we gather now to remember vincent chin. we gather in remembrance of his death and the hate that brought about his death. we gather today three decades later to remember his mothers cry for justice. >> we gather in remembrance of tears, sorrow -- >> as well as the tears of hope. we gather in the spirit of hope and love. we gather knowing that love overcomes hate and hope overcomes the pain of injustice. we gather as a community, a community committed to racial and social justice. we gather with commitments in our hearts. >> this is our time of community renewal. >> we will never give up the fight, the fight for -- >> an inclusive society that treats all people as one. >> vincent chin's last words were, it isn't fair. >> we will fight for fairness in the courts as well as in the streets. >> martin luther king jr. said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. >> people who fight for justice anywhere helps the cause of justice everywhere. >> remember vincent chin, the pain, the whole, the heat, the love, the cries

the death of vincent chin was one of those incidents for me. when i learned about this incident is what caused me to spend more time learning about our civil rights history. when i was in law school, i met when the prosecutors involved in the completely awful travesty of the prosecution. it was part of what inspired me to think about spending part of my career in that world. i want to think sharon hewitt and reverend fong for the work you're doing with activists around the country to help us remember. if we do not remember our history, we are bound to repeat it. hate crimes within any of our communities are hate crimes against all of our communities. i think it is so important that we take a moment to remember, and again, thank you so much for helping us in that effort. >> let me just say that the last words, his last words were, it isn't fair. his mother, who galvanized many of us around the country as she toured many cities, she eventually left the united states and went back to china and said, there is no justice in america. she passed away

i am talking about the killing of vincent chen 30 years ago, 1982. i was a young college student at uc-davis. i wanted to ask if our community leaders can come up so they can give some remarks after we have made our remarks. we have a reverent, the executive director of the chinatown community development center. if i could ask him to come up, and we also have mike from a group organizing an event on the 23rd. if he can come up as well? mike and the reverend? please come to the podium. great shirt. i wanted to say that i am introducing a resolution on the imperative agenda that will recognize june 23, this saturday, 2012, as justice for vincent chen day. it recognizes the 30th anniversary of a movement to call for justice in the baseball bat beating death of vincent in the city and county of san francisco. in 1982, ronald reagan was the president. there was a severe economic depression, especially in motown, detroit area. there was a lot of recession here as well. the climate was an economic depression, scapegoating of immigrants. japan-bashing was g

we gather now to remember vincent chin. we gather in remembrance of his death and the hate that brought about his death. we gather today three decades later to remember his mothers cry for justice. >> we

. >> the stories vincent pierce tells aren't always this melancholy.tory telling is an ancient irish tradition and vincent has demonstrated this art on tours in north america. most of all, he enjoys telling his tales in the pub. ♪ i'm going down the old dirt road ♪ >> a few of his musician friends have come by too. an irish pub is more than just a bar. it means home, community and cultural heritage and is often the center of public life in rural areas. but many pubs are closing. the celtic tiger is gone and many are worried about the future. >> i don't know what the future is going to bring. i wouldn't advise going into the pub life. it's not a good moment at the moment for making a living. >> we'd like to hear more of vincent's tale about the celtic tiger so the next morning we meet him and his wife pat for breakfast. they have four children and a bunch of grandchildren. vincent was a brick layer before he retired and built his house himself. it's a small built of paradise they've created here. many here in ross common also dreamed of paradise during

today, vincent dippard orange senior is the best candidate. the best! >> reporter: vincent orange, who originally wanted the chairman spot, knew he didn't have support and went after the number two position. during his fight, he held off a media report criticizing michael brown. >> this is about michael brown, not vincent orange. >> reporter: the council be member and former mayor marion barry said this about the crimes committed by two council members and two of mayor gray's campaign workers recently. >> this has been the most serious governmental crisis and more serious than shutdowns. the only thing i can think of that is more serious than this is 9/11. >> reporter: council member jack evan who was a long tome d.c. leader fired back and alluded to barry's arrest after smoking crack in the 1990s. >> and if anyone was here, you would see a turbulent time. >> and that seemed to change when alexander talked. >> she fought back tears. >> i'm story. -- sorry. please forgive me. we have to stay together up here and stop fighting and key agree to disagree. i

. >> reporter: that of course is at large council member vincent orange who is also up for the interim chair who will be sitting in kwame brown's seat the next 114 days or so until a november election to elect his replacement officially and permanently. though vincent orange says he's not under investigation or hasn't been fined, you may remember his name was connected to a scandal involving campaign funds. we'll have more on that and more on the ongoing investigation here at the wilson building all coming up at 5:30. back to you. >> thank you very much, delia. >>> this year's virginia senate race is now officially a matchup of two former governors. george allen won the republican primary yesterday. the next closest g.o.p. candidate was jamie radtke. allen will now try to reclaim the senate seat he lost to jim webb six years ago. webb is not seeking reelection. allen will face tim kaine who ran unopposed for the democratic nomination. >>> incumbent jim moran set off a primary challenge. he'll have a rematch with jay patrick murray this november. eric cantor cruised to an easy victory i

today, vincent bernard think, sr. is best candidate for chairman pro tem. >> reporter: vincent orange knew he didn't have support so he went off the number two position. during his fight, he held up a media report criticizing michael brown. >> this is about michael brown, not vincent orange. >> reporter: council member and former mayor marion barry said this about the crimes commit bid two council members and two of mayor gray's campaign workers recently. >> this has been the most serious governmental crisis since home rule. most serious and shutdowns. only thing i can think of that is more serious than this was 9- 11. >> reporter: councilmember jack evans fired back and even alluded to barry's arrest after smoking crack in the 1990s. >> if anyone was here during the vista hotel type situation, you would see a turbulent time. >> reporter: butt tone of meeting seemed to change when yvette alexander spoke. she scolded the bickering members as she fought back tears. >> and -- i'm sorry. please forgive me. we have to stay

vincent is making a difference without children when they need it the most. in east baltimore, manny locke, abc2 news. >>> all right time to check on your morning commute with lauren cook with a look at traffic. >> thank you. well, -- >> reporter: tugboats will be pulling a cargo ship into the port but it will cause traffic problems heading to the bay bridge. that's going to be closed temporarily for 40 minutes at1:15 and beginning at 3:15 this afternoon. the key bridge will be closed also for 40 minutes. and we have an accident to tell you about in baltimore county right in lutherville timonium at green meadow drive and heading to 83 here's what it look like in hunt valley at shawan everything up to speed. no concerns as you head down towards the beltway. now from the maryland pennsylvania state line, all the way down to the beltway you are looking at 22 minute trip and heading out on 69511 minutes on that outer -- 695, 11 minutes from the outer loop. an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 towards 95. here's mike with a look at the forecast good mornin

was sentenced to prison and just weeks after two former campaign staffers to mayor vincent gray pleaded guilty to federal offenses. vincent gray is still under investigation. >> we are like a laughing stock of the country. >> residents are six of the alleged corruption. >> it feels like you have no say of what goes on in your own government. -- we are sick of all the alleged corruption. >> they feel they can do whatever they want. >> we have a process in place. >> council member mary cheh is now acting chair. it is a sad day for mr. brown and for the council and for the people in the district of. >> next, mary cheh is the acting chair of the d.c. council for now, but not for long. she plans to call a meeting on wednesday to elect a new interim chairman of the d.c. council. that person will likely serve until november. that is when voters should get their chance to elect a new chairman the. as for kwame brown, he has a court date set for tomorrow. in northwest, tom roussey reporting. >> kwame brown's resignation is the latest in a series of problems in d.c. government. earlier this year

mayor vincent gray survived a federal probe into his campaign. will he seek reelection? despite all the speculation and rumors mayor gray is headed to china this weekend seeking new investments in business for the district. bruce johnson report gray says he remains focused on the job. >> reporter: mayor, are you planning to resign? >> ask me a question like that. i have no -- no. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray angrily responding to a question late yesterday which appeared to be based on a rumor that his health was failing. >> my health is fine. >> reporter: fact is this week the mayor has had a busy schedule that included the dedication of a new library in his ward 7 home base. >> our library buildings were in great disrepair. >> reporter: beginning this weekend he leads a delegation of private and public leaders on a 10-day trip to china. >> we hope to talk with them further about the possible financing of our streetcar system here in the city. they're interested in other investments. >> reporter: privately staffers say the mayor has heard all the rumors sin two o

bruce leshan reports vincent orange is still lobbying for the job. >> reporter: what do you think will happen wednesday? >> i think the council will meet. >> reporter: phil mendelson is no showboat, but his mild mannered no frills persona may be what most of his colleagues are looking for do. you have anything you could tell us? >> reporter: after scandals that have driven two other council members from office. >> the council is hurting. we've betrayed the public trust. we need to rebuilt the public trust. >> reporter: vincent orange is still trying to convince his colleagues that he is the stronger leader. >> if you look at my record and look at the record of mr. mendelson, you'll see the majority of the time he's on the losing side of a 10-2 vote or 12-1 vote. >> reporter: ward 7 council member yvette alexander says some of her constituents are worried about race, but she suspects mendelson already has a majority of seven strong votes wrapped up. >> it's always an issue to be quite frank, but i think in this instance it's who has been in the community. >> reporter: and phil mendelson

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. >> vincent gray wants to honor chalk brown by naming a local park after him. it would designate the western portion of langdon park as chuck brown park. the mayor promised to name a part in his honor. >> he brought a musical genre here. he needs to be remembered. we want to make sure we have a place where he can be remembered. young musicians will have a chance to demonstrate -- >> he wants the park to have an employer theater so they can have gobo concerts'. >> coming up, there are creepy, crawly, and they bite. is a type of tick causing food allergies.

mayor vincent gray is also manning a memorial park and garden for the future. you will recall two red line trains crashed on june 22nd, 2009 between fort totten and takoma park. the nine people killed included one train operator, 08 were also injured. the spokesperson for the national transportation safety board has said that since the accident, metro has been more receptive to its recommendations. we all know there are still problems from time to time. nothing like we saw back in 2009. metro has increased safety measures and staff since then. after that memorial park and garden, the plans are in the works. the family members were disagreeing with community members here because they wanted to create a park and guard innocent woods here behind the bridge. community member were concerned about crime and also issues with prostitution in the area and didn't want to encourage that. the city administrator has released a statement. he said: he said: we are hoping to hear whether mayor vincent gray has an update on that when he speaks later this morning at 10:00 a.m. >

. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray had made remarks to the 2012 class. we asked for his reaction to the chaos when commencement was over. >> the administration of beleau made the decision to do this and i know the ceremonies were held as long as they could, at least an hour before it started, to try to get everybody in. >> the mayor didn't know how many parents missed out seeing their children graduate, but however many it was he doesn't feel good about it and we just received a statement from the d.c. public school system and it states that we deeply regret any confusion or disruption to the graduation which should be a joyous and celebratory occasion. once the ceremony began many of any remaining attendees were escorted into the overflow room and the ceremony continued as scheduled. the statement says that we are immensely proud of all d.c. ps graduates and apologetic for any frustration that was felt. >> any sense from the school that they're going to change anything or is this just going to be the deal if there's perhaps a chance of rain in the forec

l republican governor scott walker of wisconsin survived a bitter recall effort.as rick vincent explains... it's made him a republican hero. hero. nats walker! walker! it waa a night for celebration headquarters.tonighttwe tell wisconsin, we teel our country and weetell people all across the lobe that voters reelly do want leaders who stand up and make the tough deeisions. (cheers)in is concession speech, democratic challenger pom barrett, who is milwaukee's mayor, urged his followers to keep battling for their ideals. please, please, please remain engaged, remain involved, because ww will continue to fight or justice and fairness in this city and this state.walker outspent his opponent bb ratio of nearly eighh to one.that has one barrett supporter crying foul. all had a lot invested in this. this was it, if we didn'ttwin tonight the end of the usa as we know it just happened. that's it. we just got outspend 34 million to 4 million dollars and we don't have any other resource left but the people you see here behind me. ann if the peeple you see here behind me can't gettit done tonight, i

attorney also investigating mayor vincent gray after allegations of campaign violations. tonight oning did council member says enough is enough and if the mayor won't answer all questions about his campaign, he should resign. fox 5's matt ackland with more on that. >> the wilson building has been transformed into a rumor mill and people speculate as to when the next shoe will drop. >> reporter: minutes after council member david catania left a council meeting discussing the future of kwame brown he set his sights on mayor gray saying it's time for the mayor to speak up when it comes to any wrong doing during his campaign for mayor. >> the time has come especially in light of what we expect to happen involving the chairman today for the mayor to provide answers to the questions people have regarding his campaign or to return as a private citizen and address those issues. >> two of mayor gray's campaign workers both admitted in federal court to a plan to pay mayoral candidate suleman brown to verbally attack former mayor adrian fenty. since then the mayor has refused to com

and howard gore, who was a member of vincent gray's campaign staff, cutting deals and pleading guilty in federal court. so many believe that the third, into kwame brown's campaign finances, is about to drop. an audit by d.c.'s office of campaign finance found that brown's 2008 election campaign failed to report more than $400,000 in contributions or expenditures and that $239,000 wound up in the hands of a consulting company controlled by brown's brother. that led to the federal investigation and recent reports indicate that the u.s. attorney is about to release information in that case. the investigate has been going on for a year. yesterday, brown told reporters he wants to get past it. >> i regret the fact that we are even having this conversation. i regret the fact that we are sitting here today talking about a 2008 campaign. i'm very sorry that residents have been dealing with these distracts and residents deserve better. >> reporter: now, some sources are saying that brown has met with federal prosecutors and that he has indeed struck a deal that could have him resigning as earl

vincent depaul wellness center here in san francisco during ministry to those trying to rebuild their lives and find god in the process. people with addiction problems and drug and alcohol. >>> why is that kind of ministry important to the permanent the accident. critter permit to yakima and from its very beginnings was designed to meet the needs of those who were marginalized in the early church committees. people who weren't being taken care of by the area running of the committee is established to address the need and still hallmark of the atf command. they're taken to run the country who work primarily in truck stops for instance meeting with truck drivers who may need counseling or support as they stop with their big rig to the truck centers. they coordinate shuttle buses to take those travelers to sunday mass so they can leave their big rig to the truck stop. deacons or primary ministry is to those in transit in airports. very important in countries resemble the man of the proper papers and need somebody to watch after the match the officials of deny them entry to the country. >

mayor vincent gray is moving forward with a promise to name a park after chuck brown.tion to the d.c. council that would designate the western portion of langdon park between 18th street and 20th street as chuck brown park. he wanted to feature an amphitheater so it can host go- go concerts'. it is 72 degrees. >> still to come, bryce harper has made it to the big leagues in more ways than one. how he has a u.s ♪ ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ ♪ it goes something like this ♪ ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, , ll me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tididpods... a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans, brightens and fights stains. pop in. stand out. >> a sizzling start to the summer. brace yourselves. we're in for dangerous heat today. >> and the latest in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. his wife to the stand yesterday. questions continue as to whether jerry sandusky will testify. >> who would pay $13,000 for a jar of moisturizer? one company is bett

learning during the summer. >> reporter: summer camp starts at saint vincent's, which has been givingto the community for more than 100 years. but this camp is special. it's designed for homeless and transitional children. >> helping them to deal with the fact they're living in the shelters, i think, being able to, able to cope, being ability to come to an environment where they know hey, i have people that care about me, i have people that are like me, and people that know how to deal with issues i'm going through. >> reporter: the children experiencing a host of issues due to circumstances. that's why the camp was so important. hoping children gain self-esteem, and volunteers come from 12 area high schools. >> their definition of hope is overexcitement, smiling, always being cheerful. >> this is 17-year-old sydney's third year volunteering. she's on her way to college in philadelphia to study. >> i enjoy seeing their faces and how happy they are. it's just really, it warms my heart to know we can make a difference in their life. >> reporter: danielle is one of the 130 kids that come

vincent orange will also be a candidate. you can expect others to run as well. meanwhile, phil says no major changes in how the council operates. he'll keep most of kwame brown's staff. bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> in maryland, it was sentencing day for the man behind, designed to keep black voters from going to the polls in 2010. joule i julius, whose former republican governor was ordered to spend the next 60 days in prison. prince georges county and baltimore. they told voters don't bother casting your votes because governor martin o'malley and president barack obama won this election. mr. obama wasn't even on the ballot that year. >>> a bomb threat closed a fairfax county courthouse for several hours. hearings that were scheduled had to be rescheduled and all the cases were moved to a later date. a sweep of the courthouse by bomb sniffing dogs failed to find anything significant. the all clear sign was given and the court was reopened around 2:30 this afternoon. >>> let's go outside to topper shut on a gorgeous night. top. >> it really is nice. as humid as

mayor vincent gray issued a statement late today saying he is shocked and disappointed by the news. i serve alongside mr. brown on council and never imagined something like this he said. colleagues have these remarks. >> i don't have a comment at this time. i'm just glad our city is still moving forward in the right direction. >> today we met with the chairman and kwame brown said he would have a statement later teed or tomorrow about his intentions. >> i talked to some council members in that meeting. kwame brown told them behind closed doors he's resigning effective close of business today. it was an emotional meeting for some i'm told. council member mary cheh will open a meeting wednesday for the council to vote on the replacement. vincent orange, phil mendelson, both democrat at large members are expected to compete for the job to replace kwame brown. >> can you remember a time where this council has had this many distractions? >> there's never been a time in the city's history we've had this many distractions and it's not over. there's still that major investigation hanging ov

mayor vincent gray issued a statement late today saying he is shocked and disappointed and saddened by the news today. the mayor is awaiting the outcome of an investigation into his own campaign. two people have already copped pleas in that case. six months ago former councilman harry thomas, jr. admitted to stealing money. he reports to prison june 20th. 11:00 friday morning u.s. district court kwame brown goes before judge richard leon for arraignment. wednesday the council meets to select his replacement, vincent orange, phil men doll son the front runners -- mendelson, the front runners. >> we're joined now by jim shallack, state and federal prosecutor more than 20 years. great to have you here. we've been hearing rumors for a couple weeks, but when it all went down, a couple days kwame brown is on the way out. what does that mean? >> it tells me that the ever must have been overwhelming. the government may have had more evidence like on election fraud and it tells me this is the best deal he could get. he jumped at it to avoid maybe other charges. it tells me that they really had

vincent orange put himself up against michael brown and held up a media report criticizing brown. we talked to the new chairman earlier on the news at 10:00. here's what he had to say about people's concerns with the council given the recent drama. >> there's not a dramatic step that can be taken that wipes away all of the concern. we're going to have -- it's going to take time. we'll have to work at rebuilding the people's trust in the government. >> now despite councilman orange's attempts, the council selected michael brown. >>> time to talk politics now after chris crossing the country on the campaign trail, today president obama and mitt romney found themselves just a few blocks away from each other here in the district. for romney, it was another chance to pound the president's economic policies and for the president, an unannounced visit. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the latest on both men. >> governor mitt romney. >> addressing the business round table of executives at the museum, romney dug into the president's recent comments on the economy. >> the president, don't underst

vincent orange is the main competition, the other at large democrat. there is concern both candidates received campaign contributions from businessman jeff thompson who as you know is under federal investigation. here's what two of their colleagues had to say about all this. >> what are you looking for in chairman? >> someone that can really lift up and understand that we're in an ethical crisis. it's not just the two people that have stepped down from the council, that there really is a whole issue about campaign finance and it's touched every council member. >> reporter: who are you going to support for chairman? >> i'm not going to talk about that now that's not how i operate, i can guarantee you the council will be stronger than ever before and the acting chair will be stronger than ever before. >> they won't talk publicly, but about all of them will talk to you on the telephone if you don't use their names. the vote is wednesday. i'm told right now neither mendelson nor orange has the votes to become interim chairman and kwame brown's staff is not

barnes, fox 5 news. . -- off the council. >> reporter: audrey barnes, fox 5 news. >> could mayor vincent gray be next under allegations of campaign violations and one council member says enough is enough. david catania wants gray to come clean. >> the time has come for the mayor to provide answers to the questions people have regarding his campaign or to return as a private citizen and address those issues. >> we couldn't reach gray for comment tonight. he has not recently addressed the investigation. his spokesperson says gray has said all he can say and is focused on his job. >>> another story tonight, a break-through in the stalemate that threatened to kill the civil line metro line. there were changes agreed to concerning union labor, a huge step forward but not the final step. fox 5's sherri ly explains. >> reporter: there is a major move forward from reston to dulles international airport. >> we're looking forward to a new day. there was an 11-1 vote. >> reporter: the metropolitan washington airport authority allowed cameras to record audio but not video of virginia board member to

vincent de paul. it will provide services in our emergency shelters. episcopal has two emergency shelters, totaling over 500 beds. st. vincent de paul has msc south, which has over 300 beds. we are seeing approval of those contracts. supervisor chu: bank appeared for and saul, 14, 15, mr. rose, i believe your recommendation is just to include not to exceed amount. >> that is correct. supervisor chu: the department has requested we continue this to the call of the chair. >> that is correct. supervisor chu: thank you. given that we have gone through the department presentation, we thank you for your presentation and look forward to seeing you next week. ok, let's move on to the next department, which i believe is the children and families commission. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the executive director. we are continuing with our overarching goal the -- that all children in san francisco our school ready when they enter kindergarten and that they access high-quality services, delivered by well-trained staff. next year will be the first year of our

vincent orange will also be a candidate and you can expect others to run as well. phil mendelson says no major changes in how the council operates. he will keep most of kwame brown's staff. bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> a showdown over the d.c. budget could be looming in the halls of congress. a senate version of a d.c. spending bill does not include a controversial ban on city funded abortions. the version passed by the senate appropriations subcommittee would also give the city a budget of $676 million. that's roughly $10 million more than the bill in the house. the version passed by the g.o.p. controlled house includes the abortion ban. >>> syrian troops have regained control of the town of hafa near the coast. the obama administration says russia is supplying helicopters to syrian forces. russia has accused the white house of providing military support to rebel forces. >>> at 4:30, taking another look at the road to the white house, president obama heads to ohio today to lay out his vision for how to fix the economy. the president will say that he's focused on

vincent orange and phil mendelson are the front runners. >> the brown plea is just the latest chapter in the long book of d.c. officials who have acted improperly. >> gary nurenberg has more on corruption within city government. >> reporter: another councilman harry thomas, jr. is sentenced earlier this year for lining his pockets with government money meant for kids. the mayor remains under investigation. >> the mayor's issue continues and as i've said many times, i hope the u.s. attorney can move quickly to resolve that as well. >> reporter: what is it with d.c. government and corruption? >> i'm not going to get into that kind of nonsense because the great -- over 99.9% of us who served in public office do it honorably. >> i think these are vestiges of the marian barry era. >> reporter: the national editor of washingtonian magazine points to a lack of d.c. outrage to misconduct. >> if you look at marion barry, there is quite a deep reservoir of allowance for misbehavior. marion is the one who not only spent time in jail but has not paid his taxes, gave some contracts to his girlfrie

mayor vincent gray. >> i'm stunned. i'm shocked. i'm disappointed. i'm saddened. you know, i was elected to the council at the same time that chairmanlected to the counts counsel served the entire time. this is not something i ever would have imagined could have occurred. >> i'm pulling the meeting together now. >> reporter: late in the amp d.c. member counce ims met without chairman brown present, at least at the beginning. >> chair pro t pechem. >> reporter: the first order, close the meeting to media. stationed outside the door as opposed to the usual staff member. after the meeting adjourned, council member filed out looking ats if they dreaded seeing the cameras. >> a courtesy to let the chair speak for himself. >> what's the mood? >> everybody's mood is quite somber. >> reporter: the mood here is grim. >> he would have a statement later today or tomorrow about his intentions, and that -- once he makes that statement, then the city and council will know what it will do. >> i'm glad that our city is still moving forward in the right direction. we're getting bu

it hurts. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray made remarks to the class. he said he didn't know how many people had not been allowed to see their children graduate but he doesn't feel good about t. >>> 80-year-old ida lupino was walking on a bicycle path when she was struck. police say the bicyclist tried to warn her. the cyclist stayed with her and will not be charged. >>> another day of graphic testimony and tears at the sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. one of the prosecution's star witnesses takes the stand. details coming your way next. >>> new trouble for george zimmerman, the man charged with killing trayvon martin. his wife arrested in the case with charges she is facing as we continue. [ 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 xfinit

and two former campaign aide to mayor vincent gray have pleaded guilty in a widening probe into the may your's 2010 election campaign. unnamed council members hatch been quoted as saying that they hope any resignations would happen by july. now why that deadline? we are told it could potentially save d.c. taxpayers $1 million to combine any special elections with the regular november 6th general election. reporting live from the wilson building. jackie benson, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. the council did get business done today. gave final approval to a $9.4 billion budget plan for 2013. the budget includes funding for d.c. schools, and needy families and no new taxes. the budget raises money through extended bar hours and more speed and red light cameras. >> jury selection moving faster than any body expected in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. the former penn state assistant football coach is charged with molesting ten boys over the course of 15 years. so far nine jurors have been seated in just the first day. they unclued a retired bus driver, high school teacher and engine

it hurts. >> mayor vincent gray made remark to the class of 2012. after the ceremony he said he didn't know how many parents missed out on seeing their children graduate but however many it was, he says he doesn't feel good about it. you can imagine. >> oh, my goodness. the anger that parents would have. >> sydney just graduated fifth grade. i would have been so mad. high school, whole different story. >> still ahead, we'll tell you which metro stop is officially getting a new name today. >>> first, we will take a look at the morning's other headlines. everybody makes mistake but they don't usually cost $2 billion. the ceo of one of the nation's biggest banks set to apologize to congress today. we'll be back in a moment. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten.

mayor vincent gray and metro officials gathered at the red line station today to make the change. it was approved by the metro board last year. the king street and navy art stations are getting new names this year as well. >> the truth is, that a new york woman made a daring social move by getting hundreds of people to play a game with her. i wonder if you can figure out what it is. we'll tell you after the break. >>> i'm kristen berset in ashburn. the skins wrapping up their final day of practice. find out what happened coming up next. >>> left six kids suspended and three of them can't make the walk to get their diplomas. i'm surae chin. i talk with two of them coming up. >>> high school seniors graduate tomorrow, but three students will not be there to participate. that is on top of the seven-day suspension because of a senior prank that went a little too far. surae chin is here to talk about punishments. surae. >> that's right, six kids were involved in this prank and some of them right now are serving a suspension. now the kids admit that this was the wrong thing to do. someo

mayor vincent gray will come out to unveil a new memorial black. it honors the victims and the first responder who headed to that scene. it will be unveiled here over the crash site. following the crash, loved ones create a makeshift shrine but just about everyone acknowledge that was not a proper memorial. a plaque has already been placed inside the fort totten metro station but you need to pay to get inside the station to see that up close. mayor vincent gray is manning a memorial park and garden for the future -- is planning a memorial park and garden for the future. two red line trains crashed between the fort totten and takoma park stations. the nine people killed included one train operator. eighty were also injured. since the accident, metro has been more receptive to the recommendations and metro has also more than doubled its safety staff. as for that memorial park and garden being planned, we are still waiting to hear more on that. some of the relatives of the victims had wanted it to be in a park here but some officials were concerned ab

mayor vincent gray who you mentioned is still under investigation by the feds. you saw him tonight. now is he faring? >> the mayor is acting just as any other mayor would act under this. in fact, he was quite good. he was at a georgetown celebration. he was humorous and relaxed and comfortable and that's what you of expect any office holier to do until -- holder to do until there's something unfortunate and he is perform as if there is nothing. he got above or around him. he got a warm applause and he's being mayor until something else happens or nothing else happens. >> let me ask what if something else happens? what if he's brought up on charges, then who takes over? >> that's an interesting question. we can play this unfortunate game. if he takes over, then phil mendelson, the chair, would move up and be the mayor, the acting mayor, until there's a special election again. so we have sort of a domino effect. the mayor has not been charged, but that's the line and then they'd have to pick somebody who is remaining of the at large members to become the council chair. so it's really

quex>> vincent grey wants to honor chuck brown by naming a park after him. service, the mayor promised to name a part in his honor. >> he needs to be remembered. we want to make sure that we have a place that he can be remembered where his music can be played and frankly, inspiring young musicians will have a chance to demonstrate they can be the next chuck brown. >> time for a check on the traffic situation. >> looking at the latest 395 southbound this is the camera at duke street. those lanes will continue. the troubled near the -- inner lanes and on and off delays will take you past the scene having -- heading to quantico. route 29 in burtonsville, an accident in montgomery county. back to you. >> an emotional debate as both sides of the pit bull issue sound off in annapolis. >> i remember having to wake him up and say get out of bed, time to go. >> two local brother set a record. we will tell you what they did that will help them forever. >> we will show you a website >> a roanoke, va. man is being hailed as a hero * two. he jumped into action to rescue

mayor vincent gray hoping a campaign finance bill changes the perception of wide spread corruption in d.c. government. that legislation would ban kr contributions by government contractors or anyone else bidding on contracts and it would require corporate donors to show things. mayor plans to release a draft of the finance reform bill next month. >>> we will have to wait until september to find out if one of mayor gray's aide will go to prison. the judge plans to sentence him. he pled guilty last month lying to the fbi about payments made to another candidate in the 2010 mayoral race. mayor gray said he didn't know anything about the payments. >>> the white house is commenting the supreme court on the ruling which overturns much of arizona's hotly debated immigration law. the nation's highest court kept one provision though which requires lifrs to check the immigration status of anyone they stop and believe is in the country illegally. that provision is considered the the most controversial portion of the law. >> i believe it's the most -- based on race, based on nationality, and base

vincent gray did appoint those three people to the ethics board.xperts in ethics and law. they will investigate violations of ethics laws are among d.c. government officials. no more than two of them can come from the same political party. the mayor appoints each member for a six-year term. there is a tree fight underway in chevy chase. >> the state wants to put in a sidewalk. some trees would have to be cut down. the idea of fewer trees make some residents upset. >> these trees are called the green mild by people who live nearby. several bus stops are also here, but no sidewalks. >> i keep wondering bank a side view mirror is going to whack them. >> they are looking into building a sidewalk. this could mean cutting down more than 50 trees to make room for the sidewalk. >> someone would just plan a sidewalk at this time of environmental awareness without thinking about the trees or the impact is inconceivable. >> the sidewalk would take about 8 feet of space leaving two feet for grass. the state requires a six-foot curved strip to plant trees. >> i

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lieutenant vincent perez has a scholarship in his name. perez' younger brother said the school was very important to his family and while loved ones are honored about the scholarship, they say it's been more than their brother. >> it's about the heroes everyday, the men and women in uniform, be it the military or our fire department here in san francisco or where i work, the island police department. it's about the sacrifices that they make everyday. >> a raffle was held and the grand prize was a harley- davidson motorcycle. a fire also claimed the life of effort and paramedic anthony valerio. >> also will the triple dig heat continue? ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo joins us next with when we might see a change in the temperature. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot. you have no idea how good you hav

this was vincent chin's bachelor party. words were exchanged. these two men, a man and his stepson, two white men chased him down the street, get a baseball bat out of their car and beat him until his brain is on the ground. these two men even with a civil rights case don't spend a day in jail. it's a 3,000-dollar fine, and, you know, no time in jail. the interviewed these men and they're the victims, of course, of the media, et cetera. so for the first time asian-americans' politicize and to become a particular group. but, you know, i wanted to highlight the the mother in that story, lilly chin goes around the country speaking in broken english but trying to raise awareness of what happened to her son. and i think similar ways that maimi has this courage to expose her son to the media and 55. but also now to have the parents of trayvon martin exposes this. and i guess i'm saying, you know, these are all stories we should know and the sense that it's a shared history that we like to repress and our psyche. but particularly for me in teaching you

. >> vincent gray wants to honor chalk brown by naming a local park after him. it would designate the western portion of langdon park as chuck brown park. the mayor promised to name a part in his honor. >> he brought a musical genre here. he needs to be remembered. we want to make sure we have a place where he can be remembered. young musicians will have a chance to demonstrate -- >> he wants the park to have an employer theater so they can have gobo concerts'. >> coming up, there are creepy, crawly, and they bite. is a type of tick causing food allergies. >> quiet and it dry tonight but the tropics are b >> a food allergy has doctors scratching their head. people in virginia are suddenly developing severe allergies to meet it. kris van cleave explains medical -- they pinpointed the corporate -- ticks. a single bite from a tender love affair with meat could be over. you could give up stake baking, and pork chops for ever. >> if i could not have a stake every day, i would not want to live much longer. >> researchers found a sudden onset of food allergies to the b

vincent gray has a court day tomorrow. he is scheduled to have jury duty at d.c. superior court. he will pick up his normal duties at night. here is a look at our local sports teams and their schedules for the week. the national's welcome the tampa bay rays to d.c. tuesday through thursday. d.c. united is back in action on sunday, didn't 24th. -- june 24. it has been a great weekend >> it looks that we are cranking up the heat. >> tomorrow, wrote it will be below average one more day, so enjoy it while you can. after that, it is hot, hot hot. a few showers popping up across western maryland. we will take a look at that on doppler. 77 degrees that was the high temperature at breaking national airport. -- reagan national airport. beenbeen looking at temperatures across the area, 65 and leesburg. look at their high temperatures today, only made of to 72 degrees. temperatures will fall another five-seven degrees of the the next few hours. winchester at 66, manassas 64. southern maryland, 64 degrees. temperatures are a lot cooler off to the north. look at the heat and humidity. mid pa

even though he is expected to face some opposition and competition, especially from vincent orange, this no-nonsense type of member appears to be a shoe and today. mendelssohn is expected to take over for kwame brown, who resigned last week after pleading guilty to bank fraud. it is the second recent council member to step down. earlier this year, harry thomas, of ward 5, was sentenced to 38 months in prison after embezzling public funds. at 10:00 this morning in a legislative meeting the city council will try to start a new chapter and end this musical chairs and try to create some stability. reporting live, john gonzalez abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. she is the latest prince george's county official to be convicted of misconduct. maryland delegate tiffany alston found guilty of misdemeanor theft and misconduct in office. a jury concluded the democrat paid an employee in her law office with a hundred dollars in state money. her attorney says that his client has no plans to resign and he will seek a new trial. and she's accused of using campaign funds to pay for her wedding expenses. >>