but another force would transform thomas brown's new world. he saw it coming one august day in the form of 130 armed men walking straight toward his house. now, brown knew before coming to america of the troubles that had been tearing up anglo-american relations for at least a decade. a series of taxes imposed by britain had triggered a heated series of conflicts over the limits of parliamentary authority and the rights of colonial british subjects. brown confidently reckoned that georgia, a thousand miles away from new england, the center of unrest, had, quote, no connection or concern in such affairs. even in 1774 investing his personal fortune and his future in the american colonies looked like a good bet. but in april 1775 british and american troops exchanged the first shots of the revolution outside boston and no part of the colonies remained unconcerned for long. in savannah and charleston, the nearest major cities to brown's estate patriots formed associations to organize support for the rebellion and approached brown and his neighbors

. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> on january 1st, 2001, thomas brown, no relation to derwin, was swornd prosecutors began to interview hundreds of people. >> anyone who was going to be affected by the new administration now needs to be interviewed and accounted for for their activities that evening. >> two grand juries were impanelled. one who investigated the charges of corruption in the former sheriff's office. the other, the murder of derwin brown. >> i can't speak to what's going on in the prosecutor's head or primarily what his motives are. my statement to you is that i am not guilty of any form of corruption and i had absolutely nothing to do with the murder of derwin brown. >> nine months after brown's death, the case was at a standstill. >> the investigation was dead in the water. we knew we needed inside information. >> then came the big break. on september 12th, 2001, a man named patrick cuffy was charged with murder after what the newspapers called a wild west shootout in his suburban atlanta front yard. cuffy had be ex-sheriff dorsey's right-hand man and worked in dorsey's

browns. in alameda thomas roman abc7 news. >> thanks, thomas. >>> another big story governor brown is working through 142 bills on his desk deciding whether or not to sign them into law before the midnight deadline. lilian kim is here to tell us about a few of them he signed into law today. lilian? >> among the bills governor brown signed were three healthcare bills. one is a big victory for families with autistic children and two others are designed to protect minors. >> children as young as 12 years old can get the hpv vaccine without parental consent. the human papiloma virus is sexually transmitted and the leading cause of cervical cancer. the bill was signed despite opposition from parents rights groups and vaccination opponents. the concerns vary, but many worry vaccinated girls will believe they can engage in sex without risk. for bill nay the issue is more about the rights of parents being taken away. >> the concern is parental rights. this bill takes the parents out of the position of making important healthcare decisions about their kids. >> another new law affecting minors deals wi

, history is driven forward by people -- he would point back to jesus, to socrates, to thomas jefferson, john brownndell phillips. history moves forward by people who start off with an idea that seems deeply unpopular, but that is the next step for moral revolution. >> this is chris on the line. >> thank you for the conversation. it is a great surprise see on television tonight. i was wondering if you could comment on the relationship with industrial workers of the world. and with a general strike in seattle. >> he was a founding member of the iww that started in 1905. they were a clearly industrial union movement. it was juxtaposed against the american federation of labor which is more of a craft skills worker based union. the iww was a movement among the working class of people. in its size, it is not as nationalistic. it sought to work with workers in other countries. spain, france, italy, and it is a part of -- it never came to be, but they saw themselves as part of the workers' movement with fighters fighting worldwide in not just in the united states. it was eugene debs' later interpretation

my text messages time for today's trivia: the question comes from the thomas halloween cartoon " it's the great pumpkin charlie brown " according to linus the great pumpkin comes every halloween to the most what pumpkin patch in the world? the one-run games and last night's game 6 is already being called one of the best world series games ever. the texas rangers trying to win their first championship in st. louis. there were just one strike away in the ninth inning ... but two men on for david freese who triples and the tying runs. the rangers go up in the 10th inning the cardinals down to their final strike again and this time lance purple and ties it with an rbi single. for it is still tied in the bottom of the 11th inning first batter is david freese who hits a home run to center the first walk off homer of his career the cardinals won 10-9 to force a game 7 tonight first game 7 in the series since 2002 >>and while the cardinals 0 david freese had the game of his life last night he made it memorable for one cardinals fan as well his walk off home run gave cardinals fan dave huyette a great souvenir. this video sh

members not there yesterday as far as we know not sure if michael brown ever made it michael brown and harry thomas, harry thomas was one of the people you mentioned that is involved in his own investigation right now, i would like to know your thoughts and thoughts of your fellow council members on him not being there and michael brown as well. >> first of all michael brown did appear at the hearing he did participate, it is my understanding that councilmember thomas had some other obligations that he was already, you know, would be at those particular events. >> is there anything more important than him being there yesterday. >> i think it would have been good for him to participate but if you have a speaking engagement, when you make a commitment, you need to honor those as well. >> let me ask you this big broad question as we close, how did we get here? why are we wasting time talking about this today? >> well, we got here because of activity by elected officials, and as result of irv nathans investigation into harry thomas' allegations, he was able to get a finding that $300,000 was utilized f

thomas. this morning dozens of new laws on the books signed by governor brown last night.ne ran need to upset gun -- one is guaranteed to upset gun rights supporters. >> reporter: starting january 1st, leave your guns home. governor brown has signed a law making it illegal to openly carry a handgun if public. anyone caught violating faces up to one year in jail and up to $1,000 in fines. earlier this year gun advocates organized open carry organizations in the east bay where several intentionally displayed unloaded guns in coffee shops and restaurants. advocates argue they have the right to carry the weapons under the second amendment. the governor sided with laugh. police chiefs and sheriffs -- with law enforcement. police chiefs and sheriffs say i was not safe they said it could spark violence and waste officer's time responding to false calls. the governor signed several new laws last night. we'll tell you how they might effect your children. >>> 6:02. there's been an evection -- an eviction of sorts. the campers were part of a national movement to fight wealth inequali

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brown, his 2008 election committee is under a probe for how they handled hundreds of thousands of dollars. harry tommy thomas facing possible criminal charges. funds he already agreed to repay. >>> on wamu 885 fm friday could not specifically comment on them, but said his office takes public corruption seriously and is pursuing all three. >> where does public corruption fit in your office? is it a big deal to you? >> it is a big deal. it's a big deal to me personally as a d.c. resident. >> in cases where they accept criminal responsibility, they must meet higher standards. >> if it's a different standard, you have a high standard, you have to have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. it's all to say that we understand there's a sense of urgency. >> in july, they referred brown's operation to the u.s. attorney's office where the chairman was blunt. >> don't you know a referral is? there's criminal activity that needs to be looked into. >> they handle local, federal and international crimes. he says local corruption doesn't get lost. >> we also spent a lot of time on local corruption matters. i have 25 assistan

brown would be replaced by brian in the second quarter. alex on the end around, takes it 21 yards for the touchdown. right now, boston college leads. maryland loses 28-17. >>> logan thomas and virginia tech on the road against the duke blue devils. no score in this game. thomas with a little play action rolls left. lost it to eric martin, two yards for the touchdown. the hokies out in front 7-0. we go to the second quarter. josh takes the inside handoff. he goes up the middle 31 yards down to the 1 yard line. he would score on the next play. the hokies rush. improving to 8-1. >>> georgetown defeats holy cross. howard shut out by south carolina state 31-0. >>> the redskins head north of the border for tomorrow's game versus the bills in toronto. it's the first time in team history that they will play a regular season game outside the u.s. and they are bringing some baggage with them to canada. after starting the season 3-1. the skins dropped two straight falling to 500 on the season. it doesn't help the team suffered major injuries and lost five offensive starters. but all of that must be set aside tomorrow. it is not necessarily a must win, but the skins can't afford to

danny o'brian who released brown, 55 yards for the score, but the terps fall to boston college 28-17. that's their fourth in a row. >> logan thomasech on the road against the duke blue devils. first quarter, we are scoreless. thomas with play action. wide open, two yards for the td. the hokies would jump out to a 7-0 lead. 2nd quarter, we are tied at 7. he goes up the middle. 31 yards down to the 1 yard line. he would score on the next play. the hokies rush for 248 yards. they hold off duke improving to 8-1. >> navy has never been able to beat notre dame in three straight games. they attempted it today. miller making his first career start, connects with green. 9 yards for the score. the deficit cuts to 14-7. notre dame's next play from scrimmage. throwing deep to michael floyd. he is behind the secondary. that's an easy 56-yarder. the fighting irish dominate navy 56-14. >> today first year head coach, mark put his terps through a public scrimmage at comcast center. one player unable to go was guard, howard, who broke his foot. he's expected to miss 10 or 12 weeks. number 12 will be counted on to assume a much bigger role. here's

brown and al, take a look. level, helmet to helmet, suffered a concussion had to leave the game, o'bryan replaced him no stopping. here goes germaine thomas, 35- yards to the house, turns still looking for the first ever win in florida state, we will find out who placed this week game 3 world series, the big dallas mavericks center throwing out a strike to pujols, not once not twice but three home runs in the game joining reggie jackson and babe ruth as only players to ever do it in a world series game. cardinals win 60. 7. cards lead 2-1. >> who won this week? a team that hasn't stopped winning, red hot caps who keep making franchise history with each passing win trying to get it to 7 straight games first period up 1-0. going to get the steal, to marcus, top shelf where the cookies are his fourth goal of the year far from done on the power play his second of the game, 3-0, now 5- 1, off the face off, mathew, his second of the game caps just don't stop winning folks they pound detroit 7 and 1 now 7 and 0 on the year, that franchise record streak continues. >> no day of course it is a big game, lyndsey murphy burned the oil down there in c

thomas has gotten better every week since coming to washington. solid play last night. stopping all 20 shots to blank his former team. the weekly press conference yesterday freshman quarterback brown will be the starter when the terrapins travel to tallahassee on saturday. brown has put some life back into the terrapins offense. he ran for 162 yards and threw three touchdown passes. >>> today we'll find out who will be the quarterback for the redskins this sunday. rex grossman or john beck? we'll have to wait and find out. a quick look at sports this morning. have a great wednesday. >>> more children take the stand today in the trial of their teach or abuse charges. that story is coming up. >>> plus the iphone 4f posted record sales. but did apple's profits perform? jessica doyle has more on that in your money. >>> we are going to take a live look here on 279 where we are just getting word of an accident at i-370 blocking the lane with authorities on the scene. no problems now. we'll take another look at maryland roadways, coming up in my next report. you are watching 9news now. stay with us. çñ boom. welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. here's monika

brown mustaches were probably not a terribly politically potent weapon. >> let me give you a look at the 1948 g.o.p. convention in philadelphia when thomas e. dewey accepts the nomination for president from his party. >> there's been honest contention, spirited disagreement, and i believe, considerable arguments. but don't let anybody be misled by that. you have given here, in this hall, a moving and dramatic hope of how americans, who honestly differ, close ranks and move forward for the nation's wellbeing, shoulder to shoulder. [applause] let me assure you that, beginning next january 20, there will be team work in the government of the united states of america. when these rights are secure in this world of ours, the permanent ideals of the republican party shall have been realized. [applause] the ideals of the american people are the ideals of the republican party. we have, tonight, and in these days which preceded us, in philadelphia, lighted a beacon in this cradle of our own independence as a great america. we've lighted a beacon to give eternal hope that men may live in liberty with human dignity and before god and, loving him, erect

brown. 77 yards for the touchdown. the terps fall to 2-3. blacksburg, virginia tech. one minute to go. hurricanes up 35-31. hokies with the ball. on fourth and one. logan thomas right up the gut. 19 yards and the game winner. five touchdowns. three passing. two rushing. 21, virginia tech comes back to win it, 38-35, improving its record to 5-1. also yesterday, southern miss beats navy, 63-35. and howard defeats florida a&m, 29-28 on a last second field goal. that's your sports minute. i'm hakim dermish. have a great day. >> always good when local teams win. >> hokies and hurricanes combined over the years for some amazing games. 21-7. >> incredible. >> i thought the hokies were going to run away with it. they ended up having to come back to save their lives. >> i had friends there and the twitter feed was going nuts. >> we have covered that dartmouth didn't win. carolina did. >> you decided to throw that in there. >> and oklahoma managed to squeak out a winner. i actually went down to the texas watch party. a friend of mine said, oh, come down and watch the game with us. i was the only guy with an ou hat and 300 people in orange. silent victory. >> you have t

brown's request for a taxpayer-financed suv and the allegation that the chairman's 2008 campaign funneled $239,000 to a firm operated by his brother. on top of these revelations, the councilman harry thomas' misuse of city funds earmarked for the development of youth sports. before the revelations that have come to light, it should surprise no one to hear councilman david katania acknowledging his council members by saying we're losing our moral authority to govern. why do we, the voting public, let this go on? well, given recent voter turnout, tell appear we don't care. on april 26th of this year in a special election for several offices, including an at-large seat, only 10% of registered voters turned out to put vincent orange in office. in the important primary election last september, only 37% of registered voters showed up to cast the vote. the next time d.c. voters get a chance to improve on the shameful record, the primary date, april 3rd, 2012. six council seats are on the ballot. two at-large seats and seats in ward 2, 4, 7, and 8. washington, d.c., and is a great city and the citizens deserve elected officials that can be trusted to act above the law and in the city's best inte

include kwame brown's request for a tax payer financed suv and allegation that his 2008 campaign funneled $239,000 to a firm operated by his brother. on top of these revelations councilman harry thomasf city funds ear marked for development of youth sports for car purchase and golf outings with all revelations that have come to light it should come as no surprise to here councilman david katannia say we have lost our morality to govern. it would appear we just don't care on april 26th this year in a special election for several offices, including an at large seat only 10% of registered voters turned out to put vincente orange in office in the important primary election last september only 37% of registered voters showed up to cast their vote. the next time dc voters get a chance to improve on this shameful record is primary day, april 3rd, 2012. 6 council seats will be on the ballot, two at large seats, seats in wards 2, 4, 7, 8. washington dc is a great city, and the citizens deserve elected officials that can be trusted to act above the law and in the city's best interest we have to get involved we at fox 5 news intend to keep a spotlight on this council and its activities so you

brown mustaches were probably not a terribly politically potent weapon. >> let me give you a look at the 1948 g.o.p. convention in philadelphia when thomas e. dewey accepts the nomination for president from his party. >> there's been honest contention, spirited disagreement, and i believe, considerable arguments. but don't let anybody be misled by that. you have given here, in this hall, a moving and dramatic proof of how americans, who honestly differ, close ranks and move forward for the nation's wellbeing, shoulder to shoulder. /[applause] let me assure you that, beginning next january 20, there will be team work in the government of the united states of america. when these rights are secure in this world of ours, the permanent ideals of the republican party shall have been realized. /[applause] the ideals of the american people are the ideals of the republican party. we have, tonight, and in these days which preceded us, in philadelphia, lighted a beacon in this cradle of our own independence as a great america. we've lighted a beacon to give eternal hope that men may live in liberty with human dignity and before god and, loving him, st