they were made by thomas ward. he came to jamestown in 1619. we have historical documentation for that. and his kiln site was found here in the 1950s by john kotter on the national park service property. and these are some of his products that i'm trying to do minimum object counts. i do shard counts. that is, i count all the fragments of p r this pottery type and i also do minimum object counts. and i do that by isolating rooms and bases that belong together. and i can tell from looking at these the different vessels that are represented in this layer from the well. it's layer d. we've got milk pans represented and a jug here. with a nice little spread foot. turned up on the edge there. very well made. a little drinking cup here. very thin. his fabric is identifiable because it is chalky and buff colored. it's james river clay. you can see there's quite a bit of variety in the colors of the glazes and that's just dependent upon the kiln conditions. a typical day here at jamestown consists of sorting and identifying objects and entering them in

earlier this year, harry thomas of ward 5 was sentenced to prison after embezzling public funds. today a new chapter. the city council will vote in the 10:00 legislative meeting hoping to turn the page. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> thank you. could be more disturbing and graphic testimony today in the child sex abuse trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. one of his alleged victims testified yesterday about house and as he started abusing him when he was 11 years old. the former assistant coach mike mcqueary also testified about how he saw sandusky abused a young boy in the penn state locker room shower? in 2001. sandusky is accused of abusing 10 boys. he denies the charge. >> a jury will resume deliberations this afternoon in a perjury trial of roger clemens. they began deliberations today after a day of closing arguments in the ninth week of the trial. he is charged with lying to congress in 2008 when asked if he ever used steroids and human growth hormone. if jurors cannot reach a verdict today, they will take off until monday beca

thomas, jr. resigned his ward 5 council seat and pleaded guilty to stealing city funds. he is scheduled to begin his 38- month prison sentence very soon. kwame brown is expected to appear in federal court tomorrow morning. we don't know yet what the sentencing guidelines for that one count of felony bank fraud are going to be. in the meantime, mary cheh is going to lead the city council until the council members can vote on an interim council chairman. >> thank you. >>> kwame brown's charge is the talk of the town. >> as a d.c. resident, i've been here nine years, it is getting a little old. >> my first reaction was lack of surprise and my second reaction is that i'm glad at least that, if he was doing something wrong, at lost he has been caught and is stepping off the council. >> day with fox 5 for continuing coverage of kwame brown and the d.c. council changes. we'll have updates both on air and online at myfoxdc.com. >>> take a look at all the cars and the people that lined up up side maryland's biggest casino. huge crowds could not get enough of the thousands of slot

thomas, jr., reports to a federal prison in alabama on wednesday. last night, family, friends, and a few political figures packed the church in northeast washington to help send the one powerful ward 5 legislator off. thomas was given a 38 sentence for stealing $350,000 that should have gone to city youth baseball programs. he told a packed michigan park christian church that he has been humbled by the experience. as part of a plea agreement. council members, marion barry and alexander were there last night. at age 51, harry thomas, jr., will be serving his time in montgomery, alabama. >>> out west, a large wild fire in colorado has now scorched 85 square miles. additional crews arriving today. that means more than 1500 personnel now working on the fire just west of fort collins, which is home to colorado state university. the fire caused by lightning strike is 20% contained. >> fighting this fire is going to require us to be aggressive, persistent, and also patient. over 140,000 man hours have already been dedicated to this fire. and so it will be sometime before the fire is out, but our challenge now is to make sure that we do everything we can to contain its damage. >> it has b

friends and a few political figures packed a church in the northeast to help send a ward five legislator off. thomas was given a three month sentence that should have gone to city youth baseball programs. he told a packed church he has been humbled by the experience that saw him forced out of office as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. marion berry, michael brown and yvette alexander were there along with thomas' friends, family and supporters. news cameras were not allowed inside the church. harry thomas will be serving his time at a federal prison camp in montgomery, alabama. >>> an adult male is being taken to the hospital in serious condition. police are looking for two women in connection with this attack. it happened along the 1400 block of good hope road. >>> the murder of a dc deli owner has many people in the community surrounding that store upset. no arrests to be made and neighbors who live on saturday street northeast are worried this may put a cloud over the area. ken has the reaction. >> reporter: people out here are having a tough time dealing with this and making sense of th

six months before that, ward 5 councilman, harry thomas, forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 from youth baseball programs. four-term councilman was voted the new chairman. >> what do you say to the residents of the city? >> it's going to take time and we're going to work ourselves and collectively to do what we can to restore that trust. >> not without debate. vincent orange, one of the second in command spots arguing that the council's ten democrats should not promote brown an independent. others sited brown's past controversies. other internet gambling, unpaid taxes, and federal campaign finance violations. >> the voters on all those particular issues that you just mentioned. i'm very proud of my legislative record over the last three years. >> bruce johnson, 9news now. >> coming up at 7:00, the nation's largest colleges and universities look to ban smoking on all 64 of its campuses. the proposal drawing fire, we'll talk about why on 9news now at 7:00. >> still to come, fighting the fires. a look at what crews are up against in colorado. top. >> we had a very refre

terrible year for dc council, the chairman stepping down last week, and earlier this year, ward 5 councilmember harry thomas junior did the same. both charged with felony. now, the fight is on for new leadership of the council, councilmember phil mendhelson and vincente orange appeared on fox 5 morning news monday. both are considered in the running to lead the council, temporarily. >> now the council needs to pull together, work together, and we've got a lot of work to do to rebuild trust, citizens should have in the government,. >> other things are going to happen. we are in uncertain times. this storm is here. you are in the eye of the storm and there is going to be other shoes that will fall but in the meantime we have the obligation to move the city forward. >> reporter: orange and mendhelson are not under investigation but they have both admitted to taking campaign contributions from well known fundraiser jeffrey thompson. you will remember thompson's home and office were raided by the fbi, a few months ago >> i am clean p. that is what we need, clean leadership, get busy and move the city forward. >>

ward 5's harry thomas was the first in the city's history. he's been sentenced to 38 months in prison for stealing more than $300,000 in city funds. >> many of us down here with our nose to the grindstone passed the budget, working on schools, working on economic development and working on rebuilding the reputation of the city. >> and yet d.c. mayor vincent gray who treated that he is saddened and disappointed by the news today is also under federal investigation for possible corruption. >> the mayor's issue continues and as i've said, i hope the u.s. attorney can move quickly to resolve that as well. >> the new acting chair mary cheh will call a special meeting of the full council a week from today when one of the four at large members will be named to lead the council until a special election is held to replace kwame brown. >> here we go again. kwame brown's charge and resignation the talk of the town. some wonder what this means for the step as it fights for voting rights. fox 5's audrey barnes went out to get a pulse of the people. >> i'm

before that ward 5 councilman harry thomas forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 fromth baseball programs. four--term councilman phil mendelson was voted the new chairman. what do you say to the residents of the city? >> it's going to take time. we're going to work what we can do restore that trust. >> we're devastated as a body. >> reporter: vincent orange wanted the second in command spot arguing that the council's ten directs should not promote brown, an independent. others cited brown's past controversies over enter nat gambling, -- internet gambling and more. >> i'm very proud of my legislative record over the last three years. >> reporter: phil mendelson has been given an

chairman stepping down last week and earlier this year, ward 5 councilmember harry thomas, jr. did the same. both charged with felonies. now, the fight is on for new leadership of the council. council members phil mendelsohn and vincent orange and on fox 5 morning news monday. both are considered in the running to lead the council temporarily. >> the council needs to pull together, work together and we've got a lot of work to do to rebuild the trust that citizens should have in the government and that we've managed to destroy. >> other things are going to happen. we are in uncertain times. the storm is here. we're in the eye of the storm. there will be other shoes that are going to fall. in the meantime, we have the obligation to most city forwards. >> reporter: orange and mendelsohn are not under investigation but they have both admitted to take campaign contributions from well-known fundraiser jfy ria no, ma'am son. you will remember thompson's home and office were raided by the fbi a few months ago. >> i'm clean and that is what we need. clean leadership that is ready to rol

pull the council together, much like inside you had kenyan mcduffie emerge out of ward five as the replacement to harry thomas. mr. mcduffie has a clean slate, comes with -- [indiscernible] hopefully the voters will make a good choice and have a chance to right the ship. that's our hope. >> right now residents aren't feel going about their elected officials. last fast forward to the future. what else can we expect. >> everyone knows the u.s. attorney is all about business. they vo not finished their investigations. -- they vo in the finished their investigations. there's all sort of validations and it's not done. but it seems to be quickening and we need to get to the bottom of it. >> do you think there will be charges filed against the mayor? >> i think obviously i think absolutely there's a target to what did he know, when did he know it. that's the question everybody is asking, what everybody is thinking. what did he know, when did he know it and that's going to come out i think sooner than later one way or the other. that's what we need resolved because the city's stymied at the moment. we're not able to

former ward 5 member harry thomas began a felony prison sentence this week for stealing $350,000 funds intended for a youth program. but wamu's council member michael brown, recently chosen second in command, downplayed the ethics cloud in a city that financially is doing well. >> our city is going great. we have some ethical clouds? yes. do we have to work on them? absolutely. he defended -- that they -- >> do you feel like most of your council members are ethical and honest? >> yes. >> and yourself, i presume is included. >> we have to be careful about relative what is the definition of ethics. >> within the laws. >> absolutely. well, see, to some people it's that. to other people it's if you jaywalk, are you now not ethical? >> brown has had a series of financial problems, involving failure to pay rent, tars taxes, troubled business deals, but he says voters still support him. he's seeking a second term in november. >> the voters seem satisfied with what i've doane. reelection is coming up. we'll see. >> he hopes gray survives his legal troubles. jim? >>> we all have storms over us

recently former ward council member harry thomas was sentenced for embezzling city funds. now in terms of kwame brown, we ee expecting some sort of a statement, either written or in person perhaps later today. reporting live from the wilson building, megan mcgrath, "news 4." >>> new this morning dplakt scene in prince george's county. rescue workers had to rescue a man whose car went down an embankment into a creek. the driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. they're still looking into what caused the crash. >>> first lady michelle obama heading to virginia this morning. she'll be in prince william county campaigning for her husband. prince william county is considering a swing county in the commonwealth. today's events at the vfw post is the first campaign trip for mrs. obama without the president. she was with the president when he launched his campaign in richmond early last month. >>> president obama will be focusing on the economy and student loans when he meets with college students today in las vegas. interest rates on student loans are set to double

ward 5's harry thomas was the first in the city's history. he'll soon be starting his 38 month prison sentence after pleading guilty to stealing more than $300,000 in city funds. >> individuals do find themselves at times in these situations, but to say the whole government is corrupt would be a mistake. i think we have a lot of very hard working individuals both elected and in government jobs and we will survive and will move forward. this is not an excuse, but it's not unique to washington. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray tweeted his reaction to the kwame brown story saying that he's shocked, saddened and disappointed by today's news. may o gray says he would never have -- mayor gray says he would never have imagined something like this >> the new acting city council chair mary cheh joins us live in our studios. thank you for being here. we saw your initial reaction in bob's story. now that you've had a little time to digest everything, what's your reaction to all this tonight? >> well, the first thing i want to do us what said before. i want to

six months before that, ward 5 councilman, harry thomas, forced out of office for stealing more than $300,000 from youth baseball programs. >> madame chairman, there are 11 yes' and one no. >> as suspected, four-term councilman was voted the new chairman. >> what do you say to the residents of the city? >> it's going to take time and we're going to work ourselves and collectively to do what we can. >> very knowledgeable the issues. he has been supportive of our communities and i think he is the right person to hold this seat temporarily. >> i want to thank council member mendelson for his endorsement of me. >> not without debate. >> we are devastated. >> vincent orange, one of the second in command spots arguing that the council's ten democrats should not promote brown an independent. the controversies, over internet gambling, unpaid taxes, and federal campaign finance violations. >> there's a crisis of ethics in city council for elected leadership. >> it was the voters on all those particular issues that you just mentioned. i'm very proud of my legislative record. >> the chairman, m

. >> in the past month, the federal judge has sentenced former ward 5 councilmember harry thomas junior to prison for stealing city funds. and two former campaign aides to mayor vincent gray have pleaded guilty in a widening preeb in i the mayor's 2010 election campaign. >>> nine minutes after 11:00. coming up, breaking news on redskins training camp. plus the space shuttle "enterprise" is on the move again today, where it will end up and how it's getting there. >>> strong reaction to the results of the recall election in wisconsin. we'll have the latest on who came out on top. >>> also coming up, it's an award-winning restaurant known around the country. we're joined by the chef from the inn at little washington. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any o

. >> now in the past month, a federal judge sentenced former ward 5 council member harry thomas sdwrorrison for stealing city money. two former campaign aides to mayor vincent gray have exploded guilty in a widening probe into the mayor's 2010 election campaign. >>> jury selection is moving faster than expected in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. the former penn state assistant football coach is molesting ten boys over the course of 15 years. nine jurors have been seated. connections to penn states did not necessarily keep prospective jurors from being chosen. >> we asked the jurors where they worked. 14 indicated they are employed by or retired from penn state. then they were asked if any of them knew jerry sandusky personally. four people held up cards. >> the jurors include a retired bus driver, a high school teacher, an engineer, and a walmart employee. one is a long-time penn state football season ticketholder. three jurors and four alternates need to be chosen. opening arguments are scheduled for next monday. >>> another disturbing development in a canadian murder invest

thomas jr. resigned before pleading guilty to two felonies. >> i was elected by residents of ward 5 with the mandate to restore integritiy to this society. since i have been sworn, i have been trying to do that. >> reporter: the big talk around the wilson building now, who will replace chairman brown until an election can be called. remember, mary chay is the acting chair until next wednesday and she will call for a full vote by the council before at-large council members will be considered. coming up at 6, we'll tell you about the politicking going on behind the scenes for that temporary chairman seat, laura. >> matt, curious, in the meantime, what has happened to kwame brown's staff? >> reporter: well, all of them were terminated when he gave his resignation, but it's likely that many will be hired back by the acting chair of the council, mary chay. the spokesperson told me that she was in the process of figuring things out, which employees will be rehired and which ones won't return, laura? >> all right, matt ackland, thank you for bringing this up to date. matt. >> uh-huh. >>> this is an embarra

one of these pertaining to ward's conspiracy to commit espionage and among many others indeed let's just get some more details on this now and cross live to our guest thomas drake who is a former senior executive of the u.s. national security agency under whistleblower himself thank you for coming on r.t. today do you think after after listening to those comments from susan bennett songes lawyer has anything changed for her son joffe that he defied the police summons off the rule he was liable for arrest anyway. no i don't think so at all member it's critical to state that he has not been charged with anything you know he faces grave danger in terms of his personal well being. in so he's safe this right now inside the ecuadorian embassy in london what do you think they will do you think about his chances of actually getting asylum in the end to ecuador well you know that's that's what he's waiting for and others are waiting for they're clearly being very careful in terms of that his comes the formal application for political asylum and probably considering all the options i also just based on public reporting has been tremendous pressure being put on the

ward off economic catastrophe. let me bring in e.j.dionne, and susan, good morning. >> good morning. e.j., you write about the great divide in your book. here's what thomas coburn said on "morning joe" this morning. >> nobody wants to do the hard work of doing those things. they would rather have the political argument about what the status quo is. to me, it's pretty disgusting. >> we keep hearing about a gang of six. right now this report of secret meetings among about a dozen senators that are going to try to work together to get something done. is it possible in this political climate? could this be the real thing? >> i think it may be possible after the election because we have something on the order of $7 trillion of tax increases and cuts facing us if congress does absolutely nothing. that's a pretty big incentive to get a deal done. i think the bloc ak all along h been republicans don't want to accept any tax increases. you had the brief opening for a small tax increase in that deal that fell through between president obama and john boehner. i think if the president said, yes, we can accept tax increases, we have the possibility of a deal. i don't