tracyie potts, thank you. >>> before you live in loudoun county, you might want to double check your $20, $50, and $100 bills. counterfeit cash is showing up at loudoun county businesses. several people tried to make several purchases with the fake bills. the office said the fake bills don't look as crisp as real ones. you can check the tiny red and blue fibers embedded in real money. >>> a popular ice cream is being pulled after it was connected to three downtowneaths. they are pulling blue bell products. it's been phasetracked to a facility in oklahoma. >>> a quote featured on the new stamp today may not be hers. they did a little research on the quote only to find it may have been written by joan walsh angelou first. it came in several interviews angelou did. it features her along with the quote a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song. angelou died last may. >>> we are now learning which business will take over the old rhino bar space in georgetown. the washington business journal reporting club monaco plans to open a store in the space on m st

. >> tracyie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> the killing of michael brown in ferguson sparked a national conversation of police shootings of black men. ferguson chose two new black members to its city council. vote are turnout more than doubled from last year from 12 to 29%. about two-thirds of the city's population is black, the new council members take office half of the council will be black. >>> in the day ahead, mayor bowser is announcing a new program to give d.c. high schoolers credit from howard university. if your child goes to mckinley tech or bannicer high schools, they can take art. the program will then expand to all d.c. public high schools by 2018. >>> police in montgomery county are trying to get to the bottom of a hate crime at a synagogue. two men seen on camera running around the congregation in gaithersburg. pretty say yesterday morning they spray painted 11 swastikas on the building. the word hitler and kkk are also splattered on there. members spent the day trying to power wash the graffiti.

tracyie potts is live on capitol hill with who is expected to throw his hat in the ring today. >> reporter: hey. we're here live in louisville kentucky where rand paul is expected to announce his candidacy later today. at this point, it's unclear how serious of a contender he might be for the presidential nomination in the long run. he faces a lot of hurdles. what is clear he's going to be at least a pretty serious player here out of the gate. it's possible that he could win one of the early primary states whether it be iowa or new hampshire where his father came in second in 2012. but, you know, there are a lot of establishment republicans who are concerned about particularly his positions on foreign policy. that's something that has been thrust farther into the spotlight over the course of the last year or so with the rise of isis and, of course concerns about the nuclear deal with iran. there are many establishment figures inside the republican party who say that makes paul more unelectable than he might have been. he of course has a libertarian anti-war vent. he had to soften at least