vincent! ms. casey, this is alex mendoza, this is vincent wang. they're best friends.out? that's me. do you play in a rock band? ( laughing ): no, but i know some rock songs. we want to be rock stars, right, vincent? right. ( both imitating electrical guitar ) or maybe we'll be professional baseball players. yeah, we can't decide. that's a tough choice. ramon! where you going? to pick up alex. i have to talk to you. we just got an unbelievable offer. what are you talking about? two investors came to my office today. they want to buy the restaurant. what? they want to buy the place... and they're going to let me... what makes you think we want to sell? money, my dear brother. lots of money. forget it. tell your investors it's not for sale. hey, don't walk away from this. this is a serious offer... serious money. i'm not selling this place. it's my life... it's been in the family for almost 30 years. it would break papa's heart if we sold it. not when he hears how much money the investors are offering. alberto, there's more to life than money. i've got to go. alex is wai

candela vincent cangelosi stephen j.lla cannava brian cannizzaro michael canty louis anthony caporicci jonathan neff cappello james christopher cappers richard michael caproni jose manuel cardona dennis m. carey edward carlino michael scott carlo and my unforgettable cousin, july sassy. we miss you. >> and my husband, larry bowman. to my husbands mother, ruth bennett. i don't know what it feels like to lose a son, but i definitely know what it feels like to lose a rand, soulmate and a lover. i love you, larry. david g. carlone rosemarie c. carlson mark stephen carney joyce ann carpeneto jeremy m. carrington michael carroll peter carroll james joseph carson, jr. james marcel cartier vivian casalduc john francis casazza paul r. cascio william joseph cashman. thomas anthony casoria william otto caspar alejandro castano arcelia castillo leonard m. castrianno jose ramon castro william e. caswell. richard g. catarelli christopher sean caton robert john caufield mary teresa caulfield judson cavalier michael joseph cawley and my

he ran again for mayor in 2010 and lost to vincent gray. here is what the previous mayor looked and sounded like. >> just under 600,000 -- like a lot of other jurisdictions, they -- the city's started to be mismanaged and people fled the city. the district of columbia suffered, but we are on the rebound. there has been a net growth of 30,000 residents. all over this city there is great development happening in downtown, in neighborhoods. as we continue to show the city is having in the right direction, people will continue to move here. our last challenge is, like most cities, making sure we have a world-class school system. >> why was he defeated? >> lost touch with the people. the worst thing that happened to adrian fenty was that he won every precinct in the city. every precinct. you could not tell him anything -- he was not in touch with people. i think he did a very good job managing the city. he took over a city that was being run by anthony williams, the previous mayor. he was a good mayor, but he lost touch with the people who put h

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secly, what role did vincent gray have in all of this? >> staffers have now pleaded guilty to felonies. at least two prom that night attorneys who talked with us today say more charges are certain to follow. >> i wouldn't get away with the lack of activity. if anything, quite frankly, that may mean a storm is brewing. >> in your mind, is there any doubt the prosecutors are looking at the mayor? >> i think so, until we hear otherwise. >> our second criminal attorney who talked on backgrounds says that d.c. mayor gray helped launch a $653,000 shadow campaign with businessman, jeffrey thompson, providing the funding. the attorney says the prosecutors believe the mayor okayed the payments to sulaimon brown. the same attorney, though, is not convinced the prosecutors have the proof at this point. that attorney says -- >> i think he's in some political trouble. someone described it a political mess. that remains to be seen. >> mayor vincent gray, denied any wrong doing. right now he's in charlotte, north carolina. he paid his own way. no staff

a rally will be this afternoon with mayor vincent gray and a delegate eleanor holmes norton. abc 7 has you covered from all angles from the dnc. watch for live reports from peterson and scott 5:00. starting tonight at >> in battleground virginia, the in a specialn a vacant seatll in the house of delegates. in parts of alexandria, arlington, and fairfax counties succeed to englin, resigned after an extramarital affair. republican, and vying forarian are that seat. open until 7:00 p.m. >> the future is unclear for man center of the campaign surrounding vincent gray in. agreed not to set a date for thomas gore, treasurer pleaded to funneling cash to sulaiman brown. two other campaign aides of also pleaded guilty. prosecutors want the sentencing ended because their investigation is ongoing. >> coming up on abc 7 news, a co-host is named. .> live with michael and kelly >> what michael strahan now four years after predicting his own future. for many the recovery from still underaac is way. why the space shuttle is blamed for a decision to cut down hundreds of trees. craig mundie ou

mayor vincent gray is back in court. this morning a judge agreed not to set a sentencing date to the man who pled guilty in may for funneling cash to another mayoral candidate and then covering it up. they requested a delay while they invested in other districts corruption allegations. it is election day in parts of northern virginia, sections of alexandria arlington, and fairfax county. voters will select a -- a delegate to fill the seat after a man at new is no longer in office after an affair. several are vying for the seat. >> still to come tonight at 6:00 the showdown over soft drinks. taking a stand on the size of sodas. >> and this morning this afternoon, doug is back with what we can expect tonight. >> the redskins gearing up for the saints with a major focus on the running game and the national closing in on the pennant. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousan

vincent is eating and sleeping better and is down to about one headache per month. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, >> here is what we're working on for 6:00. fancy hotels, high-priced coffee and even pizza, record showed just how the city of sacramento is spending more taxpayer dollars. something different when you dial, the extra digits coming to the bay area and why the phone company is running out of number so fast and it is not because of cell phones. >> thanks for watching, enjoy your weekend. the cbs evening news is next. >> the latest news and weather are always on cbssf.com.

vincent has something any fan of space flight would love, a neil armstrong autograph. made out personally to his mother. >> it says happy mother's day, neil armstrong. >> that's one small step for man,. >> reporter: his dad worked the first man to walk on the moon in the 70s and asked him teosinte note. it was unusual because he rarely signed anything making his name very valuable. >> he was -- the most valuable, living signature in the united states. >> reporter: expert steve walter said the name is worth more than almost anyone's in the past 30 years. >> the next highest is probably like paul mcarthy. >> reporter: he is asking 2400 for this autograph. it's worth a bit less. on e-bay some are asking $14,000 oro more. walter cautionswall. >> hundreds of years from now john i think people are going to look back and look at him in the same light as they do christopher columbus. >> reporter: that's fine for vincent who said no matter what it's worth it's not for sale. >> we don't want to sale. >> reporter: if you want to buy some it may pay to wait a few months and if you

mayor vincent gray will help unveil plans for the new ballou senior high school. it will be built on the site of the current school in northeast washington. the old school will be torn down once the new school is finished. the first phase will be finished in 2014 with a final phase in january of 2015. the school will serve 1,400 daytime students and up to 900 part time evening students. >>> the virginia state fair kicks off today with new and old attractions. back by popular demand, the racing pigs. can't have a fair without racing pigs. this year you'll also see grizzly bears and bengal tigers. >> oh, my. >> tigers at a fair. and also a virtual tour through six virginia farms. the virginia state fair runs through october 7th at the meadow events park in doswell near king's dominion. >> should we take small children? i don't know. >> that's what you see at the circus, not a fair. >> i hope they're taking care of these animals. >> got to try something new and different. let's talk about the forecast. is that where we are? >> yes. >> let's do it. >> we care about th

mayor vincent gray is set to be in court. thomas gore pleaded guilty earlier this year of making illegal cash payments in the race and trying to cover them up. today's hearing could say the sentencing date for gore who faces 1 to 18 months in prison. mayor gray has not been accused of any wrongdoing. >>> the democratic party kicks off the national convention in north carolina today. first lady michelle obama is tonight's highlight sprinkle and aides say she will sprinkle her remarks with a defense of the president's policies. former president bill clinton is tomorrow's big name speaker. mark not kip says the democrats will have to make the case we are better off now than we were four years ago. >> they will have to come back and say this is what we inherited although people are getting tired of that. tell people what they have done in terms of actual progress that is 22 or 23 straight months of job growth and then, more than anything, if i can quote my friend mark shields because i don't steal things, he said they have to lay

mayor vincent gray -- our website www.myfoxdc.com. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray addressing the transgender community. >> it is a step in the right direction saying we are going to step out. we are going to be in the forefront and send the message that people who are transgender have as much a place in the district of columbia as nibbles. >> gray says all -- as nibbles. >> gray says all too -- as anybody else. >>> tonight a libbian interior -- libyan interior minister says it was a manned operation that may have been timed -- planned operation that may have been timed to mark the anniversary. >> reporter: violence raining in the middle east as president obama vows to find those responsible for killing the u.s. ambassador to libya and three others. >> we are going to bring those who killed our fellow americans to justice. [ cheering and applause ] i want people around the world to hear me to all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. >> reporter: embassies in egypt and yemen scorned burning flags with threats against ame

today ali vincent will help diane get her health and her life back on track.t's n let's go ten let'sfor several years diane duncan has been fighting and losing the battle of the bulge. she tips the scale at 174. about thirty pounds heavier than she'd like to be. i try and exercise a lot but when it comes to what i'm eating it's in particular around dinner time that's when it's just kind of a big panic for me. diane and her seven year old daughter madison have dinner out at least three times a week and when they do eat at home it's diane's microwave that gets a work out. a really bad tendency to do a lot of frozen foods, mac and cheese, burritos. when the doctors told diane she was pre-diabetic and needed to lower her cholesterol she realized it was time for some serious changes. it just made me really sad and being a single mom i felt irresponsible because i need to be healthy for my daughter. as a fan of the biggest loser diane followed ali vincent's weight loss journey; so when diane saw ali's facebook page and the invitation to join her on a hike in the foothills of los angeles sh

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vincent. in a sense, it is classic immigrant tales. the father worked multiple jobs and took business classes at a local high school. beatrice worked as a domestic and a seamstress to make ends meet. eventually, jerome have accumulated enough hours to earn his real estate license. and within a few years he had parlayed that into a very successful property management firm in harlem. in other words, roy otley was a child of privilege comparatively speaking. his best friend was the future congressman, adam clayton powell junior. he ran the streets with wc handy junior. he wrote of watching mcgarvey parades from the roof of an abyssinian baptist church in early 1920s. he would eventually become an all city track star and one of the first black students at the university am aware he also began to learn the journalistic craft. of course, during the 1920s, harlem was in a renaissance in the heart of the jazz age. ottley was obsessed with musical theater. with the plays of broadway and the jazz music. in the 1930s, the years of the great depre

vincent together tonight! [ cheers and applause ] that doesn't happen! oh.ctually, i have -- i have a pretty funny story that i thought i'd share with you, if you don't mind. this weekend, i was pouring myself a cup of coffee. >> [ laughs ] coffee, that's great. >> jimmy: what's that? >> come on, coffee, "late night with jimmy fallon." i get it, man. it's hilarious. i love your show but i see where you're going with that one. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: what are you -- what are you talking about? what do you mean you see where i'm going? >> come on, coffee? coffee. coffee mug. mugshot. shot glass. glass eye. "eye of the tiger." tony the tiger. "they're grrrr... apes of wrath." bringing ya back to john steinbeck. "of mice and men." "men in black." man in black. bringin' ya back to johnny cash. "cash cab." cabin fever. "fever pitch." who was the star of "fever pitch/" jimmy fallon, host of "late night with jimmy fallon." how you like me now? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i mean, i guess i like you the same as before. i don't even know you. [ laughter ] >>

. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray set up a task force to try to figure out the reasons for all this flooding in the bloomingdale area. they are supposed to report back to the mayor by december, but residents like derek jones are wishing they would hurry and come up with some resolutions because they say they are tired of living like this. i understand. >> i know it. karen gray houston, thank you for the update. >>> they are putting the finishing touches on the plans for the democratic national convention in charlotte tonight. in a few days president obama will formally accept his party's nomination for a second term. the president is hitting the campaign trail ahead of the convention. during a series of stops he is calling the road to charlotte he gave some hints as to what will be included in his speech on the final night. >> thursday night i'm going to offer you what i believe is a better path forward, a path that will grow this economy and create more jobs and strengthen the middle class. >> the first two days of the convention will take place at the time warner cable arena. thursday the

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(plane roaring) vincent savino in the flesh. mr.puty, send a car to this man's ranch. his name is lamb. ralph lamb. i need you to find this killer. i'm not a cop. you were, and a damn good one. (flashbulb pops) man: hey, vincent, you here now? looks that way. you're gonna love it. it's paradise. that's what they tell me. it's open season out here. every crew in the country's planting their flags. (punch lands) i'm gonna plant mine. that's a nice watch. thanks. write him up and fire him! get out of here! you're coming with me, little brother. you're better with people than i am. well, our par is fairly low. who is this guy, lamb? what's his angle? a piece of the casino, land rights on the strip? i think he just wants to run his ranch. (grunting) man: the cowboy can take a punch, huh? saw your little dustup at the airport the other day. i didn't take you for a cop. i'm a rancher. most of the time. next time you want to take a tour, let us help. we don't want any more accidents happening around here. it's bad for business. i warmed him

una ex asistente de campana del alcalde de washington, vincent grey se declaro culpable en una corteral, de conspirar para hacer contribuciones ilicitas para candidatos a cargos federales y locales, incluyend o al propio alcalde.. eugenia clarke harris --ejecutivo de relaciones publicas-- le dijo esta tarde a un juez que canalizo mas de 653-mil dolares en fondos ilegales para la campana 2010 de gray, pero que no fue su idea dijo que el plan fue desarrollado por otra persona harris hace fr de prision y una multa de 60-mil dolares en otros temas...en maryland, un exclusivo vecindario tendra que cerrar una de sus avenidas principales para dar inicio a un proyecto de desarrollo..lo que causaria dolores de cabeza para aquellos que transitan por el area de bethesda..maria rosa licchini con los detalles. a partir de este viernes a las nueve de la noche... comenzara la pesadilla de conductores y empresarios en esta area de bethesda...un proyecto de reurbanizacion amenaza con causar embotellamientos... "estamos hablando edificios hacia arriba y estacionami entos hacia abajo. a nivel subterran

vincent's hospital. what's going on there? what can you tell us? >> katie, st. vincent's is one of the hospitals closest to the world trade center in the last few minutes ambulances coming in one right after another. most of the people they're bringing in have second and third degree burning, very serious burn victims and they say the smoke inhalation people will probably not most serious but they're not even close to getting to them yet. there is a triage operation going on in the yir. ambulances are being dispatched to every hospital in new york city. the entire staff has come in from where they are and true in hospitals across new york city and standing there as soon as an ambulance pulls in and dozens of workers rush up to it. it is a carnage just beginning. everybody here, the emergency service workers i spoke to have been down into the world trade center sites and say this is the tip of the iceberg. there will be massive amounts of casualties. >> what are they telling you about people? were there m

everybody knows mayor vincent gray has had political problems here n the district. how is he being received among democrats in charlotte? >> he's a bit late. wasn't there this morning at the morning -- he wasn't there this morning at the morning delegation meeting where chair party person wasserman schultz showed up. he didn't come till late afternoon and i was told he told somebody in contradiction to what he said last week is that he's not going to do much here. he doesn't want to do anything to drawn necessary attention or do anything to contribute to the obama defeat. obviously he's got his own problems and own concerns, but this is not the stan that he took last week that he was going to mobile -- stance that he took last week that he was going to mobilize. he seems to be many n a much more passive mode. >> is it your sense that is vincent gray's decision to keep arm's strength or the party's? >> i think it might be a mutual decision, that not they ever collaborated, but both sides probably don't think it's in the city's interest to push forward. many people ar

mayor vincent gray will be back in court. thomas gore pleaded guilty in may to organizing the under the table payments to former mayoral candidate suleman brown. it was all part of an alleged shadow campaign to get gray elected. gore was the first of three campaign aides to plead guilty in this. today's hearing is going to decide whether or not -- excuse me, decide when gore will be sentenced. >>> prince george's county and montgomery county residents could see a hefty increase in their water bills. the wssc needs to increase funding for some construction projects. right now the water company is more than $78 million over its projected construction budget. the money will be used to replace more than 5500 miles of the wssc's aging water system. >>> at 6:07, jessica doyle is here with a special your money report. >> this one is now. a look ahead to big releases coming up. >> it is a big fall for technology. so mark your calendars. you do not want to buy a new cell phone, tablet or e-reader without considering these dates. we'll

they gave money to saint vincent's, to have a thing for domestic violence social work. they gave to hopkins, here, they would go out and be there as well. it wasn't just the giving of the money but they were involved. >> the thing is that when he talk about the foot print here that -- as i said that was just the short list of the different charities that have been helped by art and patricia. he will be missed in many, many different regards. his funeral service will be held here on saturday. we will have all the details on the website at abc 2news.com. reporting live. >> we have been getting statements all day from members of the ravens family. the team owner said that he was my friend, my mentor, how fortunate i am to have had him teach me about the nfl. we. >>> and ravens head coach released a long statement about his relationship. he said in part art made me feel like i could accomplish anything. he was the most encouraging soul i ever came across. he up lifted everybody around him. i loved art and he loved my family including my parents. he welcomed us to baltimore

. >> the scandal surrounding vincent gray. thomas gore could find out when he will be sentenced. he pled guilty in may for trying to cover up payment. turning now business news. more older americans making up the u.s. workforce. >> also a preview of what wall street is closely watching this week. let's take a listen of linda bell of bloomberg. >> stock index futures now are indicating a higher open as you mentioned. wall street heading back to work today. today we are expecting reports in manufacturing as well as u.s. auto sales and of course the democratic convention officially kicks off so we'll see what president obama has to say as he lays out his plans for job creation. on top of that, we have the labor department that releases its key august jobs report. million s of workers have dropped out of the labor market. "the l.a. times" says nearly one in five americans aged 65 and older are still hard at work or looking for jobs. that is the highest in nearly half a century. older workers are putting off retirement partly due to the housing downturn and many americans are staying

vincent talk about parties. and more interested in the underlying principles

charles: we had to interrupt vincent.middle of discussing the chicago teachers strike. they were offered a whole bunch of money. they already make more than all the teachers in the country. it seems the main problem they don't want to be graded on merit. they don't want to have to be accountable for the progress of their students. >> that's right. it's teacher evaluations, that's the main sticking point. that's why they put 400,000 children -- denied them a day of school today. they have already gotten tons of money, tons of concessions. i mean they have an absolute sweetheart deal, a deal that the school district of chicago really can't afford right now. so really makes you scratch your head to figure out what are they doing? charles: there's a lot of people out there would who would love a job period and then 16% over four years. here's the next story, vincent, this debate up in michigan they are going to union bosses veto power over legislation? >> can you believe that? yeah, you are talking about probably the biggest

. >> with support from mayor vincent gray, ralph nader is calling up president obama and governor romney to debate d.c. issues. he says both campaigns need to answer tough questions about voting rights. >> the difference between romney and obama [inaudible] >> home to 617,000 residents, the district gives three votes. he expects the green party and libertarian candidates will be there. >> the cartoons in "the magazine to make light of muslim extremists and their response to that anti-islamic film. the offices were firebombed last year after publishing a character -- caricature of mama despite the potential for violence. the publisher and cartoonist believe in what they're doing. >> it took a big deal. >> we do provocation. it has been 20 years and is being noticed when we talk about islam or part of islam which raises problems. >> it will close the embassies and schools in 20 countries on friday. security has been boosted in some locations. >> of the steps one county is taking to prevent more people from getting the virus. >> after weeks of controversy the changes that could be coming to

mayor vincent gray is due in court tomorrow. thomas gore will attend something called a status conference hearing regarding his criminal case. gore pleaded guilty to funneling some under the table cash to mayoral candidate suleman brown and then trying to cover up some of those payments. tomorrow a judge could set a sentencing date. sources tell 9 news now prosecutors will not be asking for prison time for gore. that's part of his plea bargain deal. >>> some georgetown respect accidents say enough is enough. -- residents say enough is enough. they're taking crime fighting into their own hands now. the citizens association of georgetown is adding private surveillance cameras in some of the neighborhoods. the group hopes to make it harder for crooks to break into cars and rip off cell phones which has been happening. private citizens have more legal leeway than police when it comes to using these cameras, according to local law. but some are voicing their concerns when it comes to privacy. 5:34 now. >>> both major northern virgini

then said reinhardt, over there on the -- vincent reinhardt, over there -- [inaudible] and the kind of anchorperson of this meeting a series when it was going awhile ago and he is now at price and was recently at the national -- in the national monetary fund. we obviously have a good appreciation from the size of the audience of the quality of this panel and we may have a grasp of the precariousness of the economy. this could be a leading indicator. it runs obviously from the meeting in europe going on right of to next week's meeting the fed and the chinese lowdown. but we thought we would start with europe -- the chinese slowdown. it would be unfair to predict things if they're not going to be disproved in at least 47 minutes. but at this time, the press conference from draghi will be in an hour. vincent, if there is some kind of indication there will be bond purchases from the european central bank, the programs are countries that do program -- that do have programs, could you get out of that? is the contract as it was with the european central bank -- they jammed a trillion euros of

among the audience, vincent gray. here at home, the investigation continues into his 2010 campaign while where's in charlotte. there was a status hearing for thomas gore who worked as an assistant treasurer since for the campaign. fox 5s matt ackland is live with mo

mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. confirm their investigation continues. that statement during a status hearing today for thomas gore who was an assistant treasurer for the campaign and who has already pled guilty to wrongdoing. fox 5 peace matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: minutes after what was called a status hearing thomas gore came out of the courthouse and ran past our camera. you'll recall earlier this year gore, a gray campaign worker, pleaded guilty to involvement in a scam to pay sulaimon brown to verbally attack former mayor adrian fenty. >> is there anything you want to say? >> reporter: he had nothing to say, but inside the courtroom the u.s. attorney's office indicated gore continued to work with prosecutors and they needed more time to continue that work before setting a sentencing hearing. gore could be granted leniency for his cooperation. >> we are just in this until it's over. you can't do anything except live with it. >> reporter: meanwhile these are twitter pictures of mayor gray at the democratic national convention in north ca

mayor vincent gray will unveil plans for the new ballou senior high school. the current buildings will be torn down once the new $120 million school is finished. the first phase of building is scheduled to be completed in 2014 with the second and final phase of january 2015. the new school will serve 1,400 daytime students and up to 900 part time evening students. >>> the fbi investigating if a painting bought at a flea market was actually stolen at a virginia art house. a virginia woman bought the piece for $7 and wanted to sell it at auction tomorrow. it's actually a masterpiece created by french impressionist pierre august renoir and could be worth $100,000. turns out it may have also been stolen from the baltimore museum of art back in 1951. that auction is now cancelled. >>> demonstrators are demanding fannie mae put an end to evictions from foreclosures. police arrested several protesters who blocked traffic on wisconsin avenue in front of fannie mae's headquarters yesterday. executives from the company later met with demonstrators. they say they're foc

vincent gray will officially launch it tomorrow. >> and the mount pleasant library is reopening after a renovation project third city officials and residents celebrated knopfthe reopening of the library. and still to come on abc 7 news at noon, she and her husband prince william meters in public remarks. >> more bad news for chris cooley. >> and we will tell you why police in prince george's county have even more traffic cameras in the the area. >> it is a beautiful day. 74 degrees. co i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. mitt romney's position on women's health...it's dangerous. vo:mitt romney and paul ryan would t rid of planned parenthood funding. and allow employers to deneny coverage for cancer screenings and birth control. we can't afford to let him take away our cho..es... to take away basic health care. vo: both backed proposals to outlaw abortions...even in cases of rape and incest. i don't think th women's health issues have faced a crisis like this in decades. [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient.. thipresident can tell us itit was someonone else's fa

mayor vincent gray launches a new program aimed at raising awareness involving issues of transgendered people. they wanted to ensure access to employment housing, and other public services. this comes after several attacks against transgendered people in d.c. this year. an admission by a local utilities company over outages during the summer cost derecho. investigators from pepcotestified that on less costly distribution changes were made they would not be able to restore power to customers in 24 hours. they came under fire after thousands of customers were left in the dark in at 100 degree heat for over a week. coming up, two nights she is responding to the incident that placed her behind bars. >> not one but two big political rallies. virginia is a big swing state. we will tell you which presidential candidate -- candidate needs to win it the most. >> all >> the battle for virginia took center stage. jobs, the economy, and the future of the nation were front and center as michelle obama and mitt romney tried to reach out to undecided voters. a rally at the university of mary washingt

. >> major vincent gray set up a  task force to figure out the flood problems in that neighborhood. >>> the heavy rain caused flooding. they closed the station to drain the water. metro says stations will not reopen until about 7:00 a.m. >>> it's always good to have an extra day added to that weekend, but not when it rains. >> no. >> we knew it was coming. >> we yes, we did. we said we wouldn't have a washout but we knew we were going to get the tropical rains from isaac. it came in. heavy during the overnight period. even saturday, weird cloud formations around the area. this is l

in a letter to vincent van gogh he described the painting: reader: (gauguin): breton women praying: verytense black clothes -- yellow-white bonnets, very luminous. the ground is pure vermillion. i think i have achieved great simplicity in the figures, very rustic, very superstitious... for me in this painting the landscape and the fight exist only in the imagination of the people praying after the sermon, which is why there is a contrast between the people, who are natural, and the struggle going on in the landscape which is non-natural and out of proportion. narrator: the painting made him a father figure to the younger artists. gauguin playfully caricatured himself as lucifer, the fallen angel. halo intact, framed by the apples of temptation and grasping the serpent, gauguin has cast himself as both saint and sinner. it was painted on a cupboard door in the dining room of the inn at le pouldu, which now displays replicas of his works. on the other side, he painted a portrait of his friend meijer de haan, a dutch artist and protegÉ he met in brittany. gauguin turned meijer de haan into

hit and killed when he tried running across the eisenshower expressway saturday night. 40 year-old vincentdaeea was hit by a westbound car around eight-thirty. police aren't sure why he was running across the highway. he was pronounced dead at the scene. traffic was diverted off the road at independence and back on at cicero while the accident was investigated. so far there are no charges against the driver who hit daeea. it was an auction for the history books. there was a huge turnout in dixon on the first day of the horse auction on the property of former comptroller rita crundwell. she's facing a federal charge of stealing more than 50-million dollars from the city -- over the course of two decades. her horses are world-renowned. 2-thousand people were said to be on sight and others on-line bidding for 319 horses. her most valuable horse -- a world champion stallion -- brought in a whopping 775- thousand dollars. >> when you have this many people in one confined area you can see this go higher >> last week she was indicted by the county on 60 counts of the ft >> no new negotiations are

vincent gray called it one of america's number one destinations. >>> put a little hat on that little boy, and you can really see pat's face there. fun to see the old photo. >> i liked it. and i like those signs. i enjoy having those marker posts. >> it gives you an excuse to stop. >> have a drink of gatorade and move back on, and learn something as well about this beautiful city we live in. >>> outside today, no complaints. no complaints at all came into the weather department. tomorrow looks very good. but maybe not quite as nice as today was. because today was a 10 out of 10 no doubt about it, our skies are still mostly clear as of the 11:00 hour. and the wind which was pretty substantial through at least the first half of the day, the wind is now laid down and gone to bed for the night. with a clear sky and light breeze out there, and very dry air in place. be ready for a chilly start tomorrow morning. dewpoint temperatures are usually a way to estimate your low temperature by morning time. right in the city. the urban heat island will hold us above 49 degrees at national airport.

puttt together to defeat fenty wasas uncovered by federal officials.s and a man who dee feed fenty, vincent gray, remains under investigation by the u.s. attorney.rn >> clearly, there have been some miss steps. mistakes, some things that shouldn't have happened in the past. my hope is that those things remain in the past, and everything gets back to normal and the city continues toto improve. >> reporter: fenty made no f mention of engetting back into c politics, but said he'll continue to support the city hei loves. >> as a dc resident, i think the city in general is going forward and is a great place to live,li and i'll do everything i can at a citizen to make sure it keeps going that way. >> fenty says he is currently working at a law office in dupont circle. he ask also focused on efforts to improve education nationwide. brian, it seems like he's happy to be out of the public eye. campaign ads adding up. how much candidates are paying. >> the performance of the stock has been disappointing.dig. >> facebook found terry -- talkr the first time about the stockst >> some changes and tweaksc

mayor vincent gray announced that nationals playoff birth will be celebrated by lighting the building red. that starts tonight. it will go straight through the team's playoff run. last night the national st became the first team in the major league baseball to clinch a playoff first. >>> coming up, erica is going to tell you how much longer it's going to look like this outdoors. >>> and, what is the statement behind this controversial chair? we'll have more on that when we come back. >>> we have all seen clint eastwood's empty chair act by now. but another empty chair act down in texas has a few people screaming racism. a man in austin, texas, taped an american flag to a metal chair and hung it from a branch of a tree with a rope. and some neighbors say it resembles lynching and they find it offensive. johnson says you got me all wrong. >> what made you decide to take it down, if you don't mind me asking. >> it had nothing to do with racism. nothing. >> when you put up a chair in your lawn with a rope around it, you're sending a message. >> as you heard, johnson did take the display d

mayor vincent gray has appointed a task force to come up with a plan in order to fix the problem. until then, authorities suggest that residents keep plenty of sandbags nearby. that's unfortunate. >> until they get a long-term solution, that's unfortunately likely to happen again. >> i know. >> we've been lucky. we've been lucky so far today. we've only had a couple of showers overnight. during the morning hours it's been quiet. radar still relatively quiet. a lot of moisture around. muggy and sticky and gross outside. the humidity way up. we will see a couple of showers and storms but not as much as i was thinking earlier this morning. i think tomorrow will be a more active day but still we have the yellow alert up in case something pops and it could impact your plans. here's the day planner. already in the low 80s. wear headed for the mid and upper 80s before the day is out. with enough sunshine, if is some poke to the 90-degree mark, that wouldn't be surprise me. winds out of the south at 10 miles an hour. 7:00 temp is 84. 9:00 81. if you're going out this evening, it's still g

. >> mayor vincent gray a mounted a task force to study -- appointed a task force to study the flooding problem in bloomingdale. george hawkins says the long term solution involves a deeper and bigger draining system, but that won't be in place for years. >> flooding is a possibility tonight. topper issued a yellow alert for the chance of more storms. >> i think we're looking at the possibility of a few more storms. your cookout sha be safe the next couple hours and -- should be safe the next couple hours and the storms went north and east of us. we do have some heavy thunderstorms in w of with. those should pass -- west virginia. those should pass into garrett county and the other storms that were in the delmarva earlier have gone up into new jersey. in the immediate future the next few hours we are fine, nothing in the immediate metro area between warrenton, down towards fredericksburg, la plata, toward dunkirk and up toward frederick. temps aren't bad, but boy, the humidity is, 82 downtown, 79 gaithersburg, 79 manassas but it feels like mid- to upper 80s. tonight mostly cloudy, muggy

. >>> former campaign aide to vincent gray will be back in court next week. he will appear on tuesday to be sentenced. gore pleaded guilty to three campaign finance violations. and, a federal charge of obstruction of justice. he faces 12 to 18 months in prison. the first three campaign workers who pleaded guilty as the part of an investigation into gray's 2010 campaign. the mayor has not been accused of any wrongdoing. >>> back to school week for hundreds of thousand of students in d.c. and virginia. schools in fairfax, loudoun, are lington, alexandria, tuesday. and students have already started classes. i hope they don't have too much home work over the holiday weekend. if you are not one of the 33 million people traveling this labor day weekend and still have vacation days to use. you are in luck. chris clackum has a look at the best travel deals out there this fall. >> reporter: those of you planning for a late summer get away later this month or next, pat yourself on the back for being smart. after labor day travel has become the most pleasurable of the p