abc was so impressed by the 42 protests that the elders at leland senior housing put in against togo -- against coco moving in, and they decided that they should not be serving of the hall until 2:00 a.m. i would consider the impact on the neighborhood. many years ago, i had to come in and fight highrises one by one. i had to gather 5000 signatures. the most ever gathered. i hope we do not have to do the same thing with bars. you have is going case by case by case on the abc. that just happen. it happened with cmmt. the masonic auditorium. this is a burden on the neighborhood. this is a burden on the state process. they are still scheduled. i do not know they're going to continue having these are not, but you know, they started in december and they are scheduled through october in that one place. in this case, but traditions on it at least. to continue would be a good idea because the neighbors to find out something about its. at least they would have conditions, no alcohol served after 11:00. it is a difficult system. it is inaccessible to neighbors. i will be talking about that mor

togo west also said thursday the city's campaign ethics office needs more fire power to curb growing incidents of misconduct by public officials. >> i say get me some more auditors so i can flood the place with auditors the way the fbi does. you want to improve ethics policing in the district of columbia? get me some more auditors in the office of campaign finance. >> reporter: brown does not legally have to take a levy of absence during this criminal probe, but some say it does undercut his influence on the council as chairman. pat, back to you. >> tom sherwood. thank you, tom. >>> in our weather today, we are near triple digit temperatures. it's that hot out there. >> but there is relief on the way, and there is also a chance for strong storms tonight and tomorrow. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tracking it all. he's got details. hey, doug. >> hi, guys. we are watching those very warm temperatures out there right now, 94 degrees the current temperature, but that heat index is close to the triple digits. we reached 99 last hour. right now we're sitting at 97 with that heat ind

togoes from #aruntnumber one three. >> there are difficult areas still in working out the relationship, and not least about oil. there's some concern about whether the border is delineated in a way that will last. where are those disputes right now? >> i think you're referring to the disputed border region. both sides claim it. for the time being, it's felt that has been dealt with. there was agreement between them. they decided to have a joint group administrating the territory. it's all a bit confusing. there has been a lot of violence between people in this part of northern sudan who supported the southern sudanese people's liberation army. as you said, the big issue of oil. economically, they're very dependent on oil. about 75% of sudan's oil revenues comes from the south. they will have to finalize those agreements. >> zeinab badawi, take all for joining us. we will hear lots more from you in the coming hours. for now, we will shift north to egypt. five months after mubarak was toppled from power, public discontent is bubbling again inside egypt. many people are not happy with the

approaching the site of the tragedy practically simultaneously with one other vessel a heavy duty togo to the large part maybe it was a little bit ahead of us i don't know why they didn't stop in front of the size if they saw it happening but i can't say whether they saw it at all leadership but by the time they decided to hold and come to the rescue we were already there but i don't know maybe it was because of the ship's mass characteristics and inertia maybe they had tried to stop earlier than that and. so at that moment we were there in the ship's presence at that spot could be counterproductive and hazardous for the people who were in the water and below the surface which would put us in that situation it was paramount that we avoided panic and assess the situation but it was necessary to observe the scene of the accident and it was necessary to start rescuing people immediately but anyway i think we did a lot faster than this ownership could have because at that moment there was just so little time for both of us and both of you have got it contact with us yes we had contact but

. >> reporter: board chairman togo west also thursday said the city's campaign ethics office needs moreire power to curb growing incidents of misconduct by public officials. >> i say get me some more auditors, so that i can flood the place with auditors the way the fbi does. you want to improve ethics policing in the district of columbia? get me some more auditors in the office of campaign finance. >> reporter: there are three elected officials under various investigation in the d.c. office, brown, tommy thomas, and mayor vincent gray. gray says citizens have a right to be concerned, but he's focusing on the city. >> well, you have to be concerned about these things, tom. while we have to pay attention to the issues you mentioned, we've got to pay more attention to making sure the city runs well. >> council chairman brown can legally remain on the job while his campaign committee is being investigated for these possible crimes. jim, back to you. >> tom sherwood. thank you, tom. >>> after a corruption scandal in prince george's county, there is talk now about who might replace leslie joh