i call libya, nobody answer from libya. >> ward: nobody answered. >> manna: simply no... >> ward: theythe phone? >> manna: no, they even don't answer to the phone. >> ward: the coast guard is proud of the work it is doing, but its resources are over- stretched. >> manna: sometimes, i feel alone. this is the truth. >> ward: alone in what sense? >> manna: alone. alone because i have my guys, my ladies, my men, but i don't have other help. and i need to be helped. >> ward: you need support. >> manna: i need support, right. >> ward: after days at sea, the migrants are sent to places like this. we visited sicily's mineo camp which is home to thousands who have been pulled out of the mediterranean. for many, italy is a gateway to countries further north that are immigration issues. the cost of feeding and housing so many new migrants in the midst of a financial crisis has presented europe with a real challenge and no easy solution. >> federico soda: every time a boat goes down and a few hundred people die, we're shocked-- we see it in the headlines. and then we go back pretty much to busines

early voting for ward 4 also starts monday with the election also head on april 28th. there's a voters guide on www.wusa9.com for both races. >>> a white police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black man of north charleston, south carolina, has been fired from the police force. michael slager is currently in custody. the town's mayor keith summey said today all patrol officers will be outfitted with body cameras and said he and the police chief met with the family of man killed today. walter scott. they promised to provide a police escort for scott's funeral. scott's brother says the death leaves a void in the family. >> he keeps -- he's the nucleus. he was the nucleus and i'm the oldest, but he was there to bridge and our bridge is no longer there. >> officer slager pulled scott night for a broken taillight. slager had claimed he feared for his life as the two men struggled over the officer's taser, but video recorded by a bystander shows slager shooting scott eight times as scott runs away. >>> utility regulators and police are trying to figure out wh

taking part in the department of housing and community development ward by ward check-in. tuesday 6:30 at marshall heights community development organization on bening road. this week, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's assassination. they'll track his last ride at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. tuesday and wednesday ford's theat already hold special ceremonies to mark his final hours. >>> you know the cost of services to deliver gourmet food to your door. is it worth it? consumer reporter ericaka gonzalez examines cost and time to see if you're better going to the grocery store. >>> justin bieber facing more trouble.

and the other one is ward four. >> ward four is the ward i targeted from the start. like the area. i like the high traffic. it's about middle in terms of income. >> a bunch of restaurants and shopping centers. look at this housing over there. >> holy cow! that's a good spot. >> yeah. i really want to pull demographic reports. >> i made a note of that. it's assisted living. yep. and take aurora was late in adopting marijuana, but i think it's going to help in terms of keeping the tax money in our city. aurora residents going to denver or glendale or whenever they're close to, to spend their money. >> exactly. >> it will stay in aurora. >> once we get the locations ready that we want to go, then we can turn in the application and they're going let us know by september 1st how many licenses we got. >> we just opened in april and the fact that within eight months we might go from one store to three and by next summer have a fourth or fifth one. it's mind blowing within a year we're possibly going to be this big. just because we're new kids on the block doesn't mean we ca

. >> i'm adrian hawkins i'm running for our city council for our ward, ward 1. >> i'm running for ward 1. >> one of the protests may have cleared but a new campaign is in full swing. >> i'd like you to invite you to a forum it's the last one. >> reporter: two-thirds of residents in ferguson are black yet the currently six member city council has only one black member. there are three open seats. one ward has only white candidates. another only black candidates. but in ward 1 board residents are vying for a seat in a racially diverse race. the victor will determine whether ferguson's city council will stay majority white or divides equally between black and white members. >> what inspired to you run? >> it was the death of michael brown, the thought of my children not returning home for walking down the street was way too much to handle and something had to change. >> reporter: adrian hawkins has been a ferguson resident for 27 years and has had her only hurdles to come. >> i was on government assistance for years as i raised my children as a single mom. but that never stopped me. that

she has demonstrated the capability when she ran the operation ward 8 and 4. she knows how to go out and tap those folks and she has the resources to bring them to the polls. >> has muriel bowser come into the ward and tried to campaign on her behalf? does it mean pure yell bowser has -- muriel bowser has coattails? >> i was at a hearing where the mayor presented her first budget. she did an amazing job. i thought she presented it well, defended it well and it was not a tough budget. i think the mayor does coattails. she's done an amazing job since taking over. >> brandon todd also a protege so to speak of muriel bowser. he's been endorsed by "the washington post" as laubay may. >> they know their voters, know how to get the vote and have the economic resources to basically bring the folks to the polls. >> if they win, whoever wins, both would be new candidates, new members to the council. how would that change the dynamic? >> irrespective of who wins these races, we'll have five new members of the council. five. it's somewhat unprecedented. and there are some

>> reporter: jim we're here in ward 8 outside the union temple baptist church one of the ward 8 precinctsople here and in the northwest ward 4 are picking new leaders today today. >> muriel bowser! >> reporter: last fall ward 4 councilmember muriel bowser was elected mayor. and marion barry died. now a crowded field of candidates in each ward is seeking to fill those terms on the d.c. council. whoever wins will be sworn in immediately. bowser is backing a candidate in each ward, could build her power on the d.c. council in ward eight b's son christopher is making his first bid for elective office. but in a field with several well-known candidates, with much more community experience. election officials said turnout in both wards is light, as was expected. the polls are open until 8:00 p.m. tonight. we'll have the results on news4 and on nbcwashington.com. here in anacostia, tom sherwood news4. >>> the weather ought to help voter turnout. it's just beautiful out there today. >> it really is. everybody is saying, can we get at least one more of those? >> can we, doug? >> my answer is at lea

much of the attention on ward 8 and who would replace the late marion barry.hat race right now is too close to call. laruby may has a lead of 150 votes over candidate trayon white. barry's son christopher, also known as marion c. picked up about 7% of the vote and in ward 4 brendon todd will replace muriel bowser who left her seat when she was elected mayor. our tom sherwood in southeast with the latest. >> reporter: who are these folks behind you? >> family. >> reporter: from ward 8, former school board member trayon white badly outspent was less than 2% behind laruby may in a contest that may depend on uncounted absentee ballots. >> my reaction is we trust the people and our job is getting and sharing our visit and we're very confident we have more numbers than our opponent. >> reporter: laruby may urged her supporters to stay strong confident that she will win in the end. >> you were more disciplined. >> reporter: and the mayor muriel bowser backed may. >> she's winning and we want to make sure that the board of elections is counting every vote. >> reporter

we also just received word that yours sewell la ward, the -- us la ward the mother of odin ward watching entire proceeding in the front yorow every day she will make a victim impact statement a part of what we are to see. that is hernandez's mother and hernandez's fiance on other side of the courtroom. you will see ursula ward as she watch this is play out as well. bill: picking up a little bit on twitter, massachusetts state police, on the same day they're recognizing a moment forever in the boston, massachusetts, for the marathon bombing which is 40 miles northeast of fall river here. proud of the bristol d.a.'s office. our massachusetts state police detectives and north attar borrow police department worked endlessly to achieve today's hernandez verdict. was this a difficult verdict however, to arrive at? >> i do think so because of the we talked about mountain of evidence they had to go through circumstantial evidence. there being no fire or being no weapon. it was difficult -- bill: you had defense put on only three eyewitness. >> i keep coming back to the closing argument. i think

ward evans. ward was from harwood. he was born february 22 1940. he served in the army fifth infantry division. he died on february 8, 1969. he was 28 years old. ward was the youngest of five children. his family remembers him as someone who was always ready to help others. his sister mary ann remembers that when he came home from vietnam on break that he seemed sad, that the war had gotten to him, but he went back to complete his duty. on february 8, 1969, almost all the men near ward were killed. when the chopper came back to pick up the survivors ward demanded on staying behind in order to rescue three men who were still alive but also wounded. while tending to the injured soldiers, ward stepped on a land mine. ward's nephew mark is so proud of him and will always remember ward as a man who did what was right no matter what the personal cost. john tingley was from katherine. he was born on august 19 1946. he served in the army 128th aviation company. he was 21 years old at the time of his death january 10, 1968. john was one of six children born

taking part in the department of housing and community development ward by ward check-in. tuesday 6:30 at marshall heights community development organization on bening road. this week, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's assassination. they'll track his last ride at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. tuesday and wednesday ford's theat already hold special ceremonies to mark his final hours. >>> you know the cost of services to deliver gourmet food to your door. is it worth it? consumer reporter ericaka gonzalez examines cost and time to see if you're better going to the grocery store. >>> justin bieber facing more trouble. listen to this sweet symphony of flavor. beautiful! gorgeous! here comes the fruitful crescendo! incredible. pillsbury toaster strudel. if beethoven made breakfast. dude totino's blasted rolls. sweet. totino's blasted crust rolls... yeah. flavor at full blast >>> you're watching news4 today. >> new arrest warrant for justin bieber now in argentina. according to a judge, bieber never showed up for ace case two years ago. he was accused

we met several wards convicted of murder.they ask that we not use their last names. >> when i was 12 years old, i killed some guy who tried to kill my brother. it was gang related. i retaliated and have been here ever since. >> you shot him? >> no, we beat him to death with tire irons and bumper jacks, mops, stuff like that. >> the guy walked through the gate. i drew down on him with a tech .22 and told him why he was selling dope over here. we told him not to sell dope in this particular area. he looked at me and tried to hit the gun out of my hand. he ran up the stairs, i fired. he got shot seven times. i killed him. me being 15, it excited me to shoot at somebody because it made other people look at me and say, see that guy, that's a cool guy. he's down for the street. that made me proud. >> what made you proud? >> them knowing i would kill somebody and not worry about it or worry about getting caught. >> this is our son evan. tomorrow he would have been 10 years old. he's not here to celebrate it. >> on our second day of

the inaugural ward walk took place this afternoon in ward four. an area that encompasses the northern tip of the district. it's part of the campaign promise to lead the city to a healthier lifestyle. >> we want people to meet their neighbors and have the opportunity to create walking clubs and fitness clubs that they can then themselves facilitate. >> there was also an audition for health coaches who will help presidents make better choices of exercise and what to eat. of course it's pretty ease where i to exercise when it's a beautiful 69 70 degree day and sunny out there. >> spectacular. >> temperatures today were in the mid to upper 60s. tomorrow it's going to get better but tomorrow morning it's going to be chilly. even cold in spots. some frost is possible outside the beltway north and west. prince william county montgomery county what this means if you have sensitive plants outdoors either cover them or bring them inside. there are all the counties in blue under that frost advisory. beautiful right now. temperatures coming in in the 60s. was

ward 4 mayor bowser's former seat. marion barry held the seat in ward 8. wednesday several law enforcement agencies will face a grilling on capitol hill. you'll remember the man who flew the gyrocopter onto the capital grounds earlier this month, he -- lawmakers want to know how he made it so far into highly restricted airspace. thursday you can go to another public hearing about the new metro station coming to potomac yard. the station built on the blue line. the city of alexandria says it wants the station close to potomac yard shopping center. that's right there by the target store. >>> one man spent more than four days in what he calls a concrete coffin. in the wake of the tragedy this earthquake survivor reliving painful memories. plus -- >> after midterm elections my advisers asked me, mr. president, do you have a bucket list. i said well i have something that rhymes with bucket list. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> the comedian in chief tells us how he really feels during white house correspondents dinner. lets say this is your tv and these are the cha

there are 3 ward streets that are open. in ward 1, ward 2, and then the third.h candidates are black. there is one member who is not running for reelection. so no matter what happens today, the council is guarantee to get at least one more african american. >> how much has racial tension been a part of the election conversation. >> well the race relations in ferguson took a spotlight after the unarmed black man was killed by a police officer. that lead to months of protests a riot and allegations that ferguson's political leadership has done nothing about years of harassment of african americans. two-thirds of the police force are african american. >> despite the demographics, one of the questions in past elections has been voter turnout, and that has been low. >> it has been low, while the roughly 50/50 split in terms of the voting age population of whites and african americans about equal, but only 6% of african americans cast ballots back in 2012, 16% for white. not great there either but enough to maintain control of the city council. >> randall pinkston tha

we have to watch the timing of this cold front as it works the way east ward. some say we'll clear out midday. some has moisture lasting for a good chunk of the day tuesday. in the near term enjoy. sunshine on the way tomorrow. here's a call from accuweather the rest of tonight. patchy clouds. not as cold, 38 in suburbs to 43 in philadelphia with that overnight low. and here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. warm breezy on monday, get out and enjoy it. high temperature up to 72. and on tuesday, high temperature of 68. early rain then sunshine just have to watch the progression of that cold front as it works east ward it looks like moisture could liping are to a good chunk of the day by then. we'll track it for you. behind that high pressure returns midweek. sunny and nice high of 65. thursday, clouds and sunshine. and in at 63. friday mostly cloudy with showers around and in at 65 and looks to turn unsettled as we get to next weekend. cooler with possibility of rain showers guys, but enjoy tomorrow. in the 70s. >> sounds good. >> thank you. >> it was

, al jazeera, new york. >> jake ward joins us now. jake why is the phone not the great equalizer here? i would think that we mentioned that everybody's got a phone or lots more people have a phone than have an internet connection. why is that not a solution. >> iforts a greatit's a great question. the difference is phones are not built for the kind of learning or knowledge jobs that we would want people to have to get ahead. rests on being able to do things like code and remote learning. all that rests with a laptop computer. your phone is for taking money away from you. whereas a laptop is for make you money. uber or square you can get money in a service economy but in a knowledge kind of economy that involves you need to be really good -- >> people are not inventing apps not getting their online degrees on a phone. >> that's right. >> there is a lot you can do but a point where you can't do it. who is trying to solve this problem in the united states? who does it benefit to solve? if you are the googles and the facebooks in the worl

derrick ward news 4. >>> 6:03. today university of maryland students will sound off about a controversial echl mailversecontroversial e-mail september by oig by a former student. an investigation found most of the keptcontent was protected by the first amendment. the author of the e-mail has released a statement saying in part i know there is no way to erase will this incident or the agony it has caused. but i want you to know that i will strive to never use such language again. >>> governor mcauliffe is reexamining the law enforcement role of the alcohol beverage control department. this comes after the violence arrest of a black university of virginia student. 20-year-old martese johnson was left bloodied after the arrest which led to protests. the "washington post" reports governor mcauliffe met with black community leaders and students in charlottesville yesterday. in addition to a.b.c. reforms, the group discussed the use of excessive force and police responsibility. >>> uva's campus newspaper is apologizing f

here is jake ward jake our science and technology editor jacob ward. >> the world in which you and i know is made up of a floating one. tectonic plates bump together all the time. it is these certain places that we see big earthquakes. the indian plate years ago came crashing into the eurasian plate. they are moving in the same direction. here is the thing that crash is still ongoing. that fender bender created the himalayas and why this earthquake took place. the epicenter in kathmandu used to be the highest tower darahara tower engineers made it of weather resistant concrete but that tower has actually fallen over in an earthquake before, and rebuilt in the exact same way and now it has fallen again killing by some reports dozens of people. unfortunately much of kathmandu isn't built any stronger than that tower was. in the west, concrete is held in place by bars of steel. that is called reinforce ed concrete. but often in nepal they stack brick without reinforcement. now here is the same building on an earthquake simulator made of reinforced concrete, it jumps around a lot but sur

the last election in the february 24th election is mayor ron emanuel carried a vast majority of the ward but did not get the vote which is why we are in a run-off today. some of the big issues violence in chicago, violent crimes has been in the news a lot. 2012, there was a spike. 500 homicides in the city. that was something garcia challenged emanuel on. saying he did not do enough to curb the violence. and promised to put 1,000 more police officers on the streets. garcia said he would do that. they have been at odds when it comes to education. mayor ron emanuel presiding over the largest mass school closure, consolidating and closing underperforming schools in chicago. which helped garcia get the support of the teachers union. a lot of issues to talk about, financial issues front of mine in chicago. >> one more question - why does the election matter beyond chicago? >> well as you know chicago is a democratic city. there hasn't been a republican mayor in 80 years. both are democrats. the party affiliation is not taken into consideration during mayoral elections. it gives a sense of whe

ward in her impact statement said she forgives the people who did this to her son? >> >> i think it's a tremendous compliment to her, as difficult as it is for people in the end, forgiveness is what it's about. if one can bring themselves to do that. by doing that today, it shows you what type of person she is. >> how confident are you that this was the decision going to be made today [ inaudible ]. >> i felt confident that we had presented a strong case and after a fair consideration of all the evidence that mr. hernandez would be convicteded. >> do you feel the judge treated prosecution it fairly in this case in terms of evidence admitted? >> during every trial there are decisions from a judge that we agree with and that we disagree with. that occurred in this case like it does in every case. >> are you surprised by -- >> i was not. >> why? >> can you comment on the full celebrity nature of this case? this wasn't a normal case. this was a big football celebrity and how do you think that impacted this trial? >> well, it impacted it significantly based on what we're

live in baltimore, derrick ward news4. >> thank you, derrick. we're just getting reaction from the family of freddie gray. jim handly has that. jim? >> blocks away from where this violence erupted was the funeral for freddie gray just two hours after they celebrated his life. the family spokesman, the family attorney spoke with family members and supporters gathered around him at the church today. here's what he had to say. >> this isn't a white/black issue. it's an issue of how do we treat ourselves as human beings. we love this city and we are here to work as hard as we can and as long as we can until this problem is solved. this is not going away. >> loretta lynch, the new attorney general just sworn in today, also issued a statement today saying the civil rights investigation into gray's death will continue and she also condemned today's violence. at the live desk jim handly. >> thank you, jim. maryland's governor, larry hogan, activated an emergency request after a request from the mayor. jackie bensen is live. jackie? >> reporter: doreen t

she's starting a three month ward by ward check-in. they will outline what services are available to residents and also give an overview of the affordable housing budget. tonight's meeting is in ward 8 at the arc. >>> you could hit a traffic headache this morning. crews are fixing a 36-inch pipe in leesburg. they discovered a serious erosion problem. the repairs mean harmony church road looks like the picture on the right right now. the road is closed until monday at the earliest. if you want to get around woodburn dry mill route 15 all work as alternates. >>> could you tell the difference between the air rifle and a real gun? why police say the similarities forced them to open fire and why they say they were forced to fire on a man in anne arundel county. >>> lightning strikes a plane and blows a hole right through the nose. look at that. so why did the flight keep going is this. >>> take a live look outside now. city cam showing you the picture. temperature outside our studios, 46 degrees. i think that's a 6. yes. tom will explain a

you can hear lieutenant kenneth ward smash a window. >> seconds later the 13-year-old yells. >> right here! right here! >> reporter: you can hear lieutenant ward rescue the kids. >> i got them. >> tonight he is humble yet satisfied he saved lives. >> two kids made it out of that house alive. it is a very good feeling. >> reporter: what a great fire fighter. tonight, investigators are trying to figureeog figure out what caused the fire. firefighters say the smoke alarms were not working in the house behind me. they say that the family's german shepard barked so loud that he woke everyone up. in clinton, maryland shamari stone. back to you. >> lot of bravery and professionalism on display. >> tonight in baltimore more, a controversial arrest cost a man his life. his deaths spark proeded protests. freddy gray died and was hurt during an arrest in a coma for the past week. it's not clear why officers were taking gray into custody. cell phone cameras show him screaming as officers arrested him. coming up lateren the newscast what gray's family says about his injuries. >> search teams fanne

>> yeah, i think so but chuy won the tenth ward. he won the tenth ward by a bigger margin than i did. there's a lot to be said with what's happening in chicago politics. people have spoken. people are tired of the status quo and i think this is just the beginning. >> okay. so how important did labor, their role in all of this play for you? >> labor has always played an important role in everything i do. i was asked a question one time -- oh, you're going to be in the pocket of the labor unions, but traditionally labor unions have always stood for the working class. they've always been on the side of the working people so who doesn't want to be in the pocket of the working class? the working class, the labor movement is starting to evolve and push forward, and i'm proud to be part of it. >> chuy garcia had over 6,000 people on the ground social networking that we have never seen before by the democrats in chicago, but it wasn't enough. is this a classic example of how money just gets it done? >> i think it is an example of the power

brandon todd won the seat for ward 4.he replaces muriel bowser who left her seat when she was elected mayor. >>> today a now suspended staffer appears in court. fred pagan was serving as an aide to thad cochran. border officers intercepted a package that contained a date rape drug. federal agents then raided his home. >>> students at the university of maryland college park will see the movie "american sniper." the screening was cancelled last week because the muslim student association said the movie was anti-muslim. students who were not happy posted hateful and racist messages on social media. after a long discussion about the first amendment, they'll show that movie on monday. >>> 4:49 now. metro just took a big hit in funding. the house committee that oversees the agency released a plan yesterday to cut its federal funding in half. to $75 million. metro has to demonstrate what it's doing to fix problems before getting that money. now a committee spokesperson says that the goal is to force metro to make improvements. m

news4's derek ward is live now at the capital with more on doug hughes. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, first off, mr. hughes is due in court today. he's being charged under title 49 of the u.s. code which deals with transportation because of the breach of secured air space inside the district and of course here over the mall. take a look. it's about 1:30 yesterday afternoon when hughes flew his gyrocopter all the way from gettysburg down here to the u.s. mall. making a special delivery for members of congress. he talked to local media in tampa about it. he sent e-mails to local media and posted it on facebook. it was still a surprise to folks here at the capitol, the capitol police and the faa. this despite hughes being talked to by the secret service back in 2013. he says he told the secret service he didn't plan to hurt anyone. he fully expected to be arrested but he thought his message of jeffersonian ideals regarding money and politics was important enough to do this. he chose that gyrocopter because he thought a fixed wing ultra lite

the ward 8 race still too close to call. >> it is. this is the race marion berry held. when he he died, the seat came open special election. la ruby may was supposed. she's got 27% of the votes but trayon white, he's gotten 25%. there's some absentee ballots and challenge ballots so there will be a day or so where we won't know who the winner is. >> odd for it to be this close in this particular race? >> not really. laruby mays outspent trayon from 17-1 because she had support from the mayor. and you mentioned ward 4, the bowser candidate won in that special election and mayor boweser is trying to consolidate her power on the council. she needs more votes. >> looking at video of brandon todd who won the ward seat that mayor bowser became vacant. >> he was a big fund-raiser for mayor bowser's campaign and she hand picked him to succeed her in ward four. >> tom, thanks. >>> and this afternoon and evening going to be spectacular outside with plenty of sunshine clouds increase a little bit as we get into the evening hours but temperatures nice, in the mid-70s, 6:00 7:00 p.m

derrick ward news4. >>> everything is back to normal outside the white house tonight.rvice agents were scrambling across pennsylvania avenue earlier for what turned out to be a pint-sized faults alarm. a frisky 4-year-old climbed under a temporary bike rack near the white house and set off the security alarms. the secret service agents rushed over to the north grounds. they found the child but no real danger. the 4-year-old was reunited with mom and dad and wasn't hurt. >>> gas price are already falling -- gas prices are already falling, and another drop is just around the corner. prices fell five cents a gallon in the last three weeks. lundberg says the average in is now $2.45. the company says retailers and refiners are dropping the price to chase demand for american drivers. >>> a lot of people out today. traffic was backed occupy all the bridges, getting in and out of the city of a nightmare. we're looking ahead. what about the workweek? >> it workweek is going to be okay. tomorrow is going to be beautiful. rain tuesday. at this point in april, we haven't had a lot

news 4's derek ward will have much more on hughes and what the secret service may have known at 11:15. >>> a live look at the white house this morning where new security changes could be approved today. the i team's scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. the security plan calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside the

news4's derek ward is live in achievye chevy chase with details. >> reporter: the afternoon classes have been canceled at this karate studio here in chevy chase, but there's a meeting scheduled for 6:30 for parents because of that instructor at this school who is wanted on eight counts of possessing child pornography. police believe they know where the 26-year-old is. >> he is a citizen of the country of georgia. we know that he has fled the country. we have nfks that he has fled the country. we do believe he may possibly have fled to georgia. >> reporter: and they think they know what he did while he was an instructor at this martial arts school in chevy chase. we've got video shot by the man showing him with adolescent and young adult males. >> they were engaging in inappropriate touching as well as sexual acts. >> reporter: the videos were seized on electronic devices taken during a search of his bethesda home april 1st. when they searched the home they say he admitted to having and trading child porn. >> at that time there wasn't enough probable cause to issue the warrant for the arr

4 and ruby may in ward 8. point to me when you have a special election and there's not much time and it's off year election it's going to go to the folks, the advantage is going to go to the folks who have money. they can get out votes, get folks on buses and get them to polls. todd and may have the money. name recognition, obviously christopher barry has that because he's using his father's name but i don't know if that's going to be enough. this is where bowser again is positioning herself to see what can i do in terms of using that bully pulpit to get my people in office. right now the tide is leaning towards the candidates she supports. >> there's nothing illegal as far as i can tell about what's going on. those are the laws. considered a very shrewd political operative. more and more she's considered that by what she's doing a lot of people are thinking. this is how she wants to operate. the answer is for the other candidates to get their message out somehow to try to turned raise somehow. >> your thought

clarissa ward is at the center of a humanitarian crisis as boatloads of refugees from africa and the middle eastsh perish at sea. r and, she takes gymnastics well beyond the routine. >> i'm not the typical thing. so what? let's have some fun. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. more than 13 years after terrorists slammed a jetliner into the pentagon, how did a postal worker manage to fly undetected through the skies of washington in a gyrocopter and land right outside the capitol? while embarrassed national security officials tried to answer that question today, the postal worker from florida was charged with operating an unregistered aircraft and violating national defense airspace. he could get four years if convicted. here's homeland security correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: leaving court today, doug hughes admitted his plan to deliver a message about campaign finance reform had take a different turn. >> did it go like you expected? >> no.ri >> reporter: his trip to washington in this gyrocopt

council for marion barry's ward 8 seed. >> things in ward 8 may be too clothe to call. 118 votes separate the two top vote getters. that would be may leading with 27% over white who is second with 25%. there are still absentee and special ballots that must be counted. those results won't be available for another 10 days. meantime, marion christopher barry got 7% of the vote. >>> there are no questions in ward 4. brandon todd got 43% of the vote followed by renee bowser who came in with would 2% and leon andrews was third with 15%. >>> tonight the president of the university of maryland says two student groups will hold a screening next monday of the film "american sniper." you remember that last week, another group announced it was postponing a screening of the movie after discussing concerns by the muslim student association. the decision to postpone prompted angry complaints about folks who said it denied freedom of expression. university president called the incident a teachable moment. >> the superintendent of fair fax county schools says the system will have to take a serious look at

there are now three ward seats open. in ward one there are four candidates, two are white, two are black. in ward two, one white candidate, one african-american and in the third ward, both candidates are black. there is all right one african-american on the city council in ferguson not running for city council. no matter what happens. the council is guaranteed to get at least one more african-american than there is now. >> we have to go back to the shooting of michael brown by the white police officer. many accuse the city's political leadership about doing nothing of harassment of african-americans by a white police force. two thirds of the residents are african-american. activists hope electing more african-americans to the city council will result in better treatment not only by police, but by all. officials. >> the justice democratic found racial discrimination is a problem in ferguson, but isn't lope voter turnout also a problem and that's why the city council looks the way it does today? >> absolutely. lo voter tur

of housing and community development's ward by ward check-in. meeting tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at marshall heights community development organization and that's on bening road. this week marks 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. tomorrow re-enactors will trace lincoln's last ride from the white house to soldiers house. that will begin at 15th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest. tuesday and wednesday, fords theater will hold special ceremonies to mark the 16th president's final hours. >>> from iphones to terrorism, learn what it will take to make the promise of a new relationship with cuba a reality. new sound from the scene where a south carolina police officer shot and killed a black man. what the cop is heard telling a fellow officer. >>> video is now viral, defending that officer in south carolina. one young man's message of race so i'm working from home. i get on a video conference. with my boss, and my boss's boss. but i forgot to attach the presentation it sends in a flash, good thing i have fios. i don't and it was t

we've heard from ursula ward. obviously did not hear from aaron hernandez, didn't hear from aaron hernandez's family but they were in there as well for the dramatic moment that the verdict was read. were they in there for his sentencing as well? >> they were not. right after the verdict was read, that's when his mother and his fiancee left the courtroom and, in fact, left the courthouse, so they weren't there to see any of that. that's what made it particularly interesting as the victim impact witnesses were being read, aaron hernandez had nowhere else to look but occasionally up at his lawyers, and they were looking straight ahead, and then he kept looking over at the victim's familyknee shah nia, he kept looking over in her direction, and in the direction of the mother. constantly wiping his lips, looking around, and once even turned to look in the direction where we in the news media, in the press were sitting and briefly glanced our way too. i have never taken my eyes off him as -- throughout this entire proce

those will move east ward throughout the day. so at the bus stop it is dry. 7:00 a.m.ow 50s, cool. 8:00 a.m., mid 50s at that point. thunderstorms and possibly some heavier rain back around the i-91 corridor. it's cooler tomorrow summer like temperatures are in the forecast over the next seven days. tom will let you know when those arrive in the next ten minutes. now, melissa, what's the latest? >> breaking news amelia. 270 southbound at 80 you can see in the last couple of minutes the actual problem has cleared out of the roadway here. off to the right shoulder. still though we have some backups and some volume here just building out of frederick because of this issue. probably happened about 20 minutes ago now and we are seeing still some backups, about four miles of slowness as you head southbound on 270. as far as the rest of 270 from germantown to the beltway you're slow. no major problems in virginia. >>> a traffic alert that could leave you stuck in traffic in the coming days. the work being done that will have a street around the national mall off limits. >>> p

derrick ward is live with a look at what parents and kids can expect. see some familiar faces with you this morning. >> oh, this is like a reunion. i'm surrounded by childhood friends here. charlie brown, snoopy and mr. and mrs. bunny back here. this will be 35,000 people here all together once this event gets under way. and the theme is give me five keeping in line with the first lady's fitness theme. is he wants people to come up with five things they have been doing to live healthier lives and i guess pushing shall eggs across the laup couldn't hurt.burns up some calories. this tradition dully started on at the u.s. capitol hill but the congress got upset and since then it's over at the white house. again, 35,000 people. it is a ticketed events. they're given away by lottery. of course the lottery is closed. president and first lady will be here, there will be entertainment, music, fitness events, all koopds skoochbds skinds of things going on. and even will get this wooden egg, and i think they will be signed by the president and the first lady. so

juror 737 is a survivor of columbine and underwent extensive there ter after ward and a wave of doubtnd considers himself an expert juror. of note holmes appearance evolved since images like this unshaven and out of it. court observers say he is now shaven with a hair cut and more engaged with his attorneys. the attorneys insist he was in the middle of a psychotic episode and is not guilty under reason of insanity. the prosecution must convince the jury that he was sane. >>> well the death toll sadly continues to climb from the mass massive earthquake in nepal. scenes of devastation and destruction as teams race to try and save frightened survivors and those still missing. but they warn the threat that's dangerous is far from over. >> we are outside at the place and suddenly i heard a very big noise. it was horrible because we just see all around us these houses full of people. 73% of americans try... ...to cook healthy meals. yet up to 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more... ...add one a day 50+. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it suppo

barry picked up 7% of the vote in ward 8. brandon todd won ward 4. he replaces muriel bowser who left her seat when she was elected mayor. >>> hillary clinton will soon have some competition. nbc news confirming senator bernie sanders will announce tomorrow that he's running for the democratic nomination. he's an outspoken independent from vermont. he says he wants to be a voice for working families as president. he is likely to appeal to voters who don't see clinton as progressive enough. >>> a new study reveals the hpv vaccine may provide important health benefits for girls as young as 14. girls vaccinated at 14 years old were 44% less likely to get cervical dysplasia. >>> and here's something to consider before going on a run on a smoggy day. more than half are living in communities where the air can be dangerous to breath. that's a according to the american lung association. we checked and eenhave eto the d.c. -- even though the d.c. area didn't make the top ten ozone cities we didn't do that well either. d.c. received an "f." well we have so man