republican speaker william howell said that the governor was changing the rules to help clinton's presidential the announcement affects more than 200,000 convicted felons and he said it was about restoring civil rights. >> virginia will no longer build barriers to the ballot box. we will break them down. >> i was stunned at the fact that there was no consideration of the -- of the criminal activities done by the convicted felons. >> speaker howell said lawmakers are reviewing the governor's executive order to see if the general assembly can take some type of action. >> reporter: mgm national harbor is set to open later this year. there won't be a shortage of restaurants there. we learned there is pan american restaurant called ginger that's going to open as well as taps sports bar in bellagio. and a food market with ten smaller restaurants. three celebrity chefs are signed on to open their restaurants at the are sort. you can't wait. >>> police are warning residents in montgomery county to be on the lookout for potential scammers. they offer to do home repairs, mow your lawn, even in the end a

house speaker william howell signaled he would challenge over the issues. >>> still to come on wusa9at 6:00, meet the nonspeaking autistic teenager whose letter about compassion has gone viral. >>> but first, the surviving suspect in the deadly paris terror attacks is questioned by investigators. >>> tomorrow high temperatures, more like mid to late march, only 59 downtown, 57 in gaithersburg, 58 in frederick, maybe you will make 52 in andrews. come back and give you an hour- by-hour breakdown of the rain. also talk about sunday. that's not going to be >>> new information on today's shooting outside of the white house. law enforcement sources now tell cbs news that investigators believe the suspect may have fired a shot before he was confronted by a secret service agent. there are witness accounts indicating he may have fired shortly after getting out of his vehicle. there will be much more coming up on this story at 6:30 on the cbs evening news with john pelley. >>> the main suspect in the deadly paris terror attacks is not talking. salah abdeslam appeared for questioning today by i

virginian house of delegates speaker william j. howellpose of terry mcauliff's governorship is to elect hillary clinton president of the united states. this office has always been a stepping stone to a job in hillary clinton's cabinet. the significance of the executive action was not lost on clinton either who tweeted out proud of my friend governor v.a. for continuing to break down barriers to voting, h. the 206,000 eligible voters would make up 6% of the electorate there in virginia. virginia is a key state so even that small number could play a big role come november. back to y'all. >> garrett tenney. >> thanks, appreciate it. >> i wonder if they are getting their second amendment rights restored? if you can vote but you can't go hunting? how does that work? >> that might be the next argue glment i hope it is. >> in a state like virginia which used to be a red state. >> if we don't trust you to shoot ducks? why are we letting you to choose our president? >> good point. >> couple headlines i want to bring you right now. a second grader

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