tracee wilkins is live with more on these serious allegations. tracee? >> reporter: good morning. folks have had cars vandalized, homes vandalized as well. there have been threatening calls and voicemails, now it looks like this violence is getting worse. a tea party activist posted what they thought was a virginia congressman, tom perriello's address online. turns out it was his brother's. someone went to his house and cut the gas line to his propane tank. someone smashed a window of a congressman in buffalo, new york. and someone destroyed the door of a congressional office in arizona. bart stupak's vote helped democrats get the health care bill passed he once opposed wednesday. stew pack released some of the vulgar voicemail he's received. >> congressman stew pack, you baby killing [ bleep ]. you [ bleep ]. >> so far there have been about ten congressman who have received threats. we are told some senators have received what they are considering violent threats. democratic lawmakers are blaming republicans for this escalation in violence saying no politicians have stepped out a

tracee wilkins is outside of the wilson building with more. good morning. >> reporter: there are reports that federal prosecutors are already looking into these allegations and also the independent investigation that the city council performed involving all of this. council chair vincent gray will be holding a meeting after the regular council meeting today to discuss coming with policies surrounding city earmarks and the censuring of councilman marion barry. it's expected they will strip his chairmanship on the committee of housing and workforce development and a vote on censuring barry. this all follows an investigation, an independent investigation before and by the council and into council aerjs into allegations that barry misused public funds and violated interest rules. barry and his attorney have maintained that there are no policies within the city council regarding earmarks and personal service contracts. barry apologized last week for any wrongdoing. this meeting is expected to happen around 3:00 p.m. again, discussing the earmarks a

in montgomery county, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> you're working the night shift. >> i had lunch outside in the cafe and thought of. you. >> thought of me. how's that pollen out there, veronica? >> it's high again today, jim and wendy. and maple and elm, those are the trees that are leafing. i think we're going to have a slightly higher pollen count tomorrow because it's going to be even warmer. a look at the sky. we've got high clouds overhead. 67 degrees, the current temperature, we may be getting an hourly reading coming to us at 68 degrees for a high temperature. bullet it's the sixth warmest day out of the month in the 24th day of march. wind at 15. we've en gusts come through at 20 miles per hour. so a breezy evening for us. let's take a look at temperatures in some of the other neighborhoods. 67 degrees in and around the d.c. area. adams morgan, capital hill, at 67 degrees. camp springs at 55 degrees. clinton, too. and 68 at quantico. but from baltimore, right around the east from annapolis, to chesapeake, that's where the coolest readings are. 72 in culpepper. this is earlierer,

i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the mass shooting throughout the day and for more information anytime, go to nbcwashington.com. >>> a house in virginia destroyed by an early morning fire today. flames broke out around 3:00 a.m. at this house in the 11,000 block of gunston road in lorton. no one was injured. the house appears to be a total loss. it's not clear how the fire started. >>> a developing story from rhode island this morning. severe flooding led president obama to declare a state of emergency in that state. two major storms this month have sent rivers over their banks and caused people to leave their homes for safer locations. his declaration authorizes the federal emergency management agency to coordinate all relief efforts and bring in any equipment and resources necessary to deal with the flooding. rescue crews have been kept busy. >> the water's in places it's just deep. it's pouring in through all the first floor ap

i'm tracee wilkins live. back to you in the studio, barbara. >> just hold the rain back this weekend. i think tom said we'll have at least one good day. we'll talk to him about that coming up. >> reporter: i hope so. >> thank you, tracee. see you later. >>> the snow is gone and now d.c. is getting money to help pay for it. present obama has signed a disaster declaration making d.c. eligible for federal funds to deal with february's snowstorms. it means fema will help foot the bill for the snow removal and recovery. the federal government closed for four consecutive days in february because of the blizzard. >>> and now we'll ask tom how long is that rain going to stay away, tom? we going to be able to get out and see the blossoms without a downpour? >> i think so. certainly by friday afternoon, quite a bit of wind but those blossoms are really tough when they first come out so probably not many blow off. that will be tomorrow afternoon. the winds diminish for the weekend. right now, we've had increasing clouds

. >>> i am tracee wilkins, coming up, trying to fight truancy. "news4 midday" begins now. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "news4 midday." i am barbara harrison. it's wednesday, march 24th, 2010. >>> and fairfax county police are on the hunt for a gunman after a woman was shot and killed around 7:30 this morning in mt. vernon. megan mcgrath joins us. >> reporter: the medical examiner arrived on the scene moments ago and they will continue to remove the victim from the scene, and her body will be taken for an autopsy. a lot of the tea dadetails are known here. a woman was found murdered inside a red sea bing. they are trying to piece together what happened. a lot of people were getting ready for work when suddenly they heard the sound of several gun shots, and they were unclear what was going on outside. some people report hearing two shots and others report hearing three or four, and then came the sound of police sirens. >> i heard two loud booming noises. was not sure if it was construction or renovations and then come out and it was gun

this is tracee wilkins outside the wilson building downtown and has more on that. tree. >> good morning, barbara. these are the three recommendations the council will be taking a look at. some of this deal with the censureships and some deal with the county. just a few minutes ago, we spoke with councilmember -- or council chair gray and asked him about this decision to move forward with the possibility of censuring the former mayor of washington, d.c. after an eight-month probe into allegations that councilwoman marianne barry misused funds, today the city council is expected to take formal action against the former mayor. >> the council will be faced with the proposition of ignoring the findings of an investigation that we authorized, and i can't imagine people would want to do that. >> barry came under fire again after it was found that he awarded a $15,000 contract to his girlfriend. he also is accused of taking kickbacks in return. last week barry apologized for his actions. >> i apologize for my actions and for causing great embarrassment to the city and the