forward together. >> some say this took a major negative from the university and turned it into positive. >> i think it shows the. university at its the >> i am relieved. >> this parent has reason to be relieved. she has triplets starting here this fall and was worried about what the controversy was doing to of virginia's reputation. >> i was concerned about the situation as a parent. and i really like sullivan. "black swan of the issues that caused some board members to one sullivan to leave a few weeks ago had to do with their concern she was not doing enough to address looming financial issues at the university. the head of the board of visitors yesterday's of the boar

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. >> teresa sullivan, who led the university for two years, is on her way out. an interim is now in place ready to take over in august. but this afternoon the fallout continues. >> carl zeithaml is now the interim president at the university of virginia. he was selected after a 12-hour meeting that ended this morning. many of the estimated 2000 students faculty, alumni waited outside during the proceedings and then heckled the board members. >> why don't you resign? >> the director of the center for politics sent these tweets this morning. >> i actually now carl zeithaml. he is a good man, but the fact that he would accept this job -- >> teresa sullivan addressed the massive crowd that had a vigil on campus in her name. >> you do great work every day. you are making this such a great university. >> schools here -- students here in falls church have an opinion. >> people are just waiting for you to make a mistake. >> even though major donors have threatened to withdraw pledges it sullivan is not reinstated, the board is moving forward. director apologizes for all

he will replace teresa sullivan, who recently resigned after less than two years on the job. the resignation stirred controversy. yesterday, thousands of people protested on campus. faculty leaders are demanding sullivan's reinstatement and the resignation of two board members involved in the ouster. i have heard from people very supportive of president sullivan. >> i want to make clear that we followed a regular communications process with the president involving ongoing discussions for an extended period of time. our progress toward a mutually agreed upon goals are highly important to the future of you viet. sullivan pushed for gradual moves. board members wanted more sweeping changes. she will officially leave on august 15. >> police are investigating what could be the first murder case ever in delaware. >> now they're searching for a suspect involved in the murder of a woman at the atlantic oceanside motel. >> a housekeeper made the gruesome discovery. she found the body of a woman who had been stabbed. >> this is dewey. things happen, but never somebody getting murdered.

the e-mail suggests leaders of the charlottesville school board of visitors were worried teresa sullivan was too slow to push higher education online, all of this still relatively mysterious as to, why but you talked to somebody, one of the most respected former university presidents in the nation who says this is a mistake. >> yeah. steven trexemberg was a university president, 20 years in d.c., and he says he's never seen anything like this. he says it's uva's board of visitors that ought to resign. >> says that the three persons involved which fired teresa sullivan at university of virginia did so capriciously and inappropriately. >> strong words from steven joel trexemberg in an article just out in the prestigeous chronicle of higher education. >> the process they used to effect their will was totally irregular and inappropriate. i've never heard of a board holding a secret meeting where three members get together, decide they're going to replace the president. >> a friend of presidents and spiritual leaders, the author of numerous books on higher ed and the man who built gw into one

after two years, president teresa sullivan, the first female president at the school, was abruptly fired. the board of visitors at the university has named carl zeithami interim president even though major donors have said they would withdraw pledges if sullivan is not reinstated. the board pushed forward after asking her to resign last week due to a looming financial problems and her apparent unwillingness to accept program cuts. she did address the massive crowd of students, faculty, and alumni on campus yesterday. head of the war apologized for not being more open with the decision but she stands by her decision with her colleagues to move forward with the new with thewho most recently was in his fourth term as dean and president of the mcintire school of commerce at the university of virginia. governor bob mcdonnell does have the authority to reinstate sullivan. no word this morning if he will do so. reporting live, john gonzalez abc 7. >> the first ever murder into delaware -- in dewey beach delaware. >> brianne carter has the latest. >> dewey beach is a popular summer destination.

auditorium where the provost defended this recently ousted president the faculty voted in favor of teresa sullivan during a rare sunday session. a majority of the crowd showing their full support. some worry about the future of the school and its good reputation after two years as the first female president. sullivan was reportedly asked to step down last week after looming financial problems and her apparent unwillingness to consider budget and program cuts at the university. >> i'm not even going to say it was necessarily a fan one way or the other of president sullivan. i believe she was a good president but just the way it happened was wrong. >> so this afternoon, the school board will meet to consider an interim president. we understand hundreds of students even though it is summer break, hundreds of students are scheduled to be outside of the school for a vigil during this 2:30 meeting. sullivan is due to resign august 15th. >> all right, thank you for that report john. it's 6:07 right now. a capital highlights man accused of leaving his 2-year-old daughter alone for more than 24 hours will

threats to fire the school's governing board helped force their decision to ultimately bring back teresa sullivanthe governor said he wanted a final answer either way but was glad they decided to reinstate sullivan. she was fired in surprising fashion about three weeks ago. there is still no word on why exactly she was fired. >>> gambling organizations spent hundreds of thousands of dollar this year to try to swing the maryland casino controversy their way. penn national, owners of the raceway, spent the most in an attempt to bring a sixth casino to the struggling raceway. they spent nearly $900,000. the second biggest spender was the maryland state education association with around $500,000. the owners of new casino maryland live spent about $86,000 to fight a new prince george's county casino, and lawmakers are still discussing whether to have a special session on gambling. >>> what was tropical storm debby has finally left the state of florida this morning but it's also left behind a soggy, wet mess. the storm dumped anywhere from 10 to 26 inches of rain in just a matter of 72 hours. that has

uva's board of visitors forced president teresa sullivan to step down earlier this month. her last day is august 15. the interim president said he will not apply for the president's job. >> stephen trottenburg who was university president for 30 years, most of them at georgetown university told our bruce leshan he's never seen anything like that and it's the uva board that should resign. >> it's a three-person -- [indiscernible] -- which fired teresa sullivan at the university of virginia did it capriciously and inappropriately. >> reporter: strong words in an article just out in the prestigious chronicle of higher education. >> the process they used to effect their will was totally irregular and inappropriate. i've never heard of a board holding a secret meeting with three members, get together and decide they're going to replace the president. >> reporter: a friend of presidents and spiritual leaders, the author of numerous books on higher ed, and the man who built gw into one of the largest land owners in downtown d.c., he is perhaps uniquely qualified to weigh in on te

president teresa sullivan was forced out two weeks ago. after just 1-8g months on the job -- after just 18 points on the job. but no one knew exactly why. she gained the truths of students and faculty, even campaigned on transparency. that's why the decision made behind closed doors to get rid of her outraged the campus community. the board of trustees voted her out and we're now learning members were growing impatient with what they deemed her slow progress as president. the board appointed a dean ever the school of commerce -- of the school of commerce as interim but he has now decided to step down. >> take one step back and allow the conversation to continue and allow the board of visitors to make the decision that i hope that they will make on tuesday afternoon. if the board decides not to reinstate the president and if they want me to be the interim president, then i will do what i can. >> there is a lot riding on today's meeting, including the jobs of the members of the board of trustees. the governor has said if they don't decide on

the decision has been made and president teresa sullivan will be replaced with an interim president. an angry crowd confronted board members. we have a reaction to this unpopular decision. >> the decision came very early this morning. the board met for 12 hours while students and faculty protested outside and ultimately named a university dean as interim president. >> a new interim president at the university of virginia. the decision came after a marathon board of visitors meeting that ended in the middle of the night. the rector was hagel that she left campus without comment. students on campus learned of the temporary leadership change as they headed to classes. >> they found a good person for the position. >> there is still bitterness about the way the change happened. >> i think it is not very transparent as a public university and the board acted like it is a private university. >> they private process and late night appointment does not sit well with the student. >> it is a huge violation. >> more than a week after the removal students and faculty rallied outside the school ro

. >> the fallout continues over the resignation of teresa sullivan. they're wearing this will damage the schools reputation. john gonzales is live in virginia with the very latest for us. >> this is a decision that could be event the center. during an emergency meeting john simon spoke in favor. use as your resign last week. he said he may consider stepping down. >> ahead of the board of directors, more than 700 people packed this auditorium where a day defended the president. >> we felt we needed to take action. >> the faculty voted unanimously in favor of sullivan. the crowd showed their support. >> and blindsided everybody. >> all my friends are saying they are glad they graduated. >> some are worried about the school and the education. sullivan was asked to resign last week after looming financial problems. >> i'm not going to say i was a fan in one way or another. i think she was a good president. the way it happened was wrong. >> the school president is said to me this afternoon. they will consider an interim president. students are expected to

ahead, we expect new developments in the resignation teresa sullivan. meet this afternoon to decide whether to reinstate a share. is tuesday morning. >> we began with a traffic and every 10 minutes. we will check in with lisa and a moment. >> comfortable outside. low humidity. let's get the latest. we are mostly in the 50's. berkeley 57. maryland's only 51 degrees. arlington 60. comfortable start today. it to be a pleasant afternoon exception of the gusty wind. mostly sunny with low humidity. highs near 80 degrees. average height is in the middle or upper 80's. tamara 86. hot and sticky by friday. >> i'm going to talk about canal road. we're hearing that a tree has down and taken a power line parent we're going to have to plan accordingly. this is going to be an alternate for a lot of people. and so they're able to resolve situation, not as simple. clearing construction. there in the process of picking it up. the construction is northbound here. they are working on 270 southbound. going to give you the boca ok. we've will have more information about can

visitors will meet tomorrow to discuss the future of teresa sullivan. yesterday brought another strong support.or more than 1500 people rallied, reinstatement as president. the resignation that was forced. the board ofn by was poorly conceived, executed and poorly explained. >> last week governor bob mcdonnell tran to replace the board if they fail to soon.p with a resolution there's a vigil planned tomorrow. a familiar face will be over at fort belvoir. the first double amputee and to command an army post. he was seriously injured by roadside bomb in 2007. that is what he was serving in iraq. he is director of the wounded warrior program and army currently and recently had a role in the movie opens cold battleship." he will be inducted this at a ceremony. it is 71 degrees. >> local school program is sure your kids get to eat during the summer. sure your kids get to eat during the summer. >> but they can be really well thexpensive.ted a puppy, so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just t ayin' possum. sfx: possum

teresa sullivan and the school's board of visitors came to a mutual agreement that it's time for sullivan to go. sullivan was the first female president of the university taking over in 2010. she said in a statement that she and the board have what she called philosophical differences, but that she treasured her time at the school. >>> the edge on dc where anybody who travels u street corridor better listen up. construction starts tomorrow on a 5 block stretch of the street in north west. one lane of traffic will be open during that work which will span from ninth to 4 tonight street. they're repaving, redoing sidewalks, upgrading traffic signals and storm drains one block at a time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. monday through saturday. plus there might be some work overnights and on sundays. >> it's a trip to the dentist, there's no question about it. >> i think the streetscape thing may be a little more painful than i anticipated. >> councilman graham says there are interest free loans available for small businesses if they struggle during this project. >>> police say the driver of a stolen

. >> we're learning that supporters of teresa sullivan feel they have enough votes. >> the turmoil continues this morning on campus at the university of virginia. now a state legislator is demanding action last. night about six under students, faculty, and alumni came together yet again for another massive protests on campus in support of ousted president teresa sullivan. earlier this week the school board voted to remove her after learning financial problems and they put in place interim president the dean of the commerce school. he has publicly said that he opposes the firing of sullivan and even told the board did not want the job. he said that he only took it because of a breakdown in trust. virginia delegate joseph morrissey is demanding the school explain the firing and has started a donation web site in order to investigate the school and what happened. reporting live in falls church john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> the florida police >who was criticized for his department's initial handling of the trayvon martin case is out of a job. sanford city manager says that chief bill lee was fir

teresa sullivan was asked to resign without explanation and they are calling for her to be reinstated. governor bob mcdonnell sent the board a letter friday demanding they take final action by tuesday or he'll ask for the entire board's resignation. one member has already stepped down. >>> developing news from the supreme court tonight which is expected to hand down two major rulings this week, one on healthcare, the other on arizona's controversial immigration law. fox's peter doocy has more on the potential impact of the decision. >> reporter: the healthcare case gets most of the headlines, but the supreme court is call expected to hand down its rule on the legality of s.b. 1070, arizona's imabrasion law this week as well, maybe even tomorrow -- immigration law this week as well, maybe even tomorrow. the law allows police officers to inquire about the immigration of people they pull over even for unrelated offenses, but there is an anti- profiling provision in the law and florida senator marco rubio said today based on the border difficulties in arizona, he thinks the law is good fo

. >> supporters of teresa sullivan said they might have enough votes to reinstate her at the university of virginia. john gonzalez as the latest on the effort. >> and the turmoil continues on the campus at the university of virginia. now a state legislator is demanding action. last night about 600 students, faculty, and alumni got together on campus yet again this week for another massive vigil/protest in support of ousted president teresa sullivan. earlier this week the school board voted to remove the 62- year-old after a looming financial problems and put in place in to run president crawls i am -- and put in place an interim president. carl has told the board twice that he did not want the job but only took it because of a breakdown in trust, he said. virginia delegate joseph morrissey is demanding the school explain this mysterious firing and he wants a full investigation, even creating a donation web site to pay for legal action in order to investigate the school and investigate exactly what happened. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> looks like las vegas will not be c

. >> the fight continues over the resignation of teresa sullivan. we will have more from the student rally. >> he will check traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> monday morning. we're talking about this appeared not severe for most of the region. east of '95 may run into some severe thunderstorms. here's a look at our storms can. this is up in pennsylvania stretching often to ohio. this is part of the cold front. we will have some areas of showers and storms around midday. partly cloudy. some storms developing earlier than usual. behind the cold front becoming less humid. a little breezy. you notice some changes. highs in the mid-80's. behind the cold front it will feel nice. the low humidity down in the 50's. some are upper-70's. a fair weather day tomorrow. this is a refreshing breeze kicking in for tomorrow. but good to the commute. >> the commute looks pretty good even across the wilson bridge. we have some changes in the traffic pattern. only one lane open. everything as far as the weekend construction out of virginia to get into maryland,

that did not stop 800 people from coming out tonight, upset about teresa sullivan been forced out. >> we felt needed to take action. >> tonight's meeting was organized by leaders on the faculty wanted to the day after the news broke. >> this just blindsided everybody. >> the fear among those who came out is this will damage the longstanding good reputation nationally and lead to loss of good people and programs. >> i believe she was a good president. the way it happened was wrong. >> she was reportedly asked to resign because some on the board did not think she was doing much about financial problems at the school. >> what went on behind closed doors i cannot speak about. >> tomorrow is going to be a very big day. at 3:00, the board of visitors will meet to talk about possibly naming an interim replacement president. all the while that meeting is going on, here on the historic lawn, protesters plan to gather a huge crowd to register their displeasure. >> those who came out to tonight's meeting want the board to reverse the decision or to give a better explanation about why it sold in

. >>> student and faculty leaders want more information about the removal of president teresa sullivan. the student council says the school statements after sullivan's decision to resign have been contradictory. dr. sullivan has agreed to step down august 15th. >> i am still really in shock about the fact that this powerful visionary is not part of our lives. there is a moment when you kind of draw the line in the sand and you say this is what i believe and if it makes me weak, i don't care. i am going to say what i think. >> a meeting between the school's governor board and the fact cultty senate is set for later today. >>> children in the u.s. are taking fewer prescription drugs. the number of prescriptions for kids is down 7% from 2002. the biggest drops were seen in antibiotics and drugs for allergies and pain. but some prescriptions are increasing, especially contraception for teens and medications for asthma and adhd. >>> the risk of alcoholism can be inherited and researchers are starting to understand which genes are responsible. doctors analyzed the dna of 2600 people and foun

teresa sullivan is set to leave august 15th. the school's board of visitors announced her departure was mutual, but no reason was given. members of the faculty senate want sullivan reinstated. at a meeting tonight sullivan defended her record. that meeting is still ongoing. teresa sullivan said she has worked to adopt needed changes at uva since taking office, but she and the board apparently disagreed with how that change should occur and the pace. tonight the questions about the school's leadership continue and have alumni concerned about the future of the university. uva graduate patrick dorsey joins us. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> let me ask what are your main concerns right off the bat? >> i think what's really important to think about is that the secrecy of this process is highly incompatible with the values of a university that was founded on and continues to be sustained by our highest ideals of honor and enlightened self-governance. we believe at the university of virginia it is insufficient simply to impart

. >> after the unpopular removal of teresa sullivan, the school has named a new interim president. carl zeithaml. he was appointed after a board meeting that ran late last night. many students say he is a good choice. some are still bitter about the way the change happened. >> it is not very transparent and is a public university. >> students confronted the board members as they made their way off campus. >> the supreme court is getting ready to rule on president obama's health care reform that some members -- but some members are ready to step in if the court upholds any part of the bill. the individual mandate is being questioned. the court can strike down that mandate and insurance charges but house speaker john boehner says he sees only one acceptable outcome. >> unless the supreme court throws out the entire obamacare bill, the house will move to -- will move to appeal all that. it is driving up health care costs and making it harder for small players to hire people. >> the supreme court is expected to rule on the bill by next monday. still ahead at 6. see why lawmakers say th

teresa sullivan will step down on august 15 after two years on the job. she says she is leaving because of philosophical differences with the board of visitors. the board will hire an interim president while it searches for a permanent replacement. >> drivers can expect their free delays in the district today. officials will begin a streetscape project on u street northwest between ninth street and 14th street starting at 7:00 this morning. sidewalks will be rebuilt, new landscaping installed and traffic and parking will be restricted. be prepared for a few more extra waits. >> apple has a big event this week. >> to tell us about that, linda bell at bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> happy monday. the big story today, the market. dow futures indicating gains of 130 points before the opening bell. looks pretty strong on speculation a bailout for spanish banks will ease the european debt crisis. apple is kicking off its worldwide developer's conference in san francisco today. the company will meet with developers making apps for its products. one analys

but the faculty senate met monday demanding president teresa sullivan be reinstated. it wants the two visitors members tossed out instead. they say sullivan was forced to resign behind closed doors. >> i think it's veries can tressing and it -- is very distressing and could do real damage to the university of virginia which is the flagship for the commonwealth of virginia. >> in her first public statement about this situation, teresa sullivan defended her performance as president and bashed the secret nature of her ouster. she says, quote, corporate- style, top-down leadership does not work in a great university. sustained change with buy-in does work." >>> it 16:15 here on -- it is 6:15 here on 9news now. tomorrow is the official start of summer and it's going to feel like it. >> just on schedule. we've got 90s on the way tomorrow, thursday and friday. better chance of storms on friday. today we have a rumble of thunder to the south this morning. >> it's not going to mess up our news babes bash for breast cancer tonight. >> it shouldn't. any storms later on should be

hundreds of supporters protested campus, demanding the presidentent of teresa sullivan. it was sparked by her resignation < two years into the job. faculty have blamed helen and called for her and member to resign. >> i have heard from people who are supportive of president cell to stopt they intend donations. that they intend to stop donations. >> we have progress toward goals to the importance importance. to the board. >> they disagreed about financial and fund-raising efforts. push for more gradual the board wanted to make more sweeping changes. she officially leaves the university and august 15. >> a new controversy over issue say it is a slap in the face to millions. the big announcement by the shoemaker. also get ready for the tabloid wars. takinghnology giant's at the ipad. we will tell you what people at the ipad. we wi[ male announcer ]eople this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireles

tomorrow the school board of visitors will meet to discuss whether to reinstate teresa sullivan. s of sullivan supporters held a rally on the charlottesville campus yesterday. thousands more watched the protests online. students, professors and even deans demanded the board reconsider its decision to force sullivan from office. >> the board of visitors would be enhanced. this is the great paradox if the board were to reinstate terry sullivan, most of us will come away with a renewed appreciation for the board. >> this past friday governor bob mcdonnell threatened to replace the entire board unless it gets ahold of the growing controversy. >>> we expect two key supreme court decisions that week that could have major political impacts. one involves president obama's health care law. the justices deciding if the patriot protection and affordable care act is constitution approximately. 26 states and national business group urged the court to strike down the law's central requirement that all americans must buy some type of health insurance. a lot of republicans have said if the suprem

forward with the job until the board figures out if it's going to reinstate ousted president, teresa sullivan. supposed to start work august 15, but he will wait for their decision on tuesday. sullivan says she was forced out as president because of disagreements with the board other money issues. >> dick cheney's daughter has tied the knott. mary wed her long time partner in d.c. today. fox 5 in the newsroom now with details. >> the spokesperson for the former vice president and his wife, lynn, confirmed the wedding today, but added the no additional details will be released. congratulated the couple in the statement. if they say mary and heather have been in a committed relationship for many years and we are delighted that they were able to take advantage of the opportunity to have that relationship recognized. they go on to say mary and heather and their children are very important and much loved members of our family and we wish them every happiness. mary and heather have been a couple for at least twenty years and have two children together. a five-year-old son, samuel, and a two-year-ol

the board voted yesterday to give teresa sullivan back her job. ulty have protested since the board forced the school's first female president to resign after -- earlier this month. sullivan says she hopes she and uva can now move forward. >> the unity of the board and this community is very important. it will help us make progress and probably to make it faster than we could have any other way. >> mcdonnell had threatened to fire the board of visitor it is they did not resolve this controversy this week. >>> today adam coates -- coates? i just made up a name. adam oates will be introduced as the head coach of the capitals. oates is a former cap himself and was with the team for their run to the stanley cup finals in 1998. he spent 19 years as a player in the nhl. assistant for the new jersey devils last season. oates replaces dale hunter who will stay for just part of one season. we want to know what you think about the new head coach. let us know by going to our "news4 today" facebook page and see what other folks have written. >>> a river walk t

she and rest of the board of visitors forced teresa sullivan from her job as university president after only serving for two years. the krit tinges want drag bass and other board members out and an explanation for sullivan's ouster. >> it's very disappointing that after all of this happened that dragas has not stepped down. it has been shown that the university, the faculty, the students do not fully support her and that we have been completely ashamed by this whole thing that's happened. having people walk by and people chanting resign, resign, you brought shame on us, is hard to hear. so i hope that we can get a better answer out of this because we've really gotten nothing so far. >> the board of visitors has not said why it forced sullivan from her job. dragas, however, has suggested that it was because of a look of outside fund-raising. >>> we are heating up, get out this morning, enjoy this beautiful weather while you can. temperatures are going to climb today. tom kierein says, you ain't see nothing let, tom. >> it should be moving on tomorrow and on thursday. uncomfortable hot, t

the board of regents decided that the director decided to fire teresa sullivan.f questions as to why that happened. none of them have been answered. but paul attituder jones who gave to the school a stadium in his father's name, who has pledged $12 million to build a concontemplative center, his wife is into yoga, so a free-thinking area at uva enat this mated that he wanted a change at the university of virginia. the uva was not advancing quickly enough. he wanted it run as a business rather than as a school. you can see the reaction that was engendered here by that firing. >> i mean people say this is going on at a lot of universities. a lot of public institutions. guess what, this is uva and we have a sense of community and a sense of pride. that stuff about jefferson it does get instilled in us. >> thomas jefferson the founder of the school. i want to show this graphic to show you about who paul attituder jones was. he's a hedge fund manager. his worth $3.4 billion. 106th richest man in america and he has given all this money to the university. there are ques

scattered storms >> tomorrow the board of visitors knees to discuss the future of ousted president teresa sullivan. 1500 staff and students rallied in support yesterday. this hassupporters say the governing body needs to be more transparent. >> this action by the board of visitors was ill-conceived, poorly executed, and thus far poorly explained. it's a vigil in support of sullivan is planned on campus before the board meeting tomorrow. last week of virginia governor bob mcdonnell threatened to replace the entire board if it cannot come with a solution. texting the boys have been jailed, charged with firing shots at a chantilly middle school. cetus 16-year-old are being held until a court hearing accused of firing a pellet gun outside rocky run middle school earlier this month. two students were hit by the pellets, but not seriously injured. >> tropical storm debby is unleashing soaking rain on parts of florida and mississippi today. >> the wind blowing 60 miles an hour. 25 tornados have developed from the storm. now the latest from scott goldberg. >> all along the florida gulf coast, the problem

he had been dean of uva's mcintyre school of commerce and replaces teresa sullivan forced from her job as the school's president. >> say something before you get in your car? >> do not believe everything in the newspapers. >> there's no more -- >> said nothing. >> why did the meeting take so long? >> resign. >> shame on you. >> sullivan's departure has angered many faculty members and students in charlottesville. dozens of people yelled at zucker. earlier in the day professors called on them to resign over their decision to oust sullivan. >>> new this morning, working to larn more about a serious accident in laurel. it's unclear right now what caused the accident but we

uva's board of visitors will meet this afternoon to discuss whether to reinstate teresa sullivan. many of the students and faculty there are furious the board forced sullivan to resign earlier this month less than two years after she took the job. thousands of them rallied on the campus sunday adding to the pressure on the board there, a threat from governor bob mcdonnell, to replace the board, the entire board, if this controversy isn't resolved this week. >>> breaking news in fairfax county, police are still on the scene of a stand your that started more than 12 hours ago. tracee wilkins is live in falls church, virginia, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still here on the scene. we have the city of falls church and fairfax county police surrounding this house in the 600 block of hillwood avenue. they say this came in as a call as domestic disturbance. a lot has happened since then. they believe there was just one man inside of the househo

will they reinstate teresa sullivan at president? mark plotkin will join me to talk about governor bob mcdonnell's ultimatum to make a decision. we are back right after this.  >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is holding a posh retreat in park city, utah this weekend. to get invited you have to raise at least $100,000 for the romney campaign. that buys you the chance to rub elbows with republican leaders like senator john mccain, former florida governor jeb bush, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and strategist karl rove. joining me now for some insight on the event is fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin. so, mark, it seems karl rove's attendance has raised flags for campaign finance watchdogs. why? >> here's the deal, maureen. he is the head of a superpac called american crossroads and the superpacs raise unlimited money. there's no limit to individual contributions and they're supposed to not be coordinated with the official romney campaign or for that matter, any political campaign and there's karl rove

teresa sullivan is staying on as the president of the university of virginia and is calling for unity on campus that has been divided by her sudden ouster more than two weeks ago. the board of visitors unanimously voted to reinstate her yesterday amid tears from students and faculty she said now that the media controversy is over, the university must now look ahead. >> we can go forward with what is good for the university only if we go forward together. >> she has pledged to work with the board going forward on the university's most pressing issues. >>house republicans are meeting today to discuss a bill to keep student loans from dublin on july 1. interest rates are set to jump from 3% to seven %. lawmakers want to keep rates down but disagree on how to offset the $6 billion in losses to the federal treasury. debbie made no longer be a tropical storm but the leftovers are lashing florida with heavy rains and threats of tornadoes. it is now a depression and drenching parts of the sunshine state but it is slowly pulling away. the mess left behind will be a lasting memory for weeks and

in any presidential capacity until the board meets next week to discuss the reinstatement of teresa sullivan. >> i want to allow the conversation to continue and the board to make the decision that i hope they will make on tuesday afternoon. >> governor mcdonnell also upped the pressure on the board and says they do not resolve this controversy come tuesday, he will fire them all on wednesday. >> today is the three-year anniversary of that metro crash that killed nine people. the deadly wreck injured more than 80 writers on the red line on the way to the takoma park station. it was blamed on an electronic malfunction. today, officials unveiled a plaque on the new hampshire avenue bridge. in the three years since the accident the metro has implemented three of 19 things recommended. >> a recall on thousands of chevy cruises. gm is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles made in the west because of a potential engine fire. the defect could cause flammable liquids to become trapped into the engine compartment. gm will inspect and modify the vehicles'. no injuries have been reported. >> hopefully o