but the d.c. democratic state party did not file the paperwork on behalf of the candidate until the day after the deadline, according to the board of elections. because of that delay, a voter filed a challenge with the board that could have kept sanders' name off the ballot. today, the d.c. council passed emergency legislation exempting democratic candidates from the deadline for the june 2016 primary. but in a meeting before the vote, several council members expressed concern about passing a law to allow one person ballot es extremely careful with writing legislation to put one on the ballot that's in violation of our law. >> at that meeting the chair of the council warned council members of the negative press they would receive if sanders was kept off the ballot. >> if we deny the voter access, then that is not going to look good for the council. >> orange said negative press shouldn't drive how the council acts. >> that was very disappointing to hear. i think that we're here to do a job. and som

there's a dead man's switch on the d.c. madam unreleased records, at least the lawyer says there is. so, i don't know, if you're say you're presidential candidate whose name is on the d.c. madam phone list, better home nothing happens to him that prevents him from resetting his 72-hour countdown clock for if that happens, all the results come out, all the records. who knows. this could absolutely by an empty threat. he's shown no proof that he's done this. of course, without access to the documents ourselves, we can't verify his claim one aor anotor. this is what he's claiming on how he's acted to protect the information and how he's acted to protect himself as the possessor of the information. the second thing that's happened today is his application to the united states supreme court, which says they should release him from this restraining order and let him release the escort agency records, that application to the supreme court got put on the docket at the supreme court today. that's the supreme court website. yes, it is

the d.c. madam case was an escort service that thrived in washington, d.c. for something like 13 years. it started in the early '90s. it was eventually shut down in 2006. when the government brought criminal charges against the woman that ran that agency. she and her lawyer decided they would fight back against those charges if part by releasing records from the escort service, releasing their phone records, so by them releasing those phone records in 2006-2007, we learned about how profile clients of this, for give me, high end hooker service in washington. so the george w. bush and a czar and a sitting republican u.s. for, family value, conservative senator. several other bold faced naimd names in washington basically got outed in that escort service. it's interesting. they didn't get outed in court. they got outed as a part of a media and pr strategy run by the woman running the escort agency and her lawyer. now, the woman that run the agency has since died. she killed herself not long after she was convicted in 2008, after she found out she was facing a l

the d.c. council is expected to vote on the shelter plan in two week. but that vote may be delayed. >>> and neighbors living near rfk stadium ward 7 say they don't want another stadium. last fight's community meeting held by event d.c. was to come up with ideas for what to do with the campus. events d.c. is considering a new home for the redskins, an area for the wizards and caps or a concert hall. many neighbors say they want to be a place that families can enjoy. >> i'm not as big a fan of having a stadium there, but some type of facility where you could involve people in sports if a different way would be great. >> it really needs to have a presence. >> other options include a park, an indoor track complex and a community pool. the next community meeting on the issue will be in three months. >>> d.c. is celebrating the birth of a fourth baby eagle. liberty and justice now have two eaglets at the d.c. police academy in southeast. is this a live look at the nest for you. and then there are the two baby eagles that hatched at the national arboretum last

today, the d.c. ctions is still scheduled to hold a hearing on this matter but that hearing is all but meaningless now because of the action taken by the d.c. council. reporting from outside of the d.c. council headquarters, mark segrav segraves, institution 4. >>> the country's top transportation official talking about metro. an thox fox saying metro should do whatever it problems on the track, that includes shutting down entire rail rail lines for months at a time. foxx is the u.s. transportation secretary per. the metro chair says repairs can be done by temporarily shutting down track segments. metro says the problems are now fixed but on tuesday the system wasn't working. riders became frustrated when the new system bus eta slowed down. there was a slow server response for about an hour. it did not sit well with commuters. >> it would say 10, 15 minutes, let me get 20 minutes just to make sure. >> if you have an issue with the service send it to feedback at wmata.com. >>> there's a lot of celebrat

the d.c. egion tomorrow? sue palka joins us with details on when some rain might be moving in, sue. >> we may be able to get through the first part of the morning rush hour without rain, but it looks like around 9:00 or so we'll start to see some showers pop up, maybe even some rumbles of hundred dollars. any rain we see tomorrow could have some strong wind gusts with it and a little bit hail. there's a little bit over on the earn shore. i think we'll really spend th but you can see there are a couple more lines off to the west and that is what is approach tomorrow. by the way, i don't even think tomorrow is all day wet but there will be a few hours that we have to dodge some showers and storms. we sure do stay mild tonight. it's still 67 in the district. beltsville you're still 72-degrees and we'll have some morning showers around. maybe a rumble of thunder as that approaches. you'll also notice the breezy. that will continue as our front gets ready to cross tomorrow. 67 as mentioned in d.c. 7

it is pushing east and trying to make its way to the d.c. metro area. a few areas to the west as well. you see it spinning here. this will move through tomorrow morning. if you have plans tomorrow morning to get out and about, maybe you want to take the umbrella with you through the morning hours. 59 tomorrow morning. by afternoon, by evening another grit one. high temperatures around 73. i will be back and time that rain out for you and show you the best chance of rain in a minute. >>> tonight in the district, the carnegie library is radiating purple in honor of prince. the amsterdam cafe on u street celebrating his life with a dance party. >> tonight, we are learning more about the final moment of prince's life as we await the results of his autopsy. we have the latest now from minneapolis. >> reporter: he was both famous and famously private. genius and an enigma. >> his talent, beautiful. >> feels like a family member passed away. it's agonizing. >> reporter: how his life ended is a mystery itself. police say the 57-year-old singer was last seen wedn

what we do is the rest of what d.c. p does, where we work with kids who are at risk of not getting to or through college and helping them get through the complicated milestones of the admissions and financial aid o make good decisions while in college so they can graduate. >> chad, you are an adviser, but you're a beneficiary of dc-cap. >> yes. >> tell us your story. >> well, this is my fifth school year with dc-cap. i graduated from high school, went to the university of pittsburgh at greensburg and became an admissions counselor for three years before returning back home. and within a month of coming back to d.c., i heard about this great opportunity to work with dc-cap, and i've been doing this ever since. >> and so, you did dc-cap, and how did it help you? >> it was very helpful, because it helped to really counsel me in what a good fit would be for me. dc-cap's really good at matching students with good fits as far as the school they go to or the type of scholarship opportunities that are available. in fact, my dc-c

lawyers for the board of elections left d.c. interior court after judge maurice ross rejected technical challenges to putting a $15 min mull wage on the november ballot. >> i will see if we can schedule this on the agenda to the next board meeting this wednesday. >> the proposal for the ballot would raise the current minimum wage of $10.50 to $15 over the next four years. proponents say it's about the cost of living. >> you have to have a living wage to survive in the capital. some people think that the old wage, exploding the low wage workers and working people to >> i hear from residents across the city. sam: mayor bowser that once proposed it no longer does. >> we have to make sure washingtonians can participate in the prosperity. >> if people don't have a good-paying job we won't be successful. sam: in the street we heard both support, opposition and questions. >> i don't think it's realistic. >> people should be thankful for job and raise it 50 cents. >> $15. i don't know if it is fully livable. but it's a step in right dire

even with the d.c. approval it is unclear how the republican controlled congress can respond. >> i think this is a problem that we need to approach on every level. >> so anything we can do that is creative is worth trying. >> today d.c. vote march merged on capitol hill with the democracy spring protest calling for reform and the restoration of the voting rights act. many here support bernie sanders for president and criticized corporate america and the antiwar group code pink participated. is this a good fit for the nonpartisan d.c. vote? >> any opportunity to elevate it to the new audiences is a good thing. >> this ended like every democracy bring protest this week with a large group of protesters arrested outside the capitol building. >> thank you for taking a stand. >> rosario dawson was among those arrested. they arrested hundreds of democracy spring protesters across the country and d.c. vote hopes when they return home they will act as the ambassadors for d.c. statehood. mike carter-conneen, abc7

abc7 and the web team proud to announce the launch of the d.c. refined.com. nline magazine hit the web this afternoon. this is where you get information on the website, real estate and the destination in the area. follow it on twitter and instagram. leon: folks out west got a surprise when they woke up. this is near sacramento, california. light snow fell overnight. precipitation began as the rain turned to snow at higher elevation. the snow disappeared after the sun came up. it is always beautiful going away. alison: and not here. leon: exactly! alison: all right, doug. but there is a frost advi for tomorrow. doug: the most we deal with is the frost. the same energy and the system in sacramento headed to the rockies. it looks like over the weekend denver and the front range could get 12 to 18 inches of snow this weekend. yikes! here we have a warmup with more sunshine like we see above montgomery college in rockville. we will take it. the area for the frost advisory du jour. this is west of the i-95 corridor. a lot of counties for overnight hours before the s

the d.c. public schools, which is only about 64%. however, i'd be remiss if i did not note that the d.c. public schools increased their graduation rate six percentage points from 2014 to 2015 and we applaud that and hope that continues. that's in part because this three-sector approach is actually working. opponents of the soar act want to stop this legislation because they disagree with the o.s.p. for purely ideological reasons. in fact, opponents just like the supporters note that o.s.p. students know they do better if not better on every measure compared to the public school counterparts. and they remain in the program until they finish high school. if the o.s.p. is so bad, it makes no sense to allow children to remain in it. the truth is the program works and we should re-authorize it so we can work for more children. opponents of the o.s.p. will seek to end the entire three-sector approach in order to stop the o.s.p. but i do want to note that the washington, d.c., mayor, the d.c. council

the d.c. l just passed a law to help identify kids as lgbt from taking their lives. the council pass the youth intervention and school survey act the first law of its kind requiring a state education office to develop a policy on students that specifically addresses the needs. theay bowser for her action. >>> and the entire student body in loudoun will participate in the walk. the walk comes after a senior at the school took his own life last october. david culver will be at the walk speaking to students about the change they hope to change with the walk. his report will be on news4 later today. >>> and for concerned parents national suicide prevention lifeline lists a number of warning signs. they include talking hopeless, having no reason to live. feeling trapped or unbearable pain. increased use of alcohol or drugs, showing range or seeking revenge. >>> police in prince william county are trying to figure out who is shooting into homes in woodridge, so far, police say no one was hurt. the mo

the d.c. council voted 7 to 6 to permanently ban marijuana outside of homes even though it's legal for adults to use. advocates are not happy for this decision they say the ban hurts pe people in public housing. >>> d.c. has one of the toughest laws in the nation when it comes to synthetic drugs. the council outlawed any synthetic drugs and it makes it much easier for police and prosecutors to arrest someone for distributing the drugs. to help you understand the dangerous drugs, the news4 i-team created a synthetic drug page. >>> maryland workers are closer to earning seven paid sick days a year. it would mean one hour of sick time for every 30 hours days. only companies with at least 15 workers would have to comply. now the state senate still needs to act on the bill quickly because the legislative session ends monday night. >>> all right. storm team meteorologist chuck bell is here, and more cold weather. >> welcome to the morning show, chris. >> thank you, an opportunity. >> absolutely. >> w

neighborhood. >> bowser wants to close the d.c. homeless shelter and open new sites in each of the district's eight wards. opponents have argued some of the sites violate zoning laws and are in unsafe areas. >>> he opened fire on his ex-wife's new husband with his children just feet away. now min nguyen will spend the rest of his life in prison for murder. the judge handed down the sentence in leesburg. he shot cory madison four times. madison ran out of the house trying to draw nguyen away from the children. his widow says the sentence doesn't bring much peace. >> there's novi victory here. am i going to tell my children, are they going to continue to be in danger? can i make them that promise? i can, but even that doesn't >> she gave birth to the couple's first child eight months after his death. >>> 22-year-old andrew martin and 22-year-old daniel pa paytoninger were arrested tonight. they forced their way into a dorm room back in february. six students were robbed. detectives determined the robberies were targeted and drug relat

the d.c. council will have a hearing on the issues this morning. we'll have a link to the full report on our nbc washington app. >>> today a 15-year-old largo high school student will be laid to rest. davonte washington was shot and killed on the deanwood metro station platform in d.c. on easter weekend. he was with his mother and two youngsters when another teen asked him a question and then police say shot him. the funeral is being held at the first baptist church in upper ha marlboro at 11:00. other students will present his family with a memory wall. >>> fear about student safety is spreading after the apparent murder of a freshman at the university of texas at us a sin. 18-year-old thate was a dance major from organize. there is a manhunt for a person caught on surveillance video. fr wiser's parents released a statement. >> if her death can somehow make it safer for a young woman to walk home, it will all prevent another assault or murder. at least we could find some meaning behind an otherwise senseless and tragic death. >> students gathered

closer to the d.c. metro around the capital beltway. heading to northeast d.c. up to college park area. that is where we are looking at a light shower at this time. the nationals game i believe will go on. no problems. may drop rain drops here and there. we will see the temperatures around 70 degrees. fall to middle 60's by the time the game is over with at 10:00 tonight. we are talking about 80-plus degree temperature on the south-seven outlook. the minutes. maureen: thank you, steve. every water fountain and faucet in the district public school will be tested for lead after tests showed elevating lead levels at three elementary schools. sam ford is live in northeast with the latest developments in a story you first saw on abc7. sam? sam: we are outside minor elementary school in northeast washington. as you said, one of three schools in tests last august city found elevated led levels but it took eight months for the parent of the schools to learn that. the news arrived out the higher lead levels parents like melvin wellington who has a daughter at minor are up

residents of the district of columbia. d.c. mayor muriel bowser, who supports hillary clinton for president, said she will sign the legislation. come june democrats will have a choice between hillary clinton and bernie sanders on the primary ballot. from the d.c. district building, mark segraves, news4. >>> first at 4:00, a theft ring gets busted at tyson's corner mall. awe three suspects are from florida, all under arrest. athlete were spotted at lord & taylor's, they tried to run but were caught by the fairfax county police and urban team. police recovered $76,000 in stolen goods. >>> a woman by the name of arianna carp has been arrested in the past, accused of taking high-end items from bloo police caught her with $91,000 worth of stolen items in her car. >>> fairfax county county driver is cited for causing an accident involving another vehicle and a fairfax county connector bus, route 50 and majestic lane in the fair oakes area. police say the driver plowed into another vehicle at a red light, pushing it into the back of

take a look. >> in the d.c. ries -- >> oh, forget it. >> what was the name of batman's canine crime fighting partner? >> i'm going to go with bat dog. >> bat dog, judges? no. it was ace. you win -- >> oh, no. >> that's ben affleck poking a little fun at himself after his latest movie release batman versus superman. puppies, babies, that makes good tv. >> what a cute puppy that was. >> absolutely. absolutely. i think that was a contest that jimmy was happy to lose. >> let's find out from lauryn, do you have >> i don't. i have a cat. i'm a cat person. >> the dog can usually tell us if it's going to rain or not. >> i know. my cat doesn't do that. >> that's why we have meteorologists. >> that's why i'm here. my cat doesn't do anything except sit there like everybody else's cat. radar coming in, you can see that rain is moving into the d.c. area. some areas of heavy rain as well, southern maryland there's some thunderstorms just south of richmond right now. those are going to continue to move up their way. you will se

and now the d.c. dmv, as of may 1st is going to require that every first time driver take 30 hours of classroom instruction and eight hours behind the wheel before being eligible to take the test. this chairman is raising the red flag on the costly new requirements. >> of course we want people to be trained to drive properly. but what with will it mean for people of modest means. some of these courses can cost $1,000 or more. >> she told us there hasn't been considering trying to hold up the change that would affect thousands of new teen drivers, immigrants and others new to driver. >> we're saying to people without means that they can't get a driver's license. we have to figure something else. >> reporter: dmv officials declined to appear on camera but told shay in a letter that the new requirement have been advertised for months. they're trying to ensure safe driving particularly among teens. driver's ed was once handled by d.c. schools but it stopped doing it in 2009. as of now there are no formal

the d.c. general shelter and open the new shelters. many neighbors have brought up concerns when the proposed location. the d.c. council expected to vote on the shelter plan in about two weeks. the vote may be deed >>> neighbors talked about what they would like to see done with rfk stadium in ward seven. events d.c. is considering several plans including a new home for the redskins, an area for the wizards and caps, or a concert hall. many neighbors say they want to be a place that will revitalize the neighborhood that families can enjoy, as well. >> i'm not as big a fan of having a stadium, but some type of facility where you could involve people in sports in a different way would be great. >> it really needs to have a presence. >> other options include a park and indoor track complex and community pool. the next very nice on the issue will be in lee months. >> d.c. has another baby eagle. will be in lee months. >> d.c. has another baby eagle. liberty and justice now have two eaglets at the p

the world. there are big changes coming to two d.c. high school schedules. the stagger dismissal so the students leave at this during at different times after a series of high profile incidents of violence. roz: this picture shows the massive police response at the latest fight between the rival d.c. schools at the gallaudet metro stop. they say is happening too much and something all to be done about it. >> i guess d.c. police involvement until something changes. roz: tc but look will stagger dismissal times at mckinley tech. 30 5 p.m.,out at dunbar students will be dismissed at 3:25 p.m. a spokesperson said we are committed to fostering a learning environment where students feel safe and secure both in school and to and from school. turns out students say there is a long simmering feud between the high schools. nobody remembers how it started, and sometimes the fights are drummed up on social media. >> schoolwide thing, it's more one person against another person from another school, and they bring their whole congregation and that turns into a whole army

the d.c. l a victory for congress. >> ahead, how frederick county is dealing with gang violence but jamie raskin is the only abdemocrat for congress who led the fight for tougher gun laws. only raskin took on the nra to ban military-style assault weapons. raskin: i'm jamie raskin, and i approve this message. i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. narrator: an attack ad from the campaign for donna edwards. so untrue. so outrageous that president obama said, "pull it down." the obama white house called the ad on chris van hollen and the nra "misleading." the sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. the post praised van hollen as a "leading champion on gun safety," and condemned the edwards ads that "mislead" voters. donna edwards. will she say anything to win an election? donna edwards. at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped