he said he received the text from people in vincent gray's campaign last year. some residents say the allegations of dirty politics continued to plague. >> i would like to think of it as bacteria. you try to get rid of it but it keeps coming back. >> sulaiman brown says that he will present his prove to the city council during a hearing today that he received money from vincent gray's campaign to attack then-mayor adrian fenty during last year's mayoral campaign. this weekend brown presented the washington post several money orders that he says are evidence of it. vincent gray denies the charges. >> i think we are back to where we were with marion barry. it puts a damper on this administration. >> other residents say they still supporting mayor vincent gray while some don't know who delete. >> i don't know who is telling the truth. >> the hearing is scheduled to take place at the wilson building behind me at 1:00 this afternoon. it is scheduled to go on several hours and is part of a deal brown struck with the city council committee that is supposed to wrap up b

of vincent gray's campaign. they are made out to sulaiman brown for mayor. brown says that vincent gray promised him a job in the administration if he stayed in the race. he was hired as an auditor. he made the allegations public not long after he was let go from that job. he is supposed to testify if before the council committee around 1:00 this afternoon at the wilson building, that is located behind me. it is supposed to wrap up sometime before 7:00. that is something that he worked out with the council committee because he did not want this to go on all day. we will be here for that hearing and will update you as we get more from asia. reporting from the west, jummy olabanji abc 7. >>> looking at the day ahead, a man once at the world's top bank scheduled now to appear in a new york city courtroom today. dominique strauss-kahn is expected to plead not guilty to start disease sexually assaulted a hotel maid. he is under house arrest now. the 62-year-old says he is innocent. >>> a d.c. police officer accused o

brown showed the council money orders he says were given to him to help then candidate vincent gray win the election. he says they are proof that he was paid off and he specifically blamed campaign workers lorraine green and howard brooks in addition to mater gray. >> vincent gray broke -- to mayor gray. >> vincent gray broke the law specifically as it relates to the promise of a job that i was promised and i received. >> today's hearing did get heated at timement council members mary cheh, catania questioning a sometimes combative brown who oddly refused as you saw in the video to take off his sunglasses throughout the testimony. mayor gray and his campaign staff say the allegations are simply not true, but bray is refusing to speak publicly about this -- gray is refusing to speak publicly about this until the investigation is complete. >>> a police officer facing a judge accused in deaths of his mistress and their toddler. up next his dramatic confrontation with the victim's family and the evidence that sparked a confession. >>> check out some of the other stories on our rundown. the

. >> vincent gray's campaign specifically mayor vincent gray gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses, and attack then mayor fenty during the 2010 mayoral race. >> detailed a series of meetings with vincent gray. >> these were given to us for our campaign by the gray campaign. >> brown has a history of criminal charges, including attempted murder and he was fired with his job with the gray administration for allegedly incompetence. he came without a lawyer, but with plenty of attitude. >> i'm going to put it on the record, because you are a witness in this case. you threatened the confirmation hearing. >> sir. >> i have never been contacted by anyone in any law enforcement capacity. you simply pulled this out of thin air. you know, so you can answer the questions or not mr. brown, but your fantasies really need to be checked so we can get some answers. you are under minding your credibility. >> that really is one of the big issues here. even if brown is telling the truth, he has so little credibility left, is his testimony no longer of any

we will let you know about the truth that he says he has against vincent gray's campaign.

sulaiman brown says that mayor vincent gray pulls a campaign promise him a job and gave him money to attack former mayor adrian fenty. a judge ordered brown to testify after he refused to comply with subpoenas. >>> a driver is in custody after a crash that left three people dead. this happens early yesterday morning on indian head highway in oxon hill. an suv rear ended a mazda, which then crashed into a tree. no charges have been filed esp. >>>-- files yet. >>> a plea deal agreement regarding john edwards broke down over jail time ud was indicted on charges he used campaign funds to cover up an affair. >>> 7 is on your side with in the fight against two deadly forms of cancer. the first breakthrough could help melanoma patients live longer. the second can cut the risk of breast cancer in half for women most at risk. >> researchers concluded a stunning success. melanoma is often an impossible disease to treat. >> this is revolutionary. >> scientists revealed a new drug which targets genetics all mutation which affects about half of those with melanoma. this person is one of those pat

. >> they finally got sulaimon brown in the hot seat to testify on his on allegations that vincent gray paid him to run a smear campaign against adrian fenty. >> i was paid, promised a job not an interview and work with vincent gray to defeat adrian fenty. >> he showed money orders and did not show how much he received or when he received them. >> do not interrupt me. i want to finish. >> i went to get this exactly right. details matter. >> he flat out refused to answer anything. >> you are a witness in this case and i think it is inappropriate to be asking. i want this on the record. you are a witness in this case. >> you are delusional. >> you threatened the confirmation hearing. >> sir? >> your fantasies and need to be checked. you undermine her credibility or and usefulness to have to this committee. he raised more questions than he was answered. why did they wait until he was fired to come forward. >> that is what counts. >> technical you were not doing the right then. >> i came forward. >> they strongly deny these allegations and that testimony is now into its fifth hour and must

: brown told the committee then-chairman vincent gray knew brown was being paid off. brown said he was offered money orders and cash inside envelopes by lorape green and howard brooks who worked on the gray campaign and browned it happened at union station outside of gray's campaign headquarters and outside of the restaurant, the eattonsville restaurant on 49th street. >> gray ended his phone call and said let's talk outside. while we were outside, he thanked me for my help, at the earlier said -- and said i think howard, receiving to howard brooks, has something for you. howard handed me an envelope that contained two money orders, there was one for $500 one for $50. >> reporter: councilmans chay and katana carefully questioned brown about all aspects of the payoff. brown appeared agitated and combative. you remember that conversation vividly. >> i remember when i was born as well. >> reporter: and threatened to stop answering questions until chay reminded him of the judge's order. >> and -- >> anyone can make statements to the media. mr. brown, this is a hearing. yo

take a listen to this. >> vincent gray's campaign specifically, mayor sin vent -- vincent gray, who was chairman and former mayoral d.c. candidate, lorene green, and howard brooks, gray's former finance consultant, gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses and attack the then-mayor fenty during the 2010 mayoral race. ing in to money's received in the form of cash and money orders, i was promised a job for myself and my brother. >> reporter: mr. brown was asked by one council member, why do this and open the whole investigation up. he said he was upset and at first he was offered a job and money and then he was given a job and then he was fired. he claims he was upset because the mayor acted like he didn't know who brown was. we did reach out to the mayor's office and they said they didn't want to go talk on camera. in the past, the mayor and the campaign staff said it didn't happen, the allegations report true and he said the investigations are continuing and the mayor awaits the completion before commenting further. that is the latest here.

mayor vincent gray. >>> the d.c. attorney general is promising to make an announcement in the investigation of councilman harry thomas later today. that is coming up at 11:00 this morning. thomas has been under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. he says he used his money to buy the suv. >>> prince george's county police say alcohol and speed were factors in a crash that killed three people on indian head highway. this happened early sunday morning. this was just south of wilson bridge drive. police say a gmc yukon rear- ended a mazda sending it crashing into a tree. the driver of the mazda was killed along with two other passengers. the driver of the yukon was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. >>> two wildfires in arizona continue to grow this morning. the wallow fire is now 287 square miles making it the third largest fire in that state's history. farther south, the horseshoe 2 blaze as it is called is now the fifth largest in state history. flames threaten more

showed the council money orders and he maintains they were given to him to help then- candidate vincent gray win the election and they are proof he was paid off. he specifically blamed campaign workers lorraine green and howard brooks in addition to mayor gray. >> she wanted me to continue anti-wanted a job for me and my brother after he won and my job stipulated a range of pay from $100,000 to $150,000. >> reporter: the hearing did get heated at times. councilmembers mary cheh and david catania questioned a sometimes combative brown who oddly refused to take off his sunglasses throughout the testimony. gray will not speak publicly about this until the investigation is finished. >>> today, d.c. council chair kwame brown will meet with fellow council members to discuss how to move forward in the case of harry thomas. thomas is aus good of spending city funds meant for youth baseball on trips to california and on an audi suv. he is current will you being sued by irvin nathan for $1 million. nathan says he who be willing to accept a settlement but he says he will not settle. >>> a police office

he told the economyee he was paid off by then council chairman convincement convince -- vincent gray and two campaign workers for verbal a -- for verbally taxing mayor adrian fenty radio he did everything i said he did and then he turned around and disrespected the not only our agreement but the fact that he disrespected me personally. >> mayor gray and his cam pawn staff deny the allegations but gray will not speak publicly about this until the investigation is finished. committee chair mary cheh got into several verbal exchanges with brown during his testimony. we'll talk live with the ward three councilmember coming up in the 7:00 hour. >>> kwame brown scheduled to meet with fellow councilmember to discuss how to move forward in the case of harry thomas. councilman thomas now accused of misspending d.c. fund and could face criminal charges. he is currently being sued by irvin nathan for $1 million. nathan says he who be willing to september a settlement but thomas denies the charges and says he will not settle. >>> a d.c. police officer is facing murder and manslaughter charges. r

brown has accused mayor vincent gray's campaign staff of giving him money and promising him a job in ge for launching attacks on then mayor adrian fenty who was gray's opponent in the campaign. surae chinn is outside the wilson building, with more on the much anticipated event today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mike. he was a d.c. employee who was abruptly fired. he then made claims of inappropriate hiring practices. he will face the d.c. city council committee this afternoon about these claims and he will reluctantly testify this afternoon. he had refused to testify before on the record until now. after he appeared before a judge last week, efforts to subpoena him, suleiman brown claims he was offered the $110,000 a year job in the department of health care finance if he would help the gray campaign. he says he has phone records to and from the gray campaign and live edges the gray campaign chairman lorraine green and another aide paid brown to attack incumbent candidate adrian fenty. insight into brown's character, a man who has had trouble holding a job in the past. he

sulaimon brown testified before the city council today about allegations he made against mayor vincent gray and two campaign workers. >> brown claim he was paid and offered a job in exchange for verbally attacking then mayor adrian fenty during the debates. >> sulaimon brown has had no issue talking with the fbi, even investigators on capitol hill, but he did not want to speak with council members. today he brought with him what he calls proof that he was paid off, copies of money orders he claims he was given with cash to help mayor gray win the election. >> reporter: he came with copies of those money orders in hand and sunglasses on his face, but why did he refuse to take them off? sulaimon brown was sworn in. >> the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: and then launched right into then chairman vincent gray and two campaign workers, lorraine green and howard brooks. brown claims they worked together to pay him and give him a job. >> she wanted me to continue my attacks on fenty and i wanted a job for me and my brother after he won and my job stipulated a range

council about his allegations against mayor vincent gray's administration.ck, good morning. >> reporter: well, he's been hired and fired and remained elusive. and now his silence may end, at least his local silence, about the hiring and campaign practices of the gray administration. suleman brown may end his silence about allegations he was paid by the gray administration to keep up attacks on then incumbent mayor adrian fenty. many orders have surfaced. earlier on brown talked about having dna evidence that proves he was, indeed, paid by the gray administration. there's a three-way race between brown, fenty and gray. brown said the gray campaign paid him to keep up attacks on the incumbent. then, after gray's victory, gave him a six-figure job for his troubles. the point person on hiring saying brown got a job in the health care finance agency because of his qualifications but he was let go after further vetting. it's raised enough of a dust up to get a u.s. attorney involved. so far the city council has been out of that equation as far as brown is concerne

brown accuses mayor vincent gray's campaign staff of giving him money and promising him a job in exchange for attacks on then mayor adrian fenty. >>> d.c. police are investigating an early morning shooting in northwest washington. it happened around 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of l street and 7th street northwest. a man was shot once in the abdomen. police say it was an attempted robbery. the man's injury is serious and police are looking for two suspects. >>> fire investigators are searching for the cause of a late-night fire that occurred in southeast washington. the two-alarm fire began in a three-story apartment in the 5100 block of f street southeast. one person was transported from the scene with serious burns. they are expected to survive. >>> four people are being treated for injuries that they received in a montgomery county accident that occurred this morning. sky 9 was over the scene where several cars collided near the intersection of east-west highway and glen galen lane in chevy chase. one woman was rushed to the hospital. another woman and two men were also injured. pol

vincent gray has been accused various improprieties.e will be testifying -- the man who makes the accusations be testifying. he declined to comment on says that he will be for that note that happens tomorrow afternoon. for longtime washington, d.c. residents, questions of corruption in city government are ongoing. corruption is like bacteria. you try to get rid of it, but it just keeps coming back. >> he said he has presented the city council. this weekend he presented "the washington post" with several orders that he says was evidence that he was to attack fenty during the previous campaign. since brown level those charges winter, gray has denied reminded some of a previous marriage. >> we are back where we were with marion barry. shades of the whole the administration. these allegations have not changed everyone's opinion. the mayor has some good ideas to get behind. hopefully this does not detract ability to accomplish things that he wants to accomplish. others will wait to see what happens. >> we also tried to meet -- theh some memb

in his first testimony under oath, that he was paid cash and given $110,000 government job by vincent gray for brown's campaign attacks on adrian fenty last year. >> mr. brown. >> i'm not going to remove them. >> reporter: through often murky and confusing dates, money order receipts, documents and detailed brown called mayor gray a crook who efrj neared the payoff, an allegation gray denies. >> gave me cash and money orders to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses and attacked then mayor fenty. >> reporter: the star witness compelled by a court order to testified battled nearly every council question. >> mr. brown -- >> no, you are i'm on the record because -- >> you're delusions -- >> you threatened the confirmation hearing. >> sir, how did the issue of money come up. >> are you going testify or are you going testify for me? >> no, sir, how did the issue of money come up? >>. >> reporter: some political observers say brown's demeanor undermines his allegations. at one point marion barry and other council members broke down in laughter at some of the nonsensical proceeding

sulaimon brown was upstairs telling a council committee about his accusations of payoffs by mayor vincent gray and his campaign. the former dark horse candidate brought along receipts of money orders that were given to him by gray's top campaign aids so he would keep up his verbal attacks of then mayor adrian fenty. >> right here if you would like to see them. and these were given to us for our campaign, by the gray campaign. now when they purchased them, i don't know. don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> brown had testy exchanges with just about every council member on the committee. he suggested david would be a witness at trial. and catanya accused brown of delusions and fantasies. he kept listing anyway. mayor gray's office would say it's awaiting the results of three different investigation of brown's allegations. >> now to congressman anthony weiner who is facing a possible investigation of his own tonight. after coming clean about his twitter photo scandal. in a late afternoon news conference, the democrat admitted to sending lewd pictures to multiple women and he says

he said candidate vincent gray paid him to stay in the race in order to run a smear campaign against the mayor adrian fenty. that type that the attorney general filed a civil lawsuit against harry thomas, jr. accused of misusing several hundred thousands of taxpayer dollars. they allege he diverted $300,000 in youth baseball funds for his personal benefit. they say the money went to travel and of outings. thomas says he is innocent. >> i am confident once we have information provided to my legal counsel in this civil suit, which has been provided by the government we will be vindicated. >> of the ag possessive $4 million in reimbursement and punitive damages and the fbi is also investigated. >>> let's take a look at other stories we're following. a vigil for a local football recruiter. 36-year-old ralph thomas was shot and killed in front of mckinley tech high school. one -- crawford tried out for the team and was not picked. thomas's friends will gather outside the school tonight at 8:00. >>> a chevy chase woman accused in a fatal hit and run is accused of vote -- set to go on trial

suleman brown briefly held a six-figure job in the vincent gray administration before being fired. mayor gray has commented on brown's repeated charges. >> there is no more it to the allegations made at yesterday's hearing. >> reporter: mayor gray reminded reporters he him called for an investigation when suleman brown's chans surfaced. ward five councilman harry 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

brown says that mayor vincent gray's campaign paid his campaign to verbally attack then mayor adrian fenty. gray beat fenty last year and brown brought along receipts and copies of money orders he said were given to to him by mayor gray's top campaign aides. >> these were given to us for our campaign by the gray campaign. now, when they purchased them. i don't know. don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> mayor gray's office says that it is awaiting the results of three different investigations into brown's allegations before making any more comments. >>> d. c. council member harry thomas jr. could face criminal charges. the ward 5 council member is accused of spending $300,000 in city funds on trips and an suv. the money was intended for youth baseball program in the district. the city has filed a civil suit against thomas seeking more than $1 million. the accusations came to light after his 2010 republican opponent accused him of running a fake nonprofit organization called team thomas. >>> a d. c. police officer already accused of murder is now facing manslaughter ch

suleman brown has a week to provide documents to support his allegations against former mayor vincent gray. despite the seriousness of the accusations the hearing was somewhat chaotic. brown refused to remove his sunglasses and was combative while answering questions. >> you're an attorney. this is june 2010. this is june 2011. and i started the race in may or june of 2009. asking me to remember something that is disingenuous on your part. >> you remembered that conversation very vividly. >> i remember when i was born as well. >> some broke out in laughter at times. marion berry says it's unlike any hearing he's been a part of. >>> a rule by virginia supreme court, according to the washington examiner. fairfax county public schools planded to shut down clifton elementary school due to declining enrollment and the high cost of renovations. parents sued to keep the school open. but friday the supreme court of virginia decided to close. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonald will launch a new program he hopes will reduce child hunger. no kid hungry campaign will give more children access to summe

alleged hiring impropriety in the gray administration said he can prove there is a money trail from vincent gray to his own mayoral campaign. washington post reports that sulaiman brown gave them copies of the money orders and now brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations he'll make when he testifies tomorrow before a d.c. council committee. karen gray houston is taking a closer look tonight. >> reporter: sulaiman brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a superior court judge compelling him to testify before mary cheh's committee on government operations. >> i'm surprised because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena or anything. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies on monday, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the washington post. he said he will also testify that the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him. and that those envelopes have been linked to p

. >> the former candidate testified about his accusations he's made by payoffs with vincent gray. he said he was paid to verbally attack fenty during last year's primary. brown brought along receipts and copies of moneys orders he said were given to him by gray's top campaign aides. >> here if you would like to see them. these were given to us to our campaign by the gray campaign. when they purchased them, i don't know, don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> brown had some exchanges with about every member of the hearing. as for mayor gray, his office would say it is awaiting the results of three different investigations into brown's allegations. >>> controversy is swirling around yet another d.c. lawmaker. councilman harry thomas jr. is facing a million dollar lawsuit, accusing him of using public funds for personal use. the civil suit filed by d.c.'s attorney general says thomas received hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations through his nonprofit organization. thomas is denying the accusations. his attorney emphasizes the allegations and they are n

the one time mayoral candidate himself, brown says he received money from vincent gray's campaign for those actions. the according to the washington post brown has copies of money orders he says he received from the gray campaign. until now brown had refused to testify before the city council. >>> fire investigators are searching for the cause of a light night fire in southeast. the two-alarm fire started in a three-story apartment building in the 5100 block of f street. one person was transported with serious burns but not life threatening injuries. >>> police in prince george's county say speed and alcohol caused crash that killed three people sunday evening. they say an suv slammed into the back of the car, running that car off the road and into a tree near the intersection of indian head highway and wilson bridge rode in oxon hill. >> there were two passengers in that vehicle, two females ejected from the vehicle. they were pronounced dead on scene. the the driver was also pronounced dead. the remaining passenger an adult male was transported to a hospital. >> the driver of the ca

council committee to testify about his accusations of pay- offs about mayor vincent gray and his campaign was paid to verbally attack the then mayor during last years primaries. brown brought along receipts and copies of money orders he says he was given by gray's top campaign aid. >> right here, if you like to see them, and these were given to us for our campaign by the gray campaign. now, when they purchased them, i don't know, don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> brown had testy exchanges with just about every member of the committee. as for mayor gray, today his office would only say it's awaiting the results of three different investigations into brown's allegations. >>> d.c. councilman harry thomas jr. now facing a million dollar lawsuit accusing him of using public money for personal gain. it was fired by the d.c. attorney generals office and the civil suit says he got hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations through his non-profit organization. thomas says it's not so. he denies these accusations and as the journey emphasizes, they are just allegation

. >>> in another scandal plaguing city hall, mayor vincent gray is denying allegations made by sulaimon brown. brown did briefly hold a position in the gray administration before getting fired. >>> a 12-year-old montgomery county girl found dead in her home recently was stabbed to death. that is the finding of the medical examiner concerning jessica nguyen. she was discovered in the basement of her gaithersburg town home eight days ago. at this point, police still say they have no suspects. >>> to capitol hill now where fellow democrats are refusing to defend new york congressman anthony weiner. he admitted he sent a lewd photo of himself to women on twitter and lied about it. other democrats are signaling he should resign, something he has refused to do so far. senate majority leader harry reid says he cannot defend weiner. a conservative blogger says he has other than more sexually explicit photos of weiner described as x-rated. >>> at the white house last night, a rare state dinner for germany's angela merkel. president obama presented her with the presidential medal of honor. merkel

brown claims officials for vincent gray paid him and promised him a job in exchange for running a smear campaign against former mayor adrian fenty. mayor gray denied the allegations. >>> d.c.'s attorney general has filed a civil action against carey thomas jr.. he's accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. the attorney general says thomas diverted $300,000 for youth baseball funds for his personal benefit. the money went to travel and golf outings and nearly $60,000 for a luxury suv. thomas says he is innocent. >> i am confident once we have information that is being provided through my legal counsel in this civil suits which has been presented by the government, we will be vindicated. >> attorney general is asking $4 million of reimbursement and punitive damages. the fbi is also investigating now. >>> an update on some street or in the district. all three underground cables in the north capitol street area that lost power last tuesday are fixed now. pierce street northeast between north capitol street and first street will remain closed until tomorrow morning. oth

council a short time ago before he walked into the wilson building, he had this to say about mayor vincent gray. >> i think the mayor is a crook. >> really? >> yeah. >> we will have a live report new at abc7 news at 6:00. >> i cannot wait to hear that. >>> fireworks in prince george's county court room. richmond phillips is accused of shooting wynetta wright and leaving jaylin in the hot car. >> the new problem is a manslaughter charge relating to the death of that little girl. he is facing some heat in the courtroom today. it was a very quick hearing. the family burst out and said that they did not get a chance to speak. the judge allowed them to have a say in court, something that i have never seen at this early stage in the judicial process. after the dramatic and emotional hearing, the grand mosque -- the grandfather of the murdered mother had only a few words to share about the proceedings. >> depression and dejection. >> given the robert kennedy to speak to amend the family -- given the opportunity to speak they led a tirade against richmond phillips. one called him a monster another tras

former mayoral candidate sulaiman brown says that he was paid and promised a job with the vincent gray administration in exchange for running a smear campaign against adrian fenty. budge brown refused to answer questions from council member david katanya. >> you are a witness in this case and it's inappropriate for you to be asking me questions. i will put it on the record, because you are a witness in the case. >> mr. brown, your solutions -- >> brown showed many orders during the hearing that the city received from two mayoral aides. mayor gray has denied the allegations. >>> a d.c. council member denies allegations that he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money. >> having to stand here, i was not going to settle on something i did not do. >> the d.c. attorney general's office has filed a civil lawsuit against council member harry thomason jr.. they claim, is used money that was meant for you to place all programs on travel, golf outings, and a luxury suv. the spifbi is also investigating. >>> all. underground cables in the north capitol street. that lost power last

brown says mayor vincent gray's campaign paid brown's campaign to verbally attack then mayor adrian fenty. gray beat fenty in last fall's primary. brown brought along receipts and copies of money orders he claims were given to him by gray's top campaign aides. >> right here. if you would like to see them. and these were given to us for our campaign by the gray campaign. now, when they purchased them, i don't know. don't even care. i just know when i received them. >> mayor gray's office said it is awaiting the results of three different investigations before making anymore comments. >>> more problems for council member -- d.c. council member harry thomas jr. could face criminal charges. the ward five councilman is accused of blowing $330,000 on trips and an suv. the money was intended for a youth baseball program in the district. city filed a civil suit seeking more than a million dollars. the accusations came to light after his 2010 republican opponent accused him of running a fake nonprofit called team thomas. >> secretary of state hillary clinton says the government has not made any sp

brown reiterated husband allegations that vincent gray's top aides gave him money orders and cash and the promise of a city job if he could steer voters away from then mayor adrian fenty. it took a court order to get brown to testify, an effort spearheaded by council woman mary cheh who brown verbally battled through outthe proceeding accusing her of calling him a pest among other things. councilman marion barry got into the confrontation too. >> mr. barry, i'm not a witness here. he is not putting questions to me. he can say whatever he wants. we are going to call up the examiner articles. >> i believe it was the examiner. >> just a moment. if i summarize what others have said about what -- they quoted you. >> mr. brown, would you let ms. cheh speak. >> in any event, we'll pull them out. i have no independent knowledge of you being a pest. i will ask about that. others said you were a nuisance, a pest. we'll see. but you were looking for an excuse not to come. >> reporter: that is how it went all afternoon. despite the drama, this is a serious matter. the u.s. attorney's office is al

candidate suleman brown has a week to provide documents against current mayor vincent gray.wn testified under oath for the first time now gray paid him to attack mayor fenty during the 2010 election. despite the seriousness the hearing was somewhat chaotic. he was combative while answering questions. >> you're an attorney. this is june of 2010. this is june 2011. and i started the race in may or june of 2009. >> that's correct. >> you're asking me to remember something like it was yesterday is disingenuous on your part. >> however, a week ago, a week ago from that date you remember that conversation apparently very vividly. >> i remember when i was born as well. >> some council members broke out into laughter at times. and marion berry said it's unlike any hearing ease been a part of. >>> metro is preparing its budget proposal and wants to attack the problems with escalators and elevators. it's planning to assign 10 additional employees to work in its maintenance division. the transit agency said it could use 55 more workers, which would cost $7 million. about one in five ar

mayor vincent gray denies brown was paid anything or promised a job, only that he could interview for the position. >> i can't even imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior. and i know absolutely nothing about any -- anyone in my campaign who did that. >> reporter: and brown tells a different story. he says he was given $600 in cash to attack fenty and says he has phone records of repeated calls to and from the gray campaign. so we'll see if he sticks with that story this afternoon at the wilson building, it should be an interesting one before d.c. city council committee. back to you. >> we've learned that brown wasn't necessarily the most sympathetic character on this. do you think city council members will be amenable to what he has to say? >> reporter: they've been urging, he has been subpoenaed before. they want to hear what suleiman brown has to say. he has been talking to the media but not them. so, you know, he is giving his chance to be on the record to say his thoughts and claims about the campaign trail for mayor. so very interesting of what he has to say and yes, he'

mayor vincent gray.s get the latest now from fox 5's stacy cohan liveout side city hall with the latest. >> it took quite a bit to get sulaimon brown down here. he made a big splash with all of his accusations that came shortly after mayor gray took office. but it took a sub peep aand a judge to get him to actually testify before this council committee. sulaimon brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally, a superior court judge compelled him to testify before mary cheh's committee on government operations. >> i'm sort of surprise bid this because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena, didn't need anything. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies on monday, he says he will produce money order on top of the five he has already shown the "washington post." he says he will also testify that the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gr

hiring improprieties in the gray administration said he can prove there is a money trail from vincent gray's mayoral campaign to his own mayoral campaign. sulaiman brown said gray's people paid him to stay in the race and bad mouth then-mayor adrian fenty. brown said he was promised a city job once gray got into office. he did get that job and then lost it. when he testifies this afternoon he said he will show the committee several money orders from gray's people. he also said the fbi got dna from envelopes used to deliver money from gray's campaign. but even with all of that talking to us, it took a superior court judge to get him to talk to mary cheh. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't feed a subpoena. >> reporter: campaign records show brown accepted for man $600 in cob trib august which came from howard brooks. some of the amortizations were misspelled but he said they came from brook's son payton, also called michael, and payton's girlfriend and andrea naylor, said t

mayoral candidate will speak out about his allegations about vincent gray's administration. suleman brown is expected to testify before the d.c. council committee investigating the gray administration's hiring practices. brown says gray's aides promised him a job and paid him to stay in last year's race and level attacks against adrian tpepbt y. he has copies of money orders he received as proof of claims. gray and his aides deny the allegations. >>> also today, the district's attorney general will discuss his office's investigation of d.c. council member harry thomas. tim day, who went against thomas, accuses him of running a fake non-profit and khraeufpls thomas has been raising money for team thomas for year but never said how the money is being spent. the group isn't registered as a nonprofit with the irs. thomas says day is trying to run a smear campaign against him >> police say alcohol was a factor in a crash that killed three people in prince george's county on route 210 in fort washington early yesterday morning. a black gmc yukon hit the back of a gray mazda. it th

monday in his first testimony under oath that he was paid cash and given $110,000 government job by vincent graygn attacks on adrian fenty. >> mr. brown? >> i'm not going to remove them. >> through often murky and confusing dates, money order receipts, documents and details brown called mayor gray a crook who engineered the payoffs, ann allegations gray denies. >> gave me cash and money orders for me to maintain mayor, and attacked mayor fenty. >> the star witness com compelled by court order to taf battled nearly every council question. >> mr. brown on. >> >> no, i'm going put you on a record on moo. >> your delauusions -- >> no, how did the issue of money even come up? >> you want me to testify or are you going testify for me? >> no, no, sir. i asked you how did the issue of money come up? >> some political observers say brown's demeanor undermines his allegations. at one point marion barry and other council members broke down in laughter at some of the noncyclical proceedings. >> i've never been at a hearing like this before. it is so serious. >> but disclosure of the money orders linked to g

mayoral candidate suleman brown has a week to provide documents against mayor vincent gray. brown testified undernoeth for the first time how gray paid him during the 2010 election. despite the seriousness of the accusations, the hearing was somewhat chaotic. brown refused to remove his sunglasses and was combative while answering questions. >> you're an attorney. this is june of 2010. this is june of 2011 and i started racing in may of june of 2009. ask me to remember something as if it was yesterday is disengenwise on your part. >> a week ago from that date you remember that conversation very vividly. >> i wreremember when i was bor as well. >> marion barry said it is unlike any hearing he has ever been a part of. >>> we're going to check in with tom kierein now and look at our weather out there. a hot day, tom. >> already now into the 80s. good morning. just past 11:30 our temperatures are beginning to climb into the mid-80s in most locations and that milky sky over northwest washington. off in the distance you can see boston, virginia, there on the horizon. yes, we are t

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vincent grey. the one time mayoral candidate said he got the $600 from gray's campaign. brown gave up fighting during a court appearance on tuesday. the council hearing slated for tomorrow. >>> police in prince george's blaming speed and alcohol tonight for a crash that killed three people early this morning. a gmc yukon slammed into the back of a mazda mazda 3 running it off the road and into a tree. >> in that vehicle two females were ejected from the vehicle they were pronounced dead on scene. the driver of that vehicle was also pronounced dead. the remaining passenger, a male adult, was transported to a local hospital. >> the people who were killed include the mazda driver's, 53 years old, a passengers 52 years old, the name of the third victim not released at this point. the driver of the suv has been charged with driving under the influence and he may face more charges. >>> new evacuation orders tonight in arizona where one of the largest wild fires in the state's history has already forced at least 22,000 people to abandon their homes. some of the 160 firefighters