we'll get -- we looked at the areas, having changed, and what does that tell us thomas -- what does that tell us? it is a rapidly changing demographic with new housing developments in jamestown. 1147 new units, so we see a rapid change of demographics in that this still means there are students that i believe are underperforming, so also when we were saying we want to monitor itsel about what our student society process is hitting in terms of goals, so when i see some of these guidelines for the review, i wonder about the measures we are using to use student assignment. after we heard you have over a certain percentage of a certain population, it is much more difficult to get over the systemic policies that make it harder for schools to actually have higher achievement. buwe heard from our sandford folks, and i think we heard it from our own research and accountability is curator of we saw a lot of staff on it. -- accountability. we saw a lot of data on it. it is really the whole process in general, because we have heard so much information. we knew we cannot get to exactly where we want

that money for the kids, thomas uses it to buy a luxury car and go on golfing vacations. >> allegations are allegations. fact is fact. >> a defie i can't want defiant allegation. he bought this oudi with public money. it alleges the nonprofit thomas set up collected donations from businesses, the likes of children's national medical center and $5,000 from med star to be used to teach at risk kids golf and baseball. it was used for lavish trips to las vegas and pebble beach, california. >> i have to say that we are extremely disappointed in this violation of public service by mr. thomas and we will pursue this matter vigorously. >> attorney general irvin nathan says his office's probe started with questions about charitable donations and broadened to the misuse of public grants. it alleges thomas intervened with the children and youth investment trust corps, directing funds to another organization, which directed $300,000 back to two groups controlled by thomas. >> did you use public money for yourself instead of going to kids programs? >> absolutely not. the body of work

>> he's accused in the civil lawsuit of misusing more than $300,000 in city money for personal use. thomas has denied any wrongdoing and says he won't resign. the ward five representative is chair of the council's economic development committee. thomas could also face criminal charges. >>> today is day two of a sentencing hearing for ted loza, the former chief of staff to jim graham. loza has admitted he used his position to get bribes and free trips. he's facing up to 14 months in federal prison for the crimes. he could also be deported. he's from ecuador and living here as a permanent resident. >>> 120 prince george's county residents are out of their homes this morning. after a fire late last night in new carrollton. firefighters had to rescue several people stuck on balconies. four people were treated for minor injuries. the blaze began around 8:30 at the southern walk apartment complex on 85th avenue. it took firefighters about 40 minutes to get things under control. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> it is 4:36. after waking up, jobs and the economy. the top two c

. >> thanks for joining us at 5. >> the news edge at 6 starts right now. >> right off of the top tonight, two big stories out of the wilson building. d.c. councilman harry thomas is facing's medical-dollar lawsuit and is accused of using public money for personal and political use. >>> first, former mayoral candidate brown has testified and the d.c. couple committee investigating hiring practices

facing allegations of misusing public funds for personal use. thomas quote, willingly and knowingly received hundreds and thousands of dollars in illegal illegal donations. thomas' attorney emphasizes these are just allegations, they are not findings. we will have more coming up on 9 justice 9 news now at 6:00. >> former imf head was jeered outside a new york city courtroom today. he was there to plead not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid there. danielle joins us live outside that courthouse with more on the day's events. manuel >> reporter: this was his first court appearance. and outside the courthouse today, a good crowd of media and also demonstrators. domonique strows cann and his wife walked out to shouts of shame on you. the chanting came from dozens of hotel maids that were there to show their disapproval and support for the hotel maid he's accused of sexually assaulting. >> we are not going to stay quiet. we are going to speak up. >> 62-year-old pleaded not guilty, including attempted rape. his defense strategy may be that

this complaint alleges that council member thomas used more than $300,000 of city funding and funneled it into two companies that he ran. the complaint alleges that thomas, instead of using the money to for inner city kids to learn how to play golf and tins allegedly used the money on himself. tonight council member thomas is telling a very different story. he actually called for his own press conference in order to tell his side. >> d.c. council member harry thomas, jr., arrived at the press conference today inside the luxury suv in question. according to this twefsh-page complaint, the d.c. attorney general's office said council member thomas secretly diverted more than $300,000 in city funds meant for baseball programs into companies he controlled. the documents allege he spent nearly $60,000 on this audi suv, but that's not all. he also allegedly racked up more than $20,000 in personal expenses including lavish golf trips to las vegas and pebble beach in california as well as another $10,000 in political material that went out to award five constituents. >> we will seek a judgement

us in on that. what do you know? >> reporter: there are calls for council member harry thomas to step down. as you told us, he has no intensions of doing so and the promise of a foundation, earmarked for youth baseball. instead, thomas spent more than $300,000 for his personal and political use and to buy a luxury suv and to pebble beach. the ag would talk settlements and thomas is denying the allegations. >> not going to settle on something i can't do and that is for the public out there. if you asked me who i was, i think about my children first, and i think about my family's legacy first. i think about what made me who he am and that is what i'm fighting today and what i will continue to feet for. i have always done what i was supposed to do on behalf of those i served. and the. >> reporter: the a go, said he will turn over the finings and it's unclear, what, if any actions, the couple would pick whole all of this is under investigation, brian? >> we'll have to set up a wilson building bureau here soon and that is roz plater tonight. >>> and everyone is talking, the bomb shell revelation

us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> the chief of n.t.s.b. will tour the site of last fall's san bruno pipeline explosion and fire. n.t.s.b. is investigating the cause of the blast which killed 8 people and destroyed dozens of homes. i'm aim is live in san bruno with more. >> reporter: this is her first visit to the scene. the explosion happened nine months ago there is plenty of

the facility showed signs of internal radiation exposure when examined last month i was also using sean thomas many no longer trust the safety warnings. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of discontent if after this crisis it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war the japanese people have no trust in the government he was a coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone he's starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here see the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall like iraq city they said different things like perfect or they said different things and the government is a different thing if. they are not together the are all still part of the country last year they are apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists know that large doses of radiation

to leak forcing tens of thousands of black comedians into crowded shelters correspondent sean thomas joins us from tokyo sure three months into the japanese nuclear nightmare what stage are we now. very interesting. right now just to tell you where we are we are in front of the borders which. is responsible for the first time i did you. know down as a result. months ago in fact mark that very much now across the street here right now. when you wrote nuclear through the support of your power. to do the thing that you're demonstrating is i'd prefer him to come immediately behind her right now peacefully protesting or for our scientists say it's time to switch to clean energy but we can do is a lot of anger against the government against apple itself because in this past week it is coming to light that tepco the initial phases after the disaster lied about the figures about the not separate issue that was coming from that you cut your plant because it could be possible because the melt down there could be fire but it is just come to light today. those numbers by as much as i have. what was actua

us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. the bay area is bracing for something we don't see often. >> the possibility of rain in late june. 28th of june right now. we're having rain right now. look on the map behind mike. >> live doppler7 h.d., cranking on top of st. helena. let me get out of the way to see the sea. ranch, from cloverdale, bodega bay, that's where we have the likelihood of light rain now. the whole line is marching east to southeast. eventually, this entire cold front in the wet weather with it will make it in the south bay by the evening hours. look for bull income the north bay and the rest of us in the peninsula and the east bay hills will have the drizzle to con tepid with. heavy rain to -- contend with. and heavy rain is to the north. we have record heat in the forecast. but now, danielle has traffic. >> thank you, mike. we'll head to the north bay where this is a live look in san rafael, 101 at lucas valley. the taillights are headed in the northbound direction. traffic moves well in both directions. g

council member harry thomas facing a million dollar lawsuit. he's accused of using public money for personal and political use. it's a big deal. fox 5's laura evans is following this stipulate developing story tonight. >> the ward 5 councilman is accused -- this story developing tonight. >> the ward 5 councilman is accused of using money for a new car and vacations. today kwame brown is meeting with the attorney general trying to decide how to proceed. the attorney general who has been investigating this five months says criminal charges are being considered. nathan warns it's the tip of the iceberg. these court documents claim back in 2007 the city earmarked $400,000 for used baseballs. thomas persuaded the trustees to give the money to langston 21st century foundation which in turn diverted 316,000 to thomas' two corporations, one for profit, the other not for profit called team thomas. nathan is suing thomas for $1 million. he said he'd be willing to accept a settlement, but the council member said no way. >> we're interested in getting back every penny of the di

us. i'm garvin thomas. >> i'm diane dwyer. >>> thousands gathered to honor two firefighters who died doing what they loved to do. >> the funeral was held at st. mary's cathedral this afternoon. afterwards the caskets were loaded onto fire trucks that led a procession to holy cross cemetery where the two firefighters were buried. kimberly terry has a look at today's ceremony. >> reporter: the funeral lasted more than two hours as thousands came to pay their respects to the two men who made the ultimate staacrifice for the jo they loved. ♪ >> the strongest feeling i had after hearing what happened, and i couldn't shake it, was that i wanted to be in that house with my brother. and i say that with all apologies to my four daughters. >> an emotional outpouring of love and respect today for two fallen san francisco firefighters. thousands of people, mostly firefighters from across the country and even some from canada and mexico, packed st. mary's cathedral for the double funeral. the flag-draped caskets arrived on fire trucks assigned to their engine company, 26. lieutenant vincent perez and a

he denies using money to buy himself an suv and take a personal triiscussed thomas's fe on some councils. matt ackland joins us with the latest from the story. >> reporter: shawn, as you know, i spent a lot of time at city hall and it's rare to have council members not comment on camera. they made a deal today with chairman brown that they wouldn't speak about what happened inside the meeting, but a few council members told me off camera it was not pleasant. >> i am now going to move to close this meeting. all in favor say aye. >> reporter: it was a vote by full council to shut the media out. the door slammed and chairman brown talked council members into keeping a lid on what was said. why? brown would only say this after the meeting. >> i would ask my colleagues to remain hopefully as quiet as possible until we come together tomorrow with the announcement. >> reporter: a few minutes later we went to council member thomas's office where we found council member marion barry walking out. >> did you lend support or advice? >> i'm a friend of his, that's all. >> reporter: barry says in the

us. i'm eric thomas. christen is off today. confusing airport problem will end today for those using mineta san jose international airport. two new parking lots will open today. it may not sound like a bill deal but for the $8.8 million makeover, it is. john alston is live at the airport. it's been a nightmare to find parking near terminal "b" until now. >> yeah. even though there is a live parking garage nearby, the lots opened an hour ago and things are barely coming to life here. the two new lots will add more than 1,500 new parking spots just south of terminal "b" where most of the passengers fly out of san jose airport. the new lot are hourly and daily. $2 for every 30 minutes and it goes up to $30 a day in the hourly lot. now if you travel out of san jose, you know it can be a mess. there is that seven-story garage across from terminal "b," but the only public parking on there is on the ground floor. there are less than 300 spots. the remaining floors are for rental cars. people often drive in, drive around. . they can't f

us. i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. in a few hours, a chief of the national transportation safety board will tour the site of san bruno pipeline and explosion. they are investigating the cause of blast that killed 8 people. >> this is the first visit to the scene but homes are still boarded up. there is still empty places that are fenced in. it killed 8 people and stroid destroyed 38 homes. the ntsb has not released the cause of the blast. the chief says the fire exposed a pattern of safety problems. she has hinted that reforms may be necessary. she will visit with pg&e today along with victims of the fire. the investigation has stumbled into some questions that are turning out to be tough to answer. the san francisco chronicle reported over the weekend that federal investigators can't even figure out where pg&e got the piece of pipe that ruptured. so that could explain why it's taking so long to make conclusions. likely hershman will have many questions for pg&e and face questions from the victims. live in san bruno, a

thomas says he used his money to buy the suv through a company he owned before he came a council member. but there are questions about whether that company got a sizable payment from his campaign committee and whether he should have reported the suv as a gift or income. the attorney general is set to speak on the investigation at 11:00 tomorrow morning. >>> the man at the center of alleged hiring impro rites in the gray administration says he can prove there's a money trail from the mayoral campaign to his own campaign. thank you for staying with us tonight. the "washington post" is reporting brown gave them copies of the money orders and brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations. he'll talk about them when he testifies tomorrow. fox 5's karen gray houston takes a closer look. >> reporter: brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a judge compelled him to testify before the committee on government operations. >> i'm sort of surprised by this, because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't

us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. you ready for more june rain? >> wasn't she an actress in '40s and '50s? june rain? >> here we go. talking about the wet stuff. it returns this morning. >> find out when it will hit you. mike? >> hitting part of the north bay. good morning. up in sonoma and the northwest corner of sonoma county, we have it down to bodega bay. the radar showing the rain falling there up to cloverdale. this is moving from the southwest to the northeast. individual storms, has this entire line marches off to the east. very impressive looking system. it's something we would see back in december or maybe even february. more developing to the south. with the whole line moving east. it looks like more of us will see this rain than maybe we originally thought yesterday. so we'll talk about how much you're going to get in the neighborhood and how long it will last in a minute. just know right now, if you run into any rain, it's up in sonoma county. danielle has traffic. >> thank you, mike. all right, we have an accident in berkeley. westbo

they are live with us right now. thomas? >> hayward police say it was a senseless shooting that being have ended up the homicide. when asked they handed over the belongings to the robbers and without provivation the husband was shot three times. it happened in len:15 last night. hayward police said they accosted two teenage women. the two men took the woman's valuables after shooting a warning round in the air. after the first robbery they would have left the area had the not showed up. >> a man was returning from sfo came downstairs minutes after the first robbery. after giving the robbers what they wanted the unimaginable happened. >> the male was shot anyway. >> the man was hit three times and suffered nonlife threatening wounds. he was taken to the trauma where he is in stable condition. the suspects took off in different directions. the event frightened the nervous residents. i usually get a ride here . >> it is a worry every day, no matter if there was a shooting or not. they believe the street unit will find the two m

thomas. he lived in temple hills in prince korj george's county. tom yeah mother says he used to coach football with thomas's father. those with the men say they played football at some point for the d.c. falcons. >> there's definite lay lot of stories bouncing around. it is hard to speculate where it stems from. some say a female. but whatever it may be, it really wasn't worth taking a life. especially fln this fashion, in the way it happened. he is a young guy. it seems like he was doing a lot of good things with the team. whatever the reason was, it is definitely not worth it. >> we are told the suspect is charged with first degree murder while armed. the falcons are set to take the field once again on tuesday night. i was able to speak to the owner of the falcons. he says the victim was associated with the team as a recruiter for about the last month. he didn't know him that well but certainly when they take the field tuesday night, they will do that with heavy hearts. reporting live from northeast washington, darcy spencer, craig back to you. >> darcy, thank you. >>> stil

us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping the news, firefighters are holding vigil outside san francisco general hospital where one of their own hangs on to life. critically injured in a ferocious house fire yesterday that killed another firefighter. the city's first for a firefighter in a line of duty in eight years. abc7's amy hollyfield is live outside the hospital. amy? >> firefighters are here pulling for their colleague. they are upstairs on a floor reserved for staff. the guard tells me some of them have been here all not long. they are here for 53-year-old anthony valerio who is in critical condition. he is suffering from severe burns. doctors are worried about his lungs. all of the hot air he inhailed. he was with 48-year-old vincent perez who was pronounced dead at the hospital. colleagues say perez dreamed of being a firefighters and loved his job. >> he had a good sense of humor. as a firefighter, he was always the first guy in the fire and the last guy out. he was a real firefighter's firefighter. >> his

eric thomas joins us in san francisco with the story. eric? >> cheryl, of course, hollister is owned by abercrombie & fitch. 19-year-old hani kahn was wearing that same scarf when she got the job in october of 2009. the scarf or hijab at the center of the legal fight. she says the store manager told her it wouldn't a problem wearing it every day. but just a couple of months later in february, she says following a visit from a district manager, she was called in, and asked not to wear it anymore. when she explained it's part of religious beliefs to wear the scarf, she was fired. the company said at the time it was because of all-american look policy. well, the equal employment opportunity commission has filed suit on her behalf. and legal aid today announced they are filing suit for hani along with the counsel on american islamic relations, trying to get the all-american look policy removed. they also want monetary damages. >> i was completely shocked. nothing like this has happened to me. i was 19 at the time. no one issued with it. >> by fail

thomas jr. was accused by the city's inspector general of converting $300.000 in non- profit funds to his own personal use. the ig said that thomas bought the audi suv for himself with non-profit money. thomas serifting -- is resisting calls. the chairman shop of the economic development committee. >> and that is what they are and until they approve and other raise -- >> and his chairmanship is in question. the city council met for almost an hour in a closed session on a personnel matter today. there is no question that the charges against the word were front and front and center in there? at the end of the meeting, the chairman of the couple, kwame brown, told reporters we have nothing to say today, we'll have a statement tomorrow afternoon. harry thomas jr. was given 24 hours to consider resigning the chairmanship on his owner the couple and/or the chairman will take action. we'll find out tomorrow. brian? >> john henrehan tonight. >> to another man being wered to resign in this up to. there is one day after sending half-nake photos to women, congressman weaner's friends appear to be distancing himself

the complaint says thomas used more than $300,000 in city money to pay lavish golf outings to las vegasd an audi suv. thomas denies all allegations. >> only one lane of traffic getting by on i-270 south in germantown because of an accident involving a cement truck and two cars. that happened at 2:30 this afternoon. four people were taken to the hospital who are expected to be okay. >>> a stunning admission today from new york congressman anthony wiener. within the hour he confessed that he lied last week when he denied sending a racy picture of himself to a young woman in seattle. at a tearful news conference, wiener acknowledged having inappropriate conversations with six women online. he said he is not going to resign. let's fast forward to the weather and the latest. doug? >> that weather right there out now absolutely gorgeous outside. bright, blue skies. plenty of sunshine and the current temperature right now 85 degrees and the humidity only 32%, but boy, are things going to be changing over the next couple of days. the humidity will be going up and we could see a heat increase ju

broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is certainly glad to have you with us i'm john thomas let's get right to your top stories the number of people killed in a plane crash in northwest russia has risen to forty five after a young boy died in a moscow hospital due to severe injuries experts have begun decoding the black boxes of the thirty four to try to find the cause of the tragedy family and friends have arrived at the accident site to pay their last respects. to reports. been an emotional day for the friends of the victims and the survivors many of them had gone to. the bodies of the victims a few of them coming here to the site. one three four carrying fifty two people. right behind me they've put together a small memorial where locals family members friends have been coming in bringing flowers and candles and also there was a small service earlier today where it was attended by officials of the. investigation itself it's still ongoing. still. take some time. this point still all possibilities. but again speaking to the family members for the blame game really takes a b

eric thomas joins us in san francisco with the story. eric? >> cheryl, of course, hollister is owned by abercrombie & fitch. 19-year-old hani kahn was wearing that same scarf when she got the job in october of 2009. the scarf or hijab at the center of the legal fight. she says the store manager told her it wouldn't a problem wearing it every day. but just a couple of months later in february, she says following a visit from a district manager, she was called in, and asked not to wear it anymore. when she explained it's part of religious beliefs to wear the scarf, she was fired. the company said at the time it was because of all-american look policy. well, the equal employment opportunity commission has filed suit on her behalf. and legal aid today announced they are filing suit for hani along with the counsel on american islamic relations, trying to get the all-american look policy removed. they also want monetary damages. >> i was completely shocked. nothing like this has happened to me. i was 19 at the time. no one issued with it. >> by fail

thomas. he is accused of using thousands of dollars of taxpayer money for his personal use. he willfully and knowingly miss spencer -- misspent. the spendign included $20,000 for travel and nearly $60,000 for a luxury suv. thomas denied any wrongdoing and says he refuses to take a plea deal. >> i was not going to settle on something that i did not do. >> the d.c. attorney general want to $1 million in the reimbursement and punitive damages. the fbi is also investigating the allegations. >> shame on you. shame on you. >>> investigators greeted dominique strauss-kahn outside of the new york city courthouse today. he pled not guilty to several charges including sexually assaulting a hotel maid. he has maintained a low profile since the scandal broke but today hotel workers protested today in solidarity. >> you cannot overlook the dichotomy. an international power player being mocked by a mob of maids. dominate strauss-kahn pled not guilty to sexual assault charges before a judge in new york city. union hotel workers came by the busload to blast strauss-kahn. >> we are here to sh

thomas said he used his money to buy the suv through a company he owned before he became a councilmember. there are questions about whether that company got a sizable payment from his campaign committee and whether he should have reported the suv as a gift or income. the attorneys general is set to peek on this investigation this morning at 11:00. >>> new this morning, a 12-year- old boy is recovering after being shot in the ankle in the district. it is one of two shootings in d.c. overnight. he was shot around 11:30 last night in the minnesota avenue southeast. investigators say the victim may have been a victim of a robbery. >>> the trial begins today for the woman accused in a deadly hit and run accident that happened near dupont circle. police say jorita davidson hit kela ryan as ryan tried to get into a car on connecticut avenue back in october. a witness gave officers a license plate number. they were then able to trace the vehicle to davidson and arrest her at a friendship heights condo. >>> prince george's county police say alcohol and speed were factors in a crash that killed th

thomas says he used his own money to buy the audi suv from a company he owned before he became a councilmember. there are questions about whether that company got a sizable payment from his pam pain committee and whether that suv should be reported as a gift or income. >>> some other top stories we're following. d.c. police stepping up patrols on the not tan branch trail after four attacks in the last month. the last one was on wednesday when a suspect useed a taser to try to take down a bicyclist. trouble spot seems to be between new york avenue and rhode island avenue between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. >>> three people were killed in an early morning accident on sunday and police say a drunk driver is to blame. a gray mazda was rear ended on indian head highway around 3:00 sunday morning just south of wilson bridge drive. it was hit by a gmc yukon. police say the impact sent the mazda off the road into a tree ejecting two of the passengers. >> the driver of the gmc yukon was not injured as a result of the accident but he was subsequently arrested and is being charged with driving u

. >>> joining us live to talk about this issue is thomas j. baker an international consultant and former fbi agent who spends a lot of time in that area. thomas, thank you for joining us tonight. >> glad to be here. >> all of this comes as stalled negotiations between the president and his opponents are here, and he's already said he's not making more concessions. they've given him 30 days to get out, he says no more. what do you think will happen next? >> no one really knows what's going to happen. we can only hope long-term, long-term they'll be more democracy in that country and in the region. but short-term, it's a very, very dangerous situation, because that particular country is now the hottest hot bed for terrorism and exporting terrorism for the rest of the world. >> what do you think this will do to al-qaida? >> it's going to be a challenge. it's going to be a big challenge. al-awaki, now that osama bin laden is out of the picture, may be one of the key concerns of the american services. lives somewhere in an ungoverned, wild, outlaw

. >> eric: thank you so much for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >>> a college football player will make his first court appearance this afternoon. he facing a string of criminal charges starting with the way he pants boarding a flight. terry mcsweeney is live. all of this could have been avoided if he just pulled up his pants? >> this could have been no story at all but 20-year-old deshon marman are going to be arraigned trespassing, battery and resisting arrest. it all started when he refused to pull up his pants. take a look. this is deshon marman, san francisco kid and football player at new mexico. he was headed there yesterday mornings. they asked him to pull his pants up and he boarded the plane and he repeatedly to pull them up. passengers were asked to get off the flight. captain made a citizen's arrest. police were called and things got far more serious. >> the passenger did not want to be handcuffed. he thought he could do it just walk with the officers but that is not our policy. during the flight struggle the officer was injured. >> he was attacked. his clothing, his hand an

according to the attorney general, thomas used money from his charity to pay for golf outings, $1,185 for golf in las vegas, of pebble beach, $1,165 at the excalibur hotel in las vegas, and more than $50,000 for an hour the suv -- for an audi suv. >> from what i knew harry thomas, he was a good man. >> i am confident that once we have the information being provided to my legal counsel in this civil suit, which has been presented by the government, we will be vindicated. >> thomas and his lawyer to questions, but refused to give any specific explanations. >> if he is guilty of the things he has been accused of, he needs to be punished. >> that is, i guess as corrupt as you can get. >> the civil complaints seek more than $1 million in reimbursement and punitive damages. now the case is being investigated by the fbi and the u.s. department of justice. abc7 news. >>> former d.c. candidate sulaimon brown took center stage in the pay for play case . he testified before the d.c. council a short time ago before he walked into the wilson building, he had this to say about mayor vincent gray. >

as nbc bay area's garvin thomas shows us, so has technology. >> that's why i went to college. so could i dig ditches. >> reporter: tom is ceo of quake finder. a palo alto company dedicated to proving earthquake prediction is not just possible. but could just be around the corner. >> we're at the point now where we really think that there actuallys a signal or signals associated with earthquakes. and we've got the evidence to prove it. >> reporter: the signals he is talking about are electromagnetic and are what brings us here less than a mile from the san andreas fault. they are installing a monitoring station. it is one of more than 60 quake finder has installed along california's major fault lines. the theory behind it all is that when rock along the fault are stressed to the breaking point, electromagnetic energy is released. >> it is essentially a large electrical current that is generated. you can almost think of it as underground lightning in a sense. >> reporter: not only does he think you can detect such a thichblg he believes he already has. >> in 2007 -- >> reporter:

us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm karina rusk. thank you very much for joining us this morning. barry bonds is scheduled to be back in federal court this morning to find out if there will be another inning in the perjury case against him. prosecutors are supposed to decide whether they are going to retry the former giant on charges he lied to a grand jury about performance enhancing drugs. abc7's amy hollyfield joins us now from federal court in san francisco. we should expect a decision today. right, amy? >> reporter: well, the prosecutors say they haven't decided but the defense says it's time to decide. they want to know whether the prosecutors are going to do this or not. they are tired of dragging it out. according to the federal law, they say they need to decide soon. so a judge called everyone to court to hash it out. a mistrial was declared in april when the jury deadlocked on whether he lied to a federal grand jury. bonds' attorneys are pointing to a federal law that says trial should start within 70 days of mistrial. so they hope that prosecutors will throw their hands

united states requires that congress authorized any office if use of the military and this is how it was understood at the outset when thomas jefferson used the military against the barbary pirates in the early a ten inch he got ten congressional statutes authorizing what was used doing instead even if it's not war if the oftens if use of the military i need congressional authorization every single member of the constitution convention every single participant in the ratification debates all of the federalist papers all of the first president washington jefferson and madison were uniform only congress to get us into war and that was not an academic argument they understood the executive branch concocted excuses for war because they get all the power the secrecy the appointments the money the footprints in the land in the sands of time that's why everyone said we cannot have one person take us to war and we have this president announcing as a general rule the president go to war any time you want for regional stability the security council's credibility or any other interest that the united states in the president's eyes is

joining us is seana thomas who covers the house. thanks very much for your time. it's good to have you here. >> thanks for having me tonight, rachel. >> what do you know about the kind of investigation that nancy pelosi is calling for, does the fact that schooes calling for it mean that it will happen in. >> she's calling to look into whether any official congressional equipment was used in his let's call it texting. if any other rules were broken. just because she calls for it, doesn't mean they have to do it. the chair and the ranking member of the ethics committee can call for an investigation themselves. once they call for it, it may take some time for it to get going. we may or may not find out when the investigative subcommittee is actually panelled. these investigations take a long time. >> so that would be sort of use of congressional resources for inappropriate personal use. are there any other potential violations or overt house rules that this might conceivably come under the rubric of? >> there's basically rule number one which is conduct reflecting cr

us. i'm eric thomas. kristen is off today. >> in less than two hours, relatives of michelle le will begin a large scale search for her. they are asking for lots of volunteers to get clues from her disappearance from kaiser hospital in hayward. >> reporter: if you are 18 years of age older the le family would love for you to come down to this buddhist church and get some training and then start searching for their missing relative. take a look at a picture of 26-year-old michelle le. she has not been seen in three weeks. last seen in the kaiser hospital in hayward. more than two dozen people have been questioned but no sign of her. they started searching a canyon in southern alameda. this will be in specific locations based on evidence. it is a homicide case but the family is still hopeful. >> if it was your daughter, your sister, your cousin, your friend. >> le's family announced the search yesterday in front of the hayward police department. the polly klass foundation will be doing the training here. vol

us. >> i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm in for carolyn tyler. former bart police officer johannes mehserle was released from the jail this morning one minute after midnight. he spent a year for the shooting death of unarmed passenger oscar grant. hundreds of grant's supporters demonstrated last night. amy hollyfield joins us live from oakland where things were peaceful. >> preparations are in place just case thisweren't. businesses were boarded up but this wasn't necessary. those demonstrators were passionate but the rally stayed on message as they marched to city hall. the only disruption was the arrest of two men, one who was suspected of spray-painting graffiti. protestors feel like je ms. mez got of easy for the shooting death of oscar grant who was shot in the back. mehserle said he thought she grabbed his taser. he was sentenced for two years, one of harshest sentence to an officer involved in an off-duty shooting. he received one year good credit for good behavior. >> friends and family and we have -- there is no justice. >> details of ms

thanks for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >> i'm carolyn tyler.budget only the second time in 25 years a spending plan was passed on time. one interesting part of that balancing act is an online sales tax something they have been reluctant to pass in the past. details on how this tax will work. >> it does seem like a no-brainer, why not tax purchases online. you pay a tax when you buy in it a store but critics say it could hurt some businesses in california. online retailers have found a way around this law like amazon and overstock. they sever ties with businesses that deal with states in the tax. so companies that sell products in california could lose overstock as a client. this has put some small companies out of business. the california state legislature needed to close a $9.6 billion deficit and this is expected to bring in $1200 million a year in revenue. some brick and mortar stores think it's unfair. so do the benefits outweigh the side effects. republicans support it and it needs a simple majority to pass. the governor has to sign it to

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thomas. stakes only cause my trophy the playoffs so the long wait for boston hockey fans is finally over with ustitles and spacing the new york rangers in one thousand seven seats to now is that bad. going into the game we talked about no i didn't and i you know if we do score you know it don't you can act like you've won the stanley cup because you get emotional high and it will end up showing on the ice so i was just trying to stay level that was one one goal it was a big it was he would call it the game winning goal but at that time there was still a game and a lot of work left to do to thomas in these playoffs just totally dominated and that's you know sign of a great goaltender and he was on top of his game from from start to finish and especially in this final round he was outstanding every game you know when i know everybody expected him to have an average game at some point never came he was in the zone he was focused never let anything rattle him and even a question is his style of play and what's happened to him or you know he's so deserving so we're proud of him and obviously the rest